Why are discord episodes always horribly butchered with blatant memes?
>>25371217
Because after they reformed him he became a literal meme
Also, the writers are hacks and absolutely love to meme out when they can
>>25371231
/thread
>>25371217
Because memes are fun.
Because he's the easiest tool you can use to include them. He lends himself well to making references that otherwise couldn't be pulled off.
>>25371217
>>25371231
EXQUISITE
Because Q
>>25371217
memememememememememememememememememememememememememememe
if you repeat it enough, it's just me me me me
which is how your mom answered my question last night: "who do I put my cock in?"^:)
>>25371217
Because he has no character beyond that
>characters thing is breaking fourth wall
>people surprised when it happens
yeah...because nobody saw the chocolate rain reference
>>25371217
random references are used as a lazy alternative for actual jokes
>>25371282
A better anology would be the djini from Aladin
>>25371217
One might say that he is a meme machine. Without memes, he will die.
There are good memes, and there are bad memes.Why has Celestia abandoned us?
>>25371217
Because he uses the chaotic energy of memes to materialize in the physical world.
>>25371217
memes are fun
>>25371217
Because we've proven to the writers that memes > well-written jokes. See Slice of Life
>>25371217
>visual reference
>butchering an episode
I don't follow. While his appearance often is a reference to something else, it's not exactly hurting the flow of the plot, so I don't see what your problem is.
Discord has nothing to talk about, so he posts memes. Just like everyone on 4chan and KYM.
>>25371217
More like
>Discord episode
>LOOK A POP CULTURE REFERENCE! REMEMBER THAT THING FROM X YEARS AGO?! WE DO!
He's like Genie from Aladdin.
Because of his powers he can break the fourth wall and do literally (figuratively) anything. So he's an outlet for the writers to make as many references as they want.
>>25371324
>Discord episode
>Meme machine starts playing
Literally nobody will remember this last episode for anything other than discord being bob ross and pinkie making a back to the future reference
Remember when the show was liked because of the narrative and character interactions instead of cheap pop culture references?
>>25371762
If you need references to fill in the script and not just one line or a visual background gag, you know you're doing something wrong.
>>25371217
Because Discord, being the embodiment of Chaos, is capable of anything. On a whim. Which means he's aware of the fourth wall, and while the horses might not get it, he's acutely aware of the fact that we're watching this show.
And enjoys it.
This motherfucker is giving us, the audience, a direct nod. Letting us know that he knows. He's aware of us, and using our memes, our humor, to fuck with them. He's a literal fourth wall break.
He is Chaos itself. And what's more chaotic than a bunch of autists arguing on a board about what horse to impregnate? Oh, right. A thread on a board full of a bunch of autists bitching about why Discord is filled with chaos from across dimensions.
>>25371217
Because having him be reformed was retarded.
>>25371833
Self-aware humor doesn't instantly excuse cramming a episode with references because DUDE DISCORD LMAO.
>>25371875
It isn't EXACTLY self-aware humor. It's more like he's mocking us, parodying things we ourselves have run into the ground.
>"Remember how you thought this was funny, and then it got ran into the ground? Well, here's your dead horse, guys. Look at it. Look at what you did."
>>25371911
So the writers KNOW they're being unfunny asshats, but do it anyway just to be asshats. Gotcha.
>>25371911
Wasn't this entire episode about how in-jokes can wear out their welcome?
>>25371953
Exactly. It's no secret they've never liked the male fanbase, but at the same time, we're a large portion of their income. So they're trying to drive us off in the most blatant, but subtle way they can.
>>25371979
I haven't seen the new one yet.
>>25371217
Because he is a Spirit of Disharmony, Entropy, and Chaos.
That is what memes are. Disharmony, Entropy, and Chaos.
>>25371814
>Literally nobody will remember this last episode for anything other than discord being bob ross and pinkie making a back to the future reference
What makes you say that? I'll remember this episode as having some decent Twilight-Spike interaction, as well as for making Twilight be in denial. References are just a nice by-product.
>>25371814
No. I don't.
>>25372030
>I haven't seen the new one yet
Get on that, and don't let these faggots tell you what to think. It was not "crammed full" of memes and references past a few brief scenes.
>>25372078
>nice
>>25371217
Why do Discord episodes always attract the kind of neurotic assholes that complain about memes and clearly don't know what a 'meme' is?
>>25372030
>they're trying to drive us off in the most blatant, but subtle way they can.
By 'us' you mean the 12 or so idiots who are actually offended by references. Most of us are just fine with this. Don't let the door hit you on the way out.
>>25371217
no different than what Q and Genie does
I don't see the problem
>>25371814
>Remember when the show was liked because of the narrative and character interactions instead of cheap pop culture references?
There you go again, projecting your faggotry on everyone else.
Ignore this asshole the episode was fine.
>>25371217
memes=/=tasteful references
>>25372108
I will. I try to keep up on the episodes, but I still get the same enjoyment as I did when at the very beginning. Glad to hear someone else still gets a kick from them.
>I was there, man.
>>25372171
>By 'us' you meant he 12 or so idiots
No, you dickmunching keklord, I mean the entire fanbase in general. They're TRYING to drive us off. We just don't let them.
why is everyone so assblasted about this episode
1 "meme", 2 or 3 references, none of which went beyond discord's usual shtick with making shit appear whenever he wants.
Average to good character interactions and it showed that Discord actually is reforming, and Twilight got a legitimate lesson near the end. Not every episode has to be an epic fantasy adventure and this was a nice little slice of life episode.
>>25372182
The problem is it's an old gimmick to have an omnipotent character make references. Discord was actually original during his first appearance, making in-universe jokes. Then the fans kept wanting Discord to be Q, and now he literally is.
>>25372200
>They're TRYING to drive us off.
I can't wait to see the evidence in favour of this claim. *holds breath*
>>25372227
They're assblasted because they're neurotic and come here to show the world how 'edgy' they are and to pretend they are part of some silent majority only they have the spine to speak up for. Tiresome.
now that he did a Bob Ross one, I wonder when Discord will make a Fred Rogers reference
>>25372268
>Already having proof in all the forgettable episodes and the admittedly not-quite-as-good show quality under McCarthy and Cadance, as well as the induction of ALL DEEZ MEEMS
>All those "lel so funneh XDDD"-tier jokes
>Still wants more proof
>Pic related
>>25372323
>doesn't understand what 'proof' means
>thinks his shitty tastes are objective
Speaking of bait.
>>25372241
so, you want him to stop doing what he's always done?
>>25371217
I try to look at his shift into referential humor as him reigning in his chaotic habits to some extent. As much fun as all that reality-warping visual humor from his early days was, that sort of shit would probably be awkward in what's supposed to be friendly conversation. I would like to think that if he had a reason to screw with somebody's head again, he would go back to those antics.
It's probably just increasingly lazy writing, though.
>>25372313
I'm sure in an episode where he'd be feeling particularly neighborly.
>>25372334
>All that implying
By all means, your tears are delicious.
>>25372340
The real question is, how much of discord's referential nature is actually in the script and how much is the animators taking creative liberties? It wouldn't surprise me at all if the script just asked for discord painting a picture at an easel and whoever the storyboard artist was decided that he should dress up as bob ross
>>25372338
Just make it more... subtle. Like when Discord made it rain chocolate, he wasn't dressed like Tay Zonday. But you can bet if that reference was made today, you'd see him in a white shirt, glasses, and a microphone next to him. As of now, they play out like...
>Look at this reference
>Do you get it?
>Here, the character is dressed up in case you didn't
>>25372323
>faustfag
because the writers have no idea what they are doing.
So, they put half-assed shit in the show to cover up how they are ruining the show.
>>25372227
>Average to good character interactions
What a load of bullshit. The episode was so terrible because of it's pathetic character interactions
>>25372268
>They're assblasted because they're neurotic and come here to show the world how 'edgy' they are and to pretend they are part of some silent majority only they have the spine to speak up for. Tiresome.
How incessantly idiotic, borderline fedora tier. Why do you insist upon projecting your insecurities onto others simply because they have a different opinion? How old are you?
>>25372361
>I can't argue good so I'll hit him with memes and green text
It's like a shitposter parody. PWND
>>25372399
>Implying
Jesus, man, it's like you enjoy being an autist. I'm not saying that Meghan's episodes are BAD, I'm just saying they're not as good. I'm in support of the wings. Twi's earned them. But since Meghan took control, the episodes simply aren't AS GOOD. Not everything's so black-and-white.
>>25372414
>Why do you insist upon projecting your insecurities onto others
I don't and that's your job. WTF does 'fedora tier' even mean? Can you not communicate without LE MEMES?
>The episode was so terrible because of it's pathetic character interactions
Your opinion is just wrong. Twi had good interactions with Discord and Spike.
>>25372449
The episode's are better since Meg took over. S1 is cute but the dialog was a bit on the mellow side. I'm glad it's changed.
>>25372449
>backpedaling
>>25372490
The dialog was way more focused in season 1.
It's like you believe that the pony fandom would be made with season 3-5 content.
Which I vehemently disagree almost completely.
>>25372490
>Episodes are better
Nigga what. The only possibly excusable reason you could say that, is because she's got more experience on the one particular show in discussion. Season one's dialogue was mellow because it was the first season. Still experimental towards the masses. I'm certain that if she'd had more time with it, Faust would have done as well, if not better, than Meghan McCarthy.
>>25372497
It's not backpedaling if you're clarifying your point. Like I said, not everything's so black-and-white.
>>25372362
That's a good question, and it could probably extend to a lot of his visual gags. Or even which jokes get thought up during the storyboarding process.
>>25372549
>The dialog was way more focused in season 1
It was plainer and more mellow, as >>25372553
helpfully points out. This is not 'better'. I prefer some wit and aplomb. Think of Silver Spoon's burn of DT. That kind of thing.
>>25372553
Nice backpedal there but I spotted it. You can't say 'the episodes were better' and then change it to 'well they might be better but they'd be even better with Faust in charge!'. That's goal-post shifting.
The contention that things would be better with Faust in charge is challenged by a lot of...little things I and many others have noticed over the years. I heard she had some interview a while back (with EVGA or something??) that was damning. Worse, she's a feminist. The creator of something can also ruin it. Lucas
>>25372612
I never once said the episodes were better. I've maintained that the episodes were good, maybe as good, but it can't be denied that most of the time, when a series is taken over by someone else in the middle of the series like that, it has a small decline, because they weren't there to witness the 'birth' of it; they're coming in somewhere in the middle, and have to cram information in, and work within the parameters, as opposed to the original creator, who'd already have that knowledge and the original concepts behind the characters and setting, and therefore a more organic progression.
It's kind of like having Tabitha St. Germaine switch entirely from voicing Rarity, to suddenly having to voice Twilight Sparkle. Sure, it's good, but it's not quite the same.
it all boils down to that they should have ended the series when they tried to, at S3
at least then there wouldn't be all this fucking bitching and complaining
be fucking grateful that they continued the show FOR the fandom
in other words, S4 and beyond, is them PANDERING to the fandom because the fandom made the show so a cultural phenomenon
Jim Miller has admitted he likes putting Discord in costumes.
>>25371875
You realise the visual references probably take up less than 3 minutes of the runtime right? How are they crammed full of them then?
>>25372417
Wait, is the joke that you just did the same thing?
>>25372847
Because they effectively overshadow the entire episode.
And it's pretty obvious they used 'em to cover up their lazy writing because there's literally nothing else worth talking about.
>>25371217
Those are references, not memes you illiterate bitchboy.
>>25371217
meme: is "an idea, behavior, or style that spreads from person to person within a culture"
reference: the action of mentioning or alluding to something
in the show, it's a reference
the fandom turns it into a meme afterwards
example: Bob Ross in ops pic, THAT is a reference
>>25368098 turns it into a meme
>>25372847
Because people are triggered that easily
>>25373343
nice google skills bro
>>25373382
doesn't make it any less true
>>25372490
>WTF does 'fedora tier' even mean
>""""""""Tiresome.""""""""""
Fuck off back to reddit
>Your opinion is just wrong
wew lad
>Twi had good interactions
What a vague and absurdly shitty remark.
>waah i can't accept friends having fun without me despite being the one who constantly had other things to do and has always been happy for others having fun
>literally all of them suddenly like discord for no fucking reason
Eg family guy
>meme
ebin buzzword desu senpai
>>25372227
He's still evil!
>>25372449
Meghan McCarthy still sucks and we want her fired.
>>25372394
The chocolate rain was not a reference to Tay Zonday. They confirmed this at a panel some day.
>>25371823
Except Larson has flat out said 99% of references aren't even in scripts, it's storyboarders and animators having fun with it.
>>25371291
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt_KfBaRWxs
>>25371833
Stop being delusional and referring to the character as entity with self awareness. The writers themselves aren't self aware themselves, they're complete autistic idiots which belong in a psychiatric ward if they believe they're being funny, smart, witty.
If I ever hired them then I would do nothing but torture these CN hacks till they quit writing and admitted not only to me, but to the entire world that they do not belong in writing and that a 5 year old girl has more writing talent than them.
>>25371217
You never saw the Aladdin movies or tv show, did you? He's literally Genie now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VumpnHPY8NI
>>25371278
WASH AWAY THE ANGER!
When did "references to other media" turn into "meme"?
>>25375362
they are literally memes tho
>>25371217
>>25371231
>>25371271
>>25371324
>>25371325
>>25371527
I'm beginning to think you idiots don't know what a 'meme' is.
>>25375399
You are a meme.
>>25375399
memememememememememememe
>>25371717
Because ever since Lauren left including shit like The Big Lebowsky or something caught only by frame by framing is horrible and bad panda ring, didn't you know that anon.
>>25371217
>TV, movies, and video game references are now memes
Go the fuck back to /v/, ugly-ass swine.
>>25371814
Hey remember that episode where Applejack was stubborn because she lost a rodeo and felt like she failed Ponyville? No, oh wait let me use what it became known as that Derpy episode where Pinkie was annoying and scary.
>>25371217
Pretending to be Mary Poppins is fine. It's not really pop-cultural in any way, just a funny moment.
Harry Potter was borderline.
Bob Ross and Metal Gear definitely is.
![tumblr_me6nm0h3Gm1rxmffro1_1280[1].png](https://i.imgur.com/VPt80tm.png "tumblr_me6nm0h3Gm1rxmffro1_1280[1].png")
>>25375458
I remember. If you don't remember Cherry Jubilee you are a faggot. I'm an Applejack fan and seeing her episode be complete outshined by Derpy was the first time I felt angry towards the show. So I was pretty happy when the whole fiasco of getting her voice changed and eye correction happened.
>>25375489
>Calls four pop-culture references anything other than pop-culture
You know, it is OK to admit that they reference pop-culture. It is fine and the people who remember the references can have a sensible chuckle and move on.
>>25375497
Seriously, I remember more because while I thought the Derpy thing was a nice touch, it wasn't the entire episode. I was trying to use a "golden age" example of the same shit faggots are complaining about.
>>25371217
Because Genie/Q
>>25375489
>Arbitrary definitions of what is a funny moment and what isn't
All of them were intended to be visual gags.
>>25375547
>expecting an autist to get that.
Don't forget where you are anon.
>>25371217
Because ebin maymays are strong in this show!
>>25375458
Yes, it's one of my favorites.
>>25371282
>>25375539
THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH Q GET THE FUCK OVER IT.
Q's omnipotence was never a vehicle for reference humor in Star Trek. Discord is specifically channeling Genie from Aladdin, and ONLY the Genie, whose magical powers were constantly used for reference humor.
>>25375711
Discord is Q to Twilight's Picard. Get the fuck over it.
Discord is "teaching" Twilight lessons while simultaneously enjoying being a dick to get a rise out of her. Sound familiar?
>>25375735
But Q wasn't a reference spouting meme machine. The truth propably lies in the middle: Genie decided to teach Alladin some lessons while being a dick.
>>25375735
why is discord such a dick tho
>>25375787
It's more like Q and Genie had a Draconequis lovechild.
>>25371217
he's essentially freakazoid. Memes all about.
>>25371217
Because writers are trying to appeal to you autistic fucks.
>>25375855
Because Q is a dick.
Genie wasn't really a dick to Al like Discord is to Twilight.
Discord is an amalgam of Genie's (and to an extent Chaos- also from Aladdin) meme-God powers and Q's infuriating and annoying omnipresence.
