How was Tirek able to trick Discord? Is Discord just dumb?

>>30533178
Not dumb, but definitely childish.
He doesn't think in advance.

>>30533178
Or maybe....
Discord and Celestia, with their combined power of precognition, saw that the best timeline for a long term solution was to play out the scenario as it happened.

All well that ends well, and Discord seemed to be too familiar with that box and its contents. Like he knew what he was doing.

>>30533238
No he's too stupid to figure anything out on his own.
Why do you think he needs Fluttershy to guide him like a dog he can't do anything right.

>>30533178
It was a shit story, so the character were written like shit.

Only brainded shills will defend this crap finale.

>>30533178
It may have been the first time in his life outside of the Elements of Harmony that he'd ever encountered a threat to himself. He'd just started to understand friendship, but as the ep where he crashed Twi's Cadance time showed, he thought that meant he could get away with anything with friends. He hadn't yet considered being the one hurt or betrayed, or even considered himself as capable of experiencing those.

File: that sneaky fuck.png (298KB, 1280x720px) Image search: [Google]

298KB, 1280x720px

>>30533238

>combined power of precognition

It wasn't precognition. Discord was tasked by Celestia to study the box, and he discovered what the keys were before anyone else. When Discord figured out what Twilight's key was going to be, Celestia released Tirek out of Tartarus herself, without letting Tirek know it was her.

>>30533178
My headcanon is that Discord was just genuinely shocked by the betrayal. He could've stopped Tirek any time he wanted including after the point when he supposedly loses his magic but didn't felt like doing it due to purely emotional reasons.

>>30533178
No shit. HAve you seen his other episodes? Guy almost killed himself in the recent one.

File: 1446910463619.jpg (5KB, 190x153px) Image search: [Google]

5KB, 190x153px

>>30533238
>>30533527
t. Autism

>>30533178
It was the other way around you retard.

>>30533689
>discord
>killed himself
is this possible?