I’m starting to feel like I’m the only one who doesn’t have any beefs with Discord. (At least in this thread.)
Only episode with him I found kinda weak was “What about Discord?” despite having some amusing visual gags, (Flutterorange lulz) I felt it was a li’l dull/slow paced, and the dialogue humor kinda falls flat, and it feels like another “Twilight tries to overthink/overdo something” episode.
And you can’t say he was completely a “jerk” in that ep’, as he actually got along with most of the characters in it. It wasn’t a “Discord feels left out” ep’, it was more of a “Twilight feels left out.”
I dunno, I like Discord better then other reformed-villain characters, partially because he still has his occasional villainous lapses, and is no saint. (Episodes like “Discordant Harmony” show he’s not all bad though.)
The others either become “too nice/perfect-citizens/kinda-boring,” (As I kinda feel about Sunset & Starlight, not hating BTW) or in Diamond Tiara’s case, non-existent/unnecessary.
(Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed/supported Tiara’s reformation, especially her adorable sad song, and finding out she has repressed self-esteem issues, and a vulnerable side. Though, her only role in the show was to be an obstacle for the CMC, so there’s really not much they can do with a reformed Tiara nowadays that can’t be done with any other character.)
Trixie still has most of her ego/flaws, but she only seems good as a foil now for other characters like Starlight, and isn’t very interesting by herself.
To be honest, the closest thing to a “rather obnoxious” MLP character to me is Rumble. I could hardly stand him in “Marks & Recreation.” lol