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Fluttershy
This is what I mean by the morality being complicated a bit: Fluttershy does not take the bait at all. Discord, impatient, just pokes her and she is cruel now. Fluttershy never gave into anything or was tricked, she was forcibly compelled. It seems like mind control plays a part in most of the ponies when they are discorded, as they not only become detached from their elements but seem evil in other ways (Applejack being possibly greedy when she says that they should split Tom 6 ways between them. All of them working together against Twilight and being weirdly childish, they aren't just acting immoral or corrupt, but a bit out of their minds and out of character. Though with the others, Discord still had to get his foot in the door. Here, I would argue that Fluttershy is innocent. This one might be the weakest as there is no moral lesson or clever writing, but I hold no judgement against this episode and it frankly would be hard to picture Fluttershy being mean via prompting in the way Discord did the others.

Rainbow Dash
I like what they did with this one! Rainbow Dash's loyalty to Cloudsdale versus her loyalty to her friends feels like the perfect moral trickery. Rainbow Dash is technicality acting out of loyalty either way, even if she is clearly making a mistake regarding the situation. Again, the mind control aspect here complicates for me on how much I can render a judgement on their characters.

I'm going to review these two parts as one episode this time as I want to lead more smoothly into the next part here, so rating for this part only at the end. Rainbow Dash departs and thus, Discord wins the game. The maze disappears while Discord gloats and laughs. It leaves Twilight Sparkle confused and hurt, and sets up for...