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Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Trotting Through The Snow: How Discord Stole Hearth's Warming





Hello & welcome back to Trotting Through The Snow.  And y'know  I realized  that I haven't really talked about Discord. I don't have anything against the guy. At most, I'm indifferent to him. He's a fine character but not one of my favorites but I do love his interactions with Flutters.  Anyways, I have found a way to rectify to  the lack of Discord with this new fanfic/audio drama,  How Discord Stole Hearth's Warming.    Yo can deduce from the title that this is a take on  How The Grinch Stole Christmas.
























It's quite good and from what I saw a lot of fans were  really intrigued by this because  so many of them thought that Discord would be perfect in this role and he was.



Narration


Narration -  NDLMongoose



The narration was quite good and felt as though it was Boris Karloff doing the narration.  I quite enjoyed it and it was so good.


The Plot


There really isn't much need to go over the plot here.  It's a straightforward adaption of the Grinch just replace the Grinch with Discord, Whoville with Ponyvillie, and Cindy Lou Who with Sweetie Belle and Christmas with Hearth's Warming.   Other than those changes to make it fit  into the world of MLP,   it is a faithful Grinch adaption done in rhyme.   You learn that Discord hates Hearth's Warming and complains about things such as the noise, noise.  So yeah,  it's pretty good with slight touches to make it fit in this new world such as Discord teleporting  into Rarity's boutique instead of going down a chimney.  But he still learns his lesson and his heart does grow three sizes that day.




Characters



Discord voiced by NDLMongoose


This voice actor  did quite an amazing job copying John de Lancie's Discord and  I swear at times,  it was de Lancie voicing Discord here. Hmm, there's an idea.  Get John de Lancie to read "How The Grinch Stole Christmas",


Sweetie Belle voiced by  Mary Medley


Sweetie Belle only had one line  and I did at first think that it was odd to have her be the Cindy Lou Who stand in but out of the three CMC,  she does seem to make the most sense as Scootaloo wouldn't fall for Discord's trick so easily  and Apple Bloom would also most likely question it too. Sweetie Belle does seem to be the most gullible  and  so that does make sense and the actress playing Sweetie Belle did a good job with her one line.



My  Final Thoughts


This review was a bit shorter than I intended but there really isn't a whole lot to say here. It's a really good take on a holiday classic that is fun for MLP fans and it's short and quick to digest.   If you are looking for something fun to listen to, this Christmas check this out.  Join me tomorrow, when I take a look at some of my favorite Disney Christmas songs.  

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