I'm surprised there isn't more commentary on the Smooze. Part of what makes this episode good is all the people who know his reputation from G1, and go "oh hell no" when Discord announces him. Only for the Smooze to be pretty mellow and friendly. Though his ability to casually neutralize the magic of local demigods, shrugging off attacks with no effect, and rapid growth when eating treasure, indicate that he's still a nigh unstoppable eldritch abomination. He's just not hostile.
Best not to think about it too much and just accept that Equestria makes a habit of reforming villains when they can because it saves costs over putting them in cans. Canning materials are just so darn expensive nowadays! I can't imagine what the Smooze does for a living, though. 
Just isn't much to say about him, he's a pretty chill dude who's hanging out with his friend(ish) Discord, who was in some kind of eldritch abomination college with him.
Hmmm. I...
That would explain quite neatly how Celestia got across 'don't settle in Equestria' to the nice magma-swimming, all-consuming dragons. And he's just so polite while eating them out of house and home until they run away crying about how the mean slime monster ate all of their treasure.
MAGIC THE GATHERING!!!!
Well, in theory, dragons make their nests from gems, and, as we've seen as canon in the MLPverse, grow based on the size of their horde. Just imagine, an army of Spikes
I would watch the hell out of this show:
Oh wait, I already do
I know, its one of those opposites attract things, but even weirder and awesomer
Well,twilight does seem to be a ponyta...Except in this instance the crown comes off and she engages in aerial combat, not spellcasting. In fact, being on fire is a power ascribed to pegasi like Spitfire and Scootaloo than to unicorns.
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Princess Zelestia of the Hyrule Kingdom
I Wasn't Prepared for This
March Away
by Agrol
"Well, yes, if I wanted I could force the Gala to be completely changed. Or just not show up. But in order to force it to be changed, I would need to spend political capital on it which would allow them to force issues in other areas that I would not be able to counter due to spent capital. And not coming is not much of an option either. On the one hoof, it would be a massive snub against them which might cost me when I need to get something through government without me needing to go full on tyrant. On the other hoof, not showing up to the Gala, which is where all the major politicians and nobles are, would show a lack of respect and trust in the government and cause issues on it's own. Hence, why I try to mix in a little bit of chaos now and then by inviting interesting guests. And if the nobles complain over it? Well, they understand that they would need to spend political capital that just is not worth it..."
Holy crap you replied to a post from a year and 45 pages ago.
Because you don't create a contrivance that doesn't serve the plot.
That is a huge stretch.
Not at all. Whenever she does anything anyone else with political influence doesn't like, she's losing some amount of political capital. Also gaining from those who like the move, of course. The amount may be small, but weighting cost vs benefit always needs to take place.
