(Tirek triple-takes)
Tirek: Discord? How are you free? I was certain that when all that chaos disappeared, it was because the ponies had turned you back to stone.
Discord: Nonsense! I'm free as a bird. A bird being actively hunted, perhaps, but still. The rumors of my demise were greatly exaggerated.
Tirek: Then allow me, Discord, to be the first to commend you on your daring escape. This world is truly lesser without your unique "gifts."
Discord: And here comes the flattery.
Tirek: What, you don't like flattery these days?
Discord: Of course I do, but you're laying it on too thick.
Uh-oh. Tirek has some Good Faces to screencap. He's low-key very fun to write. For someone who's clearly best as a steamrolling bruiser, he's obviously put points into Charisma, giving him an interesting dichotomy. Oh no. Oh no.
So... Flattery... Good or Bad? To those experts around here, what can you say about flattery? Does it work? Is too much sometimes something bad? Are you the type to use flattery or get it?
for d&d 5e I'd say do 18 levels of Giant Soul Sorcerer, they get an ability that lets them grow to be Huge, along with the Enlarge/Reduce spell to become Gargantuan, plus you get Counterspell to shut down other people's magic
Discord has shown in comic so far they're particularly fond of mostly trying to be a xanatos: Charming, Witty, and most of all, twelve steps ahead of everyone. Anyone getting to their perceived level tends to irritate him to some degree. I'm semi-suspicious that it might stem that they aren't exactly comfortable outside of their established box. In this case, they like to be in control of things, because it allows them to sit where they know how to behave. Stepping outside of that (from GM in previous games to player here [I'm still barely convinced they are a co-gm, though I wont' go into that here]), causes a dissonance from the 'seat' they enjoy. In turn, if someone is capable of keeping pace with them, for whatever reason, Discord has so far reacted in a way that tends to suggest (at least by my reading) a sort of flinch - perhaps subconsciously threatened by a rival, but consciously turning it into general disappointment since it kills the endorphin rush they get from control. Or in short, Discord (the player), despite playing an avatar of chaos, hates when things leave their ordered little boxes...
At least, that has been my take so far. Feel free to disagree.