You are Discord
Well, of course you'd be Discord. Who doesn't want to be Discord? Everyone should try to strive to be Discord.
You were swimming through the air through Canterlot Castle, invisible, looking for Celestia while spooking the guards along the way by either emitting a booming voice right in their ear or tapping them right on their spines.
Even though you had something to do for Anon. You couldn't help messing with a few ponies along the way.
And the more time you had to search, the more guards you had to spook. It was mildly entertaining.
Then as you pass by another hall, you spot Luna talking to a little blue pony.
"Aha! That must be the illustrious Thorax. Ok Celestia, you can wait for a moment." You snicker as you rub your paw and talons together "It's time for an intermission."
You slither along the floor towards Luna and Thorax, ignoring whatever they were blathering on about. You didn't care. You were so paper thin, no one would notice you unless they looked straight down.
You took control of and possessed Thorax's shadow and waited for a moment when he looked down in worry. He seemed to do that a lot so it didn't take a long time. And the moment that he looked, he saw his shadow turn into a soul eating, red, and crazy eyed monster. It made him so frightened he transformed back into a changeling and jumped onto Luna's back.
"Thorax?! What is the meaning of this!" Luna demanded, finding Thorax's advance sudden and even a little frightening.
"I-I saw a monster! Right there on the ground!" He pointed to the ground. But nothing was there.
Luna was confused "I see no monster. Thorax, quickly! Change back. None of the guards can see!"
"None of the guards can see, hmm? Interesting, quite the double standard that's going on here in this castle. Let's see how little Luna reacts if somepony does see" You slither on behind them and turn into a royal guard right when Thorax was hopping off Luna's back.
"I-I'm sorry, really. I thought I saw some sort of monster. It scared me" Thorax said, still shaking as he came off from her back.
"It's alright, Thorax, perhaps you just need some sleep. You have been spending extra time studying the books we have given you. We aren't executing the plan until much later, you don't need to rush" Luna gives him a gentle smile as she gives him a pat, calming him down.
"P-Princess Luna!" You say in a shocked and deep voice, oh so good. "You have been colluding with the enemy?! This entire time?! Then it's true, you really are still Nightmare Moon!"
Luna and Thorax turned around in shock to see you, a frightened guardspony.
"W-what?! But.." Luna didn't previously notice any guards around her vicinity "Guard, this isn't what it seems!"
"I must alert Princess Celestia at once!" And so with a hidden evil smirk, you turned towards a hallway that had a dead end.
"W-wait!” Luna called to you before looking back at her changeling companion. “Thorax, stay here. I must make haste!" Luna rushed off after you, already knowing you would have nowhere to go.
Or, nowhere to go if you were any other pony.
When Luna turned the corner to stop you, you were gone. The hallway was short and ended with a large potted plant at the end with a large painting of the sisters hanging on the wall. There was a door on the side but it was just a closet. She knew she should have you cornered. She opened the closet and looked about, but there was just fancy looking janitor stuff. No guard was about. She looked back at the hallways to spot Thorax, disguised and looking over. "Tho-Crystal Hoof, did anypony run by?"
"U-ummm, no. I didn't see anypony" He seemed worried, but he told the truth.
".....Perhaps it is I who needs sleep. How shameful, the princess of the night being distracted by her own sleepless mind. Ahrm, Crystal Hoof, this ends today's lesson. I need to rest for tonight" Luna coughed and exited the hallway, looking back again, and shaking her head in shame of herself as Thorax follows.
You were hiding in the picture all along, of course. As a little figure inside Celestia's crown. "Well, that was fun. Now where are you Princess, you can't be too far"
You slithered out of the painting and resumed your search
But she was nowhere to be seen. At least not in any of the usual spots. So you just started to randomly search other areas of the castle.
Until you found her in the kitchen, sneaking a few snack cakes from a plate. They must have been extras for something else.
"Well, well, well" you grinned at her as you became visible behind her. "You may want to be careful there, princess, wouldn't want to turn into a red giant now, would we?"
Celestia carefully puts the half eaten snack cake onto the plate. But she didn't turn to face you. "Discord, how have you been?"
"Oh, you know. Having tea with my bestest friend while also having to deal with the wild emotions of a confused human gone colt. That's all"
Celestia sighed, but she didn't seem too surprised. "So Anon told you"
"Did you expect him not to tell me? Oh, for shame Celestia, you should know better to come up with a plot that directly interferes with my fun. Naughty naughty, very bad"
Celestia turned around to face you. She was very calm and serene, you didn't like it too much. "I had an inkling he may, just not so soon. So then, I expect that you have a few objections about what I plan to do"
"Oh ho ho" You laugh, half annoyed, half intrigued "Do I ever. Tell me, what gives you the right to mess with Chryssy? You should know that I already cornered the market on fresh and delicious pranks and pokes when it comes to toying with insects."
Celestia then looked into your eyes with a serious glare. Ohhh, you hated when she does that. Soooo boring. "I'm sorry, Discord. But if that's how you wish to be, then you should know that she owes many debts to ponykind for all the pain and suffering she has caused. So I'm afraid your market has gone bankrupt."
oh, she was being sharp on the wordplay today. Interesting.
You rest your arm on the table and place your head on your paw as you yawn and look at her bored. "Cute...But if you want me to be serious then fine,serious it is. You see Celestia, Anon told me a few things that I cannot let you do. Reforming is great and all. Oh I know I wouldn't have Fluttershy if she didn't put a little of her philosophy in my life. She's quite a lovely pony, you know. Definitively the best element next to laughter. But I digress, when it comes to reforming, I happen to think you're not only doing it the wrong way, but that Anon has already got it covered. So why don't you take your little pet changeling and get him potty trained or something. We can handle it"
Celestia shook her head and sighed "This isn't a game, Discord. I fear she can't even be reformed. Even Thorax doesn't believe she can. And , from what I understand, neither does Scrappy. And Anon has made no progress in reforming her whatsoever. It was something I could already feel would have happened anyway. Chrysalis has only ever displayed a desire for conquest and destruction"
You scoff and laugh at her, you actually laugh so hard you put your paw on your head to keep yourself still. "Ohhahaha! Celestia, you joker you. No progress? Have you seen how they interact with each other? It's smiles, laughter, fun, and everything in between. I'd say that's plenty of progress. Give Anon another day or two, perhaps a week and we'll have ole Chryssy smelling flowers and singing with the birds in no time"
Celestia wouldn't break that glare, it was really throwing you off. "You're wrong, Discord. I can tell this much, her friendship with Anon is true. But we both know it's because Anon has stopped caring about all the evil she has wrought and refuses to atone for and uses his human experience to relate to her. And it's easy for him to, isn't it? Considering humans also seem to be a destructive and cruel race. Or am I wrong?"
You were taken aback. Luna, she only knew that because Luna must have been poking around in his head and informing her of things she found. Well, Celestia was indeed prepared. Perhaps she was even correct. Bah, who cares about being correct? Without a twist, it's just dull.
"It depends, humans are indeed more diverse than ponies. and much more chaos leaning to boot. But that doesn't matter, now does it? What matters is the fact that you can't expect that wormy wuss of a bug to reform an entire hive. That's just as ridiculous as a human reforming their queen. Utter nonsense, and I do know a thing or two about utter nonsense.”
"Thorax seems to think it can be done. And his word is more valuable than your’s or Anon's in that regard. And given the change he's going through and his lessening appetite for love, then it's clear other changelings are capable of the same change, perhaps this change being part of an evolution within them."
"Oh? So blue wings mcgee, instead of being a mutation, is some sort of evolution? Ohh, very astute, very interesting" You say in a mocking tone "Tell me, Professor Suncheeks, doesn't an evolution occur after thousands of years of existing and adapting? How do you explain that? It's science! You can't explain away science."
"Mhmm, since when did the Spirit of Chaos care about the laws of biology? this change has occurred and keeps occurring as he learns more about friendship. It's more progress in a few days than Anon has made with the entire time he has been with Chrysalis. It's an evolution through the magic of friendship, and I feel that this can be done through Thorax. "
Now you were starting to lose your patience. There was no way that was possible. Not without some chaotic intervention. "Celestia, perhaps you had one too many sweets. They must be clouding your mind. How can friendship cause a PHYSICAL change like the one you're suggesting. I mean, chaos magic can. Living in a funky environment can. And then there's plain ole corruption. But friendship?" You scoff "Name one other example where the MAGIC OF FRIENDSHIP caused such a change."
Celestia gives you a cheerful smile "I think you'll like the answer I have in mind…..Twilight ‘Alicorn’ Sparkle"
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You just stare into the abyss ".....hummmm, I hadn't considered that. Ugh, whatever. So you MAY have a chance. But I still believe in Anon and since It's MY house, then it's MY rules. And MY rules say no princesses allowed, so nyah!" You stick your tongue out at her. You had this. No matter how right she could or even may be, she wasn't stepping a single hoof into your home.
"Discord, please don't be unreasonable. This business is ours, and if we can at least save those who we thought unsavable then I want to try. I'm sorry about Anon, I am. But his way has made no progress with Chrysalis while others like Applebloom have made progress with Scrappy, or my sister and I with Thorax. It can be done, despite the cost being great. That is why my sister and I are also willing to take the burden that comes with our actions"
You snicker at her, you didn't quite care what she did. You didn't come here to lose. "Noble as ever. But you see, I don't care what you wish to do and how you plan to do it. I need things to be a certain way. And not only do I need Anon to remain happy and healthy to keep our family going, but I have more than enough power to keep Chryssy in her place whether she likes it or not. There's nothing you can do"
Celestia frowned, she looked hurt. Why? Oh well, of course. Because you just won.
"Discord, you haven't shown any ability to keep the situation truly contained. Chrysalis has already manipulated you enough to let herself roam Equestria at her leisure. So I'll ask again...Please let me do what I wish to do."
You bend down to Celestia and give her a gentle boop on the nose "Adorable, you think you can do something to me without your precious elements. Sorry Celestia, The ball is in my court and even if you wanted Twilight to do something, she couldn't. Even if you asked her and her friends to temporarily turn me to stone, they couldn't. Fluttershy wouldn't allow it. So, I win. You lose. Give me my trophy, because I'm number one!"
Then she really looked hurt. What a sore loser. How drool. Then again, you should have expected it to be this easy.
"Then you leave me no choice. I will have to tell Fluttershy everything"
.....what? "What? About Chryssy being Nymy? Fine, go ahead. Then I can explain to her how well me and Anon have been doing handling her compared to the four princesses put together."
You were rusing of course, But Celestia would believe it and back off.
"No Discord, I will tell Fluttershy who Anon really is, and that will be that"
....WHAT?! "YOU CAN'T DO THAT!" The snackcakes, the ovens, the pans, they all started to release jets of flames upwards from your rage. "THAT WOULD RUIN EVERYTHING! SHE'D NEVER TRUST ME AGAIN! AND WHAT ABOUT ANON!? YOU WON'T DO IT!"
"Discord, you know for the ponies of Equestria, I'd do anything. That's why I'm sorry. This is the best I can do. So please...please...don't make me do that."
All the fires extinguish simultaneously. In an instant...you lost.
You were gripping your paw and talons. looking away from Celestia, ashamed of your failure. "I think the last time I've heard you make such a threat was when we first met. I lost in my own hubris back then. But this? Celestia, it hurts."
"This is why I didn't want Anon to say anything to you. Because if he did, I knew we'd have to come to this point. I knew I'd have to press my authority as a princess to get through to you."
"Yes, well..." You couldn't think of anything. So you just had to ask. "You'll really do it, won't you?"
"If I must"
Suddenly...everything fell apart. You had nothing more you could play. Why? why would she do this? Who cares about things becoming too dangerous? You can handle it. And even if you somehow couldn't. Twilight could...maybe. It's not like anything awful could happen. It’s not as if Chryssy is that conniving and cunning, right?
Right?....R-right?
...Right?
Celestia gently placed her hoof on your paw and looked up at you, she looked so sad. "Discord, you didn't fail, and this isn't your fault. We're just doing what we have to do. Please, Don't beat yourself up over it. Go home, be there for Anon. And do your best for him."
You had no more words however. You knew nothing else you said could change anything. And you didn't want Celestia's sympathy, so you just snapped your tail fur together and disappeared.
I REALLY don't like this Celestia
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if anything,all qualms should be fixed when I start Book 2
Dang, I was right about the Discord POV... but damn, how does he not have another way, that's bull! There must of been something else he could have done, I just hate how manipulative Celestia is being, it's completely mood shattering, wouldn't there be more consequences to that... surely it would also explode on Celestia too, ruining the lives of the main 6 and everyone around. Discord could of used that to guilt trip her, but eh.. it's well planned and thought out and I applaud! Even though I think there could of been more, this was good enough.
Also I love the part where Discord messes with Luna and Thorax, simply amazing and hilarious. Keep up the good work bud!
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Thank you, trust me. I'm raring to go on Book 2. I got new ideas and i'm fully refreshed to write.
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It's good to hear that you aren't hitting a dead end, stories as good as these don't deserve to go down dark road because people have a tendency to disagree with your ideas. Instead of looking at it through the authors point, they look at it as if they wrote the story. It's honestly annoying.
But I'm just so glad your storming with inspiration and ideas, and the updates are crazy.. I know some people would say that it's been rushed and blah blah, but this story is long and probably would have been longer. But, your work is appreciated, you're good at what you do and I know you can go on the road! I can't wait to see the ideas of the upcoming book!
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Thank you, I do regret how book 1 ended for sure, especially with these last few chapters. And aside from the few retcons planned (through the upcoming after years book). For Book 2, I just want it to return to form to the earlier chapters. But more fun and loose. Since I now have the cutie map thing with Diamond and Anon having them go to the Dragon Lands....don't worry, I gots it planned
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I do hope this book 2 will be as long.. NO, longer then the first one, though I may be asking for too much, but I'm sure you can come up with lots of more plans for the future!
I do hope your having a pleasant time doing all of this for us. I'm sure noting that there are people who enjoy your book is probably something you find most heart warming.
I almost expected Discord to say in response to Celestia threatening to hurt both Fluttershy and Anon that deeply and emotionally, that he'll take Luna away from Celestia forever (Likely through madness), and let madness eat away at her with some assistance from him until not only her own ponies are destroyed, but it being done so by her own hand.
I could even see it in my head, Celestia getting switched from sad to furious, yelling, "YOU WILL NOT HARM HER." Then for her to take a breath, "and you would not cause so much harm to your Son and Fluttershy either, because they would be a part of that destruction."
Then for Discord to say, "They wouldn't be the Fluttershy and Anon that I know anymore if you told the truth to maintain control."
Sure, it'd still be a bluff from Discord, but on one hand, Celestia has to RISK destruction of Equestria trusting in Anon, but Discord is guaranteed destruction if she goes through with her plan. Plus Celestia believes she has Discord dead to rights because of how much he cares for Anon AND Fluttershy.
And that is what makes me hate her right now, I hate, HATE people who use other people as threats, and I can only see it as viable if its in retaliation for the exact same thing. Celestia wants to use love as a weapon, Discord can too, but he can be far, FAR more hurtful than Celestia on the threat scale, and Celestia would realize that as soon as he makes that threat.
"Let my son handle it, or I will make your rule one you'd rather not have, and will never let you leave."
But sadly, we got Discord being threatened into submission by Celestia....
Goddammit....
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Oh, sorry, forgot to mention that I DID enjoy the chapter, I love the setup, and the little prank on Luna and Coward bug, but that ending just....
A part of me just wanted Celestia to get hit with a train the second she threatened to tell Anon's origin story truth. Fuck....
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I do, as I was telling my editor earlier that I felt the last 50 chapters of Book 1 are trash and that I just wanted it to be done with. To be sure...as
8913987 is pointing out, the last few chapters of Book 1 get dicey (Especially since it originally halted at chapter 318 and not 325) due to my inability to handle the original readerships desires of wanting to take the book to ridiculously skewed directions. I hope people more enjoyed the ride of Book 1 rather than it's destination. That's why I want Book 2 to be better, or to at least not go down the same road Book 1 did.
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Better decisions and thoughts on these are a good thing, but don't treat book 1 as some sort of 50 year project gone to waste. Sure, the way
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Worded it could have gone that way, Discord is master of manipulation, hes been around longer then everyone, a being living that long has severe issues that Celestia seem to miss. But this isn't a perfect world where all thoughts and ideas go through, look at it as a project that did well enough on the storm and then use Book 2 as a project that will succeed, I can see that you have an expertise in ideas and definitely won't give up on them.
Though, Celestia isn't innocent either, for her to have gotten true peace in her kingdom, she's gonna have to do allot of badly viewed things to correct her kingdom, many people socialize as Celestia being dark in cruel during her past, which is how she's gotten such insight on manipulation, but surely her game can't be stronger then Discord.
But definitely Book 1 was mostly a ride and Book 2 will be the big thing, I can see it with the inspiration that you have for these chapters and stories!
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I'm guessing that means if he did go through with that kind of threat, it would change the entire layout of the story you have in your head, making it extremely difficult, or even outright a pain to write?
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Discord actually isn't as much of a master as everyone thinks he is. if it's one thing I give the show credit for, it's consistency. Because every episode (sans some of the Season 4 opener) with Discord follows a set path
1. Discord comes up with a plan, usually to annoy Twilight, while keeping himself out of blame
2. Discord enacts plan
3.Discord's plan fails, but he still acts as if he succeeded or hasn't realized it failed (in fact, take his first defeat to the princesses and then the main 6. In his first defeat, he didn't realize what the elements could do. And in his seconds? He didn't realize the main 6 were back to normal). This trait persists throughout all his episodes, down to even Dungeons and Discord. To even quote him in the season 4 ender when Fluttershy told him how he couldn't see it coming "I didn't, I really didn't.". Discord only sees victory in his plans, and never sees defeat until it's pointed out to him.
4. Discord realizes plan failed through another, and asks for forgiveness.
even in the episode where he was going to have tea with Fluttershy, he goes so far with what he thought was a successful plan that he didn't realize he was dying. Discord himself simply comes up with a plan and forgets to come up with any back up plans because he's so arrogant that he already believes he has it in the bag.
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That and much more. Originally, Chrysalis wasn't even supposed to be in the story that much. But all the readers wanted her in the forefront. And that's kinda how we got here.
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Wow I honestly thought Chrysalis was there to be there.. but I guess after the prank, correct me if I'm wrong.. people begged for more of her. Now, I'm having such a brain explosion to see how the story went without Chrissie being involved. It's so bazzare that such things happened in such a short period of time, to know that your own story got changed so much. And yea, maybe we painted Discord to be all knowing dramatically, but he actually didn't realize allot of things... but people rationalized it as Discord doing it as apart of his plan like knowing his reformation would be arriving and etcetera. But truth be told, the show does make Discord destroy the 4th wall, and could bring ideas to our minds on how knowing he is.
But other then that, change is always gonna happen, even if we don't want it to change.. you can't sit in one spot and expect it to remain the same. Honestly, and I mean honestly that no matter what view you have for how wrong it went, it still is a great book. Thoughts like that shouldn't be had and use that instead to create a better next time. I believe in you!
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Would we ever get a "what if" chapter on if he made that kind of threat? non-canon, just done so any reader who wanted it to see it go like that can just sit back and enjoy the likely 1000 word carnage?
I know I'm being greedy, but with Celestia winning on mentioning the changeling plan, and then her winning against Discord, I just want to see her take some kind of hit, even if its a non-canon one, again, due to how she won the second time. Or I guess, the third if you include the scare fest thing too.
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Thank you, that really means a lot.
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that's a big maybe, but i need to finish the movie chapters too. And maybe, I'll do a noncanon one shot
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I'm glad that I can give you inspiring motivation and feelings, no one deserves to be brought down for something they feel was done wrong, but actually right.
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I have no worries, i can't wait to test out the newer characters and maybe even...try writing the young 6...ugh, gonna have to watch the season 8 opener again. But hey, I like making sure everything flows as perfectly as possible. Thank you, thank you all, really. For enjoying the book for what it is, through the bad and the good.
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Always looking forward to making friends and helping them through times of doubt, I'm glad I helped with the feels.
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I've actually never read your other story, so I don't know exactly what's changed, but one thing comes to mind that fans may ask for.
That is, asking and hoping for Anon to convert more villains to his side somehow, which entirely depends on if he faces more show villains in the future, and how he's forced to face them.
Is that something you're worried about?
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I think it has to do with the fact that if he introduced something he has a plan with, that it could be turned around against him forcing him yo change his ways, like you saying introducing new evil.
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Hmm....
Well, whatever is written, we can always spitball what ifs based on the story itself like we have been, and enjoy the ride along the way, because if I've learned anything about this particular author, he makes sure characters act as in character as much as possible, and has a REALLY good beat on that.
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Although, feel like you do have a massive thing for Celestia. You make her and her sister win quite a bit, and also get away with a lot more. Could also just be my recently gained hatred talking though.
So I know I'll definitely enjoy what is to come, and believe others will too, even if they complain a bit here or there.
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Actually, I don't care for the princesses too much. My favorite pony is in fact Pinkie, and while writing most of this story, my favorite CMC was Scootaloo. And I don't care much for Chrysalis. Discord, I admit, is a personal fave. Starlight i'm indifferent, as with Twilight. Hell, I HATED "Horse Play". I see the princesses themselves as massive jobbers when it comes to the show itself.
But when it comes to this story, I had to make sure the web I weaved was consistent without character bias. Every character that is in this story that appears has to have a reason to appear, even if the reason is insignificant. It has to be a natural reason as if they were just going about their day. And aside from doing what made readership happy, this meant to me that every character had to fit and be as IN CHARACTER as possible at all times. That includes our dubious hero colt himself. Hell, I'm not even big on Diamond Tiara, that was also a big readership thing. I was, in fact going to pair him with no one...then they wanted a pairing so i was like "AppleBloom"....RIGHT AFTER I was going for that,they were like (he saved DT and she's cute now! QUICK, PAIR THEM UP).....and i was like....FUCK...now I gotta make this a love triangle
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But that seems like a good idea, it gave you more ideas to go off on with for future books with ST.
And I love how even if there just walking around town, you manage to slip them in with Anon, such intelligence.
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Huh.... Its safe to assume it was just my hatred of the princesses that pushed me to think that, so I'll take it back. Like I said, you do really good on keeping them in character. Although I do find him and Applebloom an odd pairing, being how much of a liar he is, I could see the drama that would've caused if that came to pass. Not that he's not gonna have it with Diamond Tiara too, but the whole "honesty's sister" thing would make it worse.
On the bright side, at least he didn't end up with Sweetie Belle, right? From process of elimination we can assume she is your least favorite. (Or god forbid, one of the princesses, I assume Discord would've disowned him at that point.)
On a side note, with Pinkie being your favorite, what would you have done if the fans wanted our colt anon to lewd/date Pinkie? You know, with him being a colt and all.
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At least you are very talented and will listen to your fans. The same cant really be said about marvel comics the past few years.
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Anon's life is a chaotic one, can't even step into town without having something going on.
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It being 4chan, there were a ton of demands for lewd. Diamond lewd, Twilight lewd, Lotus and Aloe lewd, Bonbon lewd, AnonxAnon lewd, Filly Starlight lewd, Regular Starlight lewd, Sunburst lewd. That easily was more ignorable and accepted to be ignored. although, that didn't stop some of the other writers to write one off clop (i even did half of a non canon clop with the twins to satisfy things, but i never ended up finishing it.)
While I don't mind lewd stories, hell, i love me some lewd. Dadonequus isn't really the story to have anything beyond a little fanservice
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Well, without fans to entertain, there's no point in writing
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And the dating bit, I did a slash there, lewd doesn't necessarily mean clop. Feels like you dodged the question, which I'm totes OK if you want to, but all I was wondering was if the fans asked for Anon to date Pinkie like they asked for Diamond, would you have tried to make it happen? Or would it be too out of her character to even attempt?
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ahh well. No, they didn't want any dating of Pinkie. They did in fact, want him to date Starlight based on their friendship. I didn't allow it to happen. Hell, even if they asked for Pinkie, it wouldn't have happened. I'd never be able to get it to work in such a way it'd be believable, and it wasn't hard to convince them of that since a majority of them were mostly DTxAnon.
As for why Applebloom? I thought it would have been an interesting dynamic for him to learn to have to be more honest.
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Huh, so yea on the drama, but a character building kind with Applebloom. Yea, I can see that.
Also, as for the Pinkie bit, anything involving her and romance is hard to believe, since we haven't seen even a tip on what type she likes. Honestly, what she likes could even be WAY out there. We have nothing.
HA! Now I got this image in my head of her trying to hit on Anon in some way, and Anon just not believing its a thing at all because of how unbelievable it is, and accidentally friend zoning Pinkie. Probably while him and Diamond are going through a stump or something. The image amuses me....
OH GOD! And add onto the situation Chrysalis who can read emotions and desperately try to prevent it from happening because she doesn't like Pinkie. Then you have this dynamic where Pinkie doesn't like Chrysalis for completely personal reasons, but still poorly pretending to be friendly, and everyone else can see, but everyone else assumes its because Chrysalis is a villain that's close to Anon, and that Pinkie is just being protective.
The only other person who can learn of what's actually going on is Spike, just to add onto those awkward but lightly humorous "Teach me how to date mares, Anon" moments.
Dear God that's a funny thought.
Not likely, but I find it entertaining. Especially considering Anon really wanted Pinkie in that way for a time.
I feel like Discord could've slightly attacked her, by saying friendship didn't get Twilight into alicornhood, she did. Or something of that ilk.
Well, technically...
Celestia could tell Fluttershy but... Can she explain how did she discover that?
"Oh, we just examined his mind, after giving him a nightmare and checked all his memories"
That could be good, and Discord also knows many dirty secrets of Celestia and Luna in all the years, heck he could very well put a spell that make all cakes salty.
If we add that Celestia and Luna knew about it and let him do it and continue, or that Luna tried to attack Anon.
Not to say... Who is going to believe that Anon 'Hero colt' is a 'Hooman from another dimension' and her sister Nymous is the changeling queen?
The stress must be getting Celestia and Luna... And if they show Thorax? Then much better, the headlines could be good
PRINCESS LET A CHANGELING AROUND PONIES, HIDDEN... ARE THE PRINCESSES UNDER HIS CONTROL? IS NIGHTMARE MOON BACK?
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I doubt that could happen, and even if it did nothing could stop the emotional break down that Fluttershy and every other pony would go through, they'd probably enter a huge depressional state and Twilight would probably just go mad.
But, especially the backfire on Celestia, they will all see her as a major liar and blame her for hiding such secretes, the land would fall into chaos and even if Discord would love the outcome... knowing what it did to his 2 bestest friends would crush him and drive him insane on a mote chaotic rampage.
It's crazy that with all these outcomes that could inspire, it sadly can't happen. Ideas, future plans, and thoughts changed during Book 1, which the author isn't happy about.
But he has said that Book 2 will be the main thing, the spectacular, the Ride till the End. And me personally, I can't wait for it to happen!
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also, its gonna be very apparant very soon how rushed the class segments get as they go on just so i could end the story. But I still manage to squeeze a gem here and there.
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Rushed or not, it's still doing very well in my eyes, and a very long one to boot.
The princesses need to fck off. Now, I get plot progression and all that. That's why I'm bitching about them and not the actual writing. "No progress"? "Tell Fluttershy everything"? Really. And even after that, its just a bully tactic. She could do all that anyway and what would happen? Crysalis would see Discord and Anon lose one of the most important ponies in there life for her- no, HER HIVES sake? They would lose there hearts so she wouldn't be alienated from her own children. Even after all that, they still can GET. IN. HIS. HOUSE. Its not even like "if you don't open up we'll break the door down". No it a hostage situation. In fact, if they invite Flutter over and confess/explain. They lose all the chips. They can't do anything after that.
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This Episode! Celestia is still a Cunt.
No but seriously what has Chrysalis actually done after being put on the basement? Started some petty fights? Made some ponies annoyed at each other? Literally the worst shes done is reveal Anon going off to find a Changeling, and that didnt even end in her favor. She's literally harmless, yet Celestia acts like its the end of the pony race.
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ya I'm hating celestia in this chapter she's being a dick. going so low as to tell fluttershy.
The part that I find funny about the princesses is that if they know so much about humans as they think they do that they’d even think to threaten a human with powers of chaos is insane, either they don’t know how destructive a human who’s lost everything can be or they are just far to narsasitic and don’t understand that making enemies of a human and a god of chaos would be the worst thing they could possibly do, their authority over them only goes as far as the relationships they have with the ponies they care about, if the princesses ruined those relationships is very likely chrysalis would actually get what she wants lol.
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The problem with this story, is that you, the Author, aren't very creative or smart it seems. You treat Anon as if he's an adult, with no knowledge or anything, like he's never played a video game, read a book, or even been an adult.
Anon, is mindlessly stupid. I've seen CHILDREN smarter than he is in a LOT of the situations he gets into. He does things, and comes to conclusion with things, that no one in their right mind would think of.
Even in this Chapter, Discord literally has ALL the power, all he has to do is literally snap his finger, and Celestia will forget about everything, Luna would forget everything, and Thorax could be turned into a pony. Problem solved.
You seem to forget that Discord can do ANYTHING HE WISHES. That it's literally IMPOSSIBLE for him to 'Lose' except when hit with the Elements of Harmony. That any Arguement he gets into, he can win. You Treat Discord, and Anon, like their dumber than the CMC, they are Snails and Snips level stupid 90% of the time in this story.
This is what frustrates me the most. There are millions of things they can do to instantly 'fix' this situation with Chrysalis and Celestia. But they don't, because you make them too stupid to do it. This story started out interesting, but now with the focus on Celestia pretty much being a Tyrantical Racist, it just shows how bad this story is, and how out of character everyone is. Twilight, even against Celestia, would NEVER allow this 'Plot' to happen, cause it breaks up Anon's Friendship. It literally goes against her very nature, magic, and Alicorness. I'd believe if this was running on the show's rules, as soon as she agreed to do this, her wings would vanish, and she'd be stripped of being an Alicorn and back to a Unicorn, because she is unworthy.
The hate for the Changelings is also unrealistically high. We've never seen anywhere that the Changelings ever actually HURT anyone, let alone KILL or do any actually DAMAGE to people. And yet, Twilight hates Chrysalis so much, she is willing to destroy her friendship with the only friend she has.
This story, especially this last arch, shows the Ponies to be down right Evil, Racist, and Tyranical.
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"You seem to forget that Discord can do ANYTHING HE WISHES. That it's literally IMPOSSIBLE for him to 'Lose' except when hit with the Elements of Harmony. That any Arguement he gets into, he can win. You Treat Discord, and Anon, like their dumber than the CMC, they are Snails and Snips level stupid 90% of the time in this story. "
I'm only going to counter this point, as the rest is pretty much opinion. Yes, Discord could win any situation, and yes Discord has godlike power, but his CHARACTER isn't as 'smart' or 'keikaku' as many fans seem to believe. For example...
>Can't handle guilt, to the point of a knee jerk response. such as when he finally decided to befriend Fluttershy, or when he was ruining the O&O session for Spike and Big Mac.
>Is defeated by his own hubris, to the point that he made things fun for Cadance when he didn't mean to, and couldn't understand why or discuss it well enough with her (before being BTFO by a Tatzlwurm)
>Doesn't understand how things work to well or what his friends really want, which nearly led to him nearly killing himself over a tea party.
>Has massive jealousy issues, to the point that he had to be told to cut his shit, and that even a pony like Treehugger wasn't willing to immediately talk to him soon afterwards.
>Can be easily duped or manipulated: See Tirek, changelings becoming Fluttershy, or not even fucking realizing he's about to get rainbow'd
>A brat, such as the the dungeons and discord episode or the episode with the school.
>Unable to fend off Tirek's draining powers or Chrysalis's throne, so it's not only just "Element's of Harmony". Even Starlight can physically banish him.
Furthermore, some extra tidbits from this very same comment thread.
"Discord actually isn't as much of a master as everyone thinks he is. if it's one thing I give the show credit for, it's consistency. Because every episode (sans some of the Season 4 opener) with Discord follows a set path
1. Discord comes up with a plan, usually to annoy Twilight, while keeping himself out of blame
2. Discord enacts plan
3.Discord's plan fails, but he still acts as if he succeeded or hasn't realized it failed (in fact, take his first defeat to the princesses and then the main 6. In his first defeat, he didn't realize what the elements could do. And in his seconds? He didn't realize the main 6 were back to normal). This trait persists throughout all his episodes, down to even Dungeons and Discord. To even quote him in the season 4 ender when Fluttershy told him how he couldn't see it coming "I didn't, I really didn't.". Discord only sees victory in his plans, and never sees defeat until it's pointed out to him.
4. Discord realizes plan failed through another, and asks for forgiveness.
even in the episode where he was going to have tea with Fluttershy, he goes so far with what he thought was a successful plan that he didn't realize he was dying. Discord himself simply comes up with a plan and forgets to come up with any back up plans because he's so arrogant that he already believes he has it in the bag."
I spent a lot of time trying to get Discord's character as close to the show as possible, him having the capability to do something doesn't mean he has the mentality to do it.
And yes, I agree, I made Celestia too much of a cunt. There's a reason i don't like the final 25 chapters of Book 1, and she's a major part of it. my own fuck up really...
This is some juicy drama I love it. The best part is you can't even blame Celestia, this is gonna be gud.