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It is far more entertaining to imagine Discord trying to shoot a foal out of his peener.

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Fluttershy will continue to exist when the others have long since turned to dust and memories. And she will still be kind, still serving the Tree in her ascended form.

Fluttershy, being Kindness, was tasked to reform Discord. And she has. Now, she is the counterbalance. This was her purpose. Each Element of Harmony has a purpose. Some will be made known... others... others will have to be guessed at.

Discord will never become a threat ever again. He has been nullified by the Tree of Harmony. A long term solution has been found that doesn't involve turning him to stone. Now he loves and doesn't know loneliness. This tempers his sadistic side. He's still a prankster and a force for chaos, just not cruel chaos.

“Fair point… but the stocks, really?” Flash Sentry remarked, unable to believe that such an option would be appropriate.

...yeah, really. You're just upset that they're taking the ones from Twilight's basement!

I like sunset even more now

Ohhhhh, another character to be broken into tiny little pieces and glued together better then ever. Two, actually !!! Those are the best arcs !!!!

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That statement right there just brings up all the wrong images.

Stocks? Sounds reasonable.
Where else could all those sad and soggy tomatoes be used?

5362825 that sounds more like that something failed, and they re force to chagne fluttershy to ensure he does not change back. and fluttershy will be damned to outlive the ponies most important to her.

i think that is my primary issue going in here. why would they bind al the mane six to these fates if the threat is more powerful than fate? to defeat something beyond fate, you have to be able to stand above fate.

more so so many of these incidents are contradicting to the elements of harmony and friendhsip. fluttershy is being altered, and when pinkie pie was hurt friendship could not heal her, and had to share the element with another. it seems despite the fact friendship needs individuals, these 'fates' are working to destroy them as individuals.
and as i said, how does binding someone to fate allow them to fight against things beyond fate's influences.

put simply, i can't see where the story is going here.

5362845 "i let a demon in to feed my pride, and it got out of hand. i was such a fool to let it in."

"That demon i became......... it was ME. it was born of all the evil little parts of my heart and nurtured by my pride, vanity, and self delusions. when it was let out, i was forced to see what i truly was; a monster......."

The neat thing about stories that are set in fantasy worlds is that you can have things like ulcers that are caused by stress without having to worry about breaking realism.

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I think I'd like BradFlash more if we found out that he likes being the bottom bitch for Twi and Dash.

5362895 Just don't search it on Derpibooru and you'll be rosy.

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On explanations of why shit happens to the Elements of Harmony, i refer you to these two previous posts i made in regard to your own in Chapter 380

On Pinkie Pie:
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Also, since the elements are apparently capable of being shared by two individuals, I don't see a problem with Fluttershy somehow "losing" her Element of Harmony as she slowly ascends.

On what Harmony actually is and how it works:
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This one was approved by kudzu

5363242 Or at least takes it in turns.

5363281 lmfao good point

D'aww. Reformed bully sisters. That's so cute it borders on sickening. But it isn't.
Also, good to know that Sunset does have correspondence with her friends in the human dimension. I just hope they don't throw Bucky at the siren problem.

Meanwhile, the police are trying to be civil. Now if only the citizenry would cooperate...

And, of course, there's Discord's pregnancy. I wonder how many other body parts will get swapped. And what else they detected in the blood test. (Hemoglobin, shemoglobin, theobromine, lactose, fructose, pathos, orthros (That last one was especially surprising.))

Oh, and the interrogation was... I don't know. I didn't think it was that bad, and I worry about what that says about me.

In any case, looking forward to more.

5363180 That was irony, right ?

5362977 Oh boy, I think you just found a hint of the near future. Here, have a cookie.

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New way to interpret Fluttershy's (and now Discord's, too) Cutie Mark: The Butterfly Effect.

I've been wondering this for a while: If Discord defeated Tirek single-handed, what's in the Box?

I look forward to more Sunset/Tiara bonding! Cause it seriously made me want to hug something.

5363293 ......... i do not see why the elements need something providing chaos. each virtue of harmony has three faces. rejecting the element, zealotry for the element, balance. rejecting it can cause issues, and zealotry has well been know to be destructive and lead to chaos no matter how hard ti strives for order.

put simply the very concepts of the individual virtues has the potential or destructive extremes, of chaos. so why would one need to produce it?

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Look at it this way. Fluttershy was the only Bearer of Kindness to be chosen to become the Bearer forever.

To this end, several things happened. Discord was bound. Chaos was brought to heel. Fluttershy was also bound, in a sense, offering her a chance to be with the love of her life in exchange for a lifetime of service. Fluttershy, by the very virtue of what she is on the inside, was given a chance to ascend. Not as an alicorn, but as a nature spirit.

In short, Fluttershy became one of the cogs of the broken cosmos, something to help the messed up machine survive just a little bit longer, and Discord, who was once an enemy of this machinery, was won over by kindness.

THIS IS HOW IT IS. Deal with it. I don't care about your own headcanon or whatever you think might be the case. This is how it is.

This is the bare bones gist of it anyhow. There is a lot more to it than just this.

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The box never happened.

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Yes. Discord does in fact have a cutie mark now. One of Fluttershy's.

Chaos has been given purpose. He was a very naughty draconequus though, so he has to share somepony else's purpose.

5363425 Ah. That makes sense.

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In some instances, yes.

For ulcers caused by excessive stomach acid and tears, other means are required.

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traits of an individual, kindness is one of many traits. But an individual is not complete if he is just one trait. A kind person is a fool if he does not have wisdom. Wisdom requires experience, wisdom comes from living, living is Chaos. Every person requires an element of chaos or they are nothing but a robot. So if you strengthen an element with other things it doesn't make it any less potent than the original element. Ex. Iron, it's a hard metal that is both strong and durable. But it is prone to rust and is brittle. Add carbon and you get steel, true you need precise manufacturing to get good steel but if done right it's stronger and harder. It still may be prone to rust and still brittle but it's a step forward. Now add aluminum and some other stuff, crazy considering how weak it is. But by adding the weaker metals you get Stainless steel, just as hard just as strong, but now it resists rust and is far less brittle. It also has the same amount of Iron as it originally had.

5363516 ....... that is what i am talking about. she is already like that. they all are. non of them are zealots or sinners, they are ponies who stand between between the two and are also the ones who are best for the elements of harmony.

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case in point. Flutters key episode, ain't easy being breazy. Fluttershy learned that too much kindness is actually harmful to others. It was a defining moment for her charecter. In the chaseverse this episode never happend. Therfore no she is not complete, no one is ever done learning and growing. More can always be added.

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I have an old Scharade knife... one of my most prized and trusted possessions. It has a 440 carbon steel blade. Tough, durable, holds an edge, has seen a ton of abuse, and has proven itself time and time again.

Trustworthy steel.

The knife was made in Ireland. One of the last of its kind.

Will not trust a blade made in Pakistan or China, the blades are too brittle and prone to shattering.

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yes good steel can be tough to care for if your not diligent. My cheap Chinese Bozeman may not be as good, but it has served me well and rust is a nonissue. Kinda need that on a ship.

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One is emotional horror, the other is ZOMG! torture.

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The pony in your avatar picture. No more pointy pony.

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Pain.

5363420 please stop calling my replies headcanon. it is about how the narrative is playing out and its structures. if i was going by my own headcanon i would be complaining about the concept of fate and destiny being nothing but metaphor and all that jazz.

the biggest problem i am seeing is that........ i do not know if it is intentional or not, but the power of friendship seems to have no power so far. at all even. throughout the series and incidents, the friendship that is supposed to be what makes them so powerful, that is supposed to be used as a weapon against a force beyond fate, has been useless and even contradicted. fated events replace its power and shows that it cannot help any of them.

the problem is it is supposed to be the force that helps save everyone, to defeat a great foe beyond even fate. yet it has done nothing and played no part in the preceding. even when it could have manifested, whether magical or a show of will that only the love between them could enforce.

i know there are supposed to be fates met in this story, but i have to question why the Magic of Friendship is not playing a part in any of them so far? and why wouldn't it? the magic of friendship empowers them, so why wouldn't it play the part of the catalyst?

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Fluttershy can't be friends with Discord?

5363535 her becoming elemental kindness seems to imply that will never happen.

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so your telling us that you know how magical friendship powers work? As in the real life workings of a fictional setting? Any logic you apply from the original show is a head cannon. If Kudzu were to say that RD was the element of honesty and you disagreed because it wasn't how it worked in the show you are wrong because it's his fiction, his world, his rules. Don't try to rule lawyer a rule lawyer. I see what your doing and it's not going to work.

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how so? Celestia is still learning, still growing, she is still alive. There is no such thing as perfection, things can always be changed, improved, and remade just as they can be destroyed.

5363757 not saying they cannot be friends or lovers....... would prefer the prior over the latter but that is not the point here.

thematically speaking, the magic of friendship is supposed to be what stops whatever foe the Fates are arming up against. it is so tied up in the fate of he mane six yet it has never manifested in its own way in this story. why is it that these fates they have seem to have little connection to the magic of friendship?

for a fate to happen a catalyst is needed to achieve it. and as the magic of firendship is so tied into them, then why is it not the catalyst? if the magic of friendship is at work, if it is manfiseting, i ain't seeing it. it needs to do some kind of visceral effect in the world in benefit to the mane six in some way. else it will continue to look as if the magic of the mane six's friendship has no meaning in the events occuring.

5363797 friendship is literally magic in the hsow, the emotional bonds manifesting as a visceral effect in the world.

well this totally beats my little caboose in size

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rule 1, this isn't the show. Rule 2, the author makes the rules. Rule 3, if you think your suggestions will help improve or encourage the Author please feel free to express yourself. (It is not improving the author if you are trying to get him to conform to your belifs, desires, opinions, and interpretation of the story or setting)

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Spotted hyenas, anyone?

Squick material ahead. You may not want to click this, just saying.

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oh look, somehow Diamond dogs females went from cute sexy anthropomorphic dog women to scary "all dwarves have beards" psudo penise wielding cat people.

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Huh? I was referring to the Disco pregnancy thing.

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I'm aware, just that kind of info drop just brings up all manner of strange. Gonna have to expect the odd comment.

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Fair enough. I do want to say that, yeah... I can see the DD females being gnolls. Would explain why the males are so flipping whipped.

5363757 ......... sighs sounds like i am trying to feed in my own headcanon there.

the elements of harmony, the magic of friendship, and the mane six are supposed to defeat a coming threat, some entity beyond fate. thematically that would mean that the magic of friendship and the elements would be behind the fates they need to gain in order to increase their connection and power. however unless it starts manifesting in some way, and fairly strong ways at least, we will have to accept word of god that it is without visceral proof of it till whatever occurs occurs. and even then we will be left wondering if the increase of strength was progressive or they were always this strong since the beginning.

put simply, i feel that the magic they are supposed to be having needs to manifest itself, and whatever fates they gain need to be intertwined with that magic. it is what brought them together after all.