What is the difference between and Individual and a Group?
That was the question the mad god asked before tearing apart countless people's lives, changing and altering their very bodies to fit the creatures of this world before dumping them upon this world.
Some seek to find a way home while others see this as a blessing seeking to carve out their own stories... or their own kingdoms. Few bother to seek answers.
(Note they have yet to see Season Six of MLP)/written before Season Six
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There are many grammatical errors,and some of the wording is a tad confusing.I think you have very good ideas that would make a great fic if you explained more and with better grammar.
If you could help point out the spots that I need to fix or reword I would be grateful.
I'm liking it. But I feel like things are not explained that are happening. Look forward to this.
You may want to try looking for a beta reader or try joining a group to get one to help fix some of the mistakes.
Other than that it might be a fun read. How many people wouldn't try shouting Pew Pew when shooting eldritch arcane bolts of magic out of their newly formed horns?
Well that trip ended badly.
Can't help but wonder how many "deals" discord made during that free gap of time.
I probably would not free him. I just don't trust him not to betray me somehow.
I am really enjoying this adventure. It has a lot more moral dilemmas than I expected. Keep up the good work.
I know there is a missed word or repeat every so often, but my cinematic reading makes it hard for me to notice something's. I couldn't point them out. Reading is like watching a movie for me. I don't see the words. I comprehend the meaning and create a visual almost instantly, this makes it hard to spot errors because I glance past them.
But, I can say that my mental movie theater is overflowing with great visions, wether you made them or I came up with them to go along with the story, I have no clue. But this story has almost everything I love in fiction. Morals while still trying to be the good guy. Being a sort of outcast. Likable characters. And a changeling. I have a deep soft spot for changelings.
Interesting.
On errors, in general, you are mixing up words that sound similar.
Preform should all be changed to perform.
Cannon to canon.
Releasing discord early or not is an interesting question.
Can you for example with one wish bind him safely, and get the approval of celestia?
And congrats on 10 likes/0 dislikes!
How is this not more popular?
I would think that none of the intros were true. If everyone has a different one then they would be all wrong except one. And that's if even one is true. With no way to tell which is true I would work under the assumption that they were all false.
If the intros are all different then what are the matching patterns? After all if everyone had been placed there for a purpose then wouldn't there be matching details or clues leading to the right answer?
Kind of like those puzzles in games like fallout 4 secret railroad password found by following the red line and keeping track of the letters found on the road. There all wrong, but each tale holds a nugget of truth... or that's what I think at least.
Also... Maxwell? Is that a pun or his real name?
While I like the story so far, a lot of places were a bit... rushed. Like the scene didn't establish itself fully before you moved on. It made it confusing to read and hard to follow in places. One the other hand, the idea seems solid and cool, so I'll still be following this through.
Few minor errors, like 'hospitable' for 'hospital' and 'couldn't see the inventory' reads more it should be 'could see', but all said and done, I enjoyed this chapter a lot more than the previous one.
Seems like playing for the bad guy has fringe benefits. Compared to Overkill who's loosing bits of her life in exchange for skills, and Stardust who is having her's over ridden... Unless Lockheart's paranoia is his thing...
Yep... I have no idea what to base theories on why/who has memory issues... Maybe it's a flaw for the 'Friendship' side, as something to draw them together, where as the 'Individual' side has full memories, but has to learn the tricks themselves?
Hmm...
Celestia seems fun though. Still not sure what Steelwing/Overkill/Valkyrie is concerned about whether Lock is a changeling or not. Wouldn't change his position as another victim.
There is a point where you put 'judge' instead of 'grudge'
Still, this is getting good! Wait, no; staying good. Either it was a different Discord (or different point in time) that Lock met. Then there is that issue about the curse words being actual Curse Words. Dude, that is just plain brilliant right there.
And no... It might matter just how desperate I was, but I don't see myself letting Discord free just to get home. I'm... not that selfish. Unless it was a wish and travel plans, then I could use the wish to keep him from wrecking Equestria. But even then, I likely wouldn't take the risk.
Doctor Cross is certainly an interesting character. And I might be getting more insight into this... At least that comment about the ones with memory loss having proper bodies... Valkyrie seems awesome though. Even if her talent for combat pegasus magic terrifies everyone XD
The last half/quarter of the chapter seems better edited than the previous portion. For instance, Celestia's section slips between first and third perspectives at times.
As for Equestria... good question. Maybe someone messing around with experimental magic? Cross has an interesting perspective on it. With the mixed 'types', those with proper forms and those with decent mock ups. Though, rather than asking if they are a rat, they should be asking who made and sent the rats.
I'm with Backupo. I think the substance of the intros are all erroneous, but they all seem to hold some kernel or portion of the true situation they are in.
Maxwell's reaction to the fact that the game they were thrust into isn't just a game was interesting though. As well his story. More concerning is Duran... Particularly for Valkyrie. The skill point dump memory loss doesn't seem to have the check and balance of a full replacement set of pony memories like Stardust's issue does. It really might be behind his sudden madness.
I like this
aside from the grammatical errors and spelling goof ups it's just fine in my book
This is a surprisingly good story at first I tough it as maybe a little childish to put an RPG element to the characters but my opinion on that had quickly change on that when I saw that each of the characters situation was different like the reason they got involved in the situation how their mind have been altered in one way or an other. Love Lock is interesting as he has come to Equestria being told that he is a pawn of Discord and that hes seem to actually believe that he can't do anything good for any one Equestria and that he seem to also think that just because Discord labeled him a bad guy and that he is in a body of a notorious evil creature in the show, he expect every dogooders to be out to get him. Sure, having a cynical view his fellow man or pony, and he is somewhat self-centered in his priorities he seem to be predisposed to expect the worst of every one, and ignores the good of the people around him. Discord's offer is probably a trap and playing on anyones fear of their mortality is a very hard thing to ignore. I would expect that he will enjoys more seeing Love Lock suffering in his Impossible dilemma and the actual possibility of becoming free.
I lake the idea that the lost humans turn pony in Equestria are in part the antagonists of the story at the moment is actually great and unexpected as well as adding an other layer to the trop of that kin. I know that this idea has been in other similar stories like A Hiss in the Dark by Knight Breeze but this has its on flavor to it. In this case none of them where forced to do those evil actions they choses to do these by their own free will and were not coheres to do this other then them among selves, which show to the characters and readers the dangerous trap that they might easily fall into if they lose theirs morals in their fear of never going back home.
As for the question about contradictions in the stories of other 'players' reasons that they where told that they got their I would immediately assume that they are all false including my own. I would assume that these are all made to misled everyone and to give each of them an some form of self-impotence to each their being their and blind them of the actual situation that they are in and to make them feel that all their action are legitimize by a greater power. Also, the discrepancies in the stories are probably meant to keep everyone confused and off balance so that they are always second guessing their situation and make them more prone to panic. In actuality I would believe that that he humans turn pony are meant to be nothing more than a distraction for Celestia and the Equestrian armed forces of what is actually going around. For all the energy spent to bring the humans in Equestria change them and give them more power than an average pony would normally have, than what ever is brewing in the shadows must be really bad.
Maxwell... You should die. So the usurper may live. You do not realise how things are right now you refuse to understand.
6707441 hehe i seem to find you evrey where mix-up i guess both of us have great taste
6716510 ho!? I am curious to know why you say that?
I mostly do art work for other on the site and I comment as often as I can on stories that I like.
So I please explaine what you mean I want to know
I still think Lockheart's bane/drawack/issue is paranoia. The 'I was unwillingly giving the changeling race' issue would have been best dealt with from the get-go, rather than trying to hide it and looking all the more suspicious for it...
But dame man, this is seriously messed up. First off, if these are all people who sided against groups, they are certainly demonstrating all the downsides of what a bad group is. But the play scene at the end? Just damn...
As for the swearing? I already swear non-conventionally, whatever words come to mind at the time. Or whatever arrangement of sounds.
Read the chapter title. Didn't think much.
Read near the end. I suddenly hear the title laughing at me. I mean dam... that's nightmare fuel for just thinking about how messed up that is!
I will give props to Valkyrie though for that moment even if I think it might end badly. As for Stardust... we finally have some insight into his/her messed up mind. Also that title... is the name of the man sealed in the wall from the cask of Amontillado.
The swearing curse though... have someone just cut/remove the swearing curse words from my head or... bite my tongue/lip a lot while hoping for the best.
I think you messed the name-scene up.
Overkill calls Stardust Frank even though Stardust can't say her real name, which means she couldn't have introduced herself to Overkill with it. Of course the could possibly be real life acquaintances, but I doubt it.
Also why does Grim ask for their "pony names" when they've used them just a moment ago?
And how exactly appeared Overkill's title tag? Had she also opened her status menu?
Also you tend to make quite some mistakes with the tenses and prepositions. Your syntax too is now and then confusing.
Overall I like it so far as the chapter has "spirit" and it appears to be an interesting story.
Why isn't this story more popular?
It is one of the best stories I have ever read!
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The first chapter has quite some grammar mistakes, also there are some parts that seem, at least to a non-native speaker, confusing.
Ironically it gets considerable better with each passing chapter, story- and grammer-wise.
Also aside from Celestia and Discord there are no other character tags.
Futhermore you would find for the tags Celestia, Discord and Changelings quite lot other well known and well written stories, which would distract you from this one.
I nearly overlooked this story too.
This story is getting better and better with each chapter. The more I think about it the more I believe that Discord is actually right about Love Lock corresponds to the Element of Honesty. This is probably odd to think this, seeing that has hides a lot of things for his… companions, like his name, the fact that he is a changeling, that he has hid the fact that he had dealings with Discord, has his own hidden agenda apart from the group, he keep digging himself deeper and deeper with his lies… no secrets. He is also the one that stands the most to lose from the rest by being honest to the rest of the group from losing his freedom to losing his life. It is clear that Lock was already cynical in the idea of trusting others when Discord (Loki) ask him the different between an individual and a group, that he believes a group is in his eyes little more than a mob that is led by the most vocal of the group and that the individual only have to look out themselves, this says a lot about how he sees himself toward others and that he is afraid of trusting others.
I believe that Honesty is not just but not saying without filter what you think to others or not hiding anything from others there is more to this then just a superficial interpretation of what is ‘Honesty’. When I think about the word Honesty, the word “Truth” and “Trust” come to mind. Truth is the seeking of understanding what surround given any situation and having impartial judgment and not letting yourself be clouded by your own desires, and to speak out when there is an injustice or perceive a deceit around them. As for Trust, it is having faith in the person in front of you is being sincere and that there is no deceit on their part, and that you trust them to do nothing bad to you when you turn your back on them. This said, the Honesty is a two way streak seem to be more related to mutual trust and truthful to one another which it a keystone to any friendship.
He believes himself to be selfish and self-serving which is not really the truth at all; he has risk his own life on at least one occasion to save help others on two occasions without any payoff for himself.
Lock may be a living lie detector, because of his empathy Changeling senses, but it doesn’t allow him to know if he can trust others around him and his paranoia actually make it worst for him to trust. Given his fears of being lynched by everyone around them which warp his perception of others, which Discord keep feeding that idea to him, he guards himself from others for that reason and is unwilling to make the risk of trusting them whit his truth and will keep deceiving do it. In his mind, if he admit the truth, it would be like he admit being psychopath no one would ever trust him again; not all psychopaths are crazy murderers, but the public stigma there is of them no one would ever trust them. What Lock actually wants is garneted security and peace of mind of not having to look over his shoulder all the time, but he is being blindsided by Discord promise of a big reward that make it look like his giving he is what he wants.
What make me think that Lock is a possible candidate of being en Element of Honesty is when I think about the “Friendship is Magic” part 2 and the “Return of Harmony” part 1. In episode one, at the landslide Twilight toke a leap of faith in Applejack to let go of her and was saved by Fluttershy This showed that she trusted in her even if she didn’t have any rational reason to do so at that moment. In the second, Discord discorded Applejack by making her think that being in a state of denial of the truth will help keep their friendship with the others but only made it worse for her and the others and lost her link to the Element.
That Lock would probably need to do is to tack a leap of faith with his companions and “start” telling them the truth about being a changeling, to stop thinking that everyone is out to get him and to start trusting in them more in his companions. I think that it will be then that the Element of Honesty accepts him as its bearer. I believe that in order to become a bearer of the Element the character must overcome ordeal that is in line with the element and that the person must have or relinquish their previous preconceptions about themselves and their belief.
I think that the Elements of Harmony only take hold to its bearer ones they for mentioned bearer manages to overcome some moral obstacles that forces the candidate to face themselves in some manner and see how resolved they are in that aspect and how true they are about themselves and each other.
For Valkyrie, I believe that she is a candidate for the Element of Loyalty, seeing her desire to keep everyone safe, hold herself to an impossible standards, and is willing to sacrifice parts of her identity to become stronger seem to point to that. She is also out spoken when she sees an injustice, acts of cruelty and malice, and act before she thinks. I believe that by sacrificing parts of her identity she is losing what made her loyal person in the first place by become something that she is not and that being stronger does not make her anymore loyal to her companions. I am not sure how she can get her Element.
As for Stardust I don’t have enough info on her to make an it as certainty but my wild guess would be the element of laughter, simply because she despite her self-identity crises she still has to find a way to keep on going with life and find a silver lining to take joy in life. I think that the Element of Laughter functions to keep the groups spirits up and how can you do that if you can’t finding it in yourself to find things to be happy about in life. I think that she will have to find a way in herself to reconcile with her two identities and redefine a new self.
Even wilder guess that I would have would be that Remedy Cross might be the Element of… Kindness (?!), seeing that she seem to be an antitheses of Kindness seeing her inclination to sadism she has a long way to go for that.
I believe that the puppet mane 6 parodies is some sort of metaphor of the superficial understanding of what are the Elements of Harmony that most people make of them and that there is more to it than just acting the part.
Have to admit that last sentence brought a chill to my spine.
As for the swearing, I don't swear easily and if I do I usually growl instead.
Ok. I...couldn't keep reading after about halfway through this chapter. While I would imagine things get calmer once Discord isn't constantly involved, it's just...too much crack, not enough coherence...
I was reading and as I see when Discord appeared all I could think was...
Liked the story.
Is the last scene still in Valkyrie's POV?
--SPOILER AHEAD--
I really like the twist in Discord's quest.
Lockheart is supposed to "only" take an element and Discord never mentioned anything in regards of keeping it.
Of course he also didn't mention anything in regards of Lockheart being unable to put it back down.
That is exactly what you would expect from a malicious Discord.
It is obvious in hindsight especially with the pun on Lockheart's name, but it is the kind of obvious that you easily overlook, especially since Discord gave many guarantees regarding the kind of immortality Lockheart would be rewarded with and thereby distracted from the actual conundrum:
How does Discord reliably profit from it? What does it actally cost?
You don't often see Discord's malicious side that well done while keeping him from being his own deus ex machina.
Well done!
Though there are here and there some parts where you put the wrong word like an "and" instead of a "had", but overall minor mistakes.
It seems like that last scene is still valkyrie POV, but you may want to help clarify that to the readers. The Maxwell bit seemed a little off... and like Miro commented a few possible spell check mistakes as you may want to recheck it again.
Other than that... Other changeling players might be interesting.
Nice cruel twist on the quest though... I can only wonder what valkyrie quest might do.
You keep writing "properly" instead of "probably".
Really nice work at world-building. Previous chapter was a good setup and intro--now, here's some real meat to this story--getting good!
Obviously Overkill/Valkyrie just hasn't found the creature she's wanting to kill yet--and when she does, that will be her cutie mark
Remedy: "How do you do that?"
Lockheart: "It's magic"
Remedy: "No. Really! How do you do it?"
Lockheart: s2.quickmeme.com/img/ac/ac0c27270a2fb6a7da5c92d8303a95d556b655bb4d55e54ec7ef75b7c232e0b8.jpg
Looks like Lockheart is the original Trollight Sparkle
6704744 True. Of course, all lies have to have some elements of truth in them. Otherwise, no one could believe any of them.
The problem is, even distilling enough versions down to try finding the common thread DOESN'T mean that one or more of the common threads, themselves, might be lies as well--all the liar (Discord) telling them to you has to do is be consistent.
Even if it was a means to finding an important clue, they have to have time to collect all the different versions then distill them to look for the hidden messages--at the moment, they're not getting much leisure time to do that.
One glaring problem with the grammar has been popping up in this and the last chapter: There/Their/They're -- almost every usage has been incorrect.
There relates to location (think "where" they go together) as well as condition. "There is a problem. It's over there." are proper usages of this word.
Their is the possessive for "them". "It belongs to them, therefore, it is theirs. It's their stuff."
They're is the contraction of "they are".
They're going to get their stuff from over there. <--If you switch the words around in that sentence, nothing you try will make any sense.
Speaking of which--there's also a couple places where since/sense/scents were also used incorrectly.
I'm not a grammarnazi by any stretch, but I thought you need to be aware of this.
NIIIIICCCEEE! Both a Q AND a John DeLancie reference in the same story, and both perfectly delivered at that
Some more grammar corrections needed: "Grant it" & the one case where you used "granite" should probably all be "Granted".
You're doing a wonderful job keeping track of a wide assortment of characters. Keep up the good work. Really looking forward to more of this
Well... Kill is a little excesive, and some of them were manipulated so, maybe let Celestia find a way to reform them or they work for her?
The story is good. So far the plot is good. I like this. But I think you might need some help. There are area's that need more detail and there are others that just need a letter adjusted to make sense. Right now the story is a bit like a Picaso. You can tell it's a work of art but it's still a little wonky.
This story keeps getting better^^.
Well the captured players have the slight problem that celestia is currently busy with lockheart so they will probably be interogated and keept under watch till celestia has more time. Maybe they find some kind of temporary solution.
The chagelings might catch some special interest from celestia/remedy to maybe get more informations about lockheart/the tree.
Wait, I thought Lockheart was a changeling?
Did Discord make him an alicorn?
Or am I just not getting something?
I would say ask them what part they played and go from there?
Great chapter and the story is getting better and better as it goes along with all the mysteries that are popping up in the story. Lookheart dream seem to confirm that the human are a diversion of sort to something bigger or a tool that hasn't been put to full force yet.
I also think that the point system is even more insidious than we might think. I think that the memories that they are progressively being replaced are not that of nice individuals but full blown dangerous personalities that wouldn't think twice in killing others for their own ends. The example that I can think of are the two guys that attacked Valkyrie they were over powering her and they freely admit that they liberally used the skill tree to become so powerful. If most of the people that have arrived in Equestria were normal everyday people, I would expect most of them be a useless quivering mess that would be seeking the highest authority of the land to ask for their help like most people would do I can't believe that they would so suddenly become so bloodthirsty even with the passive mind-control that they were under, to abandon their moral so readably for fun, even if some of them were small time criminals. Also I think that Duran was at first genially wanting to help the fellow human, but his abusive use of the skill tree warped his perceptions of what he was actually doing and simply lost his way where his just cause became a power-hungry skim. Duran's constant denial that his actions obviously evil , that seem for said to be said to himself than anything else, seem to confirm my thoughts on the matter.
For the fath of the prisoners, seeing all the confusion of all the mind tampering for everyone involved, so determining the guiltiness of each individual is very hard unless they probe all their minds which has a lot of ethical problem in the matter, and treating them all as criminals is just not right and will make even bigger problems in the future for Equestria if the humans, who have actually done nothing wrong, think that there is no appeasing the princess to show that they have no ill intentions. I think that they are two ways that could be considered both have their disadvantages and advantage.
I would think integrating some them in the guard would be a good idea as we have seen that some of them have developed a blood lust and given they superpony strength with no group discipline to them they would make make more trouble then helping unless their is a clear foe to confront.
1. they are all sent far away to a large penal colony where they would live in a sort of commune to work the land to make a living there until either there is a way back home or that whey prove themselves that they are not dangerous to the ponies around them by complying to the rules. To not make them feel that they are all prisoners there shouldn’t be a wall at least not something that is imposing; just. In the mean time they could keep their minds busy (and avoided seditious thoughts) by doing work to keep the penal community functioning and are rewarded for good behaviors and for working hard. The problem would be that is that all the humans would be focus in one place and an uprising could start their, if they feel that they feel that they are unjustly treated or that they feel that things are taking too long, and would give them all a sense of solidarity with one and other and would certainly a force to be reckoned with if they are all together in one place, hint the reason that they are sent far far away; Maybe it could be the mane of the place (Far Far Away).
2. All if not most the humans would be on parole and are all disperse all throughout Equestria in different towns or hamlets and are hosted by Equestrian families for emotional support, put them to work in the community that they can be better integrated in the Equstrian lifestyle. They would have to report daily to the local guard garrison to make sure that they stay put, they would all be for forbidden to leave their location and to make contact with other humans and mustn’t break the condition of their parole or it’s prison for them. It could be a difficult feat in terms of logistics do with the existing infrastructures, but it can be done but it would prevent that the humans unite together and will be completely disconnected from one another so if any of them would start making trouble they are isolated from the rest and more easily subdued. They would each be easily reachable if anypony need to ask them questions to them and it would be more or less easier for them to create a bond with the community if they take the effort to do so and they would feel that they are prisoners as much.
These are my best solutions that I can think of
I am also think that Maxwell is going to be the Element of loyalty seeing that he stud up against Duran for if former comrades, even if he was obviously outmatch by him or none of his comrades, even if they didn’t do the same for him when no one else would take the risk, He joined the group so that he can help save his former comrades even if they wanted him dead, and had plenty of chances to leave the group to run away for safety , he stayed with the Lockheart even if he had his misgiving about him. Even if Maxwell sounds like a bit of a coward he stayed true to the group and himself even if it was better for him to stay behind. It harder to stay loyal to someone if they aren’t willing to risk life and lame for them and not have super powers like Valkyrie to support them, which make Maxwell actions more endearing than her.
From what I can tell Lockheart's abilities focus on manipulation and alteration of perspective. He is not a true alicorn but he is able to give enough false positives to cause doubt.
When compared to the current changlings it's easy to see the confusion, but he should let Celestia know the truth sooner rather than latter. Right now that secret seems to be a ticking time bomb... especially if they start focusing on Alicorn ability as even chaos magic doesn't make up for earth pony power/magic.
As for what to do with the capacitive?
I can see a few thrown into the brig with tirek, but for the most part you are going to need to find a way to gather those who had yet to be caught before that point system turns the rest of them into crazed monsters as bad if not WORSE than Duran and this Sanguine Point who seemed to have given up their human name now.
Star dust seems to be a glitch or another form of confusion to sow across the world. She hasn't used the point system after hitting Camelot... and she can help sort humans from ponies. Get that with a bit of panic and paranoia with just the right dash of loyalty to equestria and you have a recipe for disaster. Take a look at the mlp Nightmare Moon comic if your trying to get picture of the chaos.
I think Discord is setting up Lockheart to be a hero or symbol with just enough cracks to tear everything down like Jafar revealing that Aladdin to be a street rat and tearing apart not only his will but everyone else's moral as well.
As for this hidden foe... either he is making an overmind connection and slowly guiding those corrupted by the point system... or he is preparing something really bad as he planned to remove Discord from canterlot before the madness would be unleashed.
I get the feeling that Remedy Cross's mark looks less like this + and more like a lower case T. Nothing against Christians and whatnot but there was a sermon I listened to with my family at this last candle light service. Something about how some details were forgotten and left out of the story of Christ's birth and then it was brought up how the cross, the most recognized symbol of the faith, was a means of slow and agonizing death used widely by the Roman Empire and how that was glossed over and made into the symbol that it stands for today. Kinda what brought up my idea on what her cutie mark really looks like.
Anyway. As for how humans would try to explain it? Well that would be kind of a crap shoot. The ones missing a majority of their human memories could probably blend right in. The ones with mixed memories could come off as crazy or who knows what else. The ones with the majority of human memories intact or entirely for that matter? They might treat this like an actual video game. Hmmm... A thought comes to mind that this seems to be exactly like the start of LogHorizon. I really need to watch that first season again I enjoyed it. Hope they get around to season three sooner rather than later... Oops got off track.
The ponies? Well I guess it will depend on how close to the "starting area" that they happened to be and which group type of non-native-Equestrians happens to have the upper hand in their area. If a group of helpful types are around then they are probably treated fairly well. If a bandit or, gods help us, a raider type group is dominate in a certain area then any stray good ones will probably be treated just as badly. So yeah. They would probably react just as diversely as humans would.
I would think that they would believe that something especially wacky is going on and try to find some reliable information and someone who could provide it. Failing that, finding someone who can point them in the right direction. Unfortunately, from what I have seen so far, they don't seem too keen on sharing experiences with each other.
This is what popped into my head.
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I dunno, is this really a heroes/villains game? If we're talking about post reform discord then wouldn't it be friendship vs pragmatists/cynics (while reformed still doesnt understand power of friendship yet). In this case wouldn't discord win if his cynical piece becomes the hero while twilights friendship ponies fall into madness/villany, thanks in part to the point system (even post reform dissy is dirty cheat :p).
6822546 So you think he is more of a jerk-ish fairy godmother? He isn't exactly out to ruin Lockheart, but he isn't exactly a good guy either?
Sort of like the Discord from Just Dodge?
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/220226/just-dodge
(Discord and Lyra make a bet to fix a window. Chaos ensues.)