After his little... er... misunderstanding with Tirek, Discord seemed eager to attone for his crimes. That's why Princess Celestia decided that perhaps it wouldn't be such a terrible idea to give him a little job. Well, never mind. Now that he's figured out that the job wasn't really all it seemed, what's the worst the all-powerful Master of Chaos could do?
Certainly a clever punishment given by Celestia!
This was really funny. If possible, would you be able to write the whole scene Celestia was thinking of when Discord first came in the room.
7336280 I gave it a try, but it just wasn't funny.
7336017 But of course...
A quite enjoyable short story. Plus it was really funny. I really do enjoy Discords character. He seems like he is really fun to write.
Could've sworn I commented on this when I first read it, but it appears I did not. Anyway, good story. I quite enjoyed it, both the first time I read it, and re-reading it to remember what it was about. One thing I noticed going through it was this:
Should be "I think I get the idea."
7640567 Thanks very much! It's nice to see this story getting some attention. I'll put in the correction when I'm on my computer.
Ok punishment is one thing but I honestly don't see any of the mane 6 letting this slide nor Discord himself. One thing that bugs me about this sort of story (including the show) is the thinking Discord can't simply unravel the magic binding him. We are talking about a being that plays with reality as easily as we breath and enough power to casually ripe holes between dimensions and I'm expected to believe a flimsy contract can bind him?
7889113 I doubt whether unicorn magic would do it, but Celestia has the full thrust of alicorn magic behind her. Besides, the point of this story was to show that while chaos can unravel order, order can just as easily topple chaos.
That is the moment I say "fuck it", and teleport everything below the planet's crust to the sun, and banish the rest to the moon. To the next dimension I'd go, while destroying the rest to oblivion.
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Maybe my omnicidal megalomania is why I shouldn't ever be given nigh omnipotence...
This actually makes me feel bad for Discord
Corrections offered without malice.
added,
Not even Discord makes words audible by grinning. See writing guide's section on speech and action tags…except maybe he does, like he smokes these words:
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chaise longue
Poor Discord.
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Bill Bryson doesn't think there's anything wrong with not preceeding speech with a comma, and I have to say that I agree with him.
Fixed.
Whoops!
I thought I'd leave this as it was, as part of my ongoing commitment to annoying the French, but the stickler in me prevailed.
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Well, I did spot you a naïve sans trema…
7957661 That's funny, I always put the diaeresis on. I must have written this in a hurry.
This was a bit less enjoyable to me because I like Discord over Celestia.
7960854 Then I'll make sure to write one where he gets his own back!
Nice look into how Discord's mind works!