Now we start seeing Discord's plans for Diamonds.  And Filthy Rich got a harsh reality check concerning his family.  I'm just waiting for Screwball to show up.  I hope when all is said and done Screwball becomes Golden Tiara once more (then that entire family can go into conseling).

>>11353531135353

Telling you anything would be spoilers of course. Just have a tissue handy.

"Rarity sneezed. For some odd reason having a flash back to her time being kidnapped by Diamond Dogs."

Image: http://918thefan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/durarara14-1.jpg

Keh heh heh heh heh heh...

>>11357141135714

Never any fun for hounds like me...

The way of Discordianism... one set of tools for managing reality.  The way Discord is written in this story, he really knows his chaos, discord and confusion.

>>11445111144511

I don't get the joke with the screen shot.

>>11449151144915

That's the idea. And he's hammering it into Diamond Tiara one screw at a time.

>>11460711146071

Not a joke, just a screenie of a masked guy doing the Gendo Pose.

While one family member starts to climb out of the abyss, another is being pulled into it.  Oy!  And where is Screwball?

>>11521321152132

I promise she'll show up eventually.

Yay!!!

Ouch... I gotta feel bad for Cruel when Shy fired back at her.

>>11556351155635

Yay to what?

>>11578641157864

If I wrote this again now, I'd have her call Fluttercruel a 'parasite' rather than 'freeloader' since 'hitting them where it hurts' is New Fluttershy's mantra.

>>11585011158501

Uhh... didn't you? Or did you edit that before you posted it here?

>>11527241152724 Yeah, I saw her in this chapter.  I couldn't stop laughing.

But Sweetie Belle crying for Diamond Tiara?  How did that happen?

>>11599061159906

So I did!

>>11616241161624

Heh, is that so?

And the answer is what DIscord did to them both during the day of chaos and what they did to each other in that time.

Keh heh heh, I do believe Shiny Star struck gold with the Tiaras.

Good work, girls. I'm taking the three of you out to dinner once you wrap up your next assignment.

Who are these interviewers? What are they?

>>11661981166198

That's actually something that'll be answered at the VERY end of season SIX.

>>11633671163367

What do you mean struck gold?

>>11671741167174

Image: http://k14.kn3.net/taringa/5/9/5/0/8/2/9/amorypaz92/057.gif

You didn't get it? Seriously? There is no way you're nine years (or more) my senior.

Looks like Filthy Rich is finally going to speak with Rarity.  That ought to be real interesting.  Glad to see Twist again.  The CMC plus three?  I wonder how many more will join?  Maybe Cherilee should have started that after school club.  At least, they might have adult supervision.

>>11715881171588

Very logical and amusing thoughts.

And I wish I never even heard of the Conversion setting. I feel like it's the pokemon fandom's war of 'pokemon training is evil' all over again, where those who disagree with you MUST be mentally challenged or blind, or some other negative that makes their point of view and opinion invalid. I suck completely at debate and it shows painfully when I get in any on the internet and sadly I am also VERY stubborn.

BTW: I ever go 'YOU WERE WRONG LOSER! NYA-NYA!' to a reader because their prediction of what was going to happen next were dead wrong, kick me.

>>11695441169544

So what pop culture reference did I miss?

It's winding down.  Soon, Diamond will get to Discord's statue.  Then what?  How is Diamond supposed to free him?

>>11813011181301

You'll see. There's a reason he chose her.

>>11724551172455

Not pop culture as something else entirely.

"BTW: I ever go 'YOU WERE WRONG LOSER! NYA-NYA!' to a reader because their prediction of what was going to happen next were dead wrong, kick me."

Iron Boots - ON

Odd... Discord is going sane.  

Diamond Tiara......da gangsta killa yo.

My eyes hurt.  The constant change of fonts and sizes got on my nerves.  It was also kinda confusing.  I had a bit of trouble following Tiara at that point.

>>11841631184163

And he can't be having that now can he? Not when he's doing such a perfect job of driving DIamond Tiara completely insane without one drop of magic or swirlie eyes.

>>11923951192395

Well, DIamond Tiara IS going insane. And also A LOT of the italics malfunctioned due to differences in html language on deviantart and fimfiction.net. I've repaired those now.  It should be easier to read now. All of Neatly Spell's dialogue was supposed to be in itallic to symbolize Tiara was hallucinating her.

>>11923801192380 Diamond Tiara wailed, "I'M NOT A MURDERER!!"

>>11939481193948

"And yet look at you now, Tarnished Rich," the strange unicorn replied calmly. "So many fillies and colts who are going to have their mommies become sick just like yours, going through the same troubles you have. You're not a murderer, oh no. You're WORSE. A wayward sheep striving to be a shepherd, leading more and more lambs away, and then pushing them into the sea."

He stares at Diamond, his serene smile contrasting the points in his ears and the slitted pupils in his blue irises.

"You have a choice, Tarnished Rich," he says gently. "A fork in the road. The choice must be yours, and yours alone. So forgive me, or thank me if you choose, for taking the liberty of silencing him for the duration of this little thing. But will you still follow him? Or will you turn back and drown him out? I assure you by the name of the All-Father, both paths will lead to your dear mother's healing. The only difference, of course, is what also happens at the end of each road. So, as you noticed, both paths have the outcome you seek, so choose which one to take."

Oh, Heaven, I've had that scene cooped up in my head for a while now!

I see you were having trouble with the italics and whatever <hr> is.  Anyway, No wonder that whole family is screwed-up.  I'm beginning to think that Discord's Choas will actually help the Riches/Tiaras.  Even though it seems to be taking Diamond a really long time to get to him.  

"I see you were having trouble with the italics and whatever <hr> is. "

?! How did THAT happen? 0-0

"Anyway, No wonder that whole family is screwed-up.  "

Which chapter do you refer to and what event?

" I'm beginning to think that Discord's Choas will actually help the Riches/Tiaras.  "

????? 0-0

" Even though it seems to be taking Diamond a really long time to get to him.  "

Discord has a lot to twist into her little brain, and she is one filly alone in all of Canterlot, well, ALMOST alone.

>>12001501200150

The filly interviewer tried that and Discord just kicked her out. And believe me,SHE is MUCH more than she appears.

Dammit, I thought I had words! Where'd they go!?

>>12166921216692

Hmmm?

OK.  It took me awhile to realize the doctors was their during Discord's reign of Chaos.  I'm just trying to figure out why they were in the story.  And where did you come up with the idea of 'Moth'.?  And who are these interviewers?  I feel I should know them somehow.

>>12265051226505

THey are in the story for Celestia to remind Rarity and Dash about how the psychologists are ponies too. And it was to address a question given to on the trope 'head-scratcher' page on what happened to the psychologists during the day of chaos and how they coped.

"  And where did you come up with the idea of 'Moth'.? "

From the pictures that have a 'Bon-Bon clone' in them after Canterlot wedding and all the fanfics that have Bon-Bon as a changeling and decided to do my own take on it.

"And who are these interviewers?"

Will be revealed at the end of the next season.

"I feel I should know them somehow."

Maybe you're picking up on the clues.

"Mind Games" Song Copyrighted to Hasbro.

Season 5 is now over, Discord is free and many questions have been both asked and answered now. Next season may give the answer to the biggest question: "Who are The Interviewers and what is their connection to the events that have and will occur?"

*sigh*

So, that is the choice you made.

That is fine, then. Since it was your own choice and not his, that gives it all the more meaning.

And now let us see where things will go from here.

All that therapy down the drain.  Friendships... possibly gone.  Damn.  

Because of the illusion of a choice, the corruption of a child's mind and an emotional insecurity of a nation, chaos will possibly reign again.  Damn it.  

This story is impressively well written.

So Diamond's mother's side is decendant from Discord.  Yet another unexpected twist...bummer.  And it looks like Discord actually kept his word.  Screwball is now Golden Tiara again.  So...how long until season six is posted and is it the last chapter?

>>12011701201170

And that's is why I was hesitant to continue this at first, because my OC is also much more than he seems, even for a visitor from offworld.

(Re-posting since I can't seem to find it and IDK if it was posted)

These interviewers are. . .odd. And slightly disturbing. And it's just been getting weirder since everypony just accepts that they're there, but *who* are they, where did they come from, and why do they tell everypony a different story of why they're there?

And now that Dissy is free. . .the fun can really begin.

>>12331171233117

Season six . . . is what ties season zero with the rest of the series, and is two storylines going on at the same time!

>>12347601234760  Season Zero?  Isn't that the series with what would have happened if Discord won?  How will this tie-in to that?

Season Zero: Discorded Ponies is the story about the other fork in the road... that was never resolved.

Oh...  Oh!  Oh.  

>>12345061234506

Observation affects reality.  Quantum Theory - there is no phenomenon until it is observed.  I think they have to do something with healing the realites in this story by observering/recording people's lives.  They are like the weyard sisters of Macbeth or the moerae sisters from Greece.  I guess.

>>12321831232183

Ironically in spite of everything to the contrary, there are still at least three more seasons to the Pony POV Series. But I PROMISE that season Six WILL give you the answer you seek at its final episode.

>>12322251232225

"*sigh*

So, that is the choice you made.

That is fine, then. Since it was your own choice and not his, that gives it all the more meaning.

And now let us see where things will go from here."

"Fade to black, no music, no end credits. Everything shall simply -stop-! . . . Actually I have something better in mind. "

(OoC: Interesting end to the season. How far off can we expect Season 6 to be?)

Depends how fast I'm able to clear my desk as it were.

>>12328461232846

"All that therapy down the drain.  Friendships... possibly gone.  Damn. "

Indeed. Stinks. If not for Discord, Diamond Tiara might be a decent pony by now.

"Because of the illusion of a choice, the corruption of a child's mind and an emotional insecurity of a nation, chaos will possibly reign again.  Damn it."

Get ready to see a world of darkness slowly clawing its way out of the pit back into the light.

"This story is impressively well written."

Thank you. And it is far from over.

>>12331171233117

"So Diamond's mother's side is decendant from Discord.  Yet another unexpected twist...bummer. "

Technically descendant from Discord's mother.

"And it looks like Discord actually kept his word.  Screwball is now Golden Tiara again."  

He didn't have a choice. He swore to His Parents.

"So...how long until season six is posted and is it the last chapter?"

No it isn't. Because it takes some surprising twists and turns (as normal).

>>12345061234506

"These interviewers are. . .odd. And slightly disturbing. And it's just been getting weirder since everypony just accepts that they're there, but *who* are they, where did they come from, and why do they tell everypony a different story of why they're there?"

Season six at its conclusion WILL answer this! I've also been planting clues ALL ALONG on who and what they are.

"And now that Dissy is free. . .the fun can really begin."

But first, it's time for the truth.

>>12363101236310

You'll see at its conclusion.

>>12420231242023

"Thank you. And it is far from over."  

You are welcome.  I figure there are things still needed to be presented.  

I have something else to say.  Over a month ago I remember Pinkie Pie's butterfly chapter because of Mugen Kagemaru's cookie.  She mentioned "the shadows" had something to do with judging a "world" vs "heart world".  What I got out of it, Pinkie Pie thought she had to appease these entities or else.  Applejack and Celestia convinced her otherwise before Pinkie Pie destroyed herself.  What I want to say is thank you for that story.  

>>12425571242557

*hugs*

Welcome.

>>12420431242043

Well now I just feel stupid if there are clues to who they are and I'm missing them. . .granted it doesn't help it takes like 3 days to read a chapter because of work and passing out. . .

>>12425571242557

Please! Simply "Mugen" will suffice!

And don't forget when, in Season 2, Fluttershy, as Nightmare Whisper, mentioned the Shadows Who See, who demanded that if suffering was removed from everypony, then somepony else has to bear it for them.

>>12444101244410

Mugen, I will remember how to address you.  These "shadows" are... I can not say.

>>12432401243240

I see no shame in your struggle or in your thoughts.

>>12463581246358

"These 'shadows' are... I can not say."

Now, now, we're all adults here, are we not? Or is it something... higher?

>>12463981246398

Higher Mugen?  Oh.  It is not because it is a curse word - it is not.  I can not say because I don't want to define what I think the "shadows" are to other people.  I already gave an opinion about who the interviewers are and why they are in the story.  There is regret concerning that action.  The opinion was a mistake and It should not been written down.  I wish not to make the same mistake with the "shadows".  

>>12464581246458

I get the feeling I kinda know what your reason is, even if I haven't read the comment you speak of.

And yet, at the same time, I confess that I just can't help but think you're being a bit of an idiot for thinking that way.

>>12464841246484

"And yet, at the same time, I confess that I just can't help but think you're being a bit of an idiot for thinking that way."

Ha ha ha... that comment made me laugh.  How you wrote the above sentence down was elegant.  Do I sound like bit of an idiot?Maybe.  Looking back on my comment I wrote: I look like a fool! ;)  I am ok with that.  Fools are just the first step on the way to the worlds.  

I feel happy.

I just read episode 68 and I am not a whining cry baby anymore.  I am going to bed.  There is work I want to do with a fresh mind.  Good night Mugen.  

>>12466011246601

Hah! Lucky you! I was not permitted to sleep this night, and behold, I must begin the next, for it is 08:10 EST when I type this.

All the same, good night! And when you wake, please do share your comment, and your reasons for your odd behavior, would you kindly?

>>12466731246673

"In the end, what separates a man from a slave? Money? Power? No... A man chooses, a slave obeys." - Andrei Rianofski  

I not too sure if that is a challenge to reply or a challenge not to reply?  Is it a challenge?  I don't believe so.  I choose to reply.  

Chaos and control are different sides of the same coin of balance.  As for my odd behavior... I do not know what makes it odd.  Really.  All I know it makes it me, now.  I choose to be happy and mostly alive.

Diamond Tiara obeyed.  Why?  Lies, Hate, and Fear were feed to her while Truth, Love and Courage bleed out of her.  Discord slowly killed most of her and replaced her with an illusion.  One idea at a time.  She obeyed to be sad and mostly dead.

That does not answer your question.  I believe the "shadows" are an effect not a cause.  I am not certain.

>>11353531135353

Now that's an interesting thought, I have to wonder what happens if Screwball finds her first...without his magic to manipulate her, what will he do? You can lie all you want, but the sheer TRUTH that her mother broke out of the asylum to find HER should be able to break through the fog he is creating.

Now, time to do some manipulation of my own. 'Cuse me one sec *pulls out a giant industrial sized fan, flips the switch, and out comes a tasmanian devil, which turns the fog in Tiara's mind into swiss cheese, which then eats itself.*

Diamond Tiara, daughter of Onyx Tiara and Golden Tiara, that feeling deep inside you is not a sickness, it is your heart. It is your heart telling you that what you are doing is not right. But I can't sway you much, but perhaps...perhaps someone else can do better than me. Oh miss Golden Tiara, your daughter needs you very much, she's being manipulated by a big old mean monster. Would you care to do the honors?

GT: You bet! Just right after I finish shaking off this flight of Dragons!

Allow me to handle that, you have bigger things to take care of. Oh, and if he manages to keep you out of her mind, Diamond should be at Mister Fancy Pant's residence in Canterlot. *pulls out a wet noodle and a trash can lid* Now go! I'll take on the dragons! FOR PONY!!

Totally canon, nothing optional about this chapter...

so the interviewers are a split up alicorn Twilight

>>19426021942602

What makes you say that?

>>18804341880434

Hmmm?

That was a stunning conclusion.

Damn your bread crumble trails, "Rask".  What am I supposed to learn?  

>>21328802132880

Rask?

>>21329312132931My friend Zoey who is gone.  She looked out for me and stills does.  I believe there are signs she left for me - so I wouldn't fall asleep like those ponies did.  

Wow.  What I typed there read crazy.  Sorry.  

Methinks restoring Cadence's memories might become a Forbidden Chekhov's Gun...

*goes Magius*

Image: http://obdpictures1.wikispaces.com/file/view/Magius.PNG/268174478/877x660/Magius.PNG

Discord!  I shall make it so that you can never cause any harm ever again!

*summons Demonbane*

Image: http://obdpictures1.wikispaces.com/file/view/Kishin_Hishou_Demonbane.JPG/318451786/Kishin_Hishou_Demonbane.JPG

Even a being like you, with a soul that can survive having its body killed, has one weakness!  You exist!  That is a weakness because I have a weapon that has the power to erase anything I use it on from existence!  NOW PERISH AGAINST THE POWER OF MY ULTIMATE WEAPON!

*uses Shining Trapezohedron to erase Discord's very existence*

Image: http://0-media-cdn.foolz.us/ffuuka/board/a/image/1335/55/1335555391003.jpg

Embrace the darkness and sleep for eternity, Discord.  You shall never again harm another creature.

>>21330332133033

It's okay, I write weird stuff too sometimes.

>>22570802257080

Ye think so eh?

>>22574582257458

Just wait till you read episode 66! (rather ironic number).

>>22577632257763 That comment I posted was actually a DOUBLE shout out.  The first one was obviously to the visual novel (and later, anime) Demonbane.

Can you place the second shout out at the end of my comment?  Here's a hint: Tokusatsu.

>>22577882257788

Don't know those shows, sorry.

>>22580292258029 Kishin Houkou Demonbane is a show where a mystical Super Robot, the Deus Machina Demonbane, is used to fight against giant robots under the control of a madman, other Deus Machina, and even Elder Gods!  Heck, two of those Elder Gods become a pair of guns that the pilot can use normally OR summon giant-sized versions of them for Demonbane to use .  One of Demonbane's attacks is a move called the Lemuria Impact, which traps the enemy in a zone of zero mass, infinite gravity, and infinite heat.  As a bonus, I'll include links to all 12 episodes, just for you!

Episode 1: Part 1

Episode 1: Part 2

Episode 1: Part 3

Episode 2: Part 1

Episode 2: Part 2

Episode 2: Part 3

Episode 3: Part 1

Episode 3: Part 2

Episode 3: Part 3

Episode 4: Part 1

Episode 4: Part 2

Episode 4: Part 3

Episode 5: Part 1

Episode 5: Part 2

Episode 5: Part 3

Episode 6: Part 1

Episode 6: Part 2

Episode 6: Part 3

Episode 7: Part 1

Episode 7: Part 2

Episode 7: Part 3

Episode 8: Part 1

Episode 8: Part 2

Episode 8: Part 3

Episode 9: Part 1

Episode 9: Part 2

Episode 9: Part 3

Episode 10: Part 1

Episode 10: Part 2

Episode 10: Part 3

Episode 11: Part 1

Episode 11: Part 2

Episode 11: Part 3

Episode 12: Part 1

Episode 12: Part 2

Episode 12: Part 3

OVA: Part 1

OVA: Part 2

OVA: Part 3

The "Embrace the darkness and sleep." line is from the Tokusatsu TV show Madan Senki Ryukendo.  Basically, it's the line that's said whenever the Monster of the Week has been destroyed.  Links to the series can be found here and here.

Oooohhhhhhhhh ccccccrrrraaaaaaapppppppp.

... ....

Not good.  Not good at all.  Stay strong Equestria.  Stay strong.  

With season five now out of the way, I shall move on to season six.  

- Super-Brony12

>>22677322267732

It's the season that is STILL technically being written. And I NEVER EVER imagined it would become as long as it is given it's nature. Please pace yourself.

Also, you should know, there are SEVERAL SEVERAL recursive works by other authors on deviant art that are recognized by me as canon.

Whenever I read this, I have to laugh at this line:

And the shadow of my wife disappears. Some thugs could be having their way with her right now!

Given just how rough his 'helpless' wife is, I strongly suspect that if anypony tried something with Screwball that she'd end up having her way with them; as in, tying their legs in knots.

>>23026752302675

100% correct.  Given she has a pain tolerance that would make dragons faint, she's dangerously easy to underestimate.

Now that I've read deeply into the Dark World arc, these lines make me even more curious:

(Interviewer's Notes (Earth Pony): Ummm. Maybe we should start again please?)

(Interviewer's Notes (Unicorn): We made a promise to our friends never to do that.)

>>23161822316182

You noticed that?