Stories set in the Oversaturated World, some silly, some less so.
(Void Knight)
The roof of Sunset’s warehouse had a spectacular view of the setting sun, and Twilight and Sunset were taking a rare opportunity to just cuddle up together and enjoy the view.
“You know what one of the worst things about being God is?” murmured Sunset in Twilight’s ear.
“How rarely we get to do this?” suggested Twilight, giving Sunset a squeeze.
“I was actually thinking of the fact that I don’t have anyone to trust in,” said Sunset. “Back before I came here, I had the Princess to look up to. No matter how scary things got, I knew that she was in charge, and so everything would turn out okay. Which, come to think of it, is probably part of why I went so… off my rocker… when I came over here. When you think that someone you trust that absolutely has betrayed you, it really upends your world. But the point is, now that’s me. I’m the one that everyone on the planet trusts to make sure that everything turns out right. But that means that if I make a mistake, there’s nobody who will fix it.” Sunset laughed bitterly. “The fate of the world in my hands, just like I wanted way back before the other Twilight smacked me down. They say to be careful what you wish for…”
(FoME)
"Sunset, you wound me." Both girls looked around for the source of the voice. It became clear when the setting sun opened its eyes. Mr. Discord hoisted himself out of it and, in an eye-watering twist of perspective not at all helped by doing it in front of the sun, placed himself a few feet in front of them. "Do you really think I would allow you to make some trivial error that would annihilate the universe?"
Sunset gave him a flat glare. "We're kind of having a moment here."
"Of course you are. Honestly, just being near you two makes my skin crawl these days." Mr. Discord pulled up a sleeve, revealing tiny mouths crying out "The harmony! The harmony!"
Both girls blanched. Purple magic tugged his sleeve back down. "Could you please never do that again, sir?" said Twilight.
Mr. Discord dipped his head in acknowledgement. "My apologies. Too much time around the sirens; Sonata finds that sort of thing amusing. And I meant no offense. It's an involuntary reaction to the warm fuzzies you two radiate." He ruffled Sunset's hair, making his hand smoke. "Rest assured, Sunset, you may not have anyone further up the totem pole, but you do still have someone else keeping an eye on the integrity of all things. I'll let you two get back to your evening together." He dropped out of view.
Sunset peeked over the edge. No sign of the man. "I... guess that was reassuring?"
"Honestly, I think his social skills have actually improved since the world changed."
"That's disturbing on several levels."
It is in the nature of Harmony to regulate itself. It even has a regulator for its regulator, who ironically does so by being inherently irregular.
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That was some darn amazing Discord. I could even picture the sun bit in my head as it was happening.
Best Sunset, Void Knight!
Best Discord, FoME!
Also the warehouse! CONTINUITY!
I'm thinking that it's herding the trio of argumentative cats that are the Sirens that has improved Discord's organisational and social skills.
You know what the real kicker is? Harmony was never a concept of light, or good, or even purity. Harmony was the balance between all things, the point when everything was aligned in agreement and cooperation. To steal a phrase from the Hard Reset series, "They're called the Elements of Harmony, not the Elements of Niceness." If necessary, Harmony would easily bathe the world in cleansing fire.
Disharmony, however, is different in that it leans majorly in either the direction of good, or the direction of evil. Harmony is shackled by order and perfection, whereas Disharmony is free and wild in it's ability to be whatever it wishes.
Makes you rethink canon, doesn't it?
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...except not, because order must be tempered with chaos, lest the world stultify and calcify. Perfection is impossible, both because there is no purely objective perspective by which it can be determined and because there's always room for improvement. My interpretation of capital-H Harmony is best summarized as "All things in moderation, especially moderation." The key word isn't order or perfection, but balance. Harmony isn't always nice, it's true; there's a reason this world's Sunset can assume her demon form at will, and it isn't to pose for fantasy pinup calendars. But it doesn't seek some single, ideal utopian state either. Heck, Twilight even points that out in the Time Loop Trilogy: That's monotony, not harmony.
Harmony, more than anything, seems to want everything to progress without undue outside influence. It is a reactive force, acting based on context to correct disharmonious excess in whatever direction it may lie. And in Sunset's case, right now that means patching up the universe to a point where she doesn't have to keep an eye out for any spontaneous polarity swaps that might turn the entire solar system into antimatter.
That man lives for one reason - to balance the equation.
And your purpose?
To unbalance it.