My father once said to me that what people want and what people get are rarely the same thing. The situation I'm in now only shows just how right that single statement truly is.
I never wanted to inherit the sins of a sadistic, insane bastard, but here I am regardless. Trying to make amends for sins that are not my own and doing what I can to wipe out the legacy of evil that others would now see me as responsible for.
Yeah, I'm doing my best. But there is only so much you can do when have become the being that is known and despised as Discord.
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As we all know, this is a fan-fiction and not at all meant to be profitable in nature.
MLP is the property of Hasbro inc.
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To all the people who have favored this, I thank you.
My only regret is due to the number of favorites, I cannot respond to each and every one personally.
it was pretty good
7222742 Thank you master chief.
An intriguing concept. Liked, Favorited, and Followed.
I look forward to seeing more.
The concept has been attempted, but not really with this kind of thought put into it and never to its completion. I've never seen it done this way and I'm interested to see where you can take this human turned Discord without devolving into the usual bland and bizarre humor.
Are the Halo references only there for show? If they're just kind of your thing then to each their own I suppose.
You have my interest, like, and a fave.
Yes. More.
Believe me good sir, the worst sin you could commit now is not continuing this.
Please continue.
(I haven't read the story yet, going on my tbr.) If you want people to read this, though, you might want a proper description of what the story is about.
Now this looks like a promising start. Finally a story where a human character actually reacts to becoming an mlp villain and has a reaction I think most of us would. Please continue this as I want to see where it goes.
I thought there would be Gravemind. I can find absolutely no story on this site containing Gravemind, and I NEED GRAVEMIND IN MLP!!!!
I think I would like to see more.
I'm with 7223545
Give me a proper description of this story and I'll read it.
more please
This is certainly interesting. I would love to see more.
7223218 Actually, A Monument to all of Your Sins just seemed to be the best title for this sort of concept.
...Dude...Pls continue...this is awesome...
Well, is this a universe where Discord was a psycho killer monster, or fairly the same as in the show?
Because if the FORMER, yeah... it'd be reaaaaaaaal hard to convince the ponies you're not just trying to fool them so you can violently slaughter them in all sorts of sadistically inventive ways later.
But if it's basically the Discord we already know... uhm... this is the Discord Celestia just randomly decided to try reforming for still-as-yet undeclared reasons. He couldn't have been all that bad... or else the writing for that episode was. In either case, the canon Discord wasn't so awful.
A truly EVIL Discord would have won in an instant by just flat out murdering the Mane 6. Or just one of them and then spent his days molesting the rest and the Princesses while gleefully pulling them apart while keeping them alive and eating parts of them and letting them feel the parts of them digesting... Don't think me naïve of the depths of depravity the mind can descend into simply because I would never perform them... simply put, a truly evil Discord probably wouldn't have lost to the Princesses in the first place.
And had they miraculously managed to survive long enough to find the Elements and blast him with the Deus Ex Rainbow, they absolutely would not stick the petrified form of a psychotic god-level carnivorous rapist in the middle of a garden.
The Discord we know is a powerful prankster and a somewhat cruel figure, but he still liked his toys to remain more or less intact.
So there's really only so far one can take Discord's character over to the side of wickedness before the actions of the backstory become utterly implausible.
7224267 That will be explored and explained in due time.
In the words of the legendary iDubbz:
"Hey, that's pretty good!"
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My head cannon is that Celestia needed a force of chaos to balance out the surplus of harmony so Twilight could ascend.
7224419 Ok... but there's absolutely nothing to suggest that's true. I could just as easily conclude that she was really REALLY drunk that day.
As requested I have dropped a comment and a like. However, I insist you continue on with this story as it-
-well, let's just say it's piqued my interest.
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7224837 He was referring to the pedestal Discord (and by extension himself) was mounted on.
7223721 mich auch mein Freund [me too my friend]
Just a little thing I noticed:
Should be:
This is cool so far; haven't seen many human into Discord stories.
I'll be tracking this one.
7225554 Fixed.
Well, I don't normally (by that I mean Never) read Humans in Equestria, or humans turned into ponies/discord stories, but this one is intriguing, so I'll give it a try. After all, there's a first time for everything.
Well, I have a custom for stories I like. Namely, I go through the authors other stories and see if i might like any others. This is your third story, and the other two were canceled after a chapter or two. That worried me at first, but it does look like those two stories were never even read by people. (No comments, under ten likes/dislikes).
But still, two canceled fics does not build confidence. How many people need to comment to ensure that this will be updated? And if enough people do comment, will you continue to update? Even if it's slowly? I hate following fics that die or get canceled halfway through.
Fascinating, I would adore more of this sir. Your way of words is refreshing and accurate to boot.
I shall await more with happiness.
7224267 I'm against the grimdark noncanon twists. I think you're underestimating just how much hatred Dissy would earn himself regardless.
Let's all take a moment to remember that you don't need grimdark to classify a catastrophe, nor do you need a murderapist to cause one. An eldritch horror doesn't need to commit murderape, and no grimdark needs to occur for people to consider him an abomination.
If you break one window then people will call you a scummy vandal, if you break every window in your country at once then people will be calling for your skin nailed to a wall. It's still a catastrophe that causes many millions of dollars in damage, and this comparison doesn't even hold a candle to what Discord is implied to have done in canon.
Of course mlp doesn't even brush on this point but whatevs.
7225769 Well... on one hand you are right, on the other hand your example wouldn't make much sense for ponies, who can alter reality at will (at least if they have a horn). If you break every window over there... you have to pay a days work for a unicorn or two with the respective talent and whatever punishment you get for leaving people window-less for 24 hours.
7225893 Yeah how about we don't debate the specifics on what's possible with magic. There's a reason people have been going back and forth on this since the dawn of fantasy literature, and it isn't because we get specific answers. Let the author decide what can and cannot be done with magic in this story. FIM is inconsistent as hell when you dig into the specifics so we can only vaguely speculate on how Equestrians deal with the other 90% of their problems. Our biggest point of reference has only ever been to gauge how people react to stuff in real life (or also in the cartoon, in this case).
tl;dr: I'm not getting into a magic debate with anyone.
I find it so utterly annoying when people do that, holding a story hostage like this. Either you've got an interesting story to tell or you don't, but don't make it dependent on how willing people are to fellate you over it. That's just attention-whoring.
7225769 Well, I would agree with all your sentiments as far as an analytical take on the show goes...
The problem lies with the canon. Celestia in the show decided to reform the most dangerous and powerful villain in their world's history shown to us up to that point.
Given this unequivocal fact, the Discord in the show COULDN'T have been that bad or no one would have ever given reformation so much as a first thought.
Basically what I'm saying is that the show wrote itself into a corner on that aspect.
Looks good, now all you have to do is not cancel this one...
Doll was a nice touch.
Yay update I really hope the sisters in time will be able to tell that he isn't discord
Hmm, interesting story. I look forward to seeing where it goes. I don't quite understand the protagonist not using Discord's powers to just make anything rather than searching for stuff though.
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But he has all of Discord's memories, powers, and appearance. Not to mention he took his place. For all intents and purposes, he is Discord, just with a new leaf. Redeemed basically. So the question is, can he convince them that being in stone for so long has reformed him, and he seeks to right all the wrongs he hath wrought? It's not... unreasonable to make that assumption, that he could be reformed, is it?
I'm really liking this so far, especially Alexanders personality. Despite the fact that he's been so radically changed, he still refers to himself as human because he still has what makes him, Him, his mind and morals.
Looking forward to see where you take this.
Also somethings I noticed:
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Should all be:
I need more of this story! Is soooooo good!
7226528 Giving it second thought, if this was before Discord broke out then there would likely be a lot more fear of him than direct hatred. To most ponies he'd be a near mythical terror who had been and gone well before they were born.
If Discord's actions were really that bad (and in this story they seem to be) then if anything, Celestia should be one of the few ponies who absolutely, utterly despise him. Canon Celestia is kind of a big softie by nature though, so I'm not sure. I don't really want to see an out of character superhate Celestia though, those have been done to death.
7242636 Canon Celestia didn't seem to have any problem with Sombra getting blown up... and certainly didn't try to reform Tirek... and directly tried to blast Chrysalis to ash...
So, why is she soft on Discord?
The ONLY reason that makes sense is that despite his tricks, his form of 'cruelty' is actually very mild.
Considering his powers, he could be unstoppable and vicious beyond imagination if he simply chose to slaughter anything that stood up to him. For whatever reason, whether it's just because it's writing for a kids' show, or if there's a legitimate character-driven rationale, Discord never kills or even tortures ponies. This would suggest a hint of restrain and mercy within him, perhaps an aspect of his personality he'd been hiding the entire time. One could invent all manner of backstory reasons as to why that might be, but the fact that he's nowhere near as wicked as he could be remains as a pointed case upon which to base the decision to attempt reforming him.
I wish the episode KCaFO had gone into Celestia's reasoning even a little. Or at least follow up on it in subsequent episodes. As it is, it's one of several completely arbitrary events in the show without any reasoning still languishing in the overriding narrative.
Good. Good. Moar kind sir, Moar.
More please!
Nice. I'll wait for the next chapter. What else you have in mind?
7261781 (Chuckles good naturally). Now that would be telling, wouldn't it? I will say this though: just because something may seem irrelevant in the here an now as far as the story is concerned, doesn't mean that it won't have repercussions or importance later on down the road.
7261816 hmmm...
I hope to see more interaction with the ponies and more dialogue. If it's not easy for you to create casual dialogues then I suggest you to concentrate only on that first: just like a script you write only the dialogue, no description or background ( which you did awesomely good in the last chapter).
This story is pretty catchy.
7261848 Well, the dialogue isn't really the hard part in of itself, it's trying to keep the story on track and not bog down in any unnecessary details. But I'll give that a try the next time I have to write dialogue and see where it leads.
Eh that was kinda short, also why couldn't he just conjure bits do they have some sort of anti counterfeit spell on them or something?