Before Creation was Kaos. The dark and empty Void. Silent. Changeless. Empty.
With the dawn of time, came the potential for change, and so Kaos became Chaos, the breakdown of order, and the potential for change, the Trickster God.
In time, this personification became attached to a certain world, and took on a form to walk amongts its Little Ponies.
He never thought he'd become attached to any of them. He never thought he'd love them. And he certainly never thought he'd lose his closest friends.
It's been done to death, but my take on a Discord losing Fluttershy fic. AU, only difference being Discord is Eternal, all else follows canon.
For the Angst category of Bicyclette's "A Thousand Words" contest.
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That was a good story.
Left me emotional in just 1000 words wow.
Personally I never get tired of the topic regarding Discord dealing with Fluttershy's passing. I like this take that her lifespan was lenghtened instead of dying due to old age, and if she outlived quite a few generations, it might mean she was ok with that decision, which is quite different to the stories were Discord does that without her consent. Yet she will never be a true inmortal and will eventually pass and leave Discord to process the pain.
Good job!
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Thank you!
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Thanks!
I remember one of my High School Literature teachers describing one of the shortest but most powerful stories he'd read, "Baby shoes for sale. Never worn."
Glad I was able to tug at some heart strings with what I was able to do!
A fascinating, eon-spanning autobiography/eulogy/nostalgia trip/exercise in self-reflection by one who is just as difficult to define as the story itself. Lovely little thought-piece. Thank you for it, and best of luck in the judging.
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Thank you. 😊
I belive there are 105 entries total, so the phrase "snowball's chance in Hell" comes to mind.
At least some people enjoyed it!
ooh, always love when a fic takes a single line or detail from the canon and reveals there is a lot more buried underneath it that in first seems
haha, yeah, you got them there!
aww, this very abbreviated summary makes Discord so sympathetic!
yeah, it was always a weird place, wasn't it?
hehe, calling Fluttershy a canary is fun
aww, that is so heartwarming and then heartbreaking right after
oof, that is the basis of a tragic epic of a tale, all in one sentence!
interesting that while i've seen the headcanon that Hitch descended from Fluttershy a lot, it never struck me that it would make sense for Hitch to be Discord's descendant then as well. adds another dimension to their possible meeting, or in this case not meeting
bringing it back around to the beginning, and spanning the entire lifespan of the universe in just a thousand words! dang, i am really impressed by this. there is something that resonates with me here, since dang, what better way to write a ship than to make it the summation of the entire universe's existence?
augh, this is such well-worn ground, yet you made it so wonderfully heartwrenching here in the end. beautifully angsty stuff that i am eating up with a spoon here, thank you so much for it!
This was beautiful, it was sweet and sad and sorrowful and heartwarming all at once.