Happy Discord Day!!!



Today is all about the Spirit of Chaos and Disharmony himself. Before he became the kooky, whacky, unpredictable friend we all know and love, this Draconequus was the kooky, whacky, unpredictable enemy that threatened the harmony in Equestria just some time after the Pillars of Equestria disappeared into Limbo. Despite the powerful Alicorn princesses protecting Equestria, Discord had managed to upend life there. But before his mischief would last another millennium, Princesses Celestia and Luna first used the Elements of Harmony on the mixed-up, mismatched trickster by turning him to stone. A thousand years later, he returned to reek havoc once more, by turning rain clouds into cotton candy sprinkling chocolate, causing corn to explode into popcorn and apples to grow so large their trees bend, turning rabbits into girabbits (I'll explain later) and pigs into Pigasi, have buildings float, day and night to happen randomly, turn paths into soap, buffaloes dance like ballerinas, and ponies to defy the laws of gravity. It was so chaotic. When Princess Celestia sent Twilight and her best friends to stop him, he continued with ploys to divide and conquer the Mane 6 by making them exhibit traits that are the opposite of the Elements they represent. He almost succeeded, but the Magic of Friendship finds a way to heal all things, even the Mane 6's relationship. And once again, Discord was turned back into stone.

Near the end of Season 3, Princess Celestia decided to give Discord a second chance and have him use his topsy-turvy magic for good instead of evil, and appointed Fluttershy for the task. As soon as Discord was free again, he still plotted to spread, and everypony knowed it. However, Fluttershy insisted on using kindness, and become his first, true friend. From that point on, Discord made an effort - even though he did betray his friends to join the evil Tirek once - and to this day, he is trying to become a better Draconequus. But you can't always keep a leash on this silly hodgepodge. He still LOVES chaos and mischief, but when he causes it, it always has an important lesson. But despite having a sort of godly wisdom that goes with his role as the spirit of chaos, even he can make mistakes. We all know Discord infamously disguised himself as the evil emperor, Grogar, in a misguided effort to prepare Twilight Sparkle as Equestria's new ruler by recruiting Equestria's remaining villains. But we know he had good intentions. If there's trouble in Equestria, it is likely that Discord will be found nearby!

To be honest, Discord was my most favorite My Little Pony villain before "Keep Calm and Flutter On." He's now one of my favorite characters in the show, as well as one of my favorite reformed villains. He doesn't just have a mixed-up exterior, everything he does and his magic are all whacky doodle kooky. "He's the one character where we can break all of the rules of the show," said Jim Miller, and he was SOOO right. He can have a reference to something that's more modern day. Even though he was like Loki, a trickster, he is more like Genie from Aladdin. He is overpowered (perhaps with phenomenal cosmic power, or semi-phenomenal, merely cosmic), but he uses his power to throw everything out of order for laughs for him, his friends, and for all of us. He just loves to break the fourth wall with his parodies. He's a hoot. We ain't never had a friend like he!

And even before "KCFO," I actually hoped he could be reformed because if he is the spirt of chaos, then he should use them naturally, as in, not for evil, but as the universe intended. After all, chaos isn't purely evil, it's just a dark part of our existence. Besides, when you think about it, even Pinkie exhibits some chaotic moments. Plus, since we're talking about Aladdin, its television show featured a character who filled the same role of Discord - Chaos. This blue, winged Cheshire cat like being also spreads chaos; he may even be the embodiment of it. However, he never used his powers for evil. He did seem to lean towards good as he intended no malice in his tricks, only to make them exciting and unpredictable. He wanders from place to place (even moving through dimensions) to "make things more lively" (i.e. wreaking havoc) wherever he deems the situation to be boring. So I was hoping that if Discord were reformed he could play out the role his feline predecessor played out in Aladdin. Looks like I got my wish, and, although I remained cautious during the episode, I was still hoping against hope we would see the light.

For this pic, it wasn't easy at first, but I finally came up with an idea. Have the celebration in Chaosville, Discord's homeworld. I brought back the cotton candy chocolate milk rain clouds, pigasi, ballerina bison dancing in the air, and girabbits (though I call them rabbucks, and here's why:

their anatomy is based on paleontologist Dougal Dixon's futuristic descendants of our rabbits of the same name in his book, After Man: A Zoology of the Future, where 50 million years in the future, rabbits would evolve to fill in the niche of the extinct ungulate mammals. The discorded rabbits remind me of their possible descendants. Is it possible that Discord saw the future and decided to revolutionize some of the present wildlife millions of years early? It is a mystery.

Discord by

Cotton Candy-Chocolate Milk Rain Clouds by

Pigasi and Bison Ballerinas by





Smooze by Rabbucks by meSmooze by

Chaosville Background by

I hope you all enjoy this, and have a little chaotic fun.

). And to join in is Discord's neighbor, Smooze. I didn't include him last year due to lack of space. But now he's officially here!As for Discord himself, that is my first vector, and I must say, he was fun to make. My struggle, however, was to find the perfect pose for him. But nevertheless, I think this is perfect, and you'll see it again.meAnd thanks for all the discord, Discord. You're best master of chaos ever!