tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237866755729011966.post2191470992497203043..comments2019-11-23T10:24:09.987-08:00Comments on RPG Catholic: Discord: The Most Dangerous MLP Villain?Eric Mendozahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00713127421319569994noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237866755729011966.post-41653079606122713272012-11-24T15:26:23.375-08:002012-11-24T15:26:23.375-08:00I believe there is some argument as to whether or ...I believe there is some argument as to whether or not discord represents chaos though. Chaos is not necessarily the absence of harmony, but the deliberate absence of harmony. Chaos is definitely a pattern in its own right; specifically the pattern of no repetition. Pi is a very chaotic number, as it has no repeats. It is 'chaotic', but not evil. Same as the 'golden mean'. The Universe is composed of hidden fractals, direct representations of chaos. Discord does represent the removal of natural and absolute law. No matter what we do, numbers will always act the same, as that is their principle purpose. Their function. Discord is the removal of such things, and this is not chaos. In fact, this is the removal of 'chaos' as well as other necessary patterns which are composed out of what the underlying numbers of the universe allow. Discord is chaotic in his effort to remove all order, but in return is then removing chaos (the order of no repetition). He is a manipulator of the fundamental number principles of the Universe. Something even more dangerous than a follower of chaos. This is very true evil, as converting the fundamental numbers deteriorates the ability for this Universe to be what it is. Harmonious: obeying of the fundamental number allowances/functions. Disharmony: disobeying or purposeful manipulation of the fundamental number allowances/functions. Chaos is a component of harmony, as it is a natural number function. Therefor, Discord is not chaotic.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15377042846317968566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237866755729011966.post-8917062022508247672012-07-04T17:25:41.982-07:002012-07-04T17:25:41.982-07:00That’s an interesting comparison between Discord a...That’s an interesting comparison between Discord and the Joker. It's like what MacIntyre said about the choice between Aristotle and Nietzsche. Equestria has clearly sided with Aristotle while Discord represents Nietzsche.<br /><br />I failed to mention this before, but it seems Discord is not simply looking to upset the social order of Equestria, but also the natural order (such as there is). And so we have soap roads, wacky laws of gravity, and pink clouds that rain chocolate milk! <br /><br />Looking at the matter from an A-T perspective, Discord seems to be an opponent of any kind of law, from the natural law all the way up to the eternal law. Consider what another A-T philosopher, David Oderberg, says about the importance of the cosmic order to the social order in his essay “The Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Law.” <br /><br />http://www.reading.ac.uk/AcaDepts/ld/Philos/dso/papers/The%20Metaphysical%20Foundations%20of%20Natural%20Law.pdfEric Mendozahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00713127421319569994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237866755729011966.post-67816747375261431902012-07-02T12:07:25.759-07:002012-07-02T12:07:25.759-07:00You could say villains like Tirek sought simply to...You could say villains like Tirek sought simply to do evil. But Discord's strength lies in the fact that he doesn't do those things. He ideologically distabilizes Equestria and causes others to do evil for him. Far from just doing evil on the scale of Tirek, Discord actually creates evil (if we believe Aristotle [which we do]). He is the children's show version of the Joker from The Dark Knight. "Some men just want to watch the world burn."<br /><br />Come to think of it, you've helped me realize that this is one of the most Aristotelian shows ever made. Magic can only come about to defeat evil as a result of the positive intimacies of friendship. The characters are friends because they are essentially the Virtues incarnate. Elements of harmony and all that.kuiperbelthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04628751801017104658noreply@blogger.com