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If you saw the season 4 finale, you would know that Discord´s cutie mark was a Hurricane/tornado. His best friend is Fluttershy. Her cutie mark is Three butterflies.

 

Butterflies and hurricanes. Did the writers reference the butterfly effect with this?

 

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Chaos theory isn't about natural disasters. It's about how little differences create major changes, and in a way that's counterintuitive and difficult to predict. It's the physics of turbulence, fractals, complex systems, and life. The implications are empowering to the individual because your farts have a huge impact on global weather systems. :P

 

But I didn't remember seeing discord get a cutie mark in the S4 finale. How did that happen? He isn't even a pony.

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So what you're sayin' is...

 

Fluttershy and Discord are responsible for that deer that ran in front of my car and caused me to swerve into a pyramid of paraplegic cheerleaders that were sponsored by Coca Cola to promote Coke Zero?

 

They owe me a new front axel and bumper.

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They're responsible for the moth in Las Pegasus that farted in surprise which caused a thunderstorm in Trottingham that caused a little lap dog to shake in fear which caused a tornado in Kansas that caused the deer to jump out in front of your car. But technically so is everyone else. In chaos theory, everyone matters.

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Chaos theory isn't about natural disasters. It's about how little differences create major changes, and in a way that's counterintuitive and difficult to predict. It's the physics of turbulence, fractals, complex systems, and life. The implications are empowering to the individual because your farts have a huge impact on global weather systems. :P

 

But I didn't remember seeing discord get a cutie mark in the S4 finale. How did that happen? He isn't even a pony.

Discord transformed into a pony when he first met Tirek.

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If you saw the season 4 finale, you would know that Discord´s cutie mark was a Hurricane/tornado. His best friend is Fluttershy. Her cutie mark is Three butterflies.

 

Butterflies and hurricanes. Did the writers reference the butterfly effect with this?

I doubt it. I mean that would be a great connection, but the show doesn't really tend to do subtle little gestures like that. That being said, I would love it if they made Fluttershy an airbender!

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I doubt it. I mean that would be a great connection, but the show doesn't really tend to do subtle little gestures like that. That being said, I would love it if they made Fluttershy an airbender!

 

 

I don't think they made that reference, it seems a bit far-fetched and complicated. It's likely a coincidence.

Yeah, I don´t think so either, but it´s still fun to think about, right? :squee:

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We're still waiting on a proper treatment of chaos theory at the movies. Maybe the new MLP movie will go there...


Also don't forget that butterflies look a lot like certain strange attractors in chaotic systems. Maybe the Fluttershy-Discord connection is deeper than anypony dreamed.

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