I have a serious question about Pinkie Pie & Discord

[Sparklefan1234 161,672]

"If Pinkie Pie can already break the fourth wall & do unexplainable stuff, why does Discord exist?"

[RulesofRarity 489]

Because without Discord we wouldn’t have Fluttercord. 

But in all seriousness, Discord exists to drive our protagonists mad. Pinkie Pie can’t do what Discord does to the same scale. 

Edited July 29, 2018 by RulesofRarity

[MangoFoalix 24,898]

Discord exists because harmony needs a bit of chaos. There needs to be a balance between the two.

[Props Valroa 25,979]

Pinkie only does it for the humour.

[Will Guide 21,325]

Pinkie and her 4th wall breaking operates by Rule of Funny. Discord basically is a chaotic that doesn't make sense. 

Plus Discord started out as being entirely selfish while Pinkie always wants to make others smile.

Edited July 29, 2018 by Wholly Windcharger

[CypherHoof 26,479]

I don't think the two of them can really be compared (however, see the comics and The Mare of Mischief )

Discord is literally a (or possibly the) chaos elemental - he can't survive an excess of order (however, see again the comics for "Accord") and is frequently shown as acting selfishly, with only his (loudly denied) crush on Fluttershy keeping him even vaguely within bounds. As is common in FiM though, often there are breaks that seem to roll back his character development for plot convenience, but at least with Discord you can make the argument that he literally MUST sometimes act on impulse for his own survival.

Pinkie, by contrast, can use/abuse cartoon logic in a way most FiM characters can't; She is aware of (and can break) the fourth wall, but then, so can Twi on occasion; she can ungroup her own puppet (without any harm), can access hammerspace (mostly for things like her cannon; for other things, such as balls or eyepatches, she has strategically placed stashes, presumably prompted by her rather blatant clairvoyance), can abuse being off-camera to re-enter frame from odd angles or transition between scenes, and then there are things like actually drawing the dotted line on the ground for "travel on a map" views.  But that power is pretty much limited to her own self/body (which is normal enough; all Earth Pony powers are self-focussed) and with the constraint that it must be funny (hence, related to her cutie mark, again, reasonably enough for an Earth Pony)

[Lord Valtasar 12,685]

putting the words "Serious" and "Pinkie Pie" in the same sentence just sounds wrong
now to the question,
pinkie pie just does random stuff, and discord,while still doing random stuff,also does some pretty witty and well thought ploys(for the stupidest things sometimes,but still)
pinkie does everything with pure intentions, discord is very egoistic and self centered, even when he does good things
simply put, Pinkie,who seems like the lesser one at first glance, is too caring,and too disconnected from human behaviour(like a god),and Discord, who you'd think almost a god, displays human traits and is thus,more relatable,

[EpicEnergy 22,066]

Discord exists because he has a magic that Pinkie does not have - chaos.

[Splashee 28,537]

On 7/29/2018 at 11:54 PM, Sparklefan1234 said:

"If Pinkie Pie can already break the fourth wall & do unexplainable stuff, why does Discord exist?"

Because Discord is fun. Pinkie Pie is annoying. Fun ≠ Annoying

[ElderGodOfChaos 4]

well pinkie pie most likely has a small sliver of chaos magic she just cant use it to it's full potential like discord can