Is chaos actually a necessity?

[ggg-2 3,557]

Basically, what if there's an actual necessary balance between harmony and chaos that needs to be maintained?

[Ganondorf8 11,761]

One side can't exist without the other otherwise the very fabric of our existence would be in jeopardy. Both sides attempt to become dominant over the other which is when those who are neutral work their ways to ensure both become equal again.

[Sonic Shimmer 4,141]

Chaos is the very nature of existence while order is invariably a temporary state. Everything returns to chaos eventually.

[Castle Bleck 19,481]

Things like freedom are technically chaotic, so yes.

[Megas 28,234]

Depends on how you define "Chaos". However the way it's explained in the show just felt like a poor excuse to justify bringing back Discord. Because think about it: If Chaos is so important for balance, why was Discord sealed away not just once, but twice in the first place?

Edited November 9, 2021 by Megas

[SharpWit 2,916]

Without chaos, there is no change. The world becomes stagnant and life ceases to exist.

However Chaos has a tendency to present itself as a much greater threat, which results in order and harmony often being mixed up with each other.

[They call me Loyalty 1,957]

Yes. Conflict is an essential part of every story. And it is the source of the things you all do in the dark, when you think nobody is watching you. But you have grossly underestimated my creeping abilities. If you think so. Chaos is a part of this reality, as polarity. Black and white. Dark and light. Good and evil. Love and hate. Heat and cold. Male and female. You know how it goes. Every force has an antithesis meant to reflect itself in order to create the illusion that defines our perception of reality. In this case, chaos, which is entropy, finds its opposite in Creation. Because life and death are one and the same.
And everything leads back... to you know whom.

[mlploverlizzy 295]

i feel it is necessary in the universe because of how vital one part is to another 

[Pentium100 2,318]

Babylon 5 did this, go watch it. Really, that's one of the main themes of the show.

 

 

Both chaos and order are necessary. Order by itself, leads to stagnation and no freedom, chaos, by itself leads to no freedom and lots of suffering.

However, chaos makes people stronger and able to adapt to unforseen problems. 

Imagine how horrible it would be to live in either extreme. Chaos is just anarchy, people fighting each other all the time, some temporary alliances are made between people and quickly destroyed because one inevitably betrays the other. 

However, order is no better - not only it would he horrible to live, because nobody would have freedom (freedom is chaos, since you can do whatever you want, so not "orderly"), but such a system would be inflexible and would collapse in an event of an unforseen problem. 

[Sazama Ichida 2,367]

Based on how Fluttershy acted when Discord was fading, apparently Chaos IS needed for some reason.

[Cash In 23,279]

In any kind of world, chaos will always exist to some degree and you can't just get rid of it. It will always find a way to break free, because that's just how things are. When chaos takes over completely, that's when problems rise.