How do you think Discord came about?

[XUNUSEDXXX 3,459]

Discord, as shown in S2E1, ruled Equestria at one point in chaos. we know he wasnt the first ruler from the Hearth's Warming Eve episode, since the ponies founded it. where do you think he came from and how do you think he became ruler of equestria? i dont think he could have done it by force since he doesnt have an army or anything...

[Winona the Dog 1,984]

I dont know maybe he was a good guy turned bad like Luna into Nightmare Moon or something.

 

 

 

Though i could be wrong and he couldve just been bad to begin with

[NavelColt 22,880]

My vote goes to 'He's the physical manifestation of chaos'. Which basically translates to 'he's been around since the dawn of time, or close to it'.

[PonyEcho 1,610]

well i think that discord stumbled across Equestria long after it was formed, maybe before or after the Alacorn's showed up. but he found it a nice place to settle down and raise some chaos

 

as for discord before then, i have one speculation with zero evidence so take it a you will any other mad person talking

 

i think Discord was a completely different creature possibly a alicorn but his power combined with his madness and chaos allowed him to create his Discorded form and i'm sure he is the same with some other creatures for his amusement so i think he is responsible for Griffon's, Manticore's, Cockatrice's and any other creature that is a mix and match of different creature parts.

[XUNUSEDXXX 3,459]

well i think that discord stumbled across Equestria long after it was formed, maybe before or after the Alacorn's showed up. but he found it a nice place to settle down and raise some chaos

 

as for discord before then, i have one speculation with zero evidence so take it a you will any other mad person talking

 

i think Discord was a completely different creature possibly a alicorn but his power combined with his madness and chaos allowed him to create his Discorded form and i'm sure he is the same with some other creatures for his amusement so i think he is responsible for Griffon's, Manticore's, Cockatrice's and any other creature that is a mix and match of different creature parts.

 

That's interesting, I never thought about that. Morphing himself with different creatures... Interesting

[PonyEcho 1,610]

That's interesting, I never thought about that. Morphing himself with different creatures... Interesting

 

or perhaps he was the product of an experiment to create the ultimate creature, or maybe the just rely wanted a character that would be perfect for John De Lancie to voice for. the possibility are endless and only the most over the top theory will be the right one

[Alleviate 342]

I've got it...Now settle down for a li'l lesson.

 

When a Mummy Cockatrice and an ancient, water-Based, split-chaos manifestion from 7 gems containing raw chaos energy

love each other very much....They have a li'l baby...When that baby gets big enough, it leaves home, meets a dragon-horse (Probably Luna's Night guards!) And when They love each other very much They have a baby, that baby is known as a Draconequuies

When the Draco. Finds it's grandparents, it might find the ancient gems of raw chaos energy, then when it absorbs the negative energies from them, it turns into a beast driven by a desire for chaos! (Except when there is a magical, time-travelling, ring-hoarding hedgehog to stop it.)

 

It's all so simple! ^-^

 

-Joe-

[pinkiefan1287 610]

I think he was a spirt that lived in Equestria and then was able to take a form from the ponies bickering with each other. I mean we do know that the 3 rulers and their followers got along with each other, but we don't know how long it took the other ponies to start trusting each other. Then when he attacked they learned that they should try and get along with each other.

[bagelbass 29]

He was created the same way Celestia and Luna came about: Magic. Lol, that's my only explanation.

[I used to be a stranger 7,993]

I'd really like to know the story behind Celestia and Luna turning him into stone for the first time, seeing as when we see his statue, he's singing.

[Rarietty 632]

Maybe his mother/father was an extremely powerful pony and ruled Equestria, but mated with a dragon, giving birth to Discord. Maybe all dragon-ponies (draconequus) are extremely powerful, and are born with extreme powers in Chaos and reality bending. It's just that a dragon would never mate with a pony (pshh, Spike and ) so they're never born. I guess Celestia and Luna could always be related to him or something, and in line for the thrown after him if he was killed. (because that wouldn't ruin any shipping at all.) Or perhaps it was already their job to control the sun and moon, they just weren't actually queens/princesses .

 

As Discord was born next-in-line to the thrown, he got it when he came of age. He proved to be an incompetent ruler. Celestia and Luna, being one of the few alicorns, proved powerful enough to defeat him and encase him in stone.The two sisters took the thrown after Discord as they had proved themselves worthy of royalty. The end.

[Azura 1,107]

He looks like a mixture of types of animals, monsters and creatures.

 

That might be the reason why he has all those powers.

[Dusty Soul 2,611]

Ok, I'm going to try and think of something no one else thought of. Discord was originally considered a good guy. I think he was an alicorn (hear me out). He reigned for a long time. Then he grew fearful and paranoid about everything. He went from kind ruler to master of Chaos. Celestia and Luna came in and put a curse on discord (you know uprising) changing him into what everyone saw him at that moment. Angered, Discord battled the two alicorns until using their combined powers he was turned to stone...

Hey it's crazy, but it works for me.

Edited August 15, 2012 by Dusty Soul

[Slendermane 477]

The infinite improbability drive. His brother is a sentient bowl of petunias.

 

But seriously, I think he always was around, but ponies first became aware of him after Equestria's founding. I still think the Windigos are agents of chaos (I think Discord created them, then set them loose. He doesn't seem the type to command anything).

[notinuse_74352734 10]

Maybe it was a Frankenstein experiment? It makes sense. He turns against those who created him. I doubt it though.

[XUNUSEDXXX 3,459]

Maybe it was a Frankenstein experiment? It makes sense. He turns against those who created him. I doubt it though.

 

lol funny, im reading frankenstein for my school summer reading right now. anyway, it doesnt seem like someone created him for the intent of chaos, maybe he did the things to his body himself...

[notinuse_74352734 10]

lol funny, im reading frankenstein for my school summer reading right now. anyway, it doesnt seem like someone created him for the intent of chaos, maybe he did the things to his body himself...

 

I wasn't saying that they were creating him FOR chaos. I was saying that he was created for something different, but he realized what he was and turned on them.

[SrFrog 927]

Personally, I like to think it had something to do with the "love poison". Still, not sure of the possibility of him being the prince in that story or just a result of the aftermath. Haven't given this one much thought so, it's understandable if it sounds bizarre.

[PonyPowaX1000 69]

Well he is the God of Chaos and in well my opinion he's the physical manifestation of chaos so he's been around since the very dawn of time way before Alicorns or ponies even came into existance.

Edited August 16, 2012 by PonyPowaX1000

[Valureon 93]

I personally think he has just been around since the start...... he just represents choas...... I obviously cant say for certain but I dont think someone or something really caused him to come about..... . I think he was just sorta always around....

[TheFabulousPony 102]

Well he is just a physical manifestation of chaos lol I suppose in the beginning some huge chaotic event brought him into existence.

[OptimisticNeighsayer 478]

I've always supposed that he was a product of the protean conditions that formed Equestria, and instead of his species evolving over time through conventional Darwinian evolution, he has always been one entity and one entity only, and rather started out as a simple combination of items due to a sort of "chaotic force" (which I would best describe as an overdriven, erratically cyclic combination of the strong nuclear force [the force that keeps the quarks of a proton of neutron together, and by extension the nucleus as a whole] and the weak nuclear force [which causes nuclei to break apart]) and over time, incorporated various items scattered around Equestria. When it came to the point that this force and entity became self-aware, it truly became Discord, and came about after the three races formally founded the country. Because he has been encased in stone for a thousand years, he has remained relatively stable in form. If the Mane Six had not set him back into stone it's likely that he would have gotten even more powerful and manipulative, as well as quite a bit larger and even more chimeric.

[hironakamura 126]

He's a draconequus so maybe there used to be an entire species of him long ago. Where did he get his powers? I dunno. Maybe he posses the Elements of Chaos where as Luna and Celestia possessed the Elements of Harmony at the time so they're like god-like creatures of their respective species.

 

Draconequus also means dragon horse in latin so maybe he's the off spring of a pony and a dragon corrupted by the Elements of Chaos. Ponies know nothing about dragons yet they managed to have Spike's egg somehow. In addition, an unnamed dragon played a historical role in the origin of one of the pony's holidays Hearts and Hooves Day. This makes me think dragons may have had a past hidden history with ponies and Spike and Rarity were once not unique.

 

Dragons like gems and unicorns are also attracted to them at least its suggested based on the abandoned gem mines under Canterlot. Maybe there's more "significance" to the Spike and Rarity angle other than just looking cute on the surface.

Edited August 21, 2012 by hironakamura

[--Eve-- 351]

Well, in a non serious tone: He just went to Equestria from the continuum to have some fun! Also to put the pony race up on trial of course.

[Mu Nova 66]

Other than him just having always been around, I dunno. I'd rather have some more backstory on him overall, and better, just see more of him, than be told how he came to be. Though that'd probably come hand-in-hand with backstory.