Hahahee. You guys got me thinking about these two.
Here's a reminder: they share a body, and only one can be active at a time. You either get Discord or Accord, never both!
A neat thing to mention about them is that Discord is experimental by nature and there is something so magnetic about mortals. Discord cares most for Root because she makes the most interesting little mortals ever (whereas Grogar only makes beasts, hardly capable of holding a conversation). That's why, out of all the four gods, I think Discord is the most likely to want to have a relationship with mortals (be it friendly or romantic or sexual or any other way). The problem is that he still sees mortals as toys; objects to be used or, at best, pets to be cared for. He quite literally has a god complex, which is to be expected of a literal god.
Twilight and Fluttershy noticed this pattern and intend to fix it (they want to try their best to make Discord see ponies as mental and emotional equals to him. Perhaps that would get him to empathize with them and finally be able to connect to them in a healthy way).
Oh, dudes. Discord/Accord can give up control of the body to the other (and that often happens when they become bored or content of the world as it is. Thus, it's common to see Accord when the world is too chaotic, and see Discord when the world is too orderly). Grogar/Root can't do that; their existence is parallel to the circumstances around them. If there's Harmony in the world, Root gets to stay. If there's no Harmony, Root will weaken until she can no longer stay awake, and Grogar takes over to shake things up again.
Accord made a dollhouse and the lack of movement weakened Root. Accord became mildly interested in sharing his creations with Grogar, but then he went and made his beautiful dollies move and- eugh, seek to eat, have sex, wander around aimlessly, kill... Accord was so happy with his perfect little world where nothing happened unless he willed it so, but ... yeah, sigh. This was the first time Accord gave up control (it was partially a tantrum, partially a way to escape his frustration of losing control of his world!)
A funny thing to emphasize is that Root appears when there's Harmony and weakens when it weakens. This means that if there's too much Chaos (to the point where no one can hear anypony else), she weakens. Too much Order (when there's only one voice)? She weakens too. I really like that, those gods regulate each other and in turn, they keep the universe running.
Also, for those curious: Discord is willing to have friends, have lovers, have sex, even children if he's feeling experimental enough. Accord wants NONE OF THAT, literally EW EW EW why would you ever want to ruin a perfectly sanitized solitary existence? Disgusting!!!
Root is fascinated by how mortals work ("aren't they just wonderful? Look how different they are, how they connect to each other, how they love...") and Grogar is annoyed at how Root keeps overcomplicating things. Who needs philosophy? Empathy? The world is made to experience life to the fullest, not to sit and think about things that mortals can't even live long enough to enjoy. "Please just let the children eat eachother, Root. It grows character." /j
Boo hoo i'll be able to add more physical storage to my phone and be able to change out batteries if they degrade as well as all these other optional features I won't have to touch
I love how they add totally absurd things no one is asking for to make the idea look crazy. And still, I must emphasize, failing to make this look like a bad idea.
"Is this what you want? Is this ugly stupid bullcrap what you want??" the biggest loudest idiot in the room asks, holding up a picture of the hottest looking shit I've ever seen
crazy how i find myself thinking i've got a handle on it all finally and then i see the ways that other people tangle their lives together so easily and live so easily together with their friends and i feel like that girl at the top of the stairs painting by norman rockwell
I'm imagining a world where RPGMaker somehow made it as the de facto codebase for software and you have to navigate your banking app by walking around in a huge room full of NPCs named "make deposit" and "make withdrawal" etc and there's loud as fuck stock music playing
gameoverse seems fun enough. but the cynical feminist in me can't help herself. all the male characters are like, cartoon blobs, which is contrasted strongly by the two major female characters in this pilot, both of whom are hour-glass shaped humanoid women who spend most of their screentime in swimsuits. and like that's not an outright dealbreaker but i *am* staring into the camera with my eyebrows raised.
idk i'm getting really tired of this "connecticut clark and malfina" type shit where male characters get to be Silly Abstract Little Guys but women have to be women shaped. it's this male-as-default thing that i hate where you don't need to add anything to a character design to imply male-ness but the woman better have wide hips and booba or else yknow like idk it's not outright Offensive but it is tiring
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