For those who don’t know, I’d like to confess that I’m not a big fan of FlutterCord.
It isn’t because of their differences in age or species, really. It’s because...
One reason would be that I find Discord to be way too eccentric for Fluttershy despite her liking Discord being chaotic. Other reasons would be that I personally can’t help but find it to be too obvious in so many ways, that the two don’t really match each other when it comes to love, and because I just can’t seem to find any great and interesting stories depicting a romance between the two. Every time I take a sneak peek at a story featuring the pairing, I can’t help but find the pairing and romance between the two characters to be handled rather blandly, and they would either be out of character or something else. No matter how hard I even try, I just can’t seem to see it working, especially with Fluttershy.
But my prime reason is because of this:
Celestia’s real reason behind why she assigned Fluttershy to reform Discord is so that Fluttershy could show him what it’s like to have a friend, and that’s what Fluttershy was wanting to do since “Keep Calm and Flutter On”, show him how valuable friendship and having a friend truly is. FlutterCord just...seems to take away the reasons behind it all.
But, that’s where I have a question for you all.
What is it about Discord and Fluttershy that many of you believe shows potential for them to be more than friends? What is it that you believe helps them to match?
For that matter, what is it that you all see that I can’t see? And why can’t I see?
I’ve been wanting to be open for it and to see how it would work so much, but yet...no matter how hard I try, I just can’t seem to see it working. I can’t seem to see anything stronger between Discord and Fluttershy than a deep friendship, and even when I see these “supposed” winks that makes fans of the pairing crazy, I still don’t see it.
For me, Discord has always been what I would classify as one of the series’s most complex characters. I have always had this point of view that, him being a chaotic individual and someone who still struggles to understand friendship a lot of times, he wouldn’t be doing anything for Fluttershy out of being in love with her. He wouldn’t be doing anything that a non-chaotic character like Fluttershy would do. Attending Fluttershy’s tea parties, for instance, was something that I often thought he did not because he liked tea or was in love with Fluttershy, but because he’s trying to be a good friend to her as much as possible.
What thoughts do you guys have about this? About what I think of FlutterCord and my questions?
Am I really so much of a bonehead with some kind of problem?