Actually, he is a dracoequus. Part...well, part pretty much everything.

floaty sphere balls of doom :o

Discord is a "Draconequus". Last one in existence. As for just WHO he is, Discord is the God of Chaos and Disharmony (much as how Luna and Celestia are Goddesses of the Moon and Sun) and once ruled over Equestria... at least until the Princesses used the Elements of Harmony to imprison him in stone. However, after the sisters lost their connection to the Elements, the spell was broken and Discord broke free.

Discord was later freed, Princess Celestia hoping to reform him so his magic can be used for good. He's still pretty much an asshat but he has a morality pet in Fluttershy. He can't deny that he is a jerkass at heart but he values his surprisingly genuine friendship with the Element of Kindness. Everyone else could go to hell but touch his FlutterButter and you're in for a world of hurt... and that goes for HIMSELF too... when he made her cry by aiding Tirek in capturing her and the others, he hated himself.

Also, I REALLY love how this came out. Hooray for the additionof Derpy!!

I love your use of the word, "asshat." Not enough people use that XD

It really should be used more.

Voiced by John De Lancie, Discord is a very Q-esque character. A "Spirit of Disharmony" he's made up of a random assortment of animal parts and is incredibly powerful.

Villain, reformed to be merely a pest, then briefly a villain again. An amusing character in general and you've done a great job capturing it here.
Great work!

"Villain, reformed to be merely a pest, then briefly a villain again."

Or to put it succinctly, he is DisQord.

New phone background :D

He's a "dracoequus," which means he's basically a jumble of a bunch of different creatures. He's part dragon, part griffin, part pony, part goat, part lots of other things. It's meant to emphasize his chaotic nature.

He basically has the same powers as Q (can completely mess with reality at will, powerful enough to kill all the heroes with a snap of his fingers but prefers to troll them instead) and was directly based on him, as the creator of MLP: FiM is a huge Star Trek fan.

like the fact you used Q's judge outfit. And yeah he's basically a little bit of everything all put together.

Oh that is AWESOME!

...kind of reminds me of Amaksa (sp?) from Samurai Shodown.

Holy shit, Discord has mastered the Ripple! Run!

Needs more chocolate milk rain. XD

When the creator of MLP penned up discord, she used Q as a major reference, and then got John DeLancie to play the voice, who was the actor for Q.

Heh, I was expecting his outfit to look a little crazier, but this works.

He looks like a Boss from Samurai Showdown.

He'd make a good Q the intergalactic Jackass

Best shorthand I can give is he's a dragon chimera chaos deity who is voiced by the guy who played Q.

He's a... Fuck it, he's Q, played by John DeLancie and everything.

It's been pointed out that Discord's form includes body parts from ALL the villains that had shown up in the show up to that point. And with John De Lancie doing his very best Q voice, how can you not LOVE the guy?

Fans of the show usually spell his name DisQord.

Well a lot of sources refer to him as a 'draconequus', whatever that is, though I personally see him more as a chimera (his body is an amalgamation of various creatures found in Equestria). He's prolly one of the most powerful beings in Equestria since he has pretty much omnipotent powers to manipulate reality, often bending it to be all hectic and wild (hence his title as Spirit of Disharmony).

Sadly in Season 3 he was reformed (by Fluttershy to my joy) which I think hurt the show as I really liked him as a villain. Thankfully Season 4 remedied that and improved his reformation. Good or bad, he's very entertaining.

You made him a Q. And it fits so well. This is massively cool.

Derpy head in a ball ftw

BRAVO SIR!!! BRAVO!!!

Discord is weirdness incarnate. Also, he's voiced by Q. He was a bad guy, but now he's more of a jerk.

*yay*

I like how you made Dis dark and sinister~
And I can't help he lok like a pope.... xD

Gotta say, I love the Star Trek reference.

So badass, well done.