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Worth It (A Chaotic Birthday)

Warnings
No content warnings apply
Fandom
My Little Pony Generation 4: Friendship is Magic (Cartoon 2010)
Main relationship
Discord/Fluttershy (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
Main characters
Fluttershy (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic) Discord (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
Other characters
Rarity (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic) Sweetie Belle (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic) Twilight Sparkle (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
Other tags
Cockatrices Birthday Chaos Pets Magic Gift Giving Party Fluff Getting Together Discord Has A Pet Cockatrice Finally figured out how to do non-official tags! Fluttercord Anyone else ever notice that Discord is strangely punctual? Not Beta Read No betas we're shy like Flutters! Art Digital Art Fanart AI-Generated Images
Language
English
Originally published
on AO3 · updated 17 Sep 2026
Stats
2,609 words2 chapters 163 sparks0 comments0 bookmarks7 readsUpdated 17 Sep 2026
Summary

It's Discord's Birthday! Time for a party, gifts, and heartfelt conversations.

Notes

I wrote this one a while ago and forgot to post it, lol.

Edit: In terms of both kudos and hits, this is my most popular work by far. While I certainly like it, I don't quite understand why it's so well received?

Edit: The above is no longer true, but it is officially my fourth fic to get 100 kudos! As of 28 January, 2025. 😊

Edit: Now with AI art in its own 'chapter', because my mom made an AMAZING poster for me 🤩 As of the 17th of September, 2026


I think Twilight has a habit of being just a little preachy/summing up situations, so I tried to write her this way. Sorry if Discord's a little OOC -- Out Of Character, for those new to this ;)

Should I do a prequel about Pebbles?

Chapter 2: Art

163 carried over from the original posting

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Comments carried over from AO3 (5)

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BeTheHero905 via AO3 on Chapter 1 · 2024-07-31

This was very sweet!

Arukir Author via AO3 2024-07-31

Glad you enjoyed!

metavers3 via AO3 on Chapter 2 · 2026-09-17

i bookmarked this a while ago, saw it was updated and got curious. turns out the entire fic is ai slop 👎

Arukir Author via AO3 2026-09-18

The entire fic? Only the art is made by AI, the story was written entirely by me.

And how in the world would me adding some art in a second chapter possibly ruin the fic for you if you already liked it enough to bookmark before??

Pazymuk via AO3 on Chapter 2 · 2026-09-19

I love the pace of this! Comedy, romance, deep dives and surface fun. This was a nice day out with friends.

ccrowcity via AO3 on Chapter 2 · 2026-09-23

if you weren't already aware, generative ai & helper ais like chatgpt steal from actual artists (the data used to train them use real art posted online without the creators' knowledge or consent), they are terrible for the environment (they use up a lot of water and pollute the air, and towns and wildlife that are near datacenters are suffering because of it), and have been causing a decrease in critical thinking skills and an increase in psychosis in people who use ai. this is just everything off the top of my head, btw, there's more. please, PLEASE refrain from using generative ai as much as possible, for your own sake, ours, and the planet's. picking up a pencil or stylus and drawing, or commissioning a real, human artist, is much more ethical. thanks.

Arukir Author via AO3 2026-09-23

But pencils are so... YELLOW. Yuck 🤢

ccrowcity via AO3 2026-09-23

okay, you were already aware of generative ai's many shortcomings... you just don't care. go tell daddy gpt to vomit out some more slop for you. just don't complain too much if a datacenter is built near your house and you dont have any more clean water to drink because someone keeps generating ai images of godzilla and tung tung sahur making out

Maya (Guest) via AO3 on Chapter 1 · 2026-09-23

outstanding, i keep noticing how you write someone discovering that the readiness they kept waiting for had been available to them for longer than they knew. Haha this is going straight to my head, and it also sparked a thought linked to the fic's direction. DC: cutemayahere (that's my username)

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