My Better Half (Patreon)

quickie concept art, still needs tinkering with

planning a story where Pandora splits herself into two halves, Order and Chaos, and sends them to accomplish a task. The two need names....Orderly and Dis? Dora and Pan? idk

Dora represents the superego. She is moral, objective, and polite. She places immense emphasis on justice and strict control. She cannot feel emotion, she's more like an advanced AI attempting to simulate feelings- it comes off as unsettling and uncanny. There's lots of creepy details to her- she cannot smile, she doesn't seem to need to breathe, and thus can speak infinitely, even without opening her mouth. She views herself as a loyal servant to ponykind, which sometimes means steering her wayward little lambs into the path of goodness, with brute force if necessary. Be not afraid, my little pony.

Pan represents the id. She is Pandora's primitive urges made manifest. She holds all of Pandora's positive personality qualities- humor, joy, love- but also some of the nastier ones, like aggression, insecurity, and selfishness. She hates her other half, and is absolutely thrilled to have finally been released onto the world.

Both halves think they know what's best for Pandora, and are unwillingly to compromise or work together.