{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Rainbow Dash Network","provider_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/","type":"link","title":"Gherkin \u2611\ufe0f (thelastgherkin)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Jan-14 17:58:12 UTC","author_name":"Gherkin \u2611\ufe0f (thelastgherkin)","author_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/thelastgherkin","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3248846","html":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/9\" class=\"url\" title=\"Rarity\"><span class=\"fn nickname mention\">rarity<\/span><\/a><\/span> &quot;Jayson Thiessen, the show's director, stated that the character Discord was &quot;straight off Lauren [Faust]'s pen&quot; and was inspired by John de Lancie's popular character Q from the Star Trek television series. At first, the production was planning on having a voice actor that sounded like de Lancie, and were later thrilled to find that they could have de Lancie himself for the part.&quot;  So no."}