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This conflict can play out in any scale and genre. From [[Star Wars|Jedi versus Sith]] in their view of [[The Force]] and [[The Dark Side]] (Do you let it flow through you and enact its will upon the galaxy? Or chafe at the "chains" so imposed and bend it to your will?), to a doctor choosing whether to go on punishing themselves for every patient lost, insisting that they just need to work themselves harder to make themselves be able to save every patient, or admitting that no, they can not save everyone.
 
Expanding on the above, Harmony will believe that untamed nature, be it physical, natural or mental is preferable and that [[Status Quo Is God|mankind should not try to dominate or change the environment in which it finds itself]]. It believes that doing so is [[Pride|Prideful]]ful and is unnatural, leading only to heartache and [[Scale of Scientific Sins|calamity]]. It believes that it is nature (be it Mother Nature, plain old nature, [[The Force]], [[The Lifestream]], magic, or even human impulses) that binds us all together into a greater whole which knows how best we should all coexist. Because of this outlook Harmony tends to be reactive, correcting problems rather than seeking to prevent them. All well and good, but the less advertised side of Harmony is that nature tends to have a wild, uncontrollable and potentially destructive side. It's (usually) completely without malice, but that's cold comfort when a tornado or magically augmented mastodon tear through your house.
 
 
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* [[All Work vs. All Play]]: All work is discipline, where all play is harmony
* [[Balance Between Good and Evil]] -- Generally—Generally, Good is harmony and evil is discipline, though inversions are commonplace.
* [[Elves vs. Dwarves]] -- Elves—Elves live in harmony with nature; dwarves seek to tame and utilize its resources.
* [[Emotions vs. Stoicism]] -- Emotions—Emotions are harmony, and Stoicism is discipline.
* [[Enlightenment Superpowers]] -- Usually—Usually the result of using great discipline to achieve harmony.
* [[Flesh Versus Steel]]
* [[Fur Against Fang]]
* [[Heaven and Hell]] -- One—One is Harmony, and the other is Discipline; which is which depends on the author's feelings on the topic.
* [[Ludd Was Right]] -- Discipline—Discipline is inherently faulty.
* [[Mother Nature, Father Science]] -- Harmony—Harmony is feminine, Discipline is masculine.
* [[Magic Versus Science]] -- Magic—Magic is Harmony, Science is Discipline.
* [[Order Versus Chaos]] -- Chaos—Chaos is Harmony, Order is Discipline.
** Alternatively, Order could be either Harmony or Discipline, with Chaos off in another dimension.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]] -- The—The Red Oni tends to be Harmony, and the Blue Discipline.
* [[Romanticism Versus Enlightenment]] -- In—In general, Romanticism is Harmony and Enlightenment is Discipline.
* [[Science Is Bad]], [[In Harmony with Nature|Nature Is Good]] -- Science—Science is inherently unharmonious, and thus bad.
* [[Slobs Versus Snobs]] -- Slobs—Slobs are Harmony and Snobs are Discipline
* [[Technician Versus Performer]]: One contestant is good because he worked at it (Discipline), another because it seems to come naturally to him (Harmony).
* [[Un-Equal Rites]] -- Magic—Magic should be controlled, treated as art, or as religion.
 
See also: [[Magic From Technology]], [[Magitek]], and [[Romanticism Versus Enlightenment]].
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* The path of the [[Martial Pacifist]] requires both Discipline and Harmony. In fact, this path to Harmony requires Discipline to follow. Many martial artists would view this trope as a [[False Dichotomy]]. Removing either facet can lead to a variation on the [[Arrogant Kung Fu Guy]].
* Many religions teach love, harmony, and acceptance. It takes true discipline to reach the point where you love your enemy as yourself.
* In [[Watership Down]] Cowslips warren is a [[Utopia Justifies the Means|Utopia]] of the extreme of harmony with no Chief Rabbit, no need to forage, and no struggle to survive-- andsurvive—and an [[Town with a Dark Secret|unavoidable dark secret]]. Efrafa is a Utopia of discipline where rabbits follow [[The Spartan Way]]. Neither are regarded as pleasant places. Though interestingly the Efrafan way at least gets [[Worthy Opponent|an ambiguous kind of respect]].
* On [[Firefly]] Simon is an example of Discipline. Though as it happens it is possible to kill him ''nothing and nobody'' can break him and River only melts him. Kaylee is an example of Harmony, with her love of everybody and her love of Serenity(an odd example of "harmony" being represented by a machine and it's mechanic). River too, represents Harmony the way she loves to dance, and mistakes a gun for a leafy twig. Mal of course, is the epitome of Discipline, as his resolve is made of iron.
* In [[Chariots of Fire]], Eric is more Harmony, though he as a good streak of discipline as well. Harold is the extreme of discipline.
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