Pony POV Series



The Pony POV Series is an in-progress My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic fanfiction series written by alexwarlorn (with some work put in by lz0291 and Kendell2 also wrote a few scenes and two songs, as well as several stories written by others in the same universe). They can be read here (first volume, Discorded Ponies) and here (in-progress second volume, Reharmonized Ponies). You can download an e-book compliation of the Reharmonized Ponies stories to date in epub or fb2 format.

The series is divided into two parts:


 * Discorded Ponies Series: A series of fics showing the characters being corrupted by Discord from their perspective (including Trixie, who was never corrupted in the series). Nightmare Fuel abounds in all of these, especially the Alternate Ending "Epilogue", which takes place in a horrible Bad Future ruled by Discord.
 * "Dark World Series":A returning to the Bad Future to see if the cast can finally Earn Their Happy Ending. Eventually declared the Sequel Series to Discorded Ponies instead of an Arc.


 * Reharmonized Ponies Series: A sequel series of all original works that follow the canon version of events. Unlike the original, these have a running storyline detailing the ponies' recovery,, once more in a series of POV stories, though some break that formula. While much happier, Nightmare Fuel still abounds.

The Reharmonized Ponies Series itself has some sub-arcs:
 * Princess Arc: A continuation of the Reharmonized series, this one
 * The "Butterfly" Side Stories: The aftermath of the previous Arc and, as told from the POV of several Ponies and non-Ponies around Ponyville.
 * "Origins": A series of stories explaining the origins of Celestia, Discord, Luna, . Gets really dark.
 * "Mind Games": Things are coming to a head as . Darkness rises, and chaos might just have the last laugh...
 * "Shining Armor Arc": Shining Armor's backstory and explaining where he's been during the rest of the series.
 * "Not The Wedding You Remember": Included due to a poll result. The premise starts the same as the show canon, but things quickly spiral out of control, from the efforts of a much more dangerous Queen Chrysalis.
 * "Finale": The eighth and apparently final arc of the main series. This in turn is divided into several sub arcs:
 * "Rainbow Dash (And Friends) Totally Awesome Radical Ponyville Adventure/": Featuring Rainbow Dash trying to uncover the mysteries of an altered Ponyville she finds herself in.
 * The Rumors Arc: The CMC (and have to find a way to undo  endgame and the rumors he used to cause it.
 * The Elements of Harmony Will Kick Butt: It's time for a final confrontation with Discord.

There's also the Gaiden: 7 Dreams/Nightmares collection of stories, wherein Princess Luna, Twilight Sparkle, and Pinkie Pie read the journal entries of the seven main G2 ponies,. Gets pretty dark, but each story tends to lean towards Earn Your Happy Ending territory.

All are rather deep, psychological stories with a Darker and Edgier take on the canon events. Discord is far more sinister and evil, his actions have left deep psychological scars on everypony, and there aren't any quick fixes to the damage inflicted. However, the series doesn't take a turn into pure Dark Fic turf and turn Equestria into a Crap Saccharine World, it's clear that all the bad things happening are Discord's doing, even though he's been defeated.

What separates this fic from many of the legions of fanfictions out there is just how HUMONGOUS the fic has become. The author regularly tries to create new chapters at a normal rate so that readers aren't Left Hanging, and the fanfiction as written by him is already over 100 chapters long. And not just short chapters. Average word length can be well over 4000 words in places. In addition, the fic has a core of loyal fans who are dedicated not just to creating new original material (as seen below), but for helping contribute to the core material such as the Dreams/Nightmares section mentioned above. Put together, it's quite the story with Continuity, and top notch writing standards from its many editors and creators.

A group of fans has started a project to make an audio version of the entire series.

There are also stories by other authors that have been declared in the universe by Word of God:
 * Discorded Ponies Side Story, one portrayal of Ditzy Doo's Discording and Reharmonizing
 * Butterflies: Ditzy Doo, an alternate portrayal, not to be confused with the unrelated Butterflies: Coffee Swirl
 * Butterflies: Coffee Swirl (part 2, part 3, finale)
 * Discord: Not One of a Kind, an alternate-universe story intended as part of The Multiverse
 * Shady: Line Of Fate: Another alternate-universe story by the same author. Warning, big time spoilers for the Origins Arc!
 * Pony POV Series: Celestia: The Third Alicorn, explaining how Princess Cadence fits into the POV Universe.

These stories are Loose Canon and it's up to the reader rather or not to consider them canon.

"Fluttercruel: Shut up shut up! You don't know anything so stop spewing dragon fewmets like you know me or someone you met twice!
 * Accidental Pun:
 * Action Mom:
 * Adaptational Badass:
 * The G1 My Little Pony series pony, Mimic. What is she like in this timeline? The only mortal pony to ever injure Discord and the reason he's missing that tooth by kicking him thousands of times in the face at the speed of sound! Sure, she died horrifically afterwards, but give the girl some credit!
 * Adorkable: Luna is this a good bit during her second sidestory.
 * Adult Child:
 * Fluttercruel has a habit of throwing childish temper tantrums when she doesn't get her way. Then again, she is pretty much a newborn, something Fluttershy picked up on, causing her to treat her like a child whenever she does something wrong.
 * Adorkable: Luna is this a good bit during her second sidestory.
 * Adult Child:
 * Fluttercruel has a habit of throwing childish temper tantrums when she doesn't get her way. Then again, she is pretty much a newborn, something Fluttershy picked up on, causing her to treat her like a child whenever she does something wrong.
 * Adult Child:
 * Fluttercruel has a habit of throwing childish temper tantrums when she doesn't get her way. Then again, she is pretty much a newborn, something Fluttershy picked up on, causing her to treat her like a child whenever she does something wrong.

Fluttershy: Oh my my my, such language. We're going to have to clean that mouth out.

Fluttercruel: YOU WOULDN'T!"


 * Adult Fear:
 * While just another bullet in a long list of horrors,  laser targets that special nerve of paranoia and fear for those who those who ever had to deal with that sort of emotional crisis for whatever reason.
 * There's also the fact that
 * A Friend in Need:
 * Affably Evil: Princess is a polite, gentle, and friendly host to the Mane Cast.
 * The Ageless: Celestia and Luna
 * A Glitch in the Matrix:
 * All Just a Dream:
 * All the Myriad Ways:
 * Alternate Ending: Kendell2's Ditzy Butterflies: Best Mother and Knight Mysterio's Reharmonizing: Old Wounds give alternate versions of Ditzy's reharmonizing, but both have been declared Loose Canon by Word of God, leaving it up to the readers which one they consider canon, if either.
 * Alternate Timeline: Several have been revealed. It's also revealed that the Pony POV universe is an Alternate Timeline to the main series.
 * Alternative Character Interpretation: Parodied In-Universe with Luna and Celestia, the tabloids do this all the time. Celestia, being who she is, has fooled around with them a good bit with this under an assumed name for various reasons.
 * Exclusively Evil: Subverted. Despite Discord being purely evil, being born of Disharmony does not automatically make one evil. This is a major plot point in Fluttercruel's story arc.
 * And I Must Scream:
 * Animesque: The audio-adaptations have recently been taking a step in this direction, complete with an official opening theme that's actually shortened for each installment and title cards!
 * And There Was Much Rejoicing: Discord's defeat in "Origins" sparks this, obviously.
 * Anti-Hero: Trixie after her Heel Face Turn. She's undoubtly on the good side, but she's still got a lot of issues to work around and is willing to use methods that aren't exactly heroic to get the job done.
 * Apocalyptic Log:
 * Apologetic Attacker:
 * Arc Words:
 * Almost all the stories end with the pony in question accepting her new position, declaring "I'm free." In the Discorded Series, this is normally a bad thing, but in the Reharmonized Series, it's a good one.
 * As Herself: In-Universe, Princess Luna plays herself in a play where she makes a Deal with the Devil with three Earth Ponies. She also wrote it 1000 years ago.
 * The Atoner:
 * Audio Adaptation: A very large fanproject presently in the works is making one of these. Yes, the entire fanfic from start to finish.
 * Awful Truth:
 * Back from the Dead: Apparently happened to offscreen over 1000 years ago.
 * One of the Recursive Fanfictions contains a more example.
 * Badass Boast: to  in "Origins" right before :
 * Apologetic Attacker:
 * Arc Words:
 * Almost all the stories end with the pony in question accepting her new position, declaring "I'm free." In the Discorded Series, this is normally a bad thing, but in the Reharmonized Series, it's a good one.
 * As Herself: In-Universe, Princess Luna plays herself in a play where she makes a Deal with the Devil with three Earth Ponies. She also wrote it 1000 years ago.
 * The Atoner:
 * Audio Adaptation: A very large fanproject presently in the works is making one of these. Yes, the entire fanfic from start to finish.
 * Awful Truth:
 * Back from the Dead: Apparently happened to offscreen over 1000 years ago.
 * One of the Recursive Fanfictions contains a more example.
 * Badass Boast: to  in "Origins" right before :
 * Audio Adaptation: A very large fanproject presently in the works is making one of these. Yes, the entire fanfic from start to finish.
 * Awful Truth:
 * Back from the Dead: Apparently happened to offscreen over 1000 years ago.
 * One of the Recursive Fanfictions contains a more example.
 * Badass Boast: to  in "Origins" right before :
 * Badass Boast: to  in "Origins" right before :


 * Bad Future:
 * "Epilogue" shows one where Discord won and rules the world. It's not pretty.
 * We see another one in
 * Badly-Battered Babysitter: The two Night Guards Luna leaves in charge of the foals end up this way.
 * Bait and Switch Boss:  YMMV on how well that works, but it has yet to be seen if there is a relation between the two.
 * Baleful Polymorph: Discord did this to a great many ponies. During her adventure in Canterlot, Applebloom somehow ended up being unwillingly transformed into a Sea Pony. Even Applejack isn't sure how that even happened.
 * Bargain with Heaven: Joining the Equestrian military (or at least the royal guard) seems to work this way. It involves being infused with a bit of the Princesses power (each do half) with a bit of transformation involved, more for Luna's than Celestia. However, the contract is very thorough about this (at least in Luna's case, it's in big bold letters across two pages in size 40 font, complete with before and after pictures) and applicants know exactly what they're getting into.
 * Batman Gambit:
 * Battle in the Center of the Mind: Pinkie Pie has one against an evil fractured piece of her personality called Angry Pie caused by Discord's corruption.
 * Be All My Sins Remembered:

"Applejack: It involved Applebloom spookin' every Pegasus in armor around, a royal fountain, Applebloom needin' to redefine her meanin' of 'public bath' . . . and Ah think the ghost of a Hippocampus and a lost family locket but Ah kinda ain't sure 'bout them details."
 * Beneath the Mask:
 * Berserk Button:
 * Better Than New: Happens to Pinkie Pie during her week long slumber after she finally crashes from going a week without sleep. She wakes up able to think clearly and say things so profound (though still in character) that even Twilight is incapable of arguing her points. This happened because during that time she
 * Beware the Nice Ones:
 * Big Bad:
 * However, before his arc happens, Princess  serves as the Big Bad for the penultimate story arc.
 * "Origins", being a prequel, naturally has Discord as the Big Bad.
 * Big Damn Heroes:
 * Bigger Bad: Discord. He's already been put back in his can before the Reharmonizing series begins, but the aftermath of his actions have had deep and lasting effects on everypony.
 * Big Entrance:
 * Big Good: Princess considers herself as this. In reality, however...
 * Big No:
 * Big Sister Instinct: Rarity will end you if you try to do anything to harm Sweetie Belle.
 * Bittersweet Ending:
 * Word of God has stated they wish to turn the Epilogue timeline into one of these, and several fans have already tried.
 * Depending on how you look at it,
 * Blue and Orange Morality:
 * Body Horror:
 * : See above for details.
 * Brainwashing for the Greater Good: Princess 's favorite trick.
 * Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick: When Applejack recounts Applebloom's adventure in Canterlot to the reader:
 * Brainwashing for the Greater Good: Princess 's favorite trick.
 * Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick: When Applejack recounts Applebloom's adventure in Canterlot to the reader:

"Discord: "Oh, but you all LOVED it when Princess Gaia did it! Don't worry, Shadows-Who-Watch, I'm sure you'll be delighted to see me one again doing to all Equestria what I've done to Diamond Tiara! Isn't that right, my little pony?"|undefined"
 * Breaking the Fourth Wall:
 * Pinkie Pie does this all the time.
 * Princess has answered quite a few readers comments personally...  She's even personally requested a few edits to this very page herself...
 * And now it's getting better. has taken to responding to some comments, taunting and mocking the writers of them as he boasts of things such as he's become immune to the Elements of Harmony.


 * Break the Cutie: Obviously, but Trixie and take the cake, especially the latter.
 * Break the Haughty: Trixie also has shades of this.
 * Breather Episode:
 * Also,
 * "Different From Everypony Else" is set immediately after "New Game Plus", but was published between the last two installments of Mind Games. It has its dark moments, but is ultimately very heartwarming, and even the dark moments don't compare to the content of Mind Games.
 * Bring Me My Brown Pants:
 * Broken Pedestal:
 * Rainbow Dash is terrified of this happening with her if it becomes known that
 * Turns out,
 * Broke Your Arm Punching Out Cthulhu:
 * But for Me It Was Tuesday: "Canterlot Chaos" has Discord say something to this effect about his multiple genocides.
 * Canon Welding: G1, G2, and G3 are all part of the same timeline with G4, referred to as the First Age, Second Age, and Third Age respectively.
 * Can't Hold Her Liquor:
 * Chekhov's Gun:
 * Chekhov's Gunpony:
 * Child by Rape: Given how disturbingly close to actual rape that Discord's Mind Rape is described, Fluttercruel counts, as she was born from Discord's Mind Rape of Fluttershy. As if Discord doing this to Fluttershy wasn't horrible enough without this mentle image.
 * Cloning Blues:
 * Clones Are People, Too: Despite being a twisted copy of Fluttershy, Fluttershy believes Fluttercruel has a right to be her own pony and how she was "born" doesn't matter.
 * Cloudcuckoolander:
 * Pinkie Pie, as to be expected.
 * Screwball is an even bigger one than Pinkie, though she actually is crazy.
 * Cold-Blooded Torture:
 * Composite Character:
 * Conspiracy Theorist: Onyx Tiara believes that door handles and tooth brushes are tools of the unicorns and their gryphon co-conspirators to keep hard working Earth Ponies at a disadvantage. He's also convinced that Celestia's good nature is a "mask that hides the Tyrant beneath" that every negative event in Equestria's history can be traced back to her. That, or its a unicorn/pegasus plot.
 * Continuity Snarl: As a result of her Medium Awareness, Pinkie attempts to avert this in-universe,
 * Cooldown Hug: Used by Pinkie Pie to calm down
 * Cool Pet: In addition to the canon ones, we finally see what Luna has for pets. What are they?
 * Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass:
 * Crossover:
 * Cruel and Unusual Death:
 * Cry for the Devil:
 * Curb Stomp Battle:
 * Fluttershy dishes one out to Fluttercruel, in her own way.
 * Angrypie does this to Pinkamenia's imaginary friends in her pursuit of the other parts of Pinkie Pie's personality.
 * Cursed with Awesome: Fluttershy Sharing a Body with Fluttercruel isn't nearly as bad as it sounds. Fluttershy quickly catches on to how useful having a second, more assertive person to help her out in difficult spots can be.
 * Cuteness Proximity:
 * Cut Song:
 * Dark Is Not Evil:
 * Fluttershy quickly realizes that just because Fluttercruel was made by Discord doesn't mean she's evil like him. She's right.
 * Darker and Edgier
 * Lighter and Softer: The second half, compared to the first.
 * Dark Reprise:
 * Day in The Limelight: Recent chapters have focused on Zecora, Princess Celestia, Nurse Redheart, and Owlowiscious.
 * Deader Than Dead:
 * Which is Fridge Brilliance- Why yes, Spike, you CAN explode twice! Pinkie would know.
 * Deal with the Devil:
 * Luna plays herself in a theater performance where she makes these with three Earth Ponies. Though the way she does it is more of a Secret Test of Character, as the ones who were selfish were the ones who paid the price -- they died and she took their souls -- while the third went free and lived to old age. No, she didn't actually do that, she just wrote the play as one of her artistic pursuits.
 * Yeah, well, this one is based on a Deal with Death from The Tales of Beedle the Bard.
 * Decon Recon Switch: While the fic deconstructs the simplicity and easy answers inherent in a children's show, the central themes of the series such as The Power of Friendship and the value of honesty, generosity, laughter, loyalty and kindness are constantly reaffirmed even after having seemingly been torn down.
 * Deconstruction Fic: Confirmed to be such by Word of God. It deconstructs things like Scootaloo's lack of any present family, Diamond Tiara being the Alpha Bitch, Pinkie Pie's mental state, the theory Fluttercruel is a Discord created Split Personality, and that not everything can be fixed up with one World-Healing Wave and psychological damage takes a long time to fix.
 * Death Glare: Fluttershy's Stare, as expected.
 * Defeat Equals Friendship: After being browbeat into submission, Fluttercruel becomes a valuable ally for Fluttershy.
 * Defiant to the End: Despite the rather small amount of detail given, both times Mimic's Dying Moment of Awesome has been shown in Recursive Fanfiction, her final moments have been depicted in this fashion.
 * Defrosting the Ice Queen:
 * To some degree, this applies to Trixie learning to accept the Mane Cast's friendship.
 * The Cutie Mark Crusaders attempt to do this with Silver Spoon.
 * Defusing the Tykebomb: This is what Fluttershy does, teaching Fluttercruel that she is so much more than a cruel parody of Fluttershy.
 * Determinator:
 * Also,
 * Day in The Limelight: Recent chapters have focused on Zecora, Princess Celestia, Nurse Redheart, and Owlowiscious.
 * Deader Than Dead:
 * Which is Fridge Brilliance- Why yes, Spike, you CAN explode twice! Pinkie would know.
 * Deal with the Devil:
 * Luna plays herself in a theater performance where she makes these with three Earth Ponies. Though the way she does it is more of a Secret Test of Character, as the ones who were selfish were the ones who paid the price -- they died and she took their souls -- while the third went free and lived to old age. No, she didn't actually do that, she just wrote the play as one of her artistic pursuits.
 * Yeah, well, this one is based on a Deal with Death from The Tales of Beedle the Bard.
 * Decon Recon Switch: While the fic deconstructs the simplicity and easy answers inherent in a children's show, the central themes of the series such as The Power of Friendship and the value of honesty, generosity, laughter, loyalty and kindness are constantly reaffirmed even after having seemingly been torn down.
 * Deconstruction Fic: Confirmed to be such by Word of God. It deconstructs things like Scootaloo's lack of any present family, Diamond Tiara being the Alpha Bitch, Pinkie Pie's mental state, the theory Fluttercruel is a Discord created Split Personality, and that not everything can be fixed up with one World-Healing Wave and psychological damage takes a long time to fix.
 * Death Glare: Fluttershy's Stare, as expected.
 * Defeat Equals Friendship: After being browbeat into submission, Fluttercruel becomes a valuable ally for Fluttershy.
 * Defiant to the End: Despite the rather small amount of detail given, both times Mimic's Dying Moment of Awesome has been shown in Recursive Fanfiction, her final moments have been depicted in this fashion.
 * Defrosting the Ice Queen:
 * To some degree, this applies to Trixie learning to accept the Mane Cast's friendship.
 * The Cutie Mark Crusaders attempt to do this with Silver Spoon.
 * Defusing the Tykebomb: This is what Fluttershy does, teaching Fluttercruel that she is so much more than a cruel parody of Fluttershy.
 * Determinator:
 * Also,
 * To some degree, this applies to Trixie learning to accept the Mane Cast's friendship.
 * The Cutie Mark Crusaders attempt to do this with Silver Spoon.
 * Defusing the Tykebomb: This is what Fluttershy does, teaching Fluttercruel that she is so much more than a cruel parody of Fluttershy.
 * Determinator:
 * Also,

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 * Despair Event Horizon:
 * Disc One Final Boss:
 * Doomed by Canon: Inverted. After Applejack stares into the pool of Truth and gains the ability to discern lies at a glance,  So that happened.
 * Downer Ending: The Bad Future Alternate Ending, though Word of God says they'd like to write or see someone write a good follow up where this is turned to at least a Bittersweet Ending if nothing else.
 * In Applejack's Healing chapter,
 * Someone finally wrote just that story right here.
 * Dragged Off to Hell:
 * The Dragon:
 * In the Bad Future, it appears Twilight Tragedy plays this role for Discord.
 * Drinking Game: One of the games the group considered for Fluttercruel's Cute-Ceañera. It's rejected due to what happened last time Twilight got drunk and that Fluttercruel was afraid of what Pinkie Pie might do if she gets drunk.
 * Drunk on Milk: Saltwater apparently has the same effect on ponies as an alcohol.
 * Drunk on the Dark Side:
 * Dying Moment of Awesome: This universe's version of Mimic was killed fighting Discord when he appeared in Equestria for the first time, knocking out his tooth in their fight. According to Princess Luna, she's the only one to ever successfully injure Discord in battle, and she didn't even have the Elements Of Harmony.
 * Dynamic Entry:
 * Easily Forgiven:
 * Subverted:
 * Enemy Within: Fluttercruel is a subversion, as not only does Fluttershy defeat her Badass Pacifist style, she becomes a valuable ally. Played straight with Angry Pie from Pinkie Pie's story and
 * Enemy Without:
 * Eldritch Abomination:
 * Discord is depicted as such in this story. Equestria was a peaceful place (implied to possibly be the G1 world) until he descended on it and began his reign of chaos and destruction. Princess Luna doesn't even seem to know WHERE he came from and he's so chaotic that even can't comprehend him.
 * Equinepomorphic Personification:
 * Discord, obviously, but also Angry Pie, the personification of Pinkie Pie's supressed emotions at what discord put her through, and
 * Even Jerks Have Loved Ones: Trixie actually has a family that truly loves her, even if she had tried to forget that.
 * Evil Cannot Comprehend Good:
 * Said almost word for word by Twilight in regards to Discord, siting how their victory was only possible because of this trope.
 * Evil Diva:
 * Evil Is Hammy: Judging from the trailer, Discord, and  are all set to be this in the audio version of "Reharmonized".
 * Evil Mentor: The Fallen Alicorn Morningstar was the one who taught how to be an effective Manipulative Bastard.
 * Evil vs. Evil: Narrowly subverted.
 * Exact Words:
 * Discord said that Cloudsdale wouldn't collapse if Rainbow Dash went to rescue it.
 * Face Heel Turn:
 * Fallen Heroine: Princess
 * Fantastic Racism:
 * Some of the upper class Earth Ponies in Ponyville have some degree of racism towards Unicorns and Pegasi, including Diamond Tiara's family.
 * There's also some degree of racism towards mixed race unicorns among pure blooded ones.
 * Surprise, surprise...there's also racism towards Earth Ponies as well according to Word of God stated here.
 * It's implied that this is far less rampant than is previously suggested in the story (at least not in the middle- and lower-classes).
 * Fantastic Slurs:
 * Onyx Tiara, Diamond Tiara's father refers to Unicorns as "Narwhals", and Pegasi as "Feather Dusters".
 * "Half-dirt unicorn" is also used as one refering to unicorns of mixed race.
 * Word of God said that the slur towards Earth Ponies are called "Mud Hooves" and "Dirt Ponies"
 * Fantasy Pantheon: The world has a rather sizable Pantheon, which includes Celestia, Luna, and Discord.
 * Fire-Forged Friends:
 * Fighting a Shadow:
 * First-Name Basis: Rarity's full name is Rarity Belle, but she doesn't go by her full name much at all, even professionally.
 * Fission Mailed:
 * There's also some degree of racism towards mixed race unicorns among pure blooded ones.
 * Surprise, surprise...there's also racism towards Earth Ponies as well according to Word of God stated here.
 * It's implied that this is far less rampant than is previously suggested in the story (at least not in the middle- and lower-classes).
 * Fantastic Slurs:
 * Onyx Tiara, Diamond Tiara's father refers to Unicorns as "Narwhals", and Pegasi as "Feather Dusters".
 * "Half-dirt unicorn" is also used as one refering to unicorns of mixed race.
 * Word of God said that the slur towards Earth Ponies are called "Mud Hooves" and "Dirt Ponies"
 * Fantasy Pantheon: The world has a rather sizable Pantheon, which includes Celestia, Luna, and Discord.
 * Fire-Forged Friends:
 * Fighting a Shadow:
 * First-Name Basis: Rarity's full name is Rarity Belle, but she doesn't go by her full name much at all, even professionally.
 * Fission Mailed:
 * First-Name Basis: Rarity's full name is Rarity Belle, but she doesn't go by her full name much at all, even professionally.
 * Fission Mailed:

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 * Fix Fic: Sort of. The fic doesn't change canon events, instead it writes around them, providing background information that explains the events of the canon a bit better using details from the fic's canon. For example, Fluttershy was terrified on Nightmare Night thanks to Fluttercruel joking around with her and Rainbow Dash's behavior in the "Mysterious Mare-Do-Well" was . The author typically updates after a new episode has come out to fit it into the fic's canon. Thus far, it's actually a pretty good example of doing this right.
 * Fling A Light Into The Past:
 * Foil: Ironically, Fluttercruel manages to be her own foil. Epilogue!Fluttercruel is heavily implied to be a Complete Monster whose deeds ware so terrible that Twilight Tragedy refuses to tell us them (despite being perfectly willing to describe every other horrific detail about Discord's reign). This only serves to show how much of a jerk present Fluttercruel isn't in compairson to what she could have become.
 * Forced to Watch:
 * Foreshadowing:
 * In the "Black Pearl" chapter, Luna describes how ponies who join the royal guard are gifted with a minute fragment of their commanding princess' essence, undergoing some physical changes as a result.
 * Another example, combined with Breaking the Fourth Wall and Fridge Horror; in "Everkind Forest," one of the reviewers comments that Princess . Her response?
 * Another example, combined with Breaking the Fourth Wall and Fridge Horror; in "Everkind Forest," one of the reviewers comments that Princess . Her response?
 * Another example, combined with Breaking the Fourth Wall and Fridge Horror; in "Everkind Forest," one of the reviewers comments that Princess . Her response?
 * Another example, combined with Breaking the Fourth Wall and Fridge Horror; in "Everkind Forest," one of the reviewers comments that Princess . Her response?


 * Foregone Conclusion:
 * In "Origins", we already knew Discord becomes Evil Overlord of Equestria, Mimic dies fighting him and busts out his tooth, and Celestia and Luna discover the Elements to defeat him. How it all got to that point, however, is pretty interesting...
 * Fountain of Youth:
 * For the Evulz: In the most recent chapter, Discord sings a Villain Song about why he does what he does. After going through some rather silly reasons, he basically sums it all up with, "Why do I really do it? Because I can."
 * For Want of a Nail: Apparently, the nail was Twilight. From what can be gathered, the only thing different between the "Epilogue" timeline and the Reharmonizing timeline is in the Epilogue timeline is that Twilight broke in the maze while she didn't in the real one. One piece of Recursive Fanfiction explores how this might be possible.
 * Future Badass:
 * From a Certain Point of View: During Onyx Tiara's discording, already surrounded by lookalikes of Golden Tiara, he rejects with the words: "Begone, parody!", which is correct, if one were to interpret the 'thing' as
 * From Nobody to Nightmare:
 * Full-Name Basis: Luna refers to Applejack by her full name and position in the family line. Ironically, this wasn't too far off from canon in how she addresses ponies.
 * Future Me Scares Me: This Alternate Universe story written by another writer (but declared part of the series by Word of God) has this happen when sees his Epilogue counterpart.
 * Gagging on Your Words: Throughout her Reharmonizing, Rarity has trouble saying the word "diamond" due to getting a phobia of them due to Discord's Mind Rape.
 * Gate of Truth:
 * Genre Busting: This is a Fantasy/Action/Psychological Drama/Meta-world Building/Philosophical/Coming of Age fanfiction
 * With some Parody/4th Wall Busting Humor and Family/Friend themes to boot.
 * Glamour Failure:
 * God Is Flawed: Celestia and Luna are both flawed beings who have made their fair share of mistakes. Luna, however, tends to need to be pushed a lot harder to actually admit to hers, another of her flaws.
 * Godzilla Threshold:
 * Good All Along:
 * Good Feels Good:
 * This Alternate Universe story (declared by Word of God to be another universe in The Mulitverse and part of the series) has
 * Guile Heroine:
 * Trixie, being a showpony, is more than willing to resort to underhanded tricks to get the better of the group's enemies. A good example is
 * Celestia, perhaps even moreso than in canon. See Zero-Approval Gambit for just an example of this.
 * This Alternate Universe story (declared by Word of God to be another universe in The Mulitverse and part of the series) has
 * Guile Heroine:
 * Trixie, being a showpony, is more than willing to resort to underhanded tricks to get the better of the group's enemies. A good example is
 * Celestia, perhaps even moreso than in canon. See Zero-Approval Gambit for just an example of this.


 * Harmless Villain: Fluttercruel never had a snowball's chance in hell against Fluttershy.
 * Heel Face Turn:
 * Fluttercruel after being overpowered by Fluttershy and a few chapters of being reconditioned offscreen to be less cruel.
 * Trixie, becoming the Sixth Ranger.
 * Hero Antagonist:
 * Heroic BSOD:
 * Heroic Sacrifice:
 * Hoist by His Own Petard:
 * Hope Spot:
 * Hypocrite: Rainbow Dash freely acknowledges the irony in how she ignores the good advice she keeps giving Scootaloo about.
 * Hypocritical Heartwarming:
 * I Am Not My Father: Fluttercruel and Fluttershy consider Discord Fluttercruel's father, but she has no desire to follow in his footsteps, but doesn't go out of her way to go against it. Fluttershy is adment that having an evil father doesn't make her evil.
 * Heroic Sacrifice:
 * Hoist by His Own Petard:
 * Hope Spot:
 * Hypocrite: Rainbow Dash freely acknowledges the irony in how she ignores the good advice she keeps giving Scootaloo about.
 * Hypocritical Heartwarming:
 * I Am Not My Father: Fluttercruel and Fluttershy consider Discord Fluttercruel's father, but she has no desire to follow in his footsteps, but doesn't go out of her way to go against it. Fluttershy is adment that having an evil father doesn't make her evil.
 * Hoist by His Own Petard:
 * Hope Spot:
 * Hypocrite: Rainbow Dash freely acknowledges the irony in how she ignores the good advice she keeps giving Scootaloo about.
 * Hypocritical Heartwarming:
 * I Am Not My Father: Fluttercruel and Fluttershy consider Discord Fluttercruel's father, but she has no desire to follow in his footsteps, but doesn't go out of her way to go against it. Fluttershy is adment that having an evil father doesn't make her evil.
 * Hope Spot:
 * Hypocrite: Rainbow Dash freely acknowledges the irony in how she ignores the good advice she keeps giving Scootaloo about.
 * Hypocritical Heartwarming:
 * I Am Not My Father: Fluttercruel and Fluttershy consider Discord Fluttercruel's father, but she has no desire to follow in his footsteps, but doesn't go out of her way to go against it. Fluttershy is adment that having an evil father doesn't make her evil.

""If they really believed it they wouldn't be saying it every time they said something" -- "Put 'em up! Put 'em up!" --"
 * Also with Fluttershy, who, due to being her basis, considers herself Fluttercruel's mother and treats her as such. Fluttercruel pretty much wants to be anything but Fluttershy.
 * I Just Want to Be Special: Trixie, due to her Middle Filly Syndrome
 * Imaginary Friend: Pinkamenia had several, the same ones from "Party Of One", only in her imagination, they were real ponies.
 * Impaled with Extreme Prejudice:
 * I Need a Freaking Drink: Trixie
 * Ironic Echo: A keen reader would be able to spot when two different characters, without ever having previously heard it, say the same phrase in entirely unrelated contexts.
 * I Need a Freaking Drink: Trixie
 * Ironic Echo: A keen reader would be able to spot when two different characters, without ever having previously heard it, say the same phrase in entirely unrelated contexts.

"Rarity: Reality came down on top of me like Luna's moon fallen from orbit. What had I done? WHAT HAD I DONE-?!"
 * Irony:
 * Jaw Drop: The mane cast and the Cakes all do this in tandem when Pinkie Pie says she doesn't want to throw a party for once.
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Fluttercruel starts out as just a Jerkass, but Fluttershy's careful work with her ultimately turns her into this. She's still a jerk, but she at least willing to help Fluttershy out.
 * Jerkass Facade: Trixie only acted like a jerk because she wanted to stand out so badly due to her Middle Filly Syndrome.
 * Killer Rabbit:
 * Knight of Cerebus:
 * Large Ham: Trixie even after her Heel Face Turn. It seems to run in the family, considering her sisters introduce themselves with an elborate rolecall and Super Sentai Stance.
 * Last Stand:
 * Leaning on the Fourth Wall:Subject Trixie begins the same way as the other stories, with Twilight relating a tale to the reader...
 * Let Me Tell You a Story: Pinkie Pie begins doing this after They're still perfectly in character, but a lot more profound than you'd expect coming from her.
 * Light Is Not Good: Princess
 * Like a Badass Out of Hell:
 * Living Lie Detector: After, Applejack looking into ponies' eyes has this effect. She's the Element of Honesty so it really fits.
 * Loads and Loads of Characters: The story involves so many background characters from the show, original characters, and even, that they get a greater net total of attention than the Mane Cast. Which makes sense, as a recurring phrase is "there are no minor characters".
 * Locked Out of the Loop: Played for Laughs when can't follow the rapid-fire conversation of the rest of the group due to being a relative latecomer.
 * Loose Canon:
 * A few chapters are explicitly stated by Word of God to be "optional canon" and the readers are allowed to decide for themselves rather or not they're part of the canon or just interesting What If situations.
 * Lotus Eater Machine: puts ponies, mainly foals, into a trance where they experience their greatest desires...
 * Ludicrous Precision: Twilight is able to time events to the point second in her head. She explains that some of the more complicated spells require that kind of mental precision in order to cast.
 * Mad Goddess: Princess
 * Magic Feather:
 * Mama Bear:
 * It turns darker when
 * Master of Illusion:
 * Mayfly-December Romance: Referenced by Rarity in her Reharmonizing chapter; she knows about Spike's crush, but is afraid to address it because she knows that by the time he's an adult, she'll already be 'in a rocking chair'.
 * Meaningful Echo:
 * Meaningful Rename:
 * Mercy Kill:
 * Messianic Archetype:
 * Middle Filly Syndrome: It is strongly implied in the fic that this is the main reason why Trixie became the Jerkass she was before getting better.
 * Mid-Season Upgrade:
 * Mind Rape:
 * Discord's corruption are portrayed thusly, having severe effects on all those he corrupted and leaving long lasting mental scars.
 * Mind Screw: The CMC Time Travelers. They manage to jury-rig a time machine and travel to Generation 1, Generation 3, the real world, and sideways through time. As if that weren't enough, Its stated they probably broke half the known laws of physics and (according to Doctor Whooves) several unknown ones!
 * Mood Whiplash: "Happy Cake Adventure" starts with a Stylistic Suck storybook style story told by Pinkie Pie.
 * Moral Dissonance: The entire premise of the series is that the Mane Six, and indeed all of Equestria, are struggling to come to terms with what Discord's Mind Rape said about each of them.
 * Morality Kitchen Sink: You've got flawed heroes who, while good, are not perfect (not even Celestia),, and Discord's pitch black morality.
 * More Than Mind Control: It's implied in "Teacher, Teacher" that
 * Mugging the Monster: Fluttershy turned out to be far stronger than Fluttercruel ever expected and she ends up the one being browbeat into submission instead. Lucky for her Fluttershy is nice enough to share her body with her.
 * Multiple Choice Past: Word of God left where came from and what her true motives are intentionally unrevealed so readers could decide those things for themselves.
 * My God, What Have I Done?:
 * Rarity's reaction to yelling at Sweetie Belle and nearly hitting Sweetie Belle with a sharp circlet, coming close enough to cut a few hairs in her mane, in a fit of rage.
 * Mid-Season Upgrade:
 * Mind Rape:
 * Discord's corruption are portrayed thusly, having severe effects on all those he corrupted and leaving long lasting mental scars.
 * Mind Screw: The CMC Time Travelers. They manage to jury-rig a time machine and travel to Generation 1, Generation 3, the real world, and sideways through time. As if that weren't enough, Its stated they probably broke half the known laws of physics and (according to Doctor Whooves) several unknown ones!
 * Mood Whiplash: "Happy Cake Adventure" starts with a Stylistic Suck storybook style story told by Pinkie Pie.
 * Moral Dissonance: The entire premise of the series is that the Mane Six, and indeed all of Equestria, are struggling to come to terms with what Discord's Mind Rape said about each of them.
 * Morality Kitchen Sink: You've got flawed heroes who, while good, are not perfect (not even Celestia),, and Discord's pitch black morality.
 * More Than Mind Control: It's implied in "Teacher, Teacher" that
 * Mugging the Monster: Fluttershy turned out to be far stronger than Fluttercruel ever expected and she ends up the one being browbeat into submission instead. Lucky for her Fluttershy is nice enough to share her body with her.
 * Multiple Choice Past: Word of God left where came from and what her true motives are intentionally unrevealed so readers could decide those things for themselves.
 * My God, What Have I Done?:
 * Rarity's reaction to yelling at Sweetie Belle and nearly hitting Sweetie Belle with a sharp circlet, coming close enough to cut a few hairs in her mane, in a fit of rage.
 * Morality Kitchen Sink: You've got flawed heroes who, while good, are not perfect (not even Celestia),, and Discord's pitch black morality.
 * More Than Mind Control: It's implied in "Teacher, Teacher" that
 * Mugging the Monster: Fluttershy turned out to be far stronger than Fluttercruel ever expected and she ends up the one being browbeat into submission instead. Lucky for her Fluttershy is nice enough to share her body with her.
 * Multiple Choice Past: Word of God left where came from and what her true motives are intentionally unrevealed so readers could decide those things for themselves.
 * My God, What Have I Done?:
 * Rarity's reaction to yelling at Sweetie Belle and nearly hitting Sweetie Belle with a sharp circlet, coming close enough to cut a few hairs in her mane, in a fit of rage.
 * Rarity's reaction to yelling at Sweetie Belle and nearly hitting Sweetie Belle with a sharp circlet, coming close enough to cut a few hairs in her mane, in a fit of rage.

"Luna: And every pony that swears themselves to my half of the army KNOWS the conditions for joining. You infuse your troops with a micro-fraction of your essence, I infuse mine the same way. It's written in BIG BOLD LETTERS in 40 size font across two pages with before and after pictures that they'll turn black, become nocturnal, grow dislike to sunlight and exchange feather wings for batwings when they become Night Troopers."
 * Mysterious Watcher:
 * Names to Run Away From Really Fast:
 * Nice Job Breaking It, Hero:
 * In the aftermath of a battle, your friend-suddenly-turned-enemy lays indefinitely helpless before your group. To help console each other on this tragedy and related circumstances, one mentions that it is not too late to restore or redeem this friend. If you think that taking matters into your own hooves and  is not a logical next step, you are smarter than.
 * Nice Job Fixing It, Villain:
 * Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant: Princess Luna is a lighthearted version. For some reason, she wrote a play where she makes a Deal with the Devil with three Earth Ponies, only one of which made the wise choice and was spared while she claimed the souls of the other two. Interestingly enough, this was actually correct about the canon version as well.
 * No Kill Like Overkill: How Discord killed Mimic for knocking out his tooth.
 * No Name Given:
 * Noodle Incident:
 * Applejack mentions a rather crazy adventure Applebloom had when they visit Canterlot that somehow got the little filly temporarily turned into a Sea Pony.
 * The Cutie Mark Crusaders somehow managing to summon a fire elemental. Topped by them apparently having a spectacular time travel adventure that we only get tibits of.
 * The last time Twilight got drunk. Apparently, Ponyville had to be reassured Discord hadn't come back afterwards.
 * Celestia has mentioned in two different stories of cases were an assassin trying to kill her actually knocked on her bedroom door out of politeness.
 * Not Brainwashed: Twilight initially assumes that, this backfires when  . Notably, it has failed both times that it has been used on.
 * Nothing Is Scarier:
 * Not So Different:
 * Similarly,
 * In a rather bizare version, Applejack ends up having this with
 * Number One Dime: A particularly chilling subversion in the Bad Future; Twilight Tragedy notes having a strange obsession with a pair of potted plants, always feeling that it's of utmost importance to keep them watered and in the sun at all times. Why is this?.
 * Offscreen Moment of Awesome: A repeatedly mentioned even was
 * Oh Crap:
 * Oh My Gods: Celestia and Luna's names are used like this. Except by them, who being the Physical Godesses everypony else does this two, say "our mother and father" or "our parents" instead.
 * Only Known by Their Nickname: Applejack is revealed to be this, as her real name is, but only Luna actually calls her that.
 * One-Scene Wonder: Mimic, who only had one scene in which it's merely told what she did and she doesn't actually appear, but that one scene is so completely Badass that fans have certainly remembered her.
 * One-Winged Angel:
 * Pinkie Pie does a heroic version during the Battle in the Center of the Mind with Angry Pie
 * Only Sane Man:
 * was able to shake off Discord's influence by herself, and managed to avoid being Discorded entirely.
 * Offscreen Teleportation: Pinkie Pie, of course.
 * Out-Gambitted:
 * Outside Context Villain:
 * Parental Abandonment:
 * While they haven't outright abandoned her, the post "Sisterhooves Social" rewrite reveals their parents have a habit of dumping Sweetie Belle on Rarity all the time. According to Rarity, they do this so often that Rarity has Sweetie Belle in her care more often than their parents do. No wonder Sweetie Belle loves Rarity so much...
 * Physical Goddess: The Princesses, as to be expected.
 * Plot Twist:
 * Pony Mom, Non-Pony Dad: Fluttercruel. Fluttershy is considered her mother and Discord her father.
 * Ponies Are Flawed: A reccuring theme in the story is everypony, even Celestia and Luna who are literally considered goddesses (even by themselves), aren't perfect. The only ponies who ever were are Celestia and Luna's parents.
 * Ponyville Is The Center Of The Universe: The Loose Canon Coffee Swirl series arguably deconstructs this; thanks to the constant crossfire his town is caught in with the Elements of Harmony living there, the titular pony has developed a lot of mental issues and is convinced that his life is completely outside of his control.
 * Posthumous Character:
 * Post Script Season: The Discorded Pony POV series starts out as an anthology of the Ponies POV after being Discorded, then the Reharmonized develops another anthology from the canon of the Discorded material.  This is interesting because the writer originally wanted to stop with Epilogue, but decided to do the Reharmonizing Series... Which in turn was decided to end with Rainbow Dash's reharmonizing, but ideas just kept coming until the writer has had to literally force themselves to settle for an exact ending.
 * Powered by a Forsaken Child:
 * Psychotic Fillymare:
 * Punch Clock Villain:
 * Put on a Bus:.
 * Rant-Inducing Slight: Rarity during her Reharmonizing after her phobia of gems drives her over the edge, causing her to yell at Sweetie Belle and nearly seriously hurt her with a bit of diamond. Rarity is suitably horrified when she comes to her senses.
 * Recursive Fanfiction:
 * The sheer number of MLP fanfiction that is either referenced or incorporated as setting canon is quite large.
 * Despite it's relatively new status, it's already succeeded in inspiring lots of fanfics.
 * There is now fanart by another fan (warning, both contain spoilers!). The former is interesting as it's technically fanart of a fanfic of a fangame, making it Recursive Fanfiction on at least two levels.
 * There's also a fan made Villain Song for . The writer also drewfanart for Flutteshy's reharmonizing chapter.
 * There are also two seperate fan-fic series which feature characters who hate Fluttershy and are both wronged for doing so. Because of this, one of them hates her so much.
 * Word of God compiled the Recursive Fanfiction all into one place, which can be viewed here.
 * Read the Fine Print: Subverted in probably the funniest way possible. Luna made it extremely clear in the the contract what happens if you join her side of the army:
 * Out-Gambitted:
 * Outside Context Villain:
 * Parental Abandonment:
 * While they haven't outright abandoned her, the post "Sisterhooves Social" rewrite reveals their parents have a habit of dumping Sweetie Belle on Rarity all the time. According to Rarity, they do this so often that Rarity has Sweetie Belle in her care more often than their parents do. No wonder Sweetie Belle loves Rarity so much...
 * Physical Goddess: The Princesses, as to be expected.
 * Plot Twist:
 * Pony Mom, Non-Pony Dad: Fluttercruel. Fluttershy is considered her mother and Discord her father.
 * Ponies Are Flawed: A reccuring theme in the story is everypony, even Celestia and Luna who are literally considered goddesses (even by themselves), aren't perfect. The only ponies who ever were are Celestia and Luna's parents.
 * Ponyville Is The Center Of The Universe: The Loose Canon Coffee Swirl series arguably deconstructs this; thanks to the constant crossfire his town is caught in with the Elements of Harmony living there, the titular pony has developed a lot of mental issues and is convinced that his life is completely outside of his control.
 * Posthumous Character:
 * Post Script Season: The Discorded Pony POV series starts out as an anthology of the Ponies POV after being Discorded, then the Reharmonized develops another anthology from the canon of the Discorded material.  This is interesting because the writer originally wanted to stop with Epilogue, but decided to do the Reharmonizing Series... Which in turn was decided to end with Rainbow Dash's reharmonizing, but ideas just kept coming until the writer has had to literally force themselves to settle for an exact ending.
 * Powered by a Forsaken Child:
 * Psychotic Fillymare:
 * Punch Clock Villain:
 * Put on a Bus:.
 * Rant-Inducing Slight: Rarity during her Reharmonizing after her phobia of gems drives her over the edge, causing her to yell at Sweetie Belle and nearly seriously hurt her with a bit of diamond. Rarity is suitably horrified when she comes to her senses.
 * Recursive Fanfiction:
 * The sheer number of MLP fanfiction that is either referenced or incorporated as setting canon is quite large.
 * Despite it's relatively new status, it's already succeeded in inspiring lots of fanfics.
 * There is now fanart by another fan (warning, both contain spoilers!). The former is interesting as it's technically fanart of a fanfic of a fangame, making it Recursive Fanfiction on at least two levels.
 * There's also a fan made Villain Song for . The writer also drewfanart for Flutteshy's reharmonizing chapter.
 * There are also two seperate fan-fic series which feature characters who hate Fluttershy and are both wronged for doing so. Because of this, one of them hates her so much.
 * Word of God compiled the Recursive Fanfiction all into one place, which can be viewed here.
 * Read the Fine Print: Subverted in probably the funniest way possible. Luna made it extremely clear in the the contract what happens if you join her side of the army:
 * There are also two seperate fan-fic series which feature characters who hate Fluttershy and are both wronged for doing so. Because of this, one of them hates her so much.
 * Word of God compiled the Recursive Fanfiction all into one place, which can be viewed here.
 * Read the Fine Print: Subverted in probably the funniest way possible. Luna made it extremely clear in the the contract what happens if you join her side of the army:


 * Reality Ensues:
 * Reality Warper:
 * Redemption Earns Life:
 * Redemption Promotion: Trixie is a far more effective as a Guile Heroine, not to mention she's much more powerful. Justified, as it's stated friendship IS magic and by seperating herself from others, she was actually weakening herself.
 * Reincarnation:
 * Rewrite:
 * The author constantly reworks scenes in the archives to keep the series compatible with the show's canon, so some details here and there will change, trickling down through the rest of the stories. Though there have been very few that drastically change the story, normally they're simply small things or new scenes that don't change the overall plot.
 * This is actually given an In-Universe justification in "AJ's Dream". The Pony POV universe is connected to the "heart world", any even that happen there branch out to the worlds connected to it. The plot of the sidestory revolved around preparing for the event the changes are too severe and the link is broken.
 * Right for the Wrong Reasons:
 * Running Gag:
 * Whenever a pony, for whatever reason, throws up or feels like they will, they tend to question how it's physically possible for a pony to do that in the first place, since real horses aren't capable of it.
 * Celestia recounting a Noodle Incident from her reign, such as two different assassins actually knocking on her bedroom door before trying to kill her.
 * Saying Too Much:
 * Secret Identity:
 * Secret Test of Character:
 * Self-Deprecation: Celestia sells unflattering, made up stories of herself to the tabloids under an assumed name. Among other reasons, it's to give herself an excuse to give some of the noble's powers to common ponies (she wanted to do that anyway), to improve Luna's image, and since they're going to paint her a tyrant anyway, she might as well have some fun.
 * Set Right What Once Went Wrong:
 * Shapeshifter Default Form:
 * Shapeshifter Guilt Trip:
 * Sharing a Body: Discord's Mind Rape of Fluttershy resulted in her "Discorded self" ending up as a seperate being in the same body. After beating Fluttercruel in her normal Badass Pacifist style, Fluttershy realizes Fluttercruel isn't evil, just was "raised" wrong by Discord and allows her to share her body while trying to reform her. Now the two pretty much share control and work together at times. So far it's worked out quite well.
 * Sherlock Scan: Fancy Pants is a master of this.
 * One upped by Dr. Hoof Wave, deducing
 * Shock and Awe: Trixie's partial to using lightning magic when it comes to fighting, either by summoning a minture storm cloud or simply electrifying her horn.
 * Fridge Brilliance hits when you remember that
 * Show Within a Show: Pony Rangers, which is mentioned several times throughout the fic... And is eventually discovered to be an Alternate Universe.
 * Shut UP, Hannibal:
 * Sweetie Belle gets one on Silver Spoon's mother in "Butterflies".
 * Significant Anagram:
 * Sir Swearsalot: Fluttercruel, though In-Universe cuss words. Fluttershy washes their (as they're Sharing a Body) mouth out for it.
 * Sixth Ranger:
 * Fluttercruel is an interesting case. She joins and is big help most of the time, but Fluttershy is the only member of the mane cast who even knows she exists
 * Trixie after her Heel Face Turn . The next chapter she's introduced to the rest of the mane cast and offically joins them. She really proves her worth in "Links" by being one of the only ones able to
 * The End of the World as We Know It:
 * The Smart Guy:
 * Sorting Algorithm of Evil: The Reharmonizing series' Big Bads play this straight. The first, is pretty dangerous, but  The second Big Bad, Princess  is a real threat and an extremely powerful Mad Goddess.
 * Split Personality Merge: Angry Pie tries to force this by eating the other parts of Pinkie Pie's personality. Except it's implied that this wasn't really a merge at all, more like a destruction of all the other parts, strengthening Angry Pie in the process.
 * This happens again when
 * Split Personality Takeover: Fluttercruel tries this, only to be effortlessly put in her place by Fluttershy, who is nice enough to allow her to share her body instead of supplementing her. Angry Pie, on the other hoof, comes much closer to succeeding in her attempt with Pinkie Pie
 * Squee: Predictably,
 * Staring Down Cthulhu:
 * Stating the Simple Solution: Before the group go off to find out what's happening with Princess, Trixie wisely suggests they go get the Elements of Harmony so they can actually do something about it. Unfortunately, so they can't actually do it.
 * Story Arc: Not only does each of the mane six and Trixie, after her Heel Face Turn have their own plot, there's also (thus far) three specific story arcs, each with their own Big Bad.
 * Super-Powered Evil Side:
 * Luna's Nightmare Moon persona is mentioned
 * Super Sentai Stance: Parodied with Trixie's sisters who do what Twilight refers to as a pose resembling "Mighty Morphing Pony Rangers". Complete with a rolecall!
 * Sure Why Not: Apparently, Word of God states that the story is actively influenced by reader interpretations, especially these very tropes.
 * Suspiciously Specific Denial: Pinkie most certainly didn't
 * Stepford Smiler: Pretty much every character becomes a Type A in Reharmonized, with Pinkie being even more pronounced (her normal tendancies become outright manic, to the point of not sleeping for about a week to throw parties).
 * Take a Third Option:
 * Take Me Instead!:
 * Take That:
 * In a dialogue of Luna and Celestia, the author takes a stab at some of the more ridiculous assumptions of the fandom, such as "Tyrant Celestia", "Molestia", and on the other side "The New Lunar Republic".
 * Everything Princess does, especially the, might be a Take That to certain other girls' cartoons about saccharine worlds where everyone is permanently happy and life is just a succession of parties. This is not only profoundly unrealistic and wrong, it's also extremely boring. Among other things, she has dolls in the likeness of the G3 My Little Ponies.
 * Pinkie Pie's Running Gag of stating her hatred of a certain fanfic.
 * Taking You with Me:
 * Super Sentai Stance: Parodied with Trixie's sisters who do what Twilight refers to as a pose resembling "Mighty Morphing Pony Rangers". Complete with a rolecall!
 * Sure Why Not: Apparently, Word of God states that the story is actively influenced by reader interpretations, especially these very tropes.
 * Suspiciously Specific Denial: Pinkie most certainly didn't
 * Stepford Smiler: Pretty much every character becomes a Type A in Reharmonized, with Pinkie being even more pronounced (her normal tendancies become outright manic, to the point of not sleeping for about a week to throw parties).
 * Take a Third Option:
 * Take Me Instead!:
 * Take That:
 * In a dialogue of Luna and Celestia, the author takes a stab at some of the more ridiculous assumptions of the fandom, such as "Tyrant Celestia", "Molestia", and on the other side "The New Lunar Republic".
 * Everything Princess does, especially the, might be a Take That to certain other girls' cartoons about saccharine worlds where everyone is permanently happy and life is just a succession of parties. This is not only profoundly unrealistic and wrong, it's also extremely boring. Among other things, she has dolls in the likeness of the G3 My Little Ponies.
 * Pinkie Pie's Running Gag of stating her hatred of a certain fanfic.
 * Taking You with Me:
 * Taking You with Me:
 * Taking You with Me:
 * Taking You with Me:

"Rainbow Dash: Ick! I don't mind cute, but this is going to make my teeth fall out!"
 * Tarot Motifs:
 * Twilight Sparkle also tells  that
 * Tastes Like Diabetes: In-Universe, this is Rainbow Dash's reaction to
 * Tastes Like Diabetes: In-Universe, this is Rainbow Dash's reaction to

"Princess :"
 * That Mare Is Dead:
 * Tele Frag: Twilight Sparkle mentions this can happen if you teleport somewhere far away that you've never been too before. Apparently, there are failsafes built into teleportation spells to prevent this, but teleporting somewhere far away the user has never been carries a risk of this. This is shown when she can't teleport to Hoofington to get to Trixie but can teleport back to Ponyville from there (with Trixie in toe) just fine.
 * Tell Me About My Father:
 * The Earth Prime Theory: "Applejack's Dream" establishes the existence of a "Heart World" from which the Pony POV Series world and all other Alternate Timelines diverged from and which anyone still connected to are effected by, implied to be the main series timeline. However, in an interesting twist, it is possible for a world to "break off" and continue on its own without any connection to the Heart World. The plot of that chapter involved preparing for the possibility that would happen so as
 * The Fourth Wall Will Not Protect You:
 * The Fourth Wall Will Not Protect You:

": "WHAT DID I ALMOST DO ?!""
 * Happens again in "Butterflies" when Fluttercruel knocks out one of the interviewers for getting a little too personal with the questions.
 * The Guards Must Be Crazy: The guards watching Discord in the Canterlot Gardens Maze have surprisingly little discipline.
 * Theme Tune Cameo:
 * The mane cast and sing the show's theme song in the penultimate episode during a party celebrating Trixie's recovery and Heel Face Turn. Considering it was chosen by Pinkie Pie, this makes perfect sense.
 * Princess Celestia sings the G1 My Little Pony theme song
 * The Power of Friendship:
 * A given, considering what fandom this is for. Its even stated that Trixie had just as much potential as, but because Friendship Is Magic, she was holding herself back by refusing to make friends. She gets better in the end though.
 * There Are No Therapists: Subverted, Princess Celestia ordered a large number of therapist ponies to go to areas effected by Discord's power and help heal those afflicted.
 * The Man in the Mirror Talks Back: Fluttershy and Fluttercruel talk back and forth with each other, even using the mirror as a way to show that they're two separate entities.
 * "The Reason You Suck" Speech:
 * The Watcher:
 * Third Person Person: Trixie does this even after her Heel Face Turn, only then she refers to herself as "The One and Only Trixie", the thing Twilight called her when
 * Token Good Teammate:
 * Took a Level in Badass: Getting used to working in tandem with Fluttercruel and pretty much did this to Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie respectively.
 * Took a Level In Kindness: Fluttercruel takes several.
 * Trauma Conga Line:
 * Trickster Mentor:
 * Triumphant Reprise:
 * Uncanny Family Resemblance:
 * Unusual Euphemism: Fluttercruel uses "dragon fewmets" in Pinkie Pie's healing chapter, afterwhich Fluttershy threatens to wash her mouth out with soap for using foul language.
 * Utopia Justifies the Means: Princess is an interesting example of this. She wants everyone to be happy (what with being ), and while she's not as extreme as many other examples of the trope, she does think that anyone who isn't happy must be FORCED to be happy, and that in order to achieve this goal, is a-ok! In an even straighter example of this trope, her Knight  actually attempts to KILL the Mane Six because they were distrupting.
 * Victory-Guided Amnesia:
 * Villain Protagonist:
 * Villain Song:
 * gets three. The first is a ponified version of The second is a completely fanmade
 * While not canon, a fan wrote a Villain Song for
 * Villainous Breakdown:
 * It's revealed that Discord went completely berserk when Mimic managed to knock out his tooth in ancient times, the first time he'd ever been hurt by anyone. Unfortunately for Mimic, she didn't survive the encounter.
 * Wanting Is Better Than Having:
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist:
 * Wham! Episode:
 * While not canon, a fan wrote a Villain Song for
 * Villainous Breakdown:
 * It's revealed that Discord went completely berserk when Mimic managed to knock out his tooth in ancient times, the first time he'd ever been hurt by anyone. Unfortunately for Mimic, she didn't survive the encounter.
 * Wanting Is Better Than Having:
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist:
 * Wham! Episode:
 * Wanting Is Better Than Having:
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist:
 * Wham! Episode:
 * Wham! Episode:
 * Wham! Episode:

"Applejack:"
 * Wham! Line:

"Twilight Tragedy: Don't ask what Fluttercruel does, you don't want to know."
 * What the Hell, Hero?: Pinkie Pie gets chewed out by Pinkamenia over always using her as a buffer against sad things she comes up against.
 * To say nothing of the team's reactions, Rarity's in particular, to learning
 * Fluttershy and Fluttercruel call out Rainbow Dash for not trying to save Fluttershy when she fell off the clouds during the race when they were fillies.
 * Rainbow gets another in the revised version of her True Healing chapter, this time from Applejack for her Smug Super act during the Mare-Do-Well incident, especially letting a balloon with a filly in it fall while she took time to sign autographs before saving her.
 * While Rome Burns:
 * Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?:
 * Rarity briefly gains a phobia of gems after her corruption. Quite a few other ponies have the same problem with various things as a result of what Discord did to them. For example, Big Mcintosh at the beginning of the story has only just been able to be in the same room as the Winowna, the family dog. Lyra and BonBon have had trouble with their relationship due to some... things that happened, Sweetie Belle wants to throw out all her dolls, and Doctor Whooves goes into a Lords Victorious sanity slip. He's openly afraid to even go outside.
 * Why Won't You Die?: Twilight has this reaction when
 * Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds:
 * The Worf Effect: Deconstructed with
 * World Building: The story has gradually built up its on world, complete with a pantheon of gods and a long history.
 * World of Cardboard Speech:
 * World of Badass: Given the right motivation, anypony can effectively become a Badass. This is referenced by Princess Celestia, who points out ponies have a surprising ability to rise to the occasion when its required of them. Considering  in addition to the events of the series proper, this is little surprise.
 * Yandere:
 * You Are Not Alone: Twilight has to drive this into Trixie's head to bring her out of her Discording
 * You Do NOT Want to Know:
 * The Worf Effect: Deconstructed with
 * World Building: The story has gradually built up its on world, complete with a pantheon of gods and a long history.
 * World of Cardboard Speech:
 * World of Badass: Given the right motivation, anypony can effectively become a Badass. This is referenced by Princess Celestia, who points out ponies have a surprising ability to rise to the occasion when its required of them. Considering  in addition to the events of the series proper, this is little surprise.
 * Yandere:
 * You Are Not Alone: Twilight has to drive this into Trixie's head to bring her out of her Discording
 * You Do NOT Want to Know:
 * You Do NOT Want to Know:
 * You Do NOT Want to Know:
 * You Do NOT Want to Know:


 * Your Princess Is in Another Castle:
 * Zerg Rush:
 * Zero-Approval Gambit: Well far from zero approval, but Celestia apparently uses her alas Sunny Day to write unflattering tabloid articles about herself if it helps make everypony, or her sister's, life better. She wrote the "Celestia is a tyrant who banished poor Luna to the moon to secure power for herself" article to both make sure Luna wasn't written as a co-dictator by them and to give her an excuse to decentralize power that the conspiracy theorists would accept.
 * Zerg Rush:
 * Zero-Approval Gambit: Well far from zero approval, but Celestia apparently uses her alas Sunny Day to write unflattering tabloid articles about herself if it helps make everypony, or her sister's, life better. She wrote the "Celestia is a tyrant who banished poor Luna to the moon to secure power for herself" article to both make sure Luna wasn't written as a co-dictator by them and to give her an excuse to decentralize power that the conspiracy theorists would accept.