Fallout Equestria: Project Horizons: Difference between revisions

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{{quote|Loyalty, love... and secrets.}}

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* [[Abandoned Hospital]]: The Fluttershy Medical Center - location of one of the most iconic scenes in the story.

** [[Averted]] by Applebot, who is genuinely helpful, and Ol' Hank, who is friendly and talkative. [[Ax Crazy|At first]].

** The [[A Is]] running the {{spoiler|virtual Fluttershy Clinic Blackjack is trapped in}} really do want to help. They just can't stop until she's "better."

* [[Ancestral Weapon]]: Vigilance, a 12mm pistol handed down to each Stable 99 head of security.<ref>An inherited position.</ref>

* [[And I Must Scream]]:

*** {{spoiler|Psycoshy suffered this and believes that Sanguine rescued her, when in reality he was responsible for her imprisonment in the first place, planning to use her to unlock Project Chimera once he had EC-1101.}}

* [[Good Is Not Nice]]: Played dead straight for most of the protagonists. Glory is a possible exception, but even she has her moments.

* [[Gorn]]: [[Invoked]] [[In-Universe]] by raiders, who take a perverse glee in mutilating their victims.

* [[Grey and Gray Morality]]: The conflicts between most Hoofington gangs, as Blackjack later learns.

* [[Immortal Assassin]]: Rampage, though she sides with the protagonists.

* [[Immortality Hurts]]: Rampage has suffered horrifically in her long life, and apparently feels pain despite her [[Healing Factor]]. {{spoiler|For Deus, this trope is quite literal. His augmentations leave him in a constant state of agonising pain}}.

* [[Immune to Bullets]]:

** Gorgon effortlessly shrugs off bullets, lasers and explosives. {{spoiler|[[Conveyor Belt of Doom|Being fed to a rock-crushing machine,]] [[Cruel and Unusual Death|on the other hand...]]}}

** Sanguine rants at length during his confrontation with Blackjack at Hippocratic Research.

* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: Blackjack asks this a lot. Especially in Chapter 23 following {{spoiler|the execution of Stable 99}}.

* [[Mysterious Backer]]: The Dealer. He'll appear time and time again to help point Blackjack in the right direction, even as he emotionally beats her down just as often (much to Blackjack's confusion). {{spoiler|Thought to be a figment of her imagination for a majority of the story, but it turns out he's the spirit of Goldenblood's assistant, tied to EC-1101 as a sort of guide to make sure it gets to its destination. Even after learning this, we know next to nothing else about who he is or what his own goals are, but it's clear he does have some ulterior motives.}}

* [[Myth Arc]]: Since being broken down into volumes, the overarching plot is this.

* [[Theme Naming]]:

** Blackjack and a long line of her ancestors have names related to playing cards and card games.<ref>Card Trick. Tarot. Little Poker. Full House. 52 Pick-up. Straight Flush. Aces. Royal Flush. Bridge. Hearts. Gin Rummy. Go Fish.</ref>

** The Zodiac bounty hunters are all named after the zodiac star signs, though these are assumed names.

* [[There Are No Therapists]]: [[Department of Redundancy Department|Surprisingly]] [[Subverted Trope|subverted]] with Rampage being an almost literal version of [[Warrior Therapist]]. Apart from this, [[Justified Trope|the trope is played straight due to]] [[Polluted Wasteland|the setting]].

* [[Trauma Conga Line]]: Blackjack suffers an excessive number of injuries, ailments and psychological traumas over the course of the story, many of which come very close to killing her. Glory suffers awfully as well.

{{quote|'''Ponibooru comment:''' ALL ABOARD THE PSYCHOLOGICAL DETERIORATION TRAIN, NOW DEPARTING BLACKJACK STATION. AGAIN.}}

* [[The Virus]]: See [[Ascended to Carnivorism]].

* [[Voice with an Internet Connection]]: [[Fallout Equestria|Watcher]] makes a number of appearances, but plays only a minor role. {{spoiler|That is, until he invites Blackjack to meet him and see the Gardens of Equestria, rescuing her from the [[Despair Event Horizon]]}}.