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{{quote|“Humans are harsh creatures, but they have to be because their world is harsh and dangerous. Sometimes in their pursuit to survive, they cross each other, and most times they make friends and can work together, but other times it doesn’t work out and they feel that they have to fight. They are mostly good, I think, but sometimes they just plain old turn bad .... and live to cause other humans misery.”|'''Twilight Sparkle (Yellowstone Continuity)'''}}
 
A [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]] fanfic, which has in turn spawned [[Recursive Fanfiction|other stories by other people, using the same setting]].
 
It is set in on Earth, in the future, where the island of Equestria has suddenly appeared. Earth is not in the greatest shape due to humanity, and the location of Equestria is pushing into Earth territory, with the magic emanating from Equestria being lethal to mankind, and in order to set things right, Princess Celestia needs to send out a powerful wave of magic that will restore the planet, but kill all of humanity. In order to help, Celestia sets up conversion bureaus all around Earth, letting the humans become ponies... though the problem here lies that the converted humans' personalities change.
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* [[Physical God]]: Although Celestia was already a goddess in canon material, TCB stories tend to ramp this trait up to the extreme. Celestia is almost always completely unstoppable, and sometimes even omnipotent.
* [[Screw You Elves|Screw You Ponies]]: The "Ten Rounds" universe features this in ''spades'', with the human characters resisting the Ponification to truly epic lengths. One called [http://www.fimfiction.net/story/4189/1/The-Conversion-Bureau%3A-Ten-Minutes/Ten-Minutes Ten minutes] ends with {{spoiler|Celestia, along with thousands of ponies, being lured into the blast radius of a nuke}}.
* [[Self -Insert Fic]]: The main premise of most.
* [[Transhuman Treachery]]: Once a person goes pony, they may still feel attachment to individual humans. Any sense of love for the race as a whole is long gone, however, even if they ardently supported it before.
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: One of the main themes behind ''The Ballad of the White Rose.'' A group of rebellious young ponies discover that the death of humanity was no accident, and decide that Celestia has a lot to answer for.
 
 
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* [[Democracy Is Bad]]:
* [[Despotism Justifies the Means]]: Celestia's #1 priority is being the final authority in Equestria.
* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]]: In ''New Universe Seven: Mankind Triumphant!'', humanity disposes of Discord by running his petrified form through a rock crusher. They then {{spoiler|nuke Equestria, decapitate Celestia and stick her head in a sealed box.}}
* [[Dystopia]]: Earth. Possibly Equestria, not that the ponies are capable of realizing it.
* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: Celestia and Luna.
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* [[The Multiverse]]:
* [[The Soulless]]: Humans
* [[Third -Act Stupidity]]: In ''The 800 Year Promise''. Ralph and his HLF coconspirators are clever enough to hide amongst the ponies of Equestria for years. They've got agents at every level of Equestrian society – even in the palace, so there's no running to Celestia for help. All throughout the story they're one step ahead, always having figured out enough to know where they should be looking before the protagonists do. They've fabricated a cover story for anyone who questions them. They know enough about dragon culture and history to attempt to rouse them to anger against Celestia. Four chapters from the end they walk into a dragon's cave, beat up his “guests”, and die horribly when he comes home.
* [[Unperson]]: Beings who become a “problem” for Celestia have a tendency to disappear. Later, some lucky civic area is gifted a surprisingly lifelike new statue. It's unclear how or if their disappearance is explained to friends or family, but it's clear that, aside from Discord, nobody hears about them in any history lessons.
* [[Unwilling Roboticisation]]: The plot of ''New Universe One: The Pony Singularity''.
* [[Utopia Justifies the Means]]: Celestia's #2 priority is keeping Equestria a paradise for her ponies.
* [[Villain Has a Point]]: Before dying, Ralph explains what the final members of the HLF have come to believe about Celestia, the destruction of the Earth, and the true nature of Equestria. Sharptooth, the only character present that is familiar with the princess, not mentally rewired to obey her, and knowledgeable enough about the universe to make any assessment of it all ''thinks he's right.''
* [[Well -Intentioned Extremist]]: The PER.
* [[Writer On Board]]: And how!
* [[You Cannot Grasp the True Form]]: Celestia sometimes gives mortals a glimpse of her true form when she wishes to terrify them into submission.
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