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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)'''}}

 

 

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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=== The fanfic shows the following tropes: ===

* [[Emergency Transformation]]: The basic premise on the most part. It's either move away, succumb to the magic/radiation of Equestria and perish, or become a pony.

** In addition, one of the draws of the ponification serum for many is that the process instantly and fully heals the imbiber, even going so far as to remove diseases or genetic defects. Several stories feature humans on the verge of death taking the potion to save their lives.

* [[Affably Evil]]: Many members of the Ponification for Earth's Rebirth (PER) movement meet this description. They are almost unfailingly friendly and polite, and will ''usually'' begin a conversation with a human by trying to reason with them and convince them that getting converted is the best choice. [[Baleful Polymorph|If the human disagrees, however...]]

* [[Baleful Polymorph]]: Some stories have forced ponification as a response to the Human Liberation Front and humans that like being humans. Ponies usually see it as better alternative to killing them, but those getting changed disagree.

* [[Don't You Dare Pity Me!]]: Discussed in ''Railroad Seven-Three.'' The average native Equestrian claims to pity humans rather than hating them; many humans in turn resent this. Balthazar in particular despises Celestia for what he views as an incredibly condescending attitude.

* [[Driven to Suicide]]: In one of the fics, Twilight mentions that a few of the remaining humans chose this instead of facing the restoration magic or getting ponified.

* [[Humans Are Flawed]]: Some of the spin-offs take this attitude in contrast to the original. Many have protagonists that are and remain human, become good friends with ponies, but does not sweep away the fundamental problems with humanity being apex predators descended from pack-hunter gatherers.

* [[I Did What I Had to Do]]: In ''Last Man Standing,'' Celestia confirms the suspicions of many in a conversation with the last remaining human: she DID invade Earth deliberately. However, she points out that due to the merging of the worlds, either Equestria or Earth was going to be destroyed no matter what; she simply chose to try and save her subjects.

* [[NGO Superpower]]: Some fics depict the [[La Résistance|Human Liberation Front]] as having [[Super Soldiers]] in [[Powered Armor]] or even doomsday weapons.

* [[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.

* [[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.

* [[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.

* [[You Cannot Grasp the True Form]]: Celestia sometimes gives mortals a glimpse of her true form when she wishes to terrify them into submission.