History Characters / TheOtherSideOfTheSpectrumImperialEquus

* FirstLawOfGenderBending: Subverted for tragedy - the ponification potion only recognizes the biological sex of the human convert, and back when he was a human, New Bloom was [[spoiler:a transwoman named Jazmin Carter, the adoptive mother of Verity Carter]]. Needless to say, his original self's family did not take the results very well.

* TakeThat: A completely unintentional one, but the circumstances behind New Bloom's ponification can be considered as one to Chatoyance. The potion only recognizes the biological sex of the human convert, meaning a trans person's Newfoal form would be that of the sex they were born with rather than the gender they identify as. New Bloom was [[spoiler:a transwoman in his human life]]. Chatoyance herself is also a transwoman who has occasionally expressed UsefulNotes/{{Otherkin}} desires.

* FantasticSlur: While they're subject to many of the slurs that native Equestrians get, ([[Fanfic/AllAmericanGirl "Geldos," "Merry-Go-Round Toys," among others]]) they're also infrequently referred to as "zombies" by characters such as Acevedo, Kraber and Rockwell due to their lack of free will and the way they descend upon the resistance in ruthlessly determined droves.

* TheDarkChick: TCB Rarity, right down to [[spoiler: being the one to fight the hardest against her evil conditioning]]. TCB Fluttershy as well.

* CreepyChild: Human children transformed into Newfoals have the same empty, glassy-eyed smiles and general creepiness of any other Newfoal. It's combined with UncannyValley, given that they're all blank-flanks, something which isn't exactly unusual in Equestria. But to see them in such large numbers is a bit... unsettling.

* UncannyValley: InUniverse. Aside from everything else, Trixie points out that ''every'' Newfoal ever produced is a blank-flank, and she treats this as the unsettling icing on top of the creepiness cake. On top of that, according to one former HLF member, ''they never stop telling humans how good it is'', no matter how long it's been since they were ponified.
-->'''Andrew Silas:''' A month [after he was ponified], it was like [Henry] never knew me, and when we did talk, the subject ''always'' turned to ponification and how great it felt. Now I've known a few transwomen and transmen before, and sometimes, they ended up regretting it - a sad truth, that is - and sometimes the novelty wore off after a month and they started adjusting, but Henry just glowed as if it was the day after he'd been ponified, and never stopped. Plus, those people never proselytized about it. It was just... frightening.

* CondescendingCompassion: They generally seem to believe the Newfoals' odd UncannyValley behaviors are comparable to overcoming a drug addiction and they shouldn't be prejudiced against for their former humanity or be exploited for their "eagerness to please", and should be treated with respect. However, it doesn't seem to occur to them that maybe turning these humans into ponies in the first place is unconscionable in itself.

* CreativeSterility: Newfoals can't get cutie marks. Unlike the "Dearth" of cutie marks suffered by native Equestrians, however, there is some InUniverse FridgeBrilliance for this: the Newfoals, by their very nature, are {{Extreme Doormat}}s that are so utterly drained of any kind of free will that it's questionable if they even have any kind of higher brain function, so there's no possible way they'd be able to make that realization of their talents.

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* GoshDangItToHeck: They also completely lose their ability to swear. {{Exploited}} by the fact that the PHL base's password to get in is "Fuck that Solar Bitch" and the failsafe code to [[spoiler:stop the Yellowstone volcano nukes from detonating (if it gets to that point) is "Celestia is a cock loving whore"]].
** BigStupidDooDooHead: Any insults they hurl out will amount to this.

* GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul: UpToEleven doesn't even ''begin'' to describe it. [[spoiler:It's more like shattering the soul (literally) and then rearranging the pieces so that it looks like a smile]].

* FluffyTheTerrible: Nepenthe introduces herself with the [[TastesLikeDiabetes saccharine]] and cutesy phrase "Hi there! I'm Nepenthe, the Pretty Private!". This belies the fact that she's a SuperSoldier with a disturbingly wide sadistic streak.

* {{Expy}}: Of French actress and animal rights activist Creator/BrigitteBardot.

* ImperiledInPregnancy: [[spoiler: Just in case there was ''still'' any doubt in the reader's mind that Newfoals are no more than soulless monsters, the first thing one of her Newfoal servants does upon discovering Fancy works for the PHL is to attempt to crush her belly for carrying the child of a "Betrayer"]].

* SomeoneToRememberHimBy: [[spoiler: Considering she breaks the news to Fancy the same night she discovers that he is a PHL informant and he goes down fighting to save her from the ungrateful Newfoals, it's a miracle he wasn't also two days from retirement]].

[[folder:[[spoiler: Tirek]]]]
[[spoiler: As seen in the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTVSpecials'', Tirek is an evil centaur (formerly an alicorn) defeated long ago by a human, Megan Williams. Now he wants revenge, and through the use of his Bag (which contains his very essence and all of his powers), the modern Equestria will help him achieve that goal...]]

* ArtifactOfDoom: [[spoiler: His Bag]].
* TheCorrupter: [[spoiler: The Bag will corrupt anyone that comes into contact with it, no matter how pure their hearts are, by preying on their weaknesses, insecurities, and taking their noblest aspects to horrifying and dark directions. Aside from turning TCB Celestia into a murderous tyrant, it is also heavily hinted that the Bag [[HijackedByGanon might have also corrupted Luna into becoming Nightmare Moon]] to bring about TheNightThatNeverEnds]].
* DisproportionateRetribution: [[spoiler: The attack on humanity is Tirek's revenge against the ''entire human race'' because '''one''' single human (Megan) defeated him a thousand years prior]].
* TheDreaded: [[spoiler:Even Discord is [[EvenEvilHasStandards frightened and disgusted by Tirek's sheer evil]]. In fact, hearing his very name will instinctively strike fear into the hearts of all ponies]].
* EvilIsNotAToy: [[spoiler:How Tirek's Bag works on its victims. It worms its way into their minds by offering them their greatest desires, preying on their insecurities and ultimately whittling their personalities away into nothing]].
* ForTheEvulz: [[spoiler:Topped off with a truly massive case of ItsAllAboutMe, according to Discord, who calls the pain and suffering caused by the war "the most colossal act of self-gratification ever seen"]].
* ItAmusedMe: [[spoiler:Turns out that he's doing all this not just for revenge, but because he gets off on the pain and suffering left in the wake of the war]].
* TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler: According to King Spykoran and Prime Discord, Tirek is using TCB Celestia as his puppet to carry out his will]].
* MindRape: [[spoiler: Did this to TCB Celestia and the TCB Elements, and pretty much all of TCB Equestria. And of course, he's inflicting this on humanity too]].
* MisplacedRetribution: [[spoiler:Turns out that the Megan Williams of the Earth he's attacking went to a different Equestria (as in Prime Equestria) altogether]].
* OmnicidalManiac: [[spoiler:As the embodiment of the Element of Magic (or Em) puts it:]]
-->'''Em:''' [[spoiler:There shall be nothing but Tirek, and he will die alone in a lifeless multiverse of rusting automata, and rejoice in that death...]]
* SatanicArchetype: [[spoiler:To contrast the LightIsGood Faust, Tirek is a red and [[DarkIsEvil black]] centaur]].
* SealedEvilInACan: [[spoiler: His bag, which holds his power and will]].

* NotSoDifferent: Like Cheerilee, they're both earth pony mares who helped create and lead respectable resistance movement against the despotic Solar Empire, with several at their command. Cheerilee herself isn't happy about it, at least until the two of them come to an understanding.

* ItCanThink: He's stronger and a little more more intelligent than the average Newfoal.

* FantasticSlur: While they're subject to many of the slurs that native Equestrians get, ([[FanFic/ShinzakurasAllAmericanGirl "Geldos," "Merry-Go-Round Toys," among others]]) they're also infrequently referred to as "zombies" by characters such as Acevedo, Kraber and Rockwell due to their lack of free will and the way they descend upon the resistance in ruthlessly determined droves.

* BadassGrandpa: Absolutely! Unfortunately, Weaver exploits this by chaining his two surviving grandchildren to a magical tree atop the North Pole mountain; since drawing power from the tree would kill the fawns, Sint is forced to fight at a reduced power level.

* GoOutWithASmile: Tries to do so. Sadly for him, the pain is too great.

* SpoiledSweet: A rich socialite and a good mare.

* KnightTemplarBigSister: It's implied that the lengths she went to so she could save her sister from the MindRape had terrible consequences for all involved.

* TragicMonster: Not that you'd think it to look at her, but true nonetheless. [[spoiler: The Bag of Tirek made its way to her and acted like the [[Literature/LordOfTheRings the One Ring]], corrupting her to the point where the original TCB Celestia is basically dead. What remains of her is Tirek's puppet, carrying out his revenge on humanity.]]

* InfantImmortality: As the trope is mercilessly subverted (off-screen) by Weaver, readers are left in suspense over whether this'll apply to them or not. [[spoiler: In the end, it does]].

The main antagonist of the story. Commonly referred to as the Solar Tyrant, the xenocidal alicorn despot of TCB!Equestria is engaged in a crusade to "save" the Earth from humanity.

* AllPartOfTheShow: She attempts to prevent an alliance between Earth and Prime!Equestria by claiming her fight with Luna is just an exhibition to show humanity [[OhCrap just how outclassed it is against alicorns]].
* BigBad: In contrast to Prime!Princess Celestia being the BigGood.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Where it usually takes a lot to get Prime!Celestia to even narrow her eyebrows in anger (though she has been given ample reason to as of late), Queen Celestia's kindness is only skin-deep. Possibly even fur-deep, [[{{Metaphorgotten}} if we're being charitable]]. She is very quick to apply force when honeyed words fail to make things go her way. TCB!Lyra even denounced her as an "unnatural brute" during her final speech.
* BreakThemByTalking: When [[spoiler: Avatar!]]Queen Celestia tries to prevent a human/Prime!Equus alliance, she tries this. It almost works, except that Luna shows herself far more than willing to sacrifice herself, proving Celestia's words false.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: PlayedForLaughs, when it's revealed that she had TCB!Blueblood turned to stone and smashed to pieces because even ''she'' couldn't stand his attitude.

* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: Promoted herself to queen after TCB!Equestria took back the Crystal Empire, and she is an evil and horrifying being.

** Then, in ''Calm Before The Storm'', she's [[spoiler: caught up in an explosion courtesy of TCB!Fancy Pants. Again. For the second time in about a week]].

* ImplacableMan: Even ''with'' the addition of said magical bullet. To quote [[spoiler: Prime!Discord]]:

* ItsAllAboutMe: Prime!Celestia and Enitan Adebayo suspect this of her. Honestly, it's hard to argue with them.

* ManipulativeBitch: Whenever Luna questioned her decisions and actions prior to and during the early months of the war, Celestia immediately made her doubt herself by repeatedly asking her if she "feels like herself" or "needs to see a therapist." Given that TCB!Luna at the time had only recently returned from her exile and been cured of being [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Nightmare Moon]], it got her to doubt herself long enough to prevent her from impeding Celestia's warpath.

* MindRape: Currently doing this on a global scale to mankind. [[spoiler: Has already done so to much of TCB!Equestria and the Mane Six]].
** [[spoiler: The ultimate irony is that Queen Celestia was the first to get mind-raped by the Bag of Tirek. Prime!Discord even theorizes that there might not even be much of her original self left anymore]].

* MultiversalConqueror: It's very clear once she's done ponifying all of humanity, she'll be targeting Prime!Equestria next, and just keep going...

* BadBoss: TCB!Applejack is known to be quite a slave-driver.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: TCB!Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie still maintain their cheerful, happy attitudes despite the atrocities they commit.

* TheBrute: TCB!Rainbow Dash.
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: TCB!Pinkie Pie takes a while to remember ponifying Kraber's kids, much to his anger.
* CoDragons: Though TCB!Twilight herself is most definitely still Queen Celestia's faithful student.
* DeathSeeker: [[spoiler: The real TCB!Twilight begs and pleads with Prime!Luna to kill her and her friends to release them from their mental prisons. Rarity also attempted to kill herself when she momentarily was able to take back control of her own body. And from what Rockwell has seen, the rest of them are just as desperate to be freed from their prisons with the release of death]].

* TheDarkChick: TCB!Rarity, right down to [[spoiler: being the one to fight the hardest against her evil conditioning]]. TCB!Fluttershy as well.
* DomesticAbuse: Implied in "Sons of Legacies, Part 3", which states that TCB!Twilight used her Newfoal husband, Stalwart Heart, as "little more than a toy." Doctor Fluffy has also said in the comments for the chapter that she made him give her a [[WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers Rusty]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykEGtwJuZIs Venture]], pointing out that thanks to him being a Newfoal, there's [[PowerPerversionPotential literally no way he could have said no]].

* TheEvilGenius: TCB!Twilight.
* {{Expy}}: TCB!Twilight is basically a pony version of Josef Mengele. [[spoiler:Though it was '''''not''''' out of her own volition]].

* MindRape: TCB!Fluttershy's Stare had evolved into being capable of this.

* NotHerself: TCB!Big Mac describes Applejack as "a caricature that looks for all the world like her but has none of her soul inside". Justified in that [[spoiler: it really isn't her- Applejack, along with the rest of the Mane Six, have been MindRaped by Queen Celestia, who put artificial personalities designed to be her loyal enforcers in control of their bodies. The ''real'' Mane Six are currently trapped inside their own minds, helpless to do anything but watch their fake selves destroy everything they held dear]].
* UnholyMatrimony: Twilight was married to Marcus's ponified brother before his death. Rainbow meanwhile is in a relationship with TCB!Lightning Dust.

* WouldHurtAChild: Flashbacks show them to have no problem forcibly ponifying children. TCB!Twilight also [[spoiler:killed several children during her potion experiments]].

A personal assassin and spy of Queen Celestia's, charged with conducting "black ops" the [[CrapsaccharineWorld Solar Empire]] considers too sinister for public knowledge amongst the TCB!Equestrians. Though she's a devout follower of the Tyrant, there may be more to this unicorn than it first seems...

* AppropriatedAppellation: "Weaver" is a name first given to her by TCB!Sint Erklass after she revealed she was a DreamWeaver.

* ObliviouslyEvil: [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]]. She [[NoPlaceForMeThere sees herself as unworthy]] of continuing to exist once her work of "bringing harmony" to humanity is complete, yet seems willfully blind to the fact that [[AssimilationPlot her cause]] is in and of itself evil. She also doesn't seem to quite realize the horrible consequences the war has had on TCB!Equestria itself.

* VillainProtagonist: The {{Deuteragonist}} of ''Joy to the Worlds'' alongside TCB!Sint Erklass.

TCB!Rainbow Dash's father, who's only appeared in ''Last Train'' so far. [[HumiliationConga It has not been a good day to be him.]]

* BerserkButton: They may be {{Extreme Doormat}}s, but they'll at least ''try'' to kick your butt if you insult Queen Celestia, harm one of the TCB!Elements, or say anything negative about Equestria.

* EliteMooks: Certain Newfoals such as Stalwart Heart and Focus Ray seem to possess a slightly higher degree of cunning than the others. Later on, in ''Last Train From Oblivion'', TCB!Twilight makes a new ponification serum designed specifically to make these types of Newfoals. One result of this modified potion is Nepenthe.

* ExtremeDoormat: They're so completely drained of any kind of free will that Acevedo actually wonders if they even possess any kind of higher brain functioning. Prime!Twilight herself notes that the native-born ponies can treat them with utter contempt, and they wouldn't object. They'll also literally work themselves to death if they aren't told to take a break.

* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: The complex lattice of spellwork governing their minds is [[TakeOurWordForIt apparently]] [[YouDoNotWantToKnow so horrifying]] to see directly that it left TCB!Fancy Pants vomiting and suffering nightmares for the better part of a week when he went on a JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind of one.

* TheUnsmile: When Canon!Pinkie Pie sees pictures of them, she ''flips out'' over how wrong their expressions look.

* WouldHurtAChild: Aside from happily ponifying human children (some as young as infants), there's also [[spoiler:how one of TCB!Fleur's Newfoal servants tried to crush her pregnant belly because she carried the child of a "Betrayer"]].

Marcus's brother and TCB!Twilight's late husband, whom Marcus was forced to kill after Jacob turned into a Newfoal.

* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: Averted. While his bedroom activities with TCB!Twilight is one of the few things the story doesn't go into detail about, the Newfoals' lack of ability to say no to anything is treated as appropriately horrifying.

* FlatCharacter: He's Marcus' deceased brother, worked for the Secret Services, fell to the potion, got claimed by TCB!Twilight for her own, and... that's really all we know about him.

* UnholyMatrimony: Was briefly married to TCB!Twilight.

* EliteMook: TCB!Trixie is taken aback at the amount of resourcefulness he displays.

* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: She gets very huffy and defensive when TCB!Trixie correctly points out that Ruby's lack of a cutie mark should be a real cause for concern.

* SpiritAdvisor: ''Last Train'' reveals she's still able to access other ponies' dreams, albeit to a much weaker extent. Luna takes it upon herself to mentor Prime!Lightning Dust in the ways of dream weaving.
* TakenForGranite: Celestia turned her to stone. Unlike when she did so to TCB!Lyra and Blueblood, however, she didn't smash the statue.

TCB!Twilight's dragon assistant, who has developed a bit differently from in-canon...

* LastOfHisKind: He's the only living dragon in TCB!Equestria.

* RageBreakingPoint: When he sees Prime!Twilight and Rarity and [[MistakenIdentity mistakes them for their TCB counterparts]]. He tries to kill them, but Rarity is able to talk him down.

* WrongGenreSavvy: At first, Inkwell seemed to think of himself as some sort of brave whistleblower who would expose the cruel exploitation and treatment of the Newfoals that just wanted to come to Equestria for a better life and bring about change. Not only does he discover the picture is much murkier (as TCB!Equestria is ''dreadfully'' unprepared to support a population numbering in the billions), but there's also the truth behind the Newfoals and the nature of the potion...

* NayTheist: He doesn't hold a high opinion of Celestia, even before TCB!Equestria's corruption. He accuses Celestia of favoring the unicorns to the detriment of the other ponies, particularly the earth ponies. He goes so far as to say that [[SelectiveObliviousness she's blind to just how rotten her "little ponies" can be]].
* NervesOfSteel: Bordering on FearlessFool levels where a flashback reveals that before he was incarcerated, he mouthed off at Queen Celestia and the TCB!Elements, and fearlessly called Stalwart Heart (the Newfoal form of Jacob Renee) a zombie to his face. He also isn't afraid to mouth off at the Head Warden of the prison camp and insult her Newfoal lover (whom he calls a sex slave).
* NoodleIncident: No pony knows exactly ''how'' he ended up in prison (in between rumors that he's in for murdering someone with only his left hoof, robbing a bank with only a quill, or for smuggling Luna and Cadance out of the Solar Empire). Until Inkwell discovers that it was because [[spoiler:he prevented his brother from being taken over completely by the [[MindControl Geis]] that took over the Royal Guards, defying Queen Celestia and his unusual abilities being of interest to TCB!Twilight]] that got him in there.

* DefectorFromDecadence: He realized the horror that TCB!Equestria would turn into and immediately got to working behind the scenes to dismantle it..

* PsychicNosebleed: It's clear his constant trips between Earth and TCB!Equestria, as well as his constant use of advanced magic is leaving some serious mental and physical strain on him, sometimes leading to these.

* ShadowArchetype: A heroic example to TCB!Twilight, ironically enough. They were both personal pupils of Celestia's, but while Twilight learned to value friendship, Sunset did not. However, as Twilight fell to the same dark forces that corrupted all of TCB!Equestria, Sunset is fighting against it.

* DefectorFromDecadence: They are rebels against the Solar Empire fighting to bring TCB!Equestria back to being a more harmonious and benevolent state.

* GovernmentInExile: They're the only officially recognized governmental body of TCB!Equestria by the governments of earth.

* TheChainsOfCommanding: She leads the Resistance, is seen as the head of the New Lunar Republic (and thus is the closest thing to a diplomat humanity has for TCB!Equestria), and has killed and fought in the shadows as well. Not helping is that she's also a fugitive and is held in the same regard as Lyra, being seen as a traitor to the crown).

* TheHighQueen: Fills in the role quite aptly as leader of the Resistance. That said, Harshwhinny is taking the long view, and she's concerned about whether TCB!Equestria's future should lean towards a republican democracy, or a constitutional monarchy under Princess Luna.

* NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead: {{Zigzagged}}. She doesn't mention TCB!Lyra during her talk with Cheerilee, yet her organization's perception of the Ambassador ranges from token respect to pitying scorn. Needless to say, this is problematic given the PHL's hero-worship of Lyra.

* ShadowArchetype: To TCB!Cheerilee.
* UndyingLoyalty: To TCB!Luna.

TCB!Pinkie Pie's sister, who knows a lot more than she's letting on.

* ThanatosGambit: [[spoiler: It's implied he placed a small part of himself into TCB!Twilight's mind so that he could use her to send Marcus to Canon!Equestria, ensuring humanity would get allies to turn the tide of the war in their favor and that his own death would not be in vain]].

* TheCorrupter: [[spoiler: The Bag will corrupt anyone that comes into contact with it, no matter how pure their hearts are, by preying on their weaknesses, insecurities, and taking their noblest aspects to horrifying and dark directions. Aside from turning TCB!Celestia into a murderous tyrant, it is also heavily hinted that the Bag [[HijackedByGanon might have also corrupted Luna into becoming Nightmare Moon]] to bring about TheNightThatNeverEnds]].

* TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler: According to King Spykoran and Prime!Discord, Tirek is using TCB!Celestia as his puppet to carry out his will]].
* MindRape: [[spoiler: Did this to TCB!Celestia and the TCB!Elements, and pretty much all of TCB!Equestria. And of course, he's inflicting this on humanity too]].
* MisplacedRetribution: [[spoiler:Turns out that the Megan Williams of the Earth he's attacking went to a different Equestria (as in Prime!Equestria) altogether]].

* HotScoop: Was this as a human.

* TheIrishQuestion: He was affiliated with the IRA in his human life.

* TakeThat: A completely unintentional one, but the circumstances behind New Bloom's ponification can be considered as one to Chatoyance. The potion only recognizes the biological sex of the human convert, meaning a trans person's Newfoal form would be that of the sex they were born with rather than the gender they identify as. New Bloom was [[spoiler:a transwoman in his human life]]. Chatoyance herself is also a transwoman who has occasionally expressed {{Otherkin}} desires.