History DeconstructionFic / MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic

** ''Fanfic/TheNegotiationsVerse'': The story makes it clear that a mostly medieval/slightly industrialized nation (whose soldiers wield swords, spears and arrows) wouldn't do well in warfare against 21st century tactics and weaponry, Twilight Sparkle has to work tirelessly to bring about peace between humanity and the ponies in the aftermath of the Conversion War, and even comes up with a reason for why Equestria would even go to Earth in the first place.

* ''ANotSoDraconianAdventure'' examines Spike's role and treatment in the show by having it viewed through a perspective where everyone involved is a modern-day human, rather than a magical creature in a fantasy setting. While nothing done to him was out of malicious intent, in fact the story emphasizes that Spike was sincerely loved by everyone who knew him, an appointment with Cadence, a social worker in this universe, recontextualizes a lot of what he's been through[[note]] No formal schooling or home-schoolling that the audience knows of, does a ''very'' large number of chores despite his young age, lack of friends his age, Rarity once using him as a pincushion, etc. [[/note]]as neglectful or abusive. Cadence doesn't tell him but she notes internally that a human legal system probably wouldn't give Spike's original family custody of him again.

* ''Fanfic/LovedAndLost'' deconstructs the fallout of "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E25ACanterlotWeddingPart1 A Canterlot]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E26ACanterlotWeddingPart2 Wedding]]". [[ForWantOfANail Immediately after stopping the invaders with Twilight]], [[TheUsurper Prince Jewelius]] tells the citizens a slightly altered recount of how Princess Celestia, Shining Armor and Twilight's friends failed to suspect Queen Chrysalis and [[MadeOutToBeAJerkass refused to listen to Twilight's warnings about her]]. Once they're told about this (and once they witness the [[NiceJobBreakingItHero heroes making a failed escape attempt]] in response to Jewelius' NewEraSpeech in which he promises to rectify their mistakes), the citizens turn on the heroes for putting them all in danger and accept Jewelius as their new ruler.

* ''[[Fanfic/TheNuptialverse Post Nuptials]]'' takes a ''much'' closer look at the subplot in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E25ACanterlotWeddingPart1 A Canterlot]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E26ACanterlotWeddingPart2 Wedding]]" in which Twilight is MadeOutToBeAJerkass by her friends for accusing Princess Cadance of being evil, only to be [[RightForTheWrongReasons technically proven right later]] when it turns out [[spoiler:the true Cadance was kidnapped and replaced with the sadistic Changling Queen to kickstart an invasion of Canterlot and enslave Equestria]]. In the canon two-parter, AngstWhatAngst is employed, but in this fic here, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone Twilight's friends feel beyond horrible for how easily they were tricked into turning against her]] (in Spike's case, he's so wracked up with guilt that he can't even bring himself to be in the same room with Twilight because he's afraid she'll completely reject him). Then when Twilight [[EasilyForgiven easily forgives them]], they actually feel even ''worse'' because then it makes them think she is too good to be their friend. Twilight, meanwhile, [[spoiler:actually feels [[EtTuBrute extremely hurt and betrayed]] over what happened, but also blames herself for not gathering evidence or privately sharing her suspicions with [[BigGood Princess Celestia]] before throwing out barely sound accusations. As a result, she [[StepfordSmiler simply pretends to instantly forgive everybody to avoid thinking about what could have happened if she turned out to be wrong]]. This only lasts for one day, however, so in the last chapter she [[WhatTheHellHero finally admits to both herself and her friends that she's furious and chews them out over how they treated her]]. This allows Twilight to start truly forgiving everyone, because she's no longer holding in her anger and resentment over the whole thing. However, there's still some damage done due to what happened so a minor sub-plot of the sequel focuses on Twilight learning how to trust her friends again]].

* ''Fanfic/{{Chemistry}}'' deconstructs the fan portrayal where Cadance is a [[LoveGoddess Goddess of Love]] (and, subsequently, Lust). Cadance needs to take medication and visit a therapist or else she'll enter a heat-like state. When in this state she has an AnythingThatMoves viewpoint that makes her a danger to others (even foals). Even ignoring that, Cadance's powers are prone to PowerIncontinence. When she was twelve she [[spoiler:accidentally manipulated the minds of various ponies and caused several conceptions (including Twilight's)]], which resulted in criminal charges.

* ''Fanfic/FiveScoreDividedByFour'': Chapter 21 of the clean version deconstructs the MLP fandom's [[spoiler:"ponies as pets" fanart trope]] by exposing its UnfortunateImplications, showing how [[FateWorseThanDeath horrible of a fate this would be]] for the show's characters if it actually happened to them. In it, [[spoiler:Pinkie, Rarity, and Shining are kidnapped by a group of thugs who plan to sell them off as house pets. The author pulls absolutely ''no'' punches in describing how horrible, degrading, and humiliating this is for the trio.]]

* ''Fanfic/FiveScoreDividedByFour'': Chapter 21 of the clean version deconstructs the MLP fandom's [[spoiler: "ponies as pets" fanart trope]] by exposing its UnfortunateImplications, showing how [[FateWorseThanDeath horrible of a fate this would be]] for the show's characters if it actually happened to them. In it, [[spoiler: Pinkie, Rarity, and Shining are kidnapped by a group of thugs who plan to sell them off as house pets. The author pulls absolutely ''no'' punches in describing how horrible, degrading, and humiliating this is for the trio.]]

* ''Fanfic/FiveScoreDividedByFour'': : Chapter 21 of the clean version deconstructs the MLP fandom's [[spoiler: "ponies as pets" fanart trope]] by exposing its UnfortunateImplications, showing how [[FateWorseThanDeath horrible of a fate this would be]] for the show's characters if it actually happened to them. In it, [[spoiler: Pinkie, Rarity, and Shining are kidnapped by a group of thugs who plan to sell them off as house pets. The author pulls absolutely ''no'' punches in describing how horrible, degrading, and humiliating this is for the trio.]]

* ''Fanfic/{{MLP}}'' is a deconstruction of the entire show which aims to bring the FridgeHorror and more adult implications of the show to the forefront; it is ''also'' a deconstruction of other ''Friendship is Magic'' fanfics. For instance, it ties together the common {{fanon}} that Rainbow Dash is gay with the fact that she moved out of her hometown of Cloudsdale by presenting the theory that she was driven out [[{{Gayngst}} due to homophobia]]. It also emphasizes the VileVillainSaccharineShow and SurpriseCreepy aspects of the show to paint Equestria as a full-fledged CrapsaccharineWorld, and plays the main characters' flaws [[DysfunctionJunction far more seriously and dramatically]] than the original show did.

* ''Fanfic/ScentedVenom'': This fic's portrayal of Discord is practically an entirely different character, being a flat out Sadist with the powers of a RealityWarper. He has made it his goal to make Celestia's life a living hell. It could be seen as doing to Discord what ''Fanfic/CupcakesSergeantSprinkles'' did to Pinkie Pie.

*** The second chapter of the ''Calm Before the Storm'' side story is specifically dedicated to deconstructing a point of FridgeLogic with the ''Conversion Bureau'' genre - how is Equestria able to support both a war against humanity and a sudden influx of millions to billions of newfoals? The story has a clear answer: ''they can't''. For one thing, they're forced to rapidly industrialize and destroy their own environment to produce enough materials to just stay afloat in the war, making them no different from humanity in that regard. There's also nowhere near enough jobs or food to support this explosive growth, and their economy has grown dependent on the mass exploitation of newfoal slave labor, screwing them over even more in the long run. On top of that, thanks to the barrier, they've [[SaltTheEarth destroyed all the infrastructure and materials]] they could have possibly used to support their war effort and make colonizing Earth easier, so [[HoistByHisOwnPetard they've only made things harder for themselves]]. And it also shows that having zombie-like citizens obedient to a fault is pretty bad, culturally, given that the newfoals are explicitly mentioned to work themselves to death if they aren't told to take a break and they make the perfect prostitutes because they literally can't say no to anything a antural born pony asks of them.

* ''Fanfic/ScentedVenom'': This fic's portrayal of Discord is practically an entirely different character, being a flat out Sadist with the powers of a RealityWarper. He has made it his goal to make Celestia's life a living hell. It could be seen as doing to Discord what ''Fanfic/{{Cupcakes}}'' did to Pinkie Pie.

* ''Fanfic/TheConversionBureau'': Numerous of varying qualities.

** ''Not Alone'' is a realistic story where it's shown that humanity would not take kindly to the ponies' misanthropic attitudes, the effects of the expanding barrier (such as loss of infrastructure and human displacement) are explored in detail, and it's shown that not only do a good number of ponies disagree with the conversion, but the other races in Equus aren't happy about it either.
** ''The Other Side of the Spectrum'' is a WarFic that exercises realism and MirrorUniverse to serve all kinds of vicious [[TakeThat middle fingers]] at the premise of TCB and the logical inconsistencies and unsavory/horrific implications that other stories glossed over.
** The universe presented in ''Not Just Ponies'' is a unique twist on it: it's a deconstruction of ''both'' the common types while reconstructing the ''setting''. Namely in this universe, the issue really ''is'' a natural disaster no one has any control over, and the common portrayals of the setting are believed to be true by some on both sides, but those assumptions are wrong and the consequences of people believing they are are explored. As a result, New Foals get treated with FantasticRacism by both sides, [[EvilVersusEvil the PER and HLF are]] ''both'' [[KnightTemplar extremist lunatics who grossly misunderstand the issue and cause more harm than good]], and the attempts by some bits of humanity to 'save' the human race amount to trying to kill genuinely good people who are trying to do whatever they can to save another race from something neither side can control. One instance is the PER converting a human... who was going to convert ''anyway'', but into a different creature who is now trapped as a creature they didn't ''want'' to be.

*** First off, humanity is not flattered by the ponies' HolierThanThou judgmental attitudes and blatant assimilation plot, declaring war as a result. Also, the effects of the expanding Equestrian barrier are further examined (the loss of infrastructure and displacement of millions of people causes a major humanitarian crisis), and it's shown that some ponies (and non-ponies) sympathize with the humans.
*** Likewise, we have reasonable motivations on both sides of the conflict (humans are not evil [[ForTheEvulz for the sake of evil]] or entirely saintly, and neither are the ponies for that matter), as well as consequences that leave neither side much better off.

** ''Fanfic/TheConversionBureauTheOtherSideOfTheSpectrum'': The second chapter of Calm Before the Storm is specifically dedicated to deconstructing a point of FridgeLogic with the ''Conversion Bureau'' genre - how is Equestria able to support both a war against humanity and a sudden influx of millions to billions of newfoals? The story has a clear answer: ''they can't''. For one thing, they're forced to rapidly industrialize and destroy their own environment to produce enough materials to just stay afloat in the war, making them no different from humanity in that regard. There's also nowhere near enough jobs or food to support this explosive growth, and their economy has grown dependent on the mass exploitation of newfoal slave labor, screwing them over even more in the long run. On top of that, thanks to the barrier, they've [[SaltTheEarth destroyed all the infrastructure and materials]] they could have possibly used to support their war effort and make colonizing Earth easier, so [[HoistByHisOwnPetard they've only made things harder for themselves]]. And it also shows that having zombie-like citizens obedient to a fault is pretty bad, culturally, given that they are explicitly mentioned to work themselves to death if they aren't told to take a break. They make the perfect prostitutes because they literally can't say no to anything.
** ''Fanfic/TheNegotiationsVerse'': ''Negotiations'' thoroughly deconstructs many of the usual TCB tropes. For one thing, a mostly medieval/slightly industrialized nation (whose soldiers wield swords, spears and arrows) wouldn't do well in warfare against 21st century tactics and weaponry, humanity does not take the ponies' misanthropy and AssimilationPlot lightly, and it [[spoiler:gives a far more feasible explanation as to why Equestria would even go to Earth in the first place]].

* ''Fanfic/EquestriaCivilWar'' deconstructs the ending of the season five finale, where Twilight Sparkle [[EasilyForgiven forgave Starlight Glimmer for everything she had done and took her on as a student]] (bear in mind, her crimes include creating a cult, erasing the Cutie Marks of hundreds of ponies during the reign of said cult, and creating ''multiple'' [[BadFuture Bad Futures]] in her attempt to get revenge for the Mane Six destroying said cult). [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome Just like in real life]], a high profile political figure instantly forgiving a terrorist for her crimes and installing her in an important place in the government does ''not'' come without a nationwide controversy. Many ponies accuse Twilight of being [[StupidGood far too lenient]] and a HorribleJudgeOfCharacter, and those same detractors also accuse Starlight of [[KarmaHoudini taking advantage of Twilight to escape punishment]]. It got to the point where a mysterious pony is working behind the scenes to discredit Starlight so either Celestia (who has more authority than Twilight) could overrule Twilight and punish Starlight, or the public and political pressure would force Twilight to cave and receed her decision. All of this demonstrates that [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome just because Twilight is willing to forgive Starlight, it doesn't mean anybody ELSE is willing/able to do so]]. Crime rates have also increased since the event in question, because many criminals think that if Twilight, as one of the four princesses of Equestria, could easily forgive Starlight for her crimes, they would be EasilyForgiven and get let off the hook themselves. These same criticisms also extend to other villains that Twilight previously forgave, such as Trixie (who enslaved the entirety of Ponyville), Discord (who turned all of Equestria into his own personal {{Cloudcuckooland}}, in addition to continuing to pester the ponies), and the Changelings (who caused an invasion that, [[AscendedFridgeHorror as noted in the story itself]], killed and injured numerous ponies). All of this culminates into the Reformed Antagonist Registration Act movement, who believe that regardless of reformation or remorse over their crimes, villains still needed to face the consequences for their malicious misdeeds. This movement gains a lot of supporters, including Rarity, Applejack, and Cadance, because RARA is a check-and-balances system which will monitor reformed villains and make sure they have genuinely turned over a new leaf.

* ''Fanfic/FiveScoreDividedByFour'': : Chapter 21 of the clean version deconstructs the MLP fandom's [[spoiler: "ponies as pets" fanart trope]] by exposing its UnfortunateImplications, showing how [[FateWorseThanDeath horrible of a fate this would be]] for the show's characters if it actually happened to them. In it, [[spoiler: Pinkie, Rarity, and Shining are kidnapped by a group of thugs who plan to sell them off as housepets. The author pulls absolutely ''no'' punches in describing how horrible, degrading, and humiliating this is for the trio.]]

** ''The Negotiationsverse'' centers on Twilight Sparkle, the only living Alicorn princess, realizing over time the atrocities of ponification. It also gives Celestia a very plausible motivation for her actions, though it's also made clear that her mistakes and shortsightedness have made her irredeemable.

* In the story ''Fanfic/{{Xenophilia}}'', the low male-to-female ratio in the cartoon is deconstructed when Rainbow Dash mentions that for every four fillies, only one colt is born - closer to one in seven in Ponyville - and as a result many mares end up either lonely or having to resort to [[LesYay lesbian relationships]], and monogamy is percieved as selfish by many of them.

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* In the story ''Fanfic/{{Xenophilia}}'', the low male-to-female ratio in the cartoon is deconstructed when Rainbow Dash mentions that for every four fillies, only one colt is born - closer to one in seven in Ponyville - and as a result many mares end up either lonely or having to resort to [[LesYay lesbian relationships]], and monogamy is percieved as selfish by many of them.

Many fanfiction writers have deconstructed both the original show and its characters.