History FanFic / PagesofHarmony

* NecessarilyEvil: Twilight genuinely believes that [[spoiler:killing her friends and extracting their Elements from them will destroy chaos and allow harmony to reign]].

* {{Gorn}}: The whole ENTIRE fanfic up to its current point (Chapter 9 currently) - in a very scientific matter.

The Elements of Harmony. For generations these ancient artifacts have served as the physical manifestations of Equestria's most important principles: Loyalty, honesty, generosity, kindness, laughter, and the magic of friendship itself. However, only specific ponies are capable of harnessing the Elements' power and little information on them exists in Equestrian literature. And many questions remain unanswered, but there is one above all else: what qualities, spiritual or biological, are needed to allow a pony to control the artifacts of the Elements that protect the world, and thus assure that the world is not destroyed by the seeds of chaos? What does it take to keep harmony secure?

Research, [[ColdBloodedTorture procedures from]] [[MindRape the pits of Tartarus]], and a "harmonious plan" that [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans promises to bring about a new world]], that's what.

* '''[[GrimDark GRIMDARK AS TARTARUS]]'''.

* HopeSpot: Rainbow Dash has one after Twilight finishes using a machine to briefly electrocute her .[[spoiler:Only for Twilight to reveal she was testing it to make sure it can administer jolts of electricity to Dash's brain properly]].

The Elements of Harmony. For generations these ancient artifacts have served as the physical manifestations of Equestria's most important principles: Loyalty, honesty, generosity, kindness, laughter, and the magic of friendship itself. However, only specific ponies are capable of harnessing the Elements' power and little information on them exists in Equestrian literature. And many questions remain unanswered, but there is one above all else: what qualities, spiritual or biological, are needed to allow a pony to control the artifacts of the Elements that protect the world, and thus assure that the world is not destroyed by the seeds of chaos? What does it take to keep harmony around?

Twilight Sparkle doesn't know, but she intends to find out by creating her own research on the Elements and their bearers in order to achieve her own WellIntentionedExtremist goals. But how far will she go to preserve harmony and protect the future, and how will the fate of her friends play into it

They'll be put through meticulous scientific procedures in order to bring about her harmonious plan, that's what.

* BreakTheCutie: WordOfGod says that Fluttershy is going to get the worst of Twilight's experiments because her Element is the hardest to break. Also, for a more meta reason, because Fluttershy getting hurt is generally considered [[LogicalWeakness the fandom's collective weakness]].

* TheConscience: Twilight's manifests as another version of herself,who retains Twilight's normal appearence despite the MadnessMakeover and SanitySlippage that the real Twilight progressively goes through, attempting (and failing) to act as a MoralityChain

* ShoutOut: During Rainbow Dash's {{Mind Rape}} torture, [[spoiler: the story slightly mentions both Rainbow Factory and Cupcakes, two other well-known gorefics. While Cupcakes is only slightly alluded to with Pinkie in one of Rainbow's MindRape visions threatening to hack her wings off, the Rainbow Factory mention is quite blatant... and it makes everything much worse]].

* MadScientist: Twilight Sparkle, to the extent of [[spoiler:experimenting on her friends to extract their Elements]]. And it's implied with her talk of purity that her plan goes ''[[ItGotWorse beyond that]]''.

The Elements of Harmony. For generations these ancient artifacts have served as the physical manifestations of Equestria's most important principles: Loyalty, honesty, generosity, kindness, laughter, and the magic of friendship itself. However, only specific ponies are capable of harnessing the Elements' power and little information on them exists in Equestrian literature. And many questions remain unanswered, but there is one above all else: what qualities, spiritual or biological, are needed to allow a pony to control the artifacts of the Elements that protect the world, and thus assure that the world is not destroyed by the seeds of chaos?

Twilight Sparkle doesn't know, but she intends to find out by creating her own research on the Elements and their bearers in order to achieve her own WellIntentionedExtremist goals. But how far will she go to preserve harmony in Equestria and protect the future, and what will become of her friends in the process?

They'll be put through meticulous scientific procedures from Tartarus, that's what.

* ForScience: Twilight uses this to justify what she's doing,claiming her experiments are necessary to strengthen Equestria's defense mechanism of friendship.
* FreudianExcuse: Rainbow Dash is the most evident example after Twilight uses mental manipulation on her to [[spoiler: rewrite her memories and destroy any sense of loyalty]].

* {{Gorn}}: The whole ENTIRE fanfic

* HopeSpot: Rainbow Dash has one after Twilight finishes using a machine to electrocute her.[[spoiler:Only for Twilight to reveal she was testing it to make sure it can administer jolts of electricity to Dash's brain properly]].

* MadScientist: Twilight Sparkle, to the extent of [[spoiler:experimenting on her friends to extract their Elements.]]

* NecessaryEvil: Twilight genuinely believes that [[spoiler:killing her friends and extracting their elements from them will destroy chaos and allow harmony to reign]].

* VillainProtagonist: Twilight, obviously. [[spoiler: Rainbow Dash]] can also count as this.

* WouldHurtAChild:Two of the characters that have been killed by Twilight have been [[spoiler:Sweetie Belle and Spike.]] Not because they were essential to Twilight's plan,But because Twilight thought [[HeKnowsTooMuch they posed a potential threat to her.]]

* WouldHurtAChild: Two of Twilight's victims have been[[spoiler:Sweetie Belle and Spike.]]

* EyeScream: When Twilight tortures [[spoiler: Sweetie Belle and then brainwashes Rarity into killing the little filly.]] Fluttershy gets a hot plate pressed against her eye as part of the procedure to extract her Element.

* ElectricTorture: Used on [[spoiler: Applejack]] as a form of conditioning to [[spoiler: make her lie and thus lose her Element]].It also gets used on[[spoiler:Rainbow Dash earlier in the story as a method of shattering her loyalty.]]

* PlayingWithSyringes: Twilight Sparkle, and each of them does something completely different.

* VillainProtagonist: Twilight.

* ForScience: Twilight uses this to justify what she's doing and to explain her actions.

* ElectricTorture: Used on [[spoiler: Applejack]] as a form of conditioning to [[spoiler: make her lie and thus lose her Element]].

* AxeCrazy: Twilight Sparkle. [[spoiler: And Rainbow Dash after her MindRape.]]

* [[BigShutUp Big]] "'''''[[BigShutUp SHUT UP!]]'''''": Twilight shouts this at her conscience-self after the insistence that what she's doing is wrong.

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Started on July 25, 2012, by Shadowed Rainbow, Pages of Harmony is a grimdark fanfic and contains extremely graphic content. The story itself can be read [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/5882/pages-of-harmony here ]], a reading is [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWzw-htT_KY here]], and a short movie trailer can also be found [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIw8QmE8pr8 here ]]. But BE WARNED you'd better know what you're getting into.

* BadDreams: Twilight begins suffering from them after killing[[spoiler:Rainbow Dash.]]

** In a non-MLP example, Pinkie's gesture language and Rainbow Dash's interpretation of it is an allusion to Literature/HarounAndTheSeaOfStories.
* ShownTheirWork: The amount of research put into this fic is astonishing,To elaborate it describes actual scientific procedures and forms of torture among other things.

* EyeScream: When Twilight tortures [[spoiler: Sweetie Belle and then brainwashes Rarity into killing the little filly.]] Fluttershy gets a hot plate pressed against her eye as part of her Element extraction process.

* AxeCrazy: Twilight Sparkle. [[spoiler: And Rainbow Dash after her MindRape.]]

* EyeScream: When Twilight tortures [[spoiler: Sweetie Belle and then brainwashes Rarity into killing the little filly.]]

The Elements of Harmony. For generations these ancient artifacts have served as the physical manifestations of Equestria's most important principles: Loyalty, honesty, generosity, kindness, laughter, and the magic of friendship itself. However, only specific ponies are capable of harnessing the Elements' power and little information on them exists in Equestrian literature. And many questions remain unanswered, but there is one above all else: what qualities, spiritual or biological, are needed to allow a pony to control the artifacts of the Elements that protect the world, and thus assure that the world is not destroyed by the seeds of choas?

The Elements of Harmony. For generations these ancient artifacts have served as the physical manifestations of Equestria's most important principles: Loyalty, honesty, generosity, kindness, laughter, and the magic of friendship itself. However, only specific ponies are capable of harnessing the Elements' power and little information on them exists in Equestrian literature. And many questions remain unanswered: Where did the Elements come from? Who created them and for what purpose. and what should happen if the natures of the Elements are not passed on? And what qualities, spiritual or biological, are needed to allow a pony to control the artifacts of the Elements that protect the world?

Twilight Sparkle doesn't know, but she intends to find out by creating her own research on the Elements and their bearers, But how far will she go to preserve harmony in Equestria and protect the future, and what will become of her friends in the process?

* FlayingAlive: Done to [[spoiler: Spike]].

* BreakTheCutie: {{WordOfGod}} says that Fluttershy is going to get the worst of Twilight's experiments because her Element is the hardest to break. Also she knows that Fluttershy getting hurt is generally considered [[LogicalWeakness the fandom's collective weakness]].

* BreakTheCutie: {{WordOfGod}} says that Fluttershy is going to get the worst of Twilight's experiments because her Element is the hardest to break.