History Fanfic / BrokenSpirit

* BlackSheep: [[spoiler: Discord]] was this for Celestia's family.

** [[spoiler: The mane 6 have this as well, which is why Discord escaped.]]

* RunningGag: Discord ''really'' gets a kick out of eating Fluttershy's dish towels.
** Also his lovably sarcastic "Oh, GAG" when ever things get [[TastesLikeDiabetes too cutesy for him.]] Since he's living with [[ShrinkingViolet Fluttershy]], this happens often.

* ShoutOut: To be expected from an MLP fanfiction. For example, chapter 2 gives us one for ''FanFic/{{Cupcakes}}'', when Discord is teasing Fluttershy: ''"I wonder what ponies would taste like…Maybe I'll bake them into cupcakes."''

* MoodWhiplash: Chapter 3 begins with Fluttershy leaving Discord in Pinkie Pie's care so she can go run some errands and Pinkie begins making cookies…[[spoiler:and then [[IllBoy Discord passes out from blood poisoning]].]]

* HeelFaceTurn: The entire fic is basically a gradual one for [[ChaoticEvil Discord]].

* TheAgeless: Celestia, Luna, and Discord (who are treated more or less as [[PhysicalGod Physical Gods]]) are an interesting version of this: they can ''never'' die of old age, but they ''can'' be killed by sheer brute force or infectious diseases. [[spoiler:This becomes important when Discord gets blood poisoning in an early chapter.]]

* BadDreams: Discord has several of them, stemming from [[spoiler: his guilt over inadvertently killing Celestia and Luna's parents. His nightmares only stop when he confesses to the princess's what he did and reconciles with them.]]

* {{Jerkass}: Discord's either this or a JerkWithAHeartOfGold, and he switches ''constantly''. Sometimes he manages to be ''both''. To be more specific, he's usually the latter towards [[MoralityPet Fluttershy]], and the former towards practically everyone else. He eventually slides more toward the latter after [[spoiler: reconciling with Celestia and Luna]] but he still retains traits of the former.

* StepfordSmiler[=/=]JerkassFacade: Discord is a combination of the two. [[spoiler: He is [[MyGreatestFailure incredibly torn up by guilt and pain over identically murdering his surrogate parents, and failing to revive them]]]], so to hide any sadness he might feel, he acts like an extremely silly and callous individual.

* ShipperOnDeck: Later on in the story Fluttershy [[spoiler: tries to rekindle the flame that existed between Celestia and Discord]]. Her first attempt fails miserably but she eventually [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming succeeds.]]

* StepfordSmiler[=/=]JerkassFacade: Discord is a combination of the two. [[spoiler: He is [[MyGreatestFailure incredibly torn up by guilt and pain over identically murdering his surrogate parents, and failing to revive them]]]], so to hide any sadness he might feel, he acts like an extremely silly and callous individual. Anytime he acts any other way, it's usually [[TearJerker really sad]], or [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming really uplifting]]

* [[ABoyAndHisX A Little Pony And Her Domesticated God Of Chaos]]

* DeathGlare[=/=]DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Fluttershy tries "The Stare" on Discord in chapter 3. At first, he seems unaffected. Then as soon as she leaves the room…

* [[spoiler: EarnYourHappyEnding]]: By the end of the story things finally start looking up for Discord. He's able to [[spoiler: come to terms with his accidental murder of his parents and confess it to the princesses after eons, reconcile with Celestia and Luna]]. [[spoiler: Forgive Twilight for injuring him, and befriend her along with the rest of the mane cast]], and [[spoiler: rekindle his [[ChildhoodFriendRomance relationship with Celestia]]]]. It comes after a large amount of struggle on his part but by the end he's defiantly deserved it.

* {{Jerkass}}/JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Discord's either one or the other, and he switches ''constantly''. Sometimes he manages to be ''both''.
** To be more specific, he's usually the latter towards [[MoralityPet Fluttershy]], and the former towards practically everyone else. He eventually slides more toward the latter after [[spoiler: reconciling with Celestia and Luna]] but he still retains traits of the former.

* [[spoiler: UsedToBeASweetKid:]] [[spoiler: ''Discord'', of all people.]] Of course, [[StartOfDarkness things]] [[SelfMadeOrphan went]] [[VillainousBreakdown downhill]] at some point…

Now has a sequel, ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/39118/distorted-worlds]]''

Now has a sequel, ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/index.php?view=category&search=Distorted+Worlds Distorted Worlds]]''

* CryForTheDevil: Discord, full stop. He nearly gets ''beaten to death'' in the first chapter, and [[NightmareFuel it isn't pretty.]] He strays into {{Woobie}} territory when we learn about [[StartOfDarkness his]] [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone past]] in Chapter 7.

* AffectionateNickname: As the story goes on, Discord starts referring to Fluttershy by the nickname "Flutter Butter". He also uses [[spoiler: ]the names "Tia" and "Lulu" to refer to the princesses, although it is initially done so out of spite.]]

* AffectionateNickname: As the story goes on, Discord starts referring to Fluttershy by the nickname "Flutter Butter". He also uses [[spoiler: the names "Tia" and "Lulu" to rfer to the princesses, although it is initially done so out of spite.
* AffablyEvil: Discord, in later chapters. [[Spoiler: Eventually, he ceases to be "evil".]]
* TheAgeless: Celestia, Luna, and Discord (who are treated more or less as [[PhysicalGod Physical Gods]]) are an interesting version of this: they can ''never'' die of old age, but they ''can'' be killed by sheer brute force or infectious diseases. [[spoiler: This becomes important when Discord gets blood poisoning in an early chapter.]]

* HilariousInHindsight: To Keep Calm and Flutter On.

* AffectionateNickname: As the story goes on, Discord starts referring to Fluttershy by the nickname "Flutter Butter"
* AffablyEvil: Discord, in later chapters.