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* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:Thorne begins to break down once his illusions are broken and he realizes [[OhCrap Twilight intends to use the Elements to destroy]] ''the Letters of Cold Fire'' in addition to blasting him with the Elements. After his godhood (and most of his power) is taken from him, he goes berserk and tries to beat Twilight to death with a rock.]]
--> [[spoiler:'''Thorne'']]: [[spoiler:You took literal godhood away from me! Godhood! You and these wretched animals! Do you know what I’ll do to you?]]
--> [[spoiler:'''Thorne'']]: [[spoiler:You took literal godhood away from me! Godhood! You and these wretched animals! Do you know what I’ll do to you?]]
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* WhosLaughingNow: [[spoiler:Lyra's]] general demeanor. At first it's just smugness at finally being proven right [[spoiler:about humans existing]] after being laughed at and looked down on for it, but [[spoiler:then Thorn begins teaching her dark magic.]]
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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: [[spoiler:The ''Letters of Cold Fire'' contains a spell to summon Discord from his imprisonment]]. The names it invokes include Melkor (Creator/JRRTolkien's GodOfEvil, aka "Morgoth"); Arioch (one of MichaelMoorcock's greater [[GodOfEvil Chaos Lords]]); Grogar (the demonic ruler of Tambelon in the G1 MyLittlePony series); Iblis (Muslim name for the Devil); Jadis (the [[EvilSorceress White Witch]] from CSLewis' [[Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia Chronicles of Narnia]]); Leviathan (both a Biblical beast and the BigBad of CliveBarker's ''Franchise/{{Hellraiser}}'' series; Sombra (the Shadow Unicorn King who oppressed the Crystal Empire in MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic's Season 3 Opener; Tirek (the demon-centaur from the first MyLittlePony movie); and Tash (the GodOfEvil from CSLewis' [[Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia Chronicles of Narnia]]). You just ''know'' that a spell invoking beings like that [[SarcasmMode isn't going to be about pulling flowers out of a top hat]].
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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: [[spoiler:The ''Letters of Cold Fire'' contains a spell to summon Discord from his imprisonment]]. The names it invokes include Melkor (Creator/JRRTolkien's GodOfEvil, aka "Morgoth"); Arioch (one of MichaelMoorcock's greater [[GodOfEvil Chaos Lords]]); Grogar (the demonic ruler of Tambelon in the G1 MyLittlePony series); Iblis (Muslim name for the Devil); Jadis (the [[EvilSorceress White Witch]] from CSLewis' [[Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia Chronicles of Narnia]]); Leviathan (both a Biblical beast and the BigBad of CliveBarker's Creator/CliveBarker's ''Franchise/{{Hellraiser}}'' series; Sombra (the Shadow Unicorn King who oppressed the Crystal Empire in MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic's Season 3 Opener; Tirek (the demon-centaur from the first MyLittlePony movie); and Tash (the GodOfEvil from CSLewis' [[Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia Chronicles of Narnia]]). You just ''know'' that a spell invoking beings like that [[SarcasmMode isn't going to be about pulling flowers out of a top hat]].
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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: [[spoiler:The ''Letters of Cold Fire'' contains a spell to summon Discord from his imprisonment]]. The names it invokes include Melkor (Creator/JRRTolkien's GodOfEvil, aka "Morgoth"); Arioch (one of MichaelMoorcock's greater [[GodOfEvil Chaos Lords]]); Grogar (the demonic ruler of Tambelon in the G1 MyLittlePony series); Iblis (Muslim name for the Devil); Jadis (the [[EvilSorceress White Witch]] from CSLewis' [[Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia Chronicles of Narnia]]); Leviathan (both a Biblical beast and the BigBad of CliveBarker's {{Hellraiser}} series; Sombra (the Shadow Unicorn King who oppressed the Crystal Empire in MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic's Season 3 Opener; Tirek (the demon-centaur from the first MyLittlePony movie); and Tash (the GodOfEvil from CSLewis' [[Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia Chronicles of Narnia]]). You just ''know'' that a spell invoking beings like that [[SarcasmMode isn't going to be about pulling flowers out of a top hat]].
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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: [[spoiler:The ''Letters of Cold Fire'' contains a spell to summon Discord from his imprisonment]]. The names it invokes include Melkor (Creator/JRRTolkien's GodOfEvil, aka "Morgoth"); Arioch (one of MichaelMoorcock's greater [[GodOfEvil Chaos Lords]]); Grogar (the demonic ruler of Tambelon in the G1 MyLittlePony series); Iblis (Muslim name for the Devil); Jadis (the [[EvilSorceress White Witch]] from CSLewis' [[Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia Chronicles of Narnia]]); Leviathan (both a Biblical beast and the BigBad of CliveBarker's {{Hellraiser}} ''Franchise/{{Hellraiser}}'' series; Sombra (the Shadow Unicorn King who oppressed the Crystal Empire in MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic's Season 3 Opener; Tirek (the demon-centaur from the first MyLittlePony movie); and Tash (the GodOfEvil from CSLewis' [[Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia Chronicles of Narnia]]). You just ''know'' that a spell invoking beings like that [[SarcasmMode isn't going to be about pulling flowers out of a top hat]].
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* TurnUndead: John's music can do this to the [[spoiler:Sunny Town revenants]]. The actual physical Elements when borne by the Elements of Harmony can do this as well. [[spoiler: However, if they've just been used and therefor weakened...]]
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* TurnUndead: John's music can do this to the [[spoiler:Sunny Town revenants]]. The actual physical Elements when borne by the Elements of Harmony can do this as well. [[spoiler: However, if they've just been used and therefor therefore weakened...]]
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* TurnUndead: John's music can do this to the [[spoiler:Sunny Town revenants]].
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* TurnUndead: John's music can do this to the [[spoiler:Sunny Town revenants]]. The actual physical Elements when borne by the Elements of Harmony can do this as well. [[spoiler: However, if they've just been used and therefor weakened...]]
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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: [[spoiler:The ''Letters of Cold Fire'' contains a spell to summon Discord from his imprisonment]]. The names it invokes include Melkor (JRRTolkien's (Creator/JRRTolkien's GodOfEvil, aka "Morgoth"); Arioch (one of MichaelMoorcock's greater [[GodOfEvil Chaos Lords]]); Grogar (the demonic ruler of Tambelon in the G1 MyLittlePony series); Iblis (Muslim name for the Devil); Jadis (the [[EvilSorceress White Witch]] from CSLewis' [[Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia Chronicles of Narnia]]); Leviathan (both a Biblical beast and the BigBad of CliveBarker's {{Hellraiser}} series; Sombra (the Shadow Unicorn King who oppressed the Crystal Empire in MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic's Season 3 Opener; Tirek (the demon-centaur from the first MyLittlePony movie); and Tash (the GodOfEvil from CSLewis' [[Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia Chronicles of Narnia]]). You just ''know'' that a spell invoking beings like that [[SarcasmMode isn't going to be about pulling flowers out of a top hat]].
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* MoralityChain: When she was still alive, [[CuteGhostGirl Ruby]] was this for Princess Luna over a thousand years ago, helping to keep her from becoming [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Nightmare Moon]] by showing her that there were ponies who loved and appreciated her and her night. Unfortunately for everyone, [[spoiler:Ruby's fellow townsfolk murdered her, both [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge dooming themselves]] and serving as a trigger for Luna's StartOfDarkness]].
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* GhostlyGoals: Two examples:
** Most of the [[spoiler:[[RevenantZombie inhabitants]] of Sunny Town want to be resurrected, even if this means subjecting innocents to a living death. Failing that, they want to force others to "join their herd" by draining their lives, trapping them in the same fate. They do not grasp that there is no good way they can simply get their lives back]].
** In contrast, [[spoiler:their kin [[CuteGhostGirl Ruby]], whose ''murder'' by the Sunny Towners when they were still alive was what originally induced her friend Luna, (who had just become [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Nightmare Moon]] to kill and curse them, wants her relatives to accept their fates and pass on to the next world. ''She'' could pass on whenever she wished, but prefers to have her horrible murder re-enacted nightly to abandoning her friends. TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth applies ''literally'' in Ruby's case!]]
** Most of the [[spoiler:[[RevenantZombie inhabitants]] of Sunny Town want to be resurrected, even if this means subjecting innocents to a living death. Failing that, they want to force others to "join their herd" by draining their lives, trapping them in the same fate. They do not grasp that there is no good way they can simply get their lives back]].
** In contrast, [[spoiler:their kin [[CuteGhostGirl Ruby]], whose ''murder'' by the Sunny Towners when they were still alive was what originally induced her friend Luna, (who had just become [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Nightmare Moon]] to kill and curse them, wants her relatives to accept their fates and pass on to the next world. ''She'' could pass on whenever she wished, but prefers to have her horrible murder re-enacted nightly to abandoning her friends. TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth applies ''literally'' in Ruby's case!]]
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* GoodHurtsEvil: Celestia's light, to [[spoiler:the [[RevenantZombie inhabitants]] of Sunny Town]].
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* [[CuteGhostGirl Cute Ghost Filly]]: Ruby. John is simultaneously impressed by how sweet and how utterly uncanny she is.
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* HeroicBSOD: Happens once, ''almost'' happens another time.
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* HeroicBSOD: Happens once, twice, ''almost'' happens another time.time.
** Applejack, when Thorne [[spoiler:reveals to all of Ponyville that as a filly she wished upon Nightmare Moon for her terminally-ill grandfather's death]]
** Applejack, when Thorne [[spoiler:reveals to all of Ponyville that as a filly she wished upon Nightmare Moon for her terminally-ill grandfather's death]]
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** Applejack and Rarity are clearly [[spoiler:close to ''suicide'' when she believes she will have to [[MercyKill kill]] a [[BalefulPolymorph transformed]] Spike and the Cutie Mark Crusaders, including their little sisters Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle. They just mean to [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge get Thorne first]]]].
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** Applejack and Rarity are clearly [[spoiler:close to ''suicide'' when she believes she they believe they will have to [[MercyKill kill]] a [[BalefulPolymorph transformed]] Spike and the Cutie Mark Crusaders, including their little sisters Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle. They just mean to [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge get Thorne first]]]].
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* BlasphemousBoast: On his first night in Ponyville, Thorne responds to an angry challenge by Rainbow Dash by [[spoiler:transforming into a 'Nightstallion' much like Nightmare Moon]]. It's all an illusion. [[Spoiler:THAT time]].
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* BlasphemousBoast: On his first night in Ponyville, Thorne responds to an angry challenge by Rainbow Dash by [[spoiler:transforming into a 'Nightstallion' much like Nightmare Moon]]. It's all an illusion. [[Spoiler:THAT [[spoiler:THIS time]].
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* BreakThemByTalking: Thorne does this on his first night in Ponyville, promising to reveal 'great hidden truths' to an audience of bored and curious ponies. And he does, by airing everypony's dirty secrets in very cruel fashion, climaxing with revealing that as a filly Applejack once [[spoiler:asked Nightmare Moon to [[MercyKill end the suffering of her grandfather]]]]. This causes a temporary HeroicBSOD in poor AJ.
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A MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic / ManlyWadeWellman {{Crossover}} fanfiction in which [[Literature/SilverJohn John the Balladeer]] Wellman's most famous character]] is summoned to Equestria to fight against [[EvilSorceror Rowley Thorne]], a human wizard from John's world. Thorne has been brought to Equestria by an old enemy of the Mane Six and Celestia, [[spoiler:Discord]], who seeks his aid in [[SealedEvilInACan freeing himself from imprisonment]]. When the first attempt almost works, the Mane Six decide to summon some help in dealing with their strange enemy and end up with... [[Literature/SilverJohn a hillbilly with a silver-strung guitar]]? The story is notable for its excellent use of canon characters and well-crafted world-building regarding both continuities.
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* StakingTheLovedOnes: What the Mane Six believe they have to do after Thorne [[spoiler:transforms Spike and the Cutie Mark Crusaders into hideous insane monsters]].
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* StakingTheLovedOnes: StakingTheLovedOne: What the Mane Six believe they have to do after Thorne [[spoiler:transforms Spike and the Cutie Mark Crusaders into hideous insane monsters]].
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** Applejack is clearly [[spoiler:close to ''suicide'' when she believes she will have to [[MercyKill kill]] a [[BalefulPolymorph transformed]] Apple Bloom. She just means to [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge get Thorne first]]]].
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** Applejack is and Rarity are clearly [[spoiler:close to ''suicide'' when she believes she will have to [[MercyKill kill]] a [[BalefulPolymorph transformed]] Spike and the Cutie Mark Crusaders, including their little sisters Apple Bloom. She Bloom and Sweetie Belle. They just means mean to [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge get Thorne first]]]].
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* TakeAThirdOption: So, Mane Six, will you [[spoiler:[[StakingTheLovedOne kill]] the [[TragicMonster horribly]] [[BalefulPolymorph transformed]] [[Sidekick Spike]] and the [[AdorablyPrecociousChild Cutie Mark Crusaders]], or simply let them kill you? Fortunately, Twilight realizes she can transform them back]].
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* TakeAThirdOption: So, Mane Six, will you [[spoiler:[[StakingTheLovedOne kill]] the [[TragicMonster horribly]] [[BalefulPolymorph transformed]] [[Sidekick Spike]] Spike and the [[AdorablyPrecociousChild Cutie Mark Crusaders]], or simply let them kill you? Fortunately, Twilight realizes she can transform them back]].
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* TakeAThirdOption: So, Mane Six, will you [[spoiler:[[StakingTheLovedOne kill]] the [[TragicMonster horribly]] [[BalefulPolymorph transformed]] [[Sidekick Spike]] and the [[AdorablyPrecociousChild Cutie Mark Crusaders]], or simply let them kill you? Fortunately, Twilight realizes she can transform them back]].
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* CompleteMonster: Both [[EvilSorceror Thorne]] and his master [[spoiler:Discord]] qualify, given that Thorne murders several ponies, intends to make the Mane Six [[spoiler:kill the magically-transformed CMC and Spike just to spite them]], turns the Everfree into a LITERAL Hell on Equestria, and almost uses his magic to turn [[spoiler:Twilight]] insane. Oh, and he tries to scam Celestia too.
** I'd even argue that Thorne is ''more'' of a CompleteMonster than [[spoiler:Discord]], because [[spoiler:Discord is a personification of Chaos, and arguably nasty by nature,]] while Thorne is simply a very cruel man. Thorne ''chooses'' to be this vile. Also, Thorne has to ''work'' at his crimes, whereas [[spoiler:Discord is a RealityWarper who can simply will them]].
** I'd even argue that Thorne is ''more'' of a CompleteMonster than [[spoiler:Discord]], because [[spoiler:Discord is a personification of Chaos, and arguably nasty by nature,]] while Thorne is simply a very cruel man. Thorne ''chooses'' to be this vile. Also, Thorne has to ''work'' at his crimes, whereas [[spoiler:Discord is a RealityWarper who can simply will them]].
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* [[BreakTheCutie Break the Cuties]]: Attempted by Thorne against both [[spoilers:Spike and the Cutie Mark Crusaders, by [[BalefulPolymorph turning them into monsters]] and the Mane Six, by forcing them to [[MercyKill kill]] their [[StakingTheLovedOne loved ones]]]].
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* [[BreakTheCutie Break the Cuties]]: Attempted by Thorne against both [[spoilers:Spike [[spoiler:Spike and the Cutie Mark Crusaders, by [[BalefulPolymorph turning them into monsters]] and the Mane Six, by forcing them to [[MercyKill kill]] their [[StakingTheLovedOne loved ones]]]].
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* [[TragicMonster Tragic Monsters]]: Thorne turns [[spoiler:Spike and the Cutie Mark Crusaders into [[BodyHorror hideous]] mind-controlled monsters, essentially just to torture both them and the Mane Six]].
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* SergeantRock: Captain Bastion. Though he has commissioned rank, he's obviously a tough veteran who has worked his way up through the ranks. [[spoiler:This makes his death in Thorne's first attack all the more shocking, used to show that AnybodyCanDie]].
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* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:2 Guardsponies (including Captain Bastion) and 3 Ponyville citizens die in the attack of the Timber Wolves, orchestrated by Thorne.]]
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* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:2 Guardsponies (including Captain Bastion) and 3 Ponyville citizens die in the attack of the Timber Wolves, orchestrated by Thorne.]] Several more Guardsponies die distracting Thorne so the Mane Six can reach Sunny Town]].
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* CompleteMonster: Both [[EvilSorceror Thorne]] and his master [[spoiler:Discord]] qualify, given that Thorne murders several ponies, intends to make the Mane Six [[spoiler:kill the magically-transformed CMC and Spike just to spite them]], turns the Everfree into a LITERAL Hell on Equestria, and almost uses his magic to turn [[spoiler:Twilight]] insane. Oh, and he tries to scam Celestia too.
** I'd even argue that Thorne is ''more'' of a CompleteMonster than [[spoiler:Discord]], because [[spoiler:Discord is a personification of Chaos, and arguably nasty by nature,]] while Thorne is simply a very cruel man. Thorne ''chooses'' to be this vile. Also, Thorne has to ''work'' at his crimes, whereas [[spoiler:Discord is a RealityWarper who can simply will them]].
** I'd even argue that Thorne is ''more'' of a CompleteMonster than [[spoiler:Discord]], because [[spoiler:Discord is a personification of Chaos, and arguably nasty by nature,]] while Thorne is simply a very cruel man. Thorne ''chooses'' to be this vile. Also, Thorne has to ''work'' at his crimes, whereas [[spoiler:Discord is a RealityWarper who can simply will them]].
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* ContinuityNod: To many SilverJohn stories, and several other stories by ManlyWadeWellman.
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A MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic / ManlyWadeWellman {{Crossover}} fanfiction in which ''[[LiteratureSilverJohn [[Literature/SilverJohn John the Balladeer]]'' Balladeer]] is summoned to Equestria to fight against [[EvilSorceror Rowley Thorne]], a human wizard from John's world. The story is notable for its excellent use of canon characters and well-crafted world-building regarding both continuities.
