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* MoodWhiplash: Possibly invoked due to the author's notes saying he didn't want to cause DarknessInducedAudienceApathy. One very noticeable example of this is when Luna, Discord and Settler are about to be executed and Discord starts singing [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E2ElementsOfHarmony Giggle at the Ghosties]], with Luna and Settler saying the lines of Twilight and Rarity respectively.
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[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/436295/old-mare-luna Old Mare Luna]] is a WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic fanfic written by [[https://www.fimfiction.net/user/339971/Leondude Leondude]] and [[https://www.fimfiction.net/user/330840/Darkiplier1383 Darkiplier1383]] that is inspired by ComicBook/OldManLogan. The story takes place in an AlternateUniverse / BadFuture 500 years after [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS9E1TheBeginningOfTheEndPart1 The Beginning o]][[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS9E2TheBeginningOfTheEndPart2 f the End]], where the bad guys had won instead.
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!!''Old Mare Luna'' contain examples of:
* AdaptationalIntelligence: Downplayed regarding King Sombra. While he is still overconfident in his abilities as he was in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS9E1TheBeginningOfTheEndPart1 The Beginning o]][[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS9E2TheBeginningOfTheEndPart2 f the End]], at least he was smart enough to take out the Mane 6 when they tried to retake Canterlot and Ponyville.
* AdaptationalVillainy: [[spoiler: Flurry Heart]], who went from a cute alicorn filly into SheWhoFightsMonsters. See FreudianExcuse and UsedToBeASweetKid below.
** The Shadowbolts were originally a team of [[{{Jerkass}} Jerkasses]] that eventually pulled a HeelFaceTurn. Here, they are willing associates of Grogar.
* ADayInTheLimelight: Chapter 12 focuses on Luna' family and how they are holding up.
* AlcoholInducedIdiocy: Implied to be the reason why Setter thought it would be a good idea to take down the villains.
* TheAlcoholic / DrowningMySorrows: It's heavily implied that Discord took up drinking to cope with his loss of Fluttershy.
* AnyoneCanDie: A lot of important characters, both in canon and in the story, have met rather gruesome ends. [[spoiler: Cosmos and Discord being stand-out examples due to being a pair of PhysicalGods]].
* AssholeVictim: Out of all the deaths in this fic, Sombra's one was probably the most brutal. But considering he was a SmugSnake who gladly killed as many ponies as he could along with tricking Luna into killing Celestia, Star-Swirl and the Mane 6, he definitely deserved his fate.
* BloodierAndGorier: The deaths in this story are a lot more violent than they were in ComicBook/OldManLogan, which is impressive considering how violent the original comic was.
* BreakThemByTalking: [[spoiler: Cosmos]] tries to do this with Discord. [[spoiler: She]] underestimated how angry Discord would be if [[spoiler: she]] destroyed Fluttershy's corpse in front of him.
* BodyHorror: Time has not been kind to Cozy Glow. At all.
* BondOneLiner: After Discord tells Chrysalis she should have gone for the head, Flurry Heart decapitates Chrysalis and says "good advice".
** [[spoiler: Nightmare Moon, after bursting out of Tirek's chest, says to him "Congratulations, my lord. It's a filly.]]"
* CompositeCharacter: The lava demons play the role of both the Moloids and the Ghost Riders gang from ComicBook/OldManLogan.
* CurbStompBattle: When Sombra challenged Grogar's authority, Grogar brutally kills him with little effort.
* DeadpanSnarker: If most of her conversations with Discord are anything to go by, Luna's sense of humor has definitely become drier.
* DecompositeCharacter: While Discord provides the role of ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}} in the story, his relation to the Tonya {{Expy}} is instead given to Settler.
* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler: After Luna became Nightmare Moon, Discord just gave up and calmly surrendered himself to Tirek]].
* EyeScream: There's a fair bit of it in the story:
** Luna's eye got swollen shut after a fight with a lava demon. She gets better, of course.
** When Sombra was killing Shining Armor, he managed to stab one of Armor's eyes out with a crystal.
** Grogar manages to blind Sombra with a spear before finishing him off.
** Discord stabbed one of [[spoiler: Cosmos']] eyes out with a unicorn horn.
* {{Expy}}: A fair few for some of the supporting characters that debuted in ComicBook/OldManLogan. Gail for Scott, Jade for Jade, Morning March for Maureen, and Praiseworth for Tonya.
* FamousLastWords: "Just give up", said by Starlight Glimmer after she had succumbed to Sombra's mind control again.
* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler: Flurry Heart]] had to watch as her parents were killed while Discord was trying to save her. Since that Discord spent most of his time grieving for Fluttershy instead of looking after [[spoiler: Flurry Heart]], along with her seeing what Equestria has become, this made her a bitter shell of her former self.
* HealingFactor: Both Luna and Discord have one, with Luna surviving a brutal beating from Tirek's goons while Discord managed to survive getting stabbed by Chrysalis.
* HeelFaceTurn: The Dazzlings are now helping in the resistance's efforts to take down Grogar.
* HeroicBSOD: Discord has one when Grogar brings Fluttershy's corpse to his doorstep. It took him centuries to snap out of it and even then, it's clear he still hasn't gotten over Fluttershy's death.
** He has another one when [[spoiler: Luna's family was killed by Tirek's forces and Luna became Nightmare Moon again as a result]].
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Sombra's method of killing ponies. This comes back to bite him when Grogar impales him on one of his own crystals.
** Discord is also on the receiving end of this from Chrysalis. But since he's [[PhysicalGod Discord]], it doesn't kill him.
* ItsAllMyFault: Discord feels this way about not using his powers to stop the villains, thinking the Mane 6 had it covered.
* MookHorrorShow: [[spoiler: Nightmare Moon]] inflicts this on Tirek's army.
* MoodWhiplash: Possibly invoked due to the author's notes saying he didn't want to cause DarknessInducedAudienceApathy. One very noticeable example of this is when Luna, Discord and Settler are about to be executed and Discord starts singing [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E2ElementsOfHarmony Giggle at the Ghosties]], with Luna and Settler saying the lines of Twilight and Rarity respectively.
* MythologyGag: The lava demons and their leader Lavan were originally villains from G1.
** Along with [[spoiler: repeating what Discord did in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS9E24TheEndOfTheEndPart1 The End of the End]], Cosmos was a villain in the IDW comics.]]
* PluckyComicRelief: Downplayed with Discord, who has his his serious moments and his own angst to deal with, but he manages to hide it by providing levity after some of the more serious moments.
* PrecisionFStrike: Morning March referring to the [=BrayStation=] as a "bloody contraption" when he was trying to fix it.
* RaiseHimRightThisTime: Luna takes [[spoiler: Flurry Heart]] on as a companion after she and Sunburst's resistance turned [[spoiler: her into a baby filly]].
* RasputinianDeath: King Sombra got tossed around like a ragdoll before getting impaled on one of his own crystals, then getting his eyes slashed out before having the top of his head ripped off and having his now exposed brain skewered out.
* TheReveal: Similar to TheReveal in canon of [[spoiler: Discord being Grogar, Grogar in this story is revealed to be Cosmos, Discord's ex from the comics]].
* SadClown: While Discord still has his sense of humor, it's more to hide the fact that he still mourns for Fluttershy.
* SophisticatedAsHell: When Morning March was being told by Gail about a game where a pony can battle Nightmare Forces on the moon and how he thinks Luna might like it, Morning March tells him that Luna would probably rather talk to the Nightmare Forces than "frag" them. There is also him referring to the [=BrayStation=] as a "bloody contraption".
* StepfordSmiler: The residents of Cozy Glow's territory are this, with one of them being described as having a hint of fear in his jovial demeanor.
* ShoutOut: Given how fond of references the author is, there's bound to be a few.
** The RunningGag of Discord getting slapped in the face is lifted from Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl.
** Discord saying Sombra's overconfidence is his weakness, to which Sombra retorted by saying [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi "your faith in your friends is yours]]".
** Discord telling Chrysalis she "[[Film/AvengersInfinityWar should have gone for the head]]".
*** Another Film/AvengersInfinityWar reference is Chapter 21 being called "we're in the endgame".
** [[Film/TheDarkKnightRises Bane]] gets quoted thrice. First time is the narration describing how Sunburst learnt the "theatricality and deception of stage magic", Chapter 22 being called "Let the games begin" and Tirek saying "peace has cost you your strength, [[spoiler: princess]]" when fighting [[spoiler: Nightmare Moon]].
* SuicideByCop: After hitting the DespairEventHorizon, [[spoiler: Discord surrenders himself to Tirek so Tirek could take his magic and kill him]].
* ThouShaltNotKill: Subverted with both Luna and Discord. While Luna had taken up pacifism and Discord has never killed anyone in his life, they both eventually get blood on their hands (or hooves in Luna's case). [[spoiler: Especially when Luna becomes Nightmare Moon again]].
* UsedToBeASweetKid: [[spoiler: Flurry Heart]], who has become cynical over the years thanks to Discord's neglect of her and seeing the state Equestria is in.
* WhatTheHellHero: Discord, of all people, gives Luna two of these during the story. One for nearly letting the lava demons get their hands on his package, another for refusing to help him rescue Settler and Flurry Heart.
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!!''Old Mare Luna'' contain examples of:
* AdaptationalIntelligence: Downplayed regarding King Sombra. While he is still overconfident in his abilities as he was in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS9E1TheBeginningOfTheEndPart1 The Beginning o]][[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS9E2TheBeginningOfTheEndPart2 f the End]], at least he was smart enough to take out the Mane 6 when they tried to retake Canterlot and Ponyville.
* AdaptationalVillainy: [[spoiler: Flurry Heart]], who went from a cute alicorn filly into SheWhoFightsMonsters. See FreudianExcuse and UsedToBeASweetKid below.
** The Shadowbolts were originally a team of [[{{Jerkass}} Jerkasses]] that eventually pulled a HeelFaceTurn. Here, they are willing associates of Grogar.
* ADayInTheLimelight: Chapter 12 focuses on Luna' family and how they are holding up.
* AlcoholInducedIdiocy: Implied to be the reason why Setter thought it would be a good idea to take down the villains.
* TheAlcoholic / DrowningMySorrows: It's heavily implied that Discord took up drinking to cope with his loss of Fluttershy.
* AnyoneCanDie: A lot of important characters, both in canon and in the story, have met rather gruesome ends. [[spoiler: Cosmos and Discord being stand-out examples due to being a pair of PhysicalGods]].
* AssholeVictim: Out of all the deaths in this fic, Sombra's one was probably the most brutal. But considering he was a SmugSnake who gladly killed as many ponies as he could along with tricking Luna into killing Celestia, Star-Swirl and the Mane 6, he definitely deserved his fate.
* BloodierAndGorier: The deaths in this story are a lot more violent than they were in ComicBook/OldManLogan, which is impressive considering how violent the original comic was.
* BreakThemByTalking: [[spoiler: Cosmos]] tries to do this with Discord. [[spoiler: She]] underestimated how angry Discord would be if [[spoiler: she]] destroyed Fluttershy's corpse in front of him.
* BodyHorror: Time has not been kind to Cozy Glow. At all.
* BondOneLiner: After Discord tells Chrysalis she should have gone for the head, Flurry Heart decapitates Chrysalis and says "good advice".
** [[spoiler: Nightmare Moon, after bursting out of Tirek's chest, says to him "Congratulations, my lord. It's a filly.]]"
* CompositeCharacter: The lava demons play the role of both the Moloids and the Ghost Riders gang from ComicBook/OldManLogan.
* CurbStompBattle: When Sombra challenged Grogar's authority, Grogar brutally kills him with little effort.
* DeadpanSnarker: If most of her conversations with Discord are anything to go by, Luna's sense of humor has definitely become drier.
* DecompositeCharacter: While Discord provides the role of ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}} in the story, his relation to the Tonya {{Expy}} is instead given to Settler.
* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler: After Luna became Nightmare Moon, Discord just gave up and calmly surrendered himself to Tirek]].
* EyeScream: There's a fair bit of it in the story:
** Luna's eye got swollen shut after a fight with a lava demon. She gets better, of course.
** When Sombra was killing Shining Armor, he managed to stab one of Armor's eyes out with a crystal.
** Grogar manages to blind Sombra with a spear before finishing him off.
** Discord stabbed one of [[spoiler: Cosmos']] eyes out with a unicorn horn.
* {{Expy}}: A fair few for some of the supporting characters that debuted in ComicBook/OldManLogan. Gail for Scott, Jade for Jade, Morning March for Maureen, and Praiseworth for Tonya.
* FamousLastWords: "Just give up", said by Starlight Glimmer after she had succumbed to Sombra's mind control again.
* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler: Flurry Heart]] had to watch as her parents were killed while Discord was trying to save her. Since that Discord spent most of his time grieving for Fluttershy instead of looking after [[spoiler: Flurry Heart]], along with her seeing what Equestria has become, this made her a bitter shell of her former self.
* HealingFactor: Both Luna and Discord have one, with Luna surviving a brutal beating from Tirek's goons while Discord managed to survive getting stabbed by Chrysalis.
* HeelFaceTurn: The Dazzlings are now helping in the resistance's efforts to take down Grogar.
* HeroicBSOD: Discord has one when Grogar brings Fluttershy's corpse to his doorstep. It took him centuries to snap out of it and even then, it's clear he still hasn't gotten over Fluttershy's death.
** He has another one when [[spoiler: Luna's family was killed by Tirek's forces and Luna became Nightmare Moon again as a result]].
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Sombra's method of killing ponies. This comes back to bite him when Grogar impales him on one of his own crystals.
** Discord is also on the receiving end of this from Chrysalis. But since he's [[PhysicalGod Discord]], it doesn't kill him.
* ItsAllMyFault: Discord feels this way about not using his powers to stop the villains, thinking the Mane 6 had it covered.
* MookHorrorShow: [[spoiler: Nightmare Moon]] inflicts this on Tirek's army.
* MoodWhiplash: Possibly invoked due to the author's notes saying he didn't want to cause DarknessInducedAudienceApathy. One very noticeable example of this is when Luna, Discord and Settler are about to be executed and Discord starts singing [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E2ElementsOfHarmony Giggle at the Ghosties]], with Luna and Settler saying the lines of Twilight and Rarity respectively.
* MythologyGag: The lava demons and their leader Lavan were originally villains from G1.
** Along with [[spoiler: repeating what Discord did in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS9E24TheEndOfTheEndPart1 The End of the End]], Cosmos was a villain in the IDW comics.]]
* PluckyComicRelief: Downplayed with Discord, who has his his serious moments and his own angst to deal with, but he manages to hide it by providing levity after some of the more serious moments.
* PrecisionFStrike: Morning March referring to the [=BrayStation=] as a "bloody contraption" when he was trying to fix it.
* RaiseHimRightThisTime: Luna takes [[spoiler: Flurry Heart]] on as a companion after she and Sunburst's resistance turned [[spoiler: her into a baby filly]].
* RasputinianDeath: King Sombra got tossed around like a ragdoll before getting impaled on one of his own crystals, then getting his eyes slashed out before having the top of his head ripped off and having his now exposed brain skewered out.
* TheReveal: Similar to TheReveal in canon of [[spoiler: Discord being Grogar, Grogar in this story is revealed to be Cosmos, Discord's ex from the comics]].
* SadClown: While Discord still has his sense of humor, it's more to hide the fact that he still mourns for Fluttershy.
* SophisticatedAsHell: When Morning March was being told by Gail about a game where a pony can battle Nightmare Forces on the moon and how he thinks Luna might like it, Morning March tells him that Luna would probably rather talk to the Nightmare Forces than "frag" them. There is also him referring to the [=BrayStation=] as a "bloody contraption".
* StepfordSmiler: The residents of Cozy Glow's territory are this, with one of them being described as having a hint of fear in his jovial demeanor.
* ShoutOut: Given how fond of references the author is, there's bound to be a few.
** The RunningGag of Discord getting slapped in the face is lifted from Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl.
** Discord saying Sombra's overconfidence is his weakness, to which Sombra retorted by saying [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi "your faith in your friends is yours]]".
** Discord telling Chrysalis she "[[Film/AvengersInfinityWar should have gone for the head]]".
*** Another Film/AvengersInfinityWar reference is Chapter 21 being called "we're in the endgame".
** [[Film/TheDarkKnightRises Bane]] gets quoted thrice. First time is the narration describing how Sunburst learnt the "theatricality and deception of stage magic", Chapter 22 being called "Let the games begin" and Tirek saying "peace has cost you your strength, [[spoiler: princess]]" when fighting [[spoiler: Nightmare Moon]].
* SuicideByCop: After hitting the DespairEventHorizon, [[spoiler: Discord surrenders himself to Tirek so Tirek could take his magic and kill him]].
* ThouShaltNotKill: Subverted with both Luna and Discord. While Luna had taken up pacifism and Discord has never killed anyone in his life, they both eventually get blood on their hands (or hooves in Luna's case). [[spoiler: Especially when Luna becomes Nightmare Moon again]].
* UsedToBeASweetKid: [[spoiler: Flurry Heart]], who has become cynical over the years thanks to Discord's neglect of her and seeing the state Equestria is in.
* WhatTheHellHero: Discord, of all people, gives Luna two of these during the story. One for nearly letting the lava demons get their hands on his package, another for refusing to help him rescue Settler and Flurry Heart.
