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** [[spoiler: Even after she regains all the memories of Nightmare Moon her behavior is noticeably different from her past self, much to the consternation of her EvilChancellor. For most of the story Nyx tries to be the Nightmare Moon that everyone expects her to be with mixed result]].

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** [[spoiler: Even after she regains all the memories of Nightmare Moon her behavior is noticeably different from her past self, much to the consternation of her EvilChancellor. For most of the story Nyx tries to be the Nightmare Moon that everyone expects her to be with mixed result]].results]].
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** With her purple hair she's even ColorCodedForYourConvenience!

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** With her purple hair mane, she's even ColorCodedForYourConvenience!
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** Chapter 16. While the mood doesn't change as quickly as many examples of this trope, it changes enough times in this chapter to possibly qualify as this, if not CerebusRollercoaster.
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**[[spoiler: Even after she regains all the memories of Nightmare Moon her behavior is noticeably different from her past self, much to the consternation of her EvilChancellor. For most of the story Nyx tries to be the Nightmare Moon that everyone expects her to be with mixed result]].
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* BigWhat: The reaction of Twilight's friends, many of Ponyville's citizens, and some guards from the Children of Nightmare when [[spoiler: Nightmare Moon decides to spare Twilight's friends, even after they tried to use the Elements of Harmony against her a second time.]]
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* [[spoiler: IdentityAmnesia: Nyx has no idea at the start of the story that she's really Nightmare Moon reborn. Even when she starts to put two and two together, Twilight inadvertently lies to her by saying she's not. Much of the later half of the story deals with Nightmare Moon struggling with how she acted as Nyx compared to how she used to act when she was just a part of Luna. See LossOfIdentity below.]]


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* LossOfIdentity: [[spoiler: Because of her time spent as Nyx, as well as missing the worst parts of her own soul, Nightmare Moon struggles with her own identity and thoughts. By the time she makes a HeroicSacrifice in order to protect the town from monsters, she blatantly says “I... I don’t know who I am any more". Twilight tells Nightmare Moon that she doesn't have to be the same mare she used to be during the Summer Sun Celebration.]]

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* CivilianVillain: What Twilight feared Nyx was when she first saw her in the Everfree Forest. [[spoiler: It was also what Celestia feared might be happening when she came to take Nyx to be tested. Sadly, by the time Celestia understands this wasn't the case, it's far too late.]]



* ReformedButRejected: [[spoiler: Nightmare Moon, after her resurrection was completed, believed this was the reason that Celestia convinced Twilight to let her to take Nyx away. After becoming Nyx again, there are some who can see she's not the same while others still fear her, so it's played with at the end of the story.]]

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* ReformedButRejected: [[spoiler: Nightmare Moon, after her resurrection was completed, believed this was the reason that Celestia convinced Twilight to let her to take Nyx away.away and become a big motivation for her to actively act like her former self. After becoming Nyx again, there are some who can see she's not the same while others still fear her, so it's played with at the end of the story.]]
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* ReformedButRejected: [[spoiler: Nightmare Moon, after her resurrection was completed, believed this was the reason that Celestia convinced Twilight to let her to take Nyx away. After becoming Nyx again, there are some who can see she's not the same while others still fear her, so it's played with at the end of the story.]]
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* PunctuatedForEmphasis: Used to tell the audience when It. Is. ON!
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Past Sins is a My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic fanfic written by Pen Stroke, who was assisted by Batty Gloom. The final part was completed on Equestria Daily on the 30th of August and it has gone through 2 revisions to date.

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Past Sins is a My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic fanfic written by Pen Stroke, who was assisted by Batty Gloom. The final part was completed on Equestria Daily on the 30th of August and it has gone through 2 3 revisions to date.
date. During a radio interview, Pen Stroke mentioned that the story will be revised/expanded to incorporate season 2 canon, as well as the possibility of official side stories and short sequels.
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** With her purple man she's even ColorCodedForYourConvenience!

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** With her purple man hair she's even ColorCodedForYourConvenience!

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Past Sins is a My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic fanfic written by Pen Stroke assisted by Batty Gloom. The final part was completed on Equestria Daily on the 30th of August and it has gone through 2 revisions to date.

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Past Sins is a My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic fanfic written by Pen Stroke Stroke, who was assisted by Batty Gloom. The final part was completed on Equestria Daily on the 30th of August and it has gone through 2 revisions to date.


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* BigShutUp: [[spoiler: During Nightmare Moon's fight with Celestia. Delivered after Nightmare Moon has Celestia at her mercy but refuses to kill her. When Celestia points out that Nightmare Moon is still holding back, as she had done throughout the entire fight, Nightmare Moon screams at Celestia.]]
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** With her purple man she's even ColorCodedForYourConvienice!

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** With her purple man she's even ColorCodedForYourConvienice!ColorCodedForYourConvenience!
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* BigBad: It's debatable, but [[spoiler: the evil parts of Nightmare Moon's soul that took root in Spell Nexus]] pretty much causes all the trouble in the story.


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** May make it a case of HasTwoMommies if you look at it that way.


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** With her purple man she's even ColorCodedForYourConvienice!
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* [[spoiler: {{MST}}: [[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/11/nightly-roundup-161-desert-bus-for-hope.html This]] news post reveals a MST is in the works for the]] ''[[spoiler: original edit]]'' [[spoiler: of this story (near the bottom).]]

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* [[spoiler: {{MST}}: [[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/11/nightly-roundup-161-desert-bus-for-hope.html This]] These]] [[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/11/drawfriend-stuff-252-my-pet.html two]] news post reveals posts reveal a MST is in the works for the]] ''[[spoiler: original edit]]'' [[spoiler: the ''original edit'' of this story (near the bottom).]]
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* [[spoiler: {{MST}}:[[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/11/nightly-roundup-161-desert-bus-for-hope.html This]] news post reveals a MST is in the works for the]] ''[[spoiler: original edit]]'' [[spoiler: of this story (near the bottom).]]

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* [[spoiler: {{MST}}:[[http://www.{{MST}}: [[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/11/nightly-roundup-161-desert-bus-for-hope.html This]] news post reveals a MST is in the works for the]] ''[[spoiler: original edit]]'' [[spoiler: of this story (near the bottom).]]
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** [[spoiler: And just to clarify, Pen Stroke approved this.]]

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** Twilight again [[spoiler: as she is snapped out of her HeroicBSOD by Nyx's scream. She is ready to take on the guards and [[PhysicalGod Celestia]] herself in a berserk rage, only to find that she was too late to save her adoptive daughter.]]
** Twilight, a third time, in chapter 21. When she thinks Nyx has been [[spoiler: banished to the moon]], she [[IncendiaryExponent rage shifts]] and attempts to magically beat down [[spoiler: Princess Celestia]] using bricks ripped from the surrounding castle walls.

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** Twilight again [[spoiler: as she is snapped out of her HeroicBSOD by Nyx's scream. She is ready to take on the guards and [[PhysicalGod Celestia]] herself in a berserk rage, only to find that she was too late to save her adoptive daughter.]]
** Twilight, a third second time, in chapter 21. When she thinks Nyx has been [[spoiler: banished to the moon]], she [[IncendiaryExponent rage shifts]] and attempts to magically beat down [[spoiler: Princess Celestia]] using bricks ripped from the surrounding castle walls.
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* ComicBookAdaptation: [[http://space-is-pretty-big.deviantart.com/gallery/33731064 Here]] (fanmade, but [[http://penstrokepony.deviantart.com/journal/Again-I-am-astounded-268970340 approved by the author of the story]]).

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* Foreshadowing: Two notable examples:

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* [[spoiler: {{Reincarnation}}: While the term is not used specifically, it is one of the biggest themes since Nyx is the very essence of Nightmare Moon reborn. The other theme would be redemption via the reincarnation]]

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* [[AmnesiacGod Amnesiac Demon Goddess]]:

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* [[spoiler: [[FromNobodyToNightmare From Nopony to Nightmare Moon]]: Nyx started out as a sweet, innocent, timid and cowardly filly to becoming Nightmare Moon again, banishing Celestia and Luna in the process and taking over Equestria.]]

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* [[spoiler: [[FromNobodyToNightmare From Nopony to Nightmare Moon]]: Nightmare]]: [[spoiler: Nyx started out as a sweet, innocent, timid and cowardly filly to becoming Nightmare Moon again, banishing Celestia and Luna in the process and taking over Equestria.]]



* [[spoiler: GoMadFromTheRevelation: When Nyx becomes Nightmare Moon again and regains all of her lost memories. "The alicorn then raised her head, looking at the night sky as her laughter became crazed and maniacal, ringing loudly over the dead silence that had fallen in Ponyville. It was the laughter of somepony who had just realized a cruel and terrible truth".]]

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* [[spoiler: GoMadFromTheRevelation: [[spoiler: When Nyx becomes Nightmare Moon again and regains all of her lost memories. "The alicorn then raised her head, looking at the night sky as her laughter became crazed and maniacal, ringing loudly over the dead silence that had fallen in Ponyville. It was the laughter of somepony who had just realized a cruel and terrible truth".]]



* [[spoiler: LaughingMad: When the Children of Nightmare Moon cast their second spell on Nyx and causes her to become Nightmare Moon again, she does this from the stress of regaining her memories. See GoMadFromTheRevelation above.]]

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* [[spoiler: LaughingMad: [[spoiler: When the Children of Nightmare Moon cast their second spell on Nyx and causes her to become Nightmare Moon again, she does this from the stress of regaining her memories. See GoMadFromTheRevelation above.]]



* [[spoiler:{{Novelization}}: Chapter 15's ending is [[SureWhyNot based on]] [[FandomNod the fancomic]] ''[[http://dotrook.deviantart.com/art/Nightmare-Toot-244278862 Nightmare Toot]]''.]]

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* [[spoiler:{{Novelization}}: {{Novelization}}: Chapter 15's ending is [[SureWhyNot based on]] [[FandomNod the fancomic]] ''[[http://dotrook.[[spoiler:''[[http://dotrook.deviantart.com/art/Nightmare-Toot-244278862 Nightmare Toot]]''.]]



** Twilight gives Celestia two of these in the last two chapters. In Chapter 20, [[spoiler: she calls Celestia out for threatening to banish Nyx to the moon immediately upon release.]] In Chapter 21, [[spoiler: she ''attacks'' Celestia when she thinks she banished Nyx while Twilight was locked out of the room.]]

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** Twilight gives Celestia two of these in the last two chapters. In Chapter 20, [[spoiler: she calls Celestia out for threatening to banish Nyx to the moon immediately upon release.]] In Chapter 21, [[spoiler: she ''attacks'' Celestia when she thinks she banished Nyx while Twilight was locked out of the room.]]]]
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* [[spoiler: LaughingMad: When the Children of Nightmare Moon cast their second spell on Nyx and causes her to become Nightmare Moon again, she does this from the stress of regaining her memories. See GoMadFromTheRevelation above.]]
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** Nyx can take it UpToEleven. When PuppyDogEyes alone fails to convince Twilight's pet owl to let her leave the library, she [[http://the-nyxian-alliance.deviantart.com/gallery/?set=31971197&offset=96#/d482nw3 intentionally starts shedding tears and whimpering]].

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** Nyx can take it UpToEleven. When PuppyDogEyes alone fails to convince Twilight's pet owl to let her leave the library, she [[http://the-nyxian-alliance.[[http://041744.deviantart.com/gallery/?set=31971197&offset=96#/d482nw3 com/art/Nyx-s-interesting-skill-255425907 intentionally starts shedding tears and whimpering]].
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** Nyx can take it UpToEleven. When PuppyDogEyes alone fails to convince Twilight's pet owl to let her leave the library, she intentionally starts shedding tears and whimpering.

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** Nyx can take it UpToEleven. When PuppyDogEyes alone fails to convince Twilight's pet owl to let her leave the library, she [[http://the-nyxian-alliance.deviantart.com/gallery/?set=31971197&offset=96#/d482nw3 intentionally starts shedding tears and whimpering.whimpering]].
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* FanSequel: It's gotten one: ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/1919/Point-of-No-Return Point of No Return]]''
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* Foreshadowing: Two notable examples:
** It's mentioned twice, both from a narrative viewpoint and from Twilight herself, that the original Nyx from the legends was a black-coated pony that defended her village against monsters. [[spoiler: Nyx does the same thing as Nightmare Moon.]]
** Nyx tells Twilight about how Diamond Tiara doesn't think she'll be any good in the play and she claims she'll show her.
---> '''Nyx''': But I’m going to show her. I’m going to do my best and I’m not going to forget a single line. I’m going to be the best Nightmare Moon I can be!
**[[spoiler: It's revealed that Nyx really was Nightmare Moon reborn and once she is fully resurrected, she actively tries to play the part.]]
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*** [[spoiler: A last, though not publicly announced, revision makes it much more clearer that Nyx actually was Nightmare Moon after all. But being Nyx changed her for the better, so it really doesn't matter any more.]]
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* ParentalObliviousness: Twilight Sparkle suffers from a brief bout of this when she doesn't recognize Nyx's reluctance to go out and play with her self-proclaimed friends [[TheLibby Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon]].

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* ParentalObliviousness: Twilight Sparkle suffers from a brief bout of this when she doesn't recognize Nyx's reluctance to go out and play with her self-proclaimed friends [[TheLibby [[AlphaBitch Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon]].



* [[UngratefulBastard Ungrateful Fillies]]: In Chapter 21, [[TheLibby Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon]] attend a party in Nyx's honor. Twilight encourages her daughter to apologize for what she did to them. Nyx grudgingly does so and [[spoiler: is told by Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon that she's 'not fooling them'; they know she and everyone else hates them as much as they despise all of them and they just came for some free cake]]. May also count as [[TheLibby Bratty fillies]] [[EvilCannotComprehendGood cannot comprehend kindness]].

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* [[UngratefulBastard Ungrateful Fillies]]: In Chapter 21, [[TheLibby [[AlphaBitch Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon]] attend a party in Nyx's honor. Twilight encourages her daughter to apologize for what she did to them. Nyx grudgingly does so and [[spoiler: is told by Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon that she's 'not fooling them'; they know she and everyone else hates them as much as they despise all of them and they just came for some free cake]]. May also count as [[TheLibby [[AlphaBitch Bratty fillies]] [[EvilCannotComprehendGood cannot comprehend kindness]].
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* {{Hypocrite}}: TheDragon considers compassion a "weakness" and a "poison", but has no problem with grovelling for mercy when it's ''his'' neck on the line.
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* MindControlEyes: [[spoiler:Every member of the Children of Nightmare. Including, for a brief period, Twilight.]]

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