History NightmareFuel / PonyPOVSeries

* With every closer step to Diamond Tiara and Disocrd up in the World Tower, CMC and friends start noticing how some places they were expecting something to happen, but [[NothingIsScarier nothing ever did]], and passageways having a sense of emptiness. [[spoiler: The worst thing is that they do not know exactly what ''kind'' of Nightmare that Diamond has become. They expected her pride and ego being shown throughout the Tower, but they have not yet known she doesn't have anything in her heart.]]

* With every closer step to Diamond Tiara and Disocrd up in the World Tower, CMC and friends start noticing how some places they were expecting something to happen, but [[NothingIsScarier nothing ever did]], and passageways having a sens of emptiness. [[spoiler: The worst thing is that they do not know exactly what ''kind'' of Nightmare that Diamond has become. They expected her pride and ego being shown throughout the Tower, but they have not yet known she doesn't have anything in her heart]]
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* Applejack [[spoiler: seeing Nythy's "masterpiece" timeline: A world where the heroes are turned into twisted, hollow shells of themselves, and went . This is goes nearly Warhammer 40K terms of tradegy.]]
** What 's even worse than that? [[spoiler: When Applejack taunts' Nythy, he becomes so enraged to the point that he shows his true form to her, making her slowly go mad from revelation! If DarkWorld!Nightmare Mirror/Apple Mirror hadn't saved her right then, AJ would've effectively been a goner!]]

*** A bit of FridgeHorror about that? Remember that Pinkie's foalhood memories are represented by a baby version of herself…

*** And then we have Scootaloo as Manacle's BrainwashedAndCrazy [[TheDragon Dragon]], who stops anypony from coming near Manacle while endlessly reciting a MadnessMantra. If that's not bad enough, try Scootaloo chaining up her fellow Crusaders as they try to restrain her, only to start repeating Scootaloo's MadnessMantra.

** A bit of FridgeHorror about that? Remember that Pinkie's foalhood memories are represented by a baby version of herself…

* The fact the Apple Family was corrupted into a cult of some sort and [[spoiler:Granny Smith apparently intends to sacrifice Sweetie Belle to something.]]

* Tirek's rise to power. ''All of it''. To say it's a BloodbathVillainOrigin is an understatement. [[spoiler:By the end of it, his entire ''species'' has been slaughtered, he's sadistically tortured his own family to death, and created a ''horrific'' plague that only effects his own species.]] Applejack losing her lunch and needing a few minutes to recover after hearing of it is very understandable.

*** I was worse in Mimic's case as kicking something a thousand times at the speed of sound that is capable of resisting such pummeling in the first place resulted in her breaking her own leg and one of her golden horseshoes. RealityEnsues has never been that scary.

** And how can we forget [[SarcasmMode the utterly charming dream]] dear Diamond Tiara has while sleeping in a Canterlot park? The one where she finds herself alongside thousands of other ponies -- Earth Ponies, Unicorns, Pegasi, Flutterponies, even sea ponies -- pulling a massive chariot with [[EldritchAbomination a gigantic horned serpent]] in it whipping them all and laughing as he roars, ''"Cry Havoc!"''. WordOfGod is that the scene was based on a similar one from ''AllDogsGoToHeaven''.

* In Mind Games Part 7 we ''finally'' learn what made Filthy Rich send his wife Screwball off to the BedlamHouse she occupied until recently (she broke out). [[spoiler: Screwball found out that Diamond Tiara got into her jewelry and left it "Out of place!"]] This sends Screwball into an UnstoppableRage as she ''screams'' at her that [[MindRape she's nothing, a mistake, that her husband probably cheated on her to produce such a stupid and worthless foal]] and that [[OffingTheOffspring it's time to get rid of this 'failure' and try again]]. Indeed, she says that to her husband's face, [[ErectionRejection accompanied by a seductive wink]], when he finds her ''[[spoiler: strangling Diamond Tiara to death with her bare hooves.]]'' And just how does the little filly learn all this? From Discord, when he tells her:

* The Concept Killing Spear in general is pretty unsettling. The one time it successful killed someone, [[spoiler: It Unmade him, completely erasing Cupid and All of his works and even his parents' relationship all together.]]
** THe pony who made it [[spoiler: pretty much caused more deaths than the end of G3, all because [[ItsAllAboutMe she didn't find her own love]], [[NeverMyFault Despite Constantly Spurning Stallions.]] What's more her reaction when Venus came to avenge Cupid boiled down to "Great! I get to kill Love Itself Too!" before she was nuked.]]

** THe pony who made it [[spoiler: pretty much caused more deaths than the end of G3, all because [[ItsAllAboutMe she didn't get a perfect Stallion to love her]]. What's more her reaction when Venus came to avenge Cupid boiled down to "Great! I get to kill Love Itself Too!" before she was nuked.]]

* Scootaloo nearly getting killed by the corrupted Rainbow Dash. Made ''worse'' by how close the two are in this story!

* Scooaloo nearly getting killed by the corrupted Rainbow Dash. Made ''worse'' by how close the two are in this story!

* When the Crusaders find Twilight. Unlike the rest of the characters we've seen up until now, [[spoiler:Twilight ''wasn't'' turned into an evil version of herself from a grimdark fanfic. She's been turned into ALL the grimdark versions of herself all at once!]]

* The Concept Killing Spear in general is pretty unsettling. The one time it successful killed someone, [[spoiler: It Unmade him, completely erasing Cupid and All of his works and even his parents' relationship all together.]]

* [[spoiler:The [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath deaths of]] Oratorio Waltz and Tempo Wave, two of the Dazzlings who didn't survive the G2 Apocalypse. Tempo is [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice impaled through the chest on a piece of wreckage]] and Oratorio is [[BodyHorror horribly deformed and mutated]] to the point it's probably a ''mercy'' she died when she did. [[ThousandYardStare Adagio's]] [[ShellShockedSilence reaction]] to their deaths is just as horrifying. Is it any wonder the poor mare ended up so screwed up later on?]]

* Scootaloo ending up [[spoiler:in ''Fanfic/CheerileesGarden''.]] It's every bit as horrific as one would think, even if [[spoiler:she manages to free Cheerilee and break the spell in the end.]]

* [[spoiler:The VillainWorld that Discord's group has turned the world into.]] Let's put it this way: [[spoiler:every grimdark fanfic in existence is happening ''at once''.]] The CMC's reaction to this is completely justified.

* Tirek's rise to power. ''All of it''. To say it's a BloodbathVillainOrigin is an understatement. [[spoiler:By the end of it, his entire ''species'' has been slaughtered, he's sadistically tortured his own family to death, and created a ''horrific'' plague that only effects his own species.]] Applejack losing her lunch and needing a few minutes to recover after hearing of it is very understandable.

* Tirek's rise to power. ''All of it''. To say it's a BloodbathVillainOrigin is an understatement. [[spoiler:By the end of it, his entire ''species'' has been slaughtered, he's sadistically tortured his own family to death, and created a ''horrific'' plague that only effects his own species.]]

* Tirek's rise to power. ''All of it''. To say it's a BloodbathVillainOrigin is an understatement. [[spoiler:By the end of it, his entire ''species'' has been slaughtered, he's sadistically tortured his own family to death, and created a ''horrific'' plague that only effects his own species.]]

* Also from the [[BadFuture Epilogue Timeline]], Discord thanks [[DoctorWho the Doctor]], now called "[[OhCrap The]] ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS23E4TheUltimateFoe Valeyard]]''", for the help he gave in beating back [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} the Empire of Man]] when they invaded his kingdom. As he cheerily says to the giggling and insane pony:

** The [[OrphanageOfFear orphanage]] in the chapter sounds like something out of Dickens from the description, and the name does ''not'' fill one with confidence: ''[[spoiler:Chains of Love Orphanage]]''.

** The [[OrphanageOfFear orphanage]] in the chapter sounds like something out of Dickens from the description, and the name does ''not'' fill one with confidence: ''[[spoiler:Chains of Love Orphanage]]''.

* [[spoiler: Kabuto makes an appearance fighting Misfit Actual, and the changeling MadScientist proves to be not only just as much of a CompleteMonster as described, but a ''lot'' more dangerous that he looks, even ''before'' he goes OneWingedAngel]].

** It's not as obvious as the ''Literature/BraveNewWorld'' universe, but it's certainly pretty dark. Even with Princess Gaia leaving a lot more free will in the process -- Applejack's suggestion that Gaia didn't take in the central POV universe -- it's still very much an assault on agency and personality. May count as an EsotericHappyEnding for others, though, depending on how much you count being foaled as MindRape, as it ''is'' [[AndItWorked shrinking the sum of all evils in Equestria]].

** Nightmare Granfalloon deserves special mention for being ''completely AxCrazy'' and scary as all get out. Some readers even admit that she gave them nightmares. now in [[http://soradical.deviantart.com/art/Nightmare-Granfalloon-The-Eternal-Laughter-349401939 fanart form]].]]

* [[spoiler:Rarity seemingly killing General Lone Ranger.]] Justified in that [[spoiler:she was ''trying'' to be terrifying in the same vein as Superman in SupermanVsTheElite.]]

* The dog/wolf…''thing'' that's stalking Shining Armor throughout his arc. What makes it worse is that it's apparently able to {{Retgone}} anything it touches, and seems determined to do so to Shining.

* And in the [[http://alexwarlorn.deviantart.com/art/Pony-POV-Series-Somepony-Everypony-is-Wrong-496480605 very next chapter]], [[ItGotWorse it get worse]] as Dash discovers that the ponies of Cloudsdale and Ponyville no longer seem to have lives or even ''exist'' save when she interacts with them. Worse still, Scootaloo is [[{{Retgone}}just plain gone]] and nopony even remembers her.

* And in the [[http://alexwarlorn.deviantart.com/art/Pony-POV-Series-Somepony-Everypony-is-Wrong-496480605 very next chapter]], [[ItGotWorse it get worse]] as Dash discovers that the ponies of Cloudsdale and Ponyville no longer seem to have lives or even ''exist'' save when she interacts with them. Worse still, Scootaloo is [[{{Retgone}}just plain gone]] and nopony even remembers her. [[DrivenToMadness Dash gets so terrified she attacks a filly named Bright Night]].
** The orphanage in the chapter sounds like something out of Dickens from the description, and the name does ''not'' fill one with confidence: ''[[spoiler:Chains of Love Orphanage]]''.