History Recap / TheSilverscaleArenaS2E7WelcometoUnitedEquestria

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Sure, what Mokushiroku does is horrifying, but it's mostly Lightning Dawn and his team that get the brunt of his attack. Given that they're a bunch of fascist dictatorial grandstanding assholes...well...

* SequelHook: Discord, on-route to Conva, catches sight of Mokushiroku leaving...and the narration states that he's headed for [[WebAnimation/HazbinHotel Pentagram City]] for unknown reasons. [[Recap/TheSilverscaleArenaS2E12TheMonsterThatChallengedHell Sure enough, a sequel fic did follow]].

--->But his [[AbusivePrecursors true creator]] had named himself something else. Something that had been made from a literal black hole, bits of a forgotten object from Equestria's past...and the cells of Franchise/{{Godzilla}} a powerful creature that had won one of the Silverscale Arenas. This beast was to be named something else before he [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters killed the one that created him for its cruel purposes]].

--->That name...was '''[[Film/GodzillaVsSpaceGodzilla SpaceGodzilla]]'''.

* AwfulWeddedLife: The marriage between Celesto and Celestia has deteriorated to the point that Celestia clocks in how long their arguments go on for. Rhymey and Fluttershy is another case, with the latter clearly uncomfortable with being essentially [[StayInTheKitchen caged by her husband.]]

* GroinAttack: What Rarity plans to do to any Starfleet person who dares to lay a hand on Spike again.

* NonIndicativeName: As the narration points out, the militaristic force called Starfleet Magic...doesn’t actually have a fleet of starships.

* PassThePopcorn: Discord magics up some popcorn to watch how well the Valkyries, Starfleet, and the Equestrians do against Mokushiroku.

* TheWorfEffect: NONE of the characters that fought Mokushiroku, not even Lightning Dawn in his Enticorn form, could even make a dent on him.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Discord ends up peeping in on Celestio masturbating to some human porn. [[PaedoHunt It's implied that the two humans in it are underage]].

* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: The story gives one last look into what each character’s doing after Discord’s “trial”, with all of them being somber with the exceptions being Pinkie and Rarity.

** Starfleet's [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans Utopian philosophy]] of having a "benevolent police state" is shown as complete dystopia. Surveillance is intrusive, clothing must be conservative, non-hetero relationships are illegal, propaganda is at an all-time high (with education getting budget slashes the most), and mandatory exercise sessions sap away at the will of the populace. Goes hand-in-hand with PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad, another issue from the original fic, such as the changing of Equestria's lexicon to suite Starfleet and the aforementioned clothing thing.

* BatmanCanBreathInSpace: One of Grand Ruler's lies, referencing the bizarre claim in the original fic that the space around Unicornicopia was breathable.

* SparedByTheAdaptation: Discord and Chrysalis managed to survive/not be arrested their fights against Starfleet, with Discord being NotQuiteDead and the Chrysalis they fought being a pretender.

* BuriedUnderAPileOfCorpses: Near the end of the battle, Mokushiroku uses the corpses of everybody in Horn Kong as waves to bury his foes, understandably freaking them out and nearly suffocating them.

* DeconstructionCrossover: Franchise//{{Transformers}} and Franchise/{{Godzilla}} characters show up here, with the latter being the most major.

* MindRape: Mokushiroku, near the end of the battle, traps everybody in an illusion where the deceased Twilight askes them why didn't any of save her.

[[Recap/TheSilverscaleArenaS2E12TheMonsterThatChallengedHell Sure enough, a sequel fic did follow]].

* SequelHook: Discord, on-route to Conva, catches sight of Mokushiroku leaving...and the narration states that he's headed for [[WebAnimation/HazbinHotel Pentagram City]] for unknown reasons.

* InterruptedIntamacy: Apple Bloom barges in on Applejack and Rarity after they finished having sex.
* InsaneTrollLogic: Discord calls out Celesto for thinking that the Draconoques created Mokushiroku [[EngineeredHeroics just to look good]] despite knowing that he lost most of his powers.

* InterruptedIntimacy: As soon as Rarity walks back into her home, she barges in on Spike having sex with Thorax.

* SequelHook: Discord, on-route to Conva, catches sight of Mokushiroku leaving...and the narration states that he's headed for [[WebAnimation/HazbinHotel Pentagram City]] for unknown reasons. [[Recap/TheSilverscaleArenaS2E12TheMonsterThatChallengedHell Sure enough, a sequel fic did follow]].

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Discord ends up peeping in on Celestio masturbating to some human porn. [[PaedoHunt It's implied that the two humans in it are underage]].

* CanonImmigrant: Manny Collars/Needle Stitch was originally from one of Dakari King Mykan's sub-works, [[Fanfic/FriendshipIsFailure Friendship is Failure.]] Here, he's a Starfleet Equestrian ally, his grudge against Rarity shown for what it is. Namely, cruel and petty.

* SparedByTheAdaptation: Discord and Chrysalis managed to survive their fights against Starfleet, with Discord being NotQuiteDead and the Chrysalis they fought being a pretender.

* ThatManIsDead: After Manny’s incident with Rarity, he stopped calling himself Needle Stitch and now calls himself Manny Collars.
* ThisExplainsSoMuch: When Discord witnesses Rhymey seemingly hypnotizing Fluttershy into getting her to stand down, he realizes that it explains a lot about their relationship.

* AdaptationalSexuality: In addition to Rainbow Dash and Applejack dating, Rarity also helps comfort Applejack with Rainbow vanishing with sex.

* AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul: Rainbow Dash and Applejack are a couple, but the relationship has been put on hold due to Rainbow's dissapearance.

* AwfulWeddedLife: The marriage between Celesto and Celestia has deteriorated to the point that Celestia clocks in how long their arguments go on for.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Myte tries desperately to save his reanimated brother by taking the crystal out of Dyno. This only results in his death when the crystal explodes.

** Discord comes in during Mokushiroku's attack to lay the smackdown on the kaiju after he accidentally harms Fluttershy. It doesn't last long however.
* BigNO: Mite has this reaction over witnessing his brother’s death.

* BreakingTheFellowship: What Pinkie Pie worries is happening to the Mane 6. To recap, she and Rarity are facing business problems, Rainbow Dash has already left, Applejack is greatly affected by said leaving, Fluttershy is almost always kept at home by Rhymey, and Twilight Sparkle is dead.

* ChekhovSGun: Just before Discord’s taken to the Prison Planet Conva, Pinkie spits a paper clip into his chest-fur for luck. The purpose for this paperclip is yet to be seen.

* DeathOfAChild: While it's not shown, Cookie Dough's son is among the casualties from Horn Kong's destruction.

** Starfleet's [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans Utopian philosophy]] of having a "benevolent police state" is shown as complete dystopia. Surveillance is intrusive, clothing must be conservatives, non-hetero relationships are illegal, propaganda is at an all-time high (with education getting budget slashes the most), and mandatory exercise sessions sap away at the will of the populace. Goes hand-in-hand with PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad, another issue from the original fic, such as the changing of Equestria's lexicon to suite Starfleet and the aforementioned clothing thing.
** CharacterShilling is completely gone, as everybody is now allowed to act as in canon...and they're not happy with the fact that Starfleet basically took over their world, re-writing everything to THEIR specifications. Now, Starfleet is treated with scorn and fear by the general populace.

** Several couples in Starfleet Magic were infamously StrangledByTheRedString, like Rarity/Spike, Fluttershy/Rhymey, and Celestia/Celesto. Not so much here, as the latter two relationships are plagued by internal strife, while the aformentioned trope is ruthlessly enforced by Starfleet officials that want to see Rarity/Spike happen, while both of those characters know that it's loaded with {{Squick}}, given the sizable age-gap that they had.
** Rarity, Pinkie, and Cadence do NOT let the DesignatedMonkey trope get to them too much, with Rarity outright taking it with a grain of salt and continuing to be her own self.

** Starfleet's main strategy of [[AttackAttackAttack always attacking]] the creature first leaves the evacuation crew of Horn Kong understaffed, with Rainbow lamenting how more lives could have been saved if Starfleet focused on evacuation everyone to safety first.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Celestia asks Luna how she’s doing, she mentions that she’s been doing some light traveling and being more social, to which Celestia knows she’s hiding but doesn’t press any further. At the epilogue it turns out she’s secretly making a resistance to Starfleet.

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Starfleet and its citizens really dislike Pinkie Pie and Rarity. The former for her FunPersonified personality, and the latter for being perceived as "shallow" and "overdramatic".

* GenreSavvy: When Mokushiroku gets caught in an explosion with nothing seemingly in the center of where he was standing, Rainbow Dash points out that this is the part where the villain shows he’s not hurt at all. To which Starla states that it… usually doesn’t happen.

* ImpaledWithExtremeprejudice: Dyno gets killed when a crystal gets speared through his head.

* InsaneTrollLogic: Discord calls out Celesto for thinking that he created Mokushiroku [[EngineeredHeroics just to look good]] despite knowing that he lost most of his powers.

** Cadence is considering the name "Flurry Heart" for her unborn child.

* NonIndicativeName: As the narration points out, the militaristic force called Starfleet Magic… doesn’t actually have a fleet of starships.

* Foreshadowing: When Celestia asks Luna how she’s doing, she mentions that she’s been doing some light traveling and being more social, to which Celestia knows she’s hiding but doesn’t press any further. At the epilogue it turns out she’s secretly making a resistance to Starfleet.

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Starfleet and its citizens really dislike Pinkie Pie and Rarity. The former for her FunPersonified personality, and the latter for being “shallow” and “overdramatic”.

--->But his [[AbusivePrecursors true creator]] had named himself something else. Something that had been made from a literal black hole, bits of a forgotten object from Equestria's past...and the cells of Franchise/{{Godzilla}} a powerful creature]] that had won one of the Silverscale Arenas. This beast was to be named something else before he [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters killed the one that created him for its cruel purposes]].

* DreamCrushingHandicap: Artie Bristles' hands are crushed by Mokushiroku's foot, ruining his ability at art. His HerocBsod is rather heartbreaking to watch afterward.

* SexAsSolace: Rarity has regular sex sessions with Applejack to help comfort her over Rainbow Dash’s disappearance.

* SparedInTheAdaptation: Discord and Chrysalis managed to survive their fights against Starfleet, with Discord being NotQuiteDead and the Chrysalis they fought being a pretender.

* ChekovsGun: Just before Discord’s taken to the Prison Planet Conva, Pinkie spits a paper clip into his chest-fur for luck. The purpose for this paperclip is yet to be seen.

* DeconstructionCrossover: [[Franchise//{{Transformers}} and Franchise/{{Godzilla}} characters show up here, with the latter being the most major.

* BigDamnHeroes: Rainbow Dash rescues Sweetie Bell and Scootaloo from being eaten by some Cragodiles and a Hydra. ** Upon activating, Demolisher also saves the two from them.

* DeathOfAChild: While it's not shown, Cookie Dough's son is among the casualties of Horn Kong's destruction.

* DarkerAndEdgier: To both [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Friendship is Magic]] AND [[Fanfic/MyBravePonyStarfleetMagic Starfleet Magic.]]

* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: "Hero" is a strong term for Starfleet, but they ARE dedicated to protecting their home. That said, they despise any relationship that isn't heteronormative and the mentally disabled are looked down upon. It's one of the reasons Ditzy Doo is in danger of losing custody of her child, Dinky. Even worse, it's heavily implies that they turn certain 'unfit' people into [[{{Unperson}} unpersons.]]

* SequelHook: Discord, on-route to Conva, catches sight of Mokushiroku leaving...and the narration states that he's headed for [[WebAnimation/HazbinHotel Pentagram City]] for unknown reasons. Sure enough, a sequel fic did follow.

* SelfImposedExile: Rainbow Dash admits she is one, who left after Twilight's death and because of Starfleet looking down on her relationship with Applejack.

* WrongGenreSavvy: Starfleet as a whole thinks they're ready for what the mysterious crystalline mass that rose from the Crystal Empire has to offer. They don't learn their lesson even after the damage is done.

** Cadence is considering the name "Flurry Heart" for her unborn child.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Sure, Lightning Dawn. Attack the mysterious giant crystalline object before Fluttershy has a chance to calm it down. [[SarcasmMode I'm sure nothing bad will happen....]]
* NothingIsTheSameAnymore: By the time Mokushiroku leaves, Dyno and Myte are dead, the rest of Starfleet has been crippled in more ways than one, Luna is leading a secret rebellion unknown to even her sister, said sister is in a secret relationship with Chrysalis, and Mokushiroku is VERY much alive, his return all-but-inevitable. The rest of the Mane 5 can only pick up the pieces and steel their resolves.