History TearJerker / PonyPOVSeries

* And then in "Mind Games 8" Screwball finally recovers her sanity...and [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone remembers everything she did or tried to do to]] [[spoiler:Diamond Tiara]]. And she is reduced to sobbing hysterically as she begs for somepony, anypony, to tell her that it isn't true. And oh yes, just in case that didn't tear your heart out ''enough'' in that chapter, Discord shows Diamond Tiara what would have happened if [[spoiler:she hadn't rummaged around in her mother's jewelry case]]. Basically, her mom got the help she needed; her father never became a [[FantasticRacism racist]] [[ConspiracyTheorist conspiracy nut]]; she and Silver Spoon never became bullies and ended up ''friends'' with the Cutie Mark Crusaders; and DT was just plain ''happy''. [[ForWantOfANail But no, she made the choice she made, so everyone's life became a total hell]] and it's ALL. HER. FAULT. Or at least that's how Discord set it up to look like from her POV. And the best part? [[SuperpoweredEvilSide This little revelation turned Diamond Tiara into a Nightmare!]]

* In the [[http://alexwarlorn.deviantart.com/art/Pony-POV-Series-Dark-World-19-Love-Hate-Bedlam-1-2-336349244 most recent chapter of Pony POV]], we briefly see into the most cherished memories of that [[SarcasmMode paragon of stability]], [[BloodKnight Angry]] [[AxCrazy Pie]]. Are they memories of the ponies she's killed? Of her greatest victories? No, they're of [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes the dead foals she adopted and raised]]. Discord promises her that he'll restore them all to life if she kills her former friends. Angry agrees, thinking that this way she'll finally be alone with her loved ones. And after she goes, Discord thinks with amusement about how he'll just [[MindRape warp her mind again]] so [[KickTheSonOfABitch she forgets them all]] and becomes his 'Queen of Madness'.

--> [[spoiler:'''Fluttercruel''']]: [[spoiler:[[MyGodWhatHaveIDone ...Mother, I'm sorry. I didn't hear you before. I'm sorry...I was wrong. I…maybe I was always wrong.]]]]

** [[http://youtu.be/c3HPDI9Odbc The audio adaptation]] takes [[BadFuture Epilogue's sadness]] UpToEleven.

* [[http://youtu.be/i2YqmUkS2b4 Rarity's reharmonizing chapter, Irreplaceable]], pretty much takes every heartbreaking moment of that story UpToEleven.

* "Fluttercruel's Punishment" has several. [[spoiler:Dark World!Fluttershy is forced to come to terms with the fact Fluttercruel was a psychopathic SerialKiller and needs punished for her crimes, [[AdultFear despite the fact she sees Fluttercruel as her baby.]] Then we hear [[TheWoobie Stitch's life]]. Her father died by being put in a giant blender, Fluttercruel murdered her mother, then became obsessed with killing off her and her siblings one by one, ultimately capturing Stitch (after torturing and killing all but two of her siblings) and subjecting her to an AndIMustScream fate, extending her life just to prolong the torture. How could it get worse? She turns out to be Fluttercruel implanted in the timeline as punishment for her crimes. This results in her having an absolutely heartbreaking HeelRealization and MyGodWhatHaveIDone reaction to it.]]

* Derpy Hooves' fate in Discord's universe. [[spoiler: Dinky has been turned into a foal-shaped muffin, and Discord has promised to turn her back when Derpy has walked enough laps around his palace. Every day Derpy marches around the castle, starting in the morning as a foal and continuing until she's pratically undead, carrying Dinky on her back. All the while she defends her daughter-turned-muffin from hungry birds, screaming, "Not my baby," assuring Dinky she'll have enough laps soon. She's done over a trillion now...]]

** And now someone did a sequel to it. [[SerialEscalation Everything gets even worse]] [[http://kendell2.deviantart.com/art/Pony-POV-Series-Fading-Futures-Final-Draft-278427233 as the girls finally recover from what Discord did, only to learn that centuries have passed, everyone they loved is dead, often at their hooves, and they remember this only to die soon after]]. [[SuperpoweredEvilSide And oh yes, Twilight Sparkle becomes Nightmare Purgatory]]. [[BittersweetEnding Okay, they finally stop Discord]] [[spoiler:and everypony is reborn into their main timeline counterparts thanks to Twilight managing to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong, Twilight managing to snap out of it before she can fully succumb to the darkness]], but you WILL be shedding tears.
** Worse? [[spoiler:According to Dark World, this was merely one of the cycles of Paradox's GroundhogDayLoop and the ''only'' benefit is that Twilight managed to avoid fading away as Nightmare Purgatory. On top of that, one of the cycles implies a ''very'' similar timeline may have been how Paradox came to be in the first place.]]

* Applejack's heartbreak over her realization that [[spoiler:the children she had in the "Orangejack" universe don't exist because of her choice.]]

* [[spoiler:Twilight being forced by Chrysalis to give Trixie a BreakingLecture and not being able to do anything about it. What's worse, it's later shown Chrysalis intended to have Trixie ''murdered'' after this.]]

* In [[http://alexwarlorn.deviantart.com/art/Pony-POV-Series-Wedding-Arc-Notes-Get-Scrambled-453997847 Notes Get Scrambled chapter]] Scootaloo and Twilight go off together to find Twi's injured parents. Twilight tells Scootaloo she cast a 'find parents' spell right before she locks her into a chest to keep her safe. She then leaves to [[spoiler:confront Chrysalis and rescue Shiny]] [[WhatAnIdiot all by herself]] as a sobbing Scootaloo curses her for being a backstabber.

** Bright Eyes losing her memory and how effects her and Lancer. [[spoiler:And her ultimately having to fight the vengeful Shadow of D___t for her very ''existence'' as he tries to break her will to make absorbing her easier.]]

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* A meta example: the owner of Neo Stream requesting that Alex delete [[spoiler:his rebirth]] in chapter 36. Poor [[spoiler:Neo Stream]] [[TraumaCongaLine just can't]] [[ShootTheShaggyDog catch a break]]...
* Continuing the meta example in Chapter 36, LZ bringing up a number of painfully valid points on why the intervention with [[spoiler:The Emperor of Man]] was a bad idea, leading to a heartwarming scene being tainted with FridgeHorror, and eventually deleted. It seems that contrary to the theme of the story, not everything can be redeemed or saved.
* Another meta example is [[WeUsedToBeFriends Alex and LZ's falling out]]. The two used to get along very well and be good friends, now it doesn't seem like they can talk at all without getting into fights over the fanfic. While it seems both sides have logical reasons, it's still sad to see two former friends at each other's throats.
** Made even sadder with the revelation that [[http://fav.me/d6s2rlg LZ has spent a year or more suffering from clinical depression and anxiety disorder]] that likely contributed to the situation.
** The fighting between the two got so bad that [[http://fav.me/d6tbk8e Kendell2 left the SA Arc]] due to not wanting to be forced to pick sides between his friends while they were fighting. Thankfully, it seems things between the two are at least trying to make up.
** Really, the current state of the writing staff is really distressing. As mentioned above, the disagreements between main author Alex and LZ has turned into an outright feud. Fellow co-author [=Kendell2=] has been forced to outright quit the project in order to avoid having to take a side in the feud between his two friends. Alexwalorn himself is at his wit's end, trying desperately to hold the staff together, [[ItsAllMyFault blaming himself]] for everything that's happened. The only staff member who ''hasn't'' suffered a CreatorBreakdown is AudioAdaptation author Louis Baldamont, and even that's iffy considering he hasn't been heard from in months.
** And now it's spiked back up again. The saddest part is it seems like they just see one another as the bad guy and neither is willing to just let go of their grudge and move on. It's sad when the best it seems they could do is just pretend the other doesn't exist.

* Meta: The author Alex Warlorn is retiring from writing fanfics after the Finale Arc is finished.
* Meta: Alex Warlorn has become disillusioned with the original show, and is only finishing the fic out of a sense of duty.

* Derpy Hooves' fate in Discord's universe. [[spoiler: Dinky has been turned into a foal-shaped muffin, and Discord has promised to turn her back when Derpy has walked enough laps around his palace. Every day Derpy marches around the castle, starting in the morning as a foal and continuing until she's pratically undead, carrying Dinky on her back. All the while she defends her daughter-turned-muffin from hungry birds, screaming, "Not my baby," assuring Dinky she'll have enough laps soon. She's done over a trillion now...]]
** [[http://youtu.be/c3HPDI9Odbc The audio adaptation]] takes [[BadFuture Epilogue's sadness]] UpToEleven.
** And now someone did a sequel to it. [[SerialEscalation Everything gets even worse]] [[http://kendell2.deviantart.com/art/Pony-POV-Series-Fading-Futures-Final-Draft-278427233 as the girls finally recover from what Discord did, only to learn that centuries have passed, everyone they loved is dead, often at their hooves, and they remember this only to die soon after]]. [[SuperpoweredEvilSide And oh yes, Twilight Sparkle becomes Nightmare Purgatory]]. [[BittersweetEnding Okay, they finally stop Discord]] [[spoiler:and everypony is reborn into their main timeline counterparts thanks to Twilight managing to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong, Twilight managing to snap out of it before she can fully succumb to the darkness]], but you WILL be shedding tears.
** Worse? [[spoiler:According to Dark World, this was merely one of the cycles of Paradox's GroundhogDayLoop and the ''only'' benefit is that Twilight managed to avoid fading away as Nightmare Purgatory. On top of that, one of the cycles implies a ''very'' similar timeline may have been how Paradox came to be in the first place.]]
* Rainbow Dash in her first Reharmonizing sounds genuinely remorseful for her leaving her friends, and is clearly holding onto a lot of guilt through it all.
* The background ponies dealing with the mental trauma of Discord's "fun", as seen in Applejack's Healed chapter. They may be back to normal, but they aren't "better".
-->'''Derpy Hooves''': ''[to Dinky]'' Mama loves you. Mama's sorry. Mama won't hurt you. Mama didn't mean it...
* Applejack's heartbreak over her realization that [[spoiler:the children she had in the "Orangejack" universe don't exist because of her choice.]]
** And then, after [[spoiler:Princess Gaia]] creates her [[LotusEaterMachine false paradise]], Applejack meets with [[spoiler:her children from the vision. She takes the time to give them hugs and say goodbye before allowing that entire fantasy to fall apart]].
** [[spoiler:And unlike the others, she doesn't have the comfort of not knowing it's an illusion. She ''knows'' it's fake, but ''really'' wishes it wasn't. And then there's this line:]]
--> [[spoiler:'''Applejack''': Mama loves you. Dontcha ever forget that, ya hear?…And Ah wish this could be real.]]
*** Compare this to ComicBook/ForTheManWhoHasEverything. A similar situation, and just as heartwrenching.
* Trixie ''still'' being in a broken, catatonic state even ''after'' Discord was beaten. What's worse, her family is taking care of her and clearly distraught over this, hence why Twilight was summoned to help.
* Pretty much everything about Diamond Tiara and her mother Golden Tiara [[spoiler: aka Screwball]]. Especially [[spoiler:Discord's MindRape of Diamond Tiara.]]
** And then in "Mind Games Part 7" when we find out just [[OffingTheOffspring why]] poor Screwball was sent away. [[spoiler: To protect Diamond Tiara from her.]] You will shed more tears for [[JerkassWoobie poor Diamond Tiara]] then you ever thought possible.
* Trixie explaining how she is afraid of dying into obscurity.
* TheReveal about [[spoiler:Scootaloo's ParentalAbandonment…]]
** [[spoiler:Speaking of Scootaloo, when Rainbow Dash accidentally snaps at her and makes her cry. The poor girl asks if Rainbow Dash is going to throw her in the Pegasus Machine (a ShoutOut to Fanfic/RainbowFactory where said machine is used to melt down Pegasi fillies into rainbow goop, here it's just a story old Pegasi tell the fillies to get them to behave). Thankfully, it's followed by a SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}}.]]
* Applejack reading about Mimic's ''horrific'' death is sad enough, but then she realizes there are tear stains on the paper from where Luna cried while writing the account...
* [[spoiler:Fluttercruel being prepared to fade away into nothingness, fully prepared to die and leave Fluttershy alone... Then realizing her well-intentioned last lesson has [[NiceJobBreakingItHero turned Fluttershy to evil]] and made her into a KnightTemplar. She ends the chapter sinking into darkness as she tries as hard as she can to undo it to no avail.]]
** The author has expressed fear that he's alienated a good portion of his readers with this and felt the need to reassure the readers it was just a CliffHanger, not a DownerEnding. That is how tragic it is.
** And now, [[http://kyonsylar.deviantart.com/art/The-Birth-of-Nightmare-Whisper-284378445 someone made a comic of it.]]
* [[spoiler:Applejack snapping herself out of Princess Gaia's fantasy and seeing all of her friends under the effect of Gaia's mind control -- then realizing how hard it must have been for Twilight to go through the same thing when they were under Discord's influence.]]
-->[[spoiler: '''Applejack:''' Twi', is this what it felt like for you?]]
** It's even sadder in [[http://firedrake368.deviantart.com/art/Request-Princess-Gaia-s-Fog-266715351 picture form.]]
* When they are forced to [[spoiler:break Cheerilee's class out of the LotusEaterMachine, especially when Silver Spoon bursts into tears and begs to be returned to it.]]
* [[SuperPoweredEvilSide Princess]] [[spoiler:[[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Gaia's]]]] POV in the beginning of "Teacher Teacher". She just sounds so ''unwell'', practically as if she ''knows'' there something wrong with her. And what's more, it's quite genuine-it's her insanity that turns her intentions into something so horrific.
* One of the things Applejack sees when she looks into [[spoiler:the Truth]] is an Alternate Ending to ''VideoGame/StoryOfTheBlanks''. [[spoiler:Alternate!Applejack practically tears Everfree Forest apart trying to find Apple Bloom, and when she finally does, the poor girl is a traumatized zombie pony. Alternate!Applejack's [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge reaction]] is perfectly understandable…]]
** [[spoiler:When entering [[BigBad Princess Gaia's]] lair, the group comes across [[VideoGame/StoryOfTheBlanks the residents of Sunny Town]], who have been made to forget their past actions and happily working for Gaia... Until [[LivingLieDetector Applejack looks them in the eye]]. [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone Their reaction]] to remembering how much they'd cared for Ruby and then killed her [[CryForTheDevil will make you feel sorry for them despite of what they did.]] Especially [[TheAtoner Mitta]], who was already wracked with guilt in the game itself and even moreso here.]]
** It gets even worse if you pay attention to the blink-and-you'll-miss-it comment in the chapter centered on Luna, where we discover that it was [[spoiler:Nightmare Moon]] who originally cursed and destroyed Sunny Town and its inhabitants. And the town itself? ''[[GoneHorriblyWrong Was created by Celestia to try to give ponies a perfectly happy life.]]'' [[FridgeHorror Now think about what Princess Gaia is doing…]]
** Even worse? [[spoiler:Discord planned to YankTheDogsChain with them during Luna's side-story by breaking the curse for a day or two, allowing them to think their curse was over, only to have it return so he can see the looks on their faces.]]
** [[spoiler: And now that Princess Gaia/Nightmare Whisper has been 'dealt with', the ponies of Sunny Town returned to their [[AndIMustScream normal condition]]…with each and every one of them ''screaming and begging'' to be saved by Princess Gaia as they go. ''"No! Not this again! Please, Princess, we'll do ANYTHING if you save us!"'']]

* Meta: Alex Warlorn has become disillusioned with the original show, and is only finishing the fic out of a sense of duty.

* One of the things Applejack sees when she looks into [[spoiler:the Truth]] is an AlternateEnding to ''VideoGame/StoryOfTheBlanks''. [[spoiler:Alternate!Applejack practically tears Everfree Forest apart trying to find Apple Bloom, and when she finally does, the poor girl is a traumatized zombie pony. Alternate!Applejack's [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge reaction]] is perfectly understandable…]]

* This troper thought that the effects Discord had on Mayor Mare were very sad; he had turned her into a statue that kept shouting into a megaphone that she doesn't care about any of the citizens of Ponyville and the only reason she's working there in the first place is because she had turned down an offer in Canterlot. When she realizes what she'd done under Discord's reign, she starts working herself ragged, even skipping meals and losing sleep, just to prove that…

* Dark World 15. [[spoiler: Scootaloo did come down to redeem Rainbow Dash just like Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle did. But unlike Rarity and Applejack, Dash would not listen.]] Sniff.

* Ladies and gentlecolts, I give you the sadness of the Duel of Tears:

* A minor one that I don't understand why it gets overlooked: in Pinkie's Reharmonizing chapter, she mentions the following:

** Also in that chapter, we find out that [[TheSociopath Fluttercruel used to torture Fluttershy]] [[MindRape inside of her mind]] until, after killing and [[ImAHumanitarian eating Cadence]], the Princess freed Fluttershy from her sadistic daughter. Not much can shake [[NightmareFetishist Fluttercruel]], but something about ''the look in my mother's eyes as she was borne away'' still [[HeelRealization haunts her]]. [[IgnoredEpiphany Not that she much cares]].

** [[spoiler:Speaking of Scootaloo, when Rainbow Dash accidentally snaps at her and makes her cry. The poor girl asks if Rainbow Dash is going to throw her in the Pegasus Machine (a ShoutOut to Fanfic/RainbowFactory where said machine is used to melt down Pegasi fillies into rainbow goop, here it's just a story old Pegasi tell the fillies to get them to behave). Thankfully, it's followed by a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming.]]

* [[spoiler:Fluttershy, no longer Nightmare Whisper, still holding on to the pain and suffering of all of Equestria, refusing to let go so that others won't have to feel it. In what is also a [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming moment of heartwarming]], Pinkie Pie voluntarily taking up the burden as well, so that Fluttershy does not have to bear it alone. Just imagining what these two are going through is hard enough…]]

* While also a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming, [[spoiler:Apple Pie saying goodbye to Poison Apple and Pinkie to Morning Light are both this. Particularly Apple Pie, who was heartbroken that her sister has to go and breaks down crying. She recovers, but it's still sad.]]

* [[http://alexwarlorn.deviantart.com/art/Pony-POV-Series-Somepony-Everypony-is-Wrong-496480605 In the latest chapter]], poor Scootaloo vanishes, not just from Ponyville, ''[[{{Retgone}}but from reality itself]]''. And no one can even remember her name. Not even her hero, Rainbow Dash. [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming On the other hand, Dash]] [[ItMakesSenseInContext remembers that she doesn't remember]], and it inspires her to find out just what the hay is going on.

** Same goes for the adaptation of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tl3BfZQ-RGM&feature=feedu Pinkie Pie's Discording.]] It gets especially heart-rending when she reaches the the lines, ''"I ''hate'' laughter! I HATE IT!"'', and we realize just [[BreakTheCutie how utterly shattered]] Pinkie is by Discord's actions.

** In the same chapter, [[spoiler:the Cutie Mark Crusaders in the universe where the Mane Cast have basically created [[Literature/BraveNewWorld Brave New Equestria]]. Sweetie Belle literally begging Rarity to let their parents out of the reeducation camps, Apple Bloom reading off the lists of all the 'problems' for them to fix while trying not to think about them, Scootaloo being utterly abused by Rainbow Dash; the last of which is made all the worse after all the chapters of Dash being the epitome of CoolBigSis.]]

*** You forgot to mention how [[spoiler:Dash makes Scootaloo wear a jester outfit. Yes, this version of Dash is proud to let all Equestria know that she considers poor Scoots to be a total joke!]]

*** It made this troper feel like crying because of how close to home it hits. Especially the "NO ONE TAKES ME SERIOUSLY UNLESS THEY HAVE TO!" line.

** [[spoiler: Scratch that; the entire side story. [[AlasPoorScrappy Generation 3.5]] gets a lot of hate from fans, but as the author points out, it did have its good points.]]

* [[spoiler:In this troper's opinion, when Applejack snaps herself out of Princess Gaia's fantasy and sees all of her friends under the effect of Gaia's mind control -- then realizing how hard it must have been for Twilight to go through the same thing when they were under Discord's influence.]]

* This [[Tropers/DeepC troper]] has to ask, what about when Trixie explains how she was afraid of dying into obscurity?