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** To wit, [[spoiler: Nightmare Banneret wants a nightmare rarity but can never get one for some reason. Nightmare Manacle can't get away from the evil she's done and spends some times just staring out in guilt. Nightmare Whisper wants to end the punishment of discord. Worst of all is Nightmare Mirror, who absolutely KNOWS that they're killing ponies, that she's disgraced the apple name, and that Eclipse is doing wrong, but can't see any other course of action to take.]]

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** To wit, [[spoiler: Nightmare Banneret wants a nightmare rarity Nightmare Rarity but can never get one for some reason. Nightmare Manacle can't get away from the evil she's done and spends some times just staring out in guilt. Nightmare Whisper wants to end the punishment of discord. Worst of all is Nightmare Mirror, who absolutely KNOWS that they're killing ponies, that she's disgraced the apple Apple name, and that Eclipse is doing wrong, but can't see any other course of action to take.]]


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* In a dream, Shining is visited by his deceased uncle and a mare named Athena. Athena reveals that she was supposed to be his uncle's daughter, but because of his interactions with Shining, he never met her mother and she was never born. A heartbroken Shining is almost tempted to allow the Blank Wolf to erase him just so she can exist, but she tells him not to bother, because in the original timeline, she died young anyway.
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* Pipsqueak's ship, the [=MoonPearl=], [[spoiler:is destroyed, and Sweetie Belle reluctantly orders Blanky to leave them and look after his group.]]

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* Pipsqueak's ship, the [=MoonPearl=], [[spoiler:is destroyed, and Sweetie Belle reluctantly orders Blanky to leave them and look after his group.]]
* Bon Bon's reaction [[spoiler:to Tootsie being badly wounded by Venus. Yes, Tootsie has helped bring about an apocalyptic event and tried to kill the CMC multiple times, but she's still Bon Bon's child and no parent should have to see that. On top of it is Tootsie starting to have a HeelRealization.]]
* ''Everything'' about [[spoiler:Applebloom seeing her family's condition due to the Rumors. It's so bad it gets to the point the filly ''nearly goes Nightmare'' as a result.
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* Despite the fact that [[spoiler: Umbra's wolf was trying to erase them,]] the CMC are ''horrified'' when they have to let [[spoiler: Blanky destroy it.]] Even though it was a monster and not a corrupted being, Apple Bloom wonders if this action makes ''them'' monsters.

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* Despite the fact that [[spoiler: Umbra's wolf was trying to erase them,]] the CMC are ''horrified'' when they have to let [[spoiler: Blanky destroy it.]] Even though it was a monster and not a corrupted being, Apple Bloom wonders if this action makes ''them'' monsters.monsters.
* Pipsqueak's ship, the [=MoonPearl=], [[spoiler:is destroyed, and Sweetie Belle reluctantly orders Blanky to leave them and look after his group.]]
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* 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.]]
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** [[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.]]

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** [[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]] 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.]]

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* Seeing that [[spoiler:that Adagio and Melody used to be genuinely FriendlyRivals]] makes what ultimately happened to both parties. [[spoiler:In the end, the two both had their lives ruined and neither ever saw one another again.]]

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* Seeing that [[spoiler:that Adagio and Melody used to be genuinely FriendlyRivals]] {{Friendly Rival}}s]] makes what ultimately happened to both parties. [[spoiler:In the end, the two both had their lives ruined and neither ever saw one another again.]]


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* Phobia briefly expressing grief while he explains to the CMC that [[spoiler:Void was taken by the fog. He's really Havoc and Void is really Entropy. He's lost his wife and he doesn't know where she is.]] The CMC think he's just an ordinary colt, but during this moment, he sounds ''old''.
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* One of the things Applejack sees when she looks into [[spoiler:the Truth]] is an AlternateEnding to ''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 [[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.]]

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* One of the things Applejack sees when she looks into [[spoiler:the Truth]] is an AlternateEnding to ''StoryOfTheBlanks''.''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 [[StoryOfTheBlanks [[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.]]
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* [[spoiler: Button Mash doesn't realize that his memories of hanging out with the CMC and dating Sweetie Belle are fake and the result of the rumors spreading. He thinks that the fog caused Sweetie Belle to gain amnesia about him. Sweetie Belle doesn't have the heart to tell him the truth and tells him that he's correct. It's going to be even more heartbreaking once he DOES realize the truth.]]

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* [[spoiler: Button Mash doesn't realize that his memories of hanging out with the CMC and dating Sweetie Belle are fake and the result of the rumors spreading. He thinks that the fog caused Sweetie Belle to gain amnesia about him. Sweetie Belle doesn't have the heart to tell him the truth and tells him that he's correct. It's going to be even more heartbreaking once he DOES realize the truth.]]]]
* When [[spoiler: Featherweight]] reveals that Diamond Tiara has become a Nightmare and is one of the ones responsible for what's happened, Button Mash tells the others that they shouldn't tell Silver Spoon about it because it would be too painful for her.
* Despite the fact that [[spoiler: Umbra's wolf was trying to erase them,]] the CMC are ''horrified'' when they have to let [[spoiler: Blanky destroy it.]] Even though it was a monster and not a corrupted being, Apple Bloom wonders if this action makes ''them'' monsters.
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* Wishful's [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice to stop the Green Smooze.]]

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* Wishful's [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice to stop the Green Smooze.]]
* [[spoiler: Button Mash doesn't realize that his memories of hanging out with the CMC and dating Sweetie Belle are fake and the result of the rumors spreading. He thinks that the fog caused Sweetie Belle to gain amnesia about him. Sweetie Belle doesn't have the heart to tell him the truth and tells him that he's correct. It's going to be even more heartbreaking once he DOES realize the truth.
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* Wishfish's [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice to stop the Green Smooze.]]

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* Wishfish's Wishful's [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice to stop the Green Smooze.]]
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* Seeing that [[spoiler:that Adagio and Melody used to be genuinely FriendlyRivals]] makes what ultimately happened to both parties. [[spoiler:In the end, the two both had their lives ruined and neither ever saw one another again.]]

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* Seeing that [[spoiler:that Adagio and Melody used to be genuinely FriendlyRivals]] makes what ultimately happened to both parties. [[spoiler:In the end, the two both had their lives ruined and neither ever saw one another again.]]
* Wishfish's [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice to stop the Green Smooze.
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* Lord Tirek [[spoiler:making his father be ForcedToWatch the rest of the surviving Centaurs, including his own ''wives'' be butchered, tortured, and killed.]] Doubly so since [[spoiler:his father ''did'' love him genuinely, only to see him become a complete and utter monster that annihilated their people.]]

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* Lord Tirek [[spoiler:making his father be ForcedToWatch the rest of the surviving Centaurs, including his own ''wives'' be butchered, tortured, and killed.]] Doubly so since [[spoiler:his father ''did'' love him genuinely, only to see him become a complete and utter monster that annihilated their people.]]
* Seeing that [[spoiler:that Adagio and Melody used to be genuinely FriendlyRivals]] makes what ultimately happened to both parties. [[spoiler:In the end, the two both had their lives ruined and neither ever saw one another again.
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* [[spoiler:Flutternice's treatment of Discord, who by then is just happy she's still alive and long since made a HeelFaceTurn can be hard to watch. As is her gradual breakdown when they discuss it with her.]]

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* [[spoiler:Flutternice's treatment of Discord, who by then is just happy she's still alive and long since made a HeelFaceTurn can be hard to watch. As is her gradual breakdown when they discuss it with her.]]
* Lord Tirek [[spoiler:making his father be ForcedToWatch the rest of the surviving Centaurs, including his own ''wives'' be butchered, tortured, and killed.]] Doubly so since [[spoiler:his father ''did'' love him genuinely, only to see him become a complete and utter monster that annihilated their people.
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** Ad then in the next chapter, Dash finds not just one Scootaloo but several ''thousand'' of her. All of them seeming to be from 'other' Equestrias. [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds And then she learns how it all happened]].

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** Ad then in the next chapter, Dash finds not just one Scootaloo but several ''thousand'' of her. All of them seeming to be from 'other' Equestrias. [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds And then she learns how it all happened]].happened]].
* [[spoiler:Flutternice's treatment of Discord, who by then is just happy she's still alive and long since made a HeelFaceTurn can be hard to watch. As is her gradual breakdown when they discuss it with her.]]
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* [[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.

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* [[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.on.
** Ad then in the next chapter, Dash finds not just one Scootaloo but several ''thousand'' of her. All of them seeming to be from 'other' Equestrias. [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds And then she learns how it all happened]].
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* [[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]] [[InMakesSenseInContext remembers that she doesn't remember]], and it inspires her to find out just what the hay is going on.

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* [[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]] [[InMakesSenseInContext [[ItMakesSenseInContext remembers that she doesn't remember]], and it inspires her to find out just what the hay is going on.
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* [[spoiler:TheReveal that Scootaloo's parents have been looking for her, but haven't been able to find her]].

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* [[spoiler:TheReveal that Scootaloo's parents have been looking for her, but haven't been able to find her]].her]].
* [[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]] [[InMakesSenseInContext remembers that she doesn't remember]], and it inspires her to find out just what the hay is going on.
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** [[spoiler: Then you realize that he was the one who had left the flowers at Private Ranger's grave,]] which was made clearer by a small edit the author did later. [[spoiler: Even in the depths of his madness, he still genuinely cared about his son and grieved for him.]]

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** [[spoiler: Then you realize that he was the one who had left the flowers at Private Ranger's grave,]] which was made clearer by a small edit the author did later. [[spoiler: Even in the depths of his madness, he still genuinely cared about his son and grieved for him.]]]]
* [[spoiler:TheReveal that Scootaloo's parents have been looking for her, but haven't been able to find her]].
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* [[spoiler: General Lone Ranger.]] Seeing just HOW he completely lost his mind is heartbreaking, especially when you learn that the death of his son, [[spoiler: Private Ranger]], was what completely pushed him over the edge. Alex Warlorn is quite good at making the readers feel empathy for even the most monstrous of villains in the series.

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* [[spoiler: General Lone Ranger.]] Seeing just HOW he completely lost his mind is heartbreaking, especially when you learn that the death of his son, [[spoiler: Private Ranger]], was what completely pushed him over the edge. Alex Warlorn is quite good at making the readers feel empathy for even the most monstrous of villains in the series.series.
** [[spoiler: Then you realize that he was the one who had left the flowers at Private Ranger's grave,]] which was made clearer by a small edit the author did later. [[spoiler: Even in the depths of his madness, he still genuinely cared about his son and grieved for him.]]

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* [[spoiler:Cadence's flashback to her crystal pony incarnation]].

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* [[spoiler:Cadence's [[spoiler: Cadence's flashback to her crystal pony incarnation]].incarnation]].
* [[spoiler: The CMC have to watch Chrysalis die as she refused any offers for them to save her.]] It's particularly heartbreaking for Sweetie Belle, [[spoiler: who truly wanted to be Chrysalis's friend]], and Silver Spoon, who kept imagining Diamond Tiara in place of [[spoiler: Chrysalis.]] [[spoiler: At least Chrysalis's good side was reincarnated as a BlankSlate alicorn filly zebra...]]
* [[spoiler: General Lone Ranger.]] Seeing just HOW he completely lost his mind is heartbreaking, especially when you learn that the death of his son, [[spoiler: Private Ranger]], was what completely pushed him over the edge. Alex Warlorn is quite good at making the readers feel empathy for even the most monstrous of villains in the series.
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* [[spoiler: Chrysalis's sadness at no longer being able to hear Maua's voice]].

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* [[spoiler: Chrysalis's sadness at no longer being able to hear Maua's voice]].voice]].
* [[spoiler:Cadence's flashback to her crystal pony incarnation]].
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* [[spoiler: The fact that Hercules is a noble being, yet chooses to follow his oath to Chrysalis despite his own self-admitted desire for a peaceful end to all this. WordOfGod even describes him as someone who could have been a hero if things were different]].

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* [[spoiler: The fact that Hercules is a noble being, yet chooses to follow his oath to Chrysalis despite his own self-admitted desire for a peaceful end to all this. WordOfGod even describes him as someone who could have been a hero if things were different]].different]].
* [[spoiler: Chrysalis's sadness at no longer being able to hear Maua's voice]].
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* [[spoiler: One of the captured changelings breaking down in tears when she is denied {{Revenge}} on the BroughtDownToNormal Kabuto for killing her brother.]]

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* [[spoiler: One of the captured changelings breaking down in tears when she is denied {{Revenge}} on the BroughtDownToNormal Kabuto for killing her brother.]]]]
* [[spoiler: The fact that Hercules is a noble being, yet chooses to follow his oath to Chrysalis despite his own self-admitted desire for a peaceful end to all this. WordOfGod even describes him as someone who could have been a hero if things were different]].
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* [[spoiler: The good kind when Shining is freed]].

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* [[spoiler: The good kind when Shining is freed]].freed]].
* [[spoiler: One of the captured changelings breaking down in tears when she is denied {{Revenge}} on the BroughtDownToNormal Kabuto for killing her brother.]]
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* [[spoiler: Chrysalis talking with Mua]].

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* [[spoiler: Chrysalis talking with Mua]].Mua]].
* [[spoiler: Chrysalis's VillainousBreakdown continues, and reveals her deep-seated self-loathing]].
* [[spoiler: The good kind when Shining is freed]].
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* [[spoiler: The group voting on whether or not to send Chrysalis an option to surrender. They do, but [[RedemptionRejection Chrysalis rejects it]], leaving Sweetie heartbroken]].

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* [[spoiler: The group voting on whether or not to send Chrysalis an option to surrender. They do, but [[RedemptionRejection Chrysalis rejects it]], leaving Sweetie heartbroken]].heartbroken]].
* [[spoiler: Chrysalis talking with Mua]].
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* [[spoiler: The backstory of the changeling trio. They left the Hive after realizing that the changling way of life was wrong, and have tried to live as best they could without hurting anypony]].

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* [[spoiler: The backstory of the changeling trio. They left the Hive after realizing that the changling way of life was wrong, and have tried to live as best they could without hurting anypony]].anypony]].
* [[spoiler: The group voting on whether or not to send Chrysalis an option to surrender. They do, but [[RedemptionRejection Chrysalis rejects it]], leaving Sweetie heartbroken]].
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** Why does she wonder that? [[spoiler:Because so far she's seen two friends die before their wedding day, another two get brainwashed by an evil Queen and replaced by said queen respectively before theirs, and a third couple who she doesn't even know where they ''are'' or if they're safe. She's come to wonder if Misfit Platoon is simply ''cursed'' to have tragedy strike them before their wedding day. Poor girl.]]

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** Why does she wonder that? [[spoiler:Because so far she's seen two friends die before their wedding day, another two get brainwashed by an evil Queen and replaced by said queen respectively before theirs, and a third couple who she doesn't even know where they ''are'' or if they're safe. She's come to wonder if Misfit Platoon is simply ''cursed'' to have tragedy strike them before their wedding day. Poor girl.]]]]
* [[spoiler: Weaver exposing herself and her siblings as Changelings by taking Kabut's OneWingedAngel serum and injecting it into herself in order to expose him to the counter-agent Garnet developed. Though Garnet managed to save her, she fully expected it to be a HeroicSacrifice. What makes it worse is that her siblings offered up some of their love to try and save her, she refused because she didn't want them to die]].
* [[spoiler: The backstory of the changeling trio. They left the Hive after realizing that the changling way of life was wrong, and have tried to live as best they could without hurting anypony]].

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--> [[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.]]]]

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



* [[spoiler:Garnet wondering if she and Gag will be able to get a happy ending]].

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* [[spoiler:Garnet wondering if she and Gag will be able to get a happy ending]].ending]].
** Why does she wonder that? [[spoiler:Because so far she's seen two friends die before their wedding day, another two get brainwashed by an evil Queen and replaced by said queen respectively before theirs, and a third couple who she doesn't even know where they ''are'' or if they're safe. She's come to wonder if Misfit Platoon is simply ''cursed'' to have tragedy strike them before their wedding day. Poor girl.]]
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* [[spoiler:Garnet wondering if she and Garnet will be able to get a happy ending]].

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* [[spoiler:Garnet wondering if she and Garnet Gag will be able to get a happy ending]].

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