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* CounterpartComparison: At least one or more readers have compared Max Cash to ComicBook/TheJoker, due to many similarities, like being [[BewareTheSillyOnes seemingly laid back and comedic characters]], who are really AxCrazy {{Manipulative Bastard}}s as well as being {{BadBoss}}es with female sidekicks, and being able to escape justice more than anyone should be capable of.

* FunnyMoment:
** Trail Blazer's upbeat attitude and chipper personality can lead to some amusing moments.
** After allowing Hard Boiled to test her for lies, Traduce and HB have this exchange.
--> '''HB''': "Fine. State your name, allegiances and intentions clearly and unambiguously."
--> '''Traduce''': "I am Traduce," she said. "I serve the Republics as a whole, and Director Straff as an individual. I hold no allegiance to Max Cash or any of his allies. I intend to find the traitor in our ranks and scour their mind clean. I also intend to bed you as soon as possible." HB blinked and pulled back. She grinned, fangs flashing in the passing streetlights.
--> '''Straff''': "Traduce, strive for professionalism."

* CounterpartComparison: At least one or more readers have compared Max Cash to TheJoker, due to many similarities, like being [[BewareTheSillyOnes seemingly laid back and comedic characters]], who are really AxCrazy {{Manipulative Bastard}}s as well as being {{BadBoss}}es with female sidekicks, and being able to escape justice more than anyone should be capable of.

* CounterpartComparison: At least one or more readers have compared Max Cash to TheJoker, do to many similarities, like being [[BewareTheSillyOnes seemingly laid back and comedic characters]], who are really AxCrazy {{Manipulative Bastard}}s as well as being {{BadBoss}}es with female sidekicks, and being able to escape justice more than any one should be capable of.
* CrazyAwesome: Trail Blazer is a [[PluckyGirl Plucky Guy]] with so many of Pinkie's mannerisms, readers have sworn he has to be her descended from his introduction onwards.

* CryForTheDevil: Charisma, after finding out that the talent she's had for most of her life,[[spoiler: is constantly telling her to kill everyone around her]], whether she wants to or not. It's kind of hard to say she she ever had a chance of being anything, other then the psychopathic killer she is today.
* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: Some readers are starting to fill this way, do to ''very little'' being revealed about the central mystery, despite being on chapter thirty-four and over '''[[DoorStopper five hundred thousand words]]''', with no end in sight, and the villains-especially Max Cash-managing to turn around any victory the heroes do have, and coming out on top, anyway. No matter how hard the heroes have fought, it can occasionally feel like they have very little progress, while the villains seem to continuously gain progress with their mysterious plans, only slightly inconvenienced.

** Melody losses everything she cares about, is betrayed by a pony she trusted and looked up to, and is driven insane, after Max Cash manipulated her master into helping him. He then [[spoiler: brainwashes her into standing by him, even ''after'' he is nothing more than a rotting corpse, and she can do nothing about this but wait for help.]] After she finally catches up with Max, he bluntly tells her that [[ButForMeItWasTuesday he does not even remember who she is]], before [[spoiler: killing her in cold blood.]]

--> ''HB'': "Fine. State your name, allegiances and intentions clearly and unambiguously."

* DracoInLeatherPants: Charisma. Though she does have a sympathetic backstory and a few redeeming moments,[[note]]It also helps that she's possibly the most badass character in the story.[[/note]] Charisma ''is'' still a sadistic blood thirsty monster, who '''does''' enjoy killing ponies ForTheEvulz, even if it was forces outside of her control made her into what she is. Yet, throughout the whole story, readers have been hoping she would make a HeelFaceTurn and join the heroes.

* DracoInLeatherPants: Charisma. Though she does have a sympathetic backstory and a few redeeming moments,[[note]]It also helps that she's possibly the most {{Badass}} character in the story.[[/note]] Charisma ''is'' still a sadistic blood thirsty monster, who '''does''' enjoy killing ponies ForTheEvulz, even if it was forces outside of her control made her into what she is. Yet, throughout the whole story, readers have been hoping she would make a HeelFaceTurn and join the heroes.

** Blaze is made of these.

** Was Max Cash just a ruthless if eccentric crime lord before he got a hold of the elements, or was he never a normal pony to began with? Is he even the same pony, as he was before he started using the Elements, or have they just turned him into a hallow shell used by something else? Not only do they all have evidence, but reason chapters have implied [[spoiler: he has some connection to Discord, if he isn't ''Discord himself'']]

** Is Charisma a [[TragicVillain tragic ]][[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds and pitiful character who]] would have been an innocent pony, if not for forces outside her control? A sadistic BloodKnight who may of been a HappyChild, but grew up to be the monster she is on her own, regardless any outside forces? Or just flat out insane from the get go? Also, does she have enough self control to resist her blood thirsty urges, but gives in willingly, or was there no hope of her ever fighting them, and what little control she has, will inevitably falter?

* AlternateCharacterInterpertation

* CounterpartComparison: At least one or more readers have compared Max Cash to TheJoker, do to many similarities, like being [[BewareTheSillyOnes seemingly laid back and comedic characters]], who are really AxCrazy {{ManipulativeBastard}}s as well as being {{BadBoss}}es with female sidekicks, and being able to escape justice more than any one should be capable of.
* CrazyAwesome: Trail Blazer is a [[PluckyGirl Plucky Guy]] with so many of Pinkie's mannerisms, readers have sworn he has to be her decinded from his introduction on-words.

--> HB: “Fine. State your name, allegiances and intentions clearly and unambiguously.”
--> Traduce: “I am Traduce,” she said. “I serve the Republics as a whole, and Director Straff as an individual. I hold no allegiance to Max Cash or any of his allies. I intend to find the traitor in our ranks and scour their mind clean. I also intend to bed you as soon as possible.” HB blinked and pulled back. She grinned, fangs flashing in the passing streetlights.
--> Straff: “Traduce, strive for professionalism,”

** It's hard to pin-point exactly when Cash crossed the line, but a good candidate is when he ordered the massacre of a whole town, [[spoiler: including driving the communication crystal operator to commit suicide and setting the school on fire, while exposing Column, to pin the blame on a Changling attack,]] all to cover his own escape.

** Column: As a Changeling, he naturally relies on deception to achieve his goals. But, after he starts to become attached to [[spoiler: the mother of the soldier he's impersonating]] and finds a MoralityPet in Trail Blazer, he has a huge identity crisis and questions what it means to be part of his species.

* FunnyMoment: Blaze is made of these.

* CrazyAwesome: Trail Blazer is a [[PluckyGirl Plucky Guy]] with so many of Pinkies mannerisms, readers have sworn he has to be her decinded from his introduction on-words.

** Charisma as well, for willingly going along with this and slaughters a whole crowd of ponies.

* CryForTheDevil: After finding out that the talent she's had for most of her life,[[spoiler: is constantly telling her to kill everyone around her]], whether she wants to or not. It's kind of hard to say she she ever had a chance of being anything, other then the psychopathic killer she is today.

* CounterpartComparison: At least one or more readers have compared Max Cash to the Joker, do to many similarities, like being [[BewareTheSillyOnes seemingly laid back and comedic characters]], who are really AxCrazy {{ManipulativeBastard}}s as well as being {{BadBoss}}es with female sidekicks, and being able to escape justice more than any one should be capable of.

* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Charisma, [[spoiler: After it's revealed that her talent is constantly telling her to kill literally everyone she comes in contact with, destroying any hope she may have ever had about having a normal life and relationship. It's also revealed that she used to have a happy normal life, with loving parents before her Glyph showed up, revealing that she was a born killer. Even worse, it's implied that something may have drove her into killing her parents.]]

** It's hard to pin-point exactly when Cash crossed the line, but a good candidate is when he ordered he ordered the massacre of a whole town, [[spoiler: including driving the communication crystal operator to commit suicide and setting a school on fire, while exposing Column, to pin the blame on a Changling attack,]] all to cover his own escape.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: What was Blaze doing holding a bunch bowls, when in entire town was being destroyed?

** It's hard to pin point, exactly when Cash crossed the line, but a good candidate, is when he ordered he ordered the massacre of a whole town, [[spoiler: including driving the communication crystal operator to commit suicide and setting a school on fire, while exposing Column, to pin the blame on a Changling attack,]] all to cover his own escape.
** Charisma as well, for willingly going along with this and slathering a whole crowd of ponies.
*** One commented even said this trope by name.

** Rainbow Dash. She wakes up stranded in CrapsackWorld, with none of her friends and is thrown into all the hell the future has to offer.

** Star Fall: Being the first Pegasus in modern Equestria, with magic talents, has caused her to be a political pawn in the kingdom for a large portion of her life. Starting with her being taken from her parents (Though at least, by a future parental substitute.) and later, leading to her being forced into an ArrangedMarriage by the king, hoping she could produce an Alicorn offspring. [[spoiler:Later, she's forced to banish her own parents, so they can't be used to get to her, while they think she's simply disowning them. Then, it's revealed that her mentor/ParentalSubstitute, was a traitor.]]
** Column: As a Changeling, he naturally relies on deception to achieve his goals. But, after he starts to become attached to [[spoiler: the mother of the soldier he's impersonating.]] and finds a MoralityPet in Trail Blazer, he has a huge identity crisis and questions what it means to be part of his species.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Charisma, [[spoiler: After it's revealed, that her talent is constantly telling her to kill literally everyone she comes in contact with. Destroying any hope she may have ever had, about having a normal life and relationship. It's also revealed, she used to have a happy normal life, with loving parents, before her Glyph showed up, revealing that she was a born killer. Even worse, it's implied that something may have drove her into killing her parents.]]

* BigLippedAlligator: What was Blaze doing holding a bunch bowls, when in entire town was being destroyed?

MoralEventHorizon: It's hard to pin point, exactly when Cash crossed the line, but a good candidate, is when he ordered he ordered the massacre of a whole town, [[spoiler: including driving the communication crystal operator to commit suicide and setting a school on fire, while exposing Column, to pin the blame on a Changling attack,]] all to cover his own escape.

* {{Woobie}}: Many
** Rainbow Dash. She wakes up stranded in CrapSackWorld, with none of her friends and is thrown into all the hell, the future has to offer.
*** [[spoiler: When Rarity and Apple Jack started waking up, they had to face the same problems, but with one sad difference: There families are gone.]]
** Star Fall: Being the first Pegasus in modern Equistria, with magic talents, has caused her to be a political pawn in the kingdom, for a large portion of her life. Starting with her being taken from her parents (Though at least, by a future parental substitute.) and later, leading to her being forced into an ArrangedMarriage, by the king, hoping she could produce an Alicorn offspring. [[spoiler:Later, she's forced to banish her own parents, so they can't be used to get to her, while they think she's simply disowning them. Then, it's revealed that her mentor/ParentalSubstitute, was a traitor.]]
** Column: As a Changling, he naturally relies on deception to achieve his goals. But, after he starts to become attached to [[spoiler: the mother of the soldier he's impersonating.]] and finds a MoralityPet in Trail Blazer, he has a huge identity crisis and questions what it means to be part of his species.
** WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Charisma, [[spoiler: After it's revealed, that her talent is constantly telling her to kill literally everyone she comes in contact with. Destroying any hope she may have ever had, about having a normal life and relationship. It's also revealed, she used to have a happy normal life, with loving parents, before her Glyph showed up, revealing that she was a born killer. Even worse, it's implied that something may have drove her, into killing her parents]]

*** [[spoiler: When Rarity and Apple Jack started waking up, they had to face the same problems, but with one sad difference: There families are gone too.

** Star Fall: Being the first Pegasus in modern Equistria, with magic talents, has caused her to be a political pawn in the kingdom, for a large portion of her life. Starting with her being taken from her parents (Though at least, by a future parental substitute.) and later, leading to her being forced into an ArrangedMarriage, by the king, hoping she could produce an Alicorn offspring. [[Later, she's forced to banish her own parents, so they can't be used to get to her, while they think she's simply disowning them. Then, it's revealed that her mentor/ParentalSubstitute, was a traitor.]]

* Woobie: Many

** WoobieDestroyerOfTheWorld: Charisma, [[spoiler: After it's revealed, that her talent is constantly telling her to kill literally everyone she comes in contact with. Destroying any hope she may have ever had, about having a normal life and relationship. It's also revealed, she used to have a happy normal life, with loving parents, before her Glyph showed up, revealing that she was a born killer. Even worse, it's implied that something may have drove her, into killing her parents]]