Line #200 NightmareFuel/PonyPOVSeries


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6	* Seeing the Mane Six getting Discorded from ''their'' perspective.
7	* Rarity's first chapter. The other girls get a JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind, or some sort of fantastic element. Rarity gets plain, vanilla PTSD -- and you get to experience her fear in first-person!
8	** There is this one nightmare she ends up having that is particularly disturbing; Tom crashes into the boutique, bellowing for Rarity to marry him. Rarity begs him to stay away from her but suddenly a cockatrice pops out of one of the bouquets he's holding and ''[[TakenForGranite turns her to stone]]''. Rarity then stands there, [[AndIMustScream terrified, helpless and immobile]] as a bunch of rock servants show up and force her into a wedding dress. Tom then excitedly declares that he and his "rock princess" will be together forever…[[{{Yandere}} whether she wants it or not]]. Not only is it scary, but it's also practically dripping with MaritalRapeLicense implications.
9	** Worse? [[spoiler:The latest dive into the BadFuture reveals Greedity views "Tom" as her husband and her rocks as her babies.]]
10	** The [[http://youtu.be/i2YqmUkS2b4 Audio Adaptation]] makes ''all'' of this absolutely terrifying. Especially when Rarity snaps and goes berserk. The voice actor's emotion ''really'' helps.
11	* [[spoiler:[[EnemyWithin Loneliness]]. ''Everything'' about her and everything she does is absolutely terrifying.]]
12	** [[spoiler:In particular, there's [[WhamLine her introduction]].]]
13	-->[[spoiler:Trixie doesn't need to go outside…'''EVER!!!''']]
14	* [[spoiler:The BadFuture where Discord is the absolute master of the world. Let's just say that the dead rising from their graves to devour the living ''daily'' and the fact that he has magic users, even ''fillies'' mass executed are the ''least'' horrifying things his reign entails.]]
15	** [[spoiler: Discord basically turned the Mane Six into his version of the Nazgûl, and is shown forcing all of them, but especially Twilight Sparkle and Rainbow Dash, to relive the moment of their utter damnation over and over again.]]
16	** As surprising as it sounds, [[http://youtu.be/c3HPDI9Odbc the audio adaptation]] is ''worse''. The images, which pull ''no'' punches don't help one bit.
17	*** It may be an AlternateUniverse story, but [[http://itsfrompeople.deviantart.com/art/Discord-Not-one-of-a-kind-288483348 a story]] revolving around Discord ([[spoiler:implied to be the canon version]]) in Limbo [[spoiler: and looking into the Truth well reveals [[EvenEvilHasStandards even HE was horrified by how that world's version of him ran things]]. So much so it triggers a HeelRealization that nearly drives him over the DespairEventHorizon. Yes, Epilogue!Discord ''drove another version of himself close to giving up all hope!'']]
18	* Angry Pie's attempt to [[YouWillBeAssimilated absorb the rest of Pinkie Pie's personality]] and [[SplitPersonalityTakeover take over.]] She doesn't just try to absorb them, she tries to ''eat them alive!''
19	** Once more, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXvK-SbsQAc&feature=youtu.be the audio adaptation]] makes it a thousand times worse. Thanks to a mix of the images, music score, and voice work, it plays like a ''horror movie''. There's good reason it's this page's image!
20	*** Sweet Celestia, Angry Pie's SlasherSmile.
21	** Also, somehow, the audio adaptation manages to make sleep-deprived Pinkie sound TERRIFYING.
22	* Applejack's reharmonization shows what happened to the ponies of Equestria when Discord took over and their PTSD afterward; some of it (like Dr. Whooves calling himself "Queen of Eagleland" and Photo Finish streaking and eating her own dresses) are hilarious, but most aren't, like [[spoiler: Apple Bloom being turned into [[VideoGame/StoryOfTheBlanks a necropony]], Diamond Tiara and Sweetie Belle being turned into [[CreepyDoll dolls]] and exchanging body parts, Bon Bon being turned into her namesake as her best friend Lyra ''squeezes and tries to eat her'', Derpy wishing ''death'' on her daughter, Dinky, Silver Spoon's father trying to ''kill her'' with an axe, Twist's limbs [[BodyHorror twisting wildly out of control as if they were taffy]], like some kind of demented ''{{Manga/Uzumaki}}'' homage, Prince Blueblood being turned into a living ice sculpture [[GenderBender of a mare]] being chased around by a living ''sun'' that wants to rape her to death and Philomena being forced to rebirth herself repeatedly and then being reduced to ashes, placed in an urn and [[AndIMustScream tossed into the deepest of the Gala's fountains]]]]. The following sums the whole sequence up perfectly:
23	-->''And AJ knew, AJ KNEW, that this was only a TINY PORTION of every pony in Ponyville!''
24	** Not to mention the visuals in the audio adaptation showing what the other ponies went through, each bit ''actually narrated by said character''.
25	** The part near the end when, [[spoiler: in an effort to stop herself from closing the Well, Applejack ''jams her hoof into the gears''.]]
26	** It says a lot with the NightmareFuel and depravity of Discord in other fanfics has begun to be measured using this story's Discord as a ruler.
27	* '''''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnsIhxC8GOM GET]] [[WhamLine OUT]]!!!'''''
28	** The AudioAdaptation adds some...disturbing ImagineSpot visuals as Twilight wonders if Celestia had [[TheChessmaster set up the events of the first two episodes]] by practically breeding the Element Bearers through the generations.
29	** How Trixie looks in the visual panels.
30	** It also makes the aboved mentioned WhamLine even more terrifying. Not only is the line monstrously distorted, we get a [[SarcasmMode lovely picture]] of [[spoiler:Loneliness]]'s equally monstrous eyes.
31	** [[spoiler:Loneliness]] in the [[http://youtu.be/_RwdZs1mfkI audio adaptation]]. Dear lord, [[spoiler:Loneliness]] in the audio adaptation! The images combined with the voice acting makes her absolutely ''terrifying''!
32	* [[spoiler:Rainbow slowly turning into...''something'' in her "True Healing" chapter. Fluttershy and Pinkie stopped it in time, but still…]]
33	** As can be expected, the Audio Adaptation makes this about a thousand times ''worse''. Not only are the visuals are terrifying, the [[spoiler:distortions of her voice]] makes it absolutely terrifying.
34	* [[spoiler:Fluttershy's transformation into a Nightmare Moon-esque monster, and Fluttercruel possibly ''dying'' immediately after.]] Even the author admits he went too far with this one.
35	* [[spoiler:Princess Gaia brainwashing the ''[[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou reader]]'' at the beginning of "Teacher Teacher". Made even worse by the fact she still ''acts'' like Fluttershy, which makes it much creepier.]]
36	* [[spoiler:We finally get a good look at the Ponyville BedlamHouse Screwball stays at…just in time to see Princess Gaia MindRape most of them out of frustration. And then there's the Pegasus who seems to regain her sanity, only to realize ''her wings have been chewed off''.]]
37	* Princess [[spoiler: Gaia]] changing [[spoiler: "Everfree"]] to [[spoiler: "Everkind"]]. It's like she's taking away their freedom, forcing them to live in her own world, whether they want it or not.
38	** [[spoiler: Nightmare Whisper's True Form.]] [[spoiler: Now in [[http://firedrake368.deviantart.com/art/Fanart-Kindest-of-Lies-272451562 fanart form]].]]
39	* [[spoiler:Luna outright ''[[WhatTheHellHero exploding]]'' at Fluttershy and Fluttercruel for their crimes. Its pretty much MindRape.]]
40	** [[spoiler:And the published version was edited, the original was apparently a good bit ''worse!'']]
41	** Celestia [[spoiler:making a full 180 after an entire chapter of "good cop" and doing just about the exact same thing Luna did (only goes more out of her way to comfort Fluttershy after the WhatTheHellHero part is over with), but this time without giving 'Shy the comfort of her alter ego. It was enough to make her stain the mental floorboards.]]
42	** And on that note, how about [[spoiler:the revelation that 'Shy very nearly [[FridgeHorror killed every single unborn foal in Equestria through her de-aging all the pregnant mothers]]. All ''forty-two million'' of them. Celestia had absolutely every right to be ticked off at her.]]
43	** The worst part? [[spoiler:Celestia admits that, had Fluttershy's magic not spared the foals, she would've flown into a berserker rage, ripped her ''soul out of her body and '''imprisoned it in the sun for a lifetime for every life she killed!''''' Oh, and [[AndIMustScream Fluttershy would've felt every second of it.]] It takes a lot to get Celestia truly enraged, but [[DoNotTauntCthulhu you won't like her when she is!]]]]
44	*** And after that? [[spoiler: Freed her, given her a guest room in the castle, and introduced her as a long-lost relative. That either makes it better, or worse.]]
45	* In the latest chapters, [[LivingLieDetector Applejack]] gets to see [[SarcasmMode several truly charming]] [[CrapsackWorld alternate universes]] including: one in which Rainbow Dash becomes [[ControlFreak Nightmare Manacle]], another one in which the girls [[FaceHeelTurn conquer Equestria]] and turn it into a WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic version of ''Literature/BraveNewWorld'', complete with reeducation camps where you get [[BrainwashedAndCrazy mentally]] and [[ForcedTransformation physically transformed]] into forms the Mane Six find more pleasing. Worst of all, though, is a reality in which [[BewareTheSillyOnes Pinkie Pie]] becomes [[MonsterClown Nightmare Granfalloon]], tries to ''[[EyeScream gouge Applejack's eyes out]]'', turns Ponyville into a CircusOfFear, and makes the ponies under her influence AxCrazy. Rainbow Dash is then forced to kill her -- at which point Rarity [[GoMadFromTheRevelation snaps]], kills Rainbow Dash, tries to kill all of her other friends so that none of them will become [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Nightmares]], and then [[DownerEnding is killed herself]], at ''Fluttershy's''(!) hooves. ''Yikes!''
46	** 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]].
47	--> '''Nightmare Granfalloon''': Anger is dead-dead-dead! Pinkamena is dead-dead-dead! Bad foalhood memories are dead-dead-dead! Now there's only happy thoughts!
48	** A bit of FridgeHorror about that? Remember that Pinkie's foalhood memories are represented by a baby version of herself…
49	** Nightmare Manacle is definitely on par with, if not worse, than Granfalloon in the [[{{Pun}} nightmare fuel]] department. She [[BodyHorror chains ponies together in pairs, binding them together and]] ''[[AndIMustScream forcing them to share each other's thoughts and pain.]]''
50	--> '''Nightmare Manacle:''' ONCE EVERYONE'S CHAINED TOGETHER YER GONNA HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER YOU BUNCH OF LOSERS!
51	** 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.
52	** 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'' [[TheExtremistWasRight shrinking the sum of all evils in Equestria]].
53	* When he was Discorded, Silver Tongue tried to kill his daughter Silver Spoon with an ax. [[spoiler: Let's just say the Emergency Response Team was very fast.]]
54	-->'''Silver Tongue''': Once I get your [[OffWithHisHead little head]] to [[BodyHorror the taxidermist]] you'll '''''ALWAYS BE PRETTY!!!!!!'''''
55	* The effects of Onyx Tiara being Discorded: [[spoiler:everypony he touched (save for himself -- and yes, he ''tried'') became a physical match for his beloved wife, whom he'd lost to mental instability. He proceeds to turn all of his servants into a harem of false Golden Tiaras, ''consummates'' with them -- and when his ''real'' wife shows up, mind cleared and willing to love him ''despite'' finding him surrounded by his clones? He dismisses her as a parody and drives her off in tears]].
56	** And then when the Mane Six defeat Discord he awakens to find himself surrounded by his traumatized servants, [[GenderBender one of them a horrified colt]], and they ''all'' remember ''everything'' that happened. [[RapeByProxy EVERY]][[BrainwashedAndCrazy THING]].
57	*** Oh, and the colt? Let's just say [[spoiler: there's a reason Featherweight didn't talk in "Ponyville Confidential"]]…
58	* [[EldritchAbomination Entropy]]. ''Just'' Entropy! The entire scene with her is just terrifying.
59	** And if a certain LooseCanon story is to be believed, [[spoiler:she can literally make it so you ''never even existed to begin with''.]]
60	* Season 4: Generation Transitions & Origins reveals that the universe of Generation 3 ended when it started to fall apart due to paradoxes in reality, forcing the Alicorns and Draconequi to RetGone the individual ponies in it one by one before restarting the timeline. Imagine being one of these ponies who's lived in a SugarBowl your entire life, where everything is happy and beautiful every single day. One day you wake up to see everything is turning grey. You're losing your memories of your beloved friends and all the wonderful adventures you've had. No matter how hard you try to hold on to them, they just keep fading away like melting snowflakes. You run into a strange creature that looks like a mishmash of other animals and a winged pegasus-unicorn, and they explain to you that you're about to vanish and literally nothing can be done about it. Then, poof. You're gone, forever, as if you never existed, and so is everyone and everything you ever knew.
61	* We see later in origin [[TheDarkTimes Discord's reign]] in all its horrifying glory, but one that stands out is his previously mentioned Flutterpony genocide. [[spoiler:He made a public butterfly collection out of them.]]
62	** [[spoiler:Galaxy/Wind Whistle's (Celestia refuses to tell which) [[DemonicPossession fate]].]] Dear ''lord''…
63	** Made worse by the fact [[spoiler:he [[BodyHorror morphs her body into his.]] And just imagine how ''Twilight'' feels hearing that the Discord she and her friends encountered was a spirit using a pony's body as a host!]]
64	** Pretty much Discord's power use in comparison to his canon personality. He uses his powers for much MORE evil and destructive acts, in torture and even when fighting him. His fight with Mimic, the only mortal pony who ever hurt him is a proof of this.
65	*** Even with a VillainousBreakdown, Discord still broke Mimic's horn and pretty much was about to kill her when he had her in his grasp. Once she did her DyingMomentofAwesome, Discord's hatred calmed him down and he gave her a LiterallyShatteredLives death in response to her knocking his tooth.
66	*** It's much worse because this historical moment shows that Discord is invincible without using the Elements of Harmony. A kick at the speed of sound from a pony's hoof would be the equivalent to a cannon ball to the face, an instant decapitation. Discord took a thousand of those in one second and only lost a tooth. The sheer destructive power of that attack is the equivalent of having the best machine gun in the world but capable of shooting cannon balls instead of bullets. All of that power should have obliterated Discord's head and even destroyed his body if Mimic had chosen to kick everything she could hit had that happened and yet he only got the equivalent of a hard blow to the face, painful but still bearable.
67	*** It 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.
68	* Discord's treatment of Diamond Tiara. He alternates between abusing her verbally and just flat (mundane) out ''MindRape'', stringing her along with enough praise to keep her listening to him. What makes this even more terrifying is this is how ''actual'' abusers behave!
69	** 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 ''WesternAnimation/AllDogsGoToHeaven''.
70	* While Diamond Tiara is in Canterlot she runs into a rather…disturbing Stallion. Who tries to kidnap her and do ''Celestia knows what'' to her! The only thing we get about his plans is this:
71	--> '''Stallion''': You'll make such a wonderful doll. Pretty, silent, and obedient. Don't worry. You'll be pretty forever. I'll wipe away all those painful and annoying memories. They'll be nothing except being a nice little doll for ponies to look at and play with.
72	** In a later chapter we find out that Filthy Rich's unicorn maid apparently met that same green unicorn. He did… [[YouDoNotWantToKnow things…]] to her that left her with a phobia of the color green. She was handling it, but unexpectedly seeing something green could set her panic attacks off. Then the Day of Discord came and [[MindRape guess what Discord made everything look like to her]]. Though it could have been worse. She could have turned everyone she touched into him, like Filthy/Onyx and his wife.
73	* Although things thankfully [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments end well]], in the LooseCanon story "Not One of his Kind", seeing [[spoiler:Canon!Discord's version of Fluttercruel trapped in Limbo, covered in bloody scares and missing both her wings and almost all of her limbs]] was pretty unsettling.
74	* The trailer for the audio version of "Reharmonized" manages to take the hilarious "Queen of Eagleland" speech and make it ''utterly terrifying''.
75	** In keeping with the tone of "Discorded', the trailer focuses on the darker parts of "Reharmonized", including, among other things, [[spoiler:Loneliness' reveal, Angry Pie's rampage, [[VideoGame/StoryOfTheBlanks Mitta]] being dragged back to Sunnyville at the end of the Gaia arc, Silver Ax's rant, and, of course, Discord.]]
76	*** And then there's TheStinger;
77	-->"Where are you?"
78	-->"[[PunctuatedForEmphasis Very.]] [[ParanoiaFuel Close.]] [[NothingIsScarier By.]]"
79	* In the Mind Games arc, at one point Diamond Tiara experiences a memory of Discord's time as an innocent creature among the ponies, back when he was Shady's son and actually [[ChildrenAreInnocent innocent and capable of love]]. [[DemonicPossession As he's possessing her at the time, she sees some of his memories.]] She asks him what that was, and Discord goes [[BerserkButton wild with rage]], screaming that [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial it's all nothing and meaningless]] and she is ''[[LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain never]]'' to bring that up again. EVER.
80	* Also during the Mind Games arc, we get another glimpse of the Epilogue timeline (or a similar enough one) via a nightmare shared by Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo. In it, Traitor Dash kills an adult Scootaloo (who's apparently a RebelLeader), and Discord decides to "reward" her by creating a play about her victory, and having her attend ''every single performance''. Oh, and a detail that shouldn't be overlooked -- during the fight, Scootaloo runs Traitor Dash through, but she doesn't die because [[spoiler: the Element of Chaos Discord gave her has ''taken the place of her heart'']].
81	** Worse? We later find out how that happened. [[spoiler:He literally ''shoved them into their chests''.]]
82	* 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, [[FetishRetardant 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:
83	--> [[WhamLine "Let me remind you how much your mother really loves you."]]
84	* "Different From Everypony Else" gives us a depiction of Discord's attack on the insane asylum outside of Ponyville. What he did to the ponies working there, who, despite Onyx's opinion and how Discord depicted the place, are pretty decent ponies, is just absolutely horrifying. And the scene ends with Discord holding down the character whose point of view we're seeing through and preparing to ''drill into his skull'' or something equally as horrifying we thankfully don't see (he didn't kill or seriously hurt the guy, but that doesn't change what happened!).
85	--> '''Discord''': This will only hurt for a second! So be sure to struggle and squirm a whole lot!
86	* Mind Games Part 8. [[spoiler:Discord finally manages to break Diamond Tiara, and she breaks so hard that she ''[[SuperpoweredEvilSide goes Nightmare]]''. She even gets a new Cutie Mark out of it: the '''''[[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Star of Chaos]]'''''.]]
87	* The sight of the Sea Ponies in the [[BadFuture Epilogue Timeline]]. Sure, it ''seems'' nice on the surface, then you solely realize they know only a history [[WrittenByTheWinners their version of Discord wrote]], completely unaware the original ones were wiped out by him and he uses threats of their destruction as part of a SadisticChoice with Traitor Dash without a second thought.
88	* Also from the [[BadFuture Epilogue Timeline]], Discord thanks [[Series/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:
89	--> ''[[DrivenToMadness "And to think, I only needed to kill you a few dozen times before you got a personality I could use."]]''
90	** Want to know what's worse? One of the snide nicknames Six had for the Valeyard in ''Trial of a Time Lord'' was "Knacker's Yard".
91	* A mysterious voice has started answering readers' comments since the Dark World Arc started. We don't know who or WHAT it is, except it doesn't seem to be Discord (and seems to hate him) and is ''very'' creepy in rather subtle ways.
92	** The voice isn't confined to the comments anymore; ''something'' is talking to Twilight Tragedy, goading her on in certain directions. It's very creepy. [[spoiler:We ultimately learn that it's Sparkle, a third part of her personality that utterly ''hates'' Discord and her once-friends and wants to destroy Equestria and kill everypony to end her pain…or so it seemed, as the statements continued ''after'' she faded away…]]
93	*** [[spoiler:It actually turns out to be [[BigBad Nightmare]] [[KnightOfCerebus Eclipse]]...which is ''worse''.]]
94	* During the audio adaptation of Rainbow Dash's reharmonization story, we see an image of a terrified Scootaloo running in fear from her Discorded friends, that is…unsettling to say the least.
95	* Fluttershy's fate in the Epilogue Timeline. [[spoiler:Queen Cadence tells the Elements in her final battle that Fluttershy is still alive inside Fluttercruel and is so horribly broken by all the horrible actions her body has done that she just wants to die to stop Fluttercruel.]]
96	** The final fate of [[spoiler: Cadence]]. That sound you hear is your brain trying and failing to delete the image of [[spoiler:Fluttercruel devouring Cadence's burned remains]] out of your memory. [[BrainBleach Have fun with that.]]
97	** [[spoiler: And if Fluttershy is still inside her, this means that she feels and tastes everything.]]
98	* The scene in "Apple Tree" where Liarjack is [[DraggedOffToHell dragged off]] [[spoiler: by Entropy's shadows of existence]], while [[spoiler: Apple Bloom and the Father of Alicorns]] can only watch. It doesn't last long, but it's disturbing while it does.
99	* We get two more horrible moments in Chapter 9 of the [[BadFuture Dark World]] arc. We first see [[FallenHero Greedity]] using her telekinesis to make her own Grand Galloping Gala, [[MarionetteMaster with every one of the celebrants a lifeless stone statue]]. The whole thing has a creepy 'Dance of the Dead' vibe. In the second, [[BigBad Discord]] gets a warning that something's going wrong with [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Spike]] and [[KickTheDog breaks the spell that was holding his bestial instincts in check]]. In a heartbeat, Spikes goes from Twilight and Applejack's friend to: ''[[ItsAllAboutMe an utterly self-centered monster]]'' who [[StalkerWithACrush desires Rarity the Beautiful above all else -- regardless of her desires]]. And the words Discord uses on Spike to cause this?
100	-->'''Discord''':[[AndIMustScream "There is no escape from Hell. You cannot be better than your nature says."]]
101	** And as always with Discord, [[FromBadToWorse it was going to be worse.]] WordOfGod has it that originally Discord was going to lift the spell on Spike and turn him loose on Greedity to see ''[[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil what draco-ponies would look like.]]''
102	* A minor but downright chilling one in part two of Chapter 9 in the [[BadFuture Dark World arc]]. Tom finds himself on the edge of [[{{Hell}} Entropy's realm]], and the [[AndIMustScream pony shadow]] that comes for him has the same Cutie Mark as poor [[spoiler:Toola-Roola]]. And WordOfGod definitely says that ''is'' her.
103	* Epilogue shows that Dinky was turned into a muffin by Discord. Dark World 14 confirms Twilight's earlier fears that ''[[AndIMustScream she's been aware of everything that's happened over the last thousand years]]''.
104	* 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.
105	** Worse? In the previous chapter, he heard something sniffing around in the embassy, ''it was in the building with him!''
106	* After the Duel of Tears, Rarity is overwhelmed by her Element of Desire and attempts to take Rainbow Dash's Element of Treachery by [[spoiler: ''cutting it out of her'', knowing full well that this would ''kill her'']]. Fortunately, Twilight talks her down.
107	* The Valeyard remembering his granddaughter. Particularly nasty considering [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes caring for his daughter]] is the one redeeming quality that Discord has.
108	--> '''The Valeyard''': Ah, Susan…Haven't seen you since my fifth regeneration. Looking back from where I now stand, I so dearly miss '''how ridiculously easy it was to make you scream, cry, and suffer nervous breakdowns!'''
109	** Also in that chapter, the Valeyard meets his old friend The Master, who has just drained the power from [[SealedGoodInACan Celestia]], Luna, Cadence and Discord to become [[AGodAmI lord and master of all reality]]. With the unwitting assistance of the Sea Ponies, the Valeyard [[VillainousBreakdown reduces him to catatonia]], at which point he smilingly tells the Master that he's not afflicted with his "moronic mercy" anymore, so he wants to see [[AndIMustScream how many times the Master can regenerate back from death]] before he gets tired of killing him.
110	* The Valeyard {{No Sell}}ing [[spoiler:the ''Memory Spell'']]. Not only does he confirm afterwards that it didn't work because he's ''not Discorded'' and did all the heinous acts he committed ''without Discord's taint'', [[spoiler:a contingency he put in place in case Twilight used it on him tries to hijack her mind and turn her into a Valeyard clone, only being stopped by having Derpy and Rarity smash her head so she could regenerate a new brain cleansed of it.]]
111	** While he undoubtedly deserved it and it was vital to stopping him, [[spoiler:Derpy ''beating him to death'' after his regeneration template is destroyed is still kind of unnerving.]]
112	* Similarly, "Love/Hate Bedlam" confirms that Fluttercruel, like her main POV counterpart, is indeed a separate being from Fluttershy, and reveals that [[spoiler: she tortured Fluttershy for ''five hundred years'' before Cadence's spirit saved her]], and is only upset that she can't do it anymore. The Elements of Harmony are horrified and disgusted by this, and Rarity actually goes into a TranquilFury over it, saying that she'll kill Cruel for it.
113	* In Dark World Part 20, it's revealed that Fluttercruel [[spoiler: inherited Fluttershy's Stare and intentionally held it back as a trump card in case the others went rogue. She was capable of using that power ''all along'' and nearly killed Rarity with it. The only thing that saved Rarity from getting butchered was some [[EyeScream pragmatic use]] of Tom's fragment.]]
114	** Angry Pie [[spoiler: brutally takes down Twilight, smashes her horn, and even steals her Element. The chapter ends with Twilight slowly drifting out of consciousness.]]
115	* In the following chapter, [[spoiler: Twilight turns out to be NotQuiteDead... and she proceeds to start ''torturing Angry Pie to death'', saying how she's tired of trying to reason with Angry and is going to "end her"]]. Aside from the obvious HeWhoFightsMonsters aspect of this, there's the even more horrifying implication that [[spoiler: she's ''turning into a [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Nightmare]]'']] in the process.
116	** Possibly just as frightening, [[spoiler: the Voice's reaction to this. ''100% supporting Twilight going KnightTemplar.'']]
117	** [[spoiler: The mental Hell Twilight sticks Angry in, complete with a monster version of her (probably her Nightmare self) tormenting her.]] Fortunately, this gets called off before it goes too far, but still...
118	* In [[http://alexwarlorn.deviantart.com/art/Pony-POV-Dark-World-22-Off-Da-Rails-1st-BAM-of-2-344286410 Off Da Rails]], we discover that [[spoiler: Fluttercruel]] is not just immortal, but whenever she DOES die she can just [[DemonicPossession usurp the nearest convenient body]] and carry on like before. Worst part? She tells the New Elements of Harmony this while ''[[KickTheDog using the body of Derpy's daughter Sparkler]]''.
119	** The group's reactions to Rancor[[spoiler:/Disruption]] opening a portal to Entropy's domain. They are all absolutely terrified by a mere glimpse of Entropy; this is the first time we've seen a normal pony's reaction to viewing an EldritchAbomination, and it's as bad as you'd think.
120	** [[spoiler: Fluttercruel's VillainousBreakdown and subsequent transformation into a full Draconequus.]]
121	*** [[spoiler: Seeing Rancor consume the shadows of existence is creepy to say the least, but at least she was made to become one of them. To think that you're watching a pony eat those same shadows is very unsettling, especially in that her teeth changed by eating before the rest of her body changed.]]
122	*** [[spoiler:The mere presence of the Shadows of Existence causes Applejack to have visions of [[PrimalFear Primal Fears]]. For a few fleeting moments she is in the body of a horse with a broken leg being put down by her human owner, a filly among many other fillies committing genocide against another pony race, and a little girl in a pit with a giant bag of vicious animals tearing their way out.]]
123	* Fluttercruel's MEGA Stare. It comes from everywhere! And works uber powerfully.
124	* While otherwise upbeat, part nine of Shining Armor's Arc has an overall feeling of PsychologicalHorror as the ParanoiaFuel caused by the Wolf stalking him makes Shining Armor a nervous wreck. [[NothingIsScarier Even though the Wolf never appears once the entire time.]]
125	* [[spoiler:The truth about Makarov and [[HumanoidAbomination what he really is]]. To put is mildly, WordOfGod calling him an [[TheAssimilator existence vampire]] couldn't be more accurate.]]
126	* [[spoiler:Shady's spirit appears in Dark World and says the Nameless Passenger is ''worse'' than Discord. She outright admits that Discord's been a monster (even if she still loves her son), but still considers the Passenger ''worse''. Let that sink in for a moment.]]
127	* [[spoiler: Discord's death. Entropy drags him into her realm ''through his chest wound'', pretty much making him ''implode''.]]
128	* TheReveal in "All Things In Twilight". [[spoiler:It turns out the entire Dark World arc has been a GroundhogDayLoop created by the Nameless Passenger to eternally torture Discord, and its been going on for ''eons''. When the Passenger is trying to convince Twilight to reset time to before the events of "Return of Harmony" (which, by the way, would result in the deaths of the ''several million'' inhabitants of the Dark World, many of which are completely innocent), we're shown several of the time loop's past conclusions in rapid succession, each one more terrifying then the last.]]
129	** The ''worst'' part? [[spoiler:The Passenger's true identity; [[FallenHero Twilight's]] [[FutureMeScaresMe potential]] [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Nightmare]]. And she manifests herself by possessing Wind Whistler's ''rotting corpse''.]]
130	** Gets even ''worse'' in "Give A Reason" as we get to know [[spoiler: Nightmare Eclipse/Paradox]]. Between her [[OmnicidalManiac actions]], her FauxAffablyEvil personality, and just how much she's [[spoiler: like Twilight]], she is absolutely ''frightening''.
131	** She manages to be the KnightOfCerebus for ''[[BadFuture Dark]] [[DarkerAndEdgier World]]''. That is all.
132	* Cream's fate in Sweetheart's ''7 Dreams/Nightmares Gaiden'' story. She's 'locked in' by the explosion, leaving her with brain damage that [[AndIMustScream paralyzed her body completely, unable to move or speak, but fully aware and conscious]].
133	** There's also the Simurghs, eagle/wolf hybrid mutations created by the blast (by Discord's influence) that attack in packs. They nearly kill the family if not for Scout. [[spoiler:They actually ''did'' kill Cream, which has an added level of horror due to the fact she was fully aware of what was about to happen to her, but unable to do anything about it, not even scream. And that's if they decided to kill her and just didn't eat her alive.]]
134	** Finally, the Whispering Plague, a supercharged, mutated version of TheBlackDeath that not only kills rapidly with the ''normal'' horrific symptoms, but adds in terrifying voices actively trying to drive the victim over the DespairEventHorizon. [[spoiler:Thankfully, Sweetheart (posthumously) and family wipe it out.]]
135	* [[spoiler:The fact Nightmare Eclipse erased the universe and condemned countless souls to Oblivion ''several hundred million years'' worth of times.]]
136	* "All My Friends Are Here": The FinalBattle with [[spoiler:Nightmare Paradox]] contains quite a bit. One moment that stands out is [[spoiler:her lighting ''[[WouldHurtAChild Apple Pie]]'' on fire and nearly killing her!]]
137	** [[spoiler:Nightmare Granfalloon is back! [[PsychoRangers And she's not alone.]]]]
138	* The apocalypse that destroyed the Tales civilization and the fall out from it ''big time''.
139	* From Bright Eye's Gaiden story, we get to see the Parasprites from the Breezies' perspective. It's essentially a ''ZombieApocalypse''.
140	** The implication that a lynch mob showed up at Bright Eyes' estate to kill her when she was giving birth to Keen Eyes. They were stopped, but still...
141	** The flashback Bright Eyes has where she's being chased by coyotes trying to eat her [[spoiler:with Strife singing a VillainSong in the background]]. Keep in mind [[MissingChild Bright Eyes is just a filly at the time and her parents have no idea where she is.]] Thankfully, [[spoiler:this is followed by SugarWiki/SweetDreamsFuel.]]
142	** [[spoiler: D___t's Shadow of Existence trying to consume Bright Eyes' soul and concept.]] The mere idea is horrifying, though it turns into a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome as she fights against and ultimately defeats him.
143	* [[spoiler:The assassination attempt on Fluttershy. The implications that not only are a ''lot'' of ponies still enraged over the Princess Gaia incident, but are more than willing to act out their rage, is not only chilling, but casts Fluttershy's future into uncertainty. Who can you trust in a world where nearly everyone wants you dead because you made ''one'' mistake?]]
144	* Dark World 31: [[spoiler:The [[DownerEnding bad end]] we're greeted to that depicted the Nightmares unleashing a WorldWreckingWave and wiping out ''everything'' except Twilight who becomes Paradox. It [[FissionMailed isn't the real ending]], but still!]]
145	* Clover's story has [[spoiler:Clover, Dandy, and their son be ''[[FusionDance fused together]]'' by the spell, creating G3 Minty.]]
146	** Her Nightmare section begins with Clover and company emerging from the subway into a post apocalyptic Manehatten with ponies laying dead in the streets and buildings leveled. Out of all the Gaiden stories, this is the only one to show the effect on a major population center, and it is horrifying.
147	* There's something rather unsettling about Fluttercruel's Punishment outside the normal discussions on mercy, justice and parental punishment. The biggest one would be seeing the gigantic line of ponies, changelings, virgacorns, hippogriffs, dragons, donkeys, goats, space marines, and more that Fluttercruel killed in her lifetime. It was described as "really long", but given what Twilight [[YouDontWantToKnow mentioned about her]], it's quite likely that the line was in the thousands at least, if not in the hundreds of thousands or even ''millions.''
148	** While Fluttershy is trying to defend her daughter, a mare near the front of the line carrying a canister of liquid nitrogen and a sledgehammer yells, "Let me at her already!" Fluttershy asks what Fluttercruel did to her, and it turns out that Fluttercruel murdered her and her two children were left to freeze to death in the next flash winter. Her son died first, then his corpse was reanimated as a zombie and forced to do [[NothingIsScarier something]] so horrible to his sister that his mother can't even bring herself to say it.
149	** Stitches' situation is absolutely terrifying. Imagine you and your family are just trying to help heal others...and then an immortal, unstoppable SerialKiller becomes ticked off you're healing the ponies they've hurt and murders your mother...Then decides to dedicate herself to hunting down you and your siblings one by one, slaughtering anyone who gets in her way. And then they get to you, drag you to their TortureCellar, and [[AndIMustScream disable you completely, torturing you to death as slowly as she possibly can, constantly reminding you that if you go insane and stop being 'fun', your baby sisters are next, meaning you're the only thing prolonging their lives.]] The worst part? [[spoiler:You find out after you die that ''[[TheKillerInMe you are her]]'' living through this as your IronicHell punishment after her death.]]
150	* Shining Armor Part 14-3; [[ClockRoaches the Stalker]] shows up again, chasing Shining across an airship in the dead of night. The real frightening bit? It's a ship that Cadance is sleeping on, and the Stalker is ''supposed'' to be incapable of getting within a certain radius of her. It's evolving, or just so determined to erase Shining from existence that it's now willing to defy a goddess to do so.
151	** Not just that, but [[spoiler:the Hooviets sneak into ''Twilight's'' house in the dead of night, take pictures of her sleeping, and ''send them to Shining''.]] One can only imagine how utterly terrifying that must be for Shining.
152	* [[spoiler:Cadance's original self, Cadenza. Seeing one of the most innocent, kindest and motherly characters in the series as a hateful, spiteful monster willing to ''tear her own wings off'' just so she could murder an innocent mare in cold blood is absolutely chilling.]]
153	** Scarier? [[spoiler:She thinks she's doing the right thing. She's seen the evil that magic can do. From her perspective, just by existing, Amicitia is the bad guy. In a way, that makes her scarier because you know in her heart she thinks she's right.]]
154	* Shining Armor 15-1. The Hooviets launch a helicopter attack on a completely innocent village and some of the villagers actually ''die''. The ponies are rightfully horrified by the brutality.
155	* In part 2, we find out that Marakov has forcibly converted hapless ponies into killer cyborgs ''and'' has turned others into monsters!
156	* In 16.5, Makarov's VillainEpisode, Makarov casually [[spoiler:''performs genocide'' on the Changeling race with a [[RewritingReality single paragraph.]]]] The scariest part? [[spoiler:Moth, a benign Changeling living in Ponyville, is reduced to a state were she is completely aware of everything, but [[AndIMustScream incapable of being seen, heard, or otherwise interacting.]] The worst part is Lyra and Bon Bon ''think she's dead'' and discuss it right in front of her, unaware that she's ''there''.]]
157	* In 17, Makarov unleashes his endgame. This involves using DeadlyGas to perform a dragon genocide, starting a ''global war'', and finally unleashing one of his superweapons, Skyfall. What does this do? Rob everything but his flag ship and helicopters of their ability to fly, resulting in every airship, pegasi, and griffin ''falling right out of the sky''. To make it worse, Shining hears them bouncing off the roof of Makarov's ship and knows every hit is someone ''dying''. In ''one'' chapter Makarov manages to go from a silly ParodySue to a ''mass murderer''.
158	** While also satisfying given the above, [[spoiler:Shining snapping and trying to outright ''murder'' Makarov]] is rather frightening given how dedicated he is to his ThouShallNotKill philosophy.
159	* In 17 Part 5, we finally get to see Makarov 'consume' someone (a deer technician), and it's as horrifying as you'd expect. To make it worse, everyone (with the exception of [[ImmuneToFate Shining]]) watching it has their memories of the unfortunate deer [[LaserGuidedAmnesia disappearing from their minds]] ''as they're watching him be consumed'', and when Makarov is done nobody other than Shining [[RetGone remembers it even happened or that the just-consumed deer ever existed]].
160	** Makarov's [[EldritchAbomination True Form]].
161	** There's something frightening about how ''[[CurbstompBattle easily]]'' the Wolf takes out Makarov. Shining's been struggling for the better part of the story to defeat Makarov...and the Wolf [[RetGone erases him]] in ''minutes''. Shining is terrified of the the thing for ''good reason''!
162	* Chapter 20: Thought that getting rid of Makarov would get [[ClockRoaches The Wolf]] off Shining's tail? Nope!
163	** And then [[spoiler:it's revealed that Shining is the nail between the main timeline and [[BadFuture Dark World]]. If it gets him...]]
164	* Chapter 21: During his fever dreams, Shining sees what seems to be a memory of the Blank Wolf (as it's revealed in the flash back to be called) [[spoiler:seemingly possessing Gaffer and trying to erase him during one of their O&O games]]. As if that's not scary enough, there's this poem it seemingly gives Poindexter basically spelling out its status as an ImplacableMan who will ''never'' stop until its got its target:
165
166	--> The blank wolf.\
167	It follows you. Everywhere.\
168	Every step you take, it takes another.\
169	[[RetGone It follows your path, hunts down your actions.]]\
170	\
171	Blank wolf, tireless hunter.\
172	Blank wolf, perfect tracker.\
173	Blank wolf, never stopping, never resting.\
174	\
175	Not white for white is a color.\
176	Not an animal for animals hunt for only for food.\
177	\
178	The blank wolf, never tiring, never resting, never stopping.\
179	\
180	Blank wolf. Always following. Always hunting.\
181	It never tires. It never falters. It never yields.\
182	\
183	It follows you. Without beginning, and without mercy.\
184	\
185	Blank wolf. It is not blank, nor a wolf. But no name fits it better.
186	* The two season 3 episode based stories that Alexwarlorn has done are both absolutely terrifying.
187	** The first is King Sombra's origin, which is reimagined as a CosmicHorrorStory with Sombra has the personification of the Crystal Empire's collective fear.
188	** The second has the fate of the Pinkie Pie clones from "Too Many Pinkie Pies" (literally, as they're the Heart World ones). Do they die? No. ''worse''. They go to ''Oblivion''! And for the first time we see exactly what the place is actually like from its inhabitants point of view, not to mention seeing all the G3 Ponies reduced to twisted, sadistic {{Empty Shell}}s. Their VillainSong is also utterly terrifying.
189	*** For that matter, the original erasure of their world, from their perspective and them unknowing of ''why'' this was happening.
190	** In the Chapter based on the Events of [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E4OneBadApple One Bad Apple]] Silver Spoon is FORCED to do all the things she did [[spoiler:till she finally breaks free of Nightmare Diamond's Illusion]]
191	*** In the same Chapter [[spoiler:Nightmare Diamond talks about driving the CMC to suicide]]
192	* Chrysalis in chapter 16 of the Wedding, for multiple reasons. While the glimpse of the BadFuture Cadence sees is horrifying, the real terror comes from just how little Chrysalis seems to be doing with her power. Instead of plotting further or performing some complex plan (which she's already delegated to [[spoiler:brainwashed Twilight]]), she plays with her brainwashed slaves in a manner that's both sadistic and [[PsychopathicManchild childish]]. It just goes a long way to show something is seriously off about the Changeling Queen.
193	** After [[spoiler:Cadence defeats Chrysalis' [[FightingAShadow minion turned avatar]], Dustmite, Chrysalis leaves the poor Changeling's body...and Dustmite starts ''screaming in agony'' from the damage she sustained in the fight. The scarier part is Chrysalis just tells her 'suck it up you baby' to a Changeling who, if Cadence hadn't healed her, would have ''never flown again''. It shows how little Chrysalis cares for her own people.]]
194	* [[spoiler: While Applejack using her truth vision on Chrysalis was awesome, the aftermath is disturbing, especially when you consider how psyche-locks work]].
195	* [[spoiler:Scootaloo gets her BigDamnHeroes moment, sweeping Sweetie away, only for her love to be unable to free the filly in an increasily disturbing way]].
196	* Oftentimes, the author will roleplay as the characters when responding to comments. This can often get very unsettling whenever he's roleplaying as one of the villains, [[spoiler: or as the brainwashed Sweetie Belle during the Wedding Arc.]]
197	* [[spoiler: Sweetie's Stockholme Syndrome towards Chrysalis]].
198	* Chrysalis having a VillainousBreakdown after Sweetie is freed. Its even more disturbing since Crysalis has no idea why she's feeling that way.
199	* [[spoiler: Kabuto makes an appearance fighting Misfit Actual, and the changeling MadScientist proves to be not only just as bad as described, but a ''lot'' more dangerous that he looks, even ''before'' he goes OneWingedAngel]].
200	* [[spoiler:The fact that [[GeneralRipper Lone Ranger]] even ''exists''. Even taking into account the fact that he's obviously insane, (maybe since Discord's brief reign, maybe before) and [[InsaneTrollLogic thinks that the best way to protect Equestria was to allow Chrysalis and her forces into the capitol]], the fact that there's a pony even willing to ''consider'' genocide, let alone '''''endorse it''''' is frightening beyond measure]].
201	* The changelings brainwashing civilian ponies in Canterlot to either [[spoiler:complete the rune]] or act as [[HumanShield living shields]].
202	* [[spoiler:The creation of Kabuto guarding the door]].
203	* The DuelToTheDeath between Twilight and a [[MoreThanMindControl still-brainwashed Shining Armor]], all to [[ItAmusedMe amuse Chrysalis]]. Just to make it all worse, Shiny [[AndIMustScream knows whats going on but can do nothing.]] [[spoiler:Twilight thankfully escapes before it gets too nasty.]]
204	* [[spoiler: Chrysalis's VillainousBreakdown has reached new heights]].
205	* [[spoiler:Chrysalis trying to drain the group of their emotions]].
206	** There's also [[spoiler:Chrysalis transforming into an Alicorn. Unlike the more majestic transformations seen with Dark World Twilight and Rarity, her old skin essentially becomes a shell that falls off of her piece by piece, ending with her removing her own ''face'' and crushing it to dust to reveal her new form, an EvilTwin of Cadence.]]
207	* [[spoiler:The fact that the Changelings are willing to ''sacrifice their lives'' like that, and the fact that "Cadenza" is so willing to accept it]].
208	* [[spoiler:Cadence nearly losing herself to her rage before catching herself]].
209	* [[spoiler:Rarity seemingly killing General Lone Ranger.]] Justified in that [[spoiler:she was ''trying'' to be terrifying in the same vein as Superman in ''WesternAnimation/SupermanVsTheElite''.]]
210	** The fact that [[spoiler: General Lone Ranger had gone so crazy that on the Day of Chaos, Discord took one look at him and said "No, you're good."]] Discord didn't even NEED to do anything directly.
211	* Kabuto's fate. [[spoiler: Remember what Celestia would have done to Fluttershy if Nightmare Whisper had accidentally killed the unborn foals?]]
212	* In the Button Mash chapters, there's what Discord does to him, giving him a [[BrownNote hopeless game]] that [[DespairEventHorizon plunges him into utter despair]] when he plays it, and Button's mother who is turned from a loving mother to a bitter harpy who almost ''kills'' her own son with her own hooves. Button's reaction afterwards is just innocent enough to make it worse:
213	-->''"Why is there red all over me and mom?''"
214	* [[spoiler:The shadowy creatures that try and attack Sweetie Bell while she sleeps. Luckily the Blank Puppy saves her]].
215	* [[spoiler:Discord's end game. DEAR LORD [[RewritingReality DISCORD'S]] [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt ENDGAME.]]]]
216	* [[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]] [[StunnedSilence reaction]] to their deaths is just as horrifying. Is it any wonder the poor mare ended up so screwed up later on?]]
217	* The events of [[http://alexwarlorn.deviantart.com/art/Pony-POV-Series-Rainbow-Dash-s-Awesome-Adventure-496020616 Rainbow Dash's Awesome Adventure]] start out odd if seemingly okay, but it swiftly becomes very obvious that [[RewritingReality someone's tied reality up in knots]]. To the point where it's as though the CMC, Diamond Tiara, and Silver Spoon [[StatusQuoIsGod have never changed from their first appearance]], [[spoiler:Fluttercruel has vanished from Fluttershy's mind]], and [[WickedWitch Zecora]] (briefly) becomes the [[ImAHumanitarian fiend]] the ponies once saw her as.
218	* And in the [[http://alexwarlorn.deviantart.com/art/Pony-POV-Series-Somepony-Everypony-is-Wrong-496480605 very next chapter]], 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.
219	** 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]]''.
220	* Tirek's rise to power. ''All of it''. To say it's a BloodbathVillainOrigin is an understatement. [[spoiler:By the end of it, he created a ''horrific'' plague that only effects his own species, has his entire ''species'' slaughtered, and sadistically tortured his own family to death.]] Applejack losing her lunch and needing a few minutes to recover after hearing of it is very understandable.
221	* [[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.
222	* 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.]]
223	* The Concept Killing Spear in general is pretty unsettling. The one time it successfully killed someone, [[spoiler: It Unmade him, completely erasing Cupid and All of his works and even his parents' relationship all together.]]
224	** 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.]]
225	* When the Crusaders find Twilight. Unlike the rest of the characters we've seen up until now, [[spoiler:Twilight ''wasn't'' turned into a ''single'' evil version of herself from a ''single'' grimdark fanfic. Double Emphasis on the word ''single''... Twilight's been turned into ALL the grimdark versions of herself all at once! Numerous different grimdark Twilight Sparkles all combined into one monster!!!]]
226	* Umbra Breeze's hound. It's an EvilKnockoff of the ''Blank Wolf''.
227	* Scootaloo nearly getting killed by the corrupted Rainbow Dash. Made ''worse'' by how close the two are in this story.
228	* 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.]]
229	* Applejack [[spoiler: seeing Nythy's "masterpiece" timeline: A world where the heroes are turned into twisted, hollow shells of themselves, and fighting each other. This is goes nearly Warhammer 40K terms of tradegy.]]
230	** 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 Dark World!Nightmare Mirror/Apple Mirror hadn't saved her right then, AJ would've effectively been a goner!]]
231	* With every closer step to Diamond Tiara and Discord 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.]]
232	* When Apple Bloom finally reaches and confronts Diamond Tiara, [[spoiler:Diamond Tiara reveals her final rumor: that Celestia and Luna were really Tirek and Grogar in disguise, a rumor powerful enough to [[RealityBreakingParadox completely wreck reality]]. Before Apple Bloom can do anything, Diamond reveals she had already typed it and then destroyed the magic printing press, preventing anyone from stopping it. As the rumor starts to take effect, Apple Bloom falls over helpless as reality starts to unravel.]]
233	* [[spoiler:As a result of the rumor Diamond created, Celestia and Luna start [[BodyHorror transforming into Tirek and Grogar]] and struggle to remain themselves.]]
234	* [[spoiler:Diamond Tiara stabs Applebloom in the back with her horn. The wound gets cauterized, but it doesn't make it any less nasty.]]
235	* We get a look at [[MadScientist the Equestria Girls version of Discord]], despite him only appearing via cell phone call. Somehow he manages to be ''scarier'' than his Equestrian counterpart. In part because he comes off as even ''more'' deranged and psychotic to the point in universe news articles actually ''called'' him a MadScientist. The fact he managed to pull off [[spoiler:his Equestrian counterpart's gambit with human Diamond Tiara (until the Equestrian Diamond intervened)]] with intention to steal Equestrian magic for himself ''while under house arrest'', and in a way frighteningly possible in real life. Thank Fauna Luster he never got to see his plans through to the completion...
236	* The scene in the [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/359447/pony-pov-series-fancy-and-fleur-dreams-and-duty recursive fanfic]] where Fleur was taking a shower to get the mud off after the day of Discord (where Fancy was turned into a paranoid usurper and Fleur was made to think eyes were watching her and hooves reaching out for her), she admits she HALLUCINATES hundreds of eyeballs on tiny stalks crawling up her like worms, and was screaming when Fancy rushed into check on her... that was genuinely SCARY to read!!! What makes this worse is that this ISN'T something Discord did, she was seeing things simply from the mental and emotional trauma.
237	* When the group arrives in the Canterlot Statue Garden to confront Discord in the FinalBattle... [[spoiler:and discover Wind Whistler's ''shattered statue'' in his place. No one sugar coats the fact they just discovered a ''corpse''. Luna is right to remark it's a good thing the body remained petrified. Then comes the reveal that ''Diamond'' is Discord's new host, and has been this ''entire time''.]]
238	* [[spoiler:Diamond Tiara's Nightmare responds to Discord's resolve faltering by usurping him as the final BigBad of the story, cementing this promotion by taking an adult form and revealing her long-obscured new title: Nightmare Nhilis]].
239	* [[spoiler:Nhilis trying to destroy Ponyville to force the heroes to kill her.]]

Context NightmareFuel / PonyPOVSeries