* AuthorsSavingThrow: After reviewers called the author out on [[spoiler: not jumping back to the Outside to save Rainbow,]] the author offered explanations in the next chapter.
** And then it turned out [[spoiler: The real reason they couldn't save RD's life was that she was never actually died. Luna just faked it to fool Celestia.]]
* IronWoobie: Rainbow Dash.
* LesYay: Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash, to the point that several characters actually tease Rainbow about it in Chapter 13.
* MoralEventHorizon: The demons are a definition of Complete Monster from day one, but what really cements their evilness and sets the tone of the story is them [[spoiler:making ponies kill people]].
** And Discord [[spoiler: tries to put Cupcakes, Sweet Apple Massacre, and Rainbow Factory on TV]]. That monster!
* NightmareFuel: In the Skyrim world, Harry sees ''[[spoiler:Fluttershy]]'', of all ponies, kill an old man by callously crushing his throat. And earlier, on Earth, it's implied that the [[DemonicPossession temporarily Denarian]] [[spoiler:Rainbow Dash]] may have killed dozens of people when she sent a tornado whipping through Chicago.
** Magog's NoHoldsBarredBeatdown of [[spoiler: Rainbow Dash]].
** [[spoiler:Pinkie]]'s [[GoMadFromTheRevelation descent into madness]].
** The {{flashback}} of what happened to [[spoiler:Twilight Sparkle]] at the hands of [[spoiler:[[BrainwashedAndCrazy Celestia, Shining Armor and Cadence]]]]. Talk about BreakTheCutie.
** [[spoiler:Twilight]] in chapter 23 when [[spoiler:she snaps and teleports a bunch of {{mooks}} to the moon. [[FridgeHorror Earth's moon, which has no breathable atmosphere.]]]]
* TearJerker: The apparent death of [[spoiler:Rainbow Dash]].