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Yet another grim {{Dark Fic}} based off the world of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', ''Severing'' explores a world where Twilight Sparkle is ordered by Princess Celestia to collect the Elements of Harmony for herself. According to her research, the best way to do this is to perform an act that is the complete antithesis of that element, severing it... right at the moment of its current bearer's death. Thus, she sets out to betray each of her 'friends', amping up the [[MoralEventHorizon sheer cruelty of each act]] as she works towards the one she ''thinks'' will be the easiest to claim...

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Yet another grim {{Dark Fic}} A DarkFic based off the world of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', ''Severing'' explores a world where Twilight Sparkle is ordered by Princess Celestia to collect the Elements of Harmony for herself. According to her research, the best way to do this is to perform an act that is the complete antithesis of that element, severing it... right at the moment of its current bearer's death. Thus, she sets out to betray each of her 'friends', amping up the [[MoralEventHorizon sheer cruelty of each act]] act as she works towards the one she ''thinks'' will be the easiest to claim...



* [[spoiler: AlternateUniverse]]: Hinted at in ''Reconnection'', and confirmed in ''Breaking the Circle''.

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* [[spoiler: AlternateUniverse]]: Hinted AlternateUniverse: [[spoiler:Hinted at in ''Reconnection'', and confirmed in ''Breaking the Circle''.]]



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* Grim{{Dark Fic}}
* [[HoistByHisOwnPetard Hoist By Her Own Petard]]: Twilight never considered that [[spoiler: Fluttershy might decide to sever her own element first just so she couldn't collect it.]] Or, for that matter, [[spoiler: lie about it]].

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* [[HoistByHisOwnPetard Hoist By Her Own Petard]]:
HoistByHerOwnPetard: Twilight never considered that [[spoiler: Fluttershy might decide to sever her own element first just so she couldn't collect it.]] Or, for that matter, [[spoiler: lie about it]].



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* TheSociopath: Twilight.
* [[spoiler: SuperBreedingProgram]]: Twilight is the result of one.

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Its sequel, ''Reconnection'', brings a PeggySue-style spin to the table: when an Element is tampered with and Its current bearer murdered, It can return that bearer to a point in the past, allowing them to relive their life... and, perhaps, SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong. Unfortunately, they all arrive at different points of time, and Twilight still has Celestia's orders to follow... [[spoiler: and her own second chance to waste.]]

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Its sequel, ''Reconnection'', brings a PeggySue-style spin to the table: when an Element is tampered with and Its current bearer murdered, It can return that bearer to a point in the past, allowing them to relive their life... and, perhaps, SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong. Unfortunately, they all arrive at different points of time, and Twilight still has Celestia's orders to follow... [[spoiler: and her own second chance to waste.]]
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* WouldHurtAChild: Twilight kills Applejack's foal seconds after it's born and later kills Pinkie's children in Sugarcube Corner.
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* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: {{Subverted}} here, as Princess Celestia is [[TheManBehindTheMan The Mare Behind The Mare]], and the whole reason she came up with the plot was [[spoiler: to make Twilight into a weapon she could use against her sister in their owngoing power struggle]].
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Yet another Grim{{Dark Fic}} based off the world of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', ''Severing'' explores a world where Twilight Sparkle is ordered by Princess Celestia to collect the Elements of Harmony for herself. According to her research, the best way to do this is to perform an act that is the complete antithesis of that element, severing it... right at the moment of its current bearer's death. Thus, she sets out to betray each of her 'friends', amping up the [[MoralEventHorizon sheer cruelty of each act]] as she works towards the one she ''thinks'' will be the easiest to claim...

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Yet another Grim{{Dark grim {{Dark Fic}} based off the world of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', ''Severing'' explores a world where Twilight Sparkle is ordered by Princess Celestia to collect the Elements of Harmony for herself. According to her research, the best way to do this is to perform an act that is the complete antithesis of that element, severing it... right at the moment of its current bearer's death. Thus, she sets out to betray each of her 'friends', amping up the [[MoralEventHorizon sheer cruelty of each act]] as she works towards the one she ''thinks'' will be the easiest to claim...
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The Elements of Harmony are meant to be a blessing. A force for the greater good. But WhatIf one of the bearers decided that wasn't enough? WhatIf they wanted more...?

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The Elements of Harmony are meant to be a blessing. A force for the greater good. But WhatIf [[WhatIf what if]] one of the bearers decided that wasn't enough? WhatIf [[WhatIf What if]] they wanted more...?

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For the curious, ''[[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/01/story-severing.html Severing]]'' and ''[[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/01/story-reconnection-severing.html Reconnection]]'' can be found via those links. ''Reconnection'''s page also includes its AlternateEnding and yet another sequel, ''Breaking the Circle''.

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For the curious, ''[[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/01/story-severing.html Severing]]'' and ''[[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/01/story-reconnection-severing.html Reconnection]]'' can be found via those links. ''Reconnection'''s page also includes its AlternateEnding alternate ending and yet another sequel, ''Breaking the Circle''.



* AlternateEnding: As is common for grimdark ''[=FiM=]'' stories, ''Reconnection'' has an alternate ending wherein ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Rainbow Dash Puts Her Hoof Down]]'' and protests [[spoiler: the plot to kill Twilight]]. [[spoiler: It just turns the whole thing into a GroundhogDayLoop]].


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* RevisedEnding: As is common for grimdark ''[=FiM=]'' stories, ''Reconnection'' has an alternate ending wherein ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Rainbow Dash Puts Her Hoof Down]]'' and protests [[spoiler:the plot to kill Twilight]]. [[spoiler:It just turns the whole thing into a GroundhogDayLoop]].

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* XMeetsY: ''Reconnection'' and ''Breaking the Circle'' are basically ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' meets [[spoiler: ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'']].
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* TykeBomb: ''Severing'''s Epilogue makes clear that Twilight was deliberately raised as one of these as part of Celestia's Vessel Project.

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* TykeBomb: ''Severing'''s Epilogue prequel "[[https://pastebin.com/PNUFvqaX Expectation]]" makes clear that Twilight was deliberately raised as one of these as part of Celestia's Vessel Project.
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* XMeetsY: ''Reconnection'' and ''Breaking the Circle'' are basically ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' meets [[spoiler: ''UminekoNoNakuKoroNi'']].

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* XMeetsY: ''Reconnection'' and ''Breaking the Circle'' are basically ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' meets [[spoiler: ''UminekoNoNakuKoroNi'']].''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'']].
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All The Myriad Ways is being renamed to Expendable Alternate Universe. Bad examples and Zero Context Examples are being removed.


* AllTheMyriadWays: The world of ''Reconnection'' isn't ''quite'' how those killed in ''Severing'' remember it.
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* PeggySue: ''Reconnection''. [[spoiler: Expands into GroundhogPeggySue in ''Rainbow Dash Puts Her Hoof Down'', and ''Breaking The Circle'' takes it into ''WhenTheyCry'' territory.]]

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* PeggySue: ''Reconnection''. [[spoiler: Expands into GroundhogPeggySue in ''Rainbow Dash Puts Her Hoof Down'', and ''Breaking The Circle'' takes it into ''WhenTheyCry'' ''Franchise/WhenTheyCry'' territory.]]
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Yet another Grim{{Dark Fic}} based off the world of ''MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', ''Severing'' explores a world where Twilight Sparkle is ordered by Princess Celestia to collect the Elements of Harmony for herself. According to her research, the best way to do this is to perform an act that is the complete antithesis of that element, severing it... right at the moment of its current bearer's death. Thus, she sets out to betray each of her 'friends', amping up the [[MoralEventHorizon sheer cruelty of each act]] as she works towards the one she ''thinks'' will be the easiest to claim...

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Yet another Grim{{Dark Fic}} based off the world of ''MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', ''Severing'' explores a world where Twilight Sparkle is ordered by Princess Celestia to collect the Elements of Harmony for herself. According to her research, the best way to do this is to perform an act that is the complete antithesis of that element, severing it... right at the moment of its current bearer's death. Thus, she sets out to betray each of her 'friends', amping up the [[MoralEventHorizon sheer cruelty of each act]] as she works towards the one she ''thinks'' will be the easiest to claim...



* XMeetsY: ''Reconnection'' and ''Breaking the Circle'' are basically ''MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' meets [[spoiler: ''UminekoNoNakuKoroNi'']].

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* XMeetsY: ''Reconnection'' and ''Breaking the Circle'' are basically ''MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' meets [[spoiler: ''UminekoNoNakuKoroNi'']].
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Completely Missing The Point, which has been renamed to Comically Missing The Point, is an in-universe comedy trope. It is not meant for \"anyone missing the point of anything ever\".


* CompletelyMissingThePoint: For all her so-called smarts, Twilight completely fails to get that what she's doing is wrong.

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