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So, we all know how much of an impact Rainbow Dash's first sonic rainboom had for the Mane Six. However, in the grander scheme of things, how important was it exactly? And how much different would things be... if it never happened?

Well, like it or not, Twilight will have to see this for herself as she wakes up one day in a world of eternal night.

A World Without Rainbows can be found here, here and here and is currently in Act III.

Compare and contrast Random Elements and A Minor Variation.


This fanfic provides examples of:

  • Grand Theft Me: In order to travel to the Sunside world, alternate Twilight swaps her mind with Sunside's Twilight.
  • It's a Wonderful Plot: Twilight find herself sent to another world where the Rainboom never happened. Because Mane 6 never become friends, they weren’t there to stop Nightmare Moon.
  • It's Personal: Silver Shield's lover Stone Wall was killed by Alternate Twilight. He wants blood. It turns out she was also pregnant with his child.
  • Machiavelli Was Wrong: Nightmare Moon's modus operandi is leading by fear. When Soarin dies, Spitfire realizes she loved him more than she fears Nightmare Moon, and pulls a Heel–Face Turn.
  • Meaningful Name: Inverted. Silver Shield was raised by arrogant unicorns who thought unicorns were better than everyone else. When he was born, this family looked down on him because he wasn't a unicorn, and named him Silver Shield, as Silver is not good for making shields.
  • Painting the Medium: Each chapter begins with a placard colored red or blue (or a gradient). The chapters with a red title are set entirely in the canon universe, while the blue chapters are set entirely in the alternate universe. The gradient chapters focus on both. Sound familiar?
  • "The Reason You Suck" Speech: Rarity delivers a truly scathing one to Madame Orange. Surprisingly, Nightmare Moon of all ponies later agrees with her.
  • Running Gag: Everyone that gets stranded in the moonverse Ponyville ends up useing 'Trixie' as an alias.
  • Schizo Tech: Okay, DJ tables, and horse-drawn steam locomotives are understandable, but Madam Orange's helicopter balloon thingy was a little harder to explain (at least before "Sweet and Elite" aired in canon).
  • Shout-Out:
    • The author points out that in "Act II - Part 7: Loyalties", Pinkie's speech is based off of the Doctor's in the Doctor Who episode "Bad Wolf". Funny, considering how Doctor Whooves is involved with the plot.
    • According to the author, parts of the story, including the alternating universes throughout the first act, are inspired by Fringe doing the same at the start of Season 3.
    • A projected image of Stone Wall says "Help me, Twilight Sparkle. You're my only hope."
  • Spot the Imposter: When Applejack reminds Twilight to write her Friendship Report of the week, Twilight is for some reason extra nervous. As Twilight writes it, Applejack reminds her to address it to "the person who more or less raised you." Twilight addresses the letter to her mother. "Wrong answer."
  • Super-Power Meltdown: When challenged by Applejack, Moonside Twilight loses control of her magic and almost destroys Ponyville.
  • Tautological Templar: Madame Orange seems to spend a lot of her time insisting it's Never My Fault and finding ways to make selfish desires look like noble self-sacrifice. She insists she's just being realistic and doing her best to help.
  • Trapped in Another World: Sunside Twilight initially, though once her friends catch up with her it become more a question fo chosing to stay until Nightmare Moon is defeated.

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