Fan Fic / Pony POV Series

The Pony POV Series is an in-progress My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fanfiction series written by alexwarlorn (with work put in by lz0291 (including the Shining Armor Arc) and Kendell 2 also wrote a few scenes and many of the songs before joining lz0291 as a co-writer for the Shining Armor Arc), as well as several stories written by others in the same universe. They can be read here (first volume, Discorded Ponies) and here (in-progress second volume, Reharmonized Ponies). You can download an e-book compliation of the Reharmonized Ponies stories to date in epub or fb2 format. They also can be read at Fimfiction.Net: Discorded Ponies, Reharmonization, Pearls, Butterflies, Origins, Mind Games, Dark World/Shining Armor, 7 Dreams/Nightmares, Not The Wedding You Remember, and The Finale uploading in progress.

The series is divided into two parts:

• Discorded Ponies Series: A series of fics showing the characters being corrupted by Discord from their perspective (including Trixie, who was never corrupted in the series). Nightmare Fuel abounds in all of these, especially the Alternate Ending "Epilogue", which takes place in a horrible Bad Future ruled by Discord.
  • Dark World Series: A returning to the Bad Future to see if the cast can finally Earn Their Happy Ending. Eventually declared the Sequel Series to Discorded Ponies instead of an Arc.
• Reharmonized Ponies Series: A sequel series of all original works that follow the canon version of events. Unlike the original, these have a running storyline detailing the ponies' recovery, The Reveal that Trixie is a second Element Of Magic, and Discord's eventual return for round two, once more in a series of POV stories, though some break that formula. While much happier, Nightmare Fuel still abounds.

The Reharmonized Ponies Series itself has some sub-arcs:

• Princess Gaia Arc: A continuation of the Reharmonized series, this one completely breaks Fluttershy where Discord couldn't, and in more ways than one.
• The "Butterfly" Side Stories: The aftermath of the previous Arc and Applejack breaking the series away from canon, as told from the POV of several Ponies and non-Ponies around Ponyville.
• "Origins": A series of stories explaining the origins of Celestia, Discord, Luna, and the end of the G3 World leading to the birth of the G4 one. Gets really dark.
• "Mind Games": Things are coming to a head as Diamond Tiara gets closer and closer to freeing Discord. Darkness rises, and chaos might just have the last laugh...
• Shining Armor Arc: Shining Armor's backstory and explaining where he's been during the rest of the series.
• Wedding Arc: Included due to a poll result. The premise starts the same as the show canon, but things quickly spiral out of control, from the efforts of a much more dangerous Queen Chrysalis.
• Finale: The Eighth, and apparently final arc of the main series. This in turn is divided into several sub arcs:
  • Nightmare Ponyville Arc: Featuring Rainbow Dash trying to uncover the mysteries of an altered Ponyville she finds herself in.
  • The Rumors Arc: The CMC (and Button Mash have to find a way to undo Discord's endgame and the rumors he used to cause it.

There's also the Gaiden: 7 Dreams/Nightmares collection of stories, wherein Princess Luna, Twilight Sparkle, and Pinkie Pie read the journal entries of the seven main G2 ponies, covering the G2 world's change into G3, the Cosmic Retcon of G3, and the collapse of G2 society in the altered timeline through their eyes. Gets pretty dark, but each story tends to lean towards Earn Your Happy Ending territory.

All are rather deep, psychological stories with a Darker and Edgier take on the canon events. Discord is far more sinister and evil, his actions have left deep psychological scars on everypony, and there aren't any quick fixes to the damage inflicted.

What separates this fic from many of the legions of fanfictions out there is just how HUMONGOUS the fic has become. The author regularly tries to create new chapters at a normal rate so that readers aren't Left Hanging, and the fanfiction as written by him is already over 100 chapters long. And not just short chapters. Average word length can be well over 4000 words in places. In addition, the fic has a core of loyal fans who are dedicated not just to creating new original material (as seen below), but for helping contribute to the core material such as the Dreams/Nightmares section mentioned above. Put together, it's quite the story with Continuity, and top notch writing standards from its many editors and creators.

A group of fans has started a project to make an audio version of the entire series, with a German-subtitled translation following right here.

Another live reading has also started by a different person and has made it to the New Family Reharmonizing chapter.

There are also stories by other authors that have been declared in the universe by Word of God:

These stories are Loose Canon and it's up to the reader rather or not to consider them canon.

Several Recursive Fanfiction stories have been written in alternate universes as well. As such they are not canon to the main universe, but may be considered elsewhere in the same multiverse. The points of divergence vary, some in ancient past, some closer to modern day. Essentially, these are What If? stories.

Now has its own recap page. A fan rereading of the story is also in progress.

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This series of fanfics contains examples of the following tropes:

• Tropes A to D
• Tropes E to H
• Tropes I to P
• Tropes Q to Z

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