History Webcomic / TheGreatestGift

** [[spoiler:Neptune, the father Venus (Astra) and Jupiter (the Venus we know). He makes Evil!Hazel look like a good parent in comparison!]]

** Venus [[spoiler:(or should we say Jupiter)]] in "What Happens In Haygas".

* BittersweetEnding: "What Happens in Haygas". [[spoiler:Venus is defeated for good, and the family ends up adopting the son she had abandoned, but Hazel clearly feels guilty for having taken a life. And, [[RunningGag once again]], [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Derpy ruins the ending slide]].]]

* CainAndAbel: [[spoiler:Jupiter was Cain to Astra/the (real) Venus' Abel.]]

* CreepySouvenir: [[spoiler:Astra and Mars open a locked box Jupiter/Fake Venus kept to find a stash of these. It includes the severed head of Astra's doll (which Jupiter beheaded simply to spite her when they were fillies), pieces of the teapot Jupiter threw at Astra's head, scarring her for life, and (most disturbingly) the rope she used to strangle their mother to death. As if we needed more reminders that Jupiter was a psychopath.]]
* CryForTheDevil: A very well done example with Hazel.

* DeathGlare: [[spoiler:Trixie shoots Venus one before [[WaveMotionGun letting her have it.]]]]

** [[spoiler:Venus, who tries to murder Iniduoh's ''entire family'' because he refused her.]]
* DissonantSerenity: [[spoiler:''Venus''. Whereas Evil!Hazel used every opportunity she had to [[EvilIsHammy ham it up]], Venus always speaks in a calm tone with a serene smile on her face, even as she murders an innocent mare (or rather, a dummy made to look like her) and fantasizes about murdering another mare ''and'' her unborn foal.]]

* DistantReactionShot: [[spoiler:After Venus discovers Trixie standing right behind her, right after Venus tried to [[ItsPersonal kill (and believed she ''had'') Hazel and admitted to planning to kill Twilight and her unborn foal next]]. The next panel is a distant shot of Trixie's ''massive'' magic beam flying off into the sky and the detective from earlier wondering what the hay just happened.]]

* DynamicEntry: [[spoiler:Trixie does this to Venus. With a ''WaveMotionGun!'']]

** [[spoiler:Venus/Jupiter was ''worse''. How much worse? She ''choked her mother to death'' when she and the real Venus were fillies. As [[http://twixie-answers.tumblr.com/post/36602236451/and-the-zebra-tongue-slips-out-when-shes-angry this flashback shows.]]]]
* ExactlyWhatIAimedAt: [[spoiler:Trixie's magic beam doesn't hit Venus, who thinks she just had bad aim, only for Trixie to reveal her ''real'' goal was to alert the police.]]
* EvilTwin: [[spoiler: The Venus that gave the family so much trouble was actually Jupiter, her twin sister. The real Venus was in Zebrafica, having been left there to die by their father.]]

* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: Venus [[spoiler:(actually Jupiter)]] is a white furred (civilian) Alicorn with a generally pretty appearance, but is quite possibly the most evil character in the entire comic. WordOfGod says this was intentional. See MeaningfulName for the quote.
* FantasyMetals: Maginyte, a mineral that can nullify most typical magic applied directly to it. Three notable examples of its use are magic-suppressing horn rings, [[spoiler: dissolved in the water tank for Iniduoh's show to try and drown Hazel, and in the brim of Dazzle's hat during his first meeting with his parents to let him shrug off Victoria's spell.

* ForcedToWatch: [[spoiler:The real Venus was forced to watch her EvilTwin choke their mother to death by [[AbusiveParents their father Neptune.]]]]

* ForTheEvulz: Seems to have been pretty much the only reason Venus/[[spoiler: Jupiter]] ever needed to kill anyone.
** It also seems [[JackassGenie Lady Babylon]] only tricked Astra into [[spoiler: clone-resurrecting Jupiter]] because she found it amusing.

* GoodIsNotSoft: [[spoiler:Hazel may be a good guy now, but that didn't stop her from killing Venus to protect her family. Doesn't mean she's ''not'' guilty, though.]]
* HappilyAdopted: Mars Lulamoon [[spoiler:Venus' son.]]

** [[spoiler: and now Pinkie and Dazzle as well as Rarity and Spike not to mention Fluttershy and Big Macintosh]]

* HollywoodGenetics: They up the ante set by the Cakes by having two Earth ponies produce [[spoiler: an ''alicorn''. Given that the parents are [[RealityWarper Pinkie Pie]] and an OC specifically designed to be her DistaffCounterpart, they're going with 'well it ''is OUR'' child.]] Twilight ''did'' try to find a plausible explanation by looking at their family trees, but gave up.

* IdenticalTwinIDTag: [[spoiler:The only difference between Astra and Venus/Jupiter is the color of their Cutie Marks. And that Astra's expressions aren't psychopathic.]]
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: [[spoiler:Everyone tells this to Hazel after she kills Venus to end her reign of terror and it is how she feels as well. She still feels very guilty, though.]]

* ItsAllAboutMe: [[spoiler:Jupiter/Venus.]]

* InTheBlood: [[spoiler:Jupiter/Venus' father was every bit as monstrous as herself.]] Lampshaded by [[spoiler:her son, Mars,]] who thankfully ''subverts'' this.

* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: [[JackassGenie Lady Babylon]] [[http://dekomaru.deviantart.com/gallery/36300826#/d5o4uiy gets away scott free]] after the pain she causes for her [[ForTheEvulz enjoyment]], even [[EvilLaugh laughing in Astra's face]] over it. Though whether or not she'll eventually be punished on her own blog has yet to be seen.]]
** [[spoiler: Averted when she returns, ending with [[http://twixie-answers.tumblr.com/post/40341232338/glad-thats-over Midnight and Nyx blasting her out of her]] OneWingedAngel form and forcing her to flee.]].

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Jupiter/Venus is the first character to actually ''die''.]]

* LackOfEmpathy: [[spoiler:Jupiter.]]
** Averted with [[spoiler:Nova, who even once she regains her memories can't bring herself to hurt anypony but still feels ''guilt'' for Jupiter's crimes she has memories of.]]

* LastSecondChance: [[spoiler:Iniduoh tells Venus to just stand down. She replies by trying to kill him, forcing him to reflect her beam back at her. It doesn't kill her, but shows any love she may once have had for him is long dead.]]

* LetsGetDangerous: [[Fanfic/PastSins Nyx]] is a recurring character in the blog, but for the most part is a sweet, rather cute mare who likes to brush Mars' mane (which was exactly what she was attempting to do at the time). However, when a threat to the family shows up in her presence [[spoiler: (Namely, [[http://twixie-answers.tumblr.com/post/37852233868/insert-epic-entry-theme-here a resurrected Jupiter]])]], she shows how scary the reincarnation of Nightmare Moon can really be.

* MafiaPrincess: [[spoiler:Astra/the ''real'' Venus and Jupiter/Venus]]

** Hazel as well, after being redeemed. [[spoiler:Just ask Venus. [[KilledOffForReal Oh, wait…]]]]

** '''Dekomaru''' gave a [[http://twixie-answers.tumblr.com/post/38220408118/i-kinda-hate-that-novas-the-popular-vote-its reason why]] most people chose the name Nova for [[spoiler: Jupiter's clone]].
* MistakenForMurderer: Happens to Astra ''twice'' due to [[spoiler:her EvilTwin, Jupiter (the Venus we know, as Astra is the real Venus), was the BigBad of the previous story arc and (due to their [[AbusiveParents father]] dumping her in Zebrica when she was a filly) no one knew Jupiter had a twin sister.]]
* MuggingTheMonster: [[spoiler:Jupiter has apparently been a SerialKiller for quite some time, but ultimately decided to target the family as her next victims. This turns out to be a bad idea as the majority of them are more powerful than she is.]]

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: Iniduoh admits and regrets that his living Hazel for three years to work in Las Haygas played a large role in driving her insane. He ''intended'' to come back, but was afraid she'd hate him when he saw how she was when he did and didn't approach her.]]

* OhCrap: [[spoiler:Venus, after realizing the 'Hazel' she killed was a decoy and that a ''very'' pissed off Trixie is standing right behind her.]]

** [[spoiler: Meta example at the end of the Festival of Love, where Pinkie Pie wound up with Dazzle, a DJ who also has the ability to break the fourth wall.]]

** Confetti has her mother Pinkie's mane color, her father Dazzler's eyes, and her coat is a peach-pink that makes some sense when you try to mix pink and white. [[spoiler: The wings and horn, however, they can't explain. They going with...well, it ''is'' [[NoFourthWall their]] [[RealityWarper kid]]...]]

* {{Physical God}}dess: Subverted with Venus, despite being an Alicorn, WordOfGod has confirmed she's a 'civilian' Alicorn, not a 'Royal' Alicorn and thus isn't a goddess.

* PreAsskickingOneLiner: Trixie right before [[spoiler:blasting Venus with a magic beam point blank.]]
--> [[spoiler:'''Venus''']]: WHAT?! [[spoiler:It's a decoy?!]]

* PredecessorVillain: [[spoiler:Neptune to his daughter Venus (actually Jupiter). And he was as bad or ''worse'' than she is!]]

* [[RaiseHimRightThisTime Raise Her Right This Time]]: [[spoiler:Seems to be the group's choice with Jupiter's clone.]]

** Same goes for Astra [[spoiler:as she's Venus' twin sister]]. This is because even civilian Alicorns are extremely long lived, with the greatest recorded age being 1,600 years old.

* ScarsAreForever: Astra has a scar on her head from where Jupiter threw a teapot at her when they were foals.

* SerialKiller: [[spoiler:[[http://twixie-answers.tumblr.com/post/30853909968/when-a-devil-plants-a-seed Venus apparently]] kept a list in her mansion of ponies, and the ones who were crossed out were either dead or missing (the ones that weren't had left town). Note, one journal entry even says that she ''killed her own mother''.]]
* SevenDeadlySins: Iniduoh mentions that [[http://twixie-answers.tumblr.com/post/30853909968/when-a-devil-plants-a-seed that the color of the hearts in Venus' Cutie Mark]] represented three of them, greed, lust, and envy, which, as he points out, fit her to a t.
* ShadowArchetype: [[spoiler:Venus (or rather Jupiter) to Hazel. Both were in love with Iniduoh, both had a foal they weren't expecting (though Venus didn't have it ''by'' him), both were dangerously insane in part due to Iniduoh seemingly not returning their love, and ultimately attempted to murder the object of their obsession in a psychotic rage when they were denied what they want, in all causes Venus taking them to an extreme. However, while Hazel had a DarkAndTroubledPast, Venus is a MafiaPrincess and a spoiled brat. Hazel also ultimately took Iniduoh's plea to reform and was cured, while Venus flat out rejects it. Ironically, Hazel had already accepted all those things ''were'' true about herself and overcame them before encountering Venus..]]

* ShotgunWedding: [[http://twixie-answers.tumblr.com/post/53407431946/a-shotgun-wait-arent-they-amish Implied to be instore for Dazzle.]] [[spoiler: Subverted, as it's actually an party shotgun, not a real one.]]
* ShrinkingViolet: Astra [[spoiler:, AKA the real Venus]].
* TheSociopath: [[spoiler:Venus (Jupiter). In addition to being completely homicidal, she's also rather emotionless most of the time until her VillainousBreakdown. Which is actually a pretty realistic depiction of a sociopathic {{Serial Killer}}s, who tend to go berserk rather quickly once things begin falling apart.]]

* SortingAlgorithmOfEvil: Honey Cluster was simply a conflicted friend of Trixie who genuinely didn't mean to cause any harm, and in the end simply calmed down and accepted Trixie belonged to someone else. Then Hazel was a psychotic mare who kidnapped Trixie and was willing to kill if need be. Then finally there was Venus [[spoiler:(Jupiter), a {{Sociopath}}ic SerialKiller out to murder the entire family and who had to be KilledOffForReal.]] This is followed by [[BigBadDuumvirate Mr. and Mrs. Trotswright]], who, while not as psychotic as Venus, are {{Corrupt Corporate Executive}}s who [[IOwnThisTown own half of Manehattan]], making them potentially more dangerous. If the {{Crossover}} is counted, there's [[http://askponydiscord.tumblr.com/ Lady Babylon]], a demonic JackassGenie and BigBad of another blog.

* StellarName: Venus, Mars, Astra, and Neptune. [[spoiler:[[ThemeNaming That family seemed to have a theme with this.]] It turns out the Venus we know was actually the ''real'' Venus' twin sister, Jupiter. And her clone ends up renamed Nova.]]

* [[TheseHandsHaveKilled These Hooves Have Killed]]: [[spoiler:Even though Venus left her no choice, Hazel is still feels a great deal of guilt over having to kill her.]]

* WeUsedToBeFriends: Iniduoh and Venus were friends while he was in Las Haygas. The problem is she wanted to be ''more'' than friends and [[WomanScorned he didn't.]]
** Also with Hattori and Fuma. They used to be the best of friends, until Hattori's father killed Fuma's. [[spoiler: As Danzo revealed, Kataro (Fuma's dad) had discussed the kill with Hanzo (Hattori's dad) in response to a threat to his wife and Fuma.)]]

* WomanScorned: [[spoiler:Venus, who Iniduoh refused, serves as the BigBad of part 5.]]

** [[spoiler:Venus starts losing it after Trixie and family trick her, more so after Hazel paralyzes her wings, preventing her from escaping. When the cops surround her to prevent her escape, she ''snaps''.]]
* VillainExitStageLeft: [[spoiler:Venus ''tries'' to do this, but Hazel paralyzes her wings with a well placed spell so she can't.]]

* YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry: Jupiter find this out the hard way, TWICE, with [[spoiler: Hazel and Nyx.]]

* YoureInsane: [[spoiler:Hazel to Venus, who points out even compared to her former insane self, Venus is a nut job.]]

** In the blog, Nyx trying to brush Mars' mane.

** Whenever somepony is giving birth, everypony tries to get in the door at once and blocks it up.

** Also with Hattori and Fuma. They used to be the best of friends, until Hattori's father killed Fuma's.

* CloningBlues: Pops up when [[spoiler:Nova [[AmnesiacDissonance regains her memories of being Jupiter.]] She accuses Astra of simply using her as wish fulfillment of what she WANTED Jupiter to be (though Lady Babylon planted the idea in her head to some degree)]].

* CreepySouvenir: [[spoiler:Astra and Mars open a locked box Jupiter/Fake Venus kept to find a stash of these. It includes the severed head of Astra's doll (which Jupiter beheaded simply to spite her when they were fillies), pieces of the teapot Jupiter threw at Astra's head, scarring her for life, and (most disturbingly) the rope she used to strangle their mother to death. As if we needed another reminder that Jupiter was a psychopath.]]

** [[spoiler:Neptune, the father Venus (Astra) and Jupiter (the Venus we know). He makes Evil!Hazel [[UpToEleven look like a good parent in comparison!]]]]

* KnifeNut: Evil!Hazel has a knife hidden in her hair.
** [[spoiler:Venus]] also gets in on the act.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Both subverted and played straight at the same time. The subversions comes that the author won't use any characters from the show that won't have any impact to the story, even the Princesses and CMC, so you won't see many regular ponies from the show. Buts at the same time the authors creates many [=OCs=] that contributes to any of the stories.