- Angst Aversion: After waiting over a year for the fifth episode, some viewers were turned off by the exponential increase in both gore and a sense of hopelessness, thanks to the past fall of Canterlot and a great deal of character mutilation, along with the death of most of the original show's cast in gruesome ways. By the end of it there's practically nothing Twilight can return to. Illustrating this phenomenon is the fact the next episode has around one fifth of Episode 5's views, with the drop in views remaining for the one after that.
- Fridge Horror:
- This is a crossover with Portal. You will recall that the Portal storyline occurs well after the Combine's takeover of Earth in Half-Life 2. With this in mind, what's happened to Equestria in the ten years Twilight's been in stasis?!
- And now it's Ascended Fridge Horror. In fact, it's worse - Portal 2 revealed in the ending and the Art Therapy DLC that humanity has managed to recover. This story? Equestria is a smoldering ruin.
- Too Bleak, Stopped Caring: By the end of the fifth episode, it's clear that even if Twilight gets out, there's nowhere for her to go. Between that and the incredibly excessive amount of gore-spattered violence, one can walk away from the series with very little hope it could ever end well.
- The Woobie: Rainbow Dash. To wit, she's outright maimed by DISCoRD, is forced to go through painful surgery without anesthetic to be rebuilt, something she didn't want.
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