History FanFic / SongsOfTheSpheres

The multiverse exists and contains 10 quintillion universes. Some containing and inhabited by [[JustForFun/AbusingTheKardashevScaleForFunAndProfit Type V civilizations]], others inhabited by denizens much, much lower on the scale than that. The story focuses on a particular group of [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic ponies led by Twilight Sparkle]], who after finding a black sphere with the power to travel to other universes discovers the multiverse and all the good (and bad) that comes with it.

There's a ''lot'' of good and bad.

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* ArcVillain: [[spoiler: Ba'al serves as one for Arc 1. Then Majora takes over for Arc 2 and the University of Doors for arc 3]].

* GodzillaThreshold: [[spoiler: In order to defeat a mighty foe, Equis Cosmic's Twilight is imbued with the full might of the Tree of Harmony. It works, but it comes with the cost of the other species (Griffons, Dragons, etc.) going extinct]].
* ImDyingPleaseTakeMyMacGuffin: [[spoiler: This is what kicks off the plot. The Black Sphere is what first enables the ponies to travel to other worlds]].

* AllThereInTheManual: The [=SpaceBattles=] thread is chock-full of background information on the Multiverse and its denizens
* AnyoneCanDie: Oh yes. Over the course of the story, several characters with screentime bite the dust, including most notably [[spoiler:Twilight in Chapter 34]]
* ApocalypseHow: Class X-3 happens to several of the original worlds, [[spoiler: including Equis Vitis, courtesy of the University of Doors.]] [[spoiler: It gets reversed later]]
** A major Class X-4 befalls a [[spoiler: mirror universe of Equis Vitis in Chapter 34, taking with it Twilight and the population of that universe, leaving Twilight-X to carry on as Evening Sparkle]]

* OneSteveLimit: Also a part of why prominent characters take different names. With so many different incarnations of themselves, there's a good chance that they will run into themselves

* TimeSkip: Happens between arcs and also in arcs. By this point, more than a decade has passed since the first chapter

* WhamEpisode: Chapter [[spoiler: 034. Twilence shows up, the Multiverse is even more bendable than first thought and to top it all off, Twilight dies and a new Twilight, Eve, takes her place]]

The multiverse exists and contains 10^19 universes. Some containing and inhabited by [[JustForFun/AbusingTheKardashevScaleForFunAndProfit Type V civilizations]], others inhabited by denizens much, much lower on the scale than that. The story focuses on a particular group of [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic ponies led by Twilight Sparkle]], who after finding a black sphere with the power to travel to other universes discovers the multiverse and all the good (and bad) that comes with it.

* PortalCrossroadWorld: Several of these exist, the main one being the Hub.

* TimeSkip: Happens inbetween arcs and also in arcs. By this point, more than a decade has passed since the first chapter

* ApocalypseHow: Class X-3 happens to several of the original worlds, [[spoiler: including Equis Vitis, courtesy of the University of Doors]], A major Class X-4 befalls a [[spoiler: mirror universe of Equis Vitis in Chapter 34, taking with it Twilight and the population of that universe, leaving Twilight-X to carry on as Evening Sparkle]]

* OmnicidalManiac: [[spoiler: Majora seeks to either exterminate or corrupt life in the universe, and eventually in the multiverse]].

* ArcVillain: [[spoiler: Ba'al serves as one for Arc 1. Then Majora takes over for Arc 2]].

* CreatorInJoke: For most people, a scene in Chapter 34 talks about how Twilence got here. For a select few, it is a reference to an RPG story that the author ran in early 2018

* {{Doorstopper}}: Set to become one, as it is already at over 459,000 words and planned to be much longer.

* PortalCrossroadWorld: The Hub, a nexus between universes serves as this

* SufficientlyAdvancedAlien: The Seats certainly count.

* CreatorInJoke: For most people, a scene in Chapter 34 talks about how Twilence got here. For a select few, it is a reference to an RPG story that the author made in early 2018

!!''Songs of the Spheres'' contains examples of the following tropes (amongst others):

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: As [[spoiler:Charter-]]Princess Twilight becomes the connection between universes as a quasi-diplomat, she grows into this role.

The multiverse exists and contains 10^19 universes. Some containing and inhabited by [[JustForFun/AbusingTheKardashevScaleForFunAndProfit Type V civilizations]], others inhabited by denizens much, much lower on the scale than that. The story focuses on a particular group of ponies led by Twilight Sparkle, who after finding a black sphere with the power to travel to other universes discovers the multiverse and all the good (and bad) that comes with it.

* ArcNumber: [[franchise/TheDarkTower 19]].

* DeadlyEnvironmentPrison: [[Videogame/Subnautica Nautica]] is used as one. [[spoiler:It doesn't turn out well.]]

The multiverse exists and contains 10^19 universes. Some containing and inhabited by [[JustForFun/AbusingTheKardashevScaleForFunAndProfit Type V civilizations]], others inhabited by denizens much, much lower on the scale than that. The story focuses on a particular group of ponies led by Twilight Sparkle, who after finding a black sphere with the power to travel to other universes discovers the multiverse and all the good (and bad) that comes with it

* ArcVillain: [[spoiler: Ba'al serves as one for Arc 1. Then Majora takes over for Arc 2]]
* ChaseScene: Starts with one
* DeadlyEnvironmentPrison: Nautica, a universe of nothing but water. Well, not as much a prison as a DeathWorld
* {{Doorstopper}}: Set to become one, as it is already at over 459,000 words and planned to be much longer
* GodzillaThreshold: [[spoiler: In order to defeat a mighty foe, Equis Cosmic's Twilight is imbued with the full might of the Tree of Harmony. It works, but it comes with the cost of the other species (Griffons, Dragons, etc.) going extinct]]
* ImDyingPleaseTakeMyMacGuffin: [[spoiler: This is what kicks off the plot. The Black Sphere is what first enables the ponies to travel to other worlds]]
* MeaningfulRename: In order to distinguish themselves from other versions of themselves, parts of the main cast take other names. eg. Starlight Glimmer -> [[spoiler:Nova]] and [[spoiler: Sunset Shimmer -> Corona]]
* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: The core concept of the story
* OmnicidalManiac: [[spoiler: Majora seeks to either exterminate or corrupt life in the universe, and eventually in the multiverse]]
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: As [[spoiler:Charter-]]Princess Twilight becomes the connection between universes as a quasi-diplomat, she grows into this role
* RecursiveFanfiction: There are a few laying around on the [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/songs-of-the-spheres-multiversal-scale-mega-crossover.555717/ SpaceBattles forum]]
* RuleFifty: The Raison d'etre of the whole story
* SlidingScaleOfFourthWallHardness: Varies depending on the character. Fourth Wall Breakers and Prophets tend to be more towards the NoFourthWall side while other characters tend to lean to the other side
* SufficientlyAdvancedAlien: The Seats certainly count
* YourMagicIsNoGoodHere: Universes without magic (or spirit for that matter) do exist

* DeadlyEnvironmentPrison: Nautica, a world of nothing but water. Well, not as much a prison as a DeathWorld

* SufficientlyAdvancedAlien: The Seats certainly count

* {{Doorstopper}}: Set to become one, as it is already at over 459,000 words and planned to be at least nine times as long

* SufficientlyAdvancedAlien: The Seats certainly count
* RecursiveFanfiction: There are a few laying around on the [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/songs-of-the-spheres-multiversal-scale-mega-crossover.555717/ SpaceBattles forum]]

* {{Doorstopper}}: Set to become one, as it is already at 201,000 words and planned to be at least nine times as long

The multiverse exists, and contains 10^19 universes. Some containing and inhabited by [[JustForFun/AbusingTheKardashevScaleForFunAndProfit Type V civilizations]], others inhabited with denizens much, much lower on the scale than that. The story focuses on a particular group of ponies led by Twilight Sparkle, who after finding a black sphere with the power to travel to other universes discovers the multiverse and all the good (and bad) that comes with it