History FanFic / SpectacularSeven

* NamesTheSame: Discussed in-universe by the Rainbooms. In order to avoid mixing up the two Sunset Shimmers, they refer to their friend as "Sunset" and her human counterpart as "Shimmer." They eventually start referring to her as "Lamia" once they find out she's a thief and uses that as her alias.

* {{Lunacy}}: Moondancer's magic manifests as moonlight. She's capable of forming wings in the shape of crescent moons in order to fly, and summons a moonlight-laced RoyalRapier as her WeaponOfChoice.

** The amulet that [[spoiler:Tempest wears]] is one for [[spoiler:Tirek, described as the UltimateEvil. Apalla Lulamoon, Sunset, and multiple other souls end up trapped there in a LotusEaterMachine]].

* SoulJar: [[spoiler:The amulet Tempest gets a hold of is the Soul Lock, a prison for Tirek, the UltimateEvil. Tempest Shadow is trying to revive him. After Sunset's soul is stolen, she ends up there, where she meets Apalla Lulamoon.]]

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** The Sirens promised ten thousand dollars for winning the Battle of the Bands. While the Spectacular Seven are planning a vacation with the prize money, they suddenly realize that it was probably a lie due to the Sirens having MindControlMusic. When they go to City Hall, the mayor confirms that there's no prize money.
** During the SnowballFight in ''Volume II,'' Sunset tries dashing across the snow and ice. She slips, falls, and hits her head, causing her to start bleeding.
** Rainbow Dash isn't instantly good at snowboarding just because she's a PassionateSportsGirl. She spends her first day snowboarding having to learn how to maintain her balance on the beginner's slope, and frequently falls on her face into the snow. When Rainbow tries doing a back flip off of a ramp the following day, she misjudges how much effort is needed to get a full rotation off the ramp. Rainbow only rotates about halfway in the air before hitting the ground so hard that she breaks her shoulder.
** The Spectacular Seven all apply to colleges except for Sunset. Even though Sunset is a genius and her grades are excellent, she's still from another dimension, and no doubt [[UndeadTaxExemption a college would see an obvious lack of school records and personal history if they looked into her]].
** When Sunset goes missing due to [[spoiler:being kidnapped by Lamia, Tempest and Moondancer]], Twilight overhears someone insulting Sunset at school, causing Twilight to punch the student in the face. Twilight gets detention as a result.
** After she's found, Sunset spends three weeks in the hospital, some of which are spent comatose. After all that time of no physical activity, her muscles are stiff and much weaker, her throat is very dry, and she has trouble even lifting her arms off of her bed. She ends up having to go through physical therapy to recover from all of the damage, and can only eat soft foods for a while.
** Occurs at the end of Volume III with the perpetrators of "The Longest Day". Although the dark benefactor and the Dragon get away, even with some of their accomplices pulling a HeelFaceTurn, Shining Armor (in his duty as a police officer) still has to arrest them. He does say he'll charge them as accessories instead of as perpetrators for [[spoiler:saving him and Cadence from the cave in which she was trapped]], but they're still going to jail.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Deconstructed. [[spoiler: Adagio claims to love her sisters, but in reality, she uses family loyalty as an excuse to bully and boss them around, seeing them as servants for her own ends. When they get sick of following her, she doesn't hesitate to hurt them]].

* HeroicWannabe: Moondancer sees herself as the hero of her story, but her arrogance, need for attention, and jealousy at Sunset for "stealing" Twilight from her clouds her judgement. [[spoiler: She is so obsessed with getting her way, she would risk the world and release Tirek for a chance at glory]].

* OddballInTheSeries: "Fathers and Daughters" (Volume III, Chapter 11) is the first chapter in both this story and its predecessor ''Long Road to Friendship'' to [[AbsenteeActor have no appearance whatsoever of Sunset]]. The author even lampshaded it.

** In Volume III, Chapter 17, after Sunset says she's NotSoDifferent from the Sirens, her friends all assure Sunset that [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre she's better than she thinks she is]] by referencing moments that Sunset hung out with them all in ''Long Road to Friendship''.

** Sunset has another moment of this in Volume III. [[spoiler:Sunset says she's NotSoDifferent from the Sirens, and how it was Sunset's idea to give them a shot at redemption, [[RedemptionRejection which they've rejected]]. Sunset says that "people like us" don't change unless they have to, citing the curse she was placed under in ''Long Road to Friendship''. The Spectacular Seven manage to talk Sunset down before she has a panic attack, and say that [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre Sunset has come further than she gives herself credit for]].]]

** In Volume III, Chapter 17, Sunset hits herself with this again. [[spoiler:The Sirens have made a [[DealWithTheDevil deal with Tempest Shadow in exchange for power]], attacking Sunset and the Lulamoons, stealing a staff from them in the process. Sunset believes it's her fault that her foster family was attacked, going into how she's NotSoDifferent from them, and how it was Sunset's idea to give them a shot at redemption, [[RedemptionRejection which they've rejected]]. The Spectacular Seven manage to talk Sunset down before she has a panic attack.]]

** In Volume III, Chapter 17, Sunset says she's NotSoDifferent from the Sirens, and that [[spoiler:she would have sold out the Spectacular Seven to Tempest like the Sirens did]] if she hadn't been [[{{Geas}} forced to change]] in the events of ''Long Road to Friendship''. The Spectacular Seven counter that -- Element interference or not -- nothing explicitly forced Sunset to become a better person and feel regret for the things she had done.

* PopculturalOsmosisFailure:

** The Sirens promised ten thousand dollars for winning the Battle of the Bands. While the Spectacular Seven are planning a vacation with the prize money, they suddenly realize that it was probably a lie. When they go to City Hall, the mayor confirms that there's no prize money.

** Rainbow Dash isn't instantly good at snowboarding just because she's a PassionateSportsGirl. She spends her first day snowboarding having to learn how to maintain her balance on the beginner's slope, and frequently falls on her face into the snow. When Rainbow tries doing a back flip off of a ramp in her second day, she doesn't get a full rotation, hitting the ground so hard that she breaks her shoulder.
** The Spectacular Seven all apply to colleges, except for Sunset. Even though Sunset is a genius and her grades are excellent, she's still from another dimension, and no doubt a college would see an obvious lack of school records and personal history if they looked into her.

** Sunset ends up spending three weeks in the hospital, some of which are spent comatose. After all that time of no physical activity whatsoever, her muscles are stiff and much weaker, her throat is very dry, and she has trouble even lifting an arm off of her bed. She ends up having to go through physical therapy to recover from all of the damage, and can only eat soft foods for a while.

* RealityEnsues:
** The Sirens promised ten thousand dollars for winning the Battle of the Bands. While the Spectacular Seven are planning a vacation with the prize money, they suddenly realize that it was probably a lie. When they go to City Hall, the mayor confirms that there's no prize money.
** During the SnowballFight in ''Volume II,'' Sunset tries dashing across the snow and ice. She slips, falls, and hits her head, causing her to start bleeding.
** Rainbow Dash isn't instantly good at snowboarding just because she's a PassionateSportsGirl. She spends her first day snowboarding having to learn how to maintain her balance on the beginner's slope, and frequently falls on her face into the snow. When Rainbow tries doing a back flip off of a ramp in her second day, she doesn't get a full rotation, hitting the ground so hard that she breaks her shoulder.
** The Spectacular Seven all apply to colleges, except for Sunset. Even though Sunset is a genius and her grades are excellent, she's still from another dimension, and no doubt a college would see an obvious lack of school records and personal history if they looked into her.
** When Sunset goes missing due to [[spoiler:being kidnapped by Lamia, Tempest and Moondancer]], Twilight overhears someone insulting Sunset at school, causing Twilight to punch the student in the face. Twilight gets detention as a result.
** Sunset ends up spending three weeks in the hospital, some of which are spent comatose. After all that time of no physical activity whatsoever, her muscles are stiff and much weaker, her throat is very dry, and she has trouble even lifting an arm off of her bed. She ends up having to go through physical therapy to recover from all of the damage, and can only eat soft foods for a while.
** Occurs at the end of Volume III with the perpetrators of "The Longest Day". Although the dark benefactor and the Dragon get away, even with some of their accomplices pulling a HeelFaceTurn, Shining Armor (in his duty as a police officer) still has to arrest them. He does say he'll charge them as accessories instead of as perpetrators for [[spoiler:saving him and Cadence from the cave in which she was trapped]], but they're still going to jail.

* CluelessBoss: Moondancer finds herself in this position as CEO of her father's company after [[spoiler:Tempest steals his soul]].

* BigFancyHouse: Moondancer lives in one, complete with servants, multiple bedrooms, and a large backyard. Her father can afford it because he's the head of a mutli-million dollar conglomerate.

*** Chapter 3. [[spoiler:Apalla Lullamoon has her body taken over by Tirek. Tempest gets her arm back. Night Shade prevents Moondancer from getting pulled into the Soul Lock, and Moondancer becomes CEO of his company.]]

* DealWithTheDevil: The dark benefactor's deal is this: help them revive Lord Tirek and flood the world with darkness, and Apalla Lulamoon's soul will be returned to her body. However, after MovingTheGoalposts a few times through the use of ExactWords, it becomes clear that the dark benefactor has no intention of honoring their end of the bargain.

* AlasPoorVillain: Volume IV, Chapter 3 is not at all kind to Moondancer, but it portrays her plight sympathetically. [[spoiler:Her mother's body is used for Tirek's vessel, her father takes the bullet for Moondancer when she almost gets pulled into the Soul Lock by Tempest, she becomes CEO of her father's company, and Tirek personally threatens her.]] After that, all Moondancer can do is just scream in anguish.