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* BoxedCrook: The Corujas, criminals recruited by the government of West Sonhos Vale as assassins, promised pardons in exchange for meeting a quota of Eastern soldiers killed (though they had no problem killing civilians too). Silver Spoon was one.
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* GeniusBonus: Pavel's silver joke actually does make sense if you know 'eggs' are Russian slang for testicles.
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* RockBeatsLaser: Averted ''hard'' in the civil war between West and East Sonhos Vale. The West had vastly superior numbers but were armed with bows, spears, and medieval armor. The East had guns, vehicles (including ''tanks'') and even airplanes. According to Apple Bloom the West got [[CurbStompBattle slaughtered quite messily]].
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Babs Seed is able to get away with much more than other members of the guard simply because she is [[CoDragons Captain Rumble's]] ex and a lot of characters are afraid to mess with her [[TheDreaded purely out of fear of what he'll do to them if they do]]. Also at one point Dinky makes it perfectly clear Babs would have been punished severely for attacking Featherweight, but is lenient because of [[VillainousFriendship her own friendship]] with Rumble.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Babs Seed is able to get away with much more than other members of the guard simply because she is [[CoDragons Captain Rumble's]] ex and a lot of characters are afraid to mess with her [[TheDreaded purely out of fear of what he'll do to them if they do]]. Also at one point Dinky makes it perfectly clear Babs would have been punished severely for attacking Featherweight, but is lenient because of [[VillainousFriendship her own friendship]] with Rumble.
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** Played straight with Peppercorn, her lover from the East. He uses a "Lucky-7" which is likely meant to be a LeMat Revolver.
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* RockBeatsLaser: Averted ''hard'' in the civil war between West and East Sonhos Vale. The West had vastly superior numbers but were armed with bows, spears, and medieval armor. The East had guns, vehicles (including ''tanks'') and even airplanes. According to Apple Bloom the West got [[CurbStompBattle slaughtered quite messily]].
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Babs Seed is able to get away with much more than other members of the guard simply because she is [[CoDragons Captain Rumble's]] ex and a lot of characters are afraid to mess with her [[TheDreaded purely out of fear of what he'll do to them if they do]]. Also at one point Dinky makes it perfectly clear Babs would have been punished severely for attacking Featherweight, but is lenient because of [[VillainousFriendship her own friendship]] with Rumble.
* RockBeatsLaser: Averted ''hard'' in the civil war between West and East Sonhos Vale. The West had vastly superior numbers but were armed with bows, spears, and medieval armor. The East had guns, vehicles (including ''tanks'') and even airplanes. According to Apple Bloom the West got [[CurbStompBattle slaughtered quite messily]].
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Babs Seed is able to get away with much more than other members of the guard simply because she is [[CoDragons Captain Rumble's]] ex and a lot of characters are afraid to mess with her [[TheDreaded purely out of fear of what he'll do to them if they do]]. Also at one point Dinky makes it perfectly clear Babs would have been punished severely for attacking Featherweight, but is lenient because of [[VillainousFriendship her own friendship]] with Rumble.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Silver Spoon doesn't see a problem with killing mares or stallions, but [[WouldntHurtAChild killing foals]] is going too far according to her and ticks her off enough to want to kill whoever does it.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Silver Spoon doesn't see a problem with killing mares or stallions, but [[WouldntHurtAChild killing foals]] is going too far according to her and ticks her off enough to want to kill whoever does it.
* FunnyForeigner: Pavel. He hardly speaks English and loves telling jokes that make no sense. Unless you understand Russian slang, that is.
* GeniusBonus: Pavel's silver joke actually does make sense if you know 'eggs' are Russian slang for testicles.
** Similarly, Pavel claims to be from a country or town called "Grogary Gorki", which is Russian for "[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePony Grogar's Mountain.]]"
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* ScarsAreForever: Apple Bloom has a scar under her right eye. [[spoiler:It turns out she got it when Silver Spoon tried to kill her.]]
* ScarsAreForever: Apple Bloom has a scar under her right eye. [[spoiler:It turns out she got it when Silver Spoon tried to kill her.]]
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** Silver Spoon has a scar on her leg, leftover from when Apple Bloom shot at her in a previous encounter.
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** Silver Spoon has a scar on her leg, leftover from when Apple Bloom shot at her in a previous encounter. She also has a few more on her body which she shows off while describing what being slashed and stabbed feels like to intimidate an R.E.A.F. rookie.
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* ComeOutComeOutWhereverYouAre: Dinky does this during her fight with Silver Spoon, while calmly [[StuffBlowingUp blowing up]] all the places to hide one by one.
--> You asked for a fight, so come out and get one you will never forget for as long as you live! '''*BOOM*''' [[ImpliedDeathThreat However long]] ''[[ImpliedDeathThreat that]]'' [[ImpliedDeathThreat might be, mind you.]]
--> You asked for a fight, so come out and get one you will never forget for as long as you live! '''*BOOM*''' [[ImpliedDeathThreat However long]] ''[[ImpliedDeathThreat that]]'' [[ImpliedDeathThreat might be, mind you.]]
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* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Babs Seed is able to get away with much more than other members of the guard simply because she is [[CoDragons Captain Rumble's]] ex and a lot of characters are afraid to mess with her [[TheDreaded purely out of fear of what he'll do to them if they do]]. Also at one point Dinky makes it perfectly clear Babs would have been punished severely for attacking Featherweight, but is lenient because of [[VillainousFriendship her own friendship]] with Rumble.
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* EliteMooks: Rumble's Stormfront Unit is described as the creme de la creme of the Equestrian armed forces.
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* PhotographicMemory: Dinky apparently has one.
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* EqualOpportunityEvil: Twilight's forces include a group of changelings used as spies, and her Royal Guard includes Babs Seed and other mares. Astringe the artist even [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this in the descriptions of one of the pictures.
--> Also too, I had a thought when Scootaloo and Apple Bloom passed a pair of guards and one was a woman. Twilight's army is unisex? How come the bad guys in these kinds of stories are always the most progressive?
--> Also too, I had a thought when Scootaloo and Apple Bloom passed a pair of guards and one was a woman. Twilight's army is unisex? How come the bad guys in these kinds of stories are always the most progressive?
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* ArmCannon: Twist gives us an odd example with a bow and arrow, according to the artwork the story is based on: Her bow attaches to her left horseshoe, while her right has a small hook to nock the arrows (which have holes in them).
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* MookPromotion: Merrilay becomes one of Lightning Dust's wingponies [[spoiler:after Twitch is killed]].
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** Lightning Dust and her two wingponies are this as well [[spoiler:until it's subverted with Twitch's death after he appears only once.]]
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* RevolversAreJustBetter: Apple Bloom's weapon of choice.
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* FantasticSlurs: The citizens of East Sonhos Vale refer to the ponies of West Sonhos Vale as "spooks" due to the emaciated appearance they all share from generations of starvation and meat eating.
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* IconicOutfit: Twitch's battered old flight cap. [[spoiler: After he's blown up, it's the only to identify the body.]]
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* QuirkyMinibossSquad: Lightning Dust, Rumble, and Featherweight are Twilight's top lieutenants, but rather than being CoDragons, they're outranked by Dinky, through whom they communicate with Twilight.
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* AbusiveParents: Lightning Dust states that the only thing she learned from her father was how to take a punch, from how often he hit her.
** Lightning Dust genuinely cares for all the pegasi under her command. Hurt them, and she will hunt you down. [[spoiler: When Twitch is killed, she dedicates the R.E.A.F. to revenge.]]
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* CoDragons: Princess Dinky Doo, Captain Rumble, Captain Lightning Dust, and Featherweight seem to be Queen Twilight's chief lieutenants.
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* ParentalAbandonment: Crimson Sky apparently abandoned a pregnant lover in Ponyville before the foal was even born.
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* HeyYouHaymaker: How Babs expresses to Featherweight her disgust over the bombing of Broncton, which was based on his intel.
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* TheSpymaster: Featherweight is described as Twilight's "eyes and ears", due to the Changeling spies that he deploys across Equestria.
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* TooKinkyToTorture: When the Cake twins are captured by the Royal Guard, Pumpkin apparently responds to threats of enhanced interrogation by giving rather graphic advice.
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* TooKinkyToTorture: When the Cake twins are captured by the Royal Guard, Pumpkin apparently responds to threats of enhanced interrogation by giving rather graphic advice.advice on how to do it.
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* AscendedToCarnivorism: The ponies of West Sonhos Vale did this en mass generations ago as a result of lack of vegetation in their desolate homeland.
* CurbStompBattle: The war between West and East Sonhos Vale was a massacre in the East's favor -- they had early 20th century technology, while the West were stuck in MedievalStasis, with they only advantage being superior numbers, which were wasted in ZergRush tactics.
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* StealthHiBye: The Masquerader does this ''all the time''.
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** Snails does this a few times as well.
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* EyeScream: The night Ponyville was destroyed, Scootaloo's left eye was put out when the lense of the goggles she was wearing was shattered.
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* EyeScream: The night Ponyville was destroyed, Scootaloo's left eye was put out when [[MoeGreeneSpecial one of the lense lenses of the goggles she was wearing was shattered.shattered]].
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* CoDragons: Princess Dinky Doo, Captain Rumble, and Captain Lightning Dust seem to be Queen Twilight's chief lieutenants.
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* DirtyCoward: Featherweight relies on his Changelings to fight for him, and his reputation and status to intimidate others into doing his bidding. When neither works, he runs off with his tail between his legs.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Twilight raised Dinky and Rumble as her own children.
** Rumble and Babs used to be a couple, and it would seem he still cares about her.
** Crimson Sky is a loving husband and father, and is close friends with the other founders of the R.E.A.F. [[spoiler: Twitch's death devastates him.]]
** Rumble and Babs used to be a couple, and it would seem he still cares about her.
** Crimson Sky is a loving husband and father, and is close friends with the other founders of the R.E.A.F. [[spoiler: Twitch's death devastates him.]]
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* InterserviceRivalry: There's seems to be a bit between the Royal Guard and the Royal Equestrian Air Force.
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* InterserviceRivalry: There's seems to be a bit between the Royal Guard and the Royal Equestrian Air Force. And ''no one'' seems to like Featherweight and his Changeling spies.
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Twitch, who gleefully partook in the bombing of Broncton, is killed when a shot from Apple Bloom's gun sets off one of the bombs on his belt, catching him in the blast.]]
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Twitch, who gleefully partook in the bombing of Broncton, is killed when a shot from Apple Bloom's gun sets off one of the bombs on his belt, catching him in the blast.]]
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: WordOfGod is that Apple Bloom and Scootaloo's first encounter in the story was going to be when Scootaloo lost her eye, but the author thought that was too dark and moved back when she lost the eye.
** WordOfGod also states that Apple Bloom was originally going to have been raised by humans, but felt that the presence of humans completely changed the nature of the story, so changed it.
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* TheArcher: Twist has grown up to be quite good with a bow.
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* BigDamnHeroes: Snails teleports Silver Spoon to safety when she's cornered by Crimson Sky in Broncton.
* BigGood: The Masquerader... maybe. It isn't really clear what she wants.
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* BigDamnHeroes: Snails teleports and Twist rescue Silver Spoon to safety when she's cornered by Crimson Sky in Broncton.
Broncton, with the latter distracting the guards while Snails teleports her to safety.
* BigGood: TheMasquerader...Masquerader/Arpeggio... maybe. It isn't really It's clear what that she wants.wants to find and reunite the Elements of Harmony to bring down Queen Twilight, but it's unclear how "good" she is.
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: The being who hires Apple Bloom and Silver Spoon for their respective jobs is initially referred to only as "The Masquerader". Later, when she teams up with Snails, she gives him the name "Arpeggio", though this is clearly an alias.
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* TheQuietOne: Twist doesn't talk much.
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* HeroicBSOD: Scootaloo, after seeing Twitch and recognizing him from the night Ponyville was destroyed, freaks out and then goes practically catatonic.
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* FaceHeelTurn: Quite a few Ponyvile foals have grown up to be key members of Twilight's regime.
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* FaceHeelTurn: Twilight Sparkle's seems to be what kickstarted the plot to begin with.
** Quite a few Ponyvile foals have grown up to be key members of Twilight's regime.
** Quite a few Ponyvile foals have grown up to be key members of Twilight's regime.
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: Twilight appointed herself Queen after taking over.
* LetsYouAndHimFight: The Masquerader sends Apple Bloom after Scootaloo with orders to capture her, and as such, Scootaloo fights back during the ensuing encounter. It takes making direct eye contact for them to recognize each other, which is what ends the fight.
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* NeckLift: Dinky does this to Silver Spoon in their fight, and Spoon barely gets out of it.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Apple Bloom's reaction when she realizes that the fugitive she's been sent to collect, who she almost seriously wounded or killed, is Scootaloo.
* NeckLift: Dinky does this telekinetically to Silver Spoon in their fight, and Spoon barely gets out of it.
* NeckLift: Dinky does this telekinetically to Silver Spoon in their fight, and Spoon barely gets out of it.
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* TearsOfJoy: Apple Bloom and Scootaloo's reaction when they recognize each other, thus dispelling the belief each had that the other was dead.
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* BountyHunter: What Apple Bloom has done for a living since returning to Equestria.
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* CrapsackWorld: Equestria has become a PoliceState, whose military has no qualms about bombing population centers to drive out fugitives.
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* CrapsackWorld: Equestria has become a PoliceState, PoliceState [[TheEmpire Empire]], whose military has no qualms about bombing population centers to drive out fugitives.
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* DarkSecret: Whatever Apple Bloom did in the Sonhos Vale civil war.
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** Dinky Doo is pretty feared as well. And judging by her fight with Scootaloo, Silver Spoon, for good reason.
* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: Silver Spoon went from being one of the richest foals in Ponyville to being a common thief. Dinky subtly mocks this when they run into each other.
* MuggingTheMonster: In chapter 2, a couple of drunk thugs try to mug Apple Bloom. One takes a bullet to the chest, and the other to the shoulder.
* MysteriousBacker: The Masquerader. She sets Apple Bloom after Scootaloo, and hired Silver Spoon to steal the Element of Magic crown from Dinky Doo, and gave both parties instructions to meet her in Broncton, implying that she intended for them to meet up even without instructions to do so. And this is all without anyone knowing who she is or what she wants.
* MysteriousBacker: The Masquerader. She sets Apple Bloom after Scootaloo, and hired Silver Spoon to steal the Element of Magic crown from Dinky Doo, and gave both parties instructions to meet her in Broncton, implying that she intended for them to meet up even without instructions to do so. And this is all without anyone knowing who she is or what she wants.
* MythologyGag: Sonhos Vale, the name of the country Apple Bloom and Silver Spoon grew up in, means "Valley of Dreams". In other words, [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyAndFriends Dream Valley]].
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* WrittenByTheWinners: Officially, after Celestia's death, Luna tried to usurp total control of Equestria for herself, which is why Twilight and to fight and stop her. It's rather strongly implied this is total BS.
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: After Ponyville was destroyed, the survivors all scattered across Equestria (and in some cases, sought refuge outside Equestria itself).
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* WrittenByTheWinners: Officially, after Celestia's death, Luna tried to usurp total control of Equestria for herself, which is why Twilight and had to fight and stop her. It's rather strongly implied this is total BS.
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: After Ponyville was destroyed, the survivors all scattered across Equestria (and in some cases, sought refuge outside Equestriaitself).itself).
* YourMom: Silver Spoon gives a basic "Your mother" in response to Dinky's questions on how she found the secret passage into the caverns under the royal palace.
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: After Ponyville was destroyed, the survivors all scattered across Equestria (and in some cases, sought refuge outside Equestria
* YourMom: Silver Spoon gives a basic "Your mother" in response to Dinky's questions on how she found the secret passage into the caverns under the royal palace.
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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Apparently this is the case with Miss Daydream, the mare in charge of Environment Equestria. Scootaloo shared a train ride with her once, and came away with the impression that she's insane.
* CoDragons: Princess Dinky Doo, Captain Rumble, and Captain Lightning Dust seem to be Queen Twilight's chief lieutenants.
* CoDragons: Princess Dinky Doo, Captain Rumble, and Captain Lightning Dust seem to be Queen Twilight's chief lieutenants.
* TheEmpire: What Equestria became under Twilight's rule. In fact, it conquered an ''actual'' empire (the Crystal Empire, in fact).
** Dinky is also half-blind, but is also one of the most powerful unicorns alive.
* LeaveHimToMe: Lightning Dust's orders to Crimson Sky and Twitch when encountering Rainbow Dash in Ponyville.
** And of course, there's the scar permanently sealing shut Scootaloo's lost eye.
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* UndyingLoyalty: Twilight's inner circle, and her armed forces in general, are this to her.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Queen Twilight is a tyrant, but is still seen as a hero by most of her subjects.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: WordOfGod is that Apple Bloom and Scootaloo's first encounter in the story was going to be when Scootaloo lost her eye, but the author thought that was too dark and moved back when she lost the eye.
** WordOfGod also states that Apple Bloom was originally going to have been raised by humans, but felt that the presence of humans completely changed the nature of the story, so changed it.
* WrittenByTheWinners: Officially, after Celestia's death, Luna tried to usurp total control of Equestria for herself, which is why Twilight and to fight and stop her. It's rather strongly implied this is totalBS.BS.
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: After Ponyville was destroyed, the survivors all scattered across Equestria (and in some cases, sought refuge outside Equestria itself).
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Queen Twilight is a tyrant, but is still seen as a hero by most of her subjects.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: WordOfGod is that Apple Bloom and Scootaloo's first encounter in the story was going to be when Scootaloo lost her eye, but the author thought that was too dark and moved back when she lost the eye.
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* YouCantGoHomeAgain: After Ponyville was destroyed, the survivors all scattered across Equestria (and in some cases, sought refuge outside Equestria itself).
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* BadFuture: Duh. Kind of the point. Specifically, at some point Princess Celestia died, followed by Twilight Sparkle and Princess Luna engaging in a fight that destroyed Ponyville, killing or scattering its inhabitants; the other bearers of the Elements of Harmony are missing, presumed dead; Twilight, now Queen, has turned Equestria into a totalitarian PoliceState; and formerly sweet and kind characters have grown to be either villains, {{Anti Hero}}es, or have lost everything they care about.
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* BadFuture: Duh. Kind The entire point of the point. Specifically, story's premise -- at some point point, Princess Celestia died, followed by Twilight Sparkle and Princess Luna engaging in a fight that destroyed Ponyville, killing or scattering its inhabitants; the other bearers of the Elements of Harmony are missing, presumed dead; Twilight, now Queen, has turned Equestria into a totalitarian PoliceState; and formerly sweet and kind characters have grown to be either villains, {{Anti Hero}}es, or have lost everything they care about.
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** Speaking of Dinky, the Equestrian military gets ''pissed'' after learning she's been attacked and robbed. Apparently "[[AffectionateNickname the Dink]]" is well loved by her underlings.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: It's a highly persistent rumor that this is how Twilight controls the Royal Guard.
* CouldSayItBut: Crimson Sky "mistakes" Babs as being from Broncton instead of Manehattan, so that he can tip her off that that's where the fugitive they're chasing (Silver Spoon) is heading, in the hopes she can catch her before the R.E.A.F. has to bomb the town to find her.
** Twilight adopted Dinky Doo after Ponyville's destruction. It's also stated that she raised Rumble like a son, but it doesn't seem he was officially adopted too.
* InterserviceRivalry: There's seems to be a bit between the Royal Guard and the Royal Equestrian Air Force.
* KickedUpstairs: Babs was part of Rumble's personal squad, until an injury during the conquest of the Crystal Empire took her off active duty. She was then reassigned to run the Criminal Investigation Department.
* InterserviceRivalry: There's seems to be a bit between the Royal Guard and the Royal Equestrian Air Force.
* KickedUpstairs: Babs was part of Rumble's personal squad, until an injury during the conquest of the Crystal Empire took her off active duty. She was then reassigned to run the Criminal Investigation Department.
* MookLieutenant: Crimson Sky and Twitch are Lightning Dust's co-commanders in the Royal Equestrian Air Force.
* MyCountryRightOrWrong: The official explanation for why the Royal Guard pledged loyalty to Twilight when she took over -- loyalty to the throne, not whoever sits in it.
* NeckLift: Dinky does this to Silver Spoon in their fight, and Spoon barely gets out of it.
* NeverBringAKnifeToAGunfight: Apple Bloom says this almost word for word after using her gun to take out the two thugs who attempt to mug her in chapter 2.
* PaintItBlack: At some point, Twilight had her Royal Guards swap out their gold armor for black and silver. Meanwhile, red-gray-black became the color scheme of the new royal family.
* PrincessesRule: Discussed, when Twitch wonders why Celestia went by Princess instead of Queen.
* MyCountryRightOrWrong: The official explanation for why the Royal Guard pledged loyalty to Twilight when she took over -- loyalty to the throne, not whoever sits in it.
* NeckLift: Dinky does this to Silver Spoon in their fight, and Spoon barely gets out of it.
* NeverBringAKnifeToAGunfight: Apple Bloom says this almost word for word after using her gun to take out the two thugs who attempt to mug her in chapter 2.
* PaintItBlack: At some point, Twilight had her Royal Guards swap out their gold armor for black and silver. Meanwhile, red-gray-black became the color scheme of the new royal family.
* PrincessesRule: Discussed, when Twitch wonders why Celestia went by Princess instead of Queen.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Crimson Sky has been one of Twilight's lieutenants since the start, and is loyal, but is uncomfortable with some of the more extreme things that are done in her name.
** Babs is similar to Crimson Sky, in that she doesn't approve of the wholesale violence the rest of the Royal Guard and the R.E.A.F. perform, but holds to the oath she took to serve Twilight as a member of the Guard.
** Babs is similar to Crimson Sky, in that she doesn't approve of the wholesale violence the rest of the Royal Guard and the R.E.A.F. perform, but holds to the oath she took to serve Twilight as a member of the Guard.
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** Scootaloo has three -- her old CMC bandana (now used as an eyepatch), her mother's scarf, and Rainbow Dash's flight goggles.
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** Scootaloo has three -- her old CMC bandana (now used as an eyepatch), her mother's scarf, and Rainbow Dash's flight goggles.goggles.
* WrittenByTheWinners: Officially, after Celestia's death, Luna tried to usurp total control of Equestria for herself, which is why Twilight and to fight and stop her. It's rather strongly implied this is total BS.
* WrittenByTheWinners: Officially, after Celestia's death, Luna tried to usurp total control of Equestria for herself, which is why Twilight and to fight and stop her. It's rather strongly implied this is total BS.
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Official summary: It was a night that will forever be burned into the memories of everypony. One fateful night in Equestria everything changed. The princesses who had ruled over the world with kindness and heart were gone, and a new ruler had taken their place.
Years have passed since that event. Ponies have grown up, aged, and moved on with their lives. Equestria has become a very different place over the span of these years.
Our story begins when a face resurfaces in Equestria. When a weathered, scarred, but familiar face steps into the light.
Years have passed since that event. Ponies have grown up, aged, and moved on with their lives. Equestria has become a very different place over the span of these years.
Our story begins when a face resurfaces in Equestria. When a weathered, scarred, but familiar face steps into the light.
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Official summary: It "It was a night that will forever be burned into the memories of everypony. One fateful night in Equestria everything changed. The princesses who had ruled over the world with kindness and heart were gone, and a new ruler had taken their place.
place. Years have passed since that event. Ponies have grown up, aged, and moved on with their lives. Equestria has become a very different place over the span of these years.
years. Our story begins when a face resurfaces in Equestria. When a weathered, scarred, but familiar face steps into the light.
light."
* ClassyCatBurglar: What Silver Spoon has been reduced to in order to make a living.
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: Once curfew is in effect in Canterlot, even members of the military are required to show ID to the Royal Guard patrols, due to a time when the Rainbolts [[DressingAsTheEnemy stole some uniforms]] for espionage purposes.
* DoomedHometown: Ponyville was destroyed by the battle between Twilight and Luna.
* DrivingQuestion: Who is the Masquerader, and what does she want?
* TheFaceless: The Masquerader completely covers herself in rags, hiding her face and everything else that might identify her.
* FaceHeelTurn: Quite a few Ponyvile foals have grown up to be key members of Twilight's regime.
** Featherweight is a more recent example; apparently, he was a member of [[LaResistance the Rainbolts]] before defecting to Twilight's forces.
* FlashbackNightmare: Scootaloo has one in chapter 9 to the night Ponyville was destroyed and she last saw Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy.
* FutureBadass: The younger generation have all grown up pretty tough.
* GreatDetective: Babs, having long since been put in charge on the Criminal Investigation Department of the Royal Guard, is the only who doesn't connect the arrest of the Cake twins with Silver Spoon's theft of the Princess's crown on the same night -- everyone else sees the twins as a diversion for the theft, but Babs sees it as the coincidence it is.
* FaceHeelTurn: Quite a few Ponyvile foals have grown up to be key members of Twilight's regime.
** Featherweight is a more recent example; apparently, he was a member of [[LaResistance the Rainbolts]] before defecting to Twilight's forces.
* FlashbackNightmare: Scootaloo has one in chapter 9 to the night Ponyville was destroyed and she last saw Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy.
* FutureBadass: The younger generation have all grown up pretty tough.
* GreatDetective: Babs, having long since been put in charge on the Criminal Investigation Department of the Royal Guard, is the only who doesn't connect the arrest of the Cake twins with Silver Spoon's theft of the Princess's crown on the same night -- everyone else sees the twins as a diversion for the theft, but Babs sees it as the coincidence it is.
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* HappilyAdopted: Apple Bloom was adopted by a zebra couple in East Sonhos Vale after Ponyville was destroyed.
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* HappilyAdopted: Apple Bloom was adopted by a zebra couple in East Sonhos Vale after Ponyville was destroyed.destroyed.
* KnifeNut: Silver Spoon always fights with knifes.
* RevolversAreJustBetter: Apple Bloom's weapon of choice.
* ScarsAreForever: Apple Bloom has a scar under her right eye.
** Silver Spoon has a scar on her leg, leftover from when Apple Bloom shot at her in a previous encounter.
* StealthHiBye: The Masquerader does this ''all the time''.
* TooKinkyToTorture: When the Cake twins are captured by the Royal Guard, Pumpkin apparently responds to threats of enhanced interrogation by giving rather graphic advice.
* TragicKeepsake: Apple Bloom still has her sister's hat.
** Scootaloo has three -- her old CMC bandana (now used as an eyepatch), her mother's scarf, and Rainbow Dash's flight goggles.
* KnifeNut: Silver Spoon always fights with knifes.
* RevolversAreJustBetter: Apple Bloom's weapon of choice.
* ScarsAreForever: Apple Bloom has a scar under her right eye.
** Silver Spoon has a scar on her leg, leftover from when Apple Bloom shot at her in a previous encounter.
* StealthHiBye: The Masquerader does this ''all the time''.
* TooKinkyToTorture: When the Cake twins are captured by the Royal Guard, Pumpkin apparently responds to threats of enhanced interrogation by giving rather graphic advice.
* TragicKeepsake: Apple Bloom still has her sister's hat.
** Scootaloo has three -- her old CMC bandana (now used as an eyepatch), her mother's scarf, and Rainbow Dash's flight goggles.
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* AdaptionExpansion: Of a sort. Astringe had no plot whatsoever in mind when he drew the original pictures; Tonic Plotter had to come up with all of it on his own.
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* AdaptionExpansion: AdaptationExpansion: Of a sort. Astringe had no plot whatsoever in mind when he drew the original pictures; Tonic Plotter had to come up with all of it on his own.own.
* AffablyEvil: Dinky Doo is pretty amiable for an {{Evil Prince}}ss. All her troops love her.
* AffablyEvil: Dinky Doo is pretty amiable for an {{Evil Prince}}ss. All her troops love her.
* AttackItsWeakPoint: Silver Spoon takes out Dinky by biting down on her horn, cutting off her magic and giving Silver Spoon a chance to beat her.
* BerserkButton: Don't badmouth Diamond Tiara around Silver Spoon.
** Dinky gets noticeably angry when Silver Spoon mentions her mother, and loses it when her eyepatch is damaged.
** Dinky gets noticeably angry when Silver Spoon mentions her mother, and loses it when her eyepatch is damaged.
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* CrapsackWorld: Equestria has become a PoliceState, whose military has no qualms about bombing population centers to drive out fugitives.
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* BilingualBonus: Portuguese, the author's native language, is used for the language of West Sonhos Vale.
* CoDragons: Princess Dinky Doo, Captain Rumble, and Lightning Dust seem to be Queen Twilight's chief lieutenants.
* CrapsackWorld: Equestria has become a PoliceState, whose military has no qualms about bombing population centers to drive outfugitives.fugitives.
** The rest of the world doesn't look too good either -- Sonhos Vale, where Apple Bloom and Silver Spoon grew up after becoming refugees, has been split by civil war for so long no one remembers how it started, and Saddle Arabia's been hit so hard by drought that it's on the verge of collapse.
* DarkSecret: Whatever Apple Bloom did in the Sonhos Vale civil war.
* TheDreaded: Rumble, Captain of the Royal Guard, is feared by all. Probably because he once nearly [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beat a griffin to death]] with his ''bare hooves''.
** Dinky Doo is pretty feared as well. And judging by her fight with Scootaloo, for good reason.
* EyeScream: The night Ponyville was destroyed, Scootaloo's left eye was put out when the lense of the goggles she was wearing was shattered.
** Dinky is also minus an eye, though how she lost it hasn't been revealed yet.
* HandicappedBadass: Apple Bloom has a notable limp in one of her forelegs, but can still fight as good as anyone.
** Scootaloo is half-blind and has a broken wing, but can give Apple Bloom and Silver Spoon a run for their money.
** Babs was removed from active duty in the Royal Guard after a permanent lung injury. She doesn't let it slow her down.
* HappilyAdopted: Apple Bloom was adopted by a zebra couple in East Sonhos Vale after Ponyville was destroyed.
* CoDragons: Princess Dinky Doo, Captain Rumble, and Lightning Dust seem to be Queen Twilight's chief lieutenants.
* CrapsackWorld: Equestria has become a PoliceState, whose military has no qualms about bombing population centers to drive out
** The rest of the world doesn't look too good either -- Sonhos Vale, where Apple Bloom and Silver Spoon grew up after becoming refugees, has been split by civil war for so long no one remembers how it started, and Saddle Arabia's been hit so hard by drought that it's on the verge of collapse.
* DarkSecret: Whatever Apple Bloom did in the Sonhos Vale civil war.
* TheDreaded: Rumble, Captain of the Royal Guard, is feared by all. Probably because he once nearly [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beat a griffin to death]] with his ''bare hooves''.
** Dinky Doo is pretty feared as well. And judging by her fight with Scootaloo, for good reason.
* EyeScream: The night Ponyville was destroyed, Scootaloo's left eye was put out when the lense of the goggles she was wearing was shattered.
** Dinky is also minus an eye, though how she lost it hasn't been revealed yet.
* HandicappedBadass: Apple Bloom has a notable limp in one of her forelegs, but can still fight as good as anyone.
** Scootaloo is half-blind and has a broken wing, but can give Apple Bloom and Silver Spoon a run for their money.
** Babs was removed from active duty in the Royal Guard after a permanent lung injury. She doesn't let it slow her down.
* HappilyAdopted: Apple Bloom was adopted by a zebra couple in East Sonhos Vale after Ponyville was destroyed.
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''Bad Future Crusaders'' is a ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfic by Tonic Plotter, based on a series of pictures on Deviantart by Astringe that were designed to show the BadFuture trope as distilled through an [=MLP:FiM=] setting.
Official summary: It was a night that will forever be burned into the memories of everypony. One fateful night in Equestria everything changed. The princesses who had ruled over the world with kindness and heart were gone, and a new ruler had taken their place.
Years have passed since that event. Ponies have grown up, aged, and moved on with their lives. Equestria has become a very different place over the span of these years.
Our story begins when a face resurfaces in Equestria. When a weathered, scarred, but familiar face steps into the light.
The story can be read [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/135179/bad-future-crusaders here]]. The original series of pictures can be seen [[http://astringe.deviantart.com/gallery/41135018 here]], and there's also a second set of pictures based on scenes from the story, which can be seen [[http://astringe.deviantart.com/gallery/46994393 here]].
!!Tropes present in this story:
* AdaptionExpansion: Of a sort. Astringe had no plot whatsoever in mind when he drew the original pictures; Tonic Plotter had to come up with all of it on his own.
* AlternateUniverse: WordOfGod is that the plot diverges from canon at some point early in Season 3.
* ArchEnemy: Apple Bloom and Silver Spoon became this when fighting against each other in the Sonhos Vale civil war. They are ''not'' pleased to run into each other again in Broncton.
* BadFuture: Duh. Kind of the point. Specifically, at some point Princess Celestia died, followed by Twilight Sparkle and Princess Luna engaging in a fight that destroyed Ponyville, killing or scattering its inhabitants; the other bearers of the Elements of Harmony are missing, presumed dead; Twilight, now Queen, has turned Equestria into a totalitarian PoliceState; and formerly sweet and kind characters have grown to be either villains, {{Anti Hero}}es, or have lost everything they care about.
* BigBad: Queen Twilight Sparkle, though she hasn't [[TheGhost shown up yet]].
* BigGood: The Masquerader... maybe. It isn't really clear what she wants.
* CrapsackWorld: Equestria has become a PoliceState, whose military has no qualms about bombing population centers to drive out fugitives.
Official summary: It was a night that will forever be burned into the memories of everypony. One fateful night in Equestria everything changed. The princesses who had ruled over the world with kindness and heart were gone, and a new ruler had taken their place.
Years have passed since that event. Ponies have grown up, aged, and moved on with their lives. Equestria has become a very different place over the span of these years.
Our story begins when a face resurfaces in Equestria. When a weathered, scarred, but familiar face steps into the light.
The story can be read [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/135179/bad-future-crusaders here]]. The original series of pictures can be seen [[http://astringe.deviantart.com/gallery/41135018 here]], and there's also a second set of pictures based on scenes from the story, which can be seen [[http://astringe.deviantart.com/gallery/46994393 here]].
!!Tropes present in this story:
* AdaptionExpansion: Of a sort. Astringe had no plot whatsoever in mind when he drew the original pictures; Tonic Plotter had to come up with all of it on his own.
* AlternateUniverse: WordOfGod is that the plot diverges from canon at some point early in Season 3.
* ArchEnemy: Apple Bloom and Silver Spoon became this when fighting against each other in the Sonhos Vale civil war. They are ''not'' pleased to run into each other again in Broncton.
* BadFuture: Duh. Kind of the point. Specifically, at some point Princess Celestia died, followed by Twilight Sparkle and Princess Luna engaging in a fight that destroyed Ponyville, killing or scattering its inhabitants; the other bearers of the Elements of Harmony are missing, presumed dead; Twilight, now Queen, has turned Equestria into a totalitarian PoliceState; and formerly sweet and kind characters have grown to be either villains, {{Anti Hero}}es, or have lost everything they care about.
* BigBad: Queen Twilight Sparkle, though she hasn't [[TheGhost shown up yet]].
* BigGood: The Masquerader... maybe. It isn't really clear what she wants.
* CrapsackWorld: Equestria has become a PoliceState, whose military has no qualms about bombing population centers to drive out fugitives.
