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* MeaningfulName: A stallion who shares Twilight's interests and is apparently her perfect match? What could possibly mark him as evil? How about being named Morning Star? Who else has that name? [[{{TheBible}} Oh yes...]]
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* MeaningfulName: A stallion who shares Twilight's interests and is apparently her perfect match? What could possibly mark him as evil? How about being named Morning Star? Who else has that name? [[{{TheBible}} [[Literature/TheBible Oh yes...]]
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* Deuteragonist: Serale is this to Cobblestone, although the story isn't about her, she receives almost half as much point of view time as Cobblestone.
* EldritchAbomination: It's not clear ''what'' Hob is, but a 'cat' he most certainly ''is not.''
* LostWorld: Of a darker variety. A new mysterious island appears halfway across the world where there was never any land and those who try to find it are lost at sea. Even ''Discord'' [[WalkIntoMordor can't get to it.]] All but assumed to be the location of the Shadow.
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* RotatingProtagonist: Cobblestone becomes the new Protagonist for the story, with Twilight becoming a background character.
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* RotatingProtagonist: Cobblestone becomes the new Protagonist for the story, with Twilight becoming a background character. Though through POV shifts, it's fairly clear she's a SupportingProtagonist.
* SupportingLeader: Twilight assumes this position both in narrative as a secondary character and literally - as she is the Avatar of Creation, basically the designated leader against The Shadow.
* SupportingLeader: Twilight assumes this position both in narrative as a secondary character and literally - as she is the Avatar of Creation, basically the designated leader against The Shadow.
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Years after her heroing days seem passed, her country is at peace, and her friends have begun to settle down. Twilight however, is soon caught in a series of events that will lead to a horrifying revelation that will shake the core of nearly all her beliefs. Friends will become enemies, and lives will hang in the balance, including her own in this cosmic chess game.
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Years after her heroing days seem passed, her country is at peace, and her friends have begun to settle down. Twilight however, is soon caught in a series of events that will lead leading to a horrifying revelation that will shake the core of nearly all her beliefs. Friends will become enemies, and lives will hang in the balance, including her own in this cosmic chess game.
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* HeroicSacrifice: Sweetie Belle makes sure a young filly is safely evacuated from the crumbling Ever Free base at the cost of her life.
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** Twilight herself. Once she pieces the puzzle together, her goal becomes to foil Celestia's plot, even if she has to kill over a thousand ponies to do it.
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* Eyescream: Tarantella held Celestia back for a few seconds by jamming her twin daggers into the tyrant's eyes.
* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: Tara and her squad try to fight Celestia to keep her from a downed Twilight, and are quickly slaughtered except for Tara. Even though Tara managed the above Eyescream, all she really did was piss Celestia off.
* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: Tara and her squad try to fight Celestia to keep her from a downed Twilight, and are quickly slaughtered except for Tara. Even though Tara managed the above Eyescream, all she really did was piss Celestia off.
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* Eyescream: EyeScream: Tarantella held Celestia back for a few seconds by jamming her twin daggers into the tyrant's eyes.
* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: Tara and her squad try to fight Celestia to keep her from a downed Twilight, and are quickly slaughtered except for Tara. Even though Tara managed the aboveEyescream, EyeScream, all she really did was piss Celestia off.
* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: Tara and her squad try to fight Celestia to keep her from a downed Twilight, and are quickly slaughtered except for Tara. Even though Tara managed the above
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* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: Tara and her squad try to fight Celestia to keep her from a downed Twilight, and are quickly slaughtered except for Tara. Even though Tara managed the above Eyescream, all she really did was piss Celestia off.
* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: Tara and her squad try to fight Celestia to keep her from a downed Twilight, and are quickly slaughtered except for Tara. Even though Tara managed the above Eyescream, all she really did was piss Celestia off.
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* KickTheDog: Celestia had Luna tortured following her betrayal. There does not appear to be any tangible reason to do so other than to [[{{Revenge}} get back at her.]]
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* AcheyScars: Twilight gives one to Cadence, a symbol [[BeautyIsNeverTarnished branded onto her face]]. Any attempt to heal or hide it causes terrible pain.
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* DeathByChildbirth: This was the fate of Cadance's mother, as her body was unable to handle the sheer power of a deity. And this was intended by Celestia to be Twilight's fate as well.
* DeathByDespair: Not two days after the death of her mother, Cadance's father was killed by the sheer magnitude of his grief.
* DeathByDespair: Not two days after the death of her mother, Cadance's father was killed by the sheer magnitude of his grief.
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* BecomingTheMask: During the mission to rescue Luna, Sweetie Belle and Night Light posed as a newlywed couple and genuinely fell in love.
* DarkMessiah: The only way for Twilight to even fight Celestia on even terms is to basically stoop to every low she needs to. Even massive amounts of civilian deaths areokay. okay.
* DyingAsYourself: As she died at Sweetie Belle's hooves, it was implied that Apple Bloom regained control of her mind, and was once again the friend Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo once knew in her final moments.
* DarkMessiah: The only way for Twilight to even fight Celestia on even terms is to basically stoop to every low she needs to. Even massive amounts of civilian deaths are
* DyingAsYourself: As she died at Sweetie Belle's hooves, it was implied that Apple Bloom regained control of her mind, and was once again the friend Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo once knew in her final moments.
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* DisabledMeansHelpless: Defied by Serale. She views Twilight's over protectiveness as because of this (even though it isn't).
* HidingTheHandicap: Serale can't use magic. Since this would create incredibly negative stigma against her in court (due to her at least superficially resembling a unicorn) Twilight has her mostly secluded and kept her education mostly secret. This actually causes people to believe Serale is a secret magical badass.
* ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies: Twilight has to explain the reason for her over protectiveness of Serale is this, as she seems not to grasp that Twilight has made a lot of ''powerful'' enemies.
* HidingTheHandicap: Serale can't use magic. Since this would create incredibly negative stigma against her in court (due to her at least superficially resembling a unicorn) Twilight has her mostly secluded and kept her education mostly secret. This actually causes people to believe Serale is a secret magical badass.
* ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies: Twilight has to explain the reason for her over protectiveness of Serale is this, as she seems not to grasp that Twilight has made a lot of ''powerful'' enemies.
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* TheChessmaster: Luna, who seems to be manipulating ''everyone'' around her, including her supposed allies. She in fact literally explains her plan to free Twilight in terms of chess pieces. [[spoiler: She sacrifices the 'queen' (herself) so that the 'pawn' (Twilight) can reach the end of the board to be promoted.]]
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* CameBackStrong: See above.
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** [[spoiler: DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent: Luna, At first she looks like she's working for Twilight when she's actually working for Celestia, then it turns out she helped kill Twilight to send her to SpiritWorld to have her talk to Mother, the creator, who Luna might actually be working for, eventually Twilight agrees to help Luna maintain Balance (of which she is the archetype for) in exchange for Twilight getting her own power, then Luna goes off and forms her own civilisation on the moon as it turns out she was working for herself all along.]]
** [[spoiler: DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent: Luna, At first she looks like she's working for Twilight when she's actually working for Celestia, then it turns out she helped kill Twilight to send her to SpiritWorld to have her talk to Mother, the creator, who Luna might actually be working for, eventually Twilight agrees to help Luna maintain Balance (of which she is the archetype for) in exchange for Twilight getting her own power, then Luna goes off and forms her own civilisation on the moon as it turns out she was working for herself all along.]]
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* MysticalPregnancy: Twilight learns that Cadence was conceived this way, [[spoiler: her family was bred to be magically potent enough until an Alicorn could be born. It kills the mother. Twilight also learns that if she ever got pregnant, the same would happen to her.]]
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* LightIsNotGood: Celestia, who is more than willing to do whatever it takes to make her vision of the world.
* BecauseDestinySaysSo: Invoked by Celestia to Twilight, who regards forcibly brainwashing Twilight as part of her holy mission to create utopia. Defied by Twilight.
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* CareBearStare: One thing the Elements are capable of, and are [[GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul overtly used to Brainwash Twilight. Twilight.]] [[spoiler: Covertly they've been doing the same to all ponies for centuries.]]]]
* CrapsaccharineWorld: Why is Equestria so peaceful, happy, and prosperous? Because ponies have had their free will suppressed to do it.
* CrapsaccharineWorld: Why is Equestria so peaceful, happy, and prosperous? Because ponies have had their free will suppressed to do it.
* TheEvilsOfFreeWill: Celestia believes free will leads to violence and antagonism.
* PathOfInspiration: Celestia rules Equestria like this, planning to force all ponies to become Harmonious.
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* WellIntentionedExtremist: Celestia. All she wants is a world with no war, starvation, poverty, and crime. She just wants needs to control everything to do it, and destroy everything that can't be controlled.controlled.
* WhatIsOneMansLifeInComparison: [[spoiler: Twilight is suppose to die giving birth to the fourth Alicorn who can control thought and usher in a new age of paradise for ponies. Twilight of course heavily objects to this. When Celestia makes her speech at the end, she deliberately invokes this and gets many ponies to agree that letting Twilight die for the Greater Good is okay.]]
* WhatIsOneMansLifeInComparison: [[spoiler: Twilight is suppose to die giving birth to the fourth Alicorn who can control thought and usher in a new age of paradise for ponies. Twilight of course heavily objects to this. When Celestia makes her speech at the end, she deliberately invokes this and gets many ponies to agree that letting Twilight die for the Greater Good is okay.]]
* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Ivoked. Ponies from the Evening Kingdom don't have talent marks (what cutie marks have become), only ponies from the Celestial kingdoms. Readers will know Twilight objects to cutie marks because they're manipulative of free will.
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* VillainWithGoodPublicity: After Twilight outs Celestia's plan using the Elements to directly speak with all ponies minds, Celestia is forced to publicly confess...and manages to convince a huge amount of her citizens that her methods will lead to a paradise, even if they're giving up free will. The crowd she speaks to '''cheers''' for her.
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* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Twilight herself, almost. She doesn't become quite a monster, but she gets close to it. There's also a case to be made that the success of the Evening Rebellion has merely resulted in an exchange of hats rather than ''true'' freedom since an immortal still rules the new Rebel kingdom.
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* DealWithTheDevil: Twilight receives a magic spell to break Celestia's mental control on her from Discord. There's no deal, but when Twilight tries to explain how she knew about the mental condition of the Elements to her friends, she has to explain Discord's help, which [[CassandraTruth simply convinces them she's played this trope.]]
* EtTuBrute: From Twilight to her friends, [[spoiler: Twice.]] Also Celestia. Also Luna. The constant betrayals really take a toll on her psyche.
* EtTuBrute: From Twilight to her friends, [[spoiler: Twice.]] Also Celestia. Also Luna. The constant betrayals really take a toll on her psyche.
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* AMillionIsAStatistic: Ponies are just short of literally reduced to mere chess pieces between Twilight and Celestia. The biggest example has to be when Twilight has a train full of explosives detonated in Canterlot just to cause as much chaos and death as possible to distract the city (but especially Celestia) from her rescue attempt.
* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: [[spoiler:Twilight. Who dies, goes to the afterlife, speaks to the creator of the universe, and bargains for enough power to defend herself from Celestia to go along with her plan. Twilight then becomes her avatar.]]
* BackFromTheDead: See above.
* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: [[spoiler:Twilight. Who dies, goes to the afterlife, speaks to the creator of the universe, and bargains for enough power to defend herself from Celestia to go along with her plan. Twilight then becomes her avatar.]]
* BackFromTheDead: See above.
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* PatrickStewartSpeech: Twilight gets to deliver one to Celestia during the Heath's Warming Waissailing side story when she points out that mortals don't need gods, [[ThePowerOfFriendship just each other.]]
* RedshirtArmy: Both sides essentially. Although Twilight does point out that every time there's an open battle between the Rebels and Royalists it's because ''they'' screwed up (since they know they can't win a straight up fight). Averted with the Sun Born though. Most of the actual victories in the series are won by the main characters though.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: Twilight is still pretty damned bitter about what her friends did in the last book. When they attempt to reconcile with her, she throws their own words right back into their faces; but even though she points out she's got every right to kill them where they stand, she actually decides to give them a chance [[RightlySelfRighteous because she's got principle.]]
* WorldOfCardboardSpeech: A villainous example given once or twice to Twilight by Celestia, stating that her efforts to defeat a physical goddess are basically pointless. [[ShutUpHannibal Twilight eventually gets her comeback.]]
* RedshirtArmy: Both sides essentially. Although Twilight does point out that every time there's an open battle between the Rebels and Royalists it's because ''they'' screwed up (since they know they can't win a straight up fight). Averted with the Sun Born though. Most of the actual victories in the series are won by the main characters though.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: Twilight is still pretty damned bitter about what her friends did in the last book. When they attempt to reconcile with her, she throws their own words right back into their faces; but even though she points out she's got every right to kill them where they stand, she actually decides to give them a chance [[RightlySelfRighteous because she's got principle.]]
* WorldOfCardboardSpeech: A villainous example given once or twice to Twilight by Celestia, stating that her efforts to defeat a physical goddess are basically pointless. [[ShutUpHannibal Twilight eventually gets her comeback.]]
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* ResurrectiveImmortality: Twilight is this ever since her ascension. She's died a few times, and not all of them peacefully either.
* RotatingProtagonist: Cobblestone becomes the new Protagonist for the story, with Twilight becoming a background character.
* RotatingProtagonist: Cobblestone becomes the new Protagonist for the story, with Twilight becoming a background character.
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* WatchingTroyBurn: Twilight and Spike after fleeing the near destroyed Trottingham. Made all the more powerful by the fact that [[spoiler:they're the ones who caused it in the fight with the elements.]]
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* DoorStopper: The series is already longer than JRR Tolkien's Lord of the Rings (a common literary benchmark) and the third book has barely even gotten anywhere. In fact, the author declared that he expected Stormsinger would be so long, he decided to have it split into [[UpToEleven four]] two different books.books, with two more books planned after that.
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* AnotherDimension: Twilight's Equestria is just one Equestria in a huge multiverse, where all Equestria's eventually gravitate to a state of Order or Chaos. Twilight lampshades the stupidity of such a system when its creator intended for the universe to be [["BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil Balanced."]]
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* AnotherDimension: Twilight's Equestria is just one Equestria in a huge multiverse, where all Equestria's eventually gravitate to a state of Order or Chaos. Twilight lampshades the stupidity of such a system when its creator intended for the universe to be [["BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil "[[BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil Balanced."]]]]"
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* PhysicalGod: Again; Celestia, Discord, and Luna. Although there is a higher Goddess than them, and semi-divine beings as well. [[spoiler: Twilight becomes a semi-divine being after speaking to Mother, the creator herself.]]
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[[caption-width-right:250:Twilight's got at least 99 problems. And they're all because of Celestia.]]
->''"I will not willingly take part in this plan of yours, Princess. I will do my best to resist you, body, mind, and soul. You've clearly gotten to my friends, and I hate you for that just as much as I hate you for what you have done to me."''
-->--'''Twilight Sparkle'''
''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/37820/lines-and-webs Lines and Webs]]'' is an AlternateUniverse fan fiction of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic.'' It is part one of the [[TheVerse Sunfall Universe]], a series of stories written by [[http://www.fimfiction.net/user/Airstream Airstream]], where the [[SugarBowl magical land of Equestria]] is not all Twilight thought it seemed to be.
Years after her heroing days seem passed, her country is at peace, and her friends have begun to settle down. Twilight however, is soon caught in a series of events that will lead to a horrifying revelation that will shake the core of nearly all her beliefs. Friends will become enemies, and lives will hang in the balance, including her own in this cosmic chess game.
For Twilight, there is little choice, she can fight for her Freedom, or die for Celestia's Harmony.
[[AnyoneCanDie But nothing's guaranteed in the Sunfall Universe.]]
Warning for LateArrivalSpoiler(s)!
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!Current works in the series:
* ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/37820/lines-and-webs Lines and Webs]]'' -- The first book in the series, in which Twilight slowly learns the truths of Equestria and decides to fight back against tyranny.
* ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/55130/Dusk%27s-Dangerous-Game Dusk's Dangerous Game]]'' -- The second book of the series, set four years since the beginning of the Rebellion. Twilight wages a bitter and brutal shadow war against her former mentor, but neither can find the upper hoof.
** ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/69408/a-hearths-warming-wassailing A Hearth's Warming Wassailing]]'' -- Set during the second book. Deep in Winter, the Ever Free ponies are running low on hope and more importantly, food. But there may still be a [[ChristmasMiracle Hearth's Warming miracle]] yet.
* ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/157009/stormsinger Stormsinger]]'' -- Set four hundred and fifty years following the Evening Rebellion, the kingdoms have found a way to maintain an unstable peace. But the forces of darkness are marshaling, and the fate of the world will once more be at stake. (In Progress)
* An untitled fourth story is planned following the third book's conclusion.
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!!Tropes found within...
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[[folder:The Series as a Whole]]
* AlternateUniverse: The second book was nearly finished by the time the real MLP show revealed that Twilight became an Alicorn. Rather than shoe her transformation in to keep continuity, Airstream made it clear his work was an AU and was always bound to diverge from canon at some point.
** Although, if he'd wanted to, he could've easily fit it in given Twilight's condition.
* AnotherDimension: Twilight's Equestria is just one Equestria in a huge multiverse, where all Equestria's eventually gravitate to a state of Order or Chaos. Twilight lampshades the stupidity of such a system when its creator intended for the universe to be [["BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil Balanced."]]
* AnyoneCanDie: Nopony is safe from the author. [[KillEmAll A fact which he takes great pleasure in reminding people of.]]
** [[spoiler: Some of the major character deaths include - Spike, the CMC, and Twilight herself.]]
* ChessMotifs: Abundant.
* DoorStopper: The series is already longer than JRR Tolkien's Lord of the Rings (a common literary benchmark) and the third book has barely even gotten anywhere. In fact, the author declared that he expected Stormsinger would be so long, he decided to have it split into two different books.
* OrderVersusChaos: One of the prominent themes of the series. Especially the first two books. Although Order is presented as evil, while Chaos is good. [[GreyAndGrayMorality At least at first.]]
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[[folder:Lines and Webs]]
* CareBearStare: One thing the Elements are capable of, and are overtly used to Brainwash Twilight. [[spoiler: Covertly they've been doing the same to all ponies for centuries.]]
* FaustianRebellion: Twilight isn't aware of what it entails when she becomes Celestia's student, but when she does learn the truth, uses all the magical ability in her power and her Element against Celestia.
** [[spoiler: Additionally, the other Element bearers are swayed to her side.]]
* FirstEpisodeSpoiler: Twilight is defeated by Celestia and Brainwashed in the prologue chapter.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Yes Celestia manipulated noble families marriages to create Alicorns, but it was all in the name of Utopia, and they were happy marriages anyway [[HappinessInSlavery so why complain]]?
* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: Celestia is using the Elements of Harmony to slowly kill negative emotion from ponies via [[SubliminalSeduction Subliminal Messaging.]] Since other races can't be brainwashed with the Elements, Celestia plans to slowly [[FinalSolution push them into extinction.]]
* WouldBeRudeToSayGenocide: Celestia takes offense to the idea of murdering off entire races. Her goal is to peacefully cause their civilizations to shrink until they cease to exist. Of course, her policy is really just causing lots of death by starvation (as one Griffon complains) since Equestria is slowly encroaching on other species' lands.
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[[folder:Dusk's Dangerous Game]]
* DarkMessiah: The only way for Twilight to even fight Celestia on even terms is to basically stoop to every low she needs to. Even massive amounts of civilian deaths are okay.
* GreyAndGrayMorality: While in Lines and Webs, Twilight and Luna seem to be firmly on the side of "Good" they certainly find themselves [[CombatPragmatist in the mud]] during this story when they have to make difficult choices that often see innocents dead or harmed.
** Celestia of course, eventually becomes this in her own right when she gets serious, by making the [[SuperSoldier Sun Born.]]
* KarmaHoudini: Celestia. Big time. Despite being responsible for countless amounts of death. Brainwashing pony society for centuries. And trying to drive all non-ponies to extinction. She...is not punished at all for her actions once she's defeated. In fact, she's still allowed to keep ruling her kingdom, so long as Twilight and the rest of the ponies who disagree with her methods can secede.
** Luna also gets this. Despite being a [[AntiHero "Good Guy"]] she plots behind Twilight's back, helping her while at the same time setting her up to fail [[spoiler: Twice no less.]] In fact, she intentionally gets Twilight killed as part of her gambit.
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[[folder:Stormsinger]]
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[[caption-width-right:250:Twilight's got at least 99 problems. And they're all because of Celestia.]]
->''"I will not willingly take part in this plan of yours, Princess. I will do my best to resist you, body, mind, and soul. You've clearly gotten to my friends, and I hate you for that just as much as I hate you for what you have done to me."''
-->--'''Twilight Sparkle'''
''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/37820/lines-and-webs Lines and Webs]]'' is an AlternateUniverse fan fiction of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic.'' It is part one of the [[TheVerse Sunfall Universe]], a series of stories written by [[http://www.fimfiction.net/user/Airstream Airstream]], where the [[SugarBowl magical land of Equestria]] is not all Twilight thought it seemed to be.
Years after her heroing days seem passed, her country is at peace, and her friends have begun to settle down. Twilight however, is soon caught in a series of events that will lead to a horrifying revelation that will shake the core of nearly all her beliefs. Friends will become enemies, and lives will hang in the balance, including her own in this cosmic chess game.
For Twilight, there is little choice, she can fight for her Freedom, or die for Celestia's Harmony.
[[AnyoneCanDie But nothing's guaranteed in the Sunfall Universe.]]
Warning for LateArrivalSpoiler(s)!
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!Current works in the series:
* ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/37820/lines-and-webs Lines and Webs]]'' -- The first book in the series, in which Twilight slowly learns the truths of Equestria and decides to fight back against tyranny.
* ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/55130/Dusk%27s-Dangerous-Game Dusk's Dangerous Game]]'' -- The second book of the series, set four years since the beginning of the Rebellion. Twilight wages a bitter and brutal shadow war against her former mentor, but neither can find the upper hoof.
** ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/69408/a-hearths-warming-wassailing A Hearth's Warming Wassailing]]'' -- Set during the second book. Deep in Winter, the Ever Free ponies are running low on hope and more importantly, food. But there may still be a [[ChristmasMiracle Hearth's Warming miracle]] yet.
* ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/157009/stormsinger Stormsinger]]'' -- Set four hundred and fifty years following the Evening Rebellion, the kingdoms have found a way to maintain an unstable peace. But the forces of darkness are marshaling, and the fate of the world will once more be at stake. (In Progress)
* An untitled fourth story is planned following the third book's conclusion.
----
!!Tropes found within...
[[foldercontrol]]
[[folder:The Series as a Whole]]
* AlternateUniverse: The second book was nearly finished by the time the real MLP show revealed that Twilight became an Alicorn. Rather than shoe her transformation in to keep continuity, Airstream made it clear his work was an AU and was always bound to diverge from canon at some point.
** Although, if he'd wanted to, he could've easily fit it in given Twilight's condition.
* AnotherDimension: Twilight's Equestria is just one Equestria in a huge multiverse, where all Equestria's eventually gravitate to a state of Order or Chaos. Twilight lampshades the stupidity of such a system when its creator intended for the universe to be [["BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil Balanced."]]
* AnyoneCanDie: Nopony is safe from the author. [[KillEmAll A fact which he takes great pleasure in reminding people of.]]
** [[spoiler: Some of the major character deaths include - Spike, the CMC, and Twilight herself.]]
* ChessMotifs: Abundant.
* DoorStopper: The series is already longer than JRR Tolkien's Lord of the Rings (a common literary benchmark) and the third book has barely even gotten anywhere. In fact, the author declared that he expected Stormsinger would be so long, he decided to have it split into two different books.
* OrderVersusChaos: One of the prominent themes of the series. Especially the first two books. Although Order is presented as evil, while Chaos is good. [[GreyAndGrayMorality At least at first.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Lines and Webs]]
* CareBearStare: One thing the Elements are capable of, and are overtly used to Brainwash Twilight. [[spoiler: Covertly they've been doing the same to all ponies for centuries.]]
* FaustianRebellion: Twilight isn't aware of what it entails when she becomes Celestia's student, but when she does learn the truth, uses all the magical ability in her power and her Element against Celestia.
** [[spoiler: Additionally, the other Element bearers are swayed to her side.]]
* FirstEpisodeSpoiler: Twilight is defeated by Celestia and Brainwashed in the prologue chapter.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Yes Celestia manipulated noble families marriages to create Alicorns, but it was all in the name of Utopia, and they were happy marriages anyway [[HappinessInSlavery so why complain]]?
* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: Celestia is using the Elements of Harmony to slowly kill negative emotion from ponies via [[SubliminalSeduction Subliminal Messaging.]] Since other races can't be brainwashed with the Elements, Celestia plans to slowly [[FinalSolution push them into extinction.]]
* WouldBeRudeToSayGenocide: Celestia takes offense to the idea of murdering off entire races. Her goal is to peacefully cause their civilizations to shrink until they cease to exist. Of course, her policy is really just causing lots of death by starvation (as one Griffon complains) since Equestria is slowly encroaching on other species' lands.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Dusk's Dangerous Game]]
* DarkMessiah: The only way for Twilight to even fight Celestia on even terms is to basically stoop to every low she needs to. Even massive amounts of civilian deaths are okay.
* GreyAndGrayMorality: While in Lines and Webs, Twilight and Luna seem to be firmly on the side of "Good" they certainly find themselves [[CombatPragmatist in the mud]] during this story when they have to make difficult choices that often see innocents dead or harmed.
** Celestia of course, eventually becomes this in her own right when she gets serious, by making the [[SuperSoldier Sun Born.]]
* KarmaHoudini: Celestia. Big time. Despite being responsible for countless amounts of death. Brainwashing pony society for centuries. And trying to drive all non-ponies to extinction. She...is not punished at all for her actions once she's defeated. In fact, she's still allowed to keep ruling her kingdom, so long as Twilight and the rest of the ponies who disagree with her methods can secede.
** Luna also gets this. Despite being a [[AntiHero "Good Guy"]] she plots behind Twilight's back, helping her while at the same time setting her up to fail [[spoiler: Twice no less.]] In fact, she intentionally gets Twilight killed as part of her gambit.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Stormsinger]]
[[/folder]]
