History Fanfic / LinesAndWebs

* AnyoneCanDie: Nopony is safe from the author. [[KillEmAll A fact which he takes great pleasure in reminding people of.]]

* NotSoDifferent: Twilight dejectedly remarks that she has become this to Celestia during her DrowningMySorrows above, as she has also succumbed to TheNeedsOfTheMany.

* 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.]]

* InfantImmortality: Heartbreakingly averted in the vision Twilight is shown in the Grove of Truth. When Golden Radiance and her husband are murdered and their house burned to conceal the evidence, their infant son was left to burn to death in his mother's saddlebag. The narrative makes it worse by describing the progression of his crying from alarm to pain as the flames engulf the saddlebag he's in.

* BackFromTheDead: See above.
* CameBackStrong: See above.

* FirstEpisodeSpoiler: Twilight is defeated by Celestia and Brainwashed in the prologue chapter.

* Hypocrite: Celestia objects to Twilight going through with a plan that could potenyially ruin Cobblestone's life. Remind us again how Twilight and Cadance were born, Celestia.

* InstantWebHit: Averted. The series is actually somewhat obscure compared to big web hits like Fanfic/PastSins and MyLittleDashie despite being MUCH longer and MUCH grander. In fact, Airstream even wrote a small short story titled ''Minuette's Lesson'' (not related to the Sunfall Verse) which itself became an instant hit and actually got featured on Equestria Daily, much to Airstream's chagrin. [[DudeWheresMyRespect Cue complaints as to why none of his Sun Fall series which he put so much more effort into never got onto EqD.]]

** HiddenBadass: [[spoiler:In a later chapter, we discover that Serale is, in fact, obscenely powerful - she has the ability to move the magical leylines of the world, a power that ''[[HowIsThatEvenPossible even Twilight denies is possible]]''. This leads to the assumption that Serale really '''is''' a [[{{Badass}} magical badass]], and all the ponies of the Evening Court are right.]]

** ''[[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.

** 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.

* DyingAsYourself: As she died at [[spoiler:Sweetie Belle's]] hooves, it was implied that [[spoiler:Apple Bloom]] regained control of her mind, and was once again the friend [[spoiler:Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo]] once knew in her final moments.]]

* 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.

* 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.

* HeroicSacrifice: Sweetie Belle makes sure a young filly is safely evacuated from the crumbling Ever Free base at the cost of her life.

* 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.

* AFateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:Radiant Zenith is taken to the shadow...which possesses her and imprisons her mind.]]

''[[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.

* ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/254829/courts-of-the-magi Courts of the Magi]]'' the fourth installment -- Serale has consented to Twilight's wishes that she travel to her rival's kingdoms on a diplomatic mission. But she will need the shoulders of her friends to bear the burden of her new found magic and the hidden daggers of traitors.

BusCrash: Radiant Zenith...in the worst way possible.
AFateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:Radiant Zenith is taken to the shadow...which possesses her and imprisons her mind.]]

* ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/254829/courts-of-the-magi Courts of the Magi]]'' the fourth installment -- Following the attack on Starfall, Serale has consented to Twilight's wishes that she travel to her rival's kingdoms on a diplomatic mission. But she will need the shoulders of her friends to bear the burden of her new found magic and the hidden daggers of traitors.

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* ''Courts of the Magi'' the planned fourth installment -- Implied to take place directly following the conclusion of Stormsinger.

* 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.

* 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? [[Main/Satan Oh yes...]]

* 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? [[Literature/TheBible Oh yes...]]

* 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.

* ''[[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)
* ''Courts of the Magi'' the planned fourth installment..