History Fanfic / SPECTRUM

* AdaptationalBadass: Princess Celestia, compared to her depiction in ''The Other Side of the Spectrum''. WordOfGod states that they plan to avert the RonTheDeathEater treatment given to her in the classic Spectrum.

* TheCameo: Kraber makes a brief appearance in Chapter 4, and is mentioned twice in the same chapter. He makes his full appearance in the next.

* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: Alex, though he's more cool-headed than Marcus was. Unlike the original story, however, none of the ponies are driven to a sobbing mess like Celestia was then, even if they're still horrified by it.

* TheHeavy: [[spoiler:TCB!Redheart]] serves as this role for Queen Celestia and the Empire as a whole, at least at the start.
* GondorCallsForAid: Celestia makes the decision to call on the leaders of all the other species and nations on Equus in order to prepare for the war.
* FamousFamousFictional: Chapter Four, 'Nightfall Over Boston', has this dynamic regarding the people announced. You have figures like UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin and the real-life UN Secretary General mentioned alongside ''Spectrum'' figures like Jack Davis and Rebecca Kleiner.

* TheReveal: Chapter Six ends with the revelation that [[spoiler:Celestia and Luna has a sister they never knew about]].

** WordOfGod states that certain crossover elements have similarly been preemptively cut out. One such case is the GTAV crew.
** WordOfGod also states that Jacqueline Dionna Reitman, the founder of the PER in the original ''Spectrum'', will be cut out as well. Replacing her will be a pair of {{Decomposite Character}}s in the form of Dr. Caitlyn North (the doctor who makes the ponification potion available for public use) and Felix Nichols (a radical environmentalist who rallies similar-minded individuals to his cause for aiding the Empire).

* MySignificanceSenseIsTingling: Pinkie senses that ''something'' is wrong in Chapter Three. [[spoiler: She should be, because it's not the Nurse Redheart they knew]].

* SettingUpdate: The story now takes place during Season 3 of the show, instead of between Seasons 2 and 3. However, there are mentions of locations and races only introduced in future seasons. In the first Earth chapter, it's confirmed that first contact occurred in 2016, setting it firmly in a different timeline compared to the original.

Side stories include:
* ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/396110/the-slow-mutants The Slow Mutants]]'' by Doctor Fluffy, which follows a converted human slowly losing their identity over the months since their transformation.
* ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/396105/light-despondent-remixed The Light Despondent, Remixed]]'' by Doctor Fluffy, a rewrite of the original Spectrumverse side story centered on Viktor Kraber as he begins his defection from the Human Liberation Front.
* ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/312770/snowbound Snowbound]]'', also by Doctor Fluffy. It's been rewritten for compliance with the new canon.
* ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/143840/1/spectrum-starvation/starvation Starvation]]'', which is ''still'' by Doctor Fluffy, but also rebooted.
* ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/396329/spectrum-story-of-the-asian-front SPECTRUM: Story of the Asian Front]]'' by Kizuna Tallis, the reboot of the Asia Side Story of the original ''Spectrum''.

* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: Chapters 4 and 5 take place on Earth instead of Equestria, from two new viewpoints - [[TheChainsOfCommanding Cheerilee]] and [[AudienceSurrogate Ana Bjorgman]].

** A mysterious EldritchAbomination is confronted by Discord, but the identity of it isn't the big reveal of Chapter 6, in contrast to the original story. Rather, it's [[spoiler:who comes after that's the big one - Celestia and Luna's missing sister]].

* NothingIsScarier: Apart from their voices, we never actually ''do'' see the Imperials in Chapter 4. [[spoiler: At least until close to the end, and even then it's a corpse]].

** "An Understanding Dawns":

** "An Understanding Dawns", which begins innocuously enough and serves to characterize Reiner further, swerves into this when it reveals [[spoiler:Celestia and Luna's third sister.]]

* AdaptedOut: The main human character of the original ''Spectrum'' story, Marcus Renee, has been cut out of this new continuity, partly due to the authors figuring it would be in poor taste to use him without Redskin's involvement and partly because some were just tired of writing him. He's replaced with [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute Alexander Reiner]].
** WordOfGod also states that certain crossover elements have similarly been preemptively cut out. One such case is the GTAV crew.
* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: Chapter 4 and 5 takes place on Earth instead of Equestria, from two new viewpoints - [[TheChainsOfCommanding Cheerilee]] and [[AudienceSurrogate Ana Bjorgman]].

** The ending to Chapter Six:

* ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/396329/spectrum-story-of-the-asian-front SPECTRUM: Story of the Asian Front]] by Kizuna Tallis, the reboot of the Asia Side Story of the original ''Spectrum''.

* ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/312770/snowbound Snowbound]]'', also by Doctor Fluffy. It's been rewritten for compliance with Spectrum canon.

* ContinuityReboot: Of the original ''Other Side of the Spectrum'', although presumably written in such a way so as to remain compatible with the various side-stories. Chapter Four, "Nightfall Over Boston", re-canonizes ''Starvation'' and gives a nod towards the ''Asia'' side story, setting up a reboot for it.

''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/374221/spectrum SPECTRUM]]'' is a ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfic by Team Spectrum, a group of authors comprised of Alternate-TCB members and led by [=TheIdiot=]. Comprising the team are Carpinus Caroliniana, Doctor Fluffy, [[FanFic/TheAvatarOfAlbion Jed R]], Kizuna-Tallis, [=ProudToBe=], [[FanFic/TheAvatarOfAlbion RoyalPsycho]], [=Sledge115=], [=TB3=], [[FanFic/TheAvatarOfAlbion The Void]], and [=VoxAdam=]. Following the discontinuation of''Fanfic/TheConversionBureauTheOtherSideOfTheSpectrum'', it serves as the main story in a ContinuityReboot of the Spectrumverse.

On a beautiful day of sight-seeing in the Everfree Forest, Lyra Heartstrings stumbles across the Tree of Harmony and witnesseses a magical portal release a creature such as she has always wished to meet; a human. Yet wonder soon gives way to fear as the human, a soldier named Alexander Reiner, reveals that his homeworld of Earth is under threat... by [[MirrorUniverse Queen Celestia, and a corrupted Equestria]].

Upon learning that the human race is faced with the Hobson's choice between extinction or the spiritual enslavement that is Conversion, Princess Celestia, Lyra Heartstrings and the Bearers of Harmony vow to come to the aid of the alliance between mankind and human sympathisers, and hopefully, uncover the source of the madness which has taken hold of the fallen Celestia...

** A mysterious EldritchAbomination is confronted by Discord, but the identity of it isn't the reveal of Chapter 6, in contrast to the original story. Rather, it's [[spoiler:who comes after that's the big one - Celestia and Luna's missing sister]].

** Chapter Three directly references Celestia and Luna's childhood in Adlaborn, as seen in ''A Sun in Winter''. [[spoiler: When prompted about whether she knows anything about humans, Celestia says that she vaguely remembers hearing tales of them from an old pegasus called Firefly]].
** Chapter Four re-canonizes ''Starvation'' (with some alterations), while the mentions of Stephan Bauer and the Dragons of the East confirm ''Europe'' and ''Asia'' (which its author states will be rebooted) still exist.

** The exact canonicity of ''Last Train From Oblivion'' is in fluctuation, but it's been hinted that [[spoiler: Pretty Privates have existed in this version of the Spectrumverse..]].

** Chapter Five;

** Chapter Six;

** Chapter Three, which definitively shows the [[EvilCounterpart Solar Empire]] as the enemy force fighting to eradicate humanity. While this could count as a LateArrivalSpoiler given the story's reboot status, what makes it a WhamEpisode is ''how'' the reveal is presented.
** Chapter Six, which begins innocuously enough and serves to characterize Reiner further, swerves into this when it reveals [[spoiler:Celestia and Luna's third sister.]]

!!This fanfic providies examples of (beware unmarked spoilers?:

--> -'''Col. Alexander Reiner'''

''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/374221/spectrum SPECTRUM]]'' is a ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfic by Team Spectrum, a group of authors comprised of Alternate-TCB members and led by [=TheIdiot=]. Comprising the team are Carpinus Caroliniana, Doctor Fluffy, [[FanFic/TheAvatarOfAlbion Jed R]], Kizuna Tallis, [=ProudToBe=], [[FanFic/TheAvatarOfAlbion RoyalPsycho]], [=Sledge115=], [=TB3=], [[FanFic/TheAvatarOfAlbion The Void]], and [=VoxAdam=]. It is a reboot of ''Fanfic/TheConversionBureauTheOtherSideOfTheSpectrum'' and still based on ''FanFic/TheConversionBureau'', with a different spin on both premises.

On a beautiful day in Ponyville, Lyra Heartstrings and the Elements of Harmony see a magical portal open near the Everfree that releases a creature they'd never seen. This creature, a human man named Alexander Reiner, after some initial distrust, reveals that his homeworld has been under constant attack by the Equestrians, and it's all being spearheaded by a Celestia gone mad. Upon realizing that there is an alternate Equestria out there committing these atrocities against the humans, Princesses Celestia and Luna and the Elements of Harmony vow to help Alex and the last holdouts, human and pony alike, defeat their dark mirrors.

!!Tropes found in this story (beware of unmarked spoilers):
* AdaptationalBadass: The reboot's version of Princess Celestia will be more competent and less prone to breakdowns than the original story's version. WordOfGod states that they plan to avert the RonTheDeathEater treatment given to her in the classic Spectrum.

* AdaptationalJerkass: A downplayed example - [[spoiler:in contrast to [[GoodParents how Megan was in the original story]] with regards to Marcus, Reboot!Megan has a much frostier relationship with Alex]].

* ContinuityReboot: Of the original ''Other Side of the Spectrum'', although presumably written in such a way so as to remain compatible with the various side-stories. Chapter 4, "Nightfall Over Boston", re-canonizes ''Starvation'' and gives a nod towards the ''Asia'' side story, setting up a reboot for it.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Alex has a less-than-stellar relationship with his mother due to him reminding her too much of her late husband and [[ParentalFavoritism playing obvious favorites with his half-sister]], and Chapter 6 shows he's done some [[ObligatoryWarCrimeScene unsavory things]] throughout the war.

* FamousFamousFictional: Chapter 4, "Nightfall Over Boston", has this dynamic regarding the people announced. You have figures like UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin and the real-life UN Secretary General mentioned alongside ''Spectrum'' figures like Jack Davis and Rebecca Kleiner.

* LongLostRelative: Chapter 6 ends with TheReveal of [[spoiler:Celestia and Luna's previously unknown sibling]].

* SchrodingersCanon: A lot of the previous Spectrumverse elements are in limbo regarding their canon status, though gradually elements of it are being reintroduced. Chapter 4, for example, re-canonized ''Starvation'' (with some alterations), while mentions of Stephan Bauer and the Dragons of the East confirm ''Europe'' and ''Asia'' (which its author states will be rebooted) still exist. Furthermore, it's also suggested that some elements of ''Last Train'' are canon in some form, the aftermath of Adlaborn's destruction seemingly confirms ''Joy to the Worlds'' as re-canonized, the mention of Celestia and Luna's childhood in Adlaborn does the same for ''A Sun in Winter'', and Fluffy has confirmed that he's going to be working on a reboot of ''Light Despondent'' - Kraber's appearance supports this.
* ShoutOut: As to be expected - WordOfGod however states that they will be toned down compared to the original.
** In Chapter 4, Ana plays [[Music/LedZeppelin "The Immigrant Song"]] on the guitar as a campfire song.
** Quiette Shy is based off a Youtuber known for playing ''VideoGame/{{Warframe}}''.
** Prime!Celestia explains [[MagicallyBindingContract the Concordia Maxima]] was created by [[VideoGame/HorizonZeroDawn the Old Ones]].

* TheReveal: Chapter 6 ends with the revelation that [[spoiler:Celestia and Luna has a sister they never knew about]].

** Chapter 3, which definitively shows the [[EvilCounterpart Solar Empire]] as the enemy force fighting to eradicate humanity. While this could count as a LateArrivalSpoiler given the story's reboot status, what makes it a WhamEpisode is ''how'' the reveal is presented.
** Chapter 6, which begins innocuously enough and serves to characterize Reiner further, swerves into this when it reveals [[spoiler:Celestia and Luna's third sister.]]

** The ending to Chapter 6:
-->'''[[spoiler: Galatea]]''': I am the Scribe of the Stardust, keeper of the plan of our existence. [[spoiler:I am your sister and keeper both, Celestia. My name is Galatea]]. And I need your help.

* GondorCallsForAid: Celestia makes the decision to call on the other leaders on Equus, in order to prepare for war.

--> '''Col. Alexander Reiner'''

** Prime!Blueblood is also given this treatment, being given an important to the story and a much less obnoxious characterization from the get-go.

* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: Alex, though he's more cool-headed than Marcus was. Unlike the original story, however, none of the ponies are driven to a sobbing mess like Celestia and Luna was then, even if they're still horrified by it.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Alex has a less-than-stellar relationship with his mother, and Chapter 6 shows he's done some [[ObligatoryWarCrimeScene unsavory things]] throughout the war.

->''"We're not going to make the same mistakes this time. Sure, we'll probably make new ones. But not the same ones. I may not be the best person to offer help... yet I'm someone who'' can ''help, all the same."''\\
- '''Col. Alexander Reiner'''

* AdaptedOut: Marcus Renee has been cut out of this new continuity, partly due to the authors figuring it would be in poor taste to use him without Redskin's involvement and partly because some were tired of writing him. He's replaced with [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute Alexander Reiner]].

** A human, almost identical in description to Marcus, is sent to Equestria. [[spoiler:Except he's not Marcus]].
** A mysterious EldritchAbomination is confronted by Discord, but the identity of it isn't the reveal of Chapter 6, in contrast to the original story. Rather, it's [[spoiler:who comes after that's the big one; Celestia and Luna's sister]].

** Chapter 6, which begins innocuously enough and serves to characterize Reiner further, swerves into this when it reveals [[spoiler: Celestia and Luna's third sister.]]

-->''"We're not going to make the same mistakes this time. Sure, we'll probably make new ones. But not the same ones. I may not be the best person to offer help... yet I'm someone who'' can ''help, all the same."''\\

'''Col. Alexander Reiner'''

!!Tropes can be found here. Beware of unmarked spoilers:

* ContinuityReboot: Of the main story, although presumably written in such a way so as to remain compatible with the various side-stories. Chapter 4, "Nightfall Over Boston", re-canonizes ''Starvation'' and gives a nod towards the ''Asia'' side story, setting up a reboot for it.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Alex. He talks with Lyra about his less-than-stellar relationship with his mother, and Chapter 6 shows some of his... [[ObligatoryWarCrimeScene less than moral actions.]]

* UnitedNationsIsASuperpower: While individual countries are mentioned, the United Nations Allied Command, or UNAC, is mentioned as humanity's chief organisation. This replaces the vaguely-omnipresent reach the PHL had in the original Spectrum.

** Chapter 6, which begins innocuously enough and serves to characterise Reiner further, swerves into this when it reveals [[spoiler: Celestia and Luna's sister.]]

-->'''[[spoiler: Galatea]]''': I am the Scribe of the Stardust, keeper of the plan of our existence. [[spoiler:I am your sister and keeper both, Celestia. My name is Galatea.]] And I need your help.

* BaitAndSwitch: A human, almost identical in description to Marcus, is sent to Equestria. [[spoiler:Except he's not Marcus]].

** Prime!Celestia explains [[MagicallyBindingTreaty the Concordia Maxima]] was created by [[VideoGame/HorizonZeroDawn the Old Ones]].

* ContinuityReboot: Of the main story, although presumably written in such a way so as to remain compatible with the various side-stories. Chapter 4, ''Nightfall Over Boston'', recanonises ''Starvation'' and gives a nod towards the ''Asia'' side story, seemingly setting up a reboot for it.

-> ''"A new creature, one unlike anything the inhabitants of Ponyville have ever seen, appears in the Everfree Forest. He comes from a world far, far away. In some stories, such a meeting would mark the beginning of a grand adventure.\\
\\
This is not that kind of story.\\
\\
This creature - a human - brings a tale with him, one of horrors and atrocities, of a power-hungry Alicorn invading his world, with her goal being the extermination of his species. Now, all of Equus must come together to battle against this great evil... little knowing the secrets that are yet to be revealed.\\
\\
For there are darker things at work, things older and more malicious than our heroes know... and their time has now come."''
-->--''' SPECTRUM’s description.'''

''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/374221/spectrum SPECTRUM]]'' is a ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfic by [=Team Spectrum=], a group of authors comprised of Alternate-TCB members and lead by [=TheIdiot=]. Comprising the team are [=Carpinus Caroliniana=], [=Doctor Fluffy=], [[FanFic/TheAvatarOfAlbion Jed R]], [=Kizuna Tallis=], [=ProudToBe=], [[FanFic/TheAvatarOfAlbion RoyalPsycho]], [=Sledge115=], [=TB3=], formerly [[FanFic/TheAvatarOfAlbion The Void]], and [=VoxAdam=]. It’s a reboot of ''Fanfic/TheConversionBureauTheOtherSideOfTheSpectrum'' and still based on ''FanFic/TheConversionBureau'', with a different spin on both premises.


!!Tropes can be found here. Beware of UNMARKED SPOILERS:

* TheHeavy: [[spoiler: TCB!Redheart]] serves as this role for Queen Celestia and the Empire as a whole, at least at the start.

* LikeRealityUnlessNoted: Earth has this general feel, with the point of divergence being 2016; while Vladimir Putin is seemingly still the Russian President, Jack Davis replaces Creator/DonaldTrump as the 45th President of the United States.

* SchrodingersCanon: A lot of the previous Spectrumverse elements are in limbo regarding their canon status, though gradually elements of it are being reintroduced. Chapter 4, for example, recanonized ''Starvation'' (with some alterations), while mentions of Stephan Bauer and the Dragons of the East confirm ''Europe'' and ''Asia'' (which its author states will be rebooted) still exist. Furthermore, it's also suggested that some elements of ''Last Train'' are canon in some form, the aftermath of Adlaborn's destruction seemingly confirms ''Joy to the Worlds'' as recanonised, the mention of Celestia and Luna's childhood in Adlaborn does the same for ''A Sun in Winter'', and Fluffy has confirmed that he's going to be working on a reboot of ''Light Despondent'' - Kraber's appearance supports this.

** In Chapter 4, Ana plays [[Music/LedZeppelin The Immigrant Song]] on the guitar as a campfire song.
** Quiette Shy is based off a VideoGame/{{Warframe}} youtuber.

** Chapter 3, which definitively shows the [[EvilCounterpart Solar Empire]] as the foe fighting to eradicate humanity. While this could count as a LateArrivalSpoiler given the story's reboot status, what makes it a WhamEpisode is ''how'' the reveal is presented.

-->'''[[spoiler: Galatea]]''': I am the Scribe of the Stardust, keeper of the plan of our existence. [[spoiler: I am your sister and keeper both, Celestia. My name is Galatea.]] And I need your help.

** Quiette Shy is based off a VideoGame/Warframe youtuber.

** Quiette Shy is based off a ''Videogame/Warframe'' youtuber.

!!Tropes:

* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: Chapter 4 takes place on Earth instead of Equestria, from two new viewpoints - [[TheChainsOfCommanding Cheerilee]] and [[AudienceSurrogate Ana Bjorgman]].

* TheCameo: Kraber makes a brief appearance in Chapter 4, and is mentioned twice in the same chapter.

* WhamEpisode: Chapter 3, which definitively shows the [[EvilCounterpart Solar Empire]] as the foe fighting to eradicate humanity. While this could count as a LateArrivalSpoiler given the story's reboot status, what makes it a WhamEpisode is ''how'' the reveal is presented.

''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/374221/spectrum SPECTRUM]]'' is a ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfic by [=Team Spectrum=], a group of authors comprised of Alternate-TCB members and lead by [=TheIdiot=]. Comprising the team are [=Carpinus Caroliniana=], [=Doctor Fluffy=], [[FanFic/TheAvatarOfAlbion Jed R]], [=Kizuna Tallis=], [=ProudToBe=], [[FanFic/TheAvatarOfAlbion RoyalPsycho]], [=Sledge115=], [=TB3=], formerly [[FanFic/TheAvatarOfAlbion The Void]], and [=VoxAdam=]. It’s a reboot of ''Fanfic/TheConversionBureauTheOtherSideOfTheSpectrum'' and still based on ''FanFic/TheConversionBureau'', with a different spin on both premises.

''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/374221/spectrum SPECTRUM]]'' is a ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfic by [=Team Spectrum=], a group of authors comprised of Alternate-TCB members and lead by [=TheIdiot=]. Comprising the team are [=Carpinus Caroliniana=], [=Doctor Fluffy=], [[FanFic/TheAvatarOfAlbion Jed R]], [=Kizuna Tallis=], [=ProudToBe=], [=RoyalPsycho=], [=Sledge115=], [=TB3=], formerly The Void, and [=VoxAdam=]. It’s a reboot of ''Fanfic/TheConversionBureauTheOtherSideOfTheSpectrum'' and still based on ''FanFic/TheConversionBureau'', with a different spin on both premises.

[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/374221/spectrum ''SPECTRUM'']] is a ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfic by [=Team Spectrum=], a group of authors comprised of Alternate-TCB members and lead by [=TheIdiot=]. Comprising the team are [=Carpinus Caroliniana=], [=Doctor Fluffy=], [[FanFic/TheAvatarOfAlbion Jed R]], [=Kizuna Tallis=], [=ProudToBe=], [=RoyalPsycho=], [=Sledge115=], [=TB3=], formerly The Void, and [=VoxAdam=]. It’s a reboot of “Fanfic/ TheConversionBureauTheOtherSideOfTheSpectrum” and still based on ''FanFic/TheConversionBureau'', with a different spin on both premises.

[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/374221/spectrum ''SPECTRUM'']] is a ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfic by [=Team Spectrum=], a group of authors comprised of Alternate-TCB alumni and lead by [=TheIdiot=].

-->--''' SPECTRUM’s description.'''