History Fanfic / SPECTRUM

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

** Pharynx notes that Equus Prime's people isn't just ready yet for a proper alliance between so many races with a long history of bad blood between them... [[NotSoDifferent much like humanity]].

* NotSoDifferent: Despite their differences, it's clear that beneath the arrogance of Celestia's personal student, Sunset is really quite lonely, just like Wallflower.

* DemotedToExtra: Downplayed; Alex is still the main human character, but he plays a SupportingLeader role, appearing only once as a POV character. The humans in general, despite being the focal point of the story, take the sidelines in favor of the Prime Equestrians.

** The reason the two Equestrias diverged wasn't because of Ambassador Heartstrings [[spoiler:finding the Bag of Tirek]], but because [[spoiler:Lady Cadance never became an alicorn]]

** The reason the two Equestrias diverged wasn't because of Ambassador Heartstrings [[spoiler:finding the Bag of Tirek]], but because [[spoiler:Lady Cadance never became an alicorn]].
* NoNudityTaboo: Equestria lacks one, as Ana finds out. Famed womanizer Blueblood comes across her bathing in the Hall of Unity's gardens, he treats it as just another friendly chat, completely unaware of the fact that humans usually wear clothes.

* ContinuityNod:
** Tranquility and Equinox are both mentioned again, as are Amore and Radiant Hope. Additionally, Sint Erklass is mentioned (though not by name) alongside Starswirl and Mistmane, all in the context of their relation to Celestia as family.

* DramaticIrony: Celestia vocally rejects the title of Queen here, preferring to retain her Princess title out of respect of her sister. Knowing what becomes of an alternate counterpart of her in the future... well...
* FantasyCounterpartCulture: The rivalry between Equestria and Thrace harkens back to Rome and Carthage.
* FriendToAllChildren: Celestia shows nothing but care and concern for the children of Vanhoover, and by the end of the story she drafts a public education law to ensure that they receive the ed
* TitleDrop: A bilingual one; Baroness Downfeather remarks that half the country would happily call Celestia a Queen, a title Celestia immediately rejects out of respect for her sister.

* UnfriendlyFire: Played straight; Celestia is accidentally blasted in the face by a trigger-happy unicorn Royal Guard. But her alicorn biology, on the other hand, allows her to completely NoSell the attack with nothing but a tingle.

** A very indirect cameo, but Sunset is mentioned to visit an earthpony flowershop often, hinted to be Wallflower Blush's going by the author's other work.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The Reindeer freely opens its gates to all who seeks shelter, for as long as they need it, generously provides to the needy, and doesn't seem to demand payment in return. The way it's contrasted to ponykind's use of currency makes it clear their society operate on some form of UsefulNotes/{{Socialism}}.

** Princess Luna is just as excited with sending herself an e-mail as she is [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS9E13BetweenDarkAndDawn with sending Celestia a post-card in the post office]].

** The entire story is an extended reveal of how Galatea isn't really as cold and heartless as she initially seems to be.

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

* ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/490655/wallflower-of-canterlot]]'', by [=Sledge115=]. Little [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsForgottenFriendship Wallflower Blush]]'s quiet life in her flower shop is interrupted by the Princess' personal student, Sunset Shimmer.

* AdaptationalVillainy: [[spoiler:TCB!Redheart]] is one such case. WordOfGod says that this, and any other cases of it that appear in the story, were done due to RuleOfDrama, as a reminder of how [[TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse seemingly good people can join evil causes]]. Fluffy [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/374221/3/spectrum/chapter-two-friends-on-the-other-side#comment/8308569 relates one brainstorming session describing this reasoning as such]]:

* TerminatorTwosome: With Alexander Reiner and [[spoiler:an evil version of TCB!Redheart]]. In Fluffy's own words, it was [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/374221/3/spectrum/chapter-two-friends-on-the-other-side#comment/8305408 made to set the reboot distinctive from the original.]]

* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: The Reindeer of TCB Equus. The fact that their genocide is covered up by the Empire implies that [[EveryoneHasStandards the other members of the Co-Harmony Sphere wouldn't take kindly to the revelation]].

* ForegoneConclusion: TCB!Sint Erklass was mentioned to have been killed in the main story, while the reindeer were exterminated.

* LastOfTheirKind: For the reindeer of TCB!Equus, there's Elsa (whose soul is bound to a cloak), and two orphaned siblings named Eadmund and Lucie.

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

''[[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, Kizuna Tallis, [=ProudToBe=], [[FanFic/TheAvatarOfAlbion RoyalPsycho]], [=Sledge115=], [=TB3=], and [=VoxAdam=], as well as formerly [[FanFic/TheAvatarOfAlbion Jed R]] and [[FanFic/TheAvatarOfAlbion The Void]]. Following the discontinuation of ''Fanfic/TheConversionBureauTheOtherSideOfTheSpectrum'', it serves as the main story in a ContinuityReboot of the Spectrumverse.

Upon learning that the human race is faced with the SadisticChoice between extinction or the total enslavement that is conversion and ponification, Princess Celestia, Lyra Heartstrings and the Bearers of Harmony vow to come to the aid of the alliance between mankind and human sympathizers, and hopefully, uncover the source of the madness which has taken hold of the fallen Celestia...

A timeline of 'Prime' or 'Sunny' Equestria can be found [[https://www.fimfiction.net/group/212460/spectrum/thread/431459/the-timeline-of-sunny-equestria here]], with unmarked spoilers up to Act Two's ending. You have been warned.

* ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/358543/a-sun-in-winter A Sun in Winter]]'' by [=Sledge115=] and [=VoxAdam=]. A distant prequel to the series as a whole, recounting the childhoods of Celestia and Luna in the Reindeer Kingdom of Adlaborn.
** ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/237718/joy-to-the-worlds Joy to the Worlds]]'' by [=VoxAdam=], [=TB3=] and [=Sledge115=]. The tale of a fateful battle on the last Hearthswarming Eve and the destruction of Adlaborn on Imperial Equus.

* ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/465350/the-first-second-of-eternity The First Second of Eternity]]'' by [=Sledge115=]. Another distant prequel to the story, telling the story of a lonely watcher and her centuries-long vigil over Equestria.

* ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/396329/spectrum-story-of-the-asian-front Story of the Asian Front]]'' by Kizuna Tallis. The reboot of the Asia Side-Story of the original ''Spectrum''.
* ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/396110/the-slow-mutants The Slow Mutants]]'' by [=DoctorFluffy=]. A long-converted human, who is gradually losing their identity, goes on a search for salvation.
* ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/396105/light-despondent-remixed The Light Despondent, Remixed]]'' by [=DoctorFluffy=]. A rewrite of the original Spectrumverse side-story centered on Viktor Kraber's defection from the HLF.
* ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/472160/dissonance Dissonance]]'' by [=RanOutOfIdeas=]. A story centered around a PER unit and the moral dilemma they face, every day.
* ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/143840/1/spectrum-starvation/starvation Starvation]]'' by [=DoctorFluffy=]. A horror tale about starving refugees in Brazil.

** "The Hour Is Darkest Before":

** "Understanding Dawns":

** "Witnesses":

** "Concordia Maxima:

** "Silent Night":

** "Two Faces":

** "An Angel's Wings":

** "Thus, Lift Me Up":

** "Moonrise Over Boston":

** "When The Dust Settles":

** "Unveiled":

** "Here's To You":

--> '''Princess Luna:''' We, are going to burn this atrocity you’ve perpetrated down to ash. Inch by inch.

** "They Are Us", 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.
** "Understanding Dawns", which begins innocuously enough and serves to characterize Reiner further, swerves into this when it reveals [[spoiler:Celestia and Luna's other sister.]]
** "Concordia Maxima", the concluding chapter of Act One, reveals [[spoiler:Tirek's involvement and Alex's familial bond with Megan Williams]], and ends with [[spoiler:Redheart's death and Queen Celestia acknowledging the Concordat as a potential foe]].
** "Two Faces", the second chapter of Act Two, ends with Discord [[spoiler:being petrified by the Imperial Elements of Harmony, taking him out of commission]].
** "Thus, Lift Me Up" in spades. Luna's mind delve [[spoiler:into the Archmage]] reveals a lot about how the Empire came to be, how their world differs from Prime Equestria, and just how far gone [[spoiler:Twilight Sparkle]] truly is.

** "Here's To You" is an otherwise mundane chapter filled with Slice of Life moments, until the very end, where it's revealed that none other than the Storm King has set his sights on the Expedition, wielding a staff very much like what Scorpan once wielded...

** The ending to Chapter Six: "Understanding Dawns":

** Early on in Chapter Fifteen: "Two Faces", crucially establishing the time gap:

-->'''Princess Cadance:''' Could you have… done something wrong when you got (The Alicorn Amulet) off Prismia?
-->'''Lady Cadance:''' Who?
* WhamShot: Written example. In Chapter Twenty-Two, 'Unveiled', [[spoiler:witnessing Twilight's memories,]] Luna sees none other than ''[[spoiler:alicorn Twilight, in the very last shot of Friendship is Magic]]''

* StayWithMeUntilIDie: Inverted. TCB!Elsa decides to stay with her dying grandfather rather than be worn by one of the two orphans.

--> '''Galatea:''' I am Galatea, Scribe of the Stardust. I am the bastion of rationality and memory. Where chaos rules, I shall preach order. Where the plan goes astray, it is mine place to correct it. I shall watch, I shall learn, and I shall protect.

* RandomEventsPlot: It's really a series of vignettes in Galatea's life, connected by the overarching theme of her duty as watcher.

* WillTheyOrWontThey: Galatea and Broadleaf. [[spoiler:A flashback implies they did, but never got to continue it]].

* FridgeLogic:[[invoked]] Stated by [[WordOfGod Word of Fluffy]] to be his main reason for writing this story:
-->'''Fluffy''': If newfoals were so obviously barely functional zombies, how did anyone ever think this was a good idea?

* ContinuityLockout: How and why Galatea can freely interact [[spoilers:with her sisters Celestia and Luna]] is only revealed in ''Spectrum'' proper.

* MayflyDecemberRomance: Galatea and Broadleaf Heart grow closer throughout their time together, though it's never made official [[spoiler:before Broadleaf's death. A flashback indicates that Galatea and Broadleaf made love, though how much of it is true is unknown]].

* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: A whimsical, slice of life drama set in the otherwise grim Spectrumverse, and probably the closest the 'verse has to a vanilla MLP fanfic.

** Sunset Shimmer is mentioned by Celestia early on, asking Kibitz not to tell her that she's going away for a while to retrieve an alicorn. [[spoiler:She makes an appearance at the end, not at all very happy that Celestia does just that]].