History Fanfic / ThePowerOfTheEquinox

* OutDamnedSpot: After Pinkie Pie's idea to use Dimmed Star's Ink in a non-destructive way leads to the latter becoming possessed and nearly killing her, Pinkie secludes herself in the bathroom to wash herself of the Ink she was covered in. The trauma causes her to vigorously wash herself over again, and she later does it again by using rainwater.

* AdultFear: For Night Light and Twilight Velvet; their son ends up in a coma when their daughter nearly kills him, and she's put on trial for that as well as killing many others.

* RealityEnsues:
** Though Princess Luna was welcomed back by her sister right after she stopped being Nightmare Moon, the governing council insisted on having her answer for the crimes she committed after her release from the moon. After much struggle between Celestia and the council, Luna was sentenced to a house arrest of two years, obliged to being accompanied by armed guard at all times, and wearing a magic-sealing ring outside performing her nocturnal duties. The last Nightmare Night was the only time Celestia was able to get Luna out of these restrictions.
** Cadance spends an entire night studying laws in order to act as Dimmed Star's defence attorney. She falls asleep and is woken up by Luna after Dimmed Star has left the courtroom.

* DeathGlare: When Hasty Vote is about to reprimand the sobbing Twilight Velvet, she loses all her bravado for a significant while when the awakened Dimmed Star glares at her over her mother's shoulder.

* PoliceAreUseless: Ponyville's town guard has grown soft since the Mane Six started taking care of threats. When Cheerilee needs a guard to accompany her to Scootaloo's home, there's nopony at the guard house. [[spoiler:Given [[TilMurderDoUsPart what she discovers]] and [[HeKnowsTooMuch what nearly happens to herself]], she really would have needed a guard to protect her.]]

* {{Adorkable}}: Apple Bloom whenever she blushes in Spike's proximity.

* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:As Brutus lies dying in the 28th chapter, [[MyLifeFlashedBeforeMyEyes he has flashbacks]] of the kinder stallion he used to be and how he turned into the abusive foster father and uxoricide we've come to know him as, causing him to [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone seriously regret what he has become]]. He then hallucinates meeting Scootaloo for whom he tries to apologise, only to be tortured by the decayed filly and his similarly grotesque wife. In the next chapter, he's dead. Though he gets to express remorse before dying, it still doesn't wash away the severity of his actions.]]

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Brutus Meadows abuses his adoptive daughter Scootaloo, kills his wife Vibrant Glow, and tries to kill Cheerilee just to get away with it all. He's then excessively mangled by Dimmed Star, resulting in him bleeding to death.]]

* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:As Brutus lies dying in the 28th chapter, [[MyLifeFlashedBeforeMyEyes he has flashbacks]] of the kinder stallion he used to be and how he turned into the abusive foster father and uxoricide we've come to know him as, causing him to [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone seriously regret what he has become]]. He then hallucinates meeting Scootaloo for whom he tries to apologise, only to be tortured by the decayed filly and his similarly grotesque wife. In the next chapter, he's dead.]]

%%* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Brutus Meadows]]

* EarAche: In the 23th chapter, Brutus bites Scootaloo's ear and drags her from it so hard that its top half becomes torn. [[spoiler:Zecora has to remove the top half since [[AmputationStopsSpread it has become necrotic]].]]