History Fridge / AftermathOfTheGames

** Alternatively, they could be in the same position as Sci-Twi and cannot relate their experiences to any therapist because [[CassandraTruth no one will believe them if they tell stories about possessing magic]]. In turn, the best course of action would be to become friends with their former enemies, the Rainbooms, and Princess Twilight, who could help them by finding a therapist for them back in Equestria. Even then, it's still going to take them a while to recover, as Sci-Twi has shown.

** The fourth pony chapter of ''Integration'' shows that the aforementioned four are alive and well.

* Filly Starlight used to be a neglected orphan whose former caretakers were brought to legal justice thanks to Princess Twilight. Ergo, it makes sense why she would be massively upset abour Twilight being unable to do anything more to help Diamond Tiara other than place her emotionally abusive mother underneath the watch of Foal Protection Services.

** Alternatively, they could be in the same position as Sci-Twi and cannot relate their experiences to any therapist because [[CassandraTruth no one will believe them if they tell stories about possessing magic]]. In turn, the best course of action would be to become friends with their former enemies, the Rainbooms, and Princess Twilight. Even then, it's still going to take them a while to recover, as Sci-Twi has shown.

** The fourth pony chaper of ''Integration'' shows that the aforementioned four are alive and well.

** Alternatively, they could be in the same position as Sci-Twi and cannot relate her experiences who any therapist because [[CassandraTruth no one will believe them if they tell stories about possessing magic]]. In turn, the best course of action would be to become friends with their former enemies, the Rainbooms, and Princess Twilight. Even then, it's still going to take them a while to recover, as Sci-Twi has shown.

** Unless, of course, they accept the Rainbooms' offer of friendship for healing. Even then, it's still going to take them a while to recover.

* Sci-Twi's parents being killed by a DrunkDriver would give her a lot more reason for being so withdrawn in the movie, especially since the canon versions of her parents haven't appeared or even mentioned at all yet.
** Going a step further, her relationship with Dean Cadence. Dean Cadence's job is centered around the students' well-being, and being Sci-Twi's legal guardian allows her more involvement in Sci-Twi's life. This is why she spends more time with Sci-Twi than any other adult (barring Cinch) in the film. As a bonus, it would add to why she let Sci-Twi have Spike at school. She knows Sci-Twi well enough that she knows Spike isn't part of a project, and Spike provides her the comfort and friendship she needs in the school when Dean Cadence is not around.
* Why would Princess Twilight take being forced to retgone the original Starlight really hard? Because she never had to make such a difficult decision before because she never actually killed any of the villains she faced. Nightmare Moon was purified by the Elements of Harmony and that freed Luna; Discord was turned back to stone after his defeat and then became mostly reformed later; Twilight played a huge role in the downfalls of Queen Chrysalis and King Sombra, but it was ultimately Shining Armor and Cadance (and also Spike in the case of Sombra) that landed the final blow; Tirek was locked back in Tartarus and more than deserved it for his crimes. Not being able to talk down Starlight was a huge blow on Twilight, due to the fact that this pony not only rejected what the alicorn represented, but didn't care what was going to happen to Equestria as long as she got revenge on the Mane Six. And Twilight didn't have anybody else to rely on in that senario. So Twilight took the next option she saw that was possible, and she's fully aware that it might've not been the best course of action, despite it being the only choice she had to save Equestria.

** WordOfGod has stated that Sunburst died in the original timeline, too, [[DramaticIrony but Twilight also can't know that for sure, either.]]

* The Changelings are said to have broken the Aria Blaze and Sonata Dusk through their experiments. If and when they are given help, it might take months or even years of therapy just to help them recover.
** Unless, of course, they accept the Rainbooms' offer of friendship for healing.

** WordOfGod has stated that Sunburst died in the original timeline, too, [[DramaticIrony but Twilight can't also know that for sure, either.]]

* Why would Princess Twilight would take being forced to retgone the original Starlight really hard? Because she never had to make such a difficult decision before because she never actually killed any of the villains she faced. Nightmare Moon was purified by the Elements of Harmony and that freed Luna; Discord was turned back to stone after his defeat and then became mostly reformed later; Twilight played a huge role in the downfall of Queen Chrysalis and King Sombra, but it was ultimately Shining Armor and Cadance (and also Spike in the case of Sombra) that landed the final blow; Tirek was locked back in Tartarus and more than deserved it for his crimes. Not being able to talk down Starlight was a huge blow on Twilight, due to the fact that this pony not only rejected what the alicorn represented, but didn't care what was going to happen to Equestria as long as she got revenge on the Mane Six. And Twilight didn't have anybody else to rely on in that senario. So Twilight took the next option she saw that was possible, and she's fully aware that it might've not been the best course of action, despite it being the only choice she had to save Equestria.

** [[AscendedFridgeHorror Turn out Twilight is fully aware of this, that she may never know the full consequences of her actions, haunted by it.]]

* It just suddenly occurred to this troper why Princess Twilight would take being forced to retgone the original Starlight really hard; she never had to make such a difficult decision before because she never actually killed any of the villains she faced. Nightmare Moon was purified by the Elements of Harmony and that freed Luna; Discord was turned back to stone after his defeat and then became mostly reformed later; Twilight played a huge role in the downfall of Queen Chrysalis and King Sombra, but it was ultimately Shining Armor and Cadance (and also Spike in the case of Sombra) that landed the final blow on those {{Big Bad}}s; Tirek was locked back in Tartarus, and he more than deserved it due to his crimes. Not being able to talk down Starlight was a huge blow on Twilight, due to the fact that this pony not only rejected what the alicorn represented, but didn't care what was going to happen to Equestria as long as she got revenge on the Mane Six. And Twilight didn't have anybody else to rely on in that senario. So Twilight took the next option she saw that was possible, and she's fully aware that it might've not been the best course of action, despite it being the only choice she had to save Equestria.

* If Twilight retgoning the original Starlight affected Sunburst's fate in the new timeline, who's to say that something bad didn't happen to Party Favor, Sugar Belle, Nightglider, and Double Diamond because they never came together?
** And what about all the other ponies who lived in that village? What became of them in this timeline, where the village never existed?

* It just suddenly occurred to this troper why Princess Twilight would take being forced to retgone the original Starlight really hard; she never had to make such a difficult decision before because she never actually killed any of the villains she faced. Nightmare Moon was purified by the Elements of Harmony and that freed Luna; Discord was turned back to stone after his defeat and then became mostly reformed later; Twilight played a huge role in the downfall of Queen Chrysalis and King Sombra, but it was ultimately Shining Armor and Cadance (and also Spike in the case of Sombra) that landed the final blow on those {{Big Bad}}s; Tirek was locked back in Tartarus, and he more than deserved it due to his crimes. Not being able to talk down Starlight through talking was a huge blow on Twilight, due to the fact that this pony not only rejected what the alicorn represented, but didn't care what was going to happen to Equestria as long as she got revenge on the Mane Six. So Twilight took the next option she saw that was possible, and she's fully aware that it might've not been the best course of action, despite it being the only choice she had to save Equestria.

* Besides Sunset being the one who saved her from her demonic self, it makes sense why Sci-Twi would be the closest to her out of all of their friends. Both of them are orphans, prodigies academically, using science to investigate how Equestrian magic works in the human world, and were forcibly turned into demons that an outside force managed to bring down before they killed anyone and they were reformed through being befriended (even though Sunset had to work harder at being forgiven since she was pretty much a bully before the Fall Formal caused her to wake up to what she was doing; since Sci-Twi wasn't ever much of a villian in the first place and was backmailed into working for Cinch, so she was forgiven a lot sooner). It's no wonder why Sunset is Sci-Twi's biggest emotional crutch.

* It just suddenly occurred to this troper why Princess Twilight would take being forced to retgone the original Starlight really hard; she never had to make such a difficult decision before because she never actually killed any of the villains she faced. Nightmare Moon was purified by the elements and that freed Luna; Discord was turned back to stone and then became mostly reformed; Twilight played a huge role in the downfall of Queen Chrysalis and King Sombra, but it was ultimately Shining Armor and Cadance (and also Spike in the case of Sombra) that landed the final blow on those {{Big Bad}}s; Tirek was locked back in Tartarus, and more than deserved it due to hos crimes. Not being able to reform Starlight through talking was a huge blow on Twilight, due to the fact that this pony not only rejected what the alicorn represented, but didn't care what was going to happen to Equestria as long as she got revenge on the Mane Six. So Twilight took the next option she saw that was possible, and she's fully aware that it might've not been the best course of action, despite it being the only choice she had to save Equestria.

* Besides Sunset being the one who saved her from her demonic self, it makes sense why Sci-Twi would be the closest to her out of all of their friends. Both of them are orphans, prodigies academically, using science to investigate how Equestrian magic works in the human world, and were forcibly turned into demons that an outside force managed to bring down before they killed anyone and they were reformed through being befriended (even though Sunset had to work harder at being forgiven since she was a lot meaner, and since Sci-Twi wasn't ever much of a villian in the first place and was backmailed into working for Cinch, was forgiven a lot sooner). It's no wonder why Sunset is Sci-Twi's biggest emotional crutch.
** Also, victims of tramatic experiences often recover the best through support groups and listening to others' stories in them. Sunset and Sci-Twi have basically started their own support group (since not many are forcibily turned into demons), and it's clear that they can trust each other extremely well. [[ThePowerOfFriendship ''And'' it ties into the entire theme of the franchise.]]
* Sci-Twi's parents being killed by a DrunkDriver would give her a lot more reason for being so withdrawn in the movie, especially since the canon human versions of her parents havent appeared at all yet.
* It just suddenly occurred to this troper why Princess Twilight would take being forced to retgoning the original Starlight hard; she never had to make such a difficult decision before because she never actually killed any of the villains she faced. Nightmare Moon was purified by the elements and that freed Luna; Discord was turned back to stone and then became mostly reformed; Twilight played a huge role in the downfall of Queen Chrysalis and King Sombra, but it was Shining Armor and Cadance (and also Spike in the case of Sombra) that landed the final blow on those {{Big Bad}}s; Tirek was locked back in Tartarus, and more than deserved it. Not being able to reform Starlight through talking was a huge blow on Twilight, due to the fact that this pony not only rejected what the alicorn represented, but didn't care what was going to happen to Equestria as long as she got revenge on the Mane 6. Then Twilight took the next option she saw that was possible, and she's fully aware that it might've not been the best option, despite it being the only choice she had to save Equestria.

*** Turn her into yet another raging she-demon, perhaps?

* Considering the [[UnPerson fate of Pony Cinch]], and how nobody, no even her daughter, cared about what happened, the Human Cinch is probably going to be in a similar position now that she's working for villians that specialize in fake idenities.
** Also, who ''did'' assasinate the Pony Cinch?

* Besides Sunset being the one who saved her from her demonic self, it makes sense why Sci-Twi would be the closest to her out of all of their friends. Both of them are orphans, prodigies academically, using science to investigate how Equestrian magic works in the human world, and were forcibly turned into demons that an outside force managed to bring down before they killed anyone and they were reformed through being befriended (even though Sunset had to work harder at being forgiven since she was a lot meaner, and since Sci-Twi wasn't ever much of a villian in the first place and was backmailed into working for Cinch, was forgiven a lot sooner).

* Despite Sunset being the one who saved her from her demonic self, it makes sense why Sci-Twi would be the closest to her out of all of their friends. Both of them are orphans, prodigies academically, using science to investigate how Equestrian magic works in the human world, and were forcibly turned into demons that an outside force managed to bring down before they killed anyone and they were reformed through being befriended (even though Sunset had to work harder at being forgiven since she was a lot meaner, and since Sci-Twi wasn't ever much of a villian in the first place and was backmailed into working for Cinch, was forgiven a lot sooner).
* Sci-Twi's parents being killed by DrunkDriver would give her a lot more reason for being so withdrawn in the movie, especially since we haven't seen the canon human versions of her parents yet.

* Considering the [[UnPerson fate of Pony Cinch]], and how nobody, no even her daughter, cared about what happened, the Human Cinch is probably going to be in a similar position.

* Despite Sunset saving her from her demonic self, it makes sense why Sci-Twi would be the closest to her out of all of their friends. Both of them are orphans, prodigies academically, using science to investigate how Equestrian magic works in the human world, and were forcibly turned into demons that an outside force managed to bring down before they killed anyone and they were reformed through being befriended (even though Sunset had to work harder at being forgiven since she was a lot meaner, and since Sci-Twi wasn't ever much of a villian in the first place and was backmailed into working for Cinch, was forgiven a lot sooner).

* Despite Sunset saving her from her demonic self, it makes sense why Sci-Twi would be the closest to her out of all of their friends. Both of them are orphans, prodigies academically, using science to investigate how Equestrian magic works in the human world, and were forcibly turned into demons that an outside force managed to bring down and they wee reformed through being befriended (even though Sunset had to work harder at being forgiven since she was a lot meaner than Sci-Twi was).

* Considering how the Changelings in the pony world are love sucking, shiftshaping vampires, if/when the human mob gets their hands on magic, it's not going to be good.

* If Twilight retgoning the original Starlight affected Sunburst's fate in the new timeline, who's to say that something bad didn't happen to Party Favor, Sugar Belle, Nightglider, and Double Diamond because they never came together?