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** Similarly, it's noted that Princess Luna is far more ''openly'' pragmatic than Celestia, caring less about appearing to hold the moral high ground and more about getting the job done. In Eris, that kind of pragmatism would have been universal, and Princess Luna has skipped over a thousand years of social development.
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* A sad, ugly truth of the veterinary world is that many aspiring vets wash out, having gotten into the job because they loved animals and wanted to help them, only to be confronted with the harsh reality that most of their work would involve having to euthanize animals that are beyond help. This would only be worse in the Continuum's Equestria, given the primitive state of local medicine. Sweetbark, as finally seen in ''[[Recap/TriptychContinuumAnchorFoal Anchor Foal: A Romantic Cringe Comedy]]'', is what happens when you take one of these naive animal loving wanna-be vets who would normally wash out and let her ''keep'' practicing because she has an alternative - fobbing the ugly work off on poor Fluttershy.
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* In the 19th chapter ''Anchor Foal'', Fleur's reaction to the realization she sent Zipporwhill home with Snowflake is horror, because she hadn't used her Talent to examine Snowflake's fetishes yet, which means she could have just sent Zipporwhill home with a pedophile. She cannot relax, instead burying herself in work to distract herself, until Snowflake returns and she can scan him, proving that he's not attracted to fillies. Just what happened to her to make her so fear pedophiles lurking everywhere? Is it just the ParanoiaFuel of her Talent? Or is it something deeper? Combined with the hints of her DarkAndTroubledPast... could Fleur have been a filly prostitute?
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* Celestia can't interface with MOON, only Princess Luna can do that. Which means that in order to raise and lower MOON, Celestia had to call up the memory of the sister she'd lost to Nightmare as she was ''before''. Twice a day, every day, for ''a thousand years''.
** And Cadance possibly has it even worse. Every time she ignites her horn or sings to the earth, she has to remember the ponies who died that she might live.
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* A sad, ugly truth of the veterinary world is that many aspiring vets wash out, having gotten into the job because they loved animals and wanted to help them, only to be confronted with the harsh reality that most of their work would involve having to euthanize animals that are beyond help. This would only be worse in the Continuum's Equestria, given the primitive state of local medicine. Sweetbark, as finally seen in ''[[Recap/TriptychContinuumAnchorFoal Anchor Foal: A Romantic Cringe Comedy]]'', is what happens when you take one of these naive animal loving wanna-be vets who would normally wash out and let her ''keep'' practicing because she has an alternative - fobbing the ugly work off on poor Fluttershy.
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* In the 19th chapter ''Anchor Foal'', Fleur's reaction to the realization she sent Zipporwhill home with Snowflake is horror, because she hadn't used her Talent to examine Snowflake's fetishes yet, which means she could have just sent Zipporwhill home with a pedophile. She cannot relax, instead burying herself in work to distract herself, until Snowflake returns and she can scan him, proving that he's not attracted to fillies. Just what happened to her to make her so fear pedophiles lurking everywhere? Is it just the ParanoiaFuel of her Talent? Or is it something deeper? Combined with the hints of her DarkAndTroubledPast... could Fleur have been a filly prostitute?
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** Luna is noted to look down on modern ponies, considering them soft and spoiled. And while the Chaos directly caused by Discord ended with his sealing, the knock-on effects would have persisted for a long time thereafter. The current level of control and security that most ponies enjoy would not have been established until well after ''abeyance'' had begun.
** Luna likewise reacts far more harshly to chaos than her sister, because the scars of the Discordant Era are far fresher.
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** And on the FridgeHorror side, all the horrors of the Great Work, ''her'' tortured existence, the repeated rape of Discord's essence, all those horrors would never have happened were it not for the Secret.
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Secret. [[spoiler: Applejack finally begins to realize this in Chapter 44 of '''Triptych''' itself, and it's part of what makes her decide that at some point within the next few years, the Secret itself has to break.]]
* FromTriptych, '''Triptych''', in the chapter titled Earth Tones, when Applejack says this ironically, about Pinkie's father and how he reacted to the first Pinkie Party, because, assuming that Pinkie Pie can teleport, Party -- because given Pinkie's odder abilities, he might actually be right on how the party got funded:
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* As with so many other ponies, Gentle Arrival is responsible for Pinkie's existence: without his intervention, she (and from what he's said, her mother) would have died in childbirth. But at the same time, his meddling may have instigated Pinkie's abuse -- and if she ever learns ''exactly'' what he did... [[note]]For the other three whom we know to be ''his'': Snowflake's father supported his child's drive without ever truly understanding it, Fluttershy's did what they could to help without ever understanding ''her'', and Ratchette's parents just went through a very indulgent number of dishwashers.[[/note]]
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* As with so many other ponies, Gentle Arrival is responsible for Pinkie's existence: without his intervention, she (and from what he's said, her mother) would have died in childbirth. But at the same time, his meddling may have instigated Pinkie's abuse -- and if she ever learns ''exactly'' what he did... [[note]]For the other three whom we know to be ''his'': Snowflake's father supported his child's drive without ever truly understanding it, Fluttershy's did what they could to help without ever understanding ''her'', and Ratchette's parents just went through a very indulgent number of dishwashers.[[/note]][[/note]]
!!'''Fridge Logic'''
* "The Secret", the earth pony conspiracy to cover up the true scale of their magic, makes absolutely ''no'' logical sense and seems entirely counterintuitive. It's not even necessary to protect earth pony rights, because the simple fact that Equestria ''depends'' on earth ponies to be able to feed itself[[note]]ponydom is so reliant on the Cornucopia Effect that they have barely even figured out ''crop rotation''[[/note]] means that earth ponies don't ''need'' to hide the fact their magic gives them defensive options as broad as anything that unicorns and pegasi can do. This is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] InUniverse when, firstly, Twilight tries to broach the idea that the Secret may cause more problems for earth ponies than it solves, and secondly when Gentle Arrival's Great Work is stated emphatically to stem from the overall belief of unicorns and pegasi that earth ponies are inherently magic-less by comparison to their own tribes.
!!'''Fridge Logic'''
* "The Secret", the earth pony conspiracy to cover up the true scale of their magic, makes absolutely ''no'' logical sense and seems entirely counterintuitive. It's not even necessary to protect earth pony rights, because the simple fact that Equestria ''depends'' on earth ponies to be able to feed itself[[note]]ponydom is so reliant on the Cornucopia Effect that they have barely even figured out ''crop rotation''[[/note]] means that earth ponies don't ''need'' to hide the fact their magic gives them defensive options as broad as anything that unicorns and pegasi can do. This is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] InUniverse when, firstly, Twilight tries to broach the idea that the Secret may cause more problems for earth ponies than it solves, and secondly when Gentle Arrival's Great Work is stated emphatically to stem from the overall belief of unicorns and pegasi that earth ponies are inherently magic-less by comparison to their own tribes.
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--> her father... he started kicking her. Because he said she'd ''stolen'' from him. Taken money from the family."\\
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"Stolen. Seriously, Twilight, ''stolen''. Even if she took the money, the rock farm's way out in the middle of nowhere. Where's she gonna spend it? She'd have to be gone for ''days'' just to do the simplest shopping. Did he think he was just looking at his own memories the whole time? That he had an earth pony filly who could ''teleport''?
--> her father... he started kicking her. Because he said she'd ''stolen'' from him. Taken money from the family."\\
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"Stolen. Seriously, Twilight, ''stolen''. Even if she took the money, the rock farm's way out in the middle of nowhere. Where's she gonna spend it? She'd have to be gone for ''days'' just to do the simplest shopping. Did he think he was just looking at his own memories the whole time? That he had an earth pony filly who could ''teleport''?
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* As with so many other ponies, Gentle Presence Arrival is responsible for Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Rachette, Pinkie's existence: without his intervention, she (and from what he's said, her mother) would have died in childbirth. But at the same time, his meddling may have instigated Pinkie's abuse -- and if she ever learns ''exactly'' what he did... [[note]]For the other three whom we know to be ''his'': Snowflake's childhoods / lives. The only one that has a sorta good childhood is Fluttershy, whose father supported his child's drive without ever truly understanding it, Fluttershy's did what they could do help without ever understanding ''her'', and Ratchette's parents were accepting just went through a very indulgent number of her talent. His meddling instigated Pinkie Pie's abusive father... And when she finds out about this...dishwashers.[[/note]]
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!!'''Fridge Brillance'''
* If you really and truly consider the implications, you realize that quite literally ''everything'' in both the canonical show and the Continuum proceeds directly from The Secret. Because of the Secret, Gentle believes with every fiber of his being that earth ponies are "broken". Because he believes, he is willing to do ''anything'' to "cure" his daughter of being an earth pony. And because of that quest, the quest to find a cure for his daughter's species, he discovered the Exception and the other magics that allowed him to save Pinkie and Fluttershy's lives. If it had not been for the Secret, those two would have died in childbirth, and ''everything'' would have unfolded in a completely different manner.
** And on the FridgeHorror side, all the horrors of the Great Work, ''her'' tortured existence, the repeated rape of Discord's essence, all those horrors would never have happened were it not for the Secret.
* If you really and truly consider the implications, you realize that quite literally ''everything'' in both the canonical show and the Continuum proceeds directly from The Secret. Because of the Secret, Gentle believes with every fiber of his being that earth ponies are "broken". Because he believes, he is willing to do ''anything'' to "cure" his daughter of being an earth pony. And because of that quest, the quest to find a cure for his daughter's species, he discovered the Exception and the other magics that allowed him to save Pinkie and Fluttershy's lives. If it had not been for the Secret, those two would have died in childbirth, and ''everything'' would have unfolded in a completely different manner.
** And on the FridgeHorror side, all the horrors of the Great Work, ''her'' tortured existence, the repeated rape of Discord's essence, all those horrors would never have happened were it not for the Secret.
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* It's implied in [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/365247/the-bounce-test The Bounce Test]] (and confirmed by [[WordOfGod Word Of Fanfic Author]]) that part of Flash's problem with his mark comes from having been unconscious during his manifest: it's why he truly doesn't recognize what his actual talent is. And upon realizing that every time he follows the suggestions of his magic, accidents happen, he spends his life trying to ignore it, believing he's nothing more than a [[WalkingDisasterArea Trotting Disaster Area]]. Well -- by the end of the story, we know Flash's talent is a defensively-weaponized combination of DestructiveSavior and DisasterDominoes: he sets off accidents in order to prevent worse things from happening. And the things his magic triggers saves lives. This means every time Flash ''ignored'' his talent, there's a very good chance that ponies got hurt or died. The reaction when ''that'' thought locally sinks in isn't going to be pretty.
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* As the Continuum has developed, it's become increasingly clear just how badly growing up in the Discordant Era has scarred Luna and Celestia's psyches. Even a thousand years later, they haven't fully recovered. Their dialogue in Recap/TriptychContinuumAMarkofAppeal makes it clear that they view deliberately releasing Discord as the last of last resorts, only to be done if it is down to a choice between releasing Discord on the one hoof and all sapient life being wiped out on the other. ''And yet the Sisters have released him.'' That can only mean one thing: Something is coming that will at the very least render the planet uninhabitable, and we have no idea what it is.
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!!'''Fridge Horror'''
* It's implied in [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/365247/the-bounce-test The Bounce Test]] (and confirmed by [[WordOfGod Word Of Fanfic Author]]) that part of Flash's problem with his mark comes from having been unconscious during his manifest: it's why he truly doesn't recognize what his actual talent is. And upon realizing that every time he follows the suggestions of his magic, accidents happen, he spends his life trying to ignore it, believing he's nothing more than a [[WalkingDisasterArea Trotting Disaster Area]]. Well -- by the end of the story, we know Flash's talent is a defensively-weaponized combination of DestructiveSavior and DisasterDominoes: he sets off accidents in order to prevent worse things from happening. And the things his magic triggers saves lives. This means every time Flash ''ignored'' his talent, there's a very good chance that ponies got hurt or died. The reaction when ''that'' thought locally sinks in isn't going to be pretty.
* It's implied in [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/365247/the-bounce-test The Bounce Test]] (and confirmed by [[WordOfGod Word Of Fanfic Author]]) that part of Flash's problem with his mark comes from having been unconscious during his manifest: it's why he truly doesn't recognize what his actual talent is. And upon realizing that every time he follows the suggestions of his magic, accidents happen, he spends his life trying to ignore it, believing he's nothing more than a [[WalkingDisasterArea Trotting Disaster Area]]. Well -- by the end of the story, we know Flash's talent is a defensively-weaponized combination of DestructiveSavior and DisasterDominoes: he sets off accidents in order to prevent worse things from happening. And the things his magic triggers saves lives. This means every time Flash ''ignored'' his talent, there's a very good chance that ponies got hurt or died. The reaction when ''that'' thought locally sinks in isn't going to be pretty.
