History TraumaCongaLine / FanFics

* [[VideoGame/DragonAgeII Bethany Hawke]] gets put through her fair share of trauma in her source material. The fanfic ''Fanfic/BeyondHeroes: Of Sunshine and Red Lyrium'' takes the canon trauma and adds to it everything she suffers as [[VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition the Inquisitor]], not least [[spoiler:losing ''both'' of her brothers]]. Varric, in one scene, sums up everything she's survived to that point and then adds that in spite of all of it, "you're ''still'' [[IronWoobie the sanest and sweetest person I know]]."

* In ''Ghosts of the Past'', sequel to ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'', Harry is put through the ringer during the ''Forever Red'' arc. Captured by the [[SovietSuperScience Red Room]] and taken to a base in the [[EldritchLocation Nevernever]] (where [[NarniaTime subjective time]] means the few days in the real world pass like months) and repeatedly tortured in an attempt to break him. [[spoiler: Then Maddie's well-meaning attempt to help him escape by transferring his mind into his Phoenix feather just leads to his EmptyShell being brainwashed into the super solider known as the Red Son, who is then used to commit mass murder and brainwashing in order to recreate the Russian Empire. When the heroes try to bring the Red Son to heel, the Transmode Virus he was infected with transforms nearly half his body into machinery, which Magneto has to tear out to subdue him, costing him an arm and a leg. And when his mind is restored to his body, he's so overwhelmed by suddenly having all this dumped on him that he snaps, becoming the [[HumanoidAbomination Dark Phoenix]] (which on the bright side restores his damaged body), going on a rampage before being talked down.]] Understandably, after all this he's left severely traumatized for quite some time afterwards.

* Used for a few chapters in the ''Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'' fanfiction ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6160652/10/A_Son_For_A_King A Son for a King]]''. Charlotte's banker husband demands sex from Tiana in exchange for giving her a loan and for not asking for the money back, and when she refuses, he tells Charlotte that Tiana tried to bribe him with sex so as not to have to pay back the loan. Charlotte then goes to Tiana's house and yells at her, and breaks off their friendship. Tiana's mother then persuades her to go on a date with a man she has no attraction to, and on the date, he is stabbed by racists and has to be taken to the hospital by Tiana where it turns out he has lied about his name, as well as the fact that he is married to a woman who then arrives at the hospital and chases Tiana around the hospital room, calling her a tramp and screaming at her for sleeping with her husband (which she didn't do). Once she gets back to her mother's house, it's revealed that her house and restaurant have been set on fire by the Ku Klux Klan. She then collapses on the floor, yelling, "I've been a good person my entire life. I followed all the rules. Why do these things keep happening to me?" It's all quite [[{{Narm}} hilarious]].

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* Over the course of the ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' fic ''Fanfic/TheVow'', Lady Lianne, Lord Shen's LoveInterest, goes through a troubled life. Her otherwise content childhood is marred by his ambitious father's [[ParentalNeglect inability to show his love]] toward his only child. As soon as Lianne's womanhood blossoms, her father foists suitors after suitors upon her [[IWantGrandkids so that she'd birth a grandson]] [[HeirClubForMen as the family legacy's heir]]. When she eventually [[CallingTheOldManOut has had enough and confronts him]], she's punished by being sent to live for a year with Gongmen City's nobles she doesn't know. Though she warms up to Shen and his kindly parents, she goes through a brief kidnapping experience. When she gets a word that her beloved mother has fallen ill, she rushes home where her father intends to continue pressuring her into marriage. Then [[spoiler: Lianne's mother dies]] and Lianne is grief-stricken, but then she admits her love toward Shen and agrees to marry him. However, the blissful wedding is interrupted with the revelation that the man Lianne is about to marry has committed [[spoiler:mass murder]]. Shen is banished from Gongmen, leaving Lianne to [[TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask rule Gongmen competently but unhappy]]. When Shen returns after thirty years and takes over Gongmen City, he imprisons Lianne (killing a friend of hers along the way), intending to conquer China and [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe forcibly make her his queen]]. For the following weeks Lianne struggles with having to see the depths the man she still loves has fallen into, trying both to stop him and make him come to his senses. After she [[spoiler:marries Shen out of her own will [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy yet is driven away by him]]]], she returns to her birth home and makes peace with her estranged father just before he passes away. Right after that, Lianne hears that [[spoiler:her husband has apparently died]]. After getting a final confirmation of it, she's ready to die and only [[spoiler:her pregnancy]] prevents her from doing that. [[BittersweetEnding Fortunately]], [[spoiler:[[SparedByTheAdaptation Shen]] returns to Lianne and they manage to live together with their son]].

** After what she goes through canonically, Twilight is [[CorruptTheCutie emotionally manipulated]] to lose all love and trust toward her brother, friends and mentor for how they shunned her at the wedding rehearsal, becoming unhappy yet accepting of [[TyrantTakesTheHelm Equestria's new questionable ruler]] who [[spoiler:has all along faked being her friend and [[LoveInterestTraitor possible love interest]] as well as used her in stealing Equestria's throne. She accepts his proposal, unaware that Jewelius [[DarwinistDesire only wants her to birth powerful offspring for him to continue his legacy]] and is open to the possibility of killing her "accidentally" and marrying a more powerful unicorn mare should he meet one]]. Once Twilight realizes the truth, her [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone utter mortification with herself]] leads her to seek out her loved ones and reconcile with them so that she can help them set things right.

*** Princess Celestia gets a special mention. Not only does her nephew Jewelius usurp her by using her mistakes against her, but he also turns [[HundredPercentAdorationRating the utter adoration]] her faithful student and Canterlot's citizens felt toward her into seething hatred. She finds out, much to the horror of both Shining Armor and herself, that [[spoiler:while they were in exile, all the royal guards who [[UndyingLoyalty remained loyal to them]] were [[ThePurge ordered]] to be [[SickbedSlaying murdered while they were in the infirmary]]]]. She very nearly becomes [[spoiler:publicly [[PublicExecution hanged]], and only by giving her former subjects and Twilight a heartwrenching apology speech does she manage to trigger forgiveness in all of them before [[ShootTheRope Luna rescues her from being choked to death]]]]. By the time she and the others [[spoiler:find refuge in Ponyville, Celestia has become so demoralized that she starts to lose hope of Twilight coming around and helping them against Jewelius (whose capability for such cruelty still shocks her), to the point that Cadance needs to urge her not to give up on her faithful student yet]].

*** Princess Celestia gets a special mention. Not only does her nephew Jewelius usurp her by using her mistakes against her, but he also turns [[HundredPercentAdorationRating the utter adoration]] her faithful student and Canterlot's citizens felt toward her into seething hatred. She finds out, much to the horror of both Shining Armor and herself, that [[spoiler:while they were in exile, all the royal guards who [[UndyingLoyalty remained loyal to them]] were [[ThePurge ordered]] to be [[SickbedSlaying murdered while they were in the infirmary]]]]. She very nearly becomes [[spoiler:publicly [[PublicExecution hanged]], and only by giving her former subjects and Twilight a heartwrenching apology speech she manages to trigger forgiveness in all of them before [[ShootTheRope Luna rescues her from being choked to death]]]]. By the time she and the others [[spoiler:find refuge in Ponyville, Celestia has become so demoralized that she starts to lose hope of Twilight coming around and helping them against Jewelius (whose capability for such cruelty still shocks her), to the point that Cadance needs to urge her not to give up on her faithful student yet]].

** After what she goes through canonically, Twilight is [[CorruptTheCutie emotionally manipulated]] to lose all love and trust toward her brother, friends and mentor for how they shunned her at the wedding rehearsal, becoming unhappy yet accepting of [[TyrantTakesTheHelm Equestria's new questionable ruler]] who [[spoiler:has all along faked being her friend and [[LoveInterestTraitor possible love interest]] as well as used her in stealing Equestria's throne. She accepts his proposal, unaware that Jewelius [[DarwinistDesire only wants her to birth for him powerful offspring to keep up his legacy]] and is open to the possibility of killing her "accidentally" and marrying a more powerful unicorn mare should he meet one]]. Once Twilight realizes the truth, her [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone utter mortification with herself]] leads her to seek out her loved ones and reconcile with them so that she can help them set things right.

* ''Fanfic/HuntersOfJustice'': Teams RWBY and JNPR suffer one at the beginning of the story. Over the course of two days, ComicBook/{{Brainiac}} invades Remnant, destroys nearly all the major cities on the planet, kidnaps thousands of various ages and other attributes for his experiments, then sends in a massive horde of robots to corral the rest into Vale, slaughtering millions in the process. Not only do both teams have to witness all of this, their worst fear comes to pass when Brainiac kidnaps Ruby to study her eyes. They manage to convince Ironwood to allow them to go rescue her and attack Brainiac head on, but that's when the worst of stretch of it happens; they rescue Ruby, only to learn that Brainiac had actually shrunk and bottled the cities for the sake of his studies. They then attack and try to stop him, only to endure a devastating CurbStompBattle, and watch him do to Vale what he did to the other cities. Finally, they get front-row seats to the '''complete and utter destruction of their planet''', before finally being saved by a Mother Box and sent to Earth. All of those events culminate in a week-long HeroicBSOD when they finally wake up and have enough time to process what happened.

** Princess Celestia, the Mane Five, Shining Armor, and Spike have their [[HeroesWithBadPublicity reputations tarnished]] by [[TheUsurper Prince Jewelius]], who uses their canon mistakes that contributed to the Changeling invasion to frame them as traitors and then banishes them from Equestria (with the Mane Five and Shining Armor [[MadeASlave also being enslaved]]). They return to Canterlot one week later to clear their names and [[MustMakeAmends make amends with Twilight]], only to be angrily rejected by her in retaliation for [[MadeOutToBeAJerkass their treatment of her at the wedding rehearsal]] and arrested again. As the now demoralized heroes rot in their cells in the 11th chapter, they learn a terrible secret: [[spoiler:not only is Jewelius the [[BigBad true mastermind behind the Changeling invasion]], but he's also a [[TheSociopath heartless manipulator]] who's intending to exploit both Twilight and Canterlot's citizens more than he already has]]. Unfortunately, the now-discredited heroes are [[CassandraTruth unable to convince anypony to believe them about this terrible truth]] and are instead [[ShamedByAMob publicly shamed by the citizens of Canterlot]], who all [[BrokenPedestal feel themselves betrayed by their former protectors]]. Luckily, [[NiceJobFixingItVillain some major short-sightedness]] on behalf of [[spoiler:Jewelius]] proves them right and provides them a chance to reconcile with Twilight and set things right.

*** Princess Celestia gets a special mention. Not only does her nephew Jewelius usurp her by using her mistakes against her, but he also turns [[HundredPercentAdorationRating the utter adoration]] her faithful student and Canterlot's citizens felt toward her into seething hatred. She finds out, much to the horror of both Shining Armor and herself, that [[spoiler:while they were in exile, [[ThePurge ordered]] the royal guards who [[UndyingLoyalty remained loyal to them]] to be [[SickbedSlaying murdered while they were in the infirmary]]]]. She very nearly becomes [[spoiler:publicly [[PublicExecution hanged]], and only by giving her former subjects and Twilight a heartwrenching apology speech she manages to trigger forgiveness in all of them before [[ShootTheRope Luna rescues her from being choked to death]]]]. By the time she and the others [[spoiler:find refuge in Ponyville, Celestia has become demoralized that she starts to lose hope of Twilight coming around and helping them against Jewelius (whom she is still shocked was capable of such cruelty), to the point that Cadance needs to urge her not to give up on her faithful student yet]].

*** Princess Celestia gets a special mention. Not only does her nephew Jewelius usurp her by using her mistakes against her, but he also turns [[HundredPercentAdorationRating the utter adoration]] her faithful student and Canterlot's citizens felt toward her into seething hatred. She finds out, much to the horror of both Shining Armor and herself, that [[spoiler:while they were in exile, Jewelius [[ThePurge ordered]] the royal guards who [[UndyingLoyalty remained loyal to them]] to be [[SickbedSlaying murdered while they were in the infirmary]]]]. She very nearly becomes [[spoiler:publicly [[PublicExecution hanged]], and only by giving her former subjects and Twilight a heartwrenching apology speech she manages to trigger forgiveness in all of them before [[ShootTheRope Luna rescues her from being choked to death]]]]. By the time she and the others [[spoiler:find refuge in Ponyville, Celestia has become so demoralized that she starts to lose hope of Twilight coming around and helping them against Jewelius, to the point that Cadance needs to urge her not to give up on her faithful student yet]].

** Princess Celestia, the Mane Five, Shining Armor, and Spike have their [[HeroesWithBadPublicity reputations tarnished]] by [[TheUsurper Prince Jewelius]], who uses their canon mistakes that contributed to the Changeling invasion to frame them as traitors and then banishes them from Equestria (with the Mane Five and Shining Armor [[MadeASlave also being enslaved]]). They return to Canterlot one week later to clear their names and [[MustMakeAmends make amends with Twilight]], only to be bitterly rejected by her in retaliation for [[MadeOutToBeAJerkass their treatment of her at the wedding rehearsal]] and arrested again. As the now demoralized heroes rot in their cells in the 11th chapter, they learn a terrible secret: [[spoiler:not only is Jewelius the [[BigBad true mastermind behind the Changeling invasion]], but he's also a [[TheSociopath heartless manipulator]] who's intending to exploit both Twilight and Canterlot's citizens more than he already has]]. Unfortunately, the now-discredited heroes are [[CassandraTruth unable to convince anypony to believe them about this terrible truth]] and are instead [[ShamedByAMob publicly shamed by the citizens of Canterlot]], who all [[BrokenPedestal feel themselves betrayed by their former protectors]]. Luckily, [[NiceJobFixingItVillain some major short-sightedness]] on behalf of [[spoiler:Jewelius]] proves them right and provides them a chance to reconcile with Twilight and set things right.

* ''Fanfic/LovedAndLost'', an extended retelling of the second season finale of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' tortures just about all of the heroes:
** Princess Celestia, the Mane Five, Shining Armor, and Spike have their [[HeroesWithBadPublicity reputations tarnished]] by [[TheUsurper Prince Jewelius]], who uses their canon mistakes that contributed to the Changeling invasion to frame them as traitors and then banishes them from Equestria (with the Mane Five and Shining Armor [[MadeASlave also being enslaved]]). A week later, they return to Canterlot to clear their names and [[MustMakeAmends make amends with Twilight]], only to be bitterly rejected by her in retaliation for [[MadeOutToBeAJerkass their treatment of her at the wedding rehearsal]] and arrested again. As the now demoralized heroes rot in their cells in the 11th chapter, they learn a terrible secret: [[spoiler:not only is Jewelius the [[BigBad true mastermind behind the Changeling invasion]], but he's also a [[TheSociopath heartless manipulator]] who's intending to exploit both Twilight and the citizens of Canterlot more than he already has]]. Unfortunately, the now-discredited heroes are [[CassandraTruth unable to convince anypony to believe them about this terrible truth]] and are instead [[ShamedByAMob publicly shamed by the citizens of Canterlot]], who all [[BrokenPedestal feel themselves betrayed by their former protectors]]. Luckily, [[NiceJobFixingItVillain some major short-sightedness]] on behalf of [[spoiler:Jewelius]] proves them right and provides them a chance to reconcile with Twilight and set things right.

*** On top of being brainwashed by Queen Chrysalis and the wedding being cancelled, Shining Armor is stripped of his title as Captain of the Guard and mercilessly beaten by [[KnightTemplar Commander Hildread]]. After being bitterly renounced by his own little sister, he endures a brutal [[ATasteOfTheLash public flogging]] for disgracing the guard and learns that [[spoiler: not only have many of his friends in the guard have been murdered, but also that his sister -- emotionally manipulated and deaf to his warnings -- is engaged to a sociopath who'll kill her should he find another powerful unicorn mare to seduce]].

*** On top of being brainwashed by Queen Chrysalis and the wedding being cancelled, Shining Armor is stripped of his title as Captain of the Guard and mercilessly beaten by [[KnightTemplar Commander Hildread]]. After being bitterly renounced by his own little sister, he endures a brutal [[ATasteOfTheLash public flogging]] for disgracing the guard and learns that [[spoiler:many of his friends in the guard have been murdered, and his sister -- emotionally manipulated and deaf to his warnings -- is engaged to a sociopath who'll kill her should he find another powerful unicorn mare to seduce]].

*** Princess Celestia gets a special mention. Not only does her nephew Jewelius usurp her by using her mistakes against her, but he also turns [[HundredPercentAdorationRating the utter adoration]] her faithful student and Canterlot's citizens felt toward her into seething hatred. She finds out, much to the horror of both Shining Armor and herself, that [[spoiler:while they were in banishment, Jewelius [[ThePurge ordered]] the royal guards who [[UndyingLoyalty remained loyal to them]] to be [[SickbedSlaying murdered while they were in the infirmary]]]]. She very nearly becomes [[spoiler:publicly [[PublicExecution hanged]], and only by giving her former subjects and Twilight a heartwrenching apology speech she manages to trigger forgiveness in all of them before [[ShootTheRope Luna rescues her from being choked to death]]]]. By the time she and the others [[spoiler:find refuge in Ponyville, Celestia has become so demoralized that she starts to lose hope of Twilight coming around and helping them against Jewelius, to the point that Cadance needs to urge her not to give up on her faithful student yet]].

** Princess Celestia, the Mane Five, Shining Armor, and Spike have their [[HeroesWithBadPublicity reputations tarnished]] by [[TheUsurper Prince Jewelius]], who uses their canon mistakes that contributed to the Changeling invasion to frame them as traitors and then banishes them from Equestria (with the Mane Five and Shining Armor [[MadeASlave also being enslaved]]). A week later, they return to Canterlot to clear their names and [[MustMakeAmends make amends with Twilight]], only to be bitterly rejected by her in retaliation for [[MadeOutToBeAJerkass their treatment of her at the wedding rehearsal]] and arrested again. As the now demoralized heroes rot in their cells in the 11th chapter, they learn a terrible secret: [[spoiler:not only is Jewelius the [[BigBad true mastermind behind the Changeling invasion]], but he's also a [[TheSociopath heartless manipulator]] who's intending to exploit both Twilight and the citizens of Canterlot more than he already has]]. Unfortunately, the heroes are [[CassandraTruth unable to convince anypony to believe them about this terrible truth]] and are instead [[ShamedByAMob publicly shamed by the citizens of Canterlot]], who all [[BrokenPedestal feel themselves betrayed by their former protectors]]. Luckily, [[NiceJobFixingItVillain some major short-sightedness]] on behalf of [[spoiler:Jewelius]] proves them right and provides them a chance to reconcile with Twilight and set things right.

** Princess Celestia, the Mane Five, Shining Armor, and Spike have their [[HeroesWithBadPublicity reputations tarnished]] by [[TheUsurper Prince Jewelius]], who uses their canon mistakes that contributed to the Changeling invasion to frame them as traitors and then banishes them from Equestria (with the Mane Five and Shining Armor [[MadeASlave also being enslaved]]). A week later, they return to Canterlot to clear their names and [[MustMakeAmends make amends with Twilight]], only to be bitterly rejected by her in retaliation for [[MadeOutToBeAJerkass their treatment of her at the wedding rehearsal]] and arrested again. As the now demoralized heroes rot in their cells in the 11th chapter, they learn a terrible secret: [[spoiler:not only is Jewelius the [[BigBad true mastermind behind the Changeling invasion]], but he's also a [[TheSociopath heartless manipulator]] who's intending to exploit both Twilight and the citizens of Canterlot more than he already has]]. Unfortunately, the heroes are [[CassandraTruth unable to convince anypony to believe them about this terrible truth]] and are instead [[ShamedByAMob publicly shamed by the citizens of Canterlot]], who all [[BrokenPedestal feel themselves betrayed by their former protectors]].
Luckily, [[NiceJobFixingItVillain some major short-sightedness]] on behalf of [[spoiler:Jewelius]] proves them right and provides them a chance to reconcile with Twilight and set things right.

** Princess Celestia, the Mane Five, Shining Armor, and Spike have their [[HeroesWithBadPublicity reputations tarnished]] by [[TheUsurper Prince Jewelius]], who uses their canon mistakes that contributed to the Changeling invasion to frame them as traitors and then banishes them from Equestria (with the Mane Five and Shining Armor [[MadeASlave also being enslaved]]). A week later, they return to Canterlot to clear their names and [[MustMakeAmends make amends with Twilight]], only to be bitterly rejected by her in retaliation for [[MadeOutToBeAJerkass their treatment of her at the wedding rehearsal]] and arrested again. As the now demoralized heroes rot in their cells in the 11th chapter, they learn a terrible secret: [[spoiler:not only is Jewelius the [[BigBad true mastermind behind the Changeling invasion]], but he's also a [[TheSociopath heartless manipulator]] who's intending to exploit both Twilight and the citizens of Canterlot more than he already has]]. Unfortunately, the heroes are [[CassandraTruth unable to convince anypony to believe them about this terrible truth]] and are instead [[ShamedByAMob publicly shamed by the citizens of Canterlot]]. Luckily, [[NiceJobFixingItVillain some major short-sightedness]] on behalf of [[spoiler:Jewelius]] proves them right and provides them a chance to reconcile with Twilight and set things right.

** Princess Celestia, the Mane Five, Shining Armor, and Spike have their [[HeroesWithBadPublicity reputations tarnished]] by [[TheUsurper Prince Jewelius]], who uses their canon mistakes that contributed to the Changeling invasion to frame them as traitors in the eyes of Canterlot's citizens and banishes them from Equestria, with the Mane Five and Shining Armor [[MadeASlave also being enslaved]]. A week later, they return to Canterlot to clear their names and [[MustMakeAmends make amends with Twilight]], only to be bitterly rejected by her in retaliation for [[MadeOutToBeAJerkass their treatment of her at the wedding rehearsal]] and arrested again. As the now demoralized heroes rot in their cells in the 11th chapter, they learn a terrible secret: [[spoiler:not only is Jewelius the [[BigBad true mastermind behind the Changeling invasion]], but he's also a [[TheSociopath heartless manipulator]] who's intending to exploit both Twilight and the citizens of Canterlot more than he already has]]. Unfortunately, the heroes are [[CassandraTruth unable to convince anypony to believe them about this terrible truth]] and are instead [[ShamedByAMob publicly shamed by the citizens of Canterlot]]. Luckily, [[NiceJobFixingItVillain some major short-sightedness]] on behalf of [[spoiler:Jewelius]] proves them right and provides them a chance to reconcile with Twilight and set things right.

** Princess Celestia, the Mane Five, Shining Armor, and Spike have their [[HeroesWithBadPublicity reputations tarnished]] by [[TheUsurper Prince Jewelius]], who uses their canon mistakes that contributed to the Changeling invasion to frame them as traitors in the eyes of Canterlot's citizens and banishes them from Equestria, with the Mane Five and Shining Armor [[MadeASlave also being enslaved]]. A week later, they return to Canterlot to clear their names and [[MustMakeAmends make amends with Twilight]], only to be bitterly rejected by her in retaliation for [[MadeOutToBeAJerkass their treatment of her at the wedding rehearsal]]. As the now demoralized heroes rot in their cells in the 11th chapter, they learn a terrible secret: [[spoiler:not only is Jewelius the [[BigBad true mastermind behind the Changeling invasion]], but he's also a [[TheSociopath heartless manipulator]] who's intending to exploit both Twilight and the citizens of Canterlot more than he already has]]. Unfortunately, the heroes are [[CassandraTruth unable to convince anypony to believe them about this terrible truth]] and are instead [[ShamedByAMob publicly shamed by the citizens of Canterlot]]. Luckily, [[NiceJobFixingItVillain some major short-sightedness]] on behalf of [[spoiler:Jewelius]] proves them right and provides them a chance to reconcile with Twilight and set things right.

** Princess Celestia, the Mane Five, Shining Armor, and Spike have their [[HeroesWithBadPublicity reputations tarnished]] by [[TheUsurper Prince Jewelius]], who uses their canon mistakes that contributed to the Changeling invasion to frame them as traitors and banish them from Equestria, with the Mane Five and Shining Armor [[MadeASlave also being enslaved]]. A week later, they return to Canterlot to clear their names and [[MustMakeAmends make amends with Twilight]], only to be bitterly rejected by her in retaliation for [[MadeOutToBeAJerkass their treatment of her at the wedding rehearsal]]. As the now demoralized heroes rot in their cells in the 11th chapter, they learn a terrible secret: [[spoiler:not only is Jewelius the [[BigBad true mastermind behind the Changeling invasion]], but he's also a [[TheSociopath heartless manipulator]] who's intending to exploit both Twilight and the citizens of Canterlot more than he already has]]. Unfortunately, the heroes are [[CassandraTruth unable to convince anypony to believe them about this terrible truth]] and are instead [[ShamedByAMob publicly shamed by the citizens of Canterlot]]. Luckily, [[NiceJobFixingItVillain some major short-sightedness]] on behalf of [[spoiler:Jewelius]] proves them right and provides them a chance to reconcile with Twilight and set things right.

* In ''Fanfic/LovedAndLost'', an extended retelling of the second season finale of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' tortures just about all of the heroes:

* In''Fanfic/LovedAndLost'', an extended retelling of the second season finale of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' tortures just about all of the heroes: