History Webcomic / FriendshipIsMagic

* TheCorruptible: Rainbow is targeted by [[BigBad Luna]] as the Element of Harmony she wishes to induce a FaceHeelTurn in, with growing success but is successfully averted at the end of chapter 6.

** [[spoiler:Discord brainwashes the Flim-Flam brothers after they refuse to give up Trixie to him.]]

* AdaptationalHeroism: The Flim-Flam brothers are unrepentant conartists who haven't shown any redeeming qualities in canon as of season six. Here, they are shown to be amusement park owners who run a fairly legitimate business and are also good parental substitutes to Trixie, whom they took in after her parents died in a bear attack. [[spoiler:Discord has to brainwash them to make them kick poor Trixie out of the park so he can claim her for his own plans.]]
* AllThereInTheManual: The artist posts designs of characters who have yet to appear on their account, like Trixie, the Cutie Mark Crusaders, Nightmare Moon, Chrysalis, King Sombra, Lyra and Bonbon, the Doctor...

* BeatTheCurseOutOfHim: Applejack tries to do so to [[spoiler: Rainbow Dash when the trinket Haze gave her starts amplifying her negativity to the point she becomes a mindless attacker. [=AJ=] doesn't quite pull it off, but she is able to subdue Rainbow long enough to rip the trinket off and destroy it.]]

** For Dash, don't try and make friends with Fluttershy.

** For Pinkie, never hurt her friends. [[spoiler: Her Pinkamena side will emerge and ''start breaking your bones and organs''.]]
* BewareTheSillyOnes: Pinkie is by far the most lighthearted of girls, and states she'd rather have fun than fight. But if you hurt her friends, she becomes the most dangerous member of the group. [[spoiler: Pinkamena flat-out tortures and ''attempts to murder'' Haze, and would've succeeded had Twilight not snapped her out of it. It's rather telling that all the other fights stopped because both sides were utterly ''terrified'' of her.]]
* BigBad: [[spoiler: Discord]]
* BigBrotherMentor: [[spoiler: What Soarin was to Rainbow Dash before she met Fluttershy.]]
* BiTheWay: In [[http://mauroz.deviantart.com/art/Friendship-Is-Magic-08-p4-640767319 this issue]], Pinkie reveals that, while she prefers men, she does not mind women either.

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Implied to be the case with [[spoiler: Luna.]]
** Many of the monsters the group face due to the Discord jewels.

** A friendship version, but Dash is very protective of Fluttershy and refuses to let her talk with anyone, least of all Twilight's growing group since she thinks they'll take advantage of her. Dash mentions this happened before with some popular girls, [[spoiler:who bullied Fluttershy to the point where she was nearly DrivenToSuicide]]. Rainbow assumes this is the case again because why else would someone of Rarity's popularity suddenly start talking to Fluttershy? This becomes a problem later on when the group needs Fluttershy to activate her Element [[spoiler: and sparks distrust in Dash]].
** Ironically, Dash would later have this pulled on her by Gilda [[spoiler: who later becomes evil thanks to the same trick Haze pulled on Dash.]] Though in this case, it's jealously over Dash having made new friends since they last met.

* TheCorruptible: [[spoiler: Rainbow is targeted by [[BigBad Luna]] as the Element of Harmony she wishes to induce a FaceHeelTurn in, with growing success but is successfully averted at the end of chapter 6.]]
* CuteAndPsycho: [[spoiler: Pinkamena's first move after taking over Pinkie's body? [[AxCrazy Attempting to impale]] Haze with giant shards of ice.]] [[ColdBloodedTorture It]] [[CombatTentacles gets]] [[SickeningCrunch worse]] [[BloodFromTheMouth from there]].

** Fluttershy [[spoiler: who was bullied so heavily she nearly committed suicide only stopped by the timely intervention of Rainbow Dash who talked her out of it.]]
** Luna. Though not all of it has yet to be revealed.
** Pinkie is hinted to have one based on drawings connected to the comic [[spoiler: which lead to the creation of her much darker alter-ego, Pinkamena]].

* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:As a child, Fluttershy was bullied so badly she tried to walk off a bridge. Only Rainbow Dash saved her.]]
* DysfunctionJunction: The Mane Six and other characters have mostly been given dark or tragic childhoods. Twilight aübtarity's issues run along the lines of being anti-social and being a StepfordSmiler, Applejack has abandoned friendship altogether, Pinkie Pie maintains a happy demeanour to forget her childhood, Rainbow Dash is a ClingyJealousGirl, and Fluttershy [[spoiler: tried to commit suicide.]]
* EarlyBirdCameo: [[spoiler: Sunset Shimmer shows up in one of the chapter, revealing she already has a tiara of her own. Haze tries to confront her but she leaves through a portal before he can get any answers.]]

** And Based on character designs, PlayingWithFire: [[spoiler:Applejack]]

* HappilyFailedSuicide: [[spoiler:Fluttershy was bullied so heavily she [[DrivenToSuicide tried to end her life by walking off of a bridge]]. Luckily Rainbow Dash was there to pull a BigDamnHeroes moment, pulling her back and talking her out of it, eventually becoming friends with her]].

* HeelFaceTurn: Descent/[[spoiler:Flash Sentry]] is implied to have pulled this at the end of chapter 6.

* HopelessSuitor: Rarity to Shining Armor, [[http://mauroz.deviantart.com/art/two-sides-of-Valentine-s-Day-514054405?q=gallery%3Amauroz%2F41657649&qo=21 if this pic is anything to go by]].

* InterruptedSuicide: [[spoiler: Fluttershy once tried to kill herself before Rainbow saved her.]]
* LeParkour: Rainbow's main hobby and aspiring profession as well as the practiced form in Wonderbolt Academy and the Shadowbolt team.

* LonelyRichKid: [[spoiler: Applejack]] is revealed to be one due to her [[spoiler: family's apple business. But she refuses to make friends as it's implied the ones she had in the past only did so due to her wealth and the loss of a friend who strongly resembles Little Strongheart and is implied to either have died because of Applejack or whose death Applejack failed to prevent [[MyGreatestFailure and has blamed herself for ever since]]]].

* TheManBehindTheMan: Someone is taking advantage of Luna's memories and manipulating her emotions, which is why she's so angry at the people who should be her friends and family.
* MythologyGag: Plenty to the TV show such as Spike's baby outfit, Pinkie's "combat" outfit and even the Ruby Heart gets a mention.

* OCStandIn: The Shadowbolts are creations of the show but were one-shot characters that were created from Luna's power that didn't have any personality, only made to slow down the Mane 6. Here, they're actually given names (Descent, Nightgale and Haze) and are more of a threat, though Haze seems to have some ulterior motive of his own.[[spoiler: And Descent is implied to be Flash Sentry.]]

* PastLifeMemories: [[spoiler: Zecora is implied to still have all her memories from Equestria.]]

* PeekABangs: Pinkie gains this when she [[spoiler: becomes Pinkamina.]]

** It's also implied that Luna is being manipulated through her fragmented memories.

* SevenDeadlySins: WordOfGod has revealed a future group of villains known as the Carriers of Sin will each represent the sins to counter the Elements of Harmony. Luna (Wrath) was a member but quit to pursue her own agenda, leaving Trixie (Pride), Gilda (Gluttony), [[spoiler: Berserker!Spike]] (Greed) and three others of as-of-yet unknown identity who represent Lust, Sloth, and Envy. The Lust wielder has appeared and is implied to be a servant of [[spoiler: Queen Chrysalis]].

* ShoutOut: Soarin' would like you to know [[Film/{{Airplane}} he is ''always'' serious, and do not call him Shirley]].
** [[spoiler: [[MakingASplash Pinkie's]] SuperPoweredEvilSide is basically a [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Bloodbender]]. It helps that it's played very much for NightmareFuel.]]

* SplitPersonalityTakeover: [[spoiler: When Pinkie gets angry enough, her Pinkamena side takes over and starts trying to ''kill her enemies.'' Once she reverts to her normal self, Pinkie becomes disoriented.]]
* StarterVillain: As with the show, Luna is the first threat Twilight faces. Unlike the show, she doesn't undergo a HeelFaceTurn nor is truly defeated. Rather she's banished to a secluded island and sealed in a barrier to give Twilight time to find the other Bearers of Harmony and build up their power so they may be ready for her in the next encouter.
* SuperpoweredEvilSide: [[spoiler: In the show, when Pinkie's hair deflates it means she's depressed. In this comic, when Pinkie's hair deflates it means that a psychotic alter ego has taken over, who has no problem using her water powers to break arms and ''crush people to a bloody pulp'']].
* TakeAThirdOption: While trying to convince Rarity about her element, a dragon is sent to attack the pair. During the fight one of its whiskers is cut short which sends it into a bit of rage. Rarity comes to realize they don't have to destroy it and instead fixes the whisker with her magic which is enough to get it to stop its rampage.
** Doubles as a MythologyGag as this also happened in the series two part opener.

* TheTease: Pinkie [[FoeYay shamelessly flirts with Descent]]. [[spoiler: After narrowly surviving Pinkamena's attack, Haze muses that her powers felt like those of a succubus.]]
* ToThePain: [[spoiler: Pinkamena]] ''really'' enjoys inflicting pain.

* StarterVillain: As with the show, Luna is the first threat Twilight faces. Unlike the show, she doesn't undergo a HeelFaceTurn nor truly defeated. Rather she's banished to a secluded island and seal in a barriar to give Twilight time to find the other Bearers of Harmony and build up their power.

* BigBad: Luna

The series takes place in an AlternateUniverse where all the characters are humans. Twilight has just started high school when she receives a package from her archaeologist older sister Celeste. All it contains is a tiara, a odd disc with five symbols and a note telling her to put the tiara on. Twilight does so and meets the spirit of Celestia from Equestria. Celestia explains her memories are fragmented and she doesn't know how she came to be in such a state. She does, however, remember two grim prophecies; an individual will cast the world into darkness, followed by a being who will then spread chaos across the land. The only thing that can stop them are the Elements of Harmony. Twilight must find out who has the power to wield them and convince them to join her crusade - a task made more difficult by a person calling herself Luna, who will do anything to stop the Elements from activating.

* RefusalOfTheCall: Twilight tries to convince Applejack to join the group but she refuses [[spoiler: because her past "friends" were only interested because she was rich. To AJ, friendship should be for selfless reasons and not just for the sake of convenience. While she's right that one of the reasons Twilight wants to be her friend is to activate the elements, she is so jaded from this belief that she doesn't even bother to give Twilight a chance when she states she genuinely does want to be Applejack's friend.]]

** Applejack refuses to make friends due to an incident in the past that broke her trust in them. [[spoiler: When Twilight tracks down her house, she finds it's a mansion and comes to the conclusion [[FalseFriend the "friends" she had in the past likely just were so due to her wealth]].]]

* IneffectualLoner: Applejack, due to a unknown event in which her trust in friendship was broken. [[spoiler:It's heavily implied that they took advantage of her wealth.]]

* LonelyRichKid: [[spoiler: Applejack]] is revealed to be one due to her [[spoiler: family's apple business. But she refuses to make friends as it's implied the ones she had in the past only did so due to her wealth]].

* [[MySisterIsOffLimits My Brother is off Limits]]: Applejack does ''not'' take kindly to Twilight crushing on Big Macintosh. Applebloom on the other hand [[ShipperOnDeck thinks it's cute]].

Has a [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagic character page]] that ''desperately'' NeedsLove.

* ShipperTease; Pinkie seems to have a thing for Descent[[spoiler:/Flash Sentry]], to the point of flirting with him mid-battle.

* {{Yandere}}: Dash under Luna's influence.

* CallingYourAttacks
* CassandraTruth: When Twilight recruits Rarity as the Element of Generosity in Chapter 2, her and Spike (who is spying on them at the time) don't believe her story about the Elements of Harmony. The skepicism doesn't last long because Twilight demonstrates her powers to prove her claims and then a serpant shows up to attack them.

And before anyone wonders, no, it was not inspired by ''WesternAnimation/EquestriaGirls''. The comic actually ''predates'' that movie's conception.

** [[spoiler: [[MakingASplash Pinkie's]] SuperPoweredEvilSide is basically a [[AvatarTheLastAirbender Bloodbender]]. It helps that it's played very much for NightmareFuel.]]

** BiggerBad: [[spoiler: Discord]], and whoever it was that raised Luna.

* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: Luna. When Twilight tries to pretend that Fluttershy is just some random girl, Luna has the manticore attack her anyway, just to be safe. If it hadn't been for [[spoiler: Pinkie Pie TakingTheBullet]], ''[[NearVillainVictory she would have succeeded!]]''

* [[MySisterIsOffLimits My Brother is off Limits]]: Applejack does ''not'' take kindly to Twilight crushing on Big Macintosh.

* RefusalOfTheCall: Twilight tries to convince Applejack to join her cause but she refuses [[spoiler: due to bad past experiences with so called "friends" who only were trying to be hers because her family being rich. To AJ, friendship should be for selfless reasons and not just for the sake of convenience. While she's right that one of the reasons Twilight wants to be her friend is to activate the elements, she so jaded from this belief that she doesn't even bother giving Twilight a chance when she states she genuinely does want to be Applejack's friend.]]

* RefusalOfTheCall: Twilight tries to convince Applejack to join her cause but she refuses [[spoiler: due to bad past experiences with so called "friends" who only were trying to be hers because her family being rich. To AJ, friendship should be for selfless reasons and not just for the sake of convenience. While she's right that one of the reasons Twilight wants to be her friend to activate the elements, she so jaded from this belief that she doesn't even bother giving Twilight a chance when she states she genuinely does want to be Applejack's friend.]]

* RefusalOfTheCall: Twilight tries to convince Applejack to join her cause but she refuses [[spoiler: due to bad past experiences with so called "friends" who only were trying to be hers because her family being rich. To AJ, friendship should be for selfless reasons and not just for the sake of convenience. While she's right that one of the reasons Twilight wants to be her friend to activate the elements. She so jaded from this belief that she doesn't even bother giving Twilight a chance who states she genuinely does want to be her friend.]]

** Ironically, Dash would later have this pulled on her by Gilda [[spoiler: who later becomes evil thanks to the same trick Haze pulled on Dash.]] Though in this case, it's jealously over Dash have made new friends since they last met.

** Rainbow Dash, thanks to a cursed medallion.

* ClingyJealousGirl: A friendship version, but Dash is very protective of Fluttershy and refuses to let her talk with anyone, least of all Twilight's growing group since she thinks they'll take advantage of her. Dash mentions this happened before with some popular girls, [[spoiler:who bullied Fluttershy to the point where she was nearly DrivenToSuicide]]. Rainbow assumes this is the case again because why else would someone of Rarity's popularity suddenly start talking to Fluttershy? This becomes a problem later on when the group needs Fluttershy to activate her Element [[spoiler: and sparks distrust in Dash]].

* ShrugOfGod: [[spoiler:Sunset Shimmer. One fan asked if she'd ever appear in the comic and an answer wasn't truly given. She appears later.]]
** [[spoiler: Also about Sunset. When asked if she'll be joining the Mane 6, the response was a 'maybe'.]]