History YMMV / TheAssassinationOfTwilightSparkle

* HarsherInHindsight: What Blueblood did to [[spoiler:Marble Pie]] wad bad enough, factor in [[ShrinkingViolet her canon personality]] shown in ''[[MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E21Hearthbreakers Hearthbreakers]]'', it takes a new dimension of [[FridgeHorror despicability and plausibility]] in exploiting her feelings such.

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: With the fact that Equestira was incredibly racist and backwards to the extent that any attempt to modernize the country was met with [[spoiler:civil war]], and the Princesses have done NOTHING at all to address this until Twilight came along, it's hard to get invested in the story.

*** [[spoiler: Amadeus seals his fate as a completely irredeemable monster in his own chapter when he fatally poisons his wife Alura (who had spent the last five months grieving over the loss of her son) just to cover his tracks when he and the rest of the Blueblood clan move to Unicornia to plan their next move to take over Equestria, and then the rest of the world after that.]]

* HarsherInHindsight: What Blueblood did to [[spoiler:Marble Pie]] wad bad enough, factor in [[ShrinkingViolet her canon personality]] shown in ''[[MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E21Hearthbreakers Hearthbreakers]], it takes a new dimension of [[FridgeHorror despicability and plausibility]] in exploiting her feelings such.

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: With the fact that Equestira was incredible racist and backwards to an extend that an attempt to modernize the country was met with [[spoiler:civil war]], and the Princesses have done NOTHING at all to address this until Twilight came along, its hard to get invested in the story.

* CompleteMonster: Amadeus Blueblood. [[spoiler: Even without being the ''real'' mastermind behind Twilight's death,]] he is an manipulative, cruel stallion who never loved his son and saw him only as a means to further his own goals [[spoiler: and eventually, a scapegoat to blame Twilight's death on.]]
* BaseBreaker: [[spoiler: Gallant Heart's]] reveal to be [[TheMole a mole]] And [[spoiler: Luna]] knowing about the assassination and not telling. Some fans think that it works, saying it adds a layer of complexity to [[spoiler: Gallant Heart's]] character. Others think it adds ''too much'' complexity and that it opens up too many [[PlotHole Plot Holes]].
* DudeNotFunny: [[InUniverse In Universe Example]]. Stag mentions that in payment for identifying Twilight's killers, he'll be pardoned for all crimes he's committed in the past. He then mentions that he might use this to become a librarian, seeing as how Ponyville has an open spot. Thankfully, he's quick to apologize, saying how he ''has'' to make jokes like that in order to avoid insanity.
* EnsembleDarkHorse: Stag, a changeling OC has quickly become this [[PsychoForHire due to his profession]]

** Silver Spoon saying she's glad that Twilight died since it (ostensibly) means that her plans for Equestria will never come to fruition. This is [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Applebloom who states that there is nothing wholesome or redeemable about Silver Spoon at this point, and would have knocked her lights out [[spoiler: if Diamond Tiara hadn't done so already.]]
** Equestrian's First, an anti-Twilight terrorist cell, bombing Princess Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns on the 15th anniversary of her death. With that in mind, [[spoiler:you won't feel the least bit of sympathy for them when Stag infiltrates their base with the help of an unwitting scout and has them all executed.]]

* TheWoobie: Celestia. Big time. Twilight's friends and family as well, [[spoiler: especially Twilight Velvet and Spike.]]

** JerkassWoobie: Stag, because towards the end of his second chapter we discover why he hates Chrysalis and why he's so protective of children.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: It would have been interesting to see how Queen Chrysalis (who assuredly does not like Twilight) would react to Twilight's death and her plans to make peace with the Changelings, [[spoiler: but this can't happen because she's dead.]]

** Equestrian's First, an anti-Twilight terrorist cell, bombing Princess Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns in the 15th anniversary of her death. With that in mind, [[spoiler:you won't feel the least bit of sympathy for them when Stag infiltrates their base with the help of an unwitting scout and kills them all.]]

** In fact, it would've been interesting to see how ''anyone'' who hates Twilight reacts to her death.

* RonTheDeathEater: Blueblood.

** In fact, it would've been interesting to see how ''anyone'' who hates Twilight reacts to her death.

* CharacterDerailment: So Chrysalis [[spoiler: killed off her own people to protect her rule?]] Doesn't that seem a bit unlike her?

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: It would have been interesting to see how Queen Chrysalis (who assuredly does not like Twilight) would react to her death and her plans to make peace with the Changelings, [[spoiler: but this can't happen because she's dead.]]

** Twilight herself, prior to her assassination. She was well aware of the backlash she was receiving from the public.

* TheyWastedAPerfictlyGoodPlot: It would have been interesting to see how Queen Chrysalis (who assuredly does not like Twilight) would react to her death and her plans to make peace with the Changelings, [[spoiler: but this can't happen because she's dead.]]

* TheWoobie: Celestia. Big time. Twilight's friends and family as well, [[spoiler: especially Twilight Velvet and Spike.]]

* TheWoobie: Celestia. Big time.

* TheWoobie: Celesia. Big time.