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* RealismInducedHorror: The author notes in a comment on ''Unstable Sale'' most of the spectacularly DarkerAndEdgier fanfics are clearly impossible, either in terms of the canon continuity itself or, at their most extreme, in real life. In comparison, the Continuum's embrace of SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome to the point of landing on a more cynical interpretation of the setting brings it to a point that leaves it alarmingly close to real life for some readers. There are people reading the Continuum who've been on the receiving end from abuse of power, who were afraid to move on from a situation, who've just had one bad day where no one wanted to buy from them, a petty vandal hurt them for fun, or a pet died. This means that the Continuum can be "too close" to reality, hitting discomfort spots that some of the more famous grimdark pieces don't.
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* RealismInducedHorror: The author notes in a comment on ''Unstable Sale'' most of the spectacularly DarkerAndEdgier fanfics are clearly impossible, either in terms of the canon continuity itself or, at their most extreme, in real life. In comparison, the Continuum's embrace of SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome realism to the point of landing on a more cynical interpretation of the setting brings it to a point that leaves it alarmingly close to real life for some readers. There are people reading the Continuum who've been on the receiving end from abuse of power, who were afraid to move on from a situation, who've just had one bad day where no one wanted to buy from them, a petty vandal hurt them for fun, or a pet died. This means that the Continuum can be "too close" to reality, hitting discomfort spots that some of the more famous grimdark pieces don't.
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* BrokenBase: There are those among the audience who feel that the occasional touch of realism and nod towards long-term consequences makes the overall body of work into an interesting one. And there are a very few who believe it's just the [[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism most cynical, depressing thing]] ''ever'' created in the fandom, ''because'' of that [[RealismInducedHorror attempt towards realism]]. (Yes, more cynical and depressing than [[Fanfic/TheKillerRarityverse absolutely]] [[Fanfic/BackgroundPony everything]] [[Fanfic/{{Cupcakes}} else]].) It's generally a minority opinion, but it's a rather vocal one. (A lot of this tends to be blamed on the presence of an active press.) Furthermore, some antagonists seem to come down to just being racist jerks...and a ''lot'' of the fics could be viewed as a TakeThat at a specific type of real-life person.
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* BrokenBase: There are those among the audience who feel that the occasional touch of realism and nod towards long-term consequences makes the overall body of work into an interesting one. And there are a very few who believe it's just the [[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism most cynical, depressing thing]] ''ever'' created in the fandom, ''because'' of that [[RealismInducedHorror attempt towards realism]]. (Yes, more cynical and depressing than [[Fanfic/TheKillerRarityverse absolutely]] [[Fanfic/BackgroundPony everything]] [[Fanfic/{{Cupcakes}} [[Fanfic/CupcakesSergeantSprinkles else]].) It's generally a minority opinion, but it's a rather vocal one. (A lot of this tends to be blamed on the presence of an active press.) Furthermore, some antagonists seem to come down to just being racist jerks...and a ''lot'' of the fics could be viewed as a TakeThat at a specific type of real-life person.
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* RealismInducedHorror: The author notes in a comment on ''Unstable Sale'' most of the spectacularly DarkerAndEdgier fanfics are clearly impossible, either in terms of the canon continuity itself or, at their most extreme, in real life. In comparison, the Continuum's embrace of SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome to the point of landing on a more cynical interpretation of the setting brings it to a point that leaves it alarmingly close to real life for some readers. There are people reading the Continuum who've been on the receiving end from abuse of power, who were afraid to move on from a situation, who've just had one bad day where no one wanted to buy from them, a petty vandal hurt them for fun, or a pet died. This means that the Continuum can be "too close" to reality, hitting discomfort spots that some of the more famous grimdark pieces don't.
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: A meta version of this trope. The narration of the stories will frequently go out of its way to state that seaponies do not exist, even when this has nothing to do with the topic at hoof. A certain portion of the readerbase suspects that Estee would not be going so far out of her way to make it clear that nobody in the Continuum believes seaponies exist unless seaponies ''do'' in fact exist in the Continuum, and the revelation of their existence is going to be a major plot point at some point.
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: A meta version of this trope. The narration of the stories will frequently go out of its way to state that seaponies do not exist, even when this has nothing to do with the topic at hoof. A certain portion of the readerbase suspects that Estee would not be going so far out of her way to make it clear that nobody in the Continuum believes seaponies exist unless seaponies ''do'' in fact exist in the Continuum, and the revelation of their existence is going to be a major plot point at some point.
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* RealismInducedHorror: The author notes in a comment on ''Unstable Sale'' most of the spectacularly DarkerAndEdgier fanfics are clearly impossible, either in terms of the canon continuity itself or, at their most extreme, in real life. In comparison, the Continuum's embrace of SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome to the point of landing on a more cynical interpretation of the setting brings it to a point that leaves it alarmingly close to real life for some readers. There are people reading the Continuum who've been on the receiving end from abuse of power, who were afraid to move on from a situation, who've just had one bad day where no one wanted to buy from them, a petty vandal hurt them for fun, or a pet died. This means that the Continuum can be "too close" to reality, hitting discomfort spots that some of the more famous grimdark pieces don't.
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: A meta version of this trope. The narration of the stories will frequently go out of its way to state that seaponies do not exist, even when this has nothing to do with the topic at hoof. A certain portion of the readerbase suspects that Estee would not be going so far out of her way to make it clear that nobody in the Continuum believes seaponies exist unless seaponies ''do'' in fact exist in the Continuum, and the revelation of their existence is going to be a major plot point at some point.don't.
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: A meta version of this trope. The narration of the stories will frequently go out of its way to state that seaponies do not exist, even when this has nothing to do with the topic at hoof. A certain portion of the readerbase suspects that Estee would not be going so far out of her way to make it clear that nobody in the Continuum believes seaponies exist unless seaponies ''do'' in fact exist in the Continuum, and the revelation of their existence is going to be a major plot point at some point.
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* RealismInducedHorror: The author notes in a comment on ''Unstable Sale'' most of the spectacularly DarkerAndEdgier fanfics are clearly impossible, either in terms of the canon continuity itself or, at their most extreme, in real life. In comparison, the Continuum's embrace of SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome to the point of landing on a more cynical interpretation of the setting brings it to a point that leaves it alarmingly close to real life for some readers. There are people reading the Continuum who've been on the receiving end from abuse of power, who were afraid to move on from a situation, who've just had one bad day where no one wanted to buy from them, a petty vandal hurt them for fun, or a pet died. This means that the Continuum can be "too close" to reality, hitting discomfort spots that some of the more famous grimdark pieces don't.
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* RealismInducedHorror: The author notes in a comment on ''Unstable Sale'' most of the spectacularly DarkerAndEdgier fanfics are clearly impossible, either in terms of the canon continuity itself or, at their most extreme, in real life. In comparison, the Continuum's embrace of SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome to the point of landing on a more cynical interpretation of the setting brings it to a point that leaves it alarmingly close to real life for some readers. There are people reading the Continuum who've been on the receiving end from abuse of power, who were afraid to move on from a situation, who've just had one bad day where no one wanted to buy from them, a petty vandal hurt them for fun, or a pet died. This means that the Continuum can be "too close" to reality, hitting discomfort spots that some of the more famous grimdark pieces don't.don't.
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: A meta version of this trope. The narration of the stories will frequently go out of its way to state that seaponies do not exist, even when this has nothing to do with the topic at hoof. A certain portion of the readerbase suspects that Estee would not be going so far out of her way to make it clear that nobody in the Continuum believes seaponies exist unless seaponies ''do'' in fact exist in the Continuum, and the revelation of their existence is going to be a major plot point at some point.
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: A meta version of this trope. The narration of the stories will frequently go out of its way to state that seaponies do not exist, even when this has nothing to do with the topic at hoof. A certain portion of the readerbase suspects that Estee would not be going so far out of her way to make it clear that nobody in the Continuum believes seaponies exist unless seaponies ''do'' in fact exist in the Continuum, and the revelation of their existence is going to be a major plot point at some point.
