History Fanfic / RainbowFactory

''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/5381/rainbow-factory Rainbow Factory]]'' was first written as a ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic]]''-themed song by renowned [[FanCommunityNickname brony]] musician Glaze, aka Music/WoodenToaster. While it clearly suggests the cheerful Rainbow Factory depicted in the show is [[DarkerAndEdgier not all it seems]], it leaves the actual details [[NothingIsScarier to one's imagination]]. Aurora Dawn later wrote a fanfiction based on the song. This contains canon character [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation reinterpretation]] [[spoiler:(as well as [[DeathFic death]])]] and is very grimdark.

Also inspired a number of Blog/AskAPony tumblrs, [[http://ask-factory-scootaloo.tumblr.com/ Ask Rainbow Factory Worker Scootaloo]] set in an AlternateUniverse where Scootaloo passed the exam and got a job at the factory, [[spoiler:[[http://rainbowfactorydash.tumblr.com/ Ask Rainbow Factory Dash,]]]] a blog about the manager of the factory in the same continuity as the Scootaloo blog, and [[http://ask-frenzy.tumblr.com/ Frenzy of the Rainbow Factory]], an OC blog in continuity with the previous two. [[spoiler: [[http://ask-ghostlyscootaloo.tumblr.com/ Ask Ghostly Scootaloo]] is revealed to follow an ending where Scootaloo is killed immediately, rather than being imprisoned.]] In a crossover between Ghostly and Factory Scootaloo, they end up in what could probably be defined as the "Alpha" universe with [[spoiler: the imprisoned version of Scootaloo from Rainbow Factory canon.]]

[[https://waffleironstudios.com/index.php/scoot-hard-dx/ Scoot Hard DX]] is a {{VideoGame/Doom}} mod where you control Scootaloo [[spoiler: trying to escape the rainbow factory.]]

* EquivalentExchange: [[spoiler:To spare a foal who failed their flight test from being turned into rainbows, a factory worker has to volunteer to take their place.]]

* [[EtTuBrute Et Tu Pluvi Arce Impete]][[note]]Latin vocative for Rainbow Dash[[/note]][[spoiler: Scootaloo is essentially being betrayed by someone she looked up to.]]

* MultipleEndings: Though ultimately scrapped, [=AuroraDawn=] wrote three different endings, [[spoiler:though they're all still {{Downer Ending}}s in their own right]]:

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''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/5381/rainbow-factory Rainbow Factory]]'' was first written as a ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic]]''-themed song by renowned [[FanCommunityNickname brony]] musician Glaze, aka [=WoodenToaster=]. While it clearly suggests the cheerful Rainbow Factory depicted in the show is [[DarkerAndEdgier not all it seems]], it leaves the actual details [[NothingIsScarier to one's imagination]]. Aurora Dawn later wrote a fanfiction based on the song. This contains canon character [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation reinterpretation]] [[spoiler:(as well as [[DeathFic death]])]] and is very grimdark.

* SettingAsACharacter: Fanart, RecursiveFanfiction, and FilkSong about the ''Fanfic/RainbowFactory'' will often depict the titular factory (or the Pegasus Device inside) as a character, although how literal that may be is DependingOnTheAuthor. Sometimes its seen InUniverse as a monstrous creature by workers because of the many horrors that are perpetuated within, and sometimes its implied to be a literal GeniusLoci that eagerly encourages death to be carried out inside itself. Slyphstorm's song ''Pegasus Device'' deliberately blurs this line;

* EldritchLocation: [[spoiler:''Pegasus Device'' seems to imply that the Weather Factory itself became one because of all the suffering and death that went on inside it. The ghostly screams of thousands of dying foals can be heard when somepony touches the doorknob that leads to a certain room, and every worker who is told about the secret of harvesting Spectra [[GoMadFromTheRevelation goes murderously insane]], with Gentle Butterwing snapping after only three days.]]

* EldritchLocation: [[spoiler:''Pegasus Device'' seems to imply that the Weather Factory itself became one because of all the suffering and death that went on inside it. The ghostly screams of thousands of dying foals can be heard whenever somepony passes by a certain room, and every worker who is told about the secret of harvesting Spectra [[GoMadFromTheRevelation goes murderously insane]], with Gentle Butterwing snapping after only three days.]]

* EldritchLocation: [[spoiler:''Pegasus Device'' seems to imply that the Weather Factory itself became one because of all the suffering and death that went on inside it. The ghostly screams of thousands of dying foals can be heard whenever somepony passes by a certain room, and every worker who is told about the secret of harvesting Spectra eventually [[GoMadFromTheRevelation goes murderously insane]]. Gentle Butterwing snaps after only three days.]]

* DrivenToSuicide: In Pegasus Device, [[spoiler:Scootaloo kills herself in front of Rainbow Dash, just so she can fly again. It snaps Dash out of her villainy, so it doubles as HeroicSacrifice.]]

->''"Now a rainbow's tale isn't quite as nice as the story we knew of sugar and spice\\
But a rainbow's easy once you get to know it, with the help of the magic of a Pegasus Device"''