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** [[spoiler: Adagio goes ballistic when Aria and Sonata defect to the heroes, screaming that they're traitors and that she deserves to rule]].
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* HeelFaceTurn: Occurs towards the end of Volume III, during "The Longest Day" multi-chapter. [[spoiler:Both Sonata and Aria decide to defect from Adagio and Tempest. Sonata defects because she doesn't want to hurt her friends, and Aria defects because {{the good guys always win}} and she's sick of losing.]]
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* HeelFaceTurn: Occurs towards the end of Volume III, during "The Longest Day" multi-chapter. [[spoiler:Both Sonata and Aria decide to defect from Adagio and Tempest. Sonata defects because she doesn't want to hurt her friends, and Aria defects because she refuses to hurt Sonata, {{the good guys always win}} win}}, and she's sick of losing.]]
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* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: The last chapter of ''Volume I'' appears to paint Moondancer in a better light after she makes Twilight immune to the Sirens' mind control, giving herself a migraine in the process. However, once it's over, Moondancer curses to herself that she still can't stand the idea of Sunset Shimmer together with Twilight. The start of ''Volume II'' even has Moondancer vow to break the two of them up, showing her actions at the end of ''Volume I'' were purely selfish after all.
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** The last chapter of ''Volume I'' appears to paint Moondancer in a better light after she makes Twilight immune to the Sirens' mind control, giving herself a migraine in the process. However, once it's over, Moondancer curses to herself that she still can't stand the idea of Sunset Shimmer together with Twilight. The start of ''Volume II'' even has Moondancer vow to break the two of them up, showing her actions at the end of ''Volume I'' were purely selfish afterall.all.
** Adagio is the most reluctant of her sisters to change her ways, but eventually she manages to come around. [[spoiler: Then Tempest offers her her powers back, and she eagerly betrays the heroes. Despite talking about the importance of family, she believes that she has a right to boss around her older sisters, and that her love for power will always be more important than them]].
** The last chapter of ''Volume I'' appears to paint Moondancer in a better light after she makes Twilight immune to the Sirens' mind control, giving herself a migraine in the process. However, once it's over, Moondancer curses to herself that she still can't stand the idea of Sunset Shimmer together with Twilight. The start of ''Volume II'' even has Moondancer vow to break the two of them up, showing her actions at the end of ''Volume I'' were purely selfish after
** Adagio is the most reluctant of her sisters to change her ways, but eventually she manages to come around. [[spoiler: Then Tempest offers her her powers back, and she eagerly betrays the heroes. Despite talking about the importance of family, she believes that she has a right to boss around her older sisters, and that her love for power will always be more important than them]].
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* VillainousBreakdown: Moondancer gets gradually more unhinged at Canterlot High School's prom. [[spoiler:Moondancer especially can't stand it when Sunset not only unlocks her GoldenSuperMode, but starts beating her in spite of Moondancer using the boost from the Archon Amulet. This eventually causes Moondancer to give a MotiveRant about how [[IJustWantToBeSpecial someone has to choose her over Sunset]]. When Moondancer gets her face burned by Sunset's phoenix flames, all Moondancer can do is sob and shiver.]]
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** Moondancer gets gradually more unhinged at Canterlot High School's prom. [[spoiler:Moondancer especially can't stand it when Sunset not only unlocks her GoldenSuperMode, but starts beating her in spite of Moondancer using the boost from the Archon Amulet. This eventually causes Moondancer to give a MotiveRant about how [[IJustWantToBeSpecial someone has to choose her over Sunset]]. When Moondancer gets her face burned by Sunset's phoenix flames, all Moondancer can do is sob and shiver.]]]]
** [[spoiler: Adagio goes ballistic when Aria and Sonata defect to the heroes, screaming that they're traitors and that she deserves to rule]].
** Moondancer gets gradually more unhinged at Canterlot High School's prom. [[spoiler:Moondancer especially can't stand it when Sunset not only unlocks her GoldenSuperMode, but starts beating her in spite of Moondancer using the boost from the Archon Amulet. This eventually causes Moondancer to give a MotiveRant about how [[IJustWantToBeSpecial someone has to choose her over Sunset]]. When Moondancer gets her face burned by Sunset's phoenix flames, all Moondancer can do is sob and shiver.
** [[spoiler: Adagio goes ballistic when Aria and Sonata defect to the heroes, screaming that they're traitors and that she deserves to rule]].
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** Occurs at the end of Volume III with the perpetrators of "The Longest Day". Although the dark benefactor and the Dragon get away, even with some of their accomplaces pulling a HeelFaceTurn, Shining Armor (in his duty as a police officer) still has to arrest them. He does say he'll charge them as accessories instead of as perpetrators for [[spoiler:saving him and Cadance from the cave in which she was trapped]], but they're still going to jail.
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* HeelFaceTurn: Occurs towards the end of Volume III, during "The Longest Day" multi-chapter. [[spoiler:Both Sonata and Aria decide to defect from Adagio and Tempest. Sonata defects because she doesn't want to hurt her friends, and Aria defects because {{the good guys always win}} and she's sick of losing.]]
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* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: Just when Tempest starts breaking Twilight, Sunset swoops in with her phoenix fire to save her]].
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* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: Just Occurs in the finale of Volume III. [[spoiler:Just when Tempest starts breaking Twilight, Twilight with a MindRape, Sunset swoops in with her phoenix fire to save her]]. her.]]
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* HonorBeforeReason: [[spoiler: When Twilight and Moondancer fight, the latter chooses to go Moondancer goes easy on her, Twilight, hoping to not have to go after Twilight, and so she can confess to Tempest's schemes. Twilight, however, demands that Moondancer not go easy on her, wanting to feel important]]. important. So Moondancer promptly stops holding back, and Twilight gets disarmed.]]
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life. [[spoiler:Also, Tempest has the soul of Moondancer's mother on the line.]]
**[[spoiler: By the end of Volume III, Sonata also doesn't want starts falling into this. She genuinely seems to backstab the Spectacular Seven like Pinkie Pie and work for Tempest, appreciate how nice she is, but she's [[spoiler:Sonata is largely being bullied into it by Adagio, who wants her magic back]].back. This applies to a lesser degree with Aria, who likes Rarity but wants her power back more than she wants to be friends]].
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** [[spoiler: Moondancer doesn't want to do Tempest's bidding and hurt Twilight, but her mom's soul is on the line, and she's in fear of her own life]].
** [[spoiler: Sonata also doesn't want to backstab the Spectacular Seven and work for Tempest, but she's largely being bullied into it by Adagio, who wants her magic back]].
** [[spoiler: Moondancer doesn't want to do Tempest's bidding and hurt Twilight, but her mom's soul is on the line, and she's in fear of her own life]].
** [[spoiler: Sonata also doesn't want to backstab the Spectacular Seven and work for Tempest, but she's largely being bullied into it by Adagio, who wants her magic back]].
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* CantActPervertedTowardALoveInterest: By Volume III, more-or-less all of the central characters know that Sunset and Twilight are dating. However, the heroes love to make good-natured jabs at Sunset about the fact that she clearly wants to sleep with Twilight, but she's intentionally holding herself back because she wants to respect Twilight's boundaries. Any time someone brings up the subject, Sunset immediately becomes a blushing, stammering mess. Lamia in particular loves to troll Sunset like this, but only because Lamia gets very explicit when she does.
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** In Volume III, Chapter 17, Sunset hits herself with this again. [[spoiler:The Sirens have made a [[DealWithTheDevil deal with Tempest Shadow in exchange for power]], attacking Sunset and the Lulamoons, stealing a staff from them in the process. Sunset believes it's her fault that her foster family was attacked, going into how she's NotSoDifferent from them, and how it was Sunset's idea to give them a shot at redemption, [[RedemptionRejection which they've rejected]]. The Spectacular Seven manage to talk Sunset down before she has a panic attack.]]
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** In Volume III, Chapter 17, after Sunset says she's NotSoDifferent from the Sirens, her friends all assure Sunset that [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre she's better than she thinks she is]] by referencing moments that Sunset hung out with them all in ''Long Road to Friendship''.
** Volume III, Chapter 17 has Twilight Sparkle end the chapter in a hotel room by herself. [[spoiler:The last line of the chapter is "Hello, little star," showing that Moondancer has made it to the hotel.]]
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** Twilight tells Sunset this after a CatapultNightmare, and that her inner demon is just trying to prey on Sunset'sinsecurities.insecurities.
** In Volume III, Chapter 17, Sunset says she's NotSoDifferent from the Sirens, and that [[spoiler:she would have sold out the Spectacular Seven to Tempest like the Sirens did]] if she hadn't been [[{{Geas}} forced to change]] in the events of ''Long Road to Friendship''. The Spectacular Seven counter that -- Element interference or not -- nothing explicitly forced Sunset to become a better person and feel regret for the things she had done.
** Twilight tells Sunset this after a CatapultNightmare, and that her inner demon is just trying to prey on Sunset's
** In Volume III, Chapter 17, Sunset says she's NotSoDifferent from the Sirens, and that [[spoiler:she would have sold out the Spectacular Seven to Tempest like the Sirens did]] if she hadn't been [[{{Geas}} forced to change]] in the events of ''Long Road to Friendship''. The Spectacular Seven counter that -- Element interference or not -- nothing explicitly forced Sunset to become a better person and feel regret for the things she had done.
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** The bottle of magical spring water that the Lulamoons keep for emergency wound healing comes into play after the Dazzlings attack Sunset, Shimmer, and Selena. It can even fix broken/dislocated fingers and burst eardrums.
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* TwoTimerDate: Rainbow Dash attempts one in "Different Kinds of Love" with Soarin at a renaissance faire and Fluttershy at a crafts fair, using her SuperSpeed to run between the two events. It predictably backfires, with Rainbow getting chewed out by Soarin and Fluttershy for lying to the both of them (as well as Sunset, when Rainbow tells her later). Rainbow even lampshades her idea as a "sitcom plot" that she's sure is going to end badly, but she doesn't want to choose between them.
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* TwoTimerDate: Rainbow Dash attempts one in "Different Kinds of Love" with Soarin at a renaissance faire and Fluttershy at a crafts fair, using her SuperSpeed to run between the two events. It predictably backfires, with Rainbow getting chewed out by Soarin and Fluttershy for lying to the both of them (as well as Sunset, when Rainbow tells her later). Rainbow even lampshades her idea as a "sitcom plot" that she's sure is going to end badly, but she doesn't want to choose between them. And when it inevitably crashes and burns, both Fluttershy and Soarin lampshade how such a plot always ends badly.
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* {{Gaydar}}: Discussed. Rainbow Dash asks Sunset if she can tell anyone else is gay, since Sunset is bi. Sunset just sighs, adding "I'm going to pretend that sentence didn't happen".
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* IncompatibleOrientation: [[spoiler:Fluttershy likes girls. girls, but Rainbow Dash doesn't. It's only after being ObliviousToLove for six years in-universe that Rainbow Dash finally figures out that Fluttershy has a crush on her. At the end of "Different Kinds of Love", Rainbow Dash even admits to Fluttershy that she does love her, but not romantically. Only by coming to terms with that do the two of them make up after an earlier fight.]]
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* ObliviousToLove: Despite knowing her since childhood, Twilight apparently can't see that Moondancer is head-over-heels in love with her. This is despite Twilight already being in a committed relationship with Sunset. The final chapter of Volume I sees Twilight finally figure it out, with Sunset laying on thick levels of snark about how it took Twilight that long to notice.
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** Despite knowing her since childhood, Twilight apparently can't see that Moondancer is head-over-heels in love with her. This is despite Twilight already being in a committed relationship with Sunset. The final chapter of Volume I sees Twilight finally figure it out, with Sunset laying on thick levels of snark about how it took Twilight that long tonotice.notice.
** Rainbow Dash is oblivious to someone who's liked her even longer than Moondancer has liked Twilight. [[spoiler:Fluttershy has had a crush on Rainbow for six years, but Rainbow has never noticed. Rainbow only manages to figure this out in "Different Kinds of Love" after she ruins a TwoTimerDate, in which Fluttershy calls Soarin a "homewrecker" and screams at Rainbow for the first time in her life. At the end of the chapter, Rainbow even thinks to herself how much she must have hurt Fluttershy by being unable to see it, calling herself an idiot.]]
** Despite knowing her since childhood, Twilight apparently can't see that Moondancer is head-over-heels in love with her. This is despite Twilight already being in a committed relationship with Sunset. The final chapter of Volume I sees Twilight finally figure it out, with Sunset laying on thick levels of snark about how it took Twilight that long to
** Rainbow Dash is oblivious to someone who's liked her even longer than Moondancer has liked Twilight. [[spoiler:Fluttershy has had a crush on Rainbow for six years, but Rainbow has never noticed. Rainbow only manages to figure this out in "Different Kinds of Love" after she ruins a TwoTimerDate, in which Fluttershy calls Soarin a "homewrecker" and screams at Rainbow for the first time in her life. At the end of the chapter, Rainbow even thinks to herself how much she must have hurt Fluttershy by being unable to see it, calling herself an idiot.]]
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* WoundThatWillNotHeal: [[spoiler:Three weeks after being scorched by Sunset's phoenix flames, Moondancer still feels like her face is burning. She starts wearing a half-mask to cover the scars. Even in Volume III, months later, the scar isn't any better.]]
* WrongGenreSavvy: Moondancer thinks of herself and Twilight as StarCrossedLovers in a ChildhoodFriendRomance, driven apart by time and reunited as adults. They can finally be together, if only the wicked succubus Sunset wasn't in her way, twisting Twilight's mind to make her think she loves her. Too bad for Moondancer this isn't that kind of story.
* WrongGenreSavvy: Moondancer thinks of herself and Twilight as StarCrossedLovers in a ChildhoodFriendRomance, driven apart by time and reunited as adults. They can finally be together, if only the wicked succubus Sunset wasn't in her way, twisting Twilight's mind to make her think she loves her. Too bad for Moondancer this isn't that kind of story.
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* WoundThatWillNotHeal: [[spoiler:Three weeks after [[spoiler:After being scorched in the face by Sunset's phoenix flames, Moondancer still has the scars of the attack and still feels like her face is burning. She starts wearing a half-mask to cover the scars. Even in after Volume III, III fast-forwards to a few months later, after Prom Night, the scar isn't and its burning pain aren't any better.]]
* WrongGenreSavvy: Moondancer thinks of herself and Twilight as StarCrossedLovers in a ChildhoodFriendRomance, driven apart by time and reunited as adults. They can finally be together, if only the wicked succubus Sunset Shimmer wasn't inher their way, twisting Twilight's mind to make her think she loves her. Sunset. Too bad for Moondancer this isn't that kind of story.story; Moondancer's role is more like a DarkMagicalGirl who blossoms into a full {{yandere}}.
* WrongGenreSavvy: Moondancer thinks of herself and Twilight as StarCrossedLovers in a ChildhoodFriendRomance, driven apart by time and reunited as adults. They can finally be together, if only the wicked succubus Sunset Shimmer wasn't in
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* MagicMisfire: In Volume III, Chapter 11, Trixie repeatedly casts real magic spells similar to her father Artemis. But because she's not as experienced with magic as Artemis, the effects aren't as powerful, and it causes her no end of trouble. For instance, Trixie tries using a teleportation spell to move past a trap in a temple, but ends up teleporting straight into the center of it.
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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Literally. Volume III reveals that Twilight is terrified of snakes because she accidentally fell into a snake pit at a zoo when she was a little girl, nearly bitten by a large snake before she was saved. [[spoiler:So Lamia's snake Jorgumandr being transformed into a male lamia-like snake monster from Tempest's dark magic causes Twilight to freeze up in terror when the girls encounter it.]]
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* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: As seen in "Fathers and Daughters." [[spoiler:Night Shade acted cold and distant to Moondancer in the belief that this would (somehow) cause Tempest to let Moondancer out of her insane plans for world domination. Moondancer ends up CallingTheOldManOut, saying that his plan was stupid.]]
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* {{Foil}}: Moondancer, to Sunset. Both have incredibly powerful magic, are in love with Twilight Sparkle, and worry about the effect magic has on their lives. But whereas Sunset tries to defy her darkness, has friends that all would do anything for each other and genuinely loves Twilight for who she is, Moondancer embraces the wicked things magic lets her do, lets a mysterious benefactor control her life, and sees Twilight more as a prize to be won for her constant suffering rather than loving her for who she is.
* {{Foil}}: Moondancer is one to several characters.
** To Sunset, first and foremost. Both have incredibly powerful magic, are in love with Twilight Sparkle, and worry about the effect magic has on their lives. But whereas Sunset tries to defy her darkness, has friends that all would do anything for each other and genuinely loves Twilight for who she is, Moondancer embraces the wicked things magic lets her do, lets a mysterious benefactor control her life, and sees Twilight more as a prize to be won for her constant suffering rather than loving her for who she is.
** The chapter "Fathers and Daughters" draws explicit parallels between Moondancer and Trixie, specifically their relationship with their families. [[spoiler:Trixie may screw up, but her father Artemis unconditionally loves Trixie, encourages her in magic, and makes it clear that [[SoProudOfYou he'll always be proud of her]]. This is contrasted by Moondancer's father Night Shade, who pushes Moondancer away because of Tempest's threats, and ends the chapter in a shouting match with Moondancer. Even after Night Shade reveals that he was [[DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou trying to protect Moondancer by acting cold to her]], Moondancer [[CallingTheOldManOut calls him out on how dumb this idea was]], and she ends the chapter hating her father's guts.]]
** To Sunset, first and foremost. Both have incredibly powerful magic, are in love with Twilight Sparkle, and worry about the effect magic has on their lives. But whereas Sunset tries to defy her darkness, has friends that all would do anything for each other and genuinely loves Twilight for who she is, Moondancer embraces the wicked things magic lets her do, lets a mysterious benefactor control her life, and sees Twilight more as a prize to be won for her constant suffering rather than loving her for who she is.
** The chapter "Fathers and Daughters" draws explicit parallels between Moondancer and Trixie, specifically their relationship with their families. [[spoiler:Trixie may screw up, but her father Artemis unconditionally loves Trixie, encourages her in magic, and makes it clear that [[SoProudOfYou he'll always be proud of her]]. This is contrasted by Moondancer's father Night Shade, who pushes Moondancer away because of Tempest's threats, and ends the chapter in a shouting match with Moondancer. Even after Night Shade reveals that he was [[DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou trying to protect Moondancer by acting cold to her]], Moondancer [[CallingTheOldManOut calls him out on how dumb this idea was]], and she ends the chapter hating her father's guts.]]
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* ForgottenBirthday: In dealing with the Sirens, the Spectacular Seven forgot to celebrate Pinkie Pie's birthday. Pinkie didn't mention it because her "party code" says that throwing a party for yourself is selfish. However, the others vow to make it up to Pinkie by surprising her with a party a ski resort. This is cut short when Rainbow Dash breaks her shoulder while snowboarding. Even so, the rest of Pinkie's friends eventually make it up to her by throwing her a surprise party, prompting a few TenderTears from Pinkie.
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** Because of everything else going on in Volume III, Moondancer forgets her own eighteenth birthday. She's only reminded of it when Lemon Fresh serves her breakfast. It's enough to briefly lift Moondancer's spirits.
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** Because of everything else going on in Volume III, Moondancer forgets her own eighteenth birthday. She's only reminded of it when Lemon Fresh serves her breakfast. It's enough to briefly lift Moondancer's spirits.
* OddballInTheSeries: "Fathers and Daughters" (Volume III, Chapter 11) is the first chapter in both this story and its predecessor ''Long Road to Friendship'' to [[AbsenteeActor have no appearance whatsoever of Sunset]]. The author even lampshaded it.
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* TouchTelepathy: Sunset and Lamia are able to see each other's memories when they make physical contact with each other's bare skin. [[spoiler:In the second part of "Phoenix Rising," this helps Sunset reform with her darkness and fully reclaim her soul.]]
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** Sunset and Lamia are able to see each other's memories when they make physical contact with each other's bare skin. [[spoiler:In the second part of "Phoenix Rising," this helps Sunset reform with her darkness and fully reclaim her soul.]]
** In Volume III's chapter "On the Cusp of Summer", Sunset gains a power similar to her canon counterpart, able to read someone's memory by grabbing onto them. [[spoiler:However, she's not looking into their mind; she's looking into their soul. Sunset is able to feel Twilight's love for her when she grabs Twilight's wrist, seeing a vision of Twilight practicing swordplay while feeling determined to succeed for Sunset.]]
** Sunset and Lamia are able to see each other's memories when they make physical contact with each other's bare skin. [[spoiler:In the second part of "Phoenix Rising," this helps Sunset reform with her darkness and fully reclaim her soul.]]
** In Volume III's chapter "On the Cusp of Summer", Sunset gains a power similar to her canon counterpart, able to read someone's memory by grabbing onto them. [[spoiler:However, she's not looking into their mind; she's looking into their soul. Sunset is able to feel Twilight's love for her when she grabs Twilight's wrist, seeing a vision of Twilight practicing swordplay while feeling determined to succeed for Sunset.]]
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** The dark benefactor may show their anger by choking people with magic and threatening to steal their souls, but she never raises their voice beyond a stern growl. [[spoiler:Even when Moondancer returns Sunset's body to the Spectacular Seven and Tempest finds out, Tempest only growls at Moondancer instead of yelling at her.]]
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** The dark benefactor may show their anger by choking people with magic and threatening to steal their souls, but she they never raises raise their voice beyond a stern growl. [[spoiler:Even when Moondancer returns Sunset's body to the Spectacular Seven and Tempest finds out, Tempest only growls at Moondancer instead of yelling at her.]]
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* PersonaNonGrata: Apparently Artemis and Selena are banned from Egypt. Selena explained the details to Sunset, but we don't see the conversation.
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* HateSink: Moondancer was designed to be this. She's petty, selfish, rude, stubborn, and has a holier-than-thou contempt for everyone. The moments that Moondancer fails are meant to be cathartic to the readers.
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* BeyondRedemption: During the fight scene in Volume II, [[spoiler:Twilight ultimately concedes this about Moondancer after everything that's happened. Moondancer has not only pulled a FaceHeelTurn, but tried to kill the Spectacular Seven, Twilight included, over her jealousy of Sunset and desire to be special. As a result, Twilight outright rejects Moondancer]].
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: In canon, Moondancer is a ShrinkingViolet with rather disheveled, unkempt appearances. In this fic, she's described as "ethereally beautiful" the moment Sunset sees her. Granted, the fic did base Moondancer on the comics' interpretation, rather than the show's. [[spoiler:Comes to a screeching halt at the end of ''Volume II'', when she gets one side of her face scarred in a fight with Sunset, starts wearing a half-mask to cover the damage, and throws all her makeup away.]]
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: In canon, Moondancer is a ShrinkingViolet with rather disheveled, unkempt appearances. In this fic, she's described as "ethereally beautiful" the moment Sunset sees her. Granted, the The fic did base based Moondancer on the comics' interpretation, IDW comic interpretation of the character rather than the show's.version from ''Friendship is Magic''. [[spoiler:Comes to a screeching halt at the end of ''Volume II'', when she gets one side of her face scarred in a fight with Sunset, starts wearing a half-mask to cover the damage, and throws all her makeup away.]]
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** Sunset plays chess with someone in Chapter 7, and once again wins after her opponent concedes.
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** Sunset plays chess with someone in Chapter 7, and once again wins after her opponent concedes.
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* CastingAShadow: Moondancer's mysterious benefactor in ''Volume II'' has the ability to control shadows, using them to darken Moondancer's room in a show of power. Chapter 8 also shows that they can use shadows like tendrils when they almost choke the life from Lamia.
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* CastingAShadow: Moondancer's mysterious dark benefactor in ''Volume II'' has the ability to control shadows, using them to darken Moondancer's room in a show of power. Volume II, Chapter 8 also shows that they can use shadows like tendrils when they almost choke the life from Lamia.
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* ContrivedCoincidence: Enforced. In Volume III, Sunset's eighteenth birthday happens to be on the same day as Shining Armor and Cadence's wedding. Sunset tries to avoid anyone making a big deal out of it by not telling this to anyone, but Pinkie Pie won't let a birthday go by without a party.
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* ContrivedCoincidence: Enforced. In Volume III, Sunset's eighteenth birthday happens to be on the same day as Shining Armor and Cadence's wedding. Sunset tries to avoid anyone making a big deal out of it this becoming an issue by just not telling this to anyone, but Pinkie Pie won't let a birthday go by without a party.
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* CurbStompCushion: In Volume II, Chapter 12, after [[spoiler:Sunset is kidnapped by Tempest and Lamia, Tempest attempts to convince Sunset to rejoin her dark side. Sunset refuses, briefly ponying up and launching Tempest into the wall. In response, Tempest "goes to plan B" and just outright steals Sunset's soul from her body]].
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* CurbStompCushion: In Volume II, Chapter 12, after [[spoiler:Sunset is kidnapped by Tempest and Lamia, Tempest attempts to convince Sunset to rejoin her dark side. Sunset refuses, briefly ponying up and launching Tempest into the wall. In response, Tempest "goes to plan B" and just outright steals Sunset's soul from her body]].soul]].
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* DarkMagicalGirl: Moondancer has some magical power thanks to the Lulamoon bloodline, but she also has a lot of trouble making friends, admitting her faults, or asking for any help.
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* DarkMagicalGirl: Moondancer has some magical power thanks to the Lulamoon bloodline, but she also has a lot of trouble making friends, admitting her faults, or asking for any help. This begins causing more and more trouble as Moondancer begins letting her jealousy get the better of her.
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** Fluttershy says this when she sees Soarin hitting it off with Rainbow Dash. While Fluttershy has had a crush on Rainbow since they were kids, she CannotSpitItOut, and tells Sunset that she wants Rainbow to be happy as the reason why. However, Sunset says that nothing good will come of keeping that in, since Sunset almost lost Twilight once for the same reason.
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* FatalFlaw: Moondancer's are Envy and Pride. Her jealousy and self-centered nature are ultimately to blame for her own issues. [[spoiler:Even though Tempest is forcing her to commit terrible acts, Moondancer seems all too willing to do them just for the sake of her own personal satisfaction. Even after her brutal defeat at Sunset's hands, Moondancer refuses to acknowledge her mother's sacrifice to protect the world from Tirek. Moondancer is willing to let Tirek be resurrected just to get her mother back and have the spotlight shine on her.]]
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* FatalFlaw: FatalFlaw:
** Moondancer's are Envy and Pride. Her jealousy and self-centered nature are ultimately to blame for her own issues. [[spoiler:Even though Tempest is forcing her to commit terrible acts, Moondancer seems all too willing to do them just for the sake of her own personal satisfaction. Even after her brutal defeat at Sunset's hands, Moondancer refuses to acknowledge her mother's sacrifice to protect the world from Tirek. Moondancer is willing to let Tirek be resurrected just to get her mother back and have the spotlight shine on her.]]]]
** Twilight's is [[HeroicSelfDeprecation low self-esteem]]. She feels like the only member of the Spectacular Seven who can't contribute because of her lack of magic, experience, or talent. As such, Twilight sometimes worries that Sunset will think of Twilight as "useless" and break up with her. While Twilight begins working on all of these issues in Volume III, [[FlawExploitation her low self-esteem and worry over Sunset gets exploited by the bad guys]] to make Twilight slip up and stop thinking clearly.
** Moondancer's are Envy and Pride. Her jealousy and self-centered nature are ultimately to blame for her own issues. [[spoiler:Even though Tempest is forcing her to commit terrible acts, Moondancer seems all too willing to do them just for the sake of her own personal satisfaction. Even after her brutal defeat at Sunset's hands, Moondancer refuses to acknowledge her mother's sacrifice to protect the world from Tirek. Moondancer is willing to let Tirek be resurrected just to get her mother back and have the spotlight shine on her.
** Twilight's is [[HeroicSelfDeprecation low self-esteem]]. She feels like the only member of the Spectacular Seven who can't contribute because of her lack of magic, experience, or talent. As such, Twilight sometimes worries that Sunset will think of Twilight as "useless" and break up with her. While Twilight begins working on all of these issues in Volume III, [[FlawExploitation her low self-esteem and worry over Sunset gets exploited by the bad guys]] to make Twilight slip up and stop thinking clearly.
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* BlindWithoutEm: In Volume III, Twilight removes her glasses during an argument. The narration notes that all she can see is a color-shaped blurry blob where someone else is standing.
* BreakThemByTalking: Occurs during Rainbow's birthday party in Volume III. [[spoiler:Adagio says that Sunset will eventually dump Twilight because Twilight is "boring" and not Sunset's speed. Twilight tries to avoid letting it bother her, but Adagio gets in Twilight's head so badly that she loses the next round of laser tag. Just to rub salt in the wound, Adagio wins by scoring the final hit on Twilight.]]
* BreakThemByTalking: Occurs during Rainbow's birthday party in Volume III. [[spoiler:Adagio says that Sunset will eventually dump Twilight because Twilight is "boring" and not Sunset's speed. Twilight tries to avoid letting it bother her, but Adagio gets in Twilight's head so badly that she loses the next round of laser tag. Just to rub salt in the wound, Adagio wins by scoring the final hit on Twilight.]]
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* TranquilFury: [[spoiler:Tempest may show her anger by choking people with her magic and threatening to steal their souls, but she never raises her voice to a yell. Even when Moondancer returns Sunset's body to the Spectacular Seven and Tempest finds out, Tempest only growls at Moondancer instead of yelling at her.]]
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* TranquilFury: [[spoiler:Tempest TranquilFury:
** The dark benefactor may showher their anger by choking people with her magic and threatening to steal their souls, but she never raises her their voice to beyond a yell. Even stern growl. [[spoiler:Even when Moondancer returns Sunset's body to the Spectacular Seven and Tempest finds out, Tempest only growls at Moondancer instead of yelling at her.]]]]
** When Fluttershy sees that Soarin had gotten much closer to Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy grows more and more jealous. During the laser tag at Rainbow's birthday party, Fluttershy aims only for Soarin before going for anyone else.
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** When Fluttershy sees that Soarin had gotten much closer to Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy grows more and more jealous. During the laser tag at Rainbow's birthday party, Fluttershy aims only for Soarin before going for anyone else.
