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* BeneathTheMask: This entire fic is about taking a look at what Celestia really thinks and feels on one of the most personally painful days of the year, and also provides a look at her mental state in the final last year before the Return.
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* BeneathTheMask: This entire fic is about taking a look at what Celestia really thinks and feels on one of the most personally painful days of the year, and also provides a look at her mental state in the final last year before the Return.
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* ShroudedInMyth: Pretty much everything from when Celestia was younger is this; the position of Seneschal has actually come to mean the one pony in each generation that Celestia feels can be trusted with the inconvenient truths behind the myths that everypony has come to believe. And even then, she doesn't tell him ''everything''.
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* ShroudedInMyth: Pretty much everything from when Celestia was younger is this; the position of Seneschal has actually come to mean the one pony in each generation that Celestia feels can be trusted with the inconvenient truths behind the myths that everypony has come to believe. (The original definition was the steward of a House: as Celestia feels herself to be the last pony who even knows the word existed, she also believes any current meaning belongs to her alone.) And even then, she doesn't tell him ''everything''.
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* WrongNameOutburst: While greeting the costumed little foals and fillies as per Nightmare Night tradition, Celestia accidentally calls one little earth pony filly who has dark blue fur and dark eyes "Luna". This triggers a hasty exit from the throne room, followed by extended vomiting into the nearest sink.
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* WrongNameOutburst: While greeting the costumed little foals and fillies as per Nightmare Night tradition, Celestia accidentally calls one little earth pony filly filly, who has dark blue fur and dark eyes eyes, "Luna". This triggers a hasty exit from the throne room, followed by extended vomiting into the nearest sink.
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* BodyHorror: Celestia has a brief dream sequence which focuses on what she believes to have been Luna's mental state just before the Nightmare ''[[GrandTheftMe submerged]]'' her -- specifically, a vision of her sister trying to push her horn off her very skull while leg legs abraded against something harder than bone, while also attempting to ''bite her wings off at the joints''. She later discusses the dream with Fancypants, suggesting the Nightmare screamed enough during their fight to imply that Luna had been attempting to find some way of changing back.
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* BodyHorror: Celestia has a brief dream sequence which focuses on what she believes to have been Luna's mental state just before the Nightmare ''[[GrandTheftMe submerged]]'' her -- specifically, a vision of her sister trying to push her horn off her very skull while leg legs her forelegs abraded against something harder than bone, while also attempting to ''bite her wings off at the joints''. She later discusses the dream with Fancypants, suggesting the Nightmare screamed enough during their fight to imply that Luna had been attempting to find some way of changing back.
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* ''The night began in pain. It always did.''
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* BeneathTheMask: This entire fic is about taking a look at what Celestia really thinks and feels on one of the most personally painful days of the year.
* BodyHorror: Celestia has a brief nightmare about when she and Luna turned into alicorns -- specifically, about how her sister tried to rip her horn off until her hooves tore on it, and how she tried to ''gnaw off her own wings'' in horror at what she'd become. She confirms later to Fancypants that this didn't actually happen, it was just a nightmare.
* DespairEventHorizon: Celestia almost crosses it during the events of the fic, particularly when she confronts Twilight, her last desperate hope to redeem her sister -- and perhaps completely the wrong pony to do so.
* BodyHorror: Celestia has a brief nightmare about when she and Luna turned into alicorns -- specifically, about how her sister tried to rip her horn off until her hooves tore on it, and how she tried to ''gnaw off her own wings'' in horror at what she'd become. She confirms later to Fancypants that this didn't actually happen, it was just a nightmare.
* DespairEventHorizon: Celestia almost crosses it during the events of the fic, particularly when she confronts Twilight, her last desperate hope to redeem her sister -- and perhaps completely the wrong pony to do so.
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* BeneathTheMask: This entire fic is about taking a look at what Celestia really thinks and feels on one of the most personally painful days of the year.
year, and also provides a look at her mental state in the final last year before the Return.
* BodyHorror: Celestia has a briefnightmare about when dream sequence which focuses on what she and Luna turned into alicorns believes to have been Luna's mental state just before the Nightmare ''[[GrandTheftMe submerged]]'' her -- specifically, about how a vision of her sister tried trying to rip push her horn off until her hooves tore on it, and how she tried very skull while leg legs abraded against something harder than bone, while also attempting to ''gnaw ''bite her wings off her own wings'' in horror at the joints''. She later discusses the dream with Fancypants, suggesting the Nightmare screamed enough during their fight to imply that Luna had been attempting to find some way of changing back.
* CharacterDevelopment: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]]. Celestia's visit to the Archives provides our first direct look at whatshe'd become. She confirms later to Fancypants that Twilight was like at this didn't actually happen, it was just point on the timeline: a nightmare.
trotting horror of social confusion and open dismissal.
* DespairEventHorizon: Celestia almost crosses it during the events of the fic, particularly when she confronts Twilight, her last desperate hope to redeem her sister -- and perhaps completely the wrong pony to doso.so, because it takes a group to use the Elements and at this point in her life, Twilight is the ''last'' pony who could be counted on to gather others around her.
* BodyHorror: Celestia has a brief
* CharacterDevelopment: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]]. Celestia's visit to the Archives provides our first direct look at what
* DespairEventHorizon: Celestia almost crosses it during the events of the fic, particularly when she confronts Twilight, her last desperate hope to redeem her sister -- and perhaps completely the wrong pony to do
* FriendToAllChildren: Just about the only thing which gets Celestia through most Nightmare Nights is having colts and fillies in the throne room, coming to her for their collection of tribute. The slow buildup of tradition has given first-arrival privileges to the offspring of the press.
* GoneHorriblyWrong: Celestia feels this way about the banishment, believing that she found the ''wrong'' answer in trying to fight the possession. She still feels there had to be another way -- even if she can't voice or even figure out what it should have been.
* ImHavingSoulPains: Demonstrated with horrifying detail. This is the first time we've seen exactly what Celestia goes through when she has to manipulate Moon, and it's -- unpleasant.
* ''The night began in pain. It always did.''
* GoneHorriblyWrong: Celestia feels this way about the banishment, believing that she found the ''wrong'' answer in trying to fight the possession. She still feels there had to be another way -- even if she can't voice or even figure out what it should have been.
* ImHavingSoulPains: Demonstrated with horrifying detail. This is the first time we've seen exactly what Celestia goes through when she has to manipulate Moon, and it's -- unpleasant.
* ''The night began in pain. It always did.''
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** One thing that is revealed is that Nightmare Night ultimately owes part of its lineage to a story of a thief who, in a truly lousy disguise, got caught stealing from a candy stall around that night. And that's why ponies dress up in disguise.
* StepfordSmiler: This fic, more than any other in the Continuum, shows just how sad, lonely and ''broken'' Celestia is. And just how much she has to convey the impression that she isn't, because Equestrian politics and her panicky little ponies depend on her doing so.
* WrongNameOutburst: While greeting the costumed little foals and fillies as per Nightmare Night tradition, Celestia accidentally calls one little earth pony filly who has dark blue fur and dark eyes "Luna". This triggers a breakdown.
* StepfordSmiler: This fic, more than any other in the Continuum, shows just how sad, lonely and ''broken'' Celestia is. And just how much she has to convey the impression that she isn't, because Equestrian politics and her panicky little ponies depend on her doing so.
* WrongNameOutburst: While greeting the costumed little foals and fillies as per Nightmare Night tradition, Celestia accidentally calls one little earth pony filly who has dark blue fur and dark eyes "Luna". This triggers a breakdown.
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** One thing that is revealed is that Nightmare Night ultimately owes part of its lineage to a story of a thief who, in while wearing a truly lousy disguise, got caught stealing and tried to bribe the law with the haul from his last robbery -- of a candy stall around that night. And that's why stall. After generations of distortion, it led to the traditions of disguises and tribute.
* ShrineToTheFallen: The blocked-off Lunar half of the castle counts for this. Most poniesdress up believe it's closed down due to lingering, dangerous magic from the original battle. Celestia simply doesn't want anypony other than herself going in disguise.
there, and has closed or walled off the majority of the entrances. She periodically visits in order to renew preservation spells on Luna's favorite books -- and it's implied that there's something ''very'' important in that section, a specific area which has a hundred workings cast just to make sure Celestia is the only one who can ''ever'' enter that portion. [[TheUnreveal We just don't know what's in there.]]
* StepfordSmiler: This fic, more than any other in the Continuum, shows just how sad, lonely and ''broken'' Celestiais.is -- at least in the time before the Return. And just how much she has to convey the impression that she isn't, because Equestrian politics and her panicky little ponies depend on her doing so.
* WrongNameOutburst: While greeting the costumed little foals and fillies as per Nightmare Night tradition, Celestia accidentally calls one little earth pony filly who has dark blue fur and dark eyes "Luna". This triggers abreakdown.hasty exit from the throne room, followed by extended vomiting into the nearest sink.
* ShrineToTheFallen: The blocked-off Lunar half of the castle counts for this. Most ponies
* StepfordSmiler: This fic, more than any other in the Continuum, shows just how sad, lonely and ''broken'' Celestia
* WrongNameOutburst: While greeting the costumed little foals and fillies as per Nightmare Night tradition, Celestia accidentally calls one little earth pony filly who has dark blue fur and dark eyes "Luna". This triggers a
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* StepfordSmiler: This fic, more than any other in the Continuum, shows just how sad, lonely and ''broken'' Celestia is. And just how much she has to convey the impression that she isn't, because Equestrian politics and her panicky little ponies depend on her doing so.
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* StepfordSmiler: This fic, more than any other in the Continuum, shows just how sad, lonely and ''broken'' Celestia is. And just how much she has to convey the impression that she isn't, because Equestrian politics and her panicky little ponies depend on her doing so.so.
* WrongNameOutburst: While greeting the costumed little foals and fillies as per Nightmare Night tradition, Celestia accidentally calls one little earth pony filly who has dark blue fur and dark eyes "Luna". This triggers a breakdown.
* WrongNameOutburst: While greeting the costumed little foals and fillies as per Nightmare Night tradition, Celestia accidentally calls one little earth pony filly who has dark blue fur and dark eyes "Luna". This triggers a breakdown.
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For the ponies of Equestria, Nightmare Night is just a silly little festival they throw every Autumn, a time to dress up in funny costumes and eat candy. It's not like there's anything ''real'' about it.
For the one pony in Equestria who remembers the truth, Nightmare Night is nothing to celebrate.
Read it [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/390490/the-night-before-nightmare here]].
!!This fanfic includes examples of:
* BeneathTheMask: This entire fic is about taking a look at what Celestia really thinks and feels on one of the most personally painful days of the year.
* BodyHorror: Celestia has a brief nightmare about when she and Luna turned into alicorns -- specifically, about how her sister tried to rip her horn off until her hooves tore on it, and how she tried to ''gnaw off her own wings'' in horror at what she'd become. She confirms later to Fancypants that this didn't actually happen, it was just a nightmare.
* DespairEventHorizon: Celestia almost crosses it during the events of the fic, particularly when she confronts Twilight, her last desperate hope to redeem her sister -- and perhaps completely the wrong pony to do so.
-->''There is one chance.''
-->''Exactly one. A single opportunity. Succeed or fail. Victory or potential apocalypse.''
-->''The only way for everypony to have a chance at survival is for you to be the pony I hoped you were. The one I've been looking for across the centuries. The last hope.''
-->''You are doing everything in your power to convince me that you're not.''
* ShroudedInMyth: Pretty much everything from when Celestia was younger is this; the position of Seneschal has actually come to mean the one pony in each generation that Celestia feels can be trusted with the inconvenient truths behind the myths that everypony has come to believe. And even then, she doesn't tell him ''everything''.
** One thing that is revealed is that Nightmare Night ultimately owes part of its lineage to a story of a thief who, in a truly lousy disguise, got caught stealing from a candy stall around that night. And that's why ponies dress up in disguise.
* StepfordSmiler: This fic, more than any other in the Continuum, shows just how sad, lonely and ''broken'' Celestia is. And just how much she has to convey the impression that she isn't, because Equestrian politics and her panicky little ponies depend on her doing so.
For the one pony in Equestria who remembers the truth, Nightmare Night is nothing to celebrate.
Read it [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/390490/the-night-before-nightmare here]].
!!This fanfic includes examples of:
* BeneathTheMask: This entire fic is about taking a look at what Celestia really thinks and feels on one of the most personally painful days of the year.
* BodyHorror: Celestia has a brief nightmare about when she and Luna turned into alicorns -- specifically, about how her sister tried to rip her horn off until her hooves tore on it, and how she tried to ''gnaw off her own wings'' in horror at what she'd become. She confirms later to Fancypants that this didn't actually happen, it was just a nightmare.
* DespairEventHorizon: Celestia almost crosses it during the events of the fic, particularly when she confronts Twilight, her last desperate hope to redeem her sister -- and perhaps completely the wrong pony to do so.
-->''There is one chance.''
-->''Exactly one. A single opportunity. Succeed or fail. Victory or potential apocalypse.''
-->''The only way for everypony to have a chance at survival is for you to be the pony I hoped you were. The one I've been looking for across the centuries. The last hope.''
-->''You are doing everything in your power to convince me that you're not.''
* ShroudedInMyth: Pretty much everything from when Celestia was younger is this; the position of Seneschal has actually come to mean the one pony in each generation that Celestia feels can be trusted with the inconvenient truths behind the myths that everypony has come to believe. And even then, she doesn't tell him ''everything''.
** One thing that is revealed is that Nightmare Night ultimately owes part of its lineage to a story of a thief who, in a truly lousy disguise, got caught stealing from a candy stall around that night. And that's why ponies dress up in disguise.
* StepfordSmiler: This fic, more than any other in the Continuum, shows just how sad, lonely and ''broken'' Celestia is. And just how much she has to convey the impression that she isn't, because Equestrian politics and her panicky little ponies depend on her doing so.
