Damn...you know what? Now that I'm actually reading how this is being playing out. Really does make me feel less sympathetic towards Rainbow Crash, The Mud Pony Hick, and that two face drama queen for real.

Whatever happens from here on out both they and the town fucking deserve what's coming to them.

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And WHEN they find out they have unintentionally let Trixie's brother die, because of NOT having enough money for the Operation. IF Celestia finds out. SHE WILL BE LIVID, and wants the Mane Six ( Specifically Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Rarity) to be PUNISHED, and DON'T deserve being the bearers of the Elements of Harmony.

All it takes is one bad day...

Great job on this story so far! I can already tell that Applejack, Rainbow Dash, and Rarity are on Trixie's shit list. Plus, the fact that Trixie lost her horn really kicked this story into high gear! I am LOVING this!

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I was honestly rooting for Trixie in Magic Duel because of this episode. It's a real shame the writers aimed her hatred towards Twilight when she didn't really do anything to piss her off, if anything she should've have went for those three as well as Snips and Snails(the latter two are the one thing that episode did right).

Do horns grow back in this story is what I figured twilight was trying to tell trixie?

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naw, based on the irrational behavior of every pony except twilight, there's hints of something far more sinister lurking in the background. even in season 1, fluttershy wouldn't be laughing due to the cruelty of the situation.

This is season 1 mane-six, I can only see them doubling down on their bad habits since they haven't learned the lesson of 'not kicking someone when they're down'.

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Well, I don't know about Snips and Snails both are just colts who knew no better or knowing that Trixie was just putting on a show for the audience and not meant to be taken seriously. However they are the town idiots.

Ultimately the fault lies with the parents who didn't teach them the difference between what is real and what is fake. Which only brings more questions of where the actual Tartarus were they and why weren't they supervising their own damn kids?!?!

The ones who are truly at fault, are these three idiots right here.......

These three should have mind their own business, if they didn't like Trixie's show, they should have simply left the crowd, that's just common sense. But no...instead of doing that they decided to become dumb hecklers.

I'm saying this right now these three are the very last ponies to say anything about being boastful or egotistical.

Especially fucking Rainbow Dash! A pony who is her own worst enemy and then some!

I don't need to tell you each of these ponies flaws or failings of their character there's plenty of lore on that.

As with Twilight Sparkle.....I hate to say this, but she is just as guilty. Those three were her best friends she could've speak up or stop them before any of what happened on stage could escalated lending to the tragic events unfolded before them. but no she didn't,...because she was too afraid or self conscious of what her friends would think of her.

Hell, she didn't even try to defend Trixie from her friends or the townsfolk. So whatever happens from here on out is on her as well.

"Our lives begin to end, the day we become silent on the things that matter." -Martin Luther King, Jr.

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True enough.

Abridged Barrett: *Sending a text to Ponyville and the idiots responsible for ruining Trixie's whole career down the drain with no mercy or forgiveness* Youuuuuuuu f*********d up, aaaaaaaand send.

Abridged Cloud: Wow, for once Barrett isn't addressing toward me this time.

Abridged Barrett: *Glaring at Cloud* You're not off the hook yet spiky haired blonde boy.

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STILL, Celestia would be PISSED that they would being cruel to Trixie, DESPITE being the "Elements of Harmony", and into "Friendship is Magic". ESPECIALLY causing Trixie's Brother to die in the hospital. An FRICKIN Kid/Colt DIED because of this!!!!! Yeah, they'll will be EXTREMELY GUILTY, and the Royal Sisters, and even their own Parents should heckle ( Angry, Rude, and Harsh Comments) them for it.

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how is she going to know, the whole town fucked over trixie so whose going to tell her. Let's say the mane six find out they caused trixie's brother's death by denying her payment. This twilight isn't going to write a letter about it, applejack is too stubborn to admit she's wrong, rainbow dash's ego won't allow her to apologize, rarity would blame others, fluttershy needs to learn to assert herself as she's too timid, and pinkie pie knows and can do as much about the plot as the author allows. IF the town fount out about causing the death of a foal, then they'd cover it up to not look bad to celestia if she came to visit to visit her student. Then again there is princess luna, wait she's still weakened from getting nightmare moon cleansed from her.

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1.they come to terms with how they screwed up and work towards becoming better ponies and helping trixie.
2.trixie loses her shit and starts murdering them.

I'm firmly hoping for option 2 just need to write away any chance of them being redeemed. Just like in a horror movie where the characters are unlikable so you root for them to die.

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I call that a bit BS! They CAN'T cover that up FOREVER!!!!! Besides, Applejack is BETRAYING her element of Honestly, so they should be Spiritual Consequence for that. I also DON'T think Twilight will keep that CRAZY and HORRIBLE Secret like that to Celestia. ( Plus, she DIDN'T hurt Trixie in the First Place, even though she didn't stop the abuse, or even help Trixie for the money. AT LEAST she is LESS Guilty than the other Three: Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Rarity.)

P.S. It they CAN'T tell her. What If, when Trixie goes on a Killing Spree like the Joker, and when Celestia ( With Luna, and Royal Guards) meet her to put a stop to his massacre. Celestia could just say WHY is she doing this. Trixie would just say "WHY DON'T ask your 'Precious Student and her friends', they took a Precious someone from me, and CAUSED me to turn into the way I am now".

Even though Trixie will PUNISHMENT/Kill the Mane Six herself. What BETTER way to hurt them really mentally, is to show Celestia, the Mane Six's Sins, and the CAUSE of her poor Brother's Death, and turning Trixie into her Joker Persona.

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Too right. They may be bearers of the elements of harmony. But as normal ponies they are seriously fallible and flawed. Not to mention Applejack, RD, and Rarity should be a ashamed and deserve what's coming to them. Because let's face it, what if it was one of the CMC in Trixie's brother place?

Applejack already lost both of her parents, so the idea of losting Apple Bloom, would've been too much for her. Not to mention the idea that she was responsible for causing a foal's death. She can deny all she wants and completely bury herself in her work. But eventually the sheer guilt is going to effect her both physically and mentally.

As for RD, her damnable ego and foolish pride is not going to do her any favors. If anything it's going to cost her any chances of joining the Wonderbolts. Because there is no way in Tartarus they're going to allow a pegasus responsible for a foal's death to join their ranks. The public backlash alone would severely ruined their image and reputation. Especially considering half of their fan base are colts and fillies.

As for Rarity....she can pretty much give up any hope of making it big in both the fashion world and the high society of Equestria. No pony in any high position of society or business, be they noble or celebrity is only to touch her with a 10 foot pole. Because who wants to buy a dress or suit from a child killer. Least they want their reputation get dragged through the mud.

As for the entire town of Ponyville, good luck trying to covering up this mess from Princess Celestia. An alicorn who had rule their kingdom for over 1000 years and is one of the most powerful magic users in the land. Who may or may not have multiple ways of founding out, if a town is hiding something from her.

Sorry, if I sounds like rambling, but all I'm saying they're only preventing the inevitable.

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Agreed 100%! Karma for the Main Six, and town will NOT be DENIED!!!

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You see, their morals, their "code"... It's a bad joke.

They're only as good as the world allows them to be. I'll show you.

When chips are down, these "civilized people"...

They'll eat each other.

I would debate that celestia is part of the problem. Being super old and knowledge comes with knowint that people fail and given that twilight is twilight. How could not know the psychology of Twilight?

For instance How could she not see Twilights worship of her? Assuming she knows. Wheres the joke in watching someone go crazy literally! Over you?

Unless she needs that obession.

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Let's see. This mean anything? 😅😅😅

Good story, defiantly following this one.

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Glad to hear that.

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You know, it’s kind of funny, a month or two ago I was actually thinking if Trixie had a bad past and the events of boast busters and magic duel went down. I realized that it would have been very plausible for Trixie to break mentally. That train of thought actually led me to wish for someone to create a story in which Trixie becomes a joker equivalent. Because a lot of themes from Batman, at first glance, seem like it would never fit in with a story as happy as mlp, but on closer inspection would fit in very well. Like Trixie becoming joker and the like. Must say, big fan of the “Killing Joke”, loved the philosophical nature of it.
Keep up the good work,
SonicDJM

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You bet I will!

Btw, I'm a big fan of The Killing Joke too. You will definitely see some its elements in the later chapters of this story.

I just wish Twilight Sparkle could of stopped this. But for now, I don't care less about of what happens to Rainbow Dash, Applejack and Rarity.

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I don't think anybody does at this point

"Well, it's about darn time you came to that conclusion, missy!", said the orange-coated Earth pony from earlier as she and her equally unamused companions emerged from the crowd. "If you ask me, losing that horn was the best thing that could've happened to you. That way, you can learn a thing or two about just how dangerous showing off your talents and exaggerating your accomplishments are."

'scuse me.... but are Applejack really saying that Trixie being magically crippled and (permanently?) unable to perform her life calling talent, is a good thing?

I wonder if she practices what she preaches, and break RD wings during Mare-Do-Well. Then she may repeat her words!

"Oh, don't you dare try to come up with an excuse to justify what you did!", interjected the white-coated unicorn with a lavender mane. "You boasting about your abilities and telling implausible tales of success was what led to that horrible beast coming here in the first place."

No... Two colts that didn't have proper curfew and parental supervision during nighttime, was what brought the beast to town.
To blame Trixie for this, is the equivalent of blaming the Daring Do books for foals adventuring in the Everfree forest and getting mauled to death by the wildlife.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Hold on a minute!", the cyan-coated pegasus with a rainbow-colored mane replied. "You expect us to pay you for putting on a show where you humiliated me and my friends in front of the whole town, and telling a ridiculous story that made two colts bring here a humongous rampaging monster?"

Yes.... The reason for you being humiliated is because you started heckling Trixie during the show. Trixie was (apparently) book to do a show, and she did it.
As for the two colts.... 'Second verse, same as the first' or in this case 'Third verse, same as the second'.

And if you ask me, they are all boasting about their abilities Be it apples, dresses or flying.

Whatever happens next, the Mane Six had it coming.

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Damn right they did

I am hoping that Spike didn't happen to be laughing at Trixie there.
I haven't seen the episode fully but I don't think that he was anywhere near as bad as the others like RD, AJ, etc.
Just seems iffy that the only one not laughing at her was Twilight, doesn't that imply Fluttershy was laughing at Trixie too even though I am pretty sure she wouldn't do that?
The only Spike scene I remember was him asking Twilight to face Trixie's challenge, most likely just because Trixie made a challenge and Spike wanted to see Twilight doing it or something.

I am.. pretty worried about Spike. If he suffers horribly in here due to how the episode went, really.. I just resent the writers of the show even more due to Spike is suffering badly due to the writers' decisions..(like the Canterlot Wedding, I think I seen Spike suffering badly in those fics addressing what happened in the Canterlot Wedding)
Sorry if this comment was iffy..