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The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic)

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The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic)	comment	The Writing on the Wall is a My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fanfic by Horse Voice. Daring Do is asked to help in the excavation of the most ancient tomb known to ponykind - tens of thousands of years older than the oldest known masonry, with incredible craft and skill going into the construction of the impressive edifice. Ancient text in a number of languages, all of them long since lost, is carved into every surface in one of the rooms of the structure nearest to the surface, likely some kind of curse meant to warn away would-be looters. Workers work to breach the walls below, to find the secrets of this ancient place, but perhaps they should have heeded the writing on the wall.The story can be found here. It's also available in the print-on-demand anthology Nightmare Nights.
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The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_177a6464	type	Genre Shift
The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_177a6464	comment	Genre Shift: From an adventure story to a horror story. A science fiction horror story.
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The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_18d15922	type	Title Drop
The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_18d15922	comment	Title Drop: Daring Do, while speculating on what the undeciphered writing meant:
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The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_19102429	type	Twist Ending
The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_19102429	comment	Twist Ending: It isn't a tomb, it is a nuclear waste storage facility.
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The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_19e22123	type	Ancient Tomb
The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_19e22123	comment	Ancient Tomb: One of these figures heavily into the story. It's the oldest building discovered by ponies, so it definitely fits the "ancient" part. The "tomb" part, however, not so much...
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The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_1e584efa	type	Cruel and Unusual Death
The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_1e584efa	comment	Cruel and Unusual Death: Dark Horizon makes the mistake of delving into the heart of the "tomb" and dies a gruesome death from radiation poisoning.
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The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_20a14df0	type	Wrong Genre Savvy
The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_20a14df0	comment	Wrong Genre Savvy: Everyone about the ancient tomb and the titular writing on the wall. They think that they're still in an Adventurer Archaeologist story with a fantasy bent, so the tomb is full of treasure and archaological goodies and the writing is empty threats intended to scare away superstitious would-be tomb raiders. It's actually a sci-fi horror story, the building is a containment facility for something very dangerous (deadly radiation), and the writing on the wall is Not Hyperbole, and accurately describes what would happen to anyone who would attempt to get in.
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The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_22cf536c	type	Chekhov's Gun
The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_22cf536c	comment	Chekhov's Gun: The writing on the wall and the sick workers.
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The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_29bd6ffc	type	Warning Mistaken for Threat
The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_29bd6ffc	comment	Warning Mistaken for Threat: The walls of the ancient structure are covered in inscriptions that Daring assumes are merely empty threats meant to scare off tomb robbers. The "tomb" is actually a nuclear waste disposal site, and the inscriptions are warnings that anyone who tries to explore the place will likely die a horrible death due to radiation poisoning.
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The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_334e48a1	type	After the End
The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_334e48a1	comment	After the End: Humanity is long gone, but their nuclear waste remains.
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The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_3b23e81	type	Plot Twist
The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_3b23e81	comment	Plot Twist: As might be expected from a story about an adventurer archaeologist, their nemesis shows up halfway through and captures them. Then there's the other twist about the true nature of the writing on the wall...
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The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_44a893af	type	Humans Through Alien Eyes
The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_44a893af	comment	Humans Through Alien Eyes: The humans counted on this trope and described radiation in very simplistic terms so that a more primitive civilization could understand the danger. Too bad they didn't bother to decipher the warnings before breaching the place.
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The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_485eb589	type	Sealed Evil in a Can
The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_485eb589	comment	Sealed Evil in a Can: How radiation is described in the warning.
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The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_496569e8	type	Race Against the Clock
The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_496569e8	comment	Race Against the Clock: Inverted. The astronomical calendar inside the tomb ends one hundred thousand years from the time it was built. Dark Horizon jokes about it being a countdown to the end of the world. In fact, the opposite is true: the calendar is meant to indicate when the radiation from the nuclear waste stored inside will finally drop to a nonlethal threshold. Sadly for the explorers, there are still about 30,000 years to go, and the radiation is still at very deadly levels. The fact that previous visitors are implied to have tampered with the stored waste does not help.
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The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_4e3d253b	type	Downer Ending
The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_4e3d253b	comment	Downer Ending: Everyone that visited the site may already be doomed to die from radiation sickness. One of the last lines of the story is Daring Do coughing blood.
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The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_4e7c4536	type	Wham Line
The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_4e7c4536	comment	Wham Line: The translation of the message.
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The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_504a1991	type	Body Horror
The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_504a1991	comment	Body Horror: The death of Dark Horizon due to the "curse". Death by radiation poisoning is very, very ugly.
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The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_55cd4012	type	"Everybody Dies" Ending
The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_55cd4012	comment	"Everybody Dies" Ending: Speculated on by the characters. Being ignorant of the nature of radiation, they are left uncertain if they are all going to die from their exposure. Several of the workers, as well as Daring Do herself, are clearly suffering from severe radiation sickness. Taking into account that the drums of waste have almost certainly burst and flooded the cavern, it is likely that everyone standing near the cave's mouth for any length of time is going to get cancer very soon. The doctor who examined her friend's corpse will probably be dead in under a month.
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The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_5ab24dc5	type	Portent of Doom
The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_5ab24dc5	comment	Portent of Doom: Daring Do speculates that the writing on the wall is your garden-variety scare-em-away-from-the-treasure Portent of Doom, which can do no worse than spook superstitious potential tomb raiders. She's right that it is a portent of doom, but wrong about its purpose. It's actually a deadly serious warning to potential raiders that they're about to enter a building filled with highly radioactive waste.
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The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_6b2b3b59	type	The Reveal
The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_6b2b3b59	comment	The Reveal: The translated writing on the wall reveals that the tomb isn't a tomb, it's a nuclear waste storage facility. The curse is radiation poisoning, and the writing is a warning intended to deter future curious explorers from entering and getting poisoned for nothing.
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The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_6ee10e0	type	My Greatest Failure
The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_6ee10e0	comment	My Greatest Failure: The titular writing warns that the tomb was built to contain something dangerous. If it has been opened, then the dangerous thing is loose, and the civilization that built the tomb has failed to protect whoever comes after.
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The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_7d3f1d63	type	The Ending Changes Everything
The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_7d3f1d63	comment	The Ending Changes Everything: It is only in the final scene, when the eponymous writing on the wall is fully deciphered, that the true nature of the threat is revealed. The building is revealed to be not a tomb, but a nuclear waste storage facility built by humans. Daring Do and the sick workers are suffering not from any sort of pathogenic illness, but from radiation sickness.
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The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_81c4faa3	type	Entertainingly Wrong
The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_81c4faa3	comment	Entertainingly Wrong: Daring Do's speculation about the writing on the wall, and everyone about the structure. Her invocation of Ozymandias and the Curse of Tutankhamen may also be a hint that some human literature has survived even 70,000 years into the future. A very dramatic example once you realize what the "curse" is. When most of the expedition falls sick, they quarantine themselves. Radiation sickness is not contagious, and staying in the area is the worst thing you can do.
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The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_82464731	type	Humanity's Wake
The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_82464731	comment	Humanity's Wake: The tomb wasn't built by ponies, but by humans. And it isn't a tomb, but a nuclear waste storage facility.
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The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_83cef301	type	Right for the Wrong Reasons
The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_83cef301	comment	Right for the Wrong Reasons: Daring Do speculates that the titular writing is a warning meant to scare people away from the tomb. She's completely right — but the warning is meant to inform anyone who finds the place of the very real danger lurking within, not just the empty threat she assumed it was.
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The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_86d4f985	type	Doing In the Wizard
The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_86d4f985	comment	Doing In the Wizard: The tomb's curse. Nobody takes it seriously until it starts affecting explorers. However, the reveal is that the structure isn't a tomb, is not magical, and is not cursed — it's highly radioactive.
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The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_92286f7f	type	Precursors
The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_92286f7f	comment	Precursors: Humanity.
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The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_98a63dc6	type	Time Abyss
The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_98a63dc6	comment	Time Abyss: The "tomb" is by far the oldest structure ever discovered. It is so old that conventional dating methods fail and its age can only be determined accurately thanks to an astronomical calendar helpfully left inside by its builders. Of the many, many languages represented on the eponymous wall, only the newest one is even recognizable to the explorers, and that language is so old they don't have the reference materials they need to translate it on hand.
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The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_9d12bbc1	type	Foreshadowing
The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_9d12bbc1	comment	Foreshadowing: The description of the tomb and its contents make the ending quite obvious, but it's unlikely that most of the audience would recognize it. Unless they're familiar with proposed solutions to nuclear waste.
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The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_a6c677c4	type	Not Hyperbole
The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_a6c677c4	comment	Not Hyperbole: Turns out, the writing on the wall is not exaggerating dangers in order to spook tomb robbers. It's an accurate, if simplistic, depiction of radiation poisoning.
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The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_ab17e948	type	Don't Touch It, You Idiot!
The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_ab17e948	comment	Don't Touch It, You Idiot!: The titular writing on the wall, which warns that to open the tomb is to die a horrible death. Daring immediately assumes that it's either superstitious nonsense or a bluff meant to scare off potential grave robbers. Nope, it's completely truthful and accurate.
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The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_ab5eea65	type	Dramatic Irony
The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_ab5eea65	comment	Dramatic Irony: The Reveal that everyone just got radiation sickness from opening the "tomb", and they've unknowingly done every single thing they should not do to treat it; everyone at the excavation is staying in place for quarantine when instead they should leave the area immediately to prevent further exposure as radiation is not contagious.
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The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_ad1db87c	type	Oh, Crap!
The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_ad1db87c	comment	Oh, Crap!: The archaeologists when they learn what exactly the translated message means.
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The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_b1e5dde1	type	Earth All Along
The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_b1e5dde1	comment	Earth All Along: Modern humanity existed tens of thousands of years earlier, created the "tomb" to store radioactive waste, and tried to warn future adventurers away.
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The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_bbd8d3f4	type	Adventurer Archaeologist
The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_bbd8d3f4	comment	Adventurer Archaeologist: Daring Do and Dark Horizon are both these. Daring Do is specifically an Indiana Jones expy.
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The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_c0974135	type	Science Fiction
The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_c0974135	comment	Science Fiction: The twist of the story is that there's no curse - the "tomb" is a radioactive waste storage facility, some seventy thousand years into the future.
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The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_c145f69b	type	Subverted Trope
The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_c145f69b	comment	Subverted Trope: Of adventurer archaeologist stories.
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The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_c2e295cd	type	Curse
The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_c2e295cd	comment	Curse: The eponymous undeciphered writing on the wall is believed to be one of these. But it isn't — it's a warning.
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The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_c335b9ec	type	Irony
The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_c335b9ec	comment	Irony: The archaeologists assume that the ancient structure they're excavating is a tomb. In a way, it is a tomb...but only for anyone foolish enough to ignore the warnings and expose themselves to lethal amounts of radiation by entering it.
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The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_c446f93c	type	Artistic License â€“ Nuclear Physics
The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_c446f93c	comment	Artistic License â€“ Nuclear Physics: Even after some 70,000 years, the radiation from the nuclear waste could kill within hours of exposure. The most energetic (and thus most deadly) isotopes should have decayed away by that point, though longer-lived isotopes would still be hanging around.
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The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_c75df49a	type	Shout-Out
The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_c75df49a	comment	Shout-Out: Daring Do shouts out to the supposed Curse of Tutankhamen and the poem "Ozymandias": The whole story is a shout out to an unbuilt nuclear waste storage facility, as given away by the eventual translation of the writing on the wall, which is taken from the suggested warning for the site.
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The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_cc7fae30	type	Outside-Context Problem
The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_cc7fae30	comment	Outside-Context Problem: Ahuizotl isn't the real danger, the building itself is. It may not have a curse, but the radioactive material inside can certainly pull off a good impression of one.
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The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_cf92fea8	type	Cassandra Truth
The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_cf92fea8	comment	Cassandra Truth: The titular writing on the wall. Everyone thinks it's just there to freak out potential grave robbers. Nobody considers the option that it's deadly serious about the dangers in the structure until it's too late. Local folklore about the tomb boils down to "it's a bad place, stay away from it." The explorers dismiss this as superstition, but it turns out those stories had the right idea.
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The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_d2c0e2ed	type	Schmuck Bait
The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_d2c0e2ed	comment	Schmuck Bait: Zig-zagged. The entire structure is obvious schmuck bait, with warnings written in dozens of languages and large, metallic spikes set up around it in the desert to keep away intruders. Such is standard fare for an ancient tomb trying to dissuade tomb robbers, though, and going to such incredible lengths might mean the place won't be despoiled. Too bad they're looking at it the wrong way. One of the concerns about the construction of the facility in the present is exactly this — making it large, imposing, and intimidating might just lead curious people to look inside.
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The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_d51158ee	type	Revised Ending
The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_d51158ee	comment	Revised Ending: A fanfic by another author reveals The Writing On The Wall to be a Daring Do Dark Fic Twilight wrote for fun.
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The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_de306ba6	type	Worst Aid
The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_de306ba6	comment	Worst Aid: The archeological party's reaction to the tomb's curse would be the correct reaction to a sickness: remaining in place to quarantine the disease. Unfortunately, that's exactly the wrong things to do in response to radiation poisoning. Radiation isn't contagious, so you want to get out of there to prevent further exposure.
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The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_dfe57573	type	Historical In-Joke
The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_dfe57573	comment	Historical In-Joke: For something which hasn't even happened yet. The structure in the story is a proposed nuclear waste storage facility which hasn't been built yet in real life specifically because they're trying to figure out how to prevent scenarios like this one.
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The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_e003c829	type	History Repeats
The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_e003c829	comment	History Repeats: The tomb has been forgotten and rediscovered over and over again prior to the events of the story. Every group of explorers has copied their translation of the titular writing onto the provided space on the wall and sealed the tomb behind them when they left. Most never went past the outer chamber, but at least one group also opened the tunnel leading into the inner depths of the tomb, which they likewise resealed before departing. Like this expedition, that unlucky group presumably opened the seal before translating the warning and learned about the danger within the hard way.
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The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_e0aed924	type	No Antagonist
The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_e0aed924	comment	No Antagonist: Ahuizotl, Arch-Enemy of Daring Do, only shows up after the halfway mark and only briefly antagonizes the crew before fleeing. The main source of conflict is the Curse of the tomb, which is actually deadly radiation.
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The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_e5421161	type	Expy
The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_e5421161	comment	Expy: Daring Do is an Indiana Jones expy, and all the characters are vaguely reminiscent of those from the Indiana Jones movies.
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The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_e624f0e8	type	Suspiciously Specific Denial
The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_e624f0e8	comment	Suspiciously Specific Denial: The writing on the wall, which says (slightly paraphrased) "There is nothing valuable or interesting here. Entering this place will cause you to die horribly. Go away and never come back." Subverted, the writing is completely truthful.
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The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_e8dda3a2	type	Neglectful Precursors
The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_e8dda3a2	comment	Neglectful Precursors: Averted. Humanity built the place to be intimidating and left warnings to leave the place undisturbed, stating exactly what the danger was, in the simplest terms possible, in multiple languages, and exactly why it was dangerous. Too bad the ponies didn't bother to read the warning, and decide that all the impressive architecture is meant to scare people away from robbing a tomb of its valuables, instead of scaring them away from making a deadly mistake.
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The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_fc9b6be5	type	Foe Romance Subtext
The Writing on the Wall (Fanfic) / int_fc9b6be5	comment	Foe Romance Subtext: Daring Do and her rival Dark Horizon. Nothing comes of it, as Dark Horizon dies from critical radiation poisoning about 3/4ths of the way through.
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