Are there really that many abuse stories following those tropes? I thought they usually saved and kept the innocent alicorn/poopie baby as a pet, y’know, to show how much better they were than the filthy useless Normal Fluffies that neglected them.
Fancy Fluffy usually gets a fakeout happy ending in Abuse stories I’ve read. Start of a new mill or just the one who gets purely psychological torment.
I think so many following the formula is just the James Rolfe effect where it’s fun and easy to do that kind of story.