@Silver Maelstrom
 
Yeah, that’s pretty much how I summed it up…as well as Twilight Sparkle as Roy Mustang.
 
Spike: You think she’ll take the offer? It looked kind of hopeless on her end.  
Twilight: Hopeless? That’s not what I saw. There were fire in those eyes.

Starlight: completed going through her portal of truth I see. materializing objects from the past is possible it’s. It’s still just missing something. All the answers that I need are right here! The truth about object materializing… Please, you have to show it to me again.
 
Truth: I can’t do that. I have already shown you all I can with the toll you paid.
 
Starlight: Toll? What toll?
 
Truth: This Starlight’s left hind leg dematerializes and appears on Truth. Surely you knew.  
………  
Truth: They call the law of equivalent exchange. Right, young alchemist?  
……..  
Starlight: Darn it screams in agony after returning to material world… This can’t be happening! It can’t be! This wasn’t… This wasn’t supposed to… No! It’s gone…What have I done??? Somepony help meis bleeding from the wound of a missing leg**… Somepony… Please! looks at the center of the transmutation circle and sees only a pile of dust*  
……..  
Starlight: No… This is wrong… This isn’t… This isn’t what we wanted! Su… Sunburst! sees only his robe and glasses remain Sunburst! Sunburst! This is all my fault… Sunburst, no! * a fully suit of armor falls to the floor nearby  
……..  
Starlight: Darn it. You won’t take him too drags herself to the armor. Give him back. draws a special transmutation circle on the inside of the armor He’s my friend. Take my leg. Take my horn. Take my heart. Anything. You can have it. Just give him back! He’s my friend, and I can’t bear to lose him again! touches the circle with her horn and anchors Sunburst’s soul to the armor in exchange for her right foreleg
 
Princess Cadance and her guards hear the noise in the room and burst through the door seeing a wounded Starlight Glimmer missing two of her legs and bleeding and the armor containing Sunburst’s soul animates and he notices what happened to her then turns to Candance
 
Sunburst: Please help her.

@Silver Maelstrom  
It is, but it’s still gore regardless of implications that it’ll be fine later. But whatever; to each his own, I guess.

@Phantim  

 
because in FMA Edward Elric survives and gets automail to replace lost limbs. It’s easy to know Starlight will live through this.

@G.S.  
Yeah, I just didn’t want to lump it in with trash like Maze Runner by calling it Young Adult.

@Darth Sonic
 
You have a very funny definition of “for all ages…”

@Jarkes  
Eh, doesn’t need to be a totally 1:1 thing.

@Darth Sonic
 
So would that be her “old woman” body, or Lyra (think we could use the MLP Lyra for the FMA Lyra)?

@Jarkes  
Faust.
 
… No seriously, think about it. Pony Transmutation is the Ultimate Taboo, after all.

@Darth Sonic
 
Or if going by the 2003 anime, who is Dante?

@Jarkes  
Not really. I want them to get actually creative with these! What does Armor!Sunburt look like? Who are the homuculi? Who is Father?

@Phantim  
Because it’s a direct scene reinterpretation from an anime for all ages.

But seriously, the FMA jokes regarding this have already worn out their welcome.

For some reason it amuses me that Sunburst’s robe and glasses have their own tags.

@Background Pony #014B  
Or Sweetie with Opal.

@Meanlucario  
First I was like “Why Applebloom? seems kinda arbitrary.”  
Then I was like “Winona…”

Now we need a sequel image with an armored Sunburst cradling Glim Glim with both a foreleg and a hindleg gone.

So, is Applebloom going to be Nina Tucker?

What happened to Sunburst?

Question: why is an amputated leg oozing blood classified as only semi-grimdark?