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* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Starlight's village is so cut off from the rest of Equestria that they didn't know about the war from the previous story until Twilight directly tells her.
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* BrickJoke: During the meeting with Ambassador Swift-Pad, Luna receives a massive warhammer crafted for Nightmare Moon by the wolves of the Packlands as a gift. Later, during her meeting with the agents of the Equestrian Border Patrol, Luna pulls out that same large hammer and hits the floor with it as a way of catching everyone's attention.
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* DropTheHammer:
** During the meeting between the Princesses and Swift-Pad, Swift-Pad presents Luna with the hammer his people had specifically created for her over a thousand years ago, which she had commissioned for use against a powerful foe. It was incomplete when she became Nightmare Moon, but they held onto it until the present day, and her ability to recognize the runes on it is what proves to Swift-Pad that she's the same Luna from back then.
** During her meeting with the agents of the Equestrian Border Patrol, Luna pulls out that same large hammer and hits the floor with it as a way of catching everyone's attention.
** During the meeting between the Princesses and Swift-Pad, Swift-Pad presents Luna with the hammer his people had specifically created for her over a thousand years ago, which she had commissioned for use against a powerful foe. It was incomplete when she became Nightmare Moon, but they held onto it until the present day, and her ability to recognize the runes on it is what proves to Swift-Pad that she's the same Luna from back then.
** During her meeting with the agents of the Equestrian Border Patrol, Luna pulls out that same large hammer and hits the floor with it as a way of catching everyone's attention.
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* RunicMagic: Swift-Pad is a Rune Caster, able to channel his inner magic through the proper runes (which have to be carefully carved and the magic infused into them while doing so), and it's a relatively common skill in the Packlands. He begins teaching Twilight the ability later on.
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** Swift-Pad is a Rune Caster, able to channel his inner magic through the proper runes (which have to be carefully carved and the magic infused into them while doing so), and it's a relatively common skill in the Packlands. He begins teaching Twilight the ability lateron.on.
** During the meeting between the Princesses and Swift-Pad, Swift-Pad presents Luna with the hammer his people had specifically created for her over a thousand years ago, which she had commissioned for use against a powerful foe. It was incomplete when she became Nightmare Moon, but they held onto it until the present day, and her ability to recognize the runes on it -- "Toxin, thunder, blindness, gravitational force, sheer freezing, blinding fire," -- and by extension the magic it contains is what proves to Swift-Pad that she's the same Luna from back then.
** Swift-Pad is a Rune Caster, able to channel his inner magic through the proper runes (which have to be carefully carved and the magic infused into them while doing so), and it's a relatively common skill in the Packlands. He begins teaching Twilight the ability later
** During the meeting between the Princesses and Swift-Pad, Swift-Pad presents Luna with the hammer his people had specifically created for her over a thousand years ago, which she had commissioned for use against a powerful foe. It was incomplete when she became Nightmare Moon, but they held onto it until the present day, and her ability to recognize the runes on it -- "Toxin, thunder, blindness, gravitational force, sheer freezing, blinding fire," -- and by extension the magic it contains is what proves to Swift-Pad that she's the same Luna from back then.
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* NobleWolf: The wolves of the Packlands, including their ambassador Swift-Pad.
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* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler: Tirek's arm gets essentially burned away when Twilight unleashes pure solar magic on it. Which has the side effect of giving him cancer throughout his body.]]
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Chapter 4 sees Chancellor Neighsay, who's been trying to block the creation of Twilight's proposed School of Friendship for blatantly racist reasons, be on the receiving end of a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech ''twice'', the second time by a pony he thought would be an ally. Knowing he's outmatched after that, he prepares to leave Canterlot... and then encounters a mysterious being (later identified as Tirek) who inflicts ManaDrain on him and has him imprisoned.]]
* BerserkButton: [[spoiler: Cozy Glow hits Twilight's in chapter 10 when it's revealed she's actually an adult in the form of a filly and thus putting the other students in potential danger.]]
* BigSisterInstinct: In chapter 10, when Applejack finds out the truth about Cozy Glow [[spoiler: being an adult in a child's body]], her immediate reaction is to go find Apple Bloom and warn her to stay away from the other "filly".
* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: Cozy Glow seems sweet and innocent on the outside, but once Twilight figures out her secret in chapter 10, she admits that she's really out for power.]]
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Chapter 4 sees Chancellor Neighsay, who's been trying to block the creation of Twilight's proposed School of Friendship for blatantly racist reasons, be on the receiving end of a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech ''twice'', the second time by a pony he thought would be an ally. Knowing he's outmatched after that, he prepares to leave Canterlot... and then encounters a mysterious being (later identified as Tirek) who inflicts ManaDrain on him and has him imprisoned.]]
* BerserkButton: [[spoiler: Cozy Glow hits Twilight's in chapter 10 when it's revealed she's actually an adult in the form of a filly and thus putting the other students in potential danger.]]
* BigSisterInstinct: In chapter 10, when Applejack finds out the truth about Cozy Glow [[spoiler: being an adult in a child's body]], her immediate reaction is to go find Apple Bloom and warn her to stay away from the other "filly".
* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: Cozy Glow seems sweet and innocent on the outside, but once Twilight figures out her secret in chapter 10, she admits that she's really out for power.]]
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* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler: Tirek's [[spoiler:Tirek's arm gets essentially burned away when Twilight unleashes pure solar magic on it. Which has the side effect of giving him cancer throughout his body.]]
* AssholeVictim:[[spoiler: Chapter [[spoiler:Chapter 4 sees Chancellor Neighsay, who's been trying to block the creation of Twilight's proposed School of Friendship for blatantly racist reasons, be on the receiving end of a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech ''twice'', the second time by a pony he thought would be an ally. Knowing he's outmatched after that, he prepares to leave Canterlot... and then encounters a mysterious being (later identified as Tirek) who inflicts ManaDrain on him and has him imprisoned.]]
* BerserkButton:[[spoiler: Cozy [[spoiler:Cozy Glow hits Twilight's in chapter 10 when it's revealed she's actually an adult in the form of a filly and thus putting the other students in potential danger.]]
* BigSisterInstinct: In chapter 10, when Applejack finds out the truth about Cozy Glow[[spoiler: being [[spoiler:being an adult in a child's body]], her immediate reaction is to go find Apple Bloom and warn her to stay away from the other "filly".
* BitchInSheepsClothing:[[spoiler: Cozy [[spoiler:Cozy Glow seems sweet and innocent on the outside, but once Twilight figures out her secret in chapter 10, she admits that she's really out for power.]]
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* BigSisterInstinct: In chapter 10, when Applejack finds out the truth about Cozy Glow
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* GenderNeutralWriting: After changelings are explained as being genderfluid (except for the queens), the narration starts referring to Maxilla as "they" or "them". It goes back to using "he" or "she" after Wise-Mind explains that he chooses to recognize Maxilla's chosen gender of the moment.
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* GenderNeutralWriting: GenderInclusiveWriting: After changelings are explained as being genderfluid (except for the queens), the narration starts referring to Maxilla as "they" or "them". It goes back to using "he" or "she" after Wise-Mind explains that he chooses to recognize Maxilla's chosen gender of the moment.
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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Chapter 4 sees Chancellor Neighsay, who's been trying to block the creation of Twilight's proposed School of Friendship for blatantly racist reasons, be on the receiving end of a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech ''twice'', the second time by a pony he thought would be an ally. Knowing he's outmatched after that, he prepares to leave Canterlot... and then encounters a mysterious being (later identified as Tirek) who inflicts ManaDrain on him and has him imprisoned.]]
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* KickTheSonOfABitch: [[spoiler: Chapter 4 sees Chancellor Neighsay be on the receiving end of a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech ''twice''. Knowing he's outmatched, he prepares to leave Canterlot... and then encounters a mysterious being who inflicts ManaDrain on him and has him imprisoned.]]
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* NightmareWeaver: The Lord or Lady of Nightmares, a Power and the Opposite of the Lord or Lady of Dreams, is explained to have the Duty of creating and ''giving'' bad dreams to those who have fallen down a dark path in order to scare them back into behaving.
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* NightmareWeaver: The Lord or Lady of Nightmares, a Power and the Opposite of the Lord or Lady of Dreams, is explained to have the Duty of creating and ''giving'' bad dreams to those who have fallen down a dark path in order to scare them back into behaving. Comes into play late in chapter 6 of ''Diplomacy Through Schooling'', when Starlight Glimmer mentions she's been having nightmares about Cutie Marks and the village she'd set up. Twilight suspects the current bearer of that Power and their planned successor were responsible, though she doesn't voice this at the time, and the next chapter confirms it.
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* DrawAggro: On the advice of Discord, Princess Luna orders an assault on the Storm King's base of operations for the sake of providing a distraction and drawing out his forces while a smaller team (Twilight Sparkle and a now reformed Tempest Shadow, though Luna wasn't aware that they ''were'' the entire team until after the fact) enters the fortress and steals his principal weapon, the Staff of Sacanas.
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* YourWorstNightmare: Late in chapter 6, it's noted that Starlight has been having these about Cutie Marks and her old village, which only stopped after she gave herself up to Twilight and her friends. Twilight suspects Luna and Pharynx were responsible. The next chapter confirms it.
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* DestroyTheVillainsWeapon: [[spoiler: In chapter 7, Pharynx breaks a lightning-projecting horn off the Storm King's helmet.]]
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* WreckedWeapon: [[spoiler: In chapter 7, Pharynx breaks a lightning-projecting horn off the Storm King's helmet.]]
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: During his ReasonYouSuckSpeech to him, Blueblood points out how badly Chancellor Neighsay screwed up by coming to him in hopes getting Twilight's school shut down after she rejects his reasoning on the grounds that it's thinly veiled racism. For one, Twilight is a ''princess'', meaning that she outranks him in every way that matters and can do whatever she pleases. Second and easily worse is that going behind not only her back but ''Celestia's'' as well is treason and at best is going to cost him his job, if not lead to his arrest. Needless to say, shortly after the conversation, Neighsay decides to [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere flee Canterlot]].
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* ReallyRoyaltyReveal: It turns out that [[spoiler:Caplan, the gargoyle teacher at Twilight's new school, is actually the younger prince of Laronda.]]
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* IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer: Chapter 6 has a variant -- as in canon, Sunburst has ''already'' unwittingly badly hurt Starlight Glimmer on an emotional level (by cutting off ties with her when she saw him as her only friend and unintentionally triggering her hatred of Cutie Marks). After Twilight learns about this, she makes plans to find him and ask him why he did what he did, then tells Spike that if he doesn't have a good reason for having hurt Starlight, "Then I will give him the nose-honking of a lifetime, and ''then'' I'll call Mom in to have words with him." Knowing Twilight Velvet, Spike actually finds the latter prospect even more frightening than any physical threat. Unlike most examples, Twilight actually ''does'' carry through with the second part of her threat when the time comes, with Velvet laying the mother of all guilt trips on him for his actions, and he and Starlight reconcile afterward.
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* BewareMyStingerTail: In chapter 20, Far-Tracker tells the story of how he ran afoul of a porcupine while hunting, which gave him "a tail full of quills, right in the kisser." (And he's pretty sure it was cursing him out afterward.) It doesn't seem to have done any lasting damage though.
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* PricklyPorcupine: In chapter 20, Far-Tracker tells the story of how he ran afoul of one of these while hunting, and how he's pretty sure it was cursing him out afterward.
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* TakeThat: A minor one to ''Fanfic/{{Cupcakes}}'' when, in chapter 20, Pinkie mentions some rumors about her and meat cupcakes, which Rainbow Dash tells her were started by a PVE member after she didn't fall for their way of thinking.
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* TakeThat: A minor one to ''Fanfic/{{Cupcakes}}'' ''Fanfic/CupcakesSergeantSprinkles'' when, in chapter 20, Pinkie mentions some rumors about her and meat cupcakes, which Rainbow Dash tells her were started by a PVE member after she didn't fall for their way of thinking.
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These examples of Surprisingly Realistic Outcome seem to violate at least one of these rules, which disqualifies them: No character reactions (characters get angry, don't forgive, don't change their personality instantly, etc.); Too fantastical (depends on the properties of magic, powers, sci-fi tech, monsters, etc.); Not surprising (a character was warned about the outcome, it's used to provide Karma or An Aesop, or it simply follows normal conventions for this genre or medium); Plot happens (the example only describes an event, but not why audiences would expect a different, unrealistic outcome); Not an outcome (a character just explains why something wouldn't work as expected); More of a Deconstruction (the event has major, lasting effects on the plot, make something more realistic, but not completely realistic, or a parody/fanwork applies realistic consequences to the events of a different work); or fits better under a different trope. See the trope's definition for more details.
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** When Twilight makes her plans for the school, she actually plans it out, from hiring actual teachers to coming up with lesson plans. She knows that her and the other Mane Six members are not qualified to be teachers and dropping everything to run a school is not a smart idea.
** Neighsay has no power over Twilight, and his racism doesn't endear him to her. As such, when he tries to use said racism to block the school, she calls him out on it and orders him to leave.
*** Building on this, when Neighsay tries to go to Blueblood for help, he is reminded that, again, Twilight outranks him in every way possible and in addition, trying to go behind not only her back, but ''Celestia's'' as well is likely going to cost him his job.
** When Twilight makes her plans for the school, she actually plans it out, from hiring actual teachers to coming up with lesson plans. She knows that her and the other Mane Six members are not qualified to be teachers and dropping everything to run a school is not a smart idea.
** Neighsay has no power over Twilight, and his racism doesn't endear him to her. As such, when he tries to use said racism to block the school, she calls him out on it and orders him to leave.
*** Building on this, when Neighsay tries to go to Blueblood for help, he is reminded that, again, Twilight outranks him in every way possible and in addition, trying to go behind not only her back, but ''Celestia's'' as well is likely going to cost him his job.
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* BalefulPolymorph: In chapter 12, it's mentioned that as part of her sentence, along with being depowered, Chrysalis was turned into a donkey for the rest of her life.
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* AdaptationAmalgamation: The story combines both the School of Friendship plot from season 8 and [[spoiler:"Twilight's Kingdom" finale from season 4.]]
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* DareToBeBadass: When Spitfire confronts Luna over the Wonderbolts not being called to action [[spoiler:for the upcoming war against the Storm King]], Luna claims that the reason she didn't was because she didn't think that they were impressive fighters. She then challenges Spitfire to prove her wrong. Spitefire takes the challenge.
