History Fanfic / Anthropology

* LongestPrologueEver: After he posted ''Chapter 9'', leaving a huge cliffhanger ([[spoiler: Lyra is a human]]), [=JasonTheHuman=] wrote on his blog, "I hope you all enjoyed the prologue. The story begins next Monday."

* LongestPrologueEver: After he posted ''Chapter 9'', leaving a huge cliffhanger ([[spoiler: Lyra is a human]]), JasonTheHuman wrote on his blog, "I hope you all enjoyed the prologue. The story begins next Monday."

** [[spoiler: Well, with a [[{{Understatement}} little]] push by [[CompleteMonster Discord]].]]

** [[spoiler: Well, with a little push by [[CompleteMonster Discord]].]]

* IAteWhat: Lyra's reaction to [[spoiler: finding out her first meal in the human world, was ''meat'']]

* LongestPrologueEver: After he posted ''Chapter 9'', leaving a huge [[Cliffhanger cliffhanger]] ([[spoiler: Lyra is a human]]), JasonTheHuman wrote on his blog, "I hope you all enjoyed the prologue. The story begins next Monday."

** Lyra appropriately points out all kinds of inconsistencies within the Hearths Warming Eve [[TheConspiracy story]] that everypony else takes as almost literal fact, her roommate dismisses it offhand.

* SayingTooMuch: When questioned about humans, Luna immediately begins ranting about how better off everyone is without their influence. Then she orders Lyra to drop everything regarding the subject, and promptly storms off.

* TheNotLoveInterest: Bon-Bon is simply Lyra's beleaguered roommate in this story, despite the two being paired is practically the {{OTP}} of the fandom.

* [[IWasHavingSuchANiceDream I Was Having Such A Nice Dream]]: Lyra has a [[DreamingOfTimesGoneBy dream of Manehattan, except everyone, including her, is human]] [[hottip:*:(presumably Manhattan)]]. After realizing this, she thinks about [[TemptingFate how there's so much she wants to see]], and then is woken up by Bon-Bon.

* [[IWasHavingSuchANiceDream I Was Having Such A Nice Dream]]: Lyra has a [[DreamingOfTimesGoneBy dream of Manehattan, except everyone, including her, is human]] [[hottip:*:(presumably Manhattan)]]. After realizing this, she talks about [[TemptingFate how much she wants to see everything]], and then is woken up by Bon-Bon.

Lyra asks herself this question a lot, as she's been utterly devoted to finding the truth for the past few years. When Lyra finds what she believes to be indisputable evidence in the form of a lyre, she becomes determined to prove their existence, no matter how much society (and her roomate) object.

* TheNotLoveInterest: Bon-Bon is simply Lyra's beleaguered roomate in this story, despite the two being paired is practically the {{OTP}} of the fandom.
* ParentalObliviousness: Lyra's parents disaproved of her human obsession and ordered her to stop, but they have no idea that she picked it up again after moving out. Lyra does a good job hiding it when they visit again, at least until [[MurphysLaw Twilight]] [[HilarityEnsues needs help writing a report on humans.]]

Humans exist, right? After all, how couldn't they? The [[MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic whole world]] seems to be built with them in mind. Is it too hard to believe they at least existed?

This MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic {{Fanfic}} by [=JasonTheHuman=] can be found [[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/12/story-anthropology.html here]] and [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/4656/Anthropology here]].

* LowerDeckEpisode: Scenes from the [[MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic series]] where Lyra and Bon-Bon are in the crowd are written into the story, with added context of course.

* AerithAndBob: Lyra considers how some ponies have human names (such as Pony '''Joe''') to be evidence.

* {{Furry}}: [[{{InvertedTrope}} Inverted]], as Lyra is a creature obsessed with humans.

* ParentalObliviousness: Lyra's parents disaproved of her human obsession and ordered her to stop, but they have no idea that she picked it up again after moving out. Lyra does a good job hiding it when they visit again, at least until [[MurphysLaw Twilight]] [[HilarityEnsues needs help writing a report on humans.]]