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* AmbiguousDisorder: {{Subverted}}, while Nuance' condition[[note]]ADD[[/note]] is never specifically named, it's because Equestrian psychology has yet to name it, not because the author doesn't want to get caught out misportraying a specific real-world condition.
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* LoopholeAbuse: Nuance helps Sundance get access to what he needs without further indebting his barony, holding a "training exercise" for the [=CoG=] which will build him some new homes, and Radiance holds a Cadet's Retreat for the Canterlot Military Academy in the portion of Sundance's land that extends into the [[TheLostWoods Everfree]], as Sundance cannot use the land but the Academy will pay rent for it, rent paid directly to Sundance in another invocation of the trope, as then it won't be lost to the barony's debts. Also, the military will repair the train depot, something that Sundance previously noted as potentially of use.
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* LoopholeAbuse: Nuance helps Sundance get access to what he needs without further indebting his barony, holding a "training exercise" for the [=CoG=] which will build him some new homes, and Radiance holds a Cadet's Retreat for the Canterlot Military Academy in the portion of Sundance's land that extends into the [[TheLostWoods Everfree]], Everfree, as Sundance cannot use the land but the Academy will pay rent for it, rent paid directly to Sundance in another invocation of the trope, as then it won't be lost to the barony's debts. Also, the military will repair the train depot, something that Sundance previously noted as potentially of use.
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* SpotOfTea: Officer Mom is apparently of the opinion that a life without tea is a turn to hooliganism, and has passed this on to Sundance.
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* RealityEnsues: Radiance's rather poor treatment of Nuance in ''FanFic/FoalsittingFollies'' drove a wedge between him and his siblings that will never fully recover. Even if he got slightly better, Nuance and Corbie retain their suspicions of him, meaning the best Radiance could get out of them is a temporary truce.
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* DeathByChildbirth: [[UnfortunateNames Earwax and Earwig]] were named by the previous lord after their mother died in childbirth.
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* DeathByChildbirth: [[UnfortunateNames Earwax and Earwig]] Earwig were named by the previous lord after their mother died in childbirth.
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* MoralGuardians: An unusual version. Sauerkraut has a tendency to crusade against the "lewds", but isn't a standard archetype, instead being a genuinely nice and innocent {{Ingenue}}.
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* MoralGuardians: An unusual version. Sauerkraut has a tendency to crusade against the "lewds", but isn't a standard archetype, instead being a TheIngenue, genuinely nice and innocent {{Ingenue}}.innocent.
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* AloofBigBrother: Radiance seems to be trying to act like this, but has sufficient stored up ill-will from his siblings for his [[BigBrotherBully previous behaviour]] that he's got an uphill battle getting anything other than a temporary truce to deal with the present crisis.
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* AloofBigBrother: Radiance seems to be trying to act like this, but has sufficient stored up ill-will from his siblings for his [[BigBrotherBully previous behaviour]] that he's got an uphill battle getting anything from them other than a temporary truce to deal with the present crisis.
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* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: PlayedWith, Nuance finds his twin Corbie's intrusion into his work rather annoying, particularly as she insists on snuggling him while doing so.
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* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: PlayedWith, as they're triplets, but Nuance finds his twin Corbie's intrusion into his work rather annoying, particularly as she insists on snuggling him while doing so.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Corbie has taken up the mantle for Nuance and is doing a much better job than Radiance, whose [[BigBrotherBully actions]] from ''FanFic/FoalsittingFollies'' drove a deep wedge between them that would likely never recover. When Radiance appeared in the same room as them, Corbie immediately gets protective of Nuance, suspicious of what he might do.
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* BloodKnight: It's been some time since the rat's last serious assault on Canterlot and Fancy is getting twitchy.
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* BloodKnight: It's been some time since the rat's rats' last serious assault on Canterlot and Fancy is getting twitchy.
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* RealityEnsues: Radiance's rather poor treatment of Nuance in ''FanFic/FoalsittingFollies'' drove a wedge between him and his siblings that will never fully recover. Even if he got slightly better, Nuance and Corbie retain their suspicions of him, meaning the best Radiance could get out of them is a temporary truce.
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* TheAllegedHouse: The lord's tower is in such a poor state that Sundance honestly would rather live in a barn than the noble residence. His replacement cottage is barely better, with his first night in it making him more miserable than he's ever been, and realising that this is how his peasants have lived for years pushes housing improvements up his priorities list.
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* TheAllegedHouse: The lord's tower is in such a poor state that Sundance honestly would rather live in a barn than the noble residence. His replacement cottage is barely better, with his first night in it making him more miserable than he's ever been, and realising realizing that this is how his peasants have lived for years pushes housing improvements up his priorities list.
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* AloofBigBrother: Radiance seems to be trying to act like this, but has suffient stored up ill-will from his siblings for his [[BigBrotherBully previous behaviour]] that he's got an uphill battle getting anything other than a temporary truce to deal with the present crisis.
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* AloofBigBrother: Radiance seems to be trying to act like this, but has suffient sufficient stored up ill-will from his siblings for his [[BigBrotherBully previous behaviour]] that he's got an uphill battle getting anything other than a temporary truce to deal with the present crisis.
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* BadassBureaucrat: Sundance. After all, to succeed at his genealogy project, he'd have to be. This draws Raven's attention, due to the meticulousness of his work[[note]]Most ponies making the claim show up with very little evidence, sometimes as little as an oral history alone. Sundance has hundreds of documents, all notarised and legally perfect.[[/note]], and he gets conscripted.
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* BadassBureaucrat: Sundance. After all, to succeed at his genealogy project, he'd have to be. This draws Raven's attention, due to the meticulousness of his work[[note]]Most ponies making the claim show up with very little evidence, sometimes as little as an oral history alone. Sundance has hundreds of documents, all notarised notarized and legally perfect.[[/note]], and he gets conscripted.
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* ChekhovsSkill: Sundance was a medical courier, which means he has a wagon licensce, very useful when moving supplies around.
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* ChekhovsSkill: Sundance was a medical courier, which means he has a wagon licensce, license, very useful when moving supplies around.
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** Fancy Pants references the rats' seige of Canterlot.
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** Fancy Pants references the rats' seige siege of Canterlot.
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* OlderThanTheyLook: Cucumber. Which is quite impressive given how old he looks. He doesn't really realise it (he's lost track), but WordOfGod is that he's over 100.
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* OlderThanTheyLook: Cucumber. Which is quite impressive given how old he looks. He doesn't really realise realize it (he's lost track), but WordOfGod is that he's over 100.
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* PleaseIWillDoAnything: When Earwax is badly wounded and the peasants think Sundance is going to [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness follow the previous lord's policy]], Earwig earnestly begs him to spare her, promising all sorts of things and apologising for her earlier insults. This just confuses Sundance, who only wanted to get Earwax to a hospital, but with a storm coming in there's no time to convince her otherwise, either Sundance goes ''now'', or not at all.
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* PleaseIWillDoAnything: When Earwax is badly wounded and the peasants think Sundance is going to [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness follow the previous lord's policy]], Earwig earnestly begs him to spare her, promising all sorts of things and apologising apologizing for her earlier insults. This just confuses Sundance, who only wanted to get Earwax to a hospital, but with a storm coming in there's no time to convince her otherwise, either Sundance goes ''now'', or not at all.
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* PuppyDogEyes: Nurses in foal hospitals are immune to this, even en-masse.
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* PuppyDogEyes: Nurses in foal hospitals are immune to this, even en-masse.en masse.
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* ComingInHot: Sundance's landing during his emergency flight to get Earwax to hospital. Due to inclement weather, being [[HighUpIceUp iced up]][[note]]Including freezing one eye shut and robbing him of depth perception[[/note]] and the heavy load, his landing fails first time (as well as injuring his wing), and even when he makes it, it's hardly a textbook landing, requiring help from the Underwatch to pull off, and leaving him with nasty injuries.
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* ComingInHot: Sundance's landing during his emergency flight to get Earwax to hospital. Due to inclement weather, being [[HighUpIceUp iced up]][[note]]Including freezing one eye shut and robbing him of depth perception[[/note]] and the heavy load, his landing fails first time (as well as injuring his wing), and even when he makes it, it's hardly a textbook landing, requiring help from the Underwatch to pull off, and leaving him with nasty injuries. He has a less dramatic one on the way back, having to put down the cart without a runway.
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* DroitDuSeigneur: Apparently the only mares the previous lord didn't attempt to bed was Earwax and Earwig, possibly due to being their father.
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* DroitDuSeigneur: Apparently the only mares the previous lord didn't attempt to bed was were Earwax and Earwig, possibly due to being their father.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: Corbie accuses Radiance of this when he complains about her [[CombatPragmatist winning by "cheating"]], despite having previously claimed a good soldier uses and means available.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: Corbie accuses Radiance of this when he complains about her [[CombatPragmatist winning by "cheating"]], despite having previously claimed a good soldier uses and any means available.
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* LaughingMad: Sundance begins cackling madly after ComingInHot the second time around, the stress leaking out.
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* PortentOfDoom: The peasants see the collapse of the tower during a storm and Sundance's absence, believing him to have fled and the barony dead, as a result of what an earlier Lord had said. Sundance uses it as a symbol that the old ways of evil Lords and lying are over, and that he is different from his predecessors.
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* {{Fainting}}: Sundance accidentally does this to Earwax while trying to get her to ride the cart home, as she's adamant that the peasant should pull the lord. He threatens (not entirely seriously) that if she doesn't comply he'll make all the peasants ride the cart, thus making it her fault things are even more topsy-turvy, and she passes out. Although not the intended result, it does solve the problem.
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* NoSenseOfDirection: Earwax is apparently unable to tell left from right. Fortunately, Earwig is more capable.
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* PraetorianGuard: Olive appears as an Immortal Solar, Celestia's personal guard. [[AmazonChaser Sundance]] gets rather tongue-tied when her realises she's a mare (the Immortal armour is enchanted to make those that wear it uniform).
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* AmbiguousDisorder: {{Subverted}}, while Nuance' condition[[note]]ADD[[/note]] is never specifically named, it's because Equestrian psychology has yet to name it, not because the author doesn't want to get caught out misportraying a specific real-world condition.
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* BigBrotherMentor: Nuance's relationship with Steadfast comes across this way, it wasn't always like this, though, with Nuance originally having to be sent away for Steadfast's safety, but Dim Dark and Blueblood sorted him out.
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* BigBrotherMentor: Nuance's relationship with Steadfast comes across this way, it wasn't always like this, though, with Nuance originally having to be sent away for Steadfast's safety, but Dim Dark and Blueblood sorted him out. In turn, Sundance is asked to become one of sorts for Nuance by Celestia[[note]]Asking as a mother, not a princess, [[AvertedTrope Averting]] ThatWasntARequest, in contrast to some of their interactions[[/note]].
* BrilliantButLazy: {{Subverted}}. Despite his sister's accusations, Nuance is not lazy, it's just hard for him to focus on a single thing due to ADD.
** Celestia again threatens a pony with rich tarts.
* FearlessFool: Celestia accuses Sundance of this after he flies into Canterlot during a storm[[note]]Apparently a proverbial act of stupidity in the local area[[/note]]. She claims it's common among her pegasus offspring, and unfortunately often paired with being remarkable breeders, so the trait doesn't die out. She has concerns about Corbie too, and while she'd like to say that it's her father's influence, it probably isn't.
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* LittlestCancerPatient: Steadfast is the weak one of Luna's brood, and is described as having to fight for every day of life. When Nuance is asked what is wrong with him, the answer is a flat "Everything".
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* LittlestCancerPatient: Steadfast is the weak one of Luna's brood, and is described as having to fight for every day of life. When Nuance is asked what is wrong with him, the answer is a flat "Everything". It's all-but stated that he's the longest-living of Luna's earth ponies.
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* SociopathicHero: Radiance is causing some concern, being very good at the cold calculus of war, but almost never showing any emotion and treating those around him poorly.
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* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Celestia takes time to do this for Sundance, praising him for his fearless (if slightly foolish) actions, and his generosity to Steadfast, as while Sundance thinks it nothing, Celestia is genuinely grateful to him for his honest and kind support to the others.
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* TheAllegedHouse: The lord's tower is in such a poor state that Sundance honestly would rather live in a barn than the noble residence. His replacement cottage is barely better, with his first night in it making him more miserable than he's ever been, and realising that this is how his peasants have lived for years pushes housing improvements up his priorities list.
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* TheAllegedHouse: The lord's tower is in such a poor state that Sundance honestly would rather live in a barn than the noble residence. His replacement cottage is barely better, with his first night in it making him more miserable than he's ever been, and realising that this is how his peasants have lived for years pushes housing improvements up his priorities list.
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* TheAllegedHouse: The lord's tower is in such a poor state AloofBigBrother: Radiance seems to be trying to act like this, but has suffient stored up ill-will from his siblings for his [[BigBrotherBully previous behaviour]] that Sundance honestly would rather live in a barn than the noble residence. His replacement cottage is barely better, with his first night in it making him more miserable than he's ever been, and realising that this is how his peasants have lived for years pushes housing improvements up his priorities list.got an uphill battle getting anything other than a temporary truce to deal with the present crisis.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: PlayedWith, Nuance finds his twin Corbie's intrusion into his work rather annoying, particularly as she insists on snuggling him while doing so.
* BadassPacifist: The [=CoG=] is an army of them, mustered by Gosling to fight a war against poverty.
* BearHug: Nuance is subjected to one by Corbie while he's trying to work.
* BigBrotherMentor: Nuance's relationship with Steadfast comes across this way, it wasn't always like this, though, with Nuance originally having to be sent away for Steadfast's safety, but Dim Dark and Blueblood sorted him out.
* CirclingBirdies: The local variant of circling alicorns are mentioned in an anecdote from Hailstone.
* ChekhovsSkill: Sundance was a medical courier, which means he has a wagon licensce, very useful when moving supplies around.
* ChekhovsSkill: Sundance was a medical courier, which means he has a wagon licensce, very useful when moving supplies around.
* CommonalityConnection: Nuance and Steadfast have bonded over being the "weak" one in their respective broods, although it took some sorting out of Nuance for him to do anything other than hate Steadfast for what he represents.
* FunWithAcronyms: PlayedWith, the [=CoG=] is very rarely referred to by its full name (the Corps of Gringineers) due to a tendency to produce laughter.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Corbie accuses Radiance of this when he complains about her [[CombatPragmatist winning by "cheating"]], despite having previously claimed a good soldier uses and means available.
* LittlestCancerPatient: Steadfast is the weak one of Luna's brood, and is described as having to fight for every day of life. When Nuance is asked what is wrong with him, the answer is a flat "Everything".
* LoopholeAbuse: Nuance helps Sundance get access to what he needs without further indebting his barony, holding a "training exercise" for the [=CoG=] which will build him some new homes, and Radiance holds a Cadet's Retreat for the Canterlot Military Academy in the portion of Sundance's land that extends into the [[TheLostWoods Everfree]], as Sundance cannot use the land but the Academy will pay rent for it, rent paid directly to Sundance in another invocation of the trope, as then it won't be lost to the barony's debts. Also, the military will repair the train depot, something that Sundance previously noted as potentially of use.
* LoopholeAbuse: Nuance helps Sundance get access to what he needs without further indebting his barony, holding a "training exercise" for the [=CoG=] which will build him some new homes, and Radiance holds a Cadet's Retreat for the Canterlot Military Academy in the portion of Sundance's land that extends into the [[TheLostWoods Everfree]], as Sundance cannot use the land but the Academy will pay rent for it, rent paid directly to Sundance in another invocation of the trope, as then it won't be lost to the barony's debts. Also, the military will repair the train depot, something that Sundance previously noted as potentially of use.
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* {{Nepotism}}: {{Discussed}}, Blueblood publicly blames it for been saddled with his "dolt apprentice" [[note]]Nuance, son of Prince Gosling and Princess Celestia[[/note]]. [[SubvertedTrope Privately]], there's very good reasons for the decision.%% Nuance needs some public sympathy, and this earns him that, given Blueblood's [[HateSink reputation]], and can genuinely learn much about politics from his mentor. (I'm pretty sure this is right, but going to wait for in-story confirmation before uncommenting)
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* {{Nepotism}}: {{Discussed}}, Blueblood publicly blames it for having been saddled with his "dolt apprentice" [[note]]Nuance, son of Prince Gosling and Princess Celestia[[/note]]. [[SubvertedTrope Privately]], there's very good reasons for the decision.%% Nuance needs some public sympathy, and this earns him that, given Blueblood's [[HateSink reputation]], and can genuinely learn much about politics from his mentor. (I'm pretty sure this is right, but going to wait for in-story confirmation before uncommenting)
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* SiblingTeam: The older Royal Brood come across as this, at least once truce is declared. They don't all like each other, but they can work together well.
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* StealingFromTheTill: The rent from the Academy's retreat is paid directly to Sundance, rather than to the barony. It's ''very'' dodgy, though legal, and the Royal Brood are wary of Celestia's reaction, instructing Sundance to keep very good books, as the previous Lord used this loophole to outright steal from the barony, but Sundance is taking it so that the barony has some income he can use for development, rather than being lost to pay the previous lord's debts.
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* XanatosGambit: Celestia assigning Nuance to help Sundance is this. If it all goes pear-shaped, she can blame the inexperienced city-boy, but Nuance now has valuable experience in politics and feudalism. If it goes well, Nuance still gets the experience (plus no small amount of credit) and the Sunfire Barony is recovered and has a competent Lord.
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* AmazonChaser: Sundance's focus when he's EatingTheEyeCandy implies this, with him favouring tight muscle over any "jiggle".
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* {{Bathos}}: While musing on dark thoughts (beginning with the story noted in IdentityAmnesia, below), Sundance finds his way to the palace, where he is ushered to a special waiting room designed to inspire, containing a portrait of Celestia and Luna that has been subjected to MustacheVandalism and a letter written by a very young "Twiglit Sparkel"[[note]]Twilight Sparkle, now a Princess of Equestria and TheArchmage, amongst other, spoilery things[[/note]] that (amongst other misspellings) is addressed to "[[RougeAnglesOfSatin Deer Celestia]]", along with a masterpiece of a statue of deer Celestia.
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* HospitalHottie: Sundance becoming rather [[DistractedByTheSexy distracted]] by one of the nurses gives us some insight into what he actually wants in a mare, focusing on her strong muscles.
* IdentityAmnesia: We hear from a nurse a story told by Princess Cadance, of when Cadance used her [[HealingHands magic]] to heal a pegasus who'd taken severe brain damage in an accident. While the damaged tissue was repaired and the mare returned to full physical health, she suffered from total amnesia. Played more seriously than most cases, as the mare is described as needing to relearn ''everything'': talking, toilet training, even walking. The point of the tale was that not every patient can be saved, even with magic, and it was harrowing enough that many of the medical trainees listening changed careers.
* IdentityAmnesia: We hear from a nurse a story told by Princess Cadance, of when Cadance used her [[HealingHands magic]] to heal a pegasus who'd taken severe brain damage in an accident. While the damaged tissue was repaired and the mare returned to full physical health, she suffered from total amnesia. Played more seriously than most cases, as the mare is described as needing to relearn ''everything'': talking, toilet training, even walking. The point of the tale was that not every patient can be saved, even with magic, and it was harrowing enough that many of the medical trainees listening changed careers.
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* MustacheVandalism: While in a dark mood, Sundance finds himself in Canterlot castle and beneath a portrait of Celestia and Luna that has been defaced in this way[[note]]Celestia gets a full chevron, while Luna is in possession of a petite handlebar[[/note]]. He fails to notice this, or the nearby statuette of "[[RougeAnglesOfSatin Deer Celestia]]".
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* NerdsAreSexy: Sundance does find intelligence attractive, but it's pretty clear from narration[[note]]Far more thought is given to the physical aspects than the mental, which come up more as an aside[[/note]] where his [[AmazonChaser real preferences]] lie, even if he struggles to work it out.
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* DeadpanSnarker: The orderly caring for Sundance at the Weeping Sisters, including treating him like a naughty foal for the (justified) rules violations that lead up to Sundance being there. Sundance, for his part, reckons the accusation of hooliganism is inapplicable, after all, he drinks his tea.
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* DeadpanSnarker: The orderly caring for Sundance at the Weeping Sisters, including treating him like a naughty foal for the (justified) rules violations that lead up to Sundance being there. Sundance, for his part, reckons the accusation of hooliganism is inapplicable, after all, he drinks his tea. He's not the only one on staff, shortly after, a nurse waxes snarky when she finds Sundance getting the foals excited before breakfast[[note]]They're all sick, this is a hospital, excitement could be a real problem[[/note]].
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* PottyEmergency: While being treated at the Weeping Sisters hospital, Sundance has to go in search of a bathroom, getting him in a little trouble with the nurse, particularly as he stops off afterwards to play with the foals.
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* PuppyDogEyes: Nurses in foal hospitals are immune to this, even en-masse.
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* AnArmAndALeg: Earwax suffers a very bad break in an accident, and Cucumber expects to have to amputate it. It's very important to the story though, as the previous lord would have taken her out into the woods to die, due to [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness no longer being able to work]]. Sundance wants to take her to Canterlot to receive medical attention, but the peasants don't believe him.
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* AnArmAndALeg: Earwax suffers a very bad break in an accident, and Cucumber expects to have to amputate it. It's very important to the story though, as the previous lord would have taken her out into the woods to die, due to [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness no longer being able to work]]. Sundance wants to take her to Canterlot to receive medical attention, but the peasants don't believe him. He does get her to a hospital, but, despite the attentions of a [[HealingHands healer]], the leg is unrecoverable, though it is cleanly amputated.
* TheApprentice: Nuance appears as Blueblood's apprentice.
* TheApprentice: Nuance appears as Blueblood's apprentice.
* BeneathNotice: Sundance (when he had ambitions of being a writer in his foalhood) got prompts by wandering around Baltimare and just listening to what people said, as no-one notices a foal listening in, then trying to construct scenarios which would lead to what was said. His writing was apparently unsuccessful, but he did learn empathy from the experience.
* DeadpanSnarker: The orderly caring for Sundance at the Weeping Sisters, including treating him like a naughty foal for the (justified) rules violations that lead up to Sundance being there. Sundance, for his part, reckons the accusation of hooliganism is inapplicable, after all, he drinks his tea.
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* HighUpIceUp: Sundance becomes iced up while trying to get to Canterlot during a feral storm and having to go over it, rather than through it for most of the flight. He doesn't know how to de-ice himself, due to never having to do so before, it really doesn't help with his [[ComingInHot landing]].
* TheIngenue: Sauerkraut Pie, despite being much older than standard for the archetype. It even provided a measure of protection against the old lord, she was just too innocent. She never married or produced offspring, though not for lack of trying.
* TheIngenue: Sauerkraut Pie, despite being much older than standard for the archetype. It even provided a measure of protection against the old lord, she was just too innocent. She never married or produced offspring, though not for lack of trying.
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* HighUpIceUp: Sundance becomes iced up while trying to get to Canterlot during a feral storm and having to go over it, rather than through it for most of the flight. He doesn't know how to de-ice himself, due to never having to do so before, so it really doesn't help with his [[ComingInHot landing]].
* TheIngenue: Sauerkraut Pie, despite being much older than standard for the archetype. It even provided a measure of protection against the old lord, she was just too innocent. She never married or produced offspring, though not for lack oftrying.trying from others.
* InopportuneVoiceCracking: Nuance is subject to this due to his ongoing puberty. Blueblood looks forwards to it passing.
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* InopportuneVoiceCracking: Nuance is subject to this due to his ongoing puberty. Blueblood looks forwards to it passing.
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* {{Nepotism}}: {{Discussed}}, Blueblood publicly blames it for been saddled with his "dolt apprentice" [[note]]Nuance, son of Prince Gosling and Princess Celestia[[/note]]. [[SubvertedTrope Privately]], there's very good reasons for the decision.%% Nuance needs some public sympathy, and this earns him that, given Blueblood's [[HateSink reputation]], and can genuinely learn much about politics from his mentor. (I'm pretty sure this is right, but going to wait for in-story confirmation before uncommenting)
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* SadistTeacher: The public face of Blueblood's treatment of Nuance.
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* ComingInHot: Sundance's landing during his emergency flight to get Earwax to hospital. Due to inclement weather, being [[HighUpIceUp iced up]][[note]]Including freezing one eye shut and robbing him of depth perception[[/note]] and the heavy load, his landing fails first time (as well as injuring his wing), and even when he makes it, it's hardly a textbook landing, requiring help from the Underwatch to pull off, and leaving him with nasty injuries.
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** The survivors of the Rat Catcher's Guild still make donations to the Weeping Sister Hospital, as seen when Sundance is forced to seek help there (despite it being primarily a foal's hospital).
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* HighUpIceUp: Sundance becomes iced up while trying to get to Canterlot during a feral storm and having to go over it, rather than through it for most of the flight. He doesn't know how to de-ice himself, due to never having to do so before, it really doesn't help with his [[ComingInHot landing]].
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* TheAllegedHouse: The lord's tower is in such a poor state that Sundance honestly would rather live in a barn than the noble residence.
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* TheAllegedHouse: The lord's tower is in such a poor state that Sundance honestly would rather live in a barn than the noble residence. His replacement cottage is barely better, with his first night in it making him more miserable than he's ever been, and realising that this is how his peasants have lived for years pushes housing improvements up his priorities list.
* AnArmAndALeg: Earwax suffers a very bad break in an accident, and Cucumber expects to have to amputate it. It's very important to the story though, as the previous lord would have taken her out into the woods to die, due to [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness no longer being able to work]]. Sundance wants to take her to Canterlot to receive medical attention, but the peasants don't believe him.
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* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Sundance has trouble extracting Silver Lining's name from Cucumber, who refers to her only as "Baroness" or "Milady". Fortunately, Silver herself is more forthcoming.
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* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Sundance has trouble extracting Silver Lining's name from Cucumber, who refers to her only as "Baroness" or "Milady". Fortunately, Silver herself is more forthcoming. On a more poignant note, the previous lord is never named, with the peasants only referring to him as "the previous Milord", none wish to remember him.
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* HappyRain: Floodgate is almost always outside during rain, he likes watching the running water. This earns him a little scorn from Pinto, but it gives him useful insight for his role protecting the village from flooding and constructing waterways.
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* PleaseIWillDoAnything: When Earwax is badly wounded and the peasants think Sundance is going to [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness follow the previous lord's policy]], Earwig earnestly begs him to spare her, promising all sorts of things and apologising for her earlier insults. This just confuses Sundance, who only wanted to get Earwax to a hospital, but with a storm coming in there's no time to convince her otherwise, either Sundance goes ''now'', or not at all.
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: The old lord had a nasty habit of taking those unable to work out into the woods to abandon them, even in face of promises otherwise, which causes problems when Sundance needs to take Earwax to Canterlot to receive urgent medical attention, as they don't believe he won't just leave her to die.
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* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Sundance has trouble extracting Silver Lining's name from Cucumber, who refers to her only as "Baroness" or "Milady". Fortunately, Silver herself is more forthcoming.
* FantasticRacism: The previous Lord apparently took issue with dragons on his land, much to the dismay of the rulership of neighbouring Lulamoon Hollow. Sundance sees no point in retaining the restriction. Sundance has a little instinctive fear of the Nocturnal Pegasi, though he overcomes it.
* MarryThemAll: It seems that Sumac went for this option in the end anyway, seeing as he's married to both Pebble and Silver Lining in this story.
* MassOhCrap: The various livestock scarpers when a griffon shows up, as they don't know that Silver Lining is a nice griffon.
* MassOhCrap: The various livestock scarpers when a griffon shows up, as they don't know that Silver Lining is a nice griffon.
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* SpotOfTea: Officer Mom is apparently of the opinion that a life without tea is a turn to hooliganism, and has passed this on to Sundance.
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* MeetTheNewBoss: The previous two lords (and possibly prior ones, but none of the surviving peasants are *that* old) were very bad lords, so Sundance has an uphill battle to convince them that this trope isn't in play.
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* MeetTheNewBoss: The previous two lords (and possibly prior ones, but none of the surviving peasants are *that* that old) were very bad lords, so Sundance has an uphill battle to convince them that this trope isn't in play.
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* UpperClassTwit: Sundance's predecessor is described as being somewhat unpleasant and a very poor manager of the barony. *His* predecessor was apparently little better, given Cucumber's comments about two bad lords. It gives Sundance some problems, as the remaining peasants are wary of MeetTheNewBoss applying.
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* UpperClassTwit: Sundance's predecessor is described as being somewhat unpleasant and a very poor manager of the barony. *His* His predecessor was apparently little better, given Cucumber's comments about two bad lords. It gives Sundance some problems, as the remaining peasants are wary of MeetTheNewBoss applying.
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* BlackComedy: Cucumber has a dark sense of humour.
* DoorDumb: Sundance has a moment when entering his new cottage. It doesn't help his appearance of being inexperienced.
* FishEyes: Potato uses hers to keep an eye out for danger, something she's so good at that another lord attempted to buy her from the previous lord.
* TheIngenue: Sauerkraut Pie, despite being much older than standard for the archetype. It even provided a measure of protection against the old lord, she was just too innocent. She never married or produced offspring, though not for lack of trying.
* TheIngenue: Sauerkraut Pie, despite being much older than standard for the archetype. It even provided a measure of protection against the old lord, she was just too innocent. She never married or produced offspring, though not for lack of trying.
* MoralGuardians: An unusual version. Sauerkraut has a tendency to crusade against the "lewds", but isn't a standard archetype, instead being a genuinely nice and innocent {{Ingenue}}.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Cucumber. Which is quite impressive given how old he looks. He doesn't really realise it (he's lost track), but WordOfGod is that he's over 100.
* ServileSnarker: Several of the peasants, particularly Cucumber and Earwax, have no problem having a go at their new lord's inexperience.
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Firstly, none of his peasants are under 40. Secondly, they've had some [[UpperClassTwit bad experiences]] in the past. And the whole place stinks[[note]]Literally, it's an area of hot springs, so there's a lot of sulphur in the air[[/note]]
* TheAllegedHouse: The lord's tower is in such a poor state that Sundance honestly would rather live in a barn than the noble residence.
* BoomerangBigot: The previous lord apparently held a very low opinion of earth ponies, despite being one himself. This ticked off Cucumber something fierce.
* CallBack: Sundance's dreams of sunflowers have turned to endless hills of them, the form that Celestia's Astral Realm takes.
* CallBack: Sundance's dreams of sunflowers have turned to endless hills of them, the form that Celestia's Astral Realm takes.
* DeathByChildbirth: [[UnfortunateNames Earwax and Earwig]] were named by the previous lord after their mother died in childbirth.
* DroitDuSeigneur: Apparently the only mares the previous lord didn't attempt to bed was Earwax and Earwig, possibly due to being their father.
* DueToTheDead: Performed very perfunctorily by the peasants after the [[UpperClassTwit previous lord's]] death. They buried him in the cemetery, but in an unmarked grave, and none of them want to remember him.
* DroitDuSeigneur: Apparently the only mares the previous lord didn't attempt to bed was Earwax and Earwig, possibly due to being their father.
* DueToTheDead: Performed very perfunctorily by the peasants after the [[UpperClassTwit previous lord's]] death. They buried him in the cemetery, but in an unmarked grave, and none of them want to remember him.
* LoyalToThePosition: All the remaining peasants. They've stayed through bad lords and a steady reduction in said lord's power to hold them.
* MeetTheNewBoss: The previous two lords (and possibly prior ones, but none of the surviving peasants are *that* old) were very bad lords, so Sundance has an uphill battle to convince them that this trope isn't in play.
* OldSoldier: Cucumber was a Loyalist who fought to keep the Separatists from succeeding in returning to a unicorn rule.
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* PornStash: As he's not coming home, Sundance warns his mother about the location of his "confusing porn", as she'd find it eventually anway.
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* UpperClassTwit: Sundance's predecessor is described as being somewhat unpleasant and a very poor manager of the barony.
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* ServileSnarker: Several of the peasants, particularly Cucumber and Earwax, have no problem having a go at their new lord's inexperience.
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* ContemplateOurNavels: The chapter "Flight of Fancy", as Sundance flies to his new barony.
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** Sundance used to have a hobby of slaloming the smokestacks of the Utility Muffin Research Kitchen, previously mentioned in Fanfic/TheMaskMakesThePony.
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* SignatureScent: The barony has one, stinking of sulphur due to the hot springs.
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Sundance is not rich. He's the son of two poor ponies, but he's got something of an obsession with genealogy, and after discovering he's the descendant of Princess Celestia, decides to pay her a visit, to reward himself for his hard work. Celestia, impressed by his [[BadassBureaucrat competence]] and surprised that he genuinely wants nothing from her, "[[ThatWasntARequest offers]]"[[note]]To be fair, if he'd really wanted to he could refuse, but Celestia knows he won't.[[/note]] him a recent vacated Lordship of a neglected fiefdom in the Clock Face[[note]]The fiefdoms immediately surrounding the Canterhorn, in this case, three-o-clock[[/note]]. Mentored by Fancy Pants, he faces many challenges in repairing the Barony of House Sunfire.
Part of FanFic/TheWeedverse by Kudzuhaiku, it can be read [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/397718/house-of-the-rising-sunflower here]].
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!!This story contains examples of:
* AlmightyMom: Sundance's mother makes good use of this in her line of work (she's a policemare), using ''[[DeathGlare The Stare]]'' to disable criminals then drag them to the police station by their ears. There's a reason she's known as [[RedBaron Officer Mom]].
* AmicableExes: Sundance's parents are divorced, but friendly enough.
* BadassBureaucrat: Sundance. After all, to succeed at his genealogy project, he'd have to be. This draws Raven's attention, due to the meticulousness of his work[[note]]Most ponies making the claim show up with very little evidence, sometimes as little as an oral history alone. Sundance has hundreds of documents, all notarised and legally perfect.[[/note]], and he gets conscripted.
* BlatantLies: Twilight insists that her filing system is easy and intuitive. Sundance, despite being a BadassBureaucrat himself, disagrees.
* BloodKnight: It's been some time since the rat's last serious assault on Canterlot and Fancy is getting twitchy.
* ContinuityNod: As is common in FanFic/TheWeedverse:
** Sundance's peerage is sponsored by Houses Lulamoon[[note]]Trixie, Sumac and Pebble's House[[/note]] and Nicker[[note]]Flicker Nicker was raised to the Peerage at the end of FanFic/TheMaskMakesThePony[[/note]].
** Fancy Pants references the rats' seige of Canterlot.
* EccentricMentor: Fancy Pants is enthusiastic, loud and scarily competent.
* EnemyMine: Fancy Pants is rather grateful to the rats for unifying Canterlot against the common foe.
* FamousAncestor: The story is kicked off by Sundance discovering he is the descendant of Princess Celestia.
* LandPoor: The Barony is in serious debt because of the previous Lord taking out multiple loans against the land. Despite royal assistance, much of the debt can't be removed by any means other than paying it off, and it's enough that Blueblood reckons Sundance'll be paying it off until he's on his deathbed, but it's not so much that he can't leave a debt-free barony to his heir.
* TheMagnificent: Pebble Pie is "The Dominator" to the nobles, due to her highly-effective and very competitive approach to nobility.
* MentorArchetype: Fancy Pants mentors Sundance in his lordship.
* MundaneWish: Many who discover their descent from the Royal Sisters and bother to approach them want something for their efforts (often not insignificant, given the number of generations involved). Sundance genuinely just wanted to say "Hello" to his many-times-great-Grandmother. This baffles Celestia, due to his very poor background and devotion to the project.
* OhCrap: Sundance's reaction to figuring out just what Celestia is offering him. Or rather, a progression of these moments as he gets further insight into ''just'' what is in store for him.
* OfferedTheCrown: Sundance is offered the lordship of a recently-deceased distant relative due to his competence and the lack of other candidates.
* PornStash: As he's not coming home, Sundance warns his mother about the location of his "confusing porn", as she'd find it eventually anway.
* ShipperWithAnAgenda: Fancy Pants is trying to pair Sundance up with a nice mare (and while he's a little more subtle than some, it's not by much). Of course, Sundance does need to produce a heir.
* SoWhatDoWeDoNow: Sundance never really thought about what he'd do after achieving his goal. It's part of why he takes the offer of a lordship.
* ThatWasntARequest: Celestia's offer to have tea with Sundance.
* TricksterMentor: Celestia has more than a little of this.
-->'''Princess Celestia:''' Good, I will continue to play with your assumptions.
* UndisclosedFunds: Sundance is rendered somewhat lost when taken out for lunch and the menu has no prices on it.
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Part of FanFic/TheWeedverse by Kudzuhaiku, it can be read [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/397718/house-of-the-rising-sunflower here]].
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!!This story contains examples of:
* AlmightyMom: Sundance's mother makes good use of this in her line of work (she's a policemare), using ''[[DeathGlare The Stare]]'' to disable criminals then drag them to the police station by their ears. There's a reason she's known as [[RedBaron Officer Mom]].
* AmicableExes: Sundance's parents are divorced, but friendly enough.
* BadassBureaucrat: Sundance. After all, to succeed at his genealogy project, he'd have to be. This draws Raven's attention, due to the meticulousness of his work[[note]]Most ponies making the claim show up with very little evidence, sometimes as little as an oral history alone. Sundance has hundreds of documents, all notarised and legally perfect.[[/note]], and he gets conscripted.
* BlatantLies: Twilight insists that her filing system is easy and intuitive. Sundance, despite being a BadassBureaucrat himself, disagrees.
* BloodKnight: It's been some time since the rat's last serious assault on Canterlot and Fancy is getting twitchy.
* ContinuityNod: As is common in FanFic/TheWeedverse:
** Sundance's peerage is sponsored by Houses Lulamoon[[note]]Trixie, Sumac and Pebble's House[[/note]] and Nicker[[note]]Flicker Nicker was raised to the Peerage at the end of FanFic/TheMaskMakesThePony[[/note]].
** Fancy Pants references the rats' seige of Canterlot.
* EccentricMentor: Fancy Pants is enthusiastic, loud and scarily competent.
* EnemyMine: Fancy Pants is rather grateful to the rats for unifying Canterlot against the common foe.
* FamousAncestor: The story is kicked off by Sundance discovering he is the descendant of Princess Celestia.
* LandPoor: The Barony is in serious debt because of the previous Lord taking out multiple loans against the land. Despite royal assistance, much of the debt can't be removed by any means other than paying it off, and it's enough that Blueblood reckons Sundance'll be paying it off until he's on his deathbed, but it's not so much that he can't leave a debt-free barony to his heir.
* TheMagnificent: Pebble Pie is "The Dominator" to the nobles, due to her highly-effective and very competitive approach to nobility.
* MentorArchetype: Fancy Pants mentors Sundance in his lordship.
* MundaneWish: Many who discover their descent from the Royal Sisters and bother to approach them want something for their efforts (often not insignificant, given the number of generations involved). Sundance genuinely just wanted to say "Hello" to his many-times-great-Grandmother. This baffles Celestia, due to his very poor background and devotion to the project.
* OhCrap: Sundance's reaction to figuring out just what Celestia is offering him. Or rather, a progression of these moments as he gets further insight into ''just'' what is in store for him.
* OfferedTheCrown: Sundance is offered the lordship of a recently-deceased distant relative due to his competence and the lack of other candidates.
* PornStash: As he's not coming home, Sundance warns his mother about the location of his "confusing porn", as she'd find it eventually anway.
* ShipperWithAnAgenda: Fancy Pants is trying to pair Sundance up with a nice mare (and while he's a little more subtle than some, it's not by much). Of course, Sundance does need to produce a heir.
* SoWhatDoWeDoNow: Sundance never really thought about what he'd do after achieving his goal. It's part of why he takes the offer of a lordship.
* ThatWasntARequest: Celestia's offer to have tea with Sundance.
* TricksterMentor: Celestia has more than a little of this.
-->'''Princess Celestia:''' Good, I will continue to play with your assumptions.
* UndisclosedFunds: Sundance is rendered somewhat lost when taken out for lunch and the menu has no prices on it.
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