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* MageTower: ''The End of the Day'' and ''Terra Incognita'' mention that Starswirl, a highly renowed mage, has a tower.
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* ItWasADarkAndStormyNight: ''The End of the Day'': The long and short versions of the story description starts this way:
--> On a dark and stormy night, centuries in the past, Celestia and Luna walked into a bar.\\\
On a dark and stormy night, two perfectly normal ponies walk into a bar and alter the whole future of Equestria.
--> On a dark and stormy night, centuries in the past, Celestia and Luna walked into a bar.\\\
On a dark and stormy night, two perfectly normal ponies walk into a bar and alter the whole future of Equestria.
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* DemocracyIsFlawed: Bullwalda (read: "King") Greenhorn of Bovaland is used to a feudal system of government and consequently has a very low opinion of democracy. It doesn't win him much popularity with the democratically-elected Prime Minister Burro of Asinia.
-->'''Greenhorn:''' Republicanism. A barbarous debacle. (To Burro) No offense.\\
'''Burro Delver:''' Some taken.
-->'''Greenhorn:''' Republicanism. A barbarous debacle. (To Burro) No offense.\\
'''Burro Delver:''' Some taken.
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* MeaningfulEcho: Greenhorn calls Burro's Republicanism government, "barbarous", with a "No offense" and then Burro calls Greenhorn's the same, when talking about how Equestria's loyalty to Celestia works:
--> Burro sighed. “Not to cast aspersions upon your antiquated and barbaric model of hereditary rule – no offence intended, lad – but Equestria doesn't work that way. Not like Bovaland. They've known nothing but Celestia for a thousand years. The mechanisms of royalty and feudal rule don't mean squat to them. They'll fight for Celestia, no matter who's on the throne and waving legalese at them.”
--> Burro sighed. “Not to cast aspersions upon your antiquated and barbaric model of hereditary rule – no offence intended, lad – but Equestria doesn't work that way. Not like Bovaland. They've known nothing but Celestia for a thousand years. The mechanisms of royalty and feudal rule don't mean squat to them. They'll fight for Celestia, no matter who's on the throne and waving legalese at them.”
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* IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace: In the first chapter:
--> In the middle of the arid Equestrian Badlands, half a day’s flight from the nearest settlement of note, there rose a great and mountainous formation of ridges and river-carved canyons [...] Willing visitors to the formation - which was varying known as the Black Defiles, the Obvious Location of Horror and Death to be Shunned by Any Ponies With the Sense the Creator Gave a Stoat (Literal Minded was generally regarded as one of the best pony explorers of the last few centuries, albeit as good with names as polio was with infants)
--> In the middle of the arid Equestrian Badlands, half a day’s flight from the nearest settlement of note, there rose a great and mountainous formation of ridges and river-carved canyons [...] Willing visitors to the formation - which was varying known as the Black Defiles, the Obvious Location of Horror and Death to be Shunned by Any Ponies With the Sense the Creator Gave a Stoat (Literal Minded was generally regarded as one of the best pony explorers of the last few centuries, albeit as good with names as polio was with infants)
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* LiteralMinded: Literal Minded, pony explorer, and ponies usually have MeaningfulNames.{{Meaningful Name}}s. He's mentioned in the first chapter of ''Wedding March'' and his skill with names implies that his name is one of the meaningful ones:
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* EquippableAlly: In the fourth chapter of ''Wedding March'', "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E26ACanterlotWeddingPart2 A Canterlot Wedding (Part 2)]]"'s scene of Pinkie Pie using Twilight Sparkle as a {{Gatling|Good}} gun is noticed by Sweetie Belle, but she has no idea what's going on:
--> “Guys, how’s Twilight?” Spike called, looking agitated. “She’s not hurt, is she?”
Sweetie Belle peered down. “Well,” she said hesitantly, “I don’t know what Pinkie Pie’s even doing with her, but she doesn’t look hurt, no. Plenty of changelings look hurt, though.”
--> “Guys, how’s Twilight?” Spike called, looking agitated. “She’s not hurt, is she?”
Sweetie Belle peered down. “Well,” she said hesitantly, “I don’t know what Pinkie Pie’s even doing with her, but she doesn’t look hurt, no. Plenty of changelings look hurt, though.”
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* ThemeNaming: A version of ''TabletopGame/{{Clue}}'' is played as a form of gambling in ''Wedding March'', and uses the same ColorfulThemeNaming as in the game, but also mixing AlliterativeName, AlphabeticalThemeNaming with different letters for every person, and "job title" theme as well:
--> “J’accuse … Commodore Cerise… in the coal cellar … with ...” The jenny checked the cards in the clefts of her hooves before finishing with “ … a very small and exceptionally pointy unicorn.”\\
[...]\\
“So many potential enemies, this victim,” [...] “Last time, it was Granny Glaucous in the walk-in wardrobe with a half-brick in a sock, and before that, it was Inspector Infrared in the billiards room with a forthrightly-appendaged fertility statue.
--> “J’accuse … Commodore Cerise… in the coal cellar … with ...” The jenny checked the cards in the clefts of her hooves before finishing with “ … a very small and exceptionally pointy unicorn.”\\
[...]\\
“So many potential enemies, this victim,” [...] “Last time, it was Granny Glaucous in the walk-in wardrobe with a half-brick in a sock, and before that, it was Inspector Infrared in the billiards room with a forthrightly-appendaged fertility statue.
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* AlliterativeFamily: Or at least father and youngest and second youngest all start with "G", as the Griffin Chieftain being the father, each member revealed story by story. Gellert in ''Moonlight Palaver'', with the other two first mentioned respectively in ''The Tempest'' and ''Wedding March''.
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--> Willing visitors to the formation - which was varying known as the Black Defiles, the Obvious Location of Horror and Death to be Shunned by Any Ponies With the Sense the Creator Gave a Stoat (Literal Minded was generally regarded as one of the best pony explorers of the last few centuries, albeit as good with names as polio was with infants), or Home
--> Willing visitors to the formation - which was varying known as the Black Defiles, the Obvious Location of Horror and Death to be Shunned by Any Ponies With the Sense the Creator Gave a Stoat (Literal Minded was generally regarded as one of the best pony explorers of the last few centuries, albeit as good with names as polio was with infants), or Home
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* EveryEpisodeEnding: Each of the main stories ends with Alloy bringing Celestia tea and her wishing Alloy a good night:
--> '''Moonlight Palaver:''' “Go on then. You'll want some rest after today. I'll deal with the pot and cup myself.”\\
Alloy found his voice. “Yes, Your Majesty.” He bowed stiffly and turned to depart.\\
“Sleep well,” said Celestia at his back. “The world will keep spinning. It can scarcely do much else.”\\\
'''The Tempest:''' She rose from her slight slump, snapping out of whatever mood had held her, and turned to smile at Alloy. “Retire for the night, Alloy. Tundra and I shall attend to the tea tray. Sleep well. The world will continue to spin.”\\
Alloy bowed and turned, and he heard Celestia’s soft voice at his back. “I will make sure of it, come what may.”\\\
'''Wedding March:''' She looked up at Alloy, tired magenta briefly swallowing him up, and she nodded. “Thank you for the tea, Alloy. Do give Burro and Gellert adequate warning tomorrow, if you think they need some sudden, dire distraction from their hangovers. And get a good night’s rest.”\\
Allow swallowed, and nodded. “Yes, Your Majesty.”\\
“The next day shall dawn,” Celestia murmured as he turned to leave. “I … ''we'' will all make sure of it.”
--> '''Moonlight Palaver:''' “Go on then. You'll want some rest after today. I'll deal with the pot and cup myself.”\\
Alloy found his voice. “Yes, Your Majesty.” He bowed stiffly and turned to depart.\\
“Sleep well,” said Celestia at his back. “The world will keep spinning. It can scarcely do much else.”\\\
'''The Tempest:''' She rose from her slight slump, snapping out of whatever mood had held her, and turned to smile at Alloy. “Retire for the night, Alloy. Tundra and I shall attend to the tea tray. Sleep well. The world will continue to spin.”\\
Alloy bowed and turned, and he heard Celestia’s soft voice at his back. “I will make sure of it, come what may.”\\\
'''Wedding March:''' She looked up at Alloy, tired magenta briefly swallowing him up, and she nodded. “Thank you for the tea, Alloy. Do give Burro and Gellert adequate warning tomorrow, if you think they need some sudden, dire distraction from their hangovers. And get a good night’s rest.”\\
Allow swallowed, and nodded. “Yes, Your Majesty.”\\
“The next day shall dawn,” Celestia murmured as he turned to leave. “I … ''we'' will all make sure of it.”
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* OncePerEpisode: Each of the main stories starts with Alloy performing his spy duties to inform the Asinial Republic of the latest issue to plague Equestria:
--> '''Moonlight Palaver:''' Ponies fled screaming from the Ponyville town hall. Alloy could hardly blame them; it seemed an entirely appropriate reaction to a dark god kidnapping one's Princess and gloating about the fact.\\\
That the Summer Sun Celebration hadn't gone as planned went rather without saying.\\
Every good survival instinct in his body told him to follow the screaming crowd's wise example. But he had a job to do.\\\
'''The Tempest:''' Under an inside-out sun, the Canterlot Palace loudly pontificated on how things had been much better in its young days when young structures had respect for their elders.\\
“AND IF YOU GAVE CHEEK TO ANY OLD MOTTE-AND-BAILEY, THAT’D EARN YOU A BRICK-TANNING, SURE AS SUNFIRE!” it boomed to all and sundry and nopony in particular. Alloy tried to trot through the wobbling roads underneath it in as composed a manner as possible, which was hard when he was both trying to shield his eardrums and balancing on a street that was turning gradually into jam.\\
[...]\\
There was surely some coherent narrative there, but damned if he could see it. All he had was what was before his eyes, and gauging that was hard enough without it changing every few seconds.\\
Fine. He’d report what he could to his masters.\\\
'''Wedding March:''' It was that rarest of things, a quiet evening in Canterlot. The first stars were beginning to appear in the evening sky over the capital, dusting themselves across a cloudless expanse of indigo. Alloy emerged into the dusk from a little door at the base of the palace complex\\
[...]\\
But he’d come out here with another purpose. He had a job to do. And to his left, there was a large and conveniently-impenetrable hedgerow.
--> '''Moonlight Palaver:''' Ponies fled screaming from the Ponyville town hall. Alloy could hardly blame them; it seemed an entirely appropriate reaction to a dark god kidnapping one's Princess and gloating about the fact.\\\
That the Summer Sun Celebration hadn't gone as planned went rather without saying.\\
Every good survival instinct in his body told him to follow the screaming crowd's wise example. But he had a job to do.\\\
'''The Tempest:''' Under an inside-out sun, the Canterlot Palace loudly pontificated on how things had been much better in its young days when young structures had respect for their elders.\\
“AND IF YOU GAVE CHEEK TO ANY OLD MOTTE-AND-BAILEY, THAT’D EARN YOU A BRICK-TANNING, SURE AS SUNFIRE!” it boomed to all and sundry and nopony in particular. Alloy tried to trot through the wobbling roads underneath it in as composed a manner as possible, which was hard when he was both trying to shield his eardrums and balancing on a street that was turning gradually into jam.\\
[...]\\
There was surely some coherent narrative there, but damned if he could see it. All he had was what was before his eyes, and gauging that was hard enough without it changing every few seconds.\\
Fine. He’d report what he could to his masters.\\\
'''Wedding March:''' It was that rarest of things, a quiet evening in Canterlot. The first stars were beginning to appear in the evening sky over the capital, dusting themselves across a cloudless expanse of indigo. Alloy emerged into the dusk from a little door at the base of the palace complex\\
[...]\\
But he’d come out here with another purpose. He had a job to do. And to his left, there was a large and conveniently-impenetrable hedgerow.
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** [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}} Skaven]] are mentioned as one of the (fictional) possible dangers of underground exploration in ''Treasures''.
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** From ''Treasures'':
*** [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}} Skaven]] are mentioned as one of the (fictional) possible dangers of undergroundexploration in ''Treasures''.exploration.
*** [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/331376/2/treasures/wherein-our-heroine-learns-a-new-curse#comment/11522843 Sunken Dunwhick]] is confirmed to be a reference to ''Franchise/TheCthulhuMythos'''s town of Dunwich.
*** [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}} Skaven]] are mentioned as one of the (fictional) possible dangers of underground
*** [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/331376/2/treasures/wherein-our-heroine-learns-a-new-curse#comment/11522843 Sunken Dunwhick]] is confirmed to be a reference to ''Franchise/TheCthulhuMythos'''s town of Dunwich.
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* ExactWords: From ''Treasures'': Cervile does to to others and himself, trying to forget uncomfortable truths through rephrasing, and "In a manner of speaking":
--> “You tricked me as well, I guess,” she said at last. “You said [[spoiler:he was still in residence]].”\\
Cervile hesitated before speaking. “In a manner of speaking —”
--> “You tricked me as well, I guess,” she said at last. “You said [[spoiler:he was still in residence]].”\\
Cervile hesitated before speaking. “In a manner of speaking —”
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* ForeignLanguageTitle: ''Terra Incognita'', Latin for "Lands Unknown", or "Earth Unknown", given that the protagonists are leaving their planet for Earth.
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* {{Epiphora}}: In the fifth chapter, one of Old Chestnut's many objections about foal Daring's presence in the "ruin" where they meet for the second time:
--> '''Old Chestnut:''' This is a feathering ''ruin''! An Antlertean ''ruin''!
--> '''Old Chestnut:''' This is a feathering ''ruin''! An Antlertean ''ruin''!
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* {{Epiphora}}: From ''Treasures'':
** In the second chapter, Daring's thrilled after passing "her first trap":
--> She’d found her first trap. She’d outwitted her first trap.
** In the fifth chapter, one of Old Chestnut's many objections about foal Daring's presence in the "ruin" where they meet for the second time:
--> ---> '''Old Chestnut:''' This is a feathering ''ruin''! An Antlertean ''ruin''!
** In the second chapter, Daring's thrilled after passing "her first trap":
--> She’d found her first trap. She’d outwitted her first trap.
** In the fifth chapter, one of Old Chestnut's many objections about foal Daring's presence in the "ruin" where they meet for the second time:
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* ThrillSeeker: In the second chapter of ''Treasures'', Daring gets hooked after passing her first trap:
--> She’d found her first trap. She’d outwitted her first trap. Her cutie mark all but sang. She wanted to find another trap and relive that thrill again and again, feel her heart jump into her mouth on another gamble in the face of deadly odds.
--> She’d found her first trap. She’d outwitted her first trap. Her cutie mark all but sang. She wanted to find another trap and relive that thrill again and again, feel her heart jump into her mouth on another gamble in the face of deadly odds.
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* {{Epiphora}}: In the fifth chapter, one of Old Chestnut's many objections about foal Daring's presence in the "ruin" where they meet for the second time:
--> '''Old Chestnut:''' This is a feathering ''ruin''! An Antlertean ''ruin''!
* EyeTake: In the fifth chapter, showing Old Chestnut's surprise in discovering Daring's presence in the ruin where they meet for a second time:
--> Old Chestnut stared right at her, eyes wide.
--> '''Old Chestnut:''' This is a feathering ''ruin''! An Antlertean ''ruin''!
* EyeTake: In the fifth chapter, showing Old Chestnut's surprise in discovering Daring's presence in the ruin where they meet for a second time:
--> Old Chestnut stared right at her, eyes wide.
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* ShouldntWeBeInSchoolRightNow: In the fifth chapter, one of Old Chestnut's many objections about foal Daring's presence in the ruin where they meet for the second time:
--> '''Old Chestnut:''' It's a rutting ''school hour'', for star’s sake!
--> '''Old Chestnut:''' It's a rutting ''school hour'', for star’s sake!
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* TranslatorMicrobes: In the second chapter of ''Treasures'', Daring gets things translated from Antlerean into Equish for her:
--> A little plaque ran below the carving, and as it caught Daring’s eye, magic suddenly flickered in the air around it. The sparkle of the magic was unexpectedly bright, much brighter than the old etchings she’d seen above, and the words on the plaque uncoiled and shifted in her vision to form understandable Equish letters.
--> A little plaque ran below the carving, and as it caught Daring’s eye, magic suddenly flickered in the air around it. The sparkle of the magic was unexpectedly bright, much brighter than the old etchings she’d seen above, and the words on the plaque uncoiled and shifted in her vision to form understandable Equish letters.
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** From the first chapter of ''Treasures'' with "Plenty": Gallivant talking about his packed schedule:
---> '''Gallivant:''' Plenty of work to be done tonight, and plenty more tomorrow.
---> '''Gallivant:''' Plenty of work to be done tonight, and plenty more tomorrow.
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** ''Treasures'':
*** From the first chapter of''Treasures'' with "Plenty": Gallivant talking about his packed schedule:
---> ----> '''Gallivant:''' Plenty of work to be done tonight, and plenty more tomorrow.tomorrow.
*** From the fifth chapter, when Gallivant and Old Chestnut do some "hard negotiation", a.k.a brawl for archeological credit, and Daring's wondering why her dad's putting himself in so much pain:
----> Was it for his own pride’s sake? Was it to make somepony else proud? Was that somepony Daring? Was it Mom?
*** From the first chapter of
*** From the fifth chapter, when Gallivant and Old Chestnut do some "hard negotiation", a.k.a brawl for archeological credit, and Daring's wondering why her dad's putting himself in so much pain:
----> Was it for his own pride’s sake? Was it to make somepony else proud? Was that somepony Daring? Was it Mom?
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* {{Anaphora}}:
** "Any": When Sailears reports to his uncle:
---> The little elephant considered. “I met the king of the donkeys, I think! I asked him about his fleet.”\\
“Oh?” Trumpeter smiled. “And what did he say about it, Your Grace? Any comparisons to our own? Any positions? Any plans?”
** From the first chapter of ''Treasures'' with "Plenty": Gallivant talking about his packed schedule:
---> '''Gallivant:''' Plenty of work to be done tonight, and plenty more tomorrow.
** "Any": When Sailears reports to his uncle:
---> The little elephant considered. “I met the king of the donkeys, I think! I asked him about his fleet.”\\
“Oh?” Trumpeter smiled. “And what did he say about it, Your Grace? Any comparisons to our own? Any positions? Any plans?”
** From the first chapter of ''Treasures'' with "Plenty": Gallivant talking about his packed schedule:
---> '''Gallivant:''' Plenty of work to be done tonight, and plenty more tomorrow.
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** "Any": When Sailears reports to his uncle:
---> The little elephant considered. “I met the king of the donkeys, I think! I asked him about his fleet.”\\
“Oh?” Trumpeter smiled. “And what did he say about it, Your Grace? Any comparisons to our own? Any positions? Any plans?”
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** "Any": When Sailears reports to his uncle:
---> The little elephant considered. “I met the king of the donkeys, I think! I asked him about his fleet.”\\
“Oh?” Trumpeter smiled. “And what did he say about it, Your Grace? Any comparisons to our own? Any positions? Any plans?”
* DoubleEntendre: From the first chapter of ''Treasures'', where kid Daring doesn't get the accidental joke when her dad is inspecting a tower, but the mares do:
--> “It’s not the size of the tower that matters,” said Dad, still star-struck. Both Ivory and Granny repressed snickers for some reason.
--> “It’s not the size of the tower that matters,” said Dad, still star-struck. Both Ivory and Granny repressed snickers for some reason.
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* MissingMom: Daring Do’s mother died exploring a ruin when Daring was still young.
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--> “My word, you really are growing up.” Ivory sighed. “You’ve got your dad’s eyes, but otherwise you’re the spitting image of—”\\
“I was told by reliable authorities that you’ve got an ancient set of ruins in town?” Dad interrupted.
--> “My word, you really are growing up.” Ivory sighed. “You’ve got your dad’s eyes, but otherwise you’re the spitting image of—”\\
“I was told by reliable authorities that you’ve got an ancient set of ruins in town?” Dad interrupted.
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* AbusiveParents: In the last chapter of ''Treasures'', due to Daring giving out clearly false CutHimselfShaving-type explanations for her injuries sustained during the story's adventure, abuse from her father was the InUniverse suspicion [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/331376/6/treasures/wherein-our-heroine-tells-a-tale#comment/11522773 confirmed]] by WordOfGod:
--> '''Story:''' “Thank you for being brave and honest, Daring,” said Celestia, a genuine smile breaking out across her features once more. “Those are good virtues to have. And what you’ve told me isn’t as bad as what I feared it could be.\\\
'''Carabas:''' Parental abuse was Celestia's worst suspicion at that moment, aye, to account for Daring's array of injuries. Not convinced or certain of it, by any means, but anxious to check to whether or not it might be the case. The real story came as something of a relief as well as a surprise.
--> '''Story:''' “Thank you for being brave and honest, Daring,” said Celestia, a genuine smile breaking out across her features once more. “Those are good virtues to have. And what you’ve told me isn’t as bad as what I feared it could be.\\\
'''Carabas:''' Parental abuse was Celestia's worst suspicion at that moment, aye, to account for Daring's array of injuries. Not convinced or certain of it, by any means, but anxious to check to whether or not it might be the case. The real story came as something of a relief as well as a surprise.
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* AmusingInjuries: Apparently, Starswirl's apprentice Meadowbrook came upon these quite often as a result of following Starswirl around, enough so that his mentor adopted "onwards, Meadbrook, and stop bleeding so much!" as a sort of battlecry.
* BittersweetEnding: In ''The Motion of the Stars'', [[spoiler: the day-night cycle is restarted and the world is on its way to healing]], but millions are still dead, the ecosystem’s devastated, and [[spoiler: Rarity sacrificed herself to restart the Sun’s motion]].
* BittersweetEnding: In ''The Motion of the Stars'', [[spoiler: the day-night cycle is restarted and the world is on its way to healing]], but millions are still dead, the ecosystem’s devastated, and [[spoiler: Rarity sacrificed herself to restart the Sun’s motion]].
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* AmusingInjuries: Apparently, Starswirl's apprentice Meadowbrook came upon these quite often as a result of following Starswirl around, enough so that his mentor adopted "onwards, Meadbrook, Meadowbrook, and stop bleeding so much!" as a sort of battlecry.
* BittersweetEnding: In ''The Motion of the Stars'',[[spoiler: the [[spoiler:the day-night cycle is restarted and the world is on its way to healing]], but millions are still dead, the ecosystem’s devastated, and [[spoiler: Rarity [[spoiler:Rarity sacrificed herself to restart the Sun’s motion]].
* BittersweetEnding: In ''The Motion of the Stars'',
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* CutHimselfShaving: From the last chapter of ''Treasures'', Daring's unbelievable explanations for her injuries as she lampshades to herself immediately after using them:
--> a [...] doctor [...] came out to take Daring into her office.\\
[...]\\
“That appears to be a burn on your snout,” she said at one point. “How did you get that, chookie?”\\
She drew upon her cunning. “I, um, I sniffed a candle too hard.”\\
Consarn her cunning.\\
[...]\\
“How did you hurt your wing, chookie?” the doctor asked.\\
Not candles, Daring told herself. “I … I tripped over a log.”\\
“Tripped over a log.”\\
“Uh-huh.” Consarn everything, was there a maximum cunning quota she had to stay under in a day?
--> a [...] doctor [...] came out to take Daring into her office.\\
[...]\\
“That appears to be a burn on your snout,” she said at one point. “How did you get that, chookie?”\\
She drew upon her cunning. “I, um, I sniffed a candle too hard.”\\
Consarn her cunning.\\
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“How did you hurt your wing, chookie?” the doctor asked.\\
Not candles, Daring told herself. “I … I tripped over a log.”\\
“Tripped over a log.”\\
“Uh-huh.” Consarn everything, was there a maximum cunning quota she had to stay under in a day?
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* WhatTheHellHero: Delivered by Celestia to the other world leaders when they keep pursuing their petty rivalries and squabbles above anything else, even when powerless in a Discord-constructed cage high in the sky. For Burro Delver and the Zebrican Pharoahs, at least, it seems to stick.
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* UsedToBeASweetKid: The Zebrican Pharaohs, at least to each other, as Celestia tells it:
--> “Honestly,” she said, “You were much more pleasant to each other when you were foals. Some of us remember.”
* WhatTheHellHero: Delivered by Celestia to the other world leaders when they keep pursuing their petty rivalries and squabbles above anything else, even when powerless in a Discord-constructed cage high in the sky. For Burro Delver and the ZebricanPharoahs, Pharaohs, at least, it seems to stick.
--> “Honestly,” she said, “You were much more pleasant to each other when you were foals. Some of us remember.”
* WhatTheHellHero: Delivered by Celestia to the other world leaders when they keep pursuing their petty rivalries and squabbles above anything else, even when powerless in a Discord-constructed cage high in the sky. For Burro Delver and the Zebrican
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* AlliterativeFamily: Or at least father and daughter, since the Griffin Chieftain and his daughter both have names that start with "G".
* {{Anaphora}}:
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** "Any": When Sailears reports to his uncle:
---> The little elephant considered. “I met the king of the donkeys, I think! I asked him about his fleet.”\\
“Oh?” Trumpeter smiled. “And what did he say about it, Your Grace? Any comparisons to our own? Any positions? Any plans?”
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** "Any": When Sailears reports to his uncle:
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“Oh?” Trumpeter smiled. “And what did he say about it, Your Grace? Any comparisons to our own? Any positions? Any plans?”
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* HealingHands: Celestia has healing magic, but:
--> '''Celestia:''' Even my healing magics sometimes fail to beat an old-fashioned rest.
--> '''Celestia:''' Even my healing magics sometimes fail to beat an old-fashioned rest.
* NoFocusOnHumans: Humans, or something like them, are mentioned to exist in the third chapter:
--> '''Warthog Delegate:''' Sacred skies, it jabbers on like one of the bipedal apes you find in the Interior forests. All they do is [[spoiler:screech and try to show off their advancements in tool-using and theoretical mathematics to you]].
--> '''Warthog Delegate:''' Sacred skies, it jabbers on like one of the bipedal apes you find in the Interior forests. All they do is [[spoiler:screech and try to show off their advancements in tool-using and theoretical mathematics to you]].
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* ReallyRoyaltyReveal: The final chapter reveals that [[spoiler:Gilda is Gellert's daughter, more or less making her princess of the Griffins]].
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* PunctuatedForEmphasis: When Discord and Celestia are in a heated conversation, Discord tries to lord his power over her:
--> To their front, Discord and Celestia were all but muzzle-to-muzzle. “Celestia, Celestia, Celestia,” said Discord, “Who are you to stop me wallowing now? I can indulge fully. I can … well. I can do whatever. I. Want.”
* ReallyRoyaltyReveal: The final chapter reveals that [[spoiler:Gilda is Gellert's daughter, more or less makingher her]] princess of the Griffins]].Griffins.
--> To their front, Discord and Celestia were all but muzzle-to-muzzle. “Celestia, Celestia, Celestia,” said Discord, “Who are you to stop me wallowing now? I can indulge fully. I can … well. I can do whatever. I. Want.”
* ReallyRoyaltyReveal: The final chapter reveals that [[spoiler:Gilda is Gellert's daughter, more or less making
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* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: From [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/299424/2/wedding-march/be-sure-to-arrive-in-good-time-so-you-miss-none-of-the-excitement Chapter 2]], when Burro's asking Asinara to leave him be, and explore Canterlot:
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* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: From [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/299424/2/wedding-march/be-sure-to-arrive-in-good-time-so-you-miss-none-of-the-excitement Chapter 2]], when Burro's asking Asinara to leave him be, and explore Canterlot:Canterlot, via {{anaphora}}:
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* AmusingInjuries: Apparently, Starswirl’s apprentice Meadowbrook came upon these quite often as a result of following Starswirl around, enough so that his mentor adopted “onwards, Meadbrook, and stop bleeding so much!” as a sort of battlecry.
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* AmusingInjuries: Apparently, Starswirl’s Starswirl's apprentice Meadowbrook came upon these quite often as a result of following Starswirl around, enough so that his mentor adopted “onwards, "onwards, Meadbrook, and stop bleeding so much!” much!" as a sort of battlecry.
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* TidallyLockedPlanet: In "The Motion of the Stars", the aftermath of the cataclysmic war between Equestria and the Capra-Corva alliance results in the death of the Princesses and the ceasing of the sun and moon's motion in the sky. Equestria is left in an eternal dusk, and the lands to its east in eternal night; alongside the devastation of the war itself, the death of most growing things and the frantic migrations towards the daylit regions result in a total collapse of civilization. By the story's time, Equestria has become a twilit wasteland, and only a trickle of survivors still comes now and again from the night in the east, [[spoiler:but by the end Rarity's sacrifice is able to restart the motion of the celestial bodies]].
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* DemocracyIsFlawed: Bullwalda (read: "King") Greenhorn of Bovaland is has a very low opinion of democracy. It doesn't win him much popularity with Prime Minister Burro of Asinia:
--> '''Bullwalda Greenhorn:''' Republicanism. A barbarous debacle. (To the democratically elected PM Burro) No offense.\\
--> '''Bullwalda Greenhorn:''' Republicanism. A barbarous debacle. (To the democratically elected PM Burro) No offense.\\
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* DemocracyIsFlawed: Bullwalda (read: "King") Greenhorn of Bovaland is used to a feudal system of government and consequently has a very low opinion of democracy. It doesn't win him much popularity with the democratically-elected Prime Minister Burro of Asinia:
--> '''Bullwalda Greenhorn:'''Asinia.
-->'''Greenhorn:''' Republicanism. A barbarous debacle. (Tothe democratically elected PM Burro) No offense.\\
--> '''Bullwalda Greenhorn:'''
-->'''Greenhorn:''' Republicanism. A barbarous debacle. (To
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* NeverMessWithGranny: Tyrant Fairy Floss of Ovarn is a diminutive, elderly ewe that fits every outward sign of the GrannyClassic down to the serene expression and pince-nez glasses. She's also survived a lifetime of Ovarn's cutthroat politics, can make hardened Archons quake in fear. In ''Wedding March'', she manages to fight capably in at least a limited capacity, [[spoiler:taking out the fake Silears]].
-->Don't get cruel with an old lady who could assassinate you in seven different ways before the week was out, dear.
-->Don't get cruel with an old lady who could assassinate you in seven different ways before the week was out, dear.
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* NeverMessWithGranny: Tyrant Fairy Floss of Ovarn is a diminutive, elderly ewe that fits every outward sign of the GrannyClassic down to the serene expression and pince-nez glasses. She's also survived a lifetime of Ovarn's cutthroat politics, and can make hardened Archons quake in fear. In ''Wedding March'', she manages to fight capably in at least a limited capacity, [[spoiler:taking out the fake Silears]].
-->Don't -->"Don't get cruel with an old lady who could assassinate you in seven different ways before the week was out, dear."
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* FlashyTeleportation: As is standard in the show, unicorns and alicorns teleport as a matter of course when needing to cross long distances or pass obstacles. There are also repeated mentions in ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/207616/1 Moonlight Palaver]]'' of the "long teleports" it takes to get to the Circle Chamber. Items can also be teleported with a flash, as Celestia tries with the Sun Blade in [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/256414/3/the-tempest/or-maybe-all-it-does-is-forment-all-manner-of-fankles the third chapter of ''The Tempest'']], but got hit by Discord's TeleportInterdiction.
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* AtlantisIsBoring: Downplayed. While the seas are far from lacking in wild magic or strange monsters, there are very few sapient marine species, and none with true nations. The oceans were summed up in one blog post, which normally suffices for ''one'' surface nation.
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* AdultFear: In ''Treasures'', Gallivant is on a routine exploration of a new Antlertean ruin, navigating the various deadly traps and guardians found there... and then discovers that his eight-year-old daughter snuck in before him, and is now likely deep in the ruin alongside who knows what deadly traps the ruin's old master filled his home with.
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* MissingChild: In ''Treasures'', Gallivant is on a routine exploration of a new Antlertean ruin, navigating the various deadly traps and guardians found there... and then discovers that his eight-year-old daughter snuck in before him, and is now likely deep in the ruin alongside who knows what deadly traps the ruin's old master filled his home with.
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* OutnumberedSibling: It's implied that [[spoiler:Zecora]] is the younger sister of the two brothers, [[spoiler:rival Pharoahs Punda and Milia]], who fled her country to [[spoiler:avoid getting sucked into her brothers' war of succession]].%%"Pharoah" is the spelling used in-universe.
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* MageSpecies: Most, although not all, of the intelligent races have a subspecies capable of harnessing magic in a more direct, spellcasting fashion than the rest of their kin -- the ponies have unicorns, the caprids ibexes, the sheep black sheep, the cattle longhorns, the corvids ravens and the elephants forest elephants. There are also subspecies that can use less "flashy" forms of magic: takin goats can use runic magic and enchant objects, while rooks posses oracular abilities.
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* WitchSpecies: Most, although not all, of the intelligent races have a subspecies capable of harnessing magic in a more direct, spellcasting fashion than the rest of their kin -- the ponies have unicorns, the caprids ibexes, the sheep black sheep, the cattle longhorns, the corvids ravens and the elephants forest elephants. There are also subspecies that can use less "flashy" forms of magic: takin goats can use runic magic and enchant objects, while rooks posses oracular abilities.
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* ALoadOfBull: Minotaurs are one of the subraces of cattle alongside shorthorns, Aurochs, longhorns, bison and yaks. They are thought to have first arisen due to the chaotic magic that filled the word after the Fall of Antlertis, which would explain their great degree of physical divergence from other cattle. They don’t have any magic active or latent, but their hands and bipedalism (and more specifically the resulting advantages in tool usage) have historically more than made up for this.
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* OurMinotaursAreDifferent: Minotaurs are one of the subraces of cattle alongside shorthorns, Aurochs, longhorns, bison and yaks. They are thought to have first arisen due to the chaotic magic that filled the word after the Fall of Antlertis, which would explain their great degree of physical divergence from other cattle. They don’t have any magic active or latent, but their hands and bipedalism (and more specifically the resulting advantages in tool usage) have historically more than made up for this.
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* RocBirds: Rocs, in the tradition of the show's pun-based creatures, are literally made of living rock. Some tribes of Diamond Jackals hollow them out into living, flying fortresses.
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* RocBirds: PunBasedCreature: Rocs, in the tradition of the show's pun-based creatures, are literally made of living rock.rock.
* RocBirds: Rocs are birds of living stone found in the Africa-like continent of Dactylia. Some tribes of Diamond Jackals hollow them out into living, flying fortresses.
* RocBirds: Rocs are birds of living stone found in the Africa-like continent of Dactylia. Some tribes of Diamond Jackals hollow them out into living, flying fortresses.
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* MixAndMatchCritters: A literal example: when Discord brought the parliament of the multi-species nation of Gazellen to the cage where he’s keeping the other sovereigns, he swapped around the various members’ body parts, with results like a hornless antelope with the legs of a warthog and the wings of a griffon, or a giraffe finding her head and neck swaying atop the body of a diamond jackal.
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* MixAndMatchCritters: A literal example: when Discord brought brings the parliament of the multi-species nation of Gazellen to the cage where he’s he's keeping the other sovereigns, world leaders, he swapped swaps around the various members’ members' body parts, parts with results like a hornless antelope with the legs of a warthog and the wings of a griffon, griffon or a giraffe finding her head and neck swaying atop the body of a diamond jackal.
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capital Discord. so much discord!
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* CombatTentacles: In the [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/256414/1/the-tempest/you-never-appreciate-the-laws-of-physics-till-theyre-gone first chapter]], when discord animates the warship Fear Nowt, he also causes it to sprout a set of tentacles with which to grapple other ships. The trope is name-dropped by the donkeys who witness the scene.
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* CombatTentacles: In the [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/256414/1/the-tempest/you-never-appreciate-the-laws-of-physics-till-theyre-gone first chapter]], when discord Discord animates the warship Fear Nowt, he also causes it to sprout a set of tentacles with which to grapple other ships. The trope is name-dropped by the donkeys who witness the scene.
