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* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: After Gosling gets stuck in a fracas and gets [[CirclingBirdies circling alicorns]][[note]]He reckons Twilight has the right idea.[[/note]]:
-->'''Tiny Celestia:''' Get up!
-->'''Tiny Luna:''' Don't give up!
-->'''Little Cadance:''' Be brave!
-->'''Itty Bitty Flurry Heart:''' You okay, Mistah Goose?
-->'''Pint-sized Twilight Sparkle:''' DON'T JUST LAY THERE, GO KICK THEIR ASS! GET TI-REKKED!
* HappilyMarried: Shining Armor and Cadance.
-->'''Tiny Celestia:''' Get up!
-->'''Tiny Luna:''' Don't give up!
-->'''Little Cadance:''' Be brave!
-->'''Itty Bitty Flurry Heart:''' You okay, Mistah Goose?
-->'''Pint-sized Twilight Sparkle:''' DON'T JUST LAY THERE, GO KICK THEIR ASS! GET TI-REKKED!
* HappilyMarried: Shining Armor and Cadance.
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-->'''Tiny Celestia:''' Get up!
-->'''Tiny Luna:''' Don't give up!
-->'''Little Cadance:''' Be brave!
-->'''Itty Bitty Flurry Heart:''' You okay, Mistah Goose?
-->'''Pint-sized Twilight Sparkle:''' DON'T JUST LAY THERE, GO KICK THEIR ASS! GET TI-REKKED!
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** The second instance has Gosling [[spoiler:informing the mob of Canterlot nobles [[TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask how deeply Celestia felt about being unwanted by the public]]. It shocks and saddens the mob so much that they rally behind Gosling to help deal with the Mariner situation]].
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** The second instance has Gosling [[spoiler:informing the mob of Canterlot nobles [[TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask how deeply Celestia felt about being unwanted by the public]].public. It shocks and saddens the mob so much that they rally behind Gosling to help deal with the Mariner situation]].
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* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: {{Exploited}} by Prince Blueblood when the press attacks Gosling's age. According to the traditions of his minority group, Gosling is an adult (or enough of one to get married), and Blueblood suggests that the attacks on his age are veiled discrimination against the group, forcing the press to drop it or be labelled bigots.
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* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: PoliticalOvercorrectness: {{Exploited}} by Prince Blueblood when the press attacks Gosling's age. According to the traditions of his minority group, Gosling is an adult (or enough of one to get married), and Blueblood suggests that the attacks on his age are veiled discrimination against the group, forcing the press to drop it or be labelled bigots.
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* SpotOfTea: The assembled Canterlot nobility requires an ocean of it to keep functioning.
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* NotSoDifferent: Celestia and Twilight discuss how Twilight, Cadence, and Gosling are so much alike - they're both heroes who tackled problems far bigger than their age and experience, and came out as celebrated heroes and popular political figures.
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* NotSoDifferent: NotSoDifferentRemark: Celestia and Twilight discuss how Twilight, Cadence, and Gosling are so much alike - they're both heroes who tackled problems far bigger than their age and experience, and came out as celebrated heroes and popular political figures.
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* {{Adorkable}}: Princess Luna is generally intimidating, but get her in an arcade, and she becomes this trope. Particularly once she's had a few energy drinks.
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** Luna was also shunned by most of the Equestrian public at large [[spoiler:especially by the First Tribes, because they still remember her stint as Nightmare Moon and refused to forgive her for it. Quiet Knish, after he calls out his people for shunning Gosling and Sleet, proceeds to call them out for shunning one of their own goddesses over an age-old mistake that she spent so much time redeeming herself for]].
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** Luna was also shunned by most of the Equestrian public at large [[spoiler:especially by the First Tribes, because they still remember her stint as Nightmare Moon and refused to forgive her for it. Quiet Knish, after he calls out his people for shunning Gosling and Sleet, proceeds to call them out for shunning one of their own goddesses over an age-old mistake that she spent so much time redeeming herself for]].for, and never bothering to forgive her]].
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* AccentRelapse: Gosling's natural accent peeks through occasionally, much to his mother's dismay, as she doesn't like him talking like a "hoodlum", but that Celestia [[ArousedByTheirVoice highly appreciates]]. [[spoiler:After Cadance' surge, it seems to be back to stay]].
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* AccentRelapse: Gosling's natural Manehattan accent peeks through occasionally, [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness especially when he's getting passionate about something]], much to his mother's dismay, as she doesn't like him talking like a "hoodlum", but that "hoodlum". But Celestia [[ArousedByTheirVoice highly appreciates]]. appreciates it]]. [[spoiler:After Cadance' Cadance's healing surge, it seems to be back to stay]].
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* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: {{Invoked}} by Princess Luna who is taking the opportunity to torment Celestia mercilessly.
* ArousedByTheirVoice: Celestia finds Gosling's real accent highly attractive.
* BaitAndSwitch: Gosling gets invited to watch a comedy with Luna. [[spoiler:It is a comedy, from Luna's perspective, due to how overblown it is. It's also the fictional counterpart of The Cabin In The Woods]].
* BattleCouple: Lyra and Bon-Bon.
* ArousedByTheirVoice: Celestia finds Gosling's real accent highly attractive.
* BaitAndSwitch: Gosling gets invited to watch a comedy with Luna. [[spoiler:It is a comedy, from Luna's perspective, due to how overblown it is. It's also the fictional counterpart of The Cabin In The Woods]].
* BattleCouple: Lyra and Bon-Bon.
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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer:
** Gosling experienced this when he was younger after Skyfire Flash spread nasty rumors about him being gay in high school because he refused to hook up with her. It caused even Gosling's closest friends to abandon him, [[spoiler:and he felt so depressed from the experience that he almost considered suicide]].
** Gosling ends up being shunned by his fellow Signal Corps soldiers after he becomes Celestia's consort, jeering about how he'll be treated like a spoiled pet. They're subsequently chewed out by Sergeant Shamrock.
** In a more familial example, [[spoiler:Sleet was shunned by the First Tribes for having a child out of wedlock, and her son Gosling was shunned simply for existing. Quiet Knish later calls out his people, including himself, for doing this, saying that in being so quick to judge, they didn't bother helping Sleet and Gosling during their time of need]].
** Luna was also shunned by most of the Equestrian public at large [[spoiler:especially by the First Tribes, because they still remember her stint as Nightmare Moon and refused to forgive her for it. Quiet Knish, after he calls out his people for shunning Gosling and Sleet, proceeds to call them out for shunning one of their own goddesses over an age-old mistake that she spent so much time redeeming herself for]].
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: {{Invoked}} by PrincessLuna Luna, who is taking the opportunity to torment Celestia mercilessly.
* ArousedByTheirVoice: Celestia finds Gosling's real Manehattan accent highlyattractive.
attractive. She imagines herself having a couple of "muggers" with Gosling who all share their father's accent, and even (mentally) bemoans that Gosling's schooling pruned away his supposedly "unsavory" dialect.
* TheAtoner: Hotspur [[spoiler:was once a married stallion with foals until he found his wife cheating on him with a stranger. He murdered both of them in a blind rage, and when he snapped out of it, he broke down and couldn't remember his own crime. He accepted service into the Night Guard to repent]].
* BaitAndSwitch: Gosling gets invited to watch a comedy with Luna. [[spoiler:It is acomedy, comedy from Luna's perspective, due to how overblown it is. It's also the fictional counterpart of The Cabin In The Woods]].
* BattleCouple: Lyra andBon-Bon.Bon-Bon [[spoiler:who are both [[NoSuchAgency S.M.I.L.E.]] agents]].
* BerserkButton: Twilight Sparkle's button is {{Paparazzi}}, which is considered legendary. When a few reporters go too far and send an already-stressed Gosling into a breakdown, Twilight locks them all in a room with her, casting spells that prevent anyone from going out or in, [[ShamingTheMob and proceeds to lecture them on the conduct of a good reporter]].
** Gosling experienced this when he was younger after Skyfire Flash spread nasty rumors about him being gay in high school because he refused to hook up with her. It caused even Gosling's closest friends to abandon him, [[spoiler:and he felt so depressed from the experience that he almost considered suicide]].
** Gosling ends up being shunned by his fellow Signal Corps soldiers after he becomes Celestia's consort, jeering about how he'll be treated like a spoiled pet. They're subsequently chewed out by Sergeant Shamrock.
** In a more familial example, [[spoiler:Sleet was shunned by the First Tribes for having a child out of wedlock, and her son Gosling was shunned simply for existing. Quiet Knish later calls out his people, including himself, for doing this, saying that in being so quick to judge, they didn't bother helping Sleet and Gosling during their time of need]].
** Luna was also shunned by most of the Equestrian public at large [[spoiler:especially by the First Tribes, because they still remember her stint as Nightmare Moon and refused to forgive her for it. Quiet Knish, after he calls out his people for shunning Gosling and Sleet, proceeds to call them out for shunning one of their own goddesses over an age-old mistake that she spent so much time redeeming herself for]].
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: {{Invoked}} by Princess
* ArousedByTheirVoice: Celestia finds Gosling's real Manehattan accent highly
* TheAtoner: Hotspur [[spoiler:was once a married stallion with foals until he found his wife cheating on him with a stranger. He murdered both of them in a blind rage, and when he snapped out of it, he broke down and couldn't remember his own crime. He accepted service into the Night Guard to repent]].
* BaitAndSwitch: Gosling gets invited to watch a comedy with Luna. [[spoiler:It is a
* BattleCouple: Lyra and
* BerserkButton: Twilight Sparkle's button is {{Paparazzi}}, which is considered legendary. When a few reporters go too far and send an already-stressed Gosling into a breakdown, Twilight locks them all in a room with her, casting spells that prevent anyone from going out or in, [[ShamingTheMob and proceeds to lecture them on the conduct of a good reporter]].
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* {{Blackmail}}: [[spoiler:Skyfire Flash is paid to say that Gosling raped her, and that her child is his. She's told that this is the intent, but given how phenomenally unlikely to succeed it is, it's likely it was just a journalist that was just trying to stir up trouble]].
* BrainsAndBondage: Blueblood and Raven's relationship.
* BrainsAndBondage: Blueblood and Raven's relationship.
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* {{Blackmail}}: [[spoiler:Skyfire Flash is paid to say that Gosling raped her, and that her child is his. She's told that this is the intent, but given how phenomenally unlikely to succeed it is, it's likely it was just a journalist that was just trying to stir up trouble]].
trouble. As it turned out, it was a journalist working under Mr. Mariner.]].
* BrainsAndBondage: Blueblood and Raven'srelationship.relationship consists of two intelligent ponies involved in [=BDSM=].
* BrainsAndBondage: Blueblood and Raven's
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* CameraFiend: Seville is taking photos in the middle of a battle.
* TheCavalry: [[spoiler: When Mr Mariner attempts his Xanatos Gambit, the nobility of Canterlot turn out in force to help the Princesses deal with it]].
* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler:Luna mentions in the first chapter an old law about how anyone who wanted to marry one of the Princesses had to court and marry both, but that times have changed. It turns out that the laws were never actually repealed]].
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Mr Mariner.
* TheCavalry: [[spoiler: When Mr Mariner attempts his Xanatos Gambit, the nobility of Canterlot turn out in force to help the Princesses deal with it]].
* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler:Luna mentions in the first chapter an old law about how anyone who wanted to marry one of the Princesses had to court and marry both, but that times have changed. It turns out that the laws were never actually repealed]].
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Mr Mariner.
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* CameraFiend: Seville is taking photos in the middle of a battle.
battle, while being protected by Gosling and the Night Guard.
* TheCasanova: [[spoiler:Castor, Luna's mortal pegasus son from a thousand years ago, became a talented military tactitian who also sired many illegitimate foals in his adult life. Luna's rather disappointed to hear that one of her children became a wastrel]].
* TheCavalry:[[spoiler: When Mr [[spoiler:When Mr. Mariner attempts his Xanatos Gambit, the nobility of Canterlot turn out in force to help the Princesses deal with it]].
* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler:Luna mentions in the first chapter an old law about how anyone who wanted to marry one of the Princesses had to court and marry both, but that times have changed. It turns out that the laws were never actuallyrepealed]].
repealed, and Gosling ends up wooing both of them. In later stories, all three are joined in marriage]].
* CorruptCorporateExecutive:Mr Mariner.Mr. Mariner. For one, he owns the "pigeon coop" apartments Sleet and Gosling once lived in, and it would be a shame if they were to be torn down...
* TheCasanova: [[spoiler:Castor, Luna's mortal pegasus son from a thousand years ago, became a talented military tactitian who also sired many illegitimate foals in his adult life. Luna's rather disappointed to hear that one of her children became a wastrel]].
* TheCavalry:
* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler:Luna mentions in the first chapter an old law about how anyone who wanted to marry one of the Princesses had to court and marry both, but that times have changed. It turns out that the laws were never actually
* CorruptCorporateExecutive:
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* ChildrenRaiseYou: [[spoiler:Gosling's consistent efforts to keep Skyfire and her foal together]] are a deliberate attempt to invoke this.
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* ChildrenRaiseYou: [[spoiler:Gosling's consistent efforts to keep Invoked deliberately. [[spoiler:Gosling hopes that keeping Skyfire and her foal together]] are a deliberate attempt to invoke this.together would induce some CharacterDevelopment for the mother]].
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* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Luna's attitudes are still medieval in some respects, as shown when watching movies with Gosling.
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* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Luna's attitudes are still medieval in some respects, as shown when watching movies with Gosling. She also finds palace life boring, and wants Blueblood to bring back public executions, among other things.
* DisproportionateRetribution: The reason why Skyfire Flash spread rumors about Gosling's sexuality in high school? [[WomanScorned He refused to have sex with her]].
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* FalseRapeAccusation: [[spoiler: Gosling is accused of rape by Skyfire Flash, his ex. She was paid by unscrupulous journalists]].
* FantasticArousal: As is common in My Little Pony fanfic, Pegasus wings are an indicator of arousal.
* FantasticRacism: Seville was assaulted by a unicorn journalist, who was disgusted that an Earth pony managed to get in the newspapers, and wanted to put him in his place. Gosling walked in on the two of them, and the rest was history.
* FantasticArousal: As is common in My Little Pony fanfic, Pegasus wings are an indicator of arousal.
* FantasticRacism: Seville was assaulted by a unicorn journalist, who was disgusted that an Earth pony managed to get in the newspapers, and wanted to put him in his place. Gosling walked in on the two of them, and the rest was history.
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* FalseRapeAccusation: [[spoiler: Gosling [[spoiler:Gosling is accused of rape by Skyfire Flash, his ex. ex-girlfriend from high school. She was paid by unscrupulous journalists]].
journalists working for Mr. Mariner]].
* FantasticArousal: As is common in several My Little Ponyfanfic, fanfiction, Pegasus wings are an indicator of arousal.
* FantasticRacism: Seville was assaulted by a unicorn journalist, who was disgusted that an Earth pony managed to get in the newspapers, and wanted to put him in his place. Gosling walked in on the two of them, and when therest was history.unicorn journalist tries [[YouHaveNoIdeaWhoYoureDealingWith intimidating Gosling through reputation]], Gosling turns the tables and has him permanently barred from the castle.
* FantasticArousal: As is common in several My Little Pony
* FantasticRacism: Seville was assaulted by a unicorn journalist, who was disgusted that an Earth pony managed to get in the newspapers, and wanted to put him in his place. Gosling walked in on the two of them, and when the
* HeroicBastard: [[spoiler:Gosling was born out of wedlock, [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer causing the First Tribes to shun him for the crime of existing]]. Quiet Knish later shames his people for not looking past that or helping Gosling and his mother during their time of need]].
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* HypocriticalHumor: Cadance finds discussion of Blueblood and Raven's relationship extremely uncomfortable, despite her own [[CasualKink enthusiastic discussion]] of her relationship.
* IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer: Gosling gets the speech off Chesty [=McPuller=].
* INeedAFreakingDrink: Luna, not infrequently. Particularly when Gosling starts teasing Celestia. Chapter 63 has a particularly notable example.
* GetARoom: Frequently, whenever Raven and Blueblood are arguing/flirting (it's much the same thing to them). Often by Princess Cadance.
* IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer: Gosling gets the speech off Chesty [=McPuller=].
* INeedAFreakingDrink: Luna, not infrequently. Particularly when Gosling starts teasing Celestia. Chapter 63 has a particularly notable example.
* GetARoom: Frequently, whenever Raven and Blueblood are arguing/flirting (it's much the same thing to them). Often by Princess Cadance.
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* HypocriticalHumor: Cadance finds discussion of Blueblood and Raven's relationship extremely uncomfortable, despite her own [[CasualKink enthusiastic discussion]] of her relationship.
own relationship with Shining Armor.
* IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer: Gosling gets the speech off Chesty[=McPuller=].
[=McPuller=] near the end of the story during Celestia and Luna's engagement party.
* INeedAFreakingDrink:Luna, not infrequently. Particularly Luna often feels wanting to take a few swigs, particularly when Gosling starts teasing Celestia. Chapter 63 has a particularly notable example.
* GetARoom: Frequently, whenever Raven and Blueblood are arguing/flirting (it's much the same thing tothem). Often them), often by Princess Cadance.
* IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer: Gosling gets the speech off Chesty
* INeedAFreakingDrink:
* GetARoom: Frequently, whenever Raven and Blueblood are arguing/flirting (it's much the same thing to
* IfICantHaveYou: [[spoiler:Likely the reason why Luna as Nightmare Moon murdered her and Celestia's previous husband, Bronze Blaze. She's torn up after learning the truth and visiting his grave]].
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* MegaCorp: Mr Mariner owns one.
* MoodWhiplash: Celestia and Luna have a deep and involved talk about how Luna feels about Gosling, when the room suddenly gets much colder, freezing everything over, and Gosling comes skating past with a train of foals clinging on to him, all giggling and laughing.
* MoodWhiplash: Celestia and Luna have a deep and involved talk about how Luna feels about Gosling, when the room suddenly gets much colder, freezing everything over, and Gosling comes skating past with a train of foals clinging on to him, all giggling and laughing.
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* MegaCorp: Mr Mr. Mariner owns one.
* MoodWhiplash: Celestia and Luna have a deep and involved talk about how Luna feels about Gosling, when the room suddenly gets much colder, freezing everythingover, and Gosling over. Turns out it was Gosling, who comes skating past with a train of foals clinging on to him, all giggling and laughing.
* MoodWhiplash: Celestia and Luna have a deep and involved talk about how Luna feels about Gosling, when the room suddenly gets much colder, freezing everything
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* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler:The battle in Manehattan, intended as a trap for Luna. At least four Stiff-Upper-Lip Society members died, and Vinyl and Luna got a building dropped on them by Queen Chrysalis, crippling Vinyl and badly injuring Luna]]. WordOfGod is that we'll never know exactly what happened.
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* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler:The battle in Manehattan, intended as a trap for Luna. At least four Stiff-Upper-Lip Society members died, and Vinyl and Luna got a building dropped on them by Queen Chrysalis, crippling Vinyl and badly injuring Luna]]. WordOfGod Kuzuhaiku's word on this is that we'll never know exactly what happened.
* ShamingTheMob: Shows up thrice.
** The first instance happens after an already-stressed Gosling is sent into an emotional breakdown by a few {{Paparazzi}}, causing a furious Twilight to lock in all the reporters with her so she could lecture them on good behavior.
** The second instance has Gosling [[spoiler:informing the mob of Canterlot nobles [[TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask how deeply Celestia felt about being unwanted by the public]]. It shocks and saddens the mob so much that they rally behind Gosling to help deal with the Mariner situation]].
** The third instance happens when Moreh Quiet Knish (the equivalent of a religious leader for the First Tribes) [[spoiler:lambastes his people, including himself, for shunning Sleet and Gosling for having a child out of wedlock and existing, respectively, and for shunning Luna over a mistake she made while not learning how to forgive her or see her side of the story]].
* ShipperOnDeck: [[spoiler:During the engagement party,]] Gosling gives Seville a push towards Twilight, and Twilight towards Seville by saying that as the Princess of Friendship, friendship is under her jurisdiction and she shouldn't turn anyone away.
** The first instance happens after an already-stressed Gosling is sent into an emotional breakdown by a few {{Paparazzi}}, causing a furious Twilight to lock in all the reporters with her so she could lecture them on good behavior.
** The second instance has Gosling [[spoiler:informing the mob of Canterlot nobles [[TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask how deeply Celestia felt about being unwanted by the public]]. It shocks and saddens the mob so much that they rally behind Gosling to help deal with the Mariner situation]].
** The third instance happens when Moreh Quiet Knish (the equivalent of a religious leader for the First Tribes) [[spoiler:lambastes his people, including himself, for shunning Sleet and Gosling for having a child out of wedlock and existing, respectively, and for shunning Luna over a mistake she made while not learning how to forgive her or see her side of the story]].
* ShipperOnDeck: [[spoiler:During the engagement party,]] Gosling gives Seville a push towards Twilight, and Twilight towards Seville by saying that as the Princess of Friendship, friendship is under her jurisdiction and she shouldn't turn anyone away.
* SinsOfOurFathers:
** [[spoiler:Gosling was shunned by the First Tribes simply because he existed as a child born to Sleet out of wedlock. Quiet Knish later calls out his people, including himself, for not helping Sleet and Gosling during their time of need]].
** In a defied and averted example, one of the reasons why Gosling refuses to punish Skyfire Flash for slandering him [[spoiler:twice is it would also mean that her unborn child would be punished for her crimes]].
** [[spoiler:Gosling was shunned by the First Tribes simply because he existed as a child born to Sleet out of wedlock. Quiet Knish later calls out his people, including himself, for not helping Sleet and Gosling during their time of need]].
** In a defied and averted example, one of the reasons why Gosling refuses to punish Skyfire Flash for slandering him [[spoiler:twice is it would also mean that her unborn child would be punished for her crimes]].
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* ShipperOnDeck: Gosling gives Seville a push towards Twilight. And Twilight towards Seville.
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* TakeAThirdOption: When forced to choose between agreeing with Celestia that cake is the best treat, or Luna that pies are superior, he responds that the best treat is [[spoiler: a cookie]].
* TakingYouWithMe: One possible outcome of Mr Mariner's XanatosGambit.
* TakingYouWithMe: One possible outcome of Mr Mariner's XanatosGambit.
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* TakeAThirdOption: When forced to choose between agreeing with Celestia that cake is the best treat, or Luna that pies are superior, he responds that the best treat is [[spoiler: a [[spoiler:a cookie]].
* TakingYouWithMe: One possible outcome ofMr Mr. Mariner's XanatosGambit.XanatosGambit. [[spoiler:If Celestia does nothing to stop him, then Equestria will crash and burn with him]].
* TakingYouWithMe: One possible outcome of
* TrulySingleParent: [[spoiler:Gosling was born out of wedlock, and Sleet never married because she didn't trust anyone to help her raise her son properly.
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* WomanScorned: Gosling's ex, Skyfire Flash, spread mean rumours about him in high school after he refused to sleep with her, and the experience left him with some scars. [[spoiler:She later accuses him of rape and plans to claim her foal is his to get hush money, having been paid by a reporter working for Mr Mariner]].
* XanatosGambit: [[spoiler:Mr Mariner attempts this when he is forced to face the music for his newspaper's attempted slander of Gosling, evicting all his tenants, and closing all his businesses to crash the Equestrian economy. Given he also controls several power plants, this means that ''entire cities'' go dark. And the telegraph, cutting off Canterlot's supply of information. If Celestia moves to block him, then he can claim she's a tyrant and convict her in the court of public opinion. If she doesn't, he gets to take Equestria down with him]].
* XanatosGambit: [[spoiler:Mr Mariner attempts this when he is forced to face the music for his newspaper's attempted slander of Gosling, evicting all his tenants, and closing all his businesses to crash the Equestrian economy. Given he also controls several power plants, this means that ''entire cities'' go dark. And the telegraph, cutting off Canterlot's supply of information. If Celestia moves to block him, then he can claim she's a tyrant and convict her in the court of public opinion. If she doesn't, he gets to take Equestria down with him]].
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* WomanScorned: Gosling's ex, Skyfire Flash, spread mean rumours about him in high school after he refused to sleep with her, and the experience left him with some scars. [[spoiler:She later accuses him of rape and plans to claim her foal is his to get hush money, having been paid by a reporter working for Mr Mariner]].
Mr. Mariner. It doesn't work, as she was caught and interrogated]].
* XanatosGambit:[[spoiler:Mr [[spoiler:Mr. Mariner attempts this when he is forced to face the music for his newspaper's attempted slander of Gosling, evicting all his tenants, and closing all his businesses to crash the Equestrian economy. Given he also controls several power plants, this means that ''entire cities'' go dark. And the telegraph, cutting off Canterlot's supply of information. If Celestia moves to block him, then he can claim she's a tyrant and convict her in the court of public opinion. If she doesn't, he gets to take Equestria down with him]].
* XanatosGambit:
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[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/325359/the-perilous-romance-of-swans The Perilous Romance Of Swans]] is the sequel to Kudzuhaiku's FanFic/TheSunAlsoSurprises and is part of FanFic/TheWeedverse. Gosling and Celestia have hit it off, much to Princess Cadance's joy and satisfaction, but romancing a princess is never going to be simple.
Has a sequel, FanFic/ThePerilousGestationOfSwans, although the short FanFic/ADarknessSoftlyCreeping is set between them and is recommended reading.
Has a sequel, FanFic/ThePerilousGestationOfSwans, although the short FanFic/ADarknessSoftlyCreeping is set between them and is recommended reading.
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* CallBack: Starlight Glimmer's attempted {{Retcon}} of the Mane Six is brought up by Shining Armor when he voices suspicions on the criminal behind the train explosion.
* FantasticRacism: Seville was assaulted by a unicorn journalist, who was disgusted that an Earth pony managed to get in the newspapers, and wanted to put him in his place. Gosling walked in on the two of them, and the rest was history.
* NotSoDifferent: Celestia and Twilight discuss how Twilight, Cadence, and Gosling are so much alike - they're both heroes who tackled problems far bigger than their age and experience, and came out as celebrated heroes and popular political figures.
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* PornStash: Gosling finds Celestia's, then gets caught by Luna. Who planned the whole thing by dispelling the illusion on it.
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* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: An in-universe, invoked example; Blueblood informs Gosling that his public wing-preening display had presented an advantage - if the reporters put pictures of a preening pegasus colt on the front pages, they would risk ruining their careers as that is essentially sexual exploitation.
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* ChekovsGun: [[spoiler:Luna mentions in the first chapter an old law about how anyone who wanted to marry one of the Princesses had to court and marry both, but that times have changed. It turns out that the laws were never actually repealed]].
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* ChekovsGun: ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler:Luna mentions in the first chapter an old law about how anyone who wanted to marry one of the Princesses had to court and marry both, but that times have changed. It turns out that the laws were never actually repealed]].
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* WeakWilled: [[spoiler:Prior to the Battle of Manehattan, the Queen of the Bumbles]] distributed a honey that made affected ponies this.
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* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: After Gosling gets stuck in a fracas and gets [[CirclingBirdies circling alicorns]][[note:He reckons Twilight has the right idea.]]:
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!Tropes:
* AccentRelapse: Gosling's natural accent peeks through occasionally, much to his mother's dismay, as she doesn't like him talking like a "hoodlum", but that Celestia [[ArousedByTheirVoice highly appreciates]]. [[spoiler:After Cadance' surge, it seems to be back to stay]].
* Adorkable: Princess Luna is generally intimidating, but get her in an arcade, and she becomes this trope. Particularly once she's had a few energy drinks.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: {{Invoked}} by Princess Luna who is taking the opportunity to torment Celestia mercilessly.
* ArousedByTheirVoice: Celestia finds Gosling's real accent highly attractive.
* BaitAndSwitch: Gosling gets invited to watch a comedy with Luna. [[spoiler:It is a comedy, from Luna's perspective, due to how overblown it is. It's also the fictional counterpart of The Cabin In The Woods]].
* BattleCouple: Lyra and Bon-Bon.
* BigDamnKiss: Several between Celestia and Gosling. Their second one lasts for ''half a chapter''.
* {{Blackmail}}: [[spoiler:Skyfire Flash is paid to say that Gosling raped her, and that her child is his. She's told that this is the intent, but given how phenomenally unlikely to succeed it is, it's likely it was just a journalist that was just trying to stir up trouble]].
* BrainsAndBondage: Blueblood and Raven's relationship.
* BrainBleach: Celestia, after getting rather more details on Blueblood and Raven's relationship than she wanted. (In Blueblood's defence, she asked).
* BrutalHonesty: [[spoiler:How Gosling finally starts to get through to Luna. But it has to be honesty, simple brutality would only drive her away]].
* BurpingContest: Gosling and Flurry Heart have one in the Crystal Empire.
* CameraFiend: Seville is taking photos in the middle of a battle.
* TheCavalry: [[spoiler: When Mr Mariner attempts his Xanatos Gambit, the nobility of Canterlot turn out in force to help the Princesses deal with it]].
* ChekovsGun: [[spoiler:Luna mentions in the first chapter an old law about how anyone who wanted to marry one of the Princesses had to court and marry both, but that times have changed. It turns out that the laws were never actually repealed]].
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Mr Mariner.
* CruelToBeKind: [[spoiler:After Skyfire Flash tries slandering Gosling, a crime that could literally ruin her life, he offers her a pardon, on the condition that she join the guard for twenty years. Skyfire doesn't want this, but it will teach her discipline, and give her a means of supporting the foal she's going to have and if she sticks it out that long, she'll get a massive benefits package, including having all her foals get to attend college or university for free]]. It's legitimately the best option she has, but it won't be the easy ride she was hoping for.
* ChildrenRaiseYou: [[spoiler:Gosling's consistent efforts to keep Skyfire and her foal together]] are a deliberate attempt to invoke this.
* CirclingBirdies: Gosling gets circling alicorns.
* CouldntFindAPen: The general of the city that Chesty sacked signed the surrender in his own blood, because Chesty had forgotten the inkwell.
* CovertGroupWithMundaneFront: The Equestrian Signal Corps contains the spy networks.
* DestinationDefenestration: One of the Equalists gets punched out of a train window by Hush.
* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Luna's attitudes are still medieval in some respects, as shown when watching movies with Gosling.
* DeliberatelyCuteChild: Flurry Heart is quite adept at manipulating the adults in her life.
* TheDreaded: Raven, by her underlings, and rightly so.
* EatingTheEyeCandy: Celestia finds Gosling quite physically attractive, and her drooling rather disgusts Raven.
* EtTuBrute: PlayedForLaughs, when Princess Celestia gets sedated on the orders of Princess Cadance (for her own good).
-->'''Celestia:''' Cadance had her co-conspirators stab me in my bum-bum.
* FalseRapeAccusation: [[spoiler: Gosling is accused of rape by Skyfire Flash, his ex. She was paid by unscrupulous journalists]].
* FantasticArousal: As is common in My Little Pony fanfic, Pegasus wings are an indicator of arousal.
* FantasyCounterpartCulture: The First Tribes draw a lot from Jewish culture.
* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: After Gosling gets stuck in a fracas and gets [[CirclingBirdies circling alicorns]][[note:He reckons Twilight has the right idea.]]:
-->'''Tiny Celestia:''' Get up!
-->'''Tiny Luna:''' Don't give up!
-->'''Little Cadance:''' Be brave!
-->'''Itty Bitty Flurry Heart:''' You okay, Mistah Goose?
-->'''Pint-sized Twilight Sparkle:''' DON'T JUST LAY THERE, GO KICK THEIR ASS! GET TI-REKKED!
* HappilyMarried: Shining Armor and Cadance.
* HeroicRROD: Princess Cadance, after using her HealingHands [[spoiler:to make sure Skyfire and her colt survive the childbirth and it goes massively out of control]].
* HeadbuttOfLove: Sleet's response to learning Gosling is dating Princess Celestia is to tell him how proud she is and headbutt him hard enough to send him staggering.
* HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic: {{Averted}}, and fortunately so, Gosling takes several blows to the head that would have been much more severe without the helmet.
* HormoneAddledTeenager: He's good at keeping it in check, but Gosling is still a teenager, with the hormones that go with it.
* HypocriticalHumor: Cadance finds discussion of Blueblood and Raven's relationship extremely uncomfortable, despite her own [[CasualKink enthusiastic discussion]] of her own relationship.
* IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer: Gosling gets the speech off Chesty [=McPuller=].
* INeedAFreakingDrink: Luna, not infrequently. Particularly when Gosling starts teasing Celestia. Chapter 63 has a particularly notable example.
* GetARoom: Frequently, whenever Raven and Blueblood are arguing/flirting (it's much the same thing to them). Often by Princess Cadance.
* JumpScare: Luna is fond of inflicting these on people.
* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: Raven and Bluebood bicker constantly. They're still as in love as a masochist and a sadist can be.
* LuredIntoATrap: Princess Luna sends Gosling to the Crystal Empire on a train with only two guards and [[NonActionGuy Seville]], making him a prime target for the Equalists. Except ''everyone else'' on the train is a disguised Guard or a member of [[NoSuchAgency S.M.I.L.E.]]
* MeetTheInLaws: Turns out being a Princess doesn't exempt you from getting nervous with this.
* MegaCorp: Mr Mariner owns one.
* MoodWhiplash: Celestia and Luna have a deep and involved talk about how Luna feels about Gosling, when the room suddenly gets much colder, freezing everything over, and Gosling comes skating past with a train of foals clinging on to him, all giggling and laughing.
* MotivationalLie: [[spoiler:Princess Celestia told Castor and Pollux, Luna's sons, that she was killed by Nightmare Moon so that they could mourn her and move on]].
* MustHaveCaffeine: Luna shows up to the press release with a massive mug of coffee. Later on, Fancy Pants recognises its necessity to keep the nobility functioning through a crisis, even in face of his disgust.
* NiceToTheWaiter: Gosling, it's part of the values his mother instilled in him.
* NonActionGuy: Seville is really not a fighter.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler:The battle in Manehattan, intended as a trap for Luna. At least four Stiff-Upper-Lip Society members died, and Vinyl and Luna got a building dropped on them by Queen Chrysalis, crippling Vinyl and badly injuring Luna]]. WordOfGod is that we'll never know exactly what happened.
* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: {{Exploited}} by Prince Blueblood when the press attacks Gosling's age. According to the traditions of his minority group, Gosling is an adult (or enough of one to get married), and Blueblood suggests that the attacks on his age are veiled discrimination against the group, forcing the press to drop it or be labelled bigots.
* PornStash: Gosling finds Celestia's, then gets caught by Luna. Who planned the whole thing by dispelling the illusion on it.
* PrecisionFStrike: Celestia, after [[spoiler:she hears that Luna was in Gosling's room, following a major argument between the pair that left Gosling so emotionally vulnerable he made himself seriously ill. Fortunately, her assumptions are wrong, and Luna is instead giving him the mercy only she can, locking him in a waking dream state free of pain]].
* SecretRelationship: Raven and Blueblood cannot publicly reveal their relationship for several reasons. They make up for it behind closed doors, annoying everyone else nearby.
* SeriousBusiness: No-one interferes with Celestia's morning crossword.
* SickeningCrunch: Do not upset Bon-Bon.
* SlapSlapKiss: How Blueblood and Raven's relationship began.
* ShipperOnDeck: Gosling gives Seville a push towards Twilight. And Twilight towards Seville.
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Raven and Shining Armor play chess via correspondence.
* SoProudOfYou: Sleet is so very, very proud of her son.
* SpitTake: The coffee Luna brought to the press release? She'd just taken a mouthful when Gosling decided to show Twilight Sparkle just what pegasi saw in wings.
* SpotOfTea: The assembled Canterlot nobility requires an ocean of it to keep functioning.
* TheSpymaster: Raven and Blueblood share the role.
* StrawmanNewsMedia: The shallow, sensationalised version is a frequent problem for the Royal Family.
* TakeAThirdOption: When forced to choose between agreeing with Celestia that cake is the best treat, or Luna that pies are superior, he responds that the best treat is [[spoiler: a cookie]].
* TakingYouWithMe: One possible outcome of Mr Mariner's XanatosGambit.
* TeenPregnancy: [[spoiler:Skyfire Flash is pregnant, which is what makes her vulnerable to rich men offering her a lot of money to slander Gosling]].
* TrainingFromHell: Gosling's description of prep camp is brutal.
* TryingNotToCry: Celestia, after Sleet accepts her so completely. [[TearsOfJoy It doesn't last long]].
* WomanScorned: Gosling's ex, Skyfire Flash, spread mean rumours about him in high school after he refused to sleep with her, and the experience left him with some scars. [[spoiler:She later accuses him of rape and plans to claim her foal is his to get hush money, having been paid by a reporter working for Mr Mariner]].
* XanatosGambit: [[spoiler:Mr Mariner attempts this when he is forced to face the music for his newspaper's attempted slander of Gosling, evicting all his tenants, and closing all his businesses to crash the Equestrian economy. Given he also controls several power plants, this means that ''entire cities'' go dark. And the telegraph, cutting off Canterlot's supply of information. If Celestia moves to block him, then he can claim she's a tyrant and convict her in the court of public opinion. If she doesn't, he gets to take Equestria down with him]].
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* AccentRelapse: Gosling's natural accent peeks through occasionally, much to his mother's dismay, as she doesn't like him talking like a "hoodlum", but that Celestia [[ArousedByTheirVoice highly appreciates]]. [[spoiler:After Cadance' surge, it seems to be back to stay]].
* Adorkable: Princess Luna is generally intimidating, but get her in an arcade, and she becomes this trope. Particularly once she's had a few energy drinks.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: {{Invoked}} by Princess Luna who is taking the opportunity to torment Celestia mercilessly.
* ArousedByTheirVoice: Celestia finds Gosling's real accent highly attractive.
* BaitAndSwitch: Gosling gets invited to watch a comedy with Luna. [[spoiler:It is a comedy, from Luna's perspective, due to how overblown it is. It's also the fictional counterpart of The Cabin In The Woods]].
* BattleCouple: Lyra and Bon-Bon.
* BigDamnKiss: Several between Celestia and Gosling. Their second one lasts for ''half a chapter''.
* {{Blackmail}}: [[spoiler:Skyfire Flash is paid to say that Gosling raped her, and that her child is his. She's told that this is the intent, but given how phenomenally unlikely to succeed it is, it's likely it was just a journalist that was just trying to stir up trouble]].
* BrainsAndBondage: Blueblood and Raven's relationship.
* BrainBleach: Celestia, after getting rather more details on Blueblood and Raven's relationship than she wanted. (In Blueblood's defence, she asked).
* BrutalHonesty: [[spoiler:How Gosling finally starts to get through to Luna. But it has to be honesty, simple brutality would only drive her away]].
* BurpingContest: Gosling and Flurry Heart have one in the Crystal Empire.
* CameraFiend: Seville is taking photos in the middle of a battle.
* TheCavalry: [[spoiler: When Mr Mariner attempts his Xanatos Gambit, the nobility of Canterlot turn out in force to help the Princesses deal with it]].
* ChekovsGun: [[spoiler:Luna mentions in the first chapter an old law about how anyone who wanted to marry one of the Princesses had to court and marry both, but that times have changed. It turns out that the laws were never actually repealed]].
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Mr Mariner.
* CruelToBeKind: [[spoiler:After Skyfire Flash tries slandering Gosling, a crime that could literally ruin her life, he offers her a pardon, on the condition that she join the guard for twenty years. Skyfire doesn't want this, but it will teach her discipline, and give her a means of supporting the foal she's going to have and if she sticks it out that long, she'll get a massive benefits package, including having all her foals get to attend college or university for free]]. It's legitimately the best option she has, but it won't be the easy ride she was hoping for.
* ChildrenRaiseYou: [[spoiler:Gosling's consistent efforts to keep Skyfire and her foal together]] are a deliberate attempt to invoke this.
* CirclingBirdies: Gosling gets circling alicorns.
* CouldntFindAPen: The general of the city that Chesty sacked signed the surrender in his own blood, because Chesty had forgotten the inkwell.
* CovertGroupWithMundaneFront: The Equestrian Signal Corps contains the spy networks.
* DestinationDefenestration: One of the Equalists gets punched out of a train window by Hush.
* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Luna's attitudes are still medieval in some respects, as shown when watching movies with Gosling.
* DeliberatelyCuteChild: Flurry Heart is quite adept at manipulating the adults in her life.
* TheDreaded: Raven, by her underlings, and rightly so.
* EatingTheEyeCandy: Celestia finds Gosling quite physically attractive, and her drooling rather disgusts Raven.
* EtTuBrute: PlayedForLaughs, when Princess Celestia gets sedated on the orders of Princess Cadance (for her own good).
-->'''Celestia:''' Cadance had her co-conspirators stab me in my bum-bum.
* FalseRapeAccusation: [[spoiler: Gosling is accused of rape by Skyfire Flash, his ex. She was paid by unscrupulous journalists]].
* FantasticArousal: As is common in My Little Pony fanfic, Pegasus wings are an indicator of arousal.
* FantasyCounterpartCulture: The First Tribes draw a lot from Jewish culture.
* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: After Gosling gets stuck in a fracas and gets [[CirclingBirdies circling alicorns]][[note:He reckons Twilight has the right idea.]]:
-->'''Tiny Celestia:''' Get up!
-->'''Tiny Luna:''' Don't give up!
-->'''Little Cadance:''' Be brave!
-->'''Itty Bitty Flurry Heart:''' You okay, Mistah Goose?
-->'''Pint-sized Twilight Sparkle:''' DON'T JUST LAY THERE, GO KICK THEIR ASS! GET TI-REKKED!
* HappilyMarried: Shining Armor and Cadance.
* HeroicRROD: Princess Cadance, after using her HealingHands [[spoiler:to make sure Skyfire and her colt survive the childbirth and it goes massively out of control]].
* HeadbuttOfLove: Sleet's response to learning Gosling is dating Princess Celestia is to tell him how proud she is and headbutt him hard enough to send him staggering.
* HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic: {{Averted}}, and fortunately so, Gosling takes several blows to the head that would have been much more severe without the helmet.
* HormoneAddledTeenager: He's good at keeping it in check, but Gosling is still a teenager, with the hormones that go with it.
* HypocriticalHumor: Cadance finds discussion of Blueblood and Raven's relationship extremely uncomfortable, despite her own [[CasualKink enthusiastic discussion]] of her own relationship.
* IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer: Gosling gets the speech off Chesty [=McPuller=].
* INeedAFreakingDrink: Luna, not infrequently. Particularly when Gosling starts teasing Celestia. Chapter 63 has a particularly notable example.
* GetARoom: Frequently, whenever Raven and Blueblood are arguing/flirting (it's much the same thing to them). Often by Princess Cadance.
* JumpScare: Luna is fond of inflicting these on people.
* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: Raven and Bluebood bicker constantly. They're still as in love as a masochist and a sadist can be.
* LuredIntoATrap: Princess Luna sends Gosling to the Crystal Empire on a train with only two guards and [[NonActionGuy Seville]], making him a prime target for the Equalists. Except ''everyone else'' on the train is a disguised Guard or a member of [[NoSuchAgency S.M.I.L.E.]]
* MeetTheInLaws: Turns out being a Princess doesn't exempt you from getting nervous with this.
* MegaCorp: Mr Mariner owns one.
* MoodWhiplash: Celestia and Luna have a deep and involved talk about how Luna feels about Gosling, when the room suddenly gets much colder, freezing everything over, and Gosling comes skating past with a train of foals clinging on to him, all giggling and laughing.
* MotivationalLie: [[spoiler:Princess Celestia told Castor and Pollux, Luna's sons, that she was killed by Nightmare Moon so that they could mourn her and move on]].
* MustHaveCaffeine: Luna shows up to the press release with a massive mug of coffee. Later on, Fancy Pants recognises its necessity to keep the nobility functioning through a crisis, even in face of his disgust.
* NiceToTheWaiter: Gosling, it's part of the values his mother instilled in him.
* NonActionGuy: Seville is really not a fighter.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler:The battle in Manehattan, intended as a trap for Luna. At least four Stiff-Upper-Lip Society members died, and Vinyl and Luna got a building dropped on them by Queen Chrysalis, crippling Vinyl and badly injuring Luna]]. WordOfGod is that we'll never know exactly what happened.
* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: {{Exploited}} by Prince Blueblood when the press attacks Gosling's age. According to the traditions of his minority group, Gosling is an adult (or enough of one to get married), and Blueblood suggests that the attacks on his age are veiled discrimination against the group, forcing the press to drop it or be labelled bigots.
* PornStash: Gosling finds Celestia's, then gets caught by Luna. Who planned the whole thing by dispelling the illusion on it.
* PrecisionFStrike: Celestia, after [[spoiler:she hears that Luna was in Gosling's room, following a major argument between the pair that left Gosling so emotionally vulnerable he made himself seriously ill. Fortunately, her assumptions are wrong, and Luna is instead giving him the mercy only she can, locking him in a waking dream state free of pain]].
* SecretRelationship: Raven and Blueblood cannot publicly reveal their relationship for several reasons. They make up for it behind closed doors, annoying everyone else nearby.
* SeriousBusiness: No-one interferes with Celestia's morning crossword.
* SickeningCrunch: Do not upset Bon-Bon.
* SlapSlapKiss: How Blueblood and Raven's relationship began.
* ShipperOnDeck: Gosling gives Seville a push towards Twilight. And Twilight towards Seville.
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Raven and Shining Armor play chess via correspondence.
* SoProudOfYou: Sleet is so very, very proud of her son.
* SpitTake: The coffee Luna brought to the press release? She'd just taken a mouthful when Gosling decided to show Twilight Sparkle just what pegasi saw in wings.
* SpotOfTea: The assembled Canterlot nobility requires an ocean of it to keep functioning.
* TheSpymaster: Raven and Blueblood share the role.
* StrawmanNewsMedia: The shallow, sensationalised version is a frequent problem for the Royal Family.
* TakeAThirdOption: When forced to choose between agreeing with Celestia that cake is the best treat, or Luna that pies are superior, he responds that the best treat is [[spoiler: a cookie]].
* TakingYouWithMe: One possible outcome of Mr Mariner's XanatosGambit.
* TeenPregnancy: [[spoiler:Skyfire Flash is pregnant, which is what makes her vulnerable to rich men offering her a lot of money to slander Gosling]].
* TrainingFromHell: Gosling's description of prep camp is brutal.
* TryingNotToCry: Celestia, after Sleet accepts her so completely. [[TearsOfJoy It doesn't last long]].
* WomanScorned: Gosling's ex, Skyfire Flash, spread mean rumours about him in high school after he refused to sleep with her, and the experience left him with some scars. [[spoiler:She later accuses him of rape and plans to claim her foal is his to get hush money, having been paid by a reporter working for Mr Mariner]].
* XanatosGambit: [[spoiler:Mr Mariner attempts this when he is forced to face the music for his newspaper's attempted slander of Gosling, evicting all his tenants, and closing all his businesses to crash the Equestrian economy. Given he also controls several power plants, this means that ''entire cities'' go dark. And the telegraph, cutting off Canterlot's supply of information. If Celestia moves to block him, then he can claim she's a tyrant and convict her in the court of public opinion. If she doesn't, he gets to take Equestria down with him]].
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