History Fanfic / TheRockFarmersDaughters

* [[spoiler:BigBrotherWorship]]: [[spoiler:According to Cheese's backstory, his little brother Tomato admired him so much, he wanted to show his friends just how cool he was. It backfired and only made Cheese even more withdrawn and stressed-out]].

* [[spoiler:EverythingsBetterWithRainbows]]: [[spoiler:A rainbow is what triggers Pinkamena's smile]].

* [[spoiler:FieryCoverup]]: [[spoiler:Cortland initially planned to do this with the letters he stole from Bluejinx. He ''does'' get to burn them... along with the boarding house/connected farm that Cheese, Pinkamena, and Igneous are in.]]
* [[spoiler:FirstKiss]]: [[spoiler:Cheese and Pinkamena have theirs at the carnival. Igneous catches them in the act]].

* [[spoiler:GiveAwayTheBride]]: [[spoiler:The wedding is in the point of view of Igneous, who is so amazed at the entire thing he's lost in thought as he walks Pinkamena down the aisle and pretty much misses the vows. He talks with Pinkamena later on to tell her [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming how much he loves her and that he's proud to have her as a daughter]]]].

* [[spoiler:HollywoodFire]]: [[spoiler:Played with. On the one hand, Pinkamena, Cheese, and Igneous can stand the heat pretty well, although they do get burned, and manage to get to an exit, albeit a locked one. On the other, they nearly die from inhaling smoke, and it whittles away Pinkamena's strength enough that she ''can't'' break out, and all three of them pass out. They were really lucky that Limestone heard Pinkamena's cries for help]].
* [[spoiler:HouseFire]]: [[spoiler:Cortland starts one to kill off Pinkamena, Cheese, and Igneous]].
* [[spoiler:IfICantHaveYou / MurderTheHypotenuse]]: [[spoiler:Motivations for the above trope]].

* [[spoiler:KillItWithFire]]: [[spoiler:After being defeated in a fight, Cortland sets the connected farm on fire... with Cheese, Pinkamena, and Igneous inside]].

* [[spoiler:PostKissCatatonia]]: [[spoiler:Cheese ends up walking back to the house in a daze after Pinkamena kisses him on the cheek. He even notes it felt like one moment he was outside and the next he was in his room.]]

* [[spoiler:TheUnfavorite]]: [[spoiler:Cheese has referred to himself as the "nopony" of his family. Considering how his younger brother had surpassed him both socially and academically, it's not hard to see why he's so down about it]].

* [[spoiler:WeddingDay]]: [[spoiler:The epilogue is about Cheese and Pinkamena's wedding.]]

* DroppedGlasses: Cheese, a few times. The worst time so far was when Diamond Dogs popped in on the farm.

** [[spoiler:Cheese's brother, Tomato Sandwich]]. So far, only two letters from him have been shown. His appearance was teased for a couple of chapters, [[spoiler:until Cheese's reply to his letter was dropped by the mailpony and stolen by Cortland]].

* NeverMyFault: When Pinkamena rejects Cortland's advances, he blames Igneous for being too strict and Cheese for seducing her. He never seems to consider that he was coming on [[{{Understatement}} a little too strong]]. [[spoiler:He even goes so far as to plot to get Cheese fired and leave town, and after that happens, decides to make Igneous pay]].

The day when he met '''the rock farmer's daughters'''.

Also, the author has made it clear that another mare is the Element of Laughter in this universe; eternal night is not an issue in this fic.

* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: Cheese gives one to Cortland in the climax, especially the part where he points out that the latter's setting an awful example for his younger siblings.

* [[spoiler:IfICantHaveYou/MurderTheHypotenuse]]: [[spoiler:Motivations for the above trope]].

** Cortland resents Igneous and Cheese for getting in the way of him winning over Pinkamena. [[spoiler:He plots to have Cheese fired (which ends up happening) and to make Igneous "pay".]]

* CerebusSyndrome: It started out rather lighthearted, with silly shenanigans happening at the rock farm as Cheese adjusts to life there and the Pies adjust to their new employee. And then it gets more serious as Cortland's obsession with Pinkamena, Cheese's family issues, Pinkamena's emotional repression, Igneous' paranoid concerns, and the refusal of the Nickerlite residents to stop the rumors are brought to light. The story even uses the TarAndFeathers trope and treats it as the painful and humiliating thing it is.

* DroppedGlasses: Cheese, a few times. The worst time so far was when Diamond Dogs popped in on the farm.

** [[spoiler:Pinkamena, having had enough of her father's overprotectiveness and the idiots in Nickerlite. She follows the recently-fired Cheese]].

* CerebusSyndrome: It started out rather lighthearted, with silly shenanigans happening at the rock farm as Cheese adjusts to life there and the Pies adjust to their new employee. And then it gets more serious as Cortland's obsession with Pinkamena, Cheese's family issues, Pinkamena's emotional repression, Igneous' paranoid concerns, and the refusal of the Nickerlite residents to stop the rumors are brought to light. The story even uses the TarAndFeathers trope and treats it as the painful humiliation it is.

* CallingTheOldManOut: Pinkamena calls out Igneous for being overprotective after [[spoiler:he fires Cheese]].

** Igneous has a sister that he hasn't seen for years [[spoiler:because she ran away because she was humiliated by a stallion she liked. It's part of the reason why Igneous is so protective of his daughters]].

** [[spoiler:He fires Cheese after catching him kissing Pinkamena, and the suggestiveness and criminal smell of the letter from "Tomato" (actually a forged letter from a gang member Cortland hired) made him even more wary of both Sandwich brothers]]. Pinkamena calls him out for overreacting.

** [[spoiler:Tomato Sandwich, if his letters are anything to go by ([[AllThereInTheManual and]] [[StraightMan in]] [[SugarAndIcePersonality contrast]] [[SiblingYinYang to]] [[StepfordSnarker his]] [[GrumpyBear main]] [[TheComicallySerious universe]] [[SourOutsideSadInside counterpart]]).]]

** [[spoiler:Tomato Sandwich, if his letters are anything to go by ([[AllThereInTheManual and]] [[in StraightMan]] [[SugarAndIcePersonality contrast]] [[SiblingYinYang to]] [[StepfordSnarker his]] [[GrumpyBear main]] [[TheComicallySerious universe]] [[SourOutsideSadInside counterpart]]).]]

** [[spoiler:Tomato Sandwich, if his letters are anything to go by ([[AllThereInTheManual and]] [[in StraightMan]] [[ SugarAndIcePersonality contrast]] [[SiblingYinYang to]] [[StepfordSnarker his]] [[GrumpyBear main]] [[TheComicallySerious universe]] [[SourOutsideSadInside counterpart]]).]]

** [[spoiler:Tomato Sandwich, if his letters are anything to go by ([[AllThereInTheManual and]] [[in StraightMan]] [[contrast SugarAndIcePersonality]] [[SiblingYinYang to]] [[StepfordSnarker his]] [[GrumpyBear main]] [[TheComicallySerious universe]] [[SourOutsideSadInside counterpart]]).]]

** [[spoiler:Tomato Sandwich, if his letters are anything to go by (and in contrast to his [[AllThereInTheManual main universe counterpart]]).]]

** [[spoiler:Cheese's brother, Tomato Sandwich]]. So far, only two letters from him have been shown. His appearance was teased for a couple of chapters, [[until Cheese's reply to his letter was dropped by the mailpony and stolen by Cortland]].

* AllThereInTheManual: [[spoiler:On FIMfiction, the author has a few additional stories that feature Tomato Sandwich (Cheese's younger brother), as well as an ask blog for him. The information provided tells readers that Main 'Verse "Tommy" is a [[GrumpyBear grumpy]] DeadpanSnarker who also works as [[TheComicallySerious a Comically Serious]] {{Foil}} to Cheese. They have a fierce SiblingRivalry in the main universe, which was touched upon in another story called "Brother Bothers".]]

* [[spoiler:Cheese's brother, Tomato Sandwich]]. So far, only two letters from him have been shown. His appearance was teased for a couple of chapters, [[until Cheese's reply was dropped by the mailpony and stolen by Cortland]].