Fanfic / Story Shuffle

The Story Shuffle series of anthologies of oneshot My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fanfics inspired by Magic: The Gathering cards, are written by FanOfMostEverything.

The fanfics in the series are:

1. Story Shuffle (2014)
2. Story Shuffle 2: Double Masters (2020)

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Tropes used across multiple entries and across the series as a whole:

• Alliterative Title: The series is called Story Shuffle.
• Drama Panes:
  • Story Shuffle: From "Matters of Interest", just a glance, but still important. It's a reference to Luna's control over the night and how she wasn't active for a millennium.
    "Celestia."
    "Good evening, Luna."
    Luna looked out the window. As with her, the stars were coming out. She smiled a little. "Yes, it is. I am proud to have had a hoof in making it so once more."
  • Story Shuffle 2: Double Masters: "How Not To Luau'': Twilight looks out the window at an erupting volcano.
• Flashy Teleportation: Teleportation by both ponies and Discord are accompanied by flashes of light:
  • The first series, with Discord, in "Guest Speaker":
    Everypony outside, there's learning to be had!" And with a flash of light, he vanished from the classroom.
  • The second series, with Discord, using it to leave a mind, in "We Are, Each of Us, a Multitude":
    No sense spending all day lost in your thoughts." He snapped his talons, and light consumed his vision.
• Named After First Installment: Named after the first entry in the anthology series, "Story Shuffle." It's a series of anthologies based on a card game, which involves shuffling.
• Numbered Sequels: Story Shuffle, was followed by Story Shuffle 2: Double Masters.
• One-Word Title: Used in multiple stories in multiple anthologies:
  • Story Shuffle:
    • Aftershock: About surprises and violence and human versions of winged horses that can fly and create sonic booms.
    • Downtime, a story where Twilight Sparkle relaxes.
    • Coda, a story about music and endings.
  • Story Shuffle 2: Double Masters: For some of its one-shots, such as:
    • "Paparazzoid": Likely a Portmantitle of Paparazzo and Droid, because a spying robot is involved in the story.
    • "Vivace": A musical term, because a musician is the protagonist.
• Shout-Out: In the Tables of Contents:
  • The first series': To some summaries of Warhammer 40,000, that go like, "In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war."
    26. Marine Biology (EoH compatible)
    [...]
    In the grim wetness of the ocean depths of Ungula, there is mostly war.
  • The second series': To BioShock's line, "A man chooses, a slave obeys."
    16. Intrusive Thoughts
    [...]
    A pony chooses. A slave obeys.

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