History FanFic / MagicalPonyLyricalTwilight

* [[spoiler: BrokenPedestal: Narrowly averted with Twilight. She was understandably unnerved after seeing what Princess Celestia was like 1,000 years ago, but a talk with Shining Armor helped prevent this trope from happening.]]

''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/11021/magical-pony-lyrical-twilight-strikers Magical Pony]] [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9955066/1/Magical-Pony-Lyrical-Twilight-StrikerS Lyrical Twilight [=StrikerS=]]]'' is the third in the series, covering the events of ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers.'' Equestria and the Bureau are allied together, and Chrono has called in Twilight to teach the Forwards as part of a new version of RIOT Force, joined by Spike and Scootaloo. Currently [[DeadFic dead, with no updates since 2014.]]

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: [[PrincessesRule The Princesses]] and doubly so in Luna's case.

* DefiantToTheEnd: [[DropTheHammer Vita]] in chapter 10 is a nonlethal example of this trope. She was trapped in a bind spell, and Twilight offered her the option of surrendering peacefully or getting knocked unconscious via Twilight's [[WaveMotionGun Prominence Buster.]]

* KnowWhenToFoldEm: In a stark contrast to [[DropTheHammer Vita]], Signum chose to surrender when she was in a similar situation. A large part of that probably comes from the fact that when she tried having [[EmpathicWeapon Laevatein]] use her last cartridge in the hopes of the surge of power freeing her, the fact that one of the spells trapping her was [[BarrierWarrior Yuuno's]] Struggle Bind, which acts as a magical grounding point, she got a trickle of power from that last cartridge, instead of an explosion of power.

* ShutUpHannibal: In chapter 11 of the first story, [[TheWoobie Fate]], of all ponies, gives one to [[KnightOfCerebus Presea]], who had used a bind spell on Twilight and Arf, and was about to start [[WhipItGood whipping]] Fate like she usually did to punish her. This time, instead of letting it happen, Fate used her telekinesis to grab the whip, stopping it in midair. She then said the following;

* DeathByDespair[=/=]DrivenToSuicide: One of Luna's many spells.

* GrumpyBear: Chrono has shades of this when he comes to Equestria, [[TheComicallySerious mostly because he doesn't do whimsy]]. Part of his [[CharacterDevelopment development]] is growing out of this; he forms a bond with Twilight thanks to their similar qualities and is genuinely impressed with the Sonic Rainboom.

* BalefulPolymorph: Humans who enter [[spoiler:or leave]] Equestria without taking the proper precautions get Ponified, unless they're shapeshifters like Yuuno. [[spoiler: Revealed to be Luna's doing, over a thousand years ago.]]

* TeleportSpam: Twilight's preferred combat style, combined with MagicMissileStorm. Taken [[UpToEleven to extremes]] when she engages Raising Heart's Stargazer mode, which allows her [[ThinkingUpPortals to create a temporary portal network]].

** No, seriously. You know how in ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'', [[DarkMagicalGirl Fate]] was pushing herself beyond her limits in her search for the Jewel Seeds, and how [[AbusiveParents Presea]] whipped Fate for not doing her job quickly enough? [[spoiler: Here, the consequences of this is [[RealityEnsues much harsher]], to the point that Fate's {{Familiar}}, Arf, is forced to get help from Zecora and the TSAB to keep Fate from dying. This also causes her to [[InvokedTrope invoke]] a ZerothLawRebellion because she knows that continuing to follow Fate's orders will only result in causing Fate's condition to get worse.]]

* ThisMeansWar: [[spoiler: Nachtwal's]] understated response to Celestia's WorldOfCardboardSpeech. The new GlowingEyesOfDoom help.

* WorldOfCardboardSpeech:
** Celestia has an AMAZING one as she faces down [[spoiler: Nachtwal to buy Luna time to hack it.]] See the [[Awesome/MagicalPonyLyricalTwilight Awesome page]] for the full quote.
** Fate gives one [[spoiler: after revealing that unlike her canon counterpart, she was not fooled for a moment by the LotusEaterMachine that Nyx trapped her in.]]
--> '''Fate:''' [[spoiler: Alicia’s dead. I saw her buried and I visited her grave. Linith vanished a long time ago, after she completed my training and asked us to have a family meal together. And my mother… my real mother is currently in the Bureau’s custody undergoing psychiatric treatment. None of this is real.]]
--> [[spoiler: '''Nyx:''']] [[spoiler: [[TheFinalTemptation It could be, if you like. I could be what Presea wasn’t. A kind mother…]]]]
--> '''Fate:''' [[spoiler: No, you can’t. Once upon a time, I would have liked that. A year ago I would have happily thrown myself into this delusion… but not now. I have a family waiting for me. I have friends. I have a place in the world. And all of that is more important than any dream you could offer me.]]
--> [[spoiler: '''Nyx:''']] [[spoiler: But not for long… there’s no way you can win. You understand that, don’t you? You can’t win. It’s impossible. Why not just surrender to this peaceful world? You won’t feel pain in this dream…]]
--> '''Fate:''' [[spoiler: Because I‘ve got something worth fighting for. I’m not the same little girl I used to be. [[MyNameIsInigoMontoya I’m Fate T. Sparkle]], [[InSeriesNickname Child of Lightning]], sister of Twilight Sparkle, student of Princess Luna, [[HappilyAdopted daughter of two families]]. And if something threatens those I hold dear, I will strike it down.]]

* AnOfferYouCantRefuse:
** In ''A's'' Chapter 11 B, the TSAB High Council gives Admiral Gil Graham two days to obtain the Book of Darkness, or they will initiate their backup plan which is suggested to be something horrible. When Gil protests, the Council threatens to make something unpleasant happen to "the girl" who is [[spoiler:revealed to be Hayate in chapter 13.]]
** Discussed in the ''A's'' epilogue with regards to the Wolkenritters' actions:
--> “Not willingly, no. If a madman were to put a blade to the throat of your child and ordered you to commit murder, would you say that you did so willingly? That is the choice we faced; the death of our beloved Mistress, or the scorn of the authorities…”

* [[spoiler: BrokenPedestal: Narrowly averted with Twilight. She was understandably unnerved after seeing what Princess Celestia was like 1,000 years ago, but a talk with Shining Armor helped prevent this trope from happening.]]

* CarryABigStick: [[spoiler:Trixie's]] Device, Hellstestern, is this; a giant golden staff with a star-shaped tip and a long, flowing banner. It's twice as big as Raising Heart, and rather heavy. Twilight and Raising Heart [[CompensatingForSomething lampshade this]] in their dialogue.

* IWarnedYou: A throwaway comment by Celestia in Chapter 11 of A's shows that she did give fair warning to the Belkans not to tamper with the damaged Tome of the Night Sky. Clearly, they did not listen to her.

* {{Jossed}}: "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E2PrincessTwilightSparklePart2 Princess Twilight Sparkle]]" reveals that, unlike in this fic, Celestia already had her multicoloured hair before using the Elements on Nightmare Moon, and that sealing Nightmare Moon away [[spoiler:was intentional, not an accident.]]

** It goes into a final one just before it's destroyed. [[spoiler: One of it's last words is "[[PrecisionFStrike Damn YOU!]]" in [[BilingualBonus German.]]]]

** It goes into a final one just before it's destroyed. [[spoiler: One of it's last words is "[[PrecisionFStrike Damn YOU!]]" [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar in]] [[BilingualBonus German.]]]]

* DeadlyDecadentCourt: The nobles of a thousand years ago were arseholes, plain and simple.

** Princess Celestia gave a thoroughly justified one 1,000 years ago, when [[spoiler: a member of the DeadlyDecadentCourt proposed a day of celebration in response to Nightmare Moon being sealed in the moon on top of the MaliciousSlander that served as her StartOfDarkness. Cue them losing everything that set them apart from common ponies.]]