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* BerserkButton: Don't talk about war near Princess Luna.



* FantasticRacism: Prince Blueblood towards Changelings. He sees nothing wrong with the thought of declaring war on them for kidnapping two ponies.



* HiveMind: The Changelings are working on this.

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* HiveMind: The Changelings are working on this. There are still some teething problems, though, such as when Chrysalis starts thinking on her past, and the entire hive (Twilight Sparkle included) feels her distress.


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* MediumAwareness: In the first chapter, Pinkie notices the section of the flashback that was in italics (which wasn't a part of Twilight's narration), and comments upon it, much to everypony's confusion.

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* AbusiveParents: The Riches weren't the best choice of parents for a Changeling.

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* AbusiveParents: The [[spoiler:The Riches weren't the best choice of parents for a Changeling.]]



* LargeHam: [[spoiler:Even as a Changeling, some of Trixie's essential Trixie-ness shines through, resulting in the Great and Powerful Changeling.]]



** Anypony who becomes a Changeling loses all the memories of their prior life, though it's implied they could probably remember.



* WasOnceAMan: Or pony, more accurately. The Changelings used to be the Flutterponies. Then Discord came along...

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* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Twilight's reaction when she accidentally shapeshifts into [[spoiler:Sweetie Belle, when Rarity bursts into the library thinking she's a burglar.]]
* VillainOverride: Chrysalis can speak through any of her subjects whenever she chooses. She usually uses this to upbraid Princess Celestia.
* WasOnceAMan: Or [[spoiler:Or pony, more accurately. The original Changelings used to be the Flutterponies. Then Discord came along...]]
** Any pony the Changelings "recruit", like for example [[spoiler:Trixie.]]
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* AbusiveParents: The Riches weren't the best choice of parents for a Changeling.


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* ChekovsGun: Early on, it's mentioned that Filthy Rich gave Twilight's parents money for no apparent reason. This becomes important later in the story.
* DealWithTheDevil: [[spoiler:The Flutterpony Queen made a deal with Discord to save her subjects. Three guesses how that turned out.]]


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* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Well, not ''evil'' per se, but Chrysalis doesn't understand why [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Princess Celestia]] is so calm and reasonable toward her, even after she invades Canterlot.


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** And then again with Chrysalis' previous children.
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* AdultFear: Losing your child.


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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Twilight Velvet claims she'd die before anyone "dared to lay a hoof on (her) daughter".


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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Princess Celestia, natch. She's hurt when Twilight Sparkle's parents say they thought she'd [[spoiler:banish or imprison Twilight for being a Changeling.]]
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* BiggerBad: Since the story doesn't exactly have a BigBad, Discord and Amethyst fill the part, since Discord [[spoiler:made the Changelings what they are]], and Amethyst forced Chrysalis to be what she is.


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* FallenHero: [[spoiler:Chrysalis was once the bearer of an Element of Harmony, and Princess Celestia's student. That was a thousand years ago.]]


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* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: Averted, in Chrysalis's case. She's just trying to make sure her ponies survive. Played much more straight with Amethyst, from what the flashbacks show.


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* WasOnceAMan: Or pony, more accurately. The Changelings used to be the Flutterponies. Then Discord came along...
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* InfantImmortality: Averted ''hard'' by the opening chapter. And to [[{{Tearjerker}} devastating effect]].

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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:Princess Celestia, whenever something triggers the "surprises" left in her mind by Amethyst. She'll instantly start trying to petrify whoever happens to be standing near her.]]



* JawDrop: Rainbow Dash has one when she discoverers [[spoiler: Chrysallis is the author of the Daring Do series.]]

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* JawDrop: Rainbow Dash has one when she discoverers discovers [[spoiler: Chrysallis is the author of the Daring Do series.]]



* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler: Chrysalis is Twilight's real mother. The real Twilight was stillborn, so Chrysallis used that to switch her with our Twilight]]

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* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler: Chrysalis is Twilight's real mother. The real Twilight was stillborn, so Chrysallis used that to switch her with our Twilight]] Twilight.]]
* NoKillLikeOverkill: Luna will go to any lengths to prevent Pinkie playing the Pony Polka. Including [[KillItWithFire using fire]]. Examining the evidence is what leads Pinkie to suspect someone ''may not'' like that record.

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* BrainBleach: after Twilight is explained about [[spoiler:changeling reproduction. Something about it is so squicky that she uses a mind wipe spell on herself. ''Twice.'']]

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* BrainBleach: after Twilight is explained learns about [[spoiler:changeling reproduction. Something about it is so squicky that she uses a mind wipe spell on herself. ''Twice.'']]



* [[DoNotCallMePaul Do Not Call Me Starlight]]: It's Chrysallis now, Celestia.



* HiveMind: The Changelings are working on this.



* ImprovisedWeapon: Luna uses Pinkie Pie's non-stop talking as a way to threaten the Changelings during her trip to the Wastelands.
** Big Mac also wields a broken flagpole to fight off the changelings during the invasion.



* ImprovisedWeapon: Luna uses Pinkie Pie's non-stop talking as a way to threaten the Changleings during her trip to the Wastelands.
** Big Mac also wields a broken flagpole to fight off the changelings during the invasion.
* LoveMakesYouEvil: Blueblood had a crush on Twilight and feared what happened to her. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, his idea of what Twilight should be blinded him to the fact that Twilight had become a changeling. He put on the Alicorn Amulet to attack Changeling Twilight, and was corrupted to the point of releasing a deadly spell that killed Twilight Velvet.]]
* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler: Chrysalis is Twilight's real mother. The real Twilight was stillborn, so Chrysallis used that to switch her with our Twilight]]



* LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler:Inflicted on Celestia long ago by Amethyst, to prevent her going after Chrysallis.]]
* LoveMakesYouEvil: Blueblood had a crush on Twilight and feared what happened to her. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, his idea of what Twilight should be blinded him to the fact that Twilight had become a changeling. He put on the Alicorn Amulet to attack Changeling Twilight, and was corrupted to the point of releasing a deadly spell that killed Twilight Velvet.]]
* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler: Chrysalis is Twilight's real mother. The real Twilight was stillborn, so Chrysallis used that to switch her with our Twilight]]



* PetTheDog: Unlike most fics, Blueblood isn't portrayed as a ''total'' slime, and is shown to care for Luna, and has a crush on Twilight. [[spoiler: It is deconstructed when he desires to start a war with the Changelings over Twilight, and not believing that Twilight was a Changeling, and ends up donning the Alicorn Amulet. Corrupted and empowered, he unleashes a curse that kill's Twlight's mom.]]

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* PetTheDog: Unlike most fics, Blueblood isn't portrayed as a ''total'' slime, and is shown to care for Luna, and has a crush on Twilight. [[spoiler: It is deconstructed when he desires to start a war with the Changelings over Twilight, and not believing that Twilight was a Changeling, and Changeling ends up donning the Alicorn Amulet. Corrupted and empowered, he unleashes a curse that kill's kills Twlight's mom.]]
* StalkerWithACrush: Blueblood has a serious crush on Twilight Sparkle, one she never noticed. [[spoiler:Needless to say, he refuses to believe she's a Changeling.
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* PetTheDog: Unlike most fics, Blueblood isn't portrayed as a ''total'' slime, and is shown to care for Luna, and has a crush on Twilight. [[spoiler: It is deconstructed when he desires to start a war with the Changelings over Twilight, and not believing that Twilight was a Changeling, and ends up donning the Alicorn Amulet. Corrupted and empowered, he unleashes a curse that kill's Twlight's mom.]]
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* LoveMakesYouEvil: Blueblood had a crush on Twilight and feared what happened to her. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, his idea of what Twilight should be blinded him to the fact that Twilight had become a changeling. He put on the Alicorn Amulet to attack Changeling Twilight, and was corrupted to the point of releasing a deadly spell that killed Twilight Velvet.]]
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* BrainBleach: after Twilight is explained about [[spoiler:changeling reproduction. Something about it is so squicky that she uses a mind wipe spell on herself. ''Twice.'']]
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* HopeSpot: After a nice party in Canterlot, it seems Twilight as a Changeling will be accepted by everpony. [[spoiler: Then Blueblood, empowered and corrupted by the Alicorn Amulet, attacks the group and ends up killing Twilight's mother.]]
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* WhamEpisode: Chapter [[spoiler: 18, Blueblood, under the influence of the Alicorn Amulet, fatally wounds Twilight's mother, Velvet. Velvet doesn't make it.]]
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* WrongGenreSavvy: Blueblood
-->''Almost like we’re in a novel, where the evil overlord is nearly defeated and grasps at the last straws to keep himself alive, while the hero prepares to strike him down.''
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* JawDrop: Rainbow Dash has one when she discoverers [[spoiler: Chrysallis is the author of the Daring Do series.]]


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** Big Mac also wields a broken flagpole to fight off the changelings during the invasion.


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* StunnedSilence: See Rainbow Dash's JawDrop above.
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* PaperThinDisguise: PlayedWith. Flim and Flam disguise themselves using only fake goatees and call themselfves Flum and Flom. The Cutie Mark Crusaders and Twilight see right through it but don't call them out on it.
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* BigDamnHeroes: As Twilight is being petrified by [[spoiler:a BrainwashedAndCrazy Celestia]], the changelings in the dungeon spring themselves to stop Celestia. One even bites the bullet and gets petrified in Twilight's place.

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* BigDamnHeroes: As Twilight is being petrified by [[spoiler:a BrainwashedAndCrazy Celestia]], the changelings in the dungeon spring themselves to stop Celestia.save her. One even bites the bullet and gets petrified in Twilight's place.
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* SwitchedAtBirth: Twilight was switched at birth when the real Twilight was declared stillborn. The real Twilight lies in a graveyard of the other stillborn children switched this way. [[spoiler:Chrysalis can't vouch that all of them, including the one she was swapped for, [[FridgeHorror were really stillborn...]] ]]

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* SwitchedAtBirth: Twilight was switched at birth when the real Twilight was declared stillborn. The real Twilight lies in a graveyard of the other stillborn children switched this way. [[spoiler:Chrysalis [[spoiler: [[FridgeHorror Chrysalis can't vouch that all of them, including the one she was swapped for, [[FridgeHorror were really stillborn...stillborn.]] ]]
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* [[spoiler:[[LukeIAmYourFather Twilight I Am Your Mother:]]: Chrysalis is Twilight's real mother. The real Twilight was stillborn, so Chrysallis used that to switch her with our Twilight]]

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* [[spoiler:[[LukeIAmYourFather Twilight I Am Your Mother:]]: LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler: Chrysalis is Twilight's real mother. The real Twilight was stillborn, so Chrysallis used that to switch her with our Twilight]]
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* SwitchedAtBirth: Twilight was switched at birth when the real Twilight was declared stillborn. The real Twilight lies in a graveyard of the other stillborn children switched this way.
* TheNotSoHarmlessPunishment: Twilight names one of her Changelings Sucker Punch in order to get him to stop being so zealous about his job. The rank and file of the Changeling Horde do not like being named, and Sucker Punch takes it pretty hard.

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* SwitchedAtBirth: Twilight was switched at birth when the real Twilight was declared stillborn. The real Twilight lies in a graveyard of the other stillborn children switched this way.
way. [[spoiler:Chrysalis can't vouch that all of them, including the one she was swapped for, [[FridgeHorror were really stillborn...]] ]]
* TheNotSoHarmlessPunishment: Twilight names one of her Changelings Sucker Punch in order to get him to stop being so zealous about his job. The rank and file of the Changeling Horde do not like being named, and Sucker Punch takes it pretty hard.
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* EmotionEater: Changelings can eat more than just love. They can eat pretty much any emotion, although love is the most powerful.

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* EmotionEater: Changelings can eat more than just love. They can eat pretty much any emotion, although love is the most powerful. [[spoiler: Hate, however, hurts them.]]
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[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/26961/mirrors-image Mirror's Image]] is a MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic fanfiction written by EvilPresident. It is a AlternateUniverse fic that starts with Twilight telling her friends about her miracle birth while they are on their way to Canterlot for Shinging Armor's and Princess cadences wedding. However, things go awry when she is revealed to be a Changeling. Will Twilight embrace her Changeling nature, or reject it?

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[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/26961/mirrors-image Mirror's Image]] is a MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic fanfiction written by EvilPresident. It is a AlternateUniverse fic that starts with Twilight telling her friends about her miracle birth while they are on their way to Canterlot for Shinging Shining Armor's and Princess cadences Cadence's wedding. However, things go awry when she is revealed to be a Changeling. Will Twilight embrace her Changeling nature, or reject it?
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[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/26961/mirrors-image Mirror's Image]] is a MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic fanfiction written by EvilPresident. It is a AlternateUniverse fic that starts with Twilight telling her friends about her miracle birth while they are on their way to Canterlot for Shinging Armor's and Princess cadences wedding. However, things go arwry when she is revealed to be a Changeling. WIll Twilight embrace her Changelign nature, or reject it?

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[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/26961/mirrors-image Mirror's Image]] is a MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic fanfiction written by EvilPresident. It is a AlternateUniverse fic that starts with Twilight telling her friends about her miracle birth while they are on their way to Canterlot for Shinging Armor's and Princess cadences wedding. However, things go arwry awry when she is revealed to be a Changeling. WIll Will Twilight embrace her Changelign Changeling nature, or reject it?

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* GenerationXerox: Chrysalis was [[spoiler: Celestia's former student and former Element of Magic]], which both apply to Twilight.



* GenerationXerox: Chrysalis was [[spoiler: Celestia's former student and former Element of Magic]], which both apply to Twilight.

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* GenerationXerox: Chrysalis was [[spoiler: Celestia's former student and former Element of Magic]], which both apply ImprovisedWeapon: Luna uses Pinkie Pie's non-stop talking as a way to Twilight.threaten the Changleings during her trip to the Wastelands.
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* GenerationXerox: Chrysalis was [[spoiler: Clestia's former student and former Element of Magic]], which both apply to Twilight.

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* GenerationXerox: Chrysalis was [[spoiler: Clestia's Celestia's former student and former Element of Magic]], which both apply to Twilight.



* KnightTemplarParent: Queen Amethyst. [[spoiler: When Celestia rejected Chrysallis, Amethsyt sealed Celestia's memories of Chrysallis' true nature, as a way of getting back at Celstia. This caused Celestia to be unable to find Chrysallis.]]

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* KnightTemplarParent: Queen Amethyst. [[spoiler: When Celestia rejected Chrysallis, Amethsyt sealed Celestia's memories of Chrysallis' true nature, as a way of getting back at Celstia.Celestia. This caused Celestia to be unable to find Chrysallis.]]



* TheNotSoHarmlessPunishment: Twilight names one of her Changelings Sucker Punch in order to get him to stop being so zealous about his job. The rank and file of the Changling Horde do not like being named, and Sucker Punch takes it pretty hard.

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* TheNotSoHarmlessPunishment: Twilight names one of her Changelings Sucker Punch in order to get him to stop being so zealous about his job. The rank and file of the Changling Changeling Horde do not like being named, and Sucker Punch takes it pretty hard.

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* ChangelingTale: Yes.



* SwitchedAtBrith: Twilight was switched at birth when the real Twilight was declared stillborn. The real Twilight lies in a graveyard of the other stillborn children switched this way.

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* EmotionEater: Changelings can eat more than just love. They can eat pretty much any emotion, although love is the most powerful.


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* KnightTemplarParent: Queen Amethyst. [[spoiler: When Celestia rejected Chrysallis, Amethsyt sealed Celestia's memories of Chrysallis' true nature, as a way of getting back at Celstia. This caused Celestia to be unable to find Chrysallis.]]


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* BigDamnHeroes: As Twilight is being petrified by [[spoiler:a BrainwashedAndCrazy Celestia]], the changelings in the dungeon spring themselves to stop Celestia. One even bites the bullet and gets petrified in Twilight's place.
* HappilyAdopted: Twilight, once she learns that her parents love her for ''who'' she is, not ''what'' she is.
* HeavySleeper: Luna. The only thing that can wake her up are moon pies.
* GenerationXerox: Chrysalis was [[spoiler: Clestia's former student and former Element of Magic]], which both apply to Twilight.
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* SweetTooth: Twilight has a thing for chocolate, as do all changelings.
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[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/26961/mirrors-image Mirror's Image]] is a MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic fanfiction written by EvilPresident. It is a AlternateUniverse fic that starts with Twilight telling her friends about her miracle birth while they are on their way to Canterlot for Shinging Armor's and Princess cadences wedding. However, things go arwry when she is revealed to be a Changeling. WIll Twilight embrace her Changelign nature, or reject it?

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!!Mirror's Image contains examples of these tropes:
* [[spoiler:[[LukeIAmYourFather Twilight I Am Your Mother:]]: Chrysalis is Twilight's real mother. The real Twilight was stillborn, so Chrysallis used that to switch her with our Twilight]]
* TheNotSoHarmlessPunishment: Twilight names one of her Changelings Sucker Punch in order to get him to stop being so zealous about his job. The rank and file of the Changling Horde do not like being named, and Sucker Punch takes it pretty hard.
* TheUnreveal: It's pretty obvious before you even begin reading the story to learn that Twilight is a Changeling.
** [[spoiler:Her parents however already knew Twilight was a Changeling, due to noticing things that fillies just don't do, such as changing mane color or her fangs. Chrysalis also slipped them a book with an entry of her kind in it.]]
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