History FanFic / ThroughTheEyesOfAnotherPony

* SturgeonsLaw: CL wrote this story because he wanted to prove that all the tropes that are usually responsible for the 90% can be used effectively to make an excellent story. Given that it has been voted the funniest story on Equestria Daily two years running, it's apparent that he's succeeded.
** Let's see, Self-insert, First-Person, black-garbed protagonist, PlayingWithFire as a superpower (in a sense), in love with a goddess/princess, and the dreaded Human in Equestria? Despite its connotations, CL pulled it off brilliantly.

* DeadpanSnarker: Firewall, Luna, and Storm Wing (y'know, screw him for that) are all [[UpToEleven big on the snark department]]. [[HilarityEnsues Hilarity tends to ensue]] [[SnarkToSnarkCombat whenever there's dialogue between them]].

* IngestingKnowledge: One of Luna's spells--which she soon passes on to Firewall--allows her to burn books and other reading materials, instantly transferring the information on said book to her. She eventually [[UpToEleven pushes this spell to a new level]] by burning [[spoiler:Firewall's phone, which happens to be connected to the Internet. By doing this, she gains near omniscience of Earth's history and knowledge. ([[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking It also makes her quite]] savvy).]]

* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Played straight with both Celestia and Luna, [[UpToEleven especially in the case of the latter]], who becomes the [[PalsWithJesus best friend]] of Firewall, and eventually [[spoiler: his romantic interest]].

* PhlebotinumRebel: The Nightmare

* ShutUpHannibal: Firewall delivers these to the Nightmare on a regular basis.

* SufficientlyAdvancedAlien: [[spoiler: Is what David actually is.]]

* {{Unobtanium}}: Inmanipulon.

* WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief
* WriteWhatYouKnow: Firewall as a self-insert AuthorAvatar.

Unfortunately, due to the author's sporadic appearances on [=FIMFiction=], the story is yet another instance of a DeadFic.

* IngestingKnowledge: One of Luna's spells--which she soon passes on to Firewall--allows her to burn books and other reading materials, instantly transferring the information on said book to her. She eventually [[UpToEleven pushes this spell to a new level]] by burning [[spoiler: Firewall's phone, which happens to be connected to the Internet. By doing this, she gains near omniscience of Earth's history and knowledge. ([[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking It also makes her quite]] savvy).]]
* ItsAllAboutMe: When it comes to smoking, Firewall doesn't care about the fact ''nopony'' can stand the smell. He even gives Luna a [[DeathGlare "dangerous glare"]] when she tries to take away his cigarettes.

* NotSoHarmlessVillain: For the first half of the FanFic, The Nightmare came across as a second rate DastardlyWhiplash and an overall negligible threat. Then comes [[WhamEpisode Chapter 8]] where The Nightmare [[spoiler: Possesses a weakened Princess Celestia after engineering a trap designed to exhaust her]], and suddenly TheNightmare seems ''[[KnightOfCerebus much]]'' more threatening.

** The summary on FIMFiction borrows rewritten lyrics from [[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner Trogdor]].

** Let's see, Self-insert, First-Person, black-garbed protagonist, PlayingWithFire as a superpower (in a sense), in love with a goddess/princess, and the dreaded Human in Equestria? All of it ''normally'' adds up to a MarySue. But CL pulled it off brilliantly.

* NotSoDifferent: Firewall is Compared to [[spoiler: David; but by Winter Sky. David was silly, tried to hide human culture from the ponies, and was only serious if ponies were in danger too.]] Firewall has yet to come up with a serious difference between the two, aside from himself being somewhat philosophical.

** [[spoiler: David himself]] invokes the trope word for word in chapter 14.

* FiveManBand
** TheHero -- Firewall
** TheLancer -- Storm Wing (screw 'Captain' Storm Wing)
** TheSmartGuy -- Luna / Twilight (sometimes Firewall, to an extent)
** TheBigGuy -- Storm Wing (screw the little guy for that), and now [[spoiler: Winter Sky]].
** TheChick -- Firewall
** TeamMom -- Celestia

[[AC:'''Note:''' As the FanFic this page is about is currently incomplete, this trope page is currently under construction. Anypony who has read [[FanFic/ThroughTheEyesOfAnotherPony Through the Eyes of Another Pony]] should feel free to add any tropes we seem to have missed.]]

* TropesAreTools: See SturgeonsLaw above.

* DeadFic: With the last update coming in January of 2016, and CL having not visited FIMFiction in almost a full year, it's disappointingly safe to say this story may never be completed.