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Unrequited Tragic Maiden now requires tragedy for the maiden, per TRS. Examples that don't fit the new definition as written will be removed


* UnrequitedTragicMaiden: [[spoiler: Fluttershy for Rainbow Dash. She gets better.]]
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* OutOfFocus: [[spoiler: Prince Blueblood never actually appears in the story at any point, being restricted to offhand references and being used by Luna to string along Rarity. Luna eventually reveals that while he is in Clopenhagen, he's been sent there to stay with relatives by Celestia, in order to receive etiquette lessons usually reserved for noble children]].



* RaceForYourLove: Done literally between [[spoiler: Rainbow Dash and Gilda, with the future of the griffin tribe at stake]].

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* RaceForYourLove: Done literally between [[spoiler: Rainbow Dash and Gilda, with the future of the griffin tribe and Rainbow's freedom at stake]].



* SecretRelationship: Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie think they have this, but fail miserably.
* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Rainbow Dash is too afraid to publicly admit her feelings for Pinkie Pie until she's called out on it.

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* SecretRelationship: Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie think they have this, but fail miserably.
miserably. The only one not aware of this is Twilight, who is generally ObliviousToLove.
* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Rainbow Dash is too afraid to publicly admit [[spoiler: her feelings for Pinkie Pie Pie]] until she's called out on it.



* SpannerInTheWorks: Luna underestimated [[spoiler: Twilight, even if it ended up being for the better.]]

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* SpannerInTheWorks: Luna underestimated [[spoiler: Twilight, Twilight's determination to access her dream, even if it ended up being for the better.]]



* StaringDownCthulhu: Twilight's friends physically protect her from [[spoiler: Luna]], despite knowing they could be killed.

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* StaringDownCthulhu: Twilight's friends physically protect her from [[spoiler: an enraged Luna]], despite knowing they could be killed.



** Amusingly, Applejack chooses to stay with Pinkie Pie early on, hinting that Pinkie and Rainbow Dash would be too noisy if they shared a bed.

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** Amusingly, Applejack chooses to stay with Pinkie Pie early on, obliquely hinting that Pinkie and Rainbow Dash would be too noisy if they shared a bed.



* TheStoryteller: Trixie.
* TorchesAndPitchforks: Everyone in [[spoiler: Grey Hollows]] ''really'' hates Luna.
* TownWithADarkSecret: Grey Hollows.
* TransparentCloset: Almost everyone knows Rainbow Dash loves Pinkie, yet Dash tries to keep it hidden.

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* TheStoryteller: Trixie.
Trixie's last known location is traveling away from Ponyville and telling stories from her life.
* TorchesAndPitchforks: Everyone in [[spoiler: the town Grey Hollows]] Hollows ''really'' hates Luna.
Luna, and eventually begin equipping themselves with these as they chase her and her entourage out of the town]].
* TownWithADarkSecret: Grey Hollows.
Hollows, being both isolated from Equestria as a whole and its residents bear knowledge that the rest of the country isn't aware of. [[spoiler: As it turns out, they're the descendants of survivors fleeing Crepuscin, and have kept the memory of that night alive for the last thousand years]].
* TransparentCloset: Almost everyone knows [[spoiler: Rainbow Dash loves Pinkie, Pinkie]], yet Dash tries they try to keep it hidden.



* WanderingMinstrel: Trixie is a tragic version.
* WeirdnessMagnet: Winter Sun.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: One of the driving questions of the adventure.

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* WanderingMinstrel: Trixie is a tragic version.
version, both in what's happened to her and that her material is primarily tragic.
* WeirdnessMagnet: Winter Sun, who keeps having to flee her inns and setting up shop in other locations, with the party just being the latest weird thing that's happened to Winter Sun.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: One of the driving questions of the adventure.adventure, as Luna asks the Mane Six if they've ever considered what happened to Gilda, Trixie, and Prince Blueblood.



** Rainbow Dash gets a called out on a few of her mistakes as well.
* WhamEpisode: The events at Grey Hollows, and [[spoiler: Trixie's death.]]

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** Rainbow Dash gets a called out on quite a few of her mistakes as well.
* WhamEpisode: The events at Grey Hollows, and [[spoiler: Trixie's death.death mid-conversation in the hotel.]]



* [[YesMan Yes Mare]]: Twilight is often accused of being this for Celestia and Luna. She spends her character arc learning of her own self-worth in relation to the princesses.

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* [[YesMan Yes Mare]]: YesMan: Twilight is often accused of being this for Celestia and Luna. She spends her character arc learning of her own self-worth in relation to the princesses.
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* InterruptedIntimacy: Twilight walks in on Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie early on. She's too oblivious to realize what's going on, though.

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* InterruptedIntimacy: Twilight walks in on Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie early on.on, right in the middle of a makeout session. She's too oblivious to realize what's going on, though.



* KeepingSecretsSucks: Luna is the biggest offender and it gets her flak from the party, but everyone in the group is hiding something. The emotional turmoil nearly breaks the group apart.
* LoveRedeems: Luna [[spoiler: doesn't overcome her problems until Twilight helps her.]]
* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler: Chief Blackclaw, Gilda's father.]]

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* KeepingSecretsSucks: Luna is the biggest offender and it gets her constant flak from the party, but everyone in the group is hiding something. The emotional turmoil nearly breaks the group apart.
* LoveRedeems: Luna [[spoiler: doesn't overcome her own problems until Twilight helps her.]]
* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler: Chief Blackclaw, Gilda's father.]] He uses his right to the dueling rules by declaring Gilda as his champion and Rainbow Dash herself as the stake for Gilda winning. In one stroke, he gives motivation for his daughter to actually care about helping him, and she's motivated by possibly keeping Rainbow in the tribe]].



* MysteriousPast: Luna tries to keep hers as hidden as possible.
* NobleSavage: Brenliana.
* NoHeroDiscount: Applejack, Rarity, and Luna handle the adventure's finances. Twilight didn't even think to bring money.

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* MysteriousPast: Luna tries to keep hers as hidden as possible.
possible, to the irritation and concern of the Mane Six.
* NobleSavage: Brenliana.
Brenliana, who approaches the Mane Six at the head of a squad of griffins, all wearing warpaint and tribal masks. She quickly proves herself to be both reasonable and concerned with her tribe's welfare.
* NoHeroDiscount: Applejack, Rarity, and Luna handle the adventure's finances.finances, since Luna refuses to take advantage of her status to make businesses give them free goods and services. Twilight didn't even think to bring money.



* ParentalAbandonment: [[spoiler: Fluttershy suffered from this. Her character arc focuses on her gaining enough independence to stop using [[LivingEmotionalCrutch Rainbow Dash as an emotional crutch]].]]
* SimpleMindedWisdom: Pinkie Pie is much wiser than she acts.

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* ParentalAbandonment: [[spoiler: Fluttershy suffered from this.this, as her father abandoned Fluttershy and her mother when she was young. Her character arc focuses on her gaining enough independence to stop using [[LivingEmotionalCrutch Rainbow Dash as an emotional crutch]].]]
* SimpleMindedWisdom: Pinkie Pie is much wiser than she acts.acts, frequently surprising Twilight with her observations.



* RebelliousPrincess: Gilda.

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* RebelliousPrincess: Gilda.[[spoiler: Gilda, who turns out to be the daughter of the Blackclaw's chief. She's repeatedly fled home due to his restrictive upbringing]].



* SceneryGorn: [[spoiler: Crepuscin. The palace courtyard is still full of the bones of the ponies Luna killed as Nightmare Moon.]]
* SecretKeeper: Nearly everyone is keeping secrets from each other.

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* SceneryGorn: [[spoiler: Crepuscin.Crepuscin, even with it buried under the Everfree Forest. The palace courtyard is still full of the bones of the ponies Luna killed as Nightmare Moon.]]
* SecretKeeper: Nearly everyone is keeping secrets from each other.other, and a great deal of the story's conflict arises from secrets suddenly being revealed.



** The Pinkie Pie Promise is used to prevent Pinkie from revealing her relationship with Rainbow Dash, despite it being obvious.

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** The Pinkie Pie Promise is used to prevent Pinkie from revealing [[spoiler: her relationship with Rainbow Dash, despite it being obvious.obvious]].
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"And how" is never an actual example in any context, and is extraordinarily lazy troping.


* BreakTheHaughty: Trixie gets the absolute worst of it, and it's not portrayed as satisfying or deserved. [[spoiler: No unicorn deserves to lose their magic entirely]].

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* BreakTheHaughty: Trixie gets the absolute worst of it, and it's not portrayed as satisfying or deserved. [[spoiler: No unicorn deserves to lose their magic entirely]].entirely, and she's revealed to have stopped taking care of herself and can't sleep due to nightmares after touching the Star Hammer]].



* CannotSpitItOut: Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy have people they love that they can't admit to, for similar reasons.

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* CannotSpitItOut: Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy have people they love that they can't admit to, for similar reasons.reasons [[spoiler: Once it's pointed out to her, Twilight develops this with Princess Luna, adding yet another source of conflict between the two]].



* TheChessmaster: Luna obviously has her own plans, and [[spoiler: Celestia]] has a hoof in how things play out.

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* TheChessmaster: Luna obviously has her own plans, plans that she remains cryptic about, and [[spoiler: Celestia]] has a hoof in how things play out.



* DyingDeclarationOfLove: Not quite dying, but [[spoiler: Twilight becomes badly injured and delirious near the end of the story, and bluntly tells Luna how she really feels.]]
* DynamicEntry: Princess Celestia.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: And ''how.''
* EldritchLocation: [[spoiler: Crepuscin, specifically the palace containing Luna's magical artifacts.]]
* EveryBodyKnewAlready: Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie's romance. Despite their best efforts to keep it hidden, everyone except Twilight quickly picks up on it.
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: The connection and eventual romance between [[spoiler: Twilight and Luna.]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: All over the place, though Fluttershy's is the most subtle.

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* DyingDeclarationOfLove: Not quite dying, dying due to a quick response, but [[spoiler: Twilight becomes badly injured and delirious near the end of the story, and bluntly tells Luna how she really feels.]]
* DynamicEntry: [[spoiler: Princess Celestia.
Celestia detects that Princess Luna has brought someone back to life. She immediately leaves the banquet she's attending, gets to Clopenhagen in record time, and then breaks through a wall in the hotel that the party is residing in due to how angry she is]].
* EarnYourHappyEnding: And ''how.''
The Mane Six and Princess Luna set out to resolve the problems caused by their treatment of Gilda, Trixie, and Prince Blueblood, having to face danger and heartaches to truly fix their mistakes. [[spoiler: The biggest obstacle is Luna herself, which takes the cumulative efforts of the Six along with Twilight's breaking past Luna's walls to save her from herself]].
* EldritchLocation: [[spoiler: Crepuscin, specifically thanks to Luna becoming Nightmare Moon and unleashing cataclysmic magic on the city. The ruins of the city were buried during the passage of time, which caused the Everfree Forest above it to become one as well. Specifically the palace containing Luna's magical artifacts.]]
* EveryBodyKnewAlready: Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie's romance. Despite their best efforts to keep it hidden, everyone except the oblivious Twilight quickly picks up on it.
it, and they're exasperated that she's not caught on yet.
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: The connection and eventual romance between [[spoiler: Twilight and Luna.]]
Luna... and Twilight is not aware of it for quite some time]].
* {{Foreshadowing}}: All over the place, as hints about the problems in later chapters can be seen lurking in conversations during earlier chapters, though Fluttershy's own is the most subtle.



* HiddenDepths: Fluttershy is the most experienced traveler of the Mane Six. [[spoiler: This is because she roamed Equestria searching for Rainbow Dash after leaving Cloudsdale.]]
* HospitalityForHeroes: Luna uses her planning and foresight to [[spoiler: give Winter Sun ownership of a hotel, exactly where they group would be staying several chapters later.]]
* IDontWantToRuinOurFriendship: Fluttershy thinks this will happen once her issues come to light.
* IneffectualLoner: Luna.
* InsecureLoveInterest: [[spoiler: Fluttershy doesn't take Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie's relationship reveal well.]]

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* HiddenDepths: As it turns out, Fluttershy is the most experienced traveler of the Mane Six. [[spoiler: This is because she roamed Equestria searching for Rainbow Dash after leaving Cloudsdale.she left Cloudsdale without letting Fluttershy know where she went.]]
* HospitalityForHeroes: Luna uses her planning and foresight to [[spoiler: give Winter Sun ownership of a hotel, exactly where they the group would be staying several chapters later.]]
* IDontWantToRuinOurFriendship: Fluttershy thinks this will happen once her private issues come to light, and spends a lot of the story avoiding all attempts to bring those problems to light.
%% * IneffectualLoner: Luna.
* InsecureLoveInterest: [[spoiler: Fluttershy doesn't take the reveal of Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie's relationship reveal well.well, as she's been in love with Rainbow since flight camp.]]



* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler: Fluttershy for Rainbow Dash.]]
* KeepingSecretsSucks: Luna is the biggest offender, but everyone is hiding something. The emotional turmoil nearly breaks the group apart.

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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler: Fluttershy for Rainbow Dash.Dash, as she doesn't let herself reveal her own feelings out of guilt.]]
* KeepingSecretsSucks: Luna is the biggest offender, offender and it gets her flak from the party, but everyone in the group is hiding something. The emotional turmoil nearly breaks the group apart.
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* TheAtoner: Luna.

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* TheAtoner: Luna.Luna, as it slowly becomes clear over the course of the journey. She cannot bear to look at the Moon due to ''something'' happening before her banishment, but refuses to tell what it was. [[spoiler: This is to the point where Luna's been forcing herself to incessantly watch her memory of herself destroying the city of Crepuscin due to her guilt. By her rough count, she's viewed it 15 '''million''' times in the last thousand years]].



* ArtifactOfDoom: The Star Hammer.
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: Luna breaks the covenant between herself and Celestia to revive Trixie.]]

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* ArtifactOfDoom: The Star Hammer.
Hammer, an orb of pure darkness that is described to be intimately linked to Luna. If she's not wielding it, it apparently lures in anyone nearby to try wielding it with lethal consequences. [[spoiler: Celestia has her own artifact, the Sun Spear, which she's used to kill immortal beings who went insane and became a threat to the world. The few details about it indicate that it has a terrible hunger and power]].
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: The Princesses are capable of returning the deceased to life, but they swore themselves to not use it since they're beholden to "higher powers". Luna breaks the covenant between herself and Celestia to revive Trixie.Trixie after she died.]]



* BreakTheHaughty: Trixie gets the worst of it.

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* BreakTheHaughty: Trixie gets the absolute worst of it.it, and it's not portrayed as satisfying or deserved. [[spoiler: No unicorn deserves to lose their magic entirely]].



* BroughtDownToNormal: [[spoiler: Trixie loses her magic]].

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* BroughtDownToNormal: [[spoiler: Trixie loses her magic]].magic after surviving contact with the Star Hammer. Luna notes that Trixie got off lightly, compared to what could have happened if she interacted with anything else in Luna's study]].



* ButtMonkey: Princess Longleap.
* CannotSpitItOut: Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy, for similar reasons.

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%% * ButtMonkey: Princess Longleap.
* CannotSpitItOut: Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy, Fluttershy have people they love that they can't admit to, for similar reasons.



* TheChiefsDaughter: [[spoiler: Gilda.]]
* ClingyJealousGirl: Rainbow Dash accuses Gilda of being like this.
* ComingOutStory: Part of Rainbow Dash's character arc.

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* TheChiefsDaughter: [[spoiler: Gilda.Gilda, daughter of the Chief of the Blackclaw Tribe in the griffin territories, who repeatedly ran away from her tribe to find her own way in life.]]
* ClingyJealousGirl: Rainbow Dash accuses Gilda of being like this.
this, [[spoiler: long after Rainbow found someone else]].
* ComingOutStory: Part of Rainbow Dash's character arc.arc, [[spoiler: as while she's in a romantic relationship with Pinkie, she's sworn Pinkie to secrecy about their relationship out of fear]].



* DarkSecret: Luna's reason for going on the adventure.
* DeathByDespair: [[spoiler: Trixie loses her will to live. She gets better.]]

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* DarkSecret: Luna's reason for going on the adventure.
adventure, and a core part of the tale is Twilight trying to discover just what Luna's hiding.
* DeathByDespair: [[spoiler: Trixie loses her will to live.live, dying shortly after being found in Clopenhagen. She gets better.]]



* DoomMagnet: Winter Sun.

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* DoomMagnet: Winter Sun.Sun, as all three of her previous inns have either burned down or been destroyed. [[spoiler: The Epilogue shows that her insurance company regards her as a "special case", with an even longer string of insurance claims showing that she's been unlucky for a very long time]].

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* StopHelpingMe: Fluttershy has the [[spoiler: confrontation with a suicidal Trixie]] almost under control, but Dash's loud mouth ruins it.


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* UnwantedAssistance: Fluttershy has the [[spoiler: confrontation with a suicidal Trixie]] almost under control, but Dash's loud mouth ruins it.
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* ShoutOut: As everyone is deciding whether or not to go on the adventure, Pinkie Pie states that it's [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda dangerous to go alone.]]

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* ShoutOut: As everyone is deciding whether or not to go on the adventure, Pinkie Pie states that it's [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI dangerous to go alone.]]

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* EveryBodyKnewAlready: Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie's romance. Despite their best efforts to keep it hidden, everyone except Twilight quickly picks up on it.



* TheNotSecret: Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie's romance. Despite their best efforts to keep it hidden, everyone except Twilight quickly picks up on it.
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Originally written by Cloudy Skies in August-September 2011, ''Within And Without'' portrays the Mane Six confronting these and other issues in an lengthy, emotionally-driven quest that spans all of Equestria. It was among the first WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic FanFics to blend well-written adventure narratives, character exploration and development, and shipping. It was recently revamped with new scenes and additional edits, all of which can be found [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/18270/Within-and-Without here:]]

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Originally written by Cloudy Skies in August-September 2011, ''Within And and Without'' portrays the Mane Six confronting these and other issues in an lengthy, emotionally-driven quest that spans all of Equestria. It was among the first WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic FanFics to blend well-written adventure narratives, character exploration and development, and shipping. It was recently revamped with new scenes and additional edits, all of which can be found [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/18270/Within-and-Without here:]]

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