History Fanfic / RainboomsAndRoyalty

* StrugglingSingleMother: Dinky's father is out of the picture. Ditzy works two jobs to support herself and Dinky, as mailmare and weatherpony, with her eye condition inhibiting her usefulness with the latter. [[Spoiler: Rainbow Dash takes her place as weatherpony when she decides to settle down in Ponyville and gets Ditzy a position in the weather office, which both pays more and is easier for her to perform, being mostly paperwork.]]

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: As shown in the flashback to Celestia's duel with Sombra, there is a ''reason'' the bits stop with her.

* MythologyGag: Rainbow Dash's mother is Firefly, the G1 pony Rainbow Dash's personality was based on.

* HopeSpot: See YourWorstNightmare.

* WouldHurtAChild: Sombra kidnaps the foals of Ponyville and several other towns [[spoiler: so he can feed off their life forces to become stronger]].

* YourWorstNightmare: Used against [[spoiler:Cadance]] when she is made to confront her worst fear. [[spoiler:She is first shown a vision of Shining Armor marrying Rainbow Dash, but in seconds she points out all of the reasons why this is a pathetic attempt, dissolving the illusion and claiming the Crystal Heart. However, when she tries to use the Heart along with the Mane Six using the Elements of Harmony to defeat Sombra, it shatters and Sombra kills both Rainbow Dash and Twilight. Shining Armor [[WhatTheHellHero blames her for not having enough love to power the Heart, resulting in his sister's death,]] and this true vision of her worst fear starts to fade only after she is [[DrivenToSuicide planning to take her own life with a shard of the shattered Heart.]]]]

** Pinkie sings some of "[[Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian Always Look on the Bright Side of Life]]" and "[[Film/TheMuppets Life's a Happy Song]]" in order to get out of the Swamp of Despair.