History Fanfic / SummerDaysAndEveningFlames

Can be found, along with the previous story, [[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/05/story-heart-of-gold-feathers-of-steel.html here]]. [[AttentionDeficitCreatorDisorder Took a]] [[ScheduleSlip long break]], but is finally being restarted and moved to [=FimFiction=], along with its prequel.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinous: Lieutenant Starfall [[spoiler: assaults Gilda and challenges her to an illegal duel. Why? Because she talked with his wife and kids.]]

Can be found, along with the previous story, [[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/05/story-heart-of-gold-feathers-of-steel.html here]]. Updates come on a semi-regular schedule. [[AttentionDeficitCreatorDisorder Or]] [[ScheduleSlip not]].

Is being rewritten and moved to FIMFiction.net along with its already completed prequel.

Can be found, along with the previous story, [[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/05/story-heart-of-gold-feathers-of-steel.html here]]. Updates come on a semi-regular schedule.

---> '''Gilda''': All of you are now under arrest.

* RoyalsWhoActullyDoSomething: At one point in history, an 80-member tribe of griffons was eating ponies. Celestia caught wind of this and responded by personally killing 77 of them with one spell. The survivors only lived because she wanted them to tell the other tribes about it.

* IHaveThisFriend: Gilda is confused about her relationship with Iron, so she writes to her friend Rainbow Dash for advice. Rainbow is just as uneducated in romance as her, so goes to Applejack, using the classic device to explain Gilda's situation. It's vauge enough that Applejack assumes ''she'' is asking ''her'' about their relationship. HilarityEnsues.

* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: [[spoiler: Starfall puts his racism aside long enough to rescue Gilda from several criminals, freeing her from her bonds and defending her form would-be lethal blows. Although he did kill one (in defense of another), he was still arrested due to "vigilantism" by not being reinstated into the guard yet.]]

* IHaveThisFriend: Gilda is confused about her relationship with Iron, so writes to her friend Rainbow Dash for advice. Rainbow is just as uneducated in romance as her, so goes to Applejack, using the classic device to explain Gilda's situation. It's vauge enough that Applejack assumes ''she'' is asking ''her'' about their relationship. HilarityEnsues.

* GratuitousGerman: Griffin tribes are based of Germanic tribes, so it makes sense that Gilda slips into her natural tounge occasionally.

* BrokenAngel: Starfall's wife, having lost her wings by a griffin attack, which [[Fantasticracism leads Starfall to hate all of their race]]. [[spoiler: Turns out it was Gilda's father who did it.]]

* TurnInYourBadge: Done by Iron to Starfall after Starfall attacks Gilda, a fellow guard, while in uniform. This enrages Starfall, as he thinks it's Iron expressing favoritism for his new girlfriend. The next month after calming down, he realizes that he was fired because... he attacked Gilda, a fellow guard, while in uniform. After seeing Starfall change his attitude, Iron invites him back into the guard (albeit at a lower rank).

* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: [[spoiler: Starfall puts his racism aside long enough to rescue Gilda from several criminals, freeing her from her bonds and defending her form would-be lethal blows. Although he did kill one (in defense of another), he was still imprisoned due to "vigilantism" by not being reinstated into the guard yet.]]

* TurnIntYourBadge: Done by Iron to Starfall after Starfall attacks Gilda, a fellow guard, while in uniform. This enrages Starfall, as he thinks it's Iron expressing favoritism for his new girlfriend. The next month after calming down, he realizes that he was fired because... he attacked Gilda, a fellow guard, while in uniform. After seeing Starfall change his attitude, Iron invites him back into the guard (albeit at a lower rank).

* AloofOlderBrother: Iron Bulwark is the Captain of the Farrington Guard and acts as befits his position. His younger sister Maxie is a mail clerk and has a [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean interesting]] night life.

* NobleBigot: Lieutenant Starfall hates griffins, on account of his wife being maimed by one. [[spoiler: Gilda's father no less]]. He extends his hatred onto Gilda, making her integration to the Farringotn Guard a lot less pleasant.

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A [[MyLittlePony MLP]] {{Fanfic}} by Nicknack, continuing on from his earlier story.

* UnequalPairing: Iron is [[MayDecemberRomance significantly older]], [[MentorShip takes a significant part in teaching her about pony society]], and several ranks higher than Gilda in the Guard. Sergeant Sherry points out [[WifeHusbandry how creepy]] this can be, if Iron honestly considers the matter too severe for a romantic relationship now. Gilda, on the other hand, [[ValuesDissonance comes from a culture where]] UnqeualPairing [[ValuesDissonance is commonplace]], and thus has a different set of concerns.

* DrowningYourSorrows: Implied in the case of Sergeant Sherry, who lost her husband and fellow guard a few years prior.

Gilda's had it rough for the past few years. She's been kicked out from her tribe, been barely surviving out in the wilderness, and [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E5GriffonTheBrushOff her hopes with reuniting with her old friends have been shot]]. Unwilling to go through with the ultimanum her [[{{Jerkass}} father]] ordained for her, she resigns herself for permanent life of an exile.

* GratuitousGerman: Griffins tribes are based of Germanic tribes, so it makes sense that Gilda slips into her natural tounge occasionally.
* HatesBeingTouched: After years of severe physical abuse at the hands of her father and other male griffins, Gilda's uncomfortable with even light touches, especially by those she invites emotionally close. Overcoming this to earn a HugAndComment is a major step forward.

* InterspeciesRomance: Gilda eventually starts going out with Iron Bulwark. She's justifiably worried that dating him could make others look down on him.

* MarriedToTheJob: Iron Bulwark's spent ten years on the force. He's willing to do a lot for a griffon he's only just met, but even when MakeUpOrBreakUp is on the table, he's not going to stop being a guard. Unusually for the trope, his romantic partner both understands, and is beginning to become attached to her career, too.
* NeverMyFault: [[spoiler: Starfall challenges Gilda to an illegal duel and gets hospitalized during so. His wife visits him and berats him for almost getting himself killed and not thinking about what would happen if he lost, straining their marriage. Starfall blames Gilda for this]].

* [[ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks Throwing Your Baton Always Works]]: Out of options and faced with a taunting thief, Gilda uses tosses her baton to stun her long enough to get close and make an arrest.
* UnequalPairing: Iron is [[MayDecemberRomance significantly older]], [[MentorShip takes a significant part in teaching her about pony society]], and several ranks higher than Gilda in the Guard. Sergeant Sherry points out [[WifeHusbandry how creepy]] this can be, if Iron honestly considers the matter too severe for a romantic relationship now. Gilda, on the other hand, [[ValuesDissonance comes from a culture where UnqeualPairing is commonplace]], and thus has a different set of concerns.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinous: Lieutenant Starfall [[spoiler: assaults Gilda and challenges her to an illegal duel, because she talked with his wife and kids.]]

* NobleBigot: Lieutenant Starfall hates griffins, on account of his wife being maimed by one [[spoiler: Gilda's father no less]]. He extends his hatred onto Gilda, making her integration to the Farringotn Guard a lot less pleasant.

* UnreliableNarrator: Since the story switches between multiple first-person perspectives, some things stated either turn oout false or don't paint the whole picture.

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