History Fanfic / TheAlarmaverse

* TheBeard: Ditzy preemptively tries to fend off Trixie's unrequited affection by claiming that Time Turner is her boyfriend.

Where others see an eccentric rural town, Ditzy sees [[AlienGeometries spatial anomalies]], [[TheFairFolk Fae creatures]], and {{Eldritch Abomination}}s. And she's committed to protecting her friends and neighbors--and their sanity--from all of the aforementioned. Ditzy eventually finds out that she isn't the only pony protecting Equestria from the shadows, and that the world is stranger than even she thinks.

* PunctuationShaker: Lampshaded:
-->[Twilight said,] “So then. Ditzy, how do you know about Th’cl’br’gh the Overpunctuated? The one you called the Eyeless King?”\\
[Ditzy said,] “Wait, wait, ‘the Overpunctuated’? Unicorn scholars ''actually'' called him that?”\\
“In that particular field, a sense of humor goes a long way towards fighting off the creeping madness.”

-->[Constable Peeler said,] “It always starts with the little rules. Littering. Leash regulations. Curfews. But it never ends there, Ditzy. If we let those hooligans get away with this, what will we ultimately get?”\\
“Anarchy,” Ditzy answered, her voice flat.\\
“Anar-- Yes, precisely!” Peeler beamed with satisfaction.

* StoryboardingTheApocalypse: Ditzy dreams about the possible results if the Eyeless King returns. She sees a jagged wasteland under a yellow sky--a sky with cracks in it.

* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Referenced. When Ditzy hears her radio playing exactly the same broadcast as yesterday, she quickly concludes that she's stuck in a GroundhogDayLoop, and fears that ''"I’ll go mad with power just before I go mad with insanity!"''

-->[Ditzy said,] “How about we step into my place and talk it over?” [...]\\
[Twilight said,] “Yes, of course, Ditzy. But before you close that door, let me warn you that Princess Celestia answered my letter and ''authorized me to'' … Wait, did you say ‘talk it over’? Yes!”

-->“''Golden Ink!'' Be quiet and listen to me this instant, or I will ''tell your parents'' about this when they get home!”\\
Ditzy wasn’t sure whether the ultimatum itself or the use of Dinky’s real name had the greater effect on the filly.

-->''What?'' Ditzy thought. ''Has she ever called me by my real name before?''

* OrphanedPunchline: Every time Trixie or Ditzy tell each other a story, we see the very beginning and very end, with little indication of how they got from one point to the other. But one instance is a subversion:
-->“... And that’s why amending laws in the Equestrian government is so darn complicated.”\\
“What?” Ditzy said. “That has nothing to do with the story you were telling!”\\
“Yes. Trixie was [[SecretTest testing to see if you were paying attention]].”

-->“Well, Trixie’s rather more familiar than she’d prefer with getting chased out of towns by angry mobs. And angry wives. And angry husbands. Word of advice, Dizzy: don’t mess around with married ponies. It’s just not worth the extra headache.”

-->“Dizzy, Dizzy, stop and think about what you’re saying to Trixie. You’re waving your butt at her and asking her to climb on … Is ''that'' the signal you want to send?”

* IsThatWhatTheyreCallingItNow:
-->“And why else would [Pinkie] and Dash spend so much time alone?”\\
“Because they’re ''prank buddies''?”\\
“Ooooooohhh,” the Mayor said, winking at Ditzy, “is that what the kids are calling it these days? Say no more, Ditzy, say no more.”

* AwesomeMcCoolname: ''Ditzy Doo'' is actually short for ''Detsella Renombrada Morningdew''. And her dad's full name is ''[=LaMontagne=] Burningspear Morningdew'', but he normally goes by [=LaMonte=] Doo.

* RantInducingSlight: Ditzy starts to flip out when she realizes her radio needs to be repaired. Carrot Top points out that it's really not that big a deal, and Ditzy agrees--and proceeds to mentally flip out over the fact that she was flipping out. Then she realizes she has a parasite influencing her brain chemistry, and ''that's'' the real reason she's flipping out.

* TheLittleShopThatWasntThereYesterday: Le Livres Perdus, a Canterlot bookstore in a secluded back alley where Twilight acquires the journal. It's got AlienGeometries; the owner is something ''else'' masquerading as a pony; and when Twi tries to return to the store at the very end, the entire alley is gone.

* InSeriesNickname: The story reconciles the multiple names for some of the characters by making some of them nicknames. Ditzy Doo is the real name; "Derpy Hooves" is a nickname. Carrot Top's legal name is Golden Harvest, and Bon Bon's legal name is Sweetie Drops--and both of them prefer their nicknames over their real names. And Dinky Doo's legal name is Golden Ink. This becomes a plot point when Dr. Hooves misses the point and thinks that those ponies are all spies, and their nicknames are their ''alternate identities''.

* RememberTheNewGuy: Happens in-universe. Neither Shining Armor nor Maud Pie were ever mentioned before their introductory episodes, because they ''literally didn't exist'' until immediately beforehand. When they did spring into existence, everypony's memories were altered to accommodate them.

* FantasyKeepsake: Resonius has vaguely disturbing dreams about another realm, with creatures resembling frogs and giant crabs. [[spoiler:He gets even more disturbed when he wakes up one morning with a crab-creature's leg sticking out of his mouth. Still alive.]]
* GoneHorriblyRight: Resonius experiments on his magic in hope of [[NextTierPowerUp boosting his raw spellcasting power]]. It works... but it gives him [[NoManShouldHaveThisPower power that nopony should have]].
* HeroicRROD: Resonius's experiment involves channelling higher-than-normal volumes of magic through his horn. When he pushes too much magic, his horn breaks, and he goes unconscious for three days.

* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:When the shop owner realizes that his plan to corrupt Twilight Sparkle has failed, he throws her out of the shop and trashes the whole place in a rage.]]

** Second, Ditzy dreams that she's in a ska band, about to play a career-making live show, but she missed all the band's practice sessions and doesn't how to play the songs. [[NotWearingPantsDream And she's forgot to bring her suit, too.]]

* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: One draft of chapter 2 introduces Time Turner, who offers to take Pinkie back to the past so they can stop the events of the first chapter. The author abandons when he remembers [[MagicAIsMagicA time travel couldn't do that in previous stories]].

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* AssPull: One rejected draft for chapter 2 introduces brand-new medical technology--with absolutely zero foreshadowing--so Ditzy Doo and Nurse Redheart can make a full recovery, even though they literally died in the last chapter.

* BalefulPolymorph: The curse subjects the Princess to a slow-acting version of this trope, where injuries she receives over the course of a day cause her body to supernaturally change. Sharp rocks cut her hooves, leaving her with permanent holes through her legs. Sharp tree branches tear her fur off, leaving her with black, chitinous skin. And so on.

* BizarreBabyBoom: An aftereffect of the Great Bloop: "And, during the following June, July, and August, every foal born to Pasture citizens had red eyes and a silver mane. These “Bloop babies” were unusually long-lived, but otherwise normal ponies."

* MindRape: [[spoiler:Upon understanding his RealityWarper powers, Resonius uses it to change Pitch Drop's sexual orientation.]] Upon realizing what he's done, he changes her mind back immediately. And he's horrified at himself for stooping to that.

* RippleEffectProofMemory: Done half-way: characters with full fourth wall awareness retain memories from before various retcons, but they also "remember" the current version of their backstory as well. And in Twilight's case, discovering the fourth wall caused her to suddenly regain her memories of events that had been overwritten.

A series of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfics by Tropers/MetaFour, mostly centering on Ditzy Doo (aka "Derpy Hooves")--a pegasus from Ponyville's weather patrol who sees the world a bit [[TrueSight differently]] than everyone around her.

* BaconAddiction: Hay bacon, of course. The Muffin Emporium offers spinach-basil-and-hay-bacon muffins. And Ditzy improves a potato salad by adding hay bacon bits to it.

* ShoutOut: The ''tyndalocurrs'', interdimensional monsters from the “corners between universes” attracted by angles and lattices and that can be summoned by spilled salt (it’s the sound of crystals on a flat surface that calls them) are a pretty clear shout-out to Creator/HPLovecraft's Hounds of Tindalos.