History Fanfic / ThisPlatinumCrown

* EyeDentityReveal: The eyes of individuals under Changeling mind-control also apparently turn green.

[[AC:'''Note:''' As the FanFic this page is about is still in progress, this trope page is currently under construction. Anypony who has read this fic should feel free to add any tropes we seem to have missed.]]
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Can be read [[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2013/03/this-platinum-crown-update-part-30.html here]] or [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/18256/This-Platinum-Crown here.]]

* AndIMustScream: When Blueblood is [[spoiler: replaced by a Changeling, they drug him and put him in an illusion that makes him think he's back in the GroundhogDayLoop from Fanfic/TheBestNightEver.]]

* BadLiar: Twilight all the way.
--> “Tell me, where did you learn about this spell?” Brass wondered, and Twilight cringed so noticeably even a blind pony would’ve been able to sense her sudden discomfort. Brass didn’t comment on it.
--> “J-just, uh, in – in the bathroom!” she blurted out without thinking and quickly covered her face with her hooves. “I mean, in Princess Celestia’s bathroom! She must’ve left the book lying around! That’s it!”
* BattleCouple: Cruciger and Twinkling Star Light. [[spoiler: Twilight Sparkle and Alpha Brass as well.]]
* BigBadEnsemble: After Antimony's defeat, [[spoiler: Alpha Brass and Queen Chrysalis take over as the {{Big Bad}}s. Though ostensibly working together it's no secret ([[DramaticIrony at least to us]]) that they're both prepared to sell each other out at the drop of a hat.]]

* BloodKnight: Ritterkreutz fights for the sake of fighting.
--> '''Ritterkreuz''': When I see a cloud, I want to fly up to it and kick it. When I see a wall, I want to break it down and see what’s on the other side. When I find [[WorthyOpponent a pony with a strong body and a strong will]], I wanna fight them. Everypony and everything in this world is just another cloud or another wall to me.
* CallingYourAttacks: …and then the ponies from [[{{Wutai}} Neighpon]] showed up.
** Ritterkreuz doesn't call hers aloud, but being an ex-Wonderbolt all of her attacks are named like airshow stunts, primarily the [[HavingABlast Galloping Grenadier]]. Dash, of course, has her Sonic Rainboom.
* CargoShip: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] and PlayedForLaughs. When discussing Twilight's [[spoiler: engagement to Alpha Brass]] Pinkie comments that she always thought Twilight would bring a book to life and challenge Equestria's marriage laws regarding civil unions.

* CoverIdentityAnomaly: [[spoiler: The Changeling that impersonates Blueblood doesn't know about the conversation that he and Twilight had about his family's archives. It's not enough to break his cover, but it does make her suspicious.]]

* CultureClash: Between the Unicorn nobility and commoners. The most obvious is [[spoiler:Rarity's insistence on becoming Blueblood's wife, rather than mistress]], but it's hardly the only one.
** Twilight, being a minor noble with NoSocialSkills, seems to have generally filed any dissonance she's noticed as EccentricTownsfolk.

* DuelToTheDeath: When a duel between unicorns ends in a tie (with neither one being humiliated) and the two sides still cannot let go of their grievances, they can choose to duel ''à outrance'' (or in English, to the death).

* FreudianExcuse: Blueblood's [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E26TheBestNightEver aversion to flying cake]] seems to be a result of watching his father's death in a [[WizardDuel duel]] as a colt.
** Or [[UnreliableNarrator it might be]] because he was frequently hit in the face with flying cake during ''Fanfic/TheBestNightEver''.
* FreudianTrio: [[spoiler:Pegasus Twilight as Id, Earth Pony Twilight as Superego and Unicorn Twilight as Ego.]]

** Individuals under Changeling mind-control also apparently have their eyes turn green.

--> '''Pinkie''': “There sure are a lot of hammers in here.”

* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: It's implied that the Mane Six's [[TookALevelInBadass levels in badass]] are a result of their connection to the Elements of Harmony; more directly, the Magic of Friendship is what allowed [[spoiler: Rarity to defeat Antimony's illusory world.]]

* HeWhoFightsMonsters: WordOfGod has alluded to this idea in regards to [[spoiler: Alpha Brass' plans to destroy the Changelings.]]
* HiddenDepths: Pinkie [[spoiler: acting in a serious opera.]]
* HumanitysWake: Lyra came in to Twilight's Library with a torc that most definitely does not look like a pair of human hands, as humans are just fairy tales... with a disturbingly large amount of corroborating evidence.

* MasterOfIllusion: [[spoiler: Antimony]]
%%* MightyGlacier: Shigure's primary fighting style is to just sit there and tank the shit out anything his opponent throws at him, including (at least in Pinkie's ImagineSpot) a GiantMecha. [[spoiler: He meets his match against Chalice's alternate form, "Sagittarius", though.]]
* TheMistress: Since there's such a high ratio of female to male ponies, it's apparently a quite acceptable practice for stallion to take one wife and have any number of mistresses. The children of the wife are the only ones allowed to inherit anything from said stallion, though.
** Apparently, this tends to differ in parts of Equestria; its mentioned that Southern Equestria, such as where Sand Dune comes from, illegitimate foals are legally just as valid as legitimate foals. [[spoiler: This is one of the reasons why she's willing to form an alliance with Rarity, without striving to be Blueblood's mistress, if Rarity will let her conceive a foal by Blueblood.]]
* MythologyGag: Twilight's freaking out about being sent back to "Magic Kindergarten" in "Lesson Zero" is explained here as a reference to one of Celestia's kookier training ideas; Twilight was wrapped with the illusion of being a kindergarten-aged filly and sent to a unicorn kindergarten, where she had to sustain the illusion perfectly over the course of the day or else be humiliated when it broke. This was Celestia's way of helping Twilight hone her stamina.
** [[spoiler: Twilight then does something similar to help Rarity train for her duel with Antimony, though in Rarity's case she just has to blend into Cheerilee's school.]]

* OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler: Chalice]]. Still not clear exactly what it is, though.

--> "Hey, Twilight." Dash suddenly seemed to think of something. "How do they pick the Daring Doo authors anyway? Can anypony just write a Daring Doo story and send it in?"
--> "I think the publisher owns the rights to it, but there's always fanfiction."
--> "Fan-fiction?"
--> "Fanfiction."
--> "Fanfiction..."
* PowerIncontinence: Antimony seems to keep her eyelids at half mast because people who meet her gaze [[spoiler: get caught in her illusions.]]

* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: The Griffins are presented as this, though they don't have much active involvement in the plot.

* SeriousBusiness: The scary, dangerous duels of the unicorn nobility involve [[FoodFight magically pelting each other with soft pastries]]. [[note]][[AvertedTrope Averted]], since as it turns out the pastries are just an InstantWinCondition.[[/note]]
* ShoutOut: Rainbow Dash is currently reading through "''Daring Do and the [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]''."
** She also makes a passing reference to "''[[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom Daring Do and the Temple of Doom]]''".

** Pinkie Pie [[MusicalChores sings]] an adapted version of [[VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay 'Sloprano']] during a truly epic food fight.
*** Twilight relates a NoodleIncident in which Pinkie discussing Spike being "friend-zoned" quickly derails into her talking about ''Franchise/TheTwilightZone''.

* SiblingYinYang: [[spoiler: Who would have though that [[BloodKnight Ritterkreuz]] was [[ShrinkingViolet Fluttershy's]] half-sister?!]]. Also Eunomie and Euporie, who its suggested are the halves of a single pony, split prior to birth.

* SpaceIsMagic - Taken quite literally. The medium of outer space is essentially condensed magic.

** TimeStandsStill: She is said to be able to stop time over quite a large area for a very long time, which she once used to stop a fire from spreading until the ponies inside a burning building could be rescued.
** SaveScumming: Using time magic, she creates an anchor point that she can then travel back to, having experienced the intervening future and going back to the anchor.
* TookALevelInBadass: Rarity [[spoiler: [[TrainingFromHell learning from Twilight]] the fine art of unicorn dueling.]]

* WhamEpisode: [[spoiler:The wedding and aftermath in general, but particularly Chapter 58. Twilight meets Arsenic, she casts a five-point alliteration spell (becoming the first pony of the modern era to do it) that genderbends everyone across Equestria. Celestia reveals that she may be unable to feel a connection to the Empyrean Vault (the place where alicorns ascend to), and the logical conclusion that Twilight has ascended.]]
** [[spoiler:The reveal that Brass is working to replace Celestia and Luna with Twilight on the throne.]]

* XanatosSpeedChess: [[spoiler: Alpha Brass has a general outline for what he wants to accomplish, but not anything set in stone.]]

--> '''Celestia''': My little ponies, if I hear one more word of my subjects fighting one another, I will be terribly upset. [[BadassBoast I assure you, you would not like me when I am upset.]]

* KillEmAll: [[spoiler: Alpha Brass's main scheme is to exterminate the Changelings forever. The invasion of Canterlot? It's a ''trap.'']]

* GreenThumb: Naturally, an ability common to Earth ponies, but Lady Yumi takes it UpToEleven, [[spoiler: to the point where she can induce Everfree Forest trees to turn into Timber Wolves.]]

** Applejack takes a level in [[spoiler: [[BareFistedMonk Bare-Hoofed Monk]]]], Pinkie does some damage with [[CrazyAwesome weaponized fun]], and Twilight is more [[TheArchmage Archmagey]] than usual.

* IdSuperegoAndEgo: [[spoiler:Pegasus Twilight, Earth Pony Twilight and ]]Unicorn Twilight respectively.

** After splitting her body into three to deal with the effects of poison and mortal wounds, Luna says that reabsorbing them would make her Complete, [[DragonballZ Perfect]] even.

*** Twilight relates a NoodleIncident in which Pinkie discussing Spike being "friend-zoned" quickly derails into her talking about the Series/TwilightZone.

*** Twilight relates a NoodleIncident in which Pinkie discussing Spike being "friend-zoned" quickly derails into her talking about the Franchise/TwilightZone.

*** Twilight relates a NoodleIncident in which Pinkie discussing Spike being "friend-zoned" quickly derails into her talking about the Franchise/TwilightZone.

*** Twilight relates a NoodleIncident in which Pinkie discussing Spike being "friend-zoned" quickly derails into her talking about the Franchise/TwilightZone.

*** Twilight relates a NoodleIncident in which Pinkie discussing Spike being "friend-zoned" quickly derails into her talking about the Franchise/TwilightZone.