History Website / FimfictionDotNet

** When the site was first founded, a person could tag their stories with any number of characters and descriptors (such as "Dark," "Slice of Life," "Comedy," etc). This was eventually changed to limit the number of characters and descriptors to five apiece, with the expectation that only the most relevant characters and most important styles will be tagged. Stories that existed before this patch [[GrandfatherClause were allowed to keep their tags]], though.

* DidYouJustRomanceCthulhu: Discord gets a lot of shipping stories especially with Celestia, Fluttershy and Twilight.

*** Related to this, the main characters of ''Friendship is Magic'' are commonly known as the "Mane Six". They eventually got their own "Mane Six" tag to show that they were all in the story so that writers didn't have to add each individual character in the tags.

* DoubleStandard:
** [[GirlOnGirlIsHot A ship or clopfic between two female characters]] tend to get a lot of support and likes, [[HetIsEw het relationships]] and clopfics receive lukewarm and moderate responses, but a ship or clopfic between [[HeteroNormativeCrusader two male characters results in a lot of downvotes]], with many assuming the gay SlashFic in question to be a TrollFic.
** In the eyes of many [=FIMFiction=] users, any story that has more downvotes than upvotes is automatically considered bad. Yet if critics don't like [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie2017 the movie]], then those critics need to rethink their views; the movie itself was quite divisive, hovering around fifty percent positive reviews for a while.

* HetIsEw: Rampant--due to the fact that most of the developed characters are female, this is the natural result. According to [[https://docs.google.com/document/d/10F6Zsc9BxmKeHpxQWfEoP8EE7CdnKLETSyOROau6TN4/edit an actual shipping study]], more than two-thirds of all documented ships are same-sex, with only four of the twenty most popular ships being heterosexual pairings (and one of those is an OfficialCouple with Shining Armor x Cadance).
** Subverted in some groups such as Rule 63, Human On Royalty and Straight Shipping where they'll gladly tell you about the overabundance of yuri on the site. (Although it's far from being considered homophobic.)

* BerserkButton: Writers are given a delete button to use on the comment threads of their stories. This is meant to be used for deleting [[GarbagePostKid obnoxious spam]] and content-free annoyances. When someone [[OrwellianEditor deletes comments that gave constructive criticism]], the users will not be pleased. One of the site moderators suggests that you "[[https://www.fimfiction.net/blog/317772/how-to-handle-criticism DO NOT DELETE COMMENTS]]" in a "how-to" guide for creating good stories and a good reputation on the site.

* MentorShip: Twilestia (Twilight and Celestia) is one of the most popular ships on the site.[[invoked]]

*** Related to this, the main characters of ''Friendship is Magic'' are commonly known as the "Mane Six". They eventually got their own tag as a collective unit so that writers didn't have to add each individual character in the tags.

* MentorShip: Twilestia (Twilight and Celestia) is one of the most popular ships on the site.

* SturgeonsLaw: The site attempts to avert this. The featured box automatically displays a few stories to the entire site (and its younger sibling - the popular box - shows more stories, but less prominently), and one of its criteria is upvotes and downvotes (both number and ratio).[[note]]The exact algorithm involves several variables, but is intentionally kept a secret to prevent abuse.[[/note]] In practice, however, PanderingToTheBase is often as important as story quality when it comes to getting into either box; many stories with poor grammar, punctuation issues, or other significant errors can still get featured if they center on a popular ship or an interesting premise (or if they include gratuitous sex).

* LadyLand: Some fics imagine an Equestria (or Equestria Girls world) where females are dominant. This even spawned a subset of fics, known as [=RGRE=][note]Reverse Gender Role Equestria[/note]

* BerserkButton:
** Writers are given a delete button to use on the comment threads of their stories. This is meant to be used for [[GarbagePostKid obnoxious spam]] and content-free annoyances. When someone [[OrwellianEditor deletes comments that gave constructive criticism]], the users will not be pleased.
** One of the site moderators suggests that you "[[https://www.fimfiction.net/blog/317772/how-to-handle-criticism DO NOT DELETE COMMENTS]]".

*** In 2013, knighty announced he was leaving the site and that Poultron was taking over the reins. They also announced that they were banning all Human-tagged stories, and were moving all former Human-tagged stories elsewhere. [[InternetBackdraft No one was very happy about the announcement]], and the staff were forced to apologize and explain that it was all a joke shortly after.

* BerserkButton: Writers are given a delete button to use on the comment threads of their stories. This is meant to be used for [[GarbagePostKid obnoxious spam]] and content-free annoyances. When someone [[OrwellianEditor deletes comments that gave constructive criticism]], the users will not be pleased.

* BestialityIsDepraved: Practically Inverted in most fiction which involves humans (see Interspecies Romance below); the fact that Ponies aren't actually animals narrowly averts this trope by definition. In practice, ponies superficially resemble horses, yet this [[AnythingThatMoves rarely seems to bother]] humans, though this has been deconstructed several times (most notably by ''Xenophilia'').

* DivineDate: Many a romance story with Celestia or Luna features this, as does romance involving Discord. There's plenty of stories where the immortals date other, though.
** Also shows up if it's a Shining Armor and Cadance story set before their marriage.

** [[GirlOnGirlIsHot A ship or clopfic between two females]] tend to get a lot of support and likes, [[HetIsEw het relationships]] and clopfics receive lukewarm and moderate responses, but a ship or clopfic between [[HeteroNormativeCrusader two males results in a lot of downvotes]], with many assuming the gay SlashFic in question to be a TrollFic.
** In the eyes of many [=FIMFiction=] users, any story that has more downvotes than upvotes is automatically considered bad. Yet if critics don't like [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie2017 the movie]], then those critics need to rethink their views.
* EveryoneIsGay: Many stories feature this, although it seems only the females are gay due to already canon het relations in the show.

* GrandfatherClause: The site did not always have rules against meta stories or stories tagged with more than five characters. Stories which already had these things when the rules were implemented are allowed to remain the way they are, with only new stories being affected.
* HetIsEw: Rampant--due to the fact that most of the developed characters are female, this is the natural result. According to [[https://docs.google.com/document/d/10F6Zsc9BxmKeHpxQWfEoP8EE7CdnKLETSyOROau6TN4/edit an actual shipping study]], a full 67.4% of all documented ships are same-sex, and only four of the 20 most popular ships are heterosexual.
** Subverted in some groups such as Rule 63, Human On Royalty and Straight Shipping where they'll gladly tell you about the overabundance of yuri on the site. (Although it's far from being even considered homophobic.)

* InterspeciesRomance: Human×Pony stories are quite common. Something of a DeadUnicornTrope in the MLP fandom; the blatant WishFulfillment overtones have been deconstructed several times over, but they keep showing up regardless.

* MentorShip: Twilestia (Twilight and Celestia) is EXTREMELY popular.

* PhraseCatcher: "KNIGHTYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!"

** This is so common, that the fandom came together to agree on what would be the "canon" names of the genderswapped Mane 6 (as well as a few other major characters).

* SturgeonsLaw: Attempted aversion; the featured box automatically displays a few stories to the entire site (and its younger sibling the popular box shows more stories, but less prominently), and one of its criteria is upvotes and downvotes (both number and ratio).[[note]]The exact algorithm involves several variables, but is kept secret to prevent abuse.[[/note]] In practice, however, PanderingToTheBase is often as important as story quality when it comes to getting into either box; many stories with poor grammar, punctuation issues, or other significant errors can still get featured if they center on a popular ship or an interesting premise (or if they include gratuitous sex).

** Fanfic/RainbowDoubleDashsLunaverse, conceived as an AlternateUniverse version of MLP, was founded on the premise of bringing minor/background characters into the spotlight, while putting the stars of the real show in the background.

* FanVerse: Implicitly, any single story of an author can be considered to occur in its own continuity, thus creating a 'universe' for anyone who wishes to treat it as such. Some authors will make this more explicit and define a canon of their own work (or even multiple canons, if they've created several 'universes'). If a 'verse becomes popular enough, it's generally given a name, either by the author or by fans (for example, the Winningverse, which takes place in the continuity that began with ''Fanfic/TheLifeAndTimesOfAWinningPony''). Finally, there are authors who explicitly set out to ''create'' an AlternateUniverse (for example, [[RainbowDoubleDashsLunaverse Rainbow Double Dash's Lunaverse]]).

* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: One moderator posted a blog saying that the moderation team don’t apply favoritism to certain users.

* IRejectYourReality: A user was banned from a group because he had allegedly "harassed, insulted, belittled, and trolled multiple others around the site for several years", as the admin told him, and the same admin told him they would not lift his ban until they saw a change in his behavior. The user suggested that the admin go and ask a friend of his if he was a good guy, and the admin pretty much responded "no, doesn't count". The user theorizes that the admin was afraid of being proven wrong.

* IRejectYourReality: A user was banned from a group because he had allegedly "harassed, insulted, belittled, and trolled multiple others around the site for several years",as the admin told him, and the same admin told him they would not lift his ban until they saw a change in his behavior. The user suggested that the admin go and ask a friend of his if he was a good guy, and the admin responded "no, doesn't count". The user theorizes that the admin was afraid of being proven wrong.

* IRejectYourReality: A user was banned from a group because they had allegedly "harassed, insulted, belittled, and trolled multiple others around the site for several years",as the admin told him, and the same admin told him they would not lift his ban until they saw a change in his behavior. The user suggested that the admin go and ask a friend of his if he was a good guy, and the admin responded "no, doesn't count". The user theorizes that the admin was afraid of being proven wrong.

* IRejectYourReality: A user was banned from a group because they had allegedly "harassed, insulted, belittled, and trolled multiple others around the site for several years",as the admin told him, and the same admin told him they would not lift his ban until they saw a change in his behavior. The user suggested that the admin go and ask a friend of his if he was a good guy, and the admin responded "no, doesn't count".

** Like ''Blog/EquestriaDaily,'' the site admins always do something for April Fools' Day. Invariably, because they can't seem to find [[SlidingScaleOfSillinessvsSeriousness the perfect mix of silliness vs. seriousness]], they cause controversy.

*** Averted in 2016, as no April Fools updates were noticed.
*** Averted again in 2017. No April Fools jokes were noticed.