Line #66 Blog/AskGamingPrincessLuna


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2	[[caption-width-right:281:All hail the Lunar Republic!]]
3	Established in January 2014, "[[http://askgamingprincessluna.tumblr.com/ Ask Gaming Princess Luna]]" is an Blog/AskAPony blog hosted on {{Website/Tumblr}}, drawn by (in)famous brony artist John Joseco after the {{Cancellation}} of Blog/AskPrincessMolestia. It follows the exploits of a dorky GamerChick version of Princess Luna from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''.
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5	Unlike its predecessor, ''Ask Gaming Princess Luna'' is specifically stated to be a [[NotSafeForWork Safe For Work]] blog and will not contain the kind of adult content that made ''Ask Princess Molestia'' so controversial.
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8	!!"Ask Troping Princess Luna":
9	* AprilFoolsDay:
10	** April 2014 saw the blog briefly become "Ask Gaming Princess Derpy" with Derpy being the GamerChick [[WingedUnicorn Alicorn]] Princess and Luna as her pegasus mailmare friend, who also expresses feelings for Derpy.
11	** [[http://askgamingprincessluna.tumblr.com/post/115194211302/video-games-bleh-gpl April 2015]] had a more subtle example.
12	** 2016 had Luna and Celestia remove their wings, horns, and their royal attire and become earth ponies named "Lona" and "Kelestia". Derpy meanwhile became "Darpy", an earth pony mare with normal eyes.
13	* ArtEvolution: While [=APM=] was typically drawn in a simplistic, sketched style with the exception of special occasions, all the posts of this blog have consistently been full-color, high-quality works.
14	* ArtShift: The [[MilestoneCelebration one-year anniversary]] post was done in a pixelized style reminiscent of 8-bit game graphics. A cropped version focusing on Luna's face became the blog's Tumblr avatar.
15	* BadassCape: Luna sports one in the blog's [[http://askgamingprincessluna.tumblr.com/image/73930809460 very first post]].
16	* TheBusCameBack: Celestia made a return to the blog in the 2014 Mother's Day post, having been found by [[Creator/LaurenFaust Fausticorn]] while wandering between dimensions. It's unknown whether it's Molly from ''[=APM=]'', normal Celestia, or Molly from ''[=APM=]'' whose eons-long wandering [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs has turned her into normal Celestia]]. It's more likely to be one of the latter two, given this blog's Safe For Work rating. (Given how she remembers Gem, it's probably the last one.)
17	* ChristmasEpisode: Can be seen [[http://askgamingprincessluna.tumblr.com/image/106130014852 right here]].
18	* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Luna expresses romantic feelings for Derpy in the [[http://askgamingprincessluna.tumblr.com/image/81372217815 2014 April Fool's post]], she tells Derpy she "wants to be her muffin". Cue Luna having been [[http://askgamingprincessluna.tumblr.com/image/81418003071 transformed into a giant muffin a couple of posts later]].
19	* CuteClumsyGirl: Derpy appears to have shades of this.
20	* CutenessProximity: Derpy has this reaction when she sees Luna [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E16ItAintEasyBeingBreezies as a Breezy]].
21	* DeepImmersionGaming: Inherited from [=APM=], Luna and Derpy are occasionally shown with this trope in effect.
22	* DistractedByTheSexy: Luna accidentally admits to watching football for hot sweaty stallions.
23	* DrinkingGame: Luna and Derpy [[http://askgamingprincessluna.tumblr.com/image/161729511842 engage in one]] while watching the Microsoft press conference at 2017's E3, taking a shot whenever the terms "4K" and "exclusive" are mentioned, with predictable results...
24	* EasterEgg: Some of the game titles in the crawler listing the games Derpy was playing for the 2014 April Fool's Day were quite obviously fictional, including titles like "Adventures of Sun Butt", "Alicorn Princess Maker", and "Super Table-Flip", just to name a few.
25	* ExtraEyes: [[http://askgamingprincessluna.tumblr.com/image/75029013587 This post]] shows Luna encountering a dragon-like monstrosity that appears to have four eyes.
26	* FeatherMotif: A single white feather was used to [[http://askgamingprincessluna.tumblr.com/post/82603783308/luna tease]] at the possibility of Celestia returning, then a flurry of them brought the trope into full effect when she finally appeared.
27	* ForcedTransformation: One of the April Fool's Day posts showed Luna having been transformed into a giant muffin by Derpy, as explained in ComicallyMissingThePoint above.
28	* GamerChick: Luna, naturally.
29	** Derpy as well to a lesser extent.
30	** Also Belle Eve, the ponysona of the [=NeoGAF=] forums who joined Luna and Derpy for the 2014 Electronic Entertainment Expo.
31	* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Luna gets these when asked about what taking over the world would entail in the ShoutOut entry below.
32	* GratuitousGerman: One post had this trope in effect when Luna and Derpy wished a happy birthday to Canni, the mascot pony of Galacon, a German brony convention.
33	* HandGagging: Derpy does a variation of this; stuffing a muffin in Luna's mouth to bring her back to her senses when Luna goes crazy over the games revealed during Sony's press conference at 2014's [=E3=].
34	* HeadDesk: Does this [[http://askgamingprincessluna.tumblr.com/image/161787547752 in response to]] the Nintendo Direct conference during 2017's E3 when bemoaning the fact that none of the announced games would be out until late October 2017 at the earliest.
35	* IdentityAmnesia: Played with. After she returned from eons of wandering, Celestia was found to have lost large sections of her memory, resulting in a [[http://askgamingprincessluna.tumblr.com/post/86279524652/ask-gaming-princess-luna-019 personality]] that was much closer to canon!Celestia than to [[Blog/AskPrincessMolestia Molly]]. However, after Celestia rediscovers her [[Main/TrademarkFavoriteFood love of cake]], some of [[http://askgamingprincessluna.tumblr.com/post/105833433702/ask-gaming-princess-luna-025 Molly's mannerisms]] start to resurface.
36	* JumpScare: Luna claims to be unfazed by these due to her role as Princess of the night and her time as [[SuperPoweredEvilSide Nightmare Moon]].
37	* KissingUnderTheInfluence: Luna gets a double dose of this from both Derpy ''and'' Celestia in the [[http://askgamingprincessluna.tumblr.com/image/136375258137 2016 New Year's post]].
38	* LighterAndSofter: While the previous blog was already lighter and softer that was a satirical take on [[LovableSexManiac an over-the-top perverted Princess Celestia]], here it's more safe for work with the humour being less BlackComedyRape and more of a SliceOfLife feel.
39	* [[MessyHair Messy Mane]]:
40	** Luna gets hit with this trope after [[http://askgamingprincessluna.tumblr.com/image/82147748845 watching the direct for the new]] ''Videogame/SuperSmashBros''.
41	** Happens to her again when she's [[http://askgamingprincessluna.tumblr.com/image/106655563847 suffering from a hangover]] after overindulging during New Year's celebrations.
42	** And again [[http://askgamingprincessluna.tumblr.com/image/108476451207 here]].
43	* MisaimedFandom: In-Universe. Luna makes fun of the ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom'' character designs by showing us her interpretation of what Derpy would look like [[http://askgamingprincessluna.tumblr.com/post/75849382573/ask-gaming-princess-luna-005-i-should-have-given if designed similarly]] (a lankier frame, four wings, a scar on her face, a scarf, tons of bandages and belts, etc.). However, Derpy herself loves it.
44	--> '''Derpy:''' Waaah! I look so cooool!
45	--> '''Luna:''' N-no, Derpy! You're not supposed to like it!
46	* NerdsAreSexy: Luna unwittingly plays to this trope when she [[http://askgamingprincessluna.tumblr.com/image/77270056386 dons a pair of red-framed glasses at the request of a reader]].
47	* OcularGushers: Luna exhibits this trope upon being reunited with Celestia.
48	* OhCrap: Luna has this reaction when Derpy shows her all the mail she's gotten within just a few days of the blog going live.
49	* ThePrankster: Luna intends to pull this on some unfortunate guards when she becomes Nightmare Moon in [[http://askgamingprincessluna.tumblr.com/image/82511715933 this post]].
50	** Celestia appears to be turning into this since her return, though her antics are much tamer than [[Blog/AskPrincessMolestia in the past]]...
51	* PutOnABus: Celestia didn't make any appearances in the blog at all until Mother's Day 2014. It was later revealed that Celestia's disappearance was caused by the BigRedButton Luna pushed in the last installment of ''Blog/AskPrincessMolestia''. [[http://askgamingprincessluna.tumblr.com/image/74332081998 At first]] this trope was only implied, but [[http://askgamingprincessluna.tumblr.com/image/80396776469 later updates]] reveal that Luna had no idea where her sister was.
52	* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Luna states in [[http://askgamingprincessluna.tumblr.com/image/75029013587 this post]] that part of her duties as a Princess used to involve her hunting down various dangerous creatures that could threaten Equestria.
53	* ScarfOfAssKicking: Luna dons one when playing the 2014 version of ''[[VideoGame/Strider2014 Strider]]''.
54	** Derpy is also shown wearing one when Luna is [[SarcasmMode giving her opinion]] of the character redesigns for ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom''.
55	* SickEpisode: [[http://askgamingprincessluna.tumblr.com/image/74653523974 This post]] shows Luna taking care of Derpy when she fell ill.
56	* SequelSeries: To Blog/AskPrincessMolestia.
57	* ShoutOut: Luna's dialogue in [[http://askgamingprincessluna.tumblr.com/image/105752417432 this post]] is a reference to Galadriel's from ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing''.
58	* SinisterScythe: Luna wields one when playing ''Videogame/{{Bloodborne}}''.
59	* StealthPun: As in [[Blog/AskPrincessMolestia his previous blog]] (and a lot of John Joseco's pony artwork in general), Luna can occasionally be seen with her mane tied up in a ''pony''tail.
60	* SwappedRoles: Luna and Derpy in the aforementioned 2014 April Fool's Day installments.
61	* TimeyWimeyBall: Fausticorn [[http://askgamingprincessluna.tumblr.com/post/85496165647/i-dont-have-a-pudge-luna explains]] that while Celestia was gone for only a few months from Luna's perspective, it was more like eons for Celestia. What effects this will have on Celestia are yet to be seen.
62	* UnderTheMistletoe: Happens to Luna and Derpy in [[http://askgamingprincessluna.tumblr.com/image/106022524127 this post]].
63	* WingdingEyes:
64	** Luna gets hearts in her eyes when mentioning ''Star Wars Battlefront II'' during [[http://askgamingprincessluna.tumblr.com/image/161676290057 her and Derpy's recap]] of the EA Play at E3 2017.
65	** She likewise [[http://askgamingprincessluna.tumblr.com/image/161787547752 quite literally]] gets starry-eyed over the games announced in Nintendo's Let's Play.
66	* WingedUnicorn:
67	** Derpy becomes one of these during the 2014 April Fool's post, having been given a horn and made an alicorn like Luna, who meanwhile averts this trope as she's lost her horn and become a pegasus instead.
68	** 2016's AprilFools posts [[InvertedTrope invert]] this by having Luna and Celestia ''remove'' their wings and horns (along with their royal regalia) and become earth ponies.
69	* YouAreFat: Fausticorn's parting words to Luna in the 2014 Mother's Day post are for her to lay off the junk food as she's "developing a pudge".

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