| 1 | [[quoteright:387:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/9585a1a37d3573c89e8f1d9da259863a.png]] |
| 2 | [[caption-width-right:387:Just your normal reformed ex-unicorn and friends.]] |
| 3 | ''Seven Days in Sunny June'', a joint project by Shinzakura, [=BlueBastard=] and Flynt Coal, is a ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfic, and the second phase of [=BlueBastard=]'s ''Berylverse'', set after the events of ''Fanfic/AHairyProblem'' and ''Fanfic/AHairierProblemRiseOfTheFurball''. |
| 4 | |
| 5 | Weeks after her [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls1 defeat at the hands of the humanized Princess Twilight Sparkle]], the one-time pony Sunset Shimmer is working towards making herself a better life. But in an unexpected chain of events, she ends up in a situation that not even her new friends - Applejack, Rarity, Rainbow, Fluttershy, and Pinkie - can get her out of... nor really do they want to. As if that's not enough, Principal Celestia's firmly against the whole deal. |
| 6 | |
| 7 | But maybe if Sunset Shimmer sticks around, she'll get more than she bargained for -- for good and ill... |
| 8 | |
| 9 | [[folder:Main stories]] |
| 10 | |
| 11 | * [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/179932/seven-days-in-sunny-june-book-i Book I (completed)]], which deals with Sunset adjusting to her new situation. |
| 12 | * [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/187558/seven-days-in-sunny-june-book-ii Book II (completed)]], in which Sunset returns to Equestria [[spoiler: in order to save Twilight's life]]. |
| 13 | * [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/203373/seven-days-in-sunny-june-book-iii Book III (completed)]], in which Sunset returns to Earth even as new trouble arises. |
| 14 | * [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/255929/a-time-of-reckoning-seven-days-in-sunny-june-book-iv Book IV (completed)]], where Sunset faces off against her greatest challenges yet. |
| 15 | * [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/347679/seven-days-in-sunny-june-book-v-the-new-frontier Book V (completed)]], where Faust's creation of an AlternateTimeline causes an entirely new life for everyone. [[labelnote:Note]]Released May 5, 2018; completed August 18, 2018.[[/labelnote]] |
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| 17 | [[/folder]] |
| 18 | |
| 19 | [[folder:Sidestories]] |
| 20 | |
| 21 | By in-universe chronological order: |
| 22 | |
| 23 | * ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/228398/7dsj-the-three-sunrises The Three Sunrises]]'' (complete) - prequel set after the events of ''Equestria Girls'' and ending just as Book I starts.[[labelnote:Note]]Released on Thanksgiving 2014.[[/labelnote]] |
| 24 | * ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/347385/7dsj-please-please-please-let-me-get-what-i-want Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want]]'' (complete) - interquel set between chapters 4 and 5 of ''Book I''.[[labelnote:Note]]Released on September 22, 2016.[[/labelnote]] |
| 25 | * ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/235273/7dsj-treasure Treasure]]'' (complete) - interquel set during the Christmas holiday in ''Book I''.[[labelnote:Note]]Released from December 16, 2014 to January 5, 2015. ''Feather'', later released as ''Shake It Off'', was originally intended to be released during this timeframe.[[/labelnote]] |
| 26 | * ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/232249/7dsj-shake-it-off Shake It Off]]'' (in progress) - interquel that follows Vinyl Scratch and Cloud Kicker after their move to Detroit in the wake of the Vibe incident in ''Book I''.[[labelnote:Note]]Released beginning in July 2015. In the development phase, it was titled ''Feather''.[[/labelnote]] |
| 27 | * ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/358373/7dsj-the-apple-tree The Apple Tree]]'' (complete) - interquel set during Sunset's trip to LA in ''Book I''. [[labelnote:Note]]Released Christmas Day 2016; completed December 31, 2016.[[/labelnote]] |
| 28 | * ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/244572/7dsj-protection Protection]]'' (complete) - interquel set during Sunset's trip to LA in ''Book I''. [[labelnote:Note]]Released at the start of February 2015; completed October 10, 2016.[[/labelnote]] |
| 29 | * ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/254497/7dsj-how-great-the-outcry How Great the Outcry]]'' (complete) - interquel set in Equestria at the same time as ''Protection'', dealing with the events in Lonesome Dove.[[labelnote:Note]]Released in late March 2015.[[/labelnote]] |
| 30 | * ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/384497/7dsj---a-hairy-problem A Hairy Problem]]'' (complete) - interquel set right after Sunset's trip to LA in ''Book I''. [[labelnote:Note]]Released 2017-09-08.[[/labelnote]] |
| 31 | * ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/371089/7dsj-downtempo Downtempo]]'' (complete) - interquel with a framing story set during Book IV, but mostly consisting of a flashback to the same time as Sunset's trip to LA in ''Book I''. [[labelnote:Note]]Released 2017-04-23; completed 2017-10-15.[[/labelnote]] |
| 32 | * ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/226921/7dsj-a-mothers-duty A Mother's Duty]]'' (complete) - interquel set in Equestria at the same time as chapter 2 of Book III.[[labelnote:Note]]Released on November 3, 2014.[[/labelnote]] |
| 33 | * ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/249649/7dsj-three-nights-at-freddys Three Nights at Freddy's]]'' (complete) - interquel and crossover with ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' set during the events of ''Book III''.[[labelnote:Note]]Released at the start of March 2015.[[/labelnote]] |
| 34 | * ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/385251/shards-of-darkness Shards of Darkness]]'' (complete) - interquel set in Equestria during Book III.[[labelnote:Note]]Released April 11, 2018.[[/labelnote]] |
| 35 | * ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/408800/7dsj-the-knifes-edge 7DSJ: The Knife's Edge]]'' (complete) - side-story to Book V.[[labelnote:Note]]Released May 17, 2018.[[/labelnote]] |
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| 37 | [[/folder]] |
| 38 | |
| 39 | [[folder:Recursive stories]] |
| 40 | |
| 41 | Shinzakura has also approved a set of RecursiveFanfiction, written by Former Unicorn, Flash Frame and The Quiet Party: |
| 42 | |
| 43 | * ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/288977/you-are-the-woman You Are the Woman]]'' by Former Unicorn (complete) - set during Book I and about Compass Rose, a girl trying to win the heart of Sunset Shimmer. [[labelnote:Note]]Released September 2015.[[/labelnote]] |
| 44 | * ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/289031/7dsj-crazy-love Crazy Love]]'' by Former Unicorn (in progress) - follows the relationship between Compass Rose and Boysenberry. [[labelnote:Note]]Released October 2015.[[/labelnote]] |
| 45 | * ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/298344/seven-days-in-sunny-june-innocence-lost Innocence Lost]]'' by Flash Frame (complete) - follows the story of Sweet Pea after Book III. [[labelnote:Note]]Released November 2015[[/labelnote]] |
| 46 | * ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/409925/seven-days-in-sunny-june-broken-down-in-sunny-town Broken Down in Sunny Town]]'' by Deverer and The Quiet Party (in progress) - follows the story in the wake of the Vibe incident. [[labelnote:Note]]Released May 2018[[/labelnote]] |
| 47 | |
| 48 | [[/folder]] |
| 49 | |
| 50 | The story continues in ''Fanfic/TheGoldenAgeOfApocalypse''. |
| 51 | |
| 52 | The Berylverse as a whole has its own [=FIMFiction=] [[https://www.fimfiction.net/group/205969/berylverse group]]. |
| 53 | |
| 54 | ---- |
| 55 | !!The story contains examples of: |
| 56 | |
| 57 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 58 | |
| 59 | [[folder: Altogether]] |
| 60 | * AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: The series regularly makes use of this trope, with its version of some of the characters vs. their canon personalities being like night and day. |
| 61 | * AuthorAppeal: Shinzakura really seems to enjoy [[SesquipedalianLoquaciousness using really big and fancy words]]. |
| 62 | * DoorStopper: Phase One and Phase Two of the Berylverse contain a total of twenty-three stories; between them, they add up to more than 1,200,000 words. And three more Phases are still coming (one of which has already released its first story, with two more announced). |
| 63 | * TrilogyCreep: The project was originally planned to be just three books, but the addition of over a dozen side-stories and the decision to split Book III into two due to both length and [[DarkerAndEdgier tonal shift]] led to this. Then the final chapter of book IV ended with the announcement of ''Book V: The New Frontier''. |
| 64 | * WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: With its "RealLife-meets-magical-realism" take on high school life (including story arcs based on [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer actual incidents]]), it's definitely not anything like a Creator/JohnHughes take on high school, much less anything like the canon material. |
| 65 | [[/folder]] |
| 66 | |
| 67 | [[folder: The Three Sunrises]] |
| 68 | * AbandonedWarehouse: Where Sunset lives. [[spoiler: At the end of the story it's torn down, leading directly into Book I.]] |
| 69 | * BoyfriendBluff: A bunch of guys try to pick up Fluttershy, with or without her consent. Sunset Shimmer appears and poses as her hyper-aggressive girlfriend. It works, though it takes Sunset pulling out an (illusionary) gun to get them to back off. |
| 70 | * BrutalHonesty: Pinkie [[InnocentlyInsensitive doesn't intend it that way]], but Sunset gets the message. [[spoiler:Certain revelations in book IV about Pinkie's true feelings for Sunset at this time makes one wonder if it was entirely innocent after all.]] |
| 71 | -->'''Sunset''': "I did what you guys know: I picked on people, bullied Snips and Snails into doing my homework for me, kicked dogs, smacked kids and was generally the worst person on Earth."\ |
| 72 | '''Pinkie''': "Oh, that’s not true, Sunset! You’re not the worst person on Earth, because you’re ''not'' a person – you’re an alien in disguise, so maybe you’re the worst ''thing'' on Earth, but not the worst ''person''!" |
| 73 | * CallBack: Vice-Principal Luna tells Sunset about the time she went through a self-destructive Goth Phase. |
| 74 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Sunset's reaction after [[spoiler:falling right back into bed with Flash]] [[DespairEventHorizon out of desperation]]. The TearsOfRemorse kick in shortly afterwards. |
| 75 | * {{Prequel}}: The story is set the weekend after the original ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls1 Equestria Girls]]'' and ends at the beginning of 7DSJ Book I. |
| 76 | * ReformedButRejected: Sunset Shimmer. |
| 77 | * TitledAfterTheSong: Not only is the story named after a song by Music/{{U2}}, the first four lines of the song make up the chapters' titles. |
| 78 | [[/folder]] |
| 79 | |
| 80 | [[folder: Book I]] |
| 81 | * AbandonedWarehouse: Where Sunset lived until it was torn down, leading to a major change in her life. |
| 82 | * AbusiveParents: The parents of Midnight want her to party hard using alcohol and cocaine, despite being 16, just so that she could recover and make a comeback in her adult career. Even more disturbing when kept in mind that Midnight is apparently not having trouble in her career. |
| 83 | * ActionGirl: Applejack (the human one) is a practitioner of Tae Kwon Do and those she's fought tend to regret it. |
| 84 | -->'''Gilda''': ''That bitch Applejack [[{{Pun}} kicks like a fucking horse]]!'' |
| 85 | ** Bon-Bon, also a martial arts practitioner (though the author doesn't reveal which style) also qualifies. |
| 86 | *** Revealed in Book III to be Vovinam, a Vietnamese Martial Art. |
| 87 | * AdaptationalExplanation: Minor issues from ''WesternAnimation/EquestriaGirls'' are given this treatment. |
| 88 | ** (Princess) Twilight Sparkle was seen sleeping in the school library for the night. Where was Sunset Shimmer staying while she lived on Earth? An abandoned warehouse. Its demolition leads to the events of the story. |
| 89 | ** How was Sunset Shimmer able to fit it so seamlessly? A runaway with the same name disappeared years earlier and so the unicorn was able to take over her identity. PlayedForDrama now, as Sunset now wonders what will happen if the true Human Sunset Shimmer finds out someone has been using her identity. |
| 90 | ** After having a mysterious student briefly pop in and out of the school for three days, Principal Celestia had to backdate a lot of exchange student paperwork. This got exceptionally strange given that the "exchange student", an alien from another dimension, seemed to have taken the form of her best friend's daughter. |
| 91 | ** What kind of person would Flash Sentry had to have been to date such an openly manipulative and mean person like pre-reform Sunset Shimmer? [[spoiler: We find out the bad way later.]] |
| 92 | ** How did Sunset know about Vietnamese porn star Sweetie Drops and her likeness to Bon-Bon? Her ex-boyfriend Flash probably had some of SD's video "performances". |
| 93 | * AdaptationalVillainy: [[spoiler: Flash Sentry and Blueblood, to the point where it seems like the authors have something against them.]] |
| 94 | * AffectionateParody: Rainbow Dash confesses to having a weird dream [[Music/HeyOcean where she's the singer of a Canadian pop band]]... and she doesn't even like pop music! |
| 95 | * AlternateHistory: EQG Earth is a lot like RealLife Earth, strange hair and eye colors and names notwithstanding. |
| 96 | * AluminumChristmasTrees: [[invoked]] As Shinzakura pointed out, groups of cross-school criminal organizations like The Club actually do exist, complete with a couple of NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer examples. He does the same thing with [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimera_(genetics) Octavia's genetic chimerism]]. |
| 97 | * ApocalypseHow: After Sunset briefly considers [[spoiler:destroying the second mirror]], she has a dream in which doing so caused [[spoiler:a Class-0 on Earth, and a disaster on Equestria that possibly killed billions, as well as Celestia (possibly causing a Class 5 or 6), killing Human!Twilight and leaving Princess!Twilight as one of the few Equestrian survivors, who only lived because she fled through the mirror to Earth]]. Sunset wisely decides to choose another course of action. |
| 98 | * ArtisticAge: Like the source material, played with; Sunset, though in the body of a sixteen-year-old human girl, is actually a unicorn mare closer to thirty. |
| 99 | * ArtisticLicenseBiology: Although Sunset's [[ABNegative ultra-rare blood type]] ''does'' exist, it is more commonly found in ungulates than in primates... though the percentage of how few people in the US have it [[ShownTheirWork is true.]] |
| 100 | * ArtShift: Unlike the canon ''WesternAnimation/EquestriaGirls'' designs, the supplied artwork shows real skin tones and more realistic body proportions. |
| 101 | ** Shinzakura has been quoted repeatedly as saying he's happy to not do artwork where "people look like they're [[AmazingTechnicolorPopulation dipped in food dye]]." |
| 102 | * TheAtoner: Significant in Sunset Shimmer, who started out as a FallenPrincess and by the current chapter has become the LovableAlphaBitch. |
| 103 | ** In a lesser case, Vinyl Scratch, whose WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds moment [[note]][[spoiler:(when she tried to drug Octavia with the intent to seduce her)]][[/note]] was stopped. Later on, she confesses to Sunset that she needs to make up for her error. A subsequent direct apology to Octavia does not go over well. |
| 104 | ** Similar to the above, Noteworthy, [[spoiler:for being too much of a DirtyCoward to stand up against "The Club" earlier]]. |
| 105 | * BatmanGambit: Sunset gives Pinkie a box full of Mildbon Chocolate Frosted Sugar Bombs, each one filled with more chocolate and sugar than needed, knowing Pinkie would eat them all as soon as she could. The resulting sugar high would quickly result in a sugar ''crash'' that would cause her to fall asleep during her first flight, and cause her to avoid anything with a grain of sugar in it during her second flight. |
| 106 | * BeAllMySinsRemembered: Sunset is not willing to forgive herself because of all the actions she performed between arriving on Earth and being deposed by Princess Twilight Sparkle. |
| 107 | * BigEater: Sunset easily finishes off a XXXL Fatburger, fries, and large caramel shake. One would think she ''[[{{Pun}} eats like a horse]]''. |
| 108 | * BigScrewedUpFamily: The immediate descendents of Musica Allegra ("La Musica") have been pretty much traumatized by having a legendary ancestor. DysfunctionalFamily doesn't do the level of issue justice. |
| 109 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: Flash Sentry. Not only was he dating Sunset earlier, he was also going out [[spoiler: and having sex]] with Blossomforth at the same time. |
| 110 | * BlackmailIsSuchAnUglyWord: [[spoiler: Suri Polomare.]] |
| 111 | ** Though not as prominent, [[spoiler: Blueblood against Vinyl Scratch.]] |
| 112 | * BreatherEpisode: February 8, where the girls have a sleepover, weekend movie marathon, and impromptu gaming session. |
| 113 | * BrokenBird: Octavia was willing to give Vinyl Scratch a chance to be friends when she first showed up as her date, despite not being homosexual. When she realizes that Vinyl [[spoiler: successfully dosed her with a date rape drug]], she is furious at her, even when Vinyl tries to make amends later. |
| 114 | --> ''She was suddenly silenced as Octavia [[spoiler: delivered a stinging slap, loud enough to ring through the relatively empty corridors of the airport terminal]].'' |
| 115 | * CelebrityParadox: ''WesternAnimation/FillyFuntasia'' exists in this universe, and inside that story exists the Cutie Mark Crusaders. |
| 116 | * CerebusRollercoaster: The story starts out with Sunset Shimmer trying to fit into her new home following ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls1'', goes though an arc concerning [[spoiler: a mind control date rape drug]], then moves onto a He vs. She game videogame tournament that interrupts the girls' slumber party to Sunset wondering [[spoiler: there were other Equestrians that appeared on EQG Earth]] and end with Twilight [[spoiler: suffering nightmares which seem like ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet'']]. |
| 117 | * ChekhovsGun: |
| 118 | ** Sunset buys a book on an Italian alchemist who was taught magic from a black unicorn which came from a mirror. Twilight finally reads it in chapter 11. |
| 119 | ** Another mirror portal is revealed in Chapter 13, and judging by its descriptions, is similar to the IDW comic which doesn't transform those who travel through it. |
| 120 | * ChekhovsGunman: A mention of a black unicorn teaching dark magic from a mirror. [[spoiler: It's revealed a few books later that said unicorn was King Sombra, and the descendant of the human he taught magic to becomes the BigBad of Books III and IV.]] |
| 121 | ** Come chapter 11, Octavia's ancestor, "La Musica", is mentioned early on. Toward the end of the chapter, [[spoiler: a long-lost portrait is revealed and Sunset immediately notices several clues suggesting La Musica may have been an Equestrian native turned human, like herself.]] |
| 122 | * TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes: Velvet, a professional child psychologist, [[spoiler:fails to see her own daughter suffering and writes it off as being in a rebellious phase]]. |
| 123 | * TheConspiracy: The Club. |
| 124 | * ConspiracyTheorist: Lyra believes that unicorns actually exist. |
| 125 | * CoolBigSis: Sunset Shimmer finds herself growing into this role with the "Eightmazing Eight" (herself, the Humane Six, and Octavia Melody) |
| 126 | * CruelMercy: Sunset does nothing to Flash even though [[spoiler: he cheated on both her and Blossomforth and used a date rape drug on human Twilight]]. Why? [[spoiler: Because since Blossomforth is pregnant and her father is a pastor, he's now forced into a ShotgunWedding and has to take responsibility for the child.]] |
| 127 | ** In a more vindictive way, Suri to Blueblood. |
| 128 | * CultureBlind: Sunset Shimmer. Despite living in the human world for a few years, she has not seen many popular movies such as ''Franchise/StarWars'', ''Franchise/StarTrek'', ''Franchise/TheMatrix'', ''WesternAnimation/TheLastUnicorn'', etc. |
| 129 | * CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon: Sunset threatens Noteworthy with the following: |
| 130 | -->'''Sunset:''' “You and your group of fucking idiot buddies put my sister with my ex-boyfriend. If he touches one hair on her body, I will force feed you half this fucking van, understood?”\ |
| 131 | '''Noteworthy:''' “And the other half?”\ |
| 132 | '''Sunset:''' “[[AssShove Do you know what an enema is?]]” |
| 133 | ** Her threat to Vinyl Scratch also qualifies. |
| 134 | * {{Determinator}}: If it means saving the people she cares about, it's fair to say that Sunset will face down the issue... ''no matter what.'' |
| 135 | * DiscontinuityNod: Sunset Shimmer refers to Flash Sentry as "Brad". |
| 136 | * DramaticIrony: |
| 137 | ** Human Twilight Sparkle says that she'd make a bad magician. |
| 138 | ** Screwball tells Sunset about a guy she dated in high school who never learned Spanish, joined the Air Force, got stationed in Spain, and now has trouble speaking Spanish with his Spaniard wife and in-laws. |
| 139 | * DumbassNoMore: Derpy, who, at least on Earth, is a genius (and not the [[GeniusDitz ditzy kind]] either). |
| 140 | * ElevatorSchool: Canterlot High shares a combined campus with an unnamed junior high school. As Sunset has been on Earth for four years, it's implied that she attended the junior high first, which is how the high school staff is aware of her bad attitude by the time she moves onto ninth grade/freshman year. |
| 141 | ** Also unusual in that the two schools run some joint events (dances, for one.) |
| 142 | * EthicalSlut: Cloud Kicker, when she balks at [[spoiler: Vinyl Scratch's plan to seduce Octavia while the latter is under the influence of drugs.]] |
| 143 | * {{Expy}}: Almost all the AHP characters are expies of characters from ''Fanfic/AllAmericanGirlShinzakura''. |
| 144 | ** One of the weirdest examples ever: in 7DSJ, Sandalwood is a sheriff's deputy, which is an alternate universe version of the Sandalwood in AHP (which is a perfumer), which is in turn an AU version of AAG's main character, DJ Martinez (whose birth name is Sandalwood.) Essentially, Shinzakura has created the first ''and'' third degree versions of the character. |
| 145 | *** In fact, the Sunset Shimmer of this fic could be considered a mirror expy to DJ Martinez herself. DJ/Sandalwood grew up in an entirely alien world from the time she was a child, not knowing what she was and where she came from, and doesn't want to acknowledge the part of her that's a pony because that would dishonor what her parents taught her about being human. Sunset Shimmer, on the other hand, knows exactly what she is and where she came from, came to an alien world as an (relatively young) adult, and Sunset is perfectly comfortable straddling the worlds of human and pony and would probably make it publicly known were it not for the [[TheyWouldCutYouUp potential danger]]. |
| 146 | * FamousAncestor: Musica Allegra/"La Musica", for Octavia and her side of the family. [[spoiler: All but confirmed to be another dimensionally-shifted Equestrian.]] |
| 147 | ** Rainbow Dash is descended from Commander Hurricane, who was a UsefulNotes/WorldWarII posthumous Medal of Honor awardee. |
| 148 | * GamerChick: Vice Principal Luna, judging by how good she is at ''{{Videogame/Titanfall}}''. Rarity also demonstrates competence at ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' |
| 149 | ** Also Pinkie, who apparently carries an Platform/Xbox360 around for "[=XBox360=] emergencies." The result of one such "emergency" is [[spoiler: an impromptu ''VideoGame/{{Skullgirls}}'' tournament.]] |
| 150 | * GoingNative: Sunset, to the point when she feels homesick, she thinks about San Palamino, not Equestria. |
| 151 | * HappilyAdopted: ZigZagged with Sunset Shimmer. She looks like she really loves her adoptive family, but also has problems about, among other things, whether or not she should reveal her real identity. |
| 152 | ** A more formal version is (human) Scootaloo, who was [[ParentalAbandonment abandoned by her birth mother]] when she was five, and found and subsequently adopted by (human) Rainbow's family. |
| 153 | * HappilyFailedSuicide: [[spoiler: Minuette, who slashes her wrists after she finds out she was "used" in an orgy while drugged.]] Fortunately, her parents rush her to the hospital in time. |
| 154 | ** [[spoiler: Twilight, who walks into traffic as a result of her nightmares, but is saved in the nick of time by Sunset]]. |
| 155 | * HappilyMarried: [[spoiler: Discord]], whose marriage is an unfortunate SecretRelationship, as the revelation would likely ruin his "hard-partying" rock star image. |
| 156 | * HeManWomanHater: Spike towards Rarity after she beats him at ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros''. |
| 157 | * HopeIsScary: Sunset is more scared about the future because she has a loving family and caring friends, because now she actually has something to lose. |
| 158 | * HiddenDepths: La Musica, an ancestor of Octavia and a legendary musician in her own right, [[spoiler: is suspected by Sunset Shimmer to also have been a pony.]] |
| 159 | * HighSchoolAU: Though to Sunset, who now considers it home, is ''Equestria'' the [[AlternateUniverse AU]]? |
| 160 | * IdenticalGrandson: Actually an identical daughter in this case, as Posey and Fluttershy look so much alike that the only meaningful difference between the two is Posey's slightly taller height and Fluttershy's slightly larger chest. They look so much alike that one character comments that they look more like siblings than mother and daughter. |
| 161 | * IHaveNoSon: In her dreams, Sunset sees Princess Celestia as declaring this, [[spoiler: and that Sunset must be punished for spurning her love.]] |
| 162 | * InTheNameOfTheMoon: Sunset has a particular phrase [[IAlwaysWantedToSayThat she's been meaning to use for quite some time]] when getting into a fight: |
| 163 | --->'''Sunset''':''“If you so much as touch her, I will introduce you to the fucking wrath of a Goddamn pissed-off-as-Tartarus alicorn. '''Your ass is going to be Discord and I’m going to be all six fucking Elements of Harmony. I’m going to rampage on you like the Princess did against the Minotaur Invasion of 957. I WILL BREAK YOU LIKE SHE BROKE THE ENTIRE CHANGELING ARMY AT SADDLEBACK RIDGE, AND I WON’T FEEL AN OUNCE OF REMORSE DOING IT, DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR!?'''”'' |
| 164 | ** [[EpicFail Too bad Vinyl had no idea what she was talking about.]] |
| 165 | * KarmaHoudini: ZigZagged with Blueblood, as while he escaped the charges [[spoiler: of rape, Suri Polomare uses her knowledge of this fact to blackmail Blueblood into staying with her.]] |
| 166 | * LaserGuidedAmnesia: The only people who know what really happened the night of the Homecoming Dance are Sunset, The Humane Five, Principal Celestia, and Vice Principal Luna. All the rest know is that Sunset lost the crown for the first time, and that there was an explosion. |
| 167 | * MagicMirror: The Mirror of Cavalcanti serves as a CoolGate transit point for Sunset to return to Equestria. |
| 168 | * MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Sunset's dreams. Are they simply concoctions of her mind, or is there more to them? [[spoiler:It starts leaning towards the "magic" side when the dream version of Princess!Twilight Sunset sees has the same crown Twilight started using after giving up the Elements back to the Tree of Harmony, something Sunset didn't know about]]. |
| 169 | * MeltingPotNomenclature: A bunch of names that sound really hippie (well, this ''is'' UsefulNotes/{{California}} we're talking about here) right next to perfectly normal ones, creating a real AerithAndBob situation; e.g. Spike (normal name), Shining Armor (not normal name), Twilight Sparkle (half of that's a normal name) and Octavia Melody (both of which are normal names.) |
| 170 | ** Explained by Shinzakura as subversion of RealLife ThemeNaming, as detailed [[http://www.fimfiction.net/blog/342596/preview-of-the-next-chapter-of-7dsj#comment/2236280 here]]. |
| 171 | --->'''Shinzakura''': "Take for example, the name Robert. Its origin is French, for 'bright fame'. Bright Fame ''definitely'' sounds like a pony name, doesn't it?" |
| 172 | * MindControlDevice: A group of boys from the local high schools get a hold of [[spoiler: a drug with mind-control properties.]] Things do not go well after that. |
| 173 | * MistakenIdentity: During her less-behaved period, Sunset ''intentionally'' ruins Bon-Bon's life by spreading rumors that the Vietnamese-American girl is living a double-life as Vietnamese porn star "Sweetie Drops". Needless to say, Bon-Bon is ''not'' happy. |
| 174 | ** Makes it even worse when it's revealed that Sweetie Drops lives in Hong Kong and in ''no'' way could actually have been Bon-Bon... not that any of the boys hitting on Bon-Bon ever did their research. And of course the fact that she's in a relationship with Lyra. |
| 175 | * MythologyGag: A few, and likely growing: |
| 176 | ** Twilight and Octavia attend the Zacherle Academy for Girls [[note]] Bonnie Zacherle is the creator of the ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'' franchise [[/note]], an elite private school for girls. Similarly, Blueblood attends Zacherle Academy's equivalent for boys, the Muenchinger Institute for Young Men. [[note]] Charles Muenchinger was the designer of the original G1 ponies. [[/note]] |
| 177 | ** While enroute to visit Cheerilee, her sister crashes her car just outside of [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTales Colton.]] |
| 178 | * MundaneObjectAmazement: Sunset flies in an airplane for the first time in chapter 11. |
| 179 | * NakedOnArrival: Sunset. She's a little miffed that Twilight got clothes. |
| 180 | * NewAgeRetroHippie: Trixie's mom, Harmonic Convergence - to the point that she even runs the town New Age store. |
| 181 | * NoCommunitiesWereHarmed: From the descriptions, Canterlot, San Palomino, Sunnytown, and Equestria County somewhere either in California or Oregon. Same goes for Ponyville and Cloudsdale, which are mentioned, but also hinted that they are not in Equestria County. |
| 182 | ** Shinzakura has said in his notes that the "Brentwood Museum" is just a renamed version of the RealLife Getty Museum, probably renamed in order to keep with the MLP naming scheme. |
| 183 | * NoIndoorVoice: The cheerleaders refer to a loud Pinkie Pie as the "Royal Canterlot Voice", with the Royal being short for ''"Royally Eardrum-Shattering."'' |
| 184 | * NonIndicativeName: Despite the title, the story starts out in (based on hints and the calendar dates) October 2013 and goes chronologically over the next few months (book 1 ends on the last day in May). |
| 185 | * NoSocialSkills: Twilight (and to a lesser degree, Octavia... but not by much) has almost none of this, especially when it comes to affectionate displays with her "sisters" - to the point that it becomes [[spoiler: IncestSubtext]]. |
| 186 | ** ''Especially'' when any combination of the three [[spoiler: [[{{DiggingYourselfDeeper}} are sleeping together.]] Chastely, of course.]] |
| 187 | * OlderThanHeLooks: Sunset is actually around thirty, yet her human body is about half that age. |
| 188 | * OneSteveLimit: Broken by (the assumed presence of) the pony and human casts. Also for the names of towns and schools. |
| 189 | ** More directly broken by (human) Octavia ("Tavi") and her cousins Octavia Philharmonica (goes by "Octy", though Tavi does not know this) and Octavia Van Clef (better known as Fiddlesticks.) |
| 190 | ** There's also the case of Shining Armor's partner on the CPD [[spoiler:(and in later books the FBI)]] Sandalwood, who's based on the protagonist in Shinzakura's other series, ''Fanfic/AllAmericanGirlShinzakura''. Not to be confused with the male Sandalwood who goes to Canterlot High. |
| 191 | * OntologicalMystery: When Sunset Shimmer suspects that [[spoiler: La Musica was another Equestrian who came to EQG!Earth and was also turned into a human,]] this kicks into overdrive. [[spoiler: How did she get here? Why did she stay?]] |
| 192 | * OnlySaneMan: A few cases. |
| 193 | ** Octavia, Ballad, and Fiddlesticks refuse to get involved in the DysfunctionalFamily Circus that Ballad's mother (and Tavi and Fiddle's grandmother, by extension) has been orchestrating. |
| 194 | ** Ironically, ''Screwball'', [[spoiler: whose Earth counterpart is a level-headed rock musician and is trying to protect her younger sister Midnight Moondust from their parents' destructive career plans for the latter.]] |
| 195 | ** [[spoiler: Sunset seems to be the only member of the family really concerned with Twilight's recurring nightmares. She believes that the others are being influenced somehow though]]. |
| 196 | *** [[spoiler:The final book I chapter reveals that they think it's residual side effects from the Vibe]]. |
| 197 | * ParentsAsPeople: Octavia's parents want the best for their daughter, even if they can't get her point across clearly, such as when they explain their plans to move to Paris, though they're leaving her behind to stay with her aunt and uncle... though they don't ''quite'' explain that part. |
| 198 | * PoorCommunicationKills: Sunset goes out of her way to prevent this from happening to Octavia when her parents say they were considering going to join a Paris symphony. |
| 199 | * PunnyName: Why is the town called Canterlot? It was originally called Camelot, but was changed to ''Canter''lot after the rise of horse farms in the area. The name stuck even though they have moved east to Ponyville. |
| 200 | * RaceLift: Happens whenever the ethnicity of one of the human characters is discussed, since the film didn't deal with that. |
| 201 | ** Rainbow Dash is Hispanic. |
| 202 | ** Fluttershy is 1/4 Japanese. |
| 203 | ** Minuette is African-American. |
| 204 | ** Based on the description, Gilda is likely African-American. |
| 205 | ** Bon-Bon is Vietnamese-American, and even has a [[MeaningfulName Vietnamese first name]] to go with it (Bon-Bon is actually her middle name.) |
| 206 | * RealisticDictionIsUnrealistic: Shows up time to time, e.g. calling [[WesternAnimation/TheLastUnicorn the unicorn "Almathea" instead of "Amalthea"]]. |
| 207 | * RealPlaceBackground: Canterlot and Equestria County are stand-ins for the RealLife city of Redding and Shasta County, California. While not outright stated as so, it is confirmed by statements the author has made both in comments (see below) and in-story (State Route 299, which passes through Redding). As for the Interstate in question, I-5 runs the length of the state, including through the center of Redding. |
| 208 | -->'''Shinzakura''': [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/179932/seven-days-in-sunny-june-book-i#comment/4248273 well, here's a hint: Canterlot has only one Interstate running through it. The Greater LA Area has at least eight.]] |
| 209 | ** InUniverse, Canterlot also shares Redding's original name of Poverty Flats; in both cases, the name was changed due to complaints by railroad barons. |
| 210 | ** Other nearby towns of Weaverville and Arcata are mentioned (the latter being next to Eureka, CA in Humboldt County, which is replaced in-story as the City of Horseshoe Bay in Klamath County.) |
| 211 | * RelatedInTheAdaptation: This happens to numerous human characters. |
| 212 | ** Sunset is taken in and pretty much adopted by human Twilight's family. |
| 213 | ** The Spike of this world is human and Twilight's little brother. |
| 214 | ** Octavia Melody is also Twilight's cousin. |
| 215 | ** Likewise, Octavia has cousins of her own on her mother's side: [[spoiler: Screwball]], Midnight Moondust, Octavia Philharmonica and Octavia Van Clef, the last also going by the nickname Fiddlesticks. |
| 216 | *** [[spoiler: The author has stated in a Google Hangout interview that the idea for three Octavias came from three stories giving the character radically different personalities, thus making this an InJoke.]] |
| 217 | ** Scootaloo is Rainbow Dash's HappilyAdopted little sister. |
| 218 | ** Like Spike, Angel is human in this world and Fluttershy's little brother. |
| 219 | ** Rainbow is descended from Commander Hurricane. |
| 220 | ** [[spoiler: Crackle is Suri Polomare's half-sister by her father's mistress]]. |
| 221 | ** [[spoiler: Screwball]] and Midnight Moondust are sisters, and both are second cousins to Octavia. |
| 222 | ** Blueblood and Flash Sentry are cousins. |
| 223 | ** Pinkie Pie is the niece of Carrot and Cup Cake (Cup is Pinkie's mother's sister). |
| 224 | ** Coco Pommel is Fancy Pants' little sister. |
| 225 | * ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Blueblood uses his father Quorum's connections as a US senator to help escape his charges. [[spoiler: This is not without consequence. See everything related to Suri]] |
| 226 | * ShapeshiftingLover: |
| 227 | ** Sunset Shimmer to Flash Sentry as was told in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls1''. [[spoiler: PlayedForDrama since Sunset only thought the change was cosmetic, and later is horrified to realize that she could have gotten pregnant.]] Given that the change wasn't entirely complete (her blood type as a human is one that is eerily similar to that of equines, her hearing remains in the upper range of equines, etc.) it could also be a light case of BodyHorror as well. |
| 228 | ** [[spoiler: Judging by the number of descendants she has, La Musica - ''if'' she was a pony after all.]] |
| 229 | * ShoutOut: The county's disciplinary high school, the Equestria County Alternative High School for At-Risk Students, is located in the run-down suburb of Sunnytown. Due to the school's brutalist architecture, lack of sports programs or afterschool activities, or even a school mascot, the disciplinary high school is disparagingly referred to as "[[{{Videogame/StoryOfTheBlanks}} The Blanks]]". |
| 230 | ** Cloud Kicker seems to have the same personality as her ''Fanfic/TheLifeAndTimesOfAWinningPony'' version. |
| 231 | ** Spike, Rumble, Pipsqueak, and Featherweight call themselves Team Button Mashers. |
| 232 | ** [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyAndFriends Firefly and Posey]] are the mothers of Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy, respectively. |
| 233 | * ShotgunWedding: Blossomforth has one upcoming after her high school graduation, thanks to [[spoiler: Flash Sentry.]] |
| 234 | * SiblingsWanted: Though initially very aloof towards her foster family, Sunset immediately grows very close to both her foster sister Twilight and Twilight's cousin Octavia (who was mostly raised by Twilight's parents and practically also a sibling.) |
| 235 | ** To a lesser degree, due to her actual age, it's hinted that Sunset has a very filial relationship with the other members of the Humane Five. |
| 236 | * SpannerInTheWorks: If it hadn't been for [[spoiler:Noteworthy's]] change of heart and Sunset's BigSisterInstinct, [[spoiler:The Club's plan to use the Vibe on Twilight and Octavia would likely have worked (Rarity's cold medicine protected her)]]. |
| 237 | ** As mentioned above, Rarity's use of her cold medicine on her date [[spoiler:inadvertently protected her from the Vibe]] due to an ingredient in the formula. |
| 238 | * SpottingTheThread: Used a few times: |
| 239 | ** Octavia and Twilight are starting to pick up that Sunset is hiding something big due to the way Sunset and the other members of the Humane Six talk about certain issues. |
| 240 | ** Sunset Shimmer suspects that La Musica was Equestrian based on the fact that the musician's works [[spoiler: sound ''very much'' like Equestrian musical works, including the Equestrian Royal Anthem and other songs from Equestria.]] |
| 241 | * TakeThat: Midnight Moondust's "career advice" from her parents sounds a lot like the failed careers of former RealLife teen idol celebrities such as Lindsay Lohan, Britney Spears, and others too numerous to count. |
| 242 | * TitledAfterTheSong: The fic seems to be named after a Music/{{Jamiroquai}} song, as indicated by a comment Shinzakura made, as well as [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/179932/seven-days-in-sunny-june-book-i#comment/4222666 a visual joke in the story's poster.]] |
| 243 | ** Chapter titles seem to come from songs as well. |
| 244 | * TheyWouldCutYouUp: One of the reasons Sunset doesn't want to reveal her true nature. |
| 245 | * UnstoppableRage: When Flash taunts her about being his girlfriend [[spoiler: after using a potent date rape drug on human Twilight Sparkle]], Sunset breaks a wall with her bare hands. |
| 246 | * VagueAge: Averted. Shinzakura and [=BlueBastard=] have given definitive ages for the girls (Sixteen, as of the start of Book I.) |
| 247 | * WhoNamesTheirKidDude: Comes up in conversation between Sunset Shimmer and the rock star Screwball [[spoiler: (whose real name is Summer Violet)]]. |
| 248 | --> '''Screwball''': "Hell, you can even call me by my real name if you want".\ |
| 249 | '''Sunset''': “I thought your name ''was'' Screwball.”\ |
| 250 | '''Screwball''': “Who names their kid Screwball? It’s actually a stage name, just like Screw Loose uses – only Discord and Freebase use their real names." |
| 251 | * WomanScorned: [[spoiler: Suri Polomare.]] She knows what [[spoiler: Blueblood]] really did to her, and is now using it to leverage her social status. One would almost feel sorry for him. |
| 252 | [[/folder]] |
| 253 | |
| 254 | [[folder: Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want]] |
| 255 | * ShoutOut / AffectionateParody: Sunset turning down Rarity's request for her [[WholesomeCrossdresser to wear a suit and pretend to be her foreign-born boyfriend]] references the Sunset/Rarity story ''A Suit with Sincerity''. |
| 256 | * TitledAfterTheSong: The title is from a song by Music/TheSmiths. |
| 257 | [[/folder]] |
| 258 | |
| 259 | [[folder: Treasure]] |
| 260 | * AccidentalMurder: Due to a faulty part in their car, which was recalled a month later, Cornflower crashed into another man's car, killing him. [[spoiler:It turns out that by doing so, she inadvertently stopped him from shooting up an airport, saving a ''lot'' of people]]. |
| 261 | * DueToTheDead: Despite his death being the result of a faulty car part, Cornflower still visits the grave of the man she accidentally killed. |
| 262 | * EarnYourHappyEnding: A major theme. |
| 263 | * FantasyForbiddingFather: Pinkie's grandfather disapproved of his daughters' goals in life, feeling them to be a waste of time. While Cloudy Quartz ultimately gave in and gave up her dreams of being an Olympic ice skater, Cup refused to surrender her desire to turn professional with her baking. |
| 264 | * {{Interquel}}: Takes place during the winter period of 7DSJ Book I. |
| 265 | * InTheBlood: [[spoiler: The neurological disease Pinkie was born with runs in the family, having killed one of her aunts when said aunt was nine.]] |
| 266 | * {{Irony}}: [[spoiler: Cornflower's AccidentalMurder kept the man whose car she hit from shooting up an airport]]. |
| 267 | * TheJailBaitWait: Fluttershy's would-be boyfriend Puppytails decides to wait until she's eighteen before they seriously pursue their relationship. |
| 268 | * LongLostRelative: [[spoiler:Scootaloo finds out that she has an older brother and an older sister that she never knew]]. |
| 269 | * MythologyGag: [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyAndFriends Surprise]] is Pinkie's paternal grandmother. |
| 270 | * NoCommunitiesWereHarmed: From inference, it's stated that Cloudsdale is in the US state of Nevada. |
| 271 | * ParentalNeglect: Scootaloo's birth mother neglected her to the point that it bordered on abuse. |
| 272 | * TitledAfterTheSong: Titled after the ''[[Music/CocteauTwins album]]'', actually. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasure_(Cocteau_Twins_album) The individual chapters are titled after the album's songs]]. |
| 273 | [[/folder]] |
| 274 | |
| 275 | [[folder: ShakeItOff]] |
| 276 | * AlphaBitch: D'Aguanno Private School has its own in the form of Tequila Sunrise |
| 277 | * TheAtoner: Vinyl's desire to make up for her role in the Vibe incident is what drives her to help the group of girls she and Cloud befriends. |
| 278 | * BrokenPedestal: Kicky's ecstatic to find that her musical idol, Tequila Sunrise, is a fellow student at the D... until she meets her in person and finds that Tequila's a brutal AlphaBitch who hates Kicky and Vinyl's new friends. |
| 279 | * DramaticIrony: Cloudkicker thinks Vinyl is crazy for thinking Octavia will send Teenage Assassins after her. To be fair, SIREN only started to become prominent in Book III |
| 280 | * {{Interquel}}: This story starts near the latter half of Book I. |
| 281 | * {{Expy}}: The group of girls Vinyl and Cloud befriend at their new school all possess traits similar to the Mane 6. |
| 282 | * MythologyGag: The girls attend the D'Aguanno School, one of the most elite private schools in the country. [[note]]Steven D'Aguanno is the Hasbro executive in charge of the ''My Little Pony'' franchise and produced the G1 cartoon.[[/note]] |
| 283 | ** Several characters in ''Shake It Off'' are named after [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyAndFriends G1]] and [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTales G2]] characters. |
| 284 | * TitledAfterTheSong: Named after a Taylor Swift song. |
| 285 | [[/folder]] |
| 286 | |
| 287 | [[folder: The Apple Tree]] |
| 288 | * ADayInTheLimelight: The story is one for Applejack, who won a poll for what character the author would feature in his ChristmasSpecial |
| 289 | * {{Expy}}: Summerfree's [[spoiler: [[OneWingedAngel magical form]] bears many similarities to [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsLegendOfEverfree Gaia Everfree]]]] |
| 290 | * IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Applejack to her cousin Summerfree [[spoiler:when the latter goes full OneWingedAngel.]] |
| 291 | --> '''Applejack:''' Ah can see there's a little bit of the old Summerfree still in there somewhere... and Ah'd like her back. |
| 292 | * ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: [[spoiler: Jade Lily was Starswirl the Bearded's apprentice, who used his mirror to travel to the human world while it was still in its alpha stages, resulting in her being displaced in time as well as space. This would actually make her closer to ''ten-thousand'' years old.]] |
| 293 | * ShapeshiftingLover: It turns out that Braeburn's girlfriend Jade Lily [[spoiler: is not only a unicorn from Equestria, but was Starswirl the Bearded's apprentice.]] |
| 294 | * ToughLove: Applejack gives her cousin Summerfree a taste of this [[spoiler:which sets off their magic battle.]] |
| 295 | [[/folder]] |
| 296 | |
| 297 | [[folder: Protection]] |
| 298 | * CannotSpitItOut: After years of taunting [[spoiler: Sunstone doesn't know how to tell Noteworthy she actually does love him romantically.]] |
| 299 | * DoggedNiceGuy: Even after Minuette lets Noteworthy know she's mad at him for being involved with the Club, he still tries to pursue a relationship with her. |
| 300 | * HappilyFailedSuicide: [[spoiler: Carrot Top/Golden Harvest tries to shoot herself. Fortunately, Derpy catches her and talks her down.]] |
| 301 | * HatedByAll: Pretty much ''everyone'' at CHS hates Noteworthy now. [[spoiler: Minuette's friends even try to frame him and beat him half to death to keep him away from her. Minuette herself is horrified when she sees what's going on and yells for them to stop.]] |
| 302 | * {{Interquel}}: This takes place during the latter half of book I. |
| 303 | * KissingCousins: [[spoiler:Noteworthy's cousin (technically first cousin once removed) and older sister figure Sunstone has been in love with him since they both hit puberty, though he's oblivious to it.]] |
| 304 | * SmartPeopleWearGlasses: Admittedly, Derpy wears them more for vision correction than not, but she's brilliant and wears glasses, so... |
| 305 | * TheAtoner: Noteworthy. |
| 306 | * TitledAfterTheSong: Like ''The Three Sunrises'', this is titled after a song by Music/MassiveAttack and the chapter titles are taken from song lyrics. |
| 307 | [[/folder]] |
| 308 | |
| 309 | [[folder: Broken Down in Sunny Town]] |
| 310 | * LoserSonOfLoserDad: Rundown feels that he's going to end up just like his old man, a former doctor who is now serving time in prison [[spoiler: for child pornography]]. |
| 311 | [[/folder]] |
| 312 | |
| 313 | [[folder: How Great the Outcry]] |
| 314 | * AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler:Averted. By the climax, nearly the entire town including Twilight Sparkle are taken by the curse, but all of them turn out to be fine in the end.]] |
| 315 | * AsTheGoodBookSays: an aversion from TitledAfterTheSong, where the title comes from a ''Literature/TheBible'' quote. |
| 316 | * TheCameo: one of the soldiers in the contingent that Twilight and Raspberry bring along is Private Sunny Side, who has a major roll in ''FanFic/IAgainstIMeAgainstYou'', a fic by the same author. |
| 317 | * CreepyBasement |
| 318 | * FacialHorror: The demon pony[[spoiler:/Razz's father]]'s face is horribly burned and disfigured. |
| 319 | * FliesEqualsEvil: The interior of Raspberry's ruined farmhouse is coated in flies. |
| 320 | * PersonalHorror: [[spoiler: the curse is fueled by Raspberry's pain and guilt at having murdered her father, and was sustained in the meantime by the negative emotions of the Lonesome Dove townsponies.]] |
| 321 | * SpookyPhotographs: Again, all over the remains of Raspberry's farmhouse. |
| 322 | -->'''Something crunched under Twilight’s hoof when she stepped into the next room. She looked down and saw a pair of ponies looking back up at her from within a small picture frame. A large, burly earth pony stallion was lovingly holding an earth pony mare with a bulge in her belly. A web of cracks on the glass frame distorted their faces, making their smiles seem twisted and unnatural.''' |
| 323 | [[/folder]] |
| 324 | |
| 325 | [[folder: A Hairy Problem]] |
| 326 | * PsychologicalProjection: Sunset thinks her family wouldn't understand why she uses Mane n' Tail shampoo...[[RealityIsUnrealistic when the truth is]] [[https://intothegloss.com/2014/04/mane-tail-shampoo-review/ it can be used by people as well]]. |
| 327 | [[/folder]] |
| 328 | |
| 329 | [[folder: Downtempo]] |
| 330 | [[/folder]] |
| 331 | |
| 332 | [[folder: You Are the Woman]] |
| 333 | * IncompatibleOrientation: Compass Rose is a girl who secretly loves Sunset... but Sunset doesn't swing that way, and lets her down gently when she finds out. |
| 334 | * {{Interquel}}: This takes place during the latter parts of Book I. |
| 335 | * TitledAfterTheSong: Titled after a hit by 70's group Music/{{Firefall}}. |
| 336 | * UnrequitedLove: Compass Rose loves Sunset from afar. |
| 337 | ** [[spoiler: And has one of her own in Boysenberry. They're a couple by the end.]] |
| 338 | [[/folder]] |
| 339 | |
| 340 | [[folder: Crazy Love]] |
| 341 | * AgeGapRomance: With Berry having successfully chased after Rose, the latter takes her girlfriend out on a date. |
| 342 | * CosmeticCatastrophe: Berry tries to avoid one by asking Sunset to help her with hers, much to the latter's chagrin. |
| 343 | * FilleFatale: Berry chased after Rose, not the other way around. |
| 344 | * TheIllegal: [[spoiler:Berry, her brother and her father are all illegal immigrants ... much to said father's worries.]] |
| 345 | * TitledAfterTheSong: Titled after a hit by 70's group Music/{{Poco}}. |
| 346 | [[/folder]] |
| 347 | |
| 348 | [[folder: Book II]] |
| 349 | * AlternateTooniverse: To Sunset, after having lived for half a decade in the gritty reality of Earth, the paradise that is Equestria seems a little off. |
| 350 | -->"In the human world, in the first year she’d been trapped there after fleeing Celestia through Platinum's Mirror, Sunset had noted just how the landscape of Equestria seemed to be taken from the fanciful illustrations in human fairy tales. Now that she finally saw Equestria again through appreciative eyes and not on industrially-printed paper, it truly was like a fairy tale in how just in the distance, beyond the edges of the Everfree, sat a small hamlet of civilization." |
| 351 | * {{Backstory}}: In chapter 7, we learn more about Sombra's past. |
| 352 | * {{Blackmail}}: [[spoiler:What the gang theorizes that the mirror's being able to replay the moments a person who has passed through it regrets most likely would have been used for by Sombra]]. |
| 353 | * BrutalHonesty: Twilight regarding the early years of Celestia's rule being filled with many mistakes, like Discord and Sombra. To be fair, Celestia ''asked'' for bluntness. |
| 354 | * ContinuityNod: |
| 355 | ** The events of ''FanFic/AHairierProblemRiseOfTheFurball'' are briefly mentioned a few times. |
| 356 | ** Luna is overjoyed to hear that the [[DurableDeathtrap play traps (and slide) still work]] in their old castle. |
| 357 | ** Twilight mentions the various mistakes Celestia made early in her rule, like Sombra, Sable Loam, Discord and Nightmare Moon. |
| 358 | ** AJ recalls her encounters with the Flim Flam brothers. |
| 359 | ** Lyra mentions the Breezies to Octavia. |
| 360 | ** Pinkie mentions Luna's DreamWalker abilities. |
| 361 | ** Sunset is upset that when she uses her BadassBoast ''in'' Equestria, [[spoiler:Razz]] doesn't understand it, meaning she wasted it ''again''! |
| 362 | ** Chapter 12 is pretty much a giant ContinuityNod, showing Sunset's history and bullying ways (along with her defeat and her life post-reformation). |
| 363 | * DidntSeeThatComing: Princess Luna's existence threw Sunset completely for a loop. |
| 364 | * DidntThinkThisThrough: Sunset admits in hindsight that her plan was pretty stupid. |
| 365 | * DramaticIrony: Sunset repeatedly thinks briefly that Luna has no Equestrian counterpart. This is even ''after'' she saw Vice Principal Luna disguise herself in her old Nightmare Moon persona. |
| 366 | ** In fairness, Luna was using just the NMM wig, and not her full get-up (the story states she was in a sun dress, but her NMM attire was a gothy-punkish look.) |
| 367 | ** Raspberry Beryl mistrusts Sunset Shimmer due to her past as Celestia's student and dabbling into BlackMagic. |
| 368 | * DreamWalker: Pinkie mentions Luna can do this to Sunset. [[spoiler: Luna mentions to Celestia that she has difficulty with Sunset's dreams because they are only ''partially'' like a pony, implying that Sunset, at the subconscious level, is becoming completely human.]] |
| 369 | ** This is possibly also a ShoutOut to ''Fanfic/AllAmericanGirlShinzakura'' and the fact that [[spoiler: Luna cannot see DJ in the dreamscape either due to the latter's human mindset.]] |
| 370 | * EarlyBirdCameo: Sunset gets a glimpse of her dam in a vision near the end. [[spoiler:Come Book V, Sunset's dam is properly introduced as Rising Star.]] |
| 371 | * EasilyForgiven: Celestia to Sunset, despite the initial impressions given in Chapter 2. |
| 372 | ** As of the rewrite, Celestia is much more suspicious of Sunset, and doesn't forgive her [[spoiler: until the third final chapter]] |
| 373 | * EpicFail: Sunset's attempt at using an invisibility spell to follow Raspberry Beryl. |
| 374 | * FridgeLogic: InUniverse, Sunset realizes that the mirror in the Crystal Empire apparently [[WrongContextMagic violated its own rules]] regarding when passage is possible between the worlds. |
| 375 | * HappilyAdopted: Although it has't been made official on paper, due to the fact that Raspberry is a legal adult, she considers Ascot and Cashmere to be her parents. |
| 376 | ** Twilight compares Razz's family to her big sister relationship with Spike. |
| 377 | * IdenticalStranger: Save for their color schemes and cutie marks, Sunset Shimmer and Raspberry Beryl look identical, a thought which does not make the wayward mare very happy. |
| 378 | ** The Equestrian counterparts to EQG!humans, in Sunset Shimmer's eyes. Pinkie Pie is ''not'' the niece of the Cakes; indeed, she states that she's more closely related to the Apples. Octavia Melody is ''not'' Twilight's cousin. |
| 379 | * InvoluntaryShapeshifting: [[spoiler:Sunset accidentally reverts to her human form while ''still in Equestria'' briefly. Considering she was only trying to create an image of her human self, it might not be as involuntary as believed.]] |
| 380 | * IntriguedByHumanity: Lyra, obviously. For a lesser degree, Sandalwood. |
| 381 | * LockedOutOfTheLoop: Sunset is out of the loop on a ''lot'' of things, like Princess Luna's ''existence'', for instance. She's also out of touch with how technology in Equestria has advanced while she was gone. [[spoiler: PlayedForDrama considering Razz, which hurts her impression of Razz considering the dark magic affecting human Twilight.]] |
| 382 | * MagicMirror: Unlike the CoolGate appearance of Cavalcanti's Mirror, the one on the pony side looks ''far more'' sinister, with images of Celestia, Luna, Nightmare Moon and Faust bound in chains held in the hooves of Sombra. |
| 383 | * MisplacedRetribution: Spike, blaming Sunset for being turned into a dog in the human world (something Sunset had no control over), [[spoiler: sends a letter to Princess Celestia, who immediately sends guards to arrest Sunset]]. |
| 384 | * NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:As it turns out, Razz ''is'' accidentally responsible for Twily's condition, due to the events of ''How Great the Outcry'']]. |
| 385 | * NotSoDifferentRemark: Sunset compares her own experiences with Diamond Tiara's in order to reassure the filly. |
| 386 | * PoorCommunicationKills: [[spoiler:Twilight asks Razz to help train her dark magic defenses, but when Sunset sees it, she assumes Razz is ''attacking'' Twilight! To be fair, Twilight goofed on the shield spell and make Razz's attack more dangerous than it was meant to be, causing her to be knocked out]]. |
| 387 | ** [[spoiler: To be fair, all of the Mane Six and the other ponies are trying to keep Sunset from finding out what Razz was involved in, which is not helping her paranoia.]] |
| 388 | * PowerLimiter: [[spoiler:It turns out that Sunset's power has been limited for ''years'']]. |
| 389 | * ReformedButRejected: Diamond Tiara. Trying to treat the former targets of her bullying decently is difficult even for her. |
| 390 | * SinisterSurveillance: [[spoiler: Sombra made it so that the mirror could record the memories of those who passed through it and play them back, focusing on these kinds of moments (like Sunset's bullying past and demonic form), presumably for {{Blackmail}}]]. |
| 391 | * StrangerInAFamiliarLand: Sunset Shimmer strongly feels like this in Equestria. |
| 392 | * SpottingTheThread: The princesses notice that the mirror had Nightmare Moon separately from Luna. |
| 393 | * TeleportationWithDrawbacks: Sunset has to use tiring teleportation to get out of the room the mirror is in in Equestria. |
| 394 | * {{Unperson}}: The punishment of Sombra's father for poisoning his wife in a failed attempt to assassinate Queen Faust. |
| 395 | * WrongContextMagic: Sunset, after briefly thinking about the matter, realizes that the mirror she used in the film ''shouldn't'' have let her pass through when she did. [[spoiler:Apparently, it's a side result of Sombra's mirror]]. |
| 396 | [[/folder]] |
| 397 | |
| 398 | [[folder: A Mother's Duty]] |
| 399 | * AwfulTruth: Luna lets Celestia have it over the latter's reaction to Sunset permanently returning to the human world. |
| 400 | * BizarroUniverse: After seeing what humans look like, [[spoiler: including her alternate universe self]], Twilight Velvet pretty much thinks of Earth as this way. |
| 401 | * BrutalHonesty: Luna lets Celestia know that [[CannotSpitItOut she should have told Sunset openly that she wanted to be a mother to her]]. |
| 402 | * {{Interquel}}: This story is set between the end of Book II and the eventual start of Book III. |
| 403 | * InterspeciesAdoption: Discussed by Celestia and Twilight Velvet, and identified as being against the law in Equestria, barring "mitigating and emergent circumstances", which "shall only be considered on a need by need basis". Celestia herself admits that she didn't write the law and should have checked more closely before it was made official; the only reason she hasn't changed it since is because it would be seen as a "gross abuse of the law" and a conflict of interest, since it would have cleared the way for her to adopt Sunset Shimmer, or Twilight Velvet and Night Light (as the parents of her personal student) to officially adopt Spike (though it's implied she's gonna fix the issue now that Velvet has brought it to her attention). |
| 404 | [[/folder]] |
| 405 | |
| 406 | [[folder: Book III]] |
| 407 | * AdaptationalHeroism: The Tirek of Earth... Dear ''god'' the Tirek of Earth... |
| 408 | ** There's also Sombra and Sable Loam, who are the Principal and a teacher respectively at "the Blanks." |
| 409 | * AdaptationalBadass: Sonata, Aria, and Adagio. |
| 410 | * ActionGirl: Sonata steps in to pound into the dirt a girl who tried to attack Twilight. |
| 411 | ** Then later in the chapter Adagio steps in and takes down [[spoiler: ''two armed guards'' protecting the house where Blueblood is about to commit The Vibe Disaster, Part II.]] |
| 412 | * AntiVillain: The Dazzlings, who are potrayed as much more sympathetically then they were in Rainbow Rocks. |
| 413 | * BehindTheBlack: [[spoiler:The war between the [=SIRENs=] and the Canadian government is what drives the Dazzlings to Canterlot.]] |
| 414 | * BigBad: Divine Right. |
| 415 | * BigBadEnsemble: It's revealed that [[spoiler: the Tirek of Equestria]] will also be this. |
| 416 | * BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler: Crackle finds out about the Vibe, Suri, and Blueblood]] |
| 417 | * ColdBloodedTorture: One of the SIRENS performs this on a high-ranking member of Arrowhead. |
| 418 | * ContinuityNod: Sweet Pea and Melancholy Rose (Scootaloo's biological sister) reappear from ''Treasure''. |
| 419 | * DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: [[spoiler:Discord and Posey decided to live separately because of the paparazzi, among other reasons, though they're still married and see each other occasionally]]. |
| 420 | * DisappearedDad: Fluttershy's. Little is known about him beyond the fact he left their family.[[spoiler: He's later revealed to be Discord, Sunset's favorite musician.]] |
| 421 | * TheDragon: Cantata Blast, the leader of the [=SIRENs=]. |
| 422 | * DumbassNoMore: Sonata Dusk is a zigzag between this and GeniusDitz. While she is clearly much smarter than her canon counterpart, she's still ditzy enough that it's unclear how much of it is just an act. |
| 423 | * GreenEyedMonster: Octavia feels jealous of Sunset being closer to Twilight, especially as Octavia had not believed Sunset when she said Twilight had problems. [[spoiler: Since her subconscious referred to Sunset as "that newcomer", something Octavia herself doesn't believe she'd call Sunset, it remains to be seen whether it's [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane a darker part of her mind or something else.]]]] |
| 424 | * HappilyAdopted: Sunset, if informally. [[spoiler:It's made official as part of a birthday present to her]]. |
| 425 | * InTheBlood: Divine Right, who as the descendant of [[spoiler:Baldisare de Calvacanti]] believes that it is his heredity power to take over the world. |
| 426 | * MayDecemberRomance: Sable Loam is only momentarily shocked to learn that Celestia is 56 while he's 31. It doesn't phase him from saying he still wants to take her on a date the following weekend. For her part, Celestia seems eager to pursue a continued relationship as well, going so far as to refuse dessert the next day in the interest of keeping herself fit and attactive, much to Luna's shock as apparently Celestia has ''never'' skipped out on desert in her life. |
| 427 | ** Also, Luna's boyfriend Moonshadow is in his early-to-mid twenties while she's 52; his mother freaked out when she found out Luna was older than her. |
| 428 | ** To a lesser degree, Sombra and Chrysalis, considering he was 15 and she was 12 when they first had sex. |
| 429 | * MoodWhiplash: The first chapter ends with someone using the Vibe from Book I [[spoiler: to rape a young lady]]. |
| 430 | * MultiversalConqueror: [[spoiler: What Divine Right wants to become.]] |
| 431 | * NotSoHarmless: Divine Right appears to be an amateur meddling in forces beyond his control, [[spoiler: but he also has actual magic.]] |
| 432 | * RaceLift: Crackle is half-Chinese on her mother's side. |
| 433 | * RebuiltPedestal: Fluttershy reconciles with Discord and begs him not to give up his music career for her selfishness. |
| 434 | * RelatedInTheAdaptation: In addition to the characters mentioned earlier, Book III has the following additions: |
| 435 | ** Coco Pommel as the younger sister of Fancy Pants. |
| 436 | ** [[spoiler: [=DISCORD=] of all people is Fluttershy and Angel's DisappearedDad.]] |
| 437 | ** [[spoiler: Tirek is Fluttershy's godfather]]. |
| 438 | * SanitySlippage: Octavia suffers from this, which culminates in her [[spoiler: killing an owl which Twilight takes care of.]] |
| 439 | * SympatheticPOV: While the SIRENS in Canterlot appear in a better light than Les SCARS, some of the other members perform some questionable actions. |
| 440 | * TeleportSpam: At one point, Sunset casually suggests [[spoiler: that she take Rainbow and AJ to lunch ''six hundred miles south'' in Los Angeles via repeated chain teleport.]] While impressed, Rainbow reminds her friend [[TheyWouldCutYouUp of the consequences of that if anyone found out.]] |
| 441 | * ThemeNaming: For the most part, all [=SIRENs=] are named after musical terms. |
| 442 | * TwoLinesNoWaiting: It's not immediately clear that the early segments with [=SIREN=] and a megalomaniac are relevant, but the revelation that they are is a major plot point. |
| 443 | [[/folder]] |
| 444 | |
| 445 | [[folder: Three Nights at Freddy's]] |
| 446 | * AlternateContinuity: Though some of the details in the story did occur, the canon explanation is that Les SCARS were wearing the robot suits and nothing magical was involved. |
| 447 | * AngerBornOfWorry: the Soeurs are angry that their charges risked their lives instead of coming to them. |
| 448 | * BottomlessMagazines: Averted, at least for Aria. She's shown in ''Three Nights at Freddy's'' buying a ton of arrows at a sporting goods store. |
| 449 | * {{Crossover}}: The 7DSJverse meets FNAF. And not in a good way. [[spoiler: For the animatronics, that is.]] |
| 450 | * CurbStompBattle: No matter what the animatronics throw at the girls, they're still no match for increasingly heavy weapons that Adagio, Aria and Sonata bring to bear. |
| 451 | * {{Interquel}}: This takes place during book III, before Sonata starts working at Sugarcube Corner. |
| 452 | * LivingWeapon: The narrative confirms that every SIREN is one, due to their training regimen. [=CSIS and Les SCARs=] wanted to take it even further, but [[spoiler:Uncle Poutine put his foot down, and was killed for it]]. |
| 453 | * SmallGirlBigGun: All three [=SIRENs=]. |
| 454 | [[/folder]] |
| 455 | |
| 456 | [[folder: Shards of Darkness]] |
| 457 | [[/folder]] |
| 458 | |
| 459 | [[folder: Innocence Lost]] |
| 460 | * ContinuityNod: To both ''Treasure'' and Book III. |
| 461 | * DraggedOffToHell: [[spoiler:The final fate of Tripwire in the last chapter - Sunset, now an alicorn, appears in his jail cell and sends him to Tartarus, while making it appear as if he hung himself in his cell.]] |
| 462 | * {{Expy}}: Lemon Tart is supposed to be one for Lemon Zest from Friendship Games, as the Lemon Zest in-universe[[spoiler: was/will be killed by Divine Right]]. |
| 463 | * RealPlaceBackground: The story takes place in UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco. |
| 464 | [[/folder]] |
| 465 | |
| 466 | [[folder: Book IV]] |
| 467 | * AdaptationalBadass: The Zephyr Breeze in this series (or at least his human counterpart) is basically the opposite of the one we got in the show: He's got a job and he's actually good at it, doesn't constantly impose on his parents and sister, and is generally much more competent than his canon counterpart is. Really, it's to the point where he almost reaches InNameOnly status! |
| 468 | ** Shinzakura has said this Zephyr is pretty much InNameOnly, given that we know that just like in real life, there are more than one person with the same name (see: both Bon-Bons); plus, this Zephyr has a ''younger'' sister named Fluttershy...that lives in ''UsefulNotes/{{Atlanta}}''. |
| 469 | * ArcWords: "This has been willed where what is willed must be", which is a reference from ''Literature/TheDivineComedy''. |
| 470 | ** The teasers' quotes have also pulled directly from ''The Divine Comedy'' as well. |
| 471 | * ArtifactOfDoom: Divine Right seems to have several of them: a longknife (actually a sword) said to have belonged to a mysterious mage [[spoiler:(possibly Star Swirl)]], a spear that belonged to Charlemagne, a bell, and a songsheet. The knife is for [[spoiler: killing and draining virgins' blood]]. What the rest are for? Who knows? |
| 472 | * ArtShift: [[http://www.fimfiction.net/blog/522719/eleven With the release of the first teaser for Book IV]], Shinzakura has redesigned the artwork to look like photorealistic humans with MLP hair and eye colors. |
| 473 | * [[spoiler:BaitAndSwitchBoss: Divine Right messes up his plan to summon Grogar, and gets Chernabog instead; the very demon that possessed Sunset in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls1''.]] |
| 474 | * CallBack: Octavia's Genetic Chimerism comes back. |
| 475 | * TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes: Similar to the situation in Book I, Velvet does this in Book IV [[spoiler:with Octavia in the balance]]. |
| 476 | * ContinuityNod |
| 477 | ** From ''Treasure'', the store where Rarity bought the christmas gift for her grandparents is where one of the dead girls is found. |
| 478 | * CosmicChessGame: Near the end of the book, it's shown that [[BigGood Queen Faust]] appears to have been playing one of these with [[GreaterScopeVillain the eyeless man]] for quite some time, and now Sunset Shimmer and her friends and family are major pieces in their game. |
| 479 | * DarkerAndEdgier: Compared to the others, there's an overall darker tone to the story. This includes: |
| 480 | ** [[spoiler: Tirek steals the magic of ponies as he did in the Season 4 finale... but then kills them.]] |
| 481 | ** [[spoiler: Divine Right is sacrificing virgins to summon Grogar to obtain ultimate power, with which he intends to TakeOverTheWorld, which he believes he was born to do.]] |
| 482 | ** [[spoiler: Octavia Melody's insanity is because her unborn twin is an amoral psychopath and is wresting control away from her.]] |
| 483 | ** [[spoiler: Pinkie confesses to Sunset that she was once raped and impregnated by the group that eventually became the Club, and aborting the pregnancy when she found out. The trauma eventually led to her nearly committing suicide.]] |
| 484 | * DeadlyPrank: Sargasso tries to scare his ex-girlfriend by pretending to be the serial killer. It gets him killed by a watching police officer. |
| 485 | * [[spoiler:DisneyDeath: Sunset Shimmer herself is seemingly killed in a HeroicSacrifice at the story's climax, but is brought BackFromTheDead by Queen Faust in the final chapter... as the Alicorn of Earth.]] |
| 486 | * DrivenToSuicide: |
| 487 | ** The boyfriend of one of the murdered girls goes mad, and jumps off a balcony to be TogetherInDeath. |
| 488 | ** [[spoiler: In chapter 19, Pinkie confesses that she was once on the edge of the same, until her friends talked her out of it, pointing out that if a girl like Sunset could change, there was something worth living for. So she did.]] |
| 489 | * DrunkOnTheDarkSide: The Black Ops [=SIRENs=] behave this way [[spoiler: even before they get augmented by the super serum]]. |
| 490 | * {{Expy}}: Torch Hammer is one to Skolas from the "House of Wolves" DLC of ''VideoGame/{{Destiny}}''. |
| 491 | * FightingFromTheInside: [[spoiler: Octavia is stuck inside her own body when Melody takes over.]] |
| 492 | * GrandTheftMe: [[spoiler: Melody, Octavia's unborn twin, takes over her body, due to jealousy over being absorbed in the womb.]] |
| 493 | * GreaterScopeVillain: The mysterious [[BlindSeer eyeless man]], who starts appearing in later chapters as a malevolent force with an apparent history with Queen Faust. |
| 494 | * HateSink: [[BigBad Divine Right]], to such an extent that [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/255929/32/a-time-of-reckoning-seven-days-in-sunny-june-book-iv/august-16-326-am-i-cant-believe-its-over#comment/8834529 one commenter]] compared him to [[Literature/HarryPotter Dolores Umbridge]]... after a long description of the kind of [[ColdBloodedTorture punishment]] he deserves. |
| 495 | * HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:In the end, Sunset Shimmer sacrifices herself to save her human counterpart.]] |
| 496 | * IdenticalStranger: |
| 497 | ** [[spoiler: Shimmer is mistaken for Sunset on several occasions. First in Canterlot by Flash Sentry and two other girls. Second, in San Francisco by Sweet Pea.]] |
| 498 | ** Likewise, [[spoiler:Shimmer's mother Princess Solaire is a complete lookalike of Celestia, save for the former's short hair]]. |
| 499 | * IKnowMortalKombat: Principal Celestia knows how to shoot from the times she played video games with her sister. |
| 500 | * IncompatibleOrientation: [[spoiler: Pinkie Pie admits to being bisexual and having fallen in love with Sunset. Sunset, who is straight, can't return those feelings (and Pinkie knows it), but does still care about her.]] |
| 501 | * KingIncognito: [[spoiler: Shimmer and her mother Solaire, both princesses of the Bonaparte dynasty, would rather be normal people.]] |
| 502 | * LoveInterest: |
| 503 | ** [[spoiler: It's revealed that Sandalwood has always loved Shining Armor, but she's never had the courage to admit it. She joined the Navy to get away from him and her best friend Cadance, but now that she's back... it's gotten worse.]] |
| 504 | ** [[spoiler: In chapter 19, Pinkie confesses that she's bisexual and has secretly been in love with Sunset for a long time. Sunset, fortunately, isn't upset by this, though she can't return those feelings.]] |
| 505 | * MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: [[spoiler:Octavia has a dream where she meets her ancestor Musica and her unborn twin, "Melody". Turns out to be magic as the former tries to prevent the latter from taking over her body]]. |
| 506 | * MeaningfulName: [[spoiler:Prince Divine Right believes that, as a descendant of both Baldesare di Cavalcanti and UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte, it is his "[[DivineRightOfKings divine right]]" to TakeOverTheWorld and rule it as a GodEmperor, and intends to use [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyAndFriends Grogar]] to accomplish this.]] |
| 507 | * MissedHimByThatMuch: [[spoiler:Sandalwood almost has a chance to catch the killer... but fails to arrive in time to save another girl, one she knows. To add insult to injury, the killers drive right past her.]] |
| 508 | * NecessarilyEvil: The CSIS agent Changeling (that's his name, not his species) considers Blackthorn's ALICORN group to be this in dealing with the [=SIRENs=], especially as their leader makes no effort to disguise his intents to kidnap Sable Loam and Celestia, kill the former, and rape the latter. |
| 509 | * NoodleIncident: Pinkie Pie makes mention of Sweet Cicely to Sunset Shimmer, who did something back when she was an AlphaBitch to hurt Pinkie Pie's romantic life. Ceases to be one in chapter 19, when Pinkie tells Sunset in detail what happened. |
| 510 | * SocialDarwinist: Tirek is one. When he hears about how the Black Garden was purified, he feels disgust. |
| 511 | * TarotMotifs: The serial killer - [[spoiler:actually Divine Right]] - uses a tarot card motif, both when a girl is captured [[spoiler:and when she is killed and her blood drained.]] |
| 512 | * RaceLift: Twilight's family is revealed to be half-Hispanic, and she identifies as such. This allows the work to play with LatinoIsBrown as the darker-skinned Rainbow Dash (also Hispanic) is surprised to find that Twilight's family is Hispanic as well. |
| 513 | * TheDarkSideWillMakeYouForget: [[spoiler:Captain Cantata Blast has completely lost sight of what SIREN's war against [=CSIS and Les SCARs=] was for.]][[note]][[spoiler:Avenging Admiral Poutine, who was killed for having a conscience when the Canadians wanted the [=SIRENs=] to be [[LivingWeapon Living Weapons]].]][[/note]] [[spoiler:Now she just wants to kill those that want her dead, and then rule the world beside Divine Right.]] |
| 514 | ** [[spoiler:{{Averted}} with the reveal that Cantata was the one who ordered the hit on the Admiral, lying to the rest of the [=SIRENs=] about it to manipulate them to her side.]] |
| 515 | * ThirdPersonPerson: Tirek speaks like this. |
| 516 | * VirginSacrifice: Divine Right drains the blood of virgins into a cask. If the blood of a non-virgin is placed into it, the blood shoots out and becomes acidic. |
| 517 | [[/folder]] |
| 518 | |
| 519 | [[folder: Book V]] |
| 520 | * AlternateTimeline: And how. [[spoiler:The result of Faust playing with the TimeyWimeyBall for Sunset's sake.]] |
| 521 | * NoPeriodsPeriod: Averted. Razz, now stuck in a human body, gets to experience the same thing Sunny did - switching from the estral cycle to the menstrual. The results are just about [[AllPeriodsArePMS what you expect]]. |
| 522 | * {{Expy}}: The seniors that Twilight, Octavia [[spoiler: and the triplets]] meet in the revised timeline are based on the main characters of Manga/MagicKnightRayearth. |
| 523 | ** Given that Phoenix Temple's name is a transliteration of Fuu Hououji's, it's also a ShoutOut. |
| 524 | * GreaterScopeVillain: The eyeless man and his cult, the Ordo Duodecim, remain a menacing presence in the background. Additionally, a yakuza organization with powerful magic of their own called Setsuma Rengo-kai is introduced. [[spoiler:Then there's the reveal that Chernabog is NotQuiteDead and that one of Sunset's friends may inherit her power one day.]] |
| 525 | * RelatedInTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:The first chapter, set sixteen years ago, reveals that in this new timeline, Adagio, Aria and Sonata are actually Twilight's cousins by adoption, having been taken in by her maternal uncle Everblue Sky and his wife Lotus Garden after their birth parents' deaths. After the deaths of Lotus and later Everblue's second wife Softspoken, he winds up surrendering custody of them to Twilight's parents when the girls are all nine.]] |
| 526 | * RetGone: [[spoiler: Boysenberry, Compass Rose's girlfriend from the original timeline. Sunset is horrified when she figures this out.]] |
| 527 | * SeparatedAtBirth: [[spoiler:In the new timeline, Pony!Sunset is now believed to be Human!Sunset's twin (and later triplet) sister, who was supposedly stillborn but was actually stolen by the nurse and raised by her until they left one day, forcing Sunset to fend for herself and live on her own until she was found by Shining Armor. However, those who remember the original timeline still know the truth about her actually being from Equestria.]] |
| 528 | |
| 529 | [[/folder]] |
| 530 | |
| 531 | [[folder: The Knife's Edge]] |
| 532 | * AncientConspiracy: Jade has been reading up on a secret society of potential magic users in Ancient Rome called the Ordo Duodecim [[spoiler:which may still be operating in the present.]] |
| 533 | * ContinuityNod: In a way, the whole story is one to ''7DSJ: The Apple Tree'' as it follows up on Jade's (and a little of Braeburn's) life after the events of that story. [[spoiler:Iris then mentions in Jade's battle with her that it was the events of that story that attracted the Grandmaster's attention to Jade.]] |
| 534 | * EvilAllAlong: [[spoiler: Again, Iris.]] |
| 535 | * EyeScream: [[spoiler:How Iris is punished by the Grandmaster of the Ordo Duodecim]] |
| 536 | * GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler:The Ordo Duodecim and its Grandmaster, implied to be the same eyeless man feuding with [[BigGood Queen Faust]] in Book IV.]] |
| 537 | * IHaveManyNames: [[spoiler:How Iris describes the Grandmaster of the Ordo Duodecim.]] |
| 538 | --> [[spoiler:'''Iris''']]: He has many names for he is Legion. |
| 539 | * MeaningfulName: Both of Jade's friends, ShrinkingViolet and Iris Nightshade have [[ThemeNaming flower themed names]]. Violet's name is indicative of her shy personality. [[spoiler:Both of the flowers that comprise Iris' name are beautiful but highly poisonous, indicative of her true nature.]] |
| 540 | * RealPlaceBackground: Takes place at Michigan Tech University. |
| 541 | * StalkerWithACrush: Code Break. [[spoiler:Turns out that's all he's actually guilty of.]] |
| 542 | * VirginSacrifice: Much like in Book IV, this is the apparent motive for Violet's murder. |
| 543 | * YouHaveFailedMe: [[spoiler:The Grandmaster of the Ordo Duodecim does not take kindly to failure, as Iris learns.]] |
| 544 | |
| 545 | [[/folder]] |
| 546 |
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