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!!''Diaries of a Madman'' contains examples of the following tropes:

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* ObfuscatingStupidity: Discord admits to doing this in his narration, not only because he finds it amusing, but also because it catches others off guard.
* ObliviousToLove: Early on in Chapter 10, Nav is completely and utterly oblivious to Luna's interest in him, though he catches on a little later in the story.
* OddFriendship: Odd doesn't even ''begin'' to describe the friendship between Nav and Celestia. While several elements of their personality are similar, she's a pony princess and the most politically powerful ruler on the planet, he's a fairly average [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]] human -- though he manages to obtain a surprisingly large amount of political power and wealth -- and often gets used as a pawn in Celestia's many schemes. Half of their interactions find them on opposing ends of an argument, or dealing with the fallout of something or another. Even the ''definition'' of friendship you'd use to describe all this would be rather warped.
* OfferedTheCrown: Nav isn't so much offered the crown as ''forced'' into it, when he has to take on the role [[GenderBender of queen]] for the monkey tribe in South America, at Brook's behest.
* OfficerAndAGentleman: Fancy Pants.
* OhCrap:
** Pelt, a crazy unicorn who believes Nav is a monster, gets an extremely strong case of this when Celestia tells him that Nav is a friend of hers. He has a similar reaction later on when he tries to interrupt Lyra and Bon-Bon's wedding, only to notice the princesses sitting in the crowd.
** The thugs attacking Nav in Chapter 55 give this upon finding their target is armed.
** Celestia, upon finding out that thanks to Nav, changeling technology has rapidly advanced ahead of Equestrian technology.
* OminousCrack: Shortly before Nav falls down a mine shaft in Antarctica, after the rusted metal he's standing on gives way.
* OneDimensionalThinking: Nav at one point explicitly tells Rainbow Dash that her ineffective use of the Z axis is the reason why her attempts to escape from Pinkie often fail. He doesn't make the same mistake.
* OneSteveLimit: Averted with the two Gildas. Nav at one point takes to calling them "OG" (Original Gilda) and "PG" (Princess Gilda) to differentiate between them.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Kumani, being a dragoness, is quite willing to take jobs providing the pay is good. Nav sometimes shows this attitude, but flips between this and being altruistic for its own sake, even if he tends to focus more on payment as the story progresses.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Navarone, who refuses to give out his real name, though he does mention a [[WhoNamesTheirKidDude fake name in his journals]].
* OnlySaneMan: Given the amount of craziness in the world, you could be forgiven for thinking Nav is the only one, and judging by his narration, he certainly seems to think so, even if he's not the most impartial judge. Celestia might give him a run for his money most of the time, but otherwise, there's a ''lot'' of crazy about.
* OldSoldier: Fancy Pants is one of Celestia's knights, and shows signs of being an effective commander in the field during a war games exercise.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Spike is a variant of this. Since dragons age differently from ponies, Spike matures more quickly in certain areas than others as the story goes on. He still does retain a few childish characteristics and innocence in certain areas, however.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Celestia generally keeps her emotions under control and puts on [[TheStoic a stoic front]] in her role as princess. If you see her display any vast levels of emotion, then you've ''seriously'' provoked her.
* OpenSaysMe:
** Nav orders an earth pony guard to kick a door down in Chapter 36, which is {{Subverted|trope}} when it doesn't work. [[OpenSesame Then Nav manages to open it by politely knocking on the door]].
** One of the Day Guard tries this on the front door of Nav’s fortress in Chapter 87. [[EpicFail It ends badly]].
* OrphansOrdeal: The details given in Taya's backstory show this in spades. Even Chrysalis is disgusted and shocked by what she's had to live through.
* InternalRetcon: Luna and particularly Celestia admit to Nav that they've censored large amounts of history, and that the past few thousand years have been far more bloody and violent than ponies are aware of.
* OtherMeAnnoysMe: [[spoiler: When Nav runs into his (far older) past self, both end up getting under the skins of the other]].
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Vamponies follow many of the standard vampire tropes, [[DaywalkingVampire but are capable of going out in sunlight]] if they're sufficiently young and have built up a tolerance, albeit at the expense of being weakened and getting terrible headaches.
* OverlyNarrowSuperlative: In Chapter 107, Nav notes in his narration that the person interrupting him "just happened to be the sexiest maid I had". [[spoiler: Doppel is the ''only'' maid he's ever had]].
* OvernightAgeUp: Spike gets turned into a grown dragon after being blasted by an entropy spell by the Dracolich in Chapter 112. Thankfully, Zecora is on hand to restore him back to normal, after he defeats it with his increased strength.
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* PainfulTransformation:
** Moonbeam's transformation from an alicorn into Chrysalis at the hands of Discord, which was agonising for [[KickTheDog no other reason]] other than [[ForTheEvulz because he found it funny]].
** The first time anyone uses Nav's [[GenderBender gender stones]] is extremely painful.
* PapaWolf: Nav notes in his narration that anyone hurting Taya would end up being beaten to death with [[GroinAttack various parts of their anatomy]], and later tells Fluttershy that he'd kill Gilda if she ever injured Taya in a rage.
-->'''Fluttershy''': What if Gilda hurts her?
-->'''Navarone''': Then they would [[NeverFoundTheBody never find the body]].
* ParentalAbandonment: Taya ended up as an orphan on the streets of Catro, after her parents were murdered by thieves.
* ParentalNeglect: Part of Nav's backstory, and responsible for several of his issues.
* ParlorGames: Truth or Dare ends up being played at the SlumberParty in Chapter 115. Some highlights include Cadance being forced to reveal embarrassing details about her and Shining Armor's sex life and having to tell him about the [[SlashFic fan fiction she wrote of him]], and Celestia having to publically date someone (and quickly extending an invitation to Nav). Meanwhile, Nav manages to make it through without punishment... mostly...
* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: Nav chooses "password" in Chapter 44 for the new [[TrustPassword codeword]] between him and Taya.
* PayEvilUntoEvil:
** Nav ''narrowly'' averts doing this to Kat in Chapter 16, because no matter how karmic it would be, he's well aware of what it does to a person and refuses to stoop down to her level.
-->'''Navarone''': You’re very lucky in one regard, Kat. [[PunctuatedForEmphasis I. Am not. You.]]
** The policy for severe crimes under draconic law.
* PhotographicMemory: Nav gains this while Flo shares his body, since she has this and can recall anything he's forgotten for him. Not that his memory was bad to begin with.
* PingPongNaivete: Nav pretends to this at times [[TheGadfly to get a rise out of others]], resulting in Twilight questioning him on whether he's really playing the fool, or just occasionally acts smart instead.
* PinkMeansFeminine: Watcher prefers to retain his Night Guard appearance even after retiring, since he despises his original pink coat.
* PitySex: Nav sleeps with both princesses due to their loneliness and desire for some companionship. It ends up leading to Nav and Luna's pseudo-romantic relationship, and when that fails, a FriendsWithBenefits relationship with Celestia, though she attempts several times to go for a RelationshipUpgrade.
* PlagiarismInFiction: Nav makes a pretty decent sum of money by transcribing various human works from memory and selling them.
* PlantPerson: Nav turns into one after his EmergencyTransformation, gaining several plant characteristics. He's still mostly human externally (aside from his hair changing colour), but his internal organs and biochemistry become far more plant-like, allowing him to use sunlight as a replacement for food, as well as slowing down his ageing and granting a limited HealingFactor.
* PlausibleDeniability: Nav uses this several times in his schemes, notably with his plan to leave Equestria, but also with some of humanity's inventions that he doesn't want being linked back to him.
-->'''Navarone''': Assumptions aren’t the same as the truth.
* PlayingPossum:
** Kat tries this by pretending to be knocked out after being caught stealing from Nav's room. Nav's smart enough not to fall for it.
-->'''Kat''': You know me too well, Nav.
** Nav fakes being asleep in order to get the drop on a griffon assassin in Chapter 46.
* PocketProtector: Nav has a throwing knife randomly deflected after it hits an iron stud in his clothing and bounces off in Chapter 24. Not that it does much to stop the next two aimed at his wing.
* PortalBook: Twilight and Nav get sucked into one at the end of Chapter 98.
* PostVictoryCollapse: Nav collapses after his KnifeFight with a griffon assassin in Chapter 46.
* PoweredArmor: Nav summons a set while in the dream world with Luna in Chapter 36, which makes the quest to reactivate the dream machine ridiculously trivial. It takes hours to achieve what had previously taken Luna ''weeks'', though admittedly Luna didn't know what she was doing the first time around.
-->'''Navarone''': Thank you, [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer40000}} Warhammer 40k]].
* PowerIncontinence:
** Trixie's attempts to cast a spell on Twilight and Nav backfire completely, destroying her horn, setting the stonework on fire, and transforming Nav and Twilight.
** Taya almost accidentally kills Nav with a case of this when she gets overly stressed by Pinkie's sisters bothering her. It almost puts her off magic entirely, but Nav tells her that her abilities are a gift, and that she simply [[ComesGreatResponsibility needs to learn proper control]].
* ThePowerOfTheSun: Owing to his [[EmergencyTransformation modified physiology]], Nav is at his strongest in daylight, with prolonged exposure to darkness having similar effects to starvation.
* PowerPerversionPotential: Telekinetic and shapeshifting spells prove particularly useful in this regard. Nav's gender switching stones also tend to be used for this... at least until they break...
* PrankDate: After Celestia and Luna undergo a FreakyFridayFlip, Nav sets up a date with Celestia!Luna in order to get back at Luna. When he finds out that the two have switched back to their normal bodies without telling him, he then plans on no-showing, but he's convinced by Flo not to do something so heartless and spiteful.
* PrecisionFStrike: Flo hits Nav with one, after he finally exhausts her near-infinite patience.
-->'''Flo''': So you were mistreated a few times, so you were abused. [[WhatTheHellHero That doesn’t give you the right to act like a fucking asshole to everyone you meet and yourself!]]
* PrinceCharmless: Blueblood, though more so than his show counterpart.
* PromotionToParent: Celestia ended up having to act as a parent for Luna, after Discord wiped out most of the alicorns, including their parents.
* ProperlyParanoid: Nav is often accused of being paranoid, but in many cases -- particularly during his time in Egypt -- he’s completely right and usually proven so in short order.
* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: Played with in the case of Nav [[AssholeVictim murdering Calix]]. While Nav does question his actions afterwards, and there is at least partial justification, the fact remains that he murders someone in cold blood, and it's not presented as a particularly bad thing by the narrative.
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Naga and griffins. While they both come to respect Nav's fighting skills, they also complain about his [[CombatPragmatist lack of honour]].
* PsychoForHire: Miguel cares for little else other than killing and bloodshed.
* PublicDomainArtifact: Nav's InfinityPlusOneSword [[spoiler: is {{Excalibur}}]].
* PullingThemselvesTogether: Several of [[DemBones the skeletons]] Nav fights in Chapter 110 do this after he smashes them to pieces.
* PunctuatedForEmphasis:
** Discord does it to Celestia during the prologue, and any time he's particularly provoked and wishes to get his point across.
** Nav uses it on multiple occasions.
* PunnyName:
** Kat is... well... I'm sure you can see where [[CatFolk this one is going]].
** Nav repeatedly lampshades the punny versions of human names.
** All changeling names mentioned thus far are these.
-->'''Navarone''': I’m starting to see a trend here.
** The elementals all appear to use these. Those named so far include the water elementals Flo and Aqua, and the air elemental Aerie. Also doubles as FamilyThemeNaming, given that elementals of the same type consider themselves family.
* [[PuppetKing Puppet Queen]]: F!Nav is threatened being made into a puppet queen by Brook if she doesn't willingly lead the monkeys in Chapter 104.
* PuppyDogEyes: Even Nav sometimes has a hard time resisting them, particularly when Pinkie does it. His attempts to invoke this himself aren't quite as successful.
-->'''Luna''': Your eyes aren’t large enough to pull off a proper pout.
* PutOnABus: Kumani vanishes after Nav [[spoiler: gets trapped in the Russian bunker]]. In-universe this is explained away by her having no real ties to the crew beyond Nav, whereas the real reason behind this was due to the character's unfavourable reception among readers.
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* TheQuest: Nav leaving Equestria to locate and free the elementals, with the hope of gaining allies against Discord.
* TheQuisling: Averted with the Night Guard changeling, Quisling. Despite taking on the name (with Nav even commenting on the implications of it), he didn't actively betray his hive, but got tired of the life and left it for another. And while he doesn't flaunt his species, he does have the respect of his fellow guards.
* QuitYourWhining: Nav tells Celestia to do so after [[TearsOfRemorse her]] [[IJustWantToBeNormal breakdown]] in his typical blunt fashion. While she dislikes the way he says it, she does concede that he has a point.
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* RageBreakingPoint: Nav completely loses it upon finding out his gender stones have stopped working, trapping him in female form.
* RagnarokProofing: The [[spoiler: Human bunker in Antarctica]] still has some (barely) operational machinery after millions of years, though the extreme cold and being vacuum sealed probably helped.
* RagsToRiches: Nav. Initially starting with nothing, he gains a tidy sum after winning a competition, makes a lot by [[PlagiarismInFiction plagiarising human works]], receives a very large reward after helping take down a dog crime boss (though he immediately gives it away), and ends up with a stake in a gem mine after helping the changelings liberate it from the diamond dogs. Despite all this, he doesn't have any real need for the money and lives a fairly frugal lifestyle, though it probably doesn't help that he has a poor grasp of just how much bits are worth.
* RagsToRoyalty: Nav gets the option to do this several times, but so far has turned them all down. He plans to give a relationship with Luna a chance before things between them go ''spectacularly'' south, declines an offer from Chrysalis to be her husband, gets out of an ArrangedMarriage with a griffon noble (both politically motivated), and puts an offer to be Celestia's consort on hold several times.
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: The team Nav puts together later in the story, which includes ex members of the guard, a dragoness, a cat assassin, Zecora, and more.
* RealityWarper: Anyone capable of using "true magic" can do this. Discord is a master of it, but Celestia, Luna, [[spoiler: Taya, and Pinkie Pie]] have some abilities in the subject. One of the few limits mentioned is that you can't simply will someone dead, though this doesn't stop you from creating a fatal situation.
* RealityWarpingIsNotAToy: "True magic" was banned for this reason by Celestia. See DangerousForbiddenTechnique.
* ReallyGetsAround:
** Navarone is a {{Deconstructed|Trope}} example. He ends up doing this as a coping mechanism for the psychological damage he suffers over the course of the story, and becomes increasingly more depraved as it goes on. However, he does get chastised by other characters over his behaviour, and he realises he's developed an addiction.
-->'''Flo''': Do you at least now see that you have a problem?
-->'''Navarone''': Nope. I see that I have an addiction, which is not the same as a problem.
** Doppel, to the point where calling her the village bicycle would be ''generous''. Then again, she is a changeling who prefers feeding on lust...
** Fleur, Fancy Pants' wife. He's well aware of her behaviour, but tolerates it for several reasons.
** Lyra also does this, with her marefriend Bon-Bon’s permission.
** Pinkie as well, though it’s only alluded to rather than stated outright.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Nav gives one to Celestia when she [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone expresses her regret]] for what she's unwittingly done to him.
* ReassignedToAntarctica:
** Several of the guards and the two ambassadors sent with Nav for his second trip to Egypt are reassigned there, having earned Celestia's ire.
** Celestia later sends Shining Armor and Cadance to the Crystal Empire, to avoid them causing trouble for her in the aftermath of Luna's confession. Or at least, that's what they themselves suspect.
* RecognitionFailure: When Nav visits the Unicorn MageTower in Chapter 63, he's initially believed to be an escaped monster by some of the more clueless members of staff, despite being one of the most famous people in the country by this point.
-->'''Receptionist''': Sorry about that. Some of the researchers here don’t get out much.
-->'''Navarone''': I’ve been here for more than four years!
-->'''Receptionist''': Like I said, they don’t get out much.
* RecordNeedleScratch: The results of combining a social function with Nav's [[ScaryImpracticalArmor intimidating armour]].
* RefugeInAudacity: Nav tries and successfully (albeit temporarily) manages to pass off the infamous time [[SlippingAMickey he got drugged]] at a party as "some strange rumors" to Twilight.
* RememberedICouldFly:
** Twilight forgets she can teleport when being threatened by the dragons for spying on them in Chapter 22, only doing so after Nav reminds her.
** Fluttershy forgets she can fly to escape from the Ursa Minor chasing her in Chapter 42.
* RenegadeSplinterFaction: {{Subverted|Trope}}. The air elementals are viewed as traitors by the rest of their brethren for helping Discord imprison them, when they themselves were actually tricked by Discord into doing so.
* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated:
** Nav is mistakenly thought to be dead after being kidnapped by the monkeys, though this all occurs off-page, and the reader only finds this out after he contacts Watcher by [[DreamWalker dream walking]].
** [[spoiler: Nav yet again, after being trapped in the Russian bunker and assumed to be dead]].
* RescueRomance: After her previous attempts to woo Nav fail, Luna tries to go for this by secretly causing a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dingonek dingonek]] to attack him so she can play the role of saviour. Unfortunately for her (and Nav), Rainbow Dash accidentally knocks her out, resulting in Nav being injured before Fluttershy can calm it.
* ResignedToTheCall: Nav is resigned to his fate of being sent to Egypt as a punishment from Celestia in Chapter 15. [[JumpedAtTheCall Unlike Spike, who's excited]].
* {{Retcon}}: A few of them, as the author modifies anything he's particularly unhappy about in earlier installments. In particular, Chapters 1-12 were extensively rewritten.
* RevealingCoverup: Discord manages to convince Blueblood that [[TamperingWithFoodAndDrink his poisoning]] was done by Celestia and Nav.
* TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: The campaign in Egypt, which at times practically falls under the label of [[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters terrorism]].
* RhetoricalQuestionBlunder: Nav probably should have known better from Pinkie...
-->'''Navarone''': If Rarity told you to jump off a bridge, would you?
-->'''Pinkie Pie''': Of course! If she told me that, I know there’s be candy or something else fun at the bottom! Oooh, or maybe a party!
* RidiculouslySuccessfulFutureSelf: Or due to TimeTravelTenseTrouble, ''past'' self. [[spoiler: When Nav gets sent back in time, he finds out that his past (real) self has become a doctor and a successful scientist. His past self is also fairly impressed with how Nav has got on, arguably making them ''both'' successful future versions of each other]].
* RightBehindMe:
** Nav goes to see Fluttershy in Chapter 31, only to discover she’s lurking right behind him...
-->'''Fluttershy''': I was wondering how long it would take you to knock.
** Celestia does it to Nav in Chapter 43, though he immediately realises after seeing the way Fancy Pants reacts.
-->'''Celestia''': You’re too savvy for your own good, Nav.
* RightThroughTheWall:
** Nav deliberately invokes this in retaliation for Cadance trying to meddle in his love life in Chapter 32. Despite the very poor resulting night's sleep, it still doesn't stop her from trying to interfere yet again later on in the story.
** Nav again invokes this in Chapter 73, mostly out of a lack of choice. Other than the obvious one of not doing anything, that is.
* RousingSpeech: Nav gives one to ''himself'' while being attacked by Angel and the rest of Fluttershy's critters during Nav’s stay at her home...
-->'''Navarone''': Humanity conquered nature a long, long time ago. And despite these damnable wings and being forced to live in Namby Pamby Ponyland for several years, I am still a human. (trying to find his way to the bathroom) I will not submit. I will not bow. (opens the wrong door) And this is not the bathroom.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: [[ItMakesSenseInContext Nav himself ends up doing this]] after being crowned queen of the monkey tribe he encounters in South America.
* RuleOfFunny: Lampshaded and invoked by Nav when Doppel bursts out of a closet to [[ThatRemindsMeOfASong join in a song]], resulting in her being blasted by Taya's magic. Since comedy rules are in effect, Doppel is unhurt, other than spitting out a cloud of smoke.
* RunningGag:
** Navarone repeatedly ends up confused over [[VagueAge how old ponies actually are]], but no one ever gives him an answer when he asks.
** Big Mac ends up discovering Navarone several times in highly compromising situations.
** Nav complains whenever he finds himself in Celestia's sitting room, with it morphing from simple dislike to an almost pathological hatred. At one point, he even refuses to talk with her until they've gone somewhere else.
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* SacrificedBasicSkillForAwesomeTraining: Taya develops her magical talents under Twilight's tuition, but at the expense of leaving her social skills even more to be desired.
* SandInMyEyes: After Nav forgives Rarity in Chapter 68, she starts getting choked up and Nav claims to feel some dust in his eyes. Then he quickly kills the moment a second later
-->'''Rarity''': Shh, just let it all out.
-->'''Navarone''': Rarity, if you talk to me like a baby again, I’m turning this hug into a smackdown.
* SanitySlippage: Nav. As the story progresses, he starts becoming increasingly crazy and reckless, and becomes far more depraved.
* SatelliteLoveInterest: Nav's relationship with Kumani is pretty much limited to crazy bedroom antics, with the two having almost nothing else in common. It does serve as a pleasant distraction, though, and the man probably deserves that much at least.
* SayMyName:
** Twilight, after Nav beats her to the Crystal Heart.
-->'''Twilight''': NAVAROOOOOONE!
** Pinkie tries to pull this in Chapter 101, only to end up dazed after she gets in the way of Nav and Ames' sparring session.
* TheScapegoat:
** Passing things off as a magical mishap of Twilight's is often used when a convenient excuse is needed. However, what makes it such a believable excuse is the number of times Twilight has ''genuinely'' caused these things.
** Nav jokingly uses Spike as a fallback excuse at times.
-->'''Navarone''': ...I’m going to preemptively blame Spike.
-->'''Celestia''': Why Spike?
-->'''Navarone''': Because he seems like a good fall-guy.
** Celestia's plan to unite the three pony tribes involved using Grogar as one. Until it backfired...
* ScaryImpracticalArmor: Averted, at least with the impractical bit. The set of armour Nav receives is ''extremely'' intimidating and scary, but still highly practical, and is mentioned to resemble a slightly less spiky version of that seen in ''VideoGame/{{Overlord}}''.
* ScienceMarchesOn: An in-universe example. [[spoiler: When Nav gets sent back in time, [[SplitPersonality multiple personality disorder]] is no longer viewed as a mental illness. Or at least, not quite so strictly]].
* TheScream:
** Discord's scream of rage (and the resulting rampage) upon realising he ruined his own plan ends up being heard as far away as Canterlot.
** After his RageBreakingPoint due to [[ShapeshifterModeLock being trapped in female form]], Nav lets out a furious scream upon being informed he's about to hit ''that'' time of the month.
* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Nav [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial refuses to say for sure in his narration]], but he ''may'' have done this when he gets attacked by Fluttershy's animals. Possibly.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections:
** Nav often manages to get away with breaking laws because of his connection with Celestia... and because she finds him far too useful to have him imprisoned. She does, however, often end up using non-standard punishments, usually helping her out with some unpleasant task.
** The Element-bearers are almost untouchable due to their importance.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: [[spoiler: When Nav gets sent back in time, he finds out that Google has become so rich and powerful that they're able to do more or less whatever they want, even if they use this for benevolent purposes]].
-->''"...money opens doors."''
* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: Initially, the princesses themselves are pretty much above the law and can do what they want, given their essential roles in raising the sun and moon, which is both a blessing and curse for Nav. However, events and scandals eventually catch up with them, and they're not quite as above the law as they'd like to believe.
-->'''Celestia''': Rules can be rewritten, after all.
* ScrewYourself: After Rainbow taunts Nav for having a FrenchMaid [[ItMakesSenseInContext outfit]], Doppel scares her off by coming on to her with a variant of this.
-->'''Doppel''': (as Rainbow Dash in a maid outfit) Don’t you think I look sexy?
-->'''Rainbow Dash''': I-I-IHAVETOGO!
* SealedGoodInACan: Flo. Most of the surviving elementals are also sealed, but whether they qualify as ''good'' is still an unknown.
* SecretlyWealthy: Prior to getting his CoolHouse, Nav's acquired wealth is not well known. Admittedly, this is partly because Nav's wealth is something of a secret to ''himself'', given his lack of understanding of how much bits are worth.
* SelfDeprecation / WhoWritesThisCrap: Several of the events that were retconned or rewritten survive as fake entries in Nav's journal. Which the cast then proceed to make snarky comments about...
-->'''Navarone''': ...and I’m sure Twilight could tell you quickly that there never was such a person called Z that seduced her at the Gala.
-->'''Twilight''': Really Nav, your imagination is strange. Why would Princess Celestia ever do that to me?
-->'''Navarone''': I made a lot of shit up.
* SexSlave:
** Nav gets used as one by Kat for a week while in Egypt due to Spike being held hostage, until he finally snaps.
** Two changelings being held captive within Atlantis were forced into this in order to survive.
** [[DirtyOldMonk Igor]] kept several women as them in the Russian bunker, as seen in Chapter 110.
* SexualKarma: Averted with Cadance and Shining Armor, who despite being some of the most unquestionably good characters in the story, have a [[LousyLoversAreLosers relatively unsatisfying sex life]], owing to Shining's [[SpeedSex lack of staying power]]. While Nav's advice helps and the two are still HappilyMarried, it's clear from Cadance's embarrassing confession in Chapter 115 that things in the bedroom are not as good as she'd like.
* SexyDiscretionShot: Averted on several occasions, but generally played straight.
* ShapeshifterModeLock:
** Nav and Twilight temporarily get locked into pony and human form respectively, until a way of reversing the spell's effects is figured out a week later. Once this is done, anyone capable of casting the spell can freely switch someone's appearance.
** Nav is [[GenderBender trapped as a female]] in Chapter 106 after his gender stones break. [[{{Understatement}} He isn't happy, to put it mildly]].
* ShapeshiftersDoItForAChange: A complicated example. After he discovers them, Nav's [[GenderBender gender stones]] get used for this purpose by a variety of characters. Similarly, the shapeshifting spell is used to switch species to this end on a few occasions. In both cases, however, there's not any real suggestion of confused sexuality for those undergoing this, more that it's being done for variety and/or for a partner's benefit.
* ShapeshiftingLover:
** [[PowerPerversionPotential The shapeshifting spell]] gets used for this purpose on a few occasions.
** Averted when Nav sleeps with Chrysalis, where he explicitly asks her not to use her shapeshifting powers.
* ShareTheMalePain: An unusual variant. Nav's [[GenderBender gender-switching stones]] are generally well-received by female users, whereas male victims despise it, seemingly for this reason...
-->'''Shining Armor''': (whispering) Throw them in the ocean. Don’t ever let Cadance get them again!
-->'''Navarone''': I feel your pain, bro. I feel your fucking pain.
* SharingABody:
** Occurs several times, though mostly it's a case of SplitPersonality. Flo sharing Nav's body plays it straight, however.
** Twilight and Pinkie later host Aqua and Aerie respectively.
** Spike temporarily becomes an unwilling host to Brook.
* ShellShockedVeteran: Nav turns into one after the events of Egypt, and it takes a fairly decent chunk out of his sanity.
* ShipperOnDeck:
** Multiple characters repeatedly try to ship Navarone with Fluttershy, as much as he tries to get them to stop.
** Cadance tries to ship Nav with Luna and later with Fluttershy, which frustrates him immensely.
** Nav ends up setting Derpy and Doctor Whooves up on a date in Chapter 20. He’s reluctant to provide any further advice, however, and gets quite irritated when the good Doctor repeatedly follows him asking for more.
* ShipTease:
** Between Applejack and Rainbow Dash on multiple occasions.
** Rarity trolls Nav and Rainbow Dash when she claims they make for an adorable couple, after they put on a show in Chapter 72. Nav is not particularly amused.
** Between Nav and Celestia in Chapter 115. Not only do they both act fairly affectionately with each other, but they also agree to go on a date, after Cadance dares Celestia during Truth or Dare.
* ShirtlessScene: Nav does it on several occasions.
* ShockAndAwe: One of the few pieces of combat magic Rarity knows, and how Nav ends up dispatching the governor in Chapter 85, during a FreakyFridayFlip.
* ShootTheMessenger: The monkeys' previous attempts for peace with the spiders ended with the ambassadors being murdered, and [[DecapitationPresentation having the heads sent back as a warning]].
* ShoutOut: There's a huge number of them, many of which are in the form of Nav making references to pop culture which fly over the heads of everyone else present. Chapter titles often contain them as well.
** Nav quotes [[Franchise/StarWars Obi-Wan's]] famous line from ''Film/ANewHope'' in the Chapter 7, and then laments shortly afterwards that Rainbow Dash didn't take the opportunity to steal a certain line from ''Film/ThreeHundred'' when she kicks him off a cloud.
** Nav references ''Literature/{{Blindsight}}'' in his narration within Chapter 75.
** ''Literature/FearAndLoathingInLasVegas'' and ''Literature/WutheringHeights'' are referenced in the titles of chapters 35 and 59 respectively.
** Chapter 75's title references the CharacterAlignment system from ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''.
** The infamous fanfic ''FanFic/DoomRepercussionsOfEvil'' is referenced in the title of Chapter 85.
** ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland'' is referenced in the title of Chapter 96.
** One of Nav's favourite quotes is from ''Webcomic/DresdenCodak''
** ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'' is referenced on multiple occasions.
** Nav references the ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' comic Loose Canon in Chapter 65.
** ''The Shady Trough'' is borrowed from [[http://equestria-prevails.deviantart.com/art/The-Shady-Trough-319986368 this fanart]].
* ShownTheirWork: Plenty of it about, particularly when it comes to firearms and crossbows. Much of the medicine and science within, particularly anatomy, is accurate as well.
* ShutUpKiss:
** Nav gives one to Pinkie in Chapter 47 to quite literally get her to shut up, rather than it being romantic in any way. It also [[KissOfDistraction makes a good distraction]] so he can escape.
** Nav later gets one [[spoiler: off Braeburn]].
* SickeningSweethearts: F!Nav and Spike have to act like this while UndercoverAsLovers.
* SickEpisode: Nav ends up bedridden for Chapters 79 and 80 after nearly being killed by Blueblood.
* SickeninglySweet: Navarone takes advantage of Taya's ability to invoke this, usually as a way of distracting anyone mad at him.
-->'''Navarone''': Taya quick! Use cuteness!
* SinisterMinister: The murderous bishop of the Russian bunker, Igor. He also doubles as a DirtyOldMonk.
* SirSwearsalot: Nav has a habit of using rather colourful language which he gets chastised for, though ponies don't always understand exactly what he's saying.
* SkeletonKey: Nav finds one as part of a set of magical artificts hidden within the Everfree Forest. It can also be used to 'unlock' someone's mind and [[TruthSerums force them to tell the truth]].
* SkewedPriorities: Having just been sucked into a PortalBook with Nav, how does Twilight react? By focusing on the fact that the books are ''all in piles'' instead of neatly stacked on the bookshelves. Nav isn't amused.
-->'''Twilight''': But look at them! That’s ''terrible'' for them!
* SlasherSmile:
** Pinkie gives one, upon realising Nav isn’t strong enough to escape her grasp when she wants to hug him. Without resorting to violence, at any rate.
** Pinkie gives another one in Chapter 57 when she's about to attack some thugs with her FryingPanOfDoom.
* SleepCute: Nav does it with a few ponies. Particularly when it comes to Rainbow Dash, where it ends up resulting in a NotWhatItLooksLike situation.
* SlippingAMickey:
** Nav ends up being drugged at a bar and wakes up in a pile of mares. While unhappy about this, he shrugs it off and prefers not to know exactly what happened, and his friends end up being far more upset about this than he is.
** Some dogs try this on Nav in Chapter 15, but he switches his drink with Spike’s [[ProperlyParanoid to check for this]].
** Fleur tries it on Nav while he’s modelling for Rarity in his pegagus form in Chapter 21. Yet again, he avoids it by switching his drink for someone else’s.
** Pinkie does it to Nav and Fluttershy early on to get them to help her with her parents. Apparently it's easier than asking.
** Pinkie does it again later on to Nav so she can play Russian roulette. With a gun that shoots pies.
* SlumberParty: Celestia cuts a deal with Nav ito get him to join her and Cadance for one in Chapter 115. He soon regrets it.
* SmellsSexy:
** Ponies pheromones work to devastating effect on other ponies, hence most settlements tend to be heavily skewed towards [[GenderRarityValue one gender]].
** The aftermath of Nav's wild night on the town with Spike also ends up invoking this.
* SmugSnake: Discord constantly does it. Given how powerful he is, to the point where he dwarfs Celestia and Luna, he does have some justification for his attitude, and he often uses it to manipulate others into acting how he wants.
* SneakyDeparture: Nav leaves Equestria ahead of schedule in the middle of the night, after Luna confesses her crimes towards him and [[TheAtoner publicly apologises]], since he can't stand the idea of [[DontYouDarePityMe being pitied]] by others.
* SociopathicHero: Nav falls into this territory at times. It is played slightly differently from normal in that he does empathise with others, but buries it deep down as a way of psychologically protecting himself, given the trauma and betrayal he's suffered from.
* SoftWater: {{Averted|Trope}}; it's noted in Chapter 106 that being tossed overboard would almost certainly be fatal due to the height.
* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: When Twilight messes up a spell and [[FreakyFridayFlip body swaps]] everyone present, Nav (as Taya) is sent to summon Rarity to help. Anyone he runs into refuses to believe his story, until convinced by rather colourful language which only he would use.
* SoProudOfYou:
** He might not say it often, but Nav is very proud of having Taya as his daughter, and readily admits it to both Bloodbeak and Taya in Chapter 66.
** A dark example, when Twilight first kills a monster in Chapter 99, and Nav hugs her out of pride while she's [[HeroicBSOD BSODing]].
** Flo admits to being proud of how Nav handled himself in Chapter 104.
** Celestia tells Spike how proud of him she is in Chapter 106.
* SourOutsideSadInside: Nav becomes increasingly unpleasant to others as the story goes on, in order to drive them away and hide his inner demons. He's also afraid of emotional intimacy, but he does slightly improve on this in a few areas.
* SpannerInTheWorks:
** Anton and the dogs end up being a minor one for Discord in Chapter 15, though the plan still manages to proceed, regardless.
** Nav ends up disrupting several very old plans of Celestia's over the course of the story, which she is not happy about.
** Blueblood ends up being one for Discord's plan, due to Blueblood deciding to attack Nav directly, rather than provoking him into striking first.
** [[spoiler: Nav's past self ended up being a huge spanner for Discord]].
* SpeakNowOrForeverHoldYourPeace: Crazed monster-hunter Pelt makes an appearance to try and invoke this during Bon-Bon and Lyra's wedding, but no one takes it particularly seriously, and he quickly runs off having drawn the princesses' ire. Not that it would have made any difference, since Nav was GenreSavvy enough to suggest they get married privately the day before, in case anything went wrong.
* SpeedSex: Cadance and Shining Armor experience trouble in paradise after the birth of their daughter, and end up asking Nav for advice. Apparently said advice helps.
* SpikesOfDoom: One of the ghosts tries to lure Nav [[ThisIsNotAFloor to his death]] in this way while he's trapped in the Antarctic bunker.
* SpitTake:
** Cadance sprays her drink over the table when it’s suggested she slept with Nav by Kumani.
** Spike after finding out Nav swiped Celestia's crown for a prank.
** Gilda after finding out that Nav “reverse mugged” Rarity.
** Cadance does this again later on, in response to Nav asking her why she was dancing [[AsHimself as herself]] at Luna's dream party.
* SplitPersonality: Changelings can occasionally suffer from this, particularly if they feed off certain emotions like anger. Eva is the most prominent example in-story.
* SpottingTheThread: [[spoiler: [[NoFourthWall Readers themselves]] have to do this in order to realise Discord's status as an UnreliableNarrator and that he's [[MindScrew deceiving them]]]].
* SquashedFlat: One of the results of dream logic, Nav's dreamwalking, and Celestia HorsingAround.
* {{Squee}}:
** Fluttershy and Rarity's reaction at seeing '[[FreakyFridayFlip Taya]]' sitting in Nav's lap.
** One of the pony nurses in Flankfurt, Blackberry, upon finding out she has Kat for a patient.
-->'''Blackberry''': OH CELESTIA YOU’RE A KITTY!
* STDImmunity: Justified with Nav, due to the benefits of going interspecies. Also justified [[spoiler: when he goes back in time]], since not only can Flo cure him, but he's also likely not human enough at that point.
* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: Nav and Rainbow Dash both suggest banishment or slavery as a possibility when dealing with other mares romantically. Also doubles as a BrickJoke.
-->'''Navarone''': Relax. What’s the worst that could happen?
-->'''Rainbow Dash''': I could end up banished from her presence or possibly as her eternal slave.
-->'''Navarone''': See, I told Spike that could happen! And he didn’t believe me…
* StuffBlowingUp: AJ's attempt to make more alcohol ends rather badly in Chapter 14.
-->'''Applejack''': You didn’t tell me they could explode!
* SuddenlySober: Flo is capable of rapidly sobering someone up while SharingABody, which Nav takes advantage of on a few occasions.
* SupernaturalSensitivity:
** Humans can see horns glow on unicorns when they're using magic, and can use the colour to identity the caster. Twilight is extremely reluctant to accept this.
** Unicorns can sense magic being used around them to an extent.
* SuperNotDrowningSkills: Water elementals grant this ability to their hosts by allowing them to breathe underwater, though the transition between breathing air and water is quite unpleasant.
* SuperWindowJump: Given the choice between this and sticking around with an amorous in-heat Celestia, Nav picks the window in Chapter 60. [[DestinationDefenestration As before]], his wings cushion the impact.
* SupportingLeader: Watcher tends to perform most of his leadership duties off-page, while Nav's preoccupied with other tasks.
* SurroundedByIdiots: Chrysalis and Luna view themselves as this at times.
-->'''Chrysalis''': Idiots! Incompetents! None of them know how to think, they all require permission! No initiative at all!
* SweetheartSipping: Nav and Rainbow Dash are forced into sharing a drink, to both their displeasures, after a [[FailedASpotCheck lapse of attention]] in Chapter 72 results in them entering a restaurant for couples and [[BadDate running into Rarity]].
* SwitchingPOV:
** Aside from the prologue, most of the story is narrated by Navarone but very occasionally Discord will briefly take over.
** Rarity narrates a small section when she's recounting her experiences to Nav of their FreakyFridayFlip.
** Spike narrates most of Chapter 112.
* SymbioticPossession: Most of the times an elemental takes control of their host fall under this.
* SympatheticMurderer: Nav's murder of [[AssInAmbassador Calix]], who was a xenophobic speciest, and abused his servants.
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* TabloidMelodrama: Nav deliberately invokes this to get his revenge on Celestia, by getting her involved in a scandal.
* TakeAThirdOption: After Nav quits as Luna's knight following the complete breakdown of their relationship, Celestia offers Nav the chance to be an Umbral knight -- which comes with some very useful perks -- instead of binding himself to either of the Royal Sisters. Nav himself takes a third option by putting the offer on hold, rather than accepting or rejecting it.
* TakenForGranite: Discord partially turns Celestia to stone during the prologue.
* TakeThat:
** Nav's [[WhoNamesTheirKidDude comments over his fake real name]] can be considered one to the many fics out there where this is used without irony.
** At Cadance, when Gilda is guessing her name and figures she "looks like a Mary Sue".
** ''Film/TheRoom2003'' is considered to be such a bad film that it's not included on Nav's laptop, which has a library of ''almost all human art''.
-->'''Text file''': You ought to be ashamed of even thinking about watching this movie.
** Several of Nav's conversations with Celestia and Luna on the nature of humanity are directly aimed at misanthropic members of the audience.
** Nav's comments on being ponified, as well as other characters' thoughts on being shapeshifted for extended periods of time, are aimed at various conversion stories.
** At [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E11KeepCalmAndFlutterOn Keep Calm and Flutter On]].
-->'''Navarone''': Dude’s ancient, literally a manifestation of conflict. How the hell do you think you can reform something that by its very nature can’t be good?
-->'''Celestia''': Yes, I suppose it would be impossible. But it’s still a nice thought.
** After Twilight comments on how if she had wings they'd be perfect for cuddling up to someone with, Nav's immediate thought afterwards is how horrifying Alicorn Twilight would be.
* TakingTheBullet:
** Referenced early on, when Nav mentions how he's ''not'' willing to do it for Celestia.
** After being attacked [[spoiler: by Miguel, at Discord's behest]], Nav ends up standing his ground and taking a knife in order to stop Taya from being hit instead.
%% * TheTalk: Nav has to give Taya one. Naturally, it ends up being extremely awkward.
* TalkToTheFist: Nav socks Chrysalis in retaliation for her taking on the form of his sister.
* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: Blueblood is almost assassinated in this way and barely survives, though it ruins his good looks. [[spoiler: Subsequently, he vows revenge on Navarone since he holds Nav responsible for failing his duties as a bodyguard]].
* TapOnTheHead: {{Averted|Trope}}. After Nav gets knocked out at the end of Chapter 15, he spends the next day passing in and out of consciousness with a severe concussion, and is rendered very ill by the experience.
* TearsOfRemorse:
** Nav has a minor breakdown after making his first sapient kills.
** Celestia at one point breaks down and admits to Nav how [[TheChainsOfCommanding tired she is of being in charge]] after he places her in an impossible position.
* TeleportationSickness: Anyone unused to the levels of magic needed to teleport suffers from a fairly mild version this for a few minutes afterwards, with longer distances requiring more magic. It only takes a single exposure to that amount of magic to become immune to this in future, though.
* TemptingFate: Most of the cast pull this off at some point. Nav does it a lot, and continues to do so even after he realises he shouldn't.
-->''One of these days I’ll learn, I swear…''
* TenSecondFlashlight: Played with. While trapped in Chapter 110, Nav's flashlight temporarily fails due to ghostly influence, but comes back to life after he escapes.
* TerrorHero: Nav deliberately invokes this to foster his reputation as someone who should not be messed with.
* ThatRemindsMeOfASong: Repeatedly lampshaded and mocked by Nav. Except for the time where the song is ''about him'', in which case he's horrified...
-->''Oh my God, she’s bursting into song. Now, I’ve said before that I liked Rarity’s singing voice, but I wasn’t happy about being sung at about how ‘I’m a good person’ and ‘I’ve had love in my heart the entire time.’''
* ThatWasNotADream: After Nav gives Rarity a load of gems from his stake in a gem mine, she initially thinks she's dreaming. Only after kissing a nearby changeling with the intent of 'waking up' does she realise it's actually for real. And then promptly screams once she realises what she's just done...
* ThereAreNoTherapists: At least not in Equestria, which is rather unfortunate considering how badly some could use one, especially Luna and Nav. [[spoiler: When Nav gets briefly sent back in time, he does end up seeing one]].
* ThereIsOnlyOneBed:
** Pinkie and Nav end up sharing one in Chapter 29, mostly as a means of dissuading her sisters from hitting on Nav.
** Nav ends up having to share his bed with his bodyguard in Chapter 46, though only because there are no other beds available in the barracks, and Nav can't find it within himself to make Smiles sleep on the floor.
* ThereWasADoor: Nav has fun blowing stuff up while helping Luna reactivate the dream machine:
-->(after having destroyed the door with a summoned [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer40000}} Bolter]])
-->'''Navarone''': So much easier than opening them.
-->'''Luna''': Lazy. That door was easy to open!
* TheyreCalledPersonalIssuesForAReason: Nav firmly believes in this due to his desire not to be perceived as weak.
* ThinkNothingOfIt: Nav flips around between this and OnlyInItForTheMoney several times, though the latter becomes more common throughout the story.
* ThirdLawOfGenderBending: Nav tries to avert this while switched, but circumstances conspire against him when he's taken captive by the monkeys.
* ThisCannotBe: Celestia's initial reaction, upon discovering the changelings have mastered human technology enough to create a working electric generator.
* ThisIsNotAFloor: A variant. One of the ghosts in Chapter 110 tries to trick Nav into diving into a swimming pool, which is actually [[SpikesOfDoom filled with spikes]], rather than water as it appears.
* AThreesomeIsHot: Surprisingly enough, the few times this occurs, it's not actually Nav's idea, though he goes along with it.
* ThresholdGuardians: Athena’s paper golems and other assorted monsters which guard [[AkashicRecords her domain]].
* TimeSkip: A bunch of them, as the story takes place over several years, and can skip over months at a time, particularly when Nav travels somewhere, which can take anywhere between weeks and months without teleportation. After realising just how boring this is, he lampshades why authors tend to skip over it in their stories.
* TimeTravel: [[spoiler: Nav gets sent back in time by a unicorn spell, along with Rarity, Rainbow Dash, and Fancy Pants, though he winds up 35 years into the future from his intended destination. The resulting StableTimeLoop created does [[TheScream not go down well with Discord]]]].
* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler: Nav ponders this in Chapter 73, after going back through time and encountering his past self. While he comes to the conclusion that he's real (and thinks and feels like anyone else), the lack of knowledge over the precise nature of his existence, coupled with the revelation that he's no longer biologically human enough to qualify, weighs heavily on his mind]].
* TooDumbToLive:
** Discord dismisses several of his {{Mooks}} deaths as this, on the grounds that if they were too stupid to ignore his instructions, then they deserved what they got.
** According to Nav, the dogs as a species tend to show this trait in combat.
-->'''Navarone''': They don’t flee. Most of them are too stupid to run away unless ordered to, and most of those that give orders are too stubborn to run away without some manner of ‘fuck you’ plan.
* TookALevelInBadass:
** Nav starts fairly low down on the scale, winning his fights out of [[BeginnersLuck luck]] more than anything else.
** Taya initially begins with almost no magical knowledge, understandably given [[OrphansOrdeal her background]]. As the story progresses, she becomes an extremely powerful mage, with her abilities in [[BlackMage battle magic]] -- which turns out to be her talent -- edging out Twilight's. Twilight is still far superior across the board, however.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Nav wasn't exactly the [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold nicest person around]] to begin with, but becomes more and more of one over the course of the story as a result of bad stuff happening to him.
* TooMuchInformation: Nav's reaction upon being told by Spike that he slept with Gilda. Particularly the details Spike planned on giving before being cut off.
* TheToothHurts: Nav starts prying out the teeth of an assassin in an effort to convince him to talk. Onlooking guards accompanying him almost throw up at the sight of it.
* ToThePain:
** Nav threatens an assassin with this in Chapter 24, and then makes good on it.
-->'''Navarone''': Look, I don’t like hurting people. I really don’t. But if you keep this up, I will keep hurting you. I will remove [[TheToothHurts all your teeth]], I will remove [[{{Fingore}} your fingers]] joint by joint, I will remove your toes, and then I’ll just get creative.
** Nav's threat to anyone who tries to assassinate Cadance under his watch...
-->'''Navarone''': Ladies and gentlemen [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and Jocasta]]. This is Princess Cadance. She is the new representative for Princess Celestia. If anyone dares attack her, I will not kill you. I will do everything to you but kill you. Your screams will be heard across the fucking planet. The dog that poisoned Blueblood was sentenced to Tartarus. What you will get will make you wish you were him.
* ToWinWithoutFighting: Celestia merely making an appearance on the field in Chapter 16 is enough to cause the army to stand down, allowing the slaves to leave with no bloodshed.
* TragicMonster: Moonbeam's corruption into Chrysalis. A kind-hearted midwife who was tricked by Discord and warped into her current form, and who readily admits to being a monster.
* TransformationOfThePossessed: A benevolent, if somewhat minor example. When Flo takes over Nav's body, she puts an inflection on his voice to make it clear when she's speaking.
* TranslationConvention:
** Much of the dialogue in the story is in the Equestrian language, but rendered into English for the reader by Nav. It can also be assumed that he's mostly writing in the Equestrian script, since no one else understands written English without the use of a translation spell.
** This also applies in-universe, as Nav thinks in English, but speaks in Equestrian without consciously realising it.
* TraumaCongaLine: Nav gets sent through a hell of a one. After being brought to Equestria by Discord and losing everything he's ever known, he ends up [[spoiler: being forced to kill, pressed into service, raped, tortured, nearly killed, having his body mutated by magic, mind raped, and trapped in female form]]. And it's far from over!
* TreacheryCoverUp: The "treachery" is rather more abstract, as several of Luna's crimes are more betrayals of the ideals Equestria ostensibly stands for. In any case, Celestia still helps to cover up Luna's more insane actions to avoid shaking the system, and ensures she's punished discreetly.
* TrophyWife: Fairly common among the Canterlot nobility across both genders, and it's a semi-standard practice for Celestia to take a stallion as a platonic date to the Gala for this purpose.
* TroubledBackstoryFlashback: The vast majority of the flashbacks Nav undergoes in Chapters 110 and 111 are these. Both from his own life, and that of Ava and Artyom's.
* TrustPassword:
** Nav and Taya use these whenever they're around changelings, though some of the passwords Nav uses aren't always [[ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish particularly imaginative]].
** [[spoiler: When he's sent back in time and encounters his past self, Nav proves his identity by listing a bunch of details about his life that no one else could know]].
* TruthSerums: Nav's SkeletonKey can be used in this way by 'unlocking' a person's mind, briefly sending them into a trance and forcing them to speak the truth, however unwilling they might be.
* TryToFitThatOnABusinessCard: Nav collects all sorts of titles over the course of his adventures, which he has to try to persuade others [[DontCallMeSir not to use]]. At one point, he could claim to call himself as ''Sir Navarone, Knight of the Lunar Order, Defender of Harmony, Royal Savior, Hero of the Changelings, and Liberator of Egypt''.
* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: [[spoiler: Nav ends up 35 years further ahead in time than he intended, after being sent back in time by a unicorn spell in Chapter 72. While there's some futuristic technology and some cultural changes, human society is mostly the same]].
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[[folder:U]]
* UndercoverAsLovers: F!Nav and Spike pretend to be this while forced to remain with the monkeys, due to it being better than the alternative of having to accept a monkey suitor.
* TheUnfairSex: Played for comedy by Nav in Chapter 113.
-->'''Navarone''': I’m a woman now, Ice. I don’t ''have'' to make sense.
* UngratefulBastard: After Nav infiltrates a slave ship and helps free them, he's almost killed by an overly cautious unicorn, though the remaining slaves immediately stop her and are very grateful to him.
* UnreliableNarrator:
** [[spoiler: Discord]].
** Nav is an in-universe example, since he leaves stuff out of his journals or puts misleading information in, such as his [[WhoNamesTheirKidDude real name]].
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: While everyone else present reacts to Pinkie wearing dominatrix gear with a JawDrop in Chapter 8, Nav’s response is to look on impassively.
* UnwittingPawn: Navarone is one for Discord, and occasionally one for Celestia and Luna. Though more often than not, he's a ''witting'' pawn for the Royal Sisters.
* UseYourHead: Trixie headbutts Twilight during a duel in Chapter 5, before [[GrievousHarmWithABody throwing her]] at Nav.
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[[folder:V]]
* VetinariJobSecurity: Celestia has cemented her rule by making herself indispensable to the running of Equestria, and upholding the {{Masquerade}} that she and Luna [[GodJob raise the sun and moon]]. Nav at one point asks her why it's necessary, when she could rule on merit alone.
* VictoriasSecretCompartment: While gender-switched, Nav hides his/her radio in there in Chapter 105.
* VillainBall: Sombra's flaws as a villain are mercilessly lampshaded by both Nav and Watcher.
-->'''Watcher''': What kind of villain puts their greatest weakness right under them? I swear, doesn’t anyone ever have brains?
* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler: Discord breaks down and cries for the first time, after he realises he was the cause of failure for his own plan to commit suicide]].
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Both Luna and Kumani show elements of this. Not a good combination, considering they're both also {{Clingy Jealous Girl}}s.
* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: Flo often functions as one for Nav after she makes him one of her hosts, but she is capable of directly taking control of his body if the need or mood arises. The connection is limited by distance however, and the further Nav moves away from Flo's prison near Appleloosa, the weaker the signal gets until the two fall out of contact.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting:
** Changelings, obviously.
** The shapeshifting spell that gets discovered allows this, but most casters only have limits on what they can change, with it usually being used to transform from a human to a pony, or vice versa. Celestia, being far more powerful, has much more leeway with shapeshifting.
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[[folder:W]]
* WallOfBlather: Nav's view of [[AnAesop the friendship lessons]] Twilight sends. It's implied that Celestia occasionally shares this sentiment, despite her fondness for Twilight.
* WarIsGlorious: In keeping with her nature as a BloodKnight, Luna seems to think so, and reminisces over past times where she was involved in battles.
* WasOnceAMan:
** Athena states she was once a normal human, but ended up transformed into her current state after exploring the depths of magic.
** Played straight whenever Nav turns into a pony, though this is only done temporarily. Also applies after he gains his wings and plant-characteristics.
** While she wasn't ever human, Chrysalis used to be an alicorn by the name of Moonbeam until she was corrupted by Discord into the Queen of the Changelings.
** Arachne was originally human, [[ForcedTransformation until forced into the form of a spider]] by Athena.
* WeaponSpecialization: Knives and his crossbow for Nav. The latter since it requires very little skill and training, and the former since he's not often going toe to toe with opponents. He later on starts to learn how to use his InfinityPlusOneSword, but it takes a lot of time and effort before he even begins to become competent in its use.
* WeAreEverywhere: Changelings have a few members in disguise throughout most Equestian settlements.
* WeCanRuleTogether:
** Chrysalis makes this offer to Navarone, though she may not have been genuine.
** Similarly, Discord makes such an offer to some of his underlings.
* WeddingEpisode:
** Cadance's marriage to Shining Armor gets postponed due to the [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E25ACanterlotWeddingPart1 changeling]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E26ACanterlotWeddingPart2 invasion]], but eventually works out fine.
** Bon-Bon and Lyra get married in Chapter 83.
* WeNeedADistraction: Nav uses himself as one by challenging Sombra to a duel, in order to buy some time for Shining Armor to evacuate Cadance. Since Nav didn't actually expect to win, also doubles as a HeroicSacrifice.
* WeUsedToBeFriends:
** While they might not have been ''friends'' per se, Chrysalis and Celestia used to have an amicable relationship, prior to the former's corruption from Moonbeam into her current form.
** Chrysalis and the queen of the giant ants, prior to the attack on the changeling hive in Appaloosa.
** Nav and Luna start off as fairly good friends, but eventually Luna's issues lead to the complete breakdown of their relationship.
* WhamEpisode: Chapter 99 reveals many things, [[spoiler: including Twilight and Nav learning how "true magic" works and Celestia's censorship of it, that Merlin attempted to FlingALightIntoTheFuture, what happened to humanity, and why Nav's past self is Discord's most hated enemy]]. Oh, and that Cadance [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking apparently used to write fanfics]] [[SlashFic about Shining Armor]].
* WhatBeautifulEyes:
** While he generally doesn't have anything complimentary to say about ponies' appearances, even Nav privately finds Celestia -- and particularly her eyes -- to be beautiful. Not that he'd ever tell her that of course.
** He also tells Vinyl Scratch that she should stop wearing her glasses because of this.
* WhatDidIDoLastNight:
** Ames is horrified when he finds out [[HotSkittyOnWailordAction exactly what happened]]. The reader [[BrainBleach might well agree]] with this assessment.
** In Chapter 6, Nav [[BedmateReveal wakes up]] between Rarity and Pinkie and is rather horrified when he works out what happened.
** A lighter example later on when Nav wakes up [[BedmateReveal next to Rainbow Dash]], after their drunken wrestling, when he's quickly told that nothing untoward happened.
** And again later on when he wakes up between AJ and Rarity in Zecora's hut, after being knocked out by medication.
* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: Nav isn't just [[ObliviousToLove oblivious to it]] (at first), but has very little understanding of it due to his inexperience on the matter. It certainly doesn't help that due to psychological trauma, he's not even sure if he's capable of feeling it.
* WhatsUpKingDude:
** Nav claims that the security protecting the princesses is very poor, and proves his point by successfully 'assassinating' them with ease.
** Nav also tends to play this one [[FirstNameBasis quite literally]], to the shock and/or horror of others.
* WhatTheHellHero:
** Nav often ends up the receiving end of these. He returns the favour on several occasions.
** Flo leaps on the opportunity to give Celestia a piece of her mind in Chapter 87.
* [[WhatWouldXDo What Would Celestia Do?]]: While having to play the part of a royal in Chapter 104, Nav tries to model the regal poses Celestia puts on for the role.
* WhatYearIsThis: [[spoiler: Nav asks his friend this shortly after he gets sent back in time]].
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Fancy Pants refuses to compromise his morals [[spoiler: when he travels back in time with Nav]], owing to this.
-->'''Fancy Pants''': I would know, and that is enough.
* WhisperingGhosts: The bunker in Chapters 110 and 111 is filled with them. [[HellIsThatNoise Though some do]] [[HearingVoices more than whisper]]...
* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: Navarone is extremely resentful over his parents' choice of name, even if it's not quite as bad as his fake real name of [[spoiler: Anonymous]].
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: A repeated theme.
** Discord desperately tries to find an outlet for his boredom having lived for millions of years.
** Celestia mentions she would rather have lived a normal life and died thousands of years ago, a sentiment it can be assumed Luna shares.
** When Navarone gains a much increased life expectancy after his accidental EmergencyTransformation, he's rather despondent.
* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It Have to Be Spiders?]]: Nav is not keen when he has to go into a cave infested with {{Giant Spider}}s.
-->'''Flo''': Nav, this is a bad time for arachnophobia.
* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: {{Averted|Trope}}. When some thugs threaten Nav, [[CombatPragmatist he immediately]] nails one [[EyeScream with a throwing knife]] right in the middle of the [[KilledMidSentence the guy's sentence]].
* WingedHumanoid: Nav ends up as one after a botched spell by Trixie. While he initially hates his wings and finds them very uncomfortable (in part owing to his lack of control over them), he does grow to accept them, though his flying abilities are far weaker than the average pegasus.
* [[AWizardDidIt A Unicorn Did It]]: Lampshaded by Nav in his narration when he admits that there are some things he's completely unable to explain, due to him being in a world that operates on magic.
-->''Look, even I realize that there are some things that just are never going to make sense to me. Laws of reality are more like suggestions around here. [...] Maybe one day I’ll just start saying ‘because magic.’''
* WorldBuilding: There's a lot of it about, as the details of various cultures and the history of this version of Equestria is fleshed out.
* WorldOfSnark: There were already enough snarkers in the original source material. In addition to those, we get Nav, most of the original characters, and Celestia.
* WouldHitAGirl: It's pretty safe to say that no-one has any real compunctions about this, particularly Nav. When Nav does it, there is justification for it, however.
* WouldHurtAChild: Very narrowly averted at the last minute In Chapter 106, when Nav ends up about to murder a spider child stowed away on the ship, following his RageBreakingPoint. He only stops when Kat proves to be a surprising MoralityChain and convinces him to spare the child's life.
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* XanatosGambit: Discord's plan is one giant gambit. Ironically, the only time it goes wrong is due to random chance.
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* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Nav generally has a fairly firm grasp of his strengths and flaws, and while his assessment of his behaviour is usually accurate -- even if he sometimes [[IgnoredEpiphany ignores it]] -- he can be a little too quick to dismiss the genuinely good things he does, prompting others to remind him. More often, it's [[WhatTheHellHero the other way around]], though.
* YouAreGrounded: Despite his general lack of parenting skills, Nav finally puts his foot down in Chapter 98 and grounds Taya [[BrattyTeenageDaughter over her recent antics]], as well as denying her the use of her magic for a week.
* YouAreNotAlone:
** Twilight and company tell Nav this at the end of Chapter 12, and again during the ChristmasEpisode. At this point in the story, it actually cheers him up immensely.
** Celestia also tells Nav this in Chapter 106.
-->'''Celestia''': You have friends, Nav. Friends that love you. And others that would love you in other ways. And your guest in your head, she is like a mother to you. You are not as alone as you pretend you are.
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Despite being told that he cannot, Nav still tries [[spoiler: and actually succeeds despite this. [[TimeTravel Sort of]]]].
* YouDidntAsk: When Fluttershy ''finally'' takes pity on Nav and shows him how to fold his wings, he immediately asks why no one told him before. Turns out they were all waiting for him to ask, and weren't banking on him being so stubborn.
* YouDidntSeeThat: After Nav publicly embarrasses Chrysalis by threatening her in front a crowd, she insists to the changelings that they didn't see anything.
* YouDoNOTWantToKnow: Nav tries to warn Twilight over this when it comes to [[FateWorseThanDeath the fate of changeling prisoners]]. After she eventually finds out and that Celestia sanctioned it, Twilight would probably agree with this in hindsight.
* YouFightLikeACow: Nav and Sombra's [[GoodOldFisticuffs duel]] starts out with them exchanging insults as well as blows, though after trading a few punches they stop in favour of focusing entirely on the fight at hand/hoof.
* YouHaveFailedMe:
** Discord uses something of an unusual variant of this, since his minions' screwups usually result in them [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness no longer being useful]] and getting themselves killed. More like a combination of both, rather than either trope outright.
** {{Discussed|Trope}} between Nav and Bloodbeak.
-->'''Navarone''': Which would you rather make it back home? A bedraggled infantryman, or the commander leading the force?
-->'''Bloodbeak''': The infantry can fight another day. A commander that failed me so would be put to death.
-->'''Navarone''': More fool you. No one can win every battle. Some are impossible. Sometimes you fight for a reason other than winning.
** Among the spiders, failure tends to be harshly punished, depending on the circumstances. Given that a captured spider prefers death over the alternative, AFateWorseThanDeath is certainly on the cards.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Discord uses this. See YouHaveFailedMe.
* YouJustToldMe:
** [[spoiler: Nav attempts to pass Fancy Pants, Rainbow Dash, and Rarity off as mindless creatures during his trip through time]], only for Rarity to end up giving the game away by answering a question instead of keeping quiet.
-->'''Navarone''': You had one job, Rarity!
** Twilight tricks Nav in Chapter 101 by pretending to cast the lie detection spell, when she's actually using a light spell instead, resulting in Nav inadvertently confessing. Though, this leads one to question whether or not the detection spell [[PlaceboEffect existed in the first place...]]
* YouNeedToGetLaid:
** Navarone suggests this to Twilight on several occasions, and she eventually ends up taking that advice. It does actually work fairly well as a way of stress relief. Of course, Twilight being Twilight, she gets easily stressed.
** Others believe the same thing about Nav, prior to some of his legendary antics.
** Vinyl and Nav both come to the same conclusion regarding Fluttershy In Chapter 77.
* YourHeadAsplode: After the slave baron is found guilty in Chapter 25, Rock crushes the head of his former owner with his warhammer.
* YoureInsane: Celestia pretty much calls herself (slightly) insane while discussing Arachne and Athena.
-->'''Celestia''': Nav, you don’t get to be my age -- or their ages -- without going slightly insane.
* YouShallNotPass: Celestia's guards try to stop Nav from walking into Celestia's room after Luna {{Mind Rape}}s him. Nav beats them up, and they deny that they tried to stop him the following morning. They try to stop Nav again later on, only to quickly backpedal when they recognise him.
* YouWillNotEvadeMe: Any unicorn that is already attuned to someone after having teleported them can do this, though most have a distance limitation due to the magical power required. Celestia threatens Nav with this at one point, telling him that at full power she can teleport him to her from anywhere in the world. It's only when Nav gets his AntiMagic ring that this threat becomes nullified.
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* ZombieAdvocate:
** Rainbow Dash is a [[DownplayedTrope downplayed example]]. While other species aren't exactly mistreated and denied rights in Equestria, she comes to agree with Nav that terms like "anypony" are exclusionary and shouldn't be used.
** Nav ensures that the constitution he drafts for the griffons ends up including all races, rather than only granting rights to specific species.
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