History Blog / AskTwixieGenies

* MeaningfulName: Zepyhr is a type of wind (specifically an warm, eastward wind), reflecting Zephyr Diamond's true nature as an air djinn.

* ElementalEmbodiment: the djinn look like this in their true forms, embodying the four ClassicalElements.

* MotifMerger: After Twilight moves into Trixie's bottle, the symbol on it shifts from Trixie's cutie mark to a subtle combination of Trixie's and Twilight's marks. This appears to be a magical feature of genie bottles; later on, when Trixie is taken from the bottle, the symbol shifts to Twilight's cutie mark.

* CallBack:
** When Twilight and Trixie are briefly Discorded, Trixie calls Twilight "my little bottled nerd" as a degrading epithet. Months later, when their personalities are again altered (this time to become more like their canon selves), Trixie does it again.
** At the start of the Rough Diamond arc, we get [[http://asktwixiegenies.tumblr.com/post/80593210650 a more detailed look at the inside of Twilight and Trixie's bottle]]. One of the pictures on the wall is from a very early Ask Twixie Genies comic. The 'wheel table' that Trixie previously threw out is also back.

* CallBack: When Twilight and Trixie are briefly Discorded, Trixie calls Twilight "my little bottled nerd" as a degrading epithet. Months later, when their personalities are again altered (this time to become more like their canon selves), Trixie does it again.

* GoryDiscretionShot: A reader wishes to explode. [[http://asktwixiegenies.tumblr.com/post/42366181030 Twilight grants the wish literally.]] Luckily, the explosion takes place off panel.

* TwinThreesomeFantasy: apparently [[http://asktwixiegenies.tumblr.com/post/46941307514/innocent-canon-genie-twilight-discovers-the-kind a lot of readers had one of these]] when an alternate universe's Twilight came to visit...

* BlessedWithSuck: Twilight and Trixie have phenomenal reality-warping powers, but can only use them to grant the wishes of others.
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: Twilight punishes Trixie by spoonfeeding her applesauce.

The comic runs on a mix of the FourthWallMailSlot and Twilight/Trixie {{Shipping}}, with occasional story arcs which go into the backstory of Twilight and Trixie's predicament. The two genies [[OfficialFanSubmittedContent will accept wishes from Tumblr users]], as long as they use the phrase "I wish" (with the sole exception of trying to give Trixie wheels).

** At one point, Trixie and Twilight are encouraged to revert to the personalities they had in the show; in doing so, Trixie regains her iconic wizard hat, first seen in the episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E6BoastBusters Boast Busters]]"

** At one point, Trixie and Twilight are encouraged to revert to the personalities they had in the show; in doing so, Trixie regains her iconic wizard hat, first seen in the episode "[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E6BoastBusters Boast Busters]]"

* OfficialFanSubmittedContent: the comic runs on this - at least, when Twilight and Trixie are paying attention to their mailbox.

The comic runs on a mix of the FourthWallMailSlot and Twilight/Trixie {{Shipping}}, with occasional story arcs which go into the backstory of Twilight and Trixie's predicament. The two genies will accept wishes from Tumblr users, as long as they use the phrase "I wish" (with the sole exception of trying to give Trixie wheels).

* Elseworld: the Sunlight Genies arc, which replaces Trixie with Sunset Shimmer and shows an AlternateUniverse version of the comic. At the time it was published, even the Tumblr's banner and theme changed to reflect this new reality. In this alternate universe, Sunset Shimmer was the one who found the cave and became a genie, and Twilight later joined her as a genie and fell in love. Unlike Trixie's cool attitude, Sunset seems to be just as hot-blooded as Twilight, if not more so.

* TragicVillain: although the Sultan is undeniably a {{Jerkass}}, he started with noble intentions. His downfall was his pride and his fear, which over time became a full blown prejudice against the djinn.

* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Twilight does this to Trixie after Trixie breaks down, believing that Twilight will abandon her.

* FantasticRacism: The Sultan has this towards Genies and Djinn.

* BiggerOnTheInside: The interior of Twilight's and Trixie's bottles appears this way, although it's more likely that Twilight/Trixie shrink down while inside them. While inside a bottle, the interior is the size of a large room compared to its occupant. Twilight and Trixie both add furnishings to their bottles to make them feel more homely.

* FatalFlaw: The Sultan's was {{Pride}}. Even as the conflict with the Djinn ''he'' started devastated his kingdom and the Djinn pleaded with him to stop repeatedly, he was too prideful to yield. The end result was Sadle Arabia reduced to a desert and the Sultan SealedEvilInACan.
* FightingAShadow: The Sultan's monstrous form is liquid/vaporous and physical attacks don't seem to harm it much.

* PowerPerversionPotential: aside from the obvious perversion potential of being able to warp reality with a wish (which Twilight occasionally makes use of), Twilight also demonstrates that her ethereal tail is rather good at binding Trixie up.

* GenderBender: at one point, Twilight and Trixie are both asked to describe their 'perfect stallions', and they both end up describing male versions of each other. It isn't long before a flood of wishes come in asking them to turn into those stallions. (Neither of them seem particularly unhappy with the result.)
* GenieInABottle: Twilight and Trixie are specifically this kind of genie. (Not only that, they both eventually end up in the ''same'' bottle.)
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Twilight does this to Trixie after Trixie breaks down, believing that Twilight will abandon her.
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Trixie gets them after the Sultan makes her mad.

The personalities of Twilight and Trixie differ somewhat from their canon personalities, with Twilight being noticeably more assertive and Trixie being rather more restrained. InUniverse, this is attributed to the ordeals they went through in becoming genies.

The personalities of Twilight and Trixie differ somewhat from their canon personalities, with Twilight being noticeably more assertive and Trixie being rather more restrained. InUniverse, this is explained as a side effect of the ordeals they went through in becoming genies.

* Foreshadowing: in a very early comic, Twilight suggests that genies can 'share bottles' (which appears to be an UnusualEuphemism). Several months later, Twilight discovers just how true that is (much to her discomfort).