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* PunctuatedForEmphasis: When Twilight goes MamaBear for Spike in chapter 13...
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--> '''Twilight''': Get. Away. From. My. Son!
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* MamaBear: [[spoiler:Silly Garble should know better then to mess with Twilight Sparkle's son Spike. She will only throw an entire tree at you]].
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* MamaBear: [[spoiler:Silly Garble should know better then to mess with Twilight Sparkle's son Spike. once she realizes that [[spoiler:Spike sees her as his mother and begins thinking of herself as such]]. So what does she do when she sees [[spoiler:Garble trying to hurt Spike? She will only throw an entire rips a huge tree at you]].out of the ground with her magic and starts using it as a club]]!
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* MamaBear: Silly [[spoiler:Garble]] should know better then to mess with [[spoiler:Twilight Sparkle]]'s son [[spoiler:Spike]]. She will only throw an entire tree at you.
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* MamaBear: Silly [[spoiler:Garble]] [[spoiler:Silly Garble should know better then to mess with [[spoiler:Twilight Sparkle]]'s Twilight Sparkle's son [[spoiler:Spike]]. Spike. She will only throw an entire tree at you.you]].
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* MamaBear: Silly [[spoiler:Garble]] should know better then to mess with [[spoiler:Twilight Sparkle]]'s son [[spoiler:Spike]]. She will only throw an entire tree at you.
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* EasilyForgiven: [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]]; Twilight's calm, insistent forgiveness of her guilt-ridden friends makes them feel even worse, since it reminds them of how good a friend she is. [[spoiler:Ultimately [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] towards the end when Twilight confesses she is still angry with them, which becomes the first step towards genuinely forgiving them]].
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* EasilyForgiven: [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]]; Twilight's calm, insistent forgiveness of Twilight demonstrates what a good friend she is when she insists on forgiving her guilt-ridden friends friends, which makes them feel even worse, since it reminds them of how good a friend she is.worse for doubting her. [[spoiler:Ultimately [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] towards the end when Twilight confesses she is still angry with them, which becomes the first step towards genuinely forgiving them]].
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* GuiltComplex: Twilight's friends feel so guilty for hurting Twilight that they question whether or not they deserve to be her friends. Each chapter focuses on them overcoming their guilt.
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* GuiltComplex: Twilight's friends feel so guilty for hurting Twilight her feelings that they question whether or not they deserve to be her friends. Each chapter focuses on them overcoming their guilt.
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* MadeOutToBeAJerkass: The driving force behind this fic; in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E25ACanterlotWeddingPart1 A Canterlot Wedding: Part 1]]", Twilight is accused of being a jealous {{Jerkass}} by Shining Armor, the rest of the Mane Six, Spike, and Princess Celestia for calling the ill-tempered[[hottip:*:and, unbeknownst to them all, fake]] Princess Cadance evil. By the start of this story, when everypony has realized Twilight was right[[hottip:*:sort of]] about Cadance, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone they feel quite horrible for how they've treated their friend]].
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* MadeOutToBeAJerkass: The driving force trope behind this fic; in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E25ACanterlotWeddingPart1 A Canterlot Wedding: Part 1]]", Twilight is accused of being has a jealous {{Jerkass}} by Shining Armor, falling-out with her brother, friends, and mentor when she calls the rest of the Mane Six, Spike, and Princess Celestia for calling the ill-tempered[[hottip:*:and, unbeknownst to them all, fake]] fake Princess Cadance evil. evil (everyone else just assumes the princess is being an ordinary {{Bridezilla}}). By the start of this story, when everypony has realized Twilight was right[[hottip:*:sort of]] about Cadance, right, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone they feel quite horrible for how they've treated their friend]].
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* WhatTheHellHero: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]; everypony fully expects Twilight to tear into them with this trope for how they treated her, yet she instead calmly rationalizes their actions and tells them she has forgiven them. [[spoiler:[[DoubleSubversion Subverted again]] on the train ride home when she ''does'' call her friends out, but it's more out of anger with herself for feeling this way]].
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* WhatTheHellHero: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]; everypony fully expects Twilight to tear into them with this trope for how they treated her, yet she instead calmly rationalizes their actions and tells them she has forgiven them. [[spoiler:[[DoubleSubversion Subverted again]] on the train ride home when she ''does'' call her friends out, but it's more out of anger with herself for feeling this way]].out]].
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** A meta one. Rainbow Dash says that she's giving up on a Daring Do fanzine. She didn't like one fanstory, which had a bunch of characters whining that they didn't believe Daring Do when she said that her brother was marrying a villain in disguise. After all, who would find that entertaining?
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** A meta one. Rainbow Dash says that she's giving up on a Daring Do fanzine. She didn't like one fanstory, which had a bunch of characters whining that they didn't believe Daring Do when she said that her brother sister was marrying dating a villain in disguise. After all, who would find that entertaining?
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* PoorCommunicationKills: Spike's refusal to talk to Twilight, and his making the CMC promise not to tell anyone, leads to him stewing in his guilt until [[spoiler: he decides it's best to run away]].
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* PoorCommunicationKills: Spike's refusal to talk to Twilight, and his making the CMC promise not to tell anyone, leads to him stewing in his guilt until [[spoiler: he decides it's best to run away]]. The chapter where this happens is even named after this trope.
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* [[IDidWhatIHadToDo You Did What You Had To Do:]] Twilight brushes them her friends off and tells them not to feel guilty since they did the right thing. [[spoiler: Even though she still feels angry about it.]]
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* PoorCommunicationKills: Spike's refusal to talk to Twilight, and his making the CMC promise not to tell anyone, leads to him stewing in his guilt until [[spoiler: he decides it's best to run away]].
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*[[IDidWhatIHadToDo You Did What You Had To Do:]] Twilight brushes them and tells not to feel guilty since they did the right thing. [[spoiler: Even though she still feels angry about it.]]
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** The story also deconstructs the logic in holding a wedding just moments after a massive attack, as well as the (unexplained to everypony) disappearance of Twilight during the first wedding in the form of a newspaper assuming the age-old fanfic idea that Celestia had a hand in the Changeling attack. Celestia's reaction to this could be considered a deconstruction in of itself, a sort of "What if Celestia actually read fan fiction of herself acting like an evil overlord?"
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** The story also deconstructs the logic in holding a wedding just moments after a massive attack, as well as the (unexplained to everypony) disappearance of Twilight during the first wedding in the form of a newspaper assuming the age-old fanfic idea that Celestia had a hand in the Changeling attack.was brainwashing Twilight Sparkle. Celestia's reaction to this could be considered a deconstruction in of itself, a sort of "What if Celestia actually read fan fiction of herself acting like an evil overlord?"
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** The story also deconstructs the logic in holding a wedding just moments after a massive attack, as well as the (unexplained to everypony) disappearance of Twilight during the first wedding in the form of a newspaper assuming the age-old fanfic idea that Celestia had a hand in the Changeling attack. Celestia's reaction to this could be considered a deconstruction in of itself, a sort of "What if Celestia actually read fan fiction of herself acting like an evil overlord?"
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** A meta one. Rainbow Dash says that she's giving up on a Daring Do fanzine. She didn't like one fanstory, which had a bunch of characters whining that they didn't believe Daring Do when she said that her brother was marrying a villain in disguise. After all, who would find that entertaining?
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* AncientKeeper: The Keeper, the alicorn who records the lives of every living creature, who Twilight meets when her spirit for some reason travels to her realm. She's so old she can't even remember her real name or how she came into being.
* CerebusRetcon: Scootaloo's canonical desire to earn her cutie mark as quickly as possible is cast in a harsher light after her mother casually brings up that she's becoming a mare, but still has an incredibly long way to go -- why, she hasn't even gotten her mark yet, the silly filly!
* CerebusRetcon: Scootaloo's canonical desire to earn her cutie mark as quickly as possible is cast in a harsher light after her mother casually brings up that she's becoming a mare, but still has an incredibly long way to go -- why, she hasn't even gotten her mark yet, the silly filly!
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* AncientKeeper: The Keeper, the alicorn Alicorn who records the lives of every living creature, who Twilight meets when her spirit for some reason travels to her realm. She's so old she can't even remember her real name or how she came into being.
* CerebusRetcon: Scootaloo's canonical desire to earn hercutie mark Cutie Mark as quickly as possible is cast in a harsher light after her mother casually brings up that she's becoming a mare, but still has an incredibly long way to go -- go; why, she hasn't even gotten her mark yet, the silly filly!
* CerebusRetcon: Scootaloo's canonical desire to earn her
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* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Shining and Cadance have known each other since before Twilight was born, and have been in love with each other almost as long (though they didn't admit their feelings until much more recently).
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* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Shining and Cadance Cadence have known each other since before Twilight was born, and have been in love with each other almost as long (though they didn't admit their feelings until much more recently).
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* ExactWords: Discord promised to give Chrysalis the powers of all three pony tribes. Chrysalis thought it meant she would become an alicorn, but [[ForTheEvulz Discord thought just turning her into an alicorn would be boring]].
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* ExactWords: Discord promised to give Chrysalis the powers of all three pony tribes. Chrysalis thought it meant she would become an alicorn, Alicorn, but [[ForTheEvulz Discord thought just turning her into an alicorn Alicorn would be boring]].
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* ShootTheShaggyDog: [[spoiler:"Metamorphis" shows the accomplishments of Equestria's founders being rendered meaningless by Discord's rise to power, the founders themselves dying horribly. The present events of the story also reveal that reveals that Chrysalis is alive and well after her defeat, and is already planning her next strike.]]
* StartOfDarkness: "Metamorphosis" is one for Chrysalis--she was originally one of [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E13HearthsWarmingEve Commander Hurricane's]] chief lieutenants, but [[FantasticRacism her refusal to make peace with the other tribes]] and personal thirst for power led to her being kicked out. She then made a [[DealWithTheDevil deal with Discord]] to gain great power, which he twisted to make her the first changeling and his [[TheDragon dragon]]. She and the changelings were [[SealedEvilInACan sealed with him]] when the Princesses defeated him, and then kept sealed by him upon his [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E1TheReturnOfHarmonyPart1 release]] to be set free as a backup plan in case he was defeated again. [[spoiler:Of course, Chrysalis has no intention of continuing to serve him.]]
* TheTease: Cadance is quite the one, as shown in "Honeymoon".
* StartOfDarkness: "Metamorphosis" is one for Chrysalis--she was originally one of [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E13HearthsWarmingEve Commander Hurricane's]] chief lieutenants, but [[FantasticRacism her refusal to make peace with the other tribes]] and personal thirst for power led to her being kicked out. She then made a [[DealWithTheDevil deal with Discord]] to gain great power, which he twisted to make her the first changeling and his [[TheDragon dragon]]. She and the changelings were [[SealedEvilInACan sealed with him]] when the Princesses defeated him, and then kept sealed by him upon his [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E1TheReturnOfHarmonyPart1 release]] to be set free as a backup plan in case he was defeated again. [[spoiler:Of course, Chrysalis has no intention of continuing to serve him.]]
* TheTease: Cadance is quite the one, as shown in "Honeymoon".
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* ShootTheShaggyDog: [[spoiler:"Metamorphis" [[spoiler:"Metamorphosis" shows the accomplishments of Equestria's founders being rendered meaningless by Discord's rise to power, the founders themselves dying horribly. The present events of the story also reveal that reveals that Chrysalis is alive and well after her defeat, and is already planning her next strike.]]
* StartOfDarkness: "Metamorphosis" is one forChrysalis--she Chrysalis; she was originally one of [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E13HearthsWarmingEve Commander Hurricane's]] chief lieutenants, but [[FantasticRacism her refusal to make peace with the other tribes]] and personal thirst for power led to her being kicked out. She then made a [[DealWithTheDevil deal with Discord]] to gain great power, which he twisted to make her the first changeling and his [[TheDragon dragon]]. She and the changelings were [[SealedEvilInACan sealed with him]] when the Princesses defeated him, and then kept sealed by him upon his [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E1TheReturnOfHarmonyPart1 release]] to be set free as a backup plan in case he was defeated again. [[spoiler:Of course, Chrysalis has no intention of continuing to serve him.]]
* TheTease:Cadance Cadence is quite the one, as shown in "Honeymoon".
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* [[WasOnceAMan Was Once a Pony]]: The entire changeling race was an obscure fourth pony tribe called flutterponies (ponies from G1 with butterfly wings) transformed by Discord to serve as Chrysalis' army; Chrysalis herself, meanwhile, was an ordinary pegasus similarly transformed by Discord.
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* [[WasOnceAMan Was Once a Pony]]: The entire changeling race was an obscure fourth pony tribe called flutterponies Flutterponies (ponies from G1 with butterfly wings) transformed by Discord to serve as Chrysalis' army; Chrysalis herself, meanwhile, was an ordinary pegasus Pegasus similarly transformed by Discord.
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* MadeOutToBeAJerkass: The driving force behind this fic; in "[[MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E25ACanterlotWeddingPart1 A Canterlot Wedding: Part 1]]", Twilight is accused of being a jealous {{Jerkass}} by Shining Armor, the rest of the Mane Six, Spike, and Princess Celestia for calling the ill-tempered[[hottip:*:and, unbeknownst to them all, fake]] Princess Cadance evil. By the start of this story, when everypony has realized Twilight was right[[hottip:*:sort of]] about Cadance, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone they feel quite horrible for how they've treated their friend]].
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* MadeOutToBeAJerkass: The driving force behind this fic; in "[[MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E25ACanterlotWeddingPart1 "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E25ACanterlotWeddingPart1 A Canterlot Wedding: Part 1]]", Twilight is accused of being a jealous {{Jerkass}} by Shining Armor, the rest of the Mane Six, Spike, and Princess Celestia for calling the ill-tempered[[hottip:*:and, unbeknownst to them all, fake]] Princess Cadance evil. By the start of this story, when everypony has realized Twilight was right[[hottip:*:sort of]] about Cadance, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone they feel quite horrible for how they've treated their friend]].
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* EasilyForgiven: [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]]; Twilight's calm, insistent forgiveness of her guilt-ridden friends for turning on her makes them feel even worse than before, since it reminds them of how good a friend she is. [[spoiler:Ultimately [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] towards the end when Twilight confesses she is still angry with them, which becomes the first step towards genuinely forgiving them]].
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* EasilyForgiven: [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]]; Twilight's calm, insistent forgiveness of her guilt-ridden friends for turning on her makes them feel even worse than before, worse, since it reminds them of how good a friend she is. [[spoiler:Ultimately [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] towards the end when Twilight confesses she is still angry with them, which becomes the first step towards genuinely forgiving them]].
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* JerkassRealization: Everyone who walked out on Twilight for verbally attacking Shining Armor's bride-to-be felt this way when the real Cadance stepped in. It hit Rainbow Dash particularly hard in "Post Nuptials" since she claims to have been much harder on Twilight than the others shortly after walking out on her; her guilt shows when she catches herself trying to get rid of Scootaloo while on a date with Soarin'.
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* JerkassRealization: Everyone who walked out on Twilight for verbally attacking Shining Armor's bride-to-be felt this way when the real Cadance stepped in. It hit Rainbow Dash particularly hard in "Post Nuptials" since she claims to have been much harder on Twilight than the others shortly after walking out on her; her guilt shows when she catches herself trying to get rid of Scootaloo while on a date with Soarin'.
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* KarmaHoudini: Averts this for the Flim Flam brothers, as told by Apple Fritter. They've been to Appleoosa and we're told that Braeburn ''and'' Thunderhooves weren't pleased with what occurred in Ponyville, and then when they found out that ''Celestia'' was friends with Applejack, they skipped town as soon as they could.
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* KarmaHoudini: Averts this [[AvertedTrope Averted]] for the Flim Flam brothers, as told by Apple Fritter. They've been to Appleoosa and we're told that Braeburn ''and'' Thunderhooves weren't pleased with what occurred in Ponyville, and then when they found out that ''Celestia'' was friends with Applejack, they skipped town as soon as they could.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Essentially the whole summary.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Essentially MadeOutToBeAJerkass: The driving force behind this fic; in "[[MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E25ACanterlotWeddingPart1 A Canterlot Wedding: Part 1]]", Twilight is accused of being a jealous {{Jerkass}} by Shining Armor, the whole summary.rest of the Mane Six, Spike, and Princess Celestia for calling the ill-tempered[[hottip:*:and, unbeknownst to them all, fake]] Princess Cadance evil. By the start of this story, when everypony has realized Twilight was right[[hottip:*:sort of]] about Cadance, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone they feel quite horrible for how they've treated their friend]].
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone
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** Pinkie's were both physically and emotional abusive, as shown in a flashback when [[spoiler: their reaction to her getting her cutie mark was to spank and yell at her for, in their opinion, wasting time on pointless parties]].
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** Pinkie's were both physically and emotional abusive, as shown in a flashback when [[spoiler: their [[spoiler:their reaction to her getting her cutie mark was to spank and yell at her for, in their opinion, wasting time on pointless parties]].
* CerebusRetcon: Scootaloo's canonical desire to earn her cutie mark as quickly as possible is cast in a harsher light after her mother casually brings up that she's becoming a mare, but still has an incredibly long way to go -- why, she hasn't even gotten her mark yet, the silly filly!
* ConspiracyTheorist: WordOfGod states that the tabloid ponies are a very small, very loud minority of these.
* ConspiracyTheorist: WordOfGod states that the tabloid ponies are a very small, very loud minority of these.
* [[FreeRangeChildren Free-Range Fillies]]: Speedy Delivery actually ''encourages'' Scootaloo to spend as much time away from home as possible, because her parents don't want her 'goofing around' when they're working.
* InsistentTerminology: Scootaloo's mother insists she always call her "Mommy."
* InsistentTerminology: Scootaloo's mother insists she always call her "Mommy."
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* NeverLiveItDown: InUniverse; Shining Armor's started calling his sister "[[AffectionateNickname Twiley]]" when he caught her using BabyTalk with an infant Spike, right after ''she'' scolded ''him'' for treating Spike like a baby.
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* NeverLiveItDown: InUniverse; InUniverse:
** Shining Armor's started calling his sister "[[AffectionateNickname Twiley]]" when he caught her using BabyTalk with an infant Spike, right after ''she'' scolded ''him'' for treating Spike like ababy.baby.
** Used by both of Scootaloo's parents as part of their ongoing emotional and psychological abuse of their daughter.
** Dash tells Scoots that her old nickname of "Rainbow Crash" came from how she choked while running through an obstacle course once.
** Shining Armor's started calling his sister "[[AffectionateNickname Twiley]]" when he caught her using BabyTalk with an infant Spike, right after ''she'' scolded ''him'' for treating Spike like a
** Used by both of Scootaloo's parents as part of their ongoing emotional and psychological abuse of their daughter.
** Dash tells Scoots that her old nickname of "Rainbow Crash" came from how she choked while running through an obstacle course once.
* SelfDeprecation: Scootaloo engages in a lot of this due to how her parents treat her.
* ThirdLineSomeWaiting: Pinkie's story arc progresses more slowly compared to Spike/Twilight's and Scootaloo's. This is entirely deliberate, as Pinkie is fully aware that they have their own issues they're working through and was reluctant to talk to anyone about ''her'' problems when she knew they had their own to deal with. It took [[spoiler:receiving a letter from home]] to prod her into talking to anyone other than the Cakes about her ParentalIssues.
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* WeAreAsMayflies: Ponies only live about seventy years, while dragons live for about a thousand. Spike wasn't aware of this until he read a book about dragons.
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* AccusationFic: This fan fic pretty much takes all the times the ponies acted like jerks (intentionally or not) and calls them out for it all and make sure they all apologize for it.
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* AccusationFic: This fan fic pretty much takes all the times in the first two seasons the ponies acted like jerks (intentionally or not) and calls them out for it all and make all, making sure they all apologize for it.apologize.
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* AncientKeeper: The Keeper, the alicorn who records the lives of every living creature, who Twilight meets when her spirit for some reason travels to her realm. She's so old she can't even remember her real name or how she came into being.
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* MathematiciansAnswer: Most of the answers the Keeper gives to Twilight. This is partially because she's not allowed to give straightforward answers, and partially because [[{{Troll}} it's fun]].
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* NotWhatItLooksLike: Applejack comforts Twilight over her nightmares and spends the night by her bed. When Pinkie walks in on them the next morning, she takes this as evidence that her [[ShipperOnDeck theory about them]] is right.
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* CallBack: There's so many that we probably couldn't list them all without making another page.
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* AccusationFic: This fan fic pretty much takes all the times the ponies acted like jerks (intentionally or not) and calls them out for it all and make sure they all apologize for it.
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* KarmaHoudini: Averts this for the Flim Flam brothers, as told by Apple Fritter. They've been to Appleoosa and we're told that Braeburn ''and'' Thunderhooves weren't pleased with what occurred in Ponyville, and then when they found out that ''Celestia'' was friends with Applejack, they skipped town as soon as they could.
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* KarmaHoudini: Averts this for the Flim Flam brothers, as told by Apple Fritter. They've been to Appleoosa and we're told that Braeburn ''and'' Thunderhooves weren't pleased with what occurred in Ponyville, and then when they found out that ''Celestia'' was friends with Applejack, they skipped town as soon as they could.
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''The Nuptialverse'' is series of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfics written by [=DarthLink22=].
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''The Nuptialverse'' is a series of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfics written by [=DarthLink22=].
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* ForegoneConclusion: Most of Shining Armor's chapter takes place during Twilight's last-minute wedding planning, so when he says he's having cold [[WorldOfPun hooves]], readers who have seen the episode will know that he will change his mind.
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* ForegoneConclusion: Most of Shining Armor's chapter takes place during Twilight's last-minute wedding planning, so when he says he's having cold [[WorldOfPun hooves]], readers who have seen the episode (or read the rest of the story up to this point) will know that he will change his mind.
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** Pinkie's were both physically and emotional abusive, as shown in a flashback when [[spoiler: their reaction to her getting her cutie mark was to spank and yell at her for, in their opinion, wasting time on pointless parties]].
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* OrwellianRetcon: Turns out, when Pinkie told the story about [[spoiler: her getting her cutie mark]], she edited it for the CMC's sake.
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** [=DarkLink22=] decided against shipping Rarity with Fancypants and Fluttershy with Iron Will because both seemed unnecessary and his readership was against the idea.
** Pinkie's chapter in "Post Nuptials" was planned as a BreatherEpisode wherein Pinkie would have been too distracted with the reception to fret over Twilight and [[InteractiveNarrator the narrator would have tried in vain to keep the story on its angsty track]].
** Shining Armor's chapter would have had him speak with Cadance instead of Twilight.
** Pinkie's chapter in "Post Nuptials" was planned as a BreatherEpisode wherein Pinkie would have been too distracted with the reception to fret over Twilight and [[InteractiveNarrator the narrator would have tried in vain to keep the story on its angsty track]].
** Shining Armor's chapter would have had him speak with Cadance instead of Twilight.
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** The author decided against shipping Rarity with Fancypants and Fluttershy with Iron Will, because both seemed unnecessary and his readership was against them.
** Pinkie's chapter in "Post Nuptials" was planned as a BreatherEpisode wherein Pinkie would have been too distracted with the reception to fret over Twilight and [[InteractiveNarrator the narrator would have tried in vain to keep the story on its angsty track]].
** Shining Armor's chapter would have had him speak with Cadance instead of Twilight.
** The story would have ended with Rainbow Dash and Pinkie moving Applejack and Rarity into the same bed as a prank. A similar ending showed Twilight's friends finding[[HoYay Octavia and Vinyl Scratch]] Scratch sleeping in Twilight's bed while Twilight slept with Celestia. Both were nixed to keep the story friendlier for younger audiences.
** Pinkie's chapter in "Post Nuptials" was planned as a BreatherEpisode wherein Pinkie would have been too distracted with the reception to fret over Twilight and [[InteractiveNarrator the narrator would have tried in vain to keep the story on its angsty track]].
** Shining Armor's chapter would have had him speak with Cadance instead of Twilight.
** The story would have ended with Rainbow Dash and Pinkie moving Applejack and Rarity into the same bed as a prank. A similar ending showed Twilight's friends finding
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** [=DarkLink22=] decided against shipping Rarity with Fancypants and Fluttershy with Iron Will because both seemed unnecessary and his readership was against the idea.
** Pinkie's chapter in "Post Nuptials" was planned as a BreatherEpisode wherein Pinkie would have been too distracted with the reception to fret over Twilight and [[InteractiveNarrator the narrator would have tried in vain to keep the story on its angsty track]].
** Shining Armor's chapter would have had him speak with Cadance instead of Twilight.
** Chapters for both Queen Chrysalis and Princess Cadance were written, but the author felt they would have detracted from the subject of Twilight's friends walking out on her. They have since been released as the standalone stories "Metamorphosis" and "Honeymoon".
** The story would have ended with Rainbow Dash and Pinkie moving Applejack and Rarity into the same bed as a prank. A similar ending showed Twilight's friends finding [[HoYay Octavia and Vinyl Scratch]] sleeping in Twilight's bed while Twilight slept with Celestia. Both were nixed to keep the story friendlier for younger audiences.
** [=DarkLink22=] decided against shipping Rarity with Fancypants and Fluttershy with Iron Will because both seemed unnecessary and his readership was against the idea.
** Pinkie's chapter in "Post Nuptials" was planned as a BreatherEpisode wherein Pinkie would have been too distracted with the reception to fret over Twilight and [[InteractiveNarrator the narrator would have tried in vain to keep the story on its angsty track]].
** Shining Armor's chapter would have had him speak with Cadance instead of Twilight.
** Chapters for both Queen Chrysalis and Princess Cadance were written, but the author felt they would have detracted from the subject of Twilight's friends walking out on her. They have since been released as the standalone stories "Metamorphosis" and "Honeymoon".
** The story would have ended with Rainbow Dash and Pinkie moving Applejack and Rarity into the same bed as a prank. A similar ending showed Twilight's friends finding [[HoYay Octavia and Vinyl Scratch]] sleeping in Twilight's bed while Twilight slept with Celestia. Both were nixed to keep the story friendlier for younger audiences.
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''The Nuptialverse'' is series of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfics written by [=DarthLink22=].
The first installment, "[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/24001/Post-Nuptials Post Nuptials]]", is set right at the end of the season 2 finale, "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E25ACanterlotWeddingPart1 A Canterlot]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E26ACanterlotWeddingPart2 Wedding]]"; the changelings have been defeated, and Shining Armor and Princess Cadance have wed, but the Mane Six and others are still left with the issue of the strain on their friendships. This story offers a closer look at several of the main characters' [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone feelings of guilt]] after they shun Twilight for her ultimately correct suspicions of Princess Cadance's (i.e., Queen Chrysalis') premarital behavior, picking them apart one by one and then putting them back together. It has been completed.
"Post Nuptials" is followed by a sequel, "[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/40064/Families Families]]", which is set directly after the first story. Here, Spike has been avoiding everypony and Twilight is determined to find out what's bothering him; Rainbow Dash suspects something is wrong with Scootaloo and takes her on as a little sister figure; and Pinkie Pie is forced to confront the past she abandoned long ago. It is currently in-progress.
The series has two side-stories set in the same time frame as the first story: "Metamorphosis", which focuses on Queen Chrysalis after her defeat; and "Honeymoon", which focuses on Princess Cadance and Shining Armor as they leave the reception.
Naturally, there are '''''SPOILERS''''' about for the season 2 finale.
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!!This series as a whole provides examples of:
* {{Angst}}
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Pinkie left her family on very bad terms.
* DeconstructionFic: "Post Nuptials" examines the feelings of Twilight and all the characters who turn their backs on her after she accuses the fake Princess Cadance of being evil in the season 2 finale; here, Twilight's friends are completely ashamed of their actions even after she forgives them, and have to talk with her again along with other wedding guests before they start to feel better, while Twilight [[spoiler:harbors a grudge against them despite knowing she's just as much at fault for how they treated her, and is continually haunted by her behavior]].
** "Families" deconstructs Spike's relationship with Twilight, and Scootaloo and Pinkie Pie's relationship with their parents who are perpetually absent in the show.
* [[DeityOfHumanOrigin Deity of Pony Origin]]: It seems alicorns only come into being when regular ponies of sufficient strength go through something called "the Trials".
* FantasticRacism: Spike faced a lot of it in Canterlot when he and Twilight were growing up. Queen Chrysalis also harbored these feelings against unicorns and earth ponies back when she was an ordinary pegasus.
* LikeASonToMe[=/=]ParentalSubstitute: Celestia tells Luna that she loves Twilight like her daughter; inversely, Spike confesses to the Cutie Mark Crusaders that he sees Twilight as his mother. These feelings contribute to their guilt greatly, especially Spike, who keeps avoiding Twilight in "Families" because he thinks she'd never want him as a son now.
** On a lesser note, according to Luna, neither Cadance nor any of Celestia's other "nephews and nieces" (which probably includes Blueblood) are actually related to her; it seems it's just a title she gives to ponies she's especially close to.
** Also applies to Pinkie's relationship with the Cakes.
* NightmareSequence: Princess Celestia has a nightmare in which Nightmare Moon, a changeling-turned Cadance, Queen Chrysalis, Discord, and his [[FaceHeelTurn new]] "[[TheDragon Queen of Chaos]]" Twilight taunt and accuse her of letting down her kingdom by ignoring her student.
** In "Families", Twilight is plagued with nightmares where Princess Celestia puts her to death for an unspoken crime so horrible that her friends curse her and Shining Armor, her executioner, basically tells her "[[IHaveNoSon I have no sister]]."
** Twilight later has another one in the same fic in which she is chased by hungry changelings and runs to her friends for help, but they don't believe her and leave her to be eaten alive.
** Cadance has a FlashbackNightmare of being captured by Chrysalis in "Honeymoon".
* NoNameGiven: Queen Chrysalis is only ever referred to outside of "Metamorphosis" as the Changeling Queen. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] because she didn't formally introduce herself in the episode she appeared in, giving the characters no reason to know her name.
** And then "Metamorphosis" reveals that it's not even her real name, but rather the one Discord gives her after transforming her into a changeling. Her real name is never mentioned, and he wipes all memory of it from her mind, leaving her only with the name he gave her.
* SequelHook: By the end of "Post Nuptials", Pinkie, Spike, and Scootaloo still have familial issues that need taking care of.
** "Metamorphosis" closes with Chrysalis swearing revenge on Twilight, Shining Armor, and Cadance.
!!"Post Nuptials" provides examples of:
* AdaptationExpansion: Several of the individual focus chapters are based on and include the snapshots from the reception sequence at the end of the actual episode.
* ArcWords: Of Applejack's chapter: "[[StepfordSmiler Just don't think about it]]."
* TheAtoner: [[DefiedTrope Defied]]; the rest of the Mane Six are willing to become this for hurting Twilight, but she tells them that's not necessary.
* BittersweetEnding: Twilight reconciles with the rest of the Mane Six, Princess Celestia, and Shining Armor, and their friendship is as strong as ever. However, Spike still doubts he can face Twilight, and he, Pinkie, and Scootaloo have their own unresolved familial issues, which are addressed in "Families".
* BookEnds: The first and last chapters are focused primarily on Twilight.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Most of the Canterlot ponies don't even know the Mane Six even after they stood up to Nightmare Moon and Discord, [[JustifiedTrope mainly because those threats only really popped up in Ponyville before being suppressed]]. A select few such as Soarin' and Fancypants, on the other hand, fully acknowledge them and their efforts.
* EasilyForgiven: [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]]; Twilight's calm, insistent forgiveness of her guilt-ridden friends for turning on her makes them feel even worse than before, since it reminds them of how good a friend she is. [[spoiler:Ultimately [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] towards the end when Twilight confesses she is still angry with them, which becomes the first step towards genuinely forgiving them]].
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Well, more jerks than evil, but according to Fancypants, even [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E9SweetAndElite Jet Set and Upper Crust]] find [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E26TheBestNightEver Prince Blueblood]] to be a pompous jerk.
* FixFic: The author admits feeling that the whole "Twilight getting dismissed" subplot in the season 2 finale deserved more than a simple apology from Applejack for closure.
* ForegoneConclusion: Most of Shining Armor's chapter takes place during Twilight's last-minute wedding planning, so when he says he's having cold [[WorldOfPun hooves]], readers who have seen the episode will know that he will change his mind.
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Twilight smacks Shining Armor in the face when he starts ranting about how poor of a brother, guard captain, and potential husband he's been.
* GuiltComplex: Twilight's friends feel so guilty for hurting Twilight that they question whether or not they deserve to be her friends. Each chapter focuses on them overcoming their guilt.
** Some of the Mane Six feel as though they've betrayed the Elements of Harmony they represent:
*** Rainbow Dash, the [[UndyingLoyalty Element of Loyalty]], turned her back on a close friend in favor of someone she'd just met.
*** Rarity, the [[GreaterNeedThanMine Element of Generosity]], was too self-absorbed in generating business via her wedding dresses to listen to Twilight.
*** Fluttershy, the [[FriendToAllLivingThings Element of Kindness]], coldly shunned Twilight along with everyone else.
** Celestia and Shining Armor beat themselves up over ignoring a pivotal warning from their loyal student and sister, respectively, during high alert. In fact, Shining Armor thinks he's failed as a potential husband for letting Chrysalis fool him, and even considers cancelling the wedding altogether because of it.
** [[spoiler:Twilight feels this way because she knows she had acted completely out of control when she accused Cadance of being evil, and fears what could have happened had she been wrong]].
* HandWave: Assuming the Elements of Harmony were still kept behind the same door in Canterlot Tower shown in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E1TheReturnOfHarmonyPart1 The Return of Harmony]]", which can only be opened by Princess Celestia, how would the Mane Six have opened it in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E26ACanterlotWeddingPart2 A Canterlot Wedding]]"? Well according to this fic, the Elements would have come to them on their own if they got close enough.
* HeartbreakAndIceCream: Pinkie may deny it, but Luna deduces that her cake binge during the reception is motivated by her lingering guilt.
* HeelRealization: Iron Will tells Fluttershy he started his assertiveness seminar to keep others from being bullied like he was in his youth. Since the events of "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E19PuttingYourHoofDown Putting Your Hoof Down]]", he has discovered that [[HeWhoFightsMonsters his seminar turned not only Fluttershy, but all of his customers into the same kind of bullies he tried protecting them from]].
* HeroicBSOD: All the focal characters find themselves in the middle of one by the start of the story. The whole story is about how each of them gets out of it.
* ICantDance: Rainbow Dash jokes that she's an even worse dancer than [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E9SweetAndElite Twilight]].
* JerkassRealization: Everyone who walked out on Twilight for verbally attacking Shining Armor's bride-to-be felt this way when the real Cadance stepped in. It hit Rainbow Dash particularly hard in "Post Nuptials" since she claims to have been much harder on Twilight than the others shortly after walking out on her; her guilt shows when she catches herself trying to get rid of Scootaloo while on a date with Soarin'.
** Rarity is the first of her friends to realize that, when they went to apologize to Twilight, they were so caught up in their own guilt that they neglected to consider Twilight may be feeling equally guilty for getting them mad at her in the first place. [[spoiler:She is correct]].
** [[spoiler:Twilight's aforementioned guilt spawns from her own JerkassRealization during her talk with Shining Armor, when she realizes she should have gathered evidence to confirm her suspicions of the fake Cadance, or spoken with Princess Celestia in private, instead of jumping right in with the accusations]].
* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: After Fluttershy and Iron Will stumble upon Octavia and Vinyl Scratch making out with each other in a drunken stupor while in the hedge maze:
-->'''Iron Will''': Did you see...\\
'''Fluttershy''': No.\\
'''Iron Will''': Me neither.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Essentially the whole summary.
* MyGreatestFailure: Take a guess.
** Besides her blind (yet correct) accusations, Twilight considers her behavior in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E3LessonZero Lesson Zero]]" to be this.
* NoodleIncident: There are two words explaining why alcohol was banned from Equestria for five hundred years: ''drunk Luna''.
* ObliviousGuiltSlinging: Apple Fritter's conversation with Applejack becomes this when she tells her [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E14TheLastRoundup how Twilight immediately set out to find her after she told her friends she would be leaving Ponyville]].
* ShipSinking: Rarity only dances with Fancypants in the wedding photos because they're friends. Likewise, Sweetie Belle only dances with Spike to try and cheer him up. Subverted with the snapshot of Rainbow Dash and Soarin'; they actually are on a date, and have plans for him to visit Ponyville for a proper one.
* SimultaneousArcs: Aside from the first, last, and Shining Armor chapters, all of the story happens during the postnuptial dance party (we actually get a sneak peek of Spike's chapter in Pinkie's because of this).
* TearsOfRemorse: Quite abundant.
* WhatTheHellHero: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]; everypony fully expects Twilight to tear into them with this trope for how they treated her, yet she instead calmly rationalizes their actions and tells them she has forgiven them. [[spoiler:[[DoubleSubversion Subverted again]] on the train ride home when she ''does'' call her friends out, but it's more out of anger with herself for feeling this way]].
** {{Played straight}} with Twilight to Shining Armor after he decides to cancel the wedding.
!!"Families" provides examples of:
* AbusiveParents: Scootaloo's. Though unusually for this trope in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', there's no physical abuse seen; just a lot of both parents messing with Scootaloo's head, which is bad enough.
* ImagineSpot: As a RunningGag, ordinary scenes suddenly turn bizarre, followed by somepony telling Pinkie to knock it off.
* NeverLiveItDown: InUniverse; Shining Armor's started calling his sister "[[AffectionateNickname Twiley]]" when he caught her using BabyTalk with an infant Spike, right after ''she'' scolded ''him'' for treating Spike like a baby.
* ShipperOnDeck: Pinkie seems to think that Applejack has an unrequited crush on Twilight.
* TranquilFury: Celestia, when she learns of tabloids accusing her of brainwashing Twilight into being her "loyal attack dog" following her absence from Shining Armor's first wedding and sudden appearance in the second.
-->'''Celestia:''' [[ThisIsUnforgivable How...could they...]]
!!Side-stories provide examples of:
* BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil: It hasn't been properly explained, but Discord comments during his first meeting with Chrysalis that he's arrived to take the Windigos' place.
* BodyHorror[=/=]CruelAndUnusualDeath: The ways in which Discord kills [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E13HearthsWarmingEve Equestria's founders]] as shown in "Metamorphosis", most of which fall into DeathByIrony territory--Private Pansy is skewered with arrows that come out of Commander Hurricane's mouth; Chancellor Puddinghead's head literally turns into pudding and slides off her still living body; Smart Cookie is turned into a living cookie and crumbles under her own weight, feeling every minute of it; Clover the Clever's magic summons clovers that smother her; Princess Platinum is turned into a slab of platinum; and Commander Hurricane is left bloodied and broken.
* BreakTheHaughty: In "Metamorphosis", Private Pansy's death does this to Commander Hurricane. Chrysalis is similarly broken by her transformation into a changeling and subordinance to Discord.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Shining and Cadance have known each other since before Twilight was born, and have been in love with each other almost as long (though they didn't admit their feelings until much more recently).
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: It turns out Discord prepared for [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E2TheReturnOfHarmonyPart2 his second defeat]] by using the changelings as backup. [[spoiler:He also seems to have suspected Chrysalis betraying him, if his warning to her is to be believed]].
* DarkerAndEdgier: "Metamorphosis" compared to the rest of the series, [[WordOfGod by admission from the author]].
* DealWithTheDevil: Chrysalis' deal with Discord in "Metamorphosis"; she destroys the Energy of Friendship (the same flame that vanquished the Windigos) so Discord can enter Equestria, and Discord gives her the powers of all three pony tribes.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Chrysalis doesn't understand how Shining Armor and Cadance were able to use ThePowerOfLove to defeat her. Also, she doesn't seem to grasp why Twilight would still fight to save everyone even after they turned on her.
* ExactWords: Discord promised to give Chrysalis the powers of all three pony tribes. Chrysalis thought it meant she would become an alicorn, but [[ForTheEvulz Discord thought just turning her into an alicorn would be boring]].
* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: Chrysalis betrays her own kind to help Discord rule and gain power for herself. She is rewarded with [[BalefulPolymorph a transformation into a hideous form]], [[BreakTheHaughty stripped clean of her pride as a soldier by becoming Discord's slave]], and spending the rest of her life fearing a FateWorseThanDeath should she ever betray her new master, [[spoiler:which she does]].
* ShootTheShaggyDog: [[spoiler:"Metamorphis" shows the accomplishments of Equestria's founders being rendered meaningless by Discord's rise to power, the founders themselves dying horribly. The present events of the story also reveal that reveals that Chrysalis is alive and well after her defeat, and is already planning her next strike.]]
* StartOfDarkness: "Metamorphosis" is one for Chrysalis--she was originally one of [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E13HearthsWarmingEve Commander Hurricane's]] chief lieutenants, but [[FantasticRacism her refusal to make peace with the other tribes]] and personal thirst for power led to her being kicked out. She then made a [[DealWithTheDevil deal with Discord]] to gain great power, which he twisted to make her the first changeling and his [[TheDragon dragon]]. She and the changelings were [[SealedEvilInACan sealed with him]] when the Princesses defeated him, and then kept sealed by him upon his [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E1TheReturnOfHarmonyPart1 release]] to be set free as a backup plan in case he was defeated again. [[spoiler:Of course, Chrysalis has no intention of continuing to serve him.]]
* TheTease: Cadance is quite the one, as shown in "Honeymoon".
* VillainEpisode: "Metamorphosis"
* [[WasOnceAMan Was Once a Pony]]: The entire changeling race was an obscure fourth pony tribe called flutterponies (ponies from G1 with butterfly wings) transformed by Discord to serve as Chrysalis' army; Chrysalis herself, meanwhile, was an ordinary pegasus similarly transformed by Discord.
The first installment, "[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/24001/Post-Nuptials Post Nuptials]]", is set right at the end of the season 2 finale, "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E25ACanterlotWeddingPart1 A Canterlot]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E26ACanterlotWeddingPart2 Wedding]]"; the changelings have been defeated, and Shining Armor and Princess Cadance have wed, but the Mane Six and others are still left with the issue of the strain on their friendships. This story offers a closer look at several of the main characters' [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone feelings of guilt]] after they shun Twilight for her ultimately correct suspicions of Princess Cadance's (i.e., Queen Chrysalis') premarital behavior, picking them apart one by one and then putting them back together. It has been completed.
"Post Nuptials" is followed by a sequel, "[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/40064/Families Families]]", which is set directly after the first story. Here, Spike has been avoiding everypony and Twilight is determined to find out what's bothering him; Rainbow Dash suspects something is wrong with Scootaloo and takes her on as a little sister figure; and Pinkie Pie is forced to confront the past she abandoned long ago. It is currently in-progress.
The series has two side-stories set in the same time frame as the first story: "Metamorphosis", which focuses on Queen Chrysalis after her defeat; and "Honeymoon", which focuses on Princess Cadance and Shining Armor as they leave the reception.
Naturally, there are '''''SPOILERS''''' about for the season 2 finale.
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!!This series as a whole provides examples of:
* {{Angst}}
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Pinkie left her family on very bad terms.
* DeconstructionFic: "Post Nuptials" examines the feelings of Twilight and all the characters who turn their backs on her after she accuses the fake Princess Cadance of being evil in the season 2 finale; here, Twilight's friends are completely ashamed of their actions even after she forgives them, and have to talk with her again along with other wedding guests before they start to feel better, while Twilight [[spoiler:harbors a grudge against them despite knowing she's just as much at fault for how they treated her, and is continually haunted by her behavior]].
** "Families" deconstructs Spike's relationship with Twilight, and Scootaloo and Pinkie Pie's relationship with their parents who are perpetually absent in the show.
* [[DeityOfHumanOrigin Deity of Pony Origin]]: It seems alicorns only come into being when regular ponies of sufficient strength go through something called "the Trials".
* FantasticRacism: Spike faced a lot of it in Canterlot when he and Twilight were growing up. Queen Chrysalis also harbored these feelings against unicorns and earth ponies back when she was an ordinary pegasus.
* LikeASonToMe[=/=]ParentalSubstitute: Celestia tells Luna that she loves Twilight like her daughter; inversely, Spike confesses to the Cutie Mark Crusaders that he sees Twilight as his mother. These feelings contribute to their guilt greatly, especially Spike, who keeps avoiding Twilight in "Families" because he thinks she'd never want him as a son now.
** On a lesser note, according to Luna, neither Cadance nor any of Celestia's other "nephews and nieces" (which probably includes Blueblood) are actually related to her; it seems it's just a title she gives to ponies she's especially close to.
** Also applies to Pinkie's relationship with the Cakes.
* NightmareSequence: Princess Celestia has a nightmare in which Nightmare Moon, a changeling-turned Cadance, Queen Chrysalis, Discord, and his [[FaceHeelTurn new]] "[[TheDragon Queen of Chaos]]" Twilight taunt and accuse her of letting down her kingdom by ignoring her student.
** In "Families", Twilight is plagued with nightmares where Princess Celestia puts her to death for an unspoken crime so horrible that her friends curse her and Shining Armor, her executioner, basically tells her "[[IHaveNoSon I have no sister]]."
** Twilight later has another one in the same fic in which she is chased by hungry changelings and runs to her friends for help, but they don't believe her and leave her to be eaten alive.
** Cadance has a FlashbackNightmare of being captured by Chrysalis in "Honeymoon".
* NoNameGiven: Queen Chrysalis is only ever referred to outside of "Metamorphosis" as the Changeling Queen. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] because she didn't formally introduce herself in the episode she appeared in, giving the characters no reason to know her name.
** And then "Metamorphosis" reveals that it's not even her real name, but rather the one Discord gives her after transforming her into a changeling. Her real name is never mentioned, and he wipes all memory of it from her mind, leaving her only with the name he gave her.
* SequelHook: By the end of "Post Nuptials", Pinkie, Spike, and Scootaloo still have familial issues that need taking care of.
** "Metamorphosis" closes with Chrysalis swearing revenge on Twilight, Shining Armor, and Cadance.
!!"Post Nuptials" provides examples of:
* AdaptationExpansion: Several of the individual focus chapters are based on and include the snapshots from the reception sequence at the end of the actual episode.
* ArcWords: Of Applejack's chapter: "[[StepfordSmiler Just don't think about it]]."
* TheAtoner: [[DefiedTrope Defied]]; the rest of the Mane Six are willing to become this for hurting Twilight, but she tells them that's not necessary.
* BittersweetEnding: Twilight reconciles with the rest of the Mane Six, Princess Celestia, and Shining Armor, and their friendship is as strong as ever. However, Spike still doubts he can face Twilight, and he, Pinkie, and Scootaloo have their own unresolved familial issues, which are addressed in "Families".
* BookEnds: The first and last chapters are focused primarily on Twilight.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Most of the Canterlot ponies don't even know the Mane Six even after they stood up to Nightmare Moon and Discord, [[JustifiedTrope mainly because those threats only really popped up in Ponyville before being suppressed]]. A select few such as Soarin' and Fancypants, on the other hand, fully acknowledge them and their efforts.
* EasilyForgiven: [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]]; Twilight's calm, insistent forgiveness of her guilt-ridden friends for turning on her makes them feel even worse than before, since it reminds them of how good a friend she is. [[spoiler:Ultimately [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] towards the end when Twilight confesses she is still angry with them, which becomes the first step towards genuinely forgiving them]].
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Well, more jerks than evil, but according to Fancypants, even [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E9SweetAndElite Jet Set and Upper Crust]] find [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E26TheBestNightEver Prince Blueblood]] to be a pompous jerk.
* FixFic: The author admits feeling that the whole "Twilight getting dismissed" subplot in the season 2 finale deserved more than a simple apology from Applejack for closure.
* ForegoneConclusion: Most of Shining Armor's chapter takes place during Twilight's last-minute wedding planning, so when he says he's having cold [[WorldOfPun hooves]], readers who have seen the episode will know that he will change his mind.
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Twilight smacks Shining Armor in the face when he starts ranting about how poor of a brother, guard captain, and potential husband he's been.
* GuiltComplex: Twilight's friends feel so guilty for hurting Twilight that they question whether or not they deserve to be her friends. Each chapter focuses on them overcoming their guilt.
** Some of the Mane Six feel as though they've betrayed the Elements of Harmony they represent:
*** Rainbow Dash, the [[UndyingLoyalty Element of Loyalty]], turned her back on a close friend in favor of someone she'd just met.
*** Rarity, the [[GreaterNeedThanMine Element of Generosity]], was too self-absorbed in generating business via her wedding dresses to listen to Twilight.
*** Fluttershy, the [[FriendToAllLivingThings Element of Kindness]], coldly shunned Twilight along with everyone else.
** Celestia and Shining Armor beat themselves up over ignoring a pivotal warning from their loyal student and sister, respectively, during high alert. In fact, Shining Armor thinks he's failed as a potential husband for letting Chrysalis fool him, and even considers cancelling the wedding altogether because of it.
** [[spoiler:Twilight feels this way because she knows she had acted completely out of control when she accused Cadance of being evil, and fears what could have happened had she been wrong]].
* HandWave: Assuming the Elements of Harmony were still kept behind the same door in Canterlot Tower shown in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E1TheReturnOfHarmonyPart1 The Return of Harmony]]", which can only be opened by Princess Celestia, how would the Mane Six have opened it in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E26ACanterlotWeddingPart2 A Canterlot Wedding]]"? Well according to this fic, the Elements would have come to them on their own if they got close enough.
* HeartbreakAndIceCream: Pinkie may deny it, but Luna deduces that her cake binge during the reception is motivated by her lingering guilt.
* HeelRealization: Iron Will tells Fluttershy he started his assertiveness seminar to keep others from being bullied like he was in his youth. Since the events of "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E19PuttingYourHoofDown Putting Your Hoof Down]]", he has discovered that [[HeWhoFightsMonsters his seminar turned not only Fluttershy, but all of his customers into the same kind of bullies he tried protecting them from]].
* HeroicBSOD: All the focal characters find themselves in the middle of one by the start of the story. The whole story is about how each of them gets out of it.
* ICantDance: Rainbow Dash jokes that she's an even worse dancer than [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E9SweetAndElite Twilight]].
* JerkassRealization: Everyone who walked out on Twilight for verbally attacking Shining Armor's bride-to-be felt this way when the real Cadance stepped in. It hit Rainbow Dash particularly hard in "Post Nuptials" since she claims to have been much harder on Twilight than the others shortly after walking out on her; her guilt shows when she catches herself trying to get rid of Scootaloo while on a date with Soarin'.
** Rarity is the first of her friends to realize that, when they went to apologize to Twilight, they were so caught up in their own guilt that they neglected to consider Twilight may be feeling equally guilty for getting them mad at her in the first place. [[spoiler:She is correct]].
** [[spoiler:Twilight's aforementioned guilt spawns from her own JerkassRealization during her talk with Shining Armor, when she realizes she should have gathered evidence to confirm her suspicions of the fake Cadance, or spoken with Princess Celestia in private, instead of jumping right in with the accusations]].
* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: After Fluttershy and Iron Will stumble upon Octavia and Vinyl Scratch making out with each other in a drunken stupor while in the hedge maze:
-->'''Iron Will''': Did you see...\\
'''Fluttershy''': No.\\
'''Iron Will''': Me neither.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Essentially the whole summary.
* MyGreatestFailure: Take a guess.
** Besides her blind (yet correct) accusations, Twilight considers her behavior in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E3LessonZero Lesson Zero]]" to be this.
* NoodleIncident: There are two words explaining why alcohol was banned from Equestria for five hundred years: ''drunk Luna''.
* ObliviousGuiltSlinging: Apple Fritter's conversation with Applejack becomes this when she tells her [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E14TheLastRoundup how Twilight immediately set out to find her after she told her friends she would be leaving Ponyville]].
* ShipSinking: Rarity only dances with Fancypants in the wedding photos because they're friends. Likewise, Sweetie Belle only dances with Spike to try and cheer him up. Subverted with the snapshot of Rainbow Dash and Soarin'; they actually are on a date, and have plans for him to visit Ponyville for a proper one.
* SimultaneousArcs: Aside from the first, last, and Shining Armor chapters, all of the story happens during the postnuptial dance party (we actually get a sneak peek of Spike's chapter in Pinkie's because of this).
* TearsOfRemorse: Quite abundant.
* WhatTheHellHero: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]; everypony fully expects Twilight to tear into them with this trope for how they treated her, yet she instead calmly rationalizes their actions and tells them she has forgiven them. [[spoiler:[[DoubleSubversion Subverted again]] on the train ride home when she ''does'' call her friends out, but it's more out of anger with herself for feeling this way]].
** {{Played straight}} with Twilight to Shining Armor after he decides to cancel the wedding.
!!"Families" provides examples of:
* AbusiveParents: Scootaloo's. Though unusually for this trope in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', there's no physical abuse seen; just a lot of both parents messing with Scootaloo's head, which is bad enough.
* ImagineSpot: As a RunningGag, ordinary scenes suddenly turn bizarre, followed by somepony telling Pinkie to knock it off.
* NeverLiveItDown: InUniverse; Shining Armor's started calling his sister "[[AffectionateNickname Twiley]]" when he caught her using BabyTalk with an infant Spike, right after ''she'' scolded ''him'' for treating Spike like a baby.
* ShipperOnDeck: Pinkie seems to think that Applejack has an unrequited crush on Twilight.
* TranquilFury: Celestia, when she learns of tabloids accusing her of brainwashing Twilight into being her "loyal attack dog" following her absence from Shining Armor's first wedding and sudden appearance in the second.
-->'''Celestia:''' [[ThisIsUnforgivable How...could they...]]
!!Side-stories provide examples of:
* BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil: It hasn't been properly explained, but Discord comments during his first meeting with Chrysalis that he's arrived to take the Windigos' place.
* BodyHorror[=/=]CruelAndUnusualDeath: The ways in which Discord kills [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E13HearthsWarmingEve Equestria's founders]] as shown in "Metamorphosis", most of which fall into DeathByIrony territory--Private Pansy is skewered with arrows that come out of Commander Hurricane's mouth; Chancellor Puddinghead's head literally turns into pudding and slides off her still living body; Smart Cookie is turned into a living cookie and crumbles under her own weight, feeling every minute of it; Clover the Clever's magic summons clovers that smother her; Princess Platinum is turned into a slab of platinum; and Commander Hurricane is left bloodied and broken.
* BreakTheHaughty: In "Metamorphosis", Private Pansy's death does this to Commander Hurricane. Chrysalis is similarly broken by her transformation into a changeling and subordinance to Discord.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Shining and Cadance have known each other since before Twilight was born, and have been in love with each other almost as long (though they didn't admit their feelings until much more recently).
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: It turns out Discord prepared for [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E2TheReturnOfHarmonyPart2 his second defeat]] by using the changelings as backup. [[spoiler:He also seems to have suspected Chrysalis betraying him, if his warning to her is to be believed]].
* DarkerAndEdgier: "Metamorphosis" compared to the rest of the series, [[WordOfGod by admission from the author]].
* DealWithTheDevil: Chrysalis' deal with Discord in "Metamorphosis"; she destroys the Energy of Friendship (the same flame that vanquished the Windigos) so Discord can enter Equestria, and Discord gives her the powers of all three pony tribes.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Chrysalis doesn't understand how Shining Armor and Cadance were able to use ThePowerOfLove to defeat her. Also, she doesn't seem to grasp why Twilight would still fight to save everyone even after they turned on her.
* ExactWords: Discord promised to give Chrysalis the powers of all three pony tribes. Chrysalis thought it meant she would become an alicorn, but [[ForTheEvulz Discord thought just turning her into an alicorn would be boring]].
* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: Chrysalis betrays her own kind to help Discord rule and gain power for herself. She is rewarded with [[BalefulPolymorph a transformation into a hideous form]], [[BreakTheHaughty stripped clean of her pride as a soldier by becoming Discord's slave]], and spending the rest of her life fearing a FateWorseThanDeath should she ever betray her new master, [[spoiler:which she does]].
* ShootTheShaggyDog: [[spoiler:"Metamorphis" shows the accomplishments of Equestria's founders being rendered meaningless by Discord's rise to power, the founders themselves dying horribly. The present events of the story also reveal that reveals that Chrysalis is alive and well after her defeat, and is already planning her next strike.]]
* StartOfDarkness: "Metamorphosis" is one for Chrysalis--she was originally one of [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E13HearthsWarmingEve Commander Hurricane's]] chief lieutenants, but [[FantasticRacism her refusal to make peace with the other tribes]] and personal thirst for power led to her being kicked out. She then made a [[DealWithTheDevil deal with Discord]] to gain great power, which he twisted to make her the first changeling and his [[TheDragon dragon]]. She and the changelings were [[SealedEvilInACan sealed with him]] when the Princesses defeated him, and then kept sealed by him upon his [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E1TheReturnOfHarmonyPart1 release]] to be set free as a backup plan in case he was defeated again. [[spoiler:Of course, Chrysalis has no intention of continuing to serve him.]]
* TheTease: Cadance is quite the one, as shown in "Honeymoon".
* VillainEpisode: "Metamorphosis"
* [[WasOnceAMan Was Once a Pony]]: The entire changeling race was an obscure fourth pony tribe called flutterponies (ponies from G1 with butterfly wings) transformed by Discord to serve as Chrysalis' army; Chrysalis herself, meanwhile, was an ordinary pegasus similarly transformed by Discord.
