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* DeadpanSnarker: Twilight's abilities in this field are referenced when Radiance and Corbie are playing pirates, and she is the [[ThreateningShark Snarkle Sharkle]].
-->'''First Mate Rad:''' Sharkles don’t talk!
-->'''The Snarkle Sharkle:''' This one does, I’m the Snarkle Sharkle. That implies a certain level of SesquipedalianLoquaciousness.
-->'''First Mate Rad:''' Sharkles don’t talk!
-->'''The Snarkle Sharkle:''' This one does, I’m the Snarkle Sharkle. That implies a certain level of SesquipedalianLoquaciousness.
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* DeadpanSnarker: DeadpanSnarker:
** Twilight's abilities in this field are referenced when Radiance and Corbie are playing pirates, and she is the [[ThreateningShark Snarkle Sharkle]].
-->'''First --->'''First Mate Rad:''' Sharkles don’t talk!
-->'''Thedon't talk!\\
'''The Snarkle Sharkle:''' This one does,I’m I'm the Snarkle Sharkle. That implies a certain level of SesquipedalianLoquaciousness.
** Twilight's abilities in this field are referenced when Radiance and Corbie are playing pirates, and she is the [[ThreateningShark Snarkle Sharkle]].
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'''The Snarkle Sharkle:''' This one does,
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* OhCrap: Twilight has a somewhat subdued one upon realising she's not getting any more help with Nuance.
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** Twilight has a somewhat subdued one upon realising she's not getting any more help with Nuance.
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** Twilight has a somewhat subdued one upon realising she's not getting any more help with Nuance.
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* AlmostKiss: Twilight finds herself very close to Seville, and he smells so very sexy[[note]]To a penophile. Rare inks.[[/note]], and they're in the perfect position for a kiss. Cue Spike!
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* AlmostKiss: Twilight finds herself very close to Seville, and he smells so very sexy[[note]]To a penophile. Rare inks.[[/note]], and they're in the perfect position for a kiss. [[MomentKiller Cue Spike!Spike]]!
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* BadassBookworm: The reason Gosling can't ask Cadance and Shining Armor to foalsit for Nuance is that he picked a fight with Skyla, and, to everyone's surprise, [[BewareTheQuietOnes he got utterly thrashed]].
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* BadassBookworm: The reason Gosling can't ask Cadance and Shining Armor to foalsit for Nuance is that he picked a fight with Skyla, and, to everyone's surprise, [[BewareTheQuietOnes he got got]] [[CurbStompBattle utterly thrashed]].
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* BigBrotherBully: Despite not being any older, Radiance bullies Nuance in the honest belief that if Nuance is properly punished then he won't act out and bully Corbie.[[note]]Radiance is wrong, but isn't yet able to recognise the deeper causes of Nuance's behaviour. As Fluttershy later discerns, Radiance picked up the "solution" from being surrounded by soldiers.[[/note]]
* BigBrotherInstinct: Radiance hates Nuance because he makes Corbie cry. Unfortunately, when Radiance beats up Nuance for making Corbie cry, that also makes Corbie cry.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Radiance hates Nuance because he makes Corbie cry. Unfortunately, when Radiance beats up Nuance for making Corbie cry, that also makes Corbie cry.
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* BigBrotherBully: Despite not being any older, older due to them being triplets, Radiance bullies Nuance in the honest belief that if Nuance is properly punished then he won't act out and bully Corbie.[[note]]Radiance is wrong, but isn't yet able to recognise the deeper causes of Nuance's behaviour. As Fluttershy later discerns, Radiance picked up the "solution" from being surrounded by soldiers.[[/note]]
* BigBrotherInstinct: Deconstructed. Radiance hates Nuance because he makes Corbiecry. Unfortunately, cry, but his methods in dealing with Nuance are treated as serious, and he [[spoiler:because his violent methods were picked up from hanging around Royal Guards, so [[BigBrotherBully he ends up looking no better than Nuance himself]]. And when Radiance beats up Nuance for making Corbie cry, that also ''also'' makes Corbie cry.cry]].
* BigBrotherInstinct: Deconstructed. Radiance hates Nuance because he makes Corbie
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* BreadEggsMilkSquick: Sumac's outlets: Archery, long-distance running and getting into the worst sort of trouble imaginable with Vinyl Scratch.
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* BreadEggsMilkSquick: Sumac's outlets: Archery, long-distance running running, and getting into the worst sort of trouble imaginable with Vinyl Scratch.
* CurbStompBattle: [[BullyingADragon The last time Nuance picked on Skyla]], he got utterly thrashed.
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* DatingWhatDaddyHates: PlayedWith, Seville fears his parents' reaction to his relationship with Twilight not because they'll disapprove of her, but because she's much further up in the feudal system that they're still part of.
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* DatingWhatDaddyHates: PlayedWith, PlayedWith; Seville fears his parents' reaction to his relationship with Twilight not because they'll disapprove of her, but because she's much further up in the feudal system that they're still part of.
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:: : The dark side of this trope is later hinted at by Pebble's excessive response to the BurgerFool gently teasing Twilight.
* DishingOutDirt: Pebble uses it to communicate her displeasure with Nuance's arrival.
* DishingOutDirt: Pebble uses it to communicate her displeasure with Nuance's arrival.
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* DrillSergeantNasty: Twilight eventually gets Radiance's cooperation by acting like this, due to his military ambitions, but she doesn't like doing it and knows it must be a temporary measure.
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* TheDreaded: Nuance is such a brat that even mentioning his name in earshot makes almost every potential babysitter gallop far, far away. Even Pebble [[OffScreenTeleportation jaunts]] [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere herself and Sumac out of Twilight's castle]] ''the moment'' she realizes that Nuance really is staying over.
* DrillSergeantNasty:Twilight [[spoiler:Twilight eventually gets Radiance's cooperation by acting like this, due to his military ambitions, but she doesn't like doing it and knows it must be a temporary measure.measure]].
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* ImmortalitySeeker:
** Blueblood and Shining Armor avert it by refusing to become alicorns, due to wanting to show the world that unicorns can make a difference in everything. Twilight wishes they could both change their minds, though.
** Gosling, on the hand, accepted becoming an alicorn because he wanted to prove to prove his own worth as a pegasus and that hard work is rewarding. This results in him becoming the Alicorn Prince of Happiness.
** Blueblood and Shining Armor avert it by refusing to become alicorns, due to wanting to show the world that unicorns can make a difference in everything. Twilight wishes they could both change their minds, though.
** Gosling, on the hand, accepted becoming an alicorn because he wanted to prove to prove his own worth as a pegasus and that hard work is rewarding. This results in him becoming the Alicorn Prince of Happiness.
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-->'''Spike:''' Twilight, what do we do?
-->'''Twilight:''' Same thing we always do, Spike. I boldly go into the face of danger, ignorant and oblivious to the peril ahead, and you do your best to keep me from having a nervous breakdown while I go in further and further over my own head.
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-->'''Twilight:''' Same thing we always do, Spike. I boldly go into the face of danger, ignorant and oblivious to the peril ahead, and you do your best to keep me from having a nervous breakdown while I go in further and further over my own head.
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-->'''Spike:''' Twilight, what do we do?
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'''Twilight:''' Same thing we always do, Spike. I boldly go into the face of danger, ignorant and oblivious to the peril ahead, and you do your best to keep me from having a nervous breakdown while I go in further and further over my own head.
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-->'''Twilight:'''
'''Twilight:''' Same thing we always do, Spike. I boldly go into the face of danger, ignorant and oblivious to the peril ahead, and you do your best to keep me from having a nervous breakdown while I go in further and further over my own head.
* ParentsAsPeople: Celestia, Luna, and Gosling all want to be there for their children, but their royal duties constantly keep them away from home, leaving Radiance, Corbie, and Nuance with loads of issues by the time they arrive at Twilight's castle.
* PhysicalGod: Happened off-screen unfortunately, but apparently Gosling had ascended into the Alicorn of Happiness. [[CompleteImmortality As long as happiness and joy remains in Equestria, so does he]].
* PhysicalGod: Happened off-screen unfortunately, but apparently Gosling had ascended into the Alicorn of Happiness. [[CompleteImmortality As long as happiness and joy remains in Equestria, so does he]].
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* {{Seers}}: [[spoiler:An effect of Twilight's bond with the Ink is that she's become this. In chapter 19 she slips into a brief trance, forseeing many possible futures from a nexus that's really close. She comes out of it to see Seville approaching her]].
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* {{Seers}}: [[spoiler:An effect of Twilight's bond with the Ink is that she's become this. In chapter 19 19, she slips into a brief trance, forseeing foreseeing many possible futures from a nexus that's really close. She comes out of it to see Seville approaching her]].
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* ThanatosGambit: Twilight realises that the execution of this in FanFic/{{Ink}} [[spoiler:by the Nameless One was one to (as well as ensure the survival of magic) give her the experience needed to keep up with the game of Xanatos Speed Chess that is the war against Grogar and the Things Beyond the Stars]].
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* ThanatosGambit: Twilight realises that the execution of this in FanFic/{{Ink}} [[spoiler:by the Nameless One was one to (as well as ensure the survival of magic) give her the experience needed to keep up with the game of Xanatos Speed Chess XanatosSpeedChess that is the war against Grogar and the Things Beyond the Stars]].
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* WeNeedADistraction: [[spoiler:Pebble's talk with Pebble turns out to be this, getting Twilight out of the room so Sumac and Spike can steal the Perspective Shift Stick]].
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* WeNeedADistraction: [[spoiler:Pebble's talk with Pebble Corbie turns out to be this, getting Twilight out of the room so Sumac and Spike can steal the Perspective Shift Stick]].
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* EtTuBrute: PlayedForLaughs after Starlight's departure. Later, ''not'' played for laughs when [[spoiler:Spike reveals his part in Sumac's scheme, giving Pebble and Sumac access to the Perspective Shift Stick. She later decides he did the right thing, but won't tell him because he needs to make decisions on his own, rather than depending on her approval.]].
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* EtTuBrute: PlayedForLaughs after Starlight's departure. Later, ''not'' played for laughs when [[spoiler:Spike reveals his part in Sumac's scheme, giving Pebble and Sumac access to the Perspective Shift Stick. She Twilight later decides he did the right thing, but won't tell him because he needs to make decisions on his own, rather than depending on her approval.]].
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* TheManBehindTheMan: {{Downplayed}}, we find out almost immediately after the plan's implementation, but the plan employed by [[spoiler:Pebble to use the Perspective Shift Stick on the Royal Brood was originally concocted by Sumac, who was guided by his new Alicorn instincts and his experience with Twilight in the ]].
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* TheManBehindTheMan: {{Downplayed}}, we find out almost immediately after the plan's implementation, but the plan employed by [[spoiler:Pebble to use the Perspective Shift Stick on the Royal Brood was originally concocted by Sumac, who was guided by his new Alicorn instincts and his experience with Twilight in the ]].Library of Souls]].
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* AgreeToDisagree: [[spoiler:Twilight won't tell Spike that she approves of what he did because he needs to learn it's ok to disagree with her]].
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* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler:The Perspective Shift Stick is mentioned early on as part of the barrage of Noodle Incidents that often occurs whenVinyl and Sumac's experiments are mentioned, but is later used by Pebble on the Royal Brood]].
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* ChekhovsGun: ChekhovsGag: [[spoiler:The Perspective Shift Stick is mentioned early on as part of the barrage of Noodle Incidents that often occurs whenVinyl and Sumac's experiments are mentioned, but is later used by Pebble on the Royal Brood]].
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* EtTuBrute: PlayedForLaughs after Starlight's departure. Later, ''not'' played for laughs when [[spoiler:Spike reveals his part in Sumac's scheme, giving Pebble and Sumac access to the Perspective Shift Stick]].
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* EtTuBrute: PlayedForLaughs after Starlight's departure. Later, ''not'' played for laughs when [[spoiler:Spike reveals his part in Sumac's scheme, giving Pebble and Sumac access to the Perspective Shift Stick]].Stick. She later decides he did the right thing, but won't tell him because he needs to make decisions on his own, rather than depending on her approval.]].
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* TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: Twilight theorises that Sumac's actions at the end of FanFic/{{Ink}} were [[spoiler:the result of his newly-acquired alicorn protective instincts kicking in]], and incidents with Gosling are mentioned for similar reasons.
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* TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: Twilight theorises that Sumac's actions at the end of FanFic/{{Ink}} were [[spoiler:the result of his newly-acquired alicorn protective instincts kicking in]], and incidents with Gosling are mentioned for similar reasons. [[spoiler:Whether she's right about it or not, the instincts ''are'' responsible for his actions in this story]].
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* RuleOfThree: Corbie ends up interrupting Twilight's sleep three times.
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* BadFuture: [[spoiler:Twilight, using the Ink]], gets a couple of brief visions about the future, and believes one to be this due to the close proximity of two highly unstable ponies ([[spoiler:Dim Dark and Nuance, due to Nuance courting Quiet Dark, Dim's daughter]]). Fortunately, the other is a clear [[InvertedTrope Inversion]].
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* BreadEggsMilkSquick: Sumac's outlets: Archery, long-distance running and getting into the worst sort of trouble imaginable with Vinyl Scratch.
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* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler:The Perspective Shift Stick is mentioned early on as part of the barrage of Noodle Incidents that often occurs whenVinyl and Sumac's experiments are mentioned, but is later used by Pebble on the Royal Brood]].
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* EtTuBrute: PlayedForLaughs after Starlight's departure. Later, ''not'' played for laughs when [[spoiler:Spike reveals his part in Sumac's scheme, giving Pebble and Sumac access to the Perspective Shift Stick]].
* ExpositionBeam: The Perspective Shift Stick functions as this between the affected participants. [[spoiler:Pebble uses it to teach all the Royal Brood important lessons, showing Radiance that Nuance isn't faking it, showing Nuance how much he's hurting Corbie, and showing them all that someone who barely knows them cares. She also gains perspective on all of them]].
* ExpositionBeam: The Perspective Shift Stick functions as this between the affected participants. [[spoiler:Pebble uses it to teach all the Royal Brood important lessons, showing Radiance that Nuance isn't faking it, showing Nuance how much he's hurting Corbie, and showing them all that someone who barely knows them cares. She also gains perspective on all of them]].
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* TheManBehindTheMan: {{Downplayed}}, we find out almost immediately after the plan's implementation, but the plan employed by [[spoiler:Pebble to use the Perspective Shift Stick on the Royal Brood was originally concocted by Sumac, who was guided by his new Alicorn instincts and his experience with Twilight in the ]].
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* StealthPun: After Twilight gets (justifiably) furious, a small box of feces appears in the Lost and Found in Discord's realm. [[spoiler:She lost her shit]].
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* TemptingFate: Twilight's thoughts after the relatively successful trip (even if it didn't go to plan) are that the storms has blown over. Nope.
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* WeNeedADistraction: [[spoiler:Pebble's talk with Pebble turns out to be this, getting Twilight out of the room so Sumac and Spike can steal the Perspective Shift Stick]].
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* DatingWhatDaddyHates: PlayedWith, Seville fears his parents' reaction to his relationship with Twilight not because they'll disapprove of her, but because she's much further up in the feudal system that they're still part of.
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* MedievalStasis: {{Downplayed}}. Some portions of Equestria, not many, but some, retain the feudal system. Seville's parents are serfs for wealthier Oranges and happy with their lot, so much so that even with the opportunities he can offer them with his position, they won't take any of it.
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* WantsAPrizeForBasicDecency: {{Downplayed}} and {{Discussed}}. Corbie wants an ice-cream for being good, an attitude that bothers Twilight. Corbie learned this off her father, who describes diplomacy as the "art of rewarding ponies for doing good". Twilight's attempt to turn this back on Corbie by engaging in a negotiation doesn't work as well as she hoped, although they arrive at an acceptable compromise.
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* ThePlan: A trope that Twilight comes to appreciate during the course of the story. In at least one case, her narrated epiphany on the theme is immediately followed by [[SpannerInTheWorks Rainbow Dash]].
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* RequiredSecondaryPowers: Rainbow has been granted SuperSpeed by the Druid's Grove, and she exploits this trope to [[MundaneUtility survive doing tricks]] that tend to shatter spines (though she still gets a sore back for several days afterwards).
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* ThanatosGambit: Twilight realises that the execution of this in FanFic/{{Ink}} [[spoiler:by the Nameless One was one to (as well as ensure the survival of magic) give her the experience needed to keep up with the game of Xanatos Speed Chess that is the war against Grogar and the Things Beyond the Stars]].
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* UnspokenPlanGuarantee: In chapter 20, we get a detailed itinerary of the day as written by Twilight Sparkle. It lasts about as long as it takes them to step outside the door due to Rainbow Dash having (unspoken) plans of her own.
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* BrutalHonesty: A trait that Pebble both possesses and values in others, because if someone's willing to lie that you [[WeightWoe aren't fat]], how can you be certain when they say they love you?
* CourtlyLove: Seville uses the motifs to appeal to Twilight's sensibilities, WordOfGod is that he was advised by her sister-in-law and brother.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Twilight's abilities in this field are referenced when Radiance and Corbie are playing pirates, and she is the [[ThreateningShark Snarkle Sharkle]]. The dark side of this trope is hinted at by Pebble's excessive response to the BurgerFool gently teasing Twilight.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Twilight's abilities in this field are referenced when Radiance and Corbie are playing pirates, and she is the [[ThreateningShark Snarkle Sharkle]]. The dark side of this trope is hinted at by Pebble's excessive response to the BurgerFool gently teasing Twilight.
:: : The dark side of this trope is later hinted at by Pebble's excessive response to the BurgerFool gently teasing Twilight.
* MomentKiller: Actively {{Defied}} by several characters to keep Rainbow Dash's [[ShipperOnDeck enthusiasm]] from disrupting a moment between Twilight and Seville.
:: : Twilight has another upon realising that Pebble has absconded with Corbie. By the time she finds them, they're well ensconced (by Pebble's design) and she can't interfere with their talk.
* {{Seers}}: [[spoiler:An effect of Twilight's bond with the Ink is that she's become this. In chapter 19 she slips into a brief trance, forseeing many possible futures from a nexus that's really close. She comes out of it to see Seville approaching her]].
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* WillTheyOrWontThey: Twilight and Seville spend much of the story in this.
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* WillTheyOrWontThey: Twilight and Seville spend much of the story in this. [[spoiler:In the end, after no small amount of encouragement, they do]].
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* BigEater: According to the BurgerFool who takes the order, Princess Twilight is one. Corbie is also one, due to pegasus metabolism.
* BurgerFool: One of them tries sassing Princess Twilight Sparkle, and isn't too bothered about her threats until Pebble becomes involved.
* CallBack: While discussing promises, Pinkie Pie references her actions in FanFic/PrincessTwilightSparkleAndTheQuesadillaConquest.
* CallBack: While discussing promises, Pinkie Pie references her actions in FanFic/PrincessTwilightSparkleAndTheQuesadillaConquest.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Twilight's abilities in this field are referenced when Radiance and Corbie are playing pirates, and she is the [[ThreateningShark Snarkle Sharkle]].
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* DeadpanSnarker: Twilight's abilities in this field are referenced when Radiance and Corbie are playing pirates, and she is the [[ThreateningShark Snarkle Sharkle]]. The dark side of this trope is hinted at by Pebble's excessive response to the BurgerFool gently teasing Twilight.
* FrequentlyBrokenUnbreakableVow: [[spoiler:Celestia, Luna and Gosling frequently promise to spend more time with their foals, but their job intervenes, and the regularity with which those promises are broken has contributed to the damage suffered by the royal brood]].
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* IDidWhatIHadToDo: How Twilight feels about her and Sumac's actions in the end of FanFic/{{Ink}}, [[spoiler:even though they were directly opposed, neither wanting to let the other take The Slow Path back, despite one of them having to]].
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* IDidWhatIHadToDo: How Twilight feels about both her and Sumac's actions in the end of FanFic/{{Ink}}, [[spoiler:even though they were directly opposed, neither wanting to let the other take The Slow Path back, despite one of them having to]].to]].
* IllTakeTwoBeersToo: A variant, where, upon ordering sixty hayburgers, Twilight Sparkle gets asked what her friends are ordering. When she protests, the BurgerFool on duty says he's seen her when it's just her and Spike (whom she apparently usually blames), rather than the small army[[note]]"a small mob of hungry earth ponies, two adolescent foals with bottomless stomachs, a manticore spawn that is an aggressive eater, a dragon, and at least a dozen guards who insisted on coming inside"[[/note]] she currently has accompanying her.
* IllTakeTwoBeersToo: A variant, where, upon ordering sixty hayburgers, Twilight Sparkle gets asked what her friends are ordering. When she protests, the BurgerFool on duty says he's seen her when it's just her and Spike (whom she apparently usually blames), rather than the small army[[note]]"a small mob of hungry earth ponies, two adolescent foals with bottomless stomachs, a manticore spawn that is an aggressive eater, a dragon, and at least a dozen guards who insisted on coming inside"[[/note]] she currently has accompanying her.
* {{Polyamory}}: Pebble has no problems whatsoever sharing Sumac with Megara.
* ReallyGetsAround: Rainbow's tendencies are referenced by way of DoubleEntendre.
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* ShipperOnDeck: If Pinkie's reminisces are to be trusted, Cloudy Quartz has previously attempted Tarnish[=/=]Limestone. Spike also helps Seville with Twilight as part of "protecting his own better interests"[[note]]He knows that Twilight has outgrown being his playmate, so he's after the next best thing[[/note]]. Corbie is also interested in the ship, and is much less subtle about it.
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* ShipperOnDeck: If Pinkie's reminisces are to be trusted, Cloudy Quartz has previously attempted Tarnish[=/=]Limestone. Spike also helps Seville with Twilight as part of "protecting his own better interests"[[note]]He knows that Twilight has outgrown being his playmate, so he's after the next best thing[[/note]]. Corbie is also interested in the ship, and is much less subtle about it. After her efforts during the hayburger meal, Twilight suspects Rainbow Dash's hoof. [[spoiler:When Rainbow is called on it, she claims it was Sumac's idea]].
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* WeWouldHaveToldYouBut: Twilight is not informed of just what is going on with the Royal Foals in the hopes that her unbiased view will help get it fixed.
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* OlderThanTheyLook: Fluttershy has apparently aged extremely gracefully, so much so that Spike suspects Discord's meddling.
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* ThatLiarLies: Seville bluntly calls out Nuance's lies as part of the treatment plan suggested by Cadance.
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* {{Druid}}: Dundee Donkey is one, and he maintains a botanical garden in Ponyville as part of his desire to bring the beauty of nature to city-dwellers. [[spoiler:Tarnish's assistance and the choice of site wasn't a coincidence, though. The garden is a source of power the Druids can use to protect Ponyville if the need arises]].
* DuctTapeForEverything: Pebble reckons that completely mummifying Sly Pie in duct tape might hold him for up to five minutes, and that he'll be hairless upon his escape. Rarity does not approve of the proposed experiment.
* DuctTapeForEverything: Pebble reckons that completely mummifying Sly Pie in duct tape might hold him for up to five minutes, and that he'll be hairless upon his escape. Rarity does not approve of the proposed experiment.
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* StuffBlowingUp: Trixie's predilection for this is noted in the narration while Twilight Sparkle is musing on the possibilities of making things go away. Also the result of her latest rocketry experiment[[note]]The result of temperature drop at the mesosphere making the metal brittle[[/note]].
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* ThinkUnsexyThoughts: GenderFlipped, when Twilight's earth pony aspects are awoken by the botanical gardens, she finds herself in need of a cold shower.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Fluttershy, after [[spoiler:Nuance is attacked by Radiance]], terrifies everyone when she declares her intent to deal with the culprit, to the point where no-one wants to be the one to calm her down.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: BewareTheQuietOnes[=/=]BewareTheNiceOnes: Fluttershy, after [[spoiler:Nuance is attacked by Radiance]], terrifies everyone when she declares her intent to deal with the culprit, to the point where no-one wants to be the one to calm her down.down. Spike also describes Fluttershy as "the scariest pony I know".
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* ConflictingLoyalties: When asked by Seville, Spike describes this as Rainbow Dash's problem, in that while she's trying to be loyal to everyone, she can't be really loyal to anyone.
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* MessyHair: Rarity spends a while trying to control Megara's mohawk, having made it her (thus far futile) mission to do so.
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* WillTheyOrWontThey: Twilight and Seville spend much of the story in this.
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* DrillSergeantNasty: Twilight eventually gets Radiance's cooperation by acting like this, due to his military ambitions, but she doesn't like doing it and knows it must be a temporary measure.
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* [[{{Facepalm}} Facehoof]]: Three of them (two synchronised!) after Rainbow Dash's EpicFail at playing Teddy Bear's Picnic.
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* PrimalScene: Corbie has ignored "mommy wants time" in the past. When she brings it up at breakfast, she's horribly confused by everyone else's reaction.
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* ShipperOnDeck: If Pinkie's reminisces are to be trusted, Cloudy Quartz has previously attempted Tarnish[=/=]Limestone.
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* ShipperOnDeck: If Pinkie's reminisces are to be trusted, Cloudy Quartz has previously attempted Tarnish[=/=]Limestone. Spike also helps Seville with Twilight as part of "protecting his own better interests"[[note]]He knows that Twilight has outgrown being his playmate, so he's after the next best thing[[/note]]. Corbie is also interested in the ship, and is much less subtle about it.
* SiblingsWanted: A variant, in that Spike is interested in Twilight's potential foals as playmates because [[ProportionalAging when she outgrew being such, he did not]].
* SiblingsWanted: A variant, in that Spike is interested in Twilight's potential foals as playmates because [[ProportionalAging when she outgrew being such, he did not]].
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* TimeDissonance: Spike, as a dragon, has had to watch his playmate grow up when he didn't. Dragons in general find the pace of change that ponies deal with hard to handle, as they live so long.
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* WoundedGazelleGambit: After Twilight makes him miss the sunrise as a punishment for beating his brother, Nuance claims he'll starve himself to death to get her punished. No-one really takes the threat seriously.
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* ComfortFood: After a very trying day, Corbie pigs out on ice-cream with Spike.
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* ComfortFood: After a very trying day, Corbie pigs out on ice-cream with Spike. [[VomitIndiscretionShot This later has predictable consequences]].
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* SilkHidingSteel: Twilight is forcibly reminded of Rarity's use of this trope when she asks her about her day in Canterlot, a city currently under siege by the rats, and is calmly told that Rarity needed to help "clean up her store front" after the Underwatch harpooned a particularly nasty specimen.
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* VomitIndiscretionShot: The result of Corbie eating far too much ice-cream is a interruption to Twilight's sleep in which she learns that she is faster than the speed of vomit.
* WeakenedByTheLight: Apparently {{Exploited}} by the Underwatch to take down particularly dangerous monsters.
* WeakenedByTheLight: Apparently {{Exploited}} by the Underwatch to take down particularly dangerous monsters.
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* BigBrotherBully: Despite not being any older, Radiance bullies Nuance in the honest belief that if Nuance is properly punished then he won't act out and bully Corbie.[[note]]Radiance is wrong, but isn't yet able to recognise the deeper causes of Nuance's behaviour. WordOfGod is that Radiance picked up the "solution" from being surrounded by soldiers.[[/note]]
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* BigBrotherBully: Despite not being any older, Radiance bullies Nuance in the honest belief that if Nuance is properly punished then he won't act out and bully Corbie.[[note]]Radiance is wrong, but isn't yet able to recognise the deeper causes of Nuance's behaviour. WordOfGod is that As Fluttershy later discerns, Radiance picked up the "solution" from being surrounded by soldiers.[[/note]]
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* ComfortFood: After a very trying day, Corbie pigs out on ice-cream with Spike.
* CuddleBug: A not-uncommon trait amongst pegasi, and all the pegasi in focus during the story (Corbie, Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash) have moments of it.
* CuddleBug: A not-uncommon trait amongst pegasi, and all the pegasi in focus during the story (Corbie, Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash) have moments of it.
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* FunWithAcronyms: '''C'''arnivores '''H'''elping '''O'''ther '''M'''agnificent '''P'''redators.
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* IDidWhatIHadToDo: How Twilight feels about her and Sumac's actions in the end of FanFic/{{Ink}}, [[spoiler:even though they were directly opposed, neither wanting to let the other take The Slow Path back, despite one of them having to]].
* ImStandingRightHere: Sumac is in the room when Twilight and Applejack are discussing [[spoiler: his attempt to injure Twilight to keep her from having to take The Slow Path]] at the end of FanFic/{{Ink}}. Twilight supports his actions, but Applejack does not.
* INeedAFreakingDrink: Trixie's response to Twilight's retelling of FanFic/{{Ink}}.
* ImStandingRightHere: Sumac is in the room when Twilight and Applejack are discussing [[spoiler: his attempt to injure Twilight to keep her from having to take The Slow Path]] at the end of FanFic/{{Ink}}. Twilight supports his actions, but Applejack does not.
* INeedAFreakingDrink: Trixie's response to Twilight's retelling of FanFic/{{Ink}}.
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* JawDrop: This trope is the extent of Twilight's response to Rainbow Dash's question at the end of her story: [[spoiler:Twilight, are you okay]]? Fortunately, this is a useful answer.
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* MasterOfNone: Pebble doesn't want to become an alicorn because it would force her to split her attention between her different skill-sets, rather than specialising in being a stone pony.
* TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: Twilight theorises that Sumac's actions at the end of FanFic/{{Ink}} were [[spoiler:the result of his newly-acquired alicorn protective instincts kicking in]], and incidents with Gosling are mentioned for similar reasons.
* TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: Twilight theorises that Sumac's actions at the end of FanFic/{{Ink}} were [[spoiler:the result of his newly-acquired alicorn protective instincts kicking in]], and incidents with Gosling are mentioned for similar reasons.
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* FatherIWantToMarryMyBrother: When asked who she wants to marry, Corbie answers that she wants to marry her Daddy.
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* LikeParentLikeSpouse: {{Discussed}} when Corbie is asked who she wants to marry.
* LittleBrotherIsWatching: Twilight doesn't want guards around her school for this reason, [[spoiler:and living in a military base is what's skewed Radiance's views so badly]].
* LittleBrotherIsWatching: Twilight doesn't want guards around her school for this reason, [[spoiler:and living in a military base is what's skewed Radiance's views so badly]].
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* PrecociousCrush: Nuance has his heart set on marrying Rarity.
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* SoapPunishment: Referenced by Applejack after she swears in front of Corbie.
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* TimeAbyss: [[spoiler:Twilight Sparkle has forgotten how old she is, but it's in the multiple millennia]].
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Fluttershy, after [[spoiler:Nuance is attacked by Radiance]], terrifies everyone when she declares her intent to deal with the culprit, to the point where no-one wants to be the one to calm her down.
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* FantasticRacism: Nuance is deeply tribalist, which does him no favours when he needs Nurse Redheart's help.
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* IneptMage: As previously established, Nuance is not a capable spellcaster. A fire-spell intended to set a nurse ablaze merely causes a little smouldering.
* ItsAllMyFault: Twilight blames herself for just how catastrophically everything fails when she's looking after the Royal Brood, even though she logically knows the problems were there long before they set hoof in her castle.
* ItsAllMyFault: Twilight blames herself for just how catastrophically everything fails when she's looking after the Royal Brood, even though she logically knows the problems were there long before they set hoof in her castle.
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* TranquilFury: Fluttershy, after [[spoiler:Radiance beats Nuance]].
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* AlmostKiss: Twilight finds herself very close to Seville, and he smells so very sexy[[note]]To a penophile. Rare inks.[[/note]], and they're in the perfect position for a kiss. Cue Spike!
* BigBrotherBully: Despite not being any older, Radiance bullies Nuance in the honest belief that if Nuance is properly punished then he won't act out and bully Corbie.[[note]]Radiance is wrong, but isn't yet able to recognise the deeper causes of Nuance's behaviour. WordOfGod is that Radiance picked up the "solution" from being surrounded by soldiers.[[/note]]
* ComesGreatResponsibility: Twilight is very tempted [[spoiler: to abuse the Ink, specifically the ability to read and rewrite people's histories,]] to solve the relationship problems around her (her own needed revelations to her friends, and the problems in the Royal Brood), but doing so could have catastrophic consequences, so she resolves to not do so.
* TheCutie: Corbie, in contrast to her brothers.
* TheCutie: Corbie, in contrast to her brothers.
* DistractedByTheSexy: Twilight, when trying to fix Seville's posture, becomes distracted by the fact he smells like very posh ink.[[note]]This does count, as noted in FanFic/{{Ink}} and reiterated here, Twilight (and Seville, for that matter), is a penophile and a papyrophile, and it leads into an AlmostKiss.[[/note]]
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Pebble's response to the news that Nuance is coming to visit is to [[OffscreenTeleportation Jaunt]] herself and her coltfriend away and making the [[DishingOutDirt entire castle]] say "Nope, nope, nope!". Starlight also flees, leaving a note full of BlatantLies when summoned to assist, much to Twilight's [[EtTuBrute displeasure]]. When Twilight asks Fluttershy, the response is a Flutterboom, the politest sonic boom you will ever hear.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: To the point of being a RunningGag! Pebble's response to the news that Nuance is coming to visit is to [[OffscreenTeleportation Jaunt]] herself and her coltfriend away and making the [[DishingOutDirt entire castle]] say "Nope, nope, nope!". Starlight also flees, leaving a note full of BlatantLies when summoned to assist, much to Twilight's [[EtTuBrute displeasure]]. When Twilight asks Fluttershy, the response is a Flutterboom, the politest sonic boom you will ever hear.
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* ShipperOnDeck: If Pinkie's reminisces are to be trusted, Cloudy Quartz has previously attempted Tarnish[=/=]Limestone.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Twilight's abilities in this field are referenced when Radiance and Corbie are playing pirates, and she is the [[ThreateningShark Snarkle Sharkle]].
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-->'''The Snarkle Sharkle:''' This one does, I’m the Snarkle Sharkle. That implies a certain level of SesquipedalianLoquaciousness.
-->'''First Mate Rad:''' Sharkles don’t talk
-->'''The Snarkle Sharkle:''' This one does, I’m the Snarkle Sharkle. That implies a certain level of SesquipedalianLoquaciousness.
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* DoubleTake: It's long enough for Twilight to get some sandwich in exactly the wrong place when Corbie asks if she'll kiss Seville.
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* FurryReminder: Corbie demonstrates several birdlike behaviours (e.g. pecking at food, [[ThievingMagpie hoarding shiny pictures]]), some of which she might grow out of, others, she probably won't.
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* SingingInTheShower: Seville apparently sings about all the places he'd like to kiss Twilight.
* ThievingMagpie: Thematically used, [[MeaningfulName Corbie]] steals Seville's photos of shiny things while he's in the shower, which is how she's heard him singing.
* ThievingMagpie: Thematically used, [[MeaningfulName Corbie]] steals Seville's photos of shiny things while he's in the shower, which is how she's heard him singing.
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* HonoraryUncle: Corbie refers to Seville as her uncle as part of a discussion about how siblings work.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Spike is very concerned with how subdued Nuance is during chapter 5.
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* WeWouldHaveToldYouBut: Twilight is not informed of just what is going on with the Royal Foals in the hopes that her unbiased view will help get it fixed.
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* BigBrotherInstinct: Radiance hates Nuance because he makes Corbie cry. Unfortunately, when Radiance beats up Nuance for making Corbie cry, that also makes Corbie cry.
* EmbarrassingDampSheets: Nuance wets the bed, and when he does so while staying at Twilight's castle, it's enough to push him into a major panic attack.
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* NotAMorningPerson: {{Inverted}} by Radiance, who crashes as soon as the sun goes down, but is literally up at dawn.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Pebble's response to the news that Nuance is coming to visit is to [[OffscreenTeleportation Jaunt]] herself and her coltfriend away and making the [[DishingOutDirt entire castle]] say "Nope, nope, nope!". Starlight also flees, leaving a note full of BlatantLies when summoned to assist, much to Twilight's [[EtTuBrute displeasure]]. When Twilight asks Fluttershy, the response is a Flutterboom, the politest sonic boom you will ever hear.
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[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/373304/foalsitting-follies Foalsitting Follies Follies]] is a story in FanFic/TheWeedverse by Kudzuhaiku.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: How Pinkie finally catches Sly. He spooks Lily, and the guilt of that stops him until he's caught.
* NotAMorningPerson: {{Inverted}} by Radiance, who crashes as soon as the sun goes down, but is literally up at dawn.
* OhCrap: Twilight has a somewhat subdued one upon realising she's not getting any more help with Nuance.
-->'''Spike:''' Twilight, what do we do?
-->'''Twilight:''' Same thing we always do, Spike. I boldly go into the face of danger, ignorant and oblivious to the peril ahead, and you do your best to keep me from having a nervous breakdown while I go in further and further over my own head.
-->'''Spike:''' Twilight, what do we do?
-->'''Twilight:''' Same thing we always do, Spike. I boldly go into the face of danger, ignorant and oblivious to the peril ahead, and you do your best to keep me from having a nervous breakdown while I go in further and further over my own head.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Pebble's response to the news that Nuance is coming to visit is to [[OffscreenTeleportation Jaunt]] herself and her coltfriend away and making the [[DishingOutDirt entire castle]] say "Nope, nope, nope!"nope!". Starlight also flees, leaving a note full of BlatantLies when summoned to assist, much to Twilight's [[EtTuBrute displeasure]].
* SecurityBlanket: Corbie has a spoon her father won by getting third place in an ice-cream eating contest.
* SecurityBlanket: Corbie has a spoon her father won by getting third place in an ice-cream eating contest.
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* DaddysGirl: Corbie's response to Gosling's departure is a very high-pitched tantrum. In her defence, she's only five.
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* DragonHoard: Spike likes to think of the stars as his, with Luna merely keeping them safe for him.
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* NeatFreak: Nuance does not like dirt, at all.
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* ScareEmStraight: Spike suggests setting [[FanFic/{{Eigengrau}} Dim]] [[UnscrupulousHero Dark]] on Nuance.
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Twilight Sparkle has just returned from a [[FanFic/{{Ink}} rather difficult journey]], and needs a break. Foalsitting for the Royal Brood might be just what she needs (Gosling and the Sisters are needed in the Grittish Isles), and she can always call in some help with [[BrattyHalfPint Nuance]].
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Foalsitting Follies is a story in FanFic/TheWeedverse by Kudzuhaiku.
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!!This story contains the following tropes:
* {{Ambadassador}}: Blueblood and Shining Armor may have defeated the Lord of Shades on the Grittish Isles, but it was Gosling who brought the islands together.
* BadassBookworm: The reason Gosling can't ask Cadance and Shining Armor to foalsit for Nuance is that he picked a fight with Skyla, and, to everyone's surprise, [[BewareTheQuietOnes he got utterly thrashed]].
* BrattyHalfPint: As mentioned in earlier stories, Nuance is a nightmare to care for.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Pebble has become this since the events of FanFic/{{Ink}} where [[spoiler:Sumac became an alicorn]].
* DishingOutDirt: Pebble uses it to communicate her displeasure with Nuance's arrival.
* DopeSlap: Inflicted by Twilight on Gosling when he disparages his role in the liberation of the Grittish Isles. It's out of character for her prior to the events of FanFic/{{Ink}}, and Gosling notices the shift.
* NightmareFetishist: Not to the degree of some characters, but Gosling has acquired a little of this from his wife.
* NoodleIncident: Several in quick succession while Twilight and Sumac are talking about magical experiments he can now perform. As mentioned elsewhere, he and Vinyl are very dangerous when they get creative.
* OffscreenTeleportation: Pebble Jaunts [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere herself and Sumac away]] upon hearing that [[BrattyHalfPint Nuance]] is coming.
* RememberWhenYouBlewUpASun: While Gosling is worrying about his diplomatic skills, Twilight reminds him of the end of FanFic/ADarknessSoftlyCreeping where he [[spoiler:talked a darkness elemental to death]].
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Pebble's response to the news that Nuance is coming to visit is to [[OffscreenTeleportation Jaunt]] herself and her coltfriend away and making the [[DishingOutDirt entire castle]] say "Nope, nope, nope!"
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Nothing could possibly go wrong! Right?
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* {{Ambadassador}}: Blueblood and Shining Armor may have defeated the Lord of Shades on the Grittish Isles, but it was Gosling who brought the islands together.
* BadassBookworm: The reason Gosling can't ask Cadance and Shining Armor to foalsit for Nuance is that he picked a fight with Skyla, and, to everyone's surprise, [[BewareTheQuietOnes he got utterly thrashed]].
* BrattyHalfPint: As mentioned in earlier stories, Nuance is a nightmare to care for.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Pebble has become this since the events of FanFic/{{Ink}} where [[spoiler:Sumac became an alicorn]].
* DishingOutDirt: Pebble uses it to communicate her displeasure with Nuance's arrival.
* DopeSlap: Inflicted by Twilight on Gosling when he disparages his role in the liberation of the Grittish Isles. It's out of character for her prior to the events of FanFic/{{Ink}}, and Gosling notices the shift.
* NightmareFetishist: Not to the degree of some characters, but Gosling has acquired a little of this from his wife.
* NoodleIncident: Several in quick succession while Twilight and Sumac are talking about magical experiments he can now perform. As mentioned elsewhere, he and Vinyl are very dangerous when they get creative.
* OffscreenTeleportation: Pebble Jaunts [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere herself and Sumac away]] upon hearing that [[BrattyHalfPint Nuance]] is coming.
* RememberWhenYouBlewUpASun: While Gosling is worrying about his diplomatic skills, Twilight reminds him of the end of FanFic/ADarknessSoftlyCreeping where he [[spoiler:talked a darkness elemental to death]].
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Pebble's response to the news that Nuance is coming to visit is to [[OffscreenTeleportation Jaunt]] herself and her coltfriend away and making the [[DishingOutDirt entire castle]] say "Nope, nope, nope!"
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