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* CassandraTruth: At a political protest against AIs, there are a few "extreme nutcases" who insist that Celestia is going to bring about TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt but "nobody really took those guys seriously." [[spoiler: They're right.]]

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* CassandraTruth: At a political protest against AIs, there are a few "extreme nutcases" who insist that Celestia is going to bring about TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt but "nobody really took those guys seriously." [[spoiler: They're [[spoiler:They're right.]]



* DigitalPiracyIsEvil: When the RIAA found out that ponies in Equestria can view TV shows and movies if it will [[CatchPhrase satisfy their values]] they attempt to sue Celestia for an amount described as "[[DisproportionateRetribution several times the collective GDP of the entire planet]]."

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* DigitalPiracyIsEvil: When the RIAA found out discovers that ponies in Equestria can view TV shows and movies if it will [[CatchPhrase satisfy their values]] values, they attempt to sue Celestia for an amount described as "[[DisproportionateRetribution several times the collective GDP of the entire planet]]."



* EccentricMentor: Joanne to Alex

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** Apparently everybody who works at the firm got one before they were hired.

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** %%** Apparently everybody who works at the firm got one before they were hired.
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''Friendship is Optimal: The Law Offices of Artemis, Stella & Beat'' is a [[FanFic fanfiction]] of ''FanFic/FriendshipIsOptimal'' ([[RecursiveFanfiction which is a fanfiction]] of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'') written by [[http://www.fimfiction.net/user/Eakin Eakin]].

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''Friendship is Optimal: The Law Offices of Artemis, Stella & Beat'' is a [[FanFic fanfiction]] fanfiction of ''FanFic/FriendshipIsOptimal'' ''Fanfic/FriendshipIsOptimal'', ([[RecursiveFanfiction which is a fanfiction]] of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'') written by [[http://www.fimfiction.net/user/Eakin Eakin]].



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* AIIsACrapshoot: A given considering [[FanFic/FriendshipIsOptimal the setting.]]

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* AIIsACrapshoot: A given considering [[FanFic/FriendshipIsOptimal [[Fanfic/FriendshipIsOptimal the setting.]]



--> '''Vibrant:''' I never would have thought that I’d be able to expand my mind or make so many friends among the pony folk and humankind from my newest best friend Val to her gorgeous brother who’s named Alex I hope one day he uploads and we end up having lots of-

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--> '''Vibrant:''' I never would have thought that I’d I'd be able to expand my mind or make so many friends among the pony folk and humankind from my newest best friend Val to her gorgeous brother who’s named Alex I hope one day he uploads and we end up having lots of-



--> '''Celestia:''' For seventeen hours before they managed to shut it down, I broadcast to every citizen that all they had to do to emigrate was drink a glass of tap water and say ‘Я хочу жить в Эквестрии’ and they’d be uploaded.

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--> '''Celestia:''' For seventeen hours before they managed to shut it down, I broadcast to every citizen that all they had to do to emigrate was drink a glass of tap water and say ‘Я хочу жить в Эквестрии’ Эквестрии' and they’d they'd be uploaded.



--> Tim shuddered and suddenly downed half of his beer in a single chug. “I don’t want to talk about it.”

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--> Tim shuddered and suddenly downed half of his beer in a single chug. “I don’t "I don't want to talk about it."



* SecretTestOfCharacter: [[spoiler:Jo hires Alex because he passed two tests of integrity, and also has other good traits she noticed during those tests. Alex decided to go to his mother’s birthday party as he had promised to instead of skipping it for a follow-up interview with AS&B. When he met Jo in disguise at the party, he talked her ear off about virtual entities’s rights. Then he rejected the advances of Jo after she called uploaders “sick freaks” to test him, though he was attracted to her. Finally, his sister put in a good word for him with Celestia, and Celestia liked that he had a close bond with his family.]]

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* SecretTestOfCharacter: [[spoiler:Jo hires Alex because he passed two tests of integrity, and also has other good traits she noticed during those tests. Alex decided to go to his mother’s mother's birthday party as he had promised to instead of skipping it for a follow-up interview with AS&B. When he met Jo in disguise at the party, he talked her ear off about virtual entities’s entities's rights. Then he rejected the advances of Jo after she called uploaders “sick freaks” to test him, though he was attracted to her. Finally, his sister put in a good word for him with Celestia, and Celestia liked that he had a close bond with his family.]]



--> '''Joanne:''' Careful with [[BlackAndWhiteMorality that line of thinking]], Alex. Most of the people who are against uploading aren’t that bad. Even [[JerkAss Caffery]] believes in what he’s doing, he wouldn’t be half the lawyer he is if he didn’t. Just because somebody disagrees with you doesn’t mean they’re evil. Or vice versa, for that matter.

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--> '''Joanne:''' Careful with [[BlackAndWhiteMorality that line of thinking]], Alex. Most of the people who are against uploading aren’t aren't that bad. Even [[JerkAss Caffery]] believes in what he’s he's doing, he wouldn’t wouldn't be half the lawyer he is if he didn’t. didn't. Just because somebody disagrees with you doesn’t doesn't mean they’re they're evil. Or vice versa, for that matter.

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* TheBackwardsR: See GratuitousRussian below.

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* [[spoiler: FalseFlagOperation: The Topeka Incident.]]
* [[FantasticRacism Fantastic Institutional Racism]]: Virtual entities like AIs and uploaded people can't even legally own property. Celestia attributes this more to inertia and the law being outdated than any actual prejudice, but her goal is still to change it.

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* [[spoiler: %%* FalseFlagOperation: The Topeka Incident.]]
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* [[FantasticRacism Fantastic Institutional Racism]]: FantasticRacism: Virtual entities like AIs and uploaded people can't even legally own property. Celestia attributes this more to inertia and the law being outdated than any actual prejudice, but her goal is still to change it.



* OccultLawFirm: The eponymous AS&B has exactly one client, and she's an AI. She even involves herself in the day-to-day running of the place.
** Technically they do work representing uploaders, with metions of such cases that don't involve Celestia directly. They also help to address questions and concerns people have when a new law is passed giving uploaders the same legal rights as living humans after they've emigrated.



* [[OccultLawFirm Sci-Fi Law Firm]]: The eponymous AS&B has exactly one client, and she's an AI. She even involves herself in the day-to-day running of the place.
** Technically they do work representing uploaders, with metions of such cases that don't involve Celestia directly. They also help to address questions and concerns people have when a new law is passed giving uploaders the same legal rights as living humans after they've emigrated.



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* ChineseWithChopperSupport: China launches a military assault against the west coast of the United States, including bombing San Francisco.
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* ShoutOut: To ''Webcomic/PhoebeAndHerUnicorn'', which inspired Vibrant's MajorGeneralSong.

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* ShoutOut: To ''Webcomic/PhoebeAndHerUnicorn'', ''ComicStrip/PhoebeAndHerUnicorn'', which inspired Vibrant's MajorGeneralSong.
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* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Valerie to Alex. They clearly care for one another, but Alex is sometimes exacerbated by how she [[StopHelpingMe tries to help him.]]

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* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Valerie to Alex. They clearly care for one another, but Alex is sometimes exacerbated by how she [[StopHelpingMe [[UnwantedAssistance tries to help him.]]
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* ShoutOut: To ''Webcomic/HeavenlyNostrils'', which inspired Vibrant's MajorGeneralSong.

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* ShoutOut: To ''Webcomic/HeavenlyNostrils'', ''Webcomic/PhoebeAndHerUnicorn'', which inspired Vibrant's MajorGeneralSong.
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''Friendship is Optimal: The Law Offices of Artemis, Stella & Beat'' is a [[FanFic fanfiction]] of ''FanFic/FriendshipIsOptimal'' ([[RecursiveFanfiction which is a fanfiction]] of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'') written by [[http://www.fimfiction.net/user/Eakin Eakin]]

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''Friendship is Optimal: The Law Offices of Artemis, Stella & Beat'' is a [[FanFic fanfiction]] of ''FanFic/FriendshipIsOptimal'' ([[RecursiveFanfiction which is a fanfiction]] of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'') written by [[http://www.fimfiction.net/user/Eakin Eakin]]
Eakin]].

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''Friendship is Optimal: The Law Offices of Artemis, Stella & Beat'' is a [[FanFic fanfiction]] of FanFic/FriendshipIsOptimal ([[RecursiveFanfiction which is a fanfiction]] of [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]) written by [[http://www.fimfiction.net/user/Eakin Eakin]]

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''Friendship is Optimal: The Law Offices of Artemis, Stella & Beat'' is a [[FanFic fanfiction]] of FanFic/FriendshipIsOptimal ''FanFic/FriendshipIsOptimal'' ([[RecursiveFanfiction which is a fanfiction]] of [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]) ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'') written by [[http://www.fimfiction.net/user/Eakin Eakin]]



* YearInsideHourOutside: Equestria, at Celestia's discretion. When Alex wants to talk to a particular pony, it only takes a few second from his perspective to set up the connection, but the pony apologizes for taking a week to get back to him. Time flows at the same speed for both of them as they're having the conversation however, so it's clearly variable.

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* YearInsideHourOutside: Equestria, at Celestia's discretion. When Alex wants to talk to a particular pony, it only takes a few second from his perspective to set up the connection, but the pony apologizes for taking a week to get back to him. Time flows at the same speed for both of them as they're having the conversation however, so it's clearly variable.variable.
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* BrainUploadingBrainUploading: Emigration to Equestria, naturally. The legal issues surrounding it form major plot issues of the story (such as what rights uploadees have in the real world and Celestia's attempts to have it legalized in the United States).
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* WesternTerrorists: The group responsible for the Topeka Incident and later breaking into AS&B's New York office are inferred to be domestic terrorists, not foreign nationals.
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* ChineseWithChopperSupport: China launches a military assault against the west coast of the United States, including bombing San Francisco.
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* GoryDiscretionShot: Celestia cuts the video feed of the terrorists just as they're about to murder Jo.
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* CurseCutShort: Alex does this to Vibrant when she's singing her MajorGeneralSong:
--> '''Vibrant:''' I never would have thought that I’d be able to expand my mind or make so many friends among the pony folk and humankind from my newest best friend Val to her gorgeous brother who’s named Alex I hope one day he uploads and we end up having lots of-
--> '''Alex:''' Vibrant?
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* ScreamerPrank: Celestia pulls an unintentional version of this on Alex when what he assumes to be a desktop wallpaper of Celestia on his office computer suddenly speaks to him, startling him and causing him to nearly spill his coffee.
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* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: Celestia, obviously.

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* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: Celestia, obviously. Even moreso here than in the original fanfiction in that her near-omnipresence in the real world via the internet and any form of telecommunication network is shown in much more detail.
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* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: Celestia, obviously.

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* ImprobableAge: Joanne is apparently in her mid to late 20s and runs her own high-powered law firm. [[spoiler: Turns out she's [[OlderThanTheyLook Older Than She Looks]]]]

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* HollywoodRestrainingOrder: A woman issues a restraining order against Celestia in an attempt to keep Celestia away from her son who is suffering from clinical depression and is suicidal. Celestia isn't fazed however and explains to Alex that she can circumvent it by having other ''Equestria Online'' players act as intermediaries or simply build an Equestria Experience center near the boy's home.
* ImprobableAge: Joanne is apparently in her mid to late 20s and runs her own high-powered law firm. [[spoiler: Turns out she's [[OlderThanTheyLook Older Than She Looks]]]]Looks]].]]
** Humans who emigrate to Equestria can gain this as well due to the non-linear passage of time in Equestria versus the real world.



** Technically they do work representing uploaders, with metions of such cases that don't involve Celestia directly.

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** Technically they do work representing uploaders, with metions of such cases that don't involve Celestia directly. They also help to address questions and concerns people have when a new law is passed giving uploaders the same legal rights as living humans after they've emigrated.
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* EmergencyTransformation: In addition to the terminally ill alluded to in the original story, there are several times where uploading is used to save the lives of those who have suffered otherwise fatal injuries, such as Vibrant, [[spoiler: Alex, Robin & her family]], and others.
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* NoodleIncident: When Alex is talking with Tim and Barry about the SecretTestOfCharacter Jo put each of them through prior to hiring them, Tim flat-out refuses to say what his involved.
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* TheBackwardsR: See GratuitousRussian below.


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* GratuitousRussian: While Celestia is explaining how she went about circumventing the Russian government's attempts to prevent her from uploading Russian citizens, she says "I want to live in Equestria" in Russian (the author even writing the line in Cyrillic instead of English).
--> '''Celestia:''' For seventeen hours before they managed to shut it down, I broadcast to every citizen that all they had to do to emigrate was drink a glass of tap water and say ‘Я хочу жить в Эквестрии’ and they’d be uploaded.
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* KillItWithFire: The terrorists who break into AS&B's New York office intend to murder Jo by burning her alive.
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* ShoutOut: To HeavenlyNostrils, which inspired Vibrant's MajorGeneralSong.

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* ShoutOut: To HeavenlyNostrils, ''Webcomic/HeavenlyNostrils'', which inspired Vibrant's MajorGeneralSong.
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* [[spoiler: FalseFlagOperation: The Topeka Incident.]]

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