History Fanfic / StarfleetMagicIsBelieving

* AdaptationalBadass: Several, most notably Titania, Andromeda, and Grand Ruler Lux himself. The former two were DamselsInDistress in Starfleet Magic, for instance. Here, however? Not only does Titania kick Horus' ass with no effort, but she nearly kills him as well. Andromeda goes from TheChick and FauxActionGirl Starla was in the original to both an ActionGirl and TheLeader of the team, as well as a DrillSergeantNasty towards Lightning Dawn.

* AdaptationalDyeJob: Both Andromeda and Titania receive overhauled appearances; whereas Starla Shine was just a simple anthro Rarity, Andromeda has a completely inverted color scheme as well as species change to a pegasus, making her the pony equivalent to a DarkSkinnedBlonde. Whereas Krysta was the stereotypical miniature winged fairy, Titania is the size of and resembles a regular human. as well as becoming a SignificantGreenEyedRedhead.

* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Lightning, a clearly good-hearted soul, is shown giving Titania quite the time of her life. And according to the latter, the FairFolk usually don't keep lovers around for very long, thus this trope comes into play. They're so loud that even the others can hear them.
--> '''Bridge Cappella:''' HEY, CAN YOU KEEP IT DOWN?! I'M TRYING TO WRITE HERE!
** Andromeda and Rosebud, once they rekindle their relationship.

** The Land of Nevernever, and the Fae in general, are one huge TabletopGame/ChangelingTheLost reference combined with Creator/WilliamShakespeare.

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* BadassCreed: “Duis amicitiae fides” is the official creed of the Adeptus Spatium, otherwise known as Starfleet.

--> '''Bridge Cappella:''' HEY, CAN YOU KEEP IT DOWN?! I’M TRYING TO WRITE HERE!

->''Friendship. Teamwork. Faith.''
--> '''The fic's {{Tagline}}'''.

* WretchedHive: Redwood Meadows is this, as revealed in "This Ain't No Place For No Hero".

* BiTheWay: Grand Ruler Lux is mentioned to go both ways by Lightning Dawn in "We Dare Not Go A-Hunting". Titania might be this as well due to her flirtatious teasing of Rosebud in "10,000 Years" and her ShipTease with Lightning Dawn, but given her BlueAndOrangeMorality, this is difficult to tell.

*** Kratos, one of the Titans (more specifically, the Titan of war), also doubling as a VideoGame/GodOfWar reference.

* AltumVidetur: Latin appears to be the ''lingua franca'' of Solaris. To a lesser degree, this has replaced the GratuitousSpanish that [[EthnicScrappy Dyno and Mite]] used in ''Starfleet Magic'', with Nitro and Trini on occasion peppering their speech with Latin words.

* AdaptationalDyeJob: Both Andromeda and Titania recieve overhauled appearances; whereas Starla Shine was just a simple anthro Rarity, Andromeda has a completely inverted color scheme, making her the pony equivalent to a DarkSkinnedBlonde. Whereas Krysta was the stereotypical miniature winged fairy, Titania is the size of and resembles a regular human. as well as becoming a SignificantGreenEyedRedhead.

** In "We Dare Not Go A-Hunting", Titania instigates a fight between two leprechauns over a gemstone. As they squabble, they refer to the gem as [[Literature/LordOfTheRings "precious"]].

** On the other hand, this trope leads to a combination [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome crowning moment of awesome]] and [[CrowningMomentOfFunny funny]] when Cortland Andrus takes on this fic's equivalents to canon!Starfleet earlier in the episode.

** Oberon's appearance is a shout-out to [[Characters/MCUThor Thor]], and Mab is described as resembling her incarnation from Literature/TheDresdenFiles.

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* AdaptationSpeciesChange: A minor example, but unlike the Unicornicopians in the source material, the Solarans are not alicorns. Rather, in a similar vein to MLP, the only alicorns are Grand Ruler Lux and Prince Lightning Dawn. The rest are anthro earth ponies, unicorns, and pegasi

* BloodKnight: Kratos.
** On the heroes' side, there's also Andromeda, who admits she enjoys fighting.

* ChildhoodFriendRomance: It's revealed that during their years of living on the streets of Redwood Meadows and in their first years in Starfleet, Andromeda and Rosebud had this. [[spoiler:They get back together at the end of the episode.]]

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Andromeda has one, as shown in "This Ain't No Place For No Hero".
* DeathSeeker: Erebus, due to being a LivingShadow for the past 10,000 years, has become this.

* EldritchLocation: Tenebris seems to be this. On the surface it resembles a perfectly ordinary moon. Beneath that, however, is a skeleton-dotted wasteland, overcast with a PerpetualStorm and an EvilTowerOfOminousness in the form of Horus' castle

* GenericDoomsdayVillain: Invoked with Horus, but as noted below, this trope is deconstructed in showing exactly what sort of person would willingly become one: an unrepentant sociopath fueled by hatred of those beneath them.
* GenderFlip: Two in the main cast, in fact. Rosebud Flora for Buddy Rose, and Trini for Mite.
** Queen Pinsar is this, combined with CompositeCharacter, to King Pinsar from ''Starfleet Magic V''.
** Propheta is one to Abra Kadabra from the original fic.

* KingOfTheHomeless: Andromeda and Rosebud, after fleeing their broken homes, become a dual example of this trope in the streets of Redwood Meadows before they become Starfleet officers.

* OnTheNextEpisodeOfCatchphrase: Just like the source material, recaps and previews act as BookEnds for each chapter.
* ThePowerOfFriendship: One of Starfleet's core tenets, along with TeamSpirit and ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve.

* TheSocialDarwinist: This, along with ThePowerOfHate, is what forms Horus' motivation.
* TheSociopath: Horus is most definitely this, having no regard for anyone but himself.
* TheStarscream: All three of Horus' minions are established as this, due to having to suffer through 10,000 years of abuse.
* ShellShockedVeteran: Andromeda is this, [[spoiler:primarily due to a terrorist attack at the high school she teaches.]]
* ShipSinking: [[spoiler:As of "This Ain't No Place For No Hero", Lightning/Andromeda is officially sunk due to the latter and Rosebud rekindling their relationship and becoming an OfficialCouple.]]

** Erebus, the brother of Nyx, the primordial goddess of the night and the personification of darkness.
** Cassiopeia, the vain queen of Ethiopia, which also ties into Andromeda's MeaningfulName, since they are both names of constellations.
** Kratos, one of the Titans (more specifically, the Titan of war), also doubling as a VideoGame/GodOfWar reference.

* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: As shown in "We Dare Not Go A-Hunting", Fae have no concept of love as we understand it, the exceptions to the rule being Queen Mab and Titania.

** He's also seem reading an issue of [[Literature/AGirlWhoBroughtDownTheWorld Rabbi]][[WebComic/Sonichu choso]] in "10,000 Years".

** He's also seem reading an issue of [[Literature/AGirlWhoBroughtDownTheWorld Rabbi]][[Webcomic/Sonichu choso]] in "10,000 Years".

** He's also seem reading an issue of [[Literature/AGirlWhoBroughtDownTheWorld Rabbichoso]] in "10,000 Years".

** He's also seem reading an issue of [[Webcomic/Sonichu Rabbichoso]] in "10,000 Years".

** He's also seem reading an issue of [[Webcomic/Sonichu Rabbichoso]] at one point.

** He's also seem reading an issue of [[WebComic/Sonichu Rabbichoso]] at one point.

** He's also seem reading an issue of [[Webcomic/Sonichu Rabbichoso]] at one point.

** Cortland Andrus is a shoutout to a certain character of the same name from Franchise/TheDarkTower.

** On the other hand, this trope leads to a combination [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome crowning moment of awesome]] and [[CrowningMomentOfFunny funny]] when Cortland Andrus takes on this fic's equivalents to canon!Starfleet earlier on in the episode.

** On the other hand, this leads to a combination [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome crowning moment of awesome]] and [[CrowningMomentOfFunny funny]] when Cortland Andrus takes on this fic's equivalents to canon!Starfleet earlier on.

* ChildhoodFriendRomance: It's revealed that during their years of Living on the streets in Redwood Meadows and in their first years in Starfleet, Andromeda and Rosebud had this. [[spoiler:They get back together at the end of the episode.]]