History Fanfic / TheWeedverse

* BadassGay: Several examples, including Vinyl, Octavia, Knock Knock, Toot Toot, Flicker and Hennessey.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: There are several different Weedverse story threads, and very few have a single protagonist, rapidly leading into this. An incomplete list of protagonists is: [[WildMagic Tarnished Teapot]], [[TheStoic Maud Pie]], [[ElegantClassicalMusician Octavia Melody]], [[HeroicAlbino Vinyl Scratch]], [[BadassNormal Gloomy August]], [[TheIllusionist Trixie Lulamoon]], [[AdorablyPrecociousChild Sumac Apple]], [[PintSizedPowerhouse Pebble Pie]], [[TheHighQueen Princess Celestia]], [[MrFanservice Gosling]], [[TokenHeroicOrc Stinkbug]], [[HarpingOnAboutHarpies Celaeno]], [[PrivateDetective Yam Spade]], Azure Serape, Copperquick, [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter Megara]], [[BadassBureaucrat Twilight Velvet]], Wormwood, Flicker Nicker, Piper Pie, Hennessey...

[[https://www.fimfiction.net/group/210355/weed-world/folders The Weedverse]] is a fanfic 'verse based on MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic and written by Kudzuhaiku. It is based on the ideas of positivity and [[CharacterDevelopment personal growth]]. Although largely adventure and slice of life, there are delvings into other genres at times.

* CrapsaccharineWorld: We see a lot more of Equestria's seamy underbelly than is even hinted at in the canon show. [[WorldHalfFull Fortunately there are people trying to fix it]]. The Equestria Girls world is similarly affected, as shown in ''FanFic/ThePerilousGestationOfSwans''.

* WorldHalfFull: Equestria is rampant with stagnation and corruption, beset by ancient and powerful enemies and divided against itself. But the good guys can, and will, turn the tide.

* CrapsaccharineWorld: We see a lot more of Equestria's seamy underbelly than is even hinted at in the canon show. [[AWorldHalfFull Fortunately there are people trying to fix it]]. The Equestria Girls world is similarly affected, as shown in ''FanFic/ThePerilousGestationOfSwans''.

* AWorldHalfFull: Equestria is rampant with stagnation and corruption, beset by ancient and powerful enemies and divided against itself. But the good guys can, and will, turn the tide.

* BigBad: Grogar the Necromancer appears to be this, [[TheHeavy being the one who influences most of the plot]], [[TheManBehindTheMan although he has sponsors]] [[EldritchAbomination from beyond the stars]].

* InfantImmortality: Averted. Unlike the canon show, foals do die in the Weedverse. For example, Luna's foals have a very high rate of dying at a young age if they're born Earth ponies; her last brood through her deceased husband Bronze Blaze lost their Earth pony brother at birth, and Steadfast, Luna's son from her current brood, is barely hanging on by a thread due to his sickly condition.

* {{Matriarchy}}: Enlightened version, taken from the show; Equestria is still ruled by Princess Celestia and Princess Luna, and most higher-up ponies who get prominent screen-time are mares, but it's still a gender-equal society. After the pegasus Gosling marries the Royal Sisters and ascends into an Alicorn Prince, he ends up sharing much of his wives' duties and his political standing is on par with them.
* MayflyDecemberRomance: Any relationship between an [[PhysicalGod alicorn]] and a mortal, with Celestia/Gosling/Luna being a notable example (although he ultimately does become immortal as the Alicorn of Happiness). Shining/Cadence is of the same nature, thanks to Cadence gaining immortality through a piece of Celestia's soul, until Shining finally decides to ascend into an Alicorn.

* TheMerch: [[invoked]]An in-universe example in the form of the various princess colas.[[note]]They're all different flavours, Cadance's is cotton candy and bubblegum; Celestia's is lemon, orange and tamarind; Luna's is blueberry and grape; Twilight's is lavender and cucumber; and Blueblood's is cream soda.[[/note]]

* OlderIsBetter: [[BenevolentPrecursors Centaur]] tech is far better than anything the modern ponies can produce. {{Justified}} due to the setting being AfterTheEnd (long enough that it's not immediately obvious). Despite the millenia of work by Celestia, they just haven't had time rebuilt the ancient knowledge bases.

* PhysicalGod: Alicorn Princesses in general tend to be this, but Celestia and Luna are exceptionally powerful due to being ascended by the Centaurs. Celestia lays claim to the power of ''every sun in multiple galaxies''. As of ''FanFic/FoalsittingFollies'', Gosling, Celestia and Luna's husband, has become the Alicorn ''Prince'' of Happiness. As of ''FanFic/LiesDamnLiesAndStatistics'', Shining Armor also becomes an immortal alicorn, due to Cadance passing onto him a tiny sliver of Celestia's soul that she possessed when she Ascended him.
* {{Polyamory}}: Due to generally being a herd-minded species, ponies sometimes take on multiple spouses, with Trixie Lulamoon and her wives Lemon Hearts and Twinkleshine being the most prominent.

* ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/420805/princess-twilight-sparkles-school-for-fantastic-foals-the-soul-thief Princess Twilight Sparkle's School for Fantastic Foals: The Soul Thief]]:'' (Ongoing) Sumac has turned 6, and it's time to celebrate... except Grogar's forces have decided they needed a sorcerer in their ranks, and have come to kidnap Sumac. The fight for Equestria's future begins...

* AscendedExtra: Flicker Nicker was originally intended to appear in one short (The Masks We Wear), and his exploits be told second-hand in other stories, but due to popularity with both readers and author, got an entire series of his own (the Underwatch), starting with ''FanFic/TheMaskMakesThePony''.

* AllAbusersAreMale: Discussed in ''FanFic/SpringBroke''. Since Equestria is a loosely matriarchal society, with more mares in positions of power than stallions, there exists a social stigma in which stallions are generally seen as incompetent caretakers on their own, and need a mare's hoof to properly guide them in raising the foals. This to the point where the legal system only has social services for single mothers (even if it's severely out of date), yet none that support single fathers. In addition, any stallion seen alone with a child is regarded with great suspicion. For genuinely good fathers like Copperquick, this trope is seen as a problem since not only is it a grave misinformation, it is also damaging in almost every aspect of life (medical, financial, etc.). In Copperquick's case, he has to deal with people insisting he's a poor parent and he should let the birth mother take care of his infant daughter, Esmeralda Verde; never mind that said birth mother was responsible for multiple accounts of abuse and neglect that led to Esmeralda growing up underdeveloped and full of psychological issues. Even mares such as Buttermilk Oddbody and Twilight Velvet sees this view as degrading.

** Sleet was shunned by the First Tribes because she had a one-night stand and conceived a child out of wedlock.

** Princess Luna had experienced this even before becoming Nightmare Moon. Because anything related to the moon and the night were seen as frightening taboos, and because Luna is totally different from Celestia personality-wise, ponies favored Celestia over her. [[NeverMyFault The idea of them being a major reason why Luna turned evil in the first place went completely over their heads]]. And despite Luna trying to redeem herself for her mistakes, ponies, especially the First Tribes, continue to shun her as if she's still a monster. Moreh Quiet Knish [[ShamingTheMob calls everyone out]] for not learning forgiveness and shunning those who don't understand, not bothering to help those who need it just because they can't be understood.
** Smirk, from ''FanFic/PrincessCelestiasAdventurousAdvice'', was also shunned for a few reasons - 1) she wanted to go be an adventurer like Tarnish and his friends, something that's anathema to a herd-minded society, 2) she used to associate with a bunch of shady ponies and did shady things she's trying to make up for, and 3) she has a cloak-and-dagger cutie mark, which people assume makes her destined to be a criminal.

* BadassBureaucrat: Twilight Velvet and Raven, arguably the most powerful mortal mares in Equestria, and a significant amount of their power derives from fitting this trope. Velvet in particular also collects other examples to help her with her agenda, such as Buttermilk Oddbody.

* BigGood: Princess Celestia fills this role for most of the ponies, since she actively helps them from even outside of political endeavors. A tier up from her, the [[ThePowersThatBe Celestials]] and [[{{Precursors}} Ancient Centaurs]] also.

* BizarreSexualDimorphism: According to Sunburst, male alicorns have wings with contrasting colours, unlike females who have single-tone wings.

* FantasticRacism: Tribalism exists in Equestria, and most notable is how ponies react to Earth ponies. Earth ponies are generally seen as useless to Equestrian society outside of farming, food, and reproduction, and if one manages to rise above and achieve great things, others see it as YouAreACreditToYourRace. In ''FanFic/DayOfTheCookieCourt'', earth ponies are even barred from receiving good education in some places, because [[ObstructiveBureaucrat certain ponies]] believe they don't need it. This trope is mentioned, discussed, and hinted at in some stories, but it's a very prominent subject in ''FanFic/DownWithThePastryarchy''.

* GenerationXerox: Quiet Dark and Nuance's relationship and history is astonishingly similar to that of Quiet's parents. {{Justified}} as LoveRedeems runs in that branch of the Coffyns, quite possibly a result of magical (or destiny's) help, and [[spoiler:several characters, including both sets of parents, are actively trying to invoke it. After all, it worked for Dim and Blackbird]].

* ThePowerOfFriendship: The Nameless One theorises that it's a kind of Enshrinement (see GodsNeedPrayerBadly and ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve above).

* SuperSenses: Alicorn senses are generally far acute than those of normal ponies, making it very hard to hide anything from them - in ''FanFic/LiesDamnLiesAndStatistics'', Cadance reveals she can hear mice and shews fart. In ''FanFic/TheSunAlsoSurprises'', Luna was mentioned to have the ability to deduct a pony's tribe by their scent.
* ThereAreNoTherapists: {{Defied}} by Princess Cadance, who maintains a large and skilled stable of therapists of all kinds, although there is a slight specialisation in marriage counselling due to her ShipperOnDeck tendencies. Cadance herself is also a therapist to some degree, due to possessing powerful [[TheEmpath empathy]].

* UnPerson: Eternity [[RewritingReality writes]] herself and her siblings out of the memories of everyone as a protection against discovery and attack. She also did this to anyone who tried to hurt her daughters, causing Harmony to punish her for abusing her powers. TWilight, as Eternity's successor, had to learn not to repeat Eternity's mistakes.

* XanatosSpeedChess: With many, many players, some of whom have aligning goals, and not all of whom are aware of all the others[[note]]The currently known players are [[TheHighQueen Celestia]], [[LoveGoddess Cadance]], [[BadassBureaucrat Twilight Velvet]], [[{{Golem}} Helianthus]], [[{{Necromancer}} Grogar]], [[BenevolentPrecursors The ancient centaurs]] (despite being [[PosthumousCharacter mostly extinct]], [[EldritchAbomination the Things Beyond the Stars]], [[SentientCosmicForce The Nameless One]] (for that matter, most of [[MotherNature the]] [[TheGrimReaper Celestials]] have some plans going on), and, as of ''FanFic/{{Ink}}'', [[TheArchmage Twilight Sparkle]][[/note]]. Twilight Sparkle is trying, but has yet to quite get out of her mentor's shadow [[CharacterDevelopment (although latter stages of]] ''Fanfic/PrincessTwilightSparklesSchoolForFantasticFoals'' [[CharacterDevelopment suggest she may be becoming a full player soon)]]. It takes her until ''FanFic/FoalsittingFollies'' to fully grow into the role. By which time [[ChildProdigy Sumac Apple]] is trying it out, too.

* BigBad: Grogar appears to be this, [[TheHeavy being the one who influences most of the plot]], [[TheManBehindTheMan although he has sponsors]] [[EldritchAbomination from beyond the stars]].

* BigGood: Princess Celestia fills this role for most of the ponies. A tier up from her, the [[ThePowersThatBe Celestials]] and [[{{Precursors}} Ancient Centaurs]] also.
* BigScrewedUpFamily: The House of Dark, full stop. They practice familial inbreeding to keep their line "pure" and as a way to control their relatives. They crave power above all else, and have pioneered more than a few experiments to get that power. Dim Dark, Sinister Dark, and Eerie Dark are a few members who managed to escape their family's extremely toxic environment, to varying degrees of "unscathed". Quiet Dark, Dim's young daughter, is the only one who grows up without her father's House haunting her.

* TheCasanova: Castor, Luna's son from a thousand years ago, slept with numerous mares. Luna is not pleased.

* CompleteImmortality: Achievable by being bonded to something, you cannot then be killed so long as the thing exists.

** As of ''FanFic/LiesDamnLiesAndStatistics'', Shining Armor has become an immortal alicorn just like Cadance; Kudzuhaiku stated that the portion of Celestia's soul Cadance had was passed on to Shining when she ascended her husband.

* DisabilitySuperpower: Often, characters with a strange dimension to their power suffer for it with the normal powers for their species; for example, Tarnish is a weak magician, but is also a {{Druid}}, and Flint cannot fly, but has fire powers. Chalcedony is blind, but she can see magic.
* DisappearedDad: Several characters are missing their fathers, including Tarnish, Sumac and Gosling.

* TheDreaded: Princess Luna's agents, the Wardens, and with good reason.

* HarpingOnAboutHarpies: Harpies in the Weedverse are minions of Grogar, and unnaturally created by corrupting phoenix eggs in the Rainbow of Darkness. Celaeno is the only harpy who is on the heroes' side.

* HollywoodHealing: {{Averted}}. [[RealityEnsues Injuries taken take a realistic time to heal, and in some cases, this means they don't heal at all without magical intervention]]. A notable example being Trixie's leg wound in ''FanFic/VenenumIocus'', which isn't healed five years later, and continues to trouble her until [[HealingHands Princess Cadance]] intervenes in ''FanFic/PrincessTwilightSparklesSchoolForFantasticFoals''. Even after being healed, the injuries she got affected Trixie's fertility, leading to a number of miscarried foals in ''FanFic/WhenLifeGivesYouLemons''.

* IngestingKnowledge: Part of what a Sorcerer does, as they empower others, they absorb portions of their knowledge, allowing for PowerCopying.

* ScientificallyUnderstandableSorcery: Magic varies somewhat on exactly how it workds, depending on exact form, but high-concept magic involves particle physics concepts (see MinovskyPhysics, above), and microwaves screw up pegasus flight. ''Fanfic/AmplitudeAdjustment'' is about Vinyl and Sumac clocking that unicorn magic is essentially radio and seeking Celestia's permission to study further.

The forces of darkness, lead by returned necromancer Grogar, seek to seize control of the world by force. The ponies (and other creatures) of Equestria must learn about the past of their world, and the deepest powers in it, if they wish to save their future. But while the fate of the world is fought for, life goes on, and those stories are just as important as the great battles.

** As of ''FanFic/FoalsittingFollies'', Gosling has become the Alicorn of Happiness just like his wives off-screen; so as long as happiness exists in Equestria, he will continue to live.
** Princess Flurry Heart and her sister Skyla, like Twilght pre-''Ink'', are not immortal despite being Alicorn, though they could if they chose to.

** Celestia is implied to be the progenitor of the Apple family, making Applejack and her siblings Celestia's descendants.

** All members of the House of Dark have names related to the word "dark", and can be used in phrases as well ("Dark and Dim", "Dark and Sinister", "Dark and Quiet, "Dark and Eerie", etc.).

* FantasticRacism: Tribalism exists in Equestria, and most notable is how ponies react to Earth ponies. Earth ponies are generally seen as useless to Equestrian society outside of farming, and if one manages to rise above and achieve great things, others see it as YouAreACreditToYourRace.

* FantasyCounterpartCulture: The First Tribes draw a lot from Jewish culture. Also, Inujima (and the Diamond Dogs that honour it) draw from Samurai traditions.

* FoodPorn: Periodically there are some rather lavish descriptions of the meals being eaten.

* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Generally. Tarnish and Maud, Shining and Cadance, Gosling and Celestia, Yam and Azure, Igneous and Cloudy and [[ReallyGetsAround Rainbow Dash]] have all had the health of their sex lives commented upon.
* {{Gotterdammerung}}: Grogar was responsible for one in the distant past. The Gods are still around as ThePowersThatBe but they're no longer what they were.

* HollywoodHealing: {{Averted}}. Injuries taken take a realistic time to heal, and in some cases, this means they don't heal at all without magical intervention, a notable example being Trixie's leg wound in ''FanFic/VenenumIocus'', which isn't healed five years later, and continues to trouble her until [[HealingHands Princess Cadance]] intervenes in ''FanFic/PrincessTwilightSparklesSchoolForFantasticFoals''.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: There are several different Weedverse story threads, and very few have a single protagonist, rapidly leading into this. An incomplete list of protagonists is: [[WildMagic Tarnished Teapot]], [[TheStoic Maud Pie]], [[ElegantClassicalMusician Octavia Melody]], [[HeroicAlbino Vinyl Scratch]], [[BadassNormal Gloomy August]], [[TheIllusionist Trixie Lulamoon]], [[AdorablyPrecociousChild Sumac Apple]], [[PintSizedPowerhouse Pebble Pie]], [[TheHighQueen Princess Celestia]], [[MrFanservice Gosling]], [[TokenHeroicOrc Stinkbug]], [[HarpingOnAboutHarpies Celaeno]], [[PrivateDetective Yam Spade]], Azure Serape, Copperquick, Megara, Twilight Velvet, Wormwood, Flicker Nicker, Piper Pie, Hennessey...

** Gosling comes from a baby goose. He starts off as a pegasus guard, before he marries [[TheHighQueen Celestia and Luna]] and eventually becomes an Alicorn, much like how a gosling grows into an adult goose.

** Subverted with the Alicorns; the prevalence of female Alicorns in the show gives the impression that they are primarily female, but Sumac, Gosling, and Shining Armor have ascended in different stories, introducing male alicorns. Sunburst's comment about Shining's [[BizarreSexualDimorphism colored wings]] suggests that male alicorns did exist in the past.

* PhysicalGod: Alicorn Princesses in general tend to be this, but Celestia and Luna are exceptionally powerful due to being ascended by the Centaurs. Celestia lays claim to the power of ''every sun in multiple galaxies''. As of ''FanFic/FoalsittingFollies'', Gosling, Celestia and Luna's husband, has become the Alicorn ''Prince'' of Happiness.
* PowerCopying: A Sorcerer can duplicate spells cast using their SuperEmpowering, even if they don't understand all the underlying mechanics.

* ThereAreNoTherapists: {{Defied}} by Princess Cadance, who maintains a large and skilled stable of therapists of all kinds, although there is a slight specialisation in marriage counselling.

* UnPerson: Eternity [[RewritingReality writes]] herself and her siblings out of the memories of everyone as a protection against discovery and attack.

* XanatosSpeedChess: With many, many players, some of whom have aligning goals, and not all of whom are aware of all the others[[note]]The currently known players are [[TheHighQueen Celestia]], [[LoveGoddess Cadance]], [[BadassBureaucrat Twilight Velvet]], [[{{Golem}} Helianthus]], [[{{Necromancer}} Grogar]], [[BenevolentPrecursors The ancient centaurs]] (despite being [[PosthumousCharacter mostly extinct]], [[EldritchAbomination the Things Beyond the Stars]], [[SentientCosmicForce The Nameless One]] (for that matter, most of [[MotherNature the]] [[TheGrimReaper Celestials]] have some plans going on), and, as of ''FanFic/{{Ink}}'', [[TheArchmage Twilight Sparkle]][[/note]]. Twilight Sparkle is trying, but has yet to quite get out of her mentor's shadow [[CharacterDevelopment (although latter stages of]] ''Fanfic/PrincessTwilightSparklesSchoolForFantasticFoals'' [[CharacterDevelopment suggest she may be becoming a full player soon)]]. It takes her until ''FanFic/FoalsittingFollies'' to fully grow into the role. By which time Sumac Apple is trying it out too.

[[http://www.fimfiction.net/group/210355/folder/50759/1/weed-words The Weedverse]] is a fanfic 'verse based on MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic and written by Kudzuhaiku. It is based on the ideas of positivity and [[CharacterDevelopment personal growth]]. Although largely adventure and slice of life, there are delvings into other genres at times.

* TheArchmage: Twilight Sparkle, obviously. In terms of mortal magicians, Tarnish is also recognised as the greatest living {{Druid}}, making him TheArchmage of the Druid order, and Starlight Glimmer claims she, Trixie and Moondancer are the most powerful unicorns of the age, making them candidates.

* NotEvilJustMisunderstood: Poison Joke. It naturally filters [[WildMagic Wild]] and BlackMagic out of the {{Ley Line}}s, but because of its poisonous petals it's often destroyed by ponies.

* ObstructiveBureaucrat: A frequent antagonist, as they occupy much of Equestria's social services. Some of them come with flavors of FantasticRacism. Twilight Velvet and Gosling are attempting to reform the situation, but it's hard work.

* RewritingReality: The power of destiny includes everything that lives and is written in the Ink, a power that is held by the Librarian of Souls.

* SoulPower: Animancy is the practice of manipulating souls, and a largely lost art; a subplot is Princess Celestia developing it, her experiments led to the creation of [[{{Golem}} Helianthus]] and she used it to help Cadance Ascend, and give Lemon Hearts the ability to birth a foal in ''FanFic/WhenLifeGivesYouLemons''. As of ''FanFic/LiesDamnLiesAndStatistics'', Cadence helps Shining Armor ascend into an Alicorn through a SecretTestOfCharacter by using Animancy. On the villainous side, the Alicorn Ascendancy is making fake alicorns by splicing several souls together using similar techniques.

* ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/415675/down-with-the-pastryarchy Down with the Pastryarchy]]:'' Twilight Sparkle travels to Las Pegasus to attend the last Great Equestrian Bake-Off, and finds herself in a convoluted mess of tribalism and dying Earth pony culture.

* Fanfic/TheWeed: The starting story of the Weedverse, it depicts the initial adventures of Tarnished Teapot after he is banished from Ponyville for his [[WildMagic special talent]].
* Fanfic/VenenumIocus: A direct sequel to The Weed, it covers the continuing adventures of Maud and Tarnish, along with some new friends as they investigate The Scariest Cave In Equestria.
* FanFic/{{MFD}}: (Ongoing) Holly Heartwood decides to settle down in Manehattan, and tries to get a job at the historic fire department nearby.
* Fanfic/WhateverWayTheWindTakesYou: (Ongoing) Gloomy August decides to leave home in search of adventure. She gets one.
* Fanfic/TrixieLulamoonAndTheHorrendousHypothesis: Trixie brings her brilliant, adopted son (Sumac Apple) to Ponyville, intending to get him the education he deserves.
* FanFic/EnterTheDragon: An in-between story about dragon eggs, and the relationship between Twilight Sparkle and Spike.
* FanFic/PrincessTwilightSparklesSchoolForFantasticFoals: Following on from Horrendous Hypothesis and Enter the Dragon, the continuing adventures of Sumac Apple as he attends the eponymous School and discovers his destiny.
* FanFic/TheSunAlsoSurprises: Princess Celestia feels the need for companionship again, and enlists the help of Princess Cadance in finding the perfect match.
* FanFic/StinkbugTheUnwanted: Stinkbug's name is highly [[MeaningfulName Meaningful]], and he gets exiled from the hive.
* FanFic/ThePerilousRomanceOfSwans: Gosling and Celestia's'''' relationship develops further in face of threats from without and within.
* FanFic/TogetherTheyFightCrime: Yam Spade is an Earth Pony detective with a useful sense, Azure Serape is his marefriend with a mysterious past. A client comes to them to find her missing daughter.
* FanFic/{{Blank}}: A strange, amnesiac creature is dumped into the frozen north, and She must find herself.
* FanFic/ADarknessSoftlyCreeping: Princess Luna and Gosling must save a foal from a house trapped in nightmares.
* FanFic/WhenConsequencesComeHome: Events from the very beginning of FanFic/TheWeed come back to Tarnish.
* FanFic/ABasketABlanketAndABundleOfBills: Copperquick finds on his doorstep a foal he now has to take care of. Unfortunately, the system doesn't cope well with single fathers. Fortunately, he attracts the attention of [[BadassBureaucrat Twilight Velvet]].
* FanFic/ADayInTheCookieCourt: Prince Gosling has the right to hold court, just like his wives. [[FromTheMouthsOfBabes He takes a somewhat unorthodox approach]].
* [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/353427/the-masks-we-wear The Masks We Wear]]: Flicker Nicker has acquired his cutie mark, and must journey to Canterlot to take on his calling.
* FanFic/HowToWinEnemiesAndInfluencePonies: A side-story about Tarnish, Daring Do and Rainbow Dash
* FanFic/TheMaskMakesThePony: Flicker Nicker has joined the Guild of his calling, and now must learn his trade, keeping Equestria safe from plague and disease.
* [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/357274/lawsuits-lawyers Lawsuits and Lawyers]]: When you actually live in a HighFantasy setting, then what kind of [=RPGs=] do you play? Apparently, ones about lawyers.
* [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/361594/fluttershys-foalsitting-and-foster-care Fluttershy's Foalsitting and Foster Care]]: Fluttershy begins a new project, with the support of some of her friends.
* FanFic/PrincessTwilightSparkleAndTheQuesadillaConquest: Twilight Sparkle and friends go to the Appleloosa Friendship Festival, and encounter many old friends there.
* FanFic/{{Skyreach}}: (Ongoing) Starring Tarnished Teapot, Daring Do, Rainbow Dash and Vinyl Scratch, as they set out in search of an answer to the question of "What is Skyreach?", despite Celestia's warnings.
* FanFic/DoggedDetermination: (Ongoing) A diamond dog fleeing from Dig Dag finds an ancient sword and sets off on a bloody vengeance.
* [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/365524/princess-twilight-sparkle-and-the-pink-pony-panty-palooza Princess Twilight Sparkle and the Pink Pony Panty-Palooza]]: Twilight Sparkle goes on a date.
* [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/365717/celestium Celestium]]: Sumac Apple is afraid of falling, so attempts to fly.
* FanFic/PrincessFlurryHeartVersusTheMudMonsters: Flurry Heart is the leader of the Wipe-Outs, and Ponyville needs them now!
* [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/367017/compeer Compeer]]: Following on from the events of Quesadilla Conquest, Princess Celestia feels that her relationship with Twilight Sparkle must change.
* [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/367707/scruples Scruples]]: Immediately following on from Compeer, Twilight Sparkle has a conversation with Sumac about relationships.
* FanFic/{{Suckle}}: Every foal needs friends, and, in Ponyville, even those who need a disguise in public might manage it.
* FanFic/ThePerilousGestationOfSwans: The winter is a quiet time, a time for family, and the Royal Family is no exception.
* FanFic/{{Conversation}}: [[SpeechImpediment Alto Clef]] and Honeysuckle [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin have a conversation]].
* [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/368635/dear-aggy Dear Aggy]]: A LooseCanon story in which [[CompanionCube Boulder]] works as an agony aunt, and [[TheStoic Maud]] acts as his scribe, as well as offering her own advice to their readers.
* FanFic/TheGiftOfGab: A bridging story between FanFic/PrincessTwilightSparklesSchoolForFantasticFoals and FanFic/PrincessTwilightSparklesSchoolForFantasticFoalsWinterBreak, Sumac is recovering from the events of the first story and helps Vinyl with a project.
* FanFic/PrincessTwilightSparklesSchoolForFantasticFoalsWinterBreak: Just because school's out it doesn't mean there aren't things to learn.
* FanFic/{{Eigengrau}}: [[Creator/AntoineDeSaintExupery Perfection is achieved not when there is nothing left to add — but when there is nothing left to take away]].
* [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/372197/princess-twilight-sparkle-comes-out-as-bi Princess Twilight Sparkle Comes Out As Bi]]: Twilight Sparkle must hold a very important press conference, with the help of her special someponies Seville Orange and Pinkie Pie.
* FanFic/{{Ink}}: Twilight Sparkle has been studying the book from the Moochick's Study for years, and got nowhere, but now it's writing messages in her own hand, and she and Sumac might finally unravel its secrets.
* FanFic/FoalsittingFollies: Twilight Sparkle must foalsit for the Royal Brood.
* FanFic/EigengrauZweiDieWeltIstGrauGeworden: (Ongoing) Dim Dark has begun travelling with Blackbird, in search of Blackbird's lost mother.
* FanFic/TheCommandersCompromise: Chartreuse wants to be Shining Armor's apprentice, and sets out to arrange it.
* [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/381188/the-boats-we-row The Boats We Row]]: Vinyl Scratch has a [[ThePlan Plan]] to get Sumac, Pebble and Octavia to the lake to look at tits and boobies[[note]]The birds, to completely kill the joke, though not to spoil the story.[[/note]].
* FanFic/CrystalCamaraderie: Chartreuse's apprenticeship has begun, and she's assigned as a helper to [[BlindSeer Chalcedony]]. On a trip to Chalcedony's favourite tea shop, they meet the unfortunate Nomination.
* [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/381651/the-puddle-pronker The Puddle Pronker]]: A massive storm hits Ponyville, and Sly Pie is stuck inside. Though not for long. [[PoemFic A slightly odd entry]].
* FanFic/PrincessCadancesLonelyHeartsClubLand: Furious Funnel retires from tornado hunting to take part in one of Princess Cadance's Blindfold Weddings.
* FanFic/CrystalCotillion: Flurry Heart intends to get revenge on a society that expects a PrincessClassic of her, despite her [[TomboyPrincess natural inclinations]], so engages the services of Dim Dark to help.
* FanFic/TheGreatEquestrianGamble: Boxcars and Domino flee Windia to Equestria in hope of a better life.
* FanFic/AggroCulture: Jitterbug goes on an adventure.
* FanFic/SpringBroke: (Ongoing) Copperquick takes a short break, and goes with Buttermilk to visit her parents.
* [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/389724/chubble-bubblegum Chubble-Bubblegum]]: Pinkie Pie and Pebble Pie discuss their relationships and their own [[WeightWoe issues]].
* FanFic/AKnightToRemember: A brave knight lays siege to the tower of a Dark Vizard, that he may see his true love again!
* FanFic/WhatAboutTheRestOfUs: Cerulean Skies is very certain that her existence has made the lives of everyone around her worse.
* FanFic/LessonsInDarkness: Sunburst is many things, but tonight, he is a teacher.
* Fanfic/HouseOfTheRisingSunflower: (Ongoing) Sundance just wanted to say "Hello" to his FamousAncestor, unfortunately, tea with Celestia has turned into a lordship. Well, at least he can't be worse than the last guy.
* Fanfic/WhenLifeGivesYouLemons: Lemon Hearts is pregnant, and her wives have been called away to Canterlot. Still, there's no way she'd begin foaling a month early, right?
* Fanfic/TheOneThatGotAway: Sometimes, you have to let go.
* Fanfic/PrincessTwilightSparkleAndTheSorcerousSymbiosis: Twilight Sparkle and Sumac Apple do some experiments. This can only end well.
* Fanfic/NomsMomBomb: Nomination's mother is known to be disapproving of many of his choices, and an unexpected letter throws things very off-kilter.
* Fanfic/AmplitudeAdjustment: Sumac and Vinyl use radio to understand magic.
* [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/407038/balloonacy Balloonacy]]: After a kidnapping and rescue, Sumac buries himself in work, but it's time for him to be unburied.
* Fanfic/LiesDamnLiesAndStatistics: The royal family of the Crystal Empire take a holiday.
* Fanfic/PrincessCelestiasAdventurousAdvice: Smirk wants to start adventuring, and so seeks some advice.

* AscendedExtra: Flicker Nicker was originally intended to appear in one short (The Masks We Wear), and his exploits be told second-hand in other stories, but due to popularity with both readers and author, got an entire series of his own (the Underwatch), starting with FanFic/TheMaskMakesThePony.

* BigScrewedUpFamily: The House of Dark, full stop. Dim Dark, Sinister Dark, and Eerie Dark are a few members who managed to escape their family's extremely toxic environment, to varying degrees of "unscathed". Quiet Dark, Dim's young daughter, is the only one who grows up without her father's House haunting her.

* TheCasanova: Castor, Luna's son a thousand years ago.

* ChekhovsArmoury: Very common, and sometimes very long-burn (the saddlebags Tarnish scavenges at the beginning of Fanfic/TheWeed turn out to be a BagOfHolding in Fanfic/VenenumIocus, for example).

** Cadance is also immortal, due to her ascension being the result of Celestia [[SoulPower splicing a portion of her soul onto her]].

* DivineParentage: Well, ancestry, but Luna is the progenitor of a few noble houses; the Lulamoons, the Sparkles, and Darks were all part of her bloodline. Unfortunately, because of her stint as Nightmare Moon, [[InTheBlood they inherited her curse as well]], forcing them to undergo a period of madness before becoming great ponies.

* GenerationXerox: Quiet Dark and Nuance's relationship and history is astonishingly similar to that of Quiet's parents. {{Justified}} as LoveRedeems runs in that branch of the Coffyns, quite possibly a result of magical (or destiny's) help, and [[spoiler:several characters, including both sets of parents, are actively trying to invoke it. After all, it worked for Dim]].

* FanFic/ThePerilousGestationOfSwans: (Ongoing) The winter is a quiet time, a time for family, and the Royal Family is no exception.

* FanFic/PrincessTwilightSparklesSchoolForFantasticFoalsWinterBreak: (Ongoing) Just because school's out it doesn't mean there aren't things to learn.

* BadassCrew: Tarnish, Maud, Vinyl and Octavia form one over the course of Fanfic/VenenumIocus. Later on, Sparkle's Spartans are one, and Gosling accumulates one around him as well.

* BenevolentPrecursors: The ancient centaurs did everything they could to ensure that life would survive, even when their own civilisation was doomed.
* BigBad: Grogar appears to be this, [[TheManBehindTheMan although he has sponsors]] [[EldritchAbomination from beyond the stars]].

* BigScrewedUpFamily: The House of Dark, full stop. Dim Dark, Quiet Dark, Sinister Dark, and Eerie Dark are a few members who managed to escape their family's extremely toxic environment, to varying degrees of "unscathed".

* BizarreSexualDimorphism: Male alicorns have wings with contrasting colours, unlike females who have single-tone wings.
* BlackMagic: Or, more accurately, [[SicklyGreenGlow green magic]], tends to be associated with dodgy powers: Flim and Flam, Limey, the Changelings, witchfire. It has interesting implications for Sumac, who has a green aura, and has to struggle against his inner darkness.

* CharacterDevelopment: A major theme that concerns the Weedverse; in order to [[EarnYourHappyEnding achieve happiness]], a good deal of self-improvement must be made, and it's a long way ahead. For some, the road is more tumultuous than others.

** Cadance is also immortal, due to her ascension being the result of Celestia splicing a portion of her soul onto her.
** Twilight Sparkle, despite being an alicorn, is not at present, although she could easily become so if she chose to.

* DeaderThanDead: Anything which has entered Pale's domain is not coming back, he watches the borders diligently. Unusually, this is the default state, most people pass on shortly after death anyway, it requires powerful magic (in Grogar's case, {{Necromancy}}, and in other cases [[GodsNeedPrayerBadly Enshrinement]], to prevent). This distinction becomes important in FanFic/{{Ink}}, where The Nameless One begins dead (like all the Celestials), but passes into Pale's realm during the story.

* {{Druid}}: The primary magical tradition of the Ancient Centaurs. In the modern day, Tarnish is trying to resurrect the order. In this setting, they use powerful but hard-to-control magic, so study magic from other traditions to supplement their own abilities for when they ''don't'' want to flatten the town, and have some GreenThumb style powers as well. They're empowered by a shard of [[MotherNature Terra Firma]] taking residence in their souls. By dividing herself amongst so many bodies, she's a lot harder to kill.

* {{Familiar}}: Several powerful mages have one, getting shared feelings, enhanced senses and the animal gets an extended lifespan, and maybe have other effects, Tiberius is now closer to {{Undead}} than alive. The magic is poorly understood, and theorised to be part of Friendship magic.

* FertileFeet: {{Downplayed}}, but utterly crucial. The Earth Ponies must be allowed to roam freely, otherwise the land itself will die.

* ForbiddenZone: The Grittish government considers anywhere outside a major city this, refusing to extend their protection to smaller towns. They don't stop people going there though, the monsters do that for them.
* ForegoneConclusion: InUniverse. [[RewritingReality Eternity]] [[WindsOfDestinyChange wrote]] Sumac a happy ending, and left him the freedom to write the rest. The enemy can't take him, and the heroes can't manipulate him unless he wants them to. It was her last act, as she was already dying and the break from harmony required, on top of her other acts, finally killed her. This also happens out of universe due to the different stories (we know that Shēdo won't kill Dig Dag in FanFic/DoggedDetermination because he was killed by Flamingo in FanFic/VenenumIocus, for example).

* HarpingOnAboutHarpies: Minions of Grogar, and unnaturally created by corrupting phoenix eggs in the Rainbow of Darkness.

* TheHighQueen: Princess Celestia is the most obvious example, but Luna also shares in her duties. Cadence, as the ruling Princess of the Crystal Empire, is one as well. Princess Skyla has a cutie mark that relies on this trope for power, so in order to become an effective and powerful ruler, she must rule well.

* ImmuneToFate: Anything {{Undead}} is beyond the power of the Ink, as their book finishes upon death.

* LivingMacguffin: Sorcerers tend to turn into this, often to their detriment. The last Sorceress that Luna knew was utterly broken by the time the Princesses were able to get to her. Sumac, as a unicorn (now alicorn) with sorcerous abilities, was often subjected to kidnapping attempts as well, one of which Celestia foiled by accident to give him belated birthday wishes. Celestia fears that Sumac might be exploited by the wrong people, so when she discovers that Twilight and her friends were performing experiments with him, she quickly and soundly puts an end to the experiments, and escorts Sumac home for tea.

* MayflyDecemberRomance: Any relationship between an [[PhysicalGod alicorn]] and a mortal, with Celestia/Gosling being a notable example (although he ultimately does become immortal as the Alicorn of Happiness).
* MeaningfulName: It's a My Little Pony fanfic, there are many meaningful names, more than a few {{Invoked}}:

** Fink Apple is a coward only too happy to talk to the police once pressure is applied.

* {{Necromancer}}: Grogar's specialisation is with necromancy.
* NoPronunciationGuide: Seville's name has confused many English-speaking readers, as it's a Spanish word, so the double ll is pronounced as in "tortilla".(Like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6-c_FcobI4 this]])

* ObstructiveBureaucrat: A frequent antagonist, as they much of Equestria's social services. Twilight Velvet and Gosling are attempting to reform the situation, but it's hard work.

* OneGenderRace: Harpies are all female.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: The original dragons are the result of exposure to the Rainbow of Darkness, with the resulting dragon depending on the type of creature exposed. The results on Earth Ponies, Unicorns and Pegasi are known, the results on other creatures are unknown, but several characters consider the possibility of Changeling dragons serious ParanoiaFuel, and Alicorns are theorised to mutate into Draconequui.[[invoked]] Silver dragons, though, are natural.

* SoulPower: Animancy is the practice of manipulating souls, and a largely lost art, a subplot is Princess Celestia developing it, her experiments led to the creation of [[{{Golem}} Helianthus]] and she used it to help Cadance Ascend. On the villainous side, the Alicorn Ascendancy is making fake alicorns by splicing several souls together using similar techniques.

* SuperEmpowering: Sorcerers are the amplifier version, vastly improving the magical capabilities of every creature in range, meaning that they often become {{Living Macguffin}}s for every major faction. Celestia fears what this power could bring in the wrong hands, and when she discovers that Twilight and her friends were conducting experiments with Sumac's power in ''FanFic/PrincessTwilightSparkleAndTheSorcerousSymbiosis'', she gives them a [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech scathing lecture]] and makes Twilight swear an oath not to use Sumac's power unless in emergencies.

* TokenHeroicOrc: Fanfic/StinkbugTheUnwanted is about two of these, a harpy and a changeling.

* WorldWreckingWave: The Black Star precipitated one, tainting magic, breaking down the natural laws and spawning monsters. The after-effects remain on the world.
* XanatosSpeedChess: With many, many players, some of whom have aligning goals, and not all of whom are aware of all the others[[note]]The currently known players are [[TheHighQueen Celestia]], [[LoveGoddess Cadance]], [[BadassBureaucrat Twilight Velvet]], [[{{Golem}} Helianthus]], [[{{Necromancer}} Grogar]], [[BenevolentPrecursors The ancient centaurs]] (despite being [[PosthumousCharacter mostly extinct]], [[EldritchAbomination the Things Beyond the Stars]], [[SentientCosmicForce The Nameless One]] (for that matter, most of [[MotherNature the]] [[TheGrimReaper Celestials]] have some plans going on), and, as of FanFic/{{Ink}}, [[TheArchmage Twilight Sparkle]][[/note]]. Twilight Sparkle is trying, but has yet to quite get out of her mentor's shadow [[CharacterDevelopment (although latter stages of]] Fanfic/PrincessTwilightSparklesSchoolForFantasticFoals [[CharacterDevelopment suggest she may be becoming a full player soon)]]. It takes her until FanFic/FoalsittingFollies to fully grow into the role. By which time Sumac Apple is trying it out too.

* Fanfic/LiesDamnLiesAndStatistics: (Ongoing) The royal family of the Crystal Empire take a holiday.

* AllAbusersAreMale: Since Equestria is a matriarchy-leaning society, with more mares in positions of power than stallions, there exists a social stigma in which stallions are generally seen as incompetent caretakers on their own, and need a mare's hoof to properly guide them in raising the foals. This to the point where the legal system only has social services for single mothers (even if it's severely out of date), yet none that support single fathers. In addition, any stallion seen alone with a child is regarded with great suspicion. For genuinely good fathers like Copperquick, this trope is seen as a problem since not only is it a grave misinformation, it is also damaging in almost every aspect of life (medical, financial, etc.). In Copperquick's case, he has to deal with people insisting he's a poor parent and he should let the birth mother take care of his infant daughter, Esmeralda Verde; never mind that said birth mother was responsible for multiple accounts of abuse and neglect that led to Esmeralda growing up underdeveloped and full of psychological issues. Even mares such as Buttermilk Oddbody and Twilight Velvet sees this view as degrading.

* ChristmasEpisode: FanFic/PrincessTwilightSparklesSchoolForFantasticFoalsWinterBreak and FanFic/ThePerilousGestationOfSwans.

* ComingOfAgeStory: TheWeed and TheMaskMakesThePony particularly are about this particular transition.

** Twilight Sparkle is not at present, although she could easily become so if she chose to.
** The main character of ''FanFic/{{Blank}}'' is also apparently this, regenerating FromASingleCell and being TheAgeless according to Cadance.

* CrapsaccharineWorld: We see a lot more of Equestria's seamy underbelly than is even hinted at in the canon show. [[AWorldHalfFull Fortunately there are people trying to fix it]]. The Equestria Girls world is similarly affected, as shown in FanFic/ThePerilousGestationOfSwans.

* DisabilitySuperpower: Often, characters with a strange dimension to their power suffer for it with the normal powers for their species, for example, Tarnish is a weak magician, but is also a {{Druid}}, and Flint cannot fly, but has fire powers.

* FamilyThemeNaming: All members of the House of Dark have names related to the word "dark", and can be used in phrases as well ("Dark and Dim", "Dark and Sinister", "Dark and Quiet, "Dark and Eerie", etc.).

* GodsNeedPrayerBadly: Gosling theorises that the state of worship may have effects on the Alicorns beng worshipped. In FanFic/TheMaskMakesThePony, the PowersThatBe reveal that he's at least part right, as offering prayer can empower those touched by the divine as part of a subset of [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve Enshrinement]].

* HappilyMarried: Most of the main-character couples reach this stage at some point.

* HollywoodHealing: {{Averted}}. Injuries taken take a realistic time to heal, and in some cases, this means they don't heal at all without magical intervention, a notable example being Trixie's leg wound in FanFic/VenenumIocus, which isn't healed five years later, and continues to trouble her until [[HealingHands Princess Cadance]] intervenes in FanFic/PrincessTwilightSparklesSchoolForFantasticFoals.

* LivingMacguffin: Sorcerers tend to turn into this, often to their detriment. The last Sorceress that Luna knew was utterly broken by the time the Princesses were able to get to her.

* TheMagicGoesAway: Sumac's Horrendous Hypothesis is this, as statistically, unicorns have weakened over time. Later stories build on the Hypothesis, showing it's a bit more complicated than that, particularly Fanfic/AmplitudeAdjustment.

* SuperEmpowering: Sorcerers are the amplifier version, vastly improving the magical capabilities of every creature in range, meaning that they often become {{Living Macguffin}}s for every major faction. Celestia fears what this power could bring in the wrong hands, and when she discovers that Twilight and her friends were conducting experiments with Sumac's power in ''FanFic/PrincessTwilightSparkleAndThe SorcerousSymbiosis'', she gives them a [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech scathing lecture]] and makes Twilight swear an oath not to use Sumac's power unless in emergencies.

* CompleteImmortality: Achievable by being bonded to something, you cannot then be killed so long as the thing exists. Grogar is bound to his crown, and the Ancient Centaurs bound Celestia and Luna to the Sun and Moon, respectively, intending to make any attempt to kill them a form of Mutually Assured Destruction, unfortunately, they didn't account for a {{Necromancer}} able to thrive without the Sun. It's later revealed that they aren't just tied to the Sun and Moon, but potentially ''every'' sun and moon, rendering them unkillable by everything short of an OmnicidalManiac. Cadance is also immortal, due to her ascension being the result of Celestia splicing a portion of her soul onto her. Twilight Sparkle is not at present, although she could easily become so if she chose to. The main character of ''FanFic/{{Blank}}'' is also apparently this, regenerating FromASingleCell and being TheAgeless according to Cadance. As of ''FanFic/FoalsittingFollies'', Gosling has become the Alicorn of Happiness just like his wives off-screen; so as long as happiness exists in Equestria, he will continue to live.

* ScientificallyUnderstandableSorcery: Magic varies somewhat on exactly how it workds, depending on exact form, but high-concept magic involves particle physics concepts (see MinovskyPhysics, above), and microwaves screw up pegasus flight. Fanfic/AmplitudeAdjustment is about Vinyl and Sumac clocking that unicorn magic is essentially radio and seeking Celestia's permission to study further.

* StudentAndMasterTeam: A proud tradition amongst the unicorns.
* SuperEmpowering: Sorcerers are the amplifier version, vastly improving the magical capabilities of every creature in range, meaning that they often become {{Living Macguffin}}s for every major faction.

* Fanfic/NomsMomBomb: (Ongoing) Nomination's mother is known to be disapproving of many of his choices, and an unexpected letter throws things very off-kilter.

A timeline of the stories and where they fit can be found [[http://www.fimfiction.net/group/210355/weed-world/thread/281852/time-line here.]]