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** Luna and WebVideo/{{Snowdrop}} in ''Legend of the Goddesses'' are similarly affectionate.
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* CrazyAwesome: Venni, a violently insane AntiHero. [[spoiler:Crazyface, the pony who made her that way,]] is a villainous example.
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** Lyra and Bon Bon, [[PlayedForLaughs Played For]] BlackComedy.
** The story has its cake and eats it too with Celestia by only giving this treatment to the ''younger'' version of her seen in ''Legend of the Goddesses'', showing that she ''used'' to be a jerk and a bully.
** Lyra and Bon Bon, [[PlayedForLaughs Played For]] BlackComedy.
** The story has its cake and eats it too with Celestia by only giving this treatment to the ''younger'' version of her seen in ''Legend of the Goddesses'', showing that she ''used'' to be a jerk and a bully.
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* CrackPairing: Apart from the always-popular Fluttermac, the official long-term relationships of the Mane Six--[[spoiler:Twilight/Joe, Pinkie/Fancypants, and Rainbow/Derpy]]--are, not as absurd as this trope usually gets, but very much unorthodox.
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** Discord expresses distaste that Gilda and Silver Spoon are good guys now, saying "You just can't find a good old-fashioned ''antagonist'' anymore." Come the end of Season 5, when there have been so many {{Heel Face Turn}}s (including Gilda and Silver Spoon) that reformed antagonists now have their own character page, and this has become a fairly common sentiment.
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** Later, Twilight and [[spoiler:Donut Joe, of all ponies]]. They go to bed together in the ''first'' chapter of the story in which he appears, with nary an earlier hint of their pre-existing relationship. Despite arguably being more sudden than either of the other examples, it received the most positive response.
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** Later, Twilight and [[spoiler:Donut Joe, of all ponies]]. Donut Joe. They go to bed together in the ''first'' chapter of the story in which he appears, with nary scarcely an earlier hint of their pre-existing relationship. Despite arguably being more sudden than either of the other examples, it received the most positive response.
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* RonTheDeathEater: Lyra and Bon Bon, [[PlayedForLaughs Played For]] BlackComedy.
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** Lyra and Bon Bon, [[PlayedForLaughs Played For]] BlackComedy.
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* TheUntwist: [[spoiler:Some readers saw Snicker-Snack/Vorpal Blade as a DevilInPlainSight.]]
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* TheUntwist: StrangledByTheRedString
** Of several possible examples, the biggest is probably [[spoiler:Rainbow and Derpy]]. While Rainbow's crush was implied as early as Chapter 40 and made explicit in Chapter 76, the FourLinesAllWaiting nature of the story means the attraction was exhibited in no more than three chapters before Rainbow's LoveConfession in Chapter 98. The WhamLine that the feelings are mutual, to quote the moment itself, came way outta left field, especially since there was only WordOfGod to even imply [[spoiler:[[IncompatibleOrientation that they were of compatible orientation]]]].
** Earlier, Twilight and Snicker-Snack. Readers found him not nearly as charming as he was supposed to be, [[spoiler:when they weren't finding him ObviouslyEvil]], making the fast-paced and passionate relationship unconvincing.
** Later, Twilight and [[spoiler:Donut Joe, of all ponies]]. They go to bed together in the ''first'' chapter of the story in which he appears, with nary an earlier hint of their pre-existing relationship. Despite arguably being more sudden than either of the other examples, it received the most positive response.
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** [[spoiler:Some readers saw Snicker-Snack/Vorpal Blade as a DevilInPlainSight.]]
** Of several possible examples, the biggest is probably [[spoiler:Rainbow and Derpy]]. While Rainbow's crush was implied as early as Chapter 40 and made explicit in Chapter 76, the FourLinesAllWaiting nature of the story means the attraction was exhibited in no more than three chapters before Rainbow's LoveConfession in Chapter 98. The WhamLine that the feelings are mutual, to quote the moment itself, came way outta left field, especially since there was only WordOfGod to even imply [[spoiler:[[IncompatibleOrientation that they were of compatible orientation]]]].
** Earlier, Twilight and Snicker-Snack. Readers found him not nearly as charming as he was supposed to be, [[spoiler:when they weren't finding him ObviouslyEvil]], making the fast-paced and passionate relationship unconvincing.
** Later, Twilight and [[spoiler:Donut Joe, of all ponies]]. They go to bed together in the ''first'' chapter of the story in which he appears, with nary an earlier hint of their pre-existing relationship. Despite arguably being more sudden than either of the other examples, it received the most positive response.
* TheUntwist
** [[spoiler:Some readers saw Snicker-Snack/Vorpal Blade as a DevilInPlainSight.]]
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* HarsherInHindsight: [[spoiler:The death of Granny Smith]]. Mostly because of the author's own relationship with his [[spoiler:Grandmother]] and her sudden death in 2014.
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* AngstWhatAngst: Apple Bloom. She ''does'' a reasonable amount of angsting on [[spoiler:Granny Smith's death, her role in the castle robbery, and being dissatisfied with her cutie mark]], so it might be hard to notice that she ''doesn't'' angst about [[spoiler:nearly being molested]]. It's not until Part Three that she finally reveals she's carrying some baggage from that.
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** Vinyl Scratch and Octavia get this a lot, most prominently in Chapter 65, dampened only somewhat by their addressing each other as "sister".
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** In ''Legend of the Goddesses'', Luna and Snowdrop get exceedingly affectionate with each other, with lots of hugging and nuzzling.
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** In Applejack and Rarity in Chapter 117 seem to have something else on their minds when they make a deal to go out looking for dates together. Really, by Part Three, ''all'' of the friendships of the Mane Six have been [[{{Flanderization}} Flanderized]] into LesYay. The entire group are constantly physically affectionate with one another, up to and including kissing.
** Luna and WebVideo/{{Snowdrop}} in ''Legend of theGoddesses'', Luna and Snowdrop get exceedingly affectionate with each other, with lots of hugging and nuzzling.Goddesses'' are similarly affectionate.
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** The story has its cake and eats it too with Celestia by only giving thistreatment, PlayedForLaughs.treatment to the ''younger'' version of her seen in ''Legend of the Goddesses'', showing that she ''used'' to be a jerk and a bully.
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* RonTheDeathEater: [[OneTruePairing Lyra and Bon Bon]].
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* RonTheDeathEater: Lyra and Bon Bon, just to put a little twist on the OneTruePairing.
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* ArchivePanic: Comparatively mild. 110 chapters, over 250,000 words, and many more to come if the final author's notes of Part Two is to be believed.
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** DJ P0n-3 and Octavia get this a lot, most prominently in Chapter 65, dampened only somewhat by their addressing each other as "sister".
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* ArchivePanic: Comparatively mild. 110 chapters, over 250,000 words, and many more to come if the final [[TheRant rant]] of Part Two is to be believed.
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* ArchivePanic: Comparatively mild. 110 chapters, over 250,000 words, and many more to come if the final [[TheRant rant]] author's notes of Part Two is to be believed.
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--> I guess what we can take away from [[TheRant my previous notes]] is that great minds think alike. Is it arrogant to refer to myself as a great mind? Probably. But it's either "great minds think alike" or "Hasbro steals ideas directly from my brain", and I find the former far more likely.
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--> I guess what we can take away from [[TheRant my previous notes]] notes is that great minds think alike. Is it arrogant to refer to myself as a great mind? Probably. But it's either "great minds think alike" or "Hasbro steals ideas directly from my brain", and I find the former far more likely.
* RonTheDeathEater: Lyra and Bon Bon both get this treatment.
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* TheUntwist: [[spoiler:Some readers see Snicker-Snack/Vorpal Blade as a DevilInPlainSight.]]
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* TheUntwist: [[spoiler:Some readers see saw Snicker-Snack/Vorpal Blade as a DevilInPlainSight.ObviouslyEvil.]]
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* CrazyAwesome: Venni, a violently insane AntiHero. [[spoiler:Crazyface, the pony who made her that way,]] is a villainous example.
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** Annihilara is a pony made entirely of shadows, with glowing eyes, who resides in the ancient castle of the pony sisters. The author claims he discovered the press release revealing the plot of [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E3CastleManeia "Castle Mane-ia"]] the day ''after'' he debuted Annihilara in the story.
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** Annihilara is a pony made entirely of shadows, LivingShadow with glowing eyes, eyes who resides in the ancient castle of the pony two sisters. The author claims he discovered the press release revealing the plot of [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E3CastleManeia "Castle Mane-ia"]] the day ''after'' he debuted Annihilara in the story.
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* LesYay: All over the place, as is par for the course in this fandom. The author mentions that he tried to avoid it, but failed miserably.
* RonTheDeathEater: PlayedForLaughs. Lyra and Bon Bon, the sweethearts of the fandom, appear occasionally, walking the line between being [[SitcomArchNemesis Sitcom Arch-Nemeses]] and all-out villains.
* RonTheDeathEater: PlayedForLaughs. Lyra and Bon Bon, the sweethearts of the fandom, appear occasionally, walking the line between being [[SitcomArchNemesis Sitcom Arch-Nemeses]] and all-out villains.
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* LesYay: All over the place, as is par for the course in this fandom. Most of it unintentional, some not:
** More than one reviewer has commented that the adoring pet names Celestia heaps upon Twilight sound more like the words of a lover than a motherly figure.
** The teasing and giggling between Rainbow and Twilight in Chapter 43.
** Drunk and depressed Fluttershy in Chapter 46 plants full-on passionate kisses on Rarity and Twilight. Rarity is described as almost about to reciprocate.
** DJ P0n-3 and Octavia get this a lot, most prominently in Chapter 65, dampened only somewhat by their addressing each other as "sister".
** Silver Spoon gets pretty flirty with Apple Bloom in Chapter 77. The authormentions that identifies this as the point where he tried to avoid it, but realized his attempts at avoiding LesYay throughout the story had [[EpicFail failed miserably.
* RonTheDeathEater: PlayedForLaughs. Lyramiserably]]; Apple Bloom lampshades the sexual tension, and Bon Bon, Silver Spoon criticizes her for seeing it at all.
** In Chapter 88, Fluttershy comforts Rainbow Dash by kissing all over her face, much to thesweethearts latter's bewilderment. Note that later in the same chapter, she gives Big Mac she exact same series of kisses.
** In ''Legend of thefandom, appear occasionally, walking Goddesses'', Luna and Snowdrop get exceedingly affectionate with each other, with lots of hugging and nuzzling.
* LoveToHate: Every member of theline between being [[SitcomArchNemesis Sitcom Arch-Nemeses]] and all-out villains.TerribleTrio has their own quirks that make them unforgivable but chillingly cool.
* SignatureScene: The sleepover scene of the first chapter.
** More than one reviewer has commented that the adoring pet names Celestia heaps upon Twilight sound more like the words of a lover than a motherly figure.
** The teasing and giggling between Rainbow and Twilight in Chapter 43.
** Drunk and depressed Fluttershy in Chapter 46 plants full-on passionate kisses on Rarity and Twilight. Rarity is described as almost about to reciprocate.
** DJ P0n-3 and Octavia get this a lot, most prominently in Chapter 65, dampened only somewhat by their addressing each other as "sister".
** Silver Spoon gets pretty flirty with Apple Bloom in Chapter 77. The author
* RonTheDeathEater: PlayedForLaughs. Lyra
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** In ''Legend of the
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* VillainSue: Vorpal Blade. He's a villainous example of TheChosenOne, explicitly has a few powers he's definitely not supposed to, and his first victory was [[BecauseDestinySaysSo guaranteed by prophecy]].
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* HilariousInHindsight: Annihilara is a pony made entirely of shadows, with glowing eyes, who resides in the ancient castle of the pony sisters. The author claims he discovered the press release revealing the plot of [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E3CastleMania Castle Mane-ia]] the day ''after'' he debuted Annihilara in the story.
** Happens a ''lot'' with Discord's arc in the story, which contains a lot of similarities to his roles in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E11KeepCalmAndFlutterOn Keep Calm and Flutter On]] and [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E25TwilightsKingdomPart1 Twilight's]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E26TwilightsKingdomPart2 Kingdom]].
** Happens a ''lot'' with Discord's arc in the story, which contains a lot of similarities to his roles in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E11KeepCalmAndFlutterOn Keep Calm and Flutter On]] and [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E25TwilightsKingdomPart1 Twilight's]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E26TwilightsKingdomPart2 Kingdom]].
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* HilariousInHindsight: HilariousInHindsight:
** Annihilara is a pony made entirely of shadows, with glowing eyes, who resides in the ancient castle of the pony sisters. The author claims he discovered the press release revealing the plot of[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E3CastleMania Castle Mane-ia]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E3CastleManeia "Castle Mane-ia"]] the day ''after'' he debuted Annihilara in the story.
** Happens a ''lot'' with Discord's arc in the story, which contains a lot of similarities to his roles in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E11KeepCalmAndFlutterOnKeep "Keep Calm and Flutter On]] On"]] and [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E25TwilightsKingdomPart1 Twilight's]] "Twilight's]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E26TwilightsKingdomPart2 Kingdom]].Kingdom"]].
** Annihilara is a pony made entirely of shadows, with glowing eyes, who resides in the ancient castle of the pony sisters. The author claims he discovered the press release revealing the plot of
** Happens a ''lot'' with Discord's arc in the story, which contains a lot of similarities to his roles in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E11KeepCalmAndFlutterOn
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** [[spoiler:Sørmur dï Mitgaeard being Discord's mother receives a great deal of foreshadowing, so out of all the things that happen in the chapter in which it's finally revealed, it ends up being the least surprising of all the events.]]
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* ArchivePanic: Scratches the surface of this trope. Doesn't hold a candle to more famous examples, but - 110 chapters, over 250,000 words, and many more to come if the final [[TheRant rant]] of Part Two is to be believed, still qualifies as a case of this.
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* ArchivePanic: Scratches the surface of this trope. Doesn't hold a candle to more famous examples, but - Comparatively mild. 110 chapters, over 250,000 words, and many more to come if the final [[TheRant rant]] of Part Two is to be believed, still qualifies as a case of this.believed.
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* ArchivePanic: 110 chapters, over 250,000 words, and many more to come if the final [[TheRant rant]] of Part Two is to be believed.
--> Part Three has been planned out beat-by-beat, every step of the way to its conclusion. I try not to think any further ahead than that, but doing so is inevitable, so I have a fairly clear picture of Part Four, and what I know from those thoughts is that there will ''definitely'' be a Part Five. And since I still haven't given any thought to a full-story conclusion, I'd say we're looking at about a 50-50 chance of a Part Six—[[ScrewThisImOuttaHere hey, where are you going?]]
* CharacterDerailment: Sweetie Belle, fully intentionally. Her CharacterDevelopment sees her becoming increasingly fickle and moody. As of the end of Part Two, she forcibly becomes aware of the problem and seems to be getting back on track.
* HilariousInHindsight: Annihilara is a pony made entirely of shadows, with glowing eyes, who resides in the ancient castle of the pony sisters. The author claims he discovered the press release revealing the plot of [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E3CastleMania Castle Mane-ia]] the day ''after'' he debuted Annihilara in the story.
** Happens a ''lot'' with Discord's arc in the story, which contains a lot of similarities to his roles in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E11KeepCalmAndFlutterOn Keep Calm and Flutter On]] and [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E25TwilightsKingdomPart1 Twilight's]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E26TwilightsKingdomPart2 Kingdom]].
--> I guess what we can take away from [[TheRant my previous notes]] is that great minds think alike. Is it arrogant to refer to myself as a great mind? Probably. But it's either "great minds think alike" or "Hasbro steals ideas directly from my brain", and I find the former far more likely.
* LesYay: All over the place, as is par for the course in this fandom. The author mentions that he tried to avoid it, but failed miserably.
* RonTheDeathEater: PlayedForLaughs. Lyra and Bon Bon, the sweethearts of the fandom, appear occasionally, walking the line between being [[SitcomArchNemesis Sitcom Arch-Nemeses]] and all-out villains.
* TheUntwist: [[spoiler:Some readers see Snicker-Snack/Vorpal Blade as a DevilInPlainSight.]]
** [[spoiler:Sørmur dï Mitgaeard being Discord's mother receives a great deal of foreshadowing, so out of all the things that happen in the chapter in which it's finally revealed, it ends up being the least surprising of all the events.]]
* TheWoobie: [[spoiler:Princess Annihilara]], in spades. Would be WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds, but the "destroyer of worlds" part is mostly in her head.
--> Part Three has been planned out beat-by-beat, every step of the way to its conclusion. I try not to think any further ahead than that, but doing so is inevitable, so I have a fairly clear picture of Part Four, and what I know from those thoughts is that there will ''definitely'' be a Part Five. And since I still haven't given any thought to a full-story conclusion, I'd say we're looking at about a 50-50 chance of a Part Six—[[ScrewThisImOuttaHere hey, where are you going?]]
* CharacterDerailment: Sweetie Belle, fully intentionally. Her CharacterDevelopment sees her becoming increasingly fickle and moody. As of the end of Part Two, she forcibly becomes aware of the problem and seems to be getting back on track.
* HilariousInHindsight: Annihilara is a pony made entirely of shadows, with glowing eyes, who resides in the ancient castle of the pony sisters. The author claims he discovered the press release revealing the plot of [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E3CastleMania Castle Mane-ia]] the day ''after'' he debuted Annihilara in the story.
** Happens a ''lot'' with Discord's arc in the story, which contains a lot of similarities to his roles in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E11KeepCalmAndFlutterOn Keep Calm and Flutter On]] and [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E25TwilightsKingdomPart1 Twilight's]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E26TwilightsKingdomPart2 Kingdom]].
--> I guess what we can take away from [[TheRant my previous notes]] is that great minds think alike. Is it arrogant to refer to myself as a great mind? Probably. But it's either "great minds think alike" or "Hasbro steals ideas directly from my brain", and I find the former far more likely.
* LesYay: All over the place, as is par for the course in this fandom. The author mentions that he tried to avoid it, but failed miserably.
* RonTheDeathEater: PlayedForLaughs. Lyra and Bon Bon, the sweethearts of the fandom, appear occasionally, walking the line between being [[SitcomArchNemesis Sitcom Arch-Nemeses]] and all-out villains.
* TheUntwist: [[spoiler:Some readers see Snicker-Snack/Vorpal Blade as a DevilInPlainSight.]]
** [[spoiler:Sørmur dï Mitgaeard being Discord's mother receives a great deal of foreshadowing, so out of all the things that happen in the chapter in which it's finally revealed, it ends up being the least surprising of all the events.]]
* TheWoobie: [[spoiler:Princess Annihilara]], in spades. Would be WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds, but the "destroyer of worlds" part is mostly in her head.
