Line #29 Blog/AskSeriousRainbow


1	[[http://askseriousrainbow.tumblr.com/ Ask Serious Rainbow]] is an Blog/AskAPony Blog staring Serious Rainbow, a version of Rainbow Dash that adopted Scootaloo and entered a relationship with Applejack. Oh, and she's also a member of the Serious Foundation, a group dedicated to the protection of the multiverse. And she's good at it.
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3	While mostly SFW, there are mature themes and cussing is quite frequent, but nothing ''too'' NSFW (she has another blog for that). [[http://askseriousscoots.tumblr.com/ Her Scootaloo also has a blog.]]
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7	!!This blog contains examples of the following tropes
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9	* AmicableExes: Until her mother's death, Serious's parents were like this after they divorced. They only divorced cause her father realized he was gay.
10	** Serious herself is on pretty good terms with her ex Twilight (in fact, she claims they had break-up sex before actually breaking up), and after finding out the circumstances behind their breaking up, she's gotten on good terms with [[spoiler: Gilda]].
11	* ArbitrarilyLargeBankAccount: The Serious Foundation pays ''very'' well. Rainbow apparently singlehoofedly paid for the Dashpad (and presumably the repairs it requires).
12	** When the Dashpad crossed over with A Touch of Diamonds (the Rarity crossover blog), Serious brought $400,000 ''in cash'' to cover any damages Epic Dash might cause.
13	* {{Archenemy}}: Green Eyes, the Pinkie from Rainbow's old universe, was set up as this, but it turned out Rainbow wasn't ''exactly'' remembering it correctly.
14	* BookDumb: Serious flat out refers to canon Rainbow Dash as [[http://askseriousrainbow.tumblr.com/post/117347457727/my-tank-has-a-nice-spot-to-hibernate-during-the this]] after seeing "Tanks for the Memories" and realizing Canon Rainbow didn't know tortoises brumate.
15	* BrainInAJar: [[http://askseriousrainbow.tumblr.com/post/47053796527/intregway-sr Thanks to Brainy Twilight]], Serious Rainbow has a clone that's one of these.
16	* BullyingADragon: Serious Rainbow's profession involves traveling to alternate universes, a ''huge'' arsenal of deadly weapons, and generally being a total badass. A Starscream blog decided [[MamaBear threatening her adopted daughter and girlfriend]] [[TooDumbToLive was a good idea.]] See MamaBear for how well that turned out.
17	* CosmicRetcon: The universe Serious Rainbow lives in is actually an alternate version of it she was reborn into by "the big guy upstairs" after the original universe ended with its destruction.
18	* {{Cosplay}}: Serious has been known to cosplay as many different characters and people, such as Otra from ''Webcomic/{{Girly}}'' and [[WebVideo/{{Jimquisition}} Jim Sterling]], among others.
19	* {{Crossover}}: Given Serious Rainbow's job description, this happens a lot. One of note was the [[http://askseriousrainbow.tumblr.com/tagged/Serious%20Rainbow%20King%20Sombra%20crossover/chrono crossover]] [[http://ask-king-sombra.tumblr.com/ with]] Blog/AskKingSombra.
20	** Serious is also the in universe owner of the [[http://rainbowdashpad.tumblr.com/ The Rainbow Dashpad]] and [[http://discordsworldofchaos.tumblr.com/post/50205046105/ooc-thanks gave Equestria-1301759 to the Discord's for their crossover blog.]]
21	** Also having a more major one with [[http://rainbowfactorydash.tumblr.com Factory Dash]] and [[http://ask-factory-scootaloo.tumblr.com/ Factory Scootaloo]].
22	* DeathIsCheap: Serious Foundation Agents have ResurrectiveImmortality, so dying isn't exactly an issue. At last count, Serious Rainbow has died 93 times. Though the first one ''was'' PlayedForDrama, since it was a KilledOffForReal in her original universe.
23	* EthicalSlut: Serious. While she's in an OfficialCouple with her Applejack, they have an open relationship and Serious has no qualms about exploiting it and even [[http://askseriousrainbow.tumblr.com/post/58747782991/to-be-honest-i-have-been-watching-john-fugelsang calls herself a slut at one point]]. However, she'd never cheat on Applejack and always lets her know.
24	** She isn't fond of actual cheaters either, as she and AJ are open and honest with each other. [[spoiler:[[http://askseriousrainbow.tumblr.com/post/89917481902/and-before-you-go-but-aj-and-you-have-an-open Apparently, Gilda cheated on Serious]] at some point and that's why she hates her so much. Later, however, she finds out Gilda had been blackmailed into it and they make up.]]
25	* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler: Serious in her original universe. It led to her being reincarnated in the Seriousverse.]]
26	* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: Twilight]] in Serious Rainbow's [[spoiler: original universe. Originally, she'd said it was their Pinkie (Green Eyes), but it turned out her memories were just messed up to the point she confused the two until Green Eyes pointed it out.]]
27	* FingerlessHands: [[http://askseriousrainbow.tumblr.com/post/34330739438/this-is-the-only-time-im-going-to-even-reference Referenced by its former name.]] [[http://askseriousrainbow.tumblr.com/post/53517843290/i-answered-this-back-in-october-i-think-but Twice.]]
28	* FromTheMouthsOfBabes: Scootaloo's first appearance, after Serious gets asked a question about her, involves her barging in on Serious while the latter is answering that she became Scoots's legal guardian because her stepmother was a royal... something. Scoots immediately picks up the slack and unabashedly reveals that Serious was about to say "[[CurseCutShort royal cunt]]".
29	* HappilyAdopted: Scootaloo is adopted by Serious Rainbow, and quite happy with it.
30	* HeelFaceTurn: Discord ended up making one at some point in the past on the [[http://askseriousrainbow.tumblr.com/ Ask Serious Rainbow]] blog...somehow. [[http://askseriousrainbow.tumblr.com/post/33126803073/i-mean-its-not-even-the-15th-yet-sr Apparently]], the Elements turned him good, something that completely confuses [[DimensionalTraveler Rainbow Dash]].
31	* ImpossiblyCoolWeapon: Serious Rainbow has a [[HandCannon Desert Eagle]] forged from her original universe's (Long story short, she's a reincarnation of another Rainbow Dash killed in a different universe than the one the blog takes place in) Elements of Harmony.
32	** However, after the events of the Season 4 premiere, she forced Green Eyes to take it back to her original universe. [[http://askseriousrainbow.tumblr.com/post/67865799270/ill-just-sniffle-requisition-a-normal Just in case.]] She did get the Manticore from [[http://askseriousrainbow.tumblr.com/post/68068125686/thanks-friend-sr-manticore-given-to Metal Gear Twilight]] though, so it's all good.
33	* KilledOffForReal: [[http://askseriousrainbow.tumblr.com/post/85540525622/yes-my-universe-has-two-beings-of-chaos-sr Tirek.]] Serious apparently killed him to make sure he stayed defeated.
34	** [[http://askseriousrainbow.tumblr.com/post/115597842787/not-even-applejoels-action-science-helped-her Starlight Glimmer as well.]] Ironically, both of them for the same reason.
35	*** Then she finds out [[spoiler: [[http://askseriousrainbow.tumblr.com/post/142471490217/for-the-record-flutters-is-wearing-a it was actually Starlight's twin sister Moonlight Glimmer.]]]] She's ''not happy'' with the "bullshit retcon".
36	* LawOfInverseFertility: Averted with extreme prejudice. Serious is thrilled that she's infertile and only AJ has to take the anti-pregnancy elixir now.
37	* MamaBear: Serious is Scootaloo's adopted mother. Her profession is basically "interdimensional secret agent". An [[http://justaskstarscream.tumblr.com/ alternate Starscream]] decided it'd be a bright idea to[[http://askseriousrainbow.tumblr.com/post/39007912133/let-it-be-known-here-and-now-i-starscream-the threaten to kill Scootaloo and Rainbow's girlfriend Applejack]] (and take over the multiverse, but those two were the reasons Rainbow was out for Starscream's energon). The resulting battle (sadly composed of almost nothing but text posts, as the Starscream blog is mainly text based) ends with Serious Rainbow going on a FoeTossingCharge through Starscream's army on a remote controlled drone. Serious' then took her revenge. [[http://askseriousrainbow.tumblr.com/post/39435620580/entering-the-dragons-lair With a]] [[http://askseriousrainbow.tumblr.com/post/39477748977/soundwaves-ready-to-rip-his-head-off-but-i-get sledgehammer.]] [[http://askseriousrainbow.tumblr.com/post/39501936016/cool-guys-dont-look-at-explosions-serious Followed by blowing his base to kingdomcome]] and having her friend Soundwave [[ThrownOutTheAirlock throw Scream's decapitated but still functional head out the airlock.]]
38	* MercyKill: [[spoiler: The real reason Green Eyes killed Serious, as Serious didn't want a lingering death after Twilight attacked her, leaving her to bleed to death.]]
39	* MST3KMantra: Frequently [[InvokedTrope Invokes]] this, even quoting the song and having 'MST3KMantra' as [[http://askseriousrainbow.tumblr.com/tagged/mst3k%20mantra the tags for such posts.]]
40	* {{MST}}: [[http://askseriousrainbow.tumblr.com/post/60762416303/jeez-i-look-bad-i-mean-my-manes-not-even Is doing one of the blog itself for the one year celebration.]]
41	* TheMultiverse: Takes this to its logical extreme by having her be in an organization guarding the multiverse. In addition, both the universe she lives in and her original universe (long story short, her Pinkie Pie went crazy and killed the group (though apparently she was at least somewhat sympathetic [[spoiler:and Rainbow's memories were screwed up and she mixed her and the ''real'' killer up]]) and she was reincarnated in another universe) have drastic differences from the show which are explicitly stated to be due to being an alternate universe (Rainbow refuses to join the Wonder Bolts, for example, due to her ridiculous wealth and personal friendship with Spitfire and in her original universe was named Rainbow '''Flash'''). Oh, and somehow, the Elements [[HeelFaceTurn turned Discord good.]]
42	* NoFourthWall: Demolished in the first update.
43	* NoodleIncident: Subverted on 'Ask Serious Scootaloo' when it was mentioned Sweetie Belle was kicked out of Rarity's place for the time being. Scoots wanted to keep this trope going, but [[http://askseriousscoots.tumblr.com/post/64530244090/sweetie-nope-scoots-grumble Sweetie Belle just outright tells the audience about it.]]
44	* OddFriendship: [[http://askseriousrainbow.tumblr.com/tagged/Soundwave With Soundwave.]]
45	* RedOniBlueOni: Serious is red, Applejack is Blue. As with many things, [[http://askseriousrainbow.tumblr.com/post/96102247067/read-up-on-the-trope-we-have-the-color-coding Serious has lampshaded it.]]
46	* ResurrectiveImmortality: Apparently par for course for all Serious Foundation agents, should Serious get killed, she just respawns a few seconds later.
47	* {{Retcon}}: [[spoiler: Despite originally saying it was her Pinkie that killed her in her original universe, Serious Rainbow eventually reveals it was her ''Twilight'' that did it. Said Pinkie (nicknamed Green Eyes) lampshades this by saying the original story guide said she was the villain and they're not following it anymore. Also explained in-universe in that Rainbow's memories of the event somehow confused the two and spending time with Green Eyes helped her remember what really happened.]]
48	** Likewise, [[spoiler: Starlight Glimmer's death was retconned into being the death of her twin sister Moonlight Glimmer, who was the one who took their cutie marks in the Seriousverse, in order to explain how Starlight still existed.]] Serious was ''not'' happy with that 'bullshit retcon'.
49	* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[http://askseriousrainbow.tumblr.com/tagged/War%20with%20Starscream Went on one when a Starscream blog threatened to kill Scootaloo.]]
50	* RuleOfCool: A lot of the blog runs on this, and it's very much intentional.
51	* RuleOfFunny: A lot of the blog also runs on this, and is also very much intentional.
52	* SeriousBusiness: Video games, though sometimes she has gotten annoyed at how seriously her followers take them.
53	* SliceOfLife: Despite the premise, there's a lot of this revolving around Serious Rainbow simply interacting with her friends and family, or just playing video games.
54	* ShoutOut: [[ShoutOut/AskSeriousRainbow So many it needs its own page.]]
55	* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Subverted in the [[http://askseriousrainbow.tumblr.com/post/31203916195/also-ask-red-hatted-rainbow-dash-sounds-dumb first post]]; Serious blurts one out, then promptly realizes she'd let the secret leak.
56	* TimeMachine: Serious Rainbow has one, it's based off the one from ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'' and time travel runs on those rules here.
57	* TragicKeepsake: Serious Rainbow's hat was a gift from her dead mother. [[http://askseriousrainbow.tumblr.com/post/62622322316/ive-worn-it-ever-since-sniffle-i-mean-its It's notably one of the few times]] she's actually let something the audience say about her get to her.
58	* WhamLine:
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60	** '''Serious:''' "[[spoiler: I demonized the wrong fucking pony!]]"
61	-> Later, combined with WhamShot:
62	** [[spoiler: '''Starlight:''']] Like I told Twilight, you killed my black sheep twin sister, [[spoiler: Moonlight Glimmer.]]

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