Chapter Name References
As mentioned on the main trope page, every chapter title is a song lyric:
- "Light the World Up for Just One Day" (Just Like Fire - P!nk)
- "Will You Rail Against the Dying Day?" (Sleep On The Floor - The Lumineers)
- "You Can Give Your Broken Heart to Me" (Loyalty
- MandoPony) - "Who's Gonna Question What Goes On In the Middle of the Night?" (A Story Told - 2009 The Count of Monte Cristo musical)
- "I'll Spread My Wings So Take My Heart" (Constellations - Aviators)
- "You're Gonna Sing the Words Wrong" (Riptide - Vance Joy)
- "Sometimes I Give Myself The Creeps" (Basket Case - Green Day)
- "You Make Your Mistakes But Its Never Too Late" (Gold - Sleeping with Sirens)
- "There Ain't A Cloud In Sight" (Mr. Blue Sky - Electric Light Orchestra)
- "Now You Can't Tell The False From The Real" (Gold - Imagine Dragons)
- "I'll Be Your Ghost, Your Game, Your Stadium" (Love Runs Out - OneRepublic)
- "Trouble Will Surround You, Start Taking Some Control" (Panic Station - Muse)
- "No Squealing, Remember That It's All In Your Head" (Clint Eastwood - Gorillaz)
- "Howling Ghosts They Reappear in Mountains That Are Stacked With Fear" (King and Lionheart - Of Monsters and Men)
- "Hello Again Friend of A Friend" (Black Sheep - Metric)
- "I'm Just as Real as, I'm Just as Dangerous as You, So Know You'll Find" (Life Will Change - Persona 5 OST)
- "Here Comes This Rising Tide" (The Phoenix - Fall Out Boy)
- "And These Little Things Define You Forever" (Bad Blood - Bastille)
- "So Hard to Find This Place, so Hard to Catch That Flame" (On and On - The Score)
- "Constant Reminders of What Got Me Here" (Shakedown - The Score)
- Orphaned Series: The fic was cancelled in 2022, though at that point the last chapter was written two years prior, which itself was written a year after the previous one. The author cited these long update gaps as one of the reason for dropping the fic. The other was the bloated nature of the story, as he felt there were too many needlessly complicated details, characters, and plot beats. He did suggest that he may revisit the fic in the future, albeit completely rewriting it to be more condensed and focused, however.
- Outdated by Canon: At the time of writing, Bow Hot Hoof and Windy Whistles had not been revealed as Rainbow Dash's parents, so Daring Do and Rainbow Blaze were used as Dash's parents.
- Shout-Out:
- The name of the hotel Sunset and Rainbow are taken to is the Chateau D'if.
- After some accidental dialogue from Rainbow, Lightning Dust adds in "...by the time it hits you?"
- In Chapter 17, while Stanza is calming down Rainbow Dash, Lightning Dust mutters that 'the sun's gettin' real low'. Sonata proceeds to giggle and say how she 'understood that reference'.
- Word of God: In Chapter 16.5, Dash starts to read off the nameplate on Lightspeed Barrage's desk, but is cut off by the director for "PG-13" reasons. The nameplate actually reads "Fucker in charge of you fucking fucks". Barrage is one classy lady.
