YMMV / Maternal Instinct (MLP)

• Big-Lipped Alligator Moment: When Celestia is summoned to Castle Discord, she walks in on a teenage unicorn mare and pegasus mare making out, who immediately run out the door when they see her. The incident is never mentioned again. Probably intentional, considering it's Discord.
• Fridge Brilliance: Celestia is calm and understanding when a grief-stricken Chrysalis confesses what she did to Pupa. She probably hasn't always been the wise, kind, benevolent princess we know her as. She's more than a thousand years old and has almost certainly also done awful things that she too regretted.
• Genius Bonus: The Changelings frequently reference a Grim Reaper-like figure called the White Changeling of Death. In most Asian cultures, the color white represents death and mourning.
• Hilarious in Hindsight: King Thorax is here the name of Chrysalis' abusive father. In canon, Thorax is the name of an absolute sweetheart who could be considered Chrysalis' son and becomes king of the changelings.
• Jerkass Woobie: Queen Chrysalis becomes this after chapter 5.
• Moe: Princess Pupa.
• Ugly Cute: Pupa's deformities don't make her any less adorable.
• The Woobie: Princess Pupa is a mentally and physically disabled filly who just wants her mother's love.