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{{quote|''But this is fun, isn't it? [[Title Drop|The games we play.]]''}}
''[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/3479/The-Games-We-Play The Games We Play]'' (not to be confused with [[Name's the Same|the other]] ''[[The Games We Play]]'') is a [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]] [[Fanfic]] written by AbsoluteAnonymous.
There's been another sighting of the mysterious Mare Do Well... but this time, all of Rainbow Dash's friends plead ignorance, insisting that they've put aside their costumes for good. Rainbow Dash is determined to uncover the masked mare's true identity before she's humiliated yet again, but this time around, the vigilante seems especially interested in her as well. Will Rainbow Dash be able to solve the mystery before the culprit takes the hoax too far? Or is she in danger of losing not only her mind, but her heart?
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** Rainbow Dash secretly wonders whether Pinkie Pie is one of these who is using [[Obfuscating Insanity]] to cover herself. Played with in that Dash cannot imagine Pinkie having any ''sinister'' motive and concludes that Pinkie simply arranges coincidences to make life happier for those around her. {{spoiler|Basically confirmed in the end.}}
* [[Cerebus Syndrome]]: The early chapters come across as much goofier than the later ones. Around chapter 7, the story begins to [[Genre Shift|shift]] from a light-hearted romantic mystery to a darker, more twisted psychological drama.
* [[Character Development]]: Tons, with most of it focused on revealing the [[Hidden Depths]] of the cast.
* [[Circling Monologue]]: Mare Do Well pulls one on Rainbow Dash in one chapter [[I Shall Taunt You|while teasing her]] about the suspicious way she now views her friends.
* [[Cliff Hanger]]: A few are thrown in every now and then, but the Mother of all Cliffhangers would have to be the end of chapter 19: {{spoiler|Mare Do Well calls the game off, so Rainbow Dash runs after her in an attempt to forcibly unmask her, and the chapter ends before she can catch her.}}
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* [[Fandom Nod]]: In a sense; in chapter 12, Rainbow Dash thinks over in her head which one of her friends might be Mare Do Well, using reasoning and wording that is very similar to the guesses and speculation readers posted in the comments. This may have been unintentional.
** The chapters surrounding [[The Reveal]] also have Mare Do Well bring up all the avenues of investigation Rainbow never pursued, some of which would have solved the mystery in minutes. Many of these ideas were previously noted in fan comments, so the author might have taken inspiration from the fans on this point.
* [[Fantastic Arousal]]: Pegasi wings are very, very sensitive.
* [[Foe Yay]]: A strange variation. Mare Do Well is [[Single-Target Sexuality|completely in love with Rainbow Dash]] and is perfectly willing to say so. No matter what she does, her motivation can usually be summed up as "I thought Rainbow Dash would like it." Rainbow Dash, however, despises Mare Do Well, viewing her not only as a rival, but as an enemy that must be defeated; yet she's still clearly attracted to MDW, even if she won't admit it to herself.
* {{spoiler|[[Forceful Kiss]]:}} {{spoiler|Surprisingly, ''Mare Do Well'' is on the receiving end of one from ''Rainbow Dash'' in chapter 20. May have edged on [["Take That!" Kiss]] territory.}}
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* [[It's All About Me]]: Mare Do Well seems to love tweaking Dash's tail and getting under her skin, even as her actions start to hurt the pegasi's relationships with others. {{spoiler|This was deliberate.}}
* [[It's All My Fault]]: {{spoiler|Mare Do Well}} doesn't take the events of Chapter 9 well.
* {{spoiler|[[Kissing Discretion Shot]]:}} Oddly enough. In the [[Something Completely Different|dialogue-only]] chapter 21, pauses in the conversation (indicted by ellipses) are used to imply that {{spoiler|Rainbow Dash kissed Pinkie}} with no actual description of the event.
* [[Kissing Under the Influence]]: At the Hearth's Warming Eve party in the palace, Rainbow Dash gets drunk and kisses {{spoiler|Pinkie Pie.}}
* [[Let's Fight Like Gentlemen]]: As much as Rainbow hates Mare Do Well, she agrees to the rules they set for their little competition.
* [[Loss of Identity]]: {{spoiler|Pinkie}} feared that this would become more likely as the Mare Do Well game continued.
* [[Love Hurts]]: {{spoiler|[[The Power of Love|But it can also heal]], if both ponies are willing to do what it takes to keep it.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Loves My Alter Ego]]}}: {{spoiler|Pinkie starts off trying to pursue Rainbow as the Mare-Do-Well, but after Rainbow makes one or two comments about liking MDW when the drops the act, Pinkie also tries pursuing Rainbow Dash as herself.}}
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* [[Manipulative Bastard]]: Rainbow Dash is convinced that Mare Do Well is one. {{spoiler|She's wrong.}}
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: Rainbow's ditching of Pinkie leads her into a [[Heroic BSOD]].
* [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]]: Implied to be what happened to the unicorn lowlife who {{spoiler|broke Rainbow Dash's wings}} and accordingly became a victim of Mare Do Well's [[Unstoppable Rage]].
* [[No Sense of Personal Space]]: Mare Do Well.
* [[Oblivious to Love]]: Rainbow Dash towards Pinkie Pie.
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* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Rainbow Dash and Mare Do Well respectively.
** {{spoiler|And in chapter 21, surprisingly, Rainbow and Pinkie. That's right; ''Pinkie Pie'' is ''calm''...relatively speaking.}}
* [[Redundant Romance Attempt]]: Rainbow Dash eventually admits that she actually doesn't find Mare Do Well all that annoying, provided she's not putting on those superior airs.
** {{spoiler|All things considered, Pinkie's attempts to woo Rainbow probably would have been much better off if she'd never come up with the idea of using Mare Do Well.}}
* [[The Reveal]]: Rainbow finally unmasks Mare-Do-Well at the end of Chapter 20.
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* [[Sexier Alter Ego]]: Although there's no real change to her physical appearance (aside from the costume), Mare Do Well is charming, suave, and flirtatious, which is a far cry from how {{spoiler|Pinkie Pie}} normally acts.
* [[Ship Tease]]: Aside from the Rainbow/Pinkie/MDW triangle, Chapter 19 seems to hint that Applejack has an interest in Rarity.
* [[Shout-Out]]: To various [[Memetic Mutation|memes]] in the [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|MLP]] fandom, including cameos from [[Ensemble Darkhorse|Derpy Hooves,]] [[Something Else Also Rises|wingboners]] as plot points, "I emptied your fridge," and etc.
** [[Charlie the Unicorn|"We gotta be sneaky, Dashie! Sneaky!"]]
* [[Slap Slap Kiss]]: Once Rainbow starts developing some feelings towards Mare Do Well, their interaction frequently falls into this territory.
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** {{spoiler|She proves to be [[Not So Stoic]] when Rainbow Dash gets her wings broken.}}
* [[Technically a Smile]]: {{spoiler|Pinkie Pie's expressions after Rainbow Dash rejects her feelings, complete with broken, hollow laugh. [[Understatement|Dash is somewhat unsettled by this.]] }}
* [[Terms of Endangerment]]: Mare Do Well starts calling Rainbow Dash "Dashie" and "silly filly" in one chapter just to make her uncomfortable.
* [[Title Drop]]:
{{quote|'''Mare Do Well:''' But this is fun, isn't it?
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* {{spoiler|[[That Man Is Dead|That Mare Is Dead:]]}} {{spoiler|Thought by Mare Do Well during the climax, when she finally drops the charade completely and concedes that she can't keep it up any longer.}}
* [[Tsundere]]: Rainbow towards Mare Do Well.
* [[Two Aliases, One Character]]: The very premise of the story. One of Rainbow Dash's friends is playing Mare Do Well...she just doesn't know ''who.''
* [[Wham! Episode]]: Chapter 19.
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: In Chapter 19, Rainbow Dash gets called out by both Twilight and Mare Do Well for {{spoiler|kissing Pinkie while drunk}}. Mare Do Well also accuses her of not taking their game seriously enough and claims she could've easily discovered her identity if she invaded her friends' privacy even more.
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