It's a Dangerous Business, Going Out Your Door: Difference between revisions

** As of Chapter 15, this includes {{spoiler|dreaming of her future self and full potential. Can't get much more things to come than ''that''}}.

* [[End of an Age]]: Ushered in by the great war between the deer; as Lady Falalauria eventually reveals, they are responsible for {{spoiler|magic being required to keep the world running in most areas outside bastions like the Everfree Forest}}.

* [[Fainting Seer]]: A side-effect of Horn Rot is going into random fits that involve visions of the past or future. Very painful fits with difficult-to-decode visions.

* [[Fantastic Racism]]: Gildedale, an Earth Pony country, looks down upon pegasi and unicorns and scorns their magic. Naturally, this causes tension when they discover Dash and Rarity's presence in their land...

* [[Flower From the Mountaintop]]: Exaggerated with the Beneviolet, a flower that grows high in the Archback Mountains, is a powerful healing plant, and is able to cure many illnesses, especially those of a magically degenerative nature. It's worth mentioning that the Archback Mountains, home to the magical cure-all, are also past the Everfree Forest, over another mountain range, across the plains of Gildedale, and finally through the enchanted forest of Shimmerwood.

* [[Foreshadowing]]: Plenty in the first chapter, but this line stands out:

** Early on, Rainbow Dash mentions that pegasi don't get cold. Turns out {{spoiler|her mentor Firefly was the exact opposite -- she never got ''hot'', but struggled with the cold}}.

** In chapter 3, Pinkie Pie worries about the monsters Rainbow Dash could meet beyond Equestria's borders. Unfortunately for Applejack and company, one of them turns out to be real: {{spoiler|a world snake.}}

* [[It's the Journey That Counts]]: It's a recurring theme in the story that "the journey is more important than the destination".

* [[Kill the Messenger]]: Referenced by Niles:

* [[Large and In Charge]]: Lord Hammer Hoof and Lady Falalauria.

* [[Leap of Faith]]: In Chapter 18, {{spoiler|the newly-healed Twilight trusting her vision and teleporting ''straight'' to her friends' side just in the nick of time}}.

* [[Living Lie Detector]]: According to the Deerfolk, Applejack's alignment with the Element of Honesty helps her to see through falsehoods of all kinds, from little white lies to illusion magic.

* [[Madness Mantra]]:

* [[Marked Change]]: As of Chapter 13, {{spoiler|Rainbow Dash gains [[Power Tattoo|glowing tattoos]] along with the ability to ride the lightning}}.

* [[Meaningful Rename]]: In Gildedale society, young ponies are simply called 'Filly/Colt [Body Color]' until they earn their cutie mark, at which point they choose a name that informs others of their role in life. Shield Maiden, for instance, is a warrior, and Birdspeak speaks with birds.

* [[Running Gag]]: Rainbow Dash being corrected on her pluralization of 'pegasus'.

* [[Sacrificed Basic Skill for Awesome Training]]: In this story, as in original ''[[My Little Pony]]'' [[Canon]], all unicorns can learn how to teleport. Rarity, however, chose not to study any magic aside from what directly helps in her chosen line of work.

* [[Seer]]: Falalauria, Lady of the Shimmerwood, has this power. Specifically, she can see the network of Choices set before a given individual, as well as divine their True Nature and which Choices they are most likely to make, drastically raising the accuracy of her predictions.

* [[Sequel Hook]]: There are multiple hints that in the process of completing their quest, the three travelers have unleashed "something," according to Falalauria; hence why {{spoiler|she considers killing them.}} It's also stated that the other members of the mane cast who didn't get to go on the adventure will have the opportunity to learn about what their elements do for them.

** The Deer of the Shimmerwood are excellent teleporters, though in a different fashion; instead of the sparkly bursts that accompany unicorns, they are simply ''here'' one moment and ''there'' another.

* [[This Is Sparta]]:

** She has another epic one at the beginning of chapter 18.

* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: Applejack, upon learning {{spoiler|from Ashtail how to Stand Firm, the Earth ponies' innate talent}}.