Through the Eyes of Another Pony: Difference between revisions

[[File:group_photo_by_johntb-d4ci77b_1872.png|frame|This is the kind of thing every brony wishes for...[[Cerebus Syndrome|minus the whole Nightmare thing]].]]

 

"So yeah, I'm a human.  And now I'm a pony.  No, that's not a joke, though I would laugh if it were.  All I did was party at my place and pass out, only to wake up in Ponyville.  Now you must be thinking I had one too many, and I'm right there with you.  But no drunken hallucination lasts this long and whatever the case, The Nightmare seems to have a problem with me.  A big one.

 

 

You can find my story [http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/08/story-through-eyes-of-another-pony.html here]."

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* [[Actually Pretty Funny]]: "Oh, Luna. Your sadism should not be this entertaining."

* [[Anguished Declaration of Love]]: {{spoiler|When Firewall realizes he's about to be taken from Luna, he tries to tell her he loves her.}}

* [[Berserk Button]]: Anything that threatens kids in any way absolutely enrages Firewall. The Nightmare learns this the painful way when the villains kidnap Apple Bloom.

* [[Beware the Silly Ones]]: None of the ponies take Firewall seriously, as he tends to respond to danger by laughing his plot off at it. This does NOT mean he cannot be a credible threat. When [[Let's Get Dangerous|pushed too far]], he will melt your freaking face into a puddle, and then incinerate said puddle. See the examples under [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]] below.

* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: After Firewall tells Pinkie Pie (and the rest of the Mane 6 and Celestia) about their being viewed on TV, Pinkie Pie waves at the reader, and Firewall tells them to wave back. Judging by the comments, most did.

* [[Breather Episode]]: After escaping {{spoiler|Nightmare Sol}}, not only does Firewall get some good sleep for the first time in a while, but the action and drama also take a back seat and let comedy take the reins for a bit.

* [[Butt Monkey]]: Firewall. He even lampshades it by name in chapter 12.

* [[Calling the Old Man Out]]: Storm Wing gives {{spoiler|Winter Sky}} a verbal dressing down. He even uses the "You're not my father!" line.

* {{spoiler|[[Man Behind the Man|Creator Behind the Demon]]: If you thought that the Nightmare's plans seemed a bit too intricate for her shattered mind to formulate, you were right. It was all an elaborate plot by David so that he could "fix" her.}}

* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: Firewall, though not really a moron, does act rather [[Cloudcuckoolander|goofy]] at times, which usually annoys the ponies around him. However, don't mess with him or his friends.

** Even [[The Lancer|Storm]] [[Handicapped Badass|Wing]] seems somewhat afraid of him when he's mad.

** {{spoiler|The Nightmare learns how ineffective hooves are against a sleeper hold in chapter 14. Poor Applebloom.}}

* [[Deconstruction]]: The author does some minor deconstruction on the universe with regards to canon, but will more frequently deconstruct certain elements of Fanon.

* [[Demonic Possession]]: The Nightmare is quite fond of doing this. A bit scarier than many cases in that it doesn't ''need'' anypony's help/hubris to acquire a new host.

* [[Don't You Dare Pity Me!]]: In chapter 10, Luna refuses Firewall's empathy after she learns of Celestia's [[Dark Secret]].

** Firewall is driven to this after he gets into a big fight with Luna leaves him distraught.

* [[Doorstopper]]: One Chapter is 43000 words/100 pages

* [[Double Take]]: Day one is chock full of 'em, as well as [[Face Palm|Facehooves]].

* [[Fighting From the Inside]]: {{spoiler|Firewall}} after being [[Demonic Possession|possessed]] by the Nightmare. Couldn't actually take back control, but sure could make getting anything done a nightmare. Apparently this wasn't possible for the Nightmare's previous hosts, and was only possible this time because {{spoiler|David himself}} had prepared said host.

** Also {{spoiler|Trixie}} to some extent. When {{spoiler|David's contract}} prevents her from acting directly against him, she {{spoiler|begins deliberately dropping clues about the identity of the saboteur.}}

* [[Handicapped Badass]]: Storm Wing is a personification of this trope (screw him in his badassery), since he's blind.

* [[Heel Realization]]: {{spoiler|Trixie}} gets one in Chapter 14 and takes it very poorly.

** Firewall experiences this in at least one encounter with [[The Big Bad]].

** An odd mental example. Luna breaks down entirely mentally and physically, due to having assimilated more data at one time than her brain was capable of properly processing

* [[Meaningful Name]]: True to source, but [[Discussed Trope|discussed]] between Firewall and Twilight. Names may hint at a pony's special talent, and provide a clue for what they can do; but the pony still has power to choose. Fire still doesn't get it.

** Firewall himself is a [[Meaningful Rename]]. His original name is [[One Steve Limit|Steve]]).

* [[Mundane Utility]]: Firewall uses his fire powers to [[Finger-Snap Lighter|light his]] [[Smoking Is Cool|cigarettes]].

* [[Never Trust a Trailer]]: In chapter 12, Luna tells Firewall they need to have a chat, alone, and Firewall remarks how he's been asked that three times already. The preview for this chapter treated the event as more dramatic, mainly thanks to giving it out of context. Actually, the chapter previews do this ''a lot''.

* [[Nobody Poops]]: Subtly mentioned as one of the perks of living in a cartoon world.

* [[Not So Different]]: Firewall is Compared to {{spoiler|David; but by Winter Sky. David was silly, tried to hide human culture from the ponies, and was only serious if ponies were in danger too.}} Firewall has yet to come up with a serious difference between the two, aside from himself being somewhat philosophical.

* [[Oh Crap]]: The ordinarily calm and collected {{spoiler|David}} experiences two of these in rapid succession when he realizes {{spoiler|Trixie has stolen the codex}}, and then again when {{spoiler|Firewall merges with Nightmare while David is already weakened.}}

* [[One Steve Limit]]: Part of the reason Firewall was happy enough to abandon his human name and adopt a pony one.

* [[Original Character]]: Firewall (of course), as well as at least half of the relevant characters in the story.

* [[Phlebotinum Rebel]]: The Nightmare

* [[Played for Laughs]]: Pretty much the story itself, in that it uses so many elements to great effect that should normally make this just another terrible fanfic.

* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Like Stoic and Lafter battle for dominance within Firewall's head, his fiery exuberance is balanced by Storm Wing's calculating stoicism.

** {{spoiler|Prince Blueblood}}, who would ordinarily be averse to raising a hoof to do most things for himself, let alone anything at all for anypony else, is seen in the crowd of ponies who are defending Applelossa from the incoming shadow army.

* [[Rule of Funny]]: The primary reason why so many elements usually characteristic of a bad fanfic are used.

** Luna adds a {{spoiler|Nyan Cat}} to the night sky.

** From chapter 13:

'''Luna''': (in her best gravelly voice) [[Dragon Ball Abridged|I am an adult!]] }}

** [[Fullmetal Alchemist|THIS RELAXING TECHNIQUE HAS BEEN PASSED DOWN THE ARMSTRONG LINE FOR GENERATIONS!]]

** CL also seems to tease a bit for Silverheart and Storm Wing (screw him for that), particularly in the middle of the story. As of the later chapters, this relationship seems to have been put on hold in favor of Prince Storm Wing (screw him) and Fluttershy. Which is then hinted at by Firewall.

* [[Shut UP, Hannibal]]: Firewall delivers these to the Nightmare on a regular basis.

* [[Spit Take]]: Of all ponies, '''''Princess Celestia''''' does this around a campfire, after learning how most humans view her as a cruel tyrant. Twice, in fact, though the second time, [[Butt Monkey|Firewall]] ends up covered in cider.

* [[Sufficiently Advanced Alien]]: {{spoiler|Is what David actually is.}}

 

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