First: Do No Harm

First: Do No Harm is a Web Serial Novel by User:Insanity Lord (Justin J. on Fictionpress). It follows the life of Chastity 'Vanilla' Jackson, a doctor and scientist in the 22nd Century, and the lives of her family and those close to her. Currently nearing the end of its first arc, with a small side arc put in focusing on her brother Kidari and a wanderer named Christopher.


 * Afraid of Blood:, which is bad because , and just seeing a small amount of it sends into a catatonic state for a full night.
 * Badass: Christopher, who goes head to head with a with just his fists. He eventually kills it by
 * Badass Bookworm: Vanilla. She's both a scientst and a doctor, so she's obviously very well educated, but not afraid put herself in danger. The same can be said for her.
 * Badass Longcoat: Christopher and Kidari both wear longcoats, and they're both quite badass,
 * Berserk Button: Almost everybody in the cast has one:
 * Christopher: Threatening his wife even if you have him at your mercy is a bad, bad idea and will quickly result in him.
 * Kidari: Turning children into zombies will make him lose control of his emotions - a very, very hard thing to accomplish, he's so in control of them, and he will unleash a wave of fire so powerful that it melts glass from windows and turns tiles into molten sludge along with putting the poor children to rest by burning their bodies to ash.
 * Vanilla: She loves children, in fact she's very much a Mama Bear about them. Intentionally making your child sick to get attention will get her attention, and then she'll have to excuse herself from the case in case she gives into her rage and throws you off of a building. Another good way is to
 * Big Bad:, from the side arc. So strong that he wiped the floor with Christopher and Kidari, who had been almost unstoppable up until this point.
 * Blessed with Suck: Christopher.
 * Curb Stomp Battle:
 * Deadpan Snarker:
 * Christopher, a lot. Most of the time he's commenting on the situation they're in, or how scary Kidari is, though.
 * Rosalina is another example, as every time her Vanilla reveals more of the tech she uses/created/patented under different names, she flat out comments on how it's either impossible, or not something a civilian can legally get their hands on
 * Genre Shift: The story shifts from.
 * Grand Theft Me: Pulled on Violet's husband, who then turned
 * It Got Worse: The Knights of Purity, who make it their mission to 'purge' the world of anything non-human are gunning for.
 * Names to Run Away From Really Fast:
 * Not Quite Dead:
 * Christopher, who
 * Another example would be the
 * Oh Crap:
 * Kidari has one during the side arc when.
 * He gets another one in the final battle of the arc, when, and Astaroth gets one when.
 * Shout-Out: And how! There are plenty:
 * Star Wars: Vanilla calls children 'younglings', though this was an unintentional reference entirely.
 * Doctor Who: Vanilla lives and works in a city called Blaidd Drwg, which is Welsh for Bad Wolf.
 * The Dresden Files: Vanilla has some crazy ideas at times (being a somewhat sane version of a Mad Scientist at times), including a robot ninja riding a robotic t-rex meant to look undead. She had to dismantle it, though she started selling toys based on it..and kids apparently love it.
 * Devil May Cry: In the side arc, Christopher finds a claymore and a pistol and wonders if he should dye his hair white, start spouting corny one-liners, and butchering Shakespeare. He then dismisses the idea as stupid.
 * Technical Pacifist: Vanilla. As a doctor, she's sworn to heal, not harm. It doesn't really count for as the mercs that assaulted her home found out the hard way.
 * Unstoppable Rage: Vanilla. In the first chapter she
 * Unstoppable Rage: Vanilla. In the first chapter she