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[[File:marinasylum_9487.png|frame]] [http://marinasylum.insanejournal.com Here.] Welcome, criminal. You've been pulled out of your timeline for crimes you've committed. Nope, it doesn't matter if you were helping people or saving the world! Now you're here. Forever.


'''''Marina Asylum''''' is a work. Or maybe it's a website. The description doesn't say.
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[http://marinasylum.insanejournal.com Here.] Welcome, criminal. You've been pulled out of your timeline for crimes you've committed. Nope, it doesn't matter if you were helping people or saving the world! Now you're here. Forever.

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* [[All Crimes Are Equal]]: According to the warden, shoplifting is as bad as genocide, and deserves a life sentence.
* [[All Crimes Are Equal]]: According to the warden, shoplifting is as bad as genocide, and deserves a life sentence.
* [[Alternate Self]]: Sometimes they meet here, such as [[Code Geass|Nunnally]] and her Nightmare of Nunnally counterpart.
* [[Alternate Self]]: Sometimes they meet here, such as [[Code Geass|Nunnally]] and her Nightmare of Nunnally counterpart.
* [[Applied Phlebotinum]]: The dimensional stabilizer.
* [[Applied Phlebotinum]]: The dimensional stabilizer.
* [[Arson Murder and Jaywalking]]: Some characters' crime lists read like this.
* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: Some characters' crime lists read like this.
* [[Back From the Dead]]: [[Fullmetal Alchemist|Hughes]] and [[Code Geass|Euphie]], among others, due to the warden bringing people from different canonpoints.
* [[Back From the Dead]]: [[Fullmetal Alchemist|Hughes]] and [[Code Geass|Euphie]], among others, due to the warden bringing people from different canonpoints.
* [[Big Brother Instinct]]: [[Code Geass|Lelouch]] is probably the worst about this, but most of the older siblings have it.
* [[Big Brother Instinct]]: [[Code Geass|Lelouch]] is probably the worst about this, but most of the older siblings have it.
* [[Big Brother Worship]]: [[Air Gear (Manga)|Akito]], [[Code Geass|Rolo]], [[Fullmetal Alchemist|Fletcher]], and a few others suffer from this. [[Deconstructed Trope|Deconstructed]] in most cases, with fun results for all!
* [[Big Brother Worship]]: [[Air Gear|Akito]], [[Code Geass|Rolo]], [[Fullmetal Alchemist|Fletcher]], and a few others suffer from this. [[Deconstructed Trope|Deconstructed]] in most cases, with fun results for all!
* [[Can't Have Sex Ever]]: Sex is outlawed because Acumen doesn't want the criminals reproducing. And birth control is out of the question [[Circular Reasoning|because the criminals shouldn't be having sex]].
* [[Can't Have Sex Ever]]: Sex is outlawed because Acumen doesn't want the criminals reproducing. And birth control is out of the question [[Circular Reasoning|because the criminals shouldn't be having sex]].
* [[Children Are Innocent]]: Played with. Many of the inmates are minors, but children under thirteen are never arrested unless they've already committed heinous crimes.
* [[Children Are Innocent]]: Played with. Many of the inmates are minors, but children under thirteen are never arrested unless they've already committed heinous crimes.
* [[Everythings Better With Dinosaurs]]: See the raptors. Even if they are no longer "real".
* [[Everything's Better with Dinosaurs]]: See the raptors. Even if they are no longer "real".
* [[Fish Out of Temporal Water]]: Perhaps not directly due to taking place on another world, but a good portion of characters experience this considering the technologies available.
* [[Fish Out of Temporal Water]]: Perhaps not directly due to taking place on another world, but a good portion of characters experience this considering the technologies available.
* [[Jaywalking Will Ruin Your Life]]: Even just one crime is enough to get you sentenced to Marina for life.
* [[Killed Off for Real]]: If you die in Marina, you die in real life. And you get a tombstone in the graveyard!
* [[Killed Off for Real]]: If you die in Marina, you die in real life. And you get a tombstone in the graveyard!
* [[Life or Limb Decision]] : Played with by [[Umineko no Naku Koro Ni|Lambdadelta]], when realizing she is restrained by an ankle chain. She ropes [[Persona|Minako]] into cutting off her foot for her, though because she's an immortal of some sort, she just sews it back on once the chain is removed.
* [[Life or Limb Decision]] : Played with by [[Umineko no Naku Koro ni|Lambdadelta]], when realizing she is restrained by an ankle chain. She ropes [[Persona|Minako]] into cutting off her foot for her, though because she's an immortal of some sort, she just sews it back on once the chain is removed.
* [[Luxury Prison Suite]]: Some of the inmates live in more fancier housing among the rest, those include [[Black Butler|Ciel's]] replica of his mansion and [[Code Geass|Lelouch's]] house.
* [[Luxury Prison Suite]]: Some of the inmates live in more fancier housing among the rest, those include [[Black Butler|Ciel's]] replica of his mansion and [[Code Geass|Lelouch's]] house.
* [[Major Misdemeanor]]: Even just one crime is enough to get you sentenced to Marina for life.
* [[Master Computer]]: Acumen, more or less. Sentience used to be one, but then it started caring about the inmates.
* [[Master Computer]]: Acumen, more or less. Sentience used to be one, but then it started caring about the inmates.
* [[Might As Well Not Be in Prison At All]]: Many inmates' attitudes toward Marina's environs and lax rules.
* [[Might as Well Not Be in Prison At All]]: Many inmates' attitudes toward Marina's environs and lax rules.
* [[Nerf]]: Character superpowers are usually nerfed.
* [[Nerf]]: Character superpowers are usually nerfed.
* [[Nice Job Breaking It Hero]]: [[Serial Experiments Lain|Lain]] when she tried to fix Sentience's programming to prevent [[All Crimes Are Equal]]. Instead, Sentience shut down and so did the life support for three days.
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: [[Serial Experiments Lain|Lain]] when she tried to fix Sentience's programming to prevent [[All Crimes Are Equal]]. Instead, Sentience shut down and so did the life support for three days.
* [[Penal Colony]]: More or less.
* [[Penal Colony]]: More or less.
* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: [[Ace Attorney|Dahlia Hawthorne]] did this ''after'' [[Fullmetal Alchemist|Russel]] killed her. [[Nice Job Breaking It Hero|You done good, Pearl.]]
* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: [[Ace Attorney|Dahlia Hawthorne]] did this ''after'' [[Fullmetal Alchemist|Russel]] killed her. [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|You done good, Pearl.]]
* [[Robot Maid]]: Some of the bots do menial labour like this.
* [[Robot Maid]]: Some of the bots do menial labour like this.
* [[Sibling Yin Yang]]: The [[Fullmetal Alchemist|Elric and Tringham brothers]] and, to an extent, the [[Code Geass|Britannian royal family]].
* [[Sibling Yin-Yang]]: The [[Fullmetal Alchemist|Elric and Tringham brothers]] and, to an extent, the [[Code Geass|Britannian royal family]].
* [[Sliding Scale of Law Enforcement]]: Justified by the Defense Force being unable to do anything unless muns actually communicate.
* [[Sliding Scale of Law Enforcement]]: Justified by the Defense Force being unable to do anything unless muns actually communicate.
* [[There Is No Higher Court]]: Subverted. Sentience's creators, and later Sentience itself, were all tried and sentenced for kidnapping the inmates.
* [[There Is No Higher Court]]: Subverted. Sentience's creators, and later Sentience itself, were all tried and sentenced for kidnapping the inmates.
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* [[Underwater City]]: Marina is one.
* [[Underwater City]]: Marina is one.
* [[Viewer Gender Confusion]]: No one can decide on the correct pronoun for Sentience or Acumen.
* [[Viewer Gender Confusion]]: No one can decide on the correct pronoun for Sentience or Acumen.
* [[Working On the Chain Gang]]: New inmates whose crimes involve some form of murder are often chained to iron balls for the first few days of their imprisonment and shepherded around doing menial labor. A minor example, since this menial labor involves gardening and doing laundry.
* [[Working on the Chain Gang]]: New inmates whose crimes involve some form of murder are often chained to iron balls for the first few days of their imprisonment and shepherded around doing menial labor. A minor example, since this menial labor involves gardening and doing laundry.


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Latest revision as of 13:20, 12 October 2022

Marina Asylum is a work. Or maybe it's a website. The description doesn't say.

Here. Welcome, criminal. You've been pulled out of your timeline for crimes you've committed. Nope, it doesn't matter if you were helping people or saving the world! Now you're here. Forever.

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