Automoderated users, Autopatrolled users, Bureaucrats, Comment administrators, Confirmed users, Forum administrators, Interface administrators, Moderators, Rollbackers, Administrators
116,623
edits
Monster Hunter International: Difference between revisions
fixed unconverted camelcase link
No edit summary |
Looney Toons (talk | contribs) (fixed unconverted camelcase link) |
||
| (7 intermediate revisions by 4 users not shown) | |||
Line 1:
{{work}}
[[File:mhi1 7517.jpg|thumb|350px]]
{{quote|You know what the difference between me and you really is? You look out there and see a horde of evil, brain eating zombies. I look out there and see a target rich environment.
|Dillis D. Freeman Jr., as quoted in foreword}}
''Five days after Owen Zastava Pitt pushed his insufferable [[Warmup Boss|boss]] out of a fourteenth story window, he woke up in the hospital with a [[Good Scars, Evil Scars|scarred]] face, an unbelievable memory, and a job offer.''
Line 13 ⟶ 14:
''Welcome to '''Monster Hunter International'''.''
MHI is a contemporary fantasy/horror/
MHI was originally self-published in 2008, but high sales through word-of-mouth advertising, especially on gun-related forums, attracted the attention of [[Baen Books]], which picked up the series.
Line 21 ⟶ 22:
The third book in the series, '''Monster Hunter Alpha''', picks up some time after Vendetta, with a change of protagonist. Earl Harbinger heads to a remote town in Michigan, to settle some old scores with one of his oldest foes, a vicious werewolf who served the KGB, and take him down for good. But there's another force waiting in the darkness, working to bring about a new breed of werewolves, and the only thing in their way are a handful of locals and a Determinator Earl Harbinger who won't die.
Following these first 3, which are collected in a hardcover omnibus, the series continued with '''Monster Hunter Legion''', '''Monster Hunter: Nemesis
The series has repeatedly reached #1 on Audible, proving popular enough in audio format that Audible's executives have solicited the author to provide advice for writers seeking to make their books better suited for audio release. Sample chapters of his work and several original stories can be found [http://monsterhunternation.com/ on Correia's blog], and a free ebook copy (in most common ebook formats) of the first work can be obtained from [https://www.baen.com/monster-hunter-international.html the publisher's website].
If you're looking for a completely different Monster Hunter, which is a video game, [[Monster Hunter|check here]]!
Line 34 ⟶ 35:
* [[All of Them]]: Milo's answer when asked how many gun laws Abomination breaks.
* [[Always Save the Girl]]: [[Playing with a Trope|Played with.]] At the big climactic showdown, {{spoiler|Koriniha cuts Julie's throat to encourage Owen to use the artifact's power. Owen realizes this would fubar the whole world by letting in the Old Ones, so he doesn't. As he's carrying Julie past what's left of Captain Thrall, Thrall uses the last of his appropriated artifact juice to heal her.}}
* [[Ascended Demon]]: {{spoiler|Agent Franks, who is told at the end of ''Nemesis'' he'll now actually be judged when he dies instead of being sent back to hell straight away.}}. There's at least one succubus with a PUFF exemption, but this is a result of being useful to the US government and willing to help them than actually becoming ''good''.
* [[Artifact of Doom]]
* [[Angels, Devils, and Squid]]
Line 56 ⟶ 58:
* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: The orcs wear mostly black, have warty green-grey skin, yellow eyes and tusks but are definitely good guys
* [[Dragon with an Agenda]]: {{spoiler|Koriniha, priestess to the Old Ones.}}
* [[Enlistment-Ending Minor Malaise]]: Owen was raised to be a perfect soldier by his decorated veteran father {{spoiler|who knew from his ow encounters with the supernatural that one of his sons was doomed to be central to the battle against [[Eldritch Abomination|the great old ones]]}}. When it came time to enlist, Owen was rejected for childhood asthma (which he no longer has) and flatfoot. Effectively free of his father's [[Training From Hell|harsh training]], Owen decides to become an accountant to get as far as possible from soldiery, until an encounter with his serial killer werewolf boss thrusts him into the world of professional monster hunting. Aside from being a poor runner, which is as much attributable to his massive size and heavy gear as it is his flatfoot, these health problems cause Owen little trouble.
* [[Fantasy Kitchen Sink]]: Pretty much every monster myth known is true. Most can be killed with sufficient application of [[More Dakka|dakka]], [[Stuff Blowing Up|explosives]], [[Kill It with Fire|fire]], or combinations of the above.
* [[Friendly Sniper]]: Being team sharpshooter, and an all-around nice girl, Julie is this.
Line 62 ⟶ 65:
* [[Government Agency of Fiction]]: The Monster Control Bureau.
* [[Gun Porn]]
* [[Highly-Visible Ninja]] The {{spoiler|Catholic Church's Secret Guard}} are ''very'' good at stealth, even called ninja by observers, but really bad at disguise, still openly being {{spoiler
* [[Intimidating Revenue Service]]: MHI facing an audit is considered only ''slightly'' less vicious than the monsters they deal with.
* [[Interrogation as Framing Device]]: Used in ''Nemesis''. {{spoiler|It's actually Heaven, not the US Government, interrogating Franks.}}
* [[Implacable Man]]: Captain Thrall is very durable.
* [[A Man Is Not a Virgin]]: Subversion with {{spoiler|Trip}}. He is twenty-seven. Holly likes to playfully needle him about this.
Line 74 ⟶ 78:
* [[Nuke'Em]]: The MCB's backup plan for taking care of Lord Machado. {{spoiler|It misses him and instead annoys an Old One}}.
* [[Older Than They Look]]: {{spoiler|Harbinger is actually over one hundred but looks middle aged.}}
* [[Our Elves Are Better]]: Subverted. The elves live in the Enchanted Forest, a trailer park in rural Mississippi, and Queen Ilrondelia fits every [[White Trash]] stereotype in the book [https://web.archive.org/web/20131008064803/http://larrycorreia.wordpress.com/2010/04/05/tanya-princess-of-the-elves/ to a sickening degree].
* [[Our Orcs Are Different]]: They work for MHI as healers and as the pilot for their Mi-24 Hind; each has a special skill that makes them the best at what they do (Gretchen = Ultimate Healer; Skippy = Ultimate Hind Pilot). In Vendetta, Owen's brother speculates that this is the true origin of [[Badass Driver|The]][[Top Gear|Stig]].
* [[Prophecy Twist]]: {{spoiler|Owen fulfills the prophecy's requirements as well as the Cursed One did.}}
Line 101 ⟶ 105:
* [[Dead Guy, Junior]]: Milo's newborn daughter, named after {{spoiler|Sam Haven}}.
* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]]: {{spoiler|One of the Old Ones is killed when the protagonists use a doomsday weapon against it.}}
* [[Die or Fly]]: MHI's preferred method of recruitment is finding those who have survived (and preferably prevailed against) monster attacks already, showing they have the "Flexible Minds" to not be a liability on a hunt. They ''try'' to introduce those who survive but lack this ability to the only pair of mental health professionals that will actually give them care instead of paint them as nuts to protect the [[The Masquerade]], but the nature of the Unearthly Forces Disclosure Act they struggle to find such people.
* [[Ditch the Bodyguards]]: Owen is instructed by the Monster Control Bureau to stay at MHI's compound as bait for the [[Religion of Evil|Church of the Temporary Mortal Condition]]. However he's a pro-active kind of guy, and prefers to take the fight to them.
* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: The aforementioned {{spoiler|shoggoth}}, who pulls a [[Heel Face Turn]] when ordered to kill the only person who has ever loved it.
Line 160 ⟶ 165:
* [[Broke the Rating Scale]]: On a 1-10 scale where werewolves are 2, nukes are 5, zombifying a nation is 8 (7 if it's an island) and dealing with an [[Eldritch Abomination]] is a 10, one should be very wary of anything ranked 14.
* [[Mistaken for An Imposter]]: Mosh is mistaken for a Mosh impersonator. Justified, he's in a costume store at the time.
* [[Take That]]
{{Quote|I ever tell you how much I despise [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid Nevada’s jackass senator]? The minute he heard there were Hunters on the hook he came sniffing for a deal. Only time he’s worried about a budget is when it comes to screwing over Hunters. Cutthroat rat bastard.}}
{{reflist}}
| |||