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[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3055278/1/The_Interference_Final_Mix The Interference] by Newbie-Spud of [http://www.fanfiction.net/ Fanfiction.net] is a series of [[Fanfic|FanFics]] that centers around the exploits of the author's [[Author Avatar|self insert]] 'Alexander Karsath' as he ventures through different video game worlds and making alterations to the expected storyline. The series started with the original story set in the [[Kingdom Hearts]] universe and has such [[Massive Multiplayer Crossover|moved through]] the game worlds of [[Fullmetal Alchemist|Full Metal Alchemist: Curse of the Crimson Elixir]], [[Chrono Trigger (Video Game)|Chrono Trigger]], and is currently in the game-verse of [[Jak and Daxter|Jak II]].

 

 

There's been a hiatus recently due to Newbie-Spud taking way too many extracurricular activities, but once they are over he promises to get back to work.

** Not [[Fullmetal Alchemist|Ed]], however. His hair is almost perfectly possible... except for the bouncy fringe and [[Ahoge]].

* [[Annoying Younger Sibling]]: {{spoiler|[[Fan Girl|Erica Karsath]] in the second story, according to the other heroes and heroine, but mostly for Alex.}}

* [[A Storm Is Coming]]: The Black Wind howls for {{spoiler|Alex}}.

* [[Back From the Dead]]: {{spoiler|Alex}} in the third story.

* [[Badass Longcoat]]: {{spoiler|[[Not So Badass Longcoat|Subverted]] with Erica Karsath. She wears a black trenchcoat, but...she's [[Annoying Younger Sibling|Erica]]. Later [[Double Subverted]] when she [[Face Heel Turn|willingly]] [[Driven to Suicide|becomes]] one of [[The Heartless]].}}

* [[Bag of Holding]]: In the form of an [[Hammerspace|Etherspace]] pouch.

** [[Good Old Fisticuffs]]: {{spoiler|His fighting style as a result.}}

* [[Big Bad Duumvirate]]: The [[Deceptive Disciple|Apprentices]] of [[Kingdom Hearts|Ansem the Wise]] have served as this for the sequels. Only one has appearing in each of them as a main villain, though.

* [[Brainy Brunette]] and [[Brown Eyes]]: Alex falls into both these categories quite neatly (although the 'brainy' part is more due to his knowledge of how things normally play out).

* {{spoiler|[[Break the Cutie]]: The entire first few chapters of the fourth story are all about this.}}

* [[Brought Down to Badass]]: {{spoiler|The [[Jak and Daxter|Seal of Mar]] [[Morph Weapon|design]] doesn't give Alex any powers besides [[Super Strength|increased attack damage]]. But, granted, he still has [[Kingdom Hearts|Growth]] [[Clothes Make the Superman|abilities]].}}

* {{spoiler|[[Cain and Abel]]: [[The Corruptible|Erica]] and [[The Hero|Alex]] respectively when the former becomes one of [[The Heartless]]. Abel wins, but becomes [[The Stoic]] about the entire affair as a result.}}

* [[Calling Your Attacks]]: It seems magic and special techniques in every universe need to be vocally invoked. For the heroes, anyway.

* [[Clothes Make the Superman]]: Though they aren't actually the source of all his powers, the magical garments Alex wears do allow for more magic use and give him access to the various Drive Forms.

* [[Combat Pragmatist]]: Alex pulled this in the first story by {{spoiler|cutting the seams holding Oogie Boogie together}} and then promptly [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshading]] it. And it happens even more later on once he acquires {{spoiler|[[Functional Magic|Alchemy]]}}.

** It's through something akin to this that he {{spoiler|saves Axel from dying in the first story - via making him play by the rules of normal gameplay as a party member and defeating the oncoming streams of Assassins with a [[Combination Attack]].}}

* [[Dangerous Sixteenth Birthday|Dangerous Fifteenth Birthday]]: Three of the stories started on Alex's birthday due to the Universal Failsafe Law; the first of these is where {{spoiler|Erica dies}} the second is where {{spoiler|Alex dies}}, and the third is where {{spoiler|Alex is jailed for two years}}, although that actually happens the day afterwards.

** Thus far, each of the [[Big Bad Duumvirate|Apprentices of Ansem the Wise]] seem to only use darkness based abilities as powers, rather than their [[The Soulless|Nobodies']] [[Elemental Powers]].

* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: Something of a borderline example; as, even though Alex's defining element is darkness (as opposed to Sora's light), it isn't expressively stated that this is a good or a bad thing, just something that is.

** Also, {{spoiler|excessive darkness given a body can become a pretty sadistic [[Enemy Without]].}}

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: {{spoiler|Joumae, Alex's mental counterpart}}; {{spoiler|Roxas}} has his moments too.

* [[De Power]]: May cross into [[Brought Down to Normal|Brought Down To Normal]], but {{spoiler|Alex, after having his garments replaced be prisonwear at the beginning of the fourth story}} is noticeably weaker and more damage prone.

* [[Disappeared Dad]]: Peter doesn't live with the rest of the family anymore.

* [[Expy]]: {{spoiler|Since gaining a body, [[Enemy Without|Jou]][[Evil Former Friend|mae]] has become a pretty solid expy of [[Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep|Vanitas]], in part likely due to the [[Fridge Brilliance]].}}

* [[Final Boss New Dimension]]: In addition to the battle with [[Kingdom Hearts|Xemnas]] in [[Very Definitely Final Dungeon|the Realm of Nothingness]], {{spoiler|Elaeus is followed to his own personal pocket dimension that he had used to [[Time Travel]] in [[Chrono Trigger (Video Game)|Guardia]] using Alex's newly created [[Eleventh Hour Superpower|Time Fracture design]].}}

* [[Foreshadowing]]: The [[Sequel Hook]] being an example of foreshadowing, and {{spoiler|Alex's death in the third story}} being a subject of foreshadowing that nonetheless didn't seem to work for very many people.

* {{spoiler|[[Four Is Death]]: The fourth story thus far has had the deaths of [[Break the Cutie|Alexander's remaining innocence]], [[Deadpan Snarker|Joumae]], and [[Old Master|Azelas]]. [[Irony|Ironically]], this is also the story with the [[The Heartless|Heartless]] villain being that of Ansem's fourth Apprentice to become a Heartless, Even.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Hero Killer]]: Technically it was [[Chrono Trigger (Video Game)|Lavos]] who did it, but Elaeus was the one to [[The Hero|Alex]].}}

* [[Heroic Mime]]: Crono in the third story, in line with his game; though he still speaks a few times making this a partial subversion.

* [[Hyperspace Arsenal]]: It has been shown that Alex can summon his weapon out of literally nowhere.

* [[Jump Physics]]: Lampshaded at times, played straight at others.

* [[Killed Off for Real]]: {{spoiler|Erica; see the Karmic Death example.}}

** {{spoiler|Joumae in the fourth story.}}

* [[Massive Multiplayer Crossover]]: Four games and counting. One of which happens to link to nearly every major Disney film and classic cartoon short in existence.

* [[Meaningful Name]]: {{spoiler|Joumae, whose name means 'lock'. Yes, he did that on purpose.}}

* [[Official Couple]]: Aside from the canon couples in the games, {{spoiler|Alex gets paired with Lucca in the third story.}}

** {{spoiler|However, the author has stated that since he was away being torture for what he considers two consecutive years, the spark is probably very much diminished.}}

* [[Punny Name]]: Any character who had one in the original games, but {{spoiler|Joumae counts somewhat.}} The Lockshield itself, of course, since it's the literal opposite of '[[Kingdom Hearts|Keyblade]]'.

* [[Recruiting the Criminal]]: While {{spoiler|Alex}} wasn't a criminal in the normal sense, during the fourth story he is hired for the Krimzon Guard.

** Effected by {{spoiler|Alex once he returns to the real world at the beginning of the third story... but he only finds out at the start of the fourth story, when he discovers his sister's bed and things have disappeared from her and her mother's room.}}

* [[Sacrificial Lamb]]: {{spoiler|Azelas}} in the fourth story.

* [[Sequel Hook]]: See [[Dreaming of Things to Come]].

* [[Shirtless Scene]]: Chapter 6 in the fourth story.

* [[Shout Out]], possibly: Alex's parents are called [[Peter Pan|Wendi and Peter]]. {{spoiler|They are finally seen and named in the story where Alex is [[Irony|forced to grow up]].}} [[Word of God|Newbie-Spud has said that]] [[Fridge Brilliance|he did not realize this until it was brought up.]]

* [[Sibling Rivalry]]: {{spoiler|Erica and Alex, as noted by the second story and spelled out by the third. [[It Got Worse]] in the second story, though.}}

* [[Talking to Themself]]: {{spoiler|Everybody with a mental counterpart has the ability; Joumae is a specific example, but there's also Roxas (for Sora), Naminé (for Kairi) and ''Xehanort'', oddly (for Riku).}}

* {{spoiler|[[The Corrupter]]:[[Blade On a Stick|Dilan]], who manipulated [[Annoying Younger Sibling|Erica]] into turning herself into a [[The Heartless|Heartless]].}}

* [[Time Master]]: Aside from the [[Time Travel|Gates]] in [[Chrono Trigger (Video Game)|Guardia]], {{spoiler|the [[Eleventh Hour Superpower|Time Fracture design]] grants several time-related powers to Alex.}}

* [[Time Stands Still]]: It is shown that this happens both whenever Alex(or anyone else for that matter) leaves the real world for the game world and once he has completed the events of the game world and returned home to give the timelines time to sync up. It even comes up as a plot point in the fourth story.

** {{spoiler|[[The Corrupter|Dilan]] had a [[Blade On a Stick|single spear]], and later utilizes [[Fullmetal Alchemist|Jack Crowley]] as a [[Familiar|Guardian Heartless]].}}

*** {{spoiler|[[Annoying Younger Sibling|Erica]] also uses the same kind of weapon, first [[Functional Magic|constructed]] by Alex to make her less of [[The Load]], then given by Dilan to [[Cain and Abel|fight Alex]] after her [[Face Heel Turn]].}}

** {{spoiler|[[Hero Killer|Elaeus]] uses a [[BFS|large sword]].}}

* [[Word of God]]: He is very open with readers and friends about things like this and responds to questions.

* {{spoiler|[[You Can't Go Home Again]]: Highly probable, since Alex is, since the fourth story, no longer human on a genetic level. If he ever were to return to the real world for an extended period, he would be likely experimented on or hunted.}}