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** Ilyana also gets a chapter to herself.

** Rhys gets one as well.

* [[Badass Princess]]: Elincia.

* [[Bag of Spilling]]: By the time the Radiant Dawn story arc has come around, John is quite rusty and far less proficient than he was during the final battle with Ashnard. [[Justified Trope|Justified]] in that he's been sitting around studying magic and learning to play instruments than practicing his magic and swordplay.

** [[Platonic Life Partners]]: It started with Elincia and John, now Micaiah and John are moving in that direction.

** [[Just Friends]]: John and Karla seemed to be this for a while.

* [[Blah Blah Blah]]: John does this in the one time Soren's tactical meetings has been shown in story (Chapter 47). The situation results in John coming back to attention at the wrong time.

* [[BLAM Episode]]: The April Fool's Day chapter.

* [[But for Me It Was Tuesday]]: Ashnard's general reaction to just about every atrocity he's responsible for save for {{spoiler|killing Elincia's father.}}

* [[Butterfly of Doom]]: Okay, so technically John isn't time travelling, but he DOES know what's going to happen in the future thanks to [[Genre Savvy|playing the game god knows how many times]]. Sadly, his very presence in Tellius is enough to make sure that a LOT of stuff is changed.

** {{spoiler|Confirmed, as of chapter 44 of Mass Vexations 2.}}

* [[Cardboard Prison]]: {{spoiler|Patrick}} breaks out of capture so quickly and easily AND manages to get his hands on so much stuff that one has to wonder whether or not he had inside help. [[The Guards Must Be Crazy|However...]]

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Jay, oh so very much...

* [[Demonic Possession]]: {{spoiler|Karel. Also Karla to a small extent.}}

* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]]: Guess who defeats Ashnard after he's [[One-Winged Angel|revived though the power of the medallion a la Hard Mode]]. No, it's not Ike. No, it's not one of the Laguz. Nope, not John. Given up yet? {{spoiler|It's PATRICK.}} He's about as surprised as the reader.

* [[Disguised in Drag]]: {{spoiler|John has to dress up as a female whom he arbitrarily names Sophia Domivere. This is one of the uncommon cases where, overall, it isn't [[Played for Laughs]]}}

'''John''': That waitress is pretty good looking.<br />

'''Ash''': *slap* }}

* [[Dramatic Ellipsis]]: The author of this fanfiction loves this about as much as Poe loves dashes.

* [[Early-Bird Cameo]]: Micaiah appears in Crimea looking for Sothe during the Path of Radiance arc.

* [[Eccentric Mentor]]: Lute. Just... Lute.

* [[Everyone Can See It]]: John and Jill. You know it's pretty bad when someone like Petrine made note of it.

* [[Evil Overlord]]: {{spoiler|Ashnard}} in the first part of the fic.

* [[Face Heel Turn]]: {{spoiler|Patrick!}} And ''HOW!''

* [[Fauxlosophic Narration]]: Beginning of Chapter 13 seems to fall into this category.

* {{spoiler|[[First Law of Resurrection]]: John finds a way to come back to life twice. The first time, Gatrie takes the price. The second time, the other people in the camp are given a one-use staff that they use to bring John back to life.}}

* [[Free-Range Children]]: Nino, Linde, Mist... and a young man in charge of a massive revolutionary army.

* [[Fridge Horror]]: {{spoiler|The person who was responsible for the death of Gatrie as well as the cause of great amounts of torment for John early in the story just happened to be a time-travelling ex girlfriend who was also once a friend of Gatrie's and mourned his loss. She also happens to be the same person who killed John in the story. [[Ax Crazy]] much?}}

{{quote| '''Soren''': As a tactician and an important person to Ike, I cannot die," Soren said. (Chapter 74)}}

** Patrick seems to want in on this, too, since the Radiant Dawn portion started.

** [[Word of God]] says that throwing the cell phone was supposed to be a symbolic action of letting go of the past.

* [[Groin Attack]]: John suffered a rather nasty one at the hands of Patrick. [[Ted Baxter|He considers it one of his many specialties.]]

* [[Hero of Another Story]]: It's a little known fact that [[Recurring Character|recurring]] [[Bit Character]] Patrick (that guy with a crush on Ilyana) is supposed to be one, with him being the main character of a [[Spin-Off]] fanfic created by one of Foxwolf Jackson's friends. Sadly, his story is currently [[Dead Fic]]. {{spoiler|Subverted in that Patrick has now become a recurring antagonist instead.}}

* [[Heroes Want Redheads]]: John apparently really wants Jill.

* [[Hurricane of Puns]]: If Patrick wasn't one already, he certainly became one upon {{spoiler|stealing General Wallace's [[Running Gag|chained axe God of War bullshit]]}}.

'''Jill''': A... light bulb?<br />

'''John''': Three! Two to fight over who's going to do it and one to bark orders! }}

* [[Marshmallow Hell]]: Happens at least once to poor [[Chaste Hero|John]]. Subverted, however, as the act was performed by Mia, and it was really more a result of the girl's [[Genki Girl|unbridled enthusiasm and obliviousness to John's pleas to let go]] rather than her chest size.

* [[Master of None]]: John is able to use Anima, Dark and Light magic, something that has only been seen a couple times in the Fire Emblem games. (Specifically Athos, a [[Eleventh-Hour Superpower|very strong]] but [[Crutch Character|fully leveled]] [[Eleventh-Hour Ranger]] character from Fire Emblem 7 and [[Cute Shotaro Boy|Ewan]] from Fire Emblem 8 as a [[Fan Nickname|Super]][[Magikarp Power|Pupil]], a [[Bragging Rights Reward]] [[Prestige Class|promotion]] only unlocked during a [[New Game+|third playthrough and onward]].) However, while he has great potential, John has a great deal of trouble applying it. This leaves him frequently overshadowed by more specialized spellcasters like Selena.

* [[Ship Tease]]: Happens rather frequently, often without the author's intent. However, given [[Heartbroken Badass|John's]] [[Celibate Hero|nature]], it'd take some doing to make something out of it.

* [[Shout-Out]]: Quite a few.

** An entire chapter is also an homage to the first Christmas of World War 1, in which soldiers on both sides of the battlefield engaged in one big, happy Christmas.

* [[Silk Hiding Steel]]: Princess Elincia is portrayed as a kind-hearted person toward John. Even if she isn't the Mary Sue that many fans consider her to be in the games, she is still relatively peaceful and calm. Just don't anger her or force her hand into combat. Therein lies a [[Badass Princess]] behind that veil of formality and peacefulness.

* [[Smug Snake]]: {{spoiler|Patrick. Ignore the fact that he technically knows almost everything worth knowing about the Dawn Brigade. He fits this to a tee.}}

* [[Swiss Army Weapon]]: The staff that {{spoiler|Shinon}}uses.

* [[Synchronus Episodes]]: Chapters 39 (Do or Die) and 40 (Do or Die: Jill) start at roughly the same time and end roughly the same time, except Chapter 40 has a little {{spoiler|funeral blurb}} tacked on to the end. They even have some scenes that are the same in both chapters. One has to wonder if this is brilliance by the author to combine the two chapters or sheer laziness.

* [[Ted Baxter]]: Patrick has this quality in '''''SPADES'''''.

* [[Tempting Fate]]: "It was nice to be in a town where we weren't worried for our lives. I think we'll be safe in a secluded, out of the way desert town. It's finally a time of peace for us. What could go wrong?" (Chapter 87). Cue the spotting of a Begnion soldier in town.

** John seems to have taken after Selena's pushiness and Shinon's tactics when apprenticing poor Leonardo.

* [[Trapped in Another World]]: John. {{spoiler|Patrick}}, to some extent.

** It seems Patrick and John are heading in this direction considering Patrick seems to be of a higher status in the Begnion army and John seems to be right-hand man to Micaiah in Sothe's place.

* [[Tsundere]]: Jill alternates between beating John up, admitting he's cool to talk to, insults him, becomes a good friend, {{spoiler|kills him}}, then {{spoiler|ends up dating him}}. All over the place, that one is.