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John is a typical musician going to college. However, after a freak automobile accident, he finds himself thrust into the world of [[Fire Emblem]], specifically Path of Radiance. It's thus up to John to journey along with Ike, Elincia, and the gang on their quest to save Crimea from the clutches of the nation of Daein, as per the game. Along the way, though, a lot of things change...

Be careful, as it is an incredibly LONG read. However, it is entirely worth it.

 

 

* [[Action Girl]]: Just about every woman in the fic.

* [[Almost Kiss]]: Boy, does this happen a lot.

* [[Black Magician Girl]]: Nino.

* [[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.

* [[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...]]

* [[Casual Danger Dialogue]]: Selena and Calill have a conversation about boys while attacked by beast laguz. One has to wonder if the author has any psychological dislike or distrust of his gender with how much male bashing is done in the story.

* [[Celibate Hero]]: John has traces of it, although this is more based on the fact that he fears he may still be drawn back into his own world - thus leaving the object of his affection alone - than it is an aversion to romance. After he comes to terms with the fact that he's probably not going back to his own world, he becomes a bit more like a mild case of [[Chaste Hero]] instead.

* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: The 'chocolate cake' bit from when John first runs into Karla comes in handy {{spoiler|when Karel shows up}}.

* [[Chick Magnet]]: Arguable, depending on how you interpret the girls' friendships with John.

* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: Poor John finds himself on the losing end of these frequently...

* [[Cute Bruiser]]: Karla qualifies in the rare example she uses a blade. Jill also qualified as one {{spoiler|before she died, although her dream self seems to continue this theme.}}

* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: John appearantly has quite a bit of talent using Dark magic. He also happens to be a real swell guy.

* [[Dark Magical Girl]]: Petrine seems to morph from [[Dark Action Girl]] to this trope as her character is explored. She wants approval from Ashnard, it's hinted that she's smart and talented but has never really gotten a break, she has a reputation of being harsh to the troops and delights in torment and punishment. The flame lance upon which she uses to battle can also be considered magical, thus fitting the "Magical" part of the trope name. While she laughs at John's attempts to recruit her to Crimea at first, it seems that {{spoiler|Ashnard leaving her prisoner to Crimea sparked a change in her that eventually transforms her into an atoner making the ultimate sacrifice.}}

* [[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]]}}

* [[Dope Slap]]: Ash delivers one to John in Chapter 86.

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

* [[Dragon with an Agenda]]: {{spoiler|Patrick as of the Radiant Dawn arc.}}

* [[Friendly Enemy]]: John and Petrine

* [[Genre Savvy]]: Well, John, obviously. However, recently Soren has got into the action as well.

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

* [[Giving Radio to the Romans]]: John comes into Tellius with a pocket watch (which is never explained what happened to it), a wallet, a trumpet mouthpiece for some reason, and his cell phone. Subverted when he throws the cell phone into the water instead of using it to improve life for the citizens of Tellius.

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

* [[Go-Karting with Bowser]]: Chapter 33... the holiday celebration chapter.

* [[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.}}

** In an entirely different way, there is a Supporting Protagonist of Another Story with {{spoiler|Ash. It's not explicitly stated in Foxwolf's fic itself, but those who have read [[Mass Vexations]] can immediately catch that Ash is from that fic. She even mentions Art, the hero of that story, at one point. And then there's Chapter 83, in which this is outright stated to be the case in an A/N, as well as in Ash's descriptions of the ME universe.}}

** Patrick attempts to be one of these when using {{spoiler|Wallace's spring loaded chain axe}} despite having no prior training with it at all. The results [[Reality Ensues|were]] [[Oh Crap|as]] [[Epic Fail|expected]].

* [[I Need to Go Iron My Dog]]: There is a small, hilarious exchange between John and Titania in their mock date.

'''John'''Uh, I think I gotta go to the bathroom. }}

* [[Inverse Dialogue Death Rule]]: This trope has been played straight and subverted in the fic.

** This is from actual canon.

* [[Light Bulb Joke]]: Chapter 35!

'''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.

* [[Mind Fuck]]: Apparently, {{spoiler|Sophia Domivere is a ''real person'', seeing as how she and John are somehow able to be in two places at once.}}

* [[Moment Killer]]: Boyd seems to cause a lot of these.

* [[Nobody Poops]]

* [[Not in This For Your Revolution]]: {{spoiler|The Black Fang}} assisting Princess Elincia in the first arc seems to fit into this.

* [[Not What It Looks Like]]: Chapter sixteen has John doing something to silence Mist. This something is never explained in the story. Of course, who else should enter the room at that very moment but Ike and Boyd. [[I Can Explain]] occurs without much luck for the poor hero.

* [[Omniscient Morality License]]: Jay knew quite well that {{spoiler|Jill was going to die}} but didn't say anything to John to try and avert it. {{spoiler|She has a '''VERY''' [[Grandfather Paradox|good reason]].}}

* [[One of Us]]

* [[Papa Wolf]]: Do what you will to John, but you do '''''NOT''''' mess with his friends if you know what's good for you.

* [[Pop-Cultured Badass]]: For those rare moments where John isn't [[You Suck|getting his ass royally handed to him]], he certainly qualifies. Patrick is perhaps even more of a contender, considering he was the one to {{spoiler|off Ashnard}}.

* [[Precision F-Strike]]: Selena is always portrayed as a calm character, always being a gentle, kind guide to the rash hero of the story. However, Chapter 88 has a gem that is very rarely seen in the form of a rare moment of despair.

** There is another one in chapter 91 with Selena as well.

* [[Redemption Equals Death]]: {{spoiler|Petrine. [[Player Punch|Despair was had all around.]]}}

* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]: Elincia becomes one '''''way''''' earlier than she was supposed to in the original game.

* [[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.

** John's first time {{spoiler|dying while in Tellius}} grants us some [[Exposition Beam|insight]] into some of the character's thoughts on the event. The whole thing is somber enough... until we get to {{spoiler|[[Hero of Another Story|Patrick's]] [[Mood Whiplash|thoughts]], which promptly go from mourning [[We Hardly Knew Ye|John's passing]] to accidentally making himself (and the readers) lose The Game and reciting [[Rickroll|a certain love ballad]] to himself in hopes of using it to win over Ilyana.}} [[A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Read]], indeed.

** General Wallace's [[Continuity Nod|spring loaded chain axe]] has been constantly referred to as "chained axe [[God of War (series)|God of War]] bull$#!@" by Patrick. {{spoiler|Upon stealing it, Patrick immediately flies into more references to the series, as well as breaking out the [[Memetic Mutation|infamous]] '''[[Dynasty Warriors|DO NOT PURSUE LU BU]]'''.}}

* [[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.

* [[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.

** Subverted in that {{spoiler|There wasn't a battle like was seen in previous chapters. Turns out the soldier is just Meg.}}

* [[This Cannot Be!]]: {{spoiler|Zelgius flies into a combination of this and [[Unstoppable Rage]] after he gets his ass kicked not by Ike, but by '''''Mist'''''.}}

* [[This Is Sparta]]: This happens in the story a lot.

** Note, though, that it never seems to work that well whenever John tries to invoke the trope by name...

** This seems to have gone [[Up to Eleven]] since Radiant Dawn started

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

** 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.

* [[Unfortunate Name]]: Jay's ''REAL'' name is [[Wiki Words|LisaMarie]] Pheobe. Really. {{spoiler|It's also Jill Fizzart, but she's not embarrassed about that one.}}

* [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]]: Between John and Jill. {{spoiler|It seems to be acted on when she starts dating him, but alas, [[Anyone Can Die|Ashnard killed her.]]}}

* [[Villainous Rescue]]: {{spoiler|Petrine}} rescues John from the Black Knight in Castle Delbray.

* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: Boyd and John certainly qualify for the second version of this. There's rarely a moment when these two are together where Boyd isn't either [[Moment Killer|spoiling a nice]] [[Ship Tease]] or trading vocal jabs with our protagonist.

* [[Wham! Episode]]: Chapter 82. {{spoiler|Patrick became an [[Ascended Extra]], pulled a [[Face Heel Turn]], won a [[Curb Stomp Battle]] and got his own [[Hatedom]]... all in one chapter!}}

** And then Chapter 102. [[Mind Fuck]] much?

* [[Wham! Line]]: ''Twice'' in the same chapter.

* [[Write Who You Know]]: John, obviously.

** It's starting to become subverted as [[Word of God]] has mentioned numerous times that fiction John and author John have become so different that it's like writing a whole other character.

 

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