Spellbinding Radiance: Difference between revisions

* [[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.

* [[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.

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

* [[Denied Food As Punishment]]: Oscar seems to love leaving Tanith in charge of food when he was gone. One has to wonder what happened that Oscar would leave a punishment that even [http://www.literature.org/authors/poe-edgar-allan/amontillado.html Montressor] would shudder at.

* [[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.

* [[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.}}

* [[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?}}

* [[Friendly Enemy]]: John and Petrine

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

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

** 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 (Fanfic)|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.}}

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

** "It was like some kind of comic relief in the middle of a heavily serious battle. If only my adventures on Tellius were some kind of self-insertion fanfiction, I am pretty sure the author just decided to do that to try to relieve tension." (Chapter 65)

** John seems to point out in his thoughts that the theory of [[Buxom Is Better]] had translated from the video game to reality.

* [[Lethal Chef]]: Tanith, and how!

** This is from actual canon.

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

* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]: This is Fire Emblem, after all. Not to mention that aside from the standard Path of Radiance cast, there's [[Canon Foreigner|other Fire Emblem characters]] such as [[Fire Emblem|Selena, Karla, Cormag, Linde, Nino...]] just to name a few as well as [[Soul Series|Carin {{spoiler|who is actually Cassandra Alexandra}}]] and [[Mass Vexations (Fanfic)|Ash]]. There are also some original characters, such as Gabriella, Phoenix Apollo Irving, Katrina... and so on. Many characters are introduced, given seeming importance, then [[Put On a Bus]] until convenient. That's just the story characters, too.

* [[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 Plus|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.

* [[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}}.

{{quote| '''Selena''': Well, shit.}}

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

** And now in the Radiant Dawn arc, Ash facepalming at almost all of John's spoken pop culture references.

** Selena questioning John about his Pokemon Battles.

* [[Scry vs. Scry]]: {{spoiler|Patrick}} versus {{spoiler|Jay}}. Both have played the game. Both know the future. Yet one seems to want to fight against canon for unknown reasons while the other seems determined to help preserve it. Cue John, the former oracle, who seems to be nothing more than a pawn in this match now.

* [[Senseless Sacrifice]]: {{spoiler|Sothe, Gatrie, and Kieran. Jill, too, could qualify.}}

* [[The Stations of the Canon]]: Lampshaded, both when they're being followed religiously and when they're not. {{spoiler|Being able to stick to the stations of the canon in Radiant Dawn is going to be exceptionally difficult given that he killed off Sothe and revealed the Black Knight's identity way earlier than it happened in either game.}}

* [[The Wonka]]: John. Just ask Selena or Micaiah.

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

{{quote| '''John''': That. Is. AWESOME! (chapter 19... at the magic breakfast he got.)}}