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''[[The Half-World]]'' is a blog primarily for [[Fanfic]] [[MST|MSTs]] run by
▲{{quote| <ref>Previous taglines<nowiki>:</nowiki>''"ramblings of a geeky teenager"'', ''"a blog full of super terrific horrible things"'', ''"a bloog bout haf worlds which is like Invader Zen"'', ''"a blog run by Da Barke Lord Skepkitty, and also by the Death Dealers"''.</ref>}}
She has MSTed these stories: <ref>She even gives a handy index at https://web.archive.org/web/20140722004617/http://theskepkitty.wordpress.com/mst-index/ with roughly what you could expect in each story and warnings/pairings.</ref> (Sorted in order of [[
▲The Half-World is a blog primarily for [[Fanfic]] [[MST|MSTs]] run by [[Tropers/Skepkitty|theskepkitty]], aka Control Brain Lillias on Operation Head Pigeons. It comprises of awful [[Fanfic|fanfictions]] from fandoms such as ''[[Invader Zim]]'', ''[[Twilight (Literature)|Twilight]]'', ''[[Harry Potter]]'', and ''[[Portal (Video Game)|Portal]]''; as well as various other posts (some of which are [[MST|MSTs]] in their own right, though not of [[Fanfic|FanFics]]). The site, which was started in September 2010 but didn't post any [[MST|MSTs]] or attract much attention until early 2011, is quickly expanding and now has over 150 chapters of [[MST|MSTs]].
▲She has MSTed these stories: <ref>She even gives a handy index at http://theskepkitty.wordpress.com/mst-index/ with roughly what you could expect in each story and warnings/pairings.</ref> (Sorted in order of [[MS Ting]])
* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6534018/1/what_Tak_wants What Tak Wants] ''([[Invader Zim]])''
* The Chronicles of Zim, Tak, and Tek ''([[Invader Zim]])''
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* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/667171/1/Gone Gone] ''([[Invader Zim]])''
* Invader Bre-Z: Secrets ''([[Invader Zim]])''
* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5469971/1/Defying_Destiny Defying Destiny] ''([[Twilight (
* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5102928/1/Harry_Potter_turns_to_the_Lord Harry Potter Turns to the Lord] ''([[Harry Potter]])''
* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6730422/1/bHow_b_bZim_b_and_bTak_b_bfirst_b_bmet_b How Zim and Tak First Met] ''([[Invader Zim]])''
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* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6932008/1/bHalf_b_bIrkens_b Half Irkens] ''([[Invader Zim]])''
* [[My Immortal]] ''([[Harry Potter]])''
* [[
* [[
* Holes (''[[Portal (
* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/800177/1/Love_Knows_No_Race Love Knows No Race] (''[[Invader Zim]]'')
* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7307356/1/Zim_born_again Zim Born Again] (''[[Invader Zim]]'')
* [[
* Matryoshka (original) (''[[Portal (
* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7982184/1/Who_says_you_need_a_heart_to_love Who Says You Need A Heart To Love?] (''[[Portal (
* [[Forbiden Fruit:
* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7718524/1/Surviving_Middle_School_at_Aperture_Science Surviving Middle School at Aperture Science] (''[[Portal (
The blog also occasionally features guest [[MST
* Irken Dib ''([[Invader Zim]])''
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Due to her popularity, Skepkitty has also done co-MSTs which usually are held outside her blog:
* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-4mBA679TGjU_Nh6klZ-KlN_o6dZ4uakMQZM3rvBT7E/edit?hl=en_US&pli=1 Aperture Nikki] (''[[Portal (
* [http://sssporkings.wordpress.com/2011/11/08/the-softest-touch-a-bad-fanfiction-by-yuna-angel/ The Softest Touch] (''[[Portal (
* [http://sssporkings.wordpress.com/2011/11/13/just-aperture-science-a-bad-fanfiction-by-pasadena-opossum/ Just Aperture Science] (''[[Portal (
* [http://sssporkings.wordpress.com/2011/11/27/i-fixed-it-a-bad-fanfiction-by-pasadena-opossum/ I Fixed It] (''[[Portal (
* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yv6lM71HzHaCFu8bG3ilPhCyr3QiJD_7Y0m70IoRH_4/edit Dib's Other Sister: Zim's HUGE Crush] (''[[Invader Zim]]'') (co-MST with [[Portal:
Posts up to August 2014 can be found [http://theskepkitty.wordpress.com/ at Worrdpress], posts from May 2014 to the end of 2018 can be found [https://thehalfworld.tumblr.com/ at Tumblr], and posts after that can be found [https://halfworld.squarespace.com/ at Squarespace].
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== MST Tropes ==
* [[Berserk Button]]: Many, many, things that show up in the fanfictions are these to
** (From Defying Destiny)
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** In fact, an MST blog inspired directly by The Half-World called itself [http://trollinmahpantz.wordpress.com/ "HIT THE BERSERK BUTTON!"]
* [[Big No]]: (From [[
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PLEASE NO
NOT A [[High School AU|HIGH SCHOOL AU FIC]]<br />
NOOOOOOOOO }}
* [[Blatant Lies]]: (From Invader Bre-Z: Day Out)
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'''''tak-gaz'''''
'''Meadow:''' This is some of the best dialogue known to man. }}
** Also, the blog's new tagline.
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* [[Catch Phrase]]: HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE
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** [[
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** JOY JOY JOY JOY JOY JOY
** It just makes so… much… sense.
** It. Sporks. Itself.
* [[Department of Redundancy Department]]: Redundancy is practically a [[Running Gag]] on [[The Half World]], given how often it happens in the [[Fanfic|FanFics]] (which is always pointed out by
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* [[Fan Nickname|Detractor Nickname]]: Invader Cakez, author of "Grazie the Beautiful New Girl", is almost always referred to by
* [[Five Second Foreshadowing]]: Skepkitty helps us out with the [[
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* [[Heel Face Turn]]: Invader Cakez, originally the author of two of the fics subject to MSTing here, by May 2012 has become a hater of badfics herself.
* [[I Do Not Own]]: (From Book One)
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** Justified, as an e-book is only one step away from a published book, which could earn money.
** Horrible Fanfiction #1 begins with "No, I didn't write it, okay?".
** However, one MST gives this: (From Teen Fortress 2)
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I like the idea that Gaz is somehow “my” character. }}
* [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]: Sometimes in the [[Fanfic|FanFics]] (which always leads to much [[Face Palm|Facepalming]]), [[Hypocritical Humor|sometimes in the]] [[MST|MSTs]].
** (From [[My Immortal]])
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Serious-ly? }}
* [[In
** "''Still'' a better love story/fanfic than Love Knows No Race."
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: A comment on Zim Born Again, noting that {{spoiler|Zim was literally born again, not converted to Christianity}}, has led MarissaTheWriter into writing a fanfic "[[
* [[Orwellian Retcon]]: While usually against changes in her published [[MST|MSTs]] when a mistake is pointed out, in the [[MST]] of Chapter 7 of Teen Fortress 2
** As a general rule, if the mistake is a minor one it's [[Orwellian Retcon|corrected]]. If the mistake was a bigger part of the [[MST]] a note is added.
* [[Rapid
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* [[Reference Overdosed]]: Basically every post is like this, but particularly the [[MST|MSTs]] of "Grazie the Beautiful New Girl" and "Half Irkens" due to
* [[Rouge Angles of Satin]]: In response to comments by [[
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Maybe I really ''should'' change the tagline. “THE HALF-WORLD, a bloog bout haf worlds which is like [[Invader Zim|Invader Zen]]”. Catchy. }}
** In fact, the tagline was changed to "a bloog bout haf worlds which is like Invader Zen" for a week.
* [[Running Gag]]: Dib taking people to carnivals.
** Specific to the Zim's Future [[MST]]: Gaz throwing people (mostly Zim) into puddles.
* [[Sarcasm Mode]]: From the Love Knows No Race MST:
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Oh, fantastic. /sarcasm }}
* [[Shipper
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** Also from [[My Immortal]]: [[No Yay|Voldemort/Draco]], after the line about Voldemort having Draco in "bondage".
** In fact, jokingly shipping two characters has become sort of a [[Running Gag]]. Many of the [[Invader Zim]] [[MST|MSTs]] contain [[Foe Yay|ZaDR]] jokes, there was at least one [[Les Yay|Chell/GLaDOS]] joke in the [[MST]] of [[
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* [[Shout
** As is HATE HATE HATE, but [[The Half World]] actually uses that more than [[Topless Robot]] does.
** And "WELL, THIS AMAZING PLAN CAN'T POSSIBLY FAIL."
* [[Symbol Swearing]]: For a while, but then
* [[This Is Sparta]]: Used when the [[Catch Phrase]] "It. Sporks. Itself." is present, and many other times as well.
* [[
* [[Unusual Chapter Numbers]]: The MSTs have four separate counters: Horrible Fanfiction, guest MSTs, ''[[My Immortal]]'' and ''Surviving Middle School at Aperture Science''. Hence, Skepkitty acknowledged both [https://web.archive.org/web/20130604080809/http://theskepkitty.wordpress.com/2011/08/15/horrible-fanfiction-73-teen-fortress-2-a-team-fortress-2-portal-fanfic/ the 100th MST] and [http://theskepkitty.wordpress.com/2012/01/13/horrible-fanfiction-100-love-knows-no-race-part-6-an-invader-zim-fanfic/ the 100th HFF]{{Dead link}}.
** RingmasterJ5's MST of Half Humans, as it's only on the book and not on the blog, doesn't get a number, and is known as "guest MST #?".
== Fanfiction Tropes ==
* [[Applied Phlebotinum]]:
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* [[Costume Porn]]: Many of the fanfics, particularly those featuring a [[Mary Sue]], are prone to this.
* [[Crossover]]: [[My Immortal]], [[
* [[Department of Redundancy Department]]: Happens constantly in the [[Fanfic|FanFics]] on the site, and is made fun of whenever it happens.
** (From [[My Immortal]])
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Wait, so did he have a nose? }}
** (From Grazie the Beautiful New Girl)
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Well, now we know where Grazie is from. She’s from the Department of Redundancy Department. }}
** (From Teen Fortress 2)
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The new student is new? No points for guessing that all these guys passed their Redundancy classes of redundancy. They probably got A’s. }}
* [[Exposition Beam]]
* [[Fandom
** There's also a blog post about [[Fandom
* [[Forgotten Phlebotinum]]: In many instances. See [[Gratuitous German]] below.
* [[Gratuitous Foreign Language]]:
** [[Gratuitous German|German]]: (From Grazie the Beautiful New Girl)
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According to Babelfish, that means: “Hello, my name is Grazie, I looks forward to it, you knows to all! Oh, and Mrs. Bitter is not a horrible teacher and has notion, which I say, so HA! Toodles!” I would suspect that what she meant is “Hello, my name is Grazie, I look forward to meeting you all! Oh, and Ms. Bitters is a horrible teacher and has no idea what I’m saying, so HA! Toodles!” [[Comically Missing the Point|I can’t explain the “Toodles!”]] }}
*** The German is [[Forgotten Phlebotinum|never mentioned again...]]
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*** ...until [[Brick Joke|much later.]]
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You dropped the German act back in chapter 1, and now you’re digging it up again after Dib’s already heard you speak English several times?
You’re an IDIOT. Not that I mind idiots terribly, but the author seems to think you’re a genius. God, I hate her. And I hate you too. }}
** [[Gratuitous Japanese|Japanese]]: [[My Immortal]] and Me in Invader Zim? Oh Kami.
*** [[Tropers/Skepkitty|Skepkitty]] had to be told what "kami" means, because she didn't know that. <ref>It's Japanese for "God" or "deity"</ref>.
* {{spoiler|[[Incest Is Relative]]: Love Knows No Race practically runs on incest. Red/Purple, then Zim/Dib (Red and Purple's kids), and then Purple/Sek (Zim and Dib's kid).}}
** {{spoiler|Though, Zim/Dib is actually incest (in the fic, as they're twins), [[Ho Yay]] (complete with [[
*** {{spoiler|If Dib wasn't Irken all along, it would have been [[Interspecies Romance]] as well.}}
* [[Instant Humiliation - Just Add YouTube]]: Grazie's prank in Grazie The Beautiful New Girl was an [[
* [[Lost Forever]]: Often Skepkitty will MST fics that end up being deleted from FF.Net, [[My Immortal]] was removed even before Skepkitty was active, and [[Me in Invader Zim? Oh Kami
** Recently Invader Cakez removed the Grazie saga ''because'' Skepkitty MSTed it.
* [[Mythology Gag]]: In the universe of Invader Zim: Born Again Christian, the plot of It's My Life replaced Portal 2.
** Also from Invader Zim: Born Again Christian, both [[Tropers/Skepkitty|Skepkitty]] and the reviews pointed out the "former" relationship between Gaz and [[Team Fortress 2
* [[Rouge Angles of Satin]]: [[
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* [[Self
** (From Grazie the Beautiful New Girl)
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** (From Me in Invader Zim? Oh Kami)
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* {{spoiler|[[Surprise Incest]]: Shows up everywhere in Love Knows No Race.}}
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* [[Ur Example]]: Love Knows No Race was actually written in 2002, inciting Skepkitty to point something out...
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** Which also makes it older than My Immortal, which by The Half-World's present day (2012) had become a badfic classic.
* [[Ye Olde Butcherede Englishe]]: (From My Immortal)
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“Thou dost”, not “thou does”. [[Subject 101|Ye Olde English 101.]] }}
** Invader Zim: Born Again Christian also has a few lines in Ye Olde Englishe.
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== Other Blog Tropes ==
* [[Oddly
** Though really, all these two have in common are the name and the author.
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* [[Review]]: A few non-MST reviews have appeared. [http://theskepkitty.wordpress.com/category/fanfic-reviews/ Listed here.]
* [[Word Salad Title]]: The title comes from a phrase in Skepkitty's family:
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