History Blog / TheRaptureLogs

* DangerousSixteenthBirthday:

*** WebOriginal/TheRake, [[spoiler:The Anathema, Doctor Cloud]]

* DaylightHorror: Well, ''red sky'' horror.

* ChekhovsSkill: Inverted; The Beast has [[EpicFail the strange inability to win at Guitar Hero (he is ludicrously bad at merely setting up a game controller)]], even though he's a PhysicalGod trying to win his prey in a supernaturally-enforced challenge. This gets used in the climax to con [[spoiler:The True Rapture; in another supernaturally-enforced challenge with the universe up for grabs, she picks The Beast as her champion and believes she can simply use her powers on The Beast to utterly humiliate Jordan at his own Guitar Hero game. They lose, Rapture cancelled]].

** "GREAT [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda DODONGO]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} OF THE CONGO]]"

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Jordan does this in the August 27th entry [[spoiler: inside the Calvary]], with some [[CaughtWithYourPantsDown unfortunate consequences]].

%% * Berserk Button: As dysfunctional relationships and abusive people get a focus in the story, these pop up quite a bit.

* BerserkButton: As dysfunctional relationships and abusive people get a focus in the story, these pop up quite a bit.

You can find the story [[http://blindrapture.tumblr.com/ here,]] and there's a really convenient table of contents [[http://blindrapture.tumblr.com/contents here.]] You can now download them in a free PDF [[http://blindrapture.tumblr.com/download here!]] The Rapture Logs have [[http://blindrapture.tumblr.com/addendum complementing art by Amelia, Cadet, darkforestwarrior, Logic, Rappu, The Visitor, and Wiratomkinder.]] There's also a [[Characters/TheRaptureLogs a character sheet.]]

* AndZoidberg: Jordan often forgets about Anna when considering important decisions. Lampshaded when Donnie gets hurt: "I need to find Fentzy and Bones. They can help. And Anna. Right. And Anna." [[spoiler:This later comes back to haunt him.]]

* ChekhovsGunman: [[http://blindrapture.tumblr.com/post/8363099202/monday-july-4th-2011 From the July 4th entry:]] "Danny, I had no idea you were secretly [[{{Lampshading}} Chekhov’s righthand gunman."]]

* IndyPloy: "Donnie, hold on tight. [[{{Lampshading}} This is a bit of an Indy Ploy,]] but here goes."

** "Sorry, Harly.. but this time, [[CoolShades *sunglasses*]] [[ItMakesSenseInContext you’re going Brazilian."]]

** The [[Literature/AliceInWonderland "rabbit holes."]]

** In naming one of the many monsters Jordan encounters, he comes up with "Gtheru. Like. [[LovecraftianMythos Cthulu]] [[JustForFun/XMeetsY and]] VideoGame/GuitarHero."
** "Or maybe Series/{{QI}} told me the “white” was actually a lie or something."]]
** "So I guess this is a [[VideoGame/{{Mother3}} pigmask."]]
** "IT’S ''MY'' BODY, DOGSCAPE. AND IF YOU’RE TOUCHING ME IN A WAY OR PLACE THAT MAKES ''ME'' FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE,]] [[WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog THAT’S ''NO GOOD."]]''
** "GREAT [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda DODONGO]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} OF THE CONGO"]]

** One of Jordan's many exclamations: "Dear sweet [[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner fhqwghads, The Cheat is to the limit."]]
** "..I’m gonna knock on the door and ask to be let in. [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid It didn’t work for Solid Snake,]] [[TemptingFate but it might work for me."]]
*** "I asked who they thought. He said [[WesternAnimation/TheJetsons “George Jetson.”"]]
** "Mistress wants to know if I’m going to [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas invite her in for some hot coffee."]]
** "What’s the “B” stand for? “Bake?” “Bovine?” [[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner “Burninate?”"]]

** In the same entry, Jordan finds some [[TheInternetIsForPorn "slender man porn."]] He can't tell what's even going on in it; [[WebVideo/MarbleHornets there's too much distortion.]]
*** Shortly after, he finds out that ''WebVideo/MarbleHornets'' has actually continued, despite the apocalyptic conditions. "Holy shit. The first minute is just Jay grabbing a shotgun and shooting the Operator in the ''face.'' Well, the ''lack'' of face." And later, "The Operator will be back, [[Franchise/StarWars and in greater numbers."]]
** Same entry! Jordan rambles a lot about ''[[Fanfic/FobbiesAreBorange Loids are not Christmas.]]''

** The chef in the ''Exodus'' arc, "Zach Gusteau," is named after both Creator/JacquesCousteau and [[WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}} Chef Gusteau.]]

** "He told me to get my guitar thing and come with him. [[Film/SnakesOnAPlane We're going to open some fucking windows."]]
** "IF YOU COULD TALK,]] [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants YOU’D BE SAYING “MY LEG!”" Not one of his best one-liners.

** Same entry, "FUCK YOU AND YOUR VOLVO, I HAD THE RIGHT OF WAY" references [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/60s-spider-man#.TruduqNzq5U the 60s spider-man image macro meme.]]
** "Novelpol" from the July 6th entry is an example of [[Literature/NineteenEightyFour newspeak.]]

** "THE SPIDERCLOUD IS CRAWLING WITH [[VideoGame/HalfLife HEADCRABS"]]
** "..oh god [[VideoGame/EarthBound1994 Moonside]] [[Fanfic/FobbiesAreBorange not bawesome."]]
** "..this is vaguely reminding me of [[Fanfic/DarkChaoAdventures something I once wrote."]]

** "And that homeless person said Eric and I looked like ''Film/TheBluesBrothers."
** "[[Literature/CandleCove and then a skeleton popped up. But the skeleton was alive, and it said. 'TO GRIND YOUR SKIN.]]'"

* DualWielding: Jordan's second weapons, swords [[Music/{{Metallica}} Hammett]] and [[Music/{{Genesis}} Hackett]].

** Dominiere is named for fake-French of "Last Domino," "domine derniere." The Last Domino is the second movement to Music/{{Genesis}}' "Domino," and it's about vivid nightmares caused by a breakup. Much like the hallucinations of The Musicians, and the breakups happening throughout the serial.

%%* LostWoods:%%ZCEs
%%** In [[http://blindrapture.tumblr.com/post/5899253901/saturday-may-21st-2011 the May 21st entry]].
%%** Different ones in [[http://blindrapture.tumblr.com/post/6702841983/tuesday-june-7th-2011 the June 7th entry]].

** "..oh god [[VideoGame/EarthBound Moonside]] [[Fanfic/FobbiesAreBorange not bawesome."]]

* ALoadOfBull: The freaking Minotaur appears in [[http://blindrapture.tumblr.com/post/6702841983/tuesday-june-7th-2011 this entry.]]
* LostWoods: In [[http://blindrapture.tumblr.com/post/5899253901/saturday-may-21st-2011 the May 21st entry.]]
** And different ones in [[http://blindrapture.tumblr.com/post/6702841983/tuesday-june-7th-2011 the June 7th entry.]]

* MadnessMantra: '''RAPTURE RAPTURE RAPTURE RAPTURE RAPTURE RAPTURE RAPTURE RAPTURE.'''

** Pirkle Vainamoinen's first name is a pun on [[BilingualBonus "perkele."]]

* SixStudentClique: The main protagonists!
** The Head: Jordan.
** The Pretty One: Donnie.
** The Quirk: Danny.
** The Smart One: Fentzy.
** The Wild One: Anna.
** The Muscle: Bones.

** "[[DarthWiki/CandleCove and then a skeleton popped up. But the skeleton was alive, and it said. 'TO GRIND YOUR SKIN.]]'"

* ABoyAndHisX: A boy and his guitar controller. A boy and his journals. A boy and his fears.

** Same entry! Jordan rambles a lot about ''[[FobbiesAreBorange Loids are not Christmas.]]''

** "..oh god [[VideoGame/EarthBound Moonside]] [[FobbiesAreBorange not bawesome."]]

Rapture is coming; it's not quite here yet, but ''it's coming.'' In the meantime, we're treated to a surrealist telling of an absurdist apocalypse in the form of daily journals kept by sixteen-year-old [[AuthorAvatar Jordan Dooling]]. While we may not have salvation yet, we ''do'' have endless zombies, ferocious creatures who seem to have been ripped straight from creepypasta, an eldritch universe bleeding its way into our own through floating "Doors," ''TheBluesBrothers'' that can create entire worlds inside your own head, politics thrown out every window possible, a being that will either control you or abuse you in ways you'll really wish weren't possible, boomboxes on legs that blast dubstep and viking metal endlessly to a dying world, a large slew of gods that can't agree on anything but want to hide it the best they can, a man-sized cockroach with Jesus Christ's head, and we ''may or may not'' have [[Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos the slender man]], too.

** "And that homeless person said Eric and I looked like ''TheBluesBrothers."

** In naming one of the many monsters Jordan encounters, he comes up with "Gtheru. Like. [[LovecraftianMythos Cthulu]] [[XMeetsY and]] VideoGame/GuitarHero."

** June 19th entry, [[SuperPaperMario "Welcome to the Whoa Zone."]]