History DarthWiki / TheEricProject

* TakeThat: On chapter 5, Eric [[spoiler: pwns Music/LadyGaga by suggesting that her voice sounds like burping]]. There are also various references to ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' and teenage vampire romances in general.

%%* AffectionateParody. Applies to all the characters.
* AdaptationExpansion. The fic covers many scenes we didn't see on season 1 and 2 (mostly from Eric's perspective, obviously), and speculates with some of season 3.
%%* ComedicSociopathy. Most of the vampires. BlackComedy for human characters.
%%* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan. Parodied with Bill and Eric.
%%* QuestForSex.
%%* TheChessmaster. Hence the fic title. Sophie-Anne also personifies this trope.
* PointOfView. First-person Eric.
%%* UnspokenPlanGuarantee.
%%* PlayedForLaughs. The whole point.
%%* TheCasanova.
* IShouldWriteABookAboutThis. The Eric Project is the book Eric writes after his Sookie Experience.
%%* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan. Parodied with Sookie.
* LovableSexManiac. Eric's lust for Sookie gets really funny when you read it from Eric's PointOfView.
* LoveTriangle. Bill/Sookie/Eric.

* AnOfferYouCantRefuse. Eric does this with several vamps through the story, including [[spoiler: Godric, Lorena and Bill]].
%%* HurricaneOfPuns. When Eric talks about and to Bill.
%%* BelligerentSexualTension. Eric and Sookie, later becoming actual {{UST}}.
%%* BreakoutCharacter. Sophie-Anne.
* EvenEvilHasStandards. Eric would never touch children or teenagers.
* {{Yandere}}. Eric's biggest fangirl, [[spoiler:Laura, is the typical tween fangbanger who goes from [[ClingyJealousGirl having a crush with Eric]] to be [[NotSoHarmlessVillain crazily obsessed with him.]] When she starts thinking Sookie is not "good enough" for Eric she goes in a [[AxeCrazy race to murder both.]] She's supposed to [[ParodySue represent Mary Sues on True Blood fanfiction]]]].
* EvenTheGuysWantHim. Eric likes the attention he gets from both genders, however, [[NotThatTheresAnythingWrongWithThat he will flatly deny to be gay or bisexual.]]
* TakeThat. On chapter 5, Eric [[spoiler: pwns Music/LadyGaga by suggesting that her voice sounds like burping]]. There are also various references to ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' and teenage vampire romances in general.
* HeterosexualLifePartners. Bffs Eric and Godric, and surprisingly, Eric and ''Alcide'', [[RuleofCool just because I can]].
* DontSaySuchStupidThings. Eric tries to convince [[spoiler: Godric not to kill himself]].
* SlashFic. Parodied when [[spoiler: Eric and Godric pretend to be all-time lovers just so Sookie would see Eric as a woobie]]. Eric actually [[spoiler: [[{{Pastiche}} uses real yaoi lines and plots to scheme his plan]]]].
* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire. Subverted [[spoiler:with Godric. [[DarkerAndEdgier It was all a lie, kids]]]]
* FurAgainstFang. Eric and Alcide are the exception to this (mostly because Alcide reminds Eric of himself), but there's still [[spoiler: an epic [[FinalBattle werewolves vs. Eric battle by the end of the fic]]]].
* ManipulativeBastard. [[spoiler: Eric lies about Godric and cries just to gain Sookie's sympathy and love]]
* SpecialGuest. Alexander Skarsgard, [[spoiler: [[ActorAllusion who contacts Eric to ask him if he can play his life on a tv series]]]], and Motley Crue, [[spoiler: [[SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll who offer a concert at Fangtasia]]. They also play a small but significant role in the V subplot]].
%%* HandsomeLech. What [[spoiler: Bill]] actually is.
* TheCaligula. [[spoiler:Sophie-Anne]] becomes this by the end of the fic, when she finds out [[spoiler: Eric was planning to kill her beloved William]].
* IntimatePsychotherapy. PlayedForLaughs when [[spoiler: Eric comforts Sookie after Bill's kidnapping]]
%%* ThreatBackfire. [[spoiler: Sam Merlotte kicks ass]].
* TwoGuysAndAGirl. [[spoiler: Alcide ends up interested in Sookie as well, something Eric did not see coming]].
* LoveDodecahedron. [[spoiler: Bill, Eric and Alide end up fighting for [[DudeMagnet Sookie]], Debbie and Laura [[AxeCrazy go crazy with jealousy]], and [[HilarityEnsues hilarity ensues]]]].
* TitledAfterTheSong. Chapter 6, [[Music/MotleyCrue ''Girls, Girls, Girls'']]
%%* RebelliousSpirit. [[spoiler: Jessica]], later turning into ChaoticEvil.
%%* AllMenArePerverts. [[spoiler: Sookie]] realizes this by the end of the fic.

%%* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking. Eric, Sophie-Anne, Nan Flanagan, The Magister...

* AffectionateParody. Applies to all the characters.

* ComedicSociopathy. Most of the vampires. BlackComedy for human characters.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan. Parodied with Bill and Eric.
* QuestForSex.
* TheChessmaster. Hence the fic title. Sophie-Anne also personifies this trope.

* UnspokenPlanGuarantee.
* PlayedForLaughs. The whole point.
* TheCasanova.

* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan. Parodied with Sookie.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking. Eric, Sophie-Anne, Nan Flanagan, The Magister...

* [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!]] Sophie-Anne, [[HilarityEnsues to Eric's dismay]].

* HurricaneOfPuns. When Eric talks about and to Bill.
* BelligerentSexualTension. Eric and Sookie, later becoming actual {{UST}}.
* BreakoutCharacter. Sophie-Anne.

* HandsomeLech. What [[spoiler: Bill]] actually is.

* ThreatBackfire. [[spoiler: Sam Merlotte kicks ass]].

* RebelliousSpirit. [[spoiler: Jessica]], later turning into ChaoticEvil.
* AllMenArePerverts. [[spoiler: Sookie]] realizes this by the end of the fic.

* ThoseTwoBadGuys. Pam and Eric, and Sophie-Anne and Eric.

* EvilIsCool. Again, most of the vampires.

* MagnificentBastard.

* DracoInLeatherPants. Subverted. Eric acts truly evil and repeatedly denies to be a [[{{Woobie}} woobie]], resulting in an hilarious TakeThat to the MisaimedFandom.

* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments. Eric has tons of this. And everyone else too, to an extent (although often unintentionally).

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation. Godric. [[spoiler: He's not Eric's maker but his friend, and he's depressed because [[IfICantHaveYou he accidentally killed his unrequited human love interest]]. See also LoveMakesYouCrazy and {{Gayngst}}]]. Also, ''maybe'' Alcide, if you have read the books.

* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome. Everyone, at one point or another.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic. Eric loves Music/{{KISS}}, Music/MotleyCrue and a bunch of badass vampire bands.

* RonTheDeathEater. [[spoiler:Fanon!Bill trope]] satirized [[spoiler:in the last chapters]]

* AllMenArePerverts. [[spoiler: Sookie]] realizes this by the end of the fic.

* CrowningMomentOfFunny. Eric has tons of this. And everyone else too, to an extent (although often unintentionally).
* CrowningMomentOfAwesome. Everyone, at one point or another.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome. Eric loves Music/{{KISS}}, Music/MotleyCrue and a bunch of badass vampire bands.

The Eric Project is a TrueBlood fanfic that tells Eric Northman's adventures to [[QuestForSex get Sookie into his pants]], overcome Bill and being awesome in general. Written entirely from Eric's [[PointOfView point of view]] and in first person, the fic is an AffectionateParody that uses almost the entirety of the show's canon.

The Eric Project is a TrueBlood fanfic that tells Eric Northman's adventures to [[QuestForSex get Sookie into his pants]], overcome Bill and [[{{Badass}} being awesome in general]]. Written entirely from Eric's [[PointOfView point of view]] and in first person, the fic is an AffectionateParody that uses almost the entirety of the show's canon.

* {{Badass}}.

* SpecialGuest. Alexander Skarsgard, [[spoiler: [[ActorAllusion who contacts Eric to ask him if he can play his life on a tv series]]]], and MotleyCrue, [[spoiler: [[SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll who offer a concert at Fangtasia]]. They also play a small but significant role in the V subplot]].
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome. Eric loves {{KISS}}, MotleyCrue and a bunch of badass vampire bands.

* TitledAfterTheSong. Chapter 6, [[MotleyCrue ''Girls, Girls, Girls'']]

* TakeThat. On chapter 5, Eric [[spoiler: pwns LadyGaga by suggesting that her voice sounds like burping]]. There are also various references to ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' and teenage vampire romances in general.

* {{Yandere}}. Eric's biggest fangirl, [[spoiler:Laura, is the typical tween fangbanger who goes from [[ClingyJealousGirl having a crush with Eric]] to be [[NotSoHarmless crazily obsessed with him.]] When she starts thinking Sookie is not "good enough" for Eric she goes in a [[AxeCrazy race to murder both.]] She's supposed to [[ParodySue represent Mary Sues on True Blood fanfiction]]]].

* {{Casanova}}.

* LoserGuy. Eric pwns Bill several times by using this trope.

*TakeThat. On chapter 5, Eric [[spoiler: pwns LadyGaga by suggesting that her voice sounds like burping]]. There are also various references to {{Twilight}} and teenage vampire romances in general.

*CrowningMusicOfAwesome. Eric loves KISS, MotleyCrue and a bunch of badass vampire bands.