History FanFic / InTheEyeOfTheBeholder

* VendorTrash: The Shadows leave behind quartz bits upon defeat that Lydia sells in the Velvet Room for large amounts of cash to share amongst the group, which they spend on things ranging from clothing enchantments for everyone from the Velvet Room (Lydia), paying for art supplies (Jacob), spending hundreds on convention merch (Damien and Allie), and more. It's even lampshaded that their parents don't really ask where all their extra disposable income is coming from, though Lydia does insist that they refrain from spending too much at once in the real world lest people get suspicious.

* VendorTrash: The Shadows leave behind quartz bits that Lydia sells in the Velvet Room for large amounts of cash to share amongst the group, which they spend on things ranging from clothing enchantments for everyone from the Velvet Room (Lydia), paying for art supplies (Jacob), spending hundreds on convention merch (Damien and Allie), and more. It's even lampshaded that their parents don't really ask where all their extra disposable income is coming from. Lydia does insist that they refrain from spending too much at once in the real world lest people get suspicious.

* EndlessDaytime: The mirror world is almost always perpetually sunny no matter the time of day outside.
* EquivalentExchange: Victor explains to Lydia that the reason why she has to pay to enchant clothing in the Velvet Room, despite he and Igor having no use for it besides the novelty factor, is because of the symbolic exchange of something of value in order to get something else of equal value.

* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: Quartz, TX is said to be located somewhere between Houston and Galveston, with part of the QIB visiting Houston at one point to visit a con.

* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: Quartz, TX is said to be located somewhere between Houston and Galveston, with part of the QIB visiting Houston at one point to see a con.

* WhatIf: A few chapters following a battle with an Idol or Sycophanta has an alternate scenario where things didn't quite go the same way, ranging from a NewGamePlus version of the same fight to outright {{Bad Ending}}s with a TotalPartyKill.

* YearInsideHourOutside: Time appears to pass quicker in the mirror world than outside it. For instance, after defeating Damien's Idol and returning to the real world, the QIB finds that only 15 minutes passed since they entered, despite it feeling like at least an hour for them.

* EverythingIsBigInTexas: The story takes place in Texas and just about everyone apart from the Velvet Room denizens are from Texas, which reflects in half of the QIB being of Hispanic descent and high school football being very popular.

* EndlessDaytime: The mirror world is perpetually sunny no matter the time of day outside.

* EquivalentExchange: Victor explains to Lydia that the reason why she has to pay to enchant clothing in the Velvet Room despite himself and Igor having no use for it besides the novelty factor, is because of the symbolic exchange of something of value in order to get something else of equal value.

The fic is still currently ongoing, and can can be read on [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11257090/1/In-the-Eye-of-the-Beholder FF.Net]].

As the eye of the Beholder has been shut, and shall never open again.''\\

* EquivalentExchange: Victor explains to Lydia that the reason why she has to pay to enchant clothing in the Velvet Room is because of the symbolic exchange of something of value in order to get something else of equal value.

* EldritchLocation: The Mirror World, where Shadows lurk and whole areas made of quartz are created from a person entering, much like the TV World in ''VideoGame/Persona4''. For instance, Allie's takes the form of a rave warehouse, while Damien's takes the form of a massive quartz skyscraper.

* WhatIf: A few chapters following a battle with an Idol or Sycophanta has an alternate scenario where things didn't quite go the same way, ranging from a NewGamePlus version of the same fight to outright {{Bad Ending}}s with a TotalPartyKill.

It can be read on [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11257090/1/In-the-Eye-of-the-Beholder FF.Net]].

* MakingASplash: [[Theatre/Hamlet Ophelia]], Lydia's Initial Persona, uses water spells.

* MakingASplash: Ophelia, Lydia's Initial Persona, uses water spells.

* WhatIf: A few chapters following a battle with an Idol has an alternate scenario where things didn't quite go the same way, ranging from a NewGamePlus version of the same fight to outright {{Bad Ending}}s with a TotalPartyKill.

''In the Eye of the Beholder'' is a ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'' fanfic that, unlike the games, takes place in the Western world, in particular the United States. [=HopeGale=], the author, was inspired by learning about the infamous English localization of the original ''VideoGame/{{Persona}}'' for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation, which changed the setting to the United States, among other differences, and decided to try writing a ''Persona'' fic taking place in the United States, but built from the ground up to take advantage of the different setting compared to Japan.

** Rather than [[VideoGame/Persona4 tarot cards]] or [[VideoGame/Persona5 masks]], the QIB's Personas take the form of mirrors themed after them when not in use, which combust into blue flame summon them forth. Sycophanta, on the other hand, has red flames.

* MeaningfulName: Quartz gets its name from the large amount of quartz deposits in the area.

* AlternateUniverse: Every chapter following a battle with an Idol has an alternate scenario where things didn't quite go the same, ranging from a NewGamePlus version of the same fight to outright {{Bad Ending}}s.

* EldritchLocation: The Mirror World, where Shadows lurk and whole areas made of quartz are created from a person entering, much like the TV World in ''VideoGame/Persona4''. For instance, Allie's takes the form of a rave warehouse, while Damien's takes the form of an office.

** Rather than [[VideoGame/Persona4 tarot cards]] or [[VideoGame/Persona5 masks]], the QIB's Personas take the form of mirrors themed after them when not in use, which break to summon them forth.

* TheNewTens: ''In the Eye of the Beholder'' takes place in 2015, about three years after ''Persona 4''.

* EldritchLocation: The Mirror World, where Shadows lurk and whole areas are created from a person entering, much like the TV World in ''VideoGame/Persona4''. For instance, Allie's takes the form of a rave warehouse, while Damien's takes the form of an office.

* EnemyWithin: Idols, which are a type of Shadow formed from a person's distorted view of who they wish they could be. Unlike the Shadow Selves in ''VideoGame/Persona4'', the incorrect thing to do is to accept them as they are, but instead to defeat them and convince them of the error of their ways.

** Rather than [[VideoGame/Persona4 tarot cards]] or [[VideoGame/Persona5 masks]], the QIB's Personas take the form of mirrors themed after them when not in use, which crack to summon them forth.