History FanFic / Insomnia

* [[spoiler: IHatePastMe: A halarious version. When Tatl and Link run into their future selves at the start of the second cycle:]]

* StopHelpingMe: Reversed; Tatl gets annoyed at how often Link asks her questions.

* ShellShockedVeteran: Link again, complete with grouchy stoicism and flashbacks.

* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Link, of course. His overall demeanor is that of a warrior who's seen too many battles, which is at odds with his ten year old appearance.

* ReluctantWarrior: Link. [[spoiler:Such that he's been keeping track of his kills since sometime during [[TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina Of Time]].]]

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4249013/1/Insomnia Insomnia]]'' by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/474893/tikitikirevenge Tikitikirevenge]] is a novelisation of [[TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Majora's Mask]] done in a captivating style that sheds new light on the characters, scenario and setting.

* [[BadAss Badass]]: Link, yet again.

* MythologyGag: Some of the items Link and Tatl see being sold in Clock Town include "[[TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks braided rope whips]] and [[TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess giant gear-shaped spinning tops]] [[TakeThat (whose exact usefulness neither Link nor Tatl, nor indeed anyone at the seedy-looking 'curiosity shop' where they found it, was able to explain)]]."

* TitleDrop: In Cycle 2: Hysteria, Tatl and Link comment on how the currently leaderless Gorons are acting hysteric.

* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Link, of course. His overall demeanor is that of a warrior who's seen too many battles, which is at odds with his ten year old appearance.

* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Link, of course.

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* LightningBruiser: Odowla, which makes Link's victory over him all the more impressive.

* AwesomeByAnalysis: Link, of course. This becomes especially evident in his fight against Odowla.

* FantasticRacism: The Deku Scrub king is prejudiced against monkeys and humans, and probably anything else that isn't a Scrub.

** The way this troper read it was that Link didn't know how many times the looping would actually work, so he doesn't waste time.

* {{Tsundere}}: Tatl

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4249013/1/Insomnia Insomnia]]'' by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/474893/tikitikirevenge Tikitikirevenge]] is a novelisation of Majora's Mask done in a captivating style that sheds new light on the characters, scenario and setting.

* DarkerAndEdgier: Yes, ''even moreso'' than Majora's Mask was to begin with. The Song of Time only works for five loops, counting the one Link spends trapped as a Deku Shrub, so the race against time is even more pronounced here than it is in the game. What's more, the scars Link carries from his adventures in OoT play a major role in his character, and he and Tatl spend more time bickering than helping each other for quite a few chapters.

* ItsALongStory: Link and Tatl both use this line, to one another or passing inquiries, on multiple occasions. Some of Link's instances of it come off more like [[YouWouldntBelieveMeIfIToldYou he knows Tatl wouldn't buy the explanation]].

* ReluctantWarrior: Link. [[spoiler:Such that he's been keeping track of his kills since sometime during {{OcarinaOfTime}}.]]

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4249013/1/Insomnia Insomnia]]'' by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/474893/tikitikirevenge Tikitikirevenge]] is a novelisation of Majora's Mask done in a captivating style that sheds new light on the characters, scenario and setting.

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!!Tropes found in ''Insomnia'':

* DarkerAndEdgier: Yes, ''even moreso'' than Majora's Mask was to begin with. The Song of Time only works for five loops, counting the one Link spends trapped as a Deku Shrub, so the race against time is even more pronounced here than it is in the game. What's more, the scars Link carries from his adventures in OoT play a major role in his character, and he and Tatl spend more time bickering than helping each other for quite a few chapters.
* DeadpanSnarker: Tatl.
** Link seems to think that aspect (among others) is rubbing off onto him... and he's not very happy about it.
* FantasticRacism: The Deku Scrub king is prejudiced against monkeys and humans, and probably anything else that isn't a Scrub.
* HiveMind: The author's explanation for why the Great Fairies become split into multiple smaller fairies.
* PainfulTransformation: Now you know exactly why Link screams when he transforms...
* ReluctantWarrior: Link. [[spoiler:Such that he's been keeping track of his kills since sometime during {{OcarinaOfTime}}.]]
* ItsALongStory: Link and Tatl both use this line, to one another or passing inquiries, on multiple occasions. Some of Link's instances of it come off more like [[YouWouldntBelieveMeIfIToldYou he knows Tatl wouldn't buy the explanation]].
* [[spoiler: StableTimeLoop]]: [[spoiler: At the end of the first cycle, it is revealed that instead of following the game's ResetButton version of time travel, there are instead five versions of Link and Tatl running around different parts of Termina at the same time.]]
* ThirdPersonPerson: Romani, causing Link and Tatl some confusion when they first meet her.
* TitleDrop: In Cycle 2: Hysteria, Tatl and Link comment on how the currently leaderless Gorons are acting hysteric.
* {{Tsundere}}: Tatl
* WellExcuseMePrincess: Tatl gets cut off mid-phrase saying this to the [[spoiler:Deku princess]].
* YearOutsideHourInside: The Underforest, which Tatl, Tael, the Skullkid, and Link used to travel between Hyrule and Termina. While probably only a few hours behind the Skullkid and Tael, Link and Tatl arrive in Clock Town a few weeks after them.
* [[spoiler: YouAlreadyChangedThePast]]: [[spoiler: See StableTimeLoop. To make it even screwier, sometimes Link and Tatl run into after-effects of things their ''future selves'' have done.]]

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* DeadpanSnarker: Tatl.

* Tsundere: Tatl