History FanFic / MassFoundations

* PatchworkFic: On the [[VideoGame/SoulSeries Soul Calibur]] side of things. The presence of Azwel and Graf Dumas indicated that this fic is combining [[VideoGame/SoulCaliburV both]] [[VideoGame/SoulCaliburVI timelines]]. To what extent is yet to be determined.

* ActionGirl: Liara was an obvious one. An unnamed [[PrivateMilitaryContractors Blue Suns]] Commander fits this trope much better, carrying heavy weaponry and is able to escape Liara's stasis with little effort.

** The second chapter's title, "I'll Carry You Home Tonight", is lifted from {{Music/Fun}}'s We Are Young.

* ImprobableAimingSkills: Averted. In the first chapter, Ethan has only a decent chance of hitting the flamethrower gas tank at medium range with VATS.

* TrappedInAnotherWorld: ''Redemption in the Stars'', ''A New Day'', and ''All the World's a Stage'' have this as a basic plotline. Something had caused the protagonist(s) to be transported to another universe and they had to adapt and maybe find a way back. Though in ''All the World's a Stage'', the Doctor and the Lone Wanderer were able to travel between universes thanks to the TARDIS.

* TheMultiverse: The bulk of the series' setting. It has several characters travel from one universe to another in some capacity. In most cases, they seem to be one-way trips. [[AllThereIntheManual The Codex]] has described the Multiverse as a complicated thing.

* WorldOfSnark: A vast majority of the characters in the series are snarkers, including the Courier and Shepard. Even others who aren't exactly sarcastic get opportunities to make some quips, including the Lone Wanderer and Eric Grimes.

* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Goes along with RotatingProtagonist. So far, each entry in the series (''Redemption in the Stars'', ''A New Day'', and ''All the World's a Stage'', for example) features different protagonists. As such:

''A New Day'', is revolved around Eric Grimes, [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent a highschool graduate]]. During a vacation with his family, he was transported to the Mass Effect universe when he stumbled upon a strange artifact. He had to adjust to the strange universe he found himself in. Unlike the other characters, [[ContrastingSequelMainCharacter Eric]] is shy and mild-mannered and is inexperienced in a fight for most of it. It can be viewed [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11894097/1/A-New-Day here]].

* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: The Courier taunted the Collector-General to keep it off of Liara while she was taking Shepard's body. Not only did it work, he survived the confrontation against it. Even more impressive if [[FridgeBrilliance one realized that he managed to distract Harbinger, who was possessing the Collector, with a mere insult]].

->''There are universes that diverge from a choice and there are universes that are fundamentally different from one another, forming a vast, limitless multiverse. In these set of universes, there are orbs that manipulate and alter any reality, rip apart the boundaries between them. If left unchecked, they will bring an end of everything.

->''There are many worlds and universes out there, each having its own set of physical laws and constants. One universe has an Earth wrecked by a nuclear war between two great nations. In contrast, another has humanity rising to the stars and set out to seek new civilizations. Meanwhile, there is a universe where superpowered beings defend their home worlds from any threat thought possible. Or another where magic is a way of life in a world torn by a century-long war. And there are others that diverge on a single choice. With these infinite worlds, they form a vast, limitless multiverse. They bring forth infinite possibilities and infinite threats to contend with.''

->''In these set of universes, something terrible has been brought forth: spheres with raw, untapped power, able to manipulate any reality around them. If left unchecked, they can rip the boundaries between realities, bringing about the end of everything.''

* {{Expy}}: The Ania, being glass creatures, bears a strong resemblance to the Broken Glass Creature from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSf1UFwl0Ls a Touch of Glass]], a CreepyPasta.
* HiveMind: The Ania functions that way, and in the Doctor's universe, the queen seemed to be affected negatively by something, which the Doctor and some of the station's crew opted to investigate.
* HiveQueen: The Ania queen, natch.
* NonMaliciousMonster: What the Ania queen turned out to be, despite taking out the shuttle the Doctor and the others were in, and the Ania explicitly being dangerous predators. Two shards of unknown property had been stuck somewhere on the Ania queen's body, disrupting the hive mind with the Ania and causing immense pain in the giant creature. It even telepathically called out to the Doctor, saying it never intended to hurt anybody.

* SiliconBasedLife: The Ania, being described as made of glass. Alexander Rand says they're microorganisms taking form upon contact with any solids, both crystalline and amorphous. He also describes then as dangerous predators, able to rip apart anyone in mere seconds.

''A New Day'', is revolved around Eric Grimes, [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent a highschool graduate]]. During a vacation with his family, he was transported to the Mass Effect universe when he stumbled upon a strange artifact. He had to adjust to the strange universe he found himself in. Unlike the other characters, [[ContrastingSequelMainCharacter Eric]] is shy and mild-mannered and is inexperienced in a fight for most of it. It can be viewed [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11894097/1/A-New-Day here]].

[[folder:''A New Day'']]
* BlindDate: Luke and Natalie sets this up for Eric, who's been bitter lately. This has him meet Garrett Pitt.
* DifferentWorldDifferentMovies: While Eric was browsing the Extranet, he found out what games Creator/BioWare had released from 1995 to 2023, one of which was the third game in the Franchise/BaldursGate series called Black Hound. It was obvious they never released Mass Effect. Meanwhile, Franchise/DragonAge was in development at one point but it ended up being too expensive much to make, so it was shelved. VideoGame/JadeEmpire received a sequel on the Xbox 360. Instead, there was the SFX franchise, built on similar premises to Mass Effect. [=BioWare=] had also collaborated with Creator/ObsidianEntertainment on to create some sort of a modern spy RPG called Everything or Nothing, which sounded like VideoGame/AlphaProtocol.
* TheCameo: Quite a few characters from the Franchise/MassEffect series were in this fic. Garrus was seen talking with an asari C-sec officer in the fourth chapter while Eric became friends with Suvi Anwar from ''VideoGame/MassEffectAndromeda'' at the Black Star in the third chapter in a discussion about their religious beliefs.
** [[spoiler:Steve Cortez shows up to offer help to Eric and his friends during VideoGame/MassEffect1's endgame while they were sneaking off an Alliance facility on Earth.]]
* DoubleMeaningTitle: The first chapter, Arrival. Not only does it refer to Eric and his family arriving at Bangkok, it also refers to Eric's arrival to the Mass Effect universe, a year prior to the [[VideoGame/MassEffect1 events of the first game]].
* DreamSequence: Occurred in the fifth chapter. Eric's dream consisted of the FacelessMasses save for people he personally knew, all ignoring him. Then he went to a tunnel, with [[SinisterSurveillance large security cameras watching his every move]]. The dream ended with everything going dark.
* {{Flashback}}: Seems to be this fic's staple, which starts at the beginning of some of the chapters. All them expand on Eric's past, shaping how he is now, and tends to mirror present events, excluding a WholeEpisodeFlashback.
* GiveMeASign: During his first week of training, Eric has fumbled handling a gun. Humiliated, he flees to the bathroom and, in a fit of desperation, asks God to help him in his time of need. DoubleSubverted that it doesn't work, but something unrelated does: a bit of pep talk from Luke, boosting his confidence.
* HolidayInCambodia: Eric and his family visited Bangkok, Thailand, then Angkor Wat in the first chapter until Eric stumbled upon the artifact at the aforementioned temple.
* QueerRomance: One between Eric and Garrett.

** In the [[HolidayInCambodia first chapter]], Alfonso and Eric namedrops VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds and VideoGame/BioShockInfinite during a brief discussion about the many-worlds interpretation, as well as VideoGame/FinalFantasyX on another topic.
** Also in the first chapter, when Eric and his family arrived at Angkor Wat, Garcia and Alfonso joked about encountering the head-tossing snakes from VideoGame/IllusionOfGaia at the temple.
** Eric often calls his brother [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Al]]. The similarity stops there, however, as Eric's brother is older than him.
** Natalie mentioned [[Fanfic/MassesToMasses Ian Shaw turning an elcor serial killer to C-Sec]] while picking Eric up, much to Eric's and Natalie's bemusement.
** The second chapter's title, "I'll Carry You Home Tonight", is lifted from {{Music/Fun}}'s We Are Young.
** The protagonist Natalie's playing as in [[FictionalVideoGame Redeemer]] is a DistaffCounterpart of [[Manga/{{Berserk}} Guts]], albeit one [[DemonicPossession possessed]], wielding fire-based powers as a result. Even the description of her sword's taken word-for-word from the series' RunningGag. With that in mind, a demon-possessed knight-like character with fire powers also bears a DistaffCounterpart resemblance to [[VideoGame/SoulSeries Nightmare]]. Even the wording of the sword's description to the Dragonslayer is similar.
-->In the warrior’s hands was a two-handed sword, though it was too big to be called a sword. It was massive, thick, heavy, and far too rough. Indeed, it was a heap of iron.
* SureLetsGoWithThat: When Natalie told Eric that she and the other analysts at C-Sec came to a conclusion that, because of the circumstances of his arrival to the Franchise/MassEffect universe, he either came from the past or from another universe, which wasn't far off to begin with. Naturally, Eric accepted that as the answer.
* {{Squee}}: Eric's reaction to jumping through the mass relay while riding on a passenger liner, much to Garrett's annoyance.
* TrappedInTVLand: Like the [[FanFic/MassVexations other]] [[Fanfic/MassesToMasses series]] that inspired this fic, Eric was transported to the Franchise/MassEffect universe one year prior to the [[VideoGame/MassEffect1 first game]].
* VacationEpisode: The first chapter starts out as this in [[{{UsefulNotes/Thailand}} Bangkok]] and [[{{UsefulNotes/Cambodia}} Angkor Wat]].
* WhamLine: Partway into the seventh chapter titled {{UsefulNotes/Boston}}, there was this line early in the flashback:
--->[[spoiler: It would have been nothing out of the ordinary for him, if not for a trial of smoke rising southwest of here.]]
--->[[spoiler: '''A couple paragraphs later''': A faint boom and another trial of smoke rose near the same spot. There was never a fire going on over there.]]
* WholeEpisodeFlashback: The seventh chapter, Boston.

[[folder:''All the World's a Stage'']]
%% * ApocalypseHow: [[spoiler:Of the Multiverse Annihilation variety by the orb, as claimed by Nightmare to the Doctor.]]
* ArtifactOfDoom: [[spoiler:Soul Edge, obviously, and probably Soul Calibur]].
* CallBack: The orb from ''A New Day'' and ''Little Star'' makes an appearance, not only placing the Doctor and Jocelyn in the TARDIS, but also transporting them to the Icarus station, run by [=UNIT=], in the Doctor's universe.
** The Doctor demonstrated the concept of bigger on the inside to Jocelyn with two boxes, much like [[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E5TheRobotsOfDeath the Fourth Doctor's explanation to Leela]] about how the TARDIS was BiggerOnTheInside. Unlike Leela, Jocelyn started to understand where the Doctor's coming at.
** Upon the Lone Wanderer encountering Missy for the first time, the Time Lady recognizes [[spoiler:Kroton]], though she had trouble remembering the specifics, and [[spoiler:the rogue Cyberman]] had to remind her, leading to the exchange between the two that summarized his current role and the [[Recap/DoctorWhoMagazine284to296TheGloriousDead time they've last encountered one another]].
%% * ChronicHeroSyndrome: The Doctor and Jocelyn went to the [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/SoulSeries Soul Calibur]] universe]] to investigate the cause of the Ania in the Fallout world. Instead, they found themselves defending an early 17th-century Hungarian town against a hoard of [[spoiler:Malfested]]. This has brought the attention of [[spoiler:Patroklos, Nightmare, and Siegfried. However, each of them have their own reasons]].
* {{Expy}}: The Ania, being glass creatures, bears a strong resemblance to the Broken Glass Creature from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSf1UFwl0Ls a Touch of Glass]], a CreepyPasta.
* HiveMind: The Ania functions that way, and in the Doctor's universe, the queen seemed to be affected negatively by something, which the Doctor and some of the station's crew opted to investigate.
* HiveQueen: The Ania queen, natch.
* NonMaliciousMonster: What the Ania queen turned out to be, despite taking out the shuttle the Doctor and the others were in, and the Ania explicitly being dangerous predators. Two shards of unknown property had been stuck somewhere on the Ania queen's body, disrupting the hive mind with the Ania and causing immense pain in the giant creature. It even telepathically called out to the Doctor, saying it never intended to hurt anybody.
* PatchworkFic: On the [[VideoGame/SoulSeries Soul Calibur]] side of things. The presence of Azwel and Graf Dumas indicated that this fic is combining [[VideoGame/SoulCaliburV both]] [[VideoGame/SoulCaliburVI timelines]]. To what extent is yet to be determined.
%% * RefusalOfTheCall: [[spoiler: Downplayed. While the Doctor and the Lone Wanderer were willing to help Siegfried, the Lone Wanderer refused to carry Soul Calibur after being induced with flashbacks.]]
* RotatingProtagonist: The first chapter and prologue goes exclusively from Doctor's perspective. After that, it switches between his and Jocelyn's for most of it.
%% * SadisticChoice: [[spoiler: Jocelyn faces one when the Malfested are attacking the Hungarian village. Earlier, she's met a child whose parents are looking for him. Either she rescues the child from a burning-down mansion, leaving the guardsmen vulnerable, or help the guards, which would lead to the child's death. Fortunately subverted, as reinforcements arrived, allowing her to rescue the child without abandoning them.]]
* ShoutOut:
** One from Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron in one of Jocelyn's flashbacks, with [[spoiler: the Courier]] paraphrasing a line from Hawkeye.
--->[[spoiler:'''The Courier''']]: We’re in a city tag-teamed by a bunch of nuclear bombs, we’re fighting an army of robots, and we’re knee-deep in brass. None of this makes sense!
%% ** In the epilogue:
%% -->[[spoiler:'''Three Dog''']]: [[Film/JohnWick ''People keep asking me about our intrepid friend, and I really don’t have an answer. Yet. But y’know what? I’m thinkin’ she’s]] [[LargeHam BAAAAAAAAAAAACK!'']]
* SiliconBasedLife: The Ania, being described as made of glass. Alexander Rand says they're microorganisms taking form upon contact with any solids, both crystalline and amorphous. He also describes then as dangerous predators, able to rip apart anyone in mere seconds.
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* {{Flashback}}: Seems to be this fic's staple, which starts at the beginning of some of the chapters and making the interludes. All but one of them expand on Eric's past, shaping how he is now, and mirrors present events, excluding a WholeEpisodeFlashback. The exception is Eric's meeting with [[VideoGame/MassEffectAndromeda Suvi Anwar]].

* WholeEpisodeFlashback: The two interludes and the seventh chapter, Boston.

* DoubleMeaningTitle: The first chapter, Arrival. Not only does it refer to Eric and his family arriving at Bangkok, it also refers to Eric's arrival to the Mass Effect universe, two years prior to the [[VideoGame/MassEffect1 events of the first game]].

* NotSoInvincibleAfterAll: [[spoiler:The Collector-General is a hulking figure of solid metal and lava, able to unleash biotic barrages and with inhumanly durable barriers.]] When Ethan ends up fighting it alone, the Shadow Broker’s guards consider him doomed and see no reason to intervene. When the creature finally gets brought to his knees, they fire at him, but it was too late.

* NotSoInvincibleAfterAll: [[spoiler:The Collector-General is a hulking figure of solid and lava, able to unleash biotic barrages and with inhumanly durable barriers.]] When Ethan ends up fighting it alone, the Shadow Broker’s guards consider him doomed and see no reason to intervene. When the creature finally gets brought to his knees, they fire at him, but it was too late.

* TheCameo: Quite a few characters from the Franchise/MassEffect series were in this fic. Garrus was seen talking with an asari C-sec officer in the fourth chapter while Eric became friends with Suvi Anwar from ''VideoGame/MassEffectAndromeda'' at the Black Star in a brief interlude in a discussion about their religious beliefs.

** In the epilogue, Ethan asks Miranda this:
-->[[Webcomic/AwkwardZombie "If you look so perfect, then why do you have buckteeth?"]]

* DifferentWorldDifferentMovies: While Eric was browsing the Extranet, he found out what games Creator/BioWare had been doing, lasting 28 years from 1995 to 2023. They've released a third game in the Franchise/BaldursGate series called Black Hound. It was obvious they never released Mass Effect. Meanwhile, Franchise/DragonAge was in development at one point but it ended up being too expensive much to make, so it was shelved. VideoGame/JadeEmpire received a sequel on the Xbox 360. Instead, there was the SFX franchise, built on similar premises to Mass Effect. [=BioWare=] had also collaborated with Creator/ObsidianEntertainment on to create some sort of a modern spy RPG called Everything or Nothing, which sounded like VideoGame/AlphaProtocol.

''A New Day'', is revolved around Eric Grimes, [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent a high school graduate]]. During a vacation with his family, he was transported to the Mass Effect universe when he stumbled upon a strange artifact. He had to adjust to the strange universe he found himself in. Unlike the Courier, [[ContrastingSequelMainCharacter Eric]] is shy and mild-mannered and is inexperienced in a fight. It can be viewed [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11894097/1/A-New-Day here]].

* QueerRomance: It's shaping itself up to be one between Eric and Garrett.

Mass Foundations is a fanfiction series set in the ''Franchise/MassEffect'' and the ''{{VideoGame/Fallout}}''universes, written by Tropers/NordRonnoc. Initially, the series is strongly inspired by ''Fanfic/MassVexations'' and ''Fanfic/MassesToMasses'', given that Tropers/HerrWozzeck and Nord once shared some ideas together on the former.

''A New Day'', is revolved around a [[RotatingProtagonist different protagonist]], Eric Grimes, [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent a high school graduate]], with little connection to the previous story so far. During a vacation with his family, he was transported to the Mass Effect universe when he stumbled upon a strange artifact. He had to adjust to the strange universe he found himself in. Unlike the Courier, [[ContrastingSequelMainCharacter Eric]] is shy and mild-mannered and is inexperienced in a fight. It can be viewed [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11894097/1/A-New-Day here]].

* ForgotAboutHisPowers: Strongly averted. The Courier used VATS, the Jury Rigging perk, his Pip Boy map, and the Geiger counters. Liara frequently employed various biotic talents during combat and Feron can fix equipment with omni-gel, like the Infiltrator class of [[VideoGame/MassEffect1 the first game]]. Even the Blue Suns’ members use the full spectrum of their equipment from [[VideoGame/MassEffect2 the second game]], with missile launcher soldiers, flamethrower troops and [[SpaceRomans Legionnaires]] with anti-shield Disruptor ammo all present and accounted for.

* InsecurityCamera: Played with. The cameras themselves are quite well placed throughout the building on Alligon and on the outside, but they’re absent at the rear entrance since there are already guards and turrets present. Inside, they’re brought down by the terminal located too close to the entrance, allowing the group to hack into it.

-->'''Summary of the series as on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn'''

Mass Foundations is a fanfiction series set in the ''Franchise/MassEffect'' universe, written by Tropers/NordRonnoc. Initially, the series is strongly inspired by ''Fanfic/MassVexations'' and ''Fanfic/MassesToMasses'', given that Tropers/HerrWozzeck and Nord once shared some ideas together on the former.

''A New Day'', is revolved around a [[RotatingProtagonist different protagonist]], Eric Grimes, a high school graduate, with little connection to the previous story so far. During a vacation with his family, he was transported to the Mass Effect universe when he stumbled upon a strange artifact. He had to adjust to the strange universe he found himself in. Unlike the Courier, [[ContrastingSequelMainCharacter Eric]] is shy and mild-mannered and is inexperienced in a fight. It can be viewed [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11894097/1/A-New-Day here]].

Not much is known about ''Molten Lead'' so far. According to its synopsis, it would have a field agent Zachary Turner assessing and scouting for potential candidates for Shepard's squad as depicted in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' when [[ComicBook/MassEffectFoundation Rasa]] turned up missing, struggling with his inner demons in the meantime. It can be viewed [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12942641/1/Mass-Foundations-Molten-Lead here]] and on Website/SpaceBattlesDotCom and Sufficient Velocity [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/mass-foundations-molten-lead-mass-effect.646430/ here]] and [[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/mass-foundations-molten-lead-mass-effect.47773/ here]] respectively.

* InsecurityCamera: Played with. The cameras themselves are quite well placed throughout the building and on the outside, but they’re absent at the rear entrance since there are already guards and turrets present. Inside, they’re brought down by the terminal located too close to the entrance, allowing the group to hack into it.

* TeleportationMisfire / TeleporterAccident: Kickstarted the plot of the fic, adopting a pretty common ObviousCrossoverMethod, thus making Ethan's motivation to find a way back home, though it was a self-imposed error in improving the Transportalponder and Big Mountain being Big Mountain.

* ItCanThink: The Merged had lost their sanity but they were able to retain some form of their intelligence. They pick up and use guns as well as open doors and other basic motor actions.

* TrappedInTVLand: Like the [[FanFic/MassVexations other]] [[Fanfic/MassesToMasses series]] that inspired this fic, Eric was transported to the Franchise/MassEffect universe.

** The Doctor demonstrated the concept of bigger on the inside to Jocelyn with two boxes, much like [[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E5TheRobotsOfDeath the 4th Doctor's explanation to Leela]] about how the TARDIS was BiggerOnTheInside. Unlike Leela, Jocelyn started to understand where the Doctor's coming at.
** Upon the Lone Wanderer encountering Missy for the first time, the Time Lady recognizes [[spoiler:Kroton]], though she had trouble remembering the specifics, and [[spoiler:the rogue Cyberman]] reminding her, leading to the exchange summarising his current role and the [[Recap/DoctorWhoMagazine284to296TheGloriousDead time they've last encountered one another]].
%% * TheCameo: [[spoiler: Three-Dog fills this role in the epilogue. Going by his dialogue, it's implied the Brotherhood has taken him off the air, but he manages to find a way back on radio somehow.]]

%% * DynamicEntry: How the Lone Wanderer introduces herself in ''All the World's a Stage''. She falls through the ceiling and crashes on one of the Ania that's about to attack the Doctor. The Doctor calls her out on this, not like it's her fault.
%% -->'''The Lone Wanderer''': Are you okay?
%% -->'''The Doctor''': Oh, I’m fine. Question is: are you? I mean, considering that you fell through the ceiling!
%% -->'''The Lone Wanderer''': Yeah... The floor gave out. That wasn't the first time it happened
%% -->'''The Doctor''': Don’t you think you could’ve dropped in at a better time? Like tea, perhaps?
%% ** This trope comes back in the fourth part as a BrickJoke, where Jocelyn crashed on top of Nightmare. The Doctor's quick to remark.

%% * SelfDisposingVillain: [[spoiler: Happens to Nightmare non-lethally. Turns out Missy has given him a fake orb as part of a prank, albeit one with collateral damage and a good number of casualties from a string of seemingly unrelated events.]]

%% ** The DynamicEntry above? The Doctor's remark resembles what [[Disney/TheSwordInTheStone Merlin said to Arthur when Arthur crashes into his house]].

%% * TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler: Missy. She sets up much of the plot by giving a fake orb to Nightmare as [[DeadlyPrank a prank]]. She claims that he has that Dalek mindset. The Ania preying on people and other casualties happen to be collateral damage, as Jocelyn quickly called her out on it. Naturally, Nightmare is less than pleased with the revelation.]]
%% * WhamLine: In regards to where the shard causing the Ania to rise up and attack people came from:
%% --->'''The Doctor''': This shard came from a parallel Earth. Renaissance era. Early 17th century.
%% ** And another one in the next part. Not only that, if one has played [[spoiler: the [[VideoGame/SoulSeries sixth Soul game]], they can figure out who's speaking here.]]
%% --->[[spoiler: '''Patroklos''': Have you heard of a sword known as Soul Edge?]]
%% ** And in the fourth part:
%% --->[[spoiler: '''Missy''': “''Oh, he’s not the most reliable sort, I imagine. Can’t really trust him, with that Dalek mindset and all.''"]]
%% --->'''The Doctor''': ([[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe sighs]]) “[[spoiler:Missy.]] I shouldn’t be surprised it was you.”
%% * WhatTheHellHero: The Lone Wanderer's and the Doctor's appalled reaction to [[spoiler:Patroklos's desire to indiscriminately kill off the Malfested, regardless of whether or not they actually are affected. While the Lone Wanderer appealed to his better nature, the Doctor went on TheReasonYouSuckSpeech while the Lone Wanderer appealed to Patroklos's better nature.]]
%% * WholeEpisodeFlashback: [[spoiler:While the third part of All the World's a Stage introduce more characters and plotpoints, the bulk of it was [[MushroomSamba a series of weird flashbacks]] for Jocelyn when she touched Soul Calibur.]]

* DarkerAndEdgier: Compared to the previous entries, having a VillainProtagonist who's fanatically devoted to Cerberus, along with an an unsettling atmosphere throughout the fic. There are also political references to the [[TheNewTens later half of the 2010s]], specifically ideologies such as the alt-right. It even got a Mature rating on WebSite/ArchiveOfOurOwn and Website/FanFictionDotNet due to these depictions, the increased level of gore and violence, and Zachary's AttemptedSuicide.
* EyeScream: The prisoner that tried to off Zachary Turner with a scalpel was on the receiving end of it.
* InterruptedSuicide: Zachary was seconds away from stabbing himself in the throat in his cell, only for Kai Leng to step in just before he did the deed.

''All the World's a Stage'' stars [[Creator/PeterCapaldi Twelfth]] [[Series/DoctorWho Doctor]] as he has been brought to the ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' universe. He sets out to investigate, meeting up with Jocelyn Song, [[VideoGame/Fallout3 the Lone Wanderer]]. The title references the well-known phrase from Theatre/AsYouLikeIt. Time will tell if additional references to Shakespeare will be made. The original version was on, Website/FanfictionDotNet before he took it down and replaced it with a [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12519168/1/Mass-Foundations-All-the-World-s-a-Stage rewriten version]]. Like his other works below, you can also find the original version on Website/SpaceBattlesDotCom and Sufficient Velocity [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/all-the-worlds-a-stage-doctor-who-fallout-spoiler.363547/ here]] and [[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/all-the-worlds-a-stage-doctor-who-fallout-spoiler.23816/ here]] respectively, which has crossed over with the [[spoiler:VideoGame/SoulSeries]].

''All the World's a Stage'' stars [[Creator/PeterCapaldi Twelfth]] [[Series/DoctorWho Doctor]] as he has been brought to the ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' universe. He sets out to investigate, meeting up with Jocelyn Song, [[VideoGame/Fallout3 the Lone Wanderer]]. The title references the well-known phrase from Theatre/AsYouLikeIt. Time will tell if additional references to Shakespeare will be made. The original version was on, Website/FanfictionDotNet before he took it down and replaced it with a [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12519168/1/Mass-Foundations-All-the-World-s-a-Stage rewriten version]]. Like his other works below, you can also find the original version on Website/SpaceBattlesDotCom and Sufficient Velocity [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/all-the-worlds-a-stage-doctor-who-fallout-spoiler.363547/ here]] and [[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/all-the-worlds-a-stage-doctor-who-fallout-spoiler.23816/ here]] respectively, which has crossed over with [[spoiler:VideoGame/SoulSeries]].

* DeadManSwitch: At Alingon, the squad couldn't destroy the missile turrets at the entrance because doing so would instantly alert the base security. The alert didn't activate when the turret is simply temporarily disabled, however, which leads to the RaceAgainstTheClock below.

** And earlier on, when Ethan attempts to bargain for information by taking a Centurion hostage, the other Blue Suns call him out on the unprovoked killing he has done before. Ethan reflects their accusations, calling them out on their MoralMyopia.

%% * ArtifactOfDoom: Soul Edge, obviously. There's also the [[spoiler:fake]] orb that [[spoiler:supposively]] can rip apart universes.

** The Doctor demonstrated the concept of bigger on the inside to Jocelyn with two boxes, much like [[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E5TheRobotsOfDeath the 4th Doctor's explanation to Leela]] about how the TARDIS was BiggerOnTheInside. Unlike Leela, Jocelyn started to understand where the Doctor's coming at

%% * ShoutOut:

%% ** Another to Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron, whereupon the Doctor channels his inner Tony Stark while finding a secret passage. Jocelyn's flashback segment also references the movie, with [[spoiler: the Courier]] paraphrasing from Hawkeye.
%% -->[[spoiler:'''The Courier''']]: We’re in a city tag-teamed by a bunch of nuclear bombs, we’re fighting an army of robots, and we’re knee-deep in brass. None of this makes sense!

** The name of the fourth chapter refers to the Film/MissionImpossible series. It helps that the protagonist's name is Ethan.

** [[spoiler:Steve Cortez shows up to offer help to Eric and his friends during VideoGame/MassEffect1's endgame while they were sneaking off of an Alliance facility on Earth.]]

* DreamSequence: Occurred in the fourth chapter. Eric's dream consisted of the FacelessMasses save for people he personally knew, all ignoring him. Then he went to a tunnel, with [[SinisterSurveillance large security cameras watching his every move]]. The dream ended with everything going dark.
* {{Flashback}}: Seems to be this fic's staple, which starts at the beginning of some of the chapters and making the interludes. All but one of them expand on Eric's past, shaping how he is now, and mirrors present events, exclusing a WholeEpisodeFlashback. The exception is Eric's meeting with [[VideoGame/MassEffectAndromeda Suvi Anwar]].