History FanFic / RedDeadVirgo

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Equius is still as racist as he was in canon, despite his lower social standing. And yet his idea of showing caste superiority to Kanaya is ''doing incredibly nice things for her''. And Karkat, who's been shown to be both a [[Jerkass huge jerk]] and a manipulative bastard, gets a few moments himself.

* AllTakeAndNoGive: Terezi gives a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to [[spoiler:Kanaya]] accusing them of having this sort of relationship with [[spoiler:Vriska]].

* BlindSeer: Subverted. While Terezi is a Seer, she is only ''mostly'' blind. And deaf.

* DeaderThanDead: [[spoiler:Feferi]] made a pact and gruesomely killed all the trolls save [[spoiler:Kanaya, Vriska and Eridan]] to ensure that they would live on in dream bubbles. However, because [[spoiler:Kanaya, Eridan and Jade]] were still alive at the time of the [[spoiler:Scratch]], they don't get to join their friends in any form of afterlife. Damn. [[spoiler:At least their dreamselves managed to live on.]]

* FixFic: ''Especially'' after [[DarkestHour recent events]]. Quoth [[WordOfGod the fanfic author]]

* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Dave went grimdark for... [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse some reason]].
* GenkiGirl: Vriska, surprisingly. [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation Or maybe not]]. "Chooooress!!"
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Equius is still as racist as he was in canon, despite his lower social standing. And yet his idea of showing caste superiority to Kanaya is ''doing incredibly nice things for her''.
* {{Jerkass}}: Terezi, plus Karkat... which makes sense because he's in [[FreudianExcuse Canon Vriska's]] life.
* IncrediblyLamePun: Nepeta is a Catfish!
* KickTheDog: Karkat and Terezi in "Paladin" and "Make Her A Member Of The Midnight Crew." Then again, it worked out...

* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Kanaya, while in the process of BLEEDING ENOUGH TO CAUSE HER TO PASS OUT FROM BLOOD LOSS, is more concerned with it leaving an easy trail to follow and worrying Vriska.

* NamesTheSame: Equius? He's the PrinceOfSpace! (But do guns work on him?)
* NiceHat: Tavros, plus Nepeta and her swimming cap.

* NoodleIncident: Kanaya apparently did ''something'' to Terezi, but isn't mentioned in anything except a few offhand mentions.
* OverdrawnAtTheBloodBank: Kanaya bleeds ''a lot''.
* ThePaladin: Vriska is explicitly referred to as one, especially [[spoiler: when she ascends to God Tiers as the Knight of Life]]. She herself isn't entirely comfortable with the idea though.

* PetTheDog: Karkat to Kanaya, in "Full Circle". [[spoiler: But nobody said he was good at it]]. And even Terezi helps Kanaya avoid doomed outcomes... by mocking her.
* PronounTrouble: Dave is referred to as a "she" in "[[https://docs.google.com/View?id=dgv9xcjq_411gsckvcc9 Hello, I Hate You, Won't You Tell Me Your Name]]". Jade is also, on several occasions, referred to as a boy, but this is probably intentional due to her (also intentional) ambiguous gender situation.

* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: In "Glub", Eridan messages Kanaya and keeps her moving all the way to her hive. It quickly becomes clear that [[spoiler:Kanaya didn't make it the first time.]]
* ShipTease: Jade and Eridan, Karkat and Terezi, and Kanaya and Vriska. The latter seems to be the main pairing, though it's one-sided on Kanaya's part, [[spoiler: but "Decide" hints that Vriska may share the same feelings towards her]].

* TwistEnding: [[spoiler:This session turns out to be a doomed Session that preceded the canon one.]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: A ''lot'' of plot points, even characters! The kids (except Jade) get ''nothing'' but offhand mentions. Many of the trolls just disappear after "Lands and Titles." [[spoiler:That is, until "Complementary."]]

This story has a gained a large amount of popularity, which has spawned fanart, other fanfics set in a similarly altered universe for the human characters, and even [[LivejournalRoleplay roleplayers]]. As such, it's worth reading.

* SplitPersonality: Sollux. [[WordOfGod Word Of Fanfic Author]] states that [[spoiler: Tavros]] does NOT have one.

* SplitPersonality: Sollux. [[WordOfGod Word Of Fanfic Author]] states that [[spoiler: Tavros]] does NOT have one.
* TheSpock: Aradia, not that we see very much of her.

* NoodleIncident: Kanaya apparently did ''something'' to Terezi, but isn't mentioned in anything except a few offhand mentions in "Circuitous & Fortuitous" and "Bloodrage." [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse It is never mentioned again]].
--> It was just something that wasn't going to happen after what you did to her. '''(From Circuitous & Fortuitous)'''
--> You admit you sort of have an anger problem. The others don't know. Well, they don't know how bad it is... except Terezi, who knows firsthand, but has never told the others. '''(From Bloodrage)'''

* TwistEnding: [[spoiler:This session turns out to be a doomed Session that preceded the canon one.]]

* KickTheDog: Karkat and Terezi in "Paladin" and "Make Her A Member Of The Midnight Crew" (the latter was actually written first). Then again, it worked out...
* LaughingMad: Terezi is kind of messed up.

** InSpiteOfANail: The kids except Jade go through the same events as the canon kids (from what can be interpreted from Jade's offhand references to them)... until "We KINDA Fucked Up," where [[spoiler:Dave]] was revealed to have gone [[spoiler:grimdark]], [[spoiler:John]] went off to stop [[spoiler:Jack Noir]], and Rose [[spoiler:[[HeroicSacrifice died the most heroic of deaths to save Dave and Jade]]]].

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:Eridan crushed Feferi's thoughts of having ''any'' sort of relationship with him because he saw that his powers were going to involve a LOT of dying, and wanted to spare her that anguish. Feferi didn't take it well at ALL.]]

* AmbiguousGender: The Alt Kids have this going for them all the way, though the author states that the only intentional instance of this was Jade Strider.

* BlindSeer: Subverted. While Terezi is a Seer (of Doom), she is only ''mostly'' blind. And deaf.

* BreakTheCutie: Poor, poor Kanaya.
* CameBackStrong: Vriska, Rose, and Jade.
* DeaderThanDead: [[spoiler:Feferi made a pact and gruesomely killed all the trolls save Kanaya to ensure that they would live on in dream bubbles. However, because Kanaya, Eridan and Jade were still alive at the time of the Scratch, they don't get to join their friends in any form of afterlife. Damn. At least the former's dreamself managed to live on.]]
* {{Expy}}: Eridan is a lot like Canon Dave. Right down to the time travel...

* ForWantOfANail / InSpiteOfANail: Very much [[ZigZaggingTrope zig-zagged]]. The characters are recognizable, but different, and that creates some odd things. For example, it's Eridan who breaks up with Feferi in this universe, rather than the other way around. Though he certainly didn't want to...Then there's Vriska's conversation with Doc Scratch, who makes the same prediction of Vriska's ultimate fate, except he bets on her living instead of dying.

* {{Jerkass}}: Terezi, plus Karkat....which makes sense because he's in [[FreudianExcuse Canon Vriska's]] life.

* SatelliteCharacter: Aradia, Tarvos or Sollux don't do much except chat with other trolls and remark on their lands and titles, but they at least get off better than Rose, Dave and John, who don't even get a '''single''' speaking line in the whole story - just a few offhand mentions. [[spoiler:[[WeHardlyKnewYe And then they get erased by the Scratch.]]]]

* PetTheDog: Karkat to Kanaya, in "Full Circle". [[spoiler: But nobody said he was good at it]].
** Even Terezi helps Kanaya avoid doomed outcomes...by mocking her.

* SatelliteCharacter: Not much is seen of Aradia, Tarvos or Sollux.

* ShipTease: Jade and Eridan, Karkat and Terezi, and Kanaya and Vriska. The latter seems to be the main pairing, though it's one-sided on Kanaya's part, [[spoiler: but Decide hints that Vriska may share the same feelings towards her]].

Red Dead Virgo ([=RDV=]) is at its core a [[AlternateUniverseFic Alternate Universe]] WhatIf fic, asking "WhatIf the trolls all had a different blood color than they do in canon?" The focus is on a Red Kanaya, who decided she simply couldn't hide her "mutant" blood color from her friends. [[BreakTheCutie This turns out to be a bad thing.]] However, the story jumps around a lot to several other trolls, all with different blood colors (shifted down five places from canon), and more importantly different upbringings. The characters are somehow [[InSpiteOfANail similar to the way they were in canon]]...and yet [[ForWantOfANail at the same time they aren't]]. A part of what makes the story work is the contrast between these AlternateUniverse characters and their canon counterparts, and how much about them was nature and how much was nurture. This extends to most (pretty much all) of the relationships as well. Even SGRUB is a bit different, while remaining the same.

A Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} fanfic by adamantApoplectic, found [[http://nepeta.mozai.com/stories/Red_Dead_Virgo.html here]]. The stories are listed chronologically, but are actually written out of order.

* BornLucky: Indigo Tavros, in sharp contrast to Canon Tavros.

* CameBackStrong: Brown Vriska, Rose Egbert, and Jade Strider.
* DeaderThanDead: [[spoiler:Feferi made a pact and gruesomely killed all the trolls save Kanaya to ensure that they would live on in dream bubbles. However, because Kanaya, Eridan and Jade were still alive at the time of the Scratch, they don't get to join their friends in any form of afterlife. Damn.]]
* {{Expy}}: Jade Eridan is a lot like Canon Dave. Right down to the time travel...

* ForWantOfANail / InSpiteOfANail: Very much [[ZigZaggingTrope zig-zagged]]. The characters are recognizable, but different, and that creates some odd things. For example, it's Eridan who breaks up with Feferi in this universe, rather than the other way around. Though he certainly didn't want to...Then there's Orange Vriska's conversation with Doc Scratch, who makes the same prediction of Vriska's ultimate fate, except he bets on her living instead of dying.
* FridgeBrilliance: Red Kanaya typically types with A Certain Clear Enunciation, but can slip into alsdkfjasdfj;lk and CAPSLOCK at certain times. It may take the reader a while to remember that she shares her blood with KARKAT VANTAS.
* GenkiGirl: Orange Vriska, surprisingly. [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation Or maybe not]]. "Chooooress!!"
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Yellow Equius is still as racist as he was in canon, despite his lower social standing. And yet his idea of showing caste superiority to Red Kanaya is ''doing incredibly nice things for her''.
* {{Jerkass}}: Blue Karkat....which makes sense because he's in [[FreudianExcuse Canon Vriska's]] life. Also Maroon Terezi.
* IncrediblyLamePun: Magenta Nepeta is a Catfish!
* KickTheDog: Blue Karkat and Maroon Terezi in "Paladin" and "Make Her A Member Of The Midnight Crew" (the latter was actually written first). Then again, it worked out...
* LaughingMad: Maroon Terezi is kind of messed up.
* LethalChef: Orange Vriska is a minor one.
* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Red Kanaya, while in the process of BLEEDING ENOUGH TO CAUSE HER TO PASS OUT FROM BLOOD LOSS, is more concerned with it leaving an easy trail to follow and worrying Orange Vriska.
* ManipulativeBastard: Blue Karkat and Maroon Terezi. [[ShipTease They make a cute couple too.]]
* NamesTheSame: Yellow Equius? He's the PrinceOfSpace! (But do guns work on him?)
* NiceHat: Indigo Tavros. Magenta Nepeta also, although it's really a swimming cap.

* OverdrawnAtTheBloodBank: Red Kanaya bleeds ''a lot''.
* ThePaladin: Orange Vriska is explicitly referred to as one, especially [[spoiler: when she ascends to God Tiers as the Knight of Life]]. She herself isn't entirely comfortable with the idea though.

* PetTheDog: Blue Karkat to Red Kanaya, in "Full Circle". [[spoiler: But nobody said he was good at it]].
** Even Maroon Terezi helps Kanaya avoid doomed outcomes...by mocking her.
* ResignedToTheCall: This version of SGRUB forces some of the trolls out of their comfort zones. Orange Vriska doesn't think she's cut out to be [[spoiler:a God Tier KnightInShiningArmor]] since she was a humble stuttering farmgirl all her life. Yellow Equius is horrified that he has both a lofty title (Prince of Space) and [[spoiler:the ''huge'' responsibility of ''creating the new universe'']] since he was a servile bootlicker before the game started. Jade Eridan really doesn't like being the Mage of Time since dealing with TimeTravel is so messed up. Dark Blue Aradia was an aloof and antisocial [[SmartGuy smart girl]] before the game so she isn't happy that her new role is to be TheEmpath. Nonetheless, all of them try their best to fulfill their roles since they have no other choice.
* SatelliteCharacter: We haven't seen much (yet) of Dark Blue Aradia, Teal Feferi or Purple Sollux.
* SharpDressedMan: Blue Karkat, Indigo Tavros, and Purple Sollux. Blue Karkat makes the biggest deal of it.

* ShipTease: Red Kanaya and Orange Vriska seems to be the main pairing, though it's currently one-sided on Kanaya's part.
** Blue Karkat and Maroon Terezi as well.
** And also a bit with Jade Strider and Jade Eridan.
* SplitPersonality: Purple Sollux. [[WordOfGod Word Of Fanfic Author]] states that [[spoiler: Indigo Tavros]] does NOT have one.
* TheSpock: Dark Blue Aradia, not that we see very much of her.
* StandardBleedingSpots: Is shown to happen at least once or twice to Red Kanaya.

A Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} fanfic by adamantApoplectic, found [[https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0ASTMDKhFFxp_ZGd2OXhjanFfMTkwaHR2cDN4ZDQ&hl=en here]]. The stories are listed chronologically, but are actually written out of order.

* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: In "Glub", Eridan messages Kanaya and keeps her moving all the way to her hive. It quickly becomes clear that [[spoiler: Kanaya didn't make it the first time.]]

* StandardBleedingSpots: Is shown to happen at least once or twice to Red Kanaya.

A {{Homestuck}} fanfic by adamantApoplectic, found [[https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0ASTMDKhFFxp_ZGd2OXhjanFfMTkwaHR2cDN4ZDQ&hl=en here]]. The stories are listed chronologically, but are actually written out of order.

* ResignedToTheCall: This version of SGRUB forces some of the trolls out of their comfort zones. Orange Vriska doesn't think she's cut out to be [[spoiler:a God Tier KnightInShiningArmor]] since she was a humble stuttering farmgirl all her life. Yellow Equius is horrified that he has both a lofty title (Prince of Space) and [[spoiler:the ''huge'' responsibility of ''creating the new universe'']] since he was a servile bootlicker before the game started. Jade Eridan really doesn't like being the Mage of Time since dealing with TimeTravel is so messed up. Dark Blue Aradia was an aloof and antisocial [[SmartGuy SmartGirl]] before the game so she isn't happy that her new role is to be TheEmpath. Nonetheless, all of them try their best to fulfill their roles since they have no other choice.

* ResignedToTheCall: This version of SGRUB forces some of the trolls out of their comfort zones. Orange Vriska doesn't think she's cut out to be [[spoiler:a God Tier KnightInShiningArmor]] since she was a humble stuttering farmgirl all her life. Yellow Equius is horrified that he has both a lofty title (Prince of Space) and [[spoiler:the ''huge'' responsibility of ''creating the new universe'']] since he was a servile bootlicker before the game started. Jade Eridan really doesn't like being the Mage of Time since dealing with TimeTravel is so messed up. Dark Blue Aradia was an aloof and antisocial SmartGirl before the game so she isn't happy that her new role is to be TheEmpath. Nonetheless, all of them try their best to fulfill their roles since they have no other choice.

* StandardBleedingSpots: Is shown to happen at least once or twice to Red Kanaya.
* TheWoobie: Poor Red Kanaya. Jade Eridan also counts.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: With [[DarkestHour recent events in canon]] (as of late January/Early February), there are quite a few of these. Big ones include the entire existence of a Jade Eridan and a Purple Sollux. Then there's the story "Meowrails X3" which initially wasn't this (being written after a certain character [[spoiler: went crazy]]), but quickly became one when more events happened.
** The goddamn ''title''.
** "I'M A PRICKLY PEAR" seems to have been written literally ''just'' before shockingly appropriate canon events. Also, the much earlier written "Bloodrage". The author clearly has some sort of psychic powers.
* GeniusBonus: The Land of Silk and Empyrean replaces the canon Land of Wrath and Angels. However, the description of the former reveals it has "unspeakable wheels of eyes and wings and fire" which is [[OurAngelsAreDifferent one of the original depictions of angels]].

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