History FanFic / SpellbindingRadiance

** John's first time [[spoiler:dying while in Tellius]] grants us some [[ExpositionBeam insight]] into some of the character's thoughts on the event. The whole thing is somber enough... until we get to [[spoiler:[[HeroOfAnotherStory Patrick's]] [[MoodWhiplash thoughts]], which promptly go from mourning [[WeHardlyKnewYe John's passing]] to accidentally making himself (and the readers) lose The Game and reciting [[RickRoll a certain love ballad]] to himself in hopes of using it to win over Ilyana.]] AMindIsATerribleThingToRead, indeed.

** As he becomes a more proficient mage, John names his custom-built spells after certain special attacks. Some of his spells? [[{{Naruto}} Rasengan]], [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Tri Attack]], and [[VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia Indignation Judgement]].

* MagicAIsMagicA: Exposited on a lot when John is learning how to use magic. [[spoiler:Later results in a CrowningMomentOfFunny when John uses fire, lighting, and wind magics in one spell and gets reprimanded by the other mages in the army in a [[TrainingFromHell 'training' session]].]]

* OneOfUs
-->'''Patrick''': Wiki/TVTropes. UnusualEuphemism. Look it up.

* YouSuck: John and archery do not mix. At all. Even when he finds out he's a natural mage, he struggles throughout basically the entire first three quarters of the [[strike:fanfic]]Path of Radiance story arc to even be up to par with every other mage in Elincia's army. And then he starts sucking again at the start of the Radiant Dawn arc.
** To be fair, while John's improved in the last quarter of the Path of Radiance arc and is on the rebound in the Radiant Dawn one, he seems to have INCREDIBLY bad luck still.

* PopCulturedBadass: For those rare moments where John isn't [[YouSuck getting his ass royally handed to him]], he certainly qualifies. Patrick is perhaps even more of a contender, considering he was the one to [[spoiler: off Ashnard]].

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: This is Fire Emblem, after all. Not to mention that aside from the standard Path of Radiance cast, there's [[CanonForeigner other Fire Emblem characters]] such as [[FireEmblem Selena, Karla, Cormag, Linde, Nino...]] just to name a few as well as Carin [[spoiler:who is actually [[VideoGame/SoulSeries Cassandra Alexandra]]]] and [[FanFic/MassVexations Ash]]. There are also some original characters, such as Gabriella, Phoenix Apollo Irving, Katrina... and so on. Many characters are introduced, given seeming importance, then PutOnABus until convenient. That's just the story characters, too.

John is a typical musician going to college. However, after a freak automobile accident, he finds himself thrust into the world of FireEmblem, specifically Path of Radiance. It's thus up to John to journey along with Ike, Elincia, and the gang on their quest to save Crimea from the clutches of the nation of Daein, as per the game. Along the way, though, a lot of things change...

* BagOfSpilling: By the time the Radiant Dawn story arc has come around, John is quite rusty and far less proficient than he was during the final battle with Ashnard. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that he's been sitting around studying magic and learning to play instruments than practicing his magic and swordplay.
* BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: Elincia, Mist, and Jill respectively. The author has commented on many occasions that he jokingly called them John's version of Series/CharliesAngels.

** As he becomes a more proficient mage, John names his custom-built spells after certain special attacks. Some of his spells? [[{{Naruto}} Rasengan]], [[{{Pokemon}} Tri Attack]], and [[VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia Indignation Judgement]].

* BadassPrincess: Elincia.

* SilkHidingSteel: Princess Elincia is portrayed as a kind-hearted person toward John. Even if she isn't the Mary Sue that many fans consider her to be in the games, she is still relatively peaceful and calm. Just don't anger her or force her hand into combat. Therein lies a BadassPrincess behind that veil of formality and peacefulness.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: This is Fire Emblem, after all. Not to mention that aside from the standard Path of Radiance cast, there's [[CanonForeigner other Fire Emblem characters]] such as [[FireEmblem Selena, Karla, Cormag, Linde, Nino...]] just to name a few as well as [[VideoGame/SoulSeries Carin [[spoiler:who is actually Cassandra Alexandra]]]] and [[FanFic/MassVexations Ash]]. There are also some original characters, such as Gabriella, Phoenix Apollo Irving, Katrina... and so on. Many characters are introduced, given seeming importance, then PutOnABus until convenient. That's just the story characters, too.

* GivingRadioToTheRomans: John comes into Tellius with a pocket watch (which is never explained what happened to it), a wallet, a trumpet mouthpiece for some reason, and his cell phone. Subverted when he throws the cell phone into the water instead of using it to improve life for the citizens of Tellius.

-->'''John'''Well, um... you're like a really great mom... or something
-->'''Titania'''... what?
-->'''John'''Uh, I think I gotta go to the bathroom.

-->'''Patrick''': TVTropes. UnusualEuphemism. Look it up.

* TakeThat: There are quite a few in Chapter 74, although the ones to the new ClashOfTheTitans movie, the new ''Film/TheWarOfTheWorlds'' movie, and VideoGame/TalesOfSymphoniaDawnOfTheNewWorld are the most prominent. It seems like the author just MIGHT have something against sequels...

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: This is Fire Emblem, after all. Not to mention that aside from the standard Path of Radiance cast, there's [[CanonForeigner other Fire Emblem characters]] such as [[FireEmblem Selena, Karla, Cormag, Linde, Nino...]] just to name a few as well as [[SoulSeries Carin [[spoiler:who is actually Cassandra Alexandra]]]] and [[FanFic/MassVexations Ash]]. There are also some original characters, such as Gabriella, Phoenix Apollo Irving, Katrina... and so on. Many characters are introduced, given seeming importance, then PutOnABus until convenient. That's just the story characters, too.

* CanonForeigner: A lot of the cast of Blazing Sword somehow manages to end up on Tellius, as well as a few cast members from Sacred Stones. The entire Black Fang even shows up in Crimea as an honest mercenary company in Begnion. And then there's Carin, [[spoiler:A.K.A. Cassandra from SoulCalibur.]] Ashley has also been confirmed to be one, with [[MythologyGag many hints]] dropped to the observant that she's from [[spoiler: ''Franchise/MassEffect''; more specifically, her iteration from the self-insert fanfic FanFic/MassVexations by Foxwolf's friend Herr Wozzeck.]]

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** General Wallace's [[ContinuityNod spring loaded chain axe]] has been constantly referred to as "chained axe VideoGame/GodOfWar bull$#!@" by Patrick. [[spoiler: Upon stealing it, Patrick immediately flies into more references to the series, as well as breaking out the [[MemeticMutation infamous]] '''[[DynastyWarriors DO NOT PURSUE LU BU]]'''.]]

* BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: Elincia, Mist, and Jill respectively. The author has commented on many occasions that he jokingly called them John's version of CharliesAngels.

* CanonForeigner: A lot of the cast of Blazing Sword somehow manages to end up on Tellius, as well as a few cast members from Sacred Stones. The entire Black Fang even shows up in Crimea as an honest mercenary company in Begnion. And then there's Carin, [[spoiler:A.K.A. Cassandra from SoulCalibur.]] Ashley has also been confirmed to be one, with [[MythologyGag many hints]] dropped to the observant that she's from [[spoiler: MassEffect; more specifically, her iteration from the self-insert fanfic FanFic/MassVexations by Foxwolf's friend Herr Wozzeck.]]

* SynchronusEpisodes: Chapters 39 (Do or Die) and 40 (Do or Die: Jill) start at roughly the same time and end roughly the same time, except Chapter 40 has a little [[spoiler:funeral blurb]] tacked on to the end. They even have some scenes that are the same in both chapters. One has to wonder if this is brilliance by the author to combine the two chapters or sheer laziness.