History Fanfic / AGamerInSouthBlue

** Also in Chapter 39, Jack begins his [[spoiler:Warlord career]] by killing [[spoiler:Scratchman Apoo]].

* HorseOfODifferentColor: Super Sparrows are this along with being [[GiantFlyer giant flyers]].

* HorseofaDifferentColor: Super Sparrows are this along with being [[GiantFlyer giant flyers]

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* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: After [[spoiler:the Kid Pirates attack his village and kill half of the population]], Jack goes after them for revenge. After [[spoiler:he fails and loses his second life]], he turns his attention to every other outlaw left in the South Blue.
** Happens again when [[spoiler:Jack’s companion Kiwi is killed by the king of Yateron.]] Not even learning that [[spoiler:he’s a logia with poison powers]] stops Jack from exacting his revenge.

** This is [[spoiler:Trafalgar Law]]'s reaction in chapter 34 when Jack shows up out of nowhere and easily [[spoiler:kills Eustass Kid (a pirate worth a lot more than both Law and Jack)]], casually withstanding a point-blank blast of Conqueror's Haki in the process.

* SunkCostFallacy: The main reason why Jack follows the path of learning the ancient language when it pops up despite having other options that will provide greater immediate benefits is because he’s already started the process. Jack recognizes that he has a serious problem with this trope, but he just doesn’t quite have the willpower to resist it.

* TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening: [[spoiler:The death of Kiwi leads to Jack awakening first Observation and then Armament Haki in [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge his need to take revenge]].]]

** Downplayed with [[spoiler: Kid himself when Jack catches up to him on Sabaody. Despite Jack attacking him by surprise in the middle of a fight with an Impact Dial loaded with ''[[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill three Rokuogans]]'', Kid manages to survive just long enough to activate his Conqueror's Haki. It doesn't save him, and he fails to hurt Jack, but it's still fairly impresssive.]]

* BigWhat: Tashigi's furious reaction at the end of Chapter 39, when she finds out that her bosses gave away one of her treasured swords to [[spoiler:the now-Warlord Jack]].

** Chapter 35 ends with Jack having returned to a past island with Kuma's help, and [[spoiler:recruiting Braxton Berwynne in a mission to try saving Ace]].

* CurbStompBattle: Jack's battles turn into this after a while; Justified, in that his mastery of the Six Powers effectively make him an elite fighter by the standards of the Grand Line. Of course people in South Blue wouldn't be able to match him in a fight.

* CuriosityIsACrapshoot: When Kowalik [[spoiler:goes OneWingedAngel with his Adam Treant form]], Jack has the chance to run away. Instead, he pushes himself to his limits, risking a HeroicRROD, because he has to know before he commits to running away...whether or not he had a chance of winning.

* DiabolusExMachina: Jack is holding his own against the Marines, even including more than one Vice Admiral. [[spoiler:Things quickly go downhill when Admiral Kizaru [[SpeedBlitz kicks him in the face.]]. Justified since Kizaru was likely summoned by Pandaman.]]

* LegionOfDoom: When Jack's crusade goes far enough and the Navy starts pouring resources into the South Blue—this overlapping with Crocodile's arrest and termination from the Warlords—Garrick Osier Hornigold, the most wanted pirate in the South Blue, gathers all of the rival crews he can and mobilizes them in a final effort to fulfill his life's work: keeping the Government presence in South Blue properly checked. [[spoiler:Hornigold's right hand man, Nash, is the only one who can give Jack any kind of challenge; Hornigold himself is decapitated before he begin to fight, and his fleet goes down in flames]].

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Commander-in-Chief Kong. In Chapter 29, when a Cipher Pol agent gives Jack a snail to speak with Kong directly, the man starts his recruitment pitch by apologizing for the implication that he'd be branded rogue if he didn't accept the offer. Then he offers a captain's coat and letter speaking about what his position would be, tells him that he wants him in the Navy, and requests that he call back with a "yes" the following morning; it's explicitly insistent, but not implicitly threatening.

* ThatWasntARequest: Jack’s quest to net a billion in bounties grabs the attention of other bounty hunters mad at him “over-hunting” and two track him down to request that he scale it back. When Jack refuses, they immediately try to kill him.

* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: A rather justified reaction from Jack at the end of Chapter 34, when [[spoiler:PX-3]] shows up, and his [Gamer] abilities show him as [[spoiler:having no Level]].

* CutLexLuthorACheck: At one point, Jack encounters a painter with a devil fruit power that lets him turn his paintings into rugs selling to a crowd and notes the novelty of a devil fruit user applying their powers to business instead of combat.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Turns out that Hornigold, the most wanted pirate in the South Blue, lived on Baterilla at the time of the government's inquisition and lost his mother to their raids. He became a pirate because he wanted to prevent the Government from having such free reign in the South Blue again.

* ArmorPiercingResponse: used on purpose by Jack when [[spoiler:Luffy attacks him, asking why Jack killed Kid:]]
--> [[spoiler: "He burned my nakama alive."]]

* GetOut: When Berwynne finds out that Jack knows who he is, he immediately orders him to leave the island, an opinion that he never retracts. [[spoiler:His opinion of Jack as a person does at least ease up a little when Jack approaches him with an opportunity to rescue Ace, though.]]
* GenreSavvy: In Chapter 37, Jack recalls an important piece of advice from fiction that helps him [[spoiler: kill two of Blackbeard’s crew.]]
-->'''Narration''': And a life time of media has taught me an important rule. [[spoiler:It’s always faster to just switch to your secondary [weapon].]]

* HopeSpot: When Jack [[spoiler:sets out to rescue Ace, he managed to briefly get ahold of him. Even a confrontation with an enraged Vice-Admiral Dalmatian doesn’t fully stop him. A surprise attack from Admiral Kizaru on the other hand…]]

** He fails in this, because [[spoiler:Pandaman arranged for Kizaru to intercept him and delay him enough that he couldn't save them]]. He kills [[spoiler:Vasco Shot and Doc Q]] as a consolation prize and then, in preparation for the future, [[spoiler:speaks directly to Sengoku to request a Warlord position, telling him of Vergo's treachery in the process]].

* GetOut: When Berwynne finds out that Jack knows who he is, he immediately orders him to leave the island. An opinion that he never retracts.

* AntiClimaxBoss: In Chapter 28, Jack goes up against [[spoiler:Garrick Osier Hornigold, the highest bounty in the South Blue]]. While said person is monologuing and setting the stage for a grand battle, Jack takes the chance to [Observe] him, sees that he has laughably low dexterity, and [[KilledMidSentence decapitates him as he's doing his pre-battle gloating]].

-->’’’Narration’’’: And a life time of media has taught me an important rule. [[spoiler:It’s always faster to just switch to your secondary (weapon).]]

* {{Revenge}}: This is Jack's driving force for most of the story. In retribution for [[spoiler:the Kid Pirates]] burning down his home village, he goes after them. When he loses a life against them, he reluctantly retreats, channeling his vengefulness into training by starting a crusade against every other outlaw in the South Blue. When his crusade finishes, [[spoiler:he gets a bounty for killing a king who killed his bird]], only to later learn that [[spoiler:Pandaman, who is an ascended being comparable to the one who brought him to that world and gave him his powers]], arranged it to ensure that he couldn't interfere in Luffy's journey. Revenge against that person becomes his new driving force; almost as soon as he finally avenges his village by killing [[spoiler:Eustass Kid and most of his crew]], he turns his attention towards destroying the path of Luffy's story by [[spoiler:trying to save Ace]]. He even lampshades how that endeavor is "half-baked, not-smart, colossally dumb, and just plain stupid" and is perfectly aware that he's only doing it out of spite. But he still does it.