History Fanfic / CoincidenceAndMisunderstandings

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8236816/1/Coincidence-and-Misunderstandings Coincidence and Misunderstandings]]'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/4036441/Silently-Watches Silently Watches]] is a ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' story about Raven's ascension to adulthood and the problems this entails for a half-demon. Better than it sounds.

Its sequel, [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9051372/1/Consequence-of-Misunderstandings Consequence of Misunderstandings]], has Team Black Magic consisting of Jinx, Raven, Mammoth, and Gizmo return to Jump City for a mission.

It also has one spin-off story to date: [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9902954/1/Collapse-from-Misunderstandings Collapse from Misunderstandings]] by storytell18.

* CripplingOverSpecialization: Besides sheer power, the main difference between wizards/witches and sorcerers/sorceresses is that wizards/witches are only capable of any significant skill in one or two branches of magic. Sorcerers/sorceresses can learn every branch.

* CurbStompBattle: At the end of Coincidence, when Raven fights [[spoiler:Dr. Light and Robin, Starfire, and Beast Boy]]. Later in Consequence, when Starfire tries to attack Raven, but fails miserably.

** Starfire believes that because Raven's brother and father were evil, that Raven is herself evil and is outraged when Persephone accuses her of being a criminal, just like her sister.

* YouKillItYouBoughtIt: [[spoiler:Raven reveals that killing Trigon gave her control over his armies.]]

''(Raven teleports the bags several feet away)''

[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8236816/1/Coincidence-and-Misunderstandings Coincidence and Misunderstandings]] by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/4036441/Silently-Watches Silently Watches]] is a Teen Titans story about Raven's ascension to adulthood and the problems this entails for a half-demon. Better than it sounds.

* AnthropomorphicPersonification: According to [[spoiler:Trigon]], Jinx is an avatar of chaos.

-->'''Raven''': "Let me be clear, Garfield Mark Logan. You will keep silent about my outing, not out of loyalty or friendship, but because you know how quickly I can destroy you should you get in my way. Speak, and I will demonstrate exactly how cruel the daughter of Trigon the Terrible can be."
-->'''Beast Boy''': "Except you're not your father! The four of us can take you on."
-->'''Raven''': "If you couldn't even scratch Him, how could you possibly hope to defeat His killer?"
* BerserkButton: In Coincidence, while talking with Raven in Flavors of Asia, Jinx makes a mental note to find where Raven's berserk button is and avoid it.

* BringMyBrownPants: One of the HIVE students [[spoiler: in the team that killed Jinx wets herself upon being confronted by demon Raven.]]
* TheChessMaster: [[spoiler:Doctor Fate manipulates the events of the sequel to cause minimal damage to the world.]]

* DeathIsCheap: [[spoiler: Raven resurrects Jinx the chapter after she dies.]]

* ExactWords: [[spoiler: When Jinx and Nightwing are forced to team up against Overload, the Titan promises that "I'll work with you for this fight. The moment [Overload's] down, we're back to being enemies". Sure enough, the moment Jinx destroys the A.I.'s chip, Nightwing attacks her from behind and knocks her out]].

* FantasticRacism: Starfire adamantly believes all demons are evil (admittedly, not without cause). Once Raven embraces her demonic heritage, Starfire tries to kill her every time they meet.

-->'''Raven''': "And what, exactly, is your purpose here? Well?"
-->'''Jinx''': (With bags of stolen jewelry in hand) "I? I was just taking a midnight stroll. And what are you doing here, Ms. Titan, hmm?"
-->'''Raven''': "And the bags, Ms. Thief?"
-->'''Jinx''': "Well, how else would I window shop?"
-->'''Raven''': ([[ActuallyPrettyFunny While laughing]]) "I do not believe that is how that particular practice is performed."
-->'''Jinx''': "Fine, just cuff me and let's go."
--> *Raven teleports the bags several feet away*
-->'''Raven''': "I see no evidence of any crime, so I suppose I will have to accept that you are, indeed, partaking in an innocuous walk. I would advise you, however, that your record is against you and grounds for suspicion. I really should escort you to your residence. However, I am now 'off-duty', so I trust you can make your own way home."
* ImportantHaircut: Off-screen but both [[ImprobableHairstyle Jinx]] and [[BarbarianLongHair Mammoth]] cut their hair when they [[spoiler:enlist in the military]] and realize how impractical it is while in the field.

* LawfulStupid: Nightwing tries to arrest Jinx for [[spoiler: vandalism and murder after she helps him stop Overload by blowing up the factory they were in.]] He's technically correct in doing so (she did damage derelict city property and [[spoiler: destroyed the A.I.]]), but it's roundly considered a suicidal move by both the Titans and Team Black Magic.

* NothingPersonal: [[spoiler: Rage]] insists it's nothing personal (like the Mob) [[spoiler: killing Raven to escape her mind.]]
** ItsPersonal: She eventually decides it is personal for Raven keeping her locked up inside of her mind.
* OnlySaneMan: Cyborg (and later Persephone) are the only Titans willing to call Robin (and later Starfire) out for their unfair treatment of Raven.

* PragmaticHero: Cyborg and Lisa (aka Persephone) dislike killing but they're also willing to admit it's sometimes necessary.

* TailorMadePrison: Raven's discovery of one [[spoiler: Robin built to use as a contingency against her - half a year before she showed any signs of behavior that might justify him needing one]] is the final straw that convinces her to leave the Titans.

* TookALevelInBadass: All of Team Black Magic due to both becoming more powerful in some cases (like Raven) and that they spent five years as black ops specialists.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** Starfire attacking Raven on her date severely damages the Titans' reputation; even if she's formally left the Titans at this point, Raven's still a celebrated heroine and innocent of any crime, especially after helping to save the world. Since Starfire is also the next ruler of the Tamaran civilization, it suddenly escalates to an intergalactic diplomatic disaster. During his dressing down of Starfire, Batman mentions having heard all about the incident from "the Department of Justice. And the State Department, the Department of Defense, Homeland Security, and the leaders of the Armed Forces." He also blasts her for summoning 3 Tamaran battlecruisers to come to Earth, stating that if any of those foreign ships or a single member of their crews enters the Solar System, it would constitute a ''declaration of war'' between Earth and Tamaran.
** Zantanna's constant and unwarranted harassment of Chaotic members of the Eldritch Enclave, a place with a ''very strict'' code of neutrality and nonviolence for all members while on the premises, has resulted in five of the eight Arbitrators willing to cast her out and bestow warlock status on her (with a 7/8ths majority needed to enact expulsion), and Doctor Fate's reputation as an Order-aligned Arbitrator is in tatters from having to constantly defend her.

* ImportantHaircut: Off-screen but both [[ImprobableHairstyle Jinx]] and [[RapunzelHair Mammoth]] cut their hair when they [[spoiler:enlist in the military]] and realize how impractical it is while in the field.

* SecretTestOfCharacter: Officially, the military branch Raven and co. join do not recruit any metahumans with a criminal record. In reality, they simply want to make sure the recruits are motivated and willing to do unethical things to succeed in their goals (by bribing the right people to erase their records). The head even states that metahumans without criminal records are rarely cut out for the kind of work they'd have to do, being too passive and used to toeing the line.

** Starfire attacking Raven on her date severely damages the Titans' reputation. Since Starfire is also the next ruler of the Tamaran civilization, it suddenly escalates to an intergalactic diplomatic disaster. During his dressing down of Starfire, Batman mentions having heard all about the incident from "the Department of Justice. And the State Department, the Department of Defense, Homeland Security, and the leaders of the Armed Forces." He also blasts her for summoning 3 Tamaran battlecruisers to come to Earth, stating that if any of those foreign ships or a single member of their crews enters the Solar System, it would constitute a ''declaration of war'' between Earth and Tamaran.

* RealityEnsues: Starfire attacking Raven on her date severely damages the Titans' reputation. Since Starfire is also the next ruler of the Tamaran civilization, it suddenly escalates to an intergalactic diplomatic disaster. During his dressing down of Starfire, Batman mentions having heard all about the incident from "the Department of Justice. And the State Department, the Department of Defense, Homeland Security, and the leaders of the Armed Forces." He also blasts her for summoning 3 Tamaran battlecruisers to come to Earth, stating that if any of those foreign ships or a single member of their crews enters the Solar System, it would constitute a ''declaration of war'' between Earth and Tamaran.
** Zantanna's constant and unwarranted harassment of Chaotic members of the Eldritch Enclave, a place with a ''very strict'' code of neutrality and nonviolence for all members while on the premises, has resulted in five of the eight Arbitrators willing to cast her out and bestow warlock status on her (with a 7/8ths majority needed to enact expulsion), and Doctor Fate's reputation as an Order-aligned Arbitrator is in tatters from having to constantly defend her.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Billy is convinced to visit his parents out of town when Jinx describes the job her team is in Jump City for.

It's sequel, [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9051372/1/Consequence-of-Misunderstandings Consequence of Misunderstandings]], has Team Black Magic consisting of Jinx, Raven, Mammoth, and Gizmo return to Jump City for a mission.

* BiTheWay: Billy is mentioned to have had a crush on See-More and implied to have slept with Cheshire.

It also has one spin-off stories to date: [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9902954/1/Collapse-from-Misunderstandings Collapse from Misunderstandings]] by storytell18.

It also has two spin-off stories to date: [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9902954/1/Collapse-from-Misunderstandings Collapse from Misunderstandings]] by storytell18 and [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9977563/1/Begining-of-misunderstanding Beginning of misunderstanding]] by Gigaswoo.

* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:Slade is sent to Hell. To make it worse, while he's there, he ''can't'' die, which makes this far worse than prison, where he'd likely have ended up dying from lung cancer in a matter of weeks.]]

* PlaceOfProtection: The Eldritch Enclave is a place of neutrality and nonviolence. Violating it leads to formal expulsion and being labelled a warlock. This is a death sentence in practice, given that magic users who are blacklisted have a life expectancy of months, thanks to no longer having a network of mages willing to support them.

* PoorCommunicationKills: The plot is kicked off by this, as Raven assumes that if the team wanted to know more about her they'd ask, and the team assuming that if Raven (who initially valued her privacy) wanted them to know her past she'd tell them. This total lack of communication (Raven at one point notes that Jinx learned more about her culture from ''one conversation'' than all the Titans did in five years of living with her combined) singlehandedly causes the Titans to eventually fracture.

* RealityEnsues: Starfire attacking Raven on her date severely damages the Titans' reputation. Since Starfire is also the next ruler of the Tamaran civilization, it suddenly escalates to a diplomatic disaster. During his dressing down of Starfire, Batman mentions having heard all about the incident from "the Department of Justice. And the State Department, the Department of Defense, Homeland Security, and the leaders of the Armed Forces." He also blasts her for summoning 3 Tamaran battlecruisers to come to Earth, stating that if any of those foreign ships or a single member of their crews enters the Solar System, it would constitute a ''declaration of war'' between Earth and Tamaran.

* SecretTestOfCharacter: Officially, the military branch Raven and co. join do not recruit any metahumans with a criminal record. In reality, they simply want to make sure the recruits are motivated and willing to do unethical things to succeed in their goals (by bribing people to erase their records). The head even states that metahumans without criminal records are rarely cut out for the kind of work they'd have to do, being too passive and used to toeing the line.

* TheUnfettered: Raven is perfectly willing to work with the Titans or simply live and let live. She's also perfectly willing to brutally murder all of them as a warning not to mess with her.

* CombatPragmatist: All of Team Black Magic. Justified given that they spent the last five years as black ops in the military.

** Likewise Zatanna goes out of her way to antagonize Raven and anyone else on the chaos side of OrderVersusChaos while in the [[PlaceOfProtection Eldritch Enclave]] despite the fact such behavior can lead to her expulsion (which is functionally a death sentence).

* PlaceOfProtection: The Eldritch Enclave is a place of neutrality and nonviolence. Violating it leads to expulsion and being labelled a warlock (functionally a death sentence given that magic users who are blacklisted have a life expectancy of months)

* PoorCommunicationKills: The plot kicks off by Raven assuming that if the team wanted to know more about her they'd ask, and the team assuming that if she wanted them to know she'd tell them. This lack of communication (Raven at one point notes that Jinx learned more about her culture from ''one conversation'' than all the Titans did in five years of living with her combined) singlehandedly causes the Titans to eventually fracture.

* RealityEnsues: Starfire attacking Raven on her date severely damages the Titans' reputation. Since Starfire is also the next ruler of the Tamaran civilization, Batman mentions having heard all about it from "the Department of Justice. And the State Department, the Department of Defense, Homeland Security, and the leaders of the Armed Forces." He also blasts her for summoning 3 Tamaran battlecruisers to come to Earth, stating that if any of those foreign ships or a single member of their crews enters the solar system, it would constitute a ''declaration of war'' between Earth and Tamaran.

* SecretTestOfCharacter: The military branch Raven and co. join doesn't take any metahumans with a criminal record. In reality, they simply want to make sure the recruits are motivated and willing to do unethical things to succeed in their goals (by bribing people to erase their records). The head even states that metahumans without criminal records are rarely cut out for the kind of work they'd have to do, being too passive and used to toeing the line.

* SinsOfOurFathers: Starfire's prejudice against Raven is due to the havoc one of her half-siblings wreaked on Tamaran centuries before. When she finally explains this, Persephone points out that by that logic, Starfire is culpable for the crimes committed by her sister Blackfire as well.

* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:Slade is sent to Hell.]]

* TheNeedsOfTheMany: A downplayed example. [[spoiler:Dr. Fate]] manipulates the events of the sequel to cause the ''second'' least amount of death as the actual least would have resulted in the deaths of [[spoiler:Zatanna and Starfire]].

* PoorCommunicationKills: The plot kicks off by Raven assuming that if the team wanted to know more about her they'd ask, and the team assuming that if she wanted them to know she'd tell them. This lack of communication singlehandedly causes the Titans to eventually fracture.

** Zantanna's constant and unwarranted harassment of Chaotic members of the Eldritch Enclave, a place with a ''very strict'' code of neutrality and nonviolence for all members while on the premises, has resulted in five of the eight Arbitrators willing to cast her out and bestow warlock status on her, and Doctor Fate's reputation as an Order-aligned Arbitrator is in tatters from having to constantly defend her.

* SinsOfOurFathers: Starfire's prejudice against Raven is due to the havoc one of her half-siblings wreaked on Tamaran centuries before. When she finally explains this, the people listening point out that by that logic, Starfire is culpable for the crimes committed by her sister Blackfire as well.

* TailorMadePrison: Raven's discovery of one [[spoiler: Robin built to use as a contingency against her]] is the final straw that convinces her to leave the Titans.

* SinsOfTheFathers: Starfire's prejudice against Raven is due to the havoc one of her half-siblings wreaked on Tamaran centuries before. When she finally explains this, the people listening point out that by that logic, Starfire is culpable for the crimes committed by her sister Blackfire as well.

* ABirthdayNotABreak: Raven's 19th birthday involves such hassles as fighting Dr. Light, facing [[spoiler:and embracing]] her demonic heritage, and fighting the Titans before quitting the team.

** Team Black Magic's commanding officer is bigoted against both metahumans and gays. It doesn't end well for him when he insults Raven's and Jinx's relationship shortly after they're engaged.

* LawfulStupid: Nightwing tries to arrest Jinx for [[spoiler: vandalism and murder after she helps him stop Overload by blowing up the factory they were in.]]

* NightmareFetishist: Melvin's creatures are noticeably darker and more twisted than when she was a child.

* PoorCommunicationKills: The plot kicks off by Raven assuming that if the team wanted to know more about her they'd ask, and the team assuming that if she wanted them to know she'd tell them.

* RealityEnsues: Starfire attacking Raven on her date severely damages the Titans' reputation. Batman mentions having heard all about it from "the Department of Justice. And the State Department, the Department of Defense, Homeland Security, and the leaders of the Armed Forces."

* SecretTestOfCharacter: The military branch Raven and co. join doesn't take any metahumans with a criminal record. In reality, they simply want to make sure the recruits are motivated (by bribing people to erase their records). The head even states that metahumans without criminal records are rarely cut out for the kind of work they'd have to do.

* TookALevelInBadass: All of Team Black Magic due to both becoming more powerful in some cases (like Raven) and that they spent five years as black ops specialists..
** Also [[ShockAndAwe Overload]], [[MightyGlacier Cinderblock]], and [[BlobMonster Plasmus]].

* EarnYourHappyEnding: Years after quitting the Teen Titans and joining a black ops military group, Raven and Jinx finally get married and adopt the three kid heroes they've been looking after.

* PragmaticHero: Cyborg and Lisa dislike killing but they're also willing to admit it's sometimes necessary.

* DeathIsCheap: [[Raven resurrects Jinx the chapter after she dies.]]

* [[spoiler:DeathIsCheap: Raven resurrects Jinx the chapter after she dies.]]
* EarnYourHappyEnding

* TookALevelInBadass: All of Team Black Magic.

* [[spoiler:YouKillItYouBoughtIt: Raven reveals that killing Trigon gave her control over his armies.]]

** Also [[ShockAndAwe Overload]], [[MightyGlacier Cinderblock]], and [[BlobMonster Plasmius]].