History Fanfic / HammeredDown

* GambitPileup: UpToEleven.

* SugarAndIcePersonality: [[UptoEleven Kuchiki Byakuya.]]

* KickTheDog: Gin’s main hobby, apparently. He especially has it out for Rukia; see RantInducingSlight. Most notable during a Kido display and the [[spoiler: subsequent loss of a student’s hand.]] Ouch.

* RantInducingSlight: A mental rant, but still the sight of Rukia trailing after her adoptive brother [[spoiler: after Gin raised her as an infant in the Rukongai]] resulted in this for Captain Smiles… alongside a good fifty years of KickTheDog moments.

* MindScrew: As soon as [[spoiler: Unohana]] starts singing, [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu expect]] [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters many]] [[ManchurianAgent of]] [[MemoryGambit these.]] [[SerialEscalation A minimum of three per chapter.]]

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: All the organizations from shinigami to Hollows are [[NotSoDifferent curiously]] maintained together under the threat of complete annihilation by their leaders (Aizen/Yamamoto).

-> ''"The Nail That Sticks Up"''
-->-- ''"First Chapter of the Series"''

An Epic ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' Fanfic series by Tomas The Betrayer, Hammered Down is an alternate view of Soul Society, the war against Hollows, and the kind of situations and people that would need to exist to make Heaven into a militocracy divided into slums.

And it is awesome.

It's a massive {{Doorstopper}} (1022 pages at size 12) that was first constructed in equally massive chapters until it was retooled from 14 to 36 chapters. While at first look it may appear to be a sort of Coming Of Age Story and some romance...thing (the Rukia/Ichimaru is as far from romance as it's possible), it is in fact an action/suspense/guile-packed saga with bits of dry humor, drama and a lot of grayness thrown in. No side is truly evil and irredeemable but abounds with Well Intentioned Extremists who are convinced that ''their'' solution is the only one feasible and are ready to go any length to achieve/mantain it.

The story is told in continuous POV, sometimes going to the same scene again and again, with many chapters devoting themselves to [[{{Flashback}} flashbacks]]. It is also noteworthy for bringing most of the secondary characters to the front and making them [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome undeniable]] [[WorldOfBadass badasses]] (as Yumichika in the quote exemplifies) and retooling many scenes in more dark, complicated plots. Tends to gloss over the actions of the canon universe (just making a handwave to the Soul Society Arc) unless it's to give a different perspective of the situation or explain alternate actions that don't change much of the plot... that is until the end of the Rescue Rukia arc where things just go out of control.

The complete story can be found ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4970664/1/Hammered_Down here]]''

The Sequel, ''Lifted Up'', can be found ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7839152/1/Lifted_Up here]]''

Please know that reading any spoiler tags beyond this point WILL result in the work's most brilliant and shocking twists being spoiled. You have been warned.

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An Epic Fanfic series by Tomas The Betrayer, Hammered Down is an alternate view of Soul Society, the war against Hollows, and the kind of situations and people that would need to exist to make Heaven into a militocracy divided into slums.

** [[spoiler: Zaraki Kenpachi gets his bankai, becomes immune to most ranged attacks, with a [[battle aura]] best described as a 'solid supernova'.]]

* BolivianArmyEnding: While not the ending per se [[spoiler: the assault on the King's dimension ended with half of the Royal Guard completely laid to waste and forced to retreat while Fenrir Segunda Etapa and Perfect Hollow Aizen face each other over Fenris' next meal.]] Also see the Three Heavenly Warriors vs. [[spoiler: Wonderweiss/Yog-Sothoth]]

** [[spoiler: They do and it became more like a Fluffy Cloud Heaven instead of a 7 Samurai set]]
* DeconstructionFic: Of lots of canon tropes but especially SuperPoweredEvilSode, WeHaveReserves and GrayAndGrayMorality.

* TheDogWasTheMastermind: [[spoiler: Retsu Unohana]]

* GambitPileup: UpToEleven
* GenocideBackfire

* GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler: Yumichika]] realized he had done everything he could do in the (after)life, the culmination of all his plans and goals, so he decided to refuse Orohime healing for a worthy death [[spoiler: but only after his body was impeccable. After all, just because he was killed in apocalyptic battle for the future of the world, after facing a [[PhysicalGod Vasto Lorde]] is not excuse to not be BEAUTIFUL]]
* GreyAndGreyMorality

* HollywoodCyborg: [[spoiler: Hanatarō Yamada, because... Kurotsuchi is an asshole with overbudget]].

* Myth/JapaneseMythology
* KarmicDeath: It was just poetic beauty the way [[spoiler: Kurotsuchi was brutally tortured to death by one of his experiments]]. Too bad that [[spoiler: according to epilogue, he may come back]]

* LadyOfWar: Rukia in the first chapters, then it came the turn of Nemu, Hinamori and even Harribel. But the biggest example is Unohana who around chapter 32 shows ''why'' she is so feared in the Gotei 13 [[spoiler: and why you don't shackle Amaterasu to a gang of bullies]]

* MadnessMantra: [[spoiler: WHY WON'T THEY DIE, THEY WON'T STAY DEAD, THEY WON'T STAY DEAD...]].
* ManchurianAgent:
* MemoryGambit: When the villains are [[spoiler: so generous with memory spells, it's unavoidable]].

* NecessarilyEvil: Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto to shinigami and Aizen to Hollows [[spoiler: at least until the epilogue]]

* OutGambitted: [[spoiler: Urahara outgamibts everyone]]

* ReviveKillsZombie: Kanoji tries this on Barragan. [[spoiler: [[WrongGenreSavvy And fails.]] [[ChekhovsBoomerang Instead, it heals Ginrei.]]]]
* SugarAndIcePersonality: [[UptoEleven Kuchiki Byakuya]]
* TakenForGranite: The effects of [[spoiler: Nanao's shikai]]. Poor [[spoiler: Hinamori]]- it's unsure whether escaping the subsequent [[LiterallyShatteredLives smashing Tobiume received]] is [[AndIMustScream any better]].

* TookALevelInBadass: ALL THE CHARACTERS. Even characteristics like Nanao's glasses are given near StoryBreakerPower levels. Not to mention Aizen, the vasto lorde or [[spoiler: Retsu Unohana's apocalyptic Bankai]]

* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans

** For [[spoiler: Ulquiorra: WHY WON'T THEY DIE]].
** For [[spoiler: Unohana: HE BEAT ME LIKE A WHORE]]

* WeAreStrugglingTogether: ''The'' only reason why shinigami captains are even social to each other, let alone face the threat of Hollows in any coordination, is thanks to the pure might of Old Man Yamamoto. Before him things were... [[AHouseDivided not]] [[FromBadToWorse so nice]].

* WorldOfBadass:

* WorfEffect: Boy, the [[spoiler: zero squadron]] took it hard in the backside in the story, becoming barely worth of being called Canon fodder. Also to Byakuya at hands of [[spoiler: Renji Espada]].

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Refreshingly subverted by [[spoiler: Unohana.]] It would be much more worthwile for them to have to live under the new management.

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* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler: Or be permanently depowered]]

* BlackComedy
* BolivianArmyEnding: While not the ending per se [[spoiler: the assault on the King's dimension ended with half of the Royal Guard completely laid to waste and forced to retreat while Fenrir Segunda Etapa and Perfect Hollow Aizen face each other over Fenris' next meal. ]]. Also see the Three Heavenly Warriors vs. [[spoiler: Wonderweiss/Yog-Sothoth]]

* CallBack: Many. Renji makes it a battle tactic with [[spoiler: Yammy’s reattached arm]]. Then there are the little canon details that the author [[ChekhovsGun exploits]]...

* CanisMajor: [[spoiler: Fenrir, the world devourer]]

* TheCasanova: Yumichika, the legendary BEAUTIFUL shinigami, who can charm the pants out of any woman [[spoiler: except for Rukia]].
* TheChessmaster : Aizen, obviously. But really [[spoiler: Retsu Unohana]]

* DeconstructionFic.

* TheDogWasTheMastermind : [[spoiler: Retsu Unohana]]
* TheDreaded: Ichimaru for Rukia

The story is told in continuous POV, sometimes going to the same scene again and again, with many chapters devoting themselves to [[{{Flashback}} flashbacks]]. It is also noteworthy for bringing most of the secondary characters to the front and making them [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome undeniable]] [[WorldOfBadass badasses]] (as Yumichika in the quote exemplifies) and retooling many scenes in more dark, complicated plots. Tends to gloss over the actions of the canon universe (just making a handwave to the Soul Society Arc) unless it's to give a different perspective of the situation or explain alternate actions that don't change much of the plot... that is until the end of the Rescue Rukia arc where things just go out of control.

* TraumaCongaLine: Rukia’s been stalked by Gin for fifty years, Orihime in Hueco Mundo ([[spoiler: and still stuck with Ulquiorra afterwards]]), [[spoiler: Ulquiorra]] [[CrowningMomentOfFunny can’t kill anyone]] (there are [[BlatantLies perfectly reasonable]] [[NextTierPowerUp explanations]], mind you), [[spoiler: Unohana was beaten for “insubordination” by Yamamoto for a good 2,000 years]]... Oh dear.

* GrievousHarmWithABody: [[spoiler: Chad to Yammy]] with the latter’s [[CallBack severed arm]], [[CrowningMomentOfFunny because Hierro is too damn thick.]]

* TheMole: Beside the obvious ones we got [[spoiler: Momo, Renji, Iba, Hisagi]] not to mention the probably hundreds of other offscreen collaborators to bring down Soul Society.

* MrFanservice: Hitsugaya, [[{{Shotacon}} within his first two weeks of Captaincy]], to every Zanpakuto we're privy to the POV of.

* KickTheDog: Gin’s main hobby, apparently. He especially has it out for Rukia; see RantInducingSlight. Most notable during a Kido display and the [[spoiler: subsequent loss of a student’s hand.]] Ouch.

* XMeetsY: It's either ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' meets ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' meets ''Literature/{{Illuminatus}}'' or ''Bleach'' meets ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' meets Creator/HPLovecraft meets ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''... without the [[GrimDark massive rape/torture scenes]].

--> ''"The Nail That Sticks Up"''

And it is [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome awesome]].

* MoodWhiplash: It can go from [[TearJerker brutally tearful]] to hilarious to introspective to [[NarmCharm narmtastic]] [[SoCoolItsAwesome awesome]] in a single chapter. Sometimes in a single gorram paragraph.

* Myth/NorseMythology

* XMeetsY: It's either ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' meets ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' meets ''Literature/{{Illuminatus}}'' or ''Bleach'' meets ''MahouSenseiNegima'' meets Creator/HPLovecraft meets ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''... without the [[GrimDark massive rape/torture scenes]].

* JapaneseMythology

* NorseMythology

* XMeetsY: It's either ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' meets ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' meets ''{{Illuminatus}}'' or ''Bleach'' meets ''MahouSenseiNegima'' meets Creator/HPLovecraft meets ''ASongOfIceAndFire''... without the [[GrimDark massive rape/torture scenes]].

88[[spoiler: Zaraki Kenpachi gets his bankai, becomes immune to most ranged attacks, with a [[battle aura]] best described as a 'solid supernova'.]]

* EstrogenBrigadeBait: Hitsugaya, [[{{Shotacon}} within his first two weeks of Captaincy]], to every Zanpakuto we're privy to the POV of.

** [[spoiler: With the destruction of Yamamoto at the hands of Rukia, the title seems to go to Kenpachi, whose zanpakuto's aura is like "a solid supernova"]]

* AGodAmI: While it could be {{justified|Trope}} that all shinigami are gods, the ones that actually by pure power deserve the title are: Yamamoto, Aizen, [[spoiler: Fenrir, and Unohana]]

* BigBadassWolf: [[spoiler: Fenrir, the world devourer]]

** Kenpachi [[spoiler: in Shikai crashes through a wall, crashes into Segunda Etapa Ulquiorra, and crashes out another wall.]] [[FlatWhat What.]]

* Crossover [[spoiler: with {{Anime/Black Lagoon}}, of all anime...]]

BEWARE OF SPOILERS

-->--'''Yumichika catch phrase'''

* ShounenUpgrade: Mocked by Zangetsu when Ichigo mentions this "[[LampshadeHanging a la Dragon Ba"]] "No."

* TraumaCongaLine: Rukia’s been stalked by Gin for fifty years, Orihime in Hueco Mundo ([[spoiler: and still stuck with Ulquiorra afterwards]]), [[spoiler: Ulquiorra]] [[CrowningMomentOfFunny can’t kill anyone]] (there are [[BlatantLies perfectly reasonable]] [[ShonenUpgrade explanations]], mind you), [[spoiler: Unohana was beaten for “insubordination” by Yamamoto for a good 2,000 years]]... Oh dear.