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* CheeseEatingSurrenderMonkeys: Played with and invoked with Michelle, but ultimately averted. She's more of an anxious pacifist than a sniveling coward, and when it's time to fight, she does her damnedst to make sure that no innocent civilians get involved. However, she ''is'' scared of Giorno (who she thinks killed her father) and her own Stand, Iron Maiden.
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* ClothingDamage: An incredibly mild example, but after [[spoiler:Sting's face explodes as a result of Rumor trying to remove his mask]], Michelle gets some blood on her boots. Naturally, she panics and resolves to burn the boots as soon as she can.
* ContagiousLaughter: When Rumor reveals that he's been keeping records of everyone's Masquerader fights, Cab bursts out laughing. Sara and Michelle follow shortly after.
* ContagiousLaughter: When Rumor reveals that he's been keeping records of everyone's Masquerader fights, Cab bursts out laughing. Sara and Michelle follow shortly after.
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* GoldDigger: A non-romantic version with Sara. Part of the reason she lets Hol Horse tag along with them is so she can mooch off of him for money.
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-->'''Polnareff:''' My ''daughter'' is scared and alone in the biggest and currently most dangerous city in the country. ''That's'' what's important right now.
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* AdultFear: In Chapter 1, Polnareff is much more concerned with the fact that his daughter is potentially running around alone and homeless in Paris rather than the arrow's theft.
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* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: This overlaps with her [[ThePollyanna Pollyanna]] tendency to assume the best in everyone, but Sara ''lets'' Hol Horse travel with the group, despite the fact that it should be painfully obvious to her that [[spoiler:he was the one who shot the mayor. The others have the excuse of not having seen his Stand (as the report of the mayor's death makes mention of him dying from "a bullet to the head, but there was no bullet in his head"), but she saw both Emperor and his BriefcaseFullOfMoney.]] Only Michelle points out how stupid it is to let him stick around, but only when Hol Horse lets it slip that he knew her father.
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* ThePollyanna: Sara resolves to stay positive and optimistic no matter what, which is why she changed her last name to "Smile." [[spoiler:Though it's likely that it has more to due with ShedTheFamilyName than she initially lets on.]]
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* SharpDressedMan: Giorno, as to be expected from TheDon of Passione.
* TrainingFromHell: Rumor goes through more or less the same training that Joseph did in [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency Part 2]], but extended over the course of ''a decade'' rather than a month and starting when he was only nine years old.
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* ExcuseMeComingThrough: Happens a couple of times, usually with Michelle.
* FanCreatedOffspring: Michelle is the daughter of [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureJeanPierrePolnareffPolnareff]]Polnareff.]]
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* ForgetfulJones: Michelle shows shades of this early on, not remembering important information that Sara tells her like them traveling to Belgium.
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* SearchingTheStalls: In Chapter 3, Michelle ends up doing this while inside a bathroom stall herself.
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* SympatheticAdulterer: It's easy forget that Cab's father cheated on his wife after [[spoiler: finding out that he committed suicide by shotgun.]]
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** For Sara, [[spoiler:while no specific details on her relationship with her parents have been revealed, she clearly does not like them, especially her stepfather. She also refuses to talk about them at all, yelling at Michelle when she brings them up, implying that there's some hidden trauma that she's not ready to open up about yet.]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:From left to right: [[ScrewDestiny Cab]], [[VampireHunter Rumor]], [[ManicPixieDreamGirl Sara]], and [[ShrinkingViolet Michelle]]. Art by [[https://www.instagram.com/narakat_/ narakat_]]]]
[[caption-width-right:350:From left to right: [[ScrewDestiny Cab]], [[VampireHunter Rumor]], [[ManicPixieDreamGirl Sara]], and [[ShrinkingViolet Michelle]]. Art by [[https://www.instagram.com/narakat_/ narakat_]]]]
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* AbusiveParents: Polnareff, having abandoned his wife and daughter, technically qualifies, something [[MyGreatestFailure he's very ashamed of]]. [[spoiler:Sara’s parents are implied to fit this trope too, but we don’t know enough about them yet to say for certain]].
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** For Michelle, her father abandonedhis wife her and daughter, technically qualifies, something her mother (though he had an [[DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou excuse]] and [[MyGreatestFailure he's very ashamed of]]. [[spoiler:Sara’s not at all proud of it.]]
** For Cab, his father cheated on his mother then RemarriedToTheMistress. Cab describes him as "emotionally abusive" and "rude, argumentative, and self-absorbed."
** For Rumor, his parentsare implied hated him, thinking he was possessed by the devil because of his innate Hamon, then sent him to fit this trope too, but we don’t know enough about them yet to say for certain]].live with the physically abusive Tangerine.
** For Michelle, her father abandoned
** For Cab, his father cheated on his mother then RemarriedToTheMistress. Cab describes him as "emotionally abusive" and "rude, argumentative, and self-absorbed."
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* ScrewDestiny: Cab strongly opposes any idea of destiny or luck, believing that everything that happens in life is the result of conscious choice and action/reaction. [[spoiler:Chapter 6 makes it clear that this mindset is at least partially a coping mechanism for his parents' death.]]
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Masqueraders that have their masks forced off them [[spoiler:end up having their ''faces peeled off and their skulls crushed'' by the masks.]]
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* ElsewhereFic: Iron Touch focuses mostly on [[OriginalCharacter Michelle and the group of tourists she ends up traveling with]], with canon characters like Polnareff, Giorno and [[spoiler:Hol Horse]] taking up important but nonetheless supporting roles.
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* FanCreatedOffspring: Michelle is the daughter of [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureJeanPierrePolnareff Polnareff]]
* FightingSpirit: This being a fanfic of the TropeCodifier, it's no surprise that Stands show up.
* FightingSpirit: This being a fanfic of the TropeCodifier, it's no surprise that Stands show up.
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* YourHeadASplode: [[spoiler:Masqueraders that have their masks forced off them end up having their ''faces peeled off and their skulls crushed'' by the masks.]]
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** Downplayed with Adam. After he's defeated by Cab, he begs for death and whines about how miserable his life is. Cab doubts how serious he is, but tells him to see a therapist nonetheless before letting him go. What happens to him from there is left to the imagination.
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* ClockTower: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belfry_of_Mons The Belfry of Mons]] is mentioned in Chapter 7, [[spoiler:then becomes the battleground of the fight against Sting and Fall Out Boy in Chapter 10.]]
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* ArbitrarySkepticism: Michelle, Sara, and Cab all refuse to believe that vampires exist, despite all of them having their own FightingSpirit. Doubles as GenreBlindness; as vampires have existed in JJBA since [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood the beginning.]]
* BadassBookworm: Rumor, Hamon user and VampireHunter, keeps a {{diary}}.
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* MeaningfulRename: Sara mentions to have changed her last name to Smile "as a reminder to always stay positive." [[spoiler:Also likely overlaps with ShedTheFamilyName, given how negatively Sara thinks of her stepfather.]]
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* MeaningfulRename: Sara mentions to have changed her last name to Smile "as a reminder to always stay positive." [[spoiler:Also likely overlaps with ShedTheFamilyName, given how negatively Sara she thinks of her stepfather.]]
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* MeaningfulRename: Sara mentions to have changed her last name to Smile "as a reminder to always stay positive." [[spoiler:Also likely overlaps with ShedTheFamilyName, given how negatively Sara thinks of her stepfather.]]
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** Michelle mentions watching reruns of Manga/Baoh at the start of Chapter 3, continuing the trend of JJBA's anime adaptation using it on comic book covers.
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** Chapters 8 and 9 are titled The Emperor's New Group, an obvious play on WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove. Interestingly, the VillainOfTheWeek in said chapters is named after Music/{{Sting}}, who provided songs for the movie.
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** In Chapter 1, Giorno briefly wishes that the arrow's theft was all [[Memes/FireEmblemThreeHouses some kind of twisted joke.]]
** Michelle mentions watching reruns of Manga/Baoh at the start of Chapter 3, continuing the trend of JJBA's anime adaptation using it on comic book covers.
** Right before his car gets stolen, Cab spots a [[Anime/LupinIII yellow fiat]] parked right in front of him.
** Cab [[Memes/DokiDokiLiteratureClub gently opens the door]] to check in on his dad. [[spoiler:You know how [[DrivenToSuicide this]] ends.]]
** In Chapter 1, Giorno briefly wishes that the arrow's theft was all [[Memes/FireEmblemThreeHouses some kind of twisted joke.]]
** Michelle mentions watching reruns of Manga/Baoh at the start of Chapter 3, continuing the trend of JJBA's anime adaptation using it on comic book covers.
** Right before his car gets stolen, Cab spots a [[Anime/LupinIII yellow fiat]] parked right in front of him.
** Cab [[Memes/DokiDokiLiteratureClub gently opens the door]] to check in on his dad. [[spoiler:You know how [[DrivenToSuicide this]] ends.]]
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* MotorMouth: Sara, so much so that Michelle ends up getting physically uncomfortable when she goes off on her tangents.
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* TooYoungToDieLamentation: Combined with AintTooProudToBeg above.
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* AintTooProudToBeg: When Hol Horse catches Sara stealing from him, she instantly throws her hands up and begs him not to shoot her.
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* AffectionateNickname: Polnareff calls his daughter Michelle "Chelle Belle."
* DoNotCallMePaul: Inverted. When Sara suggests nicknaming Michelle "Chelle Belle," Michelle staunchly rejects it and demands that she never call her that again. This is because it's the AffectionateNickname her father gave her when she was little.
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-->'''[[https://edgy-ella.tumblr.com/ EdgyElla:]]''' Edgy Ella:]]''' First of all, no, Polnareff did not become the turtle after part 5. He is a ghost living inside the turtle room. I’ve had this debate multiple times and I am not opening up that bag of worms again. ''Moving on.''
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* PreciousPhoto: Michelle keeps a picture of her parents in her bracelets.
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* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Iron Maiden carries around a large shield, capable of withstanding everything from RapidFireFisticuffs to HollywoodAcid.
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* SurvivorGuilt: Michelle, having watched just about everyone important in her life die in front of her, including her parents, [[spoiler:pet dog, grandmother, and boyfriend,]] gets hit hard with this. [[spoiler:Cab also seems to harbor some over his parents, but he's better at hiding it.]]
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* WhosYourDaddy: [[spoiler:Sara doesn't know who her biological father is, and she doesn't want to.]]
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** Michelle recalls hearing a story about the pig toilet from [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Part 3]] in Chapter 7.
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* ContrastingSequelCharacter: WordOfGod is that Michelle is supposed to be this to [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureJeanPierrePolnareff Polnareff]].
** Whereas Polnareff's greatest flaw was his overconfidence leading to him charging into battles without fully thinking it through, Michelle has very low self-esteem and tends to overthink things, leaving herself vulnerable in the process.
** Silver Chariot is a FragileSpeedster that attacks with a sword, while Iron Maiden is a GlacierWaif that carries around a large shield. Polnareff mentions that he spent years training his Stand, while Michelle almost never uses hers.
** Both end up with SurvivorGuilt for opposite reasons. Polnareff's guilt stems from him not being able to protect his loved ones (blaming himself for his inaction), while Michelle's guilt stems from her believing that she caused them to die (blaming herself for her actions).
** Whereas Polnareff's greatest flaw was his overconfidence leading to him charging into battles without fully thinking it through, Michelle has very low self-esteem and tends to overthink things, leaving herself vulnerable in the process.
** Silver Chariot is a FragileSpeedster that attacks with a sword, while Iron Maiden is a GlacierWaif that carries around a large shield. Polnareff mentions that he spent years training his Stand, while Michelle almost never uses hers.
** Both end up with SurvivorGuilt for opposite reasons. Polnareff's guilt stems from him not being able to protect his loved ones (blaming himself for his inaction), while Michelle's guilt stems from her believing that she caused them to die (blaming herself for her actions).
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* ClothesMakeTheSuperMan: Sara’s Stand, [[Music/DarylHallAndJohnOates Out of Touch,]] takes the form of a pair of gloves.
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* DoesntKnowTheirOwnChild: Having not seen Michelle in ten years, Polnareff doesn't know much about her, not even what her Stand can do or what its name is. He's deeply ashamed of this fact.
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** One of the Masqueraders that stole the arrow has the ability to manipulate electricity, [[spoiler:just like Akira Otoishi from [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Part 4.]]]]]]]]
** In Chapter 8, it's mentioned that they mayor died from "a bullet to the head, except there was no bullet in his head." [[spoiler:Later that very same chapter, the group finds Hol Horse passed out behind a dumpster.]]
** One of the Masqueraders that stole the arrow has the ability to manipulate electricity, [[spoiler:just like Akira Otoishi from [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Part 4.
** In Chapter 8, it's mentioned that they mayor died from "a bullet to the head, except there was no bullet in his head." [[spoiler:Later that very same chapter, the group finds Hol Horse passed out behind a dumpster.]]
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* HatesTheirParent:
** Cab hates his father for cheating on his mother. [[spoiler:While he still holds him in contempt, finding his dead body after he killed himself makes Cab view him in a more positive light.]]
** [[spoiler:Though she refuses to talk about them in detail, it's clear that Sara doesn't care for either of her parents, especially her stepfather, who she calls a jerk at the end of Chapter 3.]]
--->[[spoiler:'''Sara:''' Sorry I didn't have the wholesome family life that [[DaddysGirl you]] had. It's none of your business, but they don't matter to me anymore. I'm moving on. So can you just drop it already?]]
* HatesTheirParent:
** Cab hates his father for cheating on his mother. [[spoiler:While he still holds him in contempt, finding his dead body after he killed himself makes Cab view him in a more positive light.]]
** [[spoiler:Though she refuses to talk about them in detail, it's clear that Sara doesn't care for either of her parents, especially her stepfather, who she calls a jerk at the end of Chapter 3.]]
--->[[spoiler:'''Sara:''' Sorry I didn't have the wholesome family life that [[DaddysGirl you]] had. It's none of your business, but they don't matter to me anymore. I'm moving on. So can you just drop it already?]]
* NotoriousParent: Polnareff, the consigliere of the Italian mafia, refused to even tell Giorno about his wife and daughter for fear of them being used as hostages. Now that said wife is dead, he regrets not going back to them.
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* OurGhostsAreDifferent: The author goes out of her way to clarify that Polnareff [[ItMakesSenseInContext is a ghost living inside Mr. President and ''not'' the turtle itself]] as well as [[https://iron-touch.tumblr.com/post/639677878099918848/polnareffs-ghost-mechanics describe his properties.]]
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->''"In which Polnareff’s daughter goes on her own wacky quest and learns some self-love along the way."''
-->--'''The official summary on Archive Of Our Own.'''
''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/28108659/chapters/68869995 Iron Touch]]'' (occasionally referred to as the "cringe ass nae nae fic") is an ongoing [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]] fanfiction by [[https://edgy-ella.tumblr.com/ EdgyElla.]] It's an OC-centric KidFic known for its [[DoorStopper long chapters.]]
Set in 2009, eight years after the end of [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo Vento Aureo]], the unthinkable has happened—Passione's prized Stand arrow has been stolen by a group of Stand users wearing masquerade masks. With Coco Jumbo smuggled inside of an exotic pet salesman's truck, [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureTeamBucciarati Giorno]] and [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureJeanPierrePolnareff Polnareff]] set off for Paris, where the arrow was last seen. During their investigation, they bump into [[TheProtagonist Michelle]], Polnareff’s daughter who had disappeared from public records three years prior. She runs away from Giorno after he tries to tell her who he is, prompting him to believe that she was one of the Stand users that stole the arrow.
[[BaitAndSwitchCharacterIntro In reality,]] Michelle has no idea who Giorno is and mistakes him as [[PoorCommunicationKills the one who killed her father.]] While on the run, she bumps into [[ManicPixieDreamGirl Sara]], a Stand using tourist, who saves her from being attacked by a mask-wearing Stand user in a [[RunningGag public bathroom.]] After a brief exchange, Michelle agrees to travel with Sara and her [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits group of friends]] in order to keep herself safe from the masked Stand users and their leader, the “Master of the Masquerade.”
The series has a separate [[https://iron-touch.tumblr.com/ Tumblr blog]] and a [[https://discord.gg/bdyj7qGPBP Discord server.]]
!!''[=Iron Touch=]'' contains examples of the following tropes:
*AbusiveParents: Polnareff, having abandoned his wife and daughter, technically qualifies, something [[MyGreatestFailure he's very ashamed of]]. [[spoiler:Sara’s parents are implied to fit this trope too, but we don’t know enough about them yet to say for certain]].
*ActionGirl: Sara, being a ManicPixieDreamGirl with a Stand that forms ''detachable cannons.''
*AdvertisedExtra: Polnareff, to some extent, as the original icon used for the official Tumblr blog used a picture of him from the end of ''Vento Aureo'' despite the fact that he originally only shows up in the first chapter. Justified that this is a KidFic focusing on his daughter.
*AlasPoorVillain: After Sara shoots Bad Sneakers in the leg at the end of Chapter 3, Michelle takes a moment to pity her when she tries to stand back up.
-->'''Michelle:''' Poor thing. I kind of feel bad for her. Which is bizarre, considering she was trying to kill me a minute ago.
*Alliterative Name: '''S'''ara '''S'''mile and '''Ca'''b '''Ca'''vazo.
*AssassinationAttempt: The group arrives in Mons right before the mayor is assassinated, [[spoiler:almost certainly by Hol Horse.]]
*AteHisGun: [[spoiler:Cab’s father commits suicide by shotgun for unknown reasons, one of them possibly being alienation from his son. Made even worse when Cab discovers the body.]]
*BaitAndSwitchCharacterIntro: When Giorno first meets Michelle at the graveyard, her silence is presented as suspicious and he almost instantly suspects her as one of the thieves that stole the arrow. Since Giorno is the POV character at this point, the audience is meant to share his suspicion. In reality, Michelle is just a very withdrawn and paranoid individual who sees him, a stranger talking about her dead father at a cemetery, as a stalker trying to kill her.
*BewareTheNiceOnes: Sara is a cute, upbeat tourist who encourages Michelle to learn to love herself, but if you threaten her friends, she won’t hesitate to shoot you.
*BerserkButton: The mere mention of fate or destiny sets Cab off, though he doesn’t get violent like most members of this trope do.
*BigEater: Rumor, despite being described as thin, eats one ''hell'' of a breakfast.
-->'''Rumor (with food in his mouth):''' Ah haf uh heawfy appehite.
*BriefcaseFullOfMoney: Hol Horse is introduced carrying one. Naturally, [[KleptomaniacHero Sara]] takes interest.
*BrokenBird: Michelle, with the addition of her being a walking DoomMagnet.
*CallBack: As to be expected from a fanfiction, Iron Touch has a few.
**During Chapter 1, Giorno mentions [[LightNovel/PurpleHazeFeedback Sheila E and Cannolo Murolo]].
**Michelle’s first fight takes place in a public bathroom, mirroring her father’s tendency to run into trouble in them.
**Rumor is a Hamon user, an ability that hadn’t been seen since [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Part 3]]. Additionally, [[KnowsTheRopes the design]] of his Stand, The Chain, invokes [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureJosephJoestar Hermit Purple]], another Stand capable of conducting Hamon.
*CallForward: When Cab explains his views on fate to Michelle, he invokes the famous gravity speech from [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Part 6.]]
-->'''Cab: ''' The world’s an ugly place. Buttering up the truth with ideas of fate, like we’re all pulled in by gravity to some predetermined result no matter what we do, doesn’t make it any better.
*CassandraTruth: Happens twice:
**Rumor’s obsession with hunting vampires is treated as childish and strange by the other characters, because they don’t believe that vampires exist. However, the audience [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureDIO does know that vampires do exist in the JoJo universe.]]
**Played with in regards to Iron Maiden’s “curse.” Even after Michelle explains her whole backstory to the group, Sara, Rumor, and Cab remain skeptical of the curse’s existence, with the latter saying to her face that it can’t exist.
*CementShoes: [[spoiler:How Michelle disposed of her grandmother’s body.]]
*ClothesMakeTheSuperMan: Sara’s Stand, [[Music/DarylHallAndJohnOates Out of Touch,]] takes the form of a pair of gloves.
*CowardlyLion: Michelle. Even she acknowledges it in Chapter 5.
*DaddysGirl: Even though he walked out on her, Michelle still clearly adores and idolizes Polnareff.
*DeadpanSnarker: Cab. Michelle will occasionally fall into this trope too through the narration.
*DeadPersonImpersonation: [[spoiler:How Michelle remained undetected for almost three years, she legally impersonated her dead grandmother.]]
*DeathByOriginStory: Happens to Michelle’s mother [[spoiler:and Cab’s parents.]]
*TheDon: Giorno, as to be expected.
*DoomMagnet: How Michelle sees Iron Maiden, though it could all be in her head.
*DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Cab’s father, Martin. See AteHisGun above.]]
*EnemyMine: Originally, Michelle only teamed up with Sara and co. because both of them were against the Masqueraders, and Michelle didn’t want to be put in a situation where she’d be forced to use [[DoomMagnet her Stand]] out in public again. As the story progresses, she comes to see them more as friends and traveling companions.
*{{Foreshadowing}}: One of the Masqueraders that stole the arrow has the ability to manipulate electricity, [[spoiler:just like Akira Otoishi from [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Part 4.]]]]
*FrenchJerk: Michelle initially comes off as this, mostly because she’s trying to get Sara to leave her alone. She apologizes for it after joining the group and starts acting friendlier.
*FunetikAksent: Sara’s attempts at speaking French are written like this.
*GayCowboy: What Sara [[MistakenForGay originally]] sees [[HandsomeLech Hol Horse]] as. He quickly corrects her.
*TheGhost: Marylou, Polnareff’s wife and Michelle’s mother, both in the figurative and [[DeathByOriginStory literal]] sense.
*GratuitousFrench: Michelle will occasionally sprinkle in some French words and phrases into her dialogue.
*HawaiianShirtedTourist: Though she doesn’t look the part, Sara acts like this at moments.
*HollywoodAcid: Bad Sneakers secretes this from its [[MeaningfulName feet]].
*{{Irony}}: When Michelle sees Giorno talk into his bag, she thinks that he’s commanding the Masqueraders to do his bidding, saying that she “doesn’t want to think about all the horrible things a man like him would carry around.” In reality, Giorno was actually talking to Polnareff, her father.
*TheKingslayer: A downplayed example, [[spoiler:Hol Horse is heavily implied to have shot Mayor Dixie.]]
*MalevolentMaskedMen: The Masqueraders, a group of Stand users wearing Masquerade masks that become aggressive around other Stand users.
*ManicPixieDreamGirl: Sara is a nonromantic example, being a bubbly optimist who tries to help Michelle cope with her trauma.
*MistakenForGay: When Hol Horse reveals that Sting was his former partner, Sara thinks that he means that he was his fiancé.
-->'''Sara:''' Oh, I get it. ''Partner.'' That explains why you’re here in Belgium with all that money. You’re on that side of the fence. [[NotThatTheresAnythingWrongWithThat Well, you don’t have to worry about me. I support you all the way!]]
*MusicalThemeNaming: As to be expected from a JJBA fic. A playlist containing all of the music references so far can be found [[https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDdaGu-Eah82ODYjfKuprYgWYvUrSjLL8 here.]]
*MyGreatestFailure: For Polnareff, it’s him not going back to his family.
*NamesTheSame: Michelle’s ex-boyfriend Luca has the same name as a minor character from [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo Part 5]]
*TheNicknamer: Sara gives everyone she meets punny nicknames, calling Cab “Taxi Cab,” Rumor “Rumor Mill,” Michelle “Chelly,” and Hol Horse “Horseshoes.”
*NotThatTheresAnythingWrongWithThat: See MistakenForGay above.
*OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Cab is usually chill, relaxed and eager to make jokes. Make one mention of fate and his causal demeanor fades.
**[[spoiler:When Michelle presses Sara about her family, Sara snaps at her and refers to her by her real name.]]
*OurGhostsAreDifferent: The author goes out of her way to clarify that Polnareff [[ItMakesSenseInContext is a ghost living inside Mr. President and ''not'' the turtle itself]] as well as [[https://iron-touch.tumblr.com/post/639677878099918848/polnareffs-ghost-mechanics describe his properties.]]
-->'''[[https://edgy-ella.tumblr.com/ EdgyElla:]]''' First of all, no, Polnareff did not become the turtle after part 5. He is a ghost living inside the turtle room. I’ve had this debate multiple times and I am not opening up that bag of worms again. ''Moving on.''
*TheParanoiac: Michelle is a downplayed example. Justified in that she’s [[spoiler:been avoiding tax agents for almost three years.]]
*PatchworkKids: Michelle is described as having her father’s hair and facial structure and her mother’s eyes.
*PoorCommunicationKills: When Giorno first meets Michelle, he tries to ease her into the fact that her father is still “alive” as a ghost and baits her into talking first. Unfortunately, [[TheParanoiac Michelle]] interprets Giorno’s words as a threat on her life and runs away. This leads to her believing that he’s the leader of the Masqueraders, which she then tells to Sara and the others.
*PosthumousCharacter: Marylou is dead and buried years before the story starts.
*TheRunaway:
**While all of the main crew technically qualifies, [[spoiler:Sara’s multiple suitcases and unwillingness to talk about her family implies that she doesn’t have a home to go back to.]]
**Adam attempts this, but Cab [[DefeatMeansFriendship talks]] him out of it.
*ScaryBlackMan: Cab invokes this trope to scare away Adam when he tries to steal his car.
*ScrewTheRulesIHaveSupernaturalPowers: Since Cab was born with a very physical Stand that allows him to control the launch angle of anything it punched or kicked, he was able to use it to cheat at boxing and soccer, making him one of the best athletes in his age group. Deconstructed when he realizes that [[NoChallengeEqualsNoSatisfaction playing sports this way leaves him feeling unfulfilled.]]
*ScrewThisImOutOfHere: Michelle’s reaction when Giorno claims to have known her father.
*ShrinkingViolet: Michelle, combined with BrokenBird.
*StickyFingers: Downplayed with Sara. She’s only ever seen stealing two things so far (a car and a BriefcaseFullOfMoney), but her friends [[NeverLiveItDown like to tease her about it.]]
*WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Invoked with Rumor. Michelle’s internal narration describes it as “an accent she couldn’t quite place.”
*WithGreatPowerComesGreatPerks: Quiet Riot appears to give Cab an innate sense of direction.
*YouthfulFreckles: Official artwork gives Michelle some.
-->--'''The official summary on Archive Of Our Own.'''
''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/28108659/chapters/68869995 Iron Touch]]'' (occasionally referred to as the "cringe ass nae nae fic") is an ongoing [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]] fanfiction by [[https://edgy-ella.tumblr.com/ EdgyElla.]] It's an OC-centric KidFic known for its [[DoorStopper long chapters.]]
Set in 2009, eight years after the end of [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo Vento Aureo]], the unthinkable has happened—Passione's prized Stand arrow has been stolen by a group of Stand users wearing masquerade masks. With Coco Jumbo smuggled inside of an exotic pet salesman's truck, [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureTeamBucciarati Giorno]] and [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureJeanPierrePolnareff Polnareff]] set off for Paris, where the arrow was last seen. During their investigation, they bump into [[TheProtagonist Michelle]], Polnareff’s daughter who had disappeared from public records three years prior. She runs away from Giorno after he tries to tell her who he is, prompting him to believe that she was one of the Stand users that stole the arrow.
[[BaitAndSwitchCharacterIntro In reality,]] Michelle has no idea who Giorno is and mistakes him as [[PoorCommunicationKills the one who killed her father.]] While on the run, she bumps into [[ManicPixieDreamGirl Sara]], a Stand using tourist, who saves her from being attacked by a mask-wearing Stand user in a [[RunningGag public bathroom.]] After a brief exchange, Michelle agrees to travel with Sara and her [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits group of friends]] in order to keep herself safe from the masked Stand users and their leader, the “Master of the Masquerade.”
The series has a separate [[https://iron-touch.tumblr.com/ Tumblr blog]] and a [[https://discord.gg/bdyj7qGPBP Discord server.]]
!!''[=Iron Touch=]'' contains examples of the following tropes:
*AbusiveParents: Polnareff, having abandoned his wife and daughter, technically qualifies, something [[MyGreatestFailure he's very ashamed of]]. [[spoiler:Sara’s parents are implied to fit this trope too, but we don’t know enough about them yet to say for certain]].
*ActionGirl: Sara, being a ManicPixieDreamGirl with a Stand that forms ''detachable cannons.''
*AdvertisedExtra: Polnareff, to some extent, as the original icon used for the official Tumblr blog used a picture of him from the end of ''Vento Aureo'' despite the fact that he originally only shows up in the first chapter. Justified that this is a KidFic focusing on his daughter.
*AlasPoorVillain: After Sara shoots Bad Sneakers in the leg at the end of Chapter 3, Michelle takes a moment to pity her when she tries to stand back up.
-->'''Michelle:''' Poor thing. I kind of feel bad for her. Which is bizarre, considering she was trying to kill me a minute ago.
*Alliterative Name: '''S'''ara '''S'''mile and '''Ca'''b '''Ca'''vazo.
*AssassinationAttempt: The group arrives in Mons right before the mayor is assassinated, [[spoiler:almost certainly by Hol Horse.]]
*AteHisGun: [[spoiler:Cab’s father commits suicide by shotgun for unknown reasons, one of them possibly being alienation from his son. Made even worse when Cab discovers the body.]]
*BaitAndSwitchCharacterIntro: When Giorno first meets Michelle at the graveyard, her silence is presented as suspicious and he almost instantly suspects her as one of the thieves that stole the arrow. Since Giorno is the POV character at this point, the audience is meant to share his suspicion. In reality, Michelle is just a very withdrawn and paranoid individual who sees him, a stranger talking about her dead father at a cemetery, as a stalker trying to kill her.
*BewareTheNiceOnes: Sara is a cute, upbeat tourist who encourages Michelle to learn to love herself, but if you threaten her friends, she won’t hesitate to shoot you.
*BerserkButton: The mere mention of fate or destiny sets Cab off, though he doesn’t get violent like most members of this trope do.
*BigEater: Rumor, despite being described as thin, eats one ''hell'' of a breakfast.
-->'''Rumor (with food in his mouth):''' Ah haf uh heawfy appehite.
*BriefcaseFullOfMoney: Hol Horse is introduced carrying one. Naturally, [[KleptomaniacHero Sara]] takes interest.
*BrokenBird: Michelle, with the addition of her being a walking DoomMagnet.
*CallBack: As to be expected from a fanfiction, Iron Touch has a few.
**During Chapter 1, Giorno mentions [[LightNovel/PurpleHazeFeedback Sheila E and Cannolo Murolo]].
**Michelle’s first fight takes place in a public bathroom, mirroring her father’s tendency to run into trouble in them.
**Rumor is a Hamon user, an ability that hadn’t been seen since [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Part 3]]. Additionally, [[KnowsTheRopes the design]] of his Stand, The Chain, invokes [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureJosephJoestar Hermit Purple]], another Stand capable of conducting Hamon.
*CallForward: When Cab explains his views on fate to Michelle, he invokes the famous gravity speech from [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Part 6.]]
-->'''Cab: ''' The world’s an ugly place. Buttering up the truth with ideas of fate, like we’re all pulled in by gravity to some predetermined result no matter what we do, doesn’t make it any better.
*CassandraTruth: Happens twice:
**Rumor’s obsession with hunting vampires is treated as childish and strange by the other characters, because they don’t believe that vampires exist. However, the audience [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureDIO does know that vampires do exist in the JoJo universe.]]
**Played with in regards to Iron Maiden’s “curse.” Even after Michelle explains her whole backstory to the group, Sara, Rumor, and Cab remain skeptical of the curse’s existence, with the latter saying to her face that it can’t exist.
*CementShoes: [[spoiler:How Michelle disposed of her grandmother’s body.]]
*ClothesMakeTheSuperMan: Sara’s Stand, [[Music/DarylHallAndJohnOates Out of Touch,]] takes the form of a pair of gloves.
*CowardlyLion: Michelle. Even she acknowledges it in Chapter 5.
*DaddysGirl: Even though he walked out on her, Michelle still clearly adores and idolizes Polnareff.
*DeadpanSnarker: Cab. Michelle will occasionally fall into this trope too through the narration.
*DeadPersonImpersonation: [[spoiler:How Michelle remained undetected for almost three years, she legally impersonated her dead grandmother.]]
*DeathByOriginStory: Happens to Michelle’s mother [[spoiler:and Cab’s parents.]]
*TheDon: Giorno, as to be expected.
*DoomMagnet: How Michelle sees Iron Maiden, though it could all be in her head.
*DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Cab’s father, Martin. See AteHisGun above.]]
*EnemyMine: Originally, Michelle only teamed up with Sara and co. because both of them were against the Masqueraders, and Michelle didn’t want to be put in a situation where she’d be forced to use [[DoomMagnet her Stand]] out in public again. As the story progresses, she comes to see them more as friends and traveling companions.
*{{Foreshadowing}}: One of the Masqueraders that stole the arrow has the ability to manipulate electricity, [[spoiler:just like Akira Otoishi from [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Part 4.]]]]
*FrenchJerk: Michelle initially comes off as this, mostly because she’s trying to get Sara to leave her alone. She apologizes for it after joining the group and starts acting friendlier.
*FunetikAksent: Sara’s attempts at speaking French are written like this.
*GayCowboy: What Sara [[MistakenForGay originally]] sees [[HandsomeLech Hol Horse]] as. He quickly corrects her.
*TheGhost: Marylou, Polnareff’s wife and Michelle’s mother, both in the figurative and [[DeathByOriginStory literal]] sense.
*GratuitousFrench: Michelle will occasionally sprinkle in some French words and phrases into her dialogue.
*HawaiianShirtedTourist: Though she doesn’t look the part, Sara acts like this at moments.
*HollywoodAcid: Bad Sneakers secretes this from its [[MeaningfulName feet]].
*{{Irony}}: When Michelle sees Giorno talk into his bag, she thinks that he’s commanding the Masqueraders to do his bidding, saying that she “doesn’t want to think about all the horrible things a man like him would carry around.” In reality, Giorno was actually talking to Polnareff, her father.
*TheKingslayer: A downplayed example, [[spoiler:Hol Horse is heavily implied to have shot Mayor Dixie.]]
*MalevolentMaskedMen: The Masqueraders, a group of Stand users wearing Masquerade masks that become aggressive around other Stand users.
*ManicPixieDreamGirl: Sara is a nonromantic example, being a bubbly optimist who tries to help Michelle cope with her trauma.
*MistakenForGay: When Hol Horse reveals that Sting was his former partner, Sara thinks that he means that he was his fiancé.
-->'''Sara:''' Oh, I get it. ''Partner.'' That explains why you’re here in Belgium with all that money. You’re on that side of the fence. [[NotThatTheresAnythingWrongWithThat Well, you don’t have to worry about me. I support you all the way!]]
*MusicalThemeNaming: As to be expected from a JJBA fic. A playlist containing all of the music references so far can be found [[https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDdaGu-Eah82ODYjfKuprYgWYvUrSjLL8 here.]]
*MyGreatestFailure: For Polnareff, it’s him not going back to his family.
*NamesTheSame: Michelle’s ex-boyfriend Luca has the same name as a minor character from [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo Part 5]]
*TheNicknamer: Sara gives everyone she meets punny nicknames, calling Cab “Taxi Cab,” Rumor “Rumor Mill,” Michelle “Chelly,” and Hol Horse “Horseshoes.”
*NotThatTheresAnythingWrongWithThat: See MistakenForGay above.
*OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Cab is usually chill, relaxed and eager to make jokes. Make one mention of fate and his causal demeanor fades.
**[[spoiler:When Michelle presses Sara about her family, Sara snaps at her and refers to her by her real name.]]
*OurGhostsAreDifferent: The author goes out of her way to clarify that Polnareff [[ItMakesSenseInContext is a ghost living inside Mr. President and ''not'' the turtle itself]] as well as [[https://iron-touch.tumblr.com/post/639677878099918848/polnareffs-ghost-mechanics describe his properties.]]
-->'''[[https://edgy-ella.tumblr.com/ EdgyElla:]]''' First of all, no, Polnareff did not become the turtle after part 5. He is a ghost living inside the turtle room. I’ve had this debate multiple times and I am not opening up that bag of worms again. ''Moving on.''
*TheParanoiac: Michelle is a downplayed example. Justified in that she’s [[spoiler:been avoiding tax agents for almost three years.]]
*PatchworkKids: Michelle is described as having her father’s hair and facial structure and her mother’s eyes.
*PoorCommunicationKills: When Giorno first meets Michelle, he tries to ease her into the fact that her father is still “alive” as a ghost and baits her into talking first. Unfortunately, [[TheParanoiac Michelle]] interprets Giorno’s words as a threat on her life and runs away. This leads to her believing that he’s the leader of the Masqueraders, which she then tells to Sara and the others.
*PosthumousCharacter: Marylou is dead and buried years before the story starts.
*TheRunaway:
**While all of the main crew technically qualifies, [[spoiler:Sara’s multiple suitcases and unwillingness to talk about her family implies that she doesn’t have a home to go back to.]]
**Adam attempts this, but Cab [[DefeatMeansFriendship talks]] him out of it.
*ScaryBlackMan: Cab invokes this trope to scare away Adam when he tries to steal his car.
*ScrewTheRulesIHaveSupernaturalPowers: Since Cab was born with a very physical Stand that allows him to control the launch angle of anything it punched or kicked, he was able to use it to cheat at boxing and soccer, making him one of the best athletes in his age group. Deconstructed when he realizes that [[NoChallengeEqualsNoSatisfaction playing sports this way leaves him feeling unfulfilled.]]
*ScrewThisImOutOfHere: Michelle’s reaction when Giorno claims to have known her father.
*ShrinkingViolet: Michelle, combined with BrokenBird.
*StickyFingers: Downplayed with Sara. She’s only ever seen stealing two things so far (a car and a BriefcaseFullOfMoney), but her friends [[NeverLiveItDown like to tease her about it.]]
*WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Invoked with Rumor. Michelle’s internal narration describes it as “an accent she couldn’t quite place.”
*WithGreatPowerComesGreatPerks: Quiet Riot appears to give Cab an innate sense of direction.
*YouthfulFreckles: Official artwork gives Michelle some.
