History Fanfic / LightTheBlueTouchPaperAndRunLikeHell

--->" "Damnation. Creator/DavidBowie makes it look so easy."

* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre:

** Loki admits to Medea & Arturia that he draws a comparison between himself with Sakura.

* JerkassRealization: Loki realizes that his life could have been as bad as Sakura's since he is a Frost Giant and Odin knows the whole time, yet he, for all his faults, never physically harms him as Zolgen does, making Loki's action of declaring to Odin's face that he did not accept him as his father all the more terrible.

** Medea chose Arturia over Diarmuid as a Servant to become an ally because the Lancer Servant's ChickMagnet reminded her too much of [[CharmPerson Jason]], even with Arturia's assurance that Diramuid is too chivalrous to leave her for another woman like Jason does.

** Medea chose Arturia over Diarmuid as a Servant to become an ally because the Lancer Servant's ChickMagnet reminded her too much of [[CharmPerson Jason]], even with Arturia's assurance that Diramuid is too chivalrous to leave her for another woman like Jason does.

** Ryuunosuke is a normal human and a straight-up serial killer, while Loki is a frost giant MasterOfIllusion who enjoys making chaos.

-->'''Arturia:''' [[LampshadedtTrope You make me doubt my purpose]].\\

* TitleDrop: Zelretch says "Time to light the blue touch paper, and run like hell" after Loki agrees to join the Holy Grail War.

--->"Doubt once made me act with certainty and conviction...and in doing so, I lost the nearest thing I had to family. How many of your friends and comrades did you lose through your own conviction? How much of yourself did you lose?"

* BatmanGambit:
** Loki persuades Arturia to join him & Medea by appealing to her chivalrous nature, saying that they need her help saving Sakura.
--->"I cannot promise you answers or conviction, Arturia Pendragon. I cannot promise you and I have compatible goals and ideals. But at the very least, help Caster and I right at least one wrong."

--->"A child, abandoned by one father, to an uncertain future with another..."

* NotSoDifferentRemark: Medea states to Arturia that, despite taking the different ends of the extremes, they are both were shackled by their responsibility as royalty, and causing their own downfall while being remembered as "inhumane" because of it.

* NotSoDifferentRemark: Medea states to Arturia that, despite taking the different end of the extremes, they are both being shackled by their responsibility and their decisions resulted in their failure and being labeled as inhuman by their adversaries.

* YouJustToldMe: Loki manages to correctly guess that Kirei is a {{Sadist}} by stating that he can tell that Kirei's the type that kills PedophilePriest rather than being one himself, causing the Executor to admit to having killed one as a mission and enjoying the agonizing look on their face in their last moments.

* EqualOpportunityOffender:

* TemptingFate: When Frigga ponder on how Loki could get worse if he ended up on Thanos' hand, Volstagg asks if that's even possible, earning him a DopeSlap from Hogun.

* LoveEpiphany: Downplayed; Medea didn't suddenly realize that she loves Loki, but she can feel that her feelings about him is starting to shift.

** Loki drops a long one on Zouken after encasing him in ice, effectively for a long while.
--->'''Zouken:''' I am over five centuries old, and I have forgotten more about magecraft than you will ever learn! *''Sending locusts to Loki''*\\
'''Loki:''' Five hundred years old? I was around long before then. *''Freezing the locust, before encasing Zouken in ice''* Advanced age, especially in a body as decrepit as yours, is nothing to boast about. [...] Caster is going to destroy your vaunted Crest Worms, as they disgust her as much as they do me, and Saber is going to find Sakura. Given that she was abandoned by one family, and another did disgusting things to her, I think she will do well with a new surname. Sakura Lokidottir has a nice ring to it, don't you think?

** Loki draws a comparison between his past with Sakura's present.

'''Loki:''' Five hundred years old? I was around long before then. *''Freezing the locust, before encasing Zouken in ice''* Advanced age, especially in a body as decrepit as yours, is nothing to boast about. *''Walks forward''* Do you feel that, Zouken Matou? That is the magic of the Casket of Ancient Winters, capable of freezing all in its path. I'm sure you are struggling in there, but it took Heimdall a long time to free himself, and he is more powerful than you. He was more than human, and you are considerably less. The ice won't melt unless I will it to, and I don't particularly feel like doing that. And I won't kill you either, despite the fact you can't breathe. The Frost Giants were truly cruel, being able to manipulate the ice so that those affected were kept at the very edge of death. Incidentally, my Servants have gone to do some things. Caster is going to destroy your vaunted Crest Worms, as they disgust her as much as they do me, and Saber is going to find Sakura. Given that she was abandoned by one family, and another did disgusting things to her, I think she will do well with a new surname. Sakura Lokidottir has a nice ring to it, don't you think?

* BorrowedCatchphrase: Kariya repeats Loki's "I am burdened with glorious purpose" to his face, finding it ridiculous.
-->"You're Loki, of Asgard. And you are burdened, so you claim, with glorious purpose. Who talks like that?"

* DeathByAdaptation:
** Loki kills Zolgen by [[KillItWithIce encasing him in ice]] before shattering TheWormThatWalks.

--> Not a promise. A statement of reality. Fitting, considering it came from a man mistaken for a god on another world. And Medea knew that woe would await anyone who dared to stand in his way...

** Byakuya Matou is spared by Loki while the latter rescues Sakura and ends up running away, taking Shinji with him.

** When Medea swears that Zouken will end up having a bad time, [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Sans]] sneezes.

* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Loki sees himself as this, being a Frost Giant among Asgardians

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Loki gives one to Arturia, questioning if her wish to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong won't backfire from ButterflyEffect.
-->"So the question I have to ask you, Arturia Pendragon...can you be sure you can change your life, and those of your knights, for the better?"

--->'''Arturia:''' '' Attack at your peril.''\\

'''Loki:''' As I said, I can't impugn what doesn't exist. Then again, honor tends to lower one's IQ, doesn't it? My family went on about honor, and yet, they were liars, thieves, and murderers. Uncultured brutes who thought scholars were beneath them. At least I am honest about what I am. *''Facing Arturia''* Though I daresay my fool of a brother might learn more from you, Arturia, about what honor and self-restraint mean. If he can get over the fact that you are a woman. I doubt he will. He took centuries to get used to Lady Sif being a warrior.

* ThePrankster: Both Loki & Medea are this.

* MythologyGag: When Ryuunosuke asks Loki if the book he used to "tech support" his "demon summoning" is made of human skin (which is actually just an illusion to disguise the book), the latter mutters if the human thinks he will chant ''Cthulhu fhtagn'' next, which Gilles does in Canon.

* ParodiesForDummies: Zelretch actually wrote ''The Grail Wars For Dummies'' for people to read, but his reputation as a prankster makes people hesitate to read it.

--->"Tell him that Zouken Matou infested her with Crest Worms. And if I ever find out that he knew a single iota of what he was putting his daughter into, I will put him through a prolonged period of torment and misery the likes of which will be spoken of in whispers for centuries to come. I don't care why. Tell him from me, that if I learn he is complicit in the violation of his own flesh and blood, then [[ImpliedDeathThreat his days are numbered. I know that number, and have started to count]]."

* MythologyGag:
** When Ryuunosuke asks Loki if the book he used to "tech support" his "demon summoning" is made of human skin (which is actually just an illusion to disguise the book), the latter mutters if the human thinks he will chant ''Cthulhu fhtagn'' next, which Gilles does in Canon.

* NoodleIncident: There was a time when Zelrecth tricked Gamora & Nebula into using Kalediosticks, infuriating the space assassins when they encountered the magical device again.

** During passing out from having her contract taken by Medea's Rule Breaker, Arturia dreams of the early parts of episode 3 of ''WebVideo/FateCero'', where Irisviel DrivesLikeCrazy with her on the passenger seat before forced to hit a break after almost run over Loki who tries to [[Creator/TeamFourStar sells some t-shirts]].
* SneezeCut: PlayedForLaughs. When Loki unknowingly [[ShoutOut quoting someone from another work]], the ''quote originator'' sneezes.
** When he asks if Gilgamesh shits gold and that's what his BlingOfWar is made of, [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire Tywin Lannister]] sneezes before he was shot in the toilet to his death.

* CrystalBall: Zelrecth gives Asgard's Royal family and several others this to see Loki's journey throughout the story.

** During passing out from having her contract taken by Medea's Rule Breaker, Arturia dreams of the ''WebVideo/FateCero'' version of the time Irisviel driving her car.

** In ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'', Medea takes control of Arturia for her own sexual interest, trying to break her into obedience using bondage & torture. Here, she does it to help Loki, let him convince the Saber Servant to join them, which leads them to become more of VitrolicBestBuds.

** Someone asks Kirei what does he wish using the Grail, and deduce from his SuspiciouslySpecificDenial that he's secretly has dark desires. In Canon, this person is Gilgamesh. Here, it is Loki.

* MythologyGag: When Ryuunosuke asks Loki if the book he used to "tech support" his "demon summoning" is made of human skin (which is actually just an illusion to disguise the book), the latter mutters if the human thinks he will chant ''Cthulhu fhtagn'' next, which Gilles does in Canon.

** In Canon, Diarmuid [[MurderBySuicide is forced to kill himself under Kayneth's Command Seal]], curses everyone in his dying breath, while his Master, Kayneth, is assassinated by Maiya just minutes afterward. Here, the former were anticlimaticly killed by Medea's ''[[BeamSpam Machia Hecatia Graea]]'', while Kiritsugu quickly kills the latter with Origin Bullet soon after.