History Fanfic / LikeMotherLikeSon

** Its taken UpToEleven when she upgrades the grounding until Leni's kids are in college. Then until Leni's daughter wins a Nobel prize.

* GroundedForever: When Rita hears what Lisa did with the Oculus headsets, she tells the girl she's grounded. Lisa, expecting it to be a comically long time guesses she'll be grounded until Lily is in college. Her mother says she grounded until 'Leni' is in college. Which freaks the little genius out.

* AdultFear: Kotaro's father did not do much to make his son want to respect him growing up, so now Kotaro doesn't listen to him as an adult. The plot is driven by Lynn's fear that if he doesn't connect with Lincoln now, then his only son won't want anything to do with him when he's grown and out of the house.

* NotSoDifferent: Lynn starts the fic worrying that he and his son have virtually nothing in common. Only to realize at the end that they're closer than he ever realized.

* RealityEnsues: Rita eventually had to give up her gaming career after her family started getting too large for her to risk their financial security on winning prize money.

* RealityEnsues: After Lincoln belts out a stream of censored swears, Rita reprimands her son for cussing and tells her husband to tell him off as well, only for Lynn Sr to belt out the exact same stream of curse words. When Rita acts shocked at his behavior Lynn reminds his wife that he and their son are both in mortal danger so now is not the time to worry about swears.

Created by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/4488651/ Omega Ultra]]. The creator of [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Fanfic/StoriesAndTalesFromDimension63 Stories And Tales From Dimension 63]] and [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Fanfic/FindingALoud Finding A Loud]]. [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13016461/1/Like-Mother-Like-Son Like Mother, Like Son]] and the sequel [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13423086/1/Like-Father-Like-Son Like Father Like Son]] tells the stories of the Matriarch and Patriarch of the Loud family attempting to bond with their only boy.

* HardTruthAesop: You can't force your children to listen to you once they have grown and out on their own. You need to earn their respect as children if you want them to respect you as adults.

* HardTruthAesop: You can't force your children to listen to you once they grown and out on their own. You need to earn their respect as children if you want them to respect you as adults.
* HiddenDepths: Despite its business, that Lynn Sr. was able to code a Minecraft mod at all let alone a VR one in only a day is very impressive.

** Lily is in college now, at the top of her class in Art and planning to go into animation. Apparently, [[IShouldWriteABookAboutThat she's planning to make a tv show about her life growing up in a huge family]].

* HiddenDepths: Despite its business, that Lynn Sr. was able to code a Minecraft mod at all let alone a VR one in only a day is very impressive

* HeirsClubForMen: Lynn Sr. tells Lincoln he's planning on giving him Vanzilla when he's old enough. Lori, the one currently driving the van is not pleased that her father is passing over her or her four other teenage daughters to give the car to his only son, only for Rita to ask her if she's really upset that Lincoln is going to be saddled with [[TheAllegedCar Vanzilla]]. At which she calms down.

* YourMindMakesItReal: While hooked up to Lisa's VR tech Lincoln and Lynn Sr respond to all stimuli as they would in real life. When Lynn breaks his leg in the game, despite not actually breaking his leg in the real world his body has essentially been tricked into thinking it was and starts to respond accordingly.

* TrainingFromHell: You thought to prepare for a gaming tournament just meant practicing said game a lot? No Rita runs her son through the wringer physically and mentally. Forcing his reaction speed up by having his sister's surprise attack him. Making him play with unresponsive controllers. Improving his ability to focus and block out distractions by having the girls make loud noises while playing, and making him memorize patterns and codes by making him punch a giant game controller she was gifted in the will of [[/Advertising/SegataSanshiro an old friend]].

* RealityEnsues: Rita eventually had to give up her gaming career after her family started getting too large for her to devote as much time to practice or risk their finances depending on large amounts of prize money she might not even win.
* RetiredBadass: Rita, mother of eleven and a bored dental assistant with dreams of being an author was once one of the greatest professional gamers in the country

* BittersweetEnding: Lincoln wins the tournament. His family is proud of him. Realizing his talent and comes home with a real trophy he can put in the family case, but Lynn Sr comes to the depressing evaluation that his only son is nothing like him.

* Didn'tThinkThisThrough: Lynn never finished error checking the game before he and Lincoln played it.

Its sequel [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13423086/1/Like-Father-Like-Son Like Father Like Son]] takes place months later. Desperate to find some common ground with his son Lynn Sr develops a deep dive game to help try to understand his son's passion for gaming. Though he probably should have spent some more time coding as the two soon find themselves trapped in a digital world where if they die in the game, they die for real.

To many, Rita Loud is just a typical mother working a full-time job to support her eleven kids. But, when Lincoln comes home with a flyer for a video game tournament, he discovers a part of her that she had buried a long time ago.

Lincoln Loud desperately wants to enter an upcoming gaming tournament. His father says he should focus on studying and finding a passion, as you can't make a living off of playing video games. His wife staunchly disagrees and reveals a part of her past that will change how the snow haired boy sees the bored dental assistant forever.

It's sequel takes place months later. Desperate to find some common ground with his son Lynn Sr develops a deep dive game to help try to understand his sons passion for gaming. Though he probably should have spent some more time coding as the two soon find themselves trapped in a digital world where if they die in the game, they die for real.

[[Folder: Like Mother, Like Son]]

* HiddenDepths: Despite it's business, that Lynn Sr. was able to code a Minecraft mod at all let alone a VR one in only a day is very impressive

Lincoln Loud desperately wants to enter an upcoming gaming tournament

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* SkewedPriorities: Lynn was more focused on making sure that the game was fun than making sure it was glitch free. Lincoln even lampshades that his father put so much attention into making sure the game was cool, yet he's almost phased through the ground multiple times by this point.
* YourMindMakesItReal: While hooked up to Lisa's VR tech Lincoln and Lynn Sr respond to all stimulus as they would in real life. When Lynn breaks his leg in the game, despite not actually breaking his leg in the real world his body has essentially been tricked into thinking it was and starts to respond accordingly.