History Fanfic / StarCrossedCrusaders

!!This fanfic is a retelling of ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders]]'', and this page assumes you're familiar with the series up to that part. As such, there will be unmarked spoilers for those. [[Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned You have been warned.]]

!This fanfiction is a retelling of ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders]]''. As such, any spoilers from the original work will be left unmarked. [[Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned You have been warned.]]

The sequels would have all ''7th Stand User'' inspired elements retconned out, also changing Hitomi's surname to "Zeppeli", and her Stand (although it still has the ability to heal). This was all in favor of an original AlternateUniverse. Despite the original story being an adaptation, there were numerous elements original to the fanfic itself, which have been kept as shown by certain chapters in it.

The original iteration of the story was published on July 30th, 2017 and was completed on September 27th, 2018. It is followed by ''Fanfic/UnbreakableDiamondProteanRain''. This had all ''7th Stand User'' inspired elements retconned out, also changing Hitomi's surname to "Zeppeli", and her Stand (although it still has the ability to heal). This was all in favor of an original AlternateUniverse. Despite the original story being an adaptation, there were numerous elements original to the fanfic itself, which have been kept as shown by certain chapters in it.

* CombatMedic: Hitomi is able to use her stand's weapon to both accelerate the healing of wounds, and attack. (Cardigans' scalpel in the [=7SU=] version, and Ace of Cups' ribbons in the Remix version onward)

* ChekhovsSkill: Hitomi has Jotaro learn a bit of ripple. He prefers to stick to using his stand until [[spoiler:he uses it to resuscitate Hitomi near the end.]]

* MythologyGag: The new name of Hitomi's stand, "Ace of Cups", is actually taken from the Tarot card of the Minor Arcanum it represented when Hitomi requested to draw a Tarot card from Avdol in chapter 8 of the original version.

* TarotMotifs: All of the original enemies (except for Whitney) so far still follow this, now taking their stand names from the Minor Arcanum.

The story follows a girl named [[TheProtagonist Hitomi]], who is a descendant of the Zeppeli bloodline, having descended from one of the sons of one of Caesar Zeppeli's two brothers. At the start of the story, she has a very weak constitution that has her on the brink of death until her stand is awakened, which allows her to heal at an increased rate, and also heal other people. Soon after, she has a fateful encounter with Jotaro Kujo that unexpectedly puts her in the same journey as him, and along the way, she discovers the destiny behind her family name.

This fanfiction started out as an adaptation of ''[[VideoGame/JoJosBizarreAdventureThe7thStandUser JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The 7th Stand User]]''. It was initially titled ''The Seventh Crusader''. Later, it was changed to its current name, but had the suffix ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/11655507 The 7th Stand User]]'', and as mentioned above, gave even further characterization to the characters original to that game. However, given the game that it adapts, this also meant that there are spoilers for ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Stone Ocean]]'' present in it as well. Hitomi's surname was also "Isaji" in this, and her stand was "Cardigans", one of the stands in the game.

The original iteration of the story was published on July 30th, 2017 and was completed on September 27th, 2018. It is followed by ''Fanfic/UnbreakableDiamondProteanRain''. This had all ''7th Stand User'' inspired elements retconned out, also changing Hitomi's surname to "Zeppeli", and her stand, although it still has the ability to heal. This was all in favor of an original AlternateUniverse. Despite the original story being an adaptation, there were numerous elements original to the fanfiction itself, which have been kept as shown by certain chapters in it.

Later, a shorter version of the story, called the ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/21264575 Ace of Cups Remix]]'' was published. This rewrites Hitomi's origin and other important parts of the story to line up better with the world that's been established in the sequel. On top of the retained elements, the author does mention the original fic still has a lot of interactions between the cast, which are the groundwork for interactions in the sequel onward.

** Thanks to Hitomi's healing ability, [[spoiler:Kakyoin does not have to stay in the hospital after the fight with Geb, allowing him to stay with the group for various different arcs.]]
** Unlike the original game, there are several deviations from even the game. such as [[spoiler:Avdol actually dying in Calcutta, Berlin and Alicia "resurrecting" him and he goes through the game's submarine route, and none of the endings in the game are directly adapated. This fanfic instead goes for an original ending.]]

-->'''Narrator:''' "In fact, Alessi never made it back to Earth... He turned into something halfway between mineral and life-form and floated through space for all eternity--"\\
'''Hitomi:''' "Hey, don't make nonsense up like this! Are you trying to get us to break the fourth wall again?"

-->[[spoiler:'''Kakyoin''']]: "[[spoiler:I knew this would happen! Bathroom disasters are your thing, Polnareff!]]"\\
[[spoiler:'''Polnareff''']]: "[[spoiler:Why does this keep happening to meee?!]]"

-->'''Jotaro''': "[[spoiler:Be safe, Irene...]]"

!This fanfiction is a retelling of ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders]]''. As such, any spoilers from the original work will be left unmarked. You have been warned.

Later, a shorter version of the story, called the [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/21264575 ''Ace of Cups'' Remix]] was published. This rewrites Hitomi's origin and other important parts of the story to line up better with the world that's been established in the sequel. On top of the retained elements, the author does mention the original fic still has a lot of interactions between the cast, which are the groundwork for interactions in the sequel onward.

Later, a shorter version of the story, called the [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/21264575 Ace of Cups Remix]] was published. This rewrites Hitomi's origin and other important parts of the story to line up better with the world that's been established in the sequel. On top of the retained elements, the author does mention the original fic still has a lot of interactions between the cast, which are the groundwork for interactions in the sequel onward.

** During the climax, [[spoiler:Vins is looking through Jotaro's future in The Observer's Realm after seemingly killing Hitomi, she gets to where Stone Ocean should have taken place. Then, scenes that never happened originally are shown. Jotaro then says his daughter's name:]]

** During the climax, [[spoiler:Vins is looking through Jotaro's future in The Observer's Realm after seemingly killing Hitomi, she gets to where Stone Ocean should have taken place, scenes that never happened originally are shown. Then, Jotaro says his daughter's name:]]
-->'''Jotaro''': "[[spoiler: Be safe, Irene...]]"

** Also in that same chapter, Whitney asks Enya about if she had a second son when she mentions J. Geil having died. Enya responds by saying she doesn't count him and he's TheUnfavorite. [[spoiler:This is alluding to Thin Lizzy, who would properly show up 2 Parts later.]]

[[folder:Tropes Applying to the rewrite (''Ace of Cups Remix'')]]

* BigBadEnsemble: Whitney, her sister Aretha are the main villains of the story, on top of how they're working for Dio.

* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:Subverted. While Avdol, Iggy, and Kakyoin survive the final battle with Dio, they all die later at different points in time after the events of ''Stardust Crusaders''. The sequel confirms this still happens by showing Hitomi learning about Kakyoin's death in a flashback chapter.]]

[[folder:Tropes Applying to the Original version (The 7th Stand User)]]

[[folder:Tropes Applying to Ace of Cups Remix]]

This fanfiction started out as an adaptation of ''[[VideoGame/JoJosBizarreAdventureThe7thStandUser JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The 7th Stand User]]''. It was initially titled ''The 7th Crusader''. Later, it was changed to its current name, but had the suffix "[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/11655507 The 7th Stand User]]", and as mentioned above, gave even further characterization to the characters original to that game. However, given the game that it adapts, this also meant that there are spoilers for ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Stone Ocean]]'' present in it as well. Hitomi's surname was also "Isaji" in this, and her stand was "Cardigans", one of the stands in the game.

* TheFirstCutIsTheDeepest: Even after [[spoiler:Steely Dan is defeated]], Hitomi still has some emotional baggage to work out, mainly guilt about not telling the others about him, and how she let herself get used by him.

-->'''Narrator:''' "In fact, Alessi never made it back to Earth... He turned into something halfway between mineral and life-form and floated through space for all eternity--"//
-->'''Hitomi:''' "Hey, don't make nonsense up like this! Are you trying to get us to break the fourth wall again?"

This fanfiction started out as an adaptation of ''[[VideoGame/JoJosBizarreAdventureThe7thStandUser JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The 7th Stand User]]''. It had the suffix "[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/11655507 The 7th Stand User]]", and as mentioned above, gave even further characterization to the characters original to that game. However, given the game that it adapts, this also meant that there are spoilers for ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Stone Ocean]]'' present in it as well. Hitomi's surname was also "Isaji" in this, and her stand was "Cardigans", one of the stands in the game.

The original iteration of the story was published on July 30th, 2017 and was completed on September 27th, 2018. It is followed by ''Unbreakable Diamond, Protean Rain''. This had all ''7th Stand User'' inspired elements retconned out, also changing Hitomi's surname to "Zeppeli", and her stand, although it still has the ability to heal. This was all in favor of an original AlternateUniverse. Despite the original story being an adaptation, there were numerous elements original to the fanfiction itself, which have been kept as shown by certain chapters in it.

** Unlike the original game, there are several deviations from even the game. such as [[spoiler:Avdol actually dying in Calcutta and Berlin and Alicia "resurrect" him and he goes through the game's submarine route, and none of the endings in the game are directly adapated. This fanfic instead goes for an original ending.]]

The original iteration of the story was published on July 30th, 2017 and was completed on September 27th, 2018. It is followed by ''Unbreakable Diamond, Protean Rain'', which had all ''7th Stand User'' inspired elements retconned out, also changing Hitomi's surname to "Zeppeli", and her stand, although it still has the ability to heal. This was all in favor of an original AlternateUniverse. Despite the original story being an adaptation, there were numerous elements original to the fanfiction itself, which have been kept as shown by certain chapters in it.

!This fanfiction is a retelling of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders''. As such, any spoilers from the original work will be left unmarked. You have been warned.

This fanfiction started out as an adaptation of ''VideoGame/JoJosBizarreAdventureThe7thStandUser''. It had the suffix "[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/11655507 The 7th Stand User]]", and as mentioned above, gave even further characterization to the characters original to that game. However, given the game that it adapts, this also meant that there are spoilers for ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Stone Ocean]]'' present in it as well. Hitomi's surname was also "Isaji" in this, and her stand was "Cardigans", one of the stands in the game.