History Fanfic / Starchaser

* HasTwoMommies: Riku has two fathers, Tari and Nitz.

* TriangRelations: As per WordOfGod, a Type 2 is present in the story and will be causing some significant divergences from Franchise/KingdomHearts. Considering that Connie's pining after Kairi and Riku is pining after Connie, it can only be assumed Kairi has a thing for Riku.

* FingerlessGloves: Everybody, including his own [[HasTwoMommies dads]], gives Riku a hard time over them.

* RealityEnsues:
** Connie, as tough as she is, can't just get away from watching her home planet being destroyed in a horrific fashion without some serious mental scarring.
** If girls actually go to school in ridiculous anime uniforms, they are, inevitably, going to get hit on. And hit back, and not in a flirty way.

* MagicAIsMagicA: As per the "On Magic" codex entry, the author has created an in-depth explanation for the wide variety of combat systems in the games, except for VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance, VideoGame/KingdomHeartsCoded, and VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories, due to [[DreamLand their]] [[TheMatrix odd]] [[CardBattleGame circumstances]].

* ActionSurvivor: [[spoiler: [[BadassGay Tari]]. He managed to make it through the destruction of the Destiny Islands, and does everything he can up to and including volunteering for something that'll get him killed to [[PapaWolf protect Connie.]]]]

* BiTheWay: Connie has a serious crush on Kairi, while [[TheLostLenore Steven]] was the previous object of her affections.

* TraumaCongaLine: Let's count all the things that Connie goes through during the [[DoomedHometown the destruction of the Destiny Islands]]. First, she sees the glowing orb of doom that signifies that [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt a world is about to go down the drain]], and goes into a HeroicBSOD as [[EldritchAbomination the]] [[TraumaButton Heartless]] show up and begin swarming all over the kids' islet. Then, two of her best friends disappear into the darkness before her eyes, followed by seeing [[BiTheWay her crush]] getting her Heart stolen. Connie [[ItsAllMyFault blames herself]] for not being able to stop it, [[DespairEventHorizon and just lets the Heartless tear her to pieces]] afterwards. The only reason why Connie's still alive is that she was sucked into the vortex just before the Heartless could kill her.
* TriangRelations: As per WordOfGod, a Type 2 is present in the story and will be causing some significant divergences from Franchise/KingdomHearts. Considering that [[BiTheWay Connie's pining after Kairi]] and Riku is pining after Connie, it can only be assumed Kairi has a thing for Riku.

* ObviouslyEvil: [[spoiler: [[Disney/SleepingBeauty Maleficent]], no duh, but seeing as they have pretty much no choice but to follow her, Riku and Sora reluctantly tag along.]]

* ActionGirl: Connie by virtue of, well, being Connie, is this by default, and like the original, she's set to send Kairi down this path as well.

* MagicAIsMagicA: As per the "On Magic" codex entry, the author has created an in-depth explanation for the wide variety of combat systems in the games, except for VideoGame/KingdomHearts3D, VideoGame/KingdomHeartsCoded, and VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories, due to [[DreamLand their]] [[TheMatrix odd]] [[CardBattleGame circumstances]].

* TriangRelations: As per WordOfGod, a Type 2 is present in the story and will be causing some significant divergences from VideoGame/KingdomHearts. Considering that [[BiTheWay Connie's pining after Kairi]] and Riku is pining after Connie, it can only be assumed Kairi has a thing for Riku.

->''Connie is Not Having a Good Time''\\
''Why Must I Hurt My Favorite Characters So?''
-->--From the fic's tags on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn.

''Starchaser'' is a ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' and ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' CrossOver fic written by the Doomkitten, formerly of ''Fanfic/CrystalClarity'' fame. When [[BadassBookworm Connie]] [[TheWoobie Maheswaran]] arrives on the Destiny Islands in a quite literally explosive manner after another star [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt mysteriously disappears]] from the sky, she contends with the [[HeroicBSOD scars]]--both mental and physical--left over from Earth's destruction. Thankfully, she has two new friends, the [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold abrasive but ultimately well-meaning]] Riku and the [[WideEyedIdealist bubbly, energetic]] Kairi to help her out of her funk. And, well, there's Sora too, but Connie prefers not to think about him, or how uncanny his similarities to her [[TheLostLenore totally just best friend and not at all crush Steven]].

Expect angst and fluff as Connie struggles with the ghosts of her past, her new life on the Islands, and the occasional desire to throttle Riku. The author has made it no secret that the Night of Fate is still coming, but has kept her lips mostly sealed on what happens after that. She's also stated that she's in it for the long haul, and considering how consistently the fic has updated so far, it's a pretty safe bet that she'll keep that promise. She's also written the fic to be understandable by people only in one of the included fandoms, so that a broader audience can enjoy it.

'''Note:''' Be warned, all spoilers from before the destruction of the Destiny Islands are unmarked.

!!Starchaser uses the following tropes:

* WhamLine: "Because after that… the world ended." It was implied very heavily that Earth somehow got destroyed before Connie arrived on the Islands, but still, reading it like that feels like a gutpunch.

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->''Connie is Not Having a Good Time''
->''Why Must I Hurt My Favorite Characters So?''

''Starchaser'' is a WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse and Franchise/KingdomHearts CrossOver fic written by the Doomkitten, formerly of FanFic/CrystalClarity fame. When [[BadassBookworm Connie]] [[TheWoobie Maheswaran]] arrives on the Destiny Islands in a quite literally explosive manner after another star [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt mysteriously disappears]] from the sky, she contends with the [[HeroicBSOD scars]]--both mental and physical--left over from Earth's destruction. Thankfully, she has two new friends, the [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold abrasive but ultimately well-meaning]] Riku and the [[WideEyedIdealist bubbly, energetic]] Kairi to help her out of her funk. And, well, there's Sora too, but Connie prefers not to think about him, or how uncanny his similarities to her [[TheLostLenore totally just best friend and not at all crush Steven]].

* ColossusClimb: Like Sora can do in the games, Connie runs up the dream Darkside's arm to get at its head.

* [[HasTwoMommies Has Two Daddies]]: Riku has two fathers, Tari and Nitz.

* RationalFic: Starchaser seems to be attempting this, so far explaining the in-game SFX and the ability for even completely normal teenagers to defy gravity, as well as how there are multiple copies of an industrial England in canon KH. Most of this is in the Codex, so that the exposition won’t clog up the main story.
* RealityEnsues: Connie, as tough as she is, can’t just get away from watching her home planet being destroyed in a horrific fashion without some serious mental scarring.

* TookALevelInBadass: Connie gives Kairi sword training, which gives her visible tone and and skill in the blade. Kairi shows off her new level in a sparring match with Connie about halfway through the chapter.

* WakingUpElsewhere: After [[DoomedHometown Earth]] gets destroyed, Connie wakes up in a hospital room in the Destiny Islands, [[HeroicBSOD horribly traumatized]] and [[DentedIron physically scarred.]]

* WideEyedIdealist: Kairi and Sora fit into this box almost perfectly, just like in canon. But while Kairi’s endless optimism may help Connie out on a bad day, Sora’s uncanny resemblance to Steven has a… less positive effect on her.
* WhamLine: “Because after that… the world ended.” It was implied very heavily that Earth somehow got destroyed before Connie arrived on the Islands, but still, reading it like that feels like a gutpunch.

* TheBattleDidntCount: {{Subverted}}. As in canon, Connie loses the Dream Sword upon laying the beatdown on the Darkside, but she keeps fighting anyways, waging a HopelessBossFight against the hordes of mooks that she can't damage with her bare hands to build up enough energy to attack the Darkside with [[CastingAShadow Dark]] [[PlayingWithFire Fire]]. [[MomentOfAwesome It works.]]

[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/13597755/chapters/31214934 Here's]] the Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn link and [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12828400/1/Starchaser here's]] the Website/FanFictionDotNet link.

* BFS: [[Connie gets one, courtesy of Bismuth, to replace her Keyblade whenever she doesn't feel like fighting a Heartless squad every thirty seconds.]]

* BoringButPractical: [[How does Connie get around the pesky problem of the Keyblade attracting Heartless like a fly to honey? Bismuth just forges her a new [[BFS enchanted sword]] along with a suit of armor to protect her if her aegis fails as well as providing its own magical reinforcement.]]

** [[Connie also gives Centipeetle a good dose of this.]]

* ObviouslyEvil: [[spoiler: [[Disney/SleepingBeauty Maleficent]], no duh, but seeing as they have pretty much no choice but to follow her, Riku and Sora reluctantly tag along.

* AliensSpeakingEnglish: Justified. Traveling to a different dimension automatically grants you the ability to understand and speak with most sentient beings in that world, so that Keybearers on missions could better preserve the World Order.

* ArcWords: “Connie was alone,” in some way, shape, or form.
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: “Connie… what happened?”

* TheBattleDidntCount: {{Subverted}}. As in canon, Connie loses the Dream Sword upon laying the beatdown on the Darkside, but she keeps fighting anyways, waging a HopelessBossFight against the hordes of mooks that she can't damage with her bare hands to build up enough energy to attack the Darkside with [[CastingAShadow Dark]] [[PlayingWithFire Fire]]. It works.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Connie’s history on Earth is presented as this to Sora, Riku, and Kairi. Surprisingly, Sora also has one, as his father died while he was young and he and his mom had to go to grief counseling.
* DeadpanSnarker: Everybody has their moments, but Connie and Riku are the most egregious ones.

* DespairEventHorizon: Connie appears to have crossed it after seeing [[DoomedHometown her home get destroyed again]], just letting the Heartless kill her until she's sucked into the vortex.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Connie’s response to getting surprised by Riku’s weird feet-lunge attack? Nearly kill him in one sword stroke. To be fair, she was dissociating at the time and her training automatically took over, but still. Damn.

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: [[spoiler: Peridot and Connie talk about magic in terms of [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII materia]] from a Franchise/FinalFantasy expy in a universe where Cloud Strife exists.]]

* StoryArc: The first one appears to be Connie’s recovery on the Destiny Islands after the destruction of Earth.