History Fanfic / TheEminenceInShadowTheShadowsWeb

* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Cid, in canon, never believed the existence of the Cult of Diabolos, thinking it was a fake organization he made up. In this fic, due to Arachne explaining to him, Cid fully believed the Cult being real and thus, took situations far more seriously.

** In canon, Cid is unaware that Shadow Garden is fighting the Cult of Diabolos and believes that they are merely humoring him. In this fic, Cid does believe in the Cult's existence and he takes an active role in leading his organization.
** So far in the Light Novel, Rose treats both Cid and Shadow as two different individuals. In ''Shadow's Web'', [[spoiler:Rose learns Cid and Shadow are one and the same immediately following her induction into Shadow Garden.]]
* AdaptationalWimp: Unlike in canon, [[spoiler:the Knights of the Rounds are not the evil masterminds that run the world behind the scenes but instead, they are an obsolete group of Midgar's knights that are being overshadowed by the likes of Spider-Man, Captain Midgar and the Six Saints.]]
* ArrangedMarriage: One was set up for Iris and Captain Midgar in the hopes the two's future children would inherit their father's power.
* AthensAndSparta: Midgar Kingdom has a hostile relationship with the country of Messfault. The only reason they haven't wage war yet is due to the Dark Mountains that divide the two countries.

** It's deconstructed through the previous Spiders before Cid. Cid researched on them and deduced the reason they all died was due to them acting like the {{Ideal Hero}}es, being reactive rather than proactive towards the Cult and living completely boring and mundane lives which lead them to not have enough funds to keep up their crusades. In other words, they were killed because they were being the {{Friendly Neighborhood Spider}}s.
** It's reconstructed with Cid. Cid is far more willing to kill and will commit acts than can be seen or are criminal. He also secretly builds an army that will not only act as back-up but also have them gather information and collect money and resources. In short time, Cid did far more damage to the Cult than his predecessors had done.

* PowerTrio: Like in canon, Alexia, Rose and Natsune form an alliance to uncover the secrets behind Shadow Garden and the Cult of Diabolos. However, Natsume would helped in naming their team as the Union.

* RedPillBluePill: Arachne offers Cid two options. First option is that Arachne can have Cid return to his old world at the cost of losing all his memories and experiences following his reincarnation. The second option is that Cid chooses to stay and fight as Arachne's avatar. Cid lampshades this with Arachne deciding to humor the boy.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: The Cult of Diabolos believed that Spider-Man would easily fell due to them having killed many of Arachne's avatars prior to his arrival. Too bad for them that this Spider-Man is way different and way stronger than his predecessors.
* TheWallAroundTheWorld: Mix with DeathMountain. The Dark Mountains are a series of mountains that divides the East and the West. The Dark Mountains dangerous to traverse through due to their hazardous terrains and the monsters present there. [[spoiler:Shadow Garden did set up a base there allowing access to both sides.]]

** The Knights of the Round were the leaders behind the Cult of Diabolos. Here, [[spoiler:they are merely the subordinates to the Cult.]]

* MythologyGag: Cid researched on his predecessors and among them, included [[Characters/SpiderManPeterParker Peter]], [[Series/SpiderManJapan Takuya]], [[ComicBook/SpiderGwen Gwen]], [[ComicBook/SpiderMan2099 Miguel]], [[ComicBook/SpiderWoman Jessica]] and [[Characters/MarvelComicsScarletSpider Ben]].

* AdaptationalWimp: Unlike in canon, [[spoiler:the Cult of Diabolos are not the evil masterminds that run the world behind the scenes but instead, they are an obsolete group of Midgar's knights that are being overshadowed by the likes of Spider-Man, Captain Midgar and the Six Saints.]]

** In this version, Cid did not participate into the Bushin Festival and [[spoiler:his sister, Claire won the tournmanet.]]
** [[spoiler:Rose Oriana will learn Cid's true identity as Spider-Man following the Bushin Festival incident.]]

* ForWantOfANail: Cid did participate in the Goddess Trial, albeit by accident, and his opponent is not the spirit of Aurora but the spirit of [[spoiler:Peter Parker.]]