History JustForFun / SerraElinsen

* CluelessAesop: Here is a selection of the morality which reviewers of the teaser chapter directly linked to what was in the story. A surprising amount of it is... surprising :

* ChurchOfHappyology: A "Reform Anaprotestant," an obscure branch of Christianity that she hopes to bring more attention to.

** She might be quite fond of {{Hamlet}}, seeing the paralels and the references in chapter six of Awoken.

--->''May the bridge of the lamb fall upon you''...

[[spoiler:...except she's not a real person. The name is actually a pseudonym for an eight-person team led by WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick Lindsay Ellis and her friends Nella Inserra and Elisa Hansen, as part of a project to parody young adult paranormal romances like ''Twilight''. Elinsen herself is a parody of Creator/StephenieMeyer and her "Mormon housewife" persona. The "children" are the five other writers who were chosen from hundreds of submitted samples from fans.]]

* MeaningfulName: [[spoiler:"Elinsen" sounds a lot like a portmanteau of '''Eli'''sa Ha'''nsen'''[='=]s first and last name, and "Serra" obviously comes from Nella's last name In'''serra'''.]]

* BrownNote: After the chapter describing the heroine's reaction to Riley turning a classmate insane in ''Awoken'' was used as a teaser, some readers just... ''snaped'' and seemed to lose a bit of their grip on reality. Were they already mentally unstable ? Is her style just so moving and controversial ? Was Ctuhlu somehow involved ? We'll never know.

--->'''A reviewer:''' Th IS Re LIGION GA vE Me THE HEA vENLY ANA pROTEStANT CLO wN ! TH iS REL iGION TAU gHT Me IT 4S No T BEC aUSE Y oU HA vE A DIPL oMA O r A J oB Or YO u THI nK ABO uT STU fF THAT YoU ARE WOR tH ANY tNG ! T rUE WO rTH CO mES FR oM FA iTH B uT ONL y IF Y oU BELI eVE TH aT T hE AN aPROTE sTANT GO aT MA dE FO oD F oR THE S iNGER ON THE DA y THAT T hE MO uNTAiN GR eW LI gHT W iLL Y oU BE SAV eD !

--->'''A reviewer:''' Th IS Re LIGION GA vE Me THE HEA vENLY ANA pROTEStANT CLO wN ! TH iS REL iGION TAU gHT Me IT 4S No T BEC aUSE Y oU HA vE A DIPL oMA O r A J oB Or YO u THI nK ABO uT STU fF THAT YoU ARE WOR tH ANYtING ! T rUE WO rTH CO mES FR oM FA iTH B uT ONL y IF Y oU BELI eVE TH aT T hE AN aPROTE sTANT GO aT MA dE FO oD F oR THE S iNGER ON THE DAy THAT ThE MO uNTAiN GR eW LI gHT W iLL Y oU BE SAV eD !

--->'''A reviewer:''' Th IS Re LIGION GA vE Me THE HEA vENLY ANA pROTEStANT CLO wN ! TH iS REL iGION TAU gHT Me IT4S NoT BEC aUSE Y oU HA vE A DIPL oMA O r A J oB Or YO u THI nK ABO uT STU fF THAT YoU ARE WOR tH ANYtING ! T rUE WO rTH CO mES FR oM FA iTH B uT ONL y IF Y oU BELI eVE TH aT T hE AN aPROTE sTANT GO aT MA dE FO oD F oR THE S iNGER ON THE DAy THAT ThE MO uNTAiN GR eW LI gHT W iLL Y oU BE SAV eD !

--->'''A reviewer:''' ThIS ReLIGION GAvE Me THE HEAvENLY ANApROTEStANT CLOwN ! THiS RELiGION TAUgHT Me IT4S NoT BECaUSE YoU HAvE A DIPLoMA Or A JoB Or YOu THInK ABOuT STUfF THAT YoU ARE WORtH ANYtING ! TrUE WOrTH COmES FRoM FAiTH BuT ONLy IF YoU BELIeVE THaT ThE ANaPROTEsTANT GOaT MAdE FOoD FoR THE SiNGER ON THE DAy THAT ThE MOuNTAiN GReW LIgHT WiLL YoU BE SAVeD !

* AscendedFangirl: Inverted, though possibly PlayedStraight. Acclaimed fanfiction writer Tara Gilesbie already showed her full support and went on board saying she was keen to read her book !

* AuthorAppeal: She calls ''ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' her favorite book and references it several times. Though some suspect she hasn't actually read the book, and has only seen the musical.

* MeaningfulName: [[spoiler:"Elinsen" sounds a lot like a portmanteau of '''Eli'''sa Ha'''nsen'''[='=]s first and last name, and "Serra" obviously comes from Nella's last name name In'''serra'''.]]

* MeaningfulName: [[spoiler:"Elinsen" sounds a lot like a portmanteau of '''Eli'''sa Ha'''nsen'''[='=]s first and last name.]]

A rising voice in the genre of [[YoungAdultLiterature teen]] ParanormalRomance, she is currently hard at work on an as-yet-untitled book about a high school girl who falls in love with a boy who turns out to be an avatar of none other than Literature/CthulhuMythos. She also credits her five children with a good deal of the book, and hopes it will make its mark as "better than ''Literature/{{Twilight}}''." Her Website/{{Facebook}} page can be checked out [[https://www.facebook.com/SerraElinsen here.]]

[[spoiler:Only she's not a real person. The name is actually a pseudonym for an eight-person team led by WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick Lindsay Ellis and her friends Nella and Elisa. The "children" are the five other writers who were chosen from hundreds of submitted samples from fans.]]

* AuthorAppeal: She calls ''{{The Phantom Of The Opera}}'' her favorite book and references it several times. Though some suspect she hasn't actually read the book, and has only seen the musical.
* BigApplesauce: She's taken some heat for her inaccurate portrayal of UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, which some residents describe as seeming like it was based on ''{{Home Alone}} 2''.

* OneSteveLimit: A {{Real Life}} aversion as her two sons are both named Matt, per Anaprotestant tradition. She calls them Matt A and Matt B.
* SelfFulfillingProphecy: Cthulhu becomes human due to a prophecy that the protagonist will ruin his plan to destroy the world. Turns out, due to that very investigation [[LoveRedeems he falls in love with her,]] and doesn't want to destroy the world anymore.

A rising voice in the genre of teen {{Paranormal Romance}}, she is currently at work on an as-yet-untitled book about a high school girl who falls in love with a boy who turns out to be an avatar of none other than Cthulhu. She also credits her five children with a good deal of the book, and hopes it will make its mark as "better than ''{{Twilight}}''."[[note]]The name is actually a pseudonym for an eight person team led by {{The Nostalgia Chick}} Lindsay Ellis and her friends Nella and Lisa. The children represent the five other writers who were chosen from hundreds of submitted samples from fans.[[/note]]

* BigApplesauce: She's taken some heat for her inaccurate portrayal of New York City, which some residents describe as seeming like it was based on ''{{Home Alone}} 2''.

* [[DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu Did She Just Romance Cthulhu?]]

A rising voice in the genre of teen {{Paranormal Romance}}, she is currently at work on an as-yet-untitled book about a high school girl who falls in love with a boy who turns out to be an avatar of none other than Cthulhu. She also credits her five children with a good deal of the book, and hopes it will make its mark as "better than ''{{Twilight}}''."

A rising voice in the genre of teen {{Paranormal Romance}}, she is currently at work on an as-yet-untitled book about a high school girl who falls in love with a boy who turns out to be an avatar of none other than Cthulhu. She also credits her five children with a good deal of the book, and hopes it will make its mark as "better than ''{{Twilight}}''."[[note]]The name is actually a pseudonym for an eight person team led by {{The Nostalgia Chick}} Lindsay Ellis and her friends Nella and Lisa. The children represent the five other writers who were chosen from hundreds of submitted samples from fans.[[/note]]

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!!Elinsen and her work provide examples of:

* [[ArcNumber Arc Letter]]: Every chapter title is one word that begins with "C."
* AuthorAppeal: She calls ''{{The Phantom Of The Opera}}'' her favorite book and references it several times. Though some suspect she hasn't actually read the book, and has only seen the musical.
* BigApplesauce: She's taken some heat for her inaccurate portrayal of New York City, which some residents describe as seeming like it was based on ''{{Home Alone}} 2''.
* ChurchOfHappyology: A "Reform Anaprotestant," an obscure branch of Christianity that she hopes to bring more attention to.
* [[DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu Did She Just Romance Cthulhu?]]
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Uncle Neil is very popular thanks to his extensive backstory which we only get the barest hints of.
* FatBestFriend: Kate Fedick.
* LovecraftLite: To an extreme.
* LoveTriangle: Will our heroine end up with Cthulhu or her childhood friend?
* NoodleIncident: Half of Uncle Neil's life. Also, the villain is repeatedly described as a "woman scorned," but we never actually learn what happened.
* OneSteveLimit: A {{Real Life}} aversion as her two sons are both named Matt, per Anaprotestant tradition. She calls them Matt A and Matt B.
* SelfFulfillingProphecy: Cthulhu becomes human due to a prophecy that the protagonist will ruin his plan to destroy the world. Turns out, due to that very investigation [[LoveRedeems he falls in love with her,]] and doesn't want to destroy the world anymore.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Uncle Neal is very popular thanks to his extensive backstory which we only get the barest hints of.
* NoodleIncident: Half of Uncle Neal's life. Also, the villain is repeatedly described as a "woman scorned," but we never actually learn what happened.

* SelfFulfillingProphecy: Cthulhu becomes human due to a prophecy that the protagonist will ruin his plan to destroy the world. Turns out, due to that very investigation he falls in love with her, and doesn't want to destroy the world anymore.