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* AddedAlliterativeAppeal
-->''A slim shoddy stalk shaded as silver steel shot shyly slantwise, and sundered the soil.''
* AlienGeometries:
-->''After the man had fallen through every place and every time that ever he had even imagined, he began to fall through the places that his mind could not conceive. He passed into structures that did not follow geometry, saw shapes that had no edges or sides, that extended into themselves and into all directions. He saw triangles with one hundred eighty one degrees. He saw minds that had no reason or morality. He saw colors indescribable to others. He saw the true shapes of his dreams, and the ten dimensions of the earth and sky. He saw what no one saw, felt what no one felt. He heard sounds with his finger tips, and tasted with his ears. He had secrets whispered to him in a language that can't be translated.''
-->''A slim shoddy stalk shaded as silver steel shot shyly slantwise, and sundered the soil.''
* AlienGeometries:
-->''After the man had fallen through every place and every time that ever he had even imagined, he began to fall through the places that his mind could not conceive. He passed into structures that did not follow geometry, saw shapes that had no edges or sides, that extended into themselves and into all directions. He saw triangles with one hundred eighty one degrees. He saw minds that had no reason or morality. He saw colors indescribable to others. He saw the true shapes of his dreams, and the ten dimensions of the earth and sky. He saw what no one saw, felt what no one felt. He heard sounds with his finger tips, and tasted with his ears. He had secrets whispered to him in a language that can't be translated.''
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%%-->''After the man had fallen through every place and every time that ever he had even imagined, he began to fall through the places that his mind could not conceive. He passed into structures that did not follow geometry, saw shapes that had no edges or sides, that extended into themselves and into all directions. He saw triangles with one hundred eighty one degrees. He saw minds that had no reason or morality. He saw colors indescribable to others. He saw the true shapes of his dreams, and the ten dimensions of the earth and sky. He saw what no one saw, felt what no one felt. He heard sounds with his finger tips, and tasted with his ears. He had secrets whispered to him in a language that can't be translated.''
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* AnyoneCanDie: Not that it stops them from showing up three pages later.
* ArcWords: "Our Situation" and the variants thereof.
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* AxCrazy: [[spoiler: Francis]]
* BlackComedy: Every time Robin tells a joke.
* BlatantLies: Francis's conversation with the prisoner.
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* BlackComedy: Every time Robin tells a joke.
* BlatantLies: Francis's conversation with the prisoner.
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* DreamPeople: The entire cast, arguably even including Francis.
* DyingDream: The last chapter.
* EldritchAbomination: The dragon.
-->''Wind raced as breath or darkness formed a figure. Something large and unfathomable. As deep as the the ocean and more vast. A drum as slow as time and as fast as now. Steady, like a pulse, but greater than any pulse or all. Two wings rose and fell. They rose, he saw the past. The fell, he saw his future. And he saw that the shape before him was endless and that its wings made a great circle in heaven. He saw his own death in those wings, and knew that it had already happened, and that it was still to come.''
* DyingDream: The last chapter.
* EldritchAbomination: The dragon.
-->''Wind raced as breath or darkness formed a figure. Something large and unfathomable. As deep as the the ocean and more vast. A drum as slow as time and as fast as now. Steady, like a pulse, but greater than any pulse or all. Two wings rose and fell. They rose, he saw the past. The fell, he saw his future. And he saw that the shape before him was endless and that its wings made a great circle in heaven. He saw his own death in those wings, and knew that it had already happened, and that it was still to come.''
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%%-->''Wind raced as breath or darkness formed a figure. Something large and unfathomable. As deep as the the ocean and more vast. A drum as slow as time and as fast as now. Steady, like a pulse, but greater than any pulse or all. Two wings rose and fell. They rose, he saw the past. The fell, he saw his future. And he saw that the shape before him was endless and that its wings made a great circle in heaven. He saw his own death in those wings, and knew that it had already happened, and that it was still to come.''
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* {{Foil}}: You guesses it, Robin to Francis. Also, Galahad to Francis.
* ForcefulKiss: Robin and [[spoiler: Francis.]]
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* FromBeyondTheFourthWall: Constantly, during chapter 3.
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* LoveTriangle: Francis, [[spoiler: Robin]] and Maria.
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* MindScrew: Big time.
* NightmareFetishist: Francis, arguably.
* NoFourthWall: Borderline case.
* OldFriend: Robin technically fits the trope, but he's less "wacky buddy" and more "insane lunatic clown."
* NightmareFetishist: Francis, arguably.
* NoFourthWall: Borderline case.
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* PrecisionFStrike: A few instances.
-->Piss and fuck. Wade in muck. Death.
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* TheReveal: Francis [[spoiler: murdered his own]] family.
* RuleOfSymbolism: Tends toward this, when not following RuleOfFunny or RuleOfDrama.
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* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Deep, deep on the cynical end.
* SophisticatedAsHell: Occasionally.
* TalkingAnimal: Roofus
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* TricksterMentor: Robin. Arguably Jeremy.
* TheUnfettered: Francis, when he's at his craziest.
* ViewersAreGeniuses: See World of Symbolism below.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Robin and Francis.
* WhenItRainsItPours: The storm at the beginning.
* TheWonderland: See Dream Land above.
* TheUnfettered: Francis, when he's at his craziest.
* ViewersAreGeniuses: See World of Symbolism below.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Robin and Francis.
* WhenItRainsItPours: The storm at the beginning.
* TheWonderland: See Dream Land above.
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* TheHerosJourney: Deconstructed. Despite going through all the major steps, Francis remains essentially unchanged. He is constantly motivated by his own fears and selfish desires and never truly redeems himself even when he CantRefuseTheCallAnymore.
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* TheHerosJourney: Deconstructed. Despite going through all the major steps, Francis remains essentially unchanged. He is constantly motivated by his own fears and selfish desires and never truly redeems himself even when he CantRefuseTheCallAnymore.with a SymbolicHeroRebirth.
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It quickly becomes clear that Francis may not be entirely sane, and the world he travels through may exist only in his head. Characters appear from nowhere and carelessly move between philosophical debate and pun-making. For a while the story begins to fall into normal fantasy conventions, albeit twisting them into odd shapes. Then a man calling himself Robin Goodfellow tells a couple of jokes and pushes Francis off a cliff.
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[[UnreliableNarrator It quickly becomes clear that Francis may not be entirely sane, and the world he travels through may exist only in his head. head.]] Characters appear from nowhere and carelessly move between philosophical debate and pun-making. For a while the story begins to fall into normal fantasy conventions, albeit twisting them into odd shapes. Then a man calling himself Robin Goodfellow tells a couple of jokes and pushes Francis off a cliff.
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* TheJester: After Francis puts on the fisher king's crown, Robin storms in, tells a few jokes and starts juggling.
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* TheHerosJourney: Deconstructed. Despite going through all the major steps, Francis remains essentially unchanged. He is constantly motivated by his own fears and selfish desires and never truly redeems himself even upon passing through the BellyOfTheWhale.
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* TheHerosJourney: Deconstructed. Despite going through all the major steps, Francis remains essentially unchanged. He is constantly motivated by his own fears and selfish desires and never truly redeems himself even upon passing through the BellyOfTheWhale.when he CantRefuseTheCallAnymore.
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The first chapter can be found online [[http://harmonicrhythms.wordpress.com/the-book/ here.]]
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* ShoutOut: To ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'', WaitingForGodot, TheHollowMen, GreekMythology, Literature/TheBible, AMidsummernightsDream, ArthurianLegend, and others.
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* ShoutOut: To ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'', WaitingForGodot, TheHollowMen, GreekMythology, Myth/ClassicalMythology, Literature/TheBible, AMidsummernightsDream, ArthurianLegend, and others.
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Like the demented cross between ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'' and the works of StephenKing that it is, ''An Elegy for the Still-living'' can't quite settle between dream and nightmare.
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Like the demented cross between ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'' and the works of StephenKing Creator/StephenKing that it is, ''An Elegy for the Still-living'' can't quite settle between dream and nightmare.
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* ThePlan: Francis plays one on the prisoner during the game of truths.
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* XanatosGambit: Francis plays one on the prisoner during the game of truths.
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* AllJustADream: This may be the case, depending on your interpretation of the plot.
* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Robin implies that he is the physical embodiment of the TricksterArchetype. Masoch could be taken as an anthropomorphic personification of death.
* AnyoneCanDie: Not that it stops them from showing up three pages later.
* ArcWords: "Our Situation" and the variants thereof.
* AuthorAvatar: Jeremy Reinertson appears about halfway through the book to retrieve Francis's umbrella and tell him a story.
* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: After Francis wears the fisher king's crown, the world around him begins to transform, and pulse with vibrant life.
* AxCrazy: [[spoiler: Francis]]
* BlackComedy: Every time Robin tells a joke.
* BlatantLies: Francis's conversation with the prisoner.
* BreakingTheFourthWall
* ChekhovsGun: The key to Francis's apartment is a minor example. The umbrella probably qualifies.
* CityWithNoName: Done deliberately, with dreamlike effect.
* ComedicSociopath: Robin acts sociopathic whenever he thinks it will be funny.
* CrypticConversation: Robin loves these.
* TheCynic: Francis tends to take this role in conversations, though he's actually somehing of a romantic. He switches off with Robin sometimes.
* DeathSeeker: Francis
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Nemo invokes this trope and starts a fight with Francis when they first meet. Sure enough, the two quickly become inseparable.
* DepravedBisexual: [[spoiler: Francis]] fits the bill, although he is a much more developed character than most examples and arguably not a sociopath.
* DreamLand: Begins halfway through the first chapter and stays until the end. Enviroments change in ways tied only the logic of emotions. Characters appear out of nowhere. Buildings talk, giraffes dance and no one bats an eye.
* DreamPeople: The entire cast, arguably even including Francis.
* DyingDream: The last chapter.
* EldritchAbomination: The dragon.
* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Robin implies that he is the physical embodiment of the TricksterArchetype. Masoch could be taken as an anthropomorphic personification of death.
* AnyoneCanDie: Not that it stops them from showing up three pages later.
* ArcWords: "Our Situation" and the variants thereof.
* AuthorAvatar: Jeremy Reinertson appears about halfway through the book to retrieve Francis's umbrella and tell him a story.
* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: After Francis wears the fisher king's crown, the world around him begins to transform, and pulse with vibrant life.
* AxCrazy: [[spoiler: Francis]]
* BlackComedy: Every time Robin tells a joke.
* BlatantLies: Francis's conversation with the prisoner.
* BreakingTheFourthWall
* ChekhovsGun: The key to Francis's apartment is a minor example. The umbrella probably qualifies.
* CityWithNoName: Done deliberately, with dreamlike effect.
* ComedicSociopath: Robin acts sociopathic whenever he thinks it will be funny.
* CrypticConversation: Robin loves these.
* TheCynic: Francis tends to take this role in conversations, though he's actually somehing of a romantic. He switches off with Robin sometimes.
* DeathSeeker: Francis
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Nemo invokes this trope and starts a fight with Francis when they first meet. Sure enough, the two quickly become inseparable.
* DepravedBisexual: [[spoiler: Francis]] fits the bill, although he is a much more developed character than most examples and arguably not a sociopath.
* DreamLand: Begins halfway through the first chapter and stays until the end. Enviroments change in ways tied only the logic of emotions. Characters appear out of nowhere. Buildings talk, giraffes dance and no one bats an eye.
* DreamPeople: The entire cast, arguably even including Francis.
* DyingDream: The last chapter.
* EldritchAbomination: The dragon.
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* EldritchLocation: See Alien Geometries and Dream Land above.
* FantasyKitchenSink: The city, the first time through, anyway.
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* TheFerryman: Acheron himself appears...as the name of an ocean. The ocean then proceeds to follow this trope.
* FisherKing: The fisher king of Arthurian legend appears, though he is strangely warped and resembles a mirror image of Francis. Because he has gone mad, the land is rotting away.
* FisherKingdom: The entire story takes place in one of these, though it is most obvious in the second chapter. Francis creates a world from his own beliefs, and it in turn changes what he believes.
* {{Flashback}}: Chapter 4 is centered around a whole bunch of these, basically telling Francis's life story.
* FoeYay: Robin and Francis, at first.
* {{Foil}}: You guesses it, Robin to Francis. Also, Galahad to Francis.
* ForcefulKiss: Robin and [[spoiler: Francis.]]
* FreudianExcuse: Francis's dad locked him in the Attic. Later, [[spoiler: his father]] may have killed himself and [[spoiler: his mother]] lost her mind.
* FromBeyondTheFourthWall: Constantly, during chapter 3.
* FisherKing: The fisher king of Arthurian legend appears, though he is strangely warped and resembles a mirror image of Francis. Because he has gone mad, the land is rotting away.
* FisherKingdom: The entire story takes place in one of these, though it is most obvious in the second chapter. Francis creates a world from his own beliefs, and it in turn changes what he believes.
* {{Flashback}}: Chapter 4 is centered around a whole bunch of these, basically telling Francis's life story.
* FoeYay: Robin and Francis, at first.
* {{Foil}}: You guesses it, Robin to Francis. Also, Galahad to Francis.
* ForcefulKiss: Robin and [[spoiler: Francis.]]
* FreudianExcuse: Francis's dad locked him in the Attic. Later, [[spoiler: his father]] may have killed himself and [[spoiler: his mother]] lost her mind.
* FromBeyondTheFourthWall: Constantly, during chapter 3.
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* GenreBusting: Is it a fantasy novel? A psychological thriller? A philosophical dialogue? A murder mystery? A post modern fairytale? What?
* {{Gorn}}: The scene where a naked man and women meld bodies and then begin devouring each other.
* TheHerosJourney: Deconstructed. Despite going through all the major steps, Francis remains essentially unchanged. He is constantly motivated by his own fears and selfish desires and never truly redeems himself even upon passing through the BellyOfTheWhale.
* HonorBeforeReason: Invoked by name by the prisoner, referring to Galahad. Debatable whether or not it actually applies.
* HoYay: Between Francis and Robin, at least before you understand...their relationship.
* TheJester: After Francis puts on the fisher king's crown, Robin storms in, tells a few jokes and starts juggling.
* KnightInShiningArmor: Discussed with Galahad. He appears to be one at first, but proves to be a bit of a coward.
* LoveTriangle: Francis, [[spoiler: Robin]] and Maria.
* MasqueradeBall: When Francis goes to one of these, a character compliments him on his mask. Francis isn't wearing a mask.
* MindScrew: Big time.
* NightmareFetishist: Francis, arguably.
* NoFourthWall: Borderline case.
* OldFriend: Robin technically fits the trope, but he's less "wacky buddy" and more "insane lunatic clown."
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Our dragons our physical embodiments of time, death, darkness and entropy.
* ThePhilosopher: Half the cast falls into this at times. Francis seems especially prone to turning a normal chat into a philosophical debate.
* PhilosophicalNovel: See above.
* PlatonicCave: Suzie tells a story about woman trapped in sunlight who is suddenly thrust into a dark cave.
* PlotArmor: The narrator states that he will not let Francis die until the end.
* PrecisionFStrike: A few instances.
* {{Gorn}}: The scene where a naked man and women meld bodies and then begin devouring each other.
* TheHerosJourney: Deconstructed. Despite going through all the major steps, Francis remains essentially unchanged. He is constantly motivated by his own fears and selfish desires and never truly redeems himself even upon passing through the BellyOfTheWhale.
* HonorBeforeReason: Invoked by name by the prisoner, referring to Galahad. Debatable whether or not it actually applies.
* HoYay: Between Francis and Robin, at least before you understand...their relationship.
* TheJester: After Francis puts on the fisher king's crown, Robin storms in, tells a few jokes and starts juggling.
* KnightInShiningArmor: Discussed with Galahad. He appears to be one at first, but proves to be a bit of a coward.
* LoveTriangle: Francis, [[spoiler: Robin]] and Maria.
* MasqueradeBall: When Francis goes to one of these, a character compliments him on his mask. Francis isn't wearing a mask.
* MindScrew: Big time.
* NightmareFetishist: Francis, arguably.
* NoFourthWall: Borderline case.
* OldFriend: Robin technically fits the trope, but he's less "wacky buddy" and more "insane lunatic clown."
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Our dragons our physical embodiments of time, death, darkness and entropy.
* ThePhilosopher: Half the cast falls into this at times. Francis seems especially prone to turning a normal chat into a philosophical debate.
* PhilosophicalNovel: See above.
* PlatonicCave: Suzie tells a story about woman trapped in sunlight who is suddenly thrust into a dark cave.
* PlotArmor: The narrator states that he will not let Francis die until the end.
* PrecisionFStrike: A few instances.
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* PostModernism: Most notably, the author appears about halfway through, starts messing with all the characters, creates cities and destroys obstacles with the snap of his finger, and explains that he is a figment of Francis's imagination. Later, Francis finds the text of the novel and completely freaks out. He tries to behave differently from what the book says, but finds that he cannot.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Francis gives one of these to himself near the end. [[spoiler: He doesn't recover.]]
* {{Reincarnation}}: Robin claims that he and Francis are reincarnations of [[TheEpicOfGilgamesh Gilgamesh and Enkidu,]] and that they have died and been reborn countless times throughout the ages, possibly as other fictional characters who fall under some of the same archetypes.
* ReincarnationRomance: Francis thinks he and Maria have one of these. Robin thinks [[spoiler: he and Francis do.]]
* TheReveal: Francis [[spoiler: murdered his own]] family.
* RuleOfSymbolism: Tends toward this, when not following RuleOfFunny or RuleOfDrama.
* SanitySlippage: Francis goes from a quiet loner to a raving lunatic trying to stab himself with an umbrella, most likely while hallucinating in the course of three chapters.
* {{Shapeshifter}}: Robin. His shadow even literally changes shape.
* ShoutOut: To ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'', WaitingForGodot, TheHollowMen, GreekMythology, Literature/TheBible, AMidsummernightsDream, ArthurianLegend, and others.
* ShowWithinAShow: Jeremy interrupts Francis's adventure to tell him a story about a man who is kidnapped and forced to write a novel. The plot of that novel is also told, making this a story within a story within a story.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Deep, deep on the cynical end.
* SophisticatedAsHell: Occasionally.
* TalkingAnimal: Roofus
* TricksterArchetype: Robin implies a couple times that he is the living personification of tricksters, clowns and fools.
* TricksterMentor: Robin. Arguably Jeremy.
* TheUnfettered: Francis, when he's at his craziest.
* ViewersAreGeniuses: See World of Symbolism below.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Robin and Francis.
* WhenItRainsItPours: The storm at the beginning.
* TheWonderland: See Dream Land above.
* WorldOfSymbolism: If a passage isn't draped in three layers of allegory, symbolism and metaphor, something's wrong.
* XanatosGambit: Francis plays one on the prisoner during the game of truths.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Francis gives one of these to himself near the end. [[spoiler: He doesn't recover.]]
* {{Reincarnation}}: Robin claims that he and Francis are reincarnations of [[TheEpicOfGilgamesh Gilgamesh and Enkidu,]] and that they have died and been reborn countless times throughout the ages, possibly as other fictional characters who fall under some of the same archetypes.
* ReincarnationRomance: Francis thinks he and Maria have one of these. Robin thinks [[spoiler: he and Francis do.]]
* TheReveal: Francis [[spoiler: murdered his own]] family.
* RuleOfSymbolism: Tends toward this, when not following RuleOfFunny or RuleOfDrama.
* SanitySlippage: Francis goes from a quiet loner to a raving lunatic trying to stab himself with an umbrella, most likely while hallucinating in the course of three chapters.
* {{Shapeshifter}}: Robin. His shadow even literally changes shape.
* ShoutOut: To ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'', WaitingForGodot, TheHollowMen, GreekMythology, Literature/TheBible, AMidsummernightsDream, ArthurianLegend, and others.
* ShowWithinAShow: Jeremy interrupts Francis's adventure to tell him a story about a man who is kidnapped and forced to write a novel. The plot of that novel is also told, making this a story within a story within a story.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Deep, deep on the cynical end.
* SophisticatedAsHell: Occasionally.
* TalkingAnimal: Roofus
* TricksterArchetype: Robin implies a couple times that he is the living personification of tricksters, clowns and fools.
* TricksterMentor: Robin. Arguably Jeremy.
* TheUnfettered: Francis, when he's at his craziest.
* ViewersAreGeniuses: See World of Symbolism below.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Robin and Francis.
* WhenItRainsItPours: The storm at the beginning.
* TheWonderland: See Dream Land above.
* WorldOfSymbolism: If a passage isn't draped in three layers of allegory, symbolism and metaphor, something's wrong.
* XanatosGambit: Francis plays one on the prisoner during the game of truths.
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* ShoutOut: To AliceInWonderland, ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'', WaitingForGodot, TheHollowMen, GreekMythology, TheBible, Literature/TheBible, AMidsummernightsDream, ArthurianLegend, and others.
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The first chapter can be found online [[http://harmonicrhythms.wordpress.com/the-book/ here.]]
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* FisherKingdom: The entire story takes place in one of these, though it is most obvious in the second chapter. Francis creates a world from his ow beliefs, and it in turn changes what he believes.
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* Sanity Slippage: Francis goes from a quiet loner to a raving lunatic trying to stab himself with an umbrella, most likely while hallucinating in the course of three chapters.
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* CompleteMonster: Francis sees himself as one of these.
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-->Wind raced as breath or darkness formed a figure. Something large and unfathomable. As deep as the the ocean and more vast. A drum as slow as time and as fast as now. Steady, like a pulse, but greater than any pulse or all. Two wings rose and fell. They rose, he saw the past. The fell, he saw his future. And he saw that the shape before him was endless and that its wings made a great circle in heaven. He saw his own death in those wings, and knew that it had already happened, and that it was still to come.
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-->I saw crowds of humans and talking spiders and bipedal frogs. Half the cars could fly, the other half had wheels made of cakes. People rode in fighter jets, and on pogo-sticks, and steamboats and camels. I crossed paths with myself, twice. I stepped over a hole in the ground so deep that the other end was in the clouds, far above. A man had fallen in, and he was still falling, falling forever without rest. I waited for many hours at an intersection where eight hundred and twenty roads met.
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* ForcefulKiss: Robin and [[spoiler: Francis.]]
* ForcefulKiss: Robin and [[spoiler: Francis.]]
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* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: What is the deal with Robin Goodfellow anyway?
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-->A slim shoddy stalk shaded as silver steel shot shyly slantwise, and sundered the soil.
* AlienGeometry
-->After the man had fallen through every place and every time that ever he had even imagined, he began to fall through the places that his mind could not conceive. He passed into structures that did not follow geometry, saw shapes that had no edges or sides, that extended into themselves and into all directions. He saw triangles with one hundred eighty one degrees. He saw minds that had no reason or morality. He saw colors indescribable to others. He saw the true shapes of his dreams, and the ten dimensions of the earth and sky. He saw what no one saw, felt what no one felt. He heard sounds with his finger tips, and tasted with his ears. He had secrets whispered to him in a language that can't be translated.
-->A slim shoddy stalk shaded as silver steel shot shyly slantwise, and sundered the soil.
* AlienGeometry
-->After the man had fallen through every place and every time that ever he had even imagined, he began to fall through the places that his mind could not conceive. He passed into structures that did not follow geometry, saw shapes that had no edges or sides, that extended into themselves and into all directions. He saw triangles with one hundred eighty one degrees. He saw minds that had no reason or morality. He saw colors indescribable to others. He saw the true shapes of his dreams, and the ten dimensions of the earth and sky. He saw what no one saw, felt what no one felt. He heard sounds with his finger tips, and tasted with his ears. He had secrets whispered to him in a language that can't be translated.
* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Robin implies that he is the physical embodiment of the TricksterArchetype. Masoch could be taken as an anthropomorphic personification of death.
* AnyoneCanDie: Not that it stops them from showing up three pages later.
* AnyoneCanDie: Not that it stops them from showing up three pages later.
* AuthorAvatar: Jeremy Reinertson appears about halfway through the book to retrieve Francis's umbrella and tell him a story.
* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: After Francis wears the fisher king's crown, the world around him begins to transform, and pulse with vibrant life.
* AxCrazy: [[spoiler: Francis]]
* BlackComedy: Every time Robin tells a joke.
* BlatantLies: Francis's conversation with the prisoner.
* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: After Francis wears the fisher king's crown, the world around him begins to transform, and pulse with vibrant life.
* AxCrazy: [[spoiler: Francis]]
* BlackComedy: Every time Robin tells a joke.
* BlatantLies: Francis's conversation with the prisoner.
* CityWithNoName: Done deliberately, with dreamlike effect.
* ComedicSociopath: Robin acts sociopathic whenever he thinks it will be funny.
* CompleteMonster: Francis sees himself as one of these.
* ComedicSociopath: Robin acts sociopathic whenever he thinks it will be funny.
* CompleteMonster: Francis sees himself as one of these.
* TheCynic: Francis tends to take this role in conversations, though he's actually somehing of a romantic. He switches off with Robin sometimes.
* DeathSeeker: Francis
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Nemo invokes this trope and starts a fight with Francis when they first meet. Sure enough, the two quickly become inseparable.
* DepravedBisexual: [[spoiler: Francis]] fits the bill, although he is a much more developed character than most examples and arguably not a sociopath.
* DreamLand: Begins halfway through the first chapter and stays until the end. Enviroments change in ways tied only the logic of emotions. Characters appear out of nowhere. Buildings talk, giraffes dance and no one bats an eye.
* DreamPeople: The entire cast, arguably even including Francis.
* DyingDream: The last chapter.
* DeathSeeker: Francis
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Nemo invokes this trope and starts a fight with Francis when they first meet. Sure enough, the two quickly become inseparable.
* DepravedBisexual: [[spoiler: Francis]] fits the bill, although he is a much more developed character than most examples and arguably not a sociopath.
* DreamLand: Begins halfway through the first chapter and stays until the end. Enviroments change in ways tied only the logic of emotions. Characters appear out of nowhere. Buildings talk, giraffes dance and no one bats an eye.
* DreamPeople: The entire cast, arguably even including Francis.
* DyingDream: The last chapter.
* EldritchLocation: See Alien Geometries and Dream Land above.
* ForcefulKiss: Robin and [[spoiler: Francis.]]
* ForcefulKiss: Robin and [[spoiler: Francis.]]
* TheFerryman: Acheron himself appears...as the name of an ocean. The ocean then proceeds to follow this trope.
* FisherKing: The fisher king of Arthurian legend appears, though he is strangely warped and resembles a mirror image of Francis. Because he has gone mad, the land is rotting away.
* FisherKingdom: The entire story takes place in one of these, though it is most obvious in the second chapter. Francis creates a world from his ow beliefs, and it in turn changes what he believes.
* {{Flashback}}: Chapter 4 is centered around a whole bunch of these, basically telling Francis's life story.
* FoeYay: Robin and Francis, at first.
* {{Foil}}: You guesses it, Robin to Francis. Also, Galahad to Francis.
* FreudianExcuse: Francis's dad locked him in the Attic. Later, [[spoiler: his father]] may have killed himself and [[spoiler: his mother]] lost her mind.
* FromBeyondTheFourthWall: Constantly, during chapter 3.
-->As I've said, I was not about to let Francis die quite yet.
* GenreBusting: Is it a fantasy novel? A psychological thriller? A philosophical dialogue? A murder mystery? A post modern fairytale? What?
* {{Gorn}}: The scene where a naked man and women meld bodies and then begin devouring each other.
* TheHerosJourney: Deconstructed. Despite going through all the major steps, Francis remains essentially unchanged. He is constantly motivated by his own fears and selfish desires and never truly redeems himself even upon passing through the BellyOfTheWhale.
* HonorBeforeReason: Invoked by name by the prisoner, referring to Galahad. Debatable whether or not it actually applies.
* FisherKing: The fisher king of Arthurian legend appears, though he is strangely warped and resembles a mirror image of Francis. Because he has gone mad, the land is rotting away.
* FisherKingdom: The entire story takes place in one of these, though it is most obvious in the second chapter. Francis creates a world from his ow beliefs, and it in turn changes what he believes.
* {{Flashback}}: Chapter 4 is centered around a whole bunch of these, basically telling Francis's life story.
* FoeYay: Robin and Francis, at first.
* {{Foil}}: You guesses it, Robin to Francis. Also, Galahad to Francis.
* FreudianExcuse: Francis's dad locked him in the Attic. Later, [[spoiler: his father]] may have killed himself and [[spoiler: his mother]] lost her mind.
* FromBeyondTheFourthWall: Constantly, during chapter 3.
-->As I've said, I was not about to let Francis die quite yet.
* GenreBusting: Is it a fantasy novel? A psychological thriller? A philosophical dialogue? A murder mystery? A post modern fairytale? What?
* {{Gorn}}: The scene where a naked man and women meld bodies and then begin devouring each other.
* TheHerosJourney: Deconstructed. Despite going through all the major steps, Francis remains essentially unchanged. He is constantly motivated by his own fears and selfish desires and never truly redeems himself even upon passing through the BellyOfTheWhale.
* HonorBeforeReason: Invoked by name by the prisoner, referring to Galahad. Debatable whether or not it actually applies.
* TheJester: After Francis puts on the fisher king's crown, Robin storms in, tells a few jokes and starts juggling.
* KnightInShiningArmor: Discussed with Galahad. He appears to be one at first, but proves to be a bit of a coward.
* LoveTriangle: Francis, [[spoiler: Robin]] and Maria.
* MasqueradeBall: When Francis goes to one of these, a character compliments him on his mask. Francis isn't wearing a mask.
* KnightInShiningArmor: Discussed with Galahad. He appears to be one at first, but proves to be a bit of a coward.
* LoveTriangle: Francis, [[spoiler: Robin]] and Maria.
* MasqueradeBall: When Francis goes to one of these, a character compliments him on his mask. Francis isn't wearing a mask.
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* OldFriend: Robin technically fits the trope, but he's less "wacky buddy" and more "insane lunatic clown."
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Our dragons our physical embodiments of time, death, darkness and entropy.
* ThePhilosopher: Half the cast falls into this at times. Francis seems especially prone to turning a normal chat into a philosophical debate.
* PhilosophicalNovel: See above.
* PlatonicCave: Suzie tells a story about woman trapped in sunlight who is suddenly thrust into a dark cave.
* PlotArmor: The narrator states that he will not let Francis die until the end.
* PrecisionFStrike: A few instances.
-->Piss and fuck. Wade in muck. Death.
* PostModernism: Most notably, the author appears about halfway through, starts messing with all the characters, creates cities and destroys obstacles with the snap of his finger, and explains that he is a figment of Francis's imagination. Later, Francis finds the text of the novel and completely freaks out. He tries to behave differently from what the book says, but finds that he cannot.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Francis gives one of these to himself near the end. [[spoiler: He doesn't recover.]]
* {{Reincarnation}}: Robin claims that he and Francis are reincarnations of [[TheEpicOfGilgamesh Gilgamesh and Enkidu,]] and that they have died and been reborn countless times throughout the ages, possibly as other fictional characters who fall under some of the same archetypes.
* ReincarnationRomance: Francis thinks he and Maria have one of these. Robin thinks [[spoiler: he and Francis do.]]
* TheReveal: Francis [[spoiler: murdered his own]] family.
* RuleOfSymbolism: Tends toward this, when not following RuleOfFunny or RuleOfDrama.
* Sanity Slippage: Francis goes from a quiet loner to a raving lunatic trying to stab himself with an umbrella, most likely while hallucinating in the course of three chapters.
* {{Shapeshifter}}: Robin. His shadow even literally changes shape.
* ShoutOut: To AliceInWonderland, WaitingForGodot, TheHollowMen, GreekMythology, TheBible, AMidsummernightsDream, ArthurianLegend, and others.
* ShowWithinAShow: Jeremy interrupts Francis's adventure to tell him a story about a man who is kidnapped and forced to write a novel. The plot of that novel is also told, making this a story within a story within a story.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Deep, deep on the cynical end.
* SophisticatedAsHell:OccasionallyOccasionally.
* TalkingAnimal: Roofus
* TricksterArchetype: Robin implies a couple times that he is the living personification of tricksters, clowns and fools.
* TricksterMentor: Robin. Arguably Jeremy.
* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: What is the deal with Robin Goodfellow anyway?
* TheUnfettered: Francis, when he's at his craziest.
* ViewersAreGeniuses: See World of Symbolism below.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Robin and Francis.
* WhenItRainsItPours: The storm at the beginning.
* TheWonderland: See Dream Land above.
* WorldOfSymbolism: If a passage isn't draped in three layers of allegory, symbolism and metaphor, something's wrong.
* XanatosGambit: Francis plays one on the prisoner during the game of truths.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Our dragons our physical embodiments of time, death, darkness and entropy.
* ThePhilosopher: Half the cast falls into this at times. Francis seems especially prone to turning a normal chat into a philosophical debate.
* PhilosophicalNovel: See above.
* PlatonicCave: Suzie tells a story about woman trapped in sunlight who is suddenly thrust into a dark cave.
* PlotArmor: The narrator states that he will not let Francis die until the end.
* PrecisionFStrike: A few instances.
-->Piss and fuck. Wade in muck. Death.
* PostModernism: Most notably, the author appears about halfway through, starts messing with all the characters, creates cities and destroys obstacles with the snap of his finger, and explains that he is a figment of Francis's imagination. Later, Francis finds the text of the novel and completely freaks out. He tries to behave differently from what the book says, but finds that he cannot.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Francis gives one of these to himself near the end. [[spoiler: He doesn't recover.]]
* {{Reincarnation}}: Robin claims that he and Francis are reincarnations of [[TheEpicOfGilgamesh Gilgamesh and Enkidu,]] and that they have died and been reborn countless times throughout the ages, possibly as other fictional characters who fall under some of the same archetypes.
* ReincarnationRomance: Francis thinks he and Maria have one of these. Robin thinks [[spoiler: he and Francis do.]]
* TheReveal: Francis [[spoiler: murdered his own]] family.
* RuleOfSymbolism: Tends toward this, when not following RuleOfFunny or RuleOfDrama.
* Sanity Slippage: Francis goes from a quiet loner to a raving lunatic trying to stab himself with an umbrella, most likely while hallucinating in the course of three chapters.
* {{Shapeshifter}}: Robin. His shadow even literally changes shape.
* ShoutOut: To AliceInWonderland, WaitingForGodot, TheHollowMen, GreekMythology, TheBible, AMidsummernightsDream, ArthurianLegend, and others.
* ShowWithinAShow: Jeremy interrupts Francis's adventure to tell him a story about a man who is kidnapped and forced to write a novel. The plot of that novel is also told, making this a story within a story within a story.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Deep, deep on the cynical end.
* SophisticatedAsHell:
* TalkingAnimal: Roofus
* TricksterArchetype: Robin implies a couple times that he is the living personification of tricksters, clowns and fools.
* TricksterMentor: Robin. Arguably Jeremy.
* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: What is the deal with Robin Goodfellow anyway?
* TheUnfettered: Francis, when he's at his craziest.
* ViewersAreGeniuses: See World of Symbolism below.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Robin and Francis.
* WhenItRainsItPours: The storm at the beginning.
* TheWonderland: See Dream Land above.
* WorldOfSymbolism: If a passage isn't draped in three layers of allegory, symbolism and metaphor, something's wrong.
* XanatosGambit: Francis plays one on the prisoner during the game of truths.