History Literature / Touch

* AffablyEvil: Father might be a delusional wizard with a personal cabal of slaves, but he's also a gentlemanly, kind, and largely good humored individual.

* TheWorfBarrage: Tasha subverts this hard. After an entire fight spent being [[NoSell no-selled]] because she can't punch hard enough to hurt the guy, she decides to [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Just. Punch. Harder.]]

* TheWorfBarrage: Tasha subverts this hard. An entire fight spent being [[NoSell no-selled]] because she can't punch hard enough to hurt the guy, she decides to [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Just. Punch. Harder.]]

* TheForceIsStrongInThisOne: The [[spoiler: birds]] of arc three are specifically bred to sense power levels in nearby living beings.

* VirginityFlag: The Mark of Purity appears on someone's face once they've had sex. There are skin patches and permanent surgeries to hide it, however.

* Bland-Name Product: In the generic mecha anime category, we have "Spacefighter X" and WordOfGod has it that the card game James and Casper play is called "Gather: the Magicking."

* ButNotTooForeign: James; half Japanese, half Caucasian.

* BreakTheCutie: Touch seems to thrive off of defying this trope. In the story thus far, we have seen instances of rape, familial violence, and battlefield trauma, and that's just the characters young enough to automatically qualify as cute. But while horrible things happen to a number of cute people throughout the story, they all remain largely unbroken.
** James, a plucky twelve year old boy who likes football, anime, and making pancakes for his little sister, was violently raped shortly prior to the beginning of the story, and goes on to use this trauma as a fuel to grow and expand himself.
** Casper, a kindhearted and relatable thirteen year old, who goes out of his way to make life better for those around him. Three months prior to the story, his father beat him badly enough to break his arm, and he is currently being [[spoiler: pursued by the leader of a powerful crime syndicate for any of a hundred really terrible reasons.]] He's still as kind and giving as ever.

** According to the author, this is intentional. Rhythm wanted to convey the message that people are stronger than trauma.

** James, a plucky twelve year old boy who likes football, anime, and making pancakes for his little sister, was violently raped shortly prior to the beginning of the story, and goes on to use this trauma as a fuel to grow and expand himself on the road to heroism.

* BreakTheCutie: Touch seems to thrive off of thoroughly defying this trope. In the story thus far, we have seen instances of rape, familial violence, and battlefield trauma, and that's just the characters young enough to automatically qualify as cute. But while horrible things happen to a number of cute people throughout the story, they all remain largely unbroken.

* BreakTheCutie: Touch seems to thrive off of thoroughly defying this trope. In the story thus far, we have seen instances of rape, familial violence, and battlefield trauma, and that's just the characters young enough to automatically qualify as cute. Despite this, the story has yet to make a single Woobie out of any of them. While horrible things happen to a number of cute people throughout the story, they remain definitively unbroken.

* Touch seems to thrive off of thoroughly defying this trope. In the story thus far, we have seen instances of rape, familial violence, and battlefield trauma, and that's just the characters young enough to automatically qualify as cute. Despite this, the story has yet to make a single [[TheWoobie woobie]] out of any of them. While horrible things happen to a number of cute people throughout the story, they remain definitively unbroken.

** According to WordOfGod, this is intentional. Rhythm wanted to convey the message that people are stronger than trauma.

* RapeAsBackstory: James is a rare male example of the trope. Justified in that the story is largely about the recovery process of various forms of trauma. The experience eventually led to his TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening, and essentially functions as the opening line of the story.

* RapeAsBackstory: James is a rare male example of the trope. The experience eventually led to his TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening, and essentially functions as the opening line of the story.

While technically an action story, the plot focuses heavily on themes of psychological harm and recovery, and the consensus of reviews received on the [[http://webfictionguide.com/listings/touch/ Web Fiction Guide]] seems to be that the true strength of the piece is in its realistic and compelling characters. Unfortunately, the story thus far is still in its infancy, and there is not much more to be said without spoiling it.

* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: Thus far, there have been two people who attempted to deal with extradimensional horrors in this story. One ended with them riding a nuke down its throat. The other one survived, but his skin still hasn't grown back.

* Flight: James, and he loves it.

* TheMasquerade: Not yet explained, but it has been made clear via inference that the existance of powers is being kept secret by someone.

* EldritchAbomination: Some of the monsters through the story fit into this category, along with some of the characters. [[spoilers: Elves included]].

''[[http://touchwebserial.wordpress.com Touch]]'', by Rhythm, is a Web Serial Novel centered around James [[MeaningfulName Toranaga]], a young boy who, following an incident of sexual assault, [[spoiler: develops the ability to fly]].

** Also applies to Casper and Tasha. It seems everyone who develops powers naturally have this, though Peter's conversation with his father implies it can be taught.

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* TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening: See RapeAsBackstory above.

* TheEmpath: Casper, the story's Deuteragonist, is a powerful one. He is not happy about it.