History Trivia / InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail

* TrollingCreator: The author implied in comments that Alain was a passenger on the train. Then the WhamLine and WhamShot of Episode 14 happens.
-->'''Green Phantom Queen:''' As Owen Dennis once tweeted, "Lol".

* OutdatedByCanon: Comes up many times because of Chloe's limited appearance in said anime.

* OldShame:
** At least when it comes to the early parts of ''Blossoming Trail'' (More or less the entirety of Act 1 and Act 2 up until the Cyan Desert Car), all of the writers hold nothing but deep regret over how it was written, with it coming across as ''far'' too mean-spirited and wangst-filled, not to mention the double standards and ProtagonistCenteredMorality exhibited by Chloe. That being said, this doesn't prevent Green from repeating much of the same story elements in stories like ''Melancholy'' and ''Crocus'', seeing the problem as something that is to be fixed and done better versus avoided being repeated.
** Cross fully owns he had come up with the idea that Delia had, on top of the events of ''Cyan Desert'' and before, the idea that Pallet Town's dislike of Ash's level of accomplishments over the other children would be part of why she didn't have it in her to forgive Chloe and Parker, but also has found that the idea of her ''needing'' a second reason wasn't needed in hindsight and that it was a side effect of the story tryin to correct itself after a first part of Chloe and everyone refusing to forgive anyone for anything.

** Goh's an interesting case, since Goh ''himself'' isn't the problem: rather, it's the way the anime [[SpotlightStealingSquad puts more focus on him than Chloe]], [[DesignatedHero treats his main traits as good things without seeing the flaws]], and the ''bucket list'' of unintentional DoubleStandard regarding him and Chloe that's the issue. To give you an idea, Episode 29 was Chloe's ''second'' focus episode and neither she and Goh have a meaningful conversation (that's actually about herself and not Goh's dreams) until Episode '''49'''. Chapter 21's nightmare therapy was also inspired by how Green Phantom Queen and both co-authors were annoyed with Goh hogging the spotlight.
** A more straightforward example would be Yeardley: his whole "my life's a work in progress" line brought the ''entire story'' into existence, as the author (a girl herself) points out how much DoubleStandard he gets when he can give an open-ended answer with a grin while [[ShrinkingViolet Chloe]] is harassed by everyone ''else'' about her career choices (more specifically, she follows her ''father's'' footsteps), and his counterpart here is turned into a mysoginistic bully that always gets what's coming to him by karma.
** Professor Cerise also gets the brunt of the author's anger because, at the time the story was written, it was easy to mistake the professor as being negligent on Chloe (and he doesn't start encouraging her until Episode 31) and more focused on Ash and Goh than her, especially since Chloe never does anything useful even though the anime states she "works" for him. It gets to the point that the story tries to paint him treating Ash and Goh like they were his sons, despite them being his workers.
** Grace Monroe and Simon Laurent are also this to the author. On numerous occasions, the author has stated that while she likes how they are written, she hates both of them for the damage they caused and can't forgive them for their actions, which becomes much more apparent as the writing then goes to take any sympathetic traits they had and either changes them, gives them a darker twist, or outright remove them, all in the name of making them into arrogant sociopaths who only care about destruction. She states in ''Voyage of Wisteria'' that Grace got a slap on the wrist for everything she did and how the ending of Book 3 tried to sweep away most of the problems she made (particularly Grace doesn't bring up how they have been unintentionally hurting denizens for their amusement) and that Simon pretty much lost all chances of redemption after he murdered Tuba.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: As you can tell, there were a ''lot'' of plans scrapped.
** The author initially planned on having Chloe meet Simon, but scrapped the idea after finishing ''Infinity Train'' Book 3 and seeing [[CruelAndUnusualDeath Simon's]] [[DeaderThanDead fate]]. However, as of Act 2, she has planned that the Red Lotus Trio will encounter Grace and Simon in the Fog Car.
** The scene where Chloe's classmates were chewed out in Chapter 6 was originally going to be done by Ash, but scrapped as he was even less familiar with them than Goh. Ash gets to chew them out seven chapters later.
** The author's notes for Chapter 7 had Chloe originally going into something called The Self-Portrait Car where she would have a portrait of an ideal version of Goh who was her best friend, but later learned that having him so clingy was suffocating. She would've eventually meet someone who was being berated and harassed with verbal abuse, before revealing this was [[spoiler:Amelia being berated by a fictional Alrick for everything she did while on the train under the guidance to have her life with him back. She would've been Chloe's mirror as the cynical older woman who didn't care for anything except her past and not realizing how much it hurt others]]. Again, however, the events of Book 3 altered these plans, with Lexi becoming the third member.
** In Chapter 8, the Sorbet Shark puppies were going to be seals; however, the author swapped it for sharks since they're more menacing.
** From the same chapter, Lexi's question of "...was any of that sarcastic?" was in response to a different line. When he asked if Chloe had any stories to attract customers, she'd refer to one [[Series/TheHauntingHour about a boy so obsessed with ice cream that he sold his soul to a demonic ice cream truck]].
** The Plush Penguin Car in general was just going to simply be a car that the Red Lotus Trio passed through, but was later expanded upon to three parts when the author thought of Cara.
** Author's notes at the end of Chapter 12 stated that the tale of '[[Literature/LittleRedRidingHood Chloe Red Riding Hood]]' was originally going to be included, but got cut due to the chapter's length.
** Another idea that was scrapped was when Goh would've been found on the train. Chloe would've escaped into something called "The Fog Car" -- which is essentially ''VideoGame/SilentHill2'' but on the Infinity Train -- and Goh was teamed with Simon to rescue her with Goh and Simon having to face their inner demons, while Chloe -- who had no sins at this point -- was free to frolick across the Car and escape early. Goh would've fallen into despair at this point; no matter how hard he chased after Chloe, she would always be out of reach. However, as noted above, Simon's fate had that scrapped. The author later would bring The Fog Car as part of Arc 2/3 but with Hop instead of Goh.
** The Chapter after The Crayon Car was supposed to be the Hidden Temple Car, but the author wanted more focus on the Pokémon world characters and moved it to Chapter 14 which would come ''after'' the Intermission because she didn't want the adventures of the Hidden Temple clash with the depressing farewell letters Chloe wrote. And '''then''', that got pushed aside for a Prelude to open Act 2.
** The Burial Ground of Blades Car was supposed to be an entire car with three chapters but the author had trouble implementing it into ''one'' chapter. Instead she just relegated it into a flashback.
** Goh was initially supposed to unleash the Unown but [[spoiler: was swapped with Parker instead. The author explains that Goh just wasn't the more creative type to fully use the Unown's power and the implications of just keeping a copy of Chloe by his side was a bit unsettling and that he would be near irredeemable at this point. Parker was shown to be more creative and much more ''dangerous'' due to his younger age and inability to let bygones be bygones.]]
** The classmate with Asperger's was originally named Frank. Then the author remembered that there's already a Frank on the Infinity Train so he was changed to Franklin.
** The Unown Arc was going to last even ''longer'' but was scrapped to about 3 chapters so that it didn't overstay its welcome. This also meant that Bede's role was also reduced as he was supposed to be fighting alongside Goh to stop the Unown.
** The author was trying to implement a Coven Car throughout Arc 2. Unfortunately she decided to scrap it and make it a side-story since she didn't want Arc 2 to drag on forever else ruin the hype for The Fog Car.
** The Curry Car was once a Cooking Academy Car whose theme when Chloe entered was curry. There, Romin would've already been working on her curry from her show and Chloe would've easily dismissed it...then be shocked when the curry got a pass. Chloe's lesson was to think about who she'd cook curry for and she would've made three curries: one for Atticus, one for Lexi and one for herself. The author decided to change it to the current version to coincide with Olmec's words from The Hidden Temple Car.
** Per the WordOfSaintPaul the scene with Mew, Chloe, and Delia was edited when one of the co-writers, crossoverpairinglover, wasn't looking. The change, editing the Pokemon food carrier from Delia to Ash, altered the scene from Delia bringing food to the Pokemon and noticing Chloe's MomentOfWeakness to Delia actively looking for Chloe to screw up, making Delia come off as worse than originally intended.
** The other co-writer claimed that this was mostly done for pacing reasons, and also noted that Delia making a conscious decision to walk away from someone she was trusted with watching just to do something anyone else in the house could’ve easily done would’ve made her look ‘’worse’’ than if she suffered a momentary lapse of judgement due to something unexpected happening, like Mew being revealed.
** There were several discussions about having Ash's father appear in person as a clear contrast to Professor Cerise at some point, but it ultimately never happened.

** At least when it comes to the early parts of ''Blossoming Trail'' (More or less the entirety of Act 1 and Act 2 up until the Cyan Desert Car), all of the writers hold nothing but deep regret over how it was written, with it coming across as ''far'' too mean-spirited and wangst-filled, not to mention the double standards and ProtagonistCenteredMorality exhibited by Chloe.

* OldShame: At least when it comes to the early parts of ''Blossoming Trail'' (More or less the entirety of Act 1 and Act 2 up until the Cyan Desert Car), all of the writers hold nothing but deep regret over how it was written, with it coming across as ''far'' too mean-spirited and wangst-filled, not to mention the double standards and ProtagonistCenteredMorality exhibitted by Chloe.

** ''Truth or Dare'' mentions he dislikes Trip, considering him a SatelliteLoveInterest with a lot less potential roles than other characters (citing how Serena can do contests while Trip's state of retirement means he doesn't have a lot he can do) and citing his inciting of the much disliked guilt complex elements as a reason he dislikes him. He mentions considering that Serena or Mallow could have filled the roles Trip did better (Serena being able to mitigate the angst that Trip helped foster while Mallow would have been a better vector for Infinity Train lore), but notes the UnfortunateImplications of such a change being seen as better, even with the context of why it would be.

* CharacterSpecificPages:
** [[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailChloeCerise Chloe Cerise]]
** [[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailGohFujihachi Goh Fujihachi]]
** [[Characters/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailParkerCerise Parker Cerise]]

** Chapter 11 is dedicated to the author's grandmother, who passed as the chapter was being written.
** The ending of Chapter 15 is dedicated to one of the author's online friends, [=GRiDGALAXY=], as the last time they talked was on December 31st, 2019 and the author has sadly noted that they're most likely dead at this point.
** Chapter 17 is dedicated to the author's aunt who passed from COVID-related complications.

* CreatorBreakdown: The author admits in Chapter 11 that Chapter 13 and beyond is going to be a lot more depressing than usual due to the effects of her grandmother's passing. Then she adds that Chapter 17 and beyond will ''also'' become this due to the death of her aunt.

* OldShame: At least when it comes to the early parts of ''Blossoming Trail'' (More or less the entirety of Act 1 and Act 2 up until the Cyan Desert Car), all of the writers hold nothing but deep regret over how it was written, with it coming across as ''far'' too mean-spirited and wangst-filled, not to mention the double standards and Protagonist enteredMorality exhibitted by Chloe.

** Cross mentions in Cherry Prince and Princess a dislike of Parker shared with much of the readership.

** Goh's an interesting case, since Goh ''himself'' isn't the problem: rather, it's the way the anime [[SpotlightStealingSquad puts more focus on him than Chloe]], [[DesignatedHero treats his main traits as good things without seeing the flaws]], and the ''bucket list'' of unintentional DoubleStandard regarding him and Chloe that's the issue. To give you an idea, Episode 29 was Chloe's ''second'' focus episode and neither she and Goh have a meaningful conversation until Episode '''49'''.
** A more straightforward example would be Yeardley: his whole "my life's a work in progress" line brought the ''entire story'' into existence, as the author points out how much DoubleStandard he gets when he can give an open-ended answer while Chloe is harassed by everyone ''else'' about her career choices (more specifically, she follows her ''father's'' footsteps), and his counterpart here is turned into a mysoginistic bully that always gets what's coming to him by karma.
** Professor Cerise also gets the brunt of the author's anger because, at the time the story was written, it was easy to mistake the professor as being negligent on Chloe (and he doesn't start encouraging her until Episode 31). It gets to the point that the story tries to paint him treating Ash and Goh like they were his sons, despite them being his workers.

* FollowTheLeader: While far from the first Infinity Train crossover fanfic, it's definitely the first one to not only crossover with ''Pokémon'' (and ''Silent Hill'' to an extent), but do so while deconstructing every single trope related to a particular genre or story and brings out a lot of themes (DoubleStandard being the most prominent one). Naturally, it's great popularity caused several similar stories to pop up, ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBoilingPoint'' chief among them.