Line #1 FanFic/QuitePeculiar


1	[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5780936/1/Quite_Peculiar Quite Peculiar]] is a series of oneshots and oneshot collections published on fanfiction.net, centered around the ''Literature/{{Leviathan}}'' series by Scott Westerfeld. The series covers a large range of topics in its one hundred and thirty-two chapters.
2
3	Containing many stand-alone pieces, it also features the miniseries Prices to Pay, Trapped on the Wire, Before the Storm, Alive and On Time, Face to Face, and Parallel Universe.
4
5	!!Provides Examples Of:
6
7	* AcidRefluxNightmare: Used to explain the April Fool's art of Alek storming into Deryn and Lilit's wedding in a walker.
8	* ActionGirl: Deryn, as in canon.
9	* AllohistoricalAllusion: A couple.
10	* AlternateUniverseFic: Some of the pieces are alternate-universe.
11	* AskAStupidQuestion: Alek fairly often asks (Perhaps rhetorical) clarifying questions, only to receive very sarcastic remarks from [[DeadpanSnarker the Sharp siblings.]]
12	* BabiesEverAfter: In some of the stories: Sophie, Max, and Ernst.
13	* BilingualBonus: Fairly often. It helps that Alek's first language is German.
14	* BigBrotherInstinct: When he appears, Jaspert gets very protective of Deryn, especially around Alek.
15	* CrackFic: "transcript"
16	* {{Drabble}}: Some of the chapters, such as "one hand in my pocket," "prices to pay," and "on the clock."
17	* DownerEnding: The "Trapped on the wire" mini-series. Most depressing in the whole fic.
18	* EatingTheEyeCandy: Deryn admiring Alek during his fencing lesson.
19	* EmbarrassingMiddleName: Deryn's is [=MacGregor=], a family name.
20	* ForWantOfANail: The idea beind the "Parallel Universe" mini-series; the Leviathan never crash-lands in the Alps. Alek spends the war in Switzerland, and becomes Emperor of Austria-Hungary. Deryn encounters Eddie Malone one too many times, which lets him figure out her true gender, and he makes a great deal of money with the story that blows Deryn's cover and gets her kicked out of the service. Several years later, they meet in London, and... (see InSpiteOfANail)
21	* FlashFiction: "shuffled" is a set of very short pieces inspired by songs showing up on iTunes in shuffle mode.
22	* HappilyMarried: When Deryn and Alek are lucky, they sometimes end story arcs married.
23	* HeroicBSOD: Deryn after [[spoiler:the ''Leviathan'' is destroyed and she and Alek kill the soldiers]] in "Trapped on the Wire". She recovers.
24	* INeedToGoIronMyDog: Subverted. In "Fit to Print" Deryn thinks her housekeeper just pretends to have a roast in the oven to leave Alek and Deryn alone together, but the roast shows up later in the scene.
25	* InSpiteOfANail: the "Parallel Universe" mini-series. Deryn and Alek meet several years after the war, and get a bad case of Destiny, including burgeoning true love and high-stakes, possibly lethal adventure involving an attempted coup - in less than three days so far. Though as the mini-series isn't complete, time will tell whether Alek remains Emperor and they get a happy ending.
26	* IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer: Jaspert promises Alek that he will break Alek's legs if he ever broke Deryn's heart in Oh Brother.
27	* KnightTemplar: Dieter Hesse.
28	* LapPillow: In Before the Storm.
29	* LethalChef: Both Alek and Deryn in "shuffled."
30	* MeaningfulName: Mary Sue Scribner, Deryn's biographer.
31	* TheMole: [[spoiler:Anna in "Trapped on the Wire".]]
32	* MoodWhiplash: At the end of "fencing."
33	* ObfuscatingStupidity: Volger tries this briefly in Whether Or Not You Should.
34	* ObliviousToLove: Alek, in a lot of the stories.
35	* OfficialCouple: Deryn and Alek in numerous continuities.
36	* OverlyLongName: ''"Aleksandar Ferdinand Karl Franz Michael Hubert Anton Ignatius Joseph Maria von Hohenberg, at your service, Miss Sharp."'' Justified, as it's mostly the name of one of duke's ''real'' sons.
37	* PassiveAggressiveKombat: Volger and Dr. Barlow, naturally.
38	-->"Do you play [[SmartPeoplePlayChess chess]], Count Volger?"
39	-->"Forgive me, Doctor, but I believe we have been for some time already."
40	* PapaWolf: Alek in "Fighting Words".
41	* PimpedOutDress: Deryn wears (and complains about) one in "Prices to pay."
42	* SexyDiscretionShot: used a few times in the more suggestive chapters.
43	* ShirtlessScene: Subverted. In "Fencing", Deryn wishes she really ''were'' a boy so she could take her shirt off in the heat. The actual males present, Alek and Volger, choose not to take the opportunity.
44	* ShellShockedVeteran: the "In the midnight hour" duology deals with Deryn and Alek dealing with PTSD-induced nightmares, and seeking comfort in each other. Deryn's is about her father's death and takes place on the Leviathan, but Alek's is post-canon and centers around [[spoiler: his killing Nikola Tesla.]]
45	* ShownTheirWork: Constantly. The research behind the story is ''fantastic''.
46	* ShoutOut: one part of "Paralell Universe" is a direct takeoff of [[Series/BattlestarGalactica2003 Laura Roslin's]] 'every cannon, every bomb' speech[[note]]acknowledged in the author's notes[[/note]], where Deryn vows to do this to all of Alek's enemies. Also done in-universe in the mini-series, as Deryn name-drops and follows the example of Flora [=MacDonald=] and [[UsefulNotes/HanoverStuartWars Bonnie Prince Charlie]], disguising Alek as a girl.
47	* StarCrossedLovers: Deryn and Alek in less optimistic storylines.
48	* StartOfDarkness: A brief line featuring UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler.
49	* TakingTheBullet: [[spoiler:Deryn]] for [[spoiler:Alek]] in "Trapped on The Wire". Deconstructed, as [[spoiler:the assassin just takes another shot, killing them both.]]
50	* TearsOfRemorse: Deryn in "Trapped on the Wire".
51	* TheMistress: the "Prices to pay" mini-series is about Deryn being Alek's.
52	* {{Tomboy}}: Deryn, obviously, and her daughter Sophie in one story.
53	* TooDumbToLive: Stipp and Holtz.
54	* WasItAllALie: Alek asks this to Deryn in "Fit to Print" Part 2. He thinks of it more in the terms of their friendship, but Deryn's side of the trope is played straight.
55	* WhamLine: ''The man with the gun is named Dieter Hesse.''

Context FanFic / QuitePeculiar