Line #36 FanFic/ThroughADiamondSky


1	->''"I've seen a number of fics involving Flynn going to The Grid after Jordan dies, generally to... angst about how he'd wanted to show her this place eventually. What if he had?"''
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3	[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7424108/1/Through_a_Diamond_Sky ''Through a Diamond Sky'']] is a novella-length ''Film/{{Tron}}''-universe FanFic written by Tropers/{{Allronix}} in response to the above prompt. It takes place in the era of the ''Betrayal'' comic, between the two films and is part of the ''Endgame Scenario'' universe that welds both ''Film/TronLegacy'' and ''VideoGame/TronTwoPointOh'' canons.
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5	Jordan Canas turns out to be a former army sergeant who used her time in the military to pay for her architecture degree. She was also rebounding from a divorce when she met husband #2, Kevin Flynn. Jordan begins to suspect that she's being cheated on again, and covertly trails Kevin, following him into his secret lab. As she's reading him the riot act, the laser goes off, and she gets dropped into The Grid.
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7	But as anyone who's sampled the franchise knows, the digital world is quite hazardous. The danger this time comes from a gang of rogue Programs known as Resource Hogs. They've been menacing a small Iso colony on the Grid's frontiers, but the stakes escalate when they capture Shaddox. Kevin and Tron team up with a pair of Iso scouts - Herd and Kanna - to find and neutralize the Hogs. Their leader, The Baron, wants the Grid for himself, and is willing to do most anything to get it - even killing the Grid's creator.
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10	!!This work contains examples of:
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12	%%* ActionMom: Jordan Canas (and later, Kanna)
13	* BadassInDistress: The Hogs are savvy enough to severely weaken Tron. Once he gets a little energy back in his system, though, let the butt-kicking commence.
14	%%* BattleCouple: Let's just say Sam [[spoiler: and Quorra]] got it from their parents.
15	* BodyguardingABadass: Flynn can certainly hold his own, but Tron still feels an obligation to bodyguard his User pal. [[spoiler: Jordan uses this as a bluff later, claiming to be an "experimental" Program guarding Clu.]]
16	* BornInAnElevator: [[spoiler: Quorra is born in a stolen Recognizer as the heroes are making their getaway.]]
17	* CassandraTruth: Played with. It turns out that Kevin tried to tell others about {{Cyberspace}}, but while Gibbs (the former Encom CEO) believed him, no one else really did.
18	-->''Kevin sighed. "Tried to tell [Alan], but his exact words were, 'Flynn, you're the CEO of a Fortune 500 company, with a wife and a child. Quit smoking that shit.' The only way he'll believe this is if I knock him out and drag him in here."''
19	* ChekhovsSkill: Jordan being ex-military and able to out-score her husband at ''Matrix Blaster'' come in very handy.
20	* CombatPragmatist: Kevin's no slouch in an actual fight, but he will never rule out invoking User abilities to cheat.
21	* ContinuityCameo: Jarvis (Clu's slimy assistant) makes an appearance as Yori's assistant. He's still a fawning, somewhat creepy bureaucrat. Shaddox also plays a part, as his disappearance sets off the plot. The last line [[spoiler: reveals that Quorra is Herd and Kanna's daughter.]]
22	* DadTheVeteran: Jordan is [[MilitaryBrat third-generation Army]]. Of course, this means Sam has a case of "Mom the Veteran."
23	%%* DeadlyDistantFinale: Pretty much the ''entire'' cast.
24	* DeadpanSnarker: It's hard to say if Kevin or Jordan is worse. Clu also has his moments.
25	-->'''Jordan''' (regarding her gridsuit): ''Glow in the dark, skintight vinyl catsuit is 'proper attire?' Someone's got a fetish...''
26	* DeliveryGuy: Kevin, when Kanna goes into labor in the middle of their escape.
27	* FantasticRacism: The whole issue with Basics and Isos. The Basics see Isos as chaotic elements that use resources, but have no apparent purpose or directive. Isos see Basics as inherently hostile and limited by their directives.
28	* FluorescentFootprints: Clu and Jordan are able to follow the Resource Hogs' energy trail to their headquarters. Too bad they get ambushed on the way.
29	* FourthDateMarriage: Kevin and Jordan hit city hall three months after meeting. Sam was already ''en route.''
30	* GoAndSinNoMore: Flynn to Melodia. The epilogue indicates she took the order seriously, becoming a BadassPreacher.
31	* HappilyMarried: [[FourthDateMarriage Kevin and Jordan]], [[LoveAtFirstSight Herd and Kanna]], [[PerfectlyArrangedMarriage Tron and Yori]].
32	* HeelFaithTurn: Melodia, TheDragon to The Baron. She certainly has second thoughts about the whole thing when it sinks in that she helped capture the Grid's Creator.
33	* HowDoIShotWeb: Zig-Zagged. Kevin hasn't ''quite'' got the Zen thing down yet, and ends up resorting to things like counting in prime numbers to focus his User abilities. Jordan, being human but not a programmer, is much more limited.
34	* IThinkYouBrokeHim: After Jordan rescues Clu, he reacts...well, he reacts like her husband would. Tron then scolds him for improper behavior. Jordan's brain essentially goes to blue screen and she cracks up laughing. The confused Isos ask if she's "broken."
35	* {{Jerkass}}: Clu isn't evil ''yet,'' but he isn't a nice guy, either.
36	* LoadBearingBoss: {{Lampshaded}} by Clu as the party's escaping.
37	-->''"Explain to me," Clu grumbled. "Why we take out the boss and this place decides to go into cascade failure?"''
38	%%* LargeHam: The Baron
39	* LoveAtFirstSight: Herd and Kanna when they emerged from the Sea.
40	* MistakenForCheating: The opening scene; Jordan's trails Kevin down to the secret lab thinking she's going to catch him with his pants down. She ends up hit with the laser and taking a trip to {{cyberspace}} instead.
41	* NobleBigotWithABadge: Tron has a mild case of this, as he admits he isn't sure what to make of the Isos. However, he does make a good effort to overcome the prejudice. Clu, of course, has a much more obvious case of it. As we know, the latter's case only gets worse.
42	* OCStandIn: The only "canonical" details on Jordan Canas were that she married Kevin, gave birth to Sam in 1983, worked as an architect, and died in a car wreck in 1985. Everything else was Allronix's design.
43	* PastLifeMemories: Clu freaks out when he sees the decompiler racks. His previous version de-rezzed on one of those...
44	%%* PhysicalGod: See HowDoIShotWeb.
45	%%* PregnantBadass: Kanna
46	%%* SecondLawMyAss: Pretty much a given for this universe.
47	%%* ScrewThisImOuttaHere Melodia to The Baron the instant Flynn comes in the room.
48	%%* SensualSpandex: {{Lampshaded}} by Jordan when she gets a look at Grid attire.
49	* ShoutOut: The names of the Isos were mostly cribbed from the Literature/GreenSkyTrilogy. Resource Hogs and suffusion guns were cribbed from ''[[VideoGame/TronTwoPointOh Tron 2.0]]''.
50	* SpellMyNameWithAThe: The Baron, leader of the Resource Hog gang.
51	%%* StartOfDarkness: Clu, at the end.
52	* {{Synchronization}} which overlaps with DidntThinkThisThrough: A side effect of creating Clu is that when Kevin's on the Grid...well, hit one and the other's going to feel it.
53	* TakeMeInstead: Herd volunteers to be tortured on the energy-drainer so that his wife, child, and Tron will be spared.
54	* TeleportationSickness: Jordan makes a less-than-graceful entrance to {{cyberspace}}, landing with a thud in the I/O Receiving Chamber, passing out soon after arrival, and confusing the hell out of Tron and Yori.
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