1 | ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3555992/1/Flesh_and_Blood Flesh and Blood]]'' is a [[{{Anime/TekkamanBlade}} Teknoman]] AU written by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/173299/ Cyblade Silver]] that involves both Slade ''and'' Saber being rescued from becoming servants of Darkon. With 43 chapters so far, each chapter corresponding to slightly more than a full episode of the series, it's a fairly long read, so consider setting aside a weekend if you want to read the whole thing. |
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3 | The series is also posted on Platform/ArchiveOfOurOwn: "https://archiveofourown.org/series/22737" |
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5 | !! ''Flesh and Blood'' provides examples of: |
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7 | * AffablyEvil: Spear, once more, though several of the other Radam Teknomen have shades of the trait when around each other. |
8 | * AndIMustScream: A situation shared by all Radam Teknomen. |
9 | * AsleepForDays: Saber, after taking a shot from Spear's [[WaveMotionGun Reflector]]. |
10 | * AloneInACrowd: The twins, before they became a true part of the [[TheSquad Space Knights]]. |
11 | * AlternateUniverseFic |
12 | * AmnesiacDissonance: Ness and Cain are noticeably more openly emotional than Slade and Saber. |
13 | * ASharedSuffering: Slade and Saber at the beginning of the story. |
14 | * AwesomeButImpractical: Slade and Saber's double [[WaveMotionGun Tekno-bolt]] with Pegas. |
15 | * BackToBackBadasses: When they need to deal with a particularly large group of [[GiantEnemyCrab Spider-crabs]], Slade and Saber often use this method. |
16 | * BadassAbnormal: Every Teknoman, without exception. |
17 | * BadassFamily: The Carters, and Ringo's own family, as well. |
18 | * BashBrothers: The twins themselves. |
19 | * BattleCouple: Spear and Sword are the Radam's version of this. |
20 | * BeamSpam: Saber's [[WaveMotionGun Tekno-bolt]] can function as this, in addition to the standard beam attack. |
21 | * BeingHumanSucks: What all the Radam Teknomen seem to believe. |
22 | * BeneathTheMask: [[DeadpanSnarker Saber]], when things are [[LetsGetDangerous particularly serious]]. |
23 | * BerserkButton: For both twins: the other being attacked, captured, or hurt. |
24 | * BetaCouple: Saber and Maggie serve as this. |
25 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: Saber; whenever he smiles after something bad happens to either him or Slade, watch out. The same holds true of Star, as well. |
26 | * BigBrotherInstinct: Slade and Saber both have this towards ''each other''. To say nothing of Spear, of course. |
27 | * BladeBelowTheShoulder: Both Saber and Spear have these. |
28 | * [[BoisterousBruiser Boisterous Bruisers]] |
29 | * BruiserWithASoftCenter: Slade, Saber, Star, and Spear. |
30 | * CainAndAbel: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]]; Saber's birth name remains Cain, but he and Ness have a closer relationship than in [[Anime/TekkamanBlade canon]]. |
31 | * CantStayNormal: None of the Space Knights can, much as they might wish otherwise. |
32 | * ChefOfIron: Spear is implied to be this. |
33 | * ChildrenForcedToKill: Teknoman Rapier, aka Sam Carter, is only 14 years old. |
34 | * [[ClassicalAntihero Classical Antiheroes]] |
35 | * CoolUncle / EvilUncle: Grant Goddard / Teknoman Axe functions as both. |
36 | * CombatPragmatist: Most of the Teknomen, with the exception of [[KnightTemplar Spear]]. |
37 | * ConflictingLoyalty: Spear; on the one hand, he loves his younger brothers and wants them to be safe; on the other, he's [[BrainwashedAndCrazy fanatically]] [[PuppeteerParasite loyal]] to Darkon and the Radam in general. |
38 | * ConverseWithTheUnconscious: Slade does this with Saber in chapter 4. |
39 | * [[CoverBlowingSuperPower Cover Blowing Super Powers]]: |
40 | ** GlowingEyes |
41 | ** HealingFactor |
42 | ** InnateNightVision |
43 | ** SuperReflexes |
44 | ** {{Telepathy}} |
45 | ** SuperToughness |
46 | * TheCynic: Saber, Slade, and Ringo all qualify, to almost the same degree. |
47 | * DangerDeadpan: Ringo and Saber both indulge, and Slade sometimes responds in kind. |
48 | * DarkIsNotEvil: Saber. |
49 | * DeadpanSnarker: Both twins have elements of this, but for Saber it's a way of life. |
50 | * DeathIsDramatic |
51 | * [[{{Determinator}} Determinators]] |
52 | * {{Deuteragonist}}: Saber becomes this. |
53 | * DisappointedInYou: Spear often says this; he's ignored just as often. |
54 | * DontLookBack: Slade and Saber both try not to think about their DarkAndTroubledPast. |
55 | * DontMakeMeDestroyYou: Said often by Spear; ignored just as often. |
56 | * DramaticShattering: Happens to Slade's [[TransformationTrinket teknocrystal]] in chapter 6. [[spoiler: And Saber's in chapter 35]]. |
57 | * DyingAsYourself: Fritz / [[StarterVillain Gunnar]]. |
58 | * [[EarnYourHappyEnding Earn Your]] BittersweetEnding |
59 | * EatingLunchAlone: When [[spoiler: Saber is injured]], Slade does this; he isn't particularly happy about it. |
60 | * EmotionSuppression: Spear falls victim to this when fighting Slade and Saber at times. |
61 | * [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas Even Evil Teknomen Love Their Younger Brothers]] |
62 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes |
63 | * EvilMentor: Grant Goddard / Axe |
64 | * EvilVirtues: Spear's familial love and devotion, even to Saber and Slade. |
65 | * ExtremelyDustyHome: The Carter house, when Slade and Saber return to it. |
66 | * FamilyOfChoice: Slade and Saber with the Space Knights. |
67 | * FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: They [[PlayedForLaughs do this for fun]]. |
68 | * FourTemperamentEnsemble: |
69 | ** Sanguine (Saber) |
70 | ** Choleric (Ringo) |
71 | ** Melancholic (Slade) |
72 | ** Phlegmatic (Star) |
73 | * FriendlyRivalry: The twins, again. |
74 | * FromDressToDressing: Saber uses strips torn from his shirt to bandage Maggie's leg. |
75 | * GenFic: Has mentions of romance, but focuses on the Space Knights' war with the Radam. |
76 | * GoodIsNotDumb: The Space Knights in general, with Ringo, Saber, and Slade all demonstrating that GoodIsNotNice at various times. |
77 | * GuileHero: Saber, and to a slightly lesser extent, Slade. |
78 | * HeadbuttOfLove: Slade and Saber often do this. |
79 | * HumanPackMule: Saber, during his [[BreatherEpisode trip to the mall with Tina and Star]]. |
80 | * IAmWhatIAm: Slade declares this at the end of chapter 19, almost verbatim. |
81 | * ICanStillFight: This is the twins' go to response to injuries, exhaustion, or both. |
82 | * IdenticalTwinIDTag: Saber is said to be paler than Slade, with finer eyebrows and a different hair style. |
83 | * IdentityAmnesia: Both Slade and Saber start to suffer from this after undergoing their secondary transformation. |
84 | * IKnowYouAreInThereSomewhereFight: ''Spear'' of all people tries this with Slade and Saber when he first meets up with them. It... doesn't work out. |
85 | * ItsAllMyFault: Part of Slade's GuiltComplex. |
86 | * KillTheOnesYouLove |
87 | * KnightInSourArmor: Both twins to some degree, though Saber more than Slade. |
88 | * KnightTemplarBigBrother: Spear, in spades. |
89 | * LapPillow: Slade uses Saber as this whenever he has a bad day. |
90 | * LivingEmotionalCrutch: Saber, to Slade. |
91 | * LivingShip: [[BigBad Darkon's]] ship; implied to be true about all of the Radam's ships. |
92 | * LonelyTogether: The twins at the beginning of the story. |
93 | * LoveMakesYouEvil: Sword, though there ''are'' extenuating circumstances. |
94 | * LoveIsAWeakness: Slade and Saber both believe this at the beginning of the story. [[CharacterDevelopment They get better]]. |
95 | * MasterRace: The Radam clearly believe themselves to be this. |
96 | * MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Saber and Maggie. |
97 | * MassiveNumberedSiblings: The Carter family: Conrad / Spear, Ness / Slade, Cain / Saber, Shara, Sam / Rapier. |
98 | * MeatPuppet: Spear, [[spoiler: and by extension all of the evil Teknomen, thanks to the [[{{PuppeteerParasite}} Radam mind parasite]].]] |
99 | * MenacingStroll: As in [[Anime/TekkamanBlade canon]], a staple of Radam Teknomen. |
100 | * MindlinkMates: Sword and Spear, on the Radam's side. |
101 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Slade, after he nearly strangles Saber to death. |
102 | * MyMasterRightOrWrong: Spear all over, for [[PuppeteerParasite obvious reasons]]. |
103 | * MythologyGag: Saber goes to the mall with Tina and Star, and ends up in an outfit almost completely identical to the one he wore in the anime. |
104 | * NecessarilyEvil: How [[TheDragon Spear]] [[BrainwashedAndCrazy sees himself]]. |
105 | * NoBadassToHisValet: Ringo, though he is [[TrueCompanions very much a friend to the twins]], doesn't think of either of them remotely the way that the [[PersonOfMassDestruction AEM]] [[LivingWeapon does]]. |
106 | * NeuralImplanting: What the Radam do to their Teknomen, leaving them with a more comprehensive understanding of the Empire and their place in it. |
107 | * NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: [[{{Jerkass}} Balzac]] gives Saber one of these after [[spoiler: Marlowe dies.]] |
108 | * NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Saber accuses Balzac of this, while [[HypocriticalHumor standing right behind Slade]]. |
109 | * NowOrNeverKiss: Maggie, with Saber, at the end of chapter 16. Doubles as TheBigDamnKiss. |
110 | * OnlyFriend: Saber to Slade, at the beginning of the story. |
111 | * OriginalFlavour |
112 | * PatchworkFic: uses the US dub's names for the characters, but refers to the invaders as the "Radam" instead of the "Venomoids". |
113 | * [[PhlebotinumRebel Phlebotinum Rebels]] |
114 | * PleaseDontLeaveMe: Slade to Saber in chapter 18. |
115 | * PoliteVillainsRudeHeroes: Sometimes strays into this. |
116 | * PopCulturedBadass: Saber makes references to old movies and TV shows; Slade does as well, but not nearly as much. |
117 | * PowerStrainBlackout: Saber falls victim to this once his crystal is cracked. |
118 | * PreemptiveShutUp: Slade gives more than a few of these to Saber, over the course of the story. |
119 | * ProperlyParanoid: "Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they ''aren't'' out to get you." |
120 | * RedOniBlueOni: Slade and Saber, respectively. |
121 | * RepeatWhatYouJustSaid: Saber asks Balzac to do this, [[spoiler: then punches him in the face]]. |
122 | * RoaringRampageOfRescue: Saber goes on one, alongside Ringo and Star, when the military captures Slade. |
123 | * RunningGag: |
124 | ** Slade: "Slacker" Saber: "Spaz" |
125 | ** ''Saber says something sarcastic, or acts overly literal'', Slade: "Wiseass." |
126 | * SadClown: Saber comes off as this, sometimes. |
127 | * SarcasmFailure: When this happens to [[DeadpanSnarker Saber]], it generally means that something has GoneHorriblyWrong. |
128 | * SecurityCling: Slade, to Saber in chapter 18, coupled with CryIntoChest. |
129 | * SeriesFic |
130 | * SettleForSibling: Maggie with Saber. |
131 | * SleepCute: The twins after a particularly bad day; Ringo even compares them to kittens. |
132 | * SiblingsInCrime: Two of the five Carter siblings. |
133 | * SiblingSenioritySquabble: Slade is thirty minutes older than Saber, though this doesn't often come up in conversation, Slade is still clearly aware of it. |
134 | * SiblingTeam: Arguably the point of the 'fic. |
135 | * SiblingYinYang |
136 | * SoftspokenSadist: Spear, though not so much the "sadist" part. |
137 | * SomedayThisWillComeInHandy: Saber's learning to break out of handcuffs before the Carters and the rest of the Argos crew met up with the Radam [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope subverted]], as they don't escape from the Military even in spite of that.]] |
138 | * SnarkToSnarkCombat: A great deal of Saber's interactions with Ringo are like this. |
139 | * StraightManAndWiseGuy: Slade and Saber, respectively. |
140 | * StudentAndMasterTeam: Teknoman Rapier and Axe. |
141 | * SuperStrongChild: Rapier |
142 | * SuperheroesStaySingle: Slade believes this at first, though he gets better. |
143 | * SwitchingPOV: Nearly ''every'' named character gets a section from their point of view. |
144 | * RelativeButton |
145 | * TheApprentice: Rapier to Axe, and to a lesser extent all of the other Teknomen, as well. |
146 | * TeamDad / AFatherToHisMen: [[DaChief Commander]] [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Jamison]], though he's more [[AloofBigBrother reserved]] [[TheStoic than]] most. |
147 | * TallDarkAndHandsome: Star thinks this about Spear; it kind of freaks her out. |
148 | * TearsOfJoy |
149 | * TearfulSmile |
150 | * TenderTears |
151 | * [[TheyCallHimSword They Call Him Spear]] |
152 | * TheDutifulSon: Spear thinks of himself this way. Really, he's more of a TragicVillain. |
153 | * TheFamilyThatSlaysTogether: What Spear wants; he's... not likely to get it. |
154 | * TheFettered: On the good side: Slade and Saber's loyalty to each other, as well an Ringo and Star's; as well as that of the Space Knights in general to Earth. On the Radam side: Spear's loyalty to Darkon and his worry for the rest of his family. |
155 | * TheMatchmaker: Ringo and Saber [[ShipperOnDeck for Slade and Star]]. |
156 | * TheOnlyOneITrust: Saber and Slade were this to each other, before they warmed up to the Space Knights. |
157 | * TheStationsOfTheCanon: Even with Saber alongside him, Slade's life [[InSpiteOfANail isn't that much easier.]] |
158 | * TheSocialDarwinist: All of the Radam Teknomen have elements of this. |
159 | * TheRightOfASuperiorSpecies: All of the Radam shown believe this. |
160 | * TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse: The evil Teknomen; all except for their [[RedEyesTakeWarning eyes]]. |
161 | * ThePromise: Slade and Saber's is [[HeroicVow to protect each other]]. Though originally, Ness had promised their father that he would protect Cain. |
162 | * ThickerThanWater: Why Spear wants Slade and Saber to come fight for the Radam. |
163 | * TranquilFury: Spear's usual style of fighting. Also applies to Saber, when he gets particularly angry. |
164 | * TricksterTwins: A bit more tame than most, considering [[AlienInvasion the circumstances]]. |
165 | * TitleDrop: By Spear, in chapter 12: "Do you think I ''enjoy'' having to hunt down my own family? My flesh and blood?"; and again by Star in chapter 19. |
166 | * TragicDream: Teknoman Spear's fondest desire is to be reunited with his family, aboard [[BigBad Darkon's]] spaceship. |
167 | * TragicMonster: All of the Radam Teknomen, but Spear in particular can come off as this. |
168 | * TroubledFetalPosition: Slade, after he pushes Saber away so that Saber can fight the Radam [[GiantEnemyCrab Spider]]-[[{{Mooks}} crabs]] without him. |
169 | * TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Teknoman Rapier's attack on Ringo. The interrogation could also count. |
170 | * TwinBanter |
171 | * TwinTelepathy: Used frequently, both in and out of battle. |
172 | * UnderstandingBoyfriend: Saber mostly, though Slade gains elements of this as the story progresses. |
173 | * UndyingLoyalty: Slade and Saber to each other, and Spear to Darkon. |
174 | * VillainByDefault: Spear, due to the Radam mind parasite. |
175 | * VillainousValour: Both Spear and Axe have shades of this, to a greater or lesser degree. |
176 | * WarFic |
177 | * WeatherDissonance: Star finds herself thinking about this, while she, Ringo, and Saber are fleeing from Slade after he goes over his [[HourOfPower thirty-minute time limit.]] |
178 | * [[WeUsedToBeFriends We Used To Be Family]]: Spear's constant refrain, and the reason he doesn't fight the twins as hard as he could. |
179 | * WhatIf: Saber was freed from the [[PeopleJars teknopod]], the Carter family has a fifth child, and Conrad becomes TheDragon instead of the BigBad |
180 | * YouAreNotAlone: Saber says this to Slade [[spoiler: when his brother is [[MadeOfIron strangling]] [[TheDeterminator him]] after he goes over his [[HourOfPower thirty minute time limit]] and succumbs to the Radam influence]]. |
181 | * YouCantGoHomeAgain: Even if they win, neither Slade nor Saber are the people they used to be. |
182 | |
183 | !! Tropes exclusive to ''Gemini'': |
184 | |
185 | * SacredFirstKiss: Shinya mentions this to Levin in chapter 17. |
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