Line #3 Fanfic/HalfPastAdventure


1	''[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/1360765 Half Past Adventure]]'', full title ''Half Past Adventure with Macy and Robin'', is a ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' {{Fanfic}} by @/{{Pablo360}} set [[ExactlyExtyYearsAgo 30 years]] [[TimeSkip after the finale]], telling the story of original character [[HeroicWannabe Macadamia the Nut]] [[{{Deuteragonist}} and her friend Robin]].
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3	The fic currently has two "seasons" which are complete, each consisting of 18 "episodes", the first season, "[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/18820774/chapters/44660608 Princess Pauper]]", and the second season, "[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/24613621 Becoming Heroes]]". There are also some side stories that can be read [[https://archiveofourown.org/series/1543054 here]].
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5	!! ''Half Past Adventure'' contains examples of:
6	* AcidAttack: The [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Grass Dragon]] possesses an acid BreathWeapon capable of making tree stumps looked burned. Eventually, [[spoiler:Macy tricks it into [[TeamKiller KO'ing its own]] {{Plant Mook\|s}} using said attack.]]
7	* AnimalEyeSpy: Macy learns the mass version of this while training under [[spoiler:Huntress Wizard]].
8	--> She saw the clearing before her once again, but this time from all perspectives at once. She was the puma, the grass, a starling high in a tree, a crystal golem slumbering deep in the ground. Everything came together in a vast mosaic[…]
9	* ArrowsOnFire: Huntress Wizard uses something between this and PlayingWithFire, shooting [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext an evil street sign]] and making it burst into [[TechnicolorFire green]] flames.
10	* AscendedExtra:
11	** The Duke of Nuts, a character who appeared in all of three episodes of WesternAnimation/AdventureTime, is [[spoiler: Macy's adoptive father]].
12	** Even more than him is his sons, both of whom appeared only in ''one'' episode, but who now have much bigger roles in the story.
13	** In the latest arc, Macy acquires a mentor in the form of a minor character from the latter half of ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', [[spoiler:Huntress Wizard]].
14	* AstralProjection: While many characters have dream-based abilities, including the {{deuteragonist}} Robin, [[spoiler:Charlie]] is the only one shown to possess this ability, which she uses to communicate with Robin in zhir dreams [[spoiler:while she's in a coma]].
15	* BadLuckCharm: The series contains several examples.
16	** Macy believes having [[RuleOfThree three]] [[ImagineSpot imagine spots]] in a row to be a sign that she's going to lose something important.
17	** Vesper believes the number [[LuckySeven seven]] to be [[SubvertedTrope unlucky]].
18	* {{Beat}}: {{Invoked\| trope}} frequently with the phrase “A beat.” that appears often in the narration, usually between bits of dialog.
19	* BreathWeapon: The [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Grass Dragon]] has a powerful AcidAttack breath weapon, for some reason.
20	* BurningWithAnger: Flame King Phoebe is prone to this, as in [[WesternAnimation/AdventureTime the show]]; she's able to calm herself down pretty easily though, especially with [[BodyguardCrush Cinnamon Bun]]'s help.
21	* ChekhovsGunman: [[TheJeeves Izak]] in Chapter 2, who first appears as a way to make [[FemmeFatale Penelope Farthington]] more intimidating, but ends up [[spoiler: being the one to take down Bandit Princess]].
22	* ClimacticElevatorRide: [[PlayingWithTropes Played with]] in [[NoirEpisode "The Case of the Purloined Pudding"]] by having an elevator ride midway through the story not to the BigBad but to FemmeFatale (and RedHerring) [[PunnyName Penelope Farthington]].
23	* ComboPlatterPowers: {{Discussed\|Trope}} in the case of [[SuperpowerfulGenetics Robin]], who feels [[CursedWithAwesome bogged down by the sheer number of powers zhe exhibits]].
24	* ConvectionSchmonvection: Huntress Wizard's fires rarely seem to let off as much heat as they should, especially since they're hot enough to [[TechnicolorFire burn green]].
25	* CoolSword: Finn Mertens [[ItWasAGift gives]] Macy one (the [[NamedWeapons Root Sword]], to be specific), which is a shortsword from [[WesternAnimation/AdventureTime the original series]].
26	* CueOClock: The fic's title treats the word "adventure" as if it were a dial number on a clock, akin to saying "half past ten". It's a {{pun}} on its source material being called ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime''.
27	* CynicIdealistDuo: Pugliacci and Bulcinella, a pair of mobsters from the Crystal Dimension, form one of these, with Bulcinella frequently exhibiting a lackadaisical attitude and attributing things to "the universe", much to Pugliacci's dismay.
28	* DecoyProtagonist: The first chapter employs a {{Deuteragonist}} [[DownplayedTrope version]] of this trope with Masse Yvoire, Macy's partner in PuppyLove, who [[spoiler: according to the LemonyNarrator she won't see again for a whole year after the first chapter]].
29	* DelayedNarratorIntroduction: Although this hasn't technically happened yet, the LemonyNarrator's voice has slipped through in a couple of obvious ways, in particular going off on a tangent about the musical talents of Flame King Phoebe.
30	* TheDividual:
31	** Pugliacci and Bulcinella, a CynicIdealistDuo of dog mobsters who go up against [[PrivateInvestigator T.V.]] in the Crystal Dimension.
32	** Shortbelle and Jawffee, a collective ''Webcomic/SweetBroAndHellaJeff'' reference [[SignificantAnagram (their names make an anagram)]] who haunt the staircase of Castle Jugland as part of a romantic [[EscalatingWar prank war]].
33	* DreamWalker: Robin can apparently do this, much like zhir great-grandfather Jake could in [[WesternAnimation/AdventureTime the original series]]; first it is mentioned that she can share dreams with her [[InterGenerationalFriendship great-aunt Bronwyn]], and then spying on Macy's ImagineSpot.
34	* DreamingOfThingsToCome: Thanks to ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'''s resident DreamWeaver, the Cosmic Owl, prophetic dreams are a thing in this universe — most notably Huntress Wizard's dream which she had several years before the start of the series, which she believes foretells [[spoiler:herself and Macy working together to defeat some threat which may or may not be connected to [[AncientEvil the Lich]] and/or TheMoon]].
35	* DrunkOnMilk: In the context of bars and social drinking (especially Helix's bar), soda seems to be a stand-in for alcohol.
36	* DueToTheDead: A LonelyFuneral is thrown for [[spoiler:[[PlantMooks Shillelagh]] by Robin after they're killed by [[TeamKiller the Grass Dragon]]]] after the battle in the ravaged field.
37	* ElementalEmbodiment: To varying degrees.
38	** Flame King Phoebe, the fire elemental, one of the four embodiments of the fundamental forces of reality and ruler of the Flame Kingdom (and golfer).
39	** Cragg Ambrosia, a HeroicWannabe like Macy who's a small water elemental. [[ElementalHairColors With blue highlights.]]
40	* ElsewhereFic: Despite several characters from the main series making appearances, the fanfic is squarely centered on original characters.
41	* EscalatingWar: features a romantic version between the characters [[{{Deuteragonist}} Robin]] and [[AscendedExtra Penhaligon]], culminating in a haunted stairwell.
42	* ExactlyExtyYearsAgo: The series is set ''exactly'' thirty years after the finale of WesternAnimation/AdventureTime. {{Justified\|Trope}} because the first chapter is set during an anniversary celebration of the events of the series finale.
43	* FemmeFatale: Penelope Farthington, aka Penny from [[WesternAnimation/AdventureTime the original show]], is one who first appears during the NoirEpisode, "The Case of the Purloined Pudding".
44	* GeneHunting: When Macy sees the Duke of Nuts, she wants to find out if he's her father. As it turns out, [[spoiler: he isn't, until he [[RagsToRoyalty adopts her]] at the end of the first chapter]].
45	* GoodEyesEvilEyes: Just like in ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', the villainous Bandit Princess has "catlike eyes" — although this is somewhat {{downplayed\|Trope}} because the decidedly non-villainous [[spoiler:Huntress Wizard]]'s eyes are described similarly.
46	* HappilyAdopted: Macy is extremely happy to be adopted by [[spoiler:The Duke of Nuts]], settling into the family rather smoothly.
47	* HeroOfAnotherStory: Cash Daniels, [[PrivateInvestigator P.I.]] is the hero of her own off-screen detective noir parody that [[NoirEpisode occasionally intersects the main plot]].
48	* HeroicWannabe:
49	** Macy's goal is to become a hero [[HeroWorshipper like Finn]].
50	** There's also “Cragg Ambrosia, future Hero of Ooo”, whom she meets in a Life-Sized Miniature Golf tournament.
51	* HitSoHardTheCalendarFeltIt: The series finale of ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' is apparently the basis for the new calendar of Ooo.
52	* HybridPower: Rather than a unique “pup power”, Robin appears to have all the powers of a shapeshifter mixed with all the problems of a rainicorn, albeit both to a far more limited degree — zhe can't get larger than zhir normal form and zhe has trouble projecting light out past zhir own body.
53	* ImagineSpot: Macy is subject to these, both of the nice and not-so-nice varieties.
54	* ImagineSpotting: Appears to be an extension of Robin's DreamWalker powers, as demonstrated on Macy.
55	* InnerThoughtsOutsiderPuzzlement: Happens a couple times when Robin gets lost in her imagination.
56	* ItWasAGift: Macy receives [[RuleOfThree three]] gifts from Finn before heading out into the Evil Forest: a magical ring of teleportation, a flare gun, and the [[CoolSword Root Sword]] [[WesternAnimation/AdventureTime Finn himself received on his birthday]].
57	* TheJeeves:
58	** Lisby, the butler for the Duchy of Nuts (a character form [[WesternAnimation/AdventureTime the show]])
59	** Izak, [[FemmeFatale Penelope Farthington's]] {{cyborg}} valet
60	* LevelAte: The various food-themed kingdoms are carried over from the [[WesternAnimation/AdventureTime source material]].
61	* LonelyFuneral: After the battle of the ravaged field, [[spoiler: Robin]] throws one for the deceased [[spoiler:{{Plant Mook\|s}} Shillelagh,]] complete with a short eulogy.
62	--> '''Robin:''' I didn’t know them, and the only interaction I had with them was trying to kill me. I don’t know if they had some goodness in their soul, or even if they had one in the first place. But now I never will. Wherever they are, if they’re anywhere, I hope someone [[DueToTheDead treats ‘em with the dignity]] they never got a chance to earn.
63	* LuckySeven: {{Inverted\| trope}} by Vesper, one of Macy's adoptive cousins, who (based on the tenets of "Breakfastian numerology") believes the number seven to be {{bad luck\| charm}}.
64	* NamedWeapons: The [[CoolSword Root Sword]] Macy receives [[ItWasAGift as a gift]] from Finn before heading out into the Evil Forest, named after the rootlike shape of its hilt guard.
65	* NoAntagonist: Any given chapter is as likely to have an antagonist as not.
66	** The closest thing to an antagonist in the first chapter is the Candy Corn Colonel, who enforces Princess Bubblegum's grudge against the Duke of Nuts, but that's only framed in opposition to Macy for one scene which he isn't there for.
67	** The third chapter doesn't even have that, the main source of tension coming from Macy's insecurity about her place in her adopted family, which she projects onto the new ambassador.
68	** The chapters ''Huntress Spirit'' and ''Natural Harmonies'' together form a sort of training montage for Macy, coming together into a single story about her [[spoiler:becoming a huntress]]. There is no antagonist in either chapter.
69	* NoirEpisode: "The Mystery of the Purloined Pudding", where [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a bunch of pudding gets stolen]] and Macy has to recruit [[PrivateInvestigator Cash Daniels]] to investigate.
70	* NoodleIncident: Jake tells a story about saving Raggedy Princess from a tornado "and herself"; other than the fact that Lady Rainicorn was somehow involved, nothing else is known about this event.
71	* OhCrap: Robin, and later [[GenderBlenderName Princess Cookie]], has one of these moments when they realize that Macy and Masse had been gone for a while.
72	* OhCrapThereAreFanficsOfUs: {{Discussed\|Trope}} in a LeaningOnTheFourthWall conversation near the beginning of the first chapter.
73	* OnTheNext: The author's note always contains a paragraph from the next episode.
74	* OurDragonsAreDifferent: ''Half Past Adventure'' inherits its weird dragons from ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime''.
75	* PhraseCatcher: Bulcinella the mobster gets a lot of "Shut up about the universe"s due to his attribution of just about anything to some sort of universal intention, mostly from his [[CynicIdealistDuo long-suffering partner]] Pugliacci.
76	* ThePianoPlayer: PlayedForLaughs at the end of the Theatre/WestSideStory parody episode, ''Catbells'', when [[{{Deuteragonist}} Robin]] plays the piano dramatically during the final scene.
77	* PowerCrystal: As seen in [[WesternAnimation/AdventureTime the original show]], there exist crystals from the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Crystal Dimension]] that let rainicorns (and others) send psychic “prismgrams”, essentially telepathic letters.
78	* PlantPerson: [[NatureHero Huntress Wizard]] and [[EvilWizard Forest Wizard]] appear to be something this-adjacent (the former is stated to be a goblin, but her hair is made of leaves), but the latter's PlantMooks definitely qualify.
79	* PlantMooks: Forest Wizard's mooks are a sight to behold. Cruel, efficient, and made entirely of holly booshes, they use their prehensile vines and magic-blocking nets to capture Macy and her friends with ease. [[spoiler:However, once they lose the element of surprise, they're taken down as easily as, well, plants.]]
80	* PrivateInvestigator: Cash Daniels, P.I. is one who helps Macy and Robin solve the mystery of the purloined pudding in the chapter, "The Mystery of the Purloined Pudding".
81	* PunnyName: Many characters, including Marquess Pen of Nuts and Penelope Farthington.
82	* RagsToRoyalty: Very much {{invoked\|Trope}} by the title of the first chapter, [[PrinceAndPauper "The Princess Pauper"]].
83	* RealisticDictionIsUnrealistic: There is quite a bit of hemming and hawing in the dialog, although perhaps not quite as much as in the real world.
84	* RuleOfThree:
85	** If Macy has three [[ImagineSpot image spots]], [[BadLuckCharm she thinks it's bad luck.]]
86	** Finn gives Macy three gifts (a ring, a flare gun, and a shortsword) before sending her into the Evil Forest.
87	* SarcasmBlind: [[BrainUploading Finn's mother, Dr. Minerva Campbell,]] [[LiteralMinded organizes a search party for Jake]] in the first episode when his PottyEmergency takes long enough that Finn and Lady begin joking about it.
88	* SignificantAnagram: Shortbelle and Jawffee's name is an anagram of Webcomic/SweetBroAndHellaJeff, to which much of their aesthetic is a reference.
89	* SmartPeopleSpeakTheQueensEnglish: {{Invoked\| trope}} by Macy sometimes when trying to sound smart, because [[InUniverse that's what all the sitcoms do]].
90	* TeamKiller: A somewhat accidental example (although [[InvokedTrope orchestrated]] by the other side): In the climax of their fight, [[spoiler:the [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Grass Dragon]] lets loose a BreathWeapon AcidAttack attack against Macy, who positions herself so that the attack destroys the enemy {{Plant Mook\|s}}, thus saving Robin]].
91	* TechnicolorFire: [[PlayingWithFire Huntress Wizard's magical flames]] are consistently green, as are [[spoiler: the flames she sees in a [[DreamingOfThingsToCome prophetic dream]] which resemble [[AncientEvil the lich's]] horns]].

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