Line #63 Fanfic/FleshAndBloodCybladeSilver


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.
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183	!! Tropes exclusive to ''Gemini'':
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185	* SacredFirstKiss: Shinya mentions this to Levin in chapter 17.

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