Line #47 Fanfic/HowToBeConniving


1	''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3843458/1/How_to_be_Conniving How to Be Conniving]]'' is an ''WesternAnimation/IceAge'' fanfic created by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/~bloodmoon505 Blood Moon505]] which covers a series of seven days in which time a mysterious [[OriginalCharacter OC]] named Kayka tries to hook [[CrackPairing Diego up with Sid]].
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4	!!''How to Be Conniving'' provides examples of:
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6	* ApologeticAttacker: Kayka actually apologizes to [[spoiler:Soto]] after the EyeScream she performed on [[spoiler:him]] (See Below). However [[spoiler:Soto]] doesn't believe she is actually sorry and says so with Kayka readily agreeing though it is unsure how sincere Kayka was being.
7	* BatmanGambit:
8	** Kayka's plan to get Diego together with Sid [[spoiler:is so that she would no longer have any hope of being together with Diego. Slightly subverted in the fact that only the first part works, not the second.]]
9	** [[spoiler:Also the Gods plan to force Kayka into a job as punishment for breaking all of the rules set on her to be able to go back to the earth. The funny thing is Kayka ''knew'' about it and did it anyway.]]
10	* BettyAndVeronica: Sid (Betty) and Kayka (Veronica).
11	* BigBrotherAttraction: [[spoiler:Kayka, full stop.]]
12	* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Sure Diego gets a mate and is potentially set up to have a HappyEnding but Kayka on the other hand is stated to have willingly destroyed her own happiness and has been charged into doing a job that is heavily implied to be unpleasant and possibly damaging.]]
13	* BrotherSisterIncest: [[spoiler:It is [[TheReveal revealed]] that Kayka is actually Diego's little sister. This reveal is made after Diego seriously considered making Kayka his mate as well as several intimate scenes between the two including when Kayka "kissed" him. This is even [[{{Squick}} worse]] when you realize that Kayka knew that Diego was her brother all along and has even blatantly stated to two separate characters that she is in fact in love with her brother.]]
14	* ButNowIMustGo: [[spoiler:Kayka does this to Diego after The Reveal.]]
15	* CelibateHero: Kayka could be this considering she not only plotted to set her LoveInterest up with another guy [[spoiler:and actually succeeds!]] but also [[spoiler:rejects her CleaningUpRomanticLooseEnds guy.]]
16	* CharacterTics: Kayka and tilting her head to the side.
17	* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler:Kayka's blue eyes which are the major hint that she is in fact dead considering she died before her eyes could change color and is what Diego questioned her on which tipped him off on Kayka's true identity.]]
18	* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler:Soto]] is talked about chapters before [[spoiler:he]] pops up.
19	* CleaningUpRomanticLooseEnds: [[spoiler:Subverted. It looks like Kayka is going to hook up with Soto in the end but instead she indirectly rejects him.]]
20	%%* DeadAllAlong:[[spoiler:Kayka.]]
21	%%* DeadpanSnarker: Kayka and Diego mainly.
22	%%* DeathbyChildbirth: [[spoiler:Diego and Kayka's Mother.]]
23	* DeathOfAChild: [[spoiler:Kayka was killed when she was three months old.]]
24	* DeathOfTheHypotenuse: [[spoiler:Slightly subverted. Kayka was DeadAllAlong.]]
25	* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler:Though Diego didn't actually have arms to cradle Kayka in it is in the same spirit...]]
26	* DidNotGetTheGuy: [[spoiler:For [[DeadAllAlong obvious]] [[BrotherSisterIncest reasons]] Kayka and Diego do not get together.]]
27	%%* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Diego.
28	* EyeScream: [[spoiler:At one point Kayka plucks out the eye of Soto; of course [[HealingFactor he got]] better. Just never insult Diego while [[MoodSwinger Kayka]] is in a [[AxeCrazy certain mood]], you will live longer...]]
29	* FatalFlaw: Kayka's need to [[spoiler:self-destruct.]]
30	* {{Foreshadowing}}:
31	** [[spoiler:When Sid asks if Diego loves Kayka Diego replies that yes he loves Kayka but as a sister... guess what!]]
32	** Also Diego's [[DreamingTheTruth dream]]...
33	* ForgetsToEat: Averted with Kayka, [[spoiler:she's forbidden to eat (not that it stops her). Or sleep. According the author, the reason behind Kayka's inability to sleep or eat is that it was her [[EquivalentExchange payment]] for being able to walk in the living realm for seven days.]]
34	* IcyBlueEyes: Kayka has these, [[spoiler:also doubles as a ChekhovsGun]]
35	* IHaveManyNames: Kayka seems to be headed this way [[spoiler:considering she gave up her true name 'Kara' when she died and then gave up "Kayka" at the end of the story because it reminds her of too many ''good'' memories. She now wants to go by 'Kona' which apparently is a short, feminine name for 'Conniving'.]]
36	* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Subverted. [[spoiler:for even though Kayka did set Diego up with Sid it was not because she wanted Diego to be happy though in her words it 'was a bonus to the whole plot' but because she wanted to make herself ''miserable''.]]
37	* InterspeciesRomance:
38	** Diego and Sid who are Saber-toothed Tiger and Sloth respectively.
39	** [[spoiler:Kayka and Sid could also count.]]
40	%%* LoveTriangle: Diego, Sid, and Kayka.
41	%%* ManipulativeBitch: Kayka.
42	* MatchmakerCrush: Kayka who is in love with Diego while she tries to hook him up with another guy...
43	* MeaningfulName: [[spoiler:Kayka's true name 'Kara' means 'Beloved' which Diego named her for being her Mother's 'beloved' daughter. Also Kayka's new name 'Kona' is apparently a shortened version of conniving which is Kayka's most distinguished attribute.]]
44	* MoodSwinger: Kayka, even [[{{Lampshaded}} lampshaded]] by several characters.
45	* MurderTheHypotenuse: Adverted. [[spoiler:Kayka only ''wanted'' to kill Sid in the beginning.]]
46	* NeverGotToSayGoodbye: [[spoiler:Kayka is pleased when she was able to say goodbye to Diego since she couldn't say it to him when she ''died.'']]
47	%%* ObfuscatingInsanity: Kayka
48	* OfficialCouple: [[spoiler:Diego and Sid]], also Manny and Ellie.
49	* ParentalAbandonment: [[spoiler:After his mate's death Diego and Kayka's Father abandons Kayka because he believes that Kayka is responsible for his mate's death.]]
50	* ThePowerOfBlood: [[spoiler:Type A. Kayka feeds her dead blood to all of the members of Diego's herd in order to bind them to her so that not only can she be the only one of the dead world to touch them they get a portion of her lost years and Kayka gets to lead their souls to their judgments.]]
51	* PromotionToParent: [[spoiler:Diego is implied to become this to Kayka after their father decides to have nothing to do with her after his mate's death.]]
52	* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Two! One that Kayka is in fact [[DeadAllAlong dead]] and the other that she is Diego's dead little sister.]]
53	* SayMyName: [[spoiler:After Diego realizes who Kayka actually is he all but screams her real name 'Kara' for several minutes.]]
54	* {{Shinigami}}:[[spoiler:This is what the author says Kayka becomes in the end.]]
55	* ShipperOnDeck: [[ItWasHisSled You should know this already:]] Kayka.
56	* ShutUpKiss: [[spoiler:Kayka does this to Diego after he stumbles on trying to tell her that he is going to go confess to Sid.]]
57	* SingleTargetSexuality: Kayka is Diego-sexual. [[spoiler:To bad he's her [[{{Squick}} brother.]]]]
58	* SnowMeansDeath: [[spoiler:Kayka dies in the snow.]]
59	%%* StepfordSmiler: Kayka.
60	* TitleDrop: "By teaching you '''how to be conniving''', of course."
61	* TraumaInducedAmnesia:[[spoiler:{{Handwaved}} on why Diego doesn't mention that he had a sister; he was so stricken with guilt about not being able to save her that he forced his memories of her to be suppressed.]]
62	* VitriolicBestBuds:
63	** Kayka and [[spoiler:Soto]] definitely fit into this what with how much they attack each other, both verbally and physically, in the only conversation between them.
64	** Sid and Kayka could also fit...
65	* WhamLine: [[spoiler:'Because [[IcyBlueEyes they]] never got the chance to change']]
66	* WhatBeautifulEyes: Kayka's blue eyes.
67	* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Diego has two fears; his fear of water that he had conquered in the second movie and his fear of [[spoiler:ridicule]]. Kayka has one; [[spoiler:[[{{Irony}} dying]]]].
68	* {{Yandere}}: Kayka has some of these traits...
69	* YaoiFangirl:
70	-->'''Kayka:''' Nope... actually I think it's kind of cute.\
71	'''Diego:''' [[LampshadeHanging I knew it; you are that type of female, aren't you?]]\
72	'''Kayka:''' Yep!
73	:: And the [[AuthorAppeal author]], of course.

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