Line #29 Fanfic/MorphinFate


1	[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9030677/1/Morphin-Fate Morphin' Fate]], by [[Tropers/EvaUnit01 Gundam Kaiser]], is a crossover fanfic centering on the dark and cynical story of ''Literature/FateZero'' with all but one of the Servants lifted from the ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' franchise [[note]]with the last being Kamen Rider Diend[[/note]]. And almost ''immediately'' lets the asskicking commence.
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3	And, rather unusually for a 4th War fic, ''Morphin' Fate'' further shakes things up by throwing in an ''eighth'' Master-Servant pair right from the start.
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5	The Servants are:
6	* Saber: [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Tommy Oliver]], Green Ranger (season 1)
7	* Archer: [[Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue Carter Grayson]], Red Lightspeed Ranger
8	* Lancer: [[Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder Conner McKnight]], Red Dino Ranger
9	* Assassin: [[Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm Dustin Brooks]], Yellow Ninja Ranger
10	* Avenger: [[Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy the first Magna Defender]]
11	* Berserker: [[Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy Trakeena]]
12	* Caster: [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Lord Zedd]] (season 2)
13	* Rider: [[Series/KamenRiderDecade Daiki Kaitou]], Kamen Rider Diend
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15	!!''Morphin' Fate'' provides examples of:
16	* AdaptationalBadass: Diend was quite the contender in canon, but now he's won the SuperpowerLottery! See that entry for details.
17	* AlmightyJanitor: Avenger, after the 3rd War, is typically regarded as the weakest class, but this one keeps up with ''[[MemeticBadass Saber]]'' until Archer intervenes, and then goes head-to-head with ''Berserker'' without getting taken out.
18	* AloofAlly: Avenger, even to his own Master.
19	-->"I fight for my revenge. Not yours."
20	* AvengersAssemble: Every one of the Master-Servant pairs is introduced in the first chapter (with some Servants immediately being name-dropped!), and the second chapter mostly consists of an epic [[ThereCanBeOnlyOne brawl]] where each and every one of the Servants somehow gets involved.
21	* BadassBoast: '''"I AM LORD ZEDD, EMPEROR OF ''ALL EVIL'' WITHIN THIS GALAXY!"'''
22	** '''"KNEEL BEFORE LORD ZEDD, GALACTIC EMPEROR!"'''
23	* BestServedCold: Avenger's been waiting ''three thousand years'' for his revenge.
24	* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: Archer comes out of nowhere to protect Irisviel when Avenger tries to shoot her]]. Overlaps with NeutralNoLonger. This is quickly followed up by an unintentional...
25	** VillainousRescue: Berserker erupts from the sewers to attack Archer, unknowingly cutting Avenger some slack. [[LetsYouAndHimFight 'course, their mutual hatred then leads Beserker and Avenger to focus more on fighting each other]]....
26	* BigEntrance: Chapter Two. Lord Zedd. Teleports in, [[SlouchOfVillainy slouching upon his throne]], and immediately blasts the assembled Rangers, followed up with a BadassBoast.
27	* BoldInflation: Lord Zedd, in accordance with NoIndoorVoice and EvilIsHammy. Rider's TransformationTrinket gets it too.
28	* CardCarryingVillain: Lord Zedd and Berserker, in different ways - Zedd makes a bigger deal about his pride in being evil; whereas Berserker acts like it's no big deal, though with a good dose of ForTheEvulz thrown in.
29	* TheChessmaster: Rider seems to be setting himself up as one, with possible shades of ManipulativeBastard.
30	* ChivalrousPervert: Lancer, although it's more of a DownplayedTrope; it's noted that he appreciates how attractive Sola-Ui is, but doesn't act or remark on it. And when Rider unleashes a trio of female Kamen Riders on him in chapter two - [[PowerPerversionPotential apparently 'programmed' to try and molest him]] - Lancer resists the temptation.
31	* {{Cliffhanger}}: Chapter two ends with Lord Zedd's BigEntrance and the assembled Rangers ''immediately'' going into an EnemyMine against him, and it cuts off just before the battle commences.
32	* CurbStompBattle: Subverted with Berserker and Avenger - it ''looks'' like Berserker's completely dominating the brawl, and she is... because Avenger's ''[[BatmanGambit letting her waste her energy in a battle of attrition]]'', and he's enough of an ImplacableMan that he can take the beating and keep coming back for more.
33	* DarkIsEvil: Angra Mainyu, naturally, but Lord Zedd is given associations with darkness.
34	* DoppelgangerAttack: Assassin can make a single duplicate of himself like in canon, but it doesn't seem to last for very long.
35	* EnemyMine: When Zedd makes his BigEntrance, the four assembled Rangers ''immediately'' join forces to take him on. May count as a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome.
36	* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Within two minutes of being summoned, Lord Zedd fries several kidnapped children with electricity as a means of torture before then [[YourSoulIsMine taking their souls as nourishment]].
37	* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Subverted with Berserker. After all, EvenEvilHasLovedOnes, and she was quite the DaddysGirl.
38	* FragileSpeedster:
39	** Rider had a D in Endurance, but B+ Agility.
40	** Assassin is also a FragileSpeedster of sorts, but still outclasses Rider in both stats; C Endurance and A+ Agility.
41	* HighlyVisibleNinja: Assassin, naturally, being [[Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm Dustin Brooks]]. Lampshaded to hell and back as a RunningGag. "The irony of being stealthier in bright yellow spandex is noted."
42	* HumongousMecha: The two Ranger Servants who've had their stats revealed both have a Megazord as one of their Noble Phantasms, and Lancer has admitted to having his team's Megazord as an NP as well. In the third chapter, Zedd transformed and combined a few military warehouses into an EvilKnockoff of [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers the Mega Shogunzord]] and unleashes it upon the city. [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome Cue Dragonzord]].
43	* HumiliationConga: Rider suggests that Waver's actual goal isn't to be respected, but to inflict one of these on Kayneth. And, after a moment, Waver gives him the go-ahead to try and see it through.
44	* JackOfAllStats: Saber. B+ Strength and Endurance, B Agility, C- Mana, and [[ScrewDestiny A+ Luck]].
45	* {{Jerkass}}[=/=]ItsAllAboutMe: Berserker, though she does have some PetTheDog moment with Kariya.
46	* HotBlooded: When Saber starts piloting his HumongousMecha, he starts yelling like a SuperRobotGenre pilot. This can probably be chalked up to [[AuthorAppeal the author being a fan of super robot shows]].
47	* IGaveMyWord[=/=]ExactWords: Apparently, Kariya swore to Aoi that he wouldn't target Tokiomi. Tokiomi's ''Servant'' is another matter entirely.
48	* ImplacableMan: Avenger, and it's freaking ''nuts''. No matter how hard Berserker thrashes him, he just gets right back up a second later seemingly none the worse for wear.
49	* KickTheDog: When Kariya doesn't summon Lancelot, Zouken naturally mocks him for it. Berserker promptly [[TakeThat mocks Zouken even further]] [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech in exchange]]. [[EvilIsPetty Mostly because she finds him so visibly repugnant]].
50	-->'''Berserker:''' "As stupid as you are ugly, I see. The thought of ''you'' being my Master... I might have killed myself on the spot. <{{beat}}> Or rather, I would have killed ''you'' on sight and sought another Master. [...] Come Master, let us leave. I can't decide what offends me more - the foul stench, or this worthless wreck standing before me."
51	* [[KneelBeforeZod Kneel Before]] [[{{Pun}} Zedd]]
52	* [[SwordBeam Knife Beam]]: Saber can use 'em with his Draggon Dagger.
53	* MegaCrossover: Even though [[Literature/FateZero only]] [[Franchise/PowerRangers three]] [[Series/KamenRiderDecade franchises]] are involved, the fic may still qualify since most of the Servants are from different installments.
54	* NoNonsenseNemesis: Avenger, during his duel with Saber. Attacks immediately to try and prevent him from Morphing, and attempts to [[spoiler: [[ShootTheMedicFirst shoot Irisviel without hesitation]]]]
55	* NotHisSled: Since some of the Servants have almost nothing in common with their canon counterparts, certain events and character developments are handled very differently - for starters, Kiritsugu and Saber are on speaking terms with each other, Lancer gets held up on his way to the docks and so joins the battle late, and Waver's tucked away at home instead of being dragged around by Rider.
56	* NotSoDifferentRemark: Berserker compares Kariya to Scorpius in her mind, based primarily on both of them being [[PapaWolf fiercely protective of their daughters]].
57	* ObviouslyEvil: Lord Zedd, natch. Assassin hangs a lampshade on it.
58	* OhCrap: Saber gets a pretty epic one when [[{{Archenemy}} Lord Zedd]] shows up out of nowhere in front of him.
59	* OneWingedAngel: Activating Berserker's Mad Enhancement takes her from her normal form into her more monstrous appearance from the end of [[Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy her home series]].
60	* PapaWolf: Berserker observes that Kariya has this kind of mentality regarding Sakura and Rin, and somewhat surprisingly respects him for it [[spoiler: since it reminds her of her own father, Scorpius]].
61	* PowerPerversionPotential: The Kamen Riders summoned by Diend in this fic are regarded as 'dolls' that are programmed with an 'A.I.' when he summons them... and he's demonstrated that he can summon at least three of the four female Riders [[note]] Femme, Siren, and Nadeshiko; Kivaara has yet to make an appearance[[/note]], and indeed uses them to distract Lancer by, well.... Also subverted in that, so far, Diend doesn't take advantage of it himself, and Lancer's more [[FetishRetardant creeped out than anything else]].
62	* {{Revenge}}: When Kariya informs Berserker of her first target, she's delighted at the chance to get her revenge on Archer for his hand in killing her.
63	** RevengeByProxy: Avenger's original plan was to kill all the Servants and use the Grail for a shot at revenge against Scorpius, but immediately changes his mind when he comes up against her daughter, the Servant Berserker.
64	* RightBehindMe: Assassin pulls this on Risei as a prank after the latter makes a disparaging remark about the former's yellow spandex.
65	-->Risei muttered something derogatory about yellow spandex under his breath, at which point Assassin scared the hell out of Risei by clapping him on the shoulder from behind. While Risei could still see Assassin standing in front of him.
66	* SummonMagic: Rider had it in his [[Series/KamenRiderDecade home series]], but here it's taken up to eleven [[SerialEscalation and then a few notches further]]; see SuperpowerLottery.
67	** Caster!Zedd seems to have it too, for the purposes of summoning [[{{Mooks}} Putty Patrollers]].
68	* SuperpowerLottery: The Fate series has a knack for this, and it's inevitable someone winds up winning the lottery. In this case, it's Rider, whose Noble Phantasm functions as not just a TransformationTrinket, [[spoiler:but also a gun and a device used to summon other Riders. He even has a Noble Phantasm that works similarly to Zero!Rider's own signature Phantasm, though instead of summoning his massive army, he summons [[BadassArmy every main Rider up to Wizard]]. And even without 'Rider Apocalypse', his SummonMagic lets him summon at least three Kamen Riders at a time, including non-mains, as well as the American-produced ''Series/MaskedRider'' and ''[[Series/KamenRiderDragonKnight Dragon Knight]]'', ''and'' he apparently has absolute control over each and every one of them. Then, his ''other'' Noble Phantasm basically lets him treat the war as a game board, since he can create an impassable barrier to keep someone out of an area or forcibly teleport other Servants or Masters somewhere else against their will.]] And this isn't even including his skills, which include Independent Action, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Riding]], being able to negate a Charisma skill, and having [[SpiderSense Eye of the Mind (False)]]. [[FragileSpeedster Only his]] [[SquishyWizard personal stats]] keep him from being a total GameBreaker, and between [[spoiler: 'Plunderer of Worlds' and his SummonMagic]], that's not even a real problem for him.
69	* SuperSpeed: Assassin, twice over; not only does he have A+ Agility, but his Ninja Streak skill allows him to move so fast that, regardless of who the opponent is and how good their senses are, all they can observe is a yellow blur. It only lasts for two seconds, but Assassin can spam the hell out of it back-to-back as long as he's got the mana.
70	* SwissArmyWeapon: Avenger. Magna Sword for melee combat, Magna Blaster for fighting at range.
71	* TransformationIsAFreeAction: Subverted and then DoubleSubverted; Avenger can keep attacking Saber to stop him from Morphing in the first place, but once Saber gets a moment free, it turns out that Morphing creates an energy field to protect him for the few seconds needed to complete the transformation.
72	* VillainsActHeroesReact: Discussed in the narration. "A Power Ranger didn't go around starting fights. A Power Ranger went to a fight already in progress and ''ended'' it."
73	* TheWorfEffect: Rider attempts to worf Zedd by summoning [[Series/KamenRiderKuuga Ultimate Kuuga]]. Zedd shrugs it off and then worfs Kuuga even harder.
74	* YouFightLikeACow: "Dude, you're a Red Ranger. Shouldn't you be... you know... putting up a better fight than this?"

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