Line #119 Fanfic/NoHoper


1	''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7107554/1/NoHoper NoHoper]]'' is a ''Manga/DeathNote'' and ''Literature/TheHouseOfNight'' crossover by fellow Troper Ruin Takada. It can also be found on the author's Live Journal ''[[http://ruin-takada.livejournal.com/13638.html here]]''.
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3	A DeadFic, it has since been resurrected as the [[https://archiveofourown.org/series/3693505 NoHoper Series]] on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn, starting with [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/49678486/chapters/125389999 'LightBringer',]] attributed to the author and fellow Troper [[CameBackStrong now known as KevinBurnett]]. This new version of the fic is now complete at 30 chapters long, as of March 2024.
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5	%%All ZCEs!! Both versions of ''[=NoHoper=]'' provide examples of:
6	%%* AlternateUniverseFic
7	%%* AppealToObscurity
8	%%* ByronicHero
9	%%* ConditionedToAcceptHorror
10	%%* {{Crossover}}
11	%%* DarkIsNotEvil
12	%%* DarkerAndEdgier
13	%%* DeconstructionFic
14	%%* FantasticRacism
15	%%* FixFic
16	%%* FusionFic
17	%%* HateFic
18	%%* InnerMonologue
19	%%* LetsSeeYouDoBetter
20	%%* LightIsNotGood
21	%%* PsychologicalHorror
22	%%* RationalFic
23	%%* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism
24	%%* SwitchingPOV
25	%%* TransplantedCharacterFic
26	%%* UnreliableNarrator
27	%%* WellIntentionedExtremist
28	%%* WholePlotReference
29	%%* VanHelsingHateCrimes
30	%%* YouAreWhatYouHate
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33	For tropes specific to each version (with specific examples), see below:
34	[[folder: NoHoper (2011)]]
35	Summary: Merely a test-subject/researcher for the anti-Vampyre drug Denyxinil, a No-Hoper in the grand scheme, all that changes when he is Marked and forced to live among those he despises most. No pairings shared here, takes place in a canon-changed Untamed.
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37	!! ''[=NoHoper=]'' provides examples of:
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39	* AdaptationDyeJob: TheVirus turns Light's hair a bright (Kira) red.
40	%%* AllGhoulsSchool: The House of Night.
41	%%* AllJustADream
42	%%* AlternateUniverse
43	%%* AndIMustScream
44	* AnimalsHateHim: Light, well horses do-which proves to be a problem during his equestrian class.
45	* AppealToObscurity: The fact that the whole fic was based on a tiny detail in the first book of the HON series.
46	* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: From Light (considering he's ObsessivelyOrganized), that last one is probably justified).
47	-->'''Light:''' It wasn't "just" anything! I've barely been here 24 hours, and already I can see what the next four years are going to consist of: ''Sick'' minds, ''mind-numbing'' conversation, and disgusting, degenerative, disorganized ''HELL!''
48	* AscendedExtra: Considering that the author practically owns this trope, it is no surprise that [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse Kayla]] was brought in as a proper character again. Also Yamamoto (Light's friend from school who appears in a few pages of the manga and doesn't appear in the anime) is one of the few other characters that makes a showing from ''Manga/DeathNote'' canon. As for from the House of Night canon, Drew Partain - who'd only gotten a couple of mentions as Stevie Rae's [[ShipTease maybe boyfriend]] in the books - and 'Amanda', who only ever had one mention in the first book.
49	%%* BadassBookworm: Light
50	%%* TheBaroness: Neferet
51	* BerserkButton: Never complain to Dragon Lankford about your safety gear.
52	%%* BitchInSheepsClothing: Neferet
53	* {{Blackmail}}: Light blackmails a ''teacher'' as part of his [[TheChessMaster schemes]].
54	%%* BrokenAce: Light of course.
55	* BrokenBird: Light putting up an unbreakable mask for the world is his way of coping with tragedy.
56	* BullyingADragon:
57	** {{Lampshaded}}, when the other students begin to shun Light, he takes to reading Creator/StephenKing's ''Literature/{{Carrie}}''. [[{{Foreshadowing}} You can imagine how things are going to go.]]
58	** Lampshaded by literature professor Penthesilea.
59	---> '''Prof. Penthesilea''':"...''Literature/{{Carrie}}'' as you'll soon find out, warns us of the danger of underestimation, of messing with the wrong person and not treating everyone with the respect they fully deserve. While this may be tempting for some, it will be an insult to the one you abuse, and may [[ComicallyMissingThePoint end in your untimely death]]."
60	* ByronicHero: Light is passionate, brooding, vengeful, mad, bad, and dangerous to know.
61	%%* CampGay: Jack Twist
62	* CatsAreMean: Or rather are arrogant, spoiled, and expect to be worshipped like a Goddess [[spoiler: Cleo, Light's {{Familiar}}]].
63	* CatsAreSnarkers: Cleo
64	-->'''Light:''' You know what? I'm going to name you.
65	-->'''Cleo:''' 'Name me'? What do I need a name for? I am the best, how can anyone not know who I am? And you, what do you need a name for? You are so recognisable, you are unforgettable!
66	-->'''Light:''' And what's that supposed to mean?
67	-->'''Cleo:''' Nothing. I just think names are stupid. [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments All you need to know is that you are a can-opener,]] and I am [[AGodAmI the Great-I-Am!]]
68	-->'''Light:''' Well, you deserve a name, you know, [[HypocriticalHumor one that doesn't invoke cries of 'blasphemy']].
69	* TheChessmaster: As soon as Light arrives in the House of Night he immediately sets to work with figuring out how it all works and aquiring allies [[spoiler: so he can properly plan his vengeance.]]
70	* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: [[spoiler: Light. His mother was killed right in front of him and then this is reinforced at the testing facility with the staff's casual attitude when most of the test subjects die.]]
71	* ContinuityNod: The picture in the Fledgeling Handbook of Queen Cleopatra is said to be on page 52 - guess where it is in the [[AllThereInTheManual real life version of the book]].
72	* CoolTeacher: Professor Lankford a.k.a. "Dragon" the fencing instructor and Professor [[spoiler: Erik Night]] the Drama professor.
73	%%* CosmicPlaything: Light
74	* CouchGag: Every chapter begins with a humorous slight at the original authors of the HON series.
75	%%* {{Crossover}}: An amazingly obscure one from the mind that brought you [[Fanfic/TheArtOfSubconsciousIllusion Death Note AND House M.D]].
76	* CulturalPosturing: Between the humans and the vampyres and arguing who is morally superior.
77	* CurbStompBattle: Damien is completely unprepared when Light gets serious during their fencing lesson.
78	* CursedWithAwesome: Light [[spoiler:since his transformation he's gained enhanced physical prowess and [[PlayingWithFire power over the element of fire]] (as well as others)]]
79	%%* DarkAndTroubledPast: Light. [[spoiler: Let's just say he has a very good reason to hate vampyres.]]
80	* DarkerAndEdgier: This brings the HON series into a much harsher light - it's not all about Goddess Worship.
81	* DarkIsNotEvil: the vampyres [[spoiler: though there are exceptions.]]
82	* DeadFic: This version of the fanfic was discontinued, only to be brought back in a new version - see below.
83	* DeconstructionFic: What's bound to happen when you throw [[KnightTemplar Light Yagami]] in with a cast of FriendlyNeighborhoodVampires...
84	* DiscriminateAndSwitch: [[spoiler: [[AscendedExtra Amanda]] thinks that Light hates now-dead fledgling Diana because she turned her nose up at him during lunch that day. It's actually just because he's a [[TheSociopath sociopath]], probably. In any case, she ''was'' a fledgling vampyre. Also when Light goes berserk and nearly kills Damien during their fencing lesson, Damien wonders if he's a homophobe or something but then Light doesn't seem to have a problem with [[CampGay Jack.]] Light doesn't have a problem with him being gay-he has a problem with him being a vampyre.]]
85	* TheDitz: Kayla
86	-->'''Light:''' I like… science.
87	-->'''Kayla:''' Oh? Really?
88	-->'''Light:''' Yes. And some silence.
89	-->'''Kayla:''' Is that a band?
90	* DontTellMama: Light's avoiding of conversation with his father at all costs.
91	%%* ElementalPowers
92	* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[TheBaroness Neferet]] is quite angry when she learns that the humans were experimenting on and killing children in their search for a Vampyre cure.
93	* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Light wtih Jack and Damein.
94	* EvilOverlordList: #29 "[[ColorCodedForYourConvenience I will dress in bright and cheery colors, and so throw my enemies into confusion.]]" While visiting a human town Light dresses all in white [[CrazyPrepared presumably so his vampyre pallor will not be so noticeable.]]
95	%%* {{Familiar}}: Cleo
96	* FantasticRacism: Light is the most guilty of this.
97	* FatalFlaw: Light's {{Pride}} and desire for justice (thirst for vengeance) gets him into a lot of trouble.
98	* FixFic: According to WordOfGod, this is the author's attept at showing what The House of Night series would look like in the hands of a 'proper writer'.
99	%%* FlashbackNightmare
100	%%* FreakOut: [[spoiler: Light, when Drew gives him the newcomer Hazing of Extreme Gore.]]
101	%%* FreudianExcuse
102	* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampires: Many of the students and teachers at the House of Night seem like perfectly nice people. Subverted with [[spoiler: Neferet]] who is FauxAffablyEvil.
103	* FunWithAcronyms: The Scientists refer to the development of the anti-vampyre drug [[IncrediblyLamePun Denyxinil]] as the 'A.D.O.N project' (the Aversion or Destruction Of Night-children).
104	* FusionFic: Light's BackStory is changed to fit into The HON universe and instead of becoming Kira he's becoming a vampyre [[spoiler: and HunterOfHisOwnKind]].
105	* GenkiGirl: While Misa has yet to appear in this universe; Light's got an UnwantedHarem of them instead.
106	%%* {{Gorn}}
107	%%* GratuitousJapanese: It helps that the author knows the language well enough.
108	%%* HateFic
109	%%* HolierThanThou
110	* HumansAreMorons: Cleo seems to think that the majority of the two-legs are only good for opening cans.
111	* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: [[spoiler: [[CulturalPosturing Nerferet argues this and how humans oppress them for no reason.]] [[BerserkButton In response]] Light [[ShutUpHannibal begins listing the dates and details of all known vampyre attacks.]]]]
112	* HunterOfHisOwnKind: [[spoiler: Light sets out to kill vampyres after being marked by one as a child, but the vampyres he meets at the House of Night are innocent kids. [[BlackAndWhiteInsanity Light's inability to reconcile this with his belief that all vampyres are blood-thirsty monsters]] leads to several KickTheDog moments]].
113	* IHateYouVampireDad: [[spoiler: Light hates vampyres because he survived an attack as a child (and so was marked). An attack that killed his mother.]]
114	* InnerMonologue: Light does this often - justified in that, as the MasterActor he is (and incredibly biased), he will say one thing to someone but be thinking something else completely.
115	%%* InnerMonologueConversation: Cleo and Light. It doesn't help that she is yet to learn proper thought-etiquette.
116	%%* InterpretativeCharacter
117	%%* IsntItIronic
118	* JustBetweenYouAndMe: [[spoiler: Neferet tells Light all about her EvilPlan when she thinks he's Kalona.]]
119	* KarmicTransformation: Light hates vampyres with a passion. [[ButtMonkey Guess what happens when he becomes a test subject given an experimental new drug meant to cure vampyrism.]]
120	%%* {{Keet}}: Jack, [[{{Foil}} Light's]] roommate.
121	%%* KissOfTheVampire
122	* LetsSeeYouDoBetter: The author works to prove they ''can'' do better.
123	%%* LightIsNotGood
124	%%* ManipulativeBitch: Neferet
125	* MasterActor: Light. His drama teacher is the only one that catches on to the fact that Light is acting ''ALL THE TIME''.
126	* MeaningfulName: Light's 'new name' as a fledgling vampyre, Asahi, means 'Morning Sun' in Japanese. The wholly more appropriate Yagami ('Night-God') is discarded.
127	%%* MissingMom
128	* MythologyGag:
129	** In this fic Light is very skilled at fencing and [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything swordplay]]. In ''[[AllThereInTheManual How To Read 13]]'' Ohba and Obata state that they were originally going to have Light and L be fencing masters and do a fencing duel before they ultimately [[WhatCouldHaveBeen settled for tennis instead.]]
130	** Light's new surname, Asahi, came from the canon as an alias used by both Light and Soichiro during the Kira investigation.
131	%%* NayTheist
132	%%* NeatFreak: Light, and as referenced, Light's mother as well.
133	%%* NiceGuy: Jack and Damien
134	* TheNicknamer: [[CatsAreSnarkers Cleo]] takes to referring to Light as "the Can-Opener."
135	%%* NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup: [[spoiler: Light is the only test subject to be affected in this way. The rest of them ''died.'']]
136	%%* NoSenseOfHumour
137	%%* NoodleIncident
138	%%* OurVampiresAreDifferent
139	%%* PetHomosexual: Jack seems to fall into this, but at a [[TakeThat far less of a degree]] than he did in the original HON series.
140	%%* PlayingWithFire: [[spoiler: Light.]]
141	* ProfessorGuineaPig: Light was originally one of the scientists working on the cure for vampyrism but seeing how he was one of the few members of the population who could be used in the study he agreed to become a test subject.
142	%%* PsychologicalHorror
143	* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Cleo, who is based on an actual cat (the author's).
144	%%* ReligionIsMagic
145	%%* RightHandCat: Invoked. Cleo wants a schemer to be her bondmate.
146	%%* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[spoiler: Light's goal.]]
147	* SatireParodyPastiche: Much of what happens to Light is a sort of parody (if a little less affectionate than most) of what happens to Zoey, but with a more [[DarkerAndEdgier serious]] edge. A little bit satire, with the issues that crop up in it.
148	%%* ScienceDestroysMagic
149	%%* ScienceHero: Light
150	* ScrewYouElves: Light is happy to be the one to tell the Vampyres where to stick it when he gets sick of their CulturalPosturing.
151	* ShipTease: Light with Zoey, the twins, Damien, Neferet, and Kayla.
152	* ShoutOut:
153	** Light reads ''Literature/{{Carrie}}'', ''Literature/TheRing'', and ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' in drama class, and he acts out a scene from ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' with Zoey.
154	** Also to ''ComicBook/SpiderMan''. And ''Series/RedDwarf.''
155	** There is a doctor named [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Dr Summers]] on the anti-vampyre [[FunWithAcronyms A.D.O.N]] team. Also, Dr Primrose, whose name came from a very long Whedon-provided list of former Watchers.
156	* SmallNameBigEgo: From the author, no less, and usually in {{Couch Gag}}s.
157	-->''"Do what you like, just don't tell the Cast duo (Kristen may be fired and have to deal with the shame of having me replace her)."''
158	-->''"Ruin Takada, culling the evils of literature since 2011 - or at least giving them the ''joie de vivre''."''
159	-->''"I am the Champion of Minor Characters Everywhere. It is my new title, in fact. 'Ruin Takada - The Minor Character's Champion'... I like the sound of that."''
160	%%* ShutUpHannibal: Light delivers an ''epic'' one to Neferet.
161	%%* SlidingScaleOfVampireFriendliness
162	%%* SnarkyNonHumanSideKick: Cleo.
163	* TheSociopath: {{Lampshaded}} [[spoiler: when one of the students dies in front of Light and he shows no emotion over her death. The other students whine and scream at him and call him a sociopath. Light only agrees and tells them that they're probably right.]]
164	* TheSoulless: [[spoiler: During the House of Night ritual, the Goddess finds Light to be "empty." Light is ''very disturbed'' by this.]]
165	%%* StagesOfMonsterGrief
166	%%* SwitchingPOV
167	%%* TakeThat: The whole fic is this to the House of Night series, in fairness.
168	* TalkingAnimal: Cleo. {{Justified\|Trope}} in that having a Feline Affinity is pretty common for vampyres in HON-verse (an affinity that would allow for such communication), and subverted in that it's Light's affinity and thus only he seems to understand her wittering. Of course, WordOfGod proclaims this development as simply for the RuleOfFunny.
169	* TeacherStudentRomance: [[spoiler: To Light's discomfort Neferet tries to jump him when she thinks that he has been possessed by her lover [[BigBad Kalona]].]]
170	* TechnoBabble: According to WordOfGod, 'No-Hoper' comes from the medical slang for the drug dopamine.
171	* ThereAreNoTherapists: [[spoiler: The kid who lost his mother to vampyres is turned into a vampyre and then thrust into the school full of vampyres. Yet no one seemed to consider he might benefit from some therapy.]]
172	* ThoroughlyMistakenIdentity: when Neferet assumes Light [[spoiler: has been possessed by Kalona, her lover and the BigBad]]. Light has no clue what's going on but for the sake of self-preservation plays along with it. [[TheBaroness When the scary vampyre lady]] asks you if you're [[AGodAmI a God]], [[Film/Ghostbusters1984 say yes.]]
173	%%* TitleDrop
174	* TransplantedCharacterFic: Light in the HON-universe.
175	* UnwantedHarem: Light seems to attract fangirls wherever he goes: Zoey, Neferet, the Twins, Kayla, [[EvenTheGuysWantHim Damien]]...
176	* UnreliableNarrator: Light is incredibly biased at times, due in part to being prejudiced and highly-strung in general.
177	%%* VanHelsingHateCrimes
178	* WeHaveReserves: at the start of the story the scientists seem resigned to the fact that most if not all of their test subjects are dead, dying, or going to die.
179	* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler: [[EvenEvilHasStandards Neferet]] calls out the human scientists looking for the vampyre cure for experimenting on and killing children.]]
180	%%* WhatMeasureIsANonhuman
181	* WholePlotReference: The No Hopers aren’t expected to live long, hence the name, so the doctors give them simple black journals to record their thoughts and feelings during the process... called "Death Notes."
182	* YouAreWhatYouHate: Light hates vampyres, but is becoming a vampyre himself.
183	[[/folder]]
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185	[[folder: NoHoper Part I: LightBringer (2023)]]
186	Summary: In the wake of two professors’ murders and High Priestess Neferet’s threats to wage war, a crisis of power has the House of Night teetering into free-fall. Desperate to prove herself worthy to her friends, Zoey must finally do the unthinkable to complete her circle. Meanwhile, a research team on the precipice of discovery will pay any price in the fight against death.
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188	Welcome to the Tulsa House of Night: forget everything you think you know.
189
190	!! ''[=LightBringer=]'' provides examples of:
191	%%* AdaptationalSexuality: [[spoiler: Aphrodite, when she confesses her romantic feelings for Zoey.]]
192	%%* AdaptationDyeJob
193	%%* AlternateHistory
194	* AmbiguouslyGay: How the circle first see Light, to the point of debating it, deciding he is 'Schrodinger's Queer'. Light is a little amused by this, [[SideBet until they start taking bets on it]].
195	%%* AnArmAndALeg
196	* ArcWords:''"Whatever happens is supposed to happen."''
197	* ArtisticLicenseReligion: Light retells the story of Cain and Abel as a possible "explanation" for the origin of vampyres, acknowledging that it's "a story full of holes made to piece together things that science had not yet explained" - no doubt picked up from someone who wanted to justify hating vampyres, [[JustifiedTrope demonstrating the weaponising of religion in bigotry]].
198	* AscendedExtra:
199	** Yamamoto, previously only seen in a few panels towards the beginning and end of the original manga, is Light's childhood best friend who has been keeping in contact with him this whole time (with limited success lately).
200	** Drew Partain, previously brought in from the second book of the original book series as a potential boyfriend for Stevie Rae, quickly befriends Light, all set with [[HomoeroticSubtext ribbing and mutually joyful banter]].
201	* AsideComment: Light uses these frequently in italics, often to express what he cannot say aloud in the moment - or admit to himself.
202	* BadassBookworm: Light, as shown not only by his physical prowess as a fencer, but all the books he carries (and reads, if his liberal use of {{Shout Out}}s, including to Lovecraft, Jonathan Swift, Orwell's 'Nineteen Eighty-Four', Melville's ''Moby-Dick'' and H.G. Well's ''The Island of Doctor Moreau'' (to name a few) is anything to go by).
203	* BreakingTheFourthWall
204	--> '''Neferet:''' Shall we hear from someone ''worthwhile'', for a change?
205	* BrownNoteBeing: Apparently there are [[YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm two]] [[TheNameless of]] [[NoNameGiven these]].
206	%%* BodyHorror
207	* BullyingADragon: Light goads [[MadScientist Dr Primrose]] into helping him find the murderer who killed his parents in return for helping him get the vampyre cure study back from [[EvilInc Yotsuba Intl]], resulting in this biting TheReasonYouSuckSpeech.
208	--> '''Light:''' Who, me? The unlicensed, emotionally vulnerable, exploited minor? The one you taught to unknowingly commit murder from the age of 12 and forced to commit murder for you 13 more times? The one this security camera can attest was knowingly held under an unenforceable contract to be executed no matter what he chose? The one who was bribed into carrying out your dirty work with money, academic opportunity and emotional bribery? The one this House of Night already suspects was mentally warped by your study? Yes, between me and the man who [[Literature/TheIslandOfDoctorMoreau ''Dr Moreau’d'']] his way through 15 orphaned children, [[DeadpanSnarker ''I'' should be worried.]]
209	* ContrastingReplacementCharacter: While James Stark is a brash-but-tragic figure who [[spoiler: spills his backstory, dies within the first five minutes, is BroughtBackWrong and sexually assaults various classmates whilst being mind controlled by the personification of Evil and never has to apologise for his actions]], Light Asahi is a calculating character who is [[OnceDoneNeverForgotten not allowed to forget his mistakes]].
210	* CulturalPosturing: Dr Summers and Neferet have quite the verbal battle over their positions.
211	%%* CurbStompBattle: [[GoForTheEye Damien is not prepared for his bout]].
212	* DeconstructionFic: This fic takes the core issues with the House of Night series and takes them far more seriously.
213	** When Neferet declares war, the High Priestess of all vampyres comes in not only to refuse it, but to ensure her obvious symptoms of burn-out and work-related stress are addressed ''first.''
214	** When articles of clothing belonging to female students and acolytes are found amongst the effects of the late Professor Loren Blake, Dragon insists on treating it as a serious matter to investigate, rather than doing what happened in the original series, which was nothing.
215	* DissonantSerenity: [[spoiler: Diana's sudden, messy and horrific death, contrasted with the almost dreamlike quality of Light's comfort and Anastasia and the healers collecting her body - broken the moment Mathieson tries to pick up her suddenly dismembered arm.]]
216	* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Light has one with the rest of the circle, portraying himself as the observant tactician ready to call the others out when required when he stays quiet, only to ask Damien if he actually overheard the boy refer to him as "Schrodinger's Queer".
217	%%* EvilPrincipal
218	* FantasticRacism:
219	** In one specific example (among many) a fellow researcher would refer to vampyres with the collective noun of "tumour".
220	** Light jokes that ''fictional'' vampires have the word spelled with an 'i' to avoid "copyright infringement". In reality, it probably has more to do with a lawyer playing fast and loose with technicality and plausible deniability, no doubt making the argument that it "can't be discrimination against vampyres if we're not talking about ''you'' people."
221	* ForbiddenFriendship: Aphrodite and Zoey have to limit their hang-outs in public to all except the dining hall at lunch and dinner, to avoid alerting Neferet to the fact that Zoey doesn't believe the high priestess when she says the goddess Nyx has disavowed Aphrodite while ''also'' carrying on the pretence of Zoey getting Aphrodite "reacquainted" with Nyx and back on Her good side vis a vis "table fellowship".
222	* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Subverted from the original canon; Erin and Shaunee try to establish this with Aphrodite as the target, only for Zoey to put a quick end to it. To the Twins' credit, they do tone it all the way down.
223	%%* GayBestFriend: Subverted from canon, as Damien and Jack gain new dimensions.
224	%%* GeniusBookClub: Light's propensity for literature references, not to mention
225	* GenreSavvy:
226	** Light refers to [[MotherGoddess Nyx]] as [[MotherOfAThousandYoung "the Mother of a Million Children"]] - all Lovecraftian implications included.
227	** Soichiro tells Yamamoto to accompany Sayu to a New Year's temple visit, as "This isn't ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh''.
228	* GratuitousLatin: Zoey refers to [[BrownNoteBeing the Grand High Priestess Shekinah's aura]] as a ''Divina Gloria''.
229	* {{Hallucinations}}: During a medical procedure, Light looks into the corner of the clinic room to see a [[EldritchAbomination great floating eye]]. It's not certain if it's real or not, but when he's back in the clinic room again in the next chapter, it's no longer there, but a surveillance camera is.
230	%%* HeWhoFightsMonsters
231	* JoinsToFitIn: In the over two months since Zoey was Marked, [[AscendedExtra Kayla's]] friendship group of herself, Ally, Corrine, Darcy and Emi started mutually as a bunch of misfits looking for a seat at a table. They seem to get along quite well.
232	%%* LimitedSocialCircle: Zoey and her circle, emphasis on ''limited''.
233	* LiteraryAllusionTitle: "LightBringer" is a reference to mythological character Prometheus, whose stealing of the fire for mankind brought technological and societal advancement at great expense -- namely eternal punishment.
234	* {{Matriarchy}}: Played with, taking the Enlightened Matriarchy envisioned by the original authors and emphasising its actual state as a Patriarchy Flip that only reinforces the same patriarchal gendered stereotyoes, making vampyre society a Matriarchy in Name Only. For example, as vampyre men are only valued for physical prowess and talents and vampyre women are valued for intellectual and spiritual talents as high priestesses, vampyre men do not have significant power except as professors or warriors, with no room for advancement (as "high priests" are not a thing). It can still raise an eyebrow if too many vampyre men are on staff teaching ''liberal arts'' subjects.
235	* MeaningfulRename: Light sheds his name with the Yagamis (Akira) as he [[ParentalAbandonment "can't pretend they never existed."]]
236	%%* MedicalHorror
237	* MouthfulOfPi: Lampshaded prior with a claim to be able to recite the first one-hundred digits, Light does this in his head [[spoiler: in order to prevent himself from panicking over the boy who sexually assaulted him touching him again, and in front of that boy's boyfriend.]]
238	* MythologyGag:
239	** Jack Twist's celebrity man crush is Josh Hartnett.
240	** Light's last name 'Asahi' is a reference to the alias Light and Soichiro use during the Kira case in canon.
241	** Erin refers to Damien and Jack as 'Romeo and Juliani' - Alessandro Juliani being L's voice actor in the Death Note anime.
242	** In a nod to who [[ContrastingReplacementCharacter Light]] has replaced, he calls out that Aphrodite shares her name with a love goddess, to which she says, "I love it when I'm recognised."
243	** Light starts reading a random book he finds in the boys' dorm's private library: [[Film/BrokebackMountain ''Close Range'']] by Annie Proulx.
244	** Penthesilea comments on Light's inability to do too many physical tasks with a broken wrist with, "Since you obviously can't [[Theatre/DeathNoteTheMusical push boulders up hills."]]
245	%%* NobleBigot
246	* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: How [[EstablishingCharacterMoment Jack first greets Light]] - with a tight hug.
247	* OCStandIn: Professor Vento, previously only named briefly in the ''[[Literature/TheHouseOfNight House of Night]]'' series and never once seen, is a seen character, a vampyre man named Professor Aston Vento, who teaches Music and was formerly Stevie Rae's mentor.
248	* OhCrap: Light has one such moment when Professor Penthesilea finds his copy of Akira Suzuki's ''Criminal in the Coffin''; after getting 20 detentions just for talking back in an earlier lesson, he could be forgiven for thinking he'd earn a suspension (or an unfortunate accident) for carrying around anti-vampyre propaganda in a vampyre school. [[spoiler: She simply asks to borrow it.]]
249	* OneSteveLimit: Averted, with two characters named Akira - the anti-vampyre pundit and criminologist Akira Suzuki, and Light (previously known as Akira Yagami).
250	* OppositesAttract: Light and Jack, the former being a paranoid genius ice queen and the latter being... well, [[{{Keet}} Jack.]] Light starts to makes an effort to reach out and be his friend, starting with a token gift.
251	* OriginalCharacter: The first chapter starts with a POV from an "Unnamed" one.
252	* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Some established facts about the vampyres of the ''House of Night'' series lore are different or expanded upon, mostly to [[FixFic make it make sense]].
253	** In one key example, the Marks don't ''actually'' take a particular shape for a particular reason related to a vampyre's talents or disposition, or even "look like" anything; they are actually made up of nothing more than abstract spots, blots, ticks, stripes, swishes - just as you might find in nature. If you think they look like anything in particular, that's on you.
254	* TheOutsiderBefriendsTheBest: As an outsider to vampyre culture and totally distrustful of it, Light still manages to befriend the circle - who ''just so happen'' to be leaders of the school's pre-eminent leadership club ''and'' the school's student council (which apparently engenders actual respect from the rest of the student body).
255	%%* ProfessorGuineaPig
256	* PsychosexualHorror: After fearing that the vampyres would find a way to kill him ever since his arrival at the House of Night, Light finds out why exactly Neferet gave him twenty detentions just for disagreeing with her.
257	--> Only now did I understand it: the vampyre always wanted a sacrifice; she just wanted it ''alive''.
258	* SadistTeacher: Neferet gives Light ''twenty detentions in his first class'' for disagreeing with her.
259	* ShoutOut:
260	** The cat (ever the favourite child) is named 'Bastian' or 'Baz', for Bastian Balthazar Bux, the protagonist of ''Literature/TheNeverendingStory'' by Michael Ende.
261	** [[OnlyKnownByInitials Dr G. Primrose]] and Dr Summers, as well as the researchers O'Connor, Sonnenblume and Wood [[ShoutOutThemeNaming are all references]] to [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer another set of vampire killers]].
262	** The new doctor on the study is named Dr Snipes - an ActorAllusion to another [[Film/BladeTrilogy vampire killer]].
263	** A vampyre mentioned in a textbook is named [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Meriadoc]].
264	** A number of references are made to the works of Creator/HPLovecraft throughout.
265	*** A figure in a painting is named 'Lord Theobold Arkham'.
266	*** A historical constitutional document between humans and vampyres is known as [[Literature/TheShadowOverInnsmouth the Innsmouth Treaty]].
267	*** Light likens the ritual to that in ''Film/{{Dagon}}'', based on ''Literature/TheShadowOverInnsmouth''.
268	*** Light also refers to 'the damned inhabitants of the [[Literature/TheColourOutOfSpace Blasted Heath just West of Arkham',]] an allusion to another Lovecraft classic.
269	** Multiple famous men are called up as "acceptable man crushes", including Robert Downey Jr., Ryan Reynolds, Michael B. Jordan, John Cho, Steven Yeun, and Eugene Lee Yang.
270	** Yamamoto sent Light [[{{WesternAnimation/Archer}} "dozens of emails - scores, even"]].
271	** [[DeadpanSnarker Light corrects Neferet]] when she calls it "the police force", as [[Film/HotFuzz "Force gives off a violent connotation"]].
272	** Light notes that the Drama class is mostly female with one of these to all-female musical theatre company the Creator/TakarazukaRevue.
273	** At the idea of Neferet hiring a replacement who would be [[EvilTeacher just as terrible as her]], Light declares that [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons he for one "would welcome our new overlord"]].
274	** Damien's father, [[SinisterMinister People of Faith Elder Cotton Maslin]], is named for the Puritan clergyman central to the Salem Witch Trials of the 1690s, [[MeaningfulName Cotton Mather]].
275	** When Light wonders if he will end up locked away in a poorly-funded psychiatric hospital for the "morally insane", he reckons he at least won't be [[Literature/OneFlewOverTheCuckoosNest lobotomised and smothered in his sleep by another patient]] - or drafted in to "M.K. Ultra Mark II".
276	** Diana tells Light that her migraines "would have turned Creator/CharlieSheen [[HeelFaithTurn to God]]."
277	** Light makes a reference to the X-Men when he says he's "just sorry we couldn't get approval for [[Film/TheWolverine Adamantium]] last quarter".
278	** Zoey goes for a two-fer reference when she sarcastically protests her innocence and naivety.
279	---> '''Zoey''': Me, questionable? I don’t even ''question''. I might be a vamp, but I’m a good little American vamp. Support the troops, celebrate Thanksgiving, ''Obey''. I love the [[Film/TheyLive bubble-gum business]], [[Creator/{{Disney}} mouse-ears and all]].
280	*** The ''Film/TheyLive'' reference comes right back when Drew wears a shirt for the Cleansing ritual depicting one of the blue aliens from the film, right along with their infamous slogan, 'OBEY'.
281	** [[BadassTeacher Dragon Lankford]] accuses Light of turning his fencing studio into a [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons "House of lies"]] with his little stunt.
282	** Light refers to his classmates as "Yahoos" when they [[spoiler: won't stop calling him a "psychopath" for acting calmly during another classmate's sudden death]] - an apt reference to the uncivilised AmbiguouslyHuman people [[Literature/GulliversTravels Gulliver encountered during his stay with the equine Houyhnhnms]], and especially because they were in [[LampshadeHanging Lenobia's Fieldhouse]] for the conversation.
283	** Funnily enough, many of the fictional vampire films we know and love, including ''Film/InterviewWithTheVampire'', ''Film/{{Nosferatu}}'', and ''Film/VampiresKiss'' are still present in this world to be name-dropped; they just [[SpellMyNameWithAnS spell 'vampire' with an 'i']] for distinction's sake.
284	** When Light apologises to Neferet for disrupting her lesson, she tells him that [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire "words are wind"]].
285	** As an artefact from the old version of this fic, Light makes this cutting reference when Damien tries to argue that everyone has a soul - even him.
286	---> '''Light''': I don’t put my faith solely in things like ‘religion’. Shinto says I should aim to be ‘godlike’, and Ernie Hudson once said, ''‘if someone asks if you’re a god, say yes’''. ''My'' point is, I need hard evidence, people lie, and ''The Ghostbusters'' is hardly a good source of life advice.
287	** Jack tells Light to stop stomping around like an [[Franchise/StarWars AT-AT.]]
288	** Kayla Robinson and her friends all play a game of [[Series/GilmoreGirls "1, 2, 3, Marry"]] on Emi's suggestion. Kayla reckons it's only because Emi finds the character of Lane Kim [[AsianAndNerdy relatable]].
289	** Light's choice of reading material in the Starbucks is the thematically relevant ''Literature/LetTheRightOneIn''.
290	** Light suggests Dr Primrose could refuse any interview he wants if he helps him in his plot, or even [[Series/TheOprahWinfreyShow "take a few]] - be the Creator/TomCruise of Vrykanthropology if you wanted".
291	* SpellMyNameWithABlank: The OriginalCharacter is introduced in the first chapter as '[Unnamed]'.
292	* TakeThat:
293	** Zoey ''used'' to think [[Literature/HarryPotter "wizarding schools"]] were "the tits".
294	** When back in their room after his minor surgical procedure, Light apparently started telling Jack suggestive jokes [[Literature/NewMoon while under the influence of Percocet]].
295	** Shekinah and Neferet, about the ''[[Literature/TheTwilightSaga Twilight Series:]]''
296	---> '''Neferet''': If that isn't bad enough, you know who else has a Literature degree from BYU? Creator/StephenieMeyer.
297	---> '''Shekinah''': Ah. Not to taint her with another person's reputation, but she may genuinely be unsuitable.
298	* {{Technobabble}}: Light describes the scientific basis for Marking in vampyre fledglings - or "vrykanthrophysic metamorphosis" - and his process for creating a vaccine against it.
299	* UndignifiedDeath:
300	** [[spoiler: Diana's sudden death in the Fieldhouse, rejecting the Change after three months of chronic illness and her arm falling off on top of it all. It's Light's attempts to comfort her that, ironically, get him labelled a "psychopath".]]
301	** Thirteen's offscreen death is particularly messy; her bones disintegrate inside her, making her flesh a tad bit too malleable.
302	* VanHelsingHateCrimes: The vampyre tabloid newspaper describing the canon murders of Patricia Nolan and Loren Blake.
303	* WholePlotReference:
304	** The notebooks test subjects are given to record their symptoms are called "death notes".
305	** The whole fic is based on a throwaway line in the House of Night series' first book, claiming that scientists were trying to find a cure for vampyrism - [[AbortedArc a situation that in canon is never mentioned again]].
306	** The vampyre cure study is bought by EvilInc Yotsuba International, solely so they can make money off a drug that [[FinalSolution eliminates vampyres]].
307	%%* YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm
308	%%* YouDoNotWantToKnow

Context Fanfic / NoHoper