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4 | ''Sapphire'' is a series of {{Web Serial Novel}}s written by [=SpyHunter89=] on his Website/DeviantArt page. [[http://spyhunter89.deviantart.com/gallery/#Sapphire-Chapters The chapters may be viewed here.]] The first episode was released in 2007, with the second carrying over into 2008. The third episode began in 2009, and is currently ongoing. |
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6 | ''Sapphire'' is essentially SpyFiction; the stories are set during the UsefulNotes/ColdWar; more specifically, [[TheSeventies the late 1970s]] and [[TheEighties 80s]]. But instead of regular Russians, the antagonists (and some of the minor protagonists) have PsychicPowers. |
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8 | !!This series provides examples of: |
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10 | %%* ActionGirl: Michiru. |
11 | * AffablyEvil: Boris would prefer to show someone a magic trick [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim before killing him or her]]. |
12 | * AllThereInTheManual: Many, many characters have been introduced through the author's Website/DeviantArt page that have not had even a remote chance to show up in the story yet. |
13 | %%* {{Animesque}}: The character artwork is done this way by [=SpyHunter=], an American. |
14 | * ArabianNightsDays: The Altair base evokes this trope. However, although it is based in Iran (as was the real Literature/ArabianNights, bonus!), the base is under control of the Soviet Union and a RenegadeRussian third party... |
15 | %%* AuthorAppeal: How else do you explain the contortion scenes in Episode III? |
16 | %%** Or the Psychics. Or the spies. Or almost everything about it. But isn't that the point? |
17 | * BigDamnHeroes: Andrew, who saves [[spoiler:Alec]] from [[spoiler:Boris's firing squad]] in Episode III. |
18 | * BodySnatcher: Ivanka takes posession of Khina's body to save Alec. [[spoiler:It works, but she is discovered because Khina was two months pregnant.]] |
19 | * BrainwashedAndCrazy: Boris takes over Khina's mind from afar to have her assassinate Elodie. [[spoiler:She fails.]] |
20 | * BrotherSisterTeam: Subverted - Ivanka is working against her brother Boris. |
21 | * CallingYourAttacks: |
22 | ** Psychics do this sometimes, often in their native language. For example, the call for Boris's Blood Rose attack is "''Krov' roza''", [[BilingualBonus which in fact is Russian for]] [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin its own name]]. |
23 | ** Michiru and Daisuke [[GratuitousJapanese call out their Ninjutsu attacks in Japanese,]] ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''-style. |
24 | %%* CampGay: Nikolai and Claude, although they're only bisexual. |
25 | * CartwrightCurse: Somewhat. [[spoiler:Ivanka gets killed, but only five years after she marries Alec, which in turn was four years since they first met.]] |
26 | * CatchPhrase: Boris has "Comrade Alec", and Artemis Gilliam has "Seriously!". |
27 | * TheCharmer: Alec refuses to fall for more than one woman at a time - even if the woman in question [[spoiler:has been kidnapped for three years]]. |
28 | %%* ChineseGirl: Lucia and Lumina Liang. |
29 | %%* CircusBrat: Elodie, Nikolai, and Claude, who contrasts with [[MilitaryBrat Jake]]. |
30 | * CloakAndDagger: The Delta Defense Alliance and Omega Order are both fictional organizations not officially aligned with any real-world government. |
31 | %%* UsefulNotes/ColdWar: Specifically, the later period. |
32 | %%* DamselInDistress: Ivanka. |
33 | %%* DepravedBisexual: Marriage means nothing to [[spoiler:Boris]]. |
34 | * DirtyCommunists: Mostly averted. All the Russians/North Koreans/miscellaneous Communists in the story are either good and/or being played by the bad guys (a RenegadeRussian third power). |
35 | * DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:DoubleSubversion. Boris gets pinned down by a truck and riddled with a full clip of AK bullets. Yet being a Psychic, he survived the whole thing.]] |
36 | * TheEighties: Episodes II and III take place mainly in 1982 and 1989, respectively. |
37 | %%* EveryoneLooksSexierIfFrench: Elodie. |
38 | * EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench: {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d. |
39 | --> '''Alec:''' Why is it that whenever you talk in French, it sounds cuter? |
40 | --> '''Elodie:''' Well, I know they say French is the language of love... |
41 | --> '''Alec:''' ...Then I guess they were right. |
42 | %%* FalseFlagOperation: Boris's evil plans in Episodes I (USA vs. USSR) and II (Japan vs. North Korea). |
43 | * {{Fanservice}}: Michiru wears a bandage bra which she cuts open with a {{Ninja}} knife at one point. [[LampshadeHanging Alec even jokes about how she is able to buy her lingere from the first-aid department.]] |
44 | %%* FauxActionGirl: Ivanka. |
45 | * FuroScene: Between [[spoiler:Alec and Ivanka]] on their honeymoon. They try to get close to each other during their bath together, but [[spoiler:Ivanka]] is reminded of a time when she was raped, and suffers a HeroicBSOD before running out crying. |
46 | * GenderBlenderName: Not only does Claude sound rather feminine in English, it is a gender-neutral name in his native French. |
47 | %%* GirlOfTheWeek: Ivanka, Michiru, and Elodie. |
48 | *** [[spoiler:Although, Alec and Michiru eventually try to make love, but are rudely interrupted by Daisuke.]] |
49 | * GogglesDoSomethingUnusual: Michiru and Daisuke use Psychic-scanning AuraVision binoculars. |
50 | * GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: {{Subverted|Trope}}: Elodie uses a cigarette holder, not because she's [[TheBaroness an evil Baroness]], but because she's rich and glamorous. That still doesn't stop Alec from trying to make her quit. |
51 | * GratuitousForeignLanguage: Not only are Russian, [[GratuitousJapanese Japanese]] and [[GratuitousFrench French]] [[PoirotSpeak stock phrases used]], but the Psychics [[CallingYourAttacks call their attacks]] in their native language. |
52 | %%* HandsomeLech: Gabriel Garnett and Claude Duchamp. Or perhaps Claude falls more into ChivalrousPervert territory. |
53 | %%* HaremNanny: Khina fulfills this role (in a literal harem, no less) by helping Ivanka with her problems. |
54 | * HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:Alec, after Boris kills Ivanka. He even tries to shoot himself, but backs down before pulling the trigger.]] |
55 | ** [[spoiler:And again, when he sees Boris alive. The delay keep him from killing Boris [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim when he decides to just shoot him]]... not that it would do any good against a Psychic.]] |
56 | * HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Ivanka]] offers to be executed in [[spoiler:Alec]]'s stead. [[spoiler:A SenselessSacrifice is narrowly avoided.]] |
57 | * HighlyVisibleNinja: Aika Akagi has a shiny red SpyCatsuit and green hair. |
58 | %%* [[IdenticalGrandson Identical Son]]: Alec and Jake were so similar at first, but this was changed when Jake was given a little beard. |
59 | * IntercontinuityCrossover: [=SpyHunter's=] crossover fanfics with ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies''. Contains copious amounts of TakeThat. |
60 | %%* KatanasAreJustBetter: Especially when it's the detonator for a bunch of exploding throwing stars. |
61 | %%* KaraokeBox |
62 | * MagicAIsMagicA: The details of Psychic magic have yet to be explained. |
63 | %%* MarshmallowHell: Happens to Alec by Khina in the Episode I Bonus chapter. |
64 | %%* MilitaryBrat: Jake, a little bit. Contrasts with {{C|ircusBrat}}laude. |
65 | %%* {{Ninja}}: See Episode II. In particular, Michiru Murasaki and Daisuke Midori. |
66 | * NoBisexuals: Averted. Boris and Nikolai were both gay for each other, despite finding girlfriends later on down the line (Boris & Khina, and Nikolai & Elodie). In fact, the only fully gay character in Sapphire is Claude's coach/boyfriend, Valko Petkov. |
67 | * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Artemis Gilliam is an {{Expy}} of [[Series/AmericanIdol Simon Cowell]]. He even judges a karaoke contest at one point. |
68 | * NoOneCouldSurviveThat: [[spoiler:Boris being pinned down by a truck and riddled with a full clip of AK bullets. Yet being a Psychic, he survived the whole thing.]] |
69 | * NotDistractedByTheSexy: Alec refuses to fall for Michiru. [[spoiler:Although, they eventually try to make love, but are rudely interrupted by Daisuke.]] |
70 | * PaperThinDisguise: How in the world could Elodie not tell that was Nikolai behind that ''eye-mask''!? |
71 | %%* PowerCrystal: On nearly everything Morgana wears. Even on her [[{{Stripperiffic}} more-Stripperiffic-than-usual bikini]]. |
72 | * PsychicPowers: Many of the villains - and some of the allies - are Psychics, and demonstrate all manner of powers. |
73 | ** Even [[{{Ninja}} ninjas]] are Psychics, in a sense. Alec makes the connection that "''ninjutsu'' is probably some variation on the whole psychic philosophy". |
74 | %%* RapeAsBackstory: What happens to [[spoiler:Ivanka while she was kidnapped during Episode II]]. |
75 | * RecycledInSpace: |
76 | ** It's ''Film/JamesBond''... with [[PsychicPowers Psychics]]. |
77 | ** The plot for Episode II also draws many comparisons to Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice. |
78 | * RenegadeRussian: Boris Rubanenko. Officially, he pledges allegiance to the Soviet Union. [[spoiler:However, in Episode I he plans to nuke the West AND East indiscriminately, so that both sides will be weak enough for a Psychic takeover]]. Not to mention [[spoiler:trying to start ''another'' war between North Korea and Japan in Episode II,]] plus whatever he has up his sleeve for Episode III... |
79 | * RingOfFire: Daisuke creates a green ring of fire during his duel with Michiru. [[spoiler:She defeats him by ''[[ScrewTheRulesIHavePlot teleporting out of the ring]]'', [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome then leaps back into it and skewers him]].]] |
80 | * SenselessSacrifice: Almost happened. Even after [[spoiler:Boris]] killed [[spoiler:Ivanka]] after promising Alec would be spared, [[spoiler:he proceeds to kill Alec as well. He is saved, however, when his friend Andrew pulls a little DeusExMachina.]] |
81 | ** [[spoiler:Turns out it ''was'' senseless after all. You can imagine Alec's surprise when he saw Boris alive two years later.]] |
82 | * ShamelessSelfPromotion: [[Tropers/SpyHunter29 the author himself started this page]]. |
83 | %%* SpyFiction: Martini, more so in Episode III than the first two. [[PsychicPowers With eye of newt.]] |
84 | * SomethingAboutARose: Boris's 'Blood Rose' attack. Which involves killing the victim ''by teleporting it into his/her heart''. |
85 | %%* TheBaroness: Khina and (more so) Morgana both fall into the Sexpot flavor of this trope. |
86 | * TheSeventies: Episode I takes place mainly in 1978. |
87 | * TheUnpronounceable: Alec has trouble pronouncing Khina's name in the Episode I bonus chapter, since the glottal 'kh' sound does not occur in (American) English. |
88 | %%* UnholyMatrimony: Boris married Khina during the events of Episode II. |
89 | * UnwantedHarem: It's not ''his'' harem, but Alec refuses to fall for the advances of Khina and the other girls. |
90 | * WhyDontYaJustShootHim: Averted by Alec. After their first few encounters, his way of greeting Boris involves shooting him in the head. [[spoiler:It never works. It even gets lampshaded: "You should have learned by now, that will never work on me... Comrade Alec." "Always worth a try."]] |
91 | ** The same cannot be said of Boris, [[AffablyEvil who would prefer to show someone a magic trick before killing him or her]]. |
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