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''Character Issues'' is the original spawn of a [[MegaCrossover Mega Crossover]] fanfiction. The four started books currently border on six hundred pages together, and, God-willing, none will ever be published.

The entire thing starts out with [[GodModeSue two aspiring writers]], Samantha Mercer and Eva Devon, who have recently graduated high school, blown off college, and purchased a rather run-down house. While going through the belongings of the previous owner, Eva discovers very detailed, beautiful stories with a wide array of characters, and quickly becomes obsessed with reading through them... Until, of course, the young writers wake up in a very ''strange'' world called The Landscape of Imagination. What they can only assume to be an elf tells them that they are "the Chosen Ones" when in actuality the prophecy he is referring to was actually intended for the house's previous owner, who died of old age before it could be carried out.

Unfortunately, Malachi announces that they cannot return to their world without fulfilling the ridiculously complicated/vague prophecy which they've been dropped in the middle of. They meet the characters Juin has been reading about... and discover that for a place with such a fluffy name, The Landscape of imagination is by no means a nice place. In fact, it's terrifying enough to make {{Mordor}} look like a beautiful park filled with unicorns and bunnies.

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!!This series provides examples of:

%% * AIIsACrapshoot: Sark's laptop is a DevilInPlainSight, making its hatred for humanity known at every possibility.
%% * AlmostKiss
%% * AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Eva's attraction to [[spoiler: Alec.]]
* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Parodied by the goblins, who tend to be generally okay until you [[BerserkButton assume that they're evil.]]
%% * AndIMustScream: Any of Charon's actions. Ever.
%% * AnnoyingArrows: Averted and lampshaded by Sam.
--> '''Unreliable scout''': "He was shot, like, twenty times!"
--> '''Sam''': "Twenty times? You do realize that one arrow can tear an entire muscle apart? Where was he shot, the ''foot''?"
--> '''Unreliable scout''': "Well... alright. Maybe twice... and the second time was overkill."
%% * AntiHero: Alec.
%% * AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Any family members or friendships get at least ''one'' of these.
%% * AxCrazy: ''Anyone and everyone''.
%% * BadassBoast: Too many to count.
%% * BattleCouple
%% * BearsAreBadNews: The bear priests.
%% * BelligerentSexualTension
%% * BetaCouple: Jake and Euryale.
* BloodKnight: Kraite, although he does have a soft spot for children. Dwarves, on the other hand...
--> '''Kraite:''' (after ripping a dwarf's head off with his teeth) "Bet ya can't eat just one."
%% * BurnTheWitch: Some areas are so paranoid of psychic powers that this is standard government police for dealing with anyone who displays them.
%% * CallingTheOldManOut: Remus does [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome this]] to Emo Kid's High-Stress-Dad.
%% * TheCasanova: Alec, for some reason.
%% * CastingAShadow: Used by various races, as well as by Charon.
%% * CharacterDevelopment
* CerebusSyndrome
--> "It just seems like we were a lot safer when we did nothing but sit around and make snarky comments about this absurd fantasy world..."
%% * TheChosenOne: Averted, lampshaded, and parodied with Eva, Sam, and [[spoiler: Charon.]]
%% * ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Charon and her army are usually cloaked in red.
* %% * The Black Soldiers, too. Guess what color they wear.
* CoolSword: Darius and Charon both have impossibly cool swords with meaningful inscriptions. Eva subverts this trope when she declines to use the sword offered to her by the Muses.
* TheCorruption: The Phone, which was originally played for laughs as a "The One Ring" parallel, but later became an actual plot device.
* %% * It was still pretty laughable, though.
* %% * [[spoiler: Until the third book.]]
* CreepyDoll: Eva finds several truly creepy dolls in the attic of her new house... and Bellorum apparently collects dolls of the same variety. He even lampshades it by saying that if they make people reluctant to go into his room, they've served their purpose.
* %% * [[spoiler: Unfortunately for Nathaniel, Bellorum's dolls are a bit... ah... too realistic.]]
* CriticalPsychoanalysisFailure: Dr. Cross attempts to analyze Lucien. The effects were... not pleasant.
%% * CruelAndUnusualDeath
%% * CulturedWarrior: Dante Norwood, Darius, and anyone from Vigil's family.
%% * CuteAndPsycho: Lucien, taken up to eleven.
%% * DarkMessiah
%% * DarkWorld: More places than not.
* DeadpanSnarker: Sam.
--> '''Eva:''' "Can I ask I stupid question?"\\
'''Sam:''' "Better than anyone I know."
** At times, Jake.
--> '''Jake:''' "I see you've set aside this special time to humiliate yourself in public."
* DeathWorld: Everywhere. Not only a "Death World", but more like a [[CruelAndUnusualDeath Cruel and Unusual]] [[{{Mordor}} Death]] [[CrapsackWorld World]].
* DevilInPlainSight: [[spoiler: Darius. There's a thunderclap when you say his name, he wears nothing but black, and leads the group into increasingly dangerous scenarios throughout the entire second book. And yet everyone is somehow shocked to discover that he's a bad guy...]]
%% * DracoInLeatherPants: Sark and Lucien.
%% * DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: How Remus dies. Though he really is ''forced'' into it by Charon.]]
%% * DroppedABridgeOnHim: Poor Emo Kid. And Onde. And Rael. [[BlatantLies You will not be forgotten]].
%% * TheDulcineaEffect
* EarthIsABattlefield: Not only Earth, but every subsequent alternate dimension fathomable. The one place that's peaceful? The Forever Summer Wood. Oh, wait... never mind, they're fighting back an invasion from Orks, [[GreyAndGrayMorality whose land is so overpopulated that they just really need the space, which the elves refuse to compromise in the slightest]].
%% * EmoTeen: Named, suitably enough, Emo Kid. Yes, that's her name.
* EnchantedForest: The Forever Summer Wood (an accurate, if not too imaginative name) is enchanted, as are all of the animals inhabitants, by the unicorn who lives there.
%% * EnsembleDarkHorse: Lucien. Oh, Lucien.
%% * EpicFlail: Charon's second weapon.
%% * EvenTheGuysWantHim: Even the ''narrator'' wants Dante Norwood.
%% * EverybodysDeadDave
--> '''J.T. Money:''' "Well, looks like all the important characters are dead. Drinks on me!"
%% * TheEvilPrince: Virgil, Julian, Kalten, and Sain, [[BlackAndGreyMorality though the degree of actual "evil" varies]].
%% * EvilTowerOfOminousness: Charon seems to live here... lampshaded by Nathanial.
* FanGirl: Lucien is the rare male version. To everyone's horror, he seems completely obsessed with [[Literature/TheTwilightSaga Edward Cullen]]... or maybe just the [[BishieSparkle sparkles]].
** Unfortunately, Dante Norwood, originally created as a spoof of ''Literature/TheTwilightSaga'', ''does'' sparkle, resulting in Lucien [[StalkerWithACrush stalking him]].
%% * FantasyKitchenSink: And ''how''.
* FireForgedFriends: Dante and Nathanial, who claim that they couldn't stand each other when they first met, but after fighting a war side by side, they got to this point.
%% * TheLeader: Eva
%% * TheLancer: Alec
%% * TheSmartGuy: Jake
%% * TheBigGuy: Nathaniel
%% * TheSocialExpert: Lucien
%% * ForeverWar
%% * TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: The consequences if Charon wins.
* FreudianSlip: Lucien does this once.
--> '''Lucien:''' "No, I don't. If you hadn't been such a jerk, I would have told you that on one of our many HoYay dates."
--> '''Jake:''' "Well, you... wait... what?!"
--> '''Lucien:''' "I said... dinners."
%% * FurAgainstFang: Invoked and lampshaded by Dante and Nathanial, who are actually great friends.
* GambitPileup: There are at least ''six'' [[ThePlan schemes]] going on ''at once''. It doesn't get incomprehensible, either, thank goodness.
%% * GardenOfEvil
%% * GenreBlind: Surprisingly enough, Eva.
%% * GoodBadGirl: Eva.
%% * GrimUpNorth: The Northern Wastes. Aptly named.
%% * GrowingTheBeard: Happens at the moment when Sam "leaves" the story. Sorry, Sam. It's not your fault, really.
%% * HauntedHeadquarters: Subverted with Sam and Eva's new house, which is set up with a completely over the top back story, but turns out to be quite normal.
* HeadlessHorseman: A few guard roadways, but there is also a very small division of them in Charon's army. Admittedly, they're not the brightest fighters in the world, and are there mostly for aesthetics...
%% * HeterosexualLifePartners: Sam and Eva, as well as Jake and Lucien.
%% * HopelessWar: The forces of good and evil are a stalemate with no end in sight.
* HunterOfMonsters: Dante and Nathaniel are trained and paid to hunt TheFairFolk... despite (perhaps because of) being supernatural beings themselves.
* ILoveTheDead: It's mentioned that Lucien's past romances have only been with the corpses of his victims... but thankfully doesn't go into detail.
%% * ImprobableAimingSkills: Both Charon and Sam, who shoots [[spoiler: a gorgon]] with her eyes ''closed''.
* InsultBackfire
--> '''Lucien:''' "I trusted you! And you betrayed us!"
--> [[spoiler: '''Darius''']]: "Thank you. It wouldn't have been much of a betrayal if you'd been suspicious of me from the beginning, would it?"
%% * InteractiveNarrator
%% * IronicNurseryTune: Charon has a tendency for reciting these.
%% * IrritationIsTheSincerestFormOfFlattery: Lucien's attitude toward Darius and Dante is this... taken up to eleven.
%% * ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne
* ItWasAGift: Subverted with Sam's necklace, which is mentioned enough that it's expected to be plot significant somehow... but turns out to be ''just'' a necklace.
* KillItWithFire: Charon's preferred, and possibly ''only'', method... to the point that [[spoiler: she]] only uses flaming arrows as well. Sometimes arrows that explode. And cause everything in a ten mile radius to catch fire.
%% * KissKissSlap: [[spoiler: Alec and Eva.]]
%% * KissingUnderTheInfluence: Eva and [[spoiler: Alec]].
%% * KnightOfCerebus: Hauntshock the Neurotic. Complete with ridiculous name.
%% * KnightTemplar: Heaven forbid you do something even remotely questionable near Charon...
%% * LadykillerInLove
%% * LawOfDisproportionateResponse
%% * LemonyNarrator: The narrator develops a personality after being introduced to the Landscape of Imagination.
%% * LetMeGetThisStraight: J.T. Money's catchphrase.
%% * LickingTheBlade: Lucien does this with great frequency. Lampshaded, like everything else.
%% * LoveHurts
%% * LoveTriangle: There's... a ''lot''.
%% * MagicKnight: Remus uses both magic and a sword... sometimes at the same time.
%% * ManipulativeBastard: Charon, and [[spoiler: she]] seems to love every minute of it.
%% * MasterOfTheMixedMessage
%% * MeadowRun
%% * MediumAwareness: Everyone, except Onde.
* MonsterClown: Lucien tells a story about Gigglebag the clown, who lured him into the forest, then locked him in the basement for two years, where he survived on a diet of only chicken nuggets and jam. Lucien later goes on to claim that it was the best two years of his life.
* MoralEventHorizon: Charon probably crossed it sometime off-screen, but her absolute worst moment was in the beginning of the second book: [[spoiler: killing Nicolas, ripping his heart out, and using the whole incident to taunt Eva. And yes, that was her ''only'' reason.]]
* MyFriendsAndZoidberg
--> '''Alec:''' "I guess it's time to save my friends from the gaping jaws of death again... and I could probably save Lucien while I'm there..."
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Haunt beats Eva to within an inch of her life... and, later, Sam as well.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Lucien can be amazingly... naive at times, despite having a very high IQ.
%% * OddFriendship: Most notably Jake and Lucien, though there's also Remus and Emo Kid.
%% * TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness: The twelve Writing Muses.
* %% * "C'mon, seriously, what do those guys ''do'', anyway?"
%% * OnlySaneMan: Sam and Darius.
%% * OurDragonsAreDifferent
%% * OurGhostsAreDifferent: [[spoiler: Lucien's dad enjoys pulling pranks in the afterlife.]]
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: There are three different species of vampires. Two are fairly normal, and generally okay guys. The third... [[LooksLikeOrlok not so much]].
* PlayingWithFire: Although Charon's idea of "playing" is burning down every building [[spoiler: she]] finds. Just for kicks.
%% * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Lucien gives one to Eva in the second book.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Averted with Lucien, who has crimson eyes... and is possibly [[RunningGag wearing contacts]].
%% * RedOniBlueOni: With Eva and Sam, respectively.
%% * RomanticPlotTumor [[spoiler: Alec and Eva.]]
%% * ScrewYouElves
%% * SerialKiller: Lucien's profession of choice.
* ShipsThatPassInTheNight: [[spoiler: Eva and Alec talked exactly once before jumping each other. And it wasn't even a good conversation.]]
* ShoutOut: A great deal of them. [[Film/ManosTheHandsofFate "You have failed us, Ogrot!"]]
%% * SlasherSmile: Lucien and, occasionally, Sark.
%% * SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: It's definitely on the cynicism side for the most part.
* SociopathicHero: Lucien. He loves dissecting people alive, but when it comes to his friends, he'd make a HeroicSacrifice for them in an instant.
* SorryILeftTheBGMOn: Jake and Lucien seem to be the only ones who notice that ominous music following them around.
%% * SplitPersonalityTakeover: With [[spoiler: Sam and Charon.]]
%% * StarCrossedLovers
* StrangledByTheRedString: Despite the complete lack of chemistry, [[spoiler: Eva and Alec]] become the main couple.
%% * TermsOfEndangerment: Charon uses these on [[spoiler: her previous best friend,]] Eva.
%% * ThatDidntHappen: Eva panicks and tries to forget about [[spoiler: her one night stand with Alec.]]
%% * ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight: Night Wraiths.
* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: According the the back story, Jake and Alec met Lucien after he'd been thrown out of his house (for killing about twenty FBI agents, a fact he neglected to mention), and decided he could stay the night at their place. He's now been there for ''three years''.
* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: Subverted and lampshaded in when Alec throws his sword at [[spoiler: Euryale]]. Not only does it not hit [[spoiler: her, but she also picks it up and mocks him for having thrown away his only weapon.]] He then comments, "Huh, weird. I thought that ''always'' worked."
%% * Literature/TheTwilightSaga: Lucien's favorite book.
%% * UnresolvedSexualTension: ''Everywhere''. There was once a chart that kept track of who has tension with who, but it got too confusing to read the chart.
%% * TheVoiceless: Luke, although he does speak once... and in an over-the-top English accent.
%% * VitriolicBestBuds
%% * WellIntentionedExtremist: Charon.
%% * YouCantGoHomeAgain
%% * YouHaveFailedMe: See Shout Out.
* ZombieAdvocate: Charon is more of an "evil fantasy races" advocate, and claims that the entire war is being fought for "equal rights". [[spoiler: "Claims" being the keyword there. She later confides that she doesn't really care one way or another.]]
* ZombieApocalypse: Sark attempts to start one of these, only to be shouted down by Charon.
--> '''Charon:''' "Your lack of foresight makes you a liability. Think, for a moment. The zombie virus is spread via a bite, is it not? Zombies are also lawless, unthinking creatures who do not distinguish between enemy and friend - the only concept they understand is ''food''. Now, if one of your zombies were to bite... one of my trolls, for example... that would result in a lawless, unthinking ''troll''. I have a an evil army to command, [[spoiler: my co-Author]] to murder, and puppies to kick. I simply cannot deal with a zombie-troll right now, Mr. Sark."
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