A ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTacticsAdvance'' fanfic of pretty [[DoorStopper epic proportions,]] [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2708763/1/Casualties Casualties]] details the story of [[TheHero Isaac]] [[FiveManBand and his four friends,]] [[TheLancer Ben,]] [[TheSmartGuy Eileen,]] [[TheChick Jacqueline,]] and [[TheBigGuy Maxwell,]] who have been drawn into [[TrappedInAnotherWorld the fantastic version of their hometown, St. Ivalice.]] Strangely enough, they each remember the real world; unlike some of the [[FishOutOfWater normal reactions]] to this type of situation, however, they all take quite well to their new home, going on adventures and becoming celebrities, known across Ivalice as the nigh-legendary group of heroes, the Five.

[[CerebusSyndrome ...That is, at first.]]

Although toward the beginning the writing is a bit clumsy and the characters seem very much as though they will turn out to be [[MarySue Sues]] and [[GaryStu Stus,]] it quickly and drastically improves, with excellent characterization and a story that, although fairly weak and episodic at first, will pull you along and draw you in. It also NeedsWikiMagicLove.


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!!''Casualties'' provides examples of:

* BreakTheCutie: All over the damn place. Points go to all of the kids from St. Ivalice in particular (the operative word here being 'kids').
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: [[MadeASlave Maxwell,]] [[DemonicPossession Maxwell,]] [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Maxwell...]] [[{{Yandere}} you]] [[TragicMonster poor]] [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds bastard.]]
* OhCrap: Many, ''many'' times. Prime examples include:
** [[spoiler: Both Ben and Jacqueline's transformations.]]
** [[spoiler: The arrival of a ''massive horde of tonberries'' during Isaac and Maxwell's duel.]] Happens again a minute later when [[spoiler: they realize that, yes, Remedi ''can'' monitor what you're planning if you're ''using her powers to arrange a duel.'']] [[RuleOfThree Happens again]] when [[spoiler: she proceeds to injure Isaac too badly to escape the tonberries, and traps Eileen and Maxwell from coming to his rescue.]] It happens ''[[OverlyLongGag again]]'' a few minutes later when [[spoiler: Remedi possesses Maxwell with the spirit of the Worldwyrm.]]
** [[spoiler: When Queen Remedi realizes that she's just killed/had killed the Bangaa and Moogle Ultimates on the same ground as three past Ultimates, severing Ultima's bond with the world, dropping her magic shield, and exposing her to an ass-whoopin'.]]
* SuperpoweredEvilSide: All five of the main characters, [[spoiler: what with the whole 'Avatars of the Totema' thing. So far, only Jacqueline, Ben, and Eileen's have made an appearance.]] [[spoiler: Maxwell's SuperpoweredEvilSide, rather than a Totema, happens to be the Worldwyrm, which is more in control of ''him'' than anything else.]]
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