History FanFic / OlivineRomance

[[caption-width-right:115:This is what you would call a [[SourPrudes Shrew]]]]

* CatchPhrase: "I'm sorry if I misled you, but I'm not interested in being anything but friends." - Jasmine's standard rejection notice. [[spoiler:And also the very phrase Ash uses to turn down Jasmine's confession six years prior to the story.]]

** Notable examples are Morty figuring out Volkner gave a Lum Berry to Electivire and then lied about Electivire's ability... twice, and Jasmine figuring out Violet's Pokemon fight in identical pairs to confuse opponents by noting their gender.

* CurbStompBattle: [[EarthquakesCauseFissures Steelix]] versus the crowd of challengers. [[PyroManiac Typhlosion]] versus Jasmine. Every single battle involving [[TheDreaded Red]] (except [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking Steven Stone]]).

* ActionGirl: In addition to going toe-to-toe with male (and female) trainers in Pokemon battles, Jasmine occasionally shows off her gymnastic skills, such as dodging a [[BubbleGun Bubble Beam]] to retrieve the remote from [[ThePrankster Tyko]] (a [[EverythingsBetterWithPenguins Piplup]]).

* FantasyGunControl:
** Averted in Transmutation, the Rockets use guns, bombs, and rockets in addition to weaponized Pokemon.
** Averted in Succession. The rifle used to stop the murderous rampage of an Aerodactyl becomes a permanent reminder to Steven about the high stakes of his job as Pokemon League CEO.

* OneHourWorkWeek: Averted: Jasmine spends an enormous amount of time on her Gym Leader job, most of it tedious paperwork unrelated to Pokemon battles. The rest of the story takes place during the evenings or weekends, and it's said she's sacrificing sleep to fit it all in.

* ACupAngst: Jasmine is frequently teased by Erika, Morty, and others about this. She puts on [[PetitePride a brave front]], but inwardly decries not her lack of a bosom, but society's fixation on breast size.
* ADogNamedDog: Most Pokemon are simply called by their species names. Since Jasmine is telling the story, she often calls opponent's Pokemon by their species name even when she's been told their nickname.

* ChristmasCake: Morty warns Jasmine about this concept. She scorns the idea but admits to feeling pressured by it.

* DeadpanSnarker: Jasmine, the narrator. In contrast with her ShrinkingViolet personality in the games and her PluckyGirl personality in the anime.
** To be fair, she displays all three at different points in her life: PluckyGirl during elementary school, ShrinkingViolet during high school, and currently DeadpanSnarker as an adult.
* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: Silver's goal towards Red. Red's goal towards Steven. Neither have succeeded so far.

** Averted ''hard'' in Transmutation, the Rockets use guns, bombs, and rockets in addition to weaponized Pokemon.

** Subverted during the confrontation with Edward. [[spoiler: Jasmine is about to be raped by Edward, and looks up to find her mother watching the assault. At first she's hopeful her mother will intervene, but when she doesn't, Jasmine thinks it's another hallucination, or else her mother is allowing it to happen to teach her a lesson]].
*** [[spoiler: Then her mother DOES intervene at the last second and kicks the crap out of Edward. She held back in order to collect video evidence of his crime]].

** Trainers are ranked as well. However, this is more akin to media's sports rankings than to actual power level; even in-universe they acknowledge the rankings are, at best, marginally accurate.
*** A section of one chapter has a vivid debate about the most powerful trainer in the world. One character points to the rankings chart for support, while another dissects the analysis of said chart.
* PrecisionFStrike: Jasmine so rarely cusses, especially out loud, that her friends ogle her when she does break out a swear word.

** At one point Tyko forces the gym to listen to opera, the lyrics of which were lifted from the ''{{Portal2}}'' end sequence.

* {{Tsundere}}: Jasmine towards Morty. Also Morty towards Jasmine during middle school. Lyra and most of the cast think Silver is one.
* TheDulcineaEffect: [[spoiler: A mere day after meeting Jasmine, Red, or Ash as he was then known, braves a hurricane to bring her pokemon a life-saving medicine. Jasmine subsequently falls head over heels for him.]]
* ThereAreNoTherapists: Well, there are, but Jasmine's too stubborn to see them. [[spoiler: This is a major plot point. Erika's belief that Jasmine can't or won't seek professional help for her issues leads to Erika coming up with her plan as a way to help Jasmine.]]
** [[spoiler: Subverted in Chapter 76 when Jasmine tells Ethan that she once shared her darkest secret with a therapist who dismissed it like it was nothing.]]
* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: Jasmine puts on an image of femininity, preferring feminine dresses and acting demure and sensitive under normal conditions, but underneath she has the personality of a tomboy. She can be bossy, loud, and vulgar when agitated, is interested in all manner of traditionally masculine hobbies, from Pokemon battling, to hiking, to video games, and strongly believes in female equality in all professions. She doesn't mind getting dirty or braving danger in order to help the ones she cares for (shoveling manure, fording ponds, climbing a mountain in the middle of a snowstorm, etc).
** [[spoiler: Her relationship with Morty was strained from the beginning, partially due to both of them trying to assert themselves as the "pants" in the relationship. Her relationship with Ethan is more fruitful because she can assume the "pants" role and Ethan the "skirt" role.]]

* UnreliableNarrator: Jasmine, oh so very much. She constantly gives her own opinion on things, fails or is unable to convey other people's knowledge, opinions, or feelings, often makes factual mistakes, and hides things about herself from the reader- [[spoiler: like the fact that she had been kissed years before Morty reappeared]]. Jasmine acknowledges she's a self-centered and biased narrator. In Jasmine's own words, "I'm the most dishonest person I know."

* WhamLine: The end of Part 2, from Jasmine to Morty:
-->[[spoiler:You can't take what's not mine to give... You weren't my FirstKiss]].

* BaitAndSwitch: [[spoiler: The climax of part four sends a suicidal Jasmine to the Crescent Bay Bridge for what appears to be a tragic ending.]][[spoiler: Only to find Ethan preparing to jump. The fateful meeting spares them both.]]

* BreakingBadNewsGently: Pryce delivering the results of Jasmine's Gym Leader exams to her. It helped that Jasmine was expecting to be fired rather than be put on probation.

* BuryYourGays: Gill from 'Path of Least Resistance' commits suicide as a response to relentless bullying targeting his homosexuality.

* CatchPhrase: "I'm sorry if I misled you, but I'm not interested in being anything but friends." - Jasmine's standard rejection notice. [[spoiler: And also the very phrase Ash uses to turn down Jasmine's confession six years prior to the story.]]

* DayInTheLife: "The Tribulations of Being a Gym Leader" chapter is this for Jasmine. She specifically points out the frenetic, stressful, tedious, boring, and crazy events throughout the chapter are ''normal'' for her workday.

* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler: Jasmine reaches this when her mother casts her out. Unable to turn on her mother, Jasmine redirects her anger into a fantasy about raping and killing Morty. Realizing the horror of her own desires, she resolves to take her own life.]]
* DontCelebrateJustYet: Jasmine is ecstatic to catch Skarmory. Until she realizes they're in the middle of a giant Skarmory colony full of vicious, territorial birds.

* DrivingQuestion: What are Jasmine's issues with romance? [[spoiler: The end of Part 2 adds another: Who was the guy from six years ago?]]

* ExactEavesdropping: Jasmine sneaks up upon Morty and Will having a chess match, and finds out a name that is likely to be extremely important to understanding Morty's character.

* FantasyGunControl: Averted ''hard'' in Transmutation, the Rockets use guns, bombs, and rockets in addition to weaponized Pokemon.

* FromBadToWorse: [[spoiler:Part 4 in all of its BreakTheCutie glory.]]

* HalloweenEpisode: The first arc of Part 3 consists of this. Naturally, a mysterious murder kicks off a [[OutOfGenreExperience genre swerve]] into [[{{Horror}} survival horror]]. [[spoiler: It turns out to be an elaborate hoax, masterminded by ''[[BewareTheSillyOnes Whitney]]''.]]
* HasAType: For Jasmine, it's tall, dark-haired, clean shaven, and considerate. Although that describes her father, it most likely comes from Jasmine inheriting her mother's taste in men.
* HeelRealization: Downplayed. Characters experience this in one form or another, with the most prominent one being [[SourPrudes Jasmine]] [[{{Tsundere}} herself]] at the end of Part 3, regarding her dismissive nature towards Morty's affections. [[spoiler: Which is quickly turned upside down to hell and back when she discovers Morty [[PrimalScene cheating on her]]... or more accurately, [[WhamLine cheating with her]].]]

* HopeSpot: [[spoiler: After several chapters' worth of reveals that completely break her spirit, it seems like Jasmine might finally be picking herself up after a call from Whitney. [[FromBadToWorse Nope]].]]

* InSeriesNickname: Morty and only Morty calls Jasmine "Jazz". It annoys her to no end. [[spoiler: She learns to accept it somehow.]]

* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler: Erika harbors a lesbian crush for Jasmine. Realizing Jasmine's heterosexual preference and the impossibility of reciprocation, Erika conspires to give Jasmine happiness by setting her up in a relationship with Volkner.]]
** [[spoiler: Only in a moment of extreme torment does Erika reveal her feelings for Jasmine with a kiss. Jasmine turns her down gently.]]

* LoveMakesYouDumb: [[spoiler: Not explicitly stated yet, but it's clear that one of the reasons Erika's plan failed was because both she and Morty had feelings for Jasmine that clouded their better judgement.]]

* MamaBear: Jasmine towards her Pokemon, or at least she tries to be.

* [[OneHitKill One Hit KO]]: Warren abuses a loophole to allow items during his battle against Jasmine. Jasmine turns the tables by using an X Accuracy, ensuring Steelix's Fissure can one-shot foe after foe and burn through Warren's stockpile of Revives.

* PowerLevels: Like the games, Pokemon can be level 1-100, and individual stats such as Speed or Special Attack are occasionally given, but in general they're treated as "guidelines" for comparison's sake and almost never determine the outcome of a battle.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech [[spoiler: Chapter 61 ends on Volkner giving an absolutely scathing one to Jasmine.]]

** A guy named Edward is brought up in Part 3 and implied to be the boy who caused Jasmine's hatred towards men. [[spoiler: He's not, but he knows about the guy who did.]]

* RescueRomance: [[spoiler: Ash crosses the open-ocean through a category five hurricane in order to deliver life-saving medicine for Jasmine's Ampharos. She subsequently develops a deep crush for him.]]

* StalkerWithACrush: Cooltrainer Warren.

* TeamMom: Erika. [[spoiler: There's more to her than what meets the eye.]]

* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak / GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak: Depending on what traits are emphasized. Jasmine puts on an image of femininity, preferring feminine dresses and acting demure and sensitive under normal conditions, but underneath she has the personality of a tomboy. She can be bossy, loud, and vulgar when agitated, is interested in all manner of traditionally masculine hobbies, from Pokemon battling, to hiking, to video games, and strongly believes in female equality in all professions. She doesn't mind getting dirty or braving danger in order to help the ones she cares for (shoveling manure, fording ponds, climbing a mountain in the middle of a snowstorm, etc).

* WeightWoe: Erika suffers from a mild case of this, as she tends to binge on chocolate when stressed. Mild, in that Erika is still well figured and it's not a major issue to her.

* WhamEpisode: At the end of Part 3, [[spoiler: Jasmine discovers Morty having sex with another woman]].

* AllMenArePerverts: Jasmine firmly believes this. Morty gives her ample reason to continue believing it.

* BelligerentSexualTension: Seemingly the basis for Jasmine and Morty's relationship.

* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: Steven Stone and his wife Cynthia.

* ChivalrousPervert: Morty.

* CommitmentIssues: Morty may have a problem with this.

* ForYourOwnGood: Jasmine's mother's reason for interfering with Jasmine's relationships.

* TheLoad: Some of Jasmine's weaker Pokemon, particularly Graveler.

* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Ethan and Lyra form this kind of couple, with a dose of UptightLovesWild.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: The fic has several examples.

* ChristmasCake: Morty warns Jasmine about this concept. She scorns the idea but admits to feeling pressured by it.

* UnreliableNarrator: Jasmine constantly gives her own opinion on things, fails or is unable to convey other people's knowledge, opinions, or feelings, often makes factual mistakes, and hides things about herself from the reader- [[spoiler: like the fact that she had been kissed years before Morty reappeared]]. Jasmine acknowledges she's a self-centered and biased narrator. In Jasmine's own words, "I'm the most dishonest person I know."

->'''[[TheComicallySerious Jasmine]]''': I'm sorry if I misled you, but I have no interest in being anything but friends.

Olivine Romance is a Franchise/{{Pokemon}} fanfic that follows Gym Leader Jasmine as she struggles with questions of love, maturation, sex, friendship, career, and family. It is written by fanfic author [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/Snowden/profile Snowden]] (no, not [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Snowden THAT]] Snowden) and can be found at fanfic site [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1609088/chapters/3425729 Archive of Our Own]].

* AbusiveParents: As the story goes on, it becomes increasingly clear that [[Main.SourPrudes Jasmine's]] issues were caused by emotional neglect from her parents, primarily from her [[EvilMatriarch Mother]].

* UnreliableNarrator: Jasmine, oh so very much. She constantly gives her own opinion on things, fails or is unable to convey other people's knowledge, opinions, or feelings, often makes factual mistakes, and hides things about herself from the reader- [[spoiler: like the fact that she had been kissed years before Morty reappeared]]. Jasmine acknowledges she's a self-centered and biased narrator.
** In Jasmine's own words, "I'm the most dishonest person I know."

* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak / GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak: Depending on what traits are emphasized. She puts on an image of femininity, preferring feminine dresses and acting demure and sensitive under normal conditions, but underneath she has the personality of a tomboy. She can be bossy, loud, and vulgar when agitated, is interested in all manner of traditionally masculine hobbies, from Pokemon battling, to hiking, to video games, and strongly believes in female equality in all professions. She doesn't mind getting dirty or braving danger in order to help the ones she cares for (shoveling manure, fording ponds, climbing a mountain in the middle of a snowstorm, etc).