The Interference by Newbie-Spud of Fanfiction.net is a series of FanFics that centers around the exploits of the author's self insert 'Alexander Karsath' as he ventures through different video game worlds and making alterations to the expected storyline. The series started with the original story set in the Kingdom Hearts universe and has such moved through the game worlds of Full Metal Alchemist: Curse of the Crimson Elixir, Chrono Trigger, and is currently in the game-verse of Jak II.Although the author makes no secret of the fact that Alexander is part of a Self Insert Fic, The Interference has managed to avoid the pitfalls that such stories tend to fall into and even manages to flow smoothly despite being complete novelizations of each game they feature. The author even manages to work elements of previous stories without them seeming out of place or forced in at the last minute.There's been a hiatus recently due to Newbie-Spud taking way too many extracurricular activities, but once they are over he promises to get back to work.EDIT: He's baaaaaaaaaaack~Also accompanied by its Forum, The Interference: Legends.
Achilles Heel: Attacks that hit Alex and enter the keyhole on the Lockshield deal direct damage to his heart, and are far more damaging than other attacks. Except that one from Lavos that killed him in the third story, of course.
Adaptation Induced Plothole: Not the author's fault, since this is relatively new information (as of March 2012), but Tetsuya Nomurarevealed that none of the other Organization members' Heartless counterparts were humanoid except for that of Xehanort, and at least many had been killed coincidentally during the course of the series. There is probably a logical explanation for how the Kingdom Hearts series can continue, but it has yet to be determined as of the current time.
Brainy Brunette and Brown Eyes: Alex falls into both these categories quite neatly (although the 'brainy' part is more due to his knowledge of how things normally play out).
Break the Cutie: The entire first few chapters of the fourth story are all about this.
Calling Your Attacks: It seems magic and special techniques in every universe need to be vocally invoked. For the heroes, anyway.
Clothes Make the Superman: Though they aren't actually the source of all his powers, the magical garments Alex wears do allow for more magic use and give him access to the various Drive Forms.
Combat Pragmatist: Alex pulled this in the first story by cutting the seams holding Oogie Boogie together and then promptly lampshading it. And it happens even more later on once he acquires Alchemy.
It's through something akin to this that he saves Axel from dying in the first story - via making him play by the rules of normal gameplay as a party member and defeating the oncoming streams of Assassins with a Combination Attack.
Dangerous Fifteenth Birthday: Three of the stories started on Alex's birthday due to the Universal Failsafe Law; the first of these is where Erica dies the second is where Alex dies, and the third is where Alex is jailed for two years, although that actually happens the day afterwards.
Dark Is Not Evil: Something of a borderline example; as, even though Alex's defining element is darkness (as opposed to Sora's light), it isn't expressively stated that this is a good or a bad thing, just something that is.
However, excessive darkness leads to dual personalities, infrequent and easily-triggered outbreaks into Anti-Form, and occasionally insanity.
Also, excessive darkness given a body can become a pretty sadistic Enemy Without.
Deadpan Snarker: Joumae, Alex's mental counterpart; Roxas has his moments too.
Depower: May cross into Brought Down to Normal, but Alex, after having his garments replaced be prisonwear at the beginning of the fourth story is noticeably weaker and more damage prone.
Disappeared Dad: Peter doesn't live with the rest of the family anymore.
Dreaming of Things to Come: Alex dreams of Ed and Al fighting against Scar in the epilogue of the first story.
Epiphany Therapy: Actually averted in the case of Alex's feelings about Erica'scorruption and suicide due to the intervention of Dilan. He talks to Frog about it, and keeps it to himself mostly, but it takes a conversation with LuccaAshtar for him to actually start to overcome his stoicism about the whole thing.
Fire, Ice, Lightning: The Fire series, Blizzard series, and Thunder series respectively, if the Heartless Seal Lockshield design is active.
Foreshadowing: The Sequel Hook being an example of foreshadowing, and Alex's death in the third story being a subject of foreshadowing that nonetheless didn't seem to work for very many people.
Hyperspace Arsenal: It has been shown that Alex can summon his weapon out of literally nowhere.
Jump Physics: Lampshaded at times, played straight at others.
Karmic Death: Erica Karsath in the second story; she made the choice to become a Heartless because she was jealous of her brother and was killed by him in a later chapter.
Kid Hero: Let's see... Sora, Riku, and Kairi in the first and second; Edward and Alphonse in the second and third; Crono, Lucca, and Marle in the third; Jak in the fourth; and Alex in all of them.
Massive Multiplayer Crossover: Four games and counting. One of which happens to link to nearly every major Disney film and classic cartoon short in existence.
Meaningful Name: Joumae, whose name means 'lock'. Yes, he did that on purpose.
Alexander, by accident - the name means either 'Helper of Men' or 'Defender of Men'. Alex wields a shield, and does his best to assist major characters rather than taking their spotlight.
Morph Weapon: The Lockshield has several designs, which can be switched between to alter abilities granted. So far, seven designs are known, and five have come up in the story.
Nobody Poops: The special outfit Alex gains imbues him with the universal body-functional ignorance of video game characters, i.e. less need to sleep, eat, or maintain those bodily functions that would be distracting and detrimental to a real-life adventurer.
Not a Morning Person: Alex doesn't wake up very easily. Actually comes into play as a minor plot point in the rewrite.
Official Couple: Aside from the canon couples in the games, Alex gets paired with Lucca in the third story.
However, the author has stated that since he was away being torture for what he considers two consecutive years, the spark is probably very much diminished.
Pet the Dog: Subverted. Alex is offered 10,000 Gold for a piece of jerky he bought for 9,900. Despite being told he can get a profit of 100, he gives the jerky away and the woman runs back home to teach her children about the meaning of charity ... and then slowly realises he's just lost a lot of money. For extra points, this entire sequence has no reason for being other than to get rid of the jerky.
Punny Name: Any character who had one in the original games, but Joumae counts somewhat. The Lockshield itself, of course, since it's the literal opposite of 'Keyblade'.
Recruiting The Criminal: While Alex wasn't a criminal in the normal sense, during the fourth story he is hired for the Krimzon Guard.
Effected by Alex once he returns to the real world at the beginning of the third story... but he only finds out at the start of the fourth story, when he discovers his sister's bed and things have disappeared from her and her mother's room.
Superpowered Evil Side: Apart from Dark Jak, what Anti-Alex becomes in the fourth story.
Talking To Themself: Everybody with a mental counterpart has the ability; Joumae is a specific example, but there's also Roxas (for Sora), Naminé (for Kairi) and Xehanort, oddly (for Riku).
Time Stands Still: It is shown that this happens both whenever Alex(or anyone else for that matter) leaves the real world for the game world and once he has completed the events of the game world and returned home to give the timelines time to sync up. It even comes up as a plot point in the fourth story.
Word Of God: He is very open with readers and friends about things like this and responds to questions.
Year Inside, Hour Outside: Related to the Time Stands Still entry; in the fourth story Alex spends a full TWO YEARS in Prison while the timelines of the other universes sync up to his and he FINALLY gets rescued.
You Can't Go Home Again: Highly probable, since Alex is, since the fourth story, no longer human on a genetic level. If he ever were to return to the real world for an extended period, he would be likely experimented on or hunted.
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