History FanFic / CrosswindsOfFate

* ShoutOut: The author references the [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/i-put-on-my-robe-and-wizard-hat I Put On My Robe and Wizard Hat]] cybersex roleplay meme when the Sorting Hat begins the story of Merlin seducing Rowen a Rabenclaw and Helga Hufflepuff with, "Well, one night, Merlin put on his robe and me..."

* NoSocialSkills: Downplayed with Shirou, who has been getting better, but he suffers from another problem, No Political Skills. He ''tries'' to hide as much of his Mysteries as he can, but his lack of expertise in dealing with magi means Lorelei Barthomeloi can get the information she wants regardless.

* ShoutOut: The Sorting Hat begins the story of Merlin seducing Rowen a Rabenclaw and Helga Hufflepuff with, "Well, one night, Merlin [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/i-put-on-my-robe-and-wizard-hat put on his robe and me]]..."

* TwoScenesOneDialogue: The scene cuts back and forth between Rin and Albus giving the same explanation to Shirou and Minerva, respectively.

'''Unmarked spoilers for all three routes of VisualNovel/FateStayNight below'''

** In the first chapters various characters in different scenes banter using the line, "For shame, to be cursed with such..." to refer to the other party.

** In the first chapters various characters in different scenes banter using the line, "For shame, to be cursed with such a..." to refer to the other party.

* RunningGag: Professor Binns consistently refers to Saber as various other types of bladed weapons when addressing her in History of Magic.

* {{Doorstopper}}: Relatively speaking, it is one given it consists of over 130,000 words in only eight chapters.

* YaoiFangirl: Moaning Myrtle starts fantasizing about Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy having sex in her bathroom.
* YourWorstNightmare: Rin's boggart assumes the form of Dark Sakura. [[TranquilFury Calmly furious]], she casts a very strong spell that vaporizes it and cracks the wall behind it.

* IsThatWhatTheyreCallingItNow: When Luvia tries to justify blackmailing Shirou for sex as an incentive to accept her offer and calls it "the carrot and the stick", Zelretch wonders this about "take the carrot."

* DeadFic: The last update was February 26, 2016 and Wayfarer admitted that they are [[https://www.fanfiction.net/topic/183195/139484536/14/CoF-General-Discussion losing interest]] in the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' fandom.

* DeadFic: The last update was February 26, 2016 and Wayfarer admitted that they are [[https://www.fanfiction.net/topic/183195/139484536/14/CoF-General-Discussion losing interest]] in the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' fandom due to SturgeonsLaw being in heavy effect.

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: When within Unlimited Blade Works, Zelretch pulls out a Mystic Code to analyze one of the blades he sees. A moment later, Rin demonstrates her Structural Grasp spell, which works more quickly and better. Acknowledging that even a Wizard Marshall has a lot to learn, he irritatedly tosses the Code away and convinces Rin to teach him the spell.

* * InTheBlood:

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9340220/1/Crosswinds-of-Fate Crosswinds of Fate]]'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/1095155/WayFarer2000 WayFarer2000]] is an on-going {{crossover}} fanfic that combines ''Literature/HarryPotter'' and ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight''.

* ItRunsInTheFamily:
** The Ollivander family's--and by extention in her formalcraft paper, Luna's--theory is that one's magical affinity can be traced to one's genetic information. This is why Ollivander tape-measures seemingly irrelevant things such as the length of one's nose.
** Hermoine's paper runs in a similar fashion, only focusing more on specific abilities granted by genetics such as being a metamorphmagus or a parselmouth, not knowing that such things are already common for the Nasuverse group with those abilities being known as Sorcery Traits.

In contrast with most stories with this premise, the ''Fate'' cast approach the Hogwarts staff almost immediately, revealing their identities as visitors from another reality and their desire to exchange knowledge. From there, Rin and Sakura get jobs teaching Formalcraft and Runic Magic at Hogwarts, while Shirou and Saber are hired as security guards.

* BookDumb: Ron, but not to the normal stupid levels shown in most fanfiction, he's just unmotivated.

* ChickMagnet: Shirou. In the sidestory, Rin actually considers for a second the possibility that Lorelei may have stayed for dinner because she was interested in Shirou.
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: How Harry ends up [[spoiler: meeting Rider]].
* CouldSayItBut: Or "could do it", in Dumbledore's case when Harry asks him for some emergency Portkeys.

** When the topic of magical pedigree gets brought up in class at one point, the magi idea that some bloodlines can be inherently stronger than others (through magical crests and selective breeding) interacts in interesting ways with the blood purity issue in Harry Potter.
*** The more upstanding members of the Hogwarts populace such as Dumbledore and [=McGonagall=] are disapproving and wary. Dumbledore in particular is concerned by the idea that the concept of a magical crest could allow for blood purists to legitimize their claims of superiority.

* CurbStompBattle: The few small fights that have happened so far have all been heavily in favor of the ''Fate'' cast.
* {{Curse}}: At the end of her battle with Rider, Lorelei Barthomeloi is left with a dangerous curse in her system. Shirou offers to cure it via Rule Breaker, which fails to completely purge the damage. He then realizes a possible alternative is to use the AntiMagic properties of Gae Dearg. Zelretch offers her a potion designed to heal her in full. Realizing how obvious the choice is between a long and painful magical acupunture session to stab her on every Magic Circuit and accepting the potion [[TheTrickster Zel]][[{{Vampire}} retch]] offers her, [[spoiler:[[BaitAndSwitch Barthomeloi begins taking off her shirt]]. In the end, Shirou Traces her a copy of Avalon]].
* DeadFic:While not officially declared such as of yet, the last update was February 26, 2016 and Wayfarer admiting that they are [[https://www.fanfiction.net/topic/183195/139484536/14/CoF-General-Discussion losing interest]] in the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' fandom due to SturgeonsLaw being in heavy effect.
* DeathByAdaptation: Because Harry never went back to the Dursleys over the summer, when the Dementor attack happens, all three Dursleys get kissed.

* DirtyOldMan: Subverted. Zelretch isn't one, and everyone is shocked by that.
* {{Doorstopper}}: Shaping up to be one, as it's already at 130,000 words despite being only eight chapters in length as of the last update.
* EnemyMine: Downplayed, While Dumbledore and Rin are not enemies, their ideological differences regarding the bloodline matter do somewhat put them at odds with each other; they still work together, without prior planning, to discredit Umbridge.

* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: In chapter 2, the Nasuverse group already knows that hiding Rider will end in failure, the only question is how: being accidentally discovered or some situation that requires her to reveal herself? Turns out, both happen.
* FakeMemories: Moody is able to show Harry one using Legilimency.
* FantasticRacism: [[spoiler:Lorelei Barthomeloi would rather endure a long and excruciatingly painful excuse for a surgery rather than accept a healing potion from Zelretch.]]

* FixFic: Has shades of this.
** On the ''Harry Potter'' side of things, several major sources of conflict and angst from the fifth book have been defused, such as Dumbledore keeping important information from Harry, or Harry, Fred, and George receiving a ban from Quidditch.

* ForWantOfANail: There are a few minor changes to the ''Harry Potter'' timeline before the ''Fate'' characters even get there, such as Dumbledore not even bothering to send Harry back to the Dursleys, and [[spoiler: Dumbledore having Harry claim the prophecy from the Department of Mysteries.]]

* GenreSavvy: When asked why she outright revealed that they were from another dimension, Rin replied that sooner or later they would end up exposed because lies can only get you so far and that would end up doing them more harm than good in the long run.
* HeadDesk: Rin supresses the urge of doing this when she learned that wizards don't need to learn the details of how a certain spell works in order to cast it.
* IgnorantOfTheirOwnIgnorance: Umbridge shows how ignorant she is of the world by stating that "Muggle" biology has no bearing on the Magical World, or how just repeating a belief verbatim does not make it true without any empirical evidence.
* ImpossiblyDeliciousFood: A special blend of tea Sakura made with input from the other members of the ''Fate'' verse. It received unanimous praise from every single character who tasted it. The Hogwarts faculty fell in love with it and Lorelei wonders if they drugged it or something due to how delicious it is.
* InSpiteOfANail: Despite Harry no longer residing there, Dementors are still sent (by Umbridge) to attack the Dursley home. Without Harry there to drive them off, however, it results in the entire Dursley family being Kissed.
* {{Irony}}: Dumbledore, Rin, and to a lesser degree the rest of the staff use Socratic Irony to expose Umbridge's ignorance by constantly patronizing her and treating her as a foremost expert in her field.
** When Saber visits [=McGonagall's=] office she spots a tapestry depicting Cú Chulainn, William Wallace, and a third man she does not recognize. When asked, the professor tells her that the man is King Arthur. Made more ironic by the fact that Saber had been described as an expert in Arthurian lore not long before, and [=McGonagall's=] obvious disbelief in Saber's explanation of the artist taking liberties.
* IsThatWhatTheyreCallingItNow: When Luvia tries to justify blackmailing Shirou for sex as an incentive to accepting her offer and calling it "the carrot and the stick", Zelretch wonders if "take the carrot" is this.
* ItRunsInTheFamily: The Ollivander family and by extention in her Formalcraft paper, Luna's theory is that one's magical affinity can be traced to one's genetic information. This is why Ollivander tape-measures seemingly irrelevant things such as the length of one's nose.
** Hermoine's paper runs in a similar fashion, only focusing more one specific abilities granted by genetics such as being a metamorphmagus or parseltongue, not knowing that such things are already common for the Nasuverse group with those abilities being known as Sorcery Traits.
* KansasCityShuffle: The ''Fate'' cast attempts this by doing a presentation of a magic circle that can share magic with Muggles for a limited amount of time (until the effect is over or the magical energy supply is all used up, whichever comes first) by using Filch as an example. The purpose of this was to mislead the wizards from the Potterverse into thinking that Saber's superhuman abilities (despite her being a "squib") are from the same origin. Almost everyone, including Snape, falls for this. The only exception is, surprisingly, Umbridge, who is simply [[TooDumbToFool too stupid to fall for it]].
* MagicalEye: Discussed, Luna's ability to see astralized Servants makes Rin believe she has Pure Eyes.
** Then there's Moody's artificial eye. Rin is not pleased when she discovers that it allows him to [[PowerPerversionPotential see through clothing]].

* {{Masquerade}}: Defied. Rin opens the interview with Dumbledore by telling him that her group is from another universe. When asked why they're so forthcoming, she explains that the alternative of [[FandomSpecificPlot pretending to be natives would inevitably be seen through, and make the truth seem less believable.]] The standard "hide magic from muggles" masquerade still stands, though.

* MundaneMadeAwesome: Happens in-universe with History of Magic after Saber starts asking questions. Before long, Binns' lectures are accompanied by a scale model of the battlefield which is updated by the students with magic as the lecture progresses.

* MythologyGag: While training him in Occlumency, Moody makes Harry experience a false memory of eating extremely spicy soup.
* NoodleIncident: At some point between the ''Unlimited Blade Works'' Good End and the present, something analogous to the events of ''Heaven's Feel'' happened, leaving Sakura with access to her dark form, Rin in possession of her version of the Jeweled Sword of Zelretch, which he names the Jeweled Sword of Tohsaka, and Rider resummoned despite having been killed off in the Grail War.
** In the sidestory, Zelretch had something to do with an incident at the Sophia-Ri estate. It involved teleportation, as Lorelei figured out it was him after learning that he can teleport in a way that can bypass most mystical defenses.

* NormalFishInATinyPond: The ''Fate'' cast. While certainly nothing to sneeze at back home, they are utterly overpowered in the new setting. Shirou's combat assessment with Dawlish really drives it home, as his expectations from his home world mean it takes him a while to realize that Dawlish's slow, weak attacks aren't part of a feint, and are actually him fighting seriously.
* NotHelpingYourCase: After deciding not to issue a Sealing Designation on Shirou, Lorelei is accidentally cursed after grasping a cursed sword in the middle of a fight and Shirou attempts to use Rule Breaker to get rid of the curse. After hearing the explanation of what Rule Breaker does, Lorelei asks him not to give her more reasons to regret not assigning a Sealing Designation on him.

** Various early changes to the story have ensured that the battle over the prophecy at the Ministry will never happen. Sirius has freed Kreacher, Harry has already made significant progress in Occlumency, and most damning of all, [[spoiler:Harry has already retrieved the prophecy from the Department of Mysteries]].
* OhCrap: Dawlish has this reaction after Shirou throws a Black Key at him. Before this, he only fired individual spells. Afterwards, he puts as many conjured objects (and failing that, distance) as he can between himself and Shirou.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: When Rin sees her boggart, she wordlessly pulls Ruby out, and the wand, seeing just how utterly furious Rin is, saves the loudmouth act for when it's vaporized the boggart and much of the wall behind it.

* {{Polyamory}}: While not explicitly married, Shirou, Saber, Rin, Sakura, and Rider's relationship fits this trope, although WordOfGod states that Rin and Sakura do not engage in incestuous activities and Rider and Saber merely have a professional relationship.
* PokeInTheThirdEye: Harry pulls this on Snape when the latter gives him some poorly-timed Occlumency training. When Snape tries to get into his mind, Harry redirects the attack to a memory of the potions master blindly grabbing at the air in an attempt to catch him out after curfew.
* RageBreakingPoint: Lorelei in the sidestory. As things go on she finds it harder to keep her IceQueen mask on but finally snaps in rage at the end.
* {{Retcon}}: In the original version of chapter 4, the Professor of Muggle Studies, Charity Burbage, didn't know what ions were and instead asked a Muggle-born student to explain it for everyone. Sometime later, the chapter was edited so that she knew and explained the subject.
* RightForTheWrongReasons: Umbridge is able to guess Saber is not human, though she thinks that she's a form of half-breed rather than the spirit of King Arthur in a magical body.

* ScrewTheRulesTheyBrokeThemFirst: Discussed in regards to parlay. Both Binns and Saber note that failure to follow the rules of parlay can result in others not only following them in regards to yourself but make treaties extremely unfavorable to you as you are likely not expected to hold them up in the first place.

* ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine: Several members of the Hogwarts staff take this approach to dealing with Umbridge, being just as patronizing to her as she is to her students. Dumbledore takes it a step further by also shadowing her during her inspections and classes, on the pretense of learning from her example.
* TooDumbToFool: When the ''Fate'' cast try to use their demonstration of Formalcraft on Filch as a red herring to pass off Saber's unnatural combat strength as magical enhancement, Umbridge doesn't fall for it simply because she's too stupid to make the connection in the first place.

* UnderestimatingBadassery: The ''Fate'' cast invoke this by going to great lengths to conceal their talents. Rin and Sakura teach branches of magecraft outside their specialties, while Shirou and Saber hold back in combat. Rider is kept completely hidden. It's also inverted, as the ''Fate'' cast assume the wizards are doing the same, and consequently ''overestimate'' them.
** Yet somehow, Umbridge manages to further underestimate them by mistaking Shirou's CurbStompBattle with Dawlish for the auror holding back too much.
* UndyingLoyalty: Sakura will follow Shirou wherever he goes and will support him in all that he does. This is to the point that she actually switches from kyuudo[[note]]Japanese archery[[/note]] to European archery just because Shirou did.
** Rider is of course so loyal to Sakura that she has already prepared Bloodfort Andromeda to digest the entirety of the castle, [[WouldHurtAChild students included]], if Sakura were ever threatened.
* WaitWhat: Rin has this reaction when she realizes that Wizards still practice "Royal" intermarriages and still have no idea of the negative consequences of said inbreeding.

* WrongContextMagic: The ''Fate'' cast's goal is to try and unify the two differing magical systems. Exacerbated by the fact that while Potterverse characters can learn Nasuverse magic, the opposite does not hold.
* YaoiFangirl: Moaning Myrtle.
* YourWorstNightmare: Rin's boggart assumes the form of Dark Sakura. [[TranquilFury Calmly furious]], she casts a very strong spell that vaporizes it and part of the wall behind it.