History FanFic / RedDeadVirgo

* NiceHat: Tavros with his top hat and Nepeta with her swimming cap.

* ResignedToTheCall: This version of SGRUB forces some of the trolls out of their comfort zones. Vriska doesn't think she's cut out to be [[spoiler:a God Tier KnightInShiningArmor]] since she was a humble stuttering farmgirl all her life. Equius is horrified that he has both a lofty title (Prince of Space) and [[spoiler:the ''huge'' responsibility of ''creating the new universe'']] since he was a servile bootlicker before the game started. Eridan really doesn't like being the Mage of Time since dealing with TimeTravel is so messed up. Aradia was an aloof and antisocial [[SmartGuy smart girl]] before the game so she isn't happy that her new role is to be TheEmpath. Nonetheless, all of them try their best to fulfill their roles since they have no other choice.

* ResetButtonEnding

Red Dead Virgo ([=RDV=]) is at its core an [[AlternateUniverseFic Alternate Universe]] WhatIf fic, asking "What if the trolls all had a different blood color than they do in canon?" The focus is on a Red Kanaya, who decided she simply couldn't hide her "mutant" blood color from her friends. [[BreakTheCutie This turns out to be]] [[CaptainObvious a bad thing.]] However, the story jumps around a lot to several other trolls, all with different blood colors (shifted down five places from canon[[note]]Somewhat - since the canonical order is actually the same as the zodiac, only Kanaya, Gamzee, Eridan, Feferi and Nepeta were shuffled down five. Terezi, Vriska and Equius were shuffled down six, Aradia, Tavros and Sollux four, all while keeping the zodiac order... and yet Karkat was extremely displaced and shuffled down eight, to go after Feferi and before Aradia.[[/note]]), and more importantly different upbringings. The characters are somehow [[InSpiteOfANail similar to the way they were in canon]]...and yet [[ForWantOfANail at the same time they aren't]]. A part of what makes the story work is the contrast between these AlternateUniverse characters and their canon counterparts, and how much about them was nature and how much was nurture. This extends to most (pretty much all) of the relationships as well. Even SGRUB is a bit different, while remaining the same.

* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: In ''Glub'', Eridan messages Kanaya and keeps her moving all the way to her hive. It quickly becomes clear that [[spoiler:Kanaya didn't make it the first time.]]

* GenkiGirl: Vriska, or [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation maybe not]]. "Chooooress!!"
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Equius is still as racist as he was in canon, despite his lower social standing. And yet his idea of showing caste superiority to Kanaya is ''doing incredibly nice things for her''. And Karkat, who's been shown to be both a [[{{Jerkass}} huge jerk]] and a manipulative bastard, gets a few moments himself.
* {{Jerkass}}: Pretty much half the trolls, ''especially'' Terezi and Karkat.

* FollowTheLeader: RDV has inspired a number of other fics with the premise of the trolls having different blood colors or the kids being raised by different guardians.

Red Dead Virgo ([=RDV=]) is at its core an [[AlternateUniverseFic Alternate Universe]] WhatIf fic, asking "WhatIf the trolls all had a different blood color than they do in canon?" The focus is on a Red Kanaya, who decided she simply couldn't hide her "mutant" blood color from her friends. [[BreakTheCutie This turns out to be]] [[CaptainObvious a bad thing.]] However, the story jumps around a lot to several other trolls, all with different blood colors (shifted down five places from canon[[note]]Somewhat - since the canonical order is actually the same as the zodiac, only Kanaya, Gamzee, Eridan, Feferi and Nepeta were shuffled down five. Terezi, Vriska and Equius were shuffled down six, Aradia, Tavros and Sollux four, all while keeping the zodiac order... and yet Karkat was extremely displaced and shuffled down eight, to go after Feferi and before Aradia.[[/note]]), and more importantly different upbringings. The characters are somehow [[InSpiteOfANail similar to the way they were in canon]]...and yet [[ForWantOfANail at the same time they aren't]]. A part of what makes the story work is the contrast between these AlternateUniverse characters and their canon counterparts, and how much about them was nature and how much was nurture. This extends to most (pretty much all) of the relationships as well. Even SGRUB is a bit different, while remaining the same.

* NamesTheSame: Equius? He's the PrinceOfSpace!
* NiceHat: Tavros and Nepeta with her swimming cap.

* ShoutOut: The April Fools' intermission has shout-outs to Mass Effect 3, and the Blue ending has one to the infamous "Congratulations!" ending of NeonGenesisEvangelion.

A Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} fanfic by adamantApoplectic, found [[https://docs.google.com/View?id=dgv9xcjq_190htvp3xd4 here]] and mirrored on nepeta.mozai.com [[http://nepeta.mozai.com/stories/Red_Dead_Virgo.html here]]. The stories are listed chronologically, but are actually written out of order.

* AmbiguousGender: The Kids have this going for them all the way, though the author states that the only intentional instance of this was Jade Strider.

* GenkiGirl: Vriska, or [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation maybe not]]. "[[color:#a15000: Chooooress!!]]"

Red Dead Virgo ([=RDV=]) is at its core an [[AlternateUniverseFic Alternate Universe]] WhatIf fic, asking "WhatIf the trolls all had a different blood color than they do in canon?" The focus is on a Red Kanaya, who decided she simply couldn't hide her "mutant" blood color from her friends. [[BreakTheCutie This turns out to be]] [[CaptainObvious a bad thing.]] However, the story jumps around a lot to several other trolls, all with different blood colors (shifted down five places from canon[[hottip:*:Somewhat - since the canonical order is actually the same as the zodiac, only Kanaya, Gamzee, Eridan, Feferi and Nepeta were shuffled down five. Terezi, Vriska and Equius were shuffled down six, Aradia, Tavros and Sollux four, all while keeping the zodiac order... and yet Karkat was extremely displaced and shuffled down eight, to go after Feferi and before Aradia.]]), and more importantly different upbringings. The characters are somehow [[InSpiteOfANail similar to the way they were in canon]]...and yet [[ForWantOfANail at the same time they aren't]]. A part of what makes the story work is the contrast between these AlternateUniverse characters and their canon counterparts, and how much about them was nature and how much was nurture. This extends to most (pretty much all) of the relationships as well. Even SGRUB is a bit different, while remaining the same.

** ShoutOut / TakeThat: To [[spoiler: MassEffect3's endings.]]

* DownerEnding: So very, very much, though it may also cross over to BittersweetEnding territory depending on how you interpret it. Could possibly also count as a SuddenDownerEnding.

* DownerEnding: So very, very much, though it may also cross over to BittersweetEnding territory depending on how you interpret it.

* ResignedToTheCall: This version of SGRUB forces some of the trolls out of their comfort zones. Vriska doesn't think she's cut out to be [[spoiler:a God Tier KnightInShiningArmor]] since she was a humble stuttering farmgirl all her life. Equius is horrified that he has both a lofty title (Prince of Space) and [[spoiler:the ''huge'' responsibility of ''creating the new universe'']] since he was a servile bootlicker before the game started. Eridan really doesn't like being the Mage of Time since dealing with TimeTravel is so messed up. Aradia was an aloof and antisocial [[SmartGuy smart girl]] before the game so she isn't happy that her new role is to be TheEmpath. Nonetheless, all of them try their best to fulfill their roles since they have no other choice.

Red Dead Virgo ([=RDV=]) is at its core an [[AlternateUniverseFic Alternate Universe]] WhatIf fic, asking "WhatIf the trolls all had a different blood color than they do in canon?" The focus is on a Red Kanaya, who decided she simply couldn't hide her "mutant" blood color from her friends. [[BreakTheCutie This turns out to be]] [[CaptainObvious a bad thing.]] However, the story jumps around a lot to several other trolls, all with different blood colors (shifted down five places from canon[[hottip:*:Somewhat - since the canonical order is actually the same as the zodiac, only Kanaya, Gamzee, Eridan, Feferi and Nepeta were shuffled down five. Terezi, Vriska and Equius were shuffled down six, Aradia, Tavros and Sollux four, and Karkat was extremely displaced and shuffled down eight]]), and more importantly different upbringings. The characters are somehow [[InSpiteOfANail similar to the way they were in canon]]...and yet [[ForWantOfANail at the same time they aren't]]. A part of what makes the story work is the contrast between these AlternateUniverse characters and their canon counterparts, and how much about them was nature and how much was nurture. This extends to most (pretty much all) of the relationships as well. Even SGRUB is a bit different, while remaining the same.

* DeaderThanDead: [[spoiler:Feferi]] made a pact and gruesomely killed all the trolls save [[spoiler:Kanaya, Vriska and Eridan]] to ensure that they would live on in dream bubbles. However, because [[spoiler:Kanaya, Eridan and Jade]] were still alive at the time of the [[spoiler:Scratch]], they don't get to join their friends in any form of afterlife, EXCEPT for [[spoiler:Kanaya's]] and [[spoiler:Eridan's dreamselves]] (though [[spoiler:Dream!Kanaya]] is basically a completely different person, according to WordOfFanficAuthor). [[spoiler:Jade]], however, had hit god-tier by that time, so they were the only one to be completely erased.

* GenkiGirl: Vriska, or [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation maybe not]]. "[[color:#a25203 Chooooress!!]]"

* DeaderThanDead: [[spoiler:Feferi]] made a pact and gruesomely killed all the trolls save [[spoiler:Kanaya, Vriska and Eridan]] to ensure that they would live on in dream bubbles. However, because [[spoiler:Kanaya, Eridan and Jade]] were still alive at the time of the [[spoiler:Scratch]], they don't get to join their friends in any form of afterlife. Damn.

* {{Expy}}: Eridan is a lot like canon Dave. Right down to the time travel...

Red Dead Virgo ([=RDV=]) is at its core an [[AlternateUniverseFic Alternate Universe]] WhatIf fic, asking "WhatIf the trolls all had a different blood color than they do in canon?" The focus is on a Red Kanaya, who decided she simply couldn't hide her "mutant" blood color from her friends. [[BreakTheCutie This turns out to be]] [[CaptainObvious a bad thing.]] However, the story jumps around a lot to several other trolls, all with different blood colors (shifted down five places from canon), and more importantly different upbringings. The characters are somehow [[InSpiteOfANail similar to the way they were in canon]]...and yet [[ForWantOfANail at the same time they aren't]]. A part of what makes the story work is the contrast between these AlternateUniverse characters and their canon counterparts, and how much about them was nature and how much was nurture. This extends to most (pretty much all) of the relationships as well. Even SGRUB is a bit different, while remaining the same.

* DeaderThanDead: [[spoiler:Feferi]] made a pact and gruesomely killed all the trolls save [[spoiler:Kanaya, Vriska and Eridan]] to ensure that they would live on in dream bubbles. However, because [[spoiler:Kanaya, Eridan and Jade]] were still alive at the time of the [[spoiler:Scratch]], they don't get to join their friends in any form of afterlife. Damn. At least their dreamselves managed to live on... except for [[spoiler:Jade]] and ''possibly'' [[spoiler:Vriska]], who were erased completely because they'd already hit god-tier before then.

Red Dead Virgo ([=RDV=]) is at its core an [[AlternateUniverseFic Alternate Universe]] WhatIf fic, asking "WhatIf the trolls all had a different blood color than they do in canon?" The focus is on a Red Kanaya, who decided she simply couldn't hide her "mutant" blood color from her friends. [[BreakTheCutie This turns out to be a bad thing.]] However, the story jumps around a lot to several other trolls, all with different blood colors (shifted down five places from canon), and more importantly different upbringings. The characters are somehow [[InSpiteOfANail similar to the way they were in canon]]...and yet [[ForWantOfANail at the same time they aren't]]. A part of what makes the story work is the contrast between these AlternateUniverse characters and their canon counterparts, and how much about them was nature and how much was nurture. This extends to most (pretty much all) of the relationships as well. Even SGRUB is a bit different, while remaining the same.