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* AlienGeometries: The Dead Sea resembles a cross between an M.C. Escher painting, and Cthulhu's domain.
* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: The Akuba are basically Witches under a different name. [[spoiler: Also, Specters are what angels and demons become when they die, and they turn every other kind of soul into Wraiths]]
* AngelsDevilsAndSquid: The Angels (and demons, ironically) qualify, the Specters [[spoiler: who are the tormented spirits of dead angels and demons]] are Devils (as are Akuba, as of Chapter 7), and Kyubey, obviously, is the Squid.
* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: The Akuba are basically Witches under a different name. [[spoiler: Also, Specters are what angels and demons become when they die, and they turn every other kind of soul into Wraiths]]
* AngelsDevilsAndSquid: The Angels (and demons, ironically) qualify, the Specters [[spoiler: who are the tormented spirits of dead angels and demons]] are Devils (as are Akuba, as of Chapter 7), and Kyubey, obviously, is the Squid.
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** For instance, [[spoiler; Chapter 2 has Azurai revealed just HOW Buwaro's birth parents died.]]
** For instance, [[spoiler; Chapter 2 has Azurai revealed just HOW Buwaro's birth parents died.]]
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* SmallSecludedWorld: Medius itself. [[spoiler: It's the only real planet in a PocketDimension that consists of of the stars, the twin moons, Heaven, Hell, Purgatory, and Medius itself.]]
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* CerebusRollercoaster This series certainly does this a lot. For example, the first chapter's fairly lighthearted... Then Chapter 2 has [[spoiler: the revelation that Azurai murdered Buwaro's birth parents]], and [[DoomedHometown Thornwood's destruction]]. Then they visit Barracalo, and have a great time... Until [[spoiler: Buwaro finds Azurai.]]
** A particularly harsh example is when Sam gets transported to canon!Medius, prevents loads of angst, and even convinces canon!Iratu to join canon!Rhea's party. [[spoiler: canon!Iratu's head is bitten off right in front of Sam, which she knows wouldn't have happened ''had she not been there'', and goes on to blame herself.]]
** A particularly harsh example is when Sam gets transported to canon!Medius, prevents loads of angst, and even convinces canon!Iratu to join canon!Rhea's party. [[spoiler: canon!Iratu's head is bitten off right in front of Sam, which she knows wouldn't have happened ''had she not been there'', and goes on to blame herself.]]
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** Toby's unrequited feelings towards Sam arguably count.
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* BagOfHolding: Buwaro carries around one of these.
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* QuestionableConsent: [[spoiler: Azurai's marriage to Iratu]] is definitely an example, the former making a sarcastic remark, and the latter thinking [[spoiler: it's a proposal]]. [[spoiler: Iratu also jokingly "threatens" to eat Azurai if he doesn't go through with it. Azurai can't tell whether it's a joke, and doesn't care to find out.]]
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* InterspeciesRomance: Buwaro and Kieri, naturally.
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* YouNoTakeCandle: Duster, just like in canon, speaks this way.
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* GayGroomInAWhiteTux: Exaggerated. When Azurai and Iratu got married, the latter actually ''wore a dress and veil''.
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* StraightGay: Azurai still curses like a sailor, and you really wouldn't suspect that he was gay if it weren't for the fact that he's not only ''married'', but also almost always with his ''very obviously'' gay husband.
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* BrutalHonesty: Sam asks Buwaro whether she's ever gotten him in trouble. Cue chapter-long flashback, in which that happens.
** Buwaro outright asks Kieri why she's even into him in the first place. On their ''first date''.
** Buwaro outright asks Kieri why she's even into him in the first place. On their ''first date''.
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* SerialEditor: The author is very susceptible to this, the most drastic example being merging several chapters together, and heavily editing them to fit the later chapters in style and [[CharacterizationMarchesOn characterization]]. Even the title itself was affected by this.
**This very page was made by said author, so expect it here, too.
**This very page was made by said author, so expect it here, too.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first three chapters had to be heavily edited because of this. Making Buwaro less cranky, removing Sam's cussing, and reformatting it to fit the constantly shifting limited third-person perspective are among the more obvious changes.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first three early chapters had to be have been heavily edited because of to avert this. Making Buwaro less cranky, cranky and more likeable, removing Sam's cussing, and reformatting it to fit the constantly shifting limited third-person perspective are among the more obvious changes.
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* SerialEditor: The author is very susceptible to this, although the edits don't affect most drastic example being merging several chapters together, and heavily editing them to fit the continuity later chapters in any serious way.style and [[CharacterizationMarchesOn characterization]].
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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Azurai has murdered several people]], yet never receives any comeuppance for this. That being said, [[spoiler: Buwaro is ''not'' happy when he finds out about it.]]
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* DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu: Bebo, the only friendly and relatively sane Specter Buwaro and co. have met, actually invites them to tea, at one point. Then again, [[spoiler: god knows what he'd have done if Buwaro, who is his biological son, had not been present]].
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* CureYourGays: Part of the BootCampEpisode mentioned above. [[spoiler: Azurai]] is forced to watch the most "attractive" boys in the camp undress in front of him while drinking ipecac.
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* BootCampEpisode: Horrifically deconstructed. When he was a teenager, [[spoiler:Azurai]] was sent to one by [[spoiler: his abusive mother]] in an attempt to get rid of him. He [[spoilers: murders the entire camp,]] and [[KarmaHoudini somehow gets away with it]].
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* BootCampEpisode: Horrifically deconstructed. When he was a teenager, [[spoiler:Azurai]] was sent to one by [[spoiler: his abusive mother]] in an attempt to get rid of him. He [[spoilers: [[spoiler: murders the entire camp,]] camp, and [[KarmaHoudini somehow gets away with it]].it]]]].
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* RevengeByProxy: Overlaps with DisproportionateRetribution when Buwaro gets beaten up by a kid, and Azurai brutally murders said kid's beloved cat.
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* SerialEditor: The author is very susceptible to this, although the edits don't affect the continuity in any serious way.
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* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: Subverted with [[spoiler: Azurai]], who turns evil, but actually turns ''against'' his tormentors and [[spoiler: murders them brutally]].
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* HaveAGayOldTime: One chapter is actually ''named'' after a sign in Barracalo unironically proclaiming it to be "The Gayest City in the Archipelago!"
** Which Buwaro, Sam, and Toby all find hilarious. "Hey, Bu! Maybe ''that's'' why your dads came here!"
** Which Buwaro, Sam, and Toby all find hilarious. "Hey, Bu! Maybe ''that's'' why your dads came here!"
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* AuthorAppeal: How else do you explain KingdomHearts music in the middle of a SlightlyDamned fanfic?
* BoisterousBruiser: Iratu is apparently [spoiler: pretending to be] this. Granted, we don't really SEE him do much fighting, but the fact that he got fired from a gig as a professional wrestler for ''accidentally breaking a guy's back'' certainly implies it.
* BoisterousBruiser: Iratu is apparently [spoiler: pretending to be] this. Granted, we don't really SEE him do much fighting, but the fact that he got fired from a gig as a professional wrestler for ''accidentally breaking a guy's back'' certainly implies it.
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** It's implied that Iratu [[spoiler: feels no self-worth, and would be an alcoholic if he'd never met Azurai,]] Azurai, and he [[spoiler: fakes stupidity because people want him to, and nobody knows this]].
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* MementoMacGuffin: Buwaro's lucky star is a ([[spoiler: mostly]] non-magic) star-shaped pendant that opens up to reveal a photograph of Buwaro having fun with his dads at the Summer Carnival. Hilariously, in addition to fireproofing it, [[spoiler: his dads somehow used ancient magic to have the words "Our Baby" appear on it in firey letters whenever it's exposed to flame]]. Buwaro's pretty miffed when he finds out about that.
* MoodWhiplash: This fic loves this trope, listing every example would amount to a summary of the whole plot.
* MoodWhiplash: This fic loves this trope, listing every example would amount to a summary of the whole plot.
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* MementoMacGuffin: Buwaro's lucky star is a ([[spoiler: mostly]] (mostly non-magic) star-shaped pendant that opens up to reveal a photograph of Buwaro having fun with his dads at the Summer Carnival. Hilariously, in addition to fireproofing it, [[spoiler: his dads somehow used ancient magic to have the words "Our Baby" appear on it in firey fiery letters whenever it's exposed to flame]]. flame. Buwaro's pretty miffed when he finds out about that.
* MoodWhiplash: This fic loves this trope, listing every example would amount to a summary of the whole plot.that.
* MoodWhiplash: This fic loves this trope, listing every example would amount to a summary of the whole plot.
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* LighterAndSofter: Compared to canon, at least, this series fits this SO VERY MUCH [[spoiler: at first, and arguably still does, to an extent]].
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What if the Great War had ended early, and stranded angels and demons on Medius?
How would many of the characters be changed, having lived different lives?
And contending with a bizarre new enemy called the Specters, reality-warping monsters that fall from the sky and destroy entire towns?
The answers to those two questions are the basic premise of A Different Medius,
an AlternateUniverse SlightlyDamned fanfic.
Pretty much all the characters have been changed in major ways:
* Buwaro's much smarter and 200% more BadAss, but still somewhat naive.
* Iratu is completely sober, but still [[spoiler: acting]] very boisterous, and now very, VERY gay.
* Azurai is... Not that different, but less evil.
* Kieri's still utterly lacking in self-confidence, but now tries (and utterly fails) to hide it behind a haughty facade.
* Rhea is completely absent [[spoiler: until Sam meets her in canon!Medius]].
And the formerly minor characters Samantha and Toby are now Buwaro's TrueCompanions.
Did we mention that Azurai and Iratu are a married gay couple? And that Buwaro's HappilyAdopted by them?
The fic can be found here.
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9833561/1/A-Different-Medius
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!! Slightly Altered contains examples of:
* AdultFear: Having [[spoiler: your entire hometown wrecked, and being unable to find your loved ones]] definitely counts, as does [[spoiler: finding out that your adoptive Dad happens to be the reason your biological parents are dead to begin with]].
* AscendedExtra: Sam and Toby barely got any screen time in canon, here they form the ThreeAmigos with Buwaro.
* AuthorAppeal: How else do you explain KingdomHearts music in the middle of a SlightlyDamned fanfic?
* BoisterousBruiser: Iratu is apparently [spoiler: pretending to be] this. Granted, we don't really SEE him do much fighting, but the fact that he got fired from a gig as a professional wrestler for ''accidentally breaking a guy's back'' certainly implies it.
* CerebusSyndrome: And how! [[spoiler: It basically hits all at once, Thornwood is destroyed, everyone is separated from their parents, Azurai turns out to be the one who killed Buwaro's biological parents,]] and now they have to deal with the [[EldritchAbomination Specters]]. Still [[LighterAndSofter happier]] than the original, amazingly enough.
* ClusterFBomb: Azurai, shockingly, does this a lot less often than you'd think.
* CutenessProximity: Sam gets the irresistible urge to pet Iratu on the nose when she sees him sleeping. Buwaro later teases her about this. "Did Sammy wanna pet my big, sleepy Daddy?"
** Another example is when when she hugs Iratu [[spoiler: while in Buwaro's body, much to Iratu's surprise]], and of course Iratu teases her about it. "Did Sammy-wammy wanna cuddle the big black doggy?"
* DysfunctionJunction: Arguably nowhere near as bad as canon, but still...
** Azurai had a VERY unhappy life before he met Iratu, [[spoiler:killed Buwaro's parents,]] and adopted Buwaro. It's implied that he's never been completely happy.
** Kieri has to rely on a very fragile facade to function.
** Toby [[spoiler: doesn't want to find his parents at all, because he doesn't want his adventure around the world with Buwaro and co. to end]].
** It's implied that Iratu [[spoiler: feels no self-worth, and would be an alcoholic if he'd never met Azurai,]] and he [[spoiler: fakes stupidity because people want him to, and nobody knows this]].
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first three chapters had to be heavily edited because of this. Making Buwaro less cranky, removing Sam's cussing, and reformatting it to fit the constantly shifting limited third-person perspective are among the more obvious changes.
* EvilParentsWantGoodKids: While Azurai is much less evil than his canon counterpart, he's still done some truly horrible things, [[spoiler: like murdering Buwaro's biological parents over a payment dispute]]. The worst part? [[spoiler: He has NO REMORSE WHATSOEVER for it, though he didn't enjoy doing it, either.]] That being said, however, he genuinely loves Buwaro, and wants him to grow up to be a better person than him. Iratu, however, is actually a good person, if [[spoiler: pretending to be]] not very bright.
* [[spoiler: FreakyFridayFlip]] Sam and Buwaro [[spoiler: swap bodies as the result of a Specter's reality-warping]], and have to fix it.
* HappilyAdopted: Buwaro's relationship with his dads is very much this trope, [[spoiler: even when he finds out about WHY he's adopted to begin with]].
* HasTwoDaddies: Buwaro, obviously, calling Azurai and Iratu his "Dad and Daddy". Toby's a little weirded out by this, but accepts it nonetheless.
* LighterAndSofter: Compared to canon, at least, this series fits this SO VERY MUCH [[spoiler: at first, and arguably still does, to an extent]].
* MementoMacGuffin: Buwaro's lucky star is a ([[spoiler: mostly]] non-magic) star-shaped pendant that opens up to reveal a photograph of Buwaro having fun with his dads at the Summer Carnival. Hilariously, in addition to fireproofing it, [[spoiler: his dads somehow used ancient magic to have the words "Our Baby" appear on it in firey letters whenever it's exposed to flame]]. Buwaro's pretty miffed when he finds out about that.
* MoodWhiplash: This fic loves this trope, listing every example would amount to a summary of the whole plot.
* NoodleIncident: Just what DID Buwaro's evil imposter say to Azurai?
* ObfuscatingStupidity: [[spoiler: Iratu]] is implied to practice this, at least part of the time.
* ThreeAmigos: Buwaro, Sam, and Toby.
* TokenEvilTeammate: Azurai fits this, only helping everyone else only because his son wants to.
* {{Tsundere}}: Kieri is a very fragile example of this. It really doesn't take much to make her a Deredere.
* SerialEditor: The author is very susceptible to this, although the edits don't affect the continuity in any serious way.
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How would many of the characters be changed, having lived different lives?
And contending with a bizarre new enemy called the Specters, reality-warping monsters that fall from the sky and destroy entire towns?
The answers to those two questions are the basic premise of A Different Medius,
an AlternateUniverse SlightlyDamned fanfic.
Pretty much all the characters have been changed in major ways:
* Buwaro's much smarter and 200% more BadAss, but still somewhat naive.
* Iratu is completely sober, but still [[spoiler: acting]] very boisterous, and now very, VERY gay.
* Azurai is... Not that different, but less evil.
* Kieri's still utterly lacking in self-confidence, but now tries (and utterly fails) to hide it behind a haughty facade.
* Rhea is completely absent [[spoiler: until Sam meets her in canon!Medius]].
And the formerly minor characters Samantha and Toby are now Buwaro's TrueCompanions.
Did we mention that Azurai and Iratu are a married gay couple? And that Buwaro's HappilyAdopted by them?
The fic can be found here.
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9833561/1/A-Different-Medius
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!! Slightly Altered contains examples of:
* AdultFear: Having [[spoiler: your entire hometown wrecked, and being unable to find your loved ones]] definitely counts, as does [[spoiler: finding out that your adoptive Dad happens to be the reason your biological parents are dead to begin with]].
* AscendedExtra: Sam and Toby barely got any screen time in canon, here they form the ThreeAmigos with Buwaro.
* AuthorAppeal: How else do you explain KingdomHearts music in the middle of a SlightlyDamned fanfic?
* BoisterousBruiser: Iratu is apparently [spoiler: pretending to be] this. Granted, we don't really SEE him do much fighting, but the fact that he got fired from a gig as a professional wrestler for ''accidentally breaking a guy's back'' certainly implies it.
* CerebusSyndrome: And how! [[spoiler: It basically hits all at once, Thornwood is destroyed, everyone is separated from their parents, Azurai turns out to be the one who killed Buwaro's biological parents,]] and now they have to deal with the [[EldritchAbomination Specters]]. Still [[LighterAndSofter happier]] than the original, amazingly enough.
* ClusterFBomb: Azurai, shockingly, does this a lot less often than you'd think.
* CutenessProximity: Sam gets the irresistible urge to pet Iratu on the nose when she sees him sleeping. Buwaro later teases her about this. "Did Sammy wanna pet my big, sleepy Daddy?"
** Another example is when when she hugs Iratu [[spoiler: while in Buwaro's body, much to Iratu's surprise]], and of course Iratu teases her about it. "Did Sammy-wammy wanna cuddle the big black doggy?"
* DysfunctionJunction: Arguably nowhere near as bad as canon, but still...
** Azurai had a VERY unhappy life before he met Iratu, [[spoiler:killed Buwaro's parents,]] and adopted Buwaro. It's implied that he's never been completely happy.
** Kieri has to rely on a very fragile facade to function.
** Toby [[spoiler: doesn't want to find his parents at all, because he doesn't want his adventure around the world with Buwaro and co. to end]].
** It's implied that Iratu [[spoiler: feels no self-worth, and would be an alcoholic if he'd never met Azurai,]] and he [[spoiler: fakes stupidity because people want him to, and nobody knows this]].
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first three chapters had to be heavily edited because of this. Making Buwaro less cranky, removing Sam's cussing, and reformatting it to fit the constantly shifting limited third-person perspective are among the more obvious changes.
* EvilParentsWantGoodKids: While Azurai is much less evil than his canon counterpart, he's still done some truly horrible things, [[spoiler: like murdering Buwaro's biological parents over a payment dispute]]. The worst part? [[spoiler: He has NO REMORSE WHATSOEVER for it, though he didn't enjoy doing it, either.]] That being said, however, he genuinely loves Buwaro, and wants him to grow up to be a better person than him. Iratu, however, is actually a good person, if [[spoiler: pretending to be]] not very bright.
* [[spoiler: FreakyFridayFlip]] Sam and Buwaro [[spoiler: swap bodies as the result of a Specter's reality-warping]], and have to fix it.
* HappilyAdopted: Buwaro's relationship with his dads is very much this trope, [[spoiler: even when he finds out about WHY he's adopted to begin with]].
* HasTwoDaddies: Buwaro, obviously, calling Azurai and Iratu his "Dad and Daddy". Toby's a little weirded out by this, but accepts it nonetheless.
* LighterAndSofter: Compared to canon, at least, this series fits this SO VERY MUCH [[spoiler: at first, and arguably still does, to an extent]].
* MementoMacGuffin: Buwaro's lucky star is a ([[spoiler: mostly]] non-magic) star-shaped pendant that opens up to reveal a photograph of Buwaro having fun with his dads at the Summer Carnival. Hilariously, in addition to fireproofing it, [[spoiler: his dads somehow used ancient magic to have the words "Our Baby" appear on it in firey letters whenever it's exposed to flame]]. Buwaro's pretty miffed when he finds out about that.
* MoodWhiplash: This fic loves this trope, listing every example would amount to a summary of the whole plot.
* NoodleIncident: Just what DID Buwaro's evil imposter say to Azurai?
* ObfuscatingStupidity: [[spoiler: Iratu]] is implied to practice this, at least part of the time.
* ThreeAmigos: Buwaro, Sam, and Toby.
* TokenEvilTeammate: Azurai fits this, only helping everyone else only because his son wants to.
* {{Tsundere}}: Kieri is a very fragile example of this. It really doesn't take much to make her a Deredere.
* SerialEditor: The author is very susceptible to this, although the edits don't affect the continuity in any serious way.
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