History Fanfic / APosseAdEsse

* [[spoiler:SavageWolves (to Dolly anyway, Lyall zerself is actually a NobleWolf).]]

* ForWantOfANail / InSpiteOfANail: Crosses between the two. In recent chapters, despite there being [[ThereAreNoTherapists no currently accessible therapists]], the toys have been making what would be deemed therapeutic process in a similar, but not the exact, way as they do in canon. Most notably, in Chapter 10, Lilo skips Stage 3 of this therapy after oscillating between 1 and 2 for a while to go straight to Stage 4 [[spoiler:(the one with the rectus trementis)]], which actually kick-starts Sly's slide from his own stage 3 to 4! An author's note likened it to a mixed up domino bridge.

* MoralDissonance: Inverted to some extent with Sly, backed with WhatTheHellHero. Sly has no qualms about using his "sparks" to cause harm to the toys he needs to fight, even if Dolly has expressly said he's not to. He also doesn't mind giving pretty sever shocks to Lilo in order to aid his powers. But when it comes to [[spoiler:doing the same thing to Dub, in a piecemeal form of electroshock therapy, which we know from canon is the only way his character arc can proceed?]]

* [[OnlySaneMan Only Neurotypical Toy]]: Applied more literally than usual to Dub [[spoiler:(pre-Chapter 13's HeroicBSOD, anyway)]]; despite having been in an asylum for the best part of six months, he persists in his belief that he didn't need to be admitted there. But, as Dr Wood puts it:

* ShoutOut: While the original was rife with shout-outs to deep or otherwise psychological works, the author makes those in this more contemporary. In Chapter 9, ''{{Minesweeper}}'' and SuperTed of all things are name-dropped, and [[spoiler:the writingasm scene]] in Chapter 10 has shades of [[spoiler:the "I WILL READ" scene in Theatre/{{Fame}}]]. ** Chapter 14 also includes a thinly-veiled shout-out to another Die Anstalt fanfic, "Sparkles and the Great Escape".

* Callback / ChekhovsGun: Dr Spieler mentions in the narration of Chapter 1 that she had two therapeutic setbacks in her early days of taking over from Kindermann: an "incident with the hypodermic needle", and "trouble with the Halo-Stop-Ultra". Later, in Chapter 4, Dr Wood takes inspiration from the first to aid his fighting style (albeit with a stick), and in Chapter 14, it's revealed that Kroko had enough of the latter to [[spoiler:necessitate electroshock therapy, which the others use as a springboard to help revive the then-catatonic Dub]].

--> Dolly: [You really think I'm going to willingly trigger myself by walking out in front of a dog with Dub in, what, a wheelbarrow or something, so he can catch my fear?]
--> Sly: [No! I think Dub would be in a wagon, not a wheelbarrow. I don't even know what is a wheelbarrow.]

* ShoutOut: While the original was rife with shout-outs to deep or otherwise psychological works, the author makes those in this more contemporary. In Chapter 9, ''{{Minesweeper}}'' and SuperTed of all things are name-dropped, and [[spoiler:the writingasm scene]] in Chapter 10 has shades of [[spoiler:the "I WILL READ" scene in Theatre/{{Fame}}.]]

** Overlaps with SongFic slightly come Chapter 12, wherein the associated song is a lyrical-overlay, for lack of a better word, written and sung by the author herself.

** Dr Wood: [[spoiler:MasterOfIllusion, at stage 4]]
** [[spoiler: Lyall: SuperStrength, at stage 4.]]

* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:On some level, Dr. Wood honestly believes he's helping the Claw Association, but Chapter 9 also beats in that he's also doing it for emotional validation and the belief he should be God.]]

* [[spoiler:SavageWolves (to Dolly anyway, Lyall himself is actually a NobleWolf).]]

* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: Kroko gets this feeling most of the time, since his flight is a minor advantage compared to the others. [[spoiler:So does Dub, at least once.]]

* [[spoiler:SavageWolves (to Dolly anyway)]]

* AuthorVocabularyCalendar: The author has been making an active attempt to avert this; one revision removed redundant instances of "a little", "a bit" and "seem", amongst other changes. But linguistic leifmotifs are still commonplace, particularly likening Dub's physical attraction to Wood to a "chill".

* DramaticIrony: For those who have played the game, the fanfic runs on this. For novices, it's more like [[Foreshadowing]].

** TheBigGuy to be: [[spoiler:Lyall]]

* ForWantOfANail / InSpiteOfANail: Crosses between the two. In recent chapters, despite there being [[ThereAreNoTherapists no currently accessible therapists]], the toys have been making what would be deemed therapeutic process in a similar, but not the exact, way as they do in canon. Most notably, in Chapter 10, Lilo skips Stage 3 of this therapy after oscillating between 1 and 2 for a while to go straight to Stage 4 [[spoiler:(the one with the rectus trementis)]], which actually kick-starts Sly's slide from his own stage 3 to 4!

* [[spoiler:NowOrNeverKiss]]

** Dub: N/A, at stage 1 [[spoiler:(actually the ability to [[TimeStandsStill pause time]], making him a valuable SecretWeapon)]]

* ScheduleSlip: One that lasted fourteen months, no less.

* ThankTheMaker / OhMyGods!: Zigzagged. Usually the toys invoke God and Goddamn in the traditional way, but other times they say Steiff instead, in a reference to Steiff being the first company to create stuffed toys en masse. At one point, Dolly even says "For the love of Beanie Babies". Justified because, aside from Sly (who explicitly invokes UsefulNotes/{{Hinduism}}, Shiva, to be exact), none of the toys in canon really ''have'' a belief system.
* TitleDrop: Twice, of the original canon. The only name Sly is able to propose for the group in Chapter 5 is "Parapluesch", and in Chapter 10, [[spoiler:one of the things Lilo writes during his spree is ''Die Anstalt''.]]

* AuthorVocabularyCalendar: The author has been making an active attempt to avert this; one revision removed redundant instances of "a little", "a bit" and "seem", amongst other changes.

* PrecisionFStrike: In Chapter 12, after Sly manages to kick off a RantInducingSlight.

** SwitchToEnglish: ...Dr Wood and Dolly's English dialogue. This, and their speaking it at all, is a necessity both for characters and readers, since Dub is actually from England in this version [[FishOutOfWater and only knows a few German words]]. Mind you, he has been attempting to learn more of the to-him-foreign language in an active effort to help Dolly defy TranslatorBuddy.

* WarriorTherapist: Dr Wood

* DatingCatwoman: Not exactly this as of Chapter 7, but more textual than FoeRomanceSubtext too.

* [[OnlySaneMan Only Neurotypical Toy]]: Applied more literally than usual to Dub; despite having been in an asylum for the best part of six months, he persists in his belief that he didn't need to be admitted there. But, as Dr Wood puts it:
--> "Toys without problems [[DramaticIrony don't tend to be found in asylums]]."

* YourMindMakesItReal: [[spoiler:The closest trope that comes to describing one of the techniques Wood wants to perfect. One of his long-term goals is to combine this with an inverted LotusEaterMachine.]]

* ThankTheMaker / OhMyGods!: Zigzagged. Usually the toys invoke God and Goddamn in the traditional way, but other times they say Steiff instead, in a reference to Steiff being the first company to create stuffed toys en masse. At one point, Dolly even says "For the love of Beanie Babies". Justified because, aside from Sly (who explicitly invokes UsefulNotes/Hinduism, Shiva, to be exact), none of the toys in canon really ''have'' a belief system.

* [[spoiler:EverythingsWorseWithWolves]]

* PrecisionFStrike: In Chapter 12, after Sly manages to kick off a [[RantInducingSlight]].

* ThankTheMaker / OhMyGods!: Zigzagged. Usually the toys invoke God and Goddamn in the traditional way, but other times they say Steiff instead, in a reference to Steiff being the first company to create stuffed toys en masse. At one point, Dolly even says "For the love of Beanie Babies". Justified because, aside from Sly (who explicitly invokes [[UsefulNotes/Hinduism]]), none of the toys in canon really ''have'' a belief system.

** TheSmartGuy and TheBigGuy: Lilo

* ForWantOfANail / InSpiteOfANail: Crosses between the two. In recent chapters, despite there being [[ThereAreNoTherapists no currently accessible therapists]], the toys have been making what would be deemed therapeutic process in a similar, but not exact, way as they do in canon. Most notably, in Chapter 10, Lilo skips Stage 3 of this therapy after oscillating between 1 and 2 for a while to go straight to Stage 4 [[spoiler:(the one with the rectus trementis)]], which actually kick-starts Sly's slide from his own stage 3 to 4!

* ThankTheMaker / OhMyGods!: Zigzagged. Usually the toys invoke God and Goddamn in the traditional way, but other times they say Steiff instead, in a reference to Steiff being the first company to create stuffed toys en masse. At one point, Dolly even says "For the love of Beanie Babies". Justified because, aside from Sly (who explicitly invokes [[UsefulNotes/Hinduism Shiva]]), none of the toys in canon really ''have'' a belief system.

* ViolentGlaswegian: Dolly has a [[FunetikAksent Scottish accent]] when not speaking German.

* ForWantOfANail / InSpiteOfANail: Crosses between the two. In recent chapters, despite there being [[ThereAreNoTherapists no currently accessible therapists]], the toys have been making what would be deemed therapeutic process in a similar, but not exact, way as they do in canon. Most notably, in Chapter 10, Lilo skips Stage 3 of this therapy after oscillating between 1 and 2 for a while to go straight to Stage 4 [[spoilers:(the one with the rectus trementis)]], which actually kick-starts Sly's slide from his own stage 3 to 4!

* AuthorVocabularyCalendar: The author has been making an active attempt to avert this; in a recent revision, they removed redundant instances of "a little", "a bit", "seem" and others in an attempt to kill the time resulting from ScheduleSlip.

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: [[PsychoElectro Sly]]. Downplayed and justified, given thought disorder is one of the expanded symptoms of his condition. Specializes in [[{{Neologism}} Neologisms]].

* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Toy]]: Applied more literally than usual to Dub; despite having been in an asylum for the best part of six months, he persists in his belief that he didn't need to be admitted there. But, as Dr Wood puts it:

* ThankTheMaker / OhMyGods!: Zigzagged. Usually the toys invoke God and Goddamn in the traditional way, but other times they say Steiff instead, in a reference to Steiff being the first company to create stuffed toys en masse. At one point, Dolly even says "For the love of Beanie Babies". Justified because, aside from Sly, none of the toys in canon really ''have'' a belief system.

** SwitchToEnglish: ...Dr Wood and Dolly's English dialogue. This, and their speaking it at all, is a necessity both for characters and readers, since Dub is actually from England in this version [[FishOutOfWater and only knows a few German words]]. Mind you, he has been attempting to learn more of the to-him-foreign language in an active attempt to help Dolly defy TranslatorBuddy.

* VirtualSoundtrack: On the LJ copy, each post has a certain song outlined in the 'Music' qualifier; on AO3, this is recreated in the author's notes. The soundtrack is also accompanied with a moodlet to show the central character and overall theme of each chapter, for example: Chapter 2 - conflict.

''A Posse Ad Esse'' is an AlternateUniverseFic for obscure web game DieAnstalt. Specifically, an AU where the six main characters all gain superpowers. Considering these characters are all disabled cuddly toys (five patients and a doctor, to be exact), the inevitable result is conflict, confusion and a different kind of therapy: experience.

--> Dolly: [Wood's the only one with any horrible [[hottip:intent: Absicht]], so it's safe to-]
--> Sly: [He doesn't ''have'' a [[hottip:view: Ansicht, a Malapropism both by spelling and by way of Sly using the wrong sense of the word for the context]], he can't see us through the hood.]

** Sly: [[ShockAndAwe Electricity]] [[RideTheLightning combined with]] SuperSpeedster, at stage 3

It can be found [[http://posseesse.livejournal.com here]].

* MaxTrope: Dub's [[TheGhost unseen but oft-mentioned owner]], unnamed in canon, is here given the name of - well - [[CaptainObvious Max]]. [[spoiler:Given Dub's [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation slightly retooled backstory]], this can come across as DevelopingDoomedCharacters.]]

* VirtualSoundtrack: in the Music section of each chapter, since it's on LiveJournal.

* ShoutOut: While the original was rife with shout-outs to deep or otherwise psychological works, the author makes those in this more contemporary. In Chapter 9, ''{{Minesweeper}}'' and SuperTed of all things are name-dropped, and [[spoiler:the writingasm scene]] in Chapter 10 has shades of [[spoiler:the "I WILL READ" scene in {{Fame}}.]]

* BilingualBonus: An obscure one for the sake of a joke in Chapter 10.

--> Sly: [He doesn't ''have'' a [[hottip:view: Ansicht, a Malapropism both by spelling and by way of Sly using the word in the wrong sense]], he can't see us through the hood.]

* LiteralMinded: Kroko, as in canon.

* MaxTrope: Dub's [[TheGhost unseen but oft-mentioned owner]], unnamed in canon, is here given the name of - well - [[CaptainObvious Max]]. [[spoiler:Given Dub's [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation slightly retooled backstory]], this can come across as DevelopingDoomedCharacters for DramaticIrony purposes.]]

* {{Trigger}}: Dolly carries over her adverse reaction to dog bones, and fear of dogs in general, from the original canon. Kroko's aquaphobia also shows signs of this. These have both hindered and helped the team over the course of the fic.
* VillainEpisode: Dr Wood gets Chapter 9 to himself post-[[FaceHeelTurn Heel-Turn]].

* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: Kroko gets this feeling most of time, since his flight is a minor advantage compared to the others. [[spoiler:So does Dub, at least once.]]

--> Dolly: [Wood's the only one with any horrible [[Hottip:intent: Absicht]], so it's safe to-]
--> Sly: [He doesn't ''have'' a [[Hottip:view Ansicht, a Malapropism both by spelling and by way of Sly using the word in the wrong sense]], he can't see us through the hood.]

* AuthorVocabularyCalendar: The author has been making an active attempt to avert this by removing redundant instances of "a little", "a bit", "seem" and others in an attempt to kill the time resulting from ScheduleSlip.

* ShoutOut: While the original was rife with shout-outs to deep or otherwise psychological works, the author makes those in this more contemporary. In Chapter 9, ''{{Minesweeper}}'' of all things is name-dropped, and [[spoiler:the writingasm scene]] in Chapter 10 has shades of [[spoiler:the "I WILL READ" scene in {{Fame}}.]]

* AltumVidetur: The title of the story, and of each chapter, [[IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming are all Latin phrases]], some more recognizable than others, that indicate the content within. (EG: ''A posse ad esse'' means 'from being able to being'.) Overlaps with PretentiousLatinMotto for the particularly obscure ones.

* ApologizesALot: Kroko, sometimes Dolly in a sadder mood. Most [[{{Egregious}} egregiously]] done in Chapter 8, where he says "sorry" three times in the space of 139 words.

** Lilo: GravityMaster, between stages 1 and 2

* SuddenlyVoiced

** SwitchToEnglish: ...Dr Wood and Dolly's English dialogue. This, and their speaking it at all, is a necessity both for characters and readers, since Dub is actually from England and only knows a few German words, resulting in him being a FishOutOfWater. Mind you, he has been attempting to learn more of the to-him-foreign language in an active attempt to defy TranslatorBuddy for Dolly.

-->"[Kroko. Lilo. Dolly. Sly. There is little point in me beating about the bush: all of us (...) the majority of us have gained, for lack of a better word, superpowers.]"

* AuthorVocabularyCalendar: The author has been making an active attempt to avert this by removing redundant instances of "a little", "a bit", "seem" and "look like".

* MaxTrope: Dub's [[TheGhost unseen but oft-mentioned owner]], unnamed in canon, is here given the name of - well - [[CaptainObvious Max]].

* ScheduleSlip: Chapter 11 has been a long time in coming...

** SwitchToEnglish: ...Dr Wood and Dolly's English dialogue. This, and their speaking it at all, is a necessity both for characters and readers, since Dub is actually from England and only knows a few German words.