History Fanfic / AnAlchemistAbroad

* ToxicFriendInfluence: Sasha - as per canon - [[spoiler:though this comes full force in chapter 15, where she instills the fear of being left behind in Sprig when he reunites with Ivy and Maddie, advising him to "take charge". She also plans to drive a wedge in the latter two's friendship with Marcy if she fails to win their favor]].

* EvolvingTitleScreen: A non-video-game example. As the trope images show, the fic started with just Marcy in the title card, with Sasha and Anne being added after their first appearances in the story. Its evolution is still ongoing, the most [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/20e468b3f241ae17a909b532f45c455d/9e02c3f6e2d7bfd4-3b/s1280x1920/2bb7d17ccbe2084c1c9693afff02b598aa9c4d4d.pnj recent version]] revealed after chapter 22, with Marcy's eyes changing from green to brown and her gem glowing green.

* ShoutOut: In the first chapter, Marcy successfully ports the game ''[[VideoGame/{{Doom}} Boom]]'' - which has a title screen depicting the [[Film/ArmyOfDarkness silhouette of a man]] holding up a [[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/940508643529469972/1005998828371071016/output-onlinepngtools.png shotgun]] - onto the main computer of the ruined factory.

* AbusivePrecursors: Implied in regards to [[spoiler:the original builders of the second temple. The trials within seem more focused on putting participants through intense emotional trauma than actually testing their strength of character. Valeriana even states her order had buried the temple out of disgust.]]

* AbusivePrecursors: Implied in regards to [[spoiler:the original builders of the second temple. The trials within seem more focused on putting participants through intense emotional trauma than actually testing their strength of character. Valeriana even states her order has buried the temple out of disgust.]]

** We get a creative example in the [[spoiler: second trial of the (actual) second temple: the girls are faced with an giant, magically animated animal skull that's clearly meant to test their honesty, but interprets their honest questions and statements as lies, leading the three to almost get killed by an army of animated skeletons. This is justified, since the magic runes dictating the skull's behavior have broken apart due to the passage of time.]]

* IntimateHealing: A non-sexual example. [[spoiler: In chapter 24, due to magical-temple shenanigans and falling into freezing water, Marcy gets hyperthermia. To warm her up, Anne tells Sasha that - since they don't have an electric blanket - she'll need skin-to-skin contact.]] Three guesses as to what they end up doing.

** Played with and ''defied'' in chapter 18: [[spoiler:Hop Pop finally confesses to attempting to steal the music box to Marcy, who immediately enforces this trope ''on herself'', out of fear of losing her relationship with him if she didn't. Hop Pop picks up on this, and - in an diversion of canon - tells Marcy it's okay if she doesn't forgive him anytime soon, not wanting her to bury and ignore her emotions for the sake of "keeping the peace"]].

'''Spoilers for the previous story will be unmarked. You've been warned!'''

** Interestingly zigzagged in chapter 2 with the Teds. Teddy is more interested in get-rich-quick schemes and never checks incoming messages (like the wanted poster for Hop Pop), Ted is basically dumb muscle who easily falls asleep on watch, and while Tedd is clearly more diligent and responsible, he still goes along with Teddy's schemes and is too soft-spoken to really be assertive. ''However'', [[spoiler: they still successfully capture Marcy and Polly; confiscate Marcy's bag of curses, potions, and gadgets; actually post a guard at night to watch the prisoners; Ted is vigilant enough to capture Hop Pop and Sprig when they try to break out Marcy and Polly; and when the manticore attacks, all three fight to defend the town despite clearly being out of their depth]].