History Fanfic / BreakingTheDeal

* ChekhovsSkill: During his fight with Blackheart, Spider-Man recalls the time when {{Daredevil}} and he had managed to fight off Blackheart in his first appearance, eventually realizing that [[spoiler:pure intentions and positive thoughts are anathema to the demon and uses it to defeat him by focusing on his desire to save Mary Jane and restore reality to its proper place. He later uses this to great effect against Mephisto, defeating the demon lord.]]

One of the better fan-fics out there, proving that [[SturgeonsLaw there are some stories out there that are as good, or even better than the source material]]. Written by a continuity buff, especially of the old Marvel Team-Up series, ''Breaking the Deal'' is one of the few fan-fics out there that can take the FixFic premise and actually show consequences for the incident that needs fixing.

Seen in all its glory [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5852792/1/Breaking_the_Deal here]].

* ActionGirl: Mary Jane handles herself particularly well for a non-powered human going against demons, even managing to hold off [[spoiler:several of N'astirh's demons and a group of Dire Wraiths by herself for a while before she got overwhelmed and knocked out by N'astirh himself after he gets tired of waiting for her to lose!]]
* AuthorAppeal: The non-sexual kind, with the author flat out [[WordofGod saying]] that he loves BigDamnHeroes moments, the original run of Marvel Team-Up, and Spider-Man in general.
* AuthorFilibuster: Basically this fan-fic in a nutshell, but he also manages an amazing story in the meantime.

* BadAssDamsel: See Action Girl
* BigBad: Mephisto, natch.

* ChekhovsSkill: During his fight with Blackheart, Spider-Man recalls the time when {{Daredevil}} and he had managed to fight off Blackheart in his first appearance, eventually realizing that [[spoiler:pure intentions and positive thoughts are anathema to the demon, using it to defeat him by focusing on his desire to save Mary Jane and restore reality to its proper place. He later uses this to great effect against Mephisto, leading to him defeating the demon lord.]]

* DealWithTheDevil: Shown as one of the worst things that could ever happen to the multiverse.

* ExecutiveMeddling: The only reason this fan-fic exists in the first place.
* FinalBattle: In all its glory: [[spoiler: Every single hero that Spider-Man has ever worked with, and even some of his worst villains join together and fight against the many minions of Mephisto, culminating in Spider-Man defeating Mephisto with the help of his unbreakable spirit and pure heart.]]
* FixFic: One of the better and more intelligent ones out there.

* HeroicBSOD: Spider-Man goes through a big one after he learns of the deal with Mephisto and what it has done to reality.
* JustBetweenYouAndMe: Mephisto has one with Mary Jane about her being one of the reasons why he's become so powerful. However, thanks to her [[spoiler:future daughter's soul-self]], Mary Jane doesn't break down completely and keeps fighting his attempts to demoralize her.

* NoFourthWall: Deadpool in all his glory displays his trademarked FourthWall breaking, even talking to the ''narrator'' and arguing with him about the narration. He also takes over the narration for a paragraph and a piece of dialogue before NKSCF takes it over once again, denying Deadpool's Facebook friend request at the same time. Notably, this only happens when Deadpool is around, so the fic is seriously written for the most part, with the occasional loving LampshadeHanging delivered for good measure.

* OneOfUs: NKSCF is an unabashed lover of Spider-Man, comics in general, and is a member of TVTropes under the same name he uses to write his fan-fics.
** The fact that he wrote this fic proves that he hates OMD as bad as most of us here.

* PassingTheTorch: Kind of, with [[spoiler:Spider-Man and Mary Jane learning that their daughter--who has been helping them thanks to the vestiges of her powers that she used to protect herself in the future once she learned of the deal with Mephisto--will become Sorcerer Supreme and destroy Mephisto forever.]]
* ThePowerOfLove: [[spoiler: The only way that Spider-Man can defeat Mephisto.]] ItMakesSenseInContext.

* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:Mephisto has a grand one when he figures out that he's been defeated.]]

* WhatTheHellHero: Spider-Man expects all of his allies to call him out on what happened with the deal. [[spoiler:However, he soon finds out that they all care about him enough to not even ask why they need to help him out. All they needed to hear was that Spider-Man was in trouble and that was a good enough reason for them to mobilize and take on everything Mephisto had to throw at them.]]

* ZigZaggingTrope: Several times in the fan-fic it seems like NKSCF is LampshadeHanging everything, while other times the more inane parts of comic books are not even noted on at all, but then Deadpool's doing his thing and the trope begins anew.

Seen in all its glory here: ''http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5852792/1/Breaking_the_Deal''

* IncrediblyLamePun: Spider-Man calls himself out when he remarks that defeating the newest man to wear the Cyclone suit was a breeze.
** He also names this trope word by word when the Demogoblin appears and says he was crushed when they were forced to part.

* TheDeterminator: As befits his nature, Spider-Man uses his natural resolve and will to defeat [[spoiler:N'astirh, Blackheart, and even Mephisto. In fact his inability to accept defeat almost caused him to be killed slowly and painfully by Hybrid, but he was weak from defeating Blackheart at the time and was saved thanks to the intervention of CaptainAmerica, DoctorDoom, RomSpaceKnight, Elixir and GhostRider.]]

Written in response to OneMoreDay, ''Breaking the Deal'' is {{Tropers/NKSCF}}'s way of showing what should have happened to {{Spider-Man}} after the derailment of his characterization that led to Mary Jane and him giving away their marriage to Mephisto, Marvel's closest analogue to the Devil. Ten chapters, one epilogue, and one Q & A session long, the story follows Spider-Man as he figures out that he sold away his marriage to Mephisto thanks to the intervention of the former Dr. Strange and current Sorcerer Supreme Dr. Voodoo, as his allies work on a way to give him a chance to restore reality to its proper place. Mephisto, meanwhile, has used the deal as a means of gaining power and is now working on a way to control the entire multiverse, and has kidnapped Mary Jane as a means of making sure Spider-Man can't stop him before he succeeds in taking over all of reality. Going out alone into Mephisto's dimension, Spider-Man does whatever it takes to get her back and restore reality to its proper state.

One of the better fan-fics out there, proving that [[SturgeonsLaw there are some stories out there that are as good, or even better than the source material]]. Written by a continuity buff, especially of the old Marvel Team-Up series, ''Breaking the Deal'' is one of the few fan-fics out there that can take the FixFic premise and actually show consequences for the incident that needs fixing.

* ActionGirl: Mary Jane handles herself particularly well for a non-powered human going against demons, even managing to hold off [[spoiler:several of N'astirh's demons and a group of Dire Wraiths by herself for a while before she got overwhelmed and knocked out by N'astirh himself after he gets tired of waiting for her to lose!]]
* AuthorAppeal: The non-sexual kind, with the author flat out [[WordofGod saying]] that he loves BigDamnHeroes moments, the original run of Marvel Team-Up, and Spider-Man in general.
* AuthorFilibuster: Basically this fan-fic in a nutshell, but he also manages an amazing story in the meantime.

* BigBad: Mephisto, natch.
* BigDamnHeroes: [[WordofGod NKSCF has admitted]] that he is [[AuthorAppeal in love]] with this trope. Just when things look like they're at the worst possible point, expect a large group of heroes or villains to arrive and save the day.

* DeadpanSnarker: Spider-Man doing what he does best, especially when he remarks on New York's ability to be the only city that can have several superhero battles going on at once:

* TheDeterminator: As befits his nature, Spider-Man uses his natural resolve and will to defeat [[spoiler:N'astirh, Blackheart, and even Mephisto. In fact his inability to accept defeat almost caused him to be killed slowly and painfully by Hybrid, but he was weak from defeating Blackheart at the time and was saved thanks to the intervention of CaptainAmerica, DoctorDoom, RomSpaceKnight, Elixir and GhostRider.]]

* ExecutiveMeddling: The only reason this fan-fic exists in the first place.

* JustBetweenYouAndMe: Mephisto has one with Mary Jane about her being one of the reasons why he's become so powerful. However, thanks to her [[spoiler:future daughter's soul-self]], Mary Jane doesn't break down completely and keeps fighting his attempts to demoralize her.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Just about every single hero in Marvel either appears or is mentioned here.

* NoFourthWall: Deadpool in all his glory displays his trademarked FourthWall breaking, even talking to the ''narrator'' and arguing with him about the narration. He also takes over the narration for a paragraph and a piece of dialogue before NKSCF takes it over once again, denying Deadpool's Facebook friend request at the same time. Notably, this only happens when Deadpool is around, so the fic is seriously written for the most part, with the occasional loving LampshadeHanging delivered for good measure.

* OutOfCharacterMoment: The events of ''OneMoreDay'' are explained as Mephisto deliberately messing with the minds of Spider-Man and everyone he sought out for help when he tried to save Aunt May. Needless to say, none of the characters effected are happy to have acted that way.

* PunctuatedForEmphasis: On his way to [[spoiler:victory over Mephisto]], Spider-Man lets out a subsequent TakeThat and CrowningMomentOfAwesome at once:

* RunningGag: Spider-Man being called an insect and him correcting the other person by saying they mean arachnid.

* ShoutOut: Many, including to MontyPython, DCComics, and past Marvel story lines.
* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: Used to describe the transition from the Deadpool scene to the more serious parts of the last battle.
* TakeThat: Despite [[WordofGod saying]] that he enjoys some of the stories that have come about as a result of OneMoreDay, NKSCF has also called out the writers for their mishandling of the deal with Mephisto, the personality changes of some of the more well-beloved characters from the series, as well as some lighthearted shots at SilverAge {{Superman}}'s powers, such as super-ventriloquism.
* TenMinuteRetirement: Spidey goes through one once he loses Mary Jane to Mephisto, but he gets pulled out of it [[spoiler:during a dream, where he encounters his future daughter and Uncle Ben, who both encourage him to save Mary Jane and reclaim their marriage.]]
* ThePowerOfLove: [[spoiler: The only way that Spider-Man can defeat Mephisto.]] ItMakesSenseInContext.

* UnusualEuphemism: "Son of a Brood Queen!"

* WordOfGod: The author is an avid troper, and even provided a Q & A session to answer some of his reviewer's questions.

* CosmicHorror: The Cancerverse beings are allied with Mephisto and fight against Spider-Man and his allies many times in the course of the fan-fic.

* ThisIsSparta: On his way to [[spoiler:victory over Mephisto]], Spider-Man lets out a subsequent TakeThat and CrowningMomentOfAwesome at once:
-->'''Spider-Man''': [[spoiler: "Not one more day of this, Mephisto!" Spider-Man yelled as he landed a blow for every word he spoke. "NOT! ONE! MORE! DAY!"]]

* MostWonderfulSound: Spidey is about to die to the hands of the Cancerverse versions of Iron Man, Cyclops and others, and has fully accepted this... [[BigDamnHeroes and then,]] [[{{Wolverine}} ''snikt''!]]

* OutOfCharacterMoment: The events of ''OneMoreDay'' and the CharacterDerailment it caused are explained as Mephisto deliberately messing with the minds of Spider-Man and everyone he sought out for help when he tried to save Aunt May. Needless to say, none of the characters effected are happy to have acted that way.

* TakeThat: Despite [[WordofGod saying]] that he enjoys some of the stories that have come about as a result of OneMoreDay, NKSCF has also called out the writers for their mishandling of the deal with Mephisto, the CharacterDerailment of some of the more well-beloved characters from the series, as well as some lighthearted shots at SilverAge {{Superman}}'s powers, such as super-ventriloquism.

Written in response to OneMoreDay, ''Breaking the Deal'' is {{Tropers/NKSCF}}'s way of showing what should have happened to {{Spider-Man}} after the [[CharacterDerailment derailment]] of his characterization that led to Mary Jane and him giving away their marriage to Mephisto, Marvel's closest analogue to the Devil. Ten chapters, one epilogue, and one Q & A session long, the story follows Spider-Man as he figures out that he sold away his marriage to Mephisto thanks to the intervention of the former Dr. Strange and current Sorcerer Supreme Dr. Voodoo, as his allies work on a way to give him a chance to restore reality to its proper place. Mephisto, meanwhile, has used the deal as a means of gaining power and is now working on a way to control the entire multiverse, and has kidnapped Mary Jane as a means of making sure Spider-Man can't stop him before he succeeds in taking over all of reality. Going out alone into Mephisto's dimension, Spider-Man does whatever it takes to get her back and restore reality to its proper state.

* LoveItOrHateIt: Some of the scenes near the end that showcase {{Deadpool}} and his usual goofiness. It's even [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in story by the author.

* ContinuityPorn: One of the [[WordOfGod author's]] specialties. For example: N'astirh, Rom, and even Dr. Bong get thrown into the mix.

* MemeticMutation: Not! One! More! Day!
* MoralEventHorizon: Peter considers the deal that MJ and he made with Mephisto to be this, even though [[spoiler:he finds out that Mephisto had directly intervened to warp their minds and prevent their allies and enemies from giving them a chance to save Aunt May, despite their being many ways that she could have still lived.]]

* TakeThatScrappy: Peter gets a really good one when Michelle Gonzales bugs him for one of many petty reasons that she has been known to provide in the comics.
-->'''Peter''': "I said, 'SHUT THE HELL UP, YOU USELESS IDIOT'"
* TearJerker: [[spoiler:Many readers felt this way when Aunt May died as a result of reality moving back to its proper state. At least Peter got to say goodbye to her properly this time around.]]

Written in response to OneMoreDay, ''[[FanFic/BreakingTheDeal Breaking the Deal]]'' is {{Tropers/NKSCF}}'s way of showing what should have happened to {{Spider-Man}} after the [[CharacterDerailment derailment]] of his characterization that led to Mary Jane and him giving away their marriage to Mephisto, Marvel's closest analogue to the Devil. Ten chapters, one epilogue, and one Q & A session long, the story follows Spider-Man as he figures out that he sold away his marriage to Mephisto thanks to the intervention of the former Dr. Strange and current Sorcerer Supreme Dr. Voodoo, as his allies work on a way to give him a chance to restore reality to its proper place. Mephisto, meanwhile, has used the deal as a means of gaining power and is now working on a way to control the entire multiverse, and has kidnapped Mary Jane as a means of making sure Spider-Man can't stop him before he succeeds in taking over all of reality. Going out alone into Mephisto's dimension, Spider-Man does whatever it takes to get her back and restore reality to its proper state.

* WallBanger: The many wall bangers introduced via ''OneMoreDay'' are discussed in detail, with Dr. Doom specifically mentioning that [[spoiler:Mephisto manipulated his ability to help Spider-Man, something he finds detestable.]]

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: During the final fight, Spider-Man finds himself surrounded by the Many-Angled Ones and the Cancerverse version of Galactus, and it all looks bad, at least until [[spoiler:The Watcher trips Galactus, sending him crashing into the Many-Angled Ones, and forcing them back into the portal that brought them there.]]
-->'''Spider-Man''': [[spoiler:"Okay, I have to ask, do you even care about that whole noninterference rule of yours anymore?"]]

* XanatosSucker: [[spoiler:Spider-Man and Mary Jane become this when Mephisto manipulates them to make the deal with him, giving him massive power by taking something so pure away, thus causing him to almost take over the multiverse.]]

!!This seres provides examples of:

* PassingTheTorch: Kind of, with [[spoiler:Spider-Man and Mary Jane learning that their daughter--who has been helping them thanks to the vestiges of her powers once she learned of the deal with Mephisto--will become Sorcerer Supreme and destroy Mephisto forever.]]