History Fanfic / BurningBlack

* HeroicRROD: Timmy. His immortal status makes him think he can take any damage and still keep going and he's consistently proven wrong, though usually he collapses after expending large amounts of mana or he gets hit by a single solid blow.
** PlayedStraight when, [[spoiler:as Timantha]], he sneaks into Remy's mansion as part of a rescue mission and suffers a HeroicBSOD from his discovery in Remy's study, is immediately attacked by Remy who recently TookALevelInBadass, sets off an explosion to break the stalemate and knock them both out, wakes up in time to get attacked ''again'' by Remy beating him in the head with a fireplace poker, escapes the manor to get to a Dark Spire while probably concussed, runs straight through an army of anti-magic units with little to no aid in reducing their numbers and is drained more of his personal mana, gets to the top floor of the Spire and winds up in the anti-magic generator room which makes the effects of what was outside even worse, uses up more mana to destroy it, absorbs all the fire from the explosion into himself to save [[spoiler:Tootie]] and winds up feverish to go with the possible concussion, gets back outside in time for Remy to show up and attack him '''again''', giving him an excuse to vent the Fire mana but also get beaten up and then stabbed in the chest, adding to the blood loss from earlier, uses the last of his mana reserves to [[spoiler:destroy the Dark Spire solo]] and then stays on his feet long enough to intimidate Remy into retreating. After all that, Timmy doesn't even realize his body had shut down and caused him to collapse into unconsciousness until Wanda wakes him up and he figures out he's lying on his back on the pavement in a pool of his own blood. He is unable to move at '''all''' after that.
** Cosmo has his own HeroicRROD near the end of ''A Raven's Mourning Tears''; after battling anti-magic units at a Dark Spire, he discovers that every single fairy-trap has targeted him. He leads them on a city-wide chase in attempts to lose them, tiring himself out further. When he thinks he's shaken them, they smash into him from out of nowhere, ramming him through the windows of a skyscraper. He tries destroying them with conjured exploding daisies and winds up caught in the explosion with shrapnel tearing into one of his wings and becoming lodged in his back. Once he's captured, Cosmo rips the shard free and cuts his hand open while trying to open the net he's in. The unit deactivates when the Spire shuts down and drops several stories straight down, creating an impact crater in the pavement. Cosmo doesn't wake up from this for several hours and is not only still injured when he awakens, but is also separated from his wand so he's unable to insta-heal himself.
** Caleb has one earlier that same battle. The Dark Spire refreshes its anti-magic field and it crashes his systems, causing him to stutter out some cryptic clue about the battle and then shut down. A.J. manages to jerry-rig his power source just long enough for him to reboot and escape to New York for repairs.

* {{Flanderization}}: Subverted from canon. The author initially didn't like how Cosmo's personality was derailed in the series and so shifted him back to season 1 traits while creating a rationalization as to what caused the derailing in order to justify making the later season traits appear randomly. As time went on and other characters were brought into the Episode, they were also given similar treatment to counter the canon {{Flanderization}} that had taken place.
** Chester still does his dumpster diving, but points out that it's a habit that's hard to break after his sudden social upgrade.

-->Genis[[note:the Archives' accountant]]: "Calculating all the damages, we're looking at 2.3 million dollars' worth of needed repairs and replacement. ... If this continues, he may end up draining our accounts dry."

* BonusMaterial: The author has some poetry that ties into the Burning Black series, as well as ''Burning Black Interludes'', which is material that she states 'are stories that may or may not have taken place'. All of these are found on her Fanfiction.net account.

** In Act 4 ''The Darkest of Secrets'', he reacts with pain when [[spoiler:Crocker hacks into his systems]]. The Act final chapter describes him retreating to New York to try and undo the damages as well as soothe his pride.

* [[EccentricMillionaire Eccentric Multi-Billionaire]]: Hounder aka Caleb, and he hates being reminded of it. He keeps his 'rich' identity a reclusive hermit so he's free to move about, but has to make appearances as Hounder now and then to keep the public aware that he's alive so his two main money sinks, the Hounder Organization and the Archives of the Twin Blades, aren't looked at too suspiciously.

* EnergyAbsorption: When Timmy runs low on personal mana, he can recharge by draining mana out of his surroundings (which is difficult to do, weakens the source, and needs to be filtered through his body before it can be used) or by draining it from [[spoiler:Cosmo and Wanda's wands]] which is much easier and allows him instant access but also raises suspicions as to how and why he's able to do it.

** In Act 4, he reacts with pain when [[spoiler:Crocker hacks into his systems]]. The Act final chapter describes him retreating to New York to try and undo the damages as well as soothe his pride.

** His return to stage during the Halloween chapters proved him right; Dimmsdale was overjoyed to have the 'Voice of Dimmsdale' come back.

* [[spoiler:GirlInTheTower]]: Tootie and Andromeda, in ''The Darkest of Secrets''. Tootie waits several days for rescue, then gets annoyed and bails herself out in time to run across Timmy, Caleb, Cosmo, Wanda, and their anti-selves botching the rescue attempt.

* ImaginationBasedSuperPower: Timmy's magical alchemy. As long as he can imagine it, he can create it. His limit is primarily psychological -the belief that he even has a limit-, but it's also been stated that the conjuring of solid objects ripples the magic used by other conjure-capable creatures and draws unwanted attention. The bigger the objects, the greater the ripples. Transmutation and mana manipulation doesn't cause this ripple, but they're not as versatile as straight out conjuring.

* UnblockableAttack: Direct mana manipulation is unaffected by anti-magic units or magic-repellants because it technically isn't magic. The main drawbacks for it is that Timothy's attention gets taken up by the manipulation and he ends up oblivious of his surroundings, or it is very weak and is more an irritant than an attack.

* CasualDangerDialogue: Plenty of it, consider the number of DeadpanSnarkers on the team and the kinds of dangers they get into.

* MagicStaff: Timmy's weapons of choice are staves. He started the series with a training bo, a simple wooden bo, but when it got destroyed he began using replicas -and in some cases, originals- of staves used by Franchise/TalesSeries mages. It's a RunningGag that in major plot-relevant confrontations, the staff he's using is always destroyed in some manner, forcing Caleb to lend him progressively stronger staves and rods. These usually involve the destruction of a Dark Spire, though there were other plot progression points where a staff was destroyed.
** Subverted in that the confrontation at the end of ''The Darkest of Secrets'' did not result in a staff being destroyed. The fact that it is the [[TowerOfDruaga Blue Crystal Rod]] might have something to do with it.