History Fanfic / CowardTrilogy

* MeaningfulName - According to TheOtherWiki, Anat is a common female Israeli name, but not even many of the Anats themselves know it was the name of a [[TheBerserker vicious warrior]] goddess from SemiticMythology. "Shaked" is Hebrew for "almond", but in English, shaking is something that scared people often do. Similarly, Anat can be quite fearful, but is [[CowardlyLion braver than she thinks]].

* NoNameGiven - The protagonist is only ever called a coward, cheater, and a murderer. [[WordOfGod However, her name is said to be]] [[SemiticMythology Anat]] [[InMyLanguageThatSoundsLike Shaked]].

The ''Coward'' trilogy is a set of three {{Creepypasta}} stories (one of which is [[TwoPartTrilogy still to be written]]), about two kids who used [[GameShark Gamesharks]] to hack {{Pokemon}} video games, and get into various paranormal troubles. The first was written by an author known only as Spiffy, the second written by an author named Daniel Ernston, and the third to be written by both of them.

* CatchTheConscience - Like countless Pokémon creepypastas before it. It [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone scares Anat]] for a moment, but after contemplating the restricted life she'd have to live to get the approval of the Elites, [[IGotBetter she gets better]].

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech - Lance, to Josiah. It lasts the entire battle that they have together, as Lance continues taunting Josiah and Josiah eventually caves in at the end, giving Scar up. Gets [[YouAreBetterThanYouThink inverted]] afterwards after the end of the battle, when Josiah is lying in a hospital bed. Lance actually gives Josiah a "Reason You ''Don't'' Suck" speech, but by then, Josiah is facing an internal Reason He Sucks speech from within himself.

* EvilVirtues - Inverted. Anat's {Greed} for Pokemon and items and would-be [[GreenEyedMonster Envy]] of those who could cheat without fear strengthen her resolve to stand her cheating ground and defy the Elites. Without these "Good Vices", she wouldn't be bad, but she wouldn't be good either - a sort of [[HeroicNeutral Cowardly Neutral]].

* EvilVirtues - Inverted. Anat's {Greed} for Pokemon and items and would-be [[GreenEyedMonster Envy]] of those who could cheat without fear strengthen her resolve to stand her cheating ground and defy the Elites. Without these "Good Vices", she wouldn't be gut

* [[AntiHero Anti-Heroine]] - Anat just wants to cheat in peace. She does talk about making Pokemon and items for her friends, hinting at [[UnclePennybags Aunt Pennybags]] tendencies.

* {{Deconstruction}} - In many Pokémon creepypastas, the protagonist cheats, and awful things happen to them, so they swear off cheating. ''Coward'' is the story of a cheater who refuses to be scared away from her [[GameShark Gamesharky]] pleasures.

* CatchTheConscience - This time, it's super effective.

* TitleDrop - in Scene 10.

** "Wake up, our hero," said Lance.

The second story, titled ''Hero'', can be read [[http://pastebin.com/LsRqXApK here]]. Recently, a [[http://pastebin.com/dm7G35WD Scene 12]] was released to tack on to the end.

** It is also a straight deconstruction of the tendency in Pokémon creepypastas to [[NoFairCheating punish people who use cheats]]. ''Hero'' shows that someone who wants to torture a kid for cheating doesn't have to be [[TheScourgeOfGod The Scourge Of Arceus]] intent on restoring order to the world - they can be a {{Sadist}} picking on AcceptableTargets so that [[VillainWithGoodPublicity people will sympathize with them]] instead of [[ TheScapegoat the person they are torturing]].

** It is also a straight deconstruction of the tendency in Pokémon creepypastas to [[NoFairCheating punish people who use cheats]]. ''Hero'' shows that someone who wants to torture a kid for cheating doesn't have to be [[TheScourgeOfGod The Scourge Of Arceus]] intent on restoring order to the world - they can be a {{Sadist}} picking on AcceptableTargets so that people will sympathize with them instead of the person they are torturing.

* {{Deconstruction}} - In many Pokémon creepypastas, the protagonist cheats, and awful things happen to them, so they swear off cheating. ''Coward'' is the story of a cheater that refuses to be scared away from her [[GameShark Gamesharky]] pleasures.

* [[WhamEpisode Wham Epilogue]] - Scene 11 is actually a separate part of the story, that [[TheReveal shows in detail what else was going on from Scene 5 to Scene 10]], and twists abound in the form of BackstoryHorror.

* MeaningfulName - According to TheOtherWiki, Anat is a common female Israeli name, but not even many of the Anats themselves know it was the name of a warrior goddess from SemiticMythology. "Shaked" is Hebrew for "almond", but in English, shaking is something that scared people often do. Similarly, Anat can be quite fearful, but is [[CowardlyLion braver than she thinks]].

* NominalHero - Lance declares that Josiah is a hero, but Josiah doesn't think so. Could also be a case of CowardlyLion.

* "You... YouMonster" cried Elm. "YoureInsane"

* YoureInsane - in Scene 12. Coincidentally, the current image for that page also features somebody admonishing Lance for his insanity (albeit in a different generation, a different medium, and a different canon).

* MotiveMisidentification - Scene 12 reveals what Lance was ''really'' trying to do. [[spoiler: (Prevent Elm from making an elixir of life.)]]

* BlackAndGreyMorality - there is no indication of who is really a ''good'' person, but Lance is definitely bad.
* BloodFromTheMouth - Kafka starts bleeding in the mouth.

* KillEmAll - Josiah and Lance's teams.

* DarkerAndEdgier - much more than the first one. In fact, one of the reasons the sequel was ever written at all was to provide a darker, much creepier parallel. In the end, though, it's not so much creepy as it is this.

* YoureInsane - in Scene 12. Coincidentally, the current image for that page also features somebody admonishing Lance for his insanity (albeit in a different generation).

* TheEndingChangesEverything - one after the other at the ends of scenes 9 and 10, and the entirety of Scene 11. Even Scene 12 is this.