History Fanfic / Cycle

* OutOfCharacterAlert: A rare example that works towards the person in question's favor. Robin is able to prove that she's not Grima simply by acting in ways Grima would not under any circumstances, such as [[spoiler:telling Lucina she's lost and confused, and [[INeverToldYouMyName addressing her by name]], when begging for her help at Arena Ferox]], failing to call her out on a hole in her logic or making pathetic threats towards [[spoiler:the twins' father]] instead of swiftly and brutally subduing him.

* DramaticIrony: Ch. 24:
-->[[spoiler:'''Robin''': "You're an amazing kid, you know that [Lucina]?" I murmur as I start to pull myself back together. "I hope my little spawns end up like you someday."]]
** [[spoiler:Three guesses on who's Lucina's mother and the last two don't count.]]

* OutOfCharacterAlert: A rare example that works towards the person in question's favor. Robin is able to prove that she's not Grima simply by acting in ways Grima would not under any circumstances, such as [[spoiler:telling Lucina she's lost and confused when begging for her help at Arena Ferox]], failing to call her out on a hole in her logic or making pathetic threats towards [[spoiler:the twins' father]] instead of swiftly and brutally subduing him.

* AstonishinglyAppropriateInterruption: See Chapter 61.

** Wonderfully depicted in this [[https://forgetful-dreamer.tumblr.com/post/622076483879452672/fanfic-cycle-ch-1-fire-emblem-fanfiction fanart]].

* BlindSeer: Asche

* [[spoiler:CanadaEh]]: Chapter 58 reveals that [[spoiler:Robin hails from Blacks Harbour, New Brunswick, Canada]].
* CastingAShadow: [[spoiler:Marc and Echo's preferred magical style.]]

** [[spoiler: The original Robin. In canon, Robin was "just" a genius tactician and incredibly powerful warrior-mage. Here? She seized power comparable to the gods and outright broke time.]]
** [[spoiler: Marc and Echo. Morgan was extremely powerful in canon, yes. Here, Marc and Echo are each substantially stronger than even Lucina. Every character who can match them is an immortal body-hopping dragon warlord with millenia of experience. Neither of them is even 20.]]

* BigDamnReunion: Chapter 60. Dear god, after all Robin went through[[spoiler: during her two months lost with Marc, Echo, and the General, away from the Shepherds]], she really deserves this. Tears of happiness? Check. Oblivious yet romantically-charged flirting? Check. Smiles all around? Check, check and check.

* CastingAShadow: [[spoiler: Marc and Echo's preferred magical style.]]

* DoNotCallMePaul: [[spoiler: Morgan, twin brother to Marc, prefers to be called Echo. Marc and her "father" both consider it part of his "rebellious teen phase".]]
* DragonRider: [[spoiler: Marc. No, she's not riding a wyvern. She's riding an actual dragon, Echo. Who is also her brother.]]

* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:The original Robin seems to have pulled one, from Lucina's account. The exact details are... sketchy, however.]] One interlude reveals that [[spoiler: the original Robin is still around in this timeline and allied herself and married to Walhart.]]

** And then there's the racism between Grima-faction dragons and everyone else. [[spoiler: Grima's dragons and the twins want to wipe out everyone but them. Understandably, everyone else wants them dead.]]

* TheHeavy: [[spoiler: The original Robin. She's been MIA since the beginning of the last cycle, and the plot still revolves around cleaning up the mess she made. The potential resurrection of Grima is a secondary problem to the mangled timestream, resurrected generals of Grima, and twin evil Morgans.]] It's eventually revealed that [[spoiler: the original Robin is still around and married to Walhart and has become Valm's tactician to oppose both Plegia and Ylisse.]]

* HolyBurnsEvil: Falchion will literally burn away the hands of anyone tainted by Grima who tries to use it. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, this includes Robin.]]

-->[[spoiler:'''Robin''': "You're an amazing kid, you know that [Lucina]?" I murmur as I start to pull myself back together. "I hope my little spawns end up like you someday." ]]
** [[spoiler: Three guesses on who's Lucina's mother and the last two don’t count.]]

** Also given Owain and Laurent's appearances, [[spoiler: Lissa and Lon'qu along with Vaike and Miriel are this as well, or at least in this cycle]].

* OutOfCharacterAlert: A rare example that works towards the person in question's favor. Robin is able to prove that she's not Grima simply by acting in ways Grima would not under any circumstances, such as failing to call out Lucina on a hole in her logic or making pathetic threats towards [[spoiler:the twins' father]] instead of swiftly and brutally subduing him.
* PapaWolf: [[spoiler: The twins' father will do just about anything to protect them.]]

* RogueProtagonist: [[spoiler: The original Robin.]]

* ShipperOnDeck: Robin to Kellam and Raimi. [[spoiler: She suceeds, with their children, Asche and Sigrun, arriving from the future, to Lucina's shock.]]

** [[spoiler: Most of Cordelia's pegasus knight squadron survive, thanks to the drastically-altered Plegian invasion of Ylisse, as opposed to canon where she was the SoleSurvivor.]]
** [[spoiler: Emmeryn is never captured and executed by Gangrel, since the Shepherds were present at the siege of Ylisstol to prevent the loss of the city. Unfortunately for her, Emmeryn is forced to lead the rest of the war, turning this into BreakTheCutie as noted above.]]

* VitriolicBestBuds: Robin develops this relationship with Fredrick, as well as with [[spoiler: Vasto]].

* NamesTheSame: Deliberately invoked with Robin, who doesn't miss the irony of it. [[spoiler:But there seems to be more to it than that...]]

* FingerlessGloves: Robin's roommate Julliet wears a pair [[spoiler:in a photo Robin finds in her old wallet]].

** Interlude 4 has [[spoiler:Morgan defiantly claim that "Lucina is not my sister"]], heavily implying that [[spoiler:Chrom is the twins' father and husband to Grima]].

* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler:Grima was an exceedingly cruel "mother" to the twins Marc and Morgan, with extremely harsh expectatons and treatment - neither were even granted ''names''. It's to the point that only their "father" (an unnamed former Shepherd, now a Risen) has kept them from being completely messed-up, and even then they'd need tremendous therapy to be functional individuals.]]

* JerkWithAHeartofGold: Vasto in a nutshell.

* [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents Amazingly Embarassing Nursemaid]]: As the nursemaid for not just Chrom, but also Lissa and Emmeryn, Anneliese has plenty of embarassing stories about Chrom's childhood to regale Robin with, such as a[[NoodleIncident Honey-Relared Accident]]

* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Everyone can see the ShipTease between Chrom and Robin, even Khan Flavia, who watched them talk for maybe a minute at most. The list goes on and on ...

* Irony: Ch. 24:

** Three guesses on who's Lucina's mother and the last two doesn't count.

* [[Spoiler:CanadaEh]]: Chapter 58 reveals that [[spoiler:Robin hails from Blacks Harbour, New Brunswick, Canada]].

* AloofOlderBrother: Invoked by Robin nearly when describing her relationship with Frederick. (Ch. 52)

* [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents Amazingly Embarassing Nursemaid]]: As the nursemaid for not just Chrom, but also Lissa and Emmeryn, Anneliese has plenty of embarassing stories about Chrom's childhood to regale Robin with, such as the [[NoodleIncident Honey Incident]]

** Emmeryn goes through a big one during and after the [[spoiler:Siege of Ylisstol. She tried and failed to negotiate with Gangrel, and she blamed herself for it.]]

* CanadaEh: Chapter 58 reveals that [[spoiler:Robin hails from Blacks Harbour, New Brunswick, Canada]].

** It'd be easier to list associates of theirs that don't ship the two of them.

* AloofOlderBrother: Invoked by Robin nearly word-for-word when describing her relationship with Frederick. (Ch. 52)