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* CerberusSyndrome: While the story has no lighthearted intentions, it seems fairly innocuous at first, until chapter 10, where the origin of Ane's closeted hemophobia is revealed.
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* CerberusSyndrome: CerebusSyndrome: While the story has no lighthearted intentions, it seems fairly innocuous at first, until chapter 10, where the origin of Ane's closeted hemophobia is revealed.
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-->He felt a wave of regret he never felt before. Why did he leave this country in the first place? WHY did he leave his siblings? Why the hell did he let Peater be in charge in the first place? The scene was gulped in an never ending wave of guilt.
--->--'''Kendrick's''' subconscious, summarily describing the nature of the series in a nutshell
''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11536103/1/PVZGW2-For-Him-To-Be-Blamed-For-Them-To-Fix For Him to be Blamed, for Them to Fix]]'' is a ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombiesGardenWarfare'' fanfiction, and a sequel to ''I'll Fight 'til the End'', written by [=ZePeaWithZeGoggles.=] It is set in the same universe as another arc written by Stwolfgang "Peas" Ambrose.
--->--'''Kendrick's''' subconscious, summarily describing the nature of the series in a nutshell
''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11536103/1/PVZGW2-For-Him-To-Be-Blamed-For-Them-To-Fix For Him to be Blamed, for Them to Fix]]'' is a ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombiesGardenWarfare'' fanfiction, and a sequel to ''I'll Fight 'til the End'', written by [=ZePeaWithZeGoggles.=] It is set in the same universe as another arc written by Stwolfgang "Peas" Ambrose.
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''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11536103/1/PVZGW2-For-Him-To-Be-Blamed-For-Them-To-Fix For Him to be Blamed, for Them to Fix]]'' is a ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombiesGardenWarfare'' fanfiction, and a sequel to ''I'll Fight 'til the End'', written by [=ZePeaWithZeGoggles.=]
=] It is set in the same universe as another arc written by Stwolfgang "Peas" Ambrose.
* AlwaysSecondBest: The Asteraceaes, Mystic's family, are this to the Helianthuses, the family of Allison from Ambrose's stories.
** To a lesser extent, the Hodges are this to the Lathyruses, also from Ambrose's stories, though this has never been explicitly mentioned. Justified as while the Hodges are side characters, Pete Lathyrus is TheHero of his own story.
* ArcWelding: Ane's past implies the war started with the simple lawn defense of the original games until it escalated into a full-blown military armed conflict.
** To a lesser extent, the Hodges are this to the Lathyruses, also from Ambrose's stories, though this has never been explicitly mentioned. Justified as while the Hodges are side characters, Pete Lathyrus is TheHero of his own story.
* ArcWelding: Ane's past implies the war started with the simple lawn defense of the original games until it escalated into a full-blown military armed conflict.
** Ane [[spoiler: learns the hard way that there is no afterlife, only a black void and a screen of some sort which shows his friends endlessly berating him. Thankfully he doesn't spend that much time in there, as the medics are quick to revive him.]]
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-->'''Sarah:''' ''(in response to Hershel saying she's overreacting)'' ''Overreacting?! Didn't you see what Ane did?! He was one of the plants that I depended on! He-''he... he was one of the few plants I truly loved...
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-->'''Sarah:''' ''(in response to Hershel saying she's overreacting)'' overreacting, SuddenlyShouting)'' ''Overreacting?! Didn't you see what Ane did?! He was one of the plants that I depended on! He-''he... he was one of the few plants I truly loved...
* BrokenPedestal: Ane used to have high respect for his father. The instant he killed another human, however, his son ran away and could only see him as a monster. [[spoiler: Ane's newfound opinion is justified - he's not ''really'' the role model Ane thought he was, and is such a {{Jerkass}} that he's DefiantToTheEnd.]]
* DefiantToTheEnd: [[spoiler: Ane's father turns out to be a cruel, sadistic, FauxAffablyEvil Chomper who is a far cry from the one that raised him. At no point does he change his ways, not even when his habits turn deadly, and not even when his clash with his son ends in the worst way possible for him.]]
* DisneyDeath: The return of the Hodges aside, [[spoiler: Ane literally dies to the Zombot after trying to cripple it, only to be revived through a highly experimental take on the in-game revive system that doesn't even work the first time... and then lives through ''that'' despite spending ten months comatose and encased in sheet metal.]]
* EarnYourHappyEnding: Against all odds, including at least three instances where a main character could've died, [[spoiler: the Zombot is defeated, SF Alpha's members live and (eventually) return to normal life, Peater and Kendrick own up to their mistakes, and peace is finally restored. In particular, Zomboss is arrested after what is revealed to (most likely) be Kendrick beating him to a pulp, stopping any future conflict from going military like last time, and TheStinger ends with Sarah and Ane becoming parents.]] In fact, the only two named characters who perish are [[spoiler: Chomp and Larcus, and even then those were inevitable due to SortingAlgorithmOfMortality.]]
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* EverybodyLives: The main seven make it to the end without any tangible permanent injury, against all odds. [[spoiler: The side characters aren't nearly as lucky.]]
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* EverybodyLives: The main seven make it to the end without any tangible permanent injury, against all odds. [[spoiler: The side characters others aren't nearly as lucky.]]
* FauxAffablyEvil: Ane's father is this. He appears on the outside as a strong role model who has his son's approval, but eventually outs himself as being cruel and sadistic, and possibly fueled by ego given his genuine shock upon realizing that [[OhCrap Ane wasn't about to let the sounds of the carnage go uninvestigated.]]
* TheFutureWillBeBetter: Ane believes in this, apparently. When learning that Hershel is converting an RV into a time machine, he responds with a huge cheeky grin before Hershel tells him no, it won't be able to go forward in time, to which he immediately slinks away. Remember that this is when the destruction of the plants seems imminent.
* TheFutureWillBeBetter: Ane believes in this, apparently. When learning that Hershel is converting an RV into a time machine, he responds with a huge cheeky grin before Hershel tells him no, it won't be able to go forward in time, to which he immediately slinks away. Remember that this is when the destruction of the plants seems imminent.
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** Similarly, an innocent recon mission for SF Alpha [[spoiler: results in Ane crossing paths with his father for the first time in years, followed by the death of the latter and the desertion of the former.]]
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** Similarly, an innocent recon destruction mission for SF Alpha [[spoiler: results in Ane crossing paths with his father for the first time in years, followed by the death of the latter and the desertion of the former.]]
** Hershel is a mechanic but treats [[spoiler: the last-ditch treatment performed to save Ane's life]] like his magnum opus.
* HeroicSacrifice: Subverted. [[spoiler: During the clash between Peater and Kendrick, Icee steps in to intervene. When it seems like Kendrick is about to end the young Peashooter's life once and for all, Icee dives in and takes the hit for him. She is initially thought to have perished but recovers easily as the knife Kendrick used barely missed her vital organs.]]
* ItsAllMyFault: Kendrick is revealed have secretly believed that [[spoiler: Peater and his mistakes were still his responsibility, showing that he still had some humanity when it came to treating his family.]]
* ItsAllMyFault: Kendrick is revealed have secretly believed that [[spoiler: Peater and his mistakes were still his responsibility, showing that he still had some humanity when it came to treating his family.]]
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* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Peater is slashed with a [=Z7=] blade near the climax. When he wakes up a day later, he's more concerned about the recent amnesia, ignoring the fact that he could have very well been bisected in the field.
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* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Peater is slashed with a [=Z7=] blade near the climax. When he wakes up a day later, he's more concerned about the recent amnesia, ignoring the fact that he could have very well been bisected in the field. What makes this particularly telling is that the Hodges are BadassNormal - the other major Peashooter family, the Lathyruses, have evolved to have better combat resistance.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Guilt is a recurring theme throughout the story. Ane, Sarah, and Kendrick experience one HeroicBSOD each for a grave error they've committed:
** Ane lets his instincts kick in during [[spoiler: a scuffle with his father, and instantly kills him. The immediate guilt of an AccidentalMurder is exacerbated by Sarah abandoning him and threatening to kill him if he ever returns.]]
** Sarah immediately realizes that the above event and her role in it [[DidntThinkThisThrough was a horrible idea.]]
** Kendrick, amid all of his hatred and anger, [[spoiler: seriously regrets getting involved in the war to begin with. And with good reason, too - Peater's mistakes got good people killed and Kendrick [[ItsAllMyFault secretly thinks that his little brother is still his responsibility.]]]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Guilt is a recurring theme throughout the story. Ane, Sarah, and Kendrick experience one HeroicBSOD each for a grave error they've committed:
** Ane lets his instincts kick in during [[spoiler: a scuffle with his father, and instantly kills him. The immediate guilt of an AccidentalMurder is exacerbated by Sarah abandoning him and threatening to kill him if he ever returns.]]
** Sarah immediately realizes that the above event and her role in it [[DidntThinkThisThrough was a horrible idea.]]
** Kendrick, amid all of his hatred and anger, [[spoiler: seriously regrets getting involved in the war to begin with. And with good reason, too - Peater's mistakes got good people killed and Kendrick [[ItsAllMyFault secretly thinks that his little brother is still his responsibility.]]]]
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* SpartanSibling: Kendrick. As he's so set on making things right, the relationship with his siblings begins to erode, and there's signs he doesn't care one bit so as long as he's doing what he thinks is right. [[spoiler: Including attempted murder.]]
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* SpartanSibling: Kendrick. As he's so set on making things right, Loves Icee very much as a sister, but utterly detests Peater for the relationship with his siblings begins mistakes he made four years ago. This comes to erode, and there's signs he doesn't care one bit so as long as he's doing what he thinks is right. an ''extremely'' disturbing head when [[spoiler: Including attempted murder.it turns out he had calmly considered Peater disowned (to the approval of no one) and equally calmly plotted to murder him... and nearly succeeded.]]
* SpotlightStealingSquad: A last-minute example. [[spoiler: In Kendrick's flashbacks, he gets more time out in the field than Ane does (to the point where he discovers what is basically the Chomper's corpse) and ultimately becomes the true hero of the final battle, Hypering his way towards what is implied to be a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown with Zomboss himself.]]
* SpotlightStealingSquad: A last-minute example. [[spoiler: In Kendrick's flashbacks, he gets more time out in the field than Ane does (to the point where he discovers what is basically the Chomper's corpse) and ultimately becomes the true hero of the final battle, Hypering his way towards what is implied to be a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown with Zomboss himself.]]
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-->He felt a wave of regret he never felt before. Why did he leave this country in the first place? WHY did he leave his siblings? Why the hell did he let Peater be in charge in the first place? The scene was gulped in an never ending wave of guilt.
--->--'''Kendrick's''' subconscious, summarily describing the nature of the series in a nutshell
''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11536103/1/PVZGW2-For-Him-To-Be-Blamed-For-Them-To-Fix For Him to be Blamed, for Them to Fix]]'' is a ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombiesGardenWarfare'' fanfiction, and a sequel to ''I'll Fight 'til the End'', written by [=ZePeaWithZeGoggles.=]
Four years after the events of the first story, the same events from the second game have played out: the zombies have won and the plants are working to quickly undo that. In those four years, however, the seven main characters have changed - Ane's team, SF Alpha, has mellowed out from their previous personalities, and the Hodges family has been torn apart from disappearances (one of which was a DisneyDeath) which quickly begin to resurface.
After a bit of downtime at the base, Ane is alerted to a tip that the Zombot is being rebuilt for a new siege, one that may doom the plants for good. His team quickly springs back into action, while several other events from the second game replay themselves to an extent. Then Lynnith, a Rose, cuts herself in front of Ane after a botched spell, which [[DarkAndTroubledPast opens up a whole new can of worms...]]
[[FromBadToWorse It all goes downhill from then on]] - [[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism or at first it seems.]]
A sequel was planned that deals with the characters ten years later, but was eventually considered dead. Fortunately, this story takes place in a SharedUniverse, and the other author that writes for it has written a story that takes place in the same time period, albeit with entirely different, unrelated characters.
!!This work has the following tropes:
* AllThereInTheManual: The only thing that remains of the canned sequel is the names and personalities of [[spoiler: Ane and Sarah's children: Annika and Alnerd. Annika is written as a selfish and slightly spoiled child, while Alnerd is the runt due to being TheVoiceless and several other undisclosed reasons.]] There's also evidence that Flowery, who was a one-off character, was supposed to enter the greater scope of things, making him a GreaterScopeVillain.
* TheAloner: Peater turns out to be this during the four-year TimeSkip, as any attempt to return to his friends would end with someone having his head. [[spoiler: [[ProperlyParanoid He's right.]]]]
* AloofAlly: Hershel, to the point where his reaction to [[spoiler: Ane killing his father]] is closer to a DullSurprise than anything else. Justified as he's a mechanic and isn't fully aware of the war as a result.
* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler: The enigmatic Flowery decides to torture Hershel out of the blue by projecting fake corpses of Mystic, all of which have been stabbed to death. [[NothingIsScarier It is never explained why he does this]], and due to his true debut being canned, it never will be.]]
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: In Sarah's HeroicBSOD:
-->'''Sarah:''' ''(in response to Hershel saying she's overreacting)'' ''Overreacting?! Didn't you see what Ane did?! He was one of the plants that I depended on! He-''he... he was one of the few plants I truly loved...
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Ane's father is the resident HateSink and is just as much of a {{Jerkass}} as Kendrick is, if not worse. Which makes his death at his son's hands less sympathetic; most of the shock comes from the fact that Ane crossed the GodzillaThreshold at the wrong place and time.]]
* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler: TheStinger ends with Sarah asking Ane to meet their daughter - though peace doesn't exactly settle for long.]]
* BreakTheCutie: Hershel, one of the most innocent members of SF Alpha, [[spoiler: becomes the closest to going fully insane.]]
* CerberusSyndrome: While the story has no lighthearted intentions, it seems fairly innocuous at first, until chapter 10, where the origin of Ane's closeted hemophobia is revealed.
* ChildSoldiers: ''Everyone'' who has a major role in the story was at or under 18 when they entered the war. Thankfully, four years was enough to grow out of it.
* DespairEventHorizon: Crossed thrice. See HeroicBSOD below.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler: Chomp's ultimate fate, killed off as a meaningless casualty of war with no death scene of any significance. Kendrick's other friend, Larcus, only gets slightly better treatment, as he's shot in the head in front of the former's eyes.]]
* DoesntLikeGuns: A minor detail. Ane finds a room full of guns developed for the plants. The thought of them being brought to use fills him with dread. [[spoiler: Although, they could also be the guns used on the Infinity Time mechs.]]
* EasilyForgiven: Tensions rarely last more than one chapter, despite the causes for them hitting hard and leaving deep wounds (sometimes literally.) In terms of writing, this is sort of justified, since at entry-level, longer negative relations are very difficult to write fluently.
* EatenAlive: [[spoiler: Ane's father succumbs to this after his son enters a trance from the adrenaline coursing through his body and devours him alive.]]
* EverybodyLives: The main seven make it to the end without any tangible permanent injury, against all odds. [[spoiler: The side characters aren't nearly as lucky.]]
* {{Expy}}: A flower who plays tricks with the perception of his victims, is hell-bent on killing everything in sight, whose work involves white particles, who taunts and is a fan of prolonged torture, and is absolutely insane? [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Where have we seen this before?]] His name's Flowery, by the way.
** The only difference between the two is that Flowery knows that Hershel will want his head and there's nothing he can do if that day comes.
* GenreSavvy: In the epilogue, which takes place exactly one decade later, Kendrick suddenly has PTSD-induced flashbacks of the climax in the main story. The unusually-coordinated timing leads him to immediately suspect foul play, and given where the story was ''supposed'' to go by then, he's probably right.
* GoneHorriblyWrong: [[spoiler: Kendrick's attempt to murder Peater ends with him nearly igniting one of LEAF HQ's wings and almost making Icee's intervention a HeroicSacrifice.]]
** Similarly, an innocent recon mission for SF Alpha [[spoiler: results in Ane crossing paths with his father for the first time in years, followed by the death of the latter and the desertion of the former.]]
* {{Irony}}: Ane's father pleaded to his son that the death of the human they lived with was an AccidentalMurder (which isn't entirely true; the Conels are known for poor emotional control.) [[spoiler: He befalls the same fate as the human and his son undergoes the same stress.]]
* HateSink: It's pretty clear you're not supposed to like Ane's father, who blatantly disregards life in general and [[spoiler: would've held his son to absurd standards where FailureIsTheOnlyOption if he had the chance.]]
* HeroicBSOD: Quite a few.
** First off, we have Ane, who is left for dead in a zombie-controlled area as [[spoiler: Sarah forces the team to abandon him as punishment for murdering his father.]]
** Right after, Sarah winds up having a mental breakdown out of cognitive dissonance following the above event.
** Near the climax, Hershel encounters [[spoiler: what appears to be Mystic lying dead in a murky Z-TECH facility. He immediately [[DespairEventHorizon removes his helmet to cry]] before realizing it's actually hallucinatory psychosis kicking in - [[GreaterScopeVillain and not even that...]]]]
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Ane's father devoured a human they lived with long ago and refused to see the gravity of the situation beyond it being an accident.[[note]]In case it wasn't clear enough, ''yes'', this means that he has a major disregard for life in general - Ane runs into the same situation and keeps his jaws shut to avoid using lethal force.[[/note]] He faces the same fate at the hands of his own son.]]
* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Peater is slashed with a [=Z7=] blade near the climax. When he wakes up a day later, he's more concerned about the recent amnesia, ignoring the fact that he could have very well been bisected in the field.
* TheNothingAfterDeath: Averted. [[spoiler: When Ane spends a brief amount of time dead, he sees his friends mocking him for his sins.]]
* ProperlyParanoid: Peater was afraid to return to his allies in fear that someone will be ready to kill him the first chance they get. [[spoiler: Upon walking to the kitchen at the new HQ, his fears are completely validated.]]
* SanitySlippage: Kendrick is clearly not all that straight in the head. The first thing we see after he returns is Icee chewing him out for being blinded by patriotism, but at that point it's a mere accusation. However, [[spoiler: Peater's return confirms it, as it turns out he was plotting to ''murder'' him under everyone's noses, suggesting Kendrick may be an emerging psychopath[[note]]Sociopathy wouldn't fit the bill, as sociopaths usually don't kill since there's nothing they themselves can gain.[[/note]], reformed only after the actual murder attempt has GoneHorriblyWrong.]]
* SpartanSibling: Kendrick. As he's so set on making things right, the relationship with his siblings begins to erode, and there's signs he doesn't care one bit so as long as he's doing what he thinks is right. [[spoiler: Including attempted murder.]]
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: Many of the characters are cynics in-universe barring Mystic and Hershel, but the way events play out show tangible idealist undertones, as they succeed and make it out alive no matter what's thrown their way.
* WarIsHell: Although most of the conflict is more personal than it is actually related to the war, the climax and epilogue flashbacks kick this into high gear, with [[spoiler: terrifying weapons being unveiled, background characters dropping like flies, and nearly killing off the protagonist.]] The initial subversion seems to justify why the two major arcs in this universe never cross (besides the fact that [[SharedUniverse they're written by different authors.]])
* WhatTheHellHero: Sarah's immediate response to [[spoiler: Ane murdering his father]] is met with immediate shock and disapproval from everyone in the surrounding vicinity. Of course, she doesn't last a day before cognitive dissonance kicks in.
* YouAreWhatYouHate: Kendrick is clearly determined to go down as defying his bloodline's reputation of constant, critical screw-ups. He learns all too late that this is his own mistake.
--->--'''Kendrick's''' subconscious, summarily describing the nature of the series in a nutshell
''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11536103/1/PVZGW2-For-Him-To-Be-Blamed-For-Them-To-Fix For Him to be Blamed, for Them to Fix]]'' is a ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombiesGardenWarfare'' fanfiction, and a sequel to ''I'll Fight 'til the End'', written by [=ZePeaWithZeGoggles.=]
Four years after the events of the first story, the same events from the second game have played out: the zombies have won and the plants are working to quickly undo that. In those four years, however, the seven main characters have changed - Ane's team, SF Alpha, has mellowed out from their previous personalities, and the Hodges family has been torn apart from disappearances (one of which was a DisneyDeath) which quickly begin to resurface.
After a bit of downtime at the base, Ane is alerted to a tip that the Zombot is being rebuilt for a new siege, one that may doom the plants for good. His team quickly springs back into action, while several other events from the second game replay themselves to an extent. Then Lynnith, a Rose, cuts herself in front of Ane after a botched spell, which [[DarkAndTroubledPast opens up a whole new can of worms...]]
[[FromBadToWorse It all goes downhill from then on]] - [[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism or at first it seems.]]
A sequel was planned that deals with the characters ten years later, but was eventually considered dead. Fortunately, this story takes place in a SharedUniverse, and the other author that writes for it has written a story that takes place in the same time period, albeit with entirely different, unrelated characters.
!!This work has the following tropes:
* AllThereInTheManual: The only thing that remains of the canned sequel is the names and personalities of [[spoiler: Ane and Sarah's children: Annika and Alnerd. Annika is written as a selfish and slightly spoiled child, while Alnerd is the runt due to being TheVoiceless and several other undisclosed reasons.]] There's also evidence that Flowery, who was a one-off character, was supposed to enter the greater scope of things, making him a GreaterScopeVillain.
* TheAloner: Peater turns out to be this during the four-year TimeSkip, as any attempt to return to his friends would end with someone having his head. [[spoiler: [[ProperlyParanoid He's right.]]]]
* AloofAlly: Hershel, to the point where his reaction to [[spoiler: Ane killing his father]] is closer to a DullSurprise than anything else. Justified as he's a mechanic and isn't fully aware of the war as a result.
* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler: The enigmatic Flowery decides to torture Hershel out of the blue by projecting fake corpses of Mystic, all of which have been stabbed to death. [[NothingIsScarier It is never explained why he does this]], and due to his true debut being canned, it never will be.]]
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: In Sarah's HeroicBSOD:
-->'''Sarah:''' ''(in response to Hershel saying she's overreacting)'' ''Overreacting?! Didn't you see what Ane did?! He was one of the plants that I depended on! He-''he... he was one of the few plants I truly loved...
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Ane's father is the resident HateSink and is just as much of a {{Jerkass}} as Kendrick is, if not worse. Which makes his death at his son's hands less sympathetic; most of the shock comes from the fact that Ane crossed the GodzillaThreshold at the wrong place and time.]]
* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler: TheStinger ends with Sarah asking Ane to meet their daughter - though peace doesn't exactly settle for long.]]
* BreakTheCutie: Hershel, one of the most innocent members of SF Alpha, [[spoiler: becomes the closest to going fully insane.]]
* CerberusSyndrome: While the story has no lighthearted intentions, it seems fairly innocuous at first, until chapter 10, where the origin of Ane's closeted hemophobia is revealed.
* ChildSoldiers: ''Everyone'' who has a major role in the story was at or under 18 when they entered the war. Thankfully, four years was enough to grow out of it.
* DespairEventHorizon: Crossed thrice. See HeroicBSOD below.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler: Chomp's ultimate fate, killed off as a meaningless casualty of war with no death scene of any significance. Kendrick's other friend, Larcus, only gets slightly better treatment, as he's shot in the head in front of the former's eyes.]]
* DoesntLikeGuns: A minor detail. Ane finds a room full of guns developed for the plants. The thought of them being brought to use fills him with dread. [[spoiler: Although, they could also be the guns used on the Infinity Time mechs.]]
* EasilyForgiven: Tensions rarely last more than one chapter, despite the causes for them hitting hard and leaving deep wounds (sometimes literally.) In terms of writing, this is sort of justified, since at entry-level, longer negative relations are very difficult to write fluently.
* EatenAlive: [[spoiler: Ane's father succumbs to this after his son enters a trance from the adrenaline coursing through his body and devours him alive.]]
* EverybodyLives: The main seven make it to the end without any tangible permanent injury, against all odds. [[spoiler: The side characters aren't nearly as lucky.]]
* {{Expy}}: A flower who plays tricks with the perception of his victims, is hell-bent on killing everything in sight, whose work involves white particles, who taunts and is a fan of prolonged torture, and is absolutely insane? [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Where have we seen this before?]] His name's Flowery, by the way.
** The only difference between the two is that Flowery knows that Hershel will want his head and there's nothing he can do if that day comes.
* GenreSavvy: In the epilogue, which takes place exactly one decade later, Kendrick suddenly has PTSD-induced flashbacks of the climax in the main story. The unusually-coordinated timing leads him to immediately suspect foul play, and given where the story was ''supposed'' to go by then, he's probably right.
* GoneHorriblyWrong: [[spoiler: Kendrick's attempt to murder Peater ends with him nearly igniting one of LEAF HQ's wings and almost making Icee's intervention a HeroicSacrifice.]]
** Similarly, an innocent recon mission for SF Alpha [[spoiler: results in Ane crossing paths with his father for the first time in years, followed by the death of the latter and the desertion of the former.]]
* {{Irony}}: Ane's father pleaded to his son that the death of the human they lived with was an AccidentalMurder (which isn't entirely true; the Conels are known for poor emotional control.) [[spoiler: He befalls the same fate as the human and his son undergoes the same stress.]]
* HateSink: It's pretty clear you're not supposed to like Ane's father, who blatantly disregards life in general and [[spoiler: would've held his son to absurd standards where FailureIsTheOnlyOption if he had the chance.]]
* HeroicBSOD: Quite a few.
** First off, we have Ane, who is left for dead in a zombie-controlled area as [[spoiler: Sarah forces the team to abandon him as punishment for murdering his father.]]
** Right after, Sarah winds up having a mental breakdown out of cognitive dissonance following the above event.
** Near the climax, Hershel encounters [[spoiler: what appears to be Mystic lying dead in a murky Z-TECH facility. He immediately [[DespairEventHorizon removes his helmet to cry]] before realizing it's actually hallucinatory psychosis kicking in - [[GreaterScopeVillain and not even that...]]]]
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Ane's father devoured a human they lived with long ago and refused to see the gravity of the situation beyond it being an accident.[[note]]In case it wasn't clear enough, ''yes'', this means that he has a major disregard for life in general - Ane runs into the same situation and keeps his jaws shut to avoid using lethal force.[[/note]] He faces the same fate at the hands of his own son.]]
* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Peater is slashed with a [=Z7=] blade near the climax. When he wakes up a day later, he's more concerned about the recent amnesia, ignoring the fact that he could have very well been bisected in the field.
* TheNothingAfterDeath: Averted. [[spoiler: When Ane spends a brief amount of time dead, he sees his friends mocking him for his sins.]]
* ProperlyParanoid: Peater was afraid to return to his allies in fear that someone will be ready to kill him the first chance they get. [[spoiler: Upon walking to the kitchen at the new HQ, his fears are completely validated.]]
* SanitySlippage: Kendrick is clearly not all that straight in the head. The first thing we see after he returns is Icee chewing him out for being blinded by patriotism, but at that point it's a mere accusation. However, [[spoiler: Peater's return confirms it, as it turns out he was plotting to ''murder'' him under everyone's noses, suggesting Kendrick may be an emerging psychopath[[note]]Sociopathy wouldn't fit the bill, as sociopaths usually don't kill since there's nothing they themselves can gain.[[/note]], reformed only after the actual murder attempt has GoneHorriblyWrong.]]
* SpartanSibling: Kendrick. As he's so set on making things right, the relationship with his siblings begins to erode, and there's signs he doesn't care one bit so as long as he's doing what he thinks is right. [[spoiler: Including attempted murder.]]
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: Many of the characters are cynics in-universe barring Mystic and Hershel, but the way events play out show tangible idealist undertones, as they succeed and make it out alive no matter what's thrown their way.
* WarIsHell: Although most of the conflict is more personal than it is actually related to the war, the climax and epilogue flashbacks kick this into high gear, with [[spoiler: terrifying weapons being unveiled, background characters dropping like flies, and nearly killing off the protagonist.]] The initial subversion seems to justify why the two major arcs in this universe never cross (besides the fact that [[SharedUniverse they're written by different authors.]])
* WhatTheHellHero: Sarah's immediate response to [[spoiler: Ane murdering his father]] is met with immediate shock and disapproval from everyone in the surrounding vicinity. Of course, she doesn't last a day before cognitive dissonance kicks in.
* YouAreWhatYouHate: Kendrick is clearly determined to go down as defying his bloodline's reputation of constant, critical screw-ups. He learns all too late that this is his own mistake.
