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A Genji Shimada/Tekhartha Zenyatta fantasy AU fanfiction for the video game ''Overwatch''. Created by [[Creator/TwitchtipTheGnawer twitchtipthegnawer]] on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn, it's a currently ongoing multi-chapter project.

Overwatch, except that there aren't any Omnics, it takes place in the 1600's, and half the characters are mashed up with mythical beasts. Oh, and Overwatch doesn't actually exist - so it's not really Overwatch at all, is it?

A Genji Shimada/Tekhartha Zenyatta fantasy AU fanfiction for the video game Overwatch. Created by [[Creator/TwitchtipTheGnawer twitchtipthegnawer]] on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn, it's a currently ongoing multi-chapter project.

* [[AdaptationalHeroism Adaptational Heroism]]: Sombra has shades of this, though whether or not she's truly heroic remains to be seen.
* [[AdaptationalWimp Adaptational Wimp]]: Zenyatta gets hit with this pretty hard at the beginning of the story. He goes from being a 20 year-old [[WarriorMonk warrior monk]] with [[EnlightenmentSuperpowers enlightenment superpowers]] to an 18 year-old pampered son of a merchant.

* [[{{Animorphism}} Animorphism]]: Reaper in chapter five.
* [[TheCavalierYears The Cavalier Years]]: Takes place at an intentionally ambiguous point during these. The fact that it's alternate history prevents it from being [[WoodenShipsAndIronMen Wooden Ships and Iron Men]] instead.
* [[TheChessmaster The Chessmaster]]: Sombra is implied to be this.
* [[CursedWithAwesome Cursed with Awesome]]: Genji has shades of this, though he doesn't emphasize it too often.
* [[CuteBookworm Cute Bookworm]]: Zenyatta is this. Long before he was allowed to go on an adventure, he lived vicariously through books.
* [[DefrostingIceQueen Defrosting Ice Queen]]: Symmetra. [[spoiler:A non-romantic version. Her friendship with Zenyatta causes this.]]
* [[DependingOnTheWriter Depending on the Writer]]: As with all fanfics. YMMV on whether or not the characters are OOC.
* [[EmergencyTransformation Emergency Transformation]]: Implied to be the reason Genji is a Hybrid, as in canon.
* [[FunctionalMagic Functional Magic]]: Of the Rule Magic variety. The witches in-universe utilize this.
* [[GoodParents Good Parents]]: Zenyatta's mom in particular is this.
* [[HatesBeingAlone Hates Being Alone]]: Zenyatta. [[spoiler:When he fears losing Genji forever, this is brought up to eleven.]]
* [[HighFantasy High Fantasy]]: Falls into this genre, though the setting is a bit more diverse than [[MedievalEuropeanFantasy your average example.]]
* [[InNameOnly In-name-only]]: As mentioned in the description above and the "In Spite of a Nail" entry. There are certainly plot parallels to Overwatch, but they're far from immediately recognizable.
* [[InSpiteOfANail In Spite of a Nail]]: The story displaces the characters from their countries, times, and even upbringings; yet their personalities, appearances, and backstories are often remarkably similar.
* [[JumpedAtTheCall Jumped at the Call]]: Zenyatta is this. Apparently he's been begging his parents to let him get a call for years, in fact.
* [[TheLawOfConservationOfDetail The Law of Conservation of Detail]]: According to the author's tumblr, chapter 4 in particular is this. What exactly is foreshadowing and what is red herring remains to be seen.
* [[LesYay Les Yay]]: Sombra gets a moment of this in chapter 4.
* [[LoverAndBeloved Lover and Beloved]]: [[spoiler:Genji and Zenyatta get this dynamic, somewhat flipped from their dynamic in canon. Though it may seem a [[ForegoneConclusion foregone conclusion,]] fics have been known to swerve before, so this is considered a spoiler.]]
* [[MagicIsEvil Magic is Evil]]: Zigzagged. [[spoiler:All magic in this universe is [[BlackMagic black magic]] by merit of its cost. However, plenty of magic users are good, the magic doesn't corrupt its user over time, and the general population views magic favorably.]]
* [[MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily More Teeth than the Osmond Family]]: Sombra has these, in the needle variety. They're too pointy to be cute, but not strictly-speaking a sign of evil.
* [[OddFriendship Odd Friendship]]: Zenyatta and Sombra; the hyper-competent witch and a bookish man spoiling for adventure aren't a typical pair. Later, Genji and Symmetra.
* [[OriginalCharacter Original Character]]: Several, of varying degrees of importance. The first chapter alone introduces four (Zenyatta's mother and father, his maid Lotte, and his tailor/friend De Vries).
* [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Our Dragons Are Different]]: All of the monsters have their mythologies picked apart to varying degrees, but with Genji as one of the main characters his dragon characteristics are particularly well fleshed-out.
* [[ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming Theme Naming]]: Interestingly enough, the chapter titles are this. Each is named after a mythical creature related to the plot of that chapter in some way.
* [[RitualMagic Ritual Magic]]: How the witches produce Hybrids. The exact details of this have yet to be revealed to the plot, since Universities guard the secrets jealously. Sombra is a master of this.
* [[ScarsAreForever Scars are Forever]]: Averted with Genji in chapter four. [[spoiler:Played straight later with both Genji and Zenyatta.]]
* [[SlashFic Slash Fic]]: While not exclusively focused on the romantic relationship between the two leads, it certainly doesn't shy away from emphasizing and foreshadowing where their romance is headed very early on.
* [[TravelingAtTheSpeedOfPlot Traveling at the Speed of Plot]]: The trip from the Netherlands to Nepal fits this trope to a T. The fic glosses over the vast majority of the voyage, leaving only the plot-important parts in the story.
* [[WarriorMonk Warrior Monk]]: [[spoiler:Zenyatta becomes this. It takes quite a long while, however.]]
* [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman What Measure Is a Non-Human]]: The Hybrids are treated pretty poorly by the human population, though discriminatory laws differ between the various countries the characters visit.
* [[WideEyedIdealist Wide-eyed Idealist]]: Zenyatta might not be a very extreme example of this trope, but he certainly starts the story out believing the best of everyone around him.
* [[WillTheyOrWontThey Will They or Won't They]]: Zenyatta and Genji's relationship. Zenyatta is clearly interested, but does Genji return it? And, if so, would he like to be friends with benefits or full-on lovers?

* [[HighFantasy High Fantasy]]: Falls into this genre, though the setting is a bit more diverse than [[MedievalEuropeanFantasy your average setting.]]

* [[OddFriendship Odd Friendship]]: What Zenyatta and Sombra have. Their personalities are wildly different, but they get along surprisingly well.

* [[{{Animorphism}} Animorphism]]: None of the main characters have showcased this (thus far), but there are mentions of a gull shifter being on board the ship.

* [[ScarsAreForever Scares are Forever]]: Averted with Genji in chapter four. [[spoiler:Played straight later with both Genji and Zenyatta.]]

* [[WarriorMonk Warrior Monk]]: [[spoiler:Mondatta is this. Since he hasn't shown up in the story yet, this is a pretty big spoiler, but this whole page is word of god, so.]]

A Genji Shimada/Tekhartha Zenyatta fantasy AU fanfiction for the video game Overwatch. Created by [[Creator/TwitchtipTheGnawer twitchtipthegnawer]] on AO3, it's a currently ongoing multi-chapter project.

A Genji Shimada/Tekhartha Zenyatta fantasy AU fanfiction for the video game Overwatch. Created by [[TwitchtipTheGnawer twitchtipthegnawer]] on AO3, it's a currently ongoing multi-chapter project.

A Genji Shimada/Tekhartha Zenyatta fantasy AU fanfiction for the video game Overwatch. Created by twitchtipthegnawer on AO3, it's a currently ongoing multi-chapter project.

* [[Animorphism Animorphism]]: None of the main characters have showcased this (thus far), but there are mentions of a gull shifter being on board the ship.

* [[WideEyedIdealist Wide-eyed Idealist]]: Zenyatta might not be a very extreme example of this trope, but he certainly starts the story out believing the best of everyone around him.

* [[WideEyedIdealist Wide-eyed Idealist]]: Zenyatta might not be a very extreme example of this trope, but he certainly starts the story out believing the best of everyone around him.

* [[SlashFic Slash Fic]]: While not exclusively focused on the romantic relationship between the two leads, it certainly doesn't shy away from emphasizing and foreshadowing where their romance is headed very early on.

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A Genji Shimada/Tekhartha Zenyatta fantasy AU fanfiction for the video game Overwatch. Created by twitchtipthegnawer on AO3, it's a currently ongoing multi-chapter project.