History Fanfic / MassFoundations

* SciFiHorror: Monsters invoking BodyHorror? Check. CorruptCorporateExecutive (or at least down from a lower level)? Also check.

* TitleDrop: The door to the armor that Arthur led Shepard and her squadmates to needed a passphrase, which was the first part of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.

** The Doctor demonstrated the concept of bigger on the inside to Jocelyn with two boxes, much like [[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E5TheRobotsOfDeath the 4th Doctor's explanation to Leela]] about how the TARDIS was BiggerOnTheInside.

* RotatingProtagonist: The first chapter and prologue of All the World's a Stage goes exclusively from Doctor's perspective. After that, it switches between his and Jocelyn's for most of it.

* NonMaliciousMonster: What the Ania queen turned out to be, despite taking out the shuttle the Doctor and the others were in. Two shards of unknown property had been stuck somewhere on the Ania queen's body, disrupting the hive mind with the Ania and causing immense pain in the giant creature. It even telepathically called out to the Doctor, saying it never intended to hurt anybody.

[[folder:''Little Star'']]
* BittersweetEnding: Shepard and her team [[spoiler:ended the Merged threat, but many of the Acabar crew had died in the effort. While Harland was implied to be put in prison, it wasn't the case months later, now that she was working for Cerberus with the Courier. The facility seemed to be rebuilt by Cerberus, and it wasn't known if the whole process could repeat itself.]]
* BodyHorror: The Merged. They were created when two alternate states of each person were mashed together, causing things such as their mouths stretching at unnatural angles, having one body wide enough for two, or even have their head ''split in two''.
* CallBack: [[spoiler:Like Miranda back in ''Redemption in the Stars'', Harland questioned the Transportalponder. Unlike last time, the Courier was more irritated than amused.]]
* CharacterOverlap: [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas The Courier]] makes a surprise appearance at the end of the fic, meeting with Harland after arriving at the rebuilt facility.]]
* DwindlingParty: Not to Shepard and her team. Prior to the events of the fic, there were dozens of people working at the planet's facility. By the time the orb arrived and Shepard's arrival afterwards, only six of the crew remained. [[spoiler: And that number dropped to two: Dr. Harland and a security guard, Chelsey Fayne, who was rendered unconscious due to stress and lack of sleep.]]
* FusionDance: A rather gruesome mix of TwoBeingsOneBody and the Composite to anyone becoming the Merged.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:While pursuing the orb, Arthur got injured and opted to stay behind to blow it up, taking his life with it.]]
* GoneHorriblyWrong: As soon as the orb arrived, the science team on Acabar did nothing at first. By the time they came around, that was when hell broke loose and the Merged, well, commerce, causing the facility to go into lockdown. [[spoiler: It was exacerbated by Harland, as she ordered the others not to cease experimentation in a chain of emails.]]
* ItCanThink: The Merged had lost their sanity but they were able to retain some form of their intelligence. They pick up and use guns as well as open doors and other basic motor actions.
* MauveShirt: Most of the surviving research team is this. Witt, Arthur, and Neil have some involvement before [[spoiler: biting it by the end of the story. Subverted with Chelsey, though.]]
* MeatMoss: Downplayed. The arm Shepard and her squadmates found was merged on a wall, but no other bits of flesh were found. Later on, Neil became a victim when Merged!Dave threw him against the wall in the armor.
* NurseryRhyme: The passphrase required to open the door to the armor, where the surviving members of the science team reside.
* TheReasonYouSuck: Shepard to Harland when the scientist announced her plan about the orb.
-->'''Shepard''': Dr. Harland, I’m aware your intentions are good. You made that absolutely clear.
-->'''Harland''': And?
-->'''Shepard''': If you think that excuses for what happened here, don’t bother. You’re lucky I said I would get you out of here. Otherwise, I would’ve kicked your ass the moment I walked in the room and had you arrested. I mean, you didn’t find it odd that it appeared out of nowhere? The moment you found something was off, you went into studying it without containing it until it was too late. You sure do give science a bad rep. Feels great, doesn’t it? Being the mad scientist.
* SciFiHorror: Monsters invoking BodyHorror? Check. CorruptCorporateExecutive (or at least down from a lower level)? Also check.
* ShoutOut:
** The casualty list in the second chapter shared surnames with [[Creator/StephenKing prominent]] [[Creator/HGWells sci-fi]] and [[Creator/HPLovecraft horror]] [[Creator/EdgarAllanPoe writers]] [[Creator/GeorgeRomero and]] [[Creator/ShinjiMikami creators]] alongside a [[Franchise/DeadSpace few]] [[Franchise/{{Batman}} fictional characters]].
** This line after Dr. Harland announced her intentions with the orb:
--->'''Shepard''': [[Film/{{Aliens}} Did IQs just drop]] ''[[Film/{{Aliens}} sharply]]'' [[Film/{{Aliens}} before we got here?]]
** Arthur Newton gets his name from both Creator/ArthurCClarke and UsefulNotes/IsaacNewton, much like [[Franchise/DeadSpace Isaac Clarke]]. On that front, Arthur resembles a biotic version of [[VideoGame/DeadSpace3 John Carver]].
* TitleDrop: The door to the armor that Arthur led Shepard and her squadmates to needed a passphrase, which was the first part of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: [[spoiler:Shepard was tempted to use her Spectre status to shoot Harland after everything she had done, seeing that the courts would let her go. She didn't follow through with it, encouraging the scientist to turn herself to the Alliance. In the ending, she seemed to be right.]]
[[/folder]]

''All the World's a Stage'' stars [[Creator/PeterCapaldi Twelfth]] [[Series/DoctorWho Doctor]] as he has been brought to the ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' universe. He sets out to investigate, meeting up with Jocelyn Song, [[VideoGame/Fallout3 the Lone Wanderer]]. The title references the well-known phrase from Theatre/AsYouLikeIt. Time will tell if additional references to Shakespeare will be made. The original version was on, Website/FanfictionDotNet before he took it down and replaced it with a [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12519168/1/Mass-Foundations-All-the-World-s-a-Stage rewriten version]]. Like his other works below, you can also find the original version on Website/SpaceBattlesDotCom and Sufficient Velocity [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/all-the-worlds-a-stage-doctor-who-fallout-spoiler.363547/ here]] and [[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/all-the-worlds-a-stage-doctor-who-fallout-spoiler.23816/ here]] respectively, which has crossed over with [[spoiler:VideoGame/SoulCalibur]].

* WeirdCrossover: What ''All the World's a Stage'' turns out to be. [[spoiler:''[[VideoGame/SoulSeries Soul Calibur]]'' crosses over with ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' and ''Series/DoctorWho''.]]

* CallBack: The orb from ''A New Day'' and ''Little Star'' makes an appearance, not only placing the Doctor and Jocelyn in the TARDIS, but also transporting them to the Icarus station, run by [=UNIT=].

* AlienArtsAreAppreciated: Batarian Pyro Jath’Kar taunts the Courier with a reference to the [[Film/ApocalypseNow Apocalypse Now]].

* ArbitrarySkepticism: Feron expressed doubt about the Courier's origins, even after ''the Courier himself had asked about how biotics work''. This was [[LampshadedTrope lampshaded]] by the Courier and Liara. Eventually, he relented after the Courier showed his memories to Liara in a mind-meld.

* ShoutOut: Several examples.

* TeleportationMisfire / TeleporterAccident: Kickstarted the plot of the fic, thus making Ethan's motivation to find a way back home.

** Eric often calls his brother [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Al]]. The similarity stops there, as Eric's brother is older than him.

* CharacterOverlap: [[spoiler:The Courier makes a surprise appearance at the end of the fic, meeting with Harland after arriving at the rebuilt facility.]]
* DwindlingParty: Not to Shepard and her team. Prior to the events of the fic, there were dozens of people working at the facility. By the time the orb arrived and Shepard's arrival afterwards, only six of the crew remained. [[spoiler: And that number dropped to two: Dr. Harland and a security guard, Chelsey Fayne, who was rendered unconscious due to stress and lack of sleep.]]

* WhatYouAreInTheDark: [[spoiler: Shepard was tempted to use her Spectre status to shoot Harland after everything she had done, seeing that the courts would let her go. She didn't follow through with it, encouraging the scientist to turn herself to the Alliance. In the ending, she seemed to be right.]]

Not much is known about ''Molten Lead'' so far. According to its synopsis, it would have a field agent Zachary Turner assessing and scouting for potential candidates for when [[ComicBook/MassEffectFoundation Rasa]] turned up missing, struggling with his inner demons in the meantime. It can be viewed [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12942641/1/Mass-Foundations-Molten-Lead here]] and on Website/SpaceBattlesDotCom and Sufficient Velocity [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/mass-foundations-molten-lead-mass-effect.646430/ here]] and [[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/mass-foundations-molten-lead-mass-effect.47773/ here]] respectively.

* {{Expy}}: From singing about having no strings on him to his demeanor, the being the story refers to as an invading presence so far has a lot in common with [[Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron MCU!Ultron]].

* {{Flashback}}: Seems to be this fic's stable, which starts at the beginning of some of the chapters and making the interludes. All but one of them expand on Eric's past, shaping how he is now, and mirrors present events. The exception is Eric's meeting with [[VideoGame/MassEffectAndromeda Suvi Anwar]].

** In the [[HolidayInCambodia first chapter]], Alphonse and Eric namedrops VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds and VideoGame/BioShockInfinite during a brief discussion about the many-worlds interpretation, as well as VideoGame/FinalFantasyX on another topic.
** Also in the first chapter, when Eric and his family arrived at Angkor Wat, Garcia and Alphonse joked about encountering the head-tossing snakes from VideoGame/IllusionOfGaia at the temple.

** [[spoiler:Steve Cortez shows up to offer help to Eric and his friends during [[VideoGame/MassEffect1]]'s endgame while they were sneaking off of an Alliance facility on Earth.]]

%% ** Several to the [[Series/DoctorWho show itself]], including the Doctor recalling meeting [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E2TheShakespeareCode Shakespeare]].

** Arthur Newton gets his name from both Creator/ArthurCClarke and Creator/IsaacNewton, much like [[Franchise/DeadSpace Isaac Clarke]]. On that front, Arthur resembles a biotic version of [[VideoGame/DeadSpace3 John Carver]].

** The Doctor demonstrated the concept of bigger on the inside to Jocelyn with two boxes, much like [[DoctorWhoS14E5TheRobotsOfDeath the 4th Doctor's explanation to Leela]] about how the TARDIS was BiggerOnTheInside.

Not much is known about ''Molten Lead'' so far. According to its synopsis, it would have a field agent Zachary Turner assessing and scouting for potential candidates for when [[ComicBook/MassEffectFoundation Rasa]] turned up missing, struggling with his inner demons in the meantime. It can be viewed [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12942641/1/Mass-Foundations-Molten-Lead here]] and on SpaceBattles and Sufficient Velocity [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/mass-foundations-molten-lead-mass-effect.646430/ here]] and [[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/mass-foundations-molten-lead-mass-effect.47773/ here]] respectively.

Currently, Nord has posted forums of the stories, including a rewrite of Redemption in the Stars, on [[Website/SpaceBattlesDotCom Spacebattles]] and Sufficient Velocity. On SB, Redemption in the Stars can be viewed [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/mass-foundations-redemption-in-the-stars-rewrite-fallout-mass-effect.313583/ here]] and a New Day can be viewed [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/mass-foundations-a-new-day-mass-effect.281544/ here]]. On SV, Redemption in the Stars can be viewed [[http://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/mass-foundations-redemption-in-the-stars-rewrite-fallout-mass-effect.9920/ here]], and a New Day can be viewed [[http://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/mass-foundations-a-new-day-mass-effect.4056/ here]]. But Nord has rebooted A New Day. You can find the new threads on SB and SV [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/mass-foundations-a-new-day-thread-2-mass-effect.341636/ here]] and [[http://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/mass-foundations-a-new-day-thread-2-mass-effect.18492/ here]] respectively.

* {{Flashback}}: Seems to be this fic's stable, which starts at the beginning of some of the chapters and making the interludes. All but one of them expand on Eric's past, shaping how he is now, and mirrors present events. The exception is Eric's encounter with [[VideoGame/MassEffectAndromeda Suvi Anwar]].

''All the World's a Stage'' stars [[Creator/PeterCapaldi Twelfth]] [[Series/DoctorWho Doctor]] as he has been brought to the ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' universe. He sets out to investigate, meeting up with Jocelyn Song, [[VideoGame/Fallout3 the Lone Wanderer]]. The title references the well-known phrase from Theatre/AsYouLikeIt. Time will tell if additional references to Shakespeare will be made. The original version was on, FanfictionDotNet before he took it down and replaced it with a [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12519168/1/Mass-Foundations-All-the-World-s-a-Stage rewriten version]]. Like his other works below, you can also find the original version on Website/SpaceBattlesDotCom and Sufficient Velocity [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/all-the-worlds-a-stage-doctor-who-fallout-spoiler.363547/ here]] and [[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/all-the-worlds-a-stage-doctor-who-fallout-spoiler.23816/ here]] respectively, which has crossed over with [[spoiler:VideoGame/SoulCalibur]].

Recently, he has released lore entries for each entry in the series, which expands on the lore unique to the series as well as any other setting the fics use. The series also has a [[http://archiveofourown.org/series/31684 link]] on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn.

%% ** ''All The World's a Stage'':
%% *** [[VideoGame/Fallout3 The Lone Wanderer]] is easily able to bulldoze through several her fights thanks to her [[PoweredArmor Power Armor]], most notably against [[spoiler:Tira when she makes a misstep]]. When you're someone who's small and lithe as well as wielding a ringblade from late-Renaissance going up against a person who's in large-frame armor and wielding high-tech weaponry, you're going to get [[CurbStomp curb-stomped]] soon if not immediately.
%% *** [[spoiler: The Doctor's and the Lone Wanderer's attempt at convincing Patroklos to see the error of his ways only irritates him further, especially when the Wanderer brings up Pyrrha. It ends up with them being kicked out of Patroklos' tent. While he has an epiphany thanks to Pyrrha, it's unknown whether or not it would be effective in the long run.]]

[[folder: ''All the World's a Stage'']]

[[folder:''Little Star'']]
* BittersweetEnding: Shepard and her team [[spoiler:ended the Merged threat, but many of the Acabar crew had died in the effort. While Harland was implied to be put in prison, it wasn't the case months later, now that she was working for Cerberus with the Courier. The facility seemed to be rebuilt by Cerberus, and it wasn't known if the whole process could repeat itself.]]
* BodyHorror: The Merged. They were created when two alternate states of each person were mashed together, causing things such as their mouths stretching at unnatural angles, having one body wide enough for two, or even have their head ''split in two''.
* CallBack: [[spoiler:Like Miranda back in ''Redemption in the Stars'', Harland questioned the Transportalponder. Unlike last time, the Courier was more irritated than amused.]]
* CharacterOverlap: [[spoiler:The Courier makes a surprise appearance at the end of the fic, meeting with Harland after arriving at the rebuilt facility.]]
* DwindlingParty: Not to Shepard and her team. Prior to the events of the fic, there were dozens of people working at the facility. By the time the orb arrived and Shepard's arrival afterwards, only six of the crew remained. [[spoiler: And that number dropped to two: Dr. Harland and a security guard, Chelsey Fayne, who was rendered unconscious due to stress and lack of sleep.]]
* FusionDance: A rather gruesome mix of TwoBeingsOneBody and the Composite to anyone becoming the Merged.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:While pursuing the orb, Arthur got injured and opted to stay behind to blow it up, taking his life with it.]]
* GoneHorriblyWrong: As soon as the orb arrived, the science team on Acabar did nothing at first. By the time they came around, that was when hell broke loose and the Merged, well, commerce, causing the facility to go into lockdown. [[spoiler: It was exacerbated by Harland, as she ordered the others not to cease experimentation in a chain of emails.]]
* ItCanThink: The Merged had lost their sanity but they were able to retain some form of their intelligence. They pick up and use guns as well as open doors and other basic motor actions.
* MauveShirt: Most of the surviving research team is this. Witt, Arthur, and Neil have some involvement before [[spoiler: biting it by the end of the story. Subverted with Chelsey, though.]]
* MeatMoss: Downplayed. The arm Shepard and her squadmates found was merged on a wall, but no other bits of flesh were found. Later on, Neil became a victim when Merged!Dave threw him against the wall in the armor.
* NurseryRhyme: The passphrase required to open the door to the armor, where the surviving members of the science team reside.
* TheReasonYouSuck: Shepard to Harland when the scientist announced her plan about the orb.
-->'''Shepard''': Dr. Harland, I’m aware your intentions are good. You made that absolutely clear.
-->'''Harland''': And?
-->'''Shepard''': If you think that excuses for what happened here, don’t bother. You’re lucky I said I would get you out of here. Otherwise, I would’ve kicked your ass the moment I walked in the room and had you arrested. I mean, you didn’t find it odd that it appeared out of nowhere? The moment you found something was off, you went into studying it without containing it until it was too late. You sure do give science a bad rep. Feels great, doesn’t it? Being the mad scientist.
* SciFiHorror: Monsters invoking BodyHorror? Check. CorruptCorporateExecutive (or at least down from a lower level)? Also check.
* ShoutOut:
** The casualty list in the second chapter shared surnames with [[Creator/StephenKing prominent]] [[Creator/HGWells sci-fi]] and [[Creator/HPLovecraft horror]] [[Creator/EdgarAllanPoe writers]] [[Creator/GeorgeRomero and]] [[Creator/ShinjiMikami creators]] alongside a [[Franchise/DeadSpace few]] [[Franchise/{{Batman}} fictional characters]].
** This line after Dr. Harland announced her intentions with the orb:
--->'''Shepard''': [[Film/{{Aliens}} Did IQs just drop]] ''[[Film/{{Aliens}} sharply]]'' [[Film/{{Aliens}} before we got here?]]
** Arthur Newton gets his name from both Creator/ArthurCClarke and Creator/IsaacNewton, much like [[Franchise/DeadSpace Isaac Clarke]]. On that front, Arthur resembles a biotic version of [[VideoGame/DeadSpace3 John Carver]].
* TitleDrop: The door to the armor that Arthur led Shepard and her squadmates to needed a passphrase, which was the first part of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: [[spoiler: Shepard was tempted to use her Spectre status to shoot Harland after everything she had done, seeing that the courts would let her go. She didn't follow through with it, encouraging the scientist to turn herself to the Alliance. In the ending, she seemed to be right.]]
[[/folder]]

** Justified again in the third chapter, where only one Blue Suns hovercar out of five is sent to investigate the car left behind by the team and where Ethan is lurking. [[WhoWouldBeStupidEnough They didn't expect him to stick around near the facility]] and so the rest are searching for him on the outskirts.

* TheCameo: Quite a few characters from the Franchise/MassEffect series were in this fic. Garrus was seen talking with an asari C-sec officer in the third chapter while Eric became friends with Suvi Anwar from ''VideoGame/MassEffectAndromeda'' at the Black Star in a brief interlude in a discussion about their religious beliefs.

* {{Expy}}: From singing about having no strings on him to his demenior, the being the story refers to as an invading presence has so far a lot in common with [[Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron MCU!Ultron]].

Another entry, ''Little Star'', had been posted. It starred Commander Shepard as she found a distress signal on a planet called Acabar, where strange and twisted creatures known as the Merged had wiped out most of the science team. [[WordOfGod Nord]] has likened it to {{Film/Alien}}, Film/TheThing1982, and Film/EventHorizon. It can be read [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12416267/1/Mass-Foundations-Little-Star here]].

The next entry, ''A New Day'', is revolved around a [[RotatingProtagonist different protagonist]], Eric Grimes, a high school graduate, with little connection to the previous story so far. During a vacation with his family, he was transported to the Mass Effect universe when he stumbled upon a strange artifact. He had to adjust to the strange universe he found himself in. Unlike the Courier, [[ContrastingSequelMainCharacter Eric]] is shy and mild-mannered and is inexperienced in a fight. It can be viewed [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11894097/1/A-New-Day here]].

Another entry is called ''All the World's a Stage''. The [[Creator/PeterCapaldi Twelfth]] [[Series/DoctorWho Doctor]] has been brought to the ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' universe . He sets out to investigate, meeting up with Jocelyn Song, [[VideoGame/Fallout3 the Lone Wanderer]]. The title references the well-known phrase from Theatre/AsYouLikeIt. Time will tell if additional references to Shakespeare will be made. The original version was on, FanfictionDotNet before he took it down and replaced it with a [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12519168/1/Mass-Foundations-All-the-World-s-a-Stage rewrite]]. Like his other works below, you can also find the original version on Website/SpaceBattlesDotCom and Sufficient Velocity [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/all-the-worlds-a-stage-doctor-who-fallout-spoiler.363547/ here]] and [[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/all-the-worlds-a-stage-doctor-who-fallout-spoiler.23816/ here]] respectively, which has crossed over with [[spoiler:VideoGame/SoulCalibur]]

* BittersweetEnding: Shepard and her team [[spoiler:ended the Merged threat, but many of the Acabar crew perished. While Harland was implied to be put in prison, it wasn't the case months later, now that she was working for Cerberus with the Courier. The facility seemed to be rebuilt by Cerberus, and it wouldn't be known if the whole process would repeat itself.]]

Another entry is called ''All the World's a Stage''. The [[Creator/PeterCapaldi Twelfth]] [[Series/DoctorWho Doctor]] has been brought to the Franchise/{{Fallout}} universe . He sets out to investigate, meeting up with Jocelyn Song, [[VideoGame/{{Fallout3}} the Lone Wanderer]]. The title references the well-known phrase from Theatre/AsYouLikeIt. Time will tell if additional references to Shakespeare will be made. The original version was on, FanfictionDotNet before he took it down and replaced it with a [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12519168/1/Mass-Foundations-All-the-World-s-a-Stage rewrite]]. Like his other works below, you can also find the original version on Website/SpaceBattlesDotCom and Sufficient Velocity [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/all-the-worlds-a-stage-doctor-who-fallout-spoiler.363547/ here]] and [[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/all-the-worlds-a-stage-doctor-who-fallout-spoiler.23816/ here]] respectively, which has crossed over with [[spoiler:VideoGame/SoulCalibur]]

* IntercontinuityCrossover: Seems to be the staple of the series so far. VideoGame/{{Fallout}} and Franchise/MassEffect? Pretty popular crossover if you know where to look. Series/DoctorWho and Fallout? Okay. The summary of ''All the World's a Stage'' has stated it'll cross over with a third setting. What was it? [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/SoulSeries Soul Calibur]], of all things. [[{{Beat}} ...]] [[FlatWhat Wait, what?]]]]

* WeirdCrossover: What ''All the World's a Stage'' turns out to be. [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/SoulSeries Soul Calibur]] crosses over with VideoGame/{{Fallout}} and Series/DoctorWho.]]

%% *** [[VideoGame/{{Fallout3}} The Lone Wanderer]] is easily able to bulldoze through several her fights thanks to her [[PoweredArmor Power Armor]], most notably against [[spoiler:Tira when she makes a misstep]]. When you're someone who's small and lithe as well as wielding a ringblade from late-Renaissance going up against a person who's in large-frame armor and wielding high-tech weaponry, you're going to get [[CurbStomp curb-stomped]] soon if not immediately.

%% ** ''All The World's a Stage'' (original version):

* CallBack: The orb from ''A New Day'' and ''Little Star'' makes an appearance, not only placing the Doctor and Jocelyn in the TARDIS, but also transporting them to an unidentified space station.
%% ** Several to the [[Series/DoctorWho show itself]], including the Doctor recalling meeting [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E2TheShakespeareCode Shakespeare]]. He also demonstrated the concept of bigger on the inside to Jocelyn with two boxes, much like [[DoctorWhoS14E5TheRobotsOfDeath the 4th Doctor's explanation to Leela]] about how the TARDIS was BiggerOnTheInside.

* {{Expy}}: The glass creatures bears a strong resemblance to the Broken Glass Creature from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSf1UFwl0Ls a Touch of Glass]], a CreepyPasta.

%% * RotatingProtagonist: The first chapter and prologue of All the World's a Stage goes exclusively from Doctor's perspective. After that, it switches between his and Jocelyn's for most of it.

%% * SiliconBasedLife: The Ania, being described as made of glass. The Doctor says they're microorganisms taking form upon contact with any solids, both crystalline and amorphous. He also describes then as dangerous predators, able to rip apart anyone in mere seconds.

The second entry is called ''All the World's a Stage''. The [[Creator/PeterCapaldi Twelfth]] [[Series/DoctorWho Doctor]] has been brought to the Franchise/{{Fallout}} universe after receiving a distress signal. He sets out to investigate, meeting up with Jocelyn Song, [[VideoGame/{{Fallout3}} the Lone Wanderer]]. The title references the well-known phrase from Theatre/AsYouLikeIt. Time will tell if additional references to Shakespeare will be made. Nord has advertised it'll cross over with another setting, which is revealed to be the [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/SoulSeries Soul Calibur]] universe]]. It can be read [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11715058/1/All-The-World-s-a-Stage here]]. Like his other works below, you can also find it on Website/SpaceBattlesDotCom and Sufficient Velocity [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/all-the-worlds-a-stage-doctor-who-fallout-spoiler.363547/ here]] and [[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/all-the-worlds-a-stage-doctor-who-fallout-spoiler.23816/ here]] respectively. It has since then received a [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12519168/1/Mass-Foundations-All-the-World-s-a-Stage rewrite]].

The next entry, ''A New Day'', is revolved around a [[RotatingProtagonist different protagonist]], Eric Grimes, a high school graduate, with little connection to the previous story so far. During a vacation with his family, he was transported to the Mass Effect universe when he stumbled upon a strange artifact. He had to adjust to the strange universe he found himself in. Unlike the Courier, [[ContrastingSequelMainCharacter Eric]] is shy and mild-mannered and is inexperienced in a fight. It can be viewed [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11894097/1/A-New-Day here]].

** ''All The World's a Stage'' (original version):
*** [[VideoGame/{{Fallout3}} The Lone Wanderer]] is easily able to bulldoze through several her fights thanks to her [[PoweredArmor Power Armor]], most notably against [[spoiler:Tira when she makes a misstep]]. When you're someone who's small and lithe as well as wielding a ringblade from late-Renaissance going up against a person who's in large-frame armor and wielding high-tech weaponry, you're going to get [[CurbStomp curb-stomped]] soon if not immediately.
*** [[spoiler: The Doctor's and the Lone Wanderer's attempt at convincing Patroklos to see the error of his ways only irritates him further, especially when the Wanderer brings up Pyrrha. It ends up with them being kicked out of Patroklos' tent. While he has an epiphany thanks to Pyrrha, it's unknown whether or not it would be effective in the long run.]]

* ApocalypseHow: [[spoiler:Of the Multiverse Annihilation variety by the orb, as claimed by Nightmare to the Doctor.]]
* ArtifactOfDoom: Soul Edge, obviously. There's also the [[spoiler:fake]] orb that [[spoiler:supposively]] can rip apart universes.
* CallBack: The orb from ''A New Day'' makes an appearance, having additional functions such as ripping universes apart and long-distance, instant surveillance. [[spoiler:However, it turns out to be a fake given by Missy, so who knows what it's actually capable of.]]
** Several to the [[Series/DoctorWho show itself]], including the Doctor recalling meeting [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E2TheShakespeareCode Shakespeare]]. He also demonstrated the concept of bigger on the inside to Jocelyn with two boxes, much like [[DoctorWhoS14E5TheRobotsOfDeath the 4th Doctor's explanation to Leela]] about how the TARDIS was BiggerOnTheInside.
* TheCameo: [[spoiler: Three-Dog fills this role in the epilogue. Going by his dialogue, it's implied the Brotherhood has taken him off the air, but he manages to find a way back on radio somehow.]]
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: The Doctor and Jocelyn went to the [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/SoulSeries Soul Calibur]] universe]] to investigate the cause of the Ania in the Fallout world. Instead, they found themselves defending an early 17th-century Hungarian town against a hoard of [[spoiler:Malfested]]. This has brought the attention of [[spoiler:Patroklos, Nightmare, and Siegfried. However, each of them have their own reasons]].
* DynamicEntry: How the Lone Wanderer introduces herself in ''All the World's a Stage''. She falls through the ceiling and crashes on one of the Ania that's about to attack the Doctor. The Doctor calls her out on this, not like it's her fault.
-->'''The Lone Wanderer''': Are you okay?
-->'''The Doctor''': Oh, I’m fine. Question is: are you? I mean, considering that you fell through the ceiling!
-->'''The Lone Wanderer''': Yeah... The floor gave out. That wasn't the first time it happened
-->'''The Doctor''': Don’t you think you could’ve dropped in at a better time? Like tea, perhaps?
** This trope comes back in the fourth part as a BrickJoke, where Jocelyn crashed on top of Nightmare. The Doctor's quick to remark.
* {{Expy}}: The Ania bears a strong resemblance to the Broken Glass Creature from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSf1UFwl0Ls a Touch of Glass]], a CreepyPasta.
* RefusalOfTheCall: [[spoiler: Downplayed. While the Doctor and the Lone Wanderer were willing to help Siegfried, the Lone Wanderer refused to carry Soul Calibur after being induced with flashbacks.]]
* RotatingProtagonist: The first chapter of All the World's a Stage goes exclusively from Doctor's perspective. After that, it switches between his and Jocelyn's for most of it.
* SadisticChoice: [[spoiler: Jocelyn faces one when the Malfested are attacking the Hungarian village. Earlier, she's met a child whose parents are looking for him. Either she rescues the child from a burning-down mansion, leaving the guardsmen vulnerable, or help the guards, which would lead to the child's death. Fortunately subverted, as reinforcements arrived, allowing her to rescue the child without abandoning them.]]
* SelfDisposingVillain: [[spoiler: Happens to Nightmare non-lethally. Turns out Missy has given him a fake orb as part of a prank, albeit one with collateral damage and a good number of casualties from a string of seemingly unrelated events.]]
* ShoutOut:
** The DynamicEntry above? The Doctor's remark resembles what [[Disney/TheSwordInTheStone Merlin said to Arthur when Arthur crashes into his house]].
** Another to Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron, whereupon the Doctor channels his inner Tony Stark while finding a secret passage. Jocelyn's flashback segment also references the movie, with [[spoiler: the Courier]] paraphrasing from Hawkeye.
-->[[spoiler:'''The Courier''']]: We’re in a city tag-teamed by a bunch of nuclear bombs, we’re fighting an army of robots, and we’re knee-deep in brass. None of this makes sense!
** In the epilogue:
-->[[spoiler:'''Three Dog''']]: [[Film/JohnWick ''People keep asking me about our intrepid friend, and I really don’t have an answer. Yet. But y’know what? I’m thinkin’ she’s]] [[LargeHam BAAAAAAAAAAAACK!'']]
* SiliconBasedLife: The Ania, being described as made of glass. The Doctor says they're microorganisms taking form upon contact with any solids, both crystalline and amorphous. He also describes then as dangerous predators, able to rip apart anyone in mere seconds.
* TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler: Missy. She sets up much of the plot by giving a fake orb to Nightmare as [[DeadlyPrank a prank]]. She claims that he has that Dalek mindset. The Ania preying on people and other casualties happen to be collateral damage, as Jocelyn quickly called her out on it. Naturally, Nightmare is less than pleased with the revelation.]]
* WhamLine: In regards to where the shard causing the Ania to rise up and attack people came from:
--->'''The Doctor''': This shard came from a parallel Earth. Renaissance era. Early 17th century.
** And another one in the next part. Not only that, if one has played [[spoiler: the [[VideoGame/SoulSeries sixth Soul game]], they can figure out who's speaking here.]]
--->[[spoiler: '''Patroklos''': Have you heard of a sword known as Soul Edge?]]
** And in the fourth part:
--->[[spoiler: '''Missy''': “''Oh, he’s not the most reliable sort, I imagine. Can’t really trust him, with that Dalek mindset and all.''"]]
--->'''The Doctor''': ([[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe sighs]]) “[[spoiler:Missy.]] I shouldn’t be surprised it was you.”
* WhatTheHellHero: The Lone Wanderer's and the Doctor's appalled reaction to [[spoiler:Patroklos's desire to indiscriminately kill off the Malfested, regardless of whether or not they actually are affected. While the Lone Wanderer appealed to his better nature, the Doctor went on TheReasonYouSuckSpeech while the Lone Wanderer appealed to Patroklos's better nature.]]
* WholeEpisodeFlashback: [[spoiler:While the third part of All the World's a Stage introduce more characters and plotpoints, the bulk of it was [[MushroomSamba a series of weird flashbacks]] for Jocelyn when she touched Soul Calibur.]]

->''There are many worlds and universes out there, each having its own set of physical laws and constants. One universe has an Earth wrecked by a nuclear war between two great nations. In contrast, another has humanity rising to the stars and set out to seek new civilizations. Meanwhile, there is a universe where superpowered beings defend their home worlds from any threat thought possible. Or another where magic is a way of life in a world torn by a century-long war. And there are others that diverse on a single choice. With these infinite worlds, they form a vast, limitless multiverse. They bring forth infinite possibilities and infinite threats to contend with.''

->''There are many worlds and universes out there, each have their own set of physical laws and constants. One universe has an Earth wrecked by a nuclear war between two great nations. In contrast, another has humanity rising to the stars and set out to seek new civilizations. Meanwhile, there is a universe where superpowered beings defend their home worlds from any threat thought possible. Or another where magic is a way of life in a world torn by a century-long war. And there are others that diverse on a single choice. With these infinite worlds, they form a vast, limitless multiverse. They bring forth infinite possibilities and infinite threats to contend with.''

->''There are many worlds and universes out there, co-existing with one another. Each is comprised of their own set of physical laws and constants that describe them. One universe has an Earth wrecked by a nuclear war between two great nations. In contrast, another has humanity rising to the stars and set out to seek out new civilizations. Meanwhile, there exists a universe where superpowered beings defend their home worlds from any threat thought possible. Or another where magic is a way of life in a world torn by a century-long war. And there are others that diverse on a single choice. With these infinite worlds, they form a vast, limitless multiverse. They bring fourth infinite possibilities and infinite threats to contend with.''

* DifferentWorldDifferentMovies: While Eric was browsing the Extranet to find out about the Mass Effect universe's counterpart of his family as well as its consistency, he found out what games Creator/BioWare had been doing, lasting 28 years from 1995 to 2023. They've released a third game in the Franchise/BaldursGate series called Black Hound. It was obvious they never released Mass Effect. Meanwhile, Franchise/DragonAge was in development at one point but it ended up being too expensive much to make, so it was shelved. VideoGame/JadeEmpire received a sequel on the Xbox 360. Instead, there was the SFX franchise, built on similar premises to Mass Effect. [=BioWare=] had also collaborated with Creator/ObsidianEntertainment on to create some sort of a modern spy RPG called Everything or Nothing, which sounded like VideoGame/AlphaProtocol.

* SciFiHorror: Monsters invoking BodyHorror? Check. CorruptCorporateExecutive (or at least from a lower level)? Also check.

* WhamLine: Partway into the seventh chapter titled {{UsefulNotes/Boston}}, there was this line as Eric was doing his homework: