History Fanfic / MortisMagister

* TheDarkArts: Conversed and played with every which way. The government definition, essentially, boils down to a) BloodMagic, b) anything whose only use is as a weapon (jinxes and hexes) or c) anything PoweredByAForsakenChild. The majority of magical schools teach b), some even teach a)---but only a very few call a spade a spade. Per WordOfGod, even Dark Alchemy (which is IncorruptiblePurePureness with that one exception) exists; Muggles call the result UsefulNotes/NuclearWeapons once they discover it.

A [[TheForties 1940s]] AlternateUniverse FixFic with prime-universe BigBad Tom Riddle being an AntiHero this time around.

Tropes appearing in this fan fic include:

* CoolCar: Abraxas Malfoy's silver 1938 Talbot-Lago. For visual reference, it's this [[https://www.racingheroes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/talbot-lago-coupe-teardrop-5.jpg]]... and did we mention it '''flies'''?

* FunetikAksent: The Malfoys speak in Traditional Received Pronunciation (a la [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1M9ipiZfPk]]; see UsefulNotes/BritishAccents) and this is reflected in the text by his droppin' apostrophes all over the place and speakin' in a frightfull-ear posh way (going to work on a Seturday, for example). [[AvertedTrope Averted]] in the case of Seraphine Bonaparte, who's from Corsica and speaks in GratuitousFrench.

* InterspeciesRomance: [[InformedTrope Informed]] for one of the Blacks. Implied that this actually is the case---or at least interspecies '''sex'''---for Abraxas Malfoy.

* MissingReflection: Malfoy's mirrors are a smartphone FantasyCounterpart; Lucy doesn't show up in them, though her voice carries just fine, making it more like a normal mobile phone for her.

* LivingForeverIsAwesome.

* {{Alchemy}}: Tom, Abraxas, and Seraphine study this--for Tom, it's thanks to a special exception. Aside from Professor Flamel, there are [[ShoutOut]]s to Isaac Newton, Robert Fludd, and Carl Jung.

* AbsentMindedProfessor: Binns. Oh, Merlin, Binns. He can't get anyone's name right; Dumbledore becomes Dimbleby, Bonaparte becomes Wellington, Finnegan becomes Flaherty, Perkins becomes Potter and vice versa... Subverted in that he'll throw cricket balls at anyone not paying attention, and he'll become very interesting indeed if someone stays awake long enough to ask a question.

* FunetikAksent: The Malfoys speak in Traditional Received Pronunciation (a la [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1M9ipiZfPk]]; see UsefulNotes/BritishAccents) and this is reflected in the text by his droppin' apostrophes all over the place and speakin' in a frightfull-ear posh way (going to work on a Seturday, for example). [[AvertedTrope Averted]] in the case of Seraphine Bonaparte, who's French and speaks in PoirotSpeak.

* {Alchemy}: Tom, Abraxas, and Seraphine study this--for Tom, it's thanks to a special exception.

* BrotherhoodOfFunnyHats: Malfoy Sr was in either one of these or an AncientConspiracy. It's implied that some of their rituals centred on the [[{{AppliedPhlebotinum}} Deathly Hallows]]. Or that they're British Nazis. Or both. Then there's Slughorn's [[InsistentTerminology not-a-society]] that [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial doesn't even have a ''name'']]...

* {Bookworm}: Tom Riddle and Seraphine Bonaparte. Abraxas, to a lesser extent.

* CoolCar: Abraxas Malfoy's silver 1938 Talbot-Lago. For visual reference, it's this [[https://www.racingheroes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/talbot-lago-coupe-teardrop-5.jpg]... and did we mention it '''flies'''?

* TheDarkArts: Conversed and played with every which way. The government definition, essentially, boils down to a) BloodMagic, b) anything whose only use is as a weapon (jinxes and hexes) or c) anything PoweredByAForsakenChild. The majority of magical schools teach a) and b)---but some call a spade a spade, some call it a manual digging implement. Per WordOfGod, even Dark Alchemy (which is IncorruptiblePurePureness with that one exception) exists; Muggles call the result UsefulNotes/NuclearWeapons once they discover it.

* {Magitek}: Borgin and Burke's shop is one that repairs these (and makes them on occasion). In general, this is what wizards use instead of or in addition to "Muggle" technology.

* {Narcissist}: Tom. In a way, it's [[JustifiedTrope justified]] and discussed at length.

* Post-ModernMagik: Most magic in this book is in this style.

* SlobsVersusSnobs: The Malfoys are explicitly Snobs, in an Edwardian Britain kind of way.

A [[TheForties 1940s]] AlternateUniverse FixFic with BigBad Tom Riddle being an AntiHero this time around.

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* BrotherhoodOfFunnyHats: Malfoy Sr was in either one of these or an AncientConspiracy. It's implied that some of their rituals centred on the Deathly Hallows

* Bookworm: Tom Riddle and Seraphine Bonaparte.

* DoomedByCanon: We all know that Merope Riddle is dead and that Tom Riddle Sr is a Muggle.

* FriendlyNeighbourhoodVampire: Heavily [[ImpliedTrope implied]] in the case of Lucius Malfoy's colleagues. It's the vampirism that's implied, but with a name like [[Dracula Lucy Westenra]]...

* Narcissist: Tom. In a way, it's [[JustifiedTrope justified]] and discussed at length.

* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: In Abraxas' opinion? Exactly the same as a human, thank you very much. Implied InterspeciesRomance.

* FriendlyNeighbourhoodVampire: Heavily [[ImpliedTrope]] in the case of Lucius Malfoy's colleagues. It's the vampirism that's implied, but with a name like [[Dracula Lucy Westenra]]...

* InterspeciesRomance: [[InformedTrope]] for one of the Blacks. Implied that this actually is the case---or at least interspecies '''sex'''---for Abraxas Malfoy.

* TheSociopath: Tom is explicitly one of these, but high-functioning and not criminally violent. Some of his actions literally qualify for KickTheDog, though.

A [[TheForties|1940s]] Alternate Universe Fix Fic with [[BigBad]] Tom Riddle being an [[AntiHero]] this time around.

A [[TheForties 1940s]] [[AlternateUniverse]] [[FixFic]] with [[BigBad]] Tom Riddle not being bad this time around.