History Fanfic / PackStreet

** In the mini-story "Transformation", the entire narrative implies that the main character is Martin. [[spoiler:It's actually Charlie]].
* BizarreTasteInFood: Remmy, a prey mammal who eats "bugburgas", a predator food. Come "Chum", he adds fish to his diet as well. Doubles as AscendedToCarnivorism.

* ChekhovsGunman: Twice now Weaver has hidden a character who later turns out to be an important part of the story as a seemingly unrelated drawing long before they actually show up. Specifically, Pandora and [[spoiler:Kenny]].

The written stories can be read [[http://pastebin.com/u/packstreet on their Pastebin]] and [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/12141837/chapters/27547896 on AO3]].

* TrueCompanions/VitriolicBestBuds: The pack can be best described as a combination of these tropes. They give each other grief constantly, but when push comes to shove, they've got each other's backs.

* FromBadToWorse: [[spoiler:At the end of the "full" version of "Wannabite", the savage outbreaks may be over, but the predator populace knows it was a sheep ploy against them... and they know Remmy lives in the area. The end is essentially Remmy barricading himself in his apartment and huddling in a corner, terrified for his life in the face of what he can see coming.]]

** "Wannabite": [[spoiler:The savage outbreak is done with and the truth is revealed. Remmy is relieved, until the newscast he's watching speaks of how the conspiracy was run by sheep, and he looks out the window only to see a furious anti-sheep demonstration, and the predators taking part see him up at the window. Remmy is clearly in trouble.]]

** "Chomper" -- a old-fashioned and very politically incorrect nickname for predators as a whole, referencing their teeth.

* IconicItem: Remmy often sports a T-shirt that simply reads "MELES MELES"[[labelnote:note]]The scientific name of the European badger[[/labelnote]]

* HowWeGotHere: The story opens (via the "Wannabite" comic) with Remmy, already moved in, watching the announcement of the Bellwether scandal on TV. The rest of the story is about the events leading up to that point, which it does in the story of the same title.

* AprilFoolsDay: "Ruin", posted on April 1, came immediately after the CliffHanger ending of "Wannabite", and is set up as a serious, dramatic continuation...before swiftly devolving into what would happen if the fans started RunningTheAsylum. Massive {{Flanderization}} immediately sets in, with Charlie going full ''Film/RainMan''; Avo smugly comments on the FanPreferredCouple, all of the males immediately become interested in each other, etc.

* RecursiveFanfiction: This series is popular enough that it's spawned knock-off fanfictions, mostly on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn.

* UnwantedHarem: Yes, Remmy somehow manages to get the affections in some way of every female in Pack Street except Pandora and Velvet.

** "Wannabite": [[spoiler:The savage outbreak is done with and the truth is revealed. Remmy is relieved, until the newscast he's watching speaks of how the conspiracy was run by sheep, and he looks out the window only to see a furious anti-sheep demonstration, and the predators taking part see him up at the window. Remmy is clearly in ''deep'' trouble.]]

[[http://pastebin.com/u/packstreet The written stories can be read here]], and Weaver has expressed interest in moving it to Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn alongside his other project, ''Fanfic/RoommatesMemoirsOfTheHairlessApe''.

[[http://pastebin.com/u/packstreet The written stories can be read here]], and Weaver has expressed interest in moving it to Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn alongside his other project, ''Fanfic/RoommatesMemoirsOfAHairlessApe''.

[[http://pastebin.com/u/packstreet The written stories can be read here]], and Weaver has expressed interest in moving it to Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn alongside his other project, ''Roommates: Memoirs of a Hairless Ape''.

[[http://imgur.com/a/0qa7h The comic Wannabite can be read here]]

[[http://pastebin.com/u/packstreet The written stories can be read it here]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Some of the Pack Street crew relaxing.[[labelnote:note]]Left to right: Marty, Ozzy, Charlie, Al, Wolter, Anneke, Avo[[/labelnote]]]]

->''Sheep don't eat meat.''
-->'''Remmy'''

* {{Irony}}: Remmy is the most individualist character in the story, misunderstanding the group mentality shared among the street and causing them to think he's arrogant. [[AnimalStereotypes He is a sheep.]]

* NeighbourhoodFriendlyGangsters: With the exception of Charlie, none of them are actually criminals, but the Pack itself (realistically) blurs the line between this and a social organization when we finally find out how it actually works. It's eventually laid bare: they're an oppressed minority group in a city of immigrants, and they've got an informal code to protect each other. If one of the members has some kind of need--be it necessities, small amounts of money, help--everyone else is expected to pitch in to help, and [[TheDon the Alpha]] will do whatever he can to get it if need be. In return, people pay tribute to him not as a demand, but as a gesture of respect, and if you're going to get anywhere, you have to be willing to be humble before him. [[TheMafia Sound familiar?]] (Especially intesting considering that the setting already ''has'' the actual Mafia.)

** A huge part of the problem between Remmy and his neighbors is that neither side is really open to communicating with each other. In particular, the predators make a lot of assumptions about Remmy understanding their pack culture and deliberately refusing to play along. This comes to a boil in "Fall Back", where Remmy finally gets sick of his neighbors just assuming he understands everything they say or do and letting them having for this attitude. Unfortunately for everyone, he gets a little ''too'' heated in his complaints.
*** This really comes to the surface when we get an outside view in the form of Avo's narration in a spinoff: she thinks he's treating the Pack like a gang and bristling under accepting Al's ToughLove leadership style, whereas he completely misses the unspoken "you help me, I help you" vibe and just wants to be left alone.

** "Savages" [[spoiler:Pandora goes savage, Charlie thinks that [[SurvivorGuilt it should have been her]], Anekke is too shaken to enjoy a night on the town, and a graffiti mural that Remmy admired gets vandalized.]]
** "Wannabite" [[spoiler:The savage outbreak is ended and the truth is revealed. But all the predators know it was sheep who were behind it, and Remmy is clearly in deep, ''deep'' trouble...]]

* BaitAndSwitch: [[spoiler:When Velvet, a government worker is waiting for Ozzy and Remmy at the apartment building and expressing severe disappointment in them, you might think she's found out about their participation in the recent crime. Nope! She's actually upset that Remmy (unintentionally) made Ozzy late for his appointment.]]

* PoorCommunicationKills: A huge part of the problem between Remmy and his neighbors is that neither side is really open to communicating with each other. In particular, the predators make a lot of assumptions about Remmy understanding their pack culture and deliberately refusing to play along. This comes to a boil in "Fall Back", where Remmy finally gets sick of his neighbors just assuming he understands everything they say or do and letting them having for this attitude. Unfortunately for everyone, he gets a little ''too'' heated in his complaints.

* RecursiveFanfiction: The series is popular enough that it's spawned knock-off fanfictions, mostly on ArchiveOfOurOwn.

* GuiltByCoincidence: In the text version of "Wannabite", things are ''much'' worse for Remmy than they seemed even in the comics, implying that this will happen to him. Consider that:

* RecursiveFanfiction: The series is popular enough that it's spawned knock-off fanfictions, most commonly on the fiction website "An Archive Of Our Own".

* HowWeGotHere: The story opens with Remmy, already moved in, watching the announcement of the Bellwether scandal on TV. The rest of the story is about the events leading up to that point.

* OhCrap: Remmy has this reaction in the original comic when [[spoiler: watching the news of Bellwether's arrest.]]

* WhamEpisode: "Savages" [[spoiler:Pandora goes savage, Charlie thinks that [[SurvivorGuilt it should have been her]], Anekke is too shaken to enjoy a night on the town, and a graffiti mural that Remmy admired gets vandalized.]]