History Fanfic / ParisBurning

** Others: "Capitals are not kind", "the Cities are getting angry", "Cities are good at keeping secrets"

* Synchronization: Occurs between Twin Cities. One twin's injury can scar the other, and only two cases of one twin surviving when the other dies are currently known.

* FisherKing: While Cities are usually influenced by the state of their lands and people, the reverse is not unheard of. For example, in one chapter of ''Paris Burning'' a torrential rainfall is triggered by Paris' emotional turmoil.

* Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence: Upon dying, if a City meets their fate with more love in their heart than hate, they may “Transcend” rather than becoming Lost. It has been implied that Transcended Cities may have an important role to play in defending the world both from Lost Cities and encroaching eldritch abominations.

Treachery Cover Up: After Atlantis' first war on humanity ended, the Cities who defeated him destroyed all records of the war and forbade any information about it from being shared with humans.

* AlwaysABiggerFish: [[http://thecitysmith.tumblr.com/post/67816207484/what-is-atlantis-afraid-of What is Atlantis afraid of?]]

* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: Upon dying, if a City meets their fate with more love in their heart than hate, they may “Transcend” rather than becoming Lost. Not much information about Transcended Cities has been revealed, but they seem to have good intentions towards humankind.

* TreacheryCoverUp: After Atlantis' first war on humanity ended, the Cities who defeated him destroyed all records of the war and forbade any information about it from being shared with humans, presumably to prevent future human generations from judging all Cities by Atlantis' madness.

* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: Upon dying and/or losing their humans, if a City meets their fate with more love in their heart than hate, they may “Transcend” rather than becoming Lost. Not much information about Transcended Cities has been revealed, but they seem to have good intentions towards humankind.

* {{Atlantis}}: A major plot element. The legendary disaster was caused by the City of Atlantis himself, who wanted to wipe out his humans in order to be free of their control. Having succeeded in this, he decided to share his newfound freedom with his fellow Cities… and if they didn’t want it, he would just have to force them to accept it for their own good.

** Also discussed (in the tags) [[http://thecitysmith.tumblr.com/post/75144844018/thelegendends-when-is-the-last-time-youve here]].

** Related to the being in Antarctica: "join us", "(cold)"[[note]](yes, the parentheses are part of the arc word)[[/note]]

** Others: "Capitals are not kind", "the Cities are getting angry"

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Atlantis, plotting to wipe out sentient species for a better world and brainwashing his opponents in the name of freedom since time immemorial.

** The polar vortex that affected the Midwestern US and Canada in January of 2014 prompted many jokes and comments from readers attributing the cold to Antarctica’s EldritchAbomination.

* GhostMemory: New Cities (that is, new personifications of cities whose old personifications died) experience [[http://thecitysmith.tumblr.com/post/80627199810/when-a-city-absorbs-another-city-like-brighton-with echoes]] of their predecessor memories. Brighton experiences a similar phenomenon after absorbing Hove.

** Cardiff [[BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy was King Arthur]].

* RealPersonFic: Exists in-universe, to [[http://thecitysmith.tumblr.com/post/53428036390/fun-fact-38 mixed reactions]] from those Cities who are aware of it.

''Paris Burning'' can be read [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/825130/chapters/1566309 here]]. The additional worldbuilding can be explored on thecitysmith’s [[http://thecitysmith.tumblr.com blog]] or in the [[http://tumblr.com/tagged/paris-burning Paris Burning tag]] on tumblr.

* TheVoiceless: Sheffield and Mdina.

* ThinksLikeARomanceNovel: Bath. Lampshaded by Plymouth after Bath starts aspiring to [[LoveRedeems redeem someone through love]]:

** Many human cultures regard Cities with wariness and seek to control their activities, or expect them to be paragons of virtue and display perfect, selfless dedication to the needs of their inhabitants.

** Many human cultures regard Cities with wariness and seek to control their activities, or expect them to be paragons of virtue and display perfect, selfless dedication to the needs of their inhabitants. Societies that simply treat Cities as people, without unique demands or responsibilities, are few and far between.

* ImAHumanitarian: Atlantis and his allies [[http://thecitysmith.tumblr.com/post/71974643976/so-there-were-cities-waiting-in-the-water-does-that took advantage of the Titanic disaster to grab a bite to eat]]. thecitysmith explains their motivation for this practice [[http://thecitysmith.tumblr.com/post/78128659085/could-that-morality-of-grow-be-part-of-why-the-lost here]].