History Fanfic / SlayersTrilogy

* CrapsaccharineWorld: The alternate future with the Dragons. Peace and order everywhere, death was rare, massive technological and theological advancements, and criminals were extinct! The problem? [[spoiler:To make sure that this peace and order is never disturbed, all humans were purged of any and all evil thoughts, stripping them of their free will]].

Begun in 1998 by Creator/{{Twoflower}} (If his name sounds familiar, it's probably because you've read or heard of one of his other works, ''Lierature/SailorNothing''), ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}} Trilogy'' is what TF calls a "dramedy epic trilogy", which sums up the premise rather nicely. The story begins when Lina accidentally breaks a priceless magical artifact belonging to the Sailoon royal family, one with the potential to open up a whole new school of magic. At risk of being lynched by Sailoon's citizens, Lina (and Gourry) agrees to go a-questing for the means to reconstruct the artifact, and sure enough Zelgadis, Amelia, Xelloss, and Naga manage to get caught up in their quest along the way. But what starts as "just another adventure" quickly snowballs into an epic battle with the fate of the Red World hanging in the balance. [[ButWaitTheresMore And that's just in Reflect.]]

Begun in 1998 by Creator/{{Twoflower}} (If his name sounds familiar, it's probably because you've read or heard of one of his other works, ''LightNovel/SailorNothing''), ''Lierature/{{Slayers}} Trilogy'' is what TF calls a "dramedy epic trilogy", which sums up the premise rather nicely. The story begins when Lina accidentally breaks a priceless magical artifact belonging to the Sailoon royal family, one with the potential to open up a whole new school of magic. At risk of being lynched by Sailoon's citizens, Lina (and Gourry) agrees to go a-questing for the means to reconstruct the artifact, and sure enough Zelgadis, Amelia, Xelloss, and Naga manage to get caught up in their quest along the way. But what starts as "just another adventure" quickly snowballs into an epic battle with the fate of the Red World hanging in the balance. [[ButWaitTheresMore And that's just in Reflect.]]

Begun in 1998 by Creator/{{Twoflower}} (If his name sounds familiar, it's probably because you've read or heard of one of his other works, ''Literature/SailorNothing''), ''Lierature/{{Slayers}} Trilogy'' is what TF calls a "dramedy epic trilogy", which sums up the premise rather nicely. The story begins when Lina accidentally breaks a priceless magical artifact belonging to the Sailoon royal family, one with the potential to open up a whole new school of magic. At risk of being lynched by Sailoon's citizens, Lina (and Gourry) agrees to go a-questing for the means to reconstruct the artifact, and sure enough Zelgadis, Amelia, Xelloss, and Naga manage to get caught up in their quest along the way. But what starts as "just another adventure" quickly snowballs into an epic battle with the fate of the Red World hanging in the balance. [[ButWaitTheresMore And that's just in Reflect.]]

Begun in 1998 by Creator/{{Twoflower}} (If his name sounds familiar, it's probably because you've read or heard of one of his other works, ''Literature/SailorNothing''), ''Slayers Trilogy'' is what TF calls a "dramedy epic trilogy", which sums up the premise rather nicely. The story begins when Lina accidentally breaks a priceless magical artifact belonging to the Sailoon royal family, one with the potential to open up a whole new school of magic. At risk of being lynched by Sailoon's citizens, Lina (and Gourry) agrees to go a-questing for the means to reconstruct the artifact, and sure enough Zelgadis, Amelia, Xelloss, and Naga manage to get caught up in their quest along the way. But what starts as "just another adventure" quickly snowballs into an epic battle with the fate of the Red World hanging in the balance. [[ButWaitTheresMore And that's just in Reflect.]]

* FantasyGunControl: Partially averted. One of the villains in ''Reflect'' makes use of a six-shot musket, but it's mentioned that the gun in question is a prototype that was only invented a few weeks before the series started.

The Reflect/Chaos/Rebirth Trilogy can be found in its entirety [[http://stefangagne.com/slayers/trilogy.html/ here]].

The Reflect/Chaos/Rebirth Trilogy can be found in its entirety on Twoflower's homepage, [[http://stefangagne.com/twoflower/ here]].

* CanonImmigrant: "OOOHHOOHOOHHOOHOHHOOOO!" Take a guess.

* EvilTwin: Played with. A major plot point of Reflect deals with the characters facing "the worst within", but the worst within [[spoiler: isn't an evil twin exactly so much as it is the result of the worst possible outcome for the character. Mirror Lina, for instance, is the result of what Lina would have become had she failed to defeat Shabranigdo in Slayers Classic.]]

* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler: Naga]] has one of these in Rebirth after [[spoiler: Sailoon is leveled.]]

* LukeIAmYourFather: More like [[spoiler: Xellos I Am Your Son.]]

* [[spoiler: OrderVersusChaos:]] The overarching conflict of the entire trilogy.

* ShoutOut: A shady character offers to sell [[VideoGame/TheSecretOfMonkeyIsland a map to the Legendary Lost Treasure of Melee Island]].

* BrotherChuck: Averted with Naga, who shows up early on and plays an important role in the story, but played straight with Syphiel and Filia, who aren't even mentioned.

* YouWillKnowWhatToDo: The second part starts out with [[spoiler:The Lord of Nightmares]]tasking Lina with gathering the Wingless Ones, but she does not explain anything about it, merely telling "You will soon have help".

* LightIsNotGood: An alternate futre showing where Lina screwed up Giga Restoration showed what would happen if the [[CrapsaccharineWorld Dragons completely ruled the world]].

''That's just the sort of person Lina was, always active, always leading an exciting life. Randomly moving from situation to situation. She was like a monster reincarnation of some hero long gone; a girl on the move, just lucky enough to be totally confident.''\\

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Begun in 1998 by Stefan Gagne/Twoflower (If his name sounds familiar, it's probably because you've read or heard of one of his other works, ''SailorNothing''), ''Slayers Trilogy'' is what TF calls a "dramedy epic trilogy", which sums up the premise rather nicely. The story begins when Lina accidentally breaks a priceless magical artifact belonging to the Sailoon royal family, one with the potential to open up a whole new school of magic. At risk of being lynched by Sailoon's citizens, Lina (and Gourry) agrees to go a-questing for the means to reconstruct the artifact, and sure enough Zelgadis, Amelia, Xelloss, and Naga manage to get caught up in their quest along the way. But what starts as "just another adventure" quickly snowballs into an epic battle with the fate of the Red World hanging in the balance. [[ButWaitTheresMore And that's just in Reflect.]]

** In the same chapter, mention is made of a map offering a guided tour of the Incredibly Dangerous Training Grounds of [[RanmaOneHalf Juh Sen Kayo]].

->The first, and arguably the best work in Slayers to date.\\
-- '''Creator/{{Twoflower}}''', summarizing ''Slayers Trilogy''

It takes a lot of balls give your fanfic a summary like that. Assuming your would-be readers don't simply roll their eyes and move on to the next story, you're likely to get a reputation for being completely full of yourself when the hype backlash kicks in.

But when your name is Twoflower and the fanfic series in question is the ''Slayers Reflect/Chaos/Rebirth Trilogy'', there is no such thing as hype backlash, and nothing else will adequately describe what it is you have written.

-- '''{{Twoflower}}''', summarizing ''Slayers Trilogy''

* ShoutOut: A shady character offers to sell [[MonkeyIsland a map to the Legendary Lost Treasure of Melee Island]].

The Reflect/Chaos/Rebirth Trilogy can be found in its entirety on Twoflower's homepage, [[http://www.pixelscapes.com/twoflower/ here]].

* BadassBoast: Naga and a lesser mazoku turn this into a "who has more evil deeds to their name" competition. Amusingly, [[HeroicSociopath Naga wins.]]

It takes a lot of balls give your fanfic a summary like that. Assuming your would-be readers don't simply roll their eyes and move on to the next story, you're likely to get a reputation for being completely full of yourself when the hype backlash kicks in.

Begun in 1998 by Stefan Gagne/Twoflower (If his name sounds familiar, it's probably because you've read or heard of one of his other works, ''SailorNothing''), ''Slayers Trilogy'' is what TF calls a "dramedy epic trilogy", which sums up the premise rather nicely. The story begins when Lina accidentally breaks a priceless magical artifact belonging to the Sailoon royal family, one with the potential to open up a whole new school of magic. At risk of being lynched by Sailoon's citizens, Lina (and Gourry) agrees to go a-questing for the means to reconstruct the artifact, and sure enough Zelgadis, Amelia, Xelloss, and Naga manage to get caught up in their quest along the way. But what starts as "just another adventure" quickly snowballs into an epic battle with the fate of the Red World hanging in the balance. [[ButWaitTheresMore And that's just in Reflect.]]

* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Lina metaphorically punching out [[spoiler:the very personification of Order, a being who is the equal of the Lord of Nightmares]].

* KilledOffForReal: Poor [[spoiler: Lilly]] in Rebirth.

* ThePowerOfLove: Love, natch. Also directly invoked by Lina during the finale of Chaos to defeat one of the nightmares.

** Not to mention the many {{Discworld}} references. There's a reason why the author called himself Twoflower.

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* OriginalCharacter: While several exist, the most significant is Dayvid.