History Fanfic / TheCameraEyeSeries

* AscendedExtra: Korrina and Aria both play larger roles in the story than they did in canon.
* TheAtoner: [[spoiler: Serena becomes this at the end of ''Any Color You Like'' when she exiles herself back to her home as self-imposed punishment for everything she has done.]]

* DeflectorShield: Protect, Reflect, and Light Screen in action.

* BreakTheCutie: Serena endures this in both ''The Camera Eye'' and ''Any Color You Like.''

** [[spoiler: Subverted during Serena's first battle with Ash. As her frustration with him reaches a boiling point, she appears to be slowly delivering one of these until it twists into an Anguished Declaration of Love and a You Are Better Than You Think You Are speech.]]

** Serena does this for Lillie, but her own words turn against her as she comes to view Lillie as her superior romantic rival.

** Palermo is basically a WhiteDwarfStarlet; she knows a comeback is impossible not only due to her age but because most modern performers are better than she was at her peak, as she's from a time when it was a weekend activity, [[spoiler: therefore chooses instead to trick talented girls into thinking they need her, leeching off their success. Serena is her next target]]

** Palermo is basicaly a WhiteDwarfStarlet; she knows a comeback is impossible not only due to her age but because most modern performers are better than she was at her peak, as she's from a time when it was a weekend activity, [[spoiler: therefore chooses instead to trick talented girls into thinking they need her, leeching off their success. Serena is her next target]]

** Palermo is basicaly a WhiteDwarfStarlet; she knows a comeback is impossible not only due to her age but because most modern performers are better that she was at her peak, as she's from a time when it was a weekend activity, [[spoiler: therefore chooses instead to trick talented girls into thinking they need her, leeching off their success. Serena is her next target]]

** Each story derives its title and most of its chapter titles from the music of a particular band. ''The Camera Eye'' references Rush, and ''Any Color You Like'' references Pink Floyd.

The first story in the series, ''The Camera Eye'', was published on March 1, 2018 and completed on May 3, 2018. ''Any Color You Like'', a direct sequel, was published on October 24, 2018 and completed on January 21, 2019. According to the author, a third story, ''Distance over Time,'' is coming soon. The stories can be read on both Fanfiction.net and Archive of Our Own.

* ''Distance over Time'' - Coming Soon

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"You're the best, you know that?"'']]

The first story in the series, ''The Camera Eye'', was published on March 1, 2018 and completed on May 3, 2018. ''Any Color You Like'', a direct sequel, was published on October 24, 2018 and completed on January 21, 2019. According to the author, a third story is currently being written. The stories can be read on both Fanfiction.net and Archive of Our Own.

* "Part Three" - Coming Soon™

* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: [[spoiler: Serena finally tells Ash that she is in love with him only after surviving a harrowing ordeal in which she nearly drowns, losing an intense, acrimonious battle against Ash that was supposed to be her last-ditch effort to get through to him, and losing her composure to such a degree that she briefly considered ''hitting him.'']]

* {{Backstory}}: [[spoiler: As revealed in a series of flashbacks, Serena ended up at a summer camp with Ash due to a combination of the dissolution of her parents' marriage and her mother's stubborn insistence that she knows what is best for her.]]

* BetaCouple: [[spoiler: Clemont and Korrina.]]
* TheBigDamnKiss: [[spoiler: Serena delivers this to Ash after he defeats Siebold.]]

** Lillie joins her in ''Any Color You Like.'' [[spoiler: However, Serena is the one to break Lillie. Serena breaks herself.]]

** [[spoiler: Serena and Ash were both abandoned by their fathers.]]
** [[spoiler: Aria was essentially signed away to Palermo, and she lives a friendless life, estranged from her family, with her fate almost entirely beyond her control.]]
** [[spoiler: Lillie suffered years of abuse at her mother's hand, effectively imprisoned at the Aether Paradise.]]

* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler: Serena crosses this upon her HeelRealization after breaking into Lillie's diary, leading to her decision to leave.]]

** [[spoiler: Serena is quick to forgive Aria for her deception. Justified given the circumstances in which Aria was operating and the sincerity of her apology.]]
** [[spoiler: Lillie sends Cutiefly after Serena with a note telling her that despite everything, she wants to see Serena again and she hopes she comes back one day.]]

* {{Flashback}}: [[spoiler: The final chapter of ''Any Color You Like'' features a lengthy sequence which depicts the collapse of Serena's parents' marriage and the aftermath.]]

* IronicEcho: Miette describes her battle for Ash's heart against Serena as "love and war." [[spoiler: Later, when Bonnie foils Miette's plan to kiss Ash, Bonnie taunts Miette by saying "all's fair in love and war" as Clemont drags her away.]]

* KickTheDog: [[spoiler: Serena's final act before her Heel Realization is to break into Lillie's diary.]]

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: (spoiler) Everything Serena does to improve her relationship with Ash makes things worse.

* ObfuscatingStupidity: [[spoiler: He's no genius, but Ash is not nearly as clueless as he seems.]]

* PunctuatedForEmphasis: [[spoiler: Serena's parting words to Aria: ''"Get. Away. From me."'']]

* SanitySlippage: [[spoiler: A case of LoveMakesYouCrazy, Serena undergoes this throughout ''Any Color You Like,'' culminating in her HeelRealization.]]
* SequelHook: While ''The Camera Eye'' ended with enough questions left unanswered that a sequel seemed possible, it would have been a reasonable option to end the series after one story. ''Any Color You Like,'' on the other hand, ended on a pseudo-cliffhanger with multiple unresolved plot threads, and with the closing line of TO BE CONTINUED instead of THE END.

** The movies the cast watches on a rainy day in Monego City are all vaguely Pokemon-themed references to real-world films. Serena chooses ''Amelie'' (watch the accent), Ash chooses ''Raiders of the Lost Ark,'' Clemont chooses ''March of the Penguins,'' and Korrina chooses ''Kill Bill, Vol. I.'' Bonnie's original, rejected choice is ''Goodfellas,'' and her second choice (the silent vampire movie) is ''Nosferatu'' (1922).

* ExternalRetcon: Ash did not merely lose the final battle of the Kalos League. [[spoiler: He intentionally called the wrong attack.]]
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: Aria pulls one of these during The Reveal in the first story. However, the morality of her actions is left open to interpretation, and Serena considers Aria's intentions to have been good enough that she eventually views Aria as a friend again.]]

* Fanservice: The make-out scene on the hill outside Pallet Town, all though it is mostly played for drama as one of the early signs of Serena's struggle against LoveMakesYouCrazy.

* HeelRealization: [[spoiler: After spending most of ''Any Color You Like'' trying to place the blame for her problems on anyone other than herself, to the point of projecting Lillie as a Green-Eyed Monster dead-set on stealing Ash from her, Serena realizes that she herself has been the cause of all of her problems. Her realization is the [[DespairEventHorizon rock-bottom]] point on her path of SanitySlippage.]]

* IJustWantToBeNormal: Aria.
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Aria.

* MeaningfulName: Aside from the already obvious allusions to Monaco, Monego City's name is derived from both the local demonym (Monegasque - accent over the e, please) and a portmanteau of "Money" and "Go," alluding to the city's reputation as an opulent playground for the rich.

* GrowingUpSucks: Very much so for Serena, as her entire worldview is shaken to the core by the events which unfold around her.

''The Camera Eye'' is a series of Franchise/{{Pokemon}} anime fanfics by johnny3gud. Told entirely from Serena's perspective, the stories focus on the inner workings of her mind and her interactions with others as she deals with the many trials and tribulations of falling in love with a notoriously dense partner. Initially set late in the canon of the XY&Z anime, the series departs from canon and [[DeconstructionFic deconstructs]] Serena, Ash, their relationship, and the lives of their friends and families.

* {{Flashback}}: [[spoiler: The final chapter of ''Any Color You Like'' features a lengthy sequence which depicts the collapse of Serena's parents' marriage and the aftermath.]]

* DiscOneNuke: Ash brings both Pikachu and Greninja with him to Alola. As such, Serena notes that Ash's second battle against Hau, still a rookie trainer at that time, is a foregone conclusion.

* CombatParkour: Typical technique for Greninja.

* Backstory: [[spoiler: As revealed in a series of flashbacks, Serena ended up at a summer camp with Ash due to a combination of the dissolution of her parents' marriage and her mother's stubborn insistence that she knows what is best for her.]]

* BondingOverMissingParents: [[spoiler: During her confession to him, both Serena and Ash bring up their absentee fathers.]]

* TheAtoner: [[spoiler: Serena becomes this at the end of ''Any Color You Like'' when she exiles herself back to her home as self-imposed punishment for everything she has done.]]

* AntiVillain: [[spoiler: Aria, in the first story, deceives Serena and her friends for the purpose of protecting Serena. Initially, at least.]]

''The Camera Eye'' is a series of Franchise/{{Pokemon}} anime fanfics by johnny3gud. Told entirely from Serena's perspective, the stories focus on the inner workings of her mind and her interactions with others as she deals with the many trials and tribulations of falling in love with a notoriously dense partner. Initially set late in the canon of the X/Y anime, the series departs from canon and [[DeconstructionFic deconstructs]] Serena, Ash, their relationship, and the lives of their friends and families.

* ActionGirl: Korrina comes by it naturally. Serena reluctantly works her way into this role over the course of the series.

!!''The Camera Eye'' Series contains examples of the following tropes:

''The Camera Eye'' is a series of Franchise/{{Pokemon}} anime fanfics by johnny3gud. Told entirely from Serena's perspective, the stories focus on her inner workings and her interactions with others as she deals with the many trials and tribulations of falling in love with a notoriously dense partner. Initially set late in the canon of the X/Y anime, the series departs from canon and deconstructs Serena, Ash, their relationship, and the lives of their friends and families.

The first story in the series, ''The Camera Eye'', was published on March 1, 2018 and completed on May 3, 2018. ''Any Color You Like'', a direct sequel, was published on October 24, 2018 and completed on January 21, 2019. According to the author, a third story is currently being written. The stories are posted on both Fanfiction.net and Archive of Our Own.

* "Part Three" - Coming Soon™

Serena has a crush on Ash. She's had feelings for him for years, and everyone knows it - except him, of course. Always too shy to tell him, Serena thinks her journey with Ash is going to come to an end without ever sharing her feelings with him. Her time to tell him is soon to run out, but that changes when she and her friends receive an all-inclusive vacation in a luxurious coastal city as a reward for helping to save Kalos from Team Flare. Serena gets two extra weeks to confess her feelings to Ash, and so begins a series of events that will change everything between them.

''The Camera Eye'' is a series of Pokemon anime fanfics by johnny3gud. Told entirely from Serena's perspective, the stories focus on her inner workings and her interactions with others as she deals with the many trials and tribulations of falling in love with a notoriously dense partner. Initially set late in the canon of the X/Y anime, the series departs from canon and deconstructs Serena, Ash, their relationship, and the lives of their friends and families.

The first story in the series, ''The Camera Eye'', was published on March 1, 2018 and completed on May 3, 2018. ''Any Color You Like'', a direct sequel, was published on October 24, 2018 and was completed on January 21, 2019. An untitled third story is currently being written.

'The Camera Eye' is a series of Pokemon anime fanfics by johnny3gud. Told entirely from Serena's perspective, the stories focus on her inner workings and her interactions with others as she deals with the many trials and tribulations of falling in love with a notoriously dense partner. Initially set late in the canon of the X/Y anime, the series departs from canon and deconstructs Serena, Ash, their relationship, and the lives of their friends and families.