History Fanfic / TheDarkShardEnemyOfTheLight

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Joker is one of Batman's most iconic foes and has fought him many times and even when he is caught, he usually escapes but he does not have enhanced durability. The only reason he has lived for so long was due to a combination of him always having nearby hostages, people complaining about civil liberties and the Justice League's strict no killing rule. But S.H.I.E.L.D. is an actual governmental division so when he helps the Injustice League attack several cities for ransom and Sean asks for SHEILD's help, [[spoiler:Amanda Waller]] authorizes lethal force and [[spoiler:he is dead by the end of the mission.]]

* ClarkKenting: Averted ''hard'' by Sean. He wears illusions over his polymorphed body, and has the secret identity of Agent Amergin over the secret identity of John Fortune. Sean is taking no chances.

* AdultFear: Several examples.
** For Cheryl, John Constantine's sister and Gemma's mother, when Gemma started dabbling in magic. Imagine your daughter starts playing around with something you watched your brother destroy his life with.
** During the [[spoiler: split worlds event.]] Imagine losing your child and having no idea how to get them back.
** The attack by [[spoiler: Hera]] on the Team's main base. Imagine a having a supremely powerful being attacking your wards in a place they should be safe in order to kill an eight-year-old, and then seemingly killing the teenager that defended said eight-year-old. And you were powerless to stop them.

* RealityEnsues: Joker is one of Batman's most iconic foes and has fought him many times and even when he is caught, he usually escapes but he does not have enhanced durability. The only reason he has lived for so long was due to a combination of him always having nearby hostages, people complaining about civil liberties and the Justice League's strict no killing rule. But S.H.I.E.L.D. is an actual governmental division so when he helps the Injustice League attack several cities for ransom and Sean asks for SHEILD's help, [[spoiler:Amanda Waller]] authorizes lethal force and [[spoiler:he is dead by the end of the mission.]]

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Joker is one of Batman's most iconic foes and has fought him many times and even when he is caught, he usually escapes but he does not have enhanced durability. The only reason he has lived for so long was due to a combination of him always having nearby hostages, people complaining about civil liberties and the Justice League's strict no killing rule. But S.H.I.E.L.D. is an actual governmental division so when he helps the Injustice League attack several cities for ransom and Sean asks for SHEILD's help, [[spoiler:Amanda Waller]] authorizes lethal force and [[spoiler:he is dead by the end of the mission.]]

Starts off as a Dungeons and Dragons/Hellblazer Crossover, then transitions into Young Justice as well. Worm isn't introduced until the third section, a considerable ways into the fic.

* AdultsAreUseless: As in the source material, the Justice league has no idea how to handle its teenage team and several parts of the story make it clear they are a very disorganized group.

* RealityEnsues: Joker is one of Batman's most iconic foes and has fought him many times and even when he is caught he usually escapes but he does not have enhanced durability the only reason he has lived for so long was due to a combination of him always having nearby hostages, people complaining about civil liberties and the Justice League's strict no killing rule. But S.H.I.E.L.D. is an actual governmental division so when he helps the Injustice League attack several cities for ransom and Sean asks for SHEILD's help, [[spoiler:Amanda Waller]] authorizes lethal force and [[spoiler:he is dead by the end of the mission.]]

* TheCowl: Sean bases his costume off of Batman to better scare criminals. Also liberally uses the fear spell.
* TheMagicComesBack: [[spoiler:The mass ritual down to reverse the split worlds woke up a lot of ancient magic forces. Combined with a lot of people realizing that magic was real, it caused some issues.]]
* TheMenInBlack: After [[spoiler:the Prince of Wales is possessed by a demon due to satanic cult Tories]] Ireland and the England create a organization known as S.H.I.E.L.D. (Supernatural Hazards Intelligence Enforcement and Legislative Division) to deal with supernatural threats. America later joins this group.
* TheMasquerade: Unintentionally because mages prefer to keep to their own kind and no one believes magic exists [[spoiler:until a Chaos Lord kidnaps all the children.]]
** Mentioned by Sean while discussing alternative worlds.

* ThouShaltNotKill: One of the Justice League's rules. Sean complains a lot about it as well as the DoubleStandard in how the Justice League treats the murder of humans versus the murder of nonhumans.

* YoungConqueror: After a mission GoneHorriblyWrong- or perhaps GoneHorriblyRight- the Team ends up [[spoiler:conquering Santa Prisca.]] Sean renames it Tropico.

* AdultsAreUseless: as in the source material, the Justice league has no idea how to handle it's teenage team and several parts of the story make it clear they are a very disorganized group.
* AdultFear: several examples.

* AWizardDidIt: the Justice League and other such groups using this as justification for why such and such happened, which governments and scientists hate and creates a block in actually understanding what happened.

* CorruptPolitician: the leading members of the British government in the beginning of the fic.
* CrapsaccharineWorld: there are brightly colored superheroes everywhere spouting out truth and justice. It's also a DeathWorld where there have been several near apocalypses in recent years.
* CrimeFightingWithCash: Sean contemplates using his massive amounts of money he got from [[spoiler: conquering Santa Prisca]] to get rid of an incompetent and likely corrupt government.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Sean in a nutshell. He wields dark magic, is a proficient necromancer, and wears a dark, scary outfit with a skull mask. He also is dedicated to fighting against those that threaten his home, including demons, and heals children in the hospital with his necromancy. Doesn't help that everyone thinks he's a supervillain.

* FictionalCounterpart: it turns out that if a major international organization with a lot of power is staffed almost entirely with people who are members of or have ties to a single U.N. nation it increases international tension. This becomes a plot point when dissatisfaction with the Justice League causes several nations to form national counterparts.

** The magic ritual to protect people against [[spoiler: Starro the Conqueror]] ends up [[spoiler:completely destroying Starro and creating the Red Lantern Corps.]]

* GoodThingYouCanHeal: rather good for everyone else that Sean can heal them. Ends up [[spoiler:healing real!Roy's arm and inspiring a support division within the Team. Gemma, after seeing the more dangerous side of heroics, decides healing is a much better option.]]

!! ''The Dark Shard: Enemy of the Light'' contains examples of the following:

** During the [[spoiler: split worlds event]]. Imagine losing your child and having no idea how to get them back.
** The attack by [[spoiler: Hera]] on the Team's main base. Imagine a having a supremely powerful being attacking your wards in a place they should be safe in order to kill an eight-year-old, and then seemingly killing the teenager that defended said eight-year-old. And you were powerless to stop them.

* DeathWorld: in between the invading aliens, the various conspiracies to control the world, and all the supervillains it's a wonder that the population is as high as it is.
* DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu: the party with Lucifer and other gods in the aftermath of [[spoiler: the split world event]].

* FictionalCounterpart: it turns out that if a major international organization with a lot of power is staffed almost entirely with people who are members of or have ties to a single UN nation it increases international tension. This becomes a plot point when dissatisfaction with the Justice League causes several nations to form national counterparts.
* GenreSavvy: Sean will occasionally lampshade the tropes he sees around him and quotes the EvilOverlordList
* GodIsEvil: Sean is nearly murdered by [[spoiler: Hera, who was trying to kill Cassie, demigoddess daughter of Zeus.]] Zeus also fits due to ignoring the plight of his worshippers because he was upset he was shown up by other gods who did help.

* GoneHorriblyRight: an eccentric billionaire decides to summon a troop of otherworldly enforcers to punish criminals. It works and they start maiming and murdering anyone that breaks the law- including the people breaking laws like ''the speed limit''.
** The magic ritual to protect people against [[spoiler: Starro the Conqueror]] ends up [[spoiler: completely destroying Starro and creating the Red Lantern Corps]].
* GoneHorriblyWrong: [[spoiler: The Prince of Wales attempts to summon a demon. He gets possessed for his trouble and starts eating people]].
* GoodThingYouCanHeal: rather good for everyone else that Sean can heal them. Ends up [[spoiler: healing real!Roy's arm and inspiring a support division within the Team. Gemma, after seeing the more dangerous side of heroics, decides healing is a much better option]].
* GovernmentConspiracy: several examples.
** [[spoiler: The Tory Satanic Cult]]
** Shield, before it went public

** Hits the Justice League hard when they have to deal with several potentially world-leading events in the course of a few months and then have to support the army and cops they nearly replaced in the aftermath.

* MagicKnight: Sean, in his superhero get up, wields both martial might and magic. Later adds a FlamingSword to play the trope even straighter [[spoiler: especially when he invades and ''nukes hell.'']]
* MilitariesAreUseless: PlayedWith. Years of HoldingOutForAHero means that America's armies are underfunded and staffed. However, Sean encourages their usage and Ireland and Britain's armies are quite useful when combined with magic users.
* MutantDraftBoard: Shield is one of the rare non-evil versions, focusing on mages. Helps that it was partially created by mages and is headed by [[spoiler: Dr. Fate]] after Klarion's attack.

* NothingIsTheSameAnymore: [[spoiler: after Klarion the Witch Boy split the worlds, and in response SHIELD summoned every god and higher being they could get their hands on to reverse it (including the devil) a lot of people realized that hey, magic is real. There were... mixed reactions to this.]]
** Even more so in the aftermath of [[spoiler: the Starro attack]]. [[spoiler: The Light has effectively broken up and at each other's throats, there are aliens seeking diplomatic treaties with Earth, and various national hero groups start popping up.]]

* NuclearOption: [[spoiler: Sean and SHIELD decide to ''nuke hell'' to get rid of a security breach]]. Of course, to the Justice League this is the related trope NukeEm.
* OhCrap: at multiple times, mostly when various characters find out about... things
** When Sean finds out that [[spoiler: the Prince of Wales has been possessed by a demon]]
** When the Irish government finds out that [[spoiler: the British government is run by incompetent Tory Satanists that tried to murder the Prince of Wales]]
** When the Justice League, the Light, and Sean find out that [[spoiler: Lucifer is real and active in the human realms]]
** When the ritual to defeat [[spoiler: the mindcontrolling alien starfish that eat people creates the Alaya human totem and catalyzes the Red Lantern Corps]]
** When the Thanagerians and the Oans discover [[spoiler: said Red Lantern]]. Doubles on the Thanagerian part because for years the people in charge of reading Hawkman's and Hawkwoman's reports thought they were "exaggerated" (aka straight up lies)
** When the [[spoiler: the door to Sigil was discovered and Sean realized a Mind Flayer got their hands on a Green Lantern ring]]
** When Sean finds out [[spoiler: the earthquake that caused No Man's Land in Gotham happened]]
* PoliceAreUseless: tears of HoldingOutForAHero means that Metropolis police are mostly just the guys collecting the criminals that Superman catches. Bites Metropolis in the ass hard when aliens invade and Superman can't save them. It ends up with civilian gun owners defending most of Metropolis.
* PragmaticHero: Sean, by nature of being the cleric of a god of pragmatism
* ReligionIsRight: given that the main character is a cleric, and there is a demigoddess on the Justice League, this one is a given.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: after Nergal and his demons [[spoiler: kidnap Constantine and put Black Canary in the hospital]] Sean puts together a plan to get revenge by [[spoiler: nuking hell and arranging Nergal's murder by the First of the Fallen]].

* ShoutOut: Sean renames the banana republic he conquers VideoGame/{{Tropico}}

* TheMagicComesBack: [[spoiler: the mass ritual down to reverse the split worlds woke up a lot of ancient magic forces. Combined with a lot of people realizing that magic was real, it caused some issues.]]
* TheMenInBlack: after [[spoiler: the Prince of Wales is possessed by a demon due to satanic cult Tories]] Ireland and the England create a organization known as SHIELD (Supernatural Hazards Intelligence Enforcement and Legislative Division) to deal with supernatural threats. America later joins this group.
* TheMasquerade: unintentionally because mages prefer to keep to their own kind and no one believes magic exists [[spoiler: until a Chaos Lord kidnaps all the children]]
** mentioned by Sean while discussing alternative worlds
* TheStationsOfTheCanon: despite Sean joining and wildly changing the outcomes of some of the missions, the Team takes almost all the same missions they do in canon until [[spoiler: the Starro attack]] after which things diverge wildly.
* ThereAreNoGlobalConsequences: Averted hard. The aftermath of Klarion's attack and the reveal of SHIELD results in a global awareness of magic and several nations working towards making their own national equivalent of the Justice League.
* ThereAreNoTherapists: averted. Several times after missions gone wrong Sean has to go through psychiatric evaluation and therapy to make sure he doesn't go crazy.
* TheUnmasquedWorld: after Klarion's attack, the global reveal of magic, and the creation of [[spoiler: the Red Lantern Corps]] the magic and aliens start becoming part of life for the everyday man, not just superheroes.
* ThouShaltNotKill: one of the Justice League's rules. Sean complains a lot about it as well as the DoubleStandard in how the Justice League treats the murder of humans verses the murder of nonhumans.
* VengeanceDenied: after Sean is nearly killed by [[spoiler: Hera]], Shield and [[spoiler: the Olympians]] work out a peace treaty. Afterwards Sean grumbles about not being able to take vengeance.
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: the League has a DoubleStandard in how they treat the killing of humans verses the killing of sentient robots. Hint: one of them is basically okay, and it's not the humans.
* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: Hera]] tries to kill Cassie, who's eight years old.
* YoungConqueror: after a mission GoneHorriblyWrong- or perhaps GoneHorriblyRight- the Team ends up [[spoiler: conquering Santa Prisca]]. Sean renames it Tropico.

''[[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/the-dark-shard-enemy-of-the-light-young-justice-si-d-d-fic-cross-hellblazer-worm-from-chapter-3-onwards.544252/reader/ The Dark Shard: Enemy of the Light]]'' is a Sequel/Sidestory of theirishdreamer's previous fic ''Fanfic/InMyTimeOfTroubles''. It's a crossover fic between DC's ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}, WesternAnimation/YoungJustice, TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons, and Literature/{{Worm}}. Due to its nature, there will be spoilers for ''In My Time of Troubles''.

* RealityEnsues: it turns out that if a major international organization with a lot of power is staffed almost entirely with people who are members of or have ties to a single UN nation it increases international tension. This becomes a plot point when dissatisfaction with the Justice League causes several nations to form national counterparts.
** Because the Justice League was effective, funding to police and the army was cut. This becomes a problem when the police and army, ''not'' the Justice League, is needed.

* BlueIsHeroic: during the [[spoiler: split world event caused by Klarion the Witch Boy]], Sean, recognizing he can't command with fear during a terror event, puts on a blue cloak with his cleric uniform.

* ThereAreNoGlobalConsequences: Averted hard. The aftermath of Klarion's attack and the reveal of SHIELD results in a global awareness of magic and several nations working towards making their own national equivalent of the Justice League

* BoxingLessonsForSuperman: Despite being a powerful mage Sean still gets martial training in order to avert being the SquishyMage.

* BrightIsNotGood: in his guise as the ruler/dictator of Tropico, Sean wears bright and cheerful colors. When asked why he quotes the EvilOverlordList.