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* NeverMyFault: Washington manages to always find a way to blame the Director for everything that goes wrong in the canyon no matter how many mental gymnastics he has to perform to do it.
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* NeverMyFault: Washington manages to always find a way to blame the Director for everything that goes wrong in the canyon no matter how many mental gymnastics he has to perform to do it. Tucker eventually calls him on it.
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* WhatTheHellHero: After being pushed one step too far, Tucker finally lets loose on Washington for his grudge on the Director reaching ridiculous levels and for all the insane exercises Wash is insisting they perform all the time. Washington in turn loses his cool and tells Tucker that he's tired of being the only person who seems to realize just how precarious the situation in the canyon is.
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* WhatTheHellHero: After being pushed one step too far, Tucker finally lets loose on Washington for his grudge on the Director reaching ridiculous levels and for all the insane exercises Wash is insisting they perform all the time. Washington in turn loses his cool and tells Tucker that he's tired of being the only person who seems to realize just how precarious the situation in the canyon is.is.
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* ATeamFiring: The Director is confirmed to be where AI!Church gets his terrible aim from.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: The Director recognizes himself as one when talking about his past to Dr. Grey. Before he became the Director of Project Freelancer, he once argued with a superior about the treatment of artificial intelligence, only years later for him to torture the Alpha AI based on him so he could find a way to bring back Allison in the form of Agent Texas.
* InSeriesNickname: Prior to Director Church calling himself Private Dallas, Caboose called him 'Doctor Not-Church Church'. Wash and Epsilon had a few...less flattering names, but we never actually see them.
* InSeriesNickname: Prior to Director Church calling himself Private Dallas, Caboose called him 'Doctor Not-Church Church'. Wash and Epsilon had a few...less flattering names, but we never actually see them.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: The Director [[HypocrisyNod recognizes himself as one one]] when talking about his past to Dr. Grey. Before he became the Director of Project Freelancer, he once argued with a superior about the treatment of artificial intelligence, only years later for him to torture the Alpha AI based on him so he could find a way to bring back Allison in the form of Agent Texas.
* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: The Director is confirmed to be where AI!Church gets his terrible aim from.
* InSeriesNickname: Prior to Director Church calling himself Private Dallas, Caboosecalled calls him 'Doctor Not-Church Church'. Wash and Epsilon had a few... less flattering names, but we never actually see them.
* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: The Director is confirmed to be where AI!Church gets his terrible aim from.
* InSeriesNickname: Prior to Director Church calling himself Private Dallas, Caboose
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* SparedByTheAdaptation: The entire premise of the fic is that Carolina forces the Director to atone for his mistakes by living instead of taking the easy way out and killing himself.
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* BadassGay: The Director once walked in on Wyoming and Florida making out in one of the locker rooms.
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* RevengeBeforeReason: Downplayed since it's not a full blown revenge scheme, but Washington is so determined to keep the Director away from anything important that he refuses to let him help repair the communication tower, which is actively hindering their escape attempt. Tucker eventually calls him out on this.
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* RevengeBeforeReason: Downplayed since it's not a full blown revenge scheme, but Washington is so determined to keep the Director away from anything important that he refuses to let him help repair the communication tower, which is actively hindering their escape attempt. Tucker eventually calls him out on this.
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* BadassGay: The Director once walked in on Wyoming and Florida making out in one of the locker rooms.
* NeverMyFault: Washington manages to always find a way to blame the Director for everything that goes wrong in the canyon no matter how many mental gymnastics he has to perform to do it.
* RevengeBeforeReason: Downplayed since it's not a full blown revenge scheme, but Washington is so determined to keep the Director away from anything important that he refuses to let him help repair the communication tower, which is actively hindering their escape attempt. Tucker eventually calls him out on this.
* SwappedRoles: Washington takes full advantage of the fact that he's now the Director's commanding officer.
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* ThatManIsDead: At the end of the story, [[spoiler:the Director of Project Freelancer believes this is the case for himself, noting how much the Reds and Blues and two of his former agents have changed him, as have the many events that have occurred within the last couples of months.]] As far as he is concerned, [[TitleDrop the Director of Project Freelancer is Dead]], and all that is left is a better man by the name of Dallas.
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* ThatManIsDead: At the end of the story, [[spoiler:the Director of Project Freelancer believes this is the case for himself, noting how much the Reds and Blues and two of his former agents have changed him, as have the many events that have occurred within the last couples of months.]] As far as he is concerned, [[TitleDrop the Director of Project Freelancer is Dead]], and all that is left is a better man by the name of Dallas.Dallas.
* WhatTheHellHero: After being pushed one step too far, Tucker finally lets loose on Washington for his grudge on the Director reaching ridiculous levels and for all the insane exercises Wash is insisting they perform all the time. Washington in turn loses his cool and tells Tucker that he's tired of being the only person who seems to realize just how precarious the situation in the canyon is.
* WhatTheHellHero: After being pushed one step too far, Tucker finally lets loose on Washington for his grudge on the Director reaching ridiculous levels and for all the insane exercises Wash is insisting they perform all the time. Washington in turn loses his cool and tells Tucker that he's tired of being the only person who seems to realize just how precarious the situation in the canyon is.
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* CruelMercy: What the Director believes Carolina sparing him was. Considering he was at the end of his rope by the time she found him, her stopping him from killing himself and leaving him with the only presumable last footage he had of his wife was a much crueler punishment than him being put on trial.
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* AmazonChaser: After witnessing Dr. Grey giving the space pirate a "check-up" and previously noting the ShipTease between her and the Director, Tucker's convinced that he is ''definitely'' the guy Church was based on, considering he was attracted to Texas.
-->'''Tucker:''' You know what, I take it back. Being attracted to a chick that could probably kill you? You and Church are absolutely the same person.
-->'''Tucker:''' You know what, I take it back. Being attracted to a chick that could probably kill you? You and Church are absolutely the same person.
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* TheAtoner: The Director. Having spent most of his life making one mistake after another, while feeling he doesn't deserve it, he is more than willing to try and make amends, even when Washington (at least early on) and Epsilon rag on him.
* DeathSeeker: The Director is this for a good short while, overwhelmed by his grief and past failures. Thankfully, he gets better with the help of the Reds and Blues.
* DeathSeeker: The Director is this for a good short while, overwhelmed by his grief and past failures. Thankfully, he gets better with the help of the Reds and Blues.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: The Director recognizes himself as one when talking about his past to Dr. Grey. Before he became the Director of Project Freelancer, he once argued with a superior about the treatment of artificial intelligence, only years later for him to torture the Alpha AI based on him so he could find a way to bring back Allison in the form of Agent Texas.
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* ShipTease: To say that the Director and Dr. Grey have a bit of chemistry going on would be a bit of an understatement, something Tucker is quick to pick up on.
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* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Given that he's been solely focused on bringing back his dead wife, the Director wasn't made aware of certain events the Reds and Blues took part in. He's heavily confused when he learns the Reds and Blues fought C.T, who Agent Texas killed years ago (though neither is made aware that "C.T" was actually the former agent's lover and a member of the insurrections who donned the armor in her memory).
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* ForWantOfANail: Rather than leave him behind with her gun, Carolina decides to have him pay for his crimes and brings her with them, which of course leads to the Director to be stranded on
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* ForWantOfANail: Rather than leave him behind with her gun, Carolina decides to have him pay for his crimes and brings her with them, which of course leads to the Director to be stranded onon Chorus with the rest of the Reds and Blues, which puts him into direct conflict with Charon Industries.
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* SecretKeeper: Only the Reds and Blues, as well as Carolina and Washington, know that Dallas is actually the Director of Project Freelancer. [[spoiler:They aren't the only ones, however, as Charon Industries are also aware that the Director is still alive seeing as how officials never discovered a corpse.]]
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* ForWantOfANail: Carolina chooses not leave fulfill the Director's request of giving him her pistol.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Throughout the story, Felix makes a number of remarks towards the Director, known as Dallas to everyone else, in reference to Project Freelancer as if he knows full well who "Dallas" actually is. [[spoiler:As it turns out, he knows full well Dallas is the Director of Project Freelancer because A) the UNSC NeverFoundTheBody, B) Dallas conveniently appeared shortly after the Reds and Blues supposedly dealt with the Director and C) the Director named himself after a city in Texas, with Agent Texas being his favorite agent in the eyes of others.]]
* ForgivenButNotForgotten: Near the end of the story's events of Season 11, Washington makes it clear that, while he has forgiven the Director to some extent, he also cannot forget the horrible actions he committed towards Washington and his fellow Freelancer comrades. [[spoiler:Carolina also makes a similar remark at the end of the story, though even she is still struggling to forgive the man.]]
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* ForgivenButNotForgotten: Near the end of the story's events of Season 11, Washington makes it clear that, while he has forgiven the Director to some extent, he also cannot forget the horrible actions he committed towards Washington and his fellow Freelancer comrades. [[spoiler:Carolina also makes a similar remark at the end of the story, though even she is still struggling to forgive the man.]]
* ForWantOfANail: Rather than leave him behind with her gun, Carolina
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* MeaningfulRename: Director Leonard Church renames himself Private Dallas, both to differentiate himself from Epsilon!Church and so that he doesn't give away that he (a war criminal) is with the Reds and Blues.
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* MeaningfulRename: Director Leonard Church renames himself Private Dallas, both to differentiate himself from Epsilon!Church and so that he doesn't give away that he (a war criminal) is with the Reds and Blues. Dallas is a city located in Texas, [[spoiler:which Felix is ''very'' quick to pick up on.]]
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* ReplacementGoldfish: Caboose more or less treats the Director similar to Church, though he does recognize the two are different people, even if the Alpha A.I. was based on him.
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* ReplacementGoldfish: Caboose more or less treats the Director similar to Church, though he does recognize the two are different people, even if the Alpha A.I. was based on him. On the other hand, Tucker unconsciously treats him as if he was Church and mistakenly calls him "Church" when getting into a heated argument with Washington.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: The Director, Washington and Tucker. Given their past history, Washington isn't the least bit pleased he has to work with the Director and takes every opportunity to ridicule or spite him in different ways, which the Director takes seeing as how he believes he's more than deserved the hate. On the other hand, Tucker quickly becomes fed up with Washington's petty attitude towards the Director (partially on account of Tucker unconsciously treating the old man as a ReplacementGoldfish) and him constantly having them train when there doesn't look like there is a threat.
* ThatManIsDead: At the end of the story, [[spoiler:the Director of Project Freelancer believes this is the case for himself, noting how much the Reds and Blues and two of his former agents have changed him, as have the many events that have occurred within the last couples of months.]] As far as he is concerned, [[TitleDrop the Director of Project Freelancer is Dead]], and all that is left is a better man by the name of Dallas.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: The Director, Washington and Tucker. Given their past history, Washington isn't the least bit pleased he has to work with the Director and takes every opportunity to ridicule or spite him in different ways, which the Director takes seeing as how he believes he's more than deserved the hate. On the other hand, Tucker quickly becomes fed up with Washington's petty attitude towards the Director (partially on account of Tucker unconsciously treating the old man as a ReplacementGoldfish) and him constantly having them train when there doesn't look like there is a threat.
* ThatManIsDead: At the end of the story, [[spoiler:the Director of Project Freelancer believes this is the case for himself, noting how much the Reds and Blues and two of his former agents have changed him, as have the many events that have occurred within the last couples of months.]] As far as he is concerned, [[TitleDrop the Director of Project Freelancer is Dead]], and all that is left is a better man by the name of Dallas.
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In other words: What if... Carolina didn't let the Director take the easy way out? What if she took him with her and made him join the Reds and Blues?
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In other words: What if... Carolina didn't let the Director take the easy way out? What if she took him with her and made him join the Reds and Blues?
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* InSeriesNickname: Prior to Director Church calling himself Private Dallas, Caboose called him 'Doctor Not-Church Church'. Wash and Epsilon had a few... less flattering names, but we never actually see them.
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* NonActionGuy: Armor or not, the Director is still a middle-aged man with no military experience and horrendous aim.
* ReformedButRejected: Epsilon and the two Freelancers are very slow to trust the Director, for obvious reasons. The former simtroopers are much more amiable, since they haven't had any actual personal issue with him.
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* NonActionGuy: Armor or not, the Director is still a middle-aged man with no military experience and horrendous aim.
aim. That said, he more than makes up for it with leadership skills, his intelligence and his wits.
* NotSoAboveItAll: As the story progresses, it becomes apparent that the Director, for all his stoicism and aloof behavior, can be just as sarcastic and as much of a DeadpanSnarker as Epsilon.
* ReformedButRejected: Epsilon and the two Freelancers are very slow to trust the Director, for obvious reasons. The former simtroopers are much more amiable, since they haven't had any actual personal issue with him.
* ReplacementGoldfish: Caboose more or less treats the Director similar to Church, though he does recognize the two are different people, even if the Alpha A.I. was based on him.
* NotSoAboveItAll: As the story progresses, it becomes apparent that the Director, for all his stoicism and aloof behavior, can be just as sarcastic and as much of a DeadpanSnarker as Epsilon.
* ReformedButRejected: Epsilon and the two Freelancers are very slow to trust the Director, for obvious reasons. The former simtroopers are much more amiable, since they haven't had any actual personal issue with him.
* ReplacementGoldfish: Caboose more or less treats the Director similar to Church, though he does recognize the two are different people, even if the Alpha A.I. was based on him.
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* MeaningfulRename: Director Leonard Church renames himself Private Dallas, both to differentiate himself from Epsilon!Church and so that he doesn't give away that he (a war criminal) is with the Reds and Blues.Blues.
* ReformedButRejected: Epsilon and the two Freelancers are very slow to trust the Director, for obvious reasons.
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* TheAtoner: The Director.
* ForWantOfANail: Carolina chooses not leave fulfill the Director's request of giving him herpistol.pistol.
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* ForWantOfANail: Carolina chooses not leave fulfill the Director's request of giving him her
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->''"I never had the chance to serve in battle. Nor did fate provide me the opportunity to sacrifice myself for humanity as it did for so many others in the Great War."''
-->'''Dr. Leonard Church'''
''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/4008994 The Director of Project Freelancer is Dead]]'' is the story of how Dr. Leonard Church died, in order to finally live again, with a familiar group of simulation soldiers and two less-than-forgiving Freelancers as his guide.
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* ForWantOfANail: Carolina chooses not leave fulfill the Director's request of giving him her pistol.
-->'''Dr. Leonard Church'''
''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/4008994 The Director of Project Freelancer is Dead]]'' is the story of how Dr. Leonard Church died, in order to finally live again, with a familiar group of simulation soldiers and two less-than-forgiving Freelancers as his guide.
Setting: Seasons 11 + 12 AU
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* ForWantOfANail: Carolina chooses not leave fulfill the Director's request of giving him her pistol.
