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A short story by Tropers/TheLyniezian which again features the WebOriginal/JennyEverywhere character in a supporting role. It's mostly about a woman called Megan who has spent time accompanying Jenny on her adventures, and who has to deal with an awkward encounter with someone from her past, growing up in an oppressive alternate Britain. The most current version can be found on the author's blog [[https://talesoflyniezia.wordpress.com/2019/01/18/grangefield-park/ here.]] Another story by the same author, ''Literature/TheMaybeInvasion'' is a companion piece, dealing with Megan's younger sister Alice.

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A short story by Tropers/TheLyniezian which again features the WebOriginal/JennyEverywhere MediaNotes/JennyEverywhere character in a supporting role. It's mostly about a woman called Megan who has spent time accompanying Jenny on her adventures, and who has to deal with an awkward encounter with someone from her past, growing up in an oppressive alternate Britain. The most current version can be found on the author's blog [[https://talesoflyniezia.wordpress.com/2019/01/18/grangefield-park/ here.]] Another story by the same author, ''Literature/TheMaybeInvasion'' is a companion piece, dealing with Megan's younger sister Alice.
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* ObviousBeta [[invoked]]: As with ''Literature/TheGenesisOfJennyEverywhere'', lampshaded in the blog post for the fact it was initially just put up there when still rough around the edges.

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* ObviousBeta [[invoked]]: ObviousBeta[[invoked]]: As with ''Literature/TheGenesisOfJennyEverywhere'', lampshaded in the blog post for the fact it was initially just put up there when still rough around the edges.
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* ObviousBeta: As with ''Literature/TheGenesisOfJennyEverywhere'', lampshaded in the blog post for the fact it was initially just put up there when still rough around the edges.

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* ObviousBeta: ObviousBeta [[invoked]]: As with ''Literature/TheGenesisOfJennyEverywhere'', lampshaded in the blog post for the fact it was initially just put up there when still rough around the edges.
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%%* WhoWatchesTheWatchmen: The purpose of Sec Mon.

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%%* * WhoWatchesTheWatchmen: The purpose of Sec Mon.Mon is to watchdog the security services, ostensibly at least.
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* {{Asexuality}}: Once more stated in the case of Jenny, which may tie her to the version in ''Literature/TheGenesisOfJennyEverywhere''. (Megan herself appears to be either lesbian or bisexual.)

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* AlienSpaceBats: Not outright stated but there is a reference to a mysterious "Event" bringing about the Commonwealth.

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* AlienSpaceBats: Not outright stated stated, but there is a reference to a mysterious "Event" bringing about the Commonwealth.



* ButchLesbian[=/=]AmbiguouslyBi: Implied somewhat with Megan, to the extent she shows tomboyish traits in her youth and is offhandedly stated to have formed romantic relationships with other women from time to time, none of whom are Jenny. It's not outright stated whether she isn't interested in men, however.

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* ButchLesbian[=/=]AmbiguouslyBi: ButchLesbian: Implied somewhat with Megan, to the extent she shows tomboyish traits in her youth and is offhandedly stated to have formed romantic relationships with other women from time to time, none of whom are Jenny. It's not outright stated whether she isn't interested in men, however.



* CreatorProvincialism: Set in the author's home town. The eponymous park is a real location.
* DeadpanSnarker: Jenny, towards Jack Thompson.
* {{Dystopia}}: The Commonwealth, though things got better.

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* CreatorProvincialism: Set in the author's home town.hometown. The eponymous park is a real location.
* %%* DeadpanSnarker: Jenny, towards Jack Thompson.
* %%* {{Dystopia}}: The Commonwealth, though things got better.



* SecretPolice[=/=]StateSec: The Int Sec or Internal Security Service to which Jack Thompson formerly belonged is a straight example. It's an official and recognised service but operates very much under a cloak of secrecy. There's also Sec Mon (Security Monitoring Service) designed to keep an eye on the secret police, though it's implied to be rare they actually care about too many individual cases.

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* SecretPolice[=/=]StateSec: SecretPolice: The Int Sec or Internal Security Service to which Jack Thompson formerly belonged is a straight example. It's an official and recognised service but operates very much under a cloak of secrecy. There's also Sec Mon (Security Monitoring Service) designed to keep an eye on the secret police, though it's implied to be rare they actually care about too many individual cases.



* {{Tomboy}}: Implied with Megan as a teenager, complete with TomboyishBaseballCap.
* WhoWatchesTheWatchmen: The purpose of Sec Mon.

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* %%* {{Tomboy}}: Implied with Megan as a teenager, complete with TomboyishBaseballCap.
* %%* WhoWatchesTheWatchmen: The purpose of Sec Mon.
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A short story by Tropers/TheLyniezian which again features the WebOriginal/JennyEverywhere character in a supporting role. It's mostly about a woman called Megan who has spent time accompanying Jenny on her adventures, and who has to deal with an awkward encounter with someone from her past, growing up in an oppressive alternate Britain. The most current version can be found on the author's blog [[https://republicoflyniezia.wordpress.com/2018/05/17/grangefield-park-a-short-story-beta-version/ here.]] Another story by the same author, ''Literature/TheMaybeInvasion'' is a companion piece, dealing with Megan's younger sister Alice.

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A short story by Tropers/TheLyniezian which again features the WebOriginal/JennyEverywhere character in a supporting role. It's mostly about a woman called Megan who has spent time accompanying Jenny on her adventures, and who has to deal with an awkward encounter with someone from her past, growing up in an oppressive alternate Britain. The most current version can be found on the author's blog [[https://republicoflyniezia.[[https://talesoflyniezia.wordpress.com/2018/05/17/grangefield-park-a-short-story-beta-version/ com/2019/01/18/grangefield-park/ here.]] Another story by the same author, ''Literature/TheMaybeInvasion'' is a companion piece, dealing with Megan's younger sister Alice.

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Is a better fit in terms of tropes.


* AllohistoricalAllusion: The oppressive regime being a "Commonwealth" ruled over by a "Lord Protector" as a nod to the days of Oliver Cromwell.


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* HistoricalInJoke: The oppressive regime being a "Commonwealth" ruled over by a "Lord Protector" as a nod to the days of Oliver Cromwell.
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Not in the story but the content warning at the beginning:
--> ''Warning: Contains mentions of torture and attempted rape as part of the backstory. Also the [[PrecisionFStrike odd four-letter word]] for those offended by such.''
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* HeterosexualLifePartners: Jenny and Megan.

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* HeterosexualLifePartners: Jenny and Megan. (Although neither of them are strictly heterosexual.)



* SecretPolice[=/=]StateSec: The Int Sec or Internal Security Service to which Jack Thompson formerly belonged is a stright example. It's an official and recognised service but operates very much under a cloak of secrecy. There's also Sec Mon (Security Monitoring Service) designed to keep an eye on the secret police, though it's implied to be rare they actually care about too many individual cases.

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* SecretPolice[=/=]StateSec: The Int Sec or Internal Security Service to which Jack Thompson formerly belonged is a stright straight example. It's an official and recognised service but operates very much under a cloak of secrecy. There's also Sec Mon (Security Monitoring Service) designed to keep an eye on the secret police, though it's implied to be rare they actually care about too many individual cases.
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* WhoWatchesTheWatchmen: The purpose of Sec Mon.
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* AlternateUniverse: in which Britain has endured an oppressive regime and later being taken over by a version of Lyniezia from ''another'' alternate universe.

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* AlternateUniverse: in which Britain has endured an oppressive regime and later being taken over by a version of Lyniezia Lyniezia[[note]]the author's imaginary country, as mentioned elsewhere[[/note]] from ''another'' alternate universe.
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Apparently Unpublished Works can't be linked to from elsewhere anymore, so removed.


* AlternateUniverse: in which Britain has endured an oppressive regime and later being taken over by a version of DarthWiki/{{Lyniezia}} from ''another'' alternate universe.

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* AlternateUniverse: in which Britain has endured an oppressive regime and later being taken over by a version of DarthWiki/{{Lyniezia}} Lyniezia from ''another'' alternate universe.
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* LampshadeHanging: Concerning the fact that certain characters were sending actual paper letter despite the fact it's 2034.
--> Jenny, visibly somewhat distrustful and puzzled by this latest revelation (and only barely paying attention to the equally puzzling fact that people still wrote actual letters placed in actual envelopes), took both envelopes.
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* ObviousBeta: As with ''Literature/TheGenesisOfJennyEverywhere'', lampshaded in the blog post for the fact it was initially just put up there when still rough around the edges.
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* ShoutOut: The NewSpeak-like abbreviations for the various StateSec agencies is meant to be reflective of George Orwell's seminal dystopia ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'', to add to the dystopian flavour.

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The NewSpeak-like abbreviations for the various StateSec agencies is meant to be reflective of George Orwell's seminal dystopia ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'', to add to the dystopian flavour. flavour.
** Thompson's attempted defence of his actions that whatever he did, he "always put Britain first" is a not-too-subtle, darkly satirical reference both to the political group Britain First, and the alleged words of Thomas Mair, killer of late Member of Parliament Jo Cox.
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* ShoutOut: The NewSpeak-like abbreviations for the various StateSec agencies is meant to be reflective of George Orwell's seminal dystopia ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'', to add to the dystopian flavour.
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* ButchLesbian[=/=]AmbiguouslyBi: Megan, to the extent she shows tomboyish traits in her youth and is offhandedly stated to have formed romantic relationships with other women from time to time, none of whom are Jenny. It's not outright stated whether she isn't interested in men, however.

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* ButchLesbian[=/=]AmbiguouslyBi: Implied somewhat with Megan, to the extent she shows tomboyish traits in her youth and is offhandedly stated to have formed romantic relationships with other women from time to time, none of whom are Jenny. It's not outright stated whether she isn't interested in men, however.

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A short story by Tropers/TheLyniezian which again features the WebOriginal/JennyEverywhere character in a supporting role. It's mostly about a woman called Megan who has spent time accompanying Jenny on her adventures, and who has to deal with an awkward encounter with someone from her past, growing up in an oppressive alternate Britain. The most current version can be found on the author's blog [[https://republicoflyniezia.wordpress.com/2018/05/17/grangefield-park-a-short-story-beta-version/ here.]]

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A short story by Tropers/TheLyniezian which again features the WebOriginal/JennyEverywhere character in a supporting role. It's mostly about a woman called Megan who has spent time accompanying Jenny on her adventures, and who has to deal with an awkward encounter with someone from her past, growing up in an oppressive alternate Britain. The most current version can be found on the author's blog [[https://republicoflyniezia.wordpress.com/2018/05/17/grangefield-park-a-short-story-beta-version/ here.]]
]] Another story by the same author, ''Literature/TheMaybeInvasion'' is a companion piece, dealing with Megan's younger sister Alice.


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* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: Megan and her younger sister Alice are stated not to get on and never talk to each other. This is explained more in ''Literature/TheMaybeInvasion''.
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* SelfDepracation: The backstory for this tale according to WordOfGod. Quite obvious with the "Lyniezia" references but also the Commonwealth was originally meant to be a DeconstructiveParody of his silly dictator fantasies and former religious fundamentalism. This story is intended to take a more serious approach, though.

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* SelfDepracation: SelfDeprecation: The backstory for this tale according (according to WordOfGod.[[invoked]] WordOfGod). Quite obvious with the "Lyniezia" references but also the Commonwealth was originally meant to be a DeconstructiveParody of his silly dictator fantasies and former religious fundamentalism. This story is intended to take a more serious approach, though.
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* AlternateUniverse: in which Britain has endured an oppressive regime and later being taken over by a version of UnpublishedWorks/{{Lyniezia}} from ''another'' alternate universe.

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* AlternateUniverse: in which Britain has endured an oppressive regime and later being taken over by a version of UnpublishedWorks/{{Lyniezia}} DarthWiki/{{Lyniezia}} from ''another'' alternate universe.
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* SelfDepracation: The backstory for this tale according to WordOfGod. Quite obvious with the "Lyniezia" references but also the Commonwealth was originally meant to be a DeconstructiveParody of his silly dictator fantasies and former religious fundamentalism. This story is intended to take a more serious approach, though.
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* ButchLesbian[=/=]AmbiguouslyBi: Megan, to the extent she shows tomboyish traits in her youth and is offhandedly stated to have formed romantic relationships with other women from time to time, none of whom are Jenny. It's not outright stated whether she isn't interested in men, however.

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* AttemptedRape: What one of the Int Sec interrogators tried on Megan before the Sec Mn had the offender [[ShotAtDawn put before a firing squad]]..

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* AttemptedRape: What one of the Int Sec interrogators tried on Megan before the Sec Mn Mon had the offender [[ShotAtDawn put before a firing squad]]..squad]].



* CreatorProvincialism: Set in the author's home town.

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* CreatorProvincialism: Set in the author's home town. The eponymous park is a real location.
* DeadpanSnarker: Jenny, towards Jack Thompson.
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* AttemptedRape: What one of the Int Sec interrogators tried on

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* AttemptedRape: What one of the Int Sec interrogators tried on Megan before the Sec Mn had the offender [[ShotAtDawn put before a firing squad]]..
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* {{Asexuality}}: Once more stated in the case of Jenny, which may tie her to the version in ''Literature/TheGenesisOfJennyEverywhere''. (Megan herself appears to be either lesbian or bisexual.)
* AttemptedRape: What one of the Int Sec interrogators tried on
* ColdBloodedTorture: Performed by the Int Sec on anyone they suspected, wanted information out of or generally wanted to pin a confession out of.


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* {{Dystopia}}: The Commonwealth, though things got better.


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* LoopholeAbuse: Megan seems to have delighted in finding any way round the laws that restrict what she can do as a girl or prevent her from having any form of enjoyment.


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* SecretPolice[=/=]StateSec: The Int Sec or Internal Security Service to which Jack Thompson formerly belonged is a stright example. It's an official and recognised service but operates very much under a cloak of secrecy. There's also Sec Mon (Security Monitoring Service) designed to keep an eye on the secret police, though it's implied to be rare they actually care about too many individual cases.


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* StayInTheKitchen: The Commonwealth's attitude to women and girls is pretty much stated to have been this; a thing Megan resented and tried to rebel against.
* {{Tomboy}}: Implied with Megan as a teenager, complete with TomboyishBaseballCap.
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A short story by Tropers/TheLyniezian which again features the WebOriginal/JennyEverywhere character in a supporting role. It's mostly about a woman called Megan who has spent time accompanying Jenny on her adventures, and who has to deal with an awkward encounter with someone from her past, growing up in an oppressive alternate Britain. The most current version can be found on the author's blog [[https://republicoflyniezia.wordpress.com/2018/05/17/grangefield-park-a-short-story-beta-version/ here.]]

!! Tropes present in this work include:

* AlienSpaceBats: Not outright stated but there is a reference to a mysterious "Event" bringing about the Commonwealth.
* AllohistoricalAllusion: The oppressive regime being a "Commonwealth" ruled over by a "Lord Protector" as a nod to the days of Oliver Cromwell.
* AlternateUniverse: in which Britain has endured an oppressive regime and later being taken over by a version of UnpublishedWorks/{{Lyniezia}} from ''another'' alternate universe.
* CreatorProvincialism: Set in the author's home town.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Jenny and Megan.
* PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny: The "Commonwealth" is a pretty straight example. The "Interdimensional Federal Republic of Lyniezia" less so, though it does engage in imperialism.
* StrawmanPolitical: Jack Thompson is this to an extent regarding extreme responses to terrorism, Lyniezia a little bit as regards "liberating" oppressive regimes. Mostly for not-very-well-hidden satire.
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