History Literature / SpectralShadows

As of now, the first and second pages have been delinked, due to the author wanting to focus more on Serial 11, however if you ''really'' want, you can access the beginning of the series here[[http://spectralshadows.livejournal.com/2004/06/04/]].

* [[{{WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids}} What Do You Mean, It's Not For Kids?]]: At a first glance, it might look like a cute kid's story, with the animal characters, bright, colorful artwork, and a beginning serial that looks like something out of Bambi. Take a skip down to Serial 11 sometime.

* {{Write Who You Know}}: Several of the author's friends and enemies have been written into the story, with or without their consent, regardless of their feelings about it.

!!InGalTeNet databases place the following tropes in this work:

* {{Badass Normal}}: The Amazing Detectives Agency and Ratzo DiCaro definitely count. Pretty much, anyone in Noir. Also Jasper when he's [[spoiler: Not the Shadow Cat]].

* {{Character Development}}: Rael, Jon, Christine, Vicki, Kacey, Ratzo, Clover Lappina, heck any named character has a fair chance at eventually undergoing this. [[spoiler: Lappina even got to the point where she confessed all her crimes to Ratzo DiCaro, a Norian Detective. To the Noiran religion, this is akin to a sinner fully disclosing all sins to a clergyman. Keep in mind that Lappina used to be a gang member]].

* {{Crapsacchire World}}: Some of the towns can be seen as this.

* {{Everything's Worse With Bees}}: Blair Montgomery's "Secret Weapon".

* {{Wicked Culture}}: Omega in Serial 2 might be this.

You can read Spectral Shadows either on its official Live Journal page[[http://spectralshadows.livejournal.com/]], or on Perri Rhoades' Fur Affinity page[[http://www.furaffinity.net/user/perrirhoades/]]. Now has its own wiki [[http://spectralshadows.wikispaces.com]].

* {{Shout Out}}: Much like Homages, there's plenty of them in all sorts of shapes and sorts. Some fall more into the category of being obvious knock offs due to the author using a large amount of ideas from other series they were interested in.

* {{Fanfic}}: In the form of an {{Alternate Universe Fic}} named {{Cyberdine Dreams}} by Niko Linni.

* {{Brainwashed}}: [spoiler: happens to Miyan, Lappina, and Kara].

** Kara towards [spoiler: Blair when she's not under mind control].

* {{Barbie Doll Anatomy}}: Christine appears to have this in a piece of artwork showing her transforming into a Cygnusian, with a side of {{Godvia Hair}}.

* {{AntiMagic}}: In a universe where {{Your Mind Makes it Real}}, it stands reason that if one's unbelief is strong enough, then it could effectively be this. Word of God says [[spoiler: That Spike's unbelief in Blair's magical powers might end up being this]]

* {{BigShutUp}}: Queen Sonny pulls this off in Ep 55 when the reporters and other civilians of Suburbia keep clamoring too much and she needs to get their attention. It works without a hitch, seeing as Suburbians see Sonny as their mother figure and she hardly ever yells or shouts.

* {{PreAssKickingOneLiner}}: "Eat my lead, bitch!" Says Lappina [[spoiler: to Dorothy before blasting her away in the Episodes from Hell]].

* {{Reincarnated Romance}}: Happens quite a bit. Not surprising, given that characters seldom ever die off for good; most are simply reincarnated into another form, or in Sir Jon's case [[spoiler: achieve power over death and is revived]].

* {{MaleToFemaleUniversalAdaptor}}: In the case of Cygnus. The way they mate is similar to humans, yet contains several key differences from human sex. Though Cygnusians are fully capable of mating with humans.