History Roleplay / CarnivalMirror

* TriangRelations: In regards to the ship with Yuzuki, Leonardo, and Hoshi, it's a Type 4, with Hoshi being left as the HopelessSuitor.

''Carnival Mirror'' is a [[PlayByPostGames Play-by-Post Game]] based on the ''[[Franchise/ShinMegamiTenseiPersona Persona]]'' series that takes place on the anime-based roleplay web forum, Website/GaiaOnline. This is the roleplay’s fourth reincarnation. The first roleplay thread began in 2010, the second thread was made in 2011, and the third in 2012.

* AdultsAreUseless: Justified. No rational adult would believe there's an alternate dimension through mirrors.
** Although this is inverted with the two adult characters in the roleplay.

* BossBattle: If a person doesn't acept their Marionette Self it transforms into a Silhouette, ultimately leading to a boss battle.
* BreatherEpisode: Sometimes have these from time to time.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: What happens to a character when the role player disappears or quits.
* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: The dungeons in the Mirror Realm take on how the person percieves the world.

* {{Doppelganger}}: This is how a Marionette Self appears to the victim.
* EldritchLocation: The Mirror Realm and its dungeons.
* EnemyWithout: When someone faces their Marionette Self.
* EvilCounterpart: A Marionette Self is this.

* GuardianEntity: All Personas and Marionettes are this, though only when in the Mirror Realm.
* TheHeartless: The Puppets and Marionette Selves of the Mirror Realm.

* HumanoidAbomination: Silhouettes and Puppets are this.

** And to a lesser extend, circuses, due to the Persona League has to enter the Mirror Realm through the House of Mirrors attraction at the carnival and the entrance of the Mirror Realm is designed on that theme.
* OneWingedAngel: What happens when someone rejects their Marionette Self.
* PsychologicalTormentZone: The Mirror Realm is this.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: What happens when a Marionette Self addresses the victim.
* RuleOfSymbolism: Everyone's dungeon, Persona, and Marionette has this to some degree.

** The role of the [[{{Lunacy}} Moon arcana]] is Yuzuki, who has a female black cat named Luna, a reference to [[Franchise/SailorMoon Sailor Moon]].
** Hoshi's Marionette, IronMaiden, has a [[{{SignatureMove}} special attack]] called [[{{Music/IronMaiden}} 2 Minutes To Midnight]].
* ShutUpHannibal: When someone rejects their true self.

* SingleIssuePsychology: Averted in relation to everyone's problems and issues.
* SliceOfLife: For most parts, when the characters aren't busy fighting and saving in the Mirror Realm.

* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: A person has a chance to do this after their Marionette Self has gone berserk.

* TriangRelations: In regards to the ship with Yuzuki, Leonardo, and Hoshi, it's a Type 4, with Hoshi being left as the [[{{HopelessSuitor}} Hopeless Suitor]].

* ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption: When the Persona League and Marionette League face each other in the Mirror Realm.
* WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld: When it comes to the Persona League.

* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: A person might be able to do this after their Marionette Self has gone berserk.

** Mirrors. Victims can be thrown in via mirrors, dead bodies have shards of glass in them, and the roleplay is called Carnival [italic MIRROR ].

** Mirrors. Victims can be thrown in via mirrors, dead bodies have shards of glass in them, and the roleplay is called Carnival [i]MIRROR[/i].

** The role of the [[{{Lunacy}} Moon arcana]] is Yuzuki, who has a female black cat named Luna, a reference to [[Franchise/SailorMoon the same Luna from Sailor Moon]].

* ShutUpHannibal: When happens when someone rejects their true self.

* SignatureMove: All Personas and Marionettes have a special attack related to the myth they're a part of.

* [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Motifs?from=Main.Motif Motifs]]:
** Mirrors. Victims can be thrown in via mirrors, dead bodies have shards of glass in them, and the roleplay is called Carnival MIRROR.

** Hoshi's Marionette, IronMaiden, has a special attack called [[{{Music/IronMaiden}} 2 Minutes To Midnight]].

** Hoshi's Marionette, IronMaiden, has a special attack called [[{{Music/IronMaiden}} Five Seconds To Midnight]].

** The role of the [[{{Lunacy}} Moon arcana]] is Yuzuki, who has a female black cat named Luna that is intended to be a reference to [[Franchise/SailorMoon the same Luna from Sailor Moon]].

** The role of the Moon tarot is Yuzuki, who has a female black cat named [[Franchise/SailorMoon Luna]].
** Hoshi's Marionette, IronMaiden, has a special attack called Five Seconds To Midnight.

* [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Doppelganger Doppelganger]]: This is how a Marionette Self appears to the victim.

* CallingYourAttacks: Characters shout "Persona!" or the actual name of their GuardianEntity when summoning them.

* Facial Horror: If the person chooses to accept themselves their eyes will flash yellow and they will have to tear the mask off, usually a bloody and painful process. By literally ripping off their protective mask and confronting their inner self do they awaken their inner power, granting them their Persona.

* ShoutOut: The roleplay's MMORPG fantasy game, Trinity Soul Online, is a reference to the spin-off Persona anime, ''Anime/PersonaTrinitySoul'' (although the game has nothing to do with Personas or the story or characters itself, just the name).

* Doppelganger: This is how a Marionette Self appears to the victim.

* Doppelgänger: This is how a Marionette Self appears to the victim.