History Roleplay / Otherborn

** WordOfGod is that The Network is an Expy of The Dollars from ''{{LightNovel/Durarara}}''

* MagnificentBastard: Izaya Orihara, in all of his glory. Fans of the [[LightNovel/{{Durarara}} original source material]] will need no more answer than that.

** The "(blank) With Kasuka Heiwajima" shorts by Shizuo's player are clearly parodies of the last episode of ''{{LightNovel/Durarara}}''.

* CatchPhrase: ''''''[[{{LightNovel/Durarara}} IIIIIIIIIIIIIIZZZZZZZZZZAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]]'''''

* RelationshipVoiceActor: Sora Shimomura and Riku Nomura, if allowed, were to be voiced by Josh Keaton (Sora) and Christopher Daniel Barnes (Riku) who had appeared as two VitriolicBestBuds in [[VideoGame/SpiderManEdgeOfTime a certain Marvel game]].
** However this seems to be one-sided, Riku Nomura is way too nice to Sora to be a DeadpanSnarker while Sora is doing his job perfectly fine.

** The [[http://otherborn.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=livingquarters&thread=715&page=10 We Need To Talk -Nami Version-]] thread takes the cake for sheer amount of MoodWhiplash in one thread, though. From troubled and {{Angst}}y, to cute and fluffy, then to suspenseful, mysterious, and creepy as Izaya {{MindRape}}s Neku, then to so fluffy it TastesLikeDiabetes, to a raging, screaming fight, to bittersweet fluff again... and all in a ''single thread''. To top it off, the thread itself is ''still going''.

** [[Franchise/KingdomHearts Sora]] Shimomura is ''Comicbook/GhostRider.'' And [[VideoGame/DmCDevilMayCry new Dante]].

* RetGone: [[FanNickname Drunk!Yuna]] and Ichigo, along with anyone else whose accounts are deleted or leave the site, although these are the only examples so far.

* MeaningfulName: The above-mentioned Mizore Shirayuki is one that survives from her [[Manga/RosarioToVampire original source]], but there are other examples. Another example can be found in Namine [=LeBeau=], which translates from French to "The Beautiful", and Pit [[Myth/GreekMythology Icarus]] is meaningful both in meaning, and as a ShoutOut to the [[VideoGame/KidIcarus game he came from.]] However, the trope is downright ''subverted'' with Angel, who is not only a quarter demon, but is also a total, abusive {{Jerkass}}. '''''Unintentionally,''''' according to WordOfGod.

* GogglesDoSomethingUnusual: Haraken's glasses allow him to see things that he really shouldn't be able to. [[JustifiedTrope Then again,]] given [[Anime/DennouCoil what he's from...]]

** Haraken mentions in the Research thread that in the town he comes from, [[Anime/DennouCoil the glasses are a popular fad...]]

** Every thread Haraken creates begins with, ''[[Quotes/DennouCoil "According to rumors on the 'net..."]]'' and then something relating to the thread. This was also the title of his character application.

** [[KingdomHearts Sora]] Shimomura is ''Comicbook/GhostRider.'' And [[VideoGame/DmCDevilMayCry new Dante]].

** Other original-series survivors include [[ShrinkingViolet Fluttershy]], Ginta Toramizu, whose name includes the character for 'silver' and who uses accessories to fight, and Noctis Caelum. Some characters subvert this as names that were once meaningful in [[ItMakesSenseInContext original context]], such as [[KingdomHearts Aqua]], no longer are.

* OneSteveLimit: This is actually a ''rule'' on the forum involving {{NPC}}s, as an NPC ''must'' have his or her name changed if someone claims that [=NPC's=] inspired character as a Main. Subverted as well, in that it is perfectly within the bounds of the rules to have two completely different main characters (or an NPC and a main) from different series that share the same name; for example, if [[Franchise/{{Digimon}} Sora Takenouchi]] showed up, [[KingdomHearts Sora Shimomura]] would not be required to change his name.

** Sora Shimomura and Riku Nomura's last names are, respectively, the names of the musical composer and director for ''KingdomHearts''.

* HalfHumanHybrid: All of the Halfers are this - children of a human and a demon. There are several being played, including Lea Strife, Shizuo Heiwajima, Aya Brea, [[Franchise/DevilMayCry Dante and Vergil]], Yeul, and Seifer; the latter has an entire ''gang'' of {{Half Human Hybrid}}s.

** Lea is a survivor of the Halfer Camps, which have been compared numerous times both in and out of character to ''[[WorldWarII Nazi concentration camps]].''

* MeaningfulName: The above-mentioned Mizore Shirayuki is one that survives from her [[RosarioToVampire original source]], but there are other examples. Another example can be found in Namine [=LeBeau=], which translates from French to "The Beautiful", and Pit [[Myth/GreekMythology Icarus]] is meaningful both in meaning, and as a ShoutOut to the [[VideoGame/KidIcarus game he came from.]] However, the trope is downright ''subverted'' with Angel, who is not only a quarter demon, but is also a total, abusive {{Jerkass}}. '''''Unintentionally,''''' according to WordOfGod.

** The title of Demyx's Registration thread was [[MoulinRouge "The Not-So-Penniless Sitar Player".]] His player is incredibly ecstatic when people get it.

* CatchPhrase: ''''''[[{{Literature/Durarara}} IIIIIIIIIIIIIIZZZZZZZZZZAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]]'''''

** WordOfGod is that The Network is an Expy of The Dollars from {{Literature/Durarara}}

* MagnificentBastard: Izaya Orihara, in all of his glory. Fans of the [[Literature/{{Durarara}} original source material]] will need no more answer than that.

** The "(blank) With Kasuka Heiwajima" shorts by Shizuo's player are clearly parodies of the last episode of {{Literature/Durarara}}

** Izzy mentions to Gaara that his flight disc was inspired by a [[StaticShock TV character with a similar powerset and device.]]

** Haraken mentions in the Research thread that in the town he comes from, [[DennouCoil the glasses are a popular fad...]]

* MeaningfulName: The above-mentioned Mizore Shirayuki is one that survives from her [[RosarioToVampire original source]], but there are other examples. Another example can be found in Namine [=LeBeau=], which translates from French to "The Beautiful", and Pit [[GreekMythology Icarus]] is meaningful both in meaning, and as a ShoutOut to the [[VideoGame/KidIcarus game he came from.]] However, the trope is downright ''subverted'' with Angel, who is not only a quarter demon, but is also a total, abusive {{Jerkass}}. '''''Unintentionally,''''' according to WordOfGod.

* HalfHumanHybrid: All of the Halfers are this - children of a human and a demon. There are several being played, including Lea Strife, Shizuo Heiwajima, Aya Brea, [[DevilMayCry Dante and Vergil]], Yeul, and Seifer; the latter has an entire ''gang'' of {{Half Human Hybrid}}s.

** Noctis was experimented on by Hojo. Yes. ''[[FinalFantasyVII That Hojo.]]'' Need we say more?

* MeaningfulName: The above-mentioned Mizore Shirayuki is one that survives from her [[RosarioToVampire original source]], but there are other examples. Another example can be found in Namine [=LeBeau=], which translates from French to "The Beautiful", and Pit [[GreekMythology Icarus]] is meaningful both in meaning, and as a ShoutOut to the [[KidIcarus game he came from.]] However, the trope is downright ''subverted'' with Angel, who is not only a quarter demon, but is also a total, abusive {{Jerkass}}. '''''Unintentionally,''''' according to WordOfGod.

** Pit [[KidIcarus Icarus]], as mentioned above.

* RelationshipVoiceActor: Sora Shimomura and Riku Nomura, if allowed, were to be voiced by Josh Keaton (Sora) and Christopher Daniel Barnes (Riku) who had appeared as two VitriolicBestBuds in [[SpiderManEdgeofTime a certain Marvel game]].

** [[AoNoExorcist Rin Okumura]] experienced something similar when he learned that he was also a demon turned into a human at a young age, though this happened at the beginning rather than the end of his plot.

* XanatosSpeedChess: Izaya versus Jack of Blades

** [[KingdomHearts Sora]] Shimomura is ''GhostRider.'' And [[VideoGame/DmCDevilMayCry new Dante]].

* BreakTheCutie: Sininen started as a cute, spunky blunette teenager. He has been revealed to have massive psychological issues, barely keeping hold of his sanity, and getting by only because of the support of his friends and mom. Even worse, his brother is significantly less supportive, and the further down a dark path Midori goes, the further towards madness Sini gets. [[ItGotWorse Then Midori joined the Scarves.]] [[HeroicBSOD Which confronted Sini with the one truth his mind couldn't handle...]]