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1	When The Mountain Goats Cry is a sequelfic to Umineko, focusing on Will, Lion and Erika. It's beautifully written, full of well executed shoutouts and has a pretty interesting plot going on. It expands on Will and Erika's characters much more than the canon did while Beatrice and Battler are reduced to basically side characters.
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3	While the writing gets (apparently on purpose) cheesy at times, which can put off some people. It's definitely not for everyone, but it keeps the cast amazingly in character despite some very, very unexpected plot twists.
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5	It should be noted that while the series seems to go the extra mile to keep things in canon, the author's interpretation of some events might put off some people.
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7	Think of it as how ''And Another Thing'' is to ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' series. The writing tone is definitely different, but it's still the same characters you have grown to know and love.
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9	UPDATE: For reasons unknown, the original fic was taken down from the author's page (the author him/herself doesn't know why that happened) so it's being all out rewritten [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7718212/1/bWhen_b_The_bMountain_b_bGoats_b_bCry_b here]].
10	* NOTE: The rewrite is only 2 chapters in and hasn't been updated since 2012
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13	!!Tropes associated with When The Mountain Goats Cry:
14	* BigDamnHeroes: A much less dramatic version between Will and [[spoiler: Erika.]]
15	* {{Flanderization}}: Will is the only one who suffers from this at times, being much more of a jerk here than in canon at times when talking to Lion. It '''is''' justified in that he has been basically living with Lion(and therefore getting buttpinched) for days.
16	* FreakOut: [[spoiler: Will's backstory that explains how he became Wizard-Hunting Wright]]
17	* HeterosexualLifePartners: Will and Battler.
18	* MoodWhiplash: Chapter 5. Oh god chapter 5.
19	* OriginalCharacter: Sort of. Meta-Van Dine.
20	* OutOfCharacterMoment: Will....sorta...it's complicated.
21	* ThePlan: [[spoiler: Unless the author is throwing a curveball, Van Dine had one hell of a plan prepared.]]
22	* ShoutOut: The fanfic contains a lot of direct quotations to S.S Van Dine, and attributes them to Will's gestures or speaking. It seems sort of overdone at first, but once it sets in that [[spoiler: Will is Van Dine's successor]] it makes sense It also has a few {{Shout Out}}s to ''WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog.

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