Line #50 Fanfic/Lightwaves


1	''Lightwaves'' is a ''Webcomic/HannaIsNotABoysName'' AlternateUniverseFic by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/992245/EmptyHeart EmptyHeart]] and [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/316314/Digitaldreamer DigitalDreamer]]
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3	The year is 20XX.
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5	After a variety of terrible plagues and wars, mankind has finally united into several city-states. One of these is the City of Varuna. Sprawling thousands of miles and surrounded by unmovable walls, the City of Varuna lives in isolation from the outside world, taught only what the government wants them to hear. People are under constant watch and surveillance under the name of protection. Technology has advanced beyond our wildest dreams. The only issue now is Undesirables. Paranormal creatures, vampires and werewolves, remnants of an ancient and dying world. These creatures are expected to register with the government and are seen as second class citizens, living in oppression so as to avoid tainting the other citizens and ruining their quality of life. These creatures are hunted down by a special section of the police force, the [[IronicName Ahimsa]].
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7	"Eli" has been an officer of the Ahimsa for ten years. In his late twenties, he suffers from insomnia and has grown indifferent to the world around him. Every day is a copy of a copy, another day spent hunting down creatures that may not even deserve it. The more dissatisfied with life he becomes, the more he begins to question-- is there something more?
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9	And of course, that's when a certain redhead comes literally crashing into his life...
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11	Can be found [[http://hinabn-lightwaves.deviantart.com/ here]] on Website/DeviantArt in its entirety and [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6346220/1/bLightwaves_b/ here]] on Fanfiction.net
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13	Is now complete with the beginnings of sequel, ''Father of Death'', but your [[DeadFic sequel is dead]].
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16	!!Provides examples of:
17	* ArcWords: "Your city is dead."
18	* AllLovingHero: Hanna, in contrast to Worth, which may be a coping mechanism, partly. He tries to save a fellow sentient weapon, who tried to kill him and level the entire block. The all-lovingness is not thought-out, however, see the zoo episode...
19	* AppliedPhlebotinum: Hanna's bracers let him control [[spoiler: a magic crystal inside him which is the source of his powers]]. Haphazardly.
20	* TheAtoner: [[spoiler: Worth]]'s actions can be seen as this, because yes, he only grew a conscience thanks to Hanna and used to be an utter prick (which is a mild and spoiler-free way of saying it).
21	* BeachEpisode: A breather they take in chapter twenty one.
22	* BigEater: Veser (he's a growing boy!) and Hanna (whose powers [[CastFromCalories run on calories]], or so he says) both.
23	* BlackMarket: Or rather a BazaarOfTheBizarre, only it's underground and illegal.
24	* BookEnds: [[spoiler: "He was pretty sure it was Tuesday."]]
25	* BrilliantButLazy: [[spoiler: Compared to Ellis and most of his peers, Worth]] is an utter genius, but he has reasons to not do much with it. Such as being marginally [[OnlySaneMan saner]] than his peers, and practically born wearing JadeColoredGlasses.
26	* BrokenHero: Hanna. His parents died in a messy accident that was partly his fault. He has experienced the tender mercies of [[MadScientist several wacko "scientists"]] that changed him into a [[spoiler: LivingWeapon with an unreliable off button]]. Loves and sees the best in everyone, except maybe [[BigBad Ellis]], seems to only care about fun and happiness for everybody around, and his [[StepfordSmiler smile]] rarely cracks.
27	* CastFromHitPoints: Hanna's [[spoiler: so, also Eli's]] powers can be draining. He tends to overtax himself into full PowerStrainBlackout due to the ChronicHeroSyndrome or just lack of thought.
28	* ColdBloodedTorture: Ellis attempts this on Worth, but forgets that Worth is a [[NoSell masochist]].
29	** He does it earlier, with far more success, to [[spoiler:Conrad]].
30	* ConversationalTroping: Worth namechecks such tropes as ImperialstormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy (while ranting about the local {{mooks}} and their shooting skills) or NoHoldsBarredBeatdown. He also calls TheBigBad [[Westernanimation/DextersLaboratory Mandark]] and Eli - a [[Film/TheMatrix Matrix Reloaded]] reject.
31	%%* CoolBigSis: Toni is this to most of the resistance.
32	* CoolestClubEver: The one where [[TheChanteuse Toni]] sings ''looks'' shabby at a first glance; it's really how Eli feels there that counts.
33	* CrapsackWorld: Varuna is a VastBureaucracy, where any sort of individuality and independent thought is frowned upon. Spiderman comics, toys, video cassettes, plushies, action figures and posters are apparently ''illegal'', along with most books (Literature/{{Bible}} included) and non-state-approved art. Living flowers are banned as a ''health hazard'', trees are scarce and most neighbourhoods in the city have an allotted number of artificial ones. Especially crapsack if you happen to be a werewolf, vampire, magic user or Undesirable of any other sort.
34	* CrowbarCombatant: Lamont normally prefers using his guile, but when [[LetsGetDangerous he has to fight]], he breaks out the crowbar.
35	* [[spoiler:{{Cyborg}}[=/=]RidiculouslyHumanRobot]] [[spoiler:Both Hanna ''and Eli.'']]
36	* DarkerAndEdgier: Compared to its source material.
37	* DeadFic: The authors confirmed, on their Website/DeviantArt, that Father of Death would be left unfinished due to lack of inspiration. They did post [[http://hinabn-lightwaves.deviantart.com/art/It-All-Ends-257910134 several]] [[http://hinabn-lightwaves.deviantart.com/art/The-Last-of-It-257911750 sketches]] of planned plot points, as well as a summary of how the rest of the fic would have gone.
38	* [[spoiler: DisneyDeath: [[TearJerker Hanna]], in [[PietaPlagiarism Eli's arms]], on the top of the wall, looking outside of the city for the first time...]]
39	* DrJerk: Worth may not be a ''medical'' doctor per se, just a (former, hopefully) MadScientist who has been doing biological work and handles the AfterActionPatchUp duties for the RagtagBunchOfMisfits. He is also rude, abrasive, insulting and condescending towards everyone but Hanna. Most of the time. Actually, since he throws bottles at Hanna, the jerk part of the trope is indisputable.
40	* {{Dystopia}}: Of a CyberPunk flavour, with FascistsBedTime and HappinessIsMandatory, to some extent. Also, [[IndividualityIsIllegal individuality is seen as suspicious]], for some reason, and the PropagandaMachine is working non-stop.
41	* EngineeredPublicConfession: [[spoiler:How [[LaResistance the cast]] gets Ellis.]]
42	--> '''Veser:''' Smile, asshole!...You're on Candid Camera!
43	* EveryonesBabySister: [[TheCutie Hanna]], for LaResistance, very, very much.
44	* EvilTowerOfOminousness: Slap-bang in the middle of the city, inhabited by Ellis's "[[MadScientistLaboratory scientific]]" institution. [[spoiler: An elaborate ExecutiveSuiteFight takes place there in the finale.]]
45	* FlechetteStorm: Worth doesn't usually fight, but when he does, expect loads and loads of surgical steel to fly in the air and [[ImprobableAimingSkills hit exactly where it hurts most]].
46	* {{Flight}}: Hanna's powers include it. Veser has a HoverBoard, which is like a skateboard, only flying - this technology seems quite widespread. [[spoiler: Eli is given a [[CoolBike hover bike]] in the epilogue, just cause.]]
47	* {{Foreshadowing}}: This is said as an honest '''[[JokeAndReceive joke]]'''. Dear gods of Plot...
48	-->[[spoiler: "Maybe I'm a sleeper agent," his partner said with a smile of his own.]]
49	* FriendlySniper: Eli in those fights that are more of battles. In smaller fights, he's still a crack shot.
50	* HumanWeapon: The Firefly programme was all about making these.
51	* IconOfRebellion: Hanna, the Undesirable Number One and proud of it. Later on, this gets weaponised [[spoiler: by the bad guys]].
52	* IKnowYouAreInThereSomewhereFight: [[spoiler: Hanna versus Eli, twice. First time it's to snap Eli out of it, the second time it's Hanna's turn.]]
53	* IndustrialGhetto: Our heroes' HomeBase used to be a carpet factory.
54	* InnocentBlueEyes: Hanna's very blue eyes go quite well with his KidHero personality. He's only metrically a grown-up.
55	* TheInsomniac: Eli's existential worries manifest in this way. After joining the RagtagBunchOfMisfits, he sleeps a lot better.
56	* IronicName: "Ahimsa" [[note]]a [[UsefulNotes/{{Buddhism}} buddhist]] concept of nonviolence[[/note]] being used as the name of the local StateSec.
57	* ItIsDehumanising: Ellis [[InsistentTerminology insists]] on calling the Fireflies (and Undesirables in general, but he does this with special glee in the case of the former) "it".
58	* IWantMyJetpack: The characters [[LampshadeHanging tend to notice]] just how [[UsedFuture ragged]] their world is by complaining this way.
59	* LaResistance: A RagtagBunchOfMisfits consisting of [[DrJerk Worth]], [[TheScrounger Lamont]], [[ThePollyanna Hanna]], [[ActionGirl Toni]] and [[MadBomber Veser]]. It is joined by [[NonActionGuy Conrad]] (who has nowhere to go) and [[DefectorFromDecadence Eli]] (technically a prisoner). There is also the "network" of people who scrounge stuff and keep Ahimsa away from the Undesirable parts of town, but TheMainCharactersDoEverything of plotty importance.
60	* LetMeGetThisStraight: Lamont asks to hear the group's plan one more time [[spoiler: in chapter twenty four]].
61	-->'''Lamont''': Can someone please explain this to me again? [[LampshadeHanging Because I really just want to be clear on how stupid this is]].
62	* MadDoctor: Ellis fancies himself one, but while he really is ''giggling mad'', whoever gave him a doctorate should have their eyes and brain checked.
63	%%* MoralityPet: Hanna is this to Worth.
64	%%* MyCountryRightOrWrong: Anya Borokov, the head of the Ahimsa.
65	* TheNicknamer: Worth, and being the SirSwearsALot of an already pretty sweary group, the nicknames he gives are NotSafeForWork.
66	* PistolWhipping: Like in the source material, Eli on Adelaide, shedding some of her blood and [[spoiler: allowing for EmergencyTransformation of Conrad]].
67	* PowderKegCrowd: Which Veser (of all people) manages to channel into a full-blown revolution with a RousingSpeech.
68	* RemovingTheEarpiece: Veser and Toni do this to not hear Conrad's panicking while they rescue ([[DestructiveSaviour ish]]) the Undesirables on the Arc. [[spoiler: Done later, more dramatically, by Hanna, when he fights the rouge Firefly, and even more dramatically by ''Conrad'', when he's captured and destroys his earpiece so it can't be used to track the others.]]
69	* RestrainingBolt: [[spoiler: The chip Worth invented before switching sides. It turns the Fireflies into mindless killing machines.]]
70	* RunningGag: Hanna coming up with increasingly-silly names for LaResistance and promptly being shot down.
71	* SafetyInIndifference: Deep down, [[spoiler: good old Worth]]. Way deep down under the {{Jerkass}} facade.
72	%%* ShipTease: Some Toni/Conrad.
73	* SmugSnake: Ellis. Good God, Ellis. Absolutely zero brains to back it up, but he honestly thinks he's that [[EvilIsCool cool]].
74	* StrappedToAnOperatingTable: Several people who Ellis gets into his grubby little hands. [[spoiler: Including Hanna (twice) and Conrad.]]
75	* SympatheticSentientWeapon: The Firefly Project was about making {{Human Weapon}}s. Among its results [[spoiler: Hanna and Eli have a large degree of autonomy and optimism (the latter because [[TomatoInTheMirror he has no idea he's one]])]].
76	* SuperpoweredEvilSide: The Fireflies who retain their free will (most of the time), such as [[spoiler: Hanna. And Eli]]. Other Fireflies are full time {{Tragic Monster}}s.
77	%%* TeamDad: Lamont.
78	%%* TeamMom: Worth, much to his disdain.
79	* TronLines: Hanna has blue ones on his bracers.
80	* TroubleEntendre: Yes - and no, when Lamont calls Worth in chapter seventeen. [[spoiler: Yes, they have worked out a distress code (when they were really drunk). Yes, Worth knows Mont's inane babble means "'''don't come over''', I've been compromised". No, because Worth goes to rescue him anyway, fully aware he's walking into a trap.]]
81	* TrueCompanions: The resistance. [[spoiler: Worth and Lamont especially, since good ol' doc is fully prepared to lay his life down for 'Mont.]]
82	* WallAroundTheWorld: The city of Varuna is surrounded by a wall thick enough to lie comfortably on top of it. Hanna eagerly speculates what's behind it - he claims to have seen a glimpse [[spoiler: but it's a lie. He really does in the finale]].
83	%%* WhamEpisode: Chapter Twenty-Two.
84	%%* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman
85	* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: One person in the [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits merry band of rebels]] always fills that position, usually [[NonActionGuy Conrad]], partly because EverythingIsOnline and they need a hacker backing them up.

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