Line #21 Fanfic/ASplinteredMan


1	''A Splintered Man'' is a series of Alternate History crossovers between ''Literature/NineteenEightyThreeDoomsday'' and ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers''. The series follows the adventures of Marcus Wright, a young diplomat who travels to the Alpine Confederation at the request of Austria (aka Roderich Edelstein). His visit sets off a chain of events that causes him to question who or what, he really is.
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3	The series has continued to a second story arc called Flowers for Balaton, which goes into deeper and darker territory as Marcus struggles to keep himself sane and protect his family and friends from his more sinister side...
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5	[[http://kitfisto1997.deviantart.com/gallery/51776982/1983-Doomsday The fics, character profiles and maps can be found here]]
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7	!!Tropes that are present in the series:
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9	* AftertheEnd: The stories are set in early 2015, nearly 32 years after Doomsday
10	%%* AlasPoorVillain: Roza's insanity is later justified, albeit dubiously...
11	%%* AllJustADream: Somewhat averted when it comes to Marcus's encounters with [[spoiler:Hungary and Maximilian]]
12	%%* AlternateHistory
13	* AntiquatedLinguistics: Marcus uses a more upper class accent when speaking both German and English (Prussian dialect and Received Pronunciation respectively)
14	* BackfromtheDead: Hungary uses her undead form to awaken Marcus, with predictable results...
15	%%* CovertPervert: Lina in Chapter 4
16	* DarkerAndEdgier: Used quite liberally throughout the second story arc.
17	* DuringTheWar: One scene takes place in [[spoiler:The Western Front of WWI]], while later scenes take place during [[spoiler:The Hungarian Revolution, and even Doomsday itself]]
18	* FashionDissonance: Marcus wears what could be seen as a 'Greaser' outfit, with a leather jacket to boot.
19	* FateWorseThanDeath: Actually used by Roza at the end of Chapter 10
20	* FromBadToWorse: Roza's capture [[spoiler:and eventual painful death at the hands of Russia]] in Chapter 9
21	* GratuitousForeignLanguage: Lots of German, with some Hungarian, Afrikaans, Cornish and later Irish here-and-there.
22	* {{Handguns}}: Marcus owns an antique Luger Pistol and ends up pointing it at Hungary
23	* HumanoidAbomination: Marcus has some age old links to the Nations [[spoiler:specifically Germany, Prussia and Hungary]]
24	* ISeeDeadPeople: Marcus's late-night encounter with Hungary
25	* OriginalCharacter: The Survivor Nations, Marcus, Lina and a few others
26	* {{Prequel}}: A few side fics delve into Marcus and Lina's backgrounds
27	%%* RetroUniverse
28	* SexyDiscretionShot: Chapter 4, An Intimate Interlude and the NSFW Christmas Special
29	%%* SexforSolace: Chapter 4, again...
30	* ShoutOut: Lots of references to Metal Gear abound in Flower for Balaton, seeing that the theme of revenge fits the story so well... A few songs from the 1980's are also referenced, matching the Doomsday-verse's 80's atheistic.
31	* WeAreStrugglingTogether: [[spoiler:Marcus's various conflicting previous lives are an example of this.]]
32	%%* WhamEpisode: Chapter 6 of Flowers for Balaton
33	%%* {{Yandere}}: Somewhat lampshaded in the form of Lina

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