Line #14 Fanfic/Dispersion


1	'''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/13757406/chapters/31616364 d i s p e r s i o n]]''' is an Anime/YuGiOhArcV fanfiction on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/EntameWitchLulu/pseuds/EntameWitchLulu EntameWitchLulu]]. It depicts an alternate version of the story wherein the Yu-boys have the Natural Energy Bracelets while Yuzu has the Pendulum. While the plot starts similarly to the canon, quite a few things begin to change due to the SwappedRoles.
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3	Currently stands at 76 chapters.
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5	!!Tropes featured in ''d i s p e r s i o n'' include:
6	* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: Shinji Weber appears prior to his introduction to the Lancers when Rin and Yuya go to him for help fighting Academia. [[spoiler: He turns them down, due to lack of desire to unify with the Tops]].
7	* AdaptationPersonalityChange:
8	** Yuri, as a result of not having been groomed to be Leo's lapdog in this timeline, is more paranoid and not as sociopathic.
9	** As a result of Ruri's influence, Shun doesn't go around carding people.
10	* AdaptationOriginConnection: In this universe, Reiji introduced Fusion, Synchro, and Xyz summoning into the Standard Dimension, a feat credited to Leo in canon.
11	* AlternateUniverseFic: As stated by WordOfGod, something occurred in Ray and Zarc's final battle that forced the latter to use the Natural Energy Cards.
12	* AdaptationalVillainy:
13	** Serena in this fic has the role that Yuri had in the main canon: Leo's loyal [[TheDragon dragon]].
14	** It's subtle, but Masumi doesn't get the same DefeatEqualsFriendship with Yuzu that she did in canon.
15	* BeneathSuspicion: Ruri infiltrates LDS to carry out her investigation.
16	* CanonImmigrant: Yuya, [[spoiler:when under the influence of his berserk side]], summons Performapal Odd-Eyes Metal Claw, his ace from the junior manga.
17	* TheCorruption: While neither Yuzu nor Yuya merged with their Xyz counterpart midway through the Miami Tournament [[spoiler:(at least not yet)]], both do fall under dark influences in the second round. [[spoiler:And then Yuzu merges with Ruri, entering a similar Berserk state to canon!Yuya.]]
18	* ADayInTheLimelight: Every chapter is told from the perspective of different characters.
19	* FixFic: Defied. The author has no problems with the canon ending of Arc-V and would prefer people don't mention it.
20	* FusionDance: Yuzu and Ruri undergoing this is [[RuleOfSymbolism accompanied by their ace monsters]], [[CanonForeigner Bloom Bard the Melodious Knight]] and [[BlowYouAway Lyrical Luscina - Assembled Nightingale]] combining into Bloom Nightingale, Knight of Requiem.
21	* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Every chapter is named after the characters from whose POV the chapter elapses.
22	* InSpiteOfANail: TheStationsOfTheCanon are still intact. Yuya discovering Pendulum during a duel with Strong Ishijima is just the start of this.
23	* OnceAnEpisode:
24	** Chapters in both "Fractured" and "Standard" start with snippets of conversation between two people, implied to be Ray and Zarc.
25	** Chapters in "Championship" begin with either a log entry, notes of RSV, or newspaper clippings, all implied to be related to Leo Akaba.
26	** Chapters in "City" all start with a letter written by what is implied [[spoiler:and eventually confirmed]] to be Zarc to his deceased parents.
27	** Chapters in "Tourney" start with transcripts of Leo's experiments with memory technology.
28	* OrwellianRetcon: Following the Black Lives Matter campaign, the "Melodious Minstrel" cards [[CanonForeigner created for this story]] were renamed "Melodious Musicians".
29	* PointOfDivergence: It all started when Zarc used the Natural Energy Cards, per WordOfGod. It only snowballs from there.
30	** Yuzu helps Yuya get through his dad's disappearance by telling him he doesn't have to keep smiling.
31	** Due to Ruri being the one to go to standard instead of Yuto, she cuts down on the number of people carded.
32	** Yuzu catches Sora's eye at LDS and any drama is resolved by Yuzu [[MundaneSolution signing him up to You Show]].
33	** Yuya is the one who meets his best friend's Xyz counterpart. In addition, Sawatari isn't injured like in canon, due to Ruri's gentler touch.
34	** The inter-school duel is part of a merger of curriculums, as opposed to a hostile takeover. In addition, Yuya loses his duel against Hokuto, while Yuzu wins her duel against Masumi and is the one to face Reiji.
35	** [[spoiler:Yuzu intervenes with the duel between Ruri and Rin. As a result, Ruri isn't absorbed into her until much later.]]
36	** Instead of Serena carding Xyz users under the belief they're refugees from Heartland, Yuri cards Fusion users under the belief they're spies from Academia. As a result, [[spoiler:Hokuto wins against Mikota, and subsequently gets carded during the Battle Royal by the Obelisk Force.]]
37	** Takeda doesn't get through to the Battle Royal. Instead, Umesugi teams up with a rival of Mikiyo Naname, forming an EnemyMine to get back at both Yuya and Yuzu to prove their worth.
38	** Instead of trying desperately to [[CassandraTruth plead their case to a disbelieving crowd]], Yuya and Rin go to some big-name Duelists (Shinji) and explain the situation. [[spoiler:It doesn't work, but points for effort.]]
39	* StoryArc: Has had 4 so far, entitled "Fractured" (Ch 1-4), "Standard" (5-27), "Championship" (28-49), "City" (50-72), and "Tourney" (73-??).

Context Fanfic / Dispersion