1 | ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'', except that there aren't any Omnics, it takes place in the 1600s and half the characters are mashed up with mythical beasts. Oh, and Overwatch doesn't actually exist -- so it's not really ''Overwatch'' at all, is it? |
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3 | A Genji Shimada/Tekhartha Zenyatta {{Fantasy}} AU fanfiction for the video game ''Overwatch''. Created by [[Creator/TwitchtipTheGnawer twitchtipthegnawer]] on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn, it's a currently ongoing multi-chapter project. |
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6 | !!I Would Move Mountains contains examples of: |
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8 | * AdaptationalHeroism: Sombra has shades of this, though whether or not she's truly heroic remains to be seen. |
9 | * AdaptationalWimp: Zenyatta gets hit with this pretty hard at the beginning of the story. He goes from being a 20 year-old [[WarriorMonk warrior monk]] with [[EnlightenmentSuperpowers enlightenment superpowers]] to an 18 year-old pampered son of a merchant. |
10 | * AllDeathsFinal: Regardless of the magic present, resurrection is simply impossible. [[spoiler:This won't endear the reader to the writer.]] |
11 | %%* {{Animorphism}}: Reaper in chapter five. |
12 | * TheCavalierYears: The story takes place at an intentionally ambiguous point during these. The fact that it's alternate history prevents it from being [[WoodenShipsAndIronMen Wooden Ships and Iron Men]] instead. |
13 | %%* TheChessmaster: Sombra is implied to be this.%%Implied to be what? |
14 | %%* CursedWithAwesome: Genji has shades of this, though he doesn't emphasize it too often.%%How? |
15 | * CuteBookworm: Zenyatta is this. Long before he was allowed to go on an adventure, he lived vicariously through books. |
16 | * DefrostingIceQueen: Symmetra is a non-romantic version through her friendship with Zenyatta. |
17 | * DependingOnTheWriter: As with all fanfics. YMMV on whether or not the characters are OOC. |
18 | * EmergencyTransformation: It's implied that the reason Genji became a Hybrid, as with his canon transformation into a cyborg, was to safe his life after an accident. |
19 | * FunctionalMagic: Of the Rule Magic variety. The witches in-universe utilize this. |
20 | %%* GoodParents: Zenyatta's mom in particular is this. |
21 | * HatesBeingAlone: Zenyatta. [[spoiler:When he fears losing Genji forever, this is brought up to eleven.]] |
22 | * HighFantasy: Falls into this genre, though the setting is a bit more diverse than [[MedievalEuropeanFantasy your average example.]] |
23 | * HistoricalAU: Rather than TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, this story moves the characters back into the 1600s. |
24 | * InNameOnly: As mentioned in the description above and the "In Spite of a Nail" entry. There are certainly plot parallels to Overwatch, but they're far from immediately recognizable. |
25 | * InSpiteOfANail: The story displaces the characters from their countries, times, and even upbringings; yet their personalities, appearances, and backstories are often remarkably similar. |
26 | * JumpedAtTheCall: Zenyatta is this. Apparently he's been begging his parents to let him get a call for years, in fact. |
27 | * TheLawOfConservationOfDetail: According to the author's tumblr, chapter 4 in particular is this. What exactly is foreshadowing and what is red herring remains to be seen. |
28 | * LesYay: Sombra gets a moment of this in chapter 4. |
29 | * LoverAndBeloved: [[spoiler:Genji and Zenyatta get this dynamic, somewhat flipped from their dynamic in canon. Though it may seem a [[ForegoneConclusion foregone conclusion,]] fics have been known to swerve before, so this is considered a spoiler.]] |
30 | * MagicIsEvil: Zigzagged. [[spoiler:All magic in this universe is [[BlackMagic black magic]] by merit of its cost. However, plenty of magic users are good, the magic doesn't corrupt its user over time, and the general population views magic favorably.]] |
31 | * MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: Sombra has these, in the needle variety. They're too pointy to be cute, but not strictly-speaking a sign of evil. |
32 | * OddFriendship: Zenyatta and Sombra; the hyper-competent witch and a bookish man spoiling for adventure aren't a typical pair. Later, Genji and Symmetra. |
33 | * OriginalCharacter: Several, of varying degrees of importance. The first chapter alone introduces four (Zenyatta's mother and father, his maid Lotte, and his tailor/friend De Vries). |
34 | * OurDragonsAreDifferent: All of the monsters have their mythologies picked apart to varying degrees, but with Genji as one of the main characters his dragon characteristics are particularly well fleshed-out. |
35 | * ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: Interestingly enough, the chapter titles are this. Each is named after a mythical creature related to the plot of that chapter in some way. |
36 | * RitualMagic: How the witches produce Hybrids. The exact details of this have yet to be revealed to the plot, since Universities guard the secrets jealously. Sombra is a master of this. |
37 | * ScarsAreForever: Averted with Genji in chapter four. [[spoiler:Played straight later with both Genji and Zenyatta.]] |
38 | * SlashFic: While not exclusively focused on the romantic relationship between the two leads, it certainly doesn't shy away from emphasizing and foreshadowing where their romance is headed very early on. |
39 | * TravelingAtTheSpeedOfPlot: The trip from the Netherlands to Nepal fits this trope to a T. The fic glosses over the vast majority of the voyage, leaving only the plot-important parts in the story. |
40 | * WarriorMonk: [[spoiler:Zenyatta becomes this. It takes quite a long while, however.]] |
41 | * WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: The Hybrids are treated pretty poorly by the human population, though discriminatory laws differ between the various countries the characters visit. |
42 | * WideEyedIdealist: Zenyatta might not be a very extreme example of this trope, but he certainly starts the story out believing the best of everyone around him. |
43 | * WillTheyOrWontThey: Zenyatta and Genji's relationship. Zenyatta is clearly interested, but does Genji return it? And, if so, would he like to be friends with benefits or full-on lovers? |
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