Line #112 Fanfic/IronTouch


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2	[[caption-width-right:1000: ''[[DoomMagnet "My Stand is cursed."]]'']]
3	->''"In which Polnareff’s daughter goes on her own wacky quest and learns some self-love along the way."''
4	-->--'''The official summary on Archive Of Our Own.'''
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6	''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/28108659/chapters/68869995 Iron Touch]]'' is an ongoing ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' fanfiction by [[https://edgy-ella.tumblr.com/ Edgy Ella.]] It's an ElsewhereFic known for its [[DoorStopper long chapters.]]
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8	Set in 2009, eight years after the end of [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind Golden Wind]], the unthinkable has happened—Passione's prized Stand arrow has been stolen by a group of Stand users wearing masquerade masks. With Coco Jumbo smuggled inside of an exotic pet salesman's truck, [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureGiornoGiovanna Giorno]] and [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureJeanPierrePolnareff Polnareff]] set off for Paris, where the arrow was last seen. During their investigation, they bump into [[TheProtagonist Michelle]], Polnareff’s daughter who had disappeared from public records three years prior. She runs away from Giorno after he tries to tell her who he is, prompting him to believe that she was one of the Stand users that stole the arrow.
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10	[[BaitAndSwitchCharacterIntro In reality,]] Michelle has no idea who Giorno is and mistakes him as [[PoorCommunicationKills the one who killed her father.]] While on the run, she bumps into [[ManicPixieDreamGirl Sara]], a Stand using tourist, who saves her from being attacked by a mask-wearing Stand user in a [[RunningGag public bathroom.]] After a brief exchange, Michelle agrees to travel with Sara and her [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits group of friends]] in order to keep herself safe from the masked Stand users and their leader, the “Master of the Masquerade.”
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12	The series has a separate [[https://iron-touch.tumblr.com/ Tumblr blog]] and a [[https://discord.gg/bdyj7qGPBP Discord server.]]
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14	Not to be confused with ''Fanfic/IronHeart'', another ''JJBA'' fanfiction.
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16	Now has a [[Characters/IronTouch character page.]]
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18	!!''[=Iron Touch=]'' contains examples of the following tropes:
19	* ActionGirl: Sara, Cynatra and Fergie. [[CharacterizationMarchesOn Michelle is getting there.]]
20	* AdventureTowns: Almost every arc has the main characters go somewhere new. First from UsefulNotes/{{France}} to UsefulNotes/{{Belgium}}, then after they get to the UsefulNotes/UnitedStates, from state to state on the way to [[spoiler:Akira's concert]] in UsefulNotes/{{California}}.
21	* AerithAndBob: Michelle and Sara are fairly common feminine names (and also [[Music/TheBeatles music]] [[Music/HallAndOates references]]), Cab is uncommon but named after a [[Music/CabCalloway real person]], and Rumor is a full on Aerith-type name [[Music/FleetwoodMac and a music reference.]] Applies to the supporting cast as well.
22	* AlasPoorVillain: After Sara shoots Bad Sneakers in the leg at the end of Chapter 3, Michelle takes a moment to pity her when she tries to stand back up.
23	-->'''Michelle:''' Poor thing. I kind of feel bad for her. Which is bizarre, considering she was trying to kill me a minute ago.
24	* AllThereInTheManual: Several details about the characters have only been confirmed through the [[https://iron-touch.tumblr.com/ author's notes on Tumblr]] or posts from the author on [[https://discord.gg/bdyj7qGPBP the official Discord server.]]
25	* AnalogHorror: The bonus April Fools chapter [[https://iron-touch.tumblr.com/post/746583610506739712/cassette-tape-detected-beginning-data pierces.exe_11012006]] is presented as a cassette tape recorded by [[spoiler:the Vice President of the Supernatural Research Department at the Speedwagon Foundation]]. The tape ends with [[spoiler:the implication of the VP's Stand, The Pierces, eating part of the listener's brain]].
26	* AndIMustScream: Hol Horse mentions that Policy of Truth's original user was tricked by Depeche Mode into lying to his own Stand, trapping himself inside the painting. Unless Policy of Truth is one of those Stands that can persist after the user's death, this implies that he and every other screaming face trapped inside the painting are still conscious. This is made worse after [[spoiler:Policy of Truth is cut up into a bunch of tiny shards, implying that all the souls trapped inside the painting, ''including the Stand's original user'', were butchered by Depeche's employees]].
27	* AnvilOnHead: This almost happens to Cascada in Chapter 34, where a giant stage light would have crushed her had Michelle not [[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe blocked it]].
28	* ArbitrarySkepticism: Michelle, Sara, and Cab all refuse to believe that vampires exist, despite all of them having their own FightingSpirit. Doubles as GenreBlindness and DramaticIrony; as vampires have existed in JJBA since [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood the beginning.]]
29	* AssassinationAttempt: The group arrives in Mons right before the mayor is assassinated by [[spoiler:Hol Horse.]]
30	* AteHisGun: [[spoiler:Cab’s father commits suicide by shotgun for unknown reasons, one of them possibly being alienation from his son. Made even worse when Cab discovers the body.]]
31	* BackstoryOfTheDay: Chapters 6 and 11 serve as this for Cab and Rumor respectively.
32	* BathroomBrawl: Michelle's fight against [[HollywoodAcid Bad Sneakers]] in Chapter 3 takes place in a women's bathroom. [[RunningGag You could say she's]] [[SharedFamilyQuirks carrying on her father's legacy.]]
33	* BeachEpisode: The Chicago IX chapters are this.
34	* BeggarWithASignboard: One shows up in Chapter 22, asking Fergie for some spare change. She promptly beats him to near death.
35	* {{Blackmail}}: Hol Horse and Depeche Mode end up blackmailing each other when the former tries to get the latter to make a fake passport for Michelle, [[spoiler:with Hol Horse threatening to expose Depeche's money laundering scheme and hit on the mayor while Depeche threatens to expose Hol Horse as the one that actually killed the mayor]].
36	* BloodIsSquickerInWater: In Chapter 17, [[spoiler: Depeche]]'s decapitated head rolls into a jacuzzi and ends up turning the water red with blood.
37	* BloodSport: The "Stand-offs" at Chicago IX lean into this trope, but Cascada reassures Michelle that they're not about killing the opponent. They still prove to be very deadly; when Cascada [[AnOfferYouCantRefuse forces]] Michelle into one, Michelle nearly dies from blood loss [[spoiler:and the strain her Stand puts on her while Cascada is nearly crushed by a stage light]].
38	* BrainsAndBrawn: At a surface level, this is Cab and Rumor's dynamic, with Cab being the cocky boxer and Rumor being the analytical researcher. In reality, it's not that clear cut; Cab is shown to be [[SmarterThanTheyLook smarter than he looks]] with deep insights on philosophy, while Rumor's Hamon training has made him [[StrongerThanTheyLook stronger than he looks]] and is more battle-oriented than anyone else in the main group.
39	* BrickJoke: Giorno totes Coco Jumbo around in a messenger bag, which, according to him, is often labeled as a purse by Mista and Fugo. Come Chapter 4, and Michelle notes that she saw Giorno carrying a purse with him.
40	* CallBack: As to be expected from a fanfiction, Iron Touch has a few.
41	** During Chapter 1, Giorno mentions [[Literature/PurpleHazeFeedback Sheila E and Cannolo Murolo]].
42	** Michelle’s first fight takes place in a public bathroom, mirroring her father’s tendency to run into trouble in them.
43	** Rumor is a Hamon user, an ability that hadn’t been seen since [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Part 3]]. Additionally, [[KnowsTheRopes the design]] of his Stand, The Chain, invokes [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureJosephJoestar Hermit Purple]], another Stand capable of conducting Hamon.
44	** Michelle recalls hearing a story about the pig toilet from [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Part 3]] in Chapter 7.
45	** In [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Part 3]], Kakyoin notes that Midler's voice reminds him of Creator/AudreyHepburn. The Stand of Midler's apprentice Cascada is named after Hepburn's most iconic song.
46	* CallForward: When Cab explains his views on fate to Michelle, he invokes the famous gravity speech from [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Part 6.]]
47	-->'''Cab: ''' The world’s an ugly place. Buttering up the truth with ideas of fate, like we’re all pulled in by gravity to some predetermined result no matter what we do, doesn’t make it any better.
48	* CassandraTruth: Happens twice:
49	** Rumor’s obsession with hunting vampires is treated as childish and strange by the other characters, because they don’t believe that vampires exist. However, [[DramaticIrony the readers]] [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureDIO do know that vampires exist in the JoJo universe.]]
50	** Played with in regards to Iron Maiden’s “curse.” Even after Michelle explains her whole backstory to the group, Sara, Rumor, and Cab remain skeptical of the curse’s existence, with the latter saying to her face that it can’t exist.
51	* CementShoes: How Michelle disposed of her grandmother’s body.
52	* CensoredChildDeath: Averted ''hard'' in Chapter 30. [[spoiler:Not only do we see a seven-year-old die, but we see it from ''his perspective'']].
53	* CerebusRetcon: [[spoiler:Hol Horse shooting himself in the head with his own Stand was PlayedForLaughs in [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders part 3]], but here, it's given ''much'' more weight with the implication that he can no longer summon his Stand properly because of it.]]
54	* CharacterTics:
55	** [[NervousTics Michelle fidgets with her necklace whenever she's anxious.]]
56	** Sara tends to whistle to herself during moments of silence.
57	** It's subtle, but Hol Horse usually fakes a cough before he tells a lie or stretches the truth.
58	* ChaseScene: Chapter 33 is essentially one giant chase scene of Michelle running after [[ItMakesSenseInContext her bracelet]].
59	* CheckpointCharlie: Downplayed. Saxon airpark serves as this for Michelle, as travelling to the United States means she has to have a passport with her.
60	* ChildSoldiers: [[spoiler:Hol Horse reveals in Chapter 36 that he was working as an assassin for SEES since he was sixteen years old.]]
61	* ClockTower: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belfry_of_Mons The Belfry of Mons]] is mentioned in Chapter 7, [[spoiler:then becomes the battleground of the fight against Sting and Fall Out Boy in Chapter 10.]]
62	* ComingInHot: When the [[spoiler:suitcase raft]] lands at the end of Chapter 20.
63	* ConvictionByContradiction: While he had always been suspicious of her, what solidifies Michelle as involved in the arrow heist in Giorno's mind is her counterfeit passport because it had been commissioned by Depeche Mode [[spoiler:shortly before he was killed by Fergie]].
64	* CoveredInGunge: Sara and Hol Horse spend both Chapter 27 and 28 coated head to toe in sewage in order to [[spoiler:throw Highway Star off their trail]].
65	* CoverIdentityAnomaly: This is how basically all of Chapter 14 plays out. [[spoiler:At first, Michelle is able to use her DeadPersonImpersonation of her grandmother to her advantage while interviewing Depeche Mode for her passport, but it falls apart as the conversation drags on and she's forced to stretch the truth out as far as she can]].
66	* CreepyBasement: Boney's base of operations gives off this vibe.
67	* CreepyCemetery: {{Downplayed}} and {{Inverted}} in Chapter 1; where the [[OurGhostsAreDifferent ghost]] Polnareff goes to ''visit'' a cemetery.
68	* CrossesTheLineTwice: At the start of Michelle's interview in Chapter 14, Depeche Mode calls her a bimbo, which she takes offense to. Hol Horse advises her to tell him [[Bittersweet17 how old she is,]] to which Depeche casually responds that he owns a brothel that will accept girls [[{{Ephebophile}} as young as sixteen.]]
69	* CruelAndUnusualDeath: See YourHeadASplode below.
70	* {{Cyberspace}}: Random Access Memories can scan any inorganic object into a digital PocketDimension that can be accessed when the Stand is plugged into a computer.
71	* DeadlyRoadTrip: Much like [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders part 3]] before it, the protagonists go through a lot of shit while traveling around Europe. Even in her first day away from France, Michelle [[spoiler:witnesses two of her friends nearly die at the hands of a Masquerader assassin, then almost dies herself to the hands of a LivingLieDetector PhantomZonePicture]].
72	* DeathByOriginStory: Happens to Michelle’s mother, pet dog, grandmother, and Cab’s parents.
73	* DirtyCop: Quite a few pop up, though the duo in Chapter 27 that try to steal Yuya's (already stolen) motorcycle stand out in particular.
74	* DismantledMacguffin: [[spoiler:Policy of Truth]] is cut into a bunch of small pieces [[spoiler:in accordance to Depeche Mode's will after he dies]]. The pieces are then shipped off to everyone [[spoiler:on his payroll]], including Hol Horse and Lovestrong. [[spoiler:Interestingly, it still retains its LivingLieDetector status in this state, but no longer functions as a PhantomZonePicture]].
75	* DisposableIntern: Depeche Mode doesn't seem to care when his intern is absorbed by Policy of Truth.
76	* DisproportionateRetribution: Policy of Truth effectively kills anyone that lies to it.
77	* DoNotCallMePaul: Inverted. When Sara suggests nicknaming Michelle "Chelle Belle," Michelle staunchly rejects it and demands that she never call her that again. This is because it's the AffectionateNickname her father gave her when she was little.
78	* DramaticIrony: Tons of it, specifically when it plays with the [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure source material]].
79	** Rumor's fascination with vampires is dismissed by the other characters as a quirky hobby at best and don't take him seriously about it, with Michelle and Sara only playing along to humor him and Cab outright mocking him about it. This is coming from a series that's home to [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureDIO one of the most famous vampires in anime]].
80	** When Michelle sees Giorno talk into his bag at the cemetery, she thinks that he’s commanding the Masqueraders to do his bidding and later says that she “doesn’t want to think about all the horrible things a man like him would carry around.” In reality, Giorno was actually talking to Polnareff, her father, whose grave she was visiting at the time.
81	** Michelle recognizes right away that there's something off about Hol Horse but doesn't know what. Even without his little monologue at the end of Chapter 12, [[AssassinationAttempt his connection]] to [[PapaWolf Pol]][[BigBrotherInstinct nareff]] makes it very clear why he's so stressed to hear her name.
82	** The PoorCommunicationKills between Michelle and Giorno that set the foundation for the plot may count as this, too. The audience is well aware that neither of them are connected to the Masqueraders, but they are each other's prime suspects.
83	** Yuya casually tells Sara that a friend of his has gone missing, one whose [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureJosephJoestar father]] lives in New York. While he never shares his friend's name in the story, the readers all know [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakableHeroes who this character is]].
84	* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Cab’s father, Martin. See AteHisGun above.]]
85	* ElsewhereFic: Iron Touch focuses mostly on [[OriginalCharacter Michelle and the group of tourists she ends up traveling with]], with canon characters like Polnareff, Giorno and Hol Horse taking up important but nonetheless supporting roles.
86	* EnemyMine: Originally, Michelle only teamed up with Sara and co. because both of them were against the Masqueraders, and Michelle didn’t want to be put in a situation where she’d be forced to use [[DoomMagnet her Stand]] out in public again. As the story progresses, she comes to see them more as friends and traveling companions.
87	* EpisodeOnAPlane: The Aces High arc takes place almost entirely on a plane, with the latter half focusing on [[spoiler: how to escape the plane after it starts to lose altitude]].
88	* EpunymousTitle: Downplayed, Chapters 8 and 9 are titled "The Emperor's New Group," which is both a pun of Literature/TheEmperorsNewClothes and WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove as well as a pun of [[TarotMotifs Emperor]], Hol Horse's Stand name.
89	* EveryManHasHisPrice: Giorno is easily able to bribe the police officer guarding Depeche's mansion with a hundred dollar bill into letting him in.
90	* EveryonesInTheLoop: Despite Giorno's efforts to keep the arrow's theft a secret, much of the key cast knows about it anyways. Downplayed in that some characters, like Hol Horse and Depeche Mode, only know that Passione had been robbed, not specifically what had been stolen (though Hol Horse does correctly guess that Passione's treasure is a Stand arrow) and [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that characters like Fergie and Boney [[spoiler:''are'' the thieves responsible]].
91	* ExactWords: How Michelle is able to avoid being detected by Policy of Truth [[spoiler:at first. For example, when Depeche asks where she's from, he doesn't specify "where she currently lives," leaving her to say that she's "from" the town she grew up in that she hasn't been to in years rather than her grandmother's apartment in Paris. This ends up becoming meaningless when she realizes that she can just use Iron Maiden to temporarily deactivate Policy of Truth, but it takes her a while [[CharacterDevelopment to muster up the confidence to do so]].]]
92	* ExcuseMeComingThrough: Happens a couple of times, usually with Michelle.
93	* ExitPursuedByABear: Inverted. Chapter 17 ends with [[spoiler:Shatter Me's shadow looming ominously over Depeche's maids.]]
94	* FamilialFoe: Discussed but ultimately averted twice over. Michelle ''thinks'' that Giorno and Hol Horse are this, but the former is actually friends with her father and the latter doesn't want anything to do with him anymore.
95	* FanserviceCarWash: ''Inverted.'' The Royce car wash is a rundown rust bucket, and instead of getting your car cleaned by a scantily clad woman as this trope usually entails, it gets cleaned by a [[GiantSpider Giant Spider's]] OverlyLongTongue.
96	* FightingSpirit: This being a fanfic of the TropeCodifier, it's no surprise that Stands show up.
97	* FoodPorn: Chapter 8 opens up on a mouthwatering description of the group's first breakfast in Belgium.
98	* ForeignLanguageTirade: Michelle goes into one in Chapter 29 when Hol Horse carries a beaten up Sara back to her hotel room.
99	* {{Foreshadowing}}:
100	** One of the Masqueraders that stole the arrow has the ability to manipulate electricity, [[spoiler:just like Akira Otoishi from [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Part 4.]]]]
101	** In Chapter 8, it's mentioned that they mayor died from "a bullet to the head, except there was no bullet in his head." [[spoiler:Later that very same chapter, the group finds Hol Horse passed out behind a dumpster.]]
102	** Giorno alludes to the possibility of a mole or traitor being responsible for the arrow's theft in both Chapter 1 and Chapter 21. In Chapter 22, [[spoiler:[[{{Turncoat}} Bufala]] shows up]].
103	** Sara's affinity for [[spoiler:Akira's music]] is hinted at in Chapter 16, where she [[spoiler:blasts a Japanese rock song with many "upbeat electric guitar riffs"]].
104	* GayParee: Notably {{Averted}}. All of the other real-world cities that the group visits, like [[UsefulNotes/{{Belgium}} Mons]] and [[UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity New York City]], are played up as legitimate tourist spots and show off at least one of the city's landmarks through a Stand fight. While the cemetery that Michelle and Giorno run into each other in is indeed [[https://parisjetaime.com/eng/culture/cimetiere-de-belleville-p1812 real]], Paris is not described as being particularly glamorous from either Michelle or Giorno's point of view and the two Stand battles that happen in the city take place in a public bathroom and on the street as someone tries to steal the group's car. May be justified when seen through [[TheProtagonist Michelle's]] point of view, as [[HatedHometown she's jaded from having to live in a big tourist city for as long as she has]].
105	* GenFic: While there are ''some'' ships, they're not the focus of the story and mostly involve {{Original Character}}s.
106	* GeneHunting: Averted. When Michelle asks Sara if she's travelling to find her biological father, she responds very negatively.
107	* TheGhost: Marylou, Polnareff’s wife and Michelle’s mother, both in the figurative and [[DeathByOriginStory literal]] sense.
108	* GlorifiedSpermDonor: Seems to be the case for whoever Sara's biological father is, as she tells Michelle that she's never even met him.
109	* GravityScrew: In Chapter 19, [[spoiler: the StaticElectricity running through the plane is strong enough to keep Hol Horse standing upside down on the fuselage]].
110	* GreatBigBookOfEverything: Rumor's diary acts like this in the story. He'll almost always have whatever information the plot needs written down in it, from European travel laws to a tally of how many Masqueraders each of the main group has defeated.
111	* GroinAttack: Midler knees Hol Horse in the crotch as vengeance for him [[CallBack trying to shoot Dio twenty years prior]].
112	* GrossUpCloseUp: This paragraph from Chapter 37:
113	-->''Before he had a chance to avert his eyes, a series of squelches and gurgles trickled out from Mr. Williams' body as [[FlayingAlive his skin peeled open like a pair of doors]]. A sour odor fanned through the air as some of his muscle fibers tore off his body with them while others stayed firm where they were, leaving a good chunk of Mr. Williams' skeleton and internal organs exposed for the world to see. His remaining muscle tissue tensed against the cool air, his fleshy lungs contracted and expanded with every breath, and his veiny intestines sporadically throbbed and pulsated, no doubt still digesting his dinner. A thin layer of slimy mucus coated everything, making his innards look somewhat greasy in the glimmering sunset. Perhaps most disturbing of all was his face—[[SkullForAHead nearly all of the veins and muscle tissue had been torn off, leaving him behind with almost nothing but his skull]]. Mr. Williams stared back at Hol Horse with literally bulging eyes and a perpetually toothy grin. The shed skin hung off of Mr. Williams' neck by the collar of his vest like a hood.''
114	* HairContrastDuo: Energetic ManicPixieDreamGirl Sara is a redhead while misanthropic ShrinkingViolet Michelle has silver-gray hair.
115	* HandGagging: Hol Horse does this to Midler in Chapter 35 to [[spoiler:prevent her from revealing any more about his connection to Polnareff in front of [[FanCreatedOffspring Mich]][[DaddysGirl elle]]]].
116	* HeKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler:Probably why Depeche Mode put a hit on Mayor Dixie, if Hol Horse is to be believed.]]
117	* InnerMonologue: Expect a lot of these from whoever the POV character is, usually Michelle.
118	* InterestingSituationDuel:
119	** The fight against Bad Sneakers takes place in a [[RunningGag public bathroom.]]
120	** A majority of the fight against Fall Out Boy takes place [[spoiler:on the side of a belfry.]]
121	** Most of the fight against [[spoiler:Highway Star]] takes place in an abandoned, flooded subway.
122	* {{Irony}}: Despite being {{Muggles}} who fear the supernatural, the Fleetwoods gave their son the most unusual name of the main cast.
123	* JustAFleshWound: Sara invokes this trope to calm Michelle's nerves over her shooting Bad Sneakers in the leg, despite its user screaming and sobbing on the ground.
124	* JustInTime: In Chapter 14, Michelle is able to use Iron Maiden to save herself just seconds before [[spoiler:melting and being absorbed inside Policy of Truth.]]
125	* LivingLieDetector: This is how Policy of Truth works; anyone who lies within the Stand's range ends up turning into paint and being absorbed into the painting.
126	* LogicalWeakness: During the Aces High chapters, [[spoiler:the plane becomes riddled with StaticElectricity that keeps the group stuck to the floor]]. Their solution? [[spoiler:Turn on a humidifier to dispel some of the static]].
127	* TheMagicTouch: Several Stands work this way. It's called Iron ''Touch'' for a reason. Most notably, Michelle's Stand, Iron Maiden, can cancel out all forces acting upon anything it touches (including gravity), making them indestructible and unmovable for a short period of time.
128	* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Happens twice with [[NighInvulnerability Boney]]:
129	** In Chapter 22, Fergie and Bufala don't so much as bat an eye when they see their commander [[spoiler:shoot himself point blank with a Desert Eagle]], instead [[DeadpanSnarker snarking]] at the situation.
130	** In Chapter 30, Boney barely flinches when [[spoiler:Ben stabs him in the back with a knife, not even noticing the knife still lodged in his back until it bumped against the back of his chair]].
131	* MalevolentMaskedMen: The Masqueraders, a group of Stand users wearing Masquerade masks that become aggressive around other Stand users.
132	* MeditatingUnderAWaterfall: Downplayed, Rumor does this in an ice cold shower in Chapter 23.
133	* MiniGolfEpisode: Chapter 37; albeit at an actual golf course.
134	* MinorWithFakeID: Subverted and PlayedForLaughs. Michelle's fake passport lists her age as twenty-one rather than seventeen, which only makes her worried that the age discrepancy will get her caught and arrested. [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Cut to Cab begging Hol Horse to get him a fake passport as well]].
135	* MotiveRant: Boney's dagger speech in Chapter 22.
136	* {{Muggle}}: The staff of Chicago IX call individuals without Stands Lonelys. Though unlike many versions of this trope, the Lonely guests at the resort seem to at least be aware of Stands.
137	* MusicalThemeNaming: As to be expected from a JJBA fic. A playlist containing all of the music references so far can be found [[https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDdaGu-Eah82ODYjfKuprYgWYvUrSjLL8 here]] and [[https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5GHsKiIJvCRQ1FdkO611bU here.]]
138	* NobleMaleRoguishMale: Rumor and Cab lean into this dynamic but never fully embrace it.
139	* NoodleIncident:
140	** Cab and Rumor's fight is continuously referenced, but we don't know anything that actually happened in it other than the fact that [[DefeatMeansFriendship Cab won and Rumor started travelling with him and Sara afterwards.]]
141	** When Michelle and Hol Horse reunite with Sara and co. after negotiating with Depeche Mode, they find her taking pictures of a giant sculpture made entirely of orange slices held together by Rumor's Hamon with Cab sitting off to the side holding a small paper bag of oranges. I mean, when are we gonna get this many oranges again? Besides, we gotta hurry before that old lady gets back.
142	-->'''Rumor:''' You know, usually I welcome your artistic pursuits, Sara. I must ask, however, is this really necessary?
143	-->'''Sara:''' Of course!
144	* NotThatKindOfPartner: Hol Horse says this verbatim after Sara mistakenly believes that he and Sting are a couple.
145	* ObviousVillainSecretVillain: As the leader of the arrow heist, [[spoiler:Boney]] establishes himself as a major villain as early as Chapter 1. The Grand Marshal, meanwhile, is so secretive that they're only ever referred to by their code name.
146	* OriginalFlavour: The fic's plot structure and tone is ''very'' similar to [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Part 3]] and [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind Part 5]] of JJBA. Even its status as an ElsewhereFic works within JJBA's style; as every subsequent part focuses on a different member of the Joestar bloodline than the last. It's the same here, except we're focusing on a different family.
147	* OutsideRide: Taken to its logical extreme in Chapter 20; [[spoiler:where Michelle and co. put together a makeshift raft out of their ''suitcases'', a couple of parachutes, and several layers of The Chain.]]
148	* PerkyGoth: [[RichBitch While she's not still exactly pleasant to be around]], Fergie acts more like this than the traditional moody {{Goth}}.
149	* PhantomZonePicture: Policy of Truth becomes this to anyone that lies to it.
150	* PlaneAwfulFlight: Initially averted in the Aces High arc, despite Michelle's anxiety over flying. [[spoiler:Then Red Hot Chili Pepper shows up and crashes the plane]].
151	* PoolScene: Chapter 17 starts with Depeche Mode lounging in his private hot tub, complete with a couple of cute maids relaxing with him. It ends with [[spoiler:Depeche's [[OffWithHisHead decapitated head]] [[BloodIsSquickerInWater floating around in the water]] and the implication that the rest of his staff share a similar fate]].
152	* PosthumousCharacter: Most of the main cast's parents count as this.
153	** Marylou, Michelle's mother and Polnareff's wife, is dead and buried years before the story starts.
154	** Sara mentions that her stepfather died of cancer about a year before she meets Michelle. The status of her biological father, however, is unknown.
155	** Both of Cab's parents die well before he gets involved in the plot.
156	* PowerOutagePlot: In Chapter 19, [[spoiler:Red Hot Chili Pepper drains the plane the protagonists are on of its electricity ''while they're still airborne.'' To make matters worse, he turned it all into StaticElectricity to keep them all from jumping off with a parachute]].
157	* PrematurelyMarkedGrave: Polnareff and Marylou both share a grave at Cimetière de Belleville...except Polnareff's date of death hasn't been engraved onto it, he's not buried there, and his remaining family wasn't even sure if he ''was'' dead or not.
158	* PropagandaPiece: The ''Dio Appreciation Day'' poster depicts Dio as simultaneously holy and patriotic (despite not being American), dressing him up like the Statue of Liberty with the moon shining behind him like "[[CallBack the light of]] [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean heaven itself.]]" Dio was obviously nothing like this in reality.
159	* ProperlyParanoid: Given the fact that she's been avoiding [[spoiler:tax collectors]] for several years while living alone in a big city, most of Michelle's paranoid monologues are understandable even if they are played for laughs. Whenever it's PlayedStraight, it usually ends up turning her into the OnlySaneMan of the group, like when she rightfully finds Hol Horse suspicious for wanting to join their group.
160	* RageBreakingPoint: Michelle hits hers in Chapter 35 after [[spoiler:Midler confirms that Hol Horse did indeed know her father, considered him an enemy (she assumes that he helped kill him), and that he intentionally hid it from her the whole time the two were travelling together]].
161	* RecursiveFanfiction: While Iron Touch isn't one, it has a few of its own:
162	** [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/44984743 The Red and the Black]], a {{Crossover}} with fellow [=JoJo=] fanpart ''Fanfic/StreetlightPursuit'' written by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/leafgilly/pseuds/leafgilly leafgilly]].
163	** [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/52415764 Big Iron]], written by ''[[Webcomic/CultureShockAllShaftsFall Culture Shock]]'' author [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/AllShaftsFall/pseuds/AllShaftsFall AllShaftsFall]].
164	* RunningGag:
165	** As a carryover from [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders part 3]], Michelle has a habit of running into trouble in public bathrooms.
166	** Hol Horse getting his shit kicked in every time he runs into an [[WomanScorned old girlfriend]] (or their KnightTemplarBigBrother).
167	* SaveTheVillain: While not a ''villain'' per se, in Chapter 34, [[spoiler: Michelle saves Cascada from a falling stage light.]]
168	* SceneryCensor: When Cab and Hol Horse walk in on Rumor [[MeditatingUnderAWaterfall meditating in the shower]] in Chapter 23, his lower half is blocked off by the rim of the shower's embedded bathtub.
169	* SceneryPorn: Particularly when they reach New York; several paragraphs are devoted to describing Times Square and the different parts of Central Park.
170	* SearchingTheStalls: In Chapter 3, Michelle ends up doing this while inside a bathroom stall herself.
171	* ShieldSurf: With [[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe Michelle]] going up against [[FloatingWater Cascada]] in Chapter 34, this was inevitable.
172	* ShoutOut: [[ShoutOut/IronTouch Now has its own page]].
173	* SinisterSurveillance: Michelle notes that Rest Aria has a lot of security cameras for a simple art gallery, which ends up being another hint that there's more to it than what initially meets the eye.
174	* SmallSecludedWorld: Chicago IX, a beach resort for Stand users, is tucked away in an unknown pocket of the world and guarded by a [[ItMakesAsMuchSenseInContext giant spider monster living inside a rundown car wash]].
175	* SpookyPainting: Policy of Truth is described as "a horde of screaming acrylic faces set in front of a flaming background." It doubles as a PhantomZonePicture.
176	* SubwaysSuck: The UsefulNotes/NewYorkCitySubway has been flooded by a burst sewage pipe by the time the group get to The Big Apple.
177	* SupernaturalSealing: [[spoiler:Michelle ends up trapping High Priestess inside of a Random Access Memory while it's transformed into a harpoon gun]].
178	* SuperpowerfulGenetics: Discussed by Michelle and Sara.
179	-->'''Michelle:''' I, um, was just wondering whether or not either of you parents were Stand users. I always assumed it was hereditary, so who'd you get it from?
180	-->'''Sara:''' I don't think it works like that. Cab's told me that his parents weren't Stand users and I get the feeling that Rumor's weren't either.
181	* SurpriseCarCrash:
182	** This is a part of Michelle's backstory, specifically, [[spoiler:it's how her grandmother and former boyfriend bite the dust]].
183	** Narrowly averted at the end of Chapter 20 when the protagonists' [[spoiler:luggage raft]] almost crashes into a truck.
184	* SwitchingPOV: While the fic is mostly told from Michelle's perspective following her BaitAndSwitchCharacterIntro in Chapter 1, it does occasionally switch between other characters, usually for their TroubledBackstoryFlashback.
185	* SympatheticAdulterer: It's easy forget that Cab's father cheated on his wife after [[spoiler: finding out that he committed suicide by shotgun.]]
186	* ATragedyOfImpulsiveness: The ''entire'' All Broken Down Inside arc could've been avoided if Sara simply resisted the urge to [[spoiler:steal Yuya's bike]].
187	* {{Troll}}: Cab acts like this a lot, usually to Rumor.
188	* TroubledBackstoryFlashback: Chapters 6 and 11 serve as this for Cab and Rumor.
189	* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: Enforced by Rest Aria art museum, which is noted for its boring architecture and overpriced [[{{Postmodernism}} Postmodern]] paintings. Turns out, it's actually a huge money laundering scheme by a local crime boss.
190	-->''Each painting they passed grew plainer than the last, going from fuzzy shapes to one that was nearly blank save for a single red stripe in the middle. Street graffiti had more talent behind it. Then again, maybe she just didn't get it.''
191	* UnexpectedInheritance: After [[spoiler:Depeche Mode]] dies, Hol Horse receives a phone call saying that he left him something in his will, which Hol Horse suspects is a trap. Chapter 23 is even called "Surprise Inheritance."
192	* VillainOpeningScene: Subverted; Chapter 1 starts from Giorno's POV, but he opens the chapter by recounting the arrow's theft.
193	* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Dio has been reframed as an absolute ''saint'' at Chicago IX [[spoiler:by Mr. Williams, hoping doing so may lure another vampire to the resort]].
194	* VoicesAreMental: In Chapter 20, Chili Pepper speaks in a voice "that did not belong to its user" with a slight Russian accent, the same one that Boney has. Two chapters later, it's spelled out that he's [[spoiler:capable of using Akira's Masquerade mask to directly possess his Stand]].
195	* WhamLine: In Chapter 36: "[[spoiler:Did you know that you used to have an auntie?]]"
196	* WomanScorned: [[HandsomeLech Hol Horse's]] former girlfriends have all become this, with Lovestrong breaking his nose on his sister's behalf, Lindy giving him a BitchSlap when he comes knocking on her door, and Midler [[GroinAttack kneeing him in the balls]] as soon as she sees him[[note]]Though that was because he tried to shoot Dio rather than because of any lover's quarrel.[[/note]].
197	* WrittenSoundEffect: The fic does this occasionally in order to mimic the source material.
198	* YouGetMeCoffee: Inverted in Chapter 15, where Hol Horse jokingly offers to get Depeche a coffee in exchange for [[spoiler:Michelle's passport]], but he declines and gives him [[MissionBriefing a real]] [[NeverOneMurder job]].
199	* YouRemindMeOfX: Very briefly in Chapter 2. One of Sara's guesses of Michelle's name is Hellen, apparently after a friend of hers. She mentions that they're both "very quiet."

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