1 | ->''"TO BEGIN AT THE END, WE MUST END AT THE BEGINNING!"'' |
2 | -->-- '''Andrew Hussie''' |
3 | |
4 | Inspired by ''Literature/AtlantaNights'', ''Prospit Nights'' is a collaborative effort by the ''Webcomic/MSPaintAdventures'' forums that attempted to create [[SoBadItsGood the best, worst badfic of all time.]] As with ''Literature/AtlantaNights'', each of the writers had to write a chapter using only a brief chapter and character outline without talking about their chapter with anyone else, leading to a nonsensical and convoluted plot that crosses over with everything from ''VideoGame/BioShock'' to ''Franchise/SamAndMax''. |
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6 | The "story" (such that it is), follows four kids; Trudy Tavis, Travis Trudy, Alex Alexson, and Vmsdfx Rewoi, as they stumble through a SBURB session that has fallen under siege by a malevolent entity known as Seigneur Français. But could the mysterious troll known as Reno Blight truly be behind everything? [[spoiler:Hell if I know.]] |
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8 | The project was originally concieved by Edrobot (of Fanfic/JakeEnglishsMysteriousTheaterOfScientificRomanceFromTheYear3000 fame), though [=BlackHolePA=] took over about halfway through. |
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10 | You can read it on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1183038/chapters/2413394 here]], and you can read the google docs version [[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nSh1Vsvnvgh6uP0tqss50n5MQsFMUm2Sq5vQ5D3xfQM/pub here.]] |
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12 | !Tropes that can be found in this work include |
13 | * ArcWords: |
14 | ** "To begin at the end, WE MUST END AT THE BEGINNING!" |
15 | ** Also, [[Film/SouthlandTales "Pimps don't commit suicide".]] |
16 | * AWizardDidIt: In Chapter 11, it's revealed that AT LEAST one chapter worth of inconsistencies and stupidity is because Vyro has a draft copy of the book, and he's writing bullshit to mess with people |
17 | * AuthorAppeal: There's a few shout-outs to Creator/GrantMorrison, mostly because Edrobot (who wrote most of the outline) is a huge fan of his. |
18 | * BreakoutCharacter: Seigneur Français was originally an imaginary joke character from Webcomic/AlabasterTheDoomedSession, who Edrobot got permission to use. |
19 | * CliffHanger: "and no one knows if they survived. :( Keep reading to find out." |
20 | * {{Crossover}} between ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}, VideoGame/LANoire, Franchise/{{Halo}}, Franchise/MassEffect, VideoGame/BioShock1, VideoGame/BioShockInfinite, VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption, ComicBook/DoomPatrol, Series/GetSmart, Film/DeadPoetsSociety,'' and ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII2''. |
21 | * DragonWithAnAgenda: [[spoiler: The semifinal chapter reveals that [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII2 Caius Ballad]] was seeking to claim the [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006 Iblis Trigger]]. [[AbortedArc But then he gets shot to death by Blasto.]]]] |
22 | * [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep Everyone Calls Him The Evil Father From]] ''Film/DeadPoetsSociety''. |
23 | ** Also [[spoiler:The Villain From Lighting Returns: Final Fantasy XIII]] is not referred to as anything else. |
24 | * FeaturelessPlaneOfDisembodiedDialogue: All the time. |
25 | * FantasticRacism: Pops up here and there. Overcoming prejudice against [[spoiler:[[Manga/AttackOnTitan titans]]]] is basically the plot of Chapter 4. |
26 | * ForTheEvulz: Signeur Francais' story-warping agent Vyro completely changes Trudy's world, helps Conroy Duex send Travis to Colombia, creates an evil corporation, and turns the ending into a shitty CYOA. Why? Because he can. |
27 | * ParodySue: Trudy Travis. An Albino, Half-Japanese girl with mysterious powers that seem to change every chapter. |
28 | * RummageSaleReject: Lillith and Trudy are described like this in chapter 11. |
29 | * ShoutOut: |
30 | ** Trudy's land is [[FanFic/MyImmortal "The Land of Ebony and Darkness"]], while Travis' Land is [[FanFic/LightAndDarkTheAdventuresOfDarkYagami "The Land of Blood And Bananas".]] |
31 | ** In the first epilogue's dialogue between Andrew Hussie and [[spoiler:The Villain From VideoGame/LightningReturnsFinalFantasyXIII]], dialogue was cribbed from ''Theatre/WaitingForGodot'', ''{{Anime/Paprika}}'', and ''Film/MysteryMen''. |
32 | ** A Luchador named Creator/RobLiefeld is blamed for having invented [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Youngbloods' Disease]]. |
33 | ** The big twists at the end of ''Bioshock'' and ''VideoGame/BioShockInfinite'' are parodied, but in ways so outlandish that you'd be forgiven for thinking otherwise. |
34 | ** Travis is named after Travis Tea, the alleged author of ''Literature/AtlantaNights''. |
35 | ** [[spoiler: Travis' speech at the end is a variation of the [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Unlimited Blade Works chant]]]] |
36 | ** Invoked in a later chapter: |
37 | -->'''Targeting Computer:''' Bruce! You've switched off your targeting computer! |
38 | -->'''Troll Bruce Campbell:''' Yes I know. I did that because I'm going to use the force to blow it up as a reference to [[Franchise/StarWars start wars]] |
39 | * SongFic: Chapter 3 dips into this with lyrics from "„The End“ from Music/MyChemicalRomance“." |
40 | * SpoilerTitle: Double subverted with the final chapter, "THIS TITLE HAS SPOILERS MAKING IT MORE AERODYNAMIC [[spoiler:ALSO SEIGNUR FRANCIES DIES]]" |
41 | * TakeThat: |
42 | -->'''Targeting Computer''': But bruce! Star wasr is just a movie its not real! The force is just made up bullshit like Unicorns, the Loch Ness Monster, and Tea Party. |
43 | * TimeParadox: [[spoiler: Cole Phelps becomes John Marston, who becomes Master Chief, who becomes Booker [=DeWitt=], who becomes Zachary Comstock, who then goes back to being Master Chief as part of a complicated time loop. And yet somehow later Cole, John, Booker and Chief are all fighting alongside each other in later chapters without so much as a mention of this.]] |
44 | * TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: Vyro directly messes with the readers by making the book unbearably stupid, especially in the second epilogue. |
45 | * TheyKilledKennyAgain: Chole Phelps dies at least 5 different times in the same chapter. |
46 | * UnusualChapterNumbers: Chapter 15 is titled "Chapter 42" and chapter 20 is titled "Chapter 22". |
47 | * WackyWaysideTribe: [[ComicBook/DoomPatrol The Men From N.O.W.H.E.R.E.]] kidnap Travis at one point, and even (seemingly) kill Seigneur Français. But by the end of the chapter they've all but vanished in a PuffOfLogic. |
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