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2[[caption-width-right:300:The header of the Wordpress blog where the story is hosted.]]
3[[https://untilmycolor.wordpress.com/ Until My Color Fades Away]] is written by [=NightlockFallen=] and is a mix of the rainbowcy [[note]]A legacy challenge (which is making one sim and playing that family for ten generations) with [[AmazingTechnicolorPopulation Berry Sims]].[[/note]] and musicacy [[note]]A legacy challenge where each generation's story revolves around a specific song.[[/note]] challenges for VideoGame/TheSims3. The founder of the rainbowcy is Crescendo Moon, and her generation (and the story as a whole) began on August 1, 2012.
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5Warning: Every generation has its twists and turns, so this page is marked with spoiler tape. However, spoilers for Generation 1 will be unmarked in Generation 2, and so on.
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7!! Until My Color Fades Away contains examples of:
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9[[folder:General Tropes]]
10* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Part of the premise, with exotic hair colors and TechnicolorEyes being commonplace. The thought of being "vanilla"[[note]]like RealLife humans[[/note]] is almost unthinkable.
11* ForegoneConclusion: The narrator will live (at least until the next generation), and will have at least one child, due to the story requiring ten generations.
12* LawOfInverseFertility: Saying which generations this applies most to would be spoiling.[[note]]Generations 1, 4, and 5. Generation 3 is a bit of a grey area.[[/note]]
13* LoveInterest: There's one every generation. [[spoiler:Sometimes there's more than one.]]
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16[[folder:Generation 1]]
17* BreakThemByTalking: [[spoiler:Kale does this to Crescendo just before he leaves.]]
18* ChildhoodFriend: [[spoiler:Zest and Crescendo]] met in grade school...
19* ChildhoodFriendRomance: ...and eventually start dating as adults.
20* EmptyShell: [[spoiler:Crescendo becomes one of these after Kale leaves, and it gets worse once she realizes she's pregnant.]]
21* EtTuBrute: Ice gets this reaction from Crescendo during her introduction.
22* FairWeatherFriend: Ice, shown during the introduction.
23* HeroicBSOD: Crescendo goes through one of these [[spoiler:after Kale leaves.]]
24* [[FirstGirlWins First Guy Wins]]/[[LastGirlWins Last Guy Wins]]: Both are true, depending on the point of view being used. [[spoiler:For Crescendo, it's the first guy, and for the audience, it's the last guy.]]
25* HonoraryUncle: Zest is this, as the only person who will talk to Crescendo, Kale, and the kids. [[spoiler:He probably lost this position when he and Crescendo start dating.]]
26* LetsHaveAnotherBaby: Crescendo says this line almost word for word. [[spoiler:The impending breakup does not happen for another few chapters, and appears to be entirely unrelated.]]
27* LoveConfession: Between Crescendo and Kale in the first chapter. Although they've been dating for years, this instance might be the first time they've said it.
28* MalignedMixedMarriage: It takes years for the town to get used to Crescendo's and Kale's mixed-color marriage. Kale gets fired from his job because of it, although his boss cites other reasons.
29* MissingMom / DisappearedDad: None of the adult characters have any parents mentioned or seen at all.
30** [[spoiler:Kale becomes one by the end of chapter 6.]]
31* MySecretPregnancy: [[spoiler:Crescendo attempts this by staying inside her house. It's discovered when she lets Zest inside.]]
32* SecondLove: [[spoiler: Crescendo finds one with Zest, and Kale finds one with Ice]].
33* SecretRelationship: Kale and Crescendo have one for four years, and they go public with it in the second chapter.
34* TemptingFate:
35-->'''Kale:''' [[spoiler:Trust me, I'm not going anywhere.]]
36-->'''Crescendo:''' ''[narrating]'' [[spoiler:I knew [welcoming Ice back as a friend] would come back and bite me in the butt someday.]]
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39[[folder:Generation 2]]
40* [[BreakHisHeartToSaveHim Break Her Heart To Save Her]]: It's revealed that this was Kale's motivation to leave like he did- he was a spy, and his family was in danger of being targeted.
41* FakeRelationship: Eclipse and Storm enter one for revenge on their ex-boyfriend and ex-girlfriend, respectively.
42* FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo: From Eclipse's point of view, since she thought Zest was her father, not Kale.
43* [[LastGirlWins Last Guy Wins]]
44[[/folder]]
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46[[folder:Generation 3]]
47* IfICantHaveYou:
48* [[LastGirlWins Last Guy Wins]]
49[[/folder]]
50
51[[folder:Generation 4]]
52* BoyMeetsGhoul: Firefly meets Emerald Mist Amulet, who Firefly nicknames Mera.
53* FirstGirlWins
54* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampires: What the vampberry monarchy, especially Mera, is trying to be.
55* InterspeciesRomance: Eventually.
56* MuggleAndMagicalLoveTriangle: Firefly ends up in one of them. [[spoiler:Played with since one of them married someone else and he's pining after her.]]
57* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Crimson Blood.
58* OldFlame: [[spoiler:Firefly's is Mera, and Mera's is Firefly, even when both of them are with different people.]]
59* OurVampiresAreDifferent: There's a vampire monarchy, and the tears they cry are the color of the last berry's blood they drank. [[spoiler: And a vampberry's eyes can be red due to genetics or from drinking directly from a mortal.]]
60* PrincessClassic: Mera.
61%%* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler:Gamma.]]
62* SecondLove: [[spoiler:Firefly attempts this with Gamma.]]
63* TakeThat: There are a few jabs at Literature/TheTwilightSaga during this generation.
64* UnfazedEveryman: Firefly. It does help that he grew up knowing vampberries were real.
65* VampireBitesSuck: Especially when the vampire intends to kill.
66* WellExcuseMePrincess: Firefly and Mera definitely have this dynamic in the beginning, but it fades somewhat by the halfway point of the story.
67[[/folder]]
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69[[folder:Generation 5]]
70* LastGirlWins
71* MuggleAndMagicalLoveTriangle: Bliss has one with Crimson [[spoiler:and Aquarius]].
72* NotQuiteDead: Crimson manages to pull one of these.
73[[/folder]]
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75%%[[folder:Generation 6]]

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