...sigh... Do I really have to do this?
(rifle click) JESUS CHRIST! ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT!
Okey-dokey, The Darkness of my Heart is a... uh... delightful Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends fanfiction about Marie Bloody Ebony D'arkness, a goth vampire teenager who comes to work at a gothified Foster's. A Foster's where everyone is either gothic and depressed, a prep, or completely batshit insane. Yes, even happy-go-lucky Wilt and mature, level-headed Frankie have been reduced to whiny, suicidial "goffs" who self-harm, do drugs, and practice Satanism. Oh, and don't think they're the only canon characters who suffer this case of OOC, oh no no no, I just don't want to describe them all in fear that I'll start crying blood. And not in the "goffik bloody tearz" way.
The plot is rather basic, focusing on Marie while the canon characters take a back seat, unless they're sleeping with her. Marie is constantly painted as the brave hero, solving almost all the huge plot twists with her brilliant wit, intelligence, and "vampire powers" while the canon characters praise her and tell her how awesome she is.
So yeah, it's basically My Immortal: The Foster's Edition. However, it actually manages to make less sense than its predecessor.
Can be found here
and on her DeviantArt account here (with the added bonus of her "art"). Read at your own risk. A MST is here. Although it's certainly not as renowned as other (possible) trollfics, it's style and subject can safely be compared to fics such as My Immortal (obviously), Twila The Girl Who Waz In Luv With A Vampyre, and Forbiden Fruit: The Tempation of Edward Cullen.
The Darkness of My Heart provides examples of:
- Abusive Parents: Marie's father apparently beat and raped her.
- Anti-Hero: Marie is a hardcore Satanist, hates and mistreats anyone she deems to be a prep or poser, and is a generally unpleasant person. She's our protagonist.
- Author Appeal: Like Tara Gilesbie, the author claims to be a goth Satanist, so naturally the characters are written as, you guessed it, goth Satanists.
- Berserk Button: Don't tell the author that The Darkness of my Heart is horrible, or is a ripoff of My Immortal, because IT'S TOTALLY NOT U GUISE!!!! FUKKING PREPZ!!!!11 Also, in-story, when Marie is upset she'll sometimes release her "vampire powers".
- Cluster F-Bomb: In almost every chapter."What the fucking fuck fuck!""Fucking hell you fucking stupid ass fucking retards you almost fucking shot us you fucking fucker!"
- Coitus Uninterruptus: Despite the fact that our heroes are running around in a hysterical frenzy after Berry turns Bloo into a prep (it... makes sense in context... sort of...),
Terrence and Duchess decide to have intercourse right in the middle of the floor while this is all going on.
- Crunchtastic:
- Words like "sexily" and "suicidely" as well as many others are used as adjectives throughout the story
- In chapter 12, Marie uses the word 'gothical' to describe her night with Bloo. Although it is a real word, she's not using it correctly.
- Darker and Edgier: If you can call "Whinier and Emo-er" that, then sure.
- "Darkness von Gothick" Name: Marie Bloody Ebony D'arkness, as while as the nicknames some of the canon characters are given such as Darkness (Mac) and Disturbia (Eurotrish).
- Deus ex Machina:
- While trapped in the dungeon cell, Marie's magical bloody vampire tears conveniently reveals a secret message that tells her and the gang how to escape.
- In chapter 19, right when Marie's about to be killed by Berry, her "guardian demon" appears, freezes time, and gives her the power to beat Berry.
- Dramatic Ellipsis: It wouldn't be a goffik My Immortal knockoff without excessive ellipses.
- Driven to Suicide: Marie attempts suicide after seeing Wilt cheating on her with Eduardo.
- Emo Teen and Hormone-Addled Teenager: Marie, as well as a good portion of the main cast despite some of them not even being teenagers. Or human.
- Everyone Is Bi: It's a My Immortal ripoff, what else did you expect? Although, unlike in MI, the main character does actually show interest in women and there is a girlxgirl pairing.
- Expy: Considering the author's love for My Immortal, Marie Bloody Ebony D'arkness could be considered this to Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way. Hell, just look at her second middle name and last name.
- Missing Mom: Marie's father murdered her mother as revealed in chapter 19.
- Mister Seahorse: Eduardo was apparently pregnant with Wilt's child in the past, but had a miscarriage.
- Overly Long Name: Marie Bloody Ebony D'arkness is the first obvious example, but her guardian demon Damien Ravenlord Topez Blud Alex Lane just takes the cake.
- Parental Incest: In the first chapter Marie straight-out states that her father has raped her.
- Rape as Backstory: Marie states her father has raped her, although it's only made mention of in chapter 1 and 19.
- Satellite Love Interest: Marie probably only knew Wilt for a couple of hours at the most before they started banging like rabbits in heat. Same with Bloo, whom she had almost no interaction with until chapter 12 where he confesses his love to her and they hook up.
- Would Hit a Girl: Bloo punches Berry in chapter 15. He then attempts to kill her in chapter 19.
- Yaoi Fangirl: The author seems to be fond of boy-on-boy action.
