History Fanfic / AWEArcadiaBayRogueDemon

* ShoutOut: Jesse refers to her idea of remaking the Prime Candidate Program into a FantasticRecruitmentDrive as "FBC [[Franchise/TheAvengers Avengers]]."

* AdaptationalExplanation: In ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange'', the hurricane that devastated Arcadia Bay was supposedly a {{Clock Roach|es}} that manifested because Max used her rewinding ability to save Chloe's life. Here it's actually an AWE (Altered World Event) caused by a manifestation of the Hiss possessing Rachel Amber's corpse, [[ArtifactOfDoom her iconic blue feather an Altered Item used as a conduit to achieve this goal]]. This would further imply that Max's TimeRewindMechanic powers were a symptom of all the unusual activity that happens in-game (the off-season snow, the solar eclipse, the dead birds, the beached whales, and the optical illusion of the full moon) rather than the cause.

* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: It's implied that the [[UsefulNotes/{{Chernobyl}} Chernobyl Disaster]] was an altered world event, either have been caused by or resulted in the creation of an EldritchAbomination called The Monolith.

--> ''Trench:''' I never liked overly religious types. It was only solidified in the Bureau. Knowing the reality of the world we live in, no god created in our imagination could ever conceive such things.\\

* NayTheist: Being the Director of the FBC, Trench has had lots of experience with religious behavior and god-like entities, having a direct connection to the closest to a god the FBC has ever encountered (The Board), though he seems to find Kate's faith distasteful. Not so much the idea that she believes in it, so much as he finds the common ideas of god incompatible with the mind-bending reality he's grown used to. Considering Kate's own CrisisOfFaith, she isn't all that offended.

* DesecratingTheDead: When Trench has a {{psychometr|y}}ic vision of what Nathan did to Rachel, he [[KickTheSonOfABitch puts a few rounds from the Service Weapon into the dead man's skull]], reducing his head to a bloody paste.

* AdHominem: When Emily calls her out for her tactlessness, Underhill responds that her blatant crush on Jesse is unprofessional and can cause problems if she doesn't learn to control it better. Emily recognizes this and turns this on her.

* AdaptationalExplanation: In ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange'', the hurricane that devastated Arcadia Bay was supposedly a {{Clock Roach|es}} that manifested because Max used her rewinding ability to save Chloe's life. Here it's an AWE (Altered World Event) caused by a manifestation of the Hiss possessing Rachel Amber's corpse, [[ArtifactOfDoom her iconic blue feather an Altered Item used as a conduit to achieve this]]. This would further imply that Max's TimeRewindMechanic powers were a symptom of all of the unusual activity that happens in-game (the off-season snow, the beached whales, the optical illusion of the moon) rather than the cause.

* ArcWords: "Nam que tempus!"[[labelnote:translation]]For that time[[/labelnote]] The phrase is engraved on the LightningGun Jesse finds in Chernobyl, and Ahti says it to Max, which {{trigger|phrase}}s a [[DreamingOfThingsToCome montage of past and future events]].

* AssimilationPlot: When Orzai discovers the existence of the paranatural outside of The Monolith by invading Jesse's mind, he decides that he would be able to control the world if he were to assimilate them into The Monolith's authority. If the visions he gives Jesse are any indication, his vision of a world in his image are [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt far from rosey]].
--> '''Orzai:''' Your Board, this... Hiss that lurks in the back of your mind, manifesting your deepest darkest fears. These other... Mythical things you and your Bureau have discovered and so selfishly tried to contain for yourselves. They could be so much more if only they were brought under the control of the Monolith! Our approach before was so... basic... blunt... uneducated. But soon, we will infiltrate and convert everything, bringing them under the one true power of the Monolith! Together we will open the great gate, and open up the new world to us! But first, we take care of you...

--> '''Emily:''' I mean, COME ON! I am a scientist, not a child! And I had thought that the fucking rangers had a handle on site security! Like, you can’t expect one person to manage site containment, scientific readings AND fucking site security!
* BondVillainStupidity: After Orzai manages to mind-control Jesse -- who he learns has overcome paranatural brainwashing before via mind-reading -- before gloating to her how he plans on doing them same to Emily. This leads to her [[HeroicWillpower snapping out of his control]] and using Polaris to purge The Monolith through him, destroying him and The Monolith.

* DemotedToExtra: In ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange'', Mark Jefferson is the BigBad, having manipulated Sean and Nathan Prescott to his own ends. Here, he's Sean's [[TheDragon loyal follower]] who's "art" was all done in their attempt at creating an [[ArtifactOfPower Object of Power]], being captured by the Federal Bureau of Control after he scrubs all trace of Sean from their bunker.

* FireKeepsItDead: Trench has everyone killed in the Arcadia Bay Altered World Event burned to prevent possible Hiss manifestations.

* HardWorkHardlyWorks: As they struggled to find people for the Prime Candidate Program, Jesse reasons that they are trying to hard and they should just "let it happen." This is based on experience, as she has been known to get lucky in the Oldest House and paranatural phenomena runs more on faith than deduction.

* TheManBehindTheMan: Sean Prescott is behind a lot of seemingly unrelated incidents that have been on the FBC's radar, from Mark Jefferson's serial-kidnappings and killings, to Orzai's Monolith-Cult.

* TheCameo: Apparently, Colin Robinson from ''Series/{{What We Do in the Shadows|2019}}'' works at the New York Times.

* TooDumbToLive: Fredrick Langston not only responds to a random Englishman contacting him on the internet, but he spills a lot of details about the Bureau (the Director's name and Pope's relationship with her, Bureau jargon, how they operate, etc.) without questioning his motives for any of it. Even the spy found how easy it was disappointing.

* PlotArmor: When Jesse investigates The Monolith with a team of highly-trained Rangers, the plane suffers from engine problems and Jesse manages to be the only one that makes it out alive. Even when she barely survives gunshot wounds, broken bones and radiation burns that would cripple a normal person for life after the mission, she manages to heal phenomenally fast no worse for wear.

* TooDumbToLive: Fredrick Langston not only responds to a random Englishman contacting him on the internet, but he spills a lot of details about the Bureau (the Director's name and Pope's relationship with her, Bureau jargon, how they operate, etc.) without questioning his motives for any of it.

* AdaptationalExplanation: In ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange'', the hurricane that devastated Arcadia Bay was a {{Clock Roach|es}} that manifested because Max used her rewinding ability to save Chloe's life. Here it's an AWE (Altered World Event) caused by a manifestation of the Hiss possessing Rachel Amber's corpse, [[ArtifactOfDoom her iconic blue feather an Altered Item used as a conduit to achieve this]]. This would further imply that Max's TimeRewindMechanic powers were a symptom of all of the unusual activity that happens in-game (the off-season snow, the beached whales, the optical illusion of the moon) rather than the cause.

* DesecratingTheDead: When he has a {{psychometr|y}}ic vision of what Nathan did to Rachel, he [[KickTheSonOfABitch puts a few rounds from the Service Weapon into the dead man's skull]], reducing his head to a bloody paste.

* ArcWords: "Nam que tempus![[labelnote:translation]]For that time[[/labelnote]]" The phrase is engraved on the LightningGun Jesse finds in Chernobyl, and Ahti says it to Max, which {{trigger|phrase}}s a [[DreamingOfThingsToCome montage of future events]].

* TheCameo: Apparently, Colin Robinson from ''Series/{{What We Do in the Shadows|(2019)}} works at the New York Times.