History Fanfic / BrokenBow

* ArcherArchetype: Armani, to an extent. Fitting, since he is the son of the goddess of the hunt.

* AccidentalMarriage: Armani to Lya at the end of ''Shadows of the Hunt''.

The ''Broken Bow'' series by Xed Alpha follows the story of Armani Dove, son of [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Artemis]], as he adventures throughout the world of ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians''. Snarky, laugh-out-loud funny, and thoughtful, it adds a whole new dimension to the fandom.

* AdultFear: Apollo gets hit with this, big time on Armani's situation and the tear. Just imagine it, your beloved sister's only child, whom you have taken care of and raised, is going to die. And there is nothing you can do to stop it. You can barely slow it down. And now you can't even do that. Imagine having to tell them that. Worse, they'll be DeaderThanDead. It would be bad enough for a mortal man, but for a god like Apollo, who isn't used to feeling helpless?

The ''Broken Bow'' series by Xed Alpha follows the story of Armani Dove, son of [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Artemis]], as he adventures throughout the world of ''Literature/PercyJacksonandtheOlympians''. Snarky, laugh-out-loud funny, and thoughtful, it adds a whole new dimension to the fandom.

The [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5673899/1/Broken-Bow Broken Bow]] series written by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/457149/Xed-Alpha Xed Alpha]] follows the story of Armani Dove, son of [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Artemis]], as he adventures throughout the world of [[Literature/PercyJacksonandtheOlympians Percy Jackson]]. Snarky, laugh-out-loud funny, and thoughtful, it adds a whole new dimension to the fandom.

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* AlternateUniverse: Two appear in story: one home to Armani's female counterpart, the other to [[Literature/ArtemisFowl the Artemis Fowl verse]].

* TellMeAboutMyFather: When learning that Armani was raised by Apollo himself, the sun god's children become very interested in him and follow him around. When he asks why, one asks him about Apollo. Armani chastises himself when he realizes that while he was grown up raised mainly by his uncle, his cousins before him would've given anything to spend five minutes with him. Not only does he indulge in what they want, he encourages Apollo later to spend time with his children.

* TellMeAboutMyFather: When learning that Armani was raised by Apollo himself, the Sun god's children become very interested in him. Armani mentally kicks himself when he realizes that while he was complaining about being raised by Apollo, the demigods beofre him would've given anything to spent time with their dad. He does very much tell his half-cousins about Apollo and even advises Apollo to spend time with his kids.

** Lya even [[InvokedTrope exploits]] the above fact and ''kidnaps'' ''Creator/ChristopherWalken'' as a present for Armani. If that's not dedication, this troper doesn't know what is.

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* {{Accidental Marriage}}: Armani to Lya at the end of ''Shadows of the Hunt''.
* {{Accidental Proposal}}: Letting a wood nymph braid your hair is equivalent of accepting an engagement ring from them, as Armani finds out too late.
* {{Adaptational Sexuality}}: Nico is heterosexual in this fic, although that can be justified as the story was published before ''House of Hades.''
* {{Adaptational Villainy}}: Nico di Angelo gets a bit of this in Book 2, though it's more of an AdaptationalAngstUpgrade than a real FaceHeelTurn. [[spoiler: Hades, however, plays this straight in Book 2, though afterwards he returns to being more close to his canonical self. Even then he never reaches EveryoneHatesHades levels of evil and his antagonistic behavior is within the realms of his canon portrayal.]]
* {{Adult Fear}}: Apollo gets hit with this, big time on Armani's situation and the tear. Just imagine it, your beloved sister's only child, whom you have taken care of and raised, is going to die. And there is nothing you can do to stop it. You can barely slow it down. And now you can't even do that. Imagine having to tell them that. Worse, they'll be DeaderThanDead. It would be bad enough for a mortal man, but for a god like Apollo, who isn't used to feeling helpless?
* {{Alternate Universe}}: Two appear in story: one home to Armani's female counterpart, the other to [[Literature/ArtemisFowl the Artemis Fowl verse]].

* {{Archer Archetype}}: Armani, to an extent. Fitting, since he is the son of the goddess of the hunt.
* {{Batman Gambit}}: Eris pulls off a classic one in Book 3: She lets Armani and Selene touch the mirror at the same time, opening a breach into inter-dimensional space to allow all sorts of {{Eldritch Abomination}}s in.
* {{The Beastmaster}}: Armani, as a child of Artemis.
* {{Beware the Nice Ones}}: Lya's a very sweet wood nymph, but tell her there's [[Main/LoveTriangle another woman]] between you and [[Main/WomanScorned her]], and she'll hijack [[Main/GaiasVengeance the entire forest]] to [[Main/UnstoppableRage get you]], as poor Armani finds out.
* {{Brick Joke}}: Ares's answer to questions is shouting 'BECAUSE WE ARE GODS!'
* {{Broken Ace}}: By the end of Chapter 1, we've already established that Armani is a) is an expert archer and all-round combatant, b) a DeadpanSnarker, and c) struggling with self-loathing. Oh, and he's dying. Mostly averted in later books.
* {{The Cameo}}: Creator/ChristopherWalken makes an appearance in the first chapter of the third book, ''kidnapped'' by Lya as a present for her shotgun-wedded husband, Armani. He even gives Armani, [[MistakenIdentity whom he mistakes for]] UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}}, [[CoolOldGuy an autograph and some marriage advice]].
* {{Casual Danger Dialogue}}: Clarisse, Percy, Annabeth, and Armani engage in this on Alcatraz.
* {{Clueless Chick Magnet}}: Between books 1 and 2, Armani attracts the attention of several wood nymphs due to his connection with Artemis.
* {{Cool Uncle}}: Apollo to Armani, no matter how much the latter denies it. Doubles as a {{Parental Substitute}}, since Artemis wasn't aware of the latter's birth until sixteen years later.
* {{Curb Stomp Battle}} Ares and Aphrodite are on the receiving end of one in ''Shadows of the Hunt'', with Artemis in {{Mama Bear}} mode delivering it.
* {{Curb Stomp Cushion}}: Trying to go up against Artemis, in the wild, on the night of a full moon? It's only because Armani has a similar, though lesser, set of powers, and because she's explicitly holding back, that stops this from being a fully-fledged CurbStompBattle.
* {{Deadpan Snarker}}: Armani. Best exemplified by the conversation he has with Apollo in the first book about his birth about why Artemis was unaware of his (immaculate) birth.
--> '''Armani:''' Apollo, did Zeus ever have [[Main/TheTalk "the talk"]] with you? Do you ''know'' how babies are made and how they come out? Trust me; mothers tend to notice the second bit!
* {{Death Seeker}}: Armani during the first book.

* {{Dissonant Serenity}}: Artemis engages in a CurbStompBattle with Ares and Aphrodite. Athena, meanwhile, stands casually by, making notes on a clipboard and chatting to the other demigods.
* [[Main/DoggedNiceGuy Dogged Nice Girl]]: Lya, oh so much towards Armani. She's tried everything from {{Through His Stomach}} to ''kidnapping'' ''[[Creator/ChristopherWalken Christopher Walken]]''.

* {{Everyone has Standards}}:The hunters of Artemis, who hate males as a matter of principle, are shocked by how badly injured Armani is when they finally catch up to him.
* {{Fearful Symmetry}}: This is one of the things that tips off Armani that Selene is his counterpart.

* {{Gender Blender Name}}: Armani's pet ''female'' griffin, Tim. In his defense, he was a young kid at the time.
* {{Hammerspace}}: Where Armani and Artemis keep their bows. Combined with [[Main/BottomlessMagazines Bottomless Quivers]].
* {{Hero of Another Story}}: Percy Jackson. You may have heard of him. Same with Annabeth Chase, Nico di Angelo, Chiron, etc.
* {{Hot Librarian}}: Lanaya, the dryad who teaches Armani English, in ''The 12 Years of Christmas'' pulls off this look quite well, thanks to her advanced age of [[Main/ReallySevenHundredYearsOld nine hundred years]] giving her the appearance of a woman in [[Main/OlderThanTheyLook her late twenties or early thirties]].
* {{Line of Sight Name}}: How Armani got his name.
-->'''Armani:''' So let me get this straight; the clothes on your back, and your toothpaste?
-->'''Apollo:''' Umm, ''kinda'', yeah...
-->'''Armani:''' [[Main/SarcasmMode With all due respect, uncle,]] [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments you suck.]]
* {{Loophole Abuse}}: When Zeus gets mad at Percy for flying in his realm, Apollo points out that Percy was driving the sun chariot, which is ''his'' realm. At another point, Poseidon is forbidden from telling Percy about the quest his friends are on...so he calls Percy on an Iris-Message and starts talking to Tyson about it while the line is open.

* {{Improbable Aiming Skills}}: Justified, as the ones who exhibit them are the twin gods of archery, Artemis' Hunters (who are blessed with superhuman aiming skills), and Armani, son of one of the above and mentored by the other.
* {{Ironic Echo}}: At the beginning of Book 2, Artemis gets off a BlaseBoast as she says that her [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown she was "merely reprimanding Aphrodite for stepping out of line."]] At the end of the book, Apollo says the same about [[spoiler: Hades]], to whom he did the same thing.
* {{Lemony Narrator}}: Just as much as the novels. When he and Percy get together, this inevitably leads to a fair amount of [[Main/SnarkToSnarkCombat mutual snarking]].
* {{Love At First Sight}}: PlayedWith in the case of Armani and Aren. There's a bit of love magic in his system, thanks to Aphrodite-however, it takes a few books to build.
* {{Mama Bear}}: Do not ever, EVER, attempt to harm, marry, or hide Armani Dove within the vicinity of Artemis, if you don't want to be attacked with so much force, that Athena thinks it could even destroy Zeus. It doesn't matter if you're [[Main/LoveGoddess Aphrodite]], a clueless nymph, or even her own brother... just don't.
* {{Marriage Before Romance}}: What Lya hoped her marriage to Armani would become. Sadly for her, it doesn't work out that way.
* {{Mundane Utility}}: As the god of music, Apollo uses his powers to cheat while playing ''VideoGame/{{Guitar Hero}}'' with Armani.
* {{My Friends and Zoidberg}}: During ''Shadows of the Hunt''.
--> '''Armani:''' Great Lords and Ladies of your respective dominions... and Apollo.
--> '''Apollo:''' ''Hey!''
* {{My God What Have I Done}}: Artemis after she accidentally shoots Armani after finding out he's her son.
* {{Nice Guy}}: [[spoiler: Armani's father,]] Hippolytus. Literally the first thing we find out about him is that he's "pure of heart and essence."
* {{Noodle Incident}}: Apparently, Madonna turned Apollo down about eight years before the series. However, he promised Madonna that if she ever sang a song and called out his name, he'd answer.
* {{No Social Skills}}: Armani at first, so much that he ''strips'' right in front of some of girls in ''Shadows of the Hunt.'' [[JustifiedTrope Justified since he was raised mainly by Apollo and never really interacted with anyone his age before the camp.]]
-->'''Annabeth:''' Are you really that dense?
-->'''Thalia:''' He ''is.''
* {{Oblivious to Love}}: [[JustifiedTrope Armani is this, given his mother is Artemis.]] Played for drama as this puts him in conflict with Aphrodite's children and later the goddess herself due to the two goddesses' clashes. It could also be attributed to his NoSocialSkills.
* {{Official Couple}}: Later on, Armani and Aren.
* {{Other Me Annoys Me}}: The first thing Armani and Selene do is to get into a fight.
* {{Pretty Boy}}: Armani, to the point where he's first mistaken by Annabeth as an Aphrodite kid.
* {{Psychic Block Defense}}: As Armani says, when you live with a god for a decade, you learn how to do this.
* {{Pop Cultured Badass}}:
** Armani, thanks to Apollo's influence, much to his dismay. He even says ''[[Film/TheDeerHunter The Deer Hunter]]'' is his favorite movie.
** Lya even [[InvokedTrope exploits]] the above fact and ''kidnaps'' ''[[Creator/ChristopherWalken Christopher Walken]]'' as a present for Armani. If that's not dedication, this troper doesn't know what is.
* {{A Rare Sentence}}: In ''Counterpart''.
--> '''Armani:''' What is [[Creator/ChristopherWalken Christopher Walken]] [[Main/ItMakesSenseInContext doing in my bed?]]
* {{Santa Claus}}: Appears in ''The 12 Years of Christmas'' as Armani's [[Main/ItMakesSenseInContext mortal enemy]].
* {{Sarcasm Failure}}: [[DeadpanSnarker Percy]] gets one of these when he finds out who Armani is.

* {{Serious Business}}: Armani and Apollo argue over whether or not Apollo used his "God of Music" powers to cheat on ''Guitar Hero.'' That's not surprising. What is surprising is that they get into this argument ''in the middle of the Council of the Gods.'' Zeus is not particularly pleased.
* {{Snark to Snark Combat}}: Inevitable between Armani, Percy, and Nico. Thalia and Apollo get in on it to a certain extent, as well.
* {{Summon Magic}}: One of the perks of being Artemis's only child. Armani can summon animals to help him fight, and utilizes this power in ''Shadows of the Hunt'' to call in some of his mother's wolves to even the odds against the Athena kids who have him cornered.
* {{Tell Me About My Father}}: When learning that Armani was raised by Apollo himself, the Sun god's children become very interested in him. Armani mentally kicks himself when he realizes that while he was complaining about being raised by Apollo, the demigods beofre him would've given anything to spent time with their dad. He does very much tell his half-cousins about Apollo and even advises Apollo to spend time with his kids.
* {{Those Two Guys}}: A feminine version, with Theia and Aemilia in Book 5.
* {{Through His Stomach}}: Lya's first attempt at getting Armani to fall in love with her in the first chapter of ''Counterpart''. Unfortunately, she doesn't quite get the differences between human and tree physiologies enough for it to be successful.
* {{Trap Is The Only Option}}: In Book 2.

* {{Troubling Unchildlike Behavior}}: [[Main/PlayedForLaughs Played for laughs]] in ''The 12 Years of Christmas'' when Apollo asks an eight-year-old Armani why he's wearing the Santa hat he hates so much.
--> '''Armani:''' (While reading ''Literature/{{The Art of War|SunTzu}}'') Sun Tzu says, "To know your Enemy, you must ''become'' your Enemy."
--> '''Apollo:''' (To Lanaya) Why couldn't you have just bought him a [[Literature/WheresWaldo Where's Waldo]] book?
* {{Well Done Son Guy}}: Armani to Artemis. Beneath his massive vitriol and hate he had toward her, it all came from the insecurity that she would've never accepted him.
* {{You Called Me X It Must Be Serious}}: Apollo cites this trope almost word for word when Armani first calls him "uncle."
* {{Your Days Are Numbered}}: Thanks to Midas being a bit off with his timing during Armani's conception, Armani was born with a "tear" in his body that would have killed him long ago if it weren't for Apollo, [[KickTheDog though that was intentional on Midas' part to spite the god]]. He exceeded his deadline some time before the first book, and this was what fueled his recklessness throughout. Luckily, he gets better.

--> '''Armani:''' (While reading ''Literature/TheArtOfWar'') Sun Tzu says, "To know your Enemy, you must ''become'' your Enemy."

* {{ArbitrarySkepticism}}: The Artemis Fowl characters, especially the fairies, are not quick to believe Armani is a Demigod. He, of course, lampshades the fact that ''faeries'' aren't believing him.

* {{Everyone has Standards}}:The hunters of Artemis, who hate males as a matter of princicle, are shocked by how badly injured Armani is when they finally catch up to him.

--> '''Armani:''' (While reading [[Literature/TheArtOfWarSunTzu]]) Sun Tzu says, "To know your Enemy, you must ''become'' your Enemy."

--> '''Armani:''' (While reading [[Literature/TheArtofWar The Art of War]]) Sun Tzu says, "To know your Enemy, you must ''become'' your Enemy."

* {{Adult Fear}}: Apollo gets hit with this, big time on Armani's situation and the tear. Just imagine it, the child you have taken care of, raised, is going to die. And there is nothing you can do to stop it. You can barely slow it down. And now you can't even do that. Imagine having to tell them that. Worse, they'll be DeaderThanDead. It would be bad enough for a mortal man, but for a god like Apollo, who isn't used to feeling helpless?

* {{Brick Joke}}: Ares's answer to questions is saying 'Because We Are Gods!'

* {{No Social Skills}}: Armani at first, so much that he ''strips'' right in front of some of girls in ''Shadows of the Hunt.''

** [[JustifiedTrope Justified since he was raised mainly by Apollo and never really interacted with anyone his age before the camp.]]

* {{Pop Cultured Badass}}: Armani, thanks to Apollo's influence, much to his dismay. He even says ''[[Film/TheDeerHunter The Deer Hunter]]'' is his favorite movie.

* {{Your Days Are Numbered}}: Thanks to Midas being a bit off with his timing during Armani's conception, Armani was born with a "tear" in his body that would have killed him long ago if it weren't for Apollo, [[KickTheDog though that was intentional on Midas' part to spite the god]]. He exceeded his deadline some time before the first book, and this was what fueled his recklessness throughout. Luckily, he gets better.