History Fanfic / DescentIntoDarkness

* FantasticSlurs: {{Funny Animal}}s call themselves "byodokan", or "dokan" for short. The politically correct term amongst humans is "furries", but more speciesist people call them "freaks" or "animals".

* FictionalDisability: NIDS is given more detail than in canon. It's an incurable autoimmune disease related to the nerves. If the person doesn't die on infection first, then they'll end up paralyzed and die from that.

''Descent into Darkness'' is the first in a series of interconnected fanfics loosely based on the games. The series thus far consists of: ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3073744/1/Descent-into-Darkness Descent into Darkness]]'', ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3339066/1/Ascent-into-Light Ascent into Light]]'', ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3531767/1/Lost-and-Found Lost and Found]]'', ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4007214/1/Three-There-Are Three There Are]]'', ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4480804/1/In-Memoriam In Memoriam]]'', ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4584039/1/The-Soul-of-a-Weapon The Soul of a Weapon]]'', and ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5023970/1/Dreamchaser Dreamchaser]]''.

* FantasticSlurs: {{Funny Animal}}s call themselves "byodokan", or "dokan" for short. The politically correct term amongst humans, is "furries" but more speciesist people call them "freaks" or "animals".

* FantasticRacism: In Gerald's day, there was a tension between humans and dokan. Humans generally lived up north while dokan lived in southern countries. The two species were on peaceful terms, but they tended not to interact with one another. It's mentioned that some countries don't like dokan, but most of them just deport them instead of killing them.

''Descent into Darkness'' is the first in a series of interconnected fanfics loosely based on the games. The series thus far consists of: ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3339066/1/Ascent-into-Light Ascent into Light]]'', ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3531767/1/Lost-and-Found Lost and Found]]'', ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4007214/1/Three-There-Are Three There Are]]'', ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4480804/1/In-Memoriam In Memoriam]]'', ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4584039/1/The-Soul-of-a-Weapon The Soul of a Weapon]]'', and ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5023970/1/Dreamchaser Dreamchaser]]''.

* InterspeciesRomance: Subverted. Gerald finds himself attracted to a fox, but she already has a husband.
* ParentalCreator: Shadow sees Gerald as his father, and Gerald sees Shadow as his youngest son.

''Descent into Darkness'' is the first in a series of interconnected fanfics loosely based on the games. The series thus far consists of: ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3339066/1/Ascent-into-Light Ascent into Light]]'', ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3531767/1/Lost-and-Found Lost and Found]]'', ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4007214/1/Three-There-Are These Three Are]]'', ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4480804/1/In-Memoriam In Memoriam]]'', ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4584039/1/The-Soul-of-a-Weapon The Soul of a Weapon]]'', and ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5023970/1/Dreamchaser Dreamchaser]]''.

''Descent into Darkness'' is the first in a series of interconnected fanfics loosely based on the games. The series thus far consists of: ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3339066/1/Ascent-into-Light Ascent into Light]]'', ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3531767/1/Lost-and-Found Lost and Found]]'', ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4007214/1/Three-There-Are These Three Are]]'', [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4480804/1/In-Memoriam In Memoriam]]'', [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4584039/1/The-Soul-of-a-Weapon The Soul of a Weapon]]'', and [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5023970/1/Dreamchaser Dreamchaser]]''.

!!This fanfic provides examples of:

* FantasticRacism: In Gerald's day, there was a tension between humans and dokan. Humans generally lived up north while dokan lived in southern countries. The two species were on peaceful terms, but they tended not to interact with one another.

* FantasticSlur: {{Funny Animal}}s call themselves "byodokan", or "dokan" for short. The politically correct term amongst humans, is "furries" but more speciesist people call them "freaks" or "animals".

* InterspeciesRomance: Subverted. Gerald finds himself attracted to a fox, but she already has a husband.

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3073744/1/Descent-into-Darkness Descent into Darkness]]'' is a ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' fanfic centered around Gerald Robotnik and how he became the man he was.

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3073744/1/Descent-into-Darkness Descent into Darkness]]'' is a ''Franchise/SonicTheHedghog'' fanfic centered around Gerald Robotnik and how he became the man he was.