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* CreatorBreakdown: {{Discussed}} InUniverse. Parasite_Ib suggests whoever wrote the Sincere mod must be heartbroken and in grief. [[spoiler:Given how the writer was almost certainly Atsuko, the monkey girl's best friend, she's probably correct.]]
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* CreatorBreakdown: {{Discussed}} {{Discussed|Trope}} InUniverse. Parasite_Ib suggests whoever wrote the Sincere mod must be heartbroken and in grief. [[spoiler:Given how the writer was almost certainly Atsuko, the monkey girl's best friend, she's probably correct.]]
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* RecursiveFanfiction: ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/49849651/chapters/125840020 What did I do to deserve this? I only wanted to help...]]'', a 2023 fanfiction, is explicitly stated to be inspired by ''[=Fortune_Lover_(TGS Beta)(SARU_rip)[T+Eng0.75_Sincere].zip=]'' by swapping to Katarina's (as reincarnated into Sincere's mod) point of view.
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* RecursiveFanfiction: ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/49849651/chapters/125840020 What "What did I do to deserve this? I only wanted to help...]]'', "]]'', a 2023 fanfiction, is explicitly stated to be inspired by ''[=Fortune_Lover_(TGS Beta)(SARU_rip)[T+Eng0.75_Sincere].zip=]'' by swapping to Katarina's (as reincarnated into Sincere's mod) point of view. The title is a reference to this fic; it's one of Sincere's additions to Katarina's lines, lamenting at her BewilderingPunishment.
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* MeaningfulName: Parasite_Ib mentioned how to read the name of the eponymous file she downloaded: "''Fortune Lover'', leaked Tokyo Game Show beta release, transferred ("ripped") from physical media into ROM files by SARU, 75%[[note]]Nicol route DummiedOut[[/note]] translated into English by Sincere." [[spoiler:Eventually she realizes "SARU_rip" does not refer to any person who "ripped" the data, but simply, "Saru (i.e. the "Monkey Girl"), rest in peace."]]
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* MeaningfulName: Parasite_Ib mentioned how to read the name of the eponymous file she downloaded: "''Fortune Lover'', leaked Tokyo Game Show beta release, transferred ("ripped") from physical media into ROM files by SARU, 75%[[note]]Nicol route DummiedOut[[/note]] [[invoked]]DummiedOut[[/note]] translated into English by Sincere." [[spoiler:Eventually she realizes "SARU_rip" does not refer to any person who "ripped" the data, but simply, "Saru (i.e. the "Monkey Girl"), rest in peace."]]
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* LongTitle: The title is a file name, and the usual way of reading it makes the title fifteen words long.[[note]]"Fortune Lover TGS Beta Saru Rip T plus zero point seventy-five Sincere dot Zip."[[/note]]
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* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: "Sincere"'s translation tends to [[{{Woolseyism}} take creative license to make the writing flow better in English]][[invoked]], in comparison to the more common STP translation, which tends to be literal. "Sincere"'s translation is also noted for its lack of typographical or grammatical errors. Both of these are even more striking as [[spoiler:Parasite_Ib found "Sincere" is most likely Japanese]].
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* InSpiteOfANail: PlayedForHorror. What this story amounts to is Katarina's worst nightmare, a world in which all her attempts to evade her doom are in vain and she is still condemned to exile or death even though this no longer makes the least bit of sense.
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'''''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/24875653 Fortune_Lover_(TGS Beta)(SARU_rip)[T+Eng0.75_Sincere].zip]]''''' is an 2020 [[OneShotFic one-shot]] ''Literature/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'' fanfic written by Leaty, using the form of a {{Creepypasta}} to tell a mundane story. It can be read on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn.
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'''''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/24875653 Fortune_Lover_(TGS Beta)(SARU_rip)[T+Eng0.75_Sincere].zip]]''''' is an a 2020 [[OneShotFic one-shot]] ''Literature/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'' fanfic written by Leaty, using the form of a {{Creepypasta}} to tell a mundane story. It can be read on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn.
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'''''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/24875653 Fortune_Lover_(TGS Beta)(SARU_rip)[T+Eng0.75_Sincere].zip]]''''' is an 2020 [[OneShotFic one-shot]] ''LightNovel/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'' ''Literature/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'' fanfic written by Leaty, using the form of a {{Creepypasta}} to tell a mundane story. It can be read on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn.
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* CreatorBreakdown: {{Discussed}} InUniverse. Parasite_Ib suggests whoever wrote the Sincere mod must be heartbroken and in grief.
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* CreatorBreakdown: {{Discussed}} InUniverse. Parasite_Ib suggests whoever wrote the Sincere mod must be heartbroken and in grief. [[spoiler:Given how the writer was almost certainly Atsuko, the monkey girl's best friend, she's probably correct.]]
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* ShoutOut: InUniverse ''and'' out. Parasite_Ib's forums username is an obscure reference, combining the titles of two Japanese horror games: ''VideoGame/ParasiteEve'' and ''VideoGame/{{Ib}}''.[[note]]This is a gag on how the latter game's title is a mistranslation of "Eve".[[/note]] Her forums avatar, accordingly, depicts the protagonist of ''VideoGame/ParasiteEve'', Aya, edited to have the color scheme and [[FlowerMotifs rose motif]] of the latter game's protagonist, Ib.
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* ShoutOut: InUniverse ''and'' out. Parasite_Ib's forums username is an obscure reference, combining the titles of two Japanese horror games: ''VideoGame/ParasiteEve'' and ''VideoGame/{{Ib}}''.[[note]]This is a gag on how the latter game's title is was said to be a mistranslation of "Eve".[[/note]] "Eve", and at least sounds like it[[/note]] Her forums avatar, accordingly, depicts the protagonist of ''VideoGame/ParasiteEve'', Aya, edited to have the color scheme and [[FlowerMotifs rose motif]] of the latter game's protagonist, Ib.
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* TwentyMinutesIntoThePast: This is a 2020 novel about the CharacterNarrator narrating in 2017 about her experience of the titular GameMod, which a supposed to happened in the early or mid-2010s.
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* BewilderingPunishment: The basic premise of the fic is a ''Fortune Lover'' mod (implied to be created by A-Chan) in which the Katarina Claes of ''Fortune Lover'' is replaced with the Katarina Claes of ''LightNovel/{{My Next Life as a Villainess|AllRoutesLeadToDoom}}'', while everyone else's dialogs and event flags are left unaltered. The result is Katarina being labeled a villainess despite doing nothing on-screen to deserve it, being denounced for crimes that she never committed, and finally killed or exiled for absolutely no reason. There are even Katarina lines in the mod in which [[LampshadeHanging she asks why this is happening]].
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* BewilderingPunishment: The basic premise of the fic is a ''Fortune Lover'' mod (implied to be created by A-Chan) [[spoiler:A-Chan]]) in which the Katarina Claes of ''Fortune Lover'' is replaced with the Katarina Claes of ''LightNovel/{{My ''My Next Life as a Villainess|AllRoutesLeadToDoom}}'', Villainess'', while everyone else's dialogs and event flags are left unaltered. The result is Katarina being labeled a villainess despite doing nothing on-screen to deserve it, being denounced for crimes that she never committed, and finally killed or exiled for absolutely no reason. There are even Katarina even has lines in the mod in which [[LampshadeHanging she asks why this is happening]].
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* {{Creepypasta}}: This story is written in a form similar to a video-game-based creepypasta, but the story itself is completely mundane, if disturbing.
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* DummiedOut: InUniverse example. The Nicol route was not included in the ''Fortune Lover'' beta demonstrated in the Tokyo Game Show. This extends to Sincere's mod; as any attempt for Parasite_Ib to trigger that route makes the game crash.
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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: In Sincere's mod, the scene where Katarina attempts to stab Maria in ''Fortune Lover'' was modified into Katarina giving Maria a banquet of flowers, implying she's this regarding relationships between Maria and Geordo or Keith. Not that it prevents ''her'' being stabbed though...
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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: In Sincere's mod, the scene where Katarina attempts to stab Maria in ''Fortune Lover'' was modified into Katarina giving Maria a banquet of flowers, implying she's this regarding relationships between Maria and Geordo or Keith. Not that it prevents ''her'' being stabbed murdered though...
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* LongTitle: The title is a file name, and the usual way of reading it makes the title thirteen words long.[[note]]"Fortune Lover Saru Rip T plus zero point seventy-five Sincere dot Zip."[[/note]]
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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: In Sincere's mod, the scene where Katarina attempts to stab Maria in ''Fortune Lover'' was modified into Katarina giving Maria a banquet of flowers, implying she's this regarding relationships between Maria and Geordo or Keith. Not that it prevents ''her'' being stabbed though...
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* BewilderingPunishment: The basic premise of the fic is a ''Fortune Lover'' mod (implied to be created by A-Chan) in which the Katarina Claes of ''Fortune Lover'' is replaced with the Katarina Claes of ''LightNovel/{{My Next Life as a Villainess|AllRoutesLeadToDoom}}'', while everyone else's dialogs and event flags are left unaltered. The result is Katarina being labeled a villainess despite doing nothing on-screen to deserve it, being denounced for crimes that she never committed, and finally killed or exiled for absolutely no reason. There are even Katarina lines in the mod in which [[LampshadeHanging she asks why this is happening]].
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* {{Pastiche}}: This is a pastiche of {{Creepypasta}}.
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* ShoutOut: InUniverse ''and'' out. Parasite_Ib's forums username is an obscure reference, combining the titles of two Japanese horror games: ''VideoGame/ParasiteEve'' and ''VideoGame/{{Ib}}''.[[note]]This is a gag on how the latter game's title is a mistranslation of "Eve".[[/note]] Her forums avatar, accordingly, depicts the protagonist of ''VideoGame/ParasiteEve'', Aya, edited to have the color scheme and [[FlowerMotifs rose motif]] of the latter game's protagonist, Ib.
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'''''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/24875653 Fortune_Lover_(TGS Beta)(SARU_rip)[T+Eng0.75_Sincere].zip]]''''' is an 2020 [[OneShotFic one-shot]] ''LightNovel/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'' fanfic written by Leaty, using the form of a {{Creepypasta}} to tell a mundane story. It can be read on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn.
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''[=Fortune_Lover_(TGS Beta)(SARU_rip)[T+Eng0.75_Sincere].zip=]'' is an 2020 [[OneShotFic one-shot]] ''LightNovel/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'' fanfic written by Leaty, using the form of a {{Creepypasta}} to tell a mundane story. It can be read at [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/24875653 AO3]].
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The year was 2017. In an unnamed discussion forum, a female gamer called Parasite_Ib from the US shared her experience of playing a pirated copy of the RomanceGame ''[[FictionalVideoGame Fortune Lover]]'' of unknown provenance--which, unknowest to her, was ''quite'' different from what she knew about ''Fortune Lover''. As she traced the origins of this copy, she uncovered some seldom-known facts about the ''Fortune Lover'' fandom...
''[=Fortune_Lover_(TGS Beta)(SARU_rip)[T+Eng0.75_Sincere].zip=]'' is an 2020 [[OneShotFic one-shot]] ''LightNovel/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'' fanfic written by Leaty, using the form of a {{Creepypasta}} to tell a mundane story. It can be read at [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/24875653 AO3]].
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!!''[=Fortune_Lover_(TGS Beta)(SARU_rip)[T+Eng0.75_Sincere].zip=]'' contains examples of the following tropes:
* AscendedFanboy: [[spoiler:Atsuko]], herself a big otaku of otome games, was rumored to have become a famous VisualNovel developer.
* BilingualBonus: If the story itself doesn't clue the reader in enough, let's say the kanji used as [[spoiler:"Atsu" of "Atsuko"]] can mean sincerity.
* CharacterNarrator: Parasite_Ib narrates her experience in playing the Sincere's mod and trying to trace its provenance.
* ColorCodedSpeech: According to Parasite_Ib, speech in ''Fortune Lover'' is colored by the hair color of the character.
* CreatorBreakdown: Parasite_Ib suggests whoever wrote the Sincere mod must be heartbroken and in grief.
* {{Creepypasta}}: This story is written in a form similar to a video-game-based creepypasta, but the story itself is completely mundane, if disturbing.
* CryForTheDevil: InUniverse. Because Katarina in the Sincere's Mod is modified to act more like the Katarina in the source material, yet the rest of the cast continues with their script, or in other words, treating an AllLovingHero as if she was an AlphaBitch (as in the ''Fortune Lover'' canon). This makes Parasite_Ib find Katarina rather lovely and start to ''hate'' the rest of the cast, Maria included.
* DummiedOut: The Nicol route was not included in the ''Fortune Lover'' beta demonstrated in the Tokyo Game Show. This extends to Sincere's mod; as any attempt for Parasite_Ib to trigger that route makes the game crash.
* {{Escapism}}: The reason why Parasite_Ib downloaded a pirated copy of ''Fortune Lover'' of unknown provenance. While she played the game to completion previously and knew its endings, at the time the story happened she was forced to dump her boyfriend and felt rather "bummed" for it, so she "decided to lose myself in ''Fortune Lover'' for the umpteenth time."
* FanTranslation: InUniverse. ''Fortune Lover'' was [[NoExportForYou never released in any anglophone country]], but a group of fans called Sorcier Translation Project made a fan translation for it. It is the translation Parasite_Ib used to play and ''intended'' to obtain from her college dorm.
* GameMod: The version of ''Fortune Lover'' Parasite_Ib played in this piece is a mod created from Sincere[[note]]Which is strongly implied, but not explicitly stated, to be Atsuko[[/note]] from the leaked Tokyo Game Show beta[[note]]rather than the final game because it's easier to mod[[/note]], by modifying Katarina's behaviour from that of an AlphaBitch to one that is similar to the novel's Katarina. Parasite_Ib suspects Sincere also included character art that didn't appear in the original spritesheet, as well as turning off her voice acting.
* GuiltyPleasures: Parasite_Ib describes ''Fortune Lover'' as this to her, despite its "kind of a cliché plot (and a painfully heterosexual one, to boot)".
* LongTitle: The title is a file name, and the usual way of reading it makes the title thirteen words long.[[note]]"Fortune Lover Saru Rip T plus zero point seventy-five Sincere dot Zip."[[/note]]
* MeaningfulName: Parasite_Ib mentioned how to read the name of the eponymous file she downloaded: "''Fortune Lover'', leaked Tokyo Game Show beta release, transferred ("ripped") from physical media into ROM files by SARU, 75%[[note]]Nicol route DummiedOut[[/note]] translated into English by Sincere." [[spoiler:Eventually she realizes "SARU_rip" does not refer to any person who "ripped" the data, but simply, "Saru (i.e. the "Monkey Girl"), rest in peace."]]
* MemeticMutation: InUniverse. The "Monkey Girl"'s story became a meme among the Japanese otome fandom, to the point that every time when tree-climbing, monkeys, or even a female otaku appears in an otome game, there ''will'' be someone who claims this as a MemeAcknowledgment.
* TheMourningAfter: A probably platonic variation. It is strongly implied (but not explicitly stated) that the mod played by Parasite_Ib was created by [[spoiler:Atsuko]] long after the "Monkey Girl"'s death, indicating she still couldn't get over it.
* NamedByTheAdaptation: {{Subverted|Trope}}. In most ''My Next Life as a Villainess'' fanfiction, authors would usually make up a name for the "Monkey Girl" when necessary, since she is OnlyKnownByTheirNickname in the source material. In this one, however, she is only known as Saru-chan; "Saru" is (correctly) explained in the story to be Japanese for "monkey."
* NoExportForYou: InUniverse. According to Parasite_Ib, ''Fortune Lover'' was never officially released in English, but its manga adaptation did. And ''because'' the manga was localized, there existed a visible fan group that translated the game itself. ''That'''s the version Parasite_Ib intended to download.
* PaintingTheMedium: According to the author, she wrote her CSS stylesheet to format the text, which makes the text formatted like a forum post.
* SuddenNameChange: Towards the end of the Jeord and Keith routes, there were some major changes to Katarina's speech boxes. Specifically, the text is no longer [[ColorCodedSpeech in her hair color]] but in white, and the name is changed from "Katarina Claes" to "Saru-chan".
* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: "Sincere"'s translation tends to [[{{Woolseyism}} take creative license to make the writing flow better in English]][[invoked]], in comparison to the more common STP translation, which tends to be literal. "Sincere"'s translation is also noted for its lack of typographical or grammatical errors. Both of these are even more striking as [[spoiler:Parasite_Ib found "Sincere" is most likely a Japanese]].
* TitleDrop: When Parasite_Ib mentions the file she downloaded. She then followed it with a detailed explanation of the naming system used in pirated ROM files.
* WhatIf: This fic presents what happens if Katarina's assumption about her world--that the other characters are just pieces of code and so she ''will'' meet her doom--was correct, but in a very unusual way--it's presented in the third person on Earth, through a ''Fortune Lover'' hack probably created by [[spoiler:Atsuko]] [[CreatorBreakdown under extreme grief]][[invoked]].
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''[=Fortune_Lover_(TGS Beta)(SARU_rip)[T+Eng0.75_Sincere].zip=]'' is an 2020 [[OneShotFic one-shot]] ''LightNovel/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'' fanfic written by Leaty, using the form of a {{Creepypasta}} to tell a mundane story. It can be read at [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/24875653 AO3]].
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!!''[=Fortune_Lover_(TGS Beta)(SARU_rip)[T+Eng0.75_Sincere].zip=]'' contains examples of the following tropes:
* AscendedFanboy: [[spoiler:Atsuko]], herself a big otaku of otome games, was rumored to have become a famous VisualNovel developer.
* BilingualBonus: If the story itself doesn't clue the reader in enough, let's say the kanji used as [[spoiler:"Atsu" of "Atsuko"]] can mean sincerity.
* CharacterNarrator: Parasite_Ib narrates her experience in playing the Sincere's mod and trying to trace its provenance.
* ColorCodedSpeech: According to Parasite_Ib, speech in ''Fortune Lover'' is colored by the hair color of the character.
* CreatorBreakdown: Parasite_Ib suggests whoever wrote the Sincere mod must be heartbroken and in grief.
* {{Creepypasta}}: This story is written in a form similar to a video-game-based creepypasta, but the story itself is completely mundane, if disturbing.
* CryForTheDevil: InUniverse. Because Katarina in the Sincere's Mod is modified to act more like the Katarina in the source material, yet the rest of the cast continues with their script, or in other words, treating an AllLovingHero as if she was an AlphaBitch (as in the ''Fortune Lover'' canon). This makes Parasite_Ib find Katarina rather lovely and start to ''hate'' the rest of the cast, Maria included.
* DummiedOut: The Nicol route was not included in the ''Fortune Lover'' beta demonstrated in the Tokyo Game Show. This extends to Sincere's mod; as any attempt for Parasite_Ib to trigger that route makes the game crash.
* {{Escapism}}: The reason why Parasite_Ib downloaded a pirated copy of ''Fortune Lover'' of unknown provenance. While she played the game to completion previously and knew its endings, at the time the story happened she was forced to dump her boyfriend and felt rather "bummed" for it, so she "decided to lose myself in ''Fortune Lover'' for the umpteenth time."
* FanTranslation: InUniverse. ''Fortune Lover'' was [[NoExportForYou never released in any anglophone country]], but a group of fans called Sorcier Translation Project made a fan translation for it. It is the translation Parasite_Ib used to play and ''intended'' to obtain from her college dorm.
* GameMod: The version of ''Fortune Lover'' Parasite_Ib played in this piece is a mod created from Sincere[[note]]Which is strongly implied, but not explicitly stated, to be Atsuko[[/note]] from the leaked Tokyo Game Show beta[[note]]rather than the final game because it's easier to mod[[/note]], by modifying Katarina's behaviour from that of an AlphaBitch to one that is similar to the novel's Katarina. Parasite_Ib suspects Sincere also included character art that didn't appear in the original spritesheet, as well as turning off her voice acting.
* GuiltyPleasures: Parasite_Ib describes ''Fortune Lover'' as this to her, despite its "kind of a cliché plot (and a painfully heterosexual one, to boot)".
* LongTitle: The title is a file name, and the usual way of reading it makes the title thirteen words long.[[note]]"Fortune Lover Saru Rip T plus zero point seventy-five Sincere dot Zip."[[/note]]
* MeaningfulName: Parasite_Ib mentioned how to read the name of the eponymous file she downloaded: "''Fortune Lover'', leaked Tokyo Game Show beta release, transferred ("ripped") from physical media into ROM files by SARU, 75%[[note]]Nicol route DummiedOut[[/note]] translated into English by Sincere." [[spoiler:Eventually she realizes "SARU_rip" does not refer to any person who "ripped" the data, but simply, "Saru (i.e. the "Monkey Girl"), rest in peace."]]
* MemeticMutation: InUniverse. The "Monkey Girl"'s story became a meme among the Japanese otome fandom, to the point that every time when tree-climbing, monkeys, or even a female otaku appears in an otome game, there ''will'' be someone who claims this as a MemeAcknowledgment.
* TheMourningAfter: A probably platonic variation. It is strongly implied (but not explicitly stated) that the mod played by Parasite_Ib was created by [[spoiler:Atsuko]] long after the "Monkey Girl"'s death, indicating she still couldn't get over it.
* NamedByTheAdaptation: {{Subverted|Trope}}. In most ''My Next Life as a Villainess'' fanfiction, authors would usually make up a name for the "Monkey Girl" when necessary, since she is OnlyKnownByTheirNickname in the source material. In this one, however, she is only known as Saru-chan; "Saru" is (correctly) explained in the story to be Japanese for "monkey."
* NoExportForYou: InUniverse. According to Parasite_Ib, ''Fortune Lover'' was never officially released in English, but its manga adaptation did. And ''because'' the manga was localized, there existed a visible fan group that translated the game itself. ''That'''s the version Parasite_Ib intended to download.
* PaintingTheMedium: According to the author, she wrote her CSS stylesheet to format the text, which makes the text formatted like a forum post.
* SuddenNameChange: Towards the end of the Jeord and Keith routes, there were some major changes to Katarina's speech boxes. Specifically, the text is no longer [[ColorCodedSpeech in her hair color]] but in white, and the name is changed from "Katarina Claes" to "Saru-chan".
* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: "Sincere"'s translation tends to [[{{Woolseyism}} take creative license to make the writing flow better in English]][[invoked]], in comparison to the more common STP translation, which tends to be literal. "Sincere"'s translation is also noted for its lack of typographical or grammatical errors. Both of these are even more striking as [[spoiler:Parasite_Ib found "Sincere" is most likely a Japanese]].
* TitleDrop: When Parasite_Ib mentions the file she downloaded. She then followed it with a detailed explanation of the naming system used in pirated ROM files.
* WhatIf: This fic presents what happens if Katarina's assumption about her world--that the other characters are just pieces of code and so she ''will'' meet her doom--was correct, but in a very unusual way--it's presented in the third person on Earth, through a ''Fortune Lover'' hack probably created by [[spoiler:Atsuko]] [[CreatorBreakdown under extreme grief]][[invoked]].
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