History Fanfic / LightDarknessAndParadox

* CharacterDevelopment: [[spoiler: Both Illias and Alice slowly get over their enmity for each other, and Illias becomes more accepting of monsters. She also realizes that she has been keeping humanity weak, making it easier for monsters to prey on them, and is horrified when she finds out what some of her alternate selves have done, ranging from wiping out monsters and all but turning humanity into pets, to having her angels ''wipe out all life'', human and monster]].

** [[spoiler: Later on, Cinder, Ruby, and Pyrrha become monster girls. Cinder becomes a yoma, Ruby becomes a cyborg, and Pyrrha becomes a dragonkin]].

* HeadbuttingHeroes: Alice and Ilias refuse to be in the same group together, except when investigating the Tartarus. Even then, they still get into arguments. This is carried over from the source material, in which they're MutuallyExclusivePartyMembers. [[spoiler:Both eventually get over it]].

* LoopholeAbuse: During their fight against [[spoiler:Izanami]], they very nearly get killed, but Chrome's last-minute idea saves their lives by utilizing the [[spoiler:"Dead Is Dead" concoction]] that works perfectly to eliminate the [[spoiler: otherwise-invincible undead-comprised Izanami]] that they face at their current level of power that actually works the same way in the original source material as well.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: King Peter of San Ilia is one, caring deeply about his people, working to mend the distrust between humans and monsters despite leading one of ''the'' most fanatically devout nations in the world, showing mercy to the [[spoiler: monster test subjects in the lab]], and abhoring the practices of the Luddite Village, having sent agents to spy on them and planning on sending soldiers to retake it after finding out just how horrible things are there.

** Chapter 34: [[spoiler: With Lilith's help, Cinder transforms herself into a yoma, and her final thoughts in the chapter make it clear that, despite their agreement that Lilith wouldn't brainwash her, Cinder is now under Lilith's control]].
** Chapter 38: [[spoiler: After nearly being killed by Cinder again, Ruby and Pyrrha decide to change their bodies to increase their power. Ruby chooses to become a {{Cyborg}}, while Pyrrha undergoes monsterization to become a Dragonkin]].
** Chapter 39: [[spoiler: White Rabbit shows up on Remnant to tell the people at Beacon to stop their portal experiments, telling them that they are damaging the fabric of the universe. She then sends Jaune, Ren, Nora, Yang, and Weiss to the other world]].
** Chapter 40: [[spoiler: Yang and Nora reunite with Ruby and Pyrrha.]]
** Chapter 41: [[spoiler: While fleeing from a powerful Apoptosis on a world that has nearly been destroyed, Frederika and Micaela [[HeroicSacrifice are killed buying time for the others]]. The rest of the party ends up scattered across time and space, and the Apoptosis is only stopped when Marcellus appears and saves Ruby and Luka]].

** Chapter 56: [[spoiler: Grangold is freed from the control of Monster World Tamamo and Cinder is killed]].

* SinisterScythe: Both Ruby and Nero wield enormous scythes as weapons. Ruby's is named Crescent Rose and also functions as a sniper rifle, while the latter's looks so impractical (it has a handle on the inner edge of the blade) that it shocks Ruby when she first sees it.

* LoopholeAbuse: During their fight against [[spoiler:Izanami]], they very nearly get killed, but Chrome's last-minute idea saves their lives by utilizing the [[spoiler:"Dead Is Dead" concoction]] that works perfectly to eliminate the [[spoiler: otherwise-invincible Izanami]] that they face at their current level of power that actually works the same way in the original source material as well.

* LoopholeAbuse: During their fight against [[spoiler:Izanami]], they very nearly get killed, but Chrome's last-minute idea saves their lives by utilizing the [[spoiler:"Dead is Dead" concoction]] that works perfectly to eliminate the [[spoiler: otherwise-invincible Izanami]] that they face at their current level of power that actually works the same way in the original source material as well.

* AfterTheEnd: [[spoiler:The world beyond the first Tartarus, in which [[LightIsNotGood Ilias' angels]] have already committed complete human and monster genocide on the residents of the surface world, except in this variation Luka quit his journey after witnessing just how outclassed he was when he saw Granberia knock out Iliasburg's guards without any real effort whatsoever, and as this is most likely a scenario of the original trilogy timeline's events without Alice tagging along with him, he returned to village in hopes that he might improve eventually, but it was for naught as Ilias executed her genocide campaign earlier than in the original story after seeing him quit his journey early. As such, the [[AlternateHistory angel's invasion was never thwarted like in the original timeline.]]]]

** Chapter 56: [[spoiler: Grangold is freed from the control of an alternate Tamamoe and Cinder is killed]].

** Chapter 58: [[spoiler:An alternate Ilias is attempting to clone pre-yoma Cinder using DNA samples found from before she transformed... and she accidentally brought Grimm essence into her world, which is now loose with nobody knowing about it]].

* AfterTheEnd: [[spoiler:The world beyond the first Tartarus, in which [[LightIsNotGood Ilias' angels]] have already committed complete human and monster genocide on the residents of the surface world, except in this variation Luka quit his journey after witnessing just how outclassed he was when he saw Granberia knock out Iliasburg's guards without any real effort whatsoever, and as this most likely is a scenario of the original timeline's event with Alice tagging along with him, he returned to village in hopes that he might improve eventually, but it was for naught as Ilias executed her genocide campaign earlier than in the original story after seeing him quit his journey early. As such, the [[AlternateHistory angel's invasion was never thwarted like in the original timeline.]]]]

* AfterTheEnd: [[spoiler:The world beyond the first Tartarus, in which [[LightIsNotGood Ilias' angels]] have already committed complete human and monster genocide on the residents of the surface world, except in this variation Luka quit his journey after witness just how outclassed he was when he saw Granberia knock out Iliasburg's guards without any real effort whatsoever, and as this most likely is a scenario of the original timeline's event with Alice tagging along with him, he returned to village in hopes that he might improve eventually, but it was for naught as Ilias executed her genocide campaign earlier than in the original story after seeing him quit his journey early. As such, the [[AlternateHistory angel's invasion was never thwarted like in the original timeline.]]]]

* TheDreaded: [[spoiler:'''Adramelech'''. Unfortunately for Ruby and friends, they fail to realize that even if they defeat her, she usually-'''always''' merely [[CameBackStrong revives later and stronger than before]], not to mention that each time it can '''stack''' whenever she's defeated, meaning her power can be made limitless if brought back enough times... Ruby and friends [[RunOrDie are better left running]] than simply increasing the abomination's power. Not to mention that she's '''more than capable''' of erasing '''[[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt entire universes]]''' as shown in the alternate, near-dead world with the Administrator's Tower. The '''only thing''' preventing her from destroying all existence is the fact that she has a [[RestrainingBolt top-priority order to preserve any universes that match the original MGQ Timeline...]] and dispose of those that don't into Apoptosis. Nothingness.]]

* AfterTheEnd: [[spoiler:The world beyond the first Tartarus, in which [[LightIsNotGood Ilias' angels]] have already committed complete human and monster genocide on the residents of the surface world, except in this variation Luka most likely never left the village and as such the [[AlternateHistory angel's invasion was never thwarted.]]]]

* TheDreaded: [[spoiler:'''Adramelech'''. Unfortunately for Ruby and friends, they fail to realize that even if they defeat her, she usually-'''always''' merely [[CameBackStrong revives later and stronger than before]], not to mention that each time it can '''stack''' whenever she's defeated, meaning her power can be made limitless if brought back enough times... Ruby and friends [[RunOrDie are better left running]] that simply increasing the abomination's power. Not to mention that she's '''more than capable''' of erasing '''[[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt entire universes]]''' in the form of other Tartarus rifts. The '''only thing''' preventing her from destroying all existence is the fact that she has a [[RestrainingBolt top-priority order to preserve any universes that match the original MGQ Timeline...]] and dispose of those that don't into Apoptosis. Nothingness.]]

* AfterTheEnd: [[spoiler:The world beyond the first Tartarus, in which [[LightIsNotGood Ilias' angels]] have already committed complete human and monster genocide on the residents of the surface world, except in this variation Luka most likely never left the village and as such the angel's invasion was never thwarted.]]

* AfterTheEnd: [[spoiler:The world beyond the first Tartarus, in which angels have committed genocide on the residents of the surface world, except in this variation Luka most likely never left the village and as such the Angel's invasion was never thwarted.]]

* TheDreaded: [[spoiler:'''Adramelech'''. Unfortunately for Ruby and friends, they fail to realize that even if they defeat her, she usually-'''always''' merely [[CameBackStrong revives later and stronger than before]], not to mention that each time it can '''stack''' whenever she's defeated, meaning her power can be made limitless if brought back enough times... Ruby and friends [[RunOrDie are better left running]] that simply increasing the abomination's power. Not to mention that she's '''more than capable''' of erasing '''[[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt entire universes]]''' in the form of other Tartarus rifts. The '''only thing''' preventing her from destroying all existence is the fact that she has a [[RestrainingBolt top-priority order to preserve any universes that match the original MGQ Timeline...]] and dispose those that don't into Apoptosis. Nothingness.]]

* TheDreaded: [[spoiler:'''Adramelech'''. Unfortunately for Ruby and friends, they fail to realize that even if they defeat her, she usually-'''always''' merely [[CameBackStrong revives later and stronger than before]], not to mention that each time it can '''stack''' whenever she's defeated, meaning her power can be made limitless if brought back enough times... Ruby and friends [[RunOrDie are better left running]] that simply increasing the abomination's power.]]

* AfterTheEnd: [[spoiler:The world beyond the first Tartarus, in which angels have committed genocide on the residents of the surface world.]]

* HeadbuttingHeroes: Alice and Ilias refuse to be in the same group together, except when investigating the Tartarus. Even then, they still get into arguments. This is carried over from the source material, in which they're MutuallyExclusivePartyMembers.

* WTHCostumingDepartment: Nero's outfit:
--> Running up to them was a young man with an absolutely bizarre appearance. In one hand, the man carried a massive scythe comparable in size to Ruby’s Crescent Rose, but decorated to an impractical level: the outer edge and point of the blade were a golden metal, while the inner edge had a handle on it. His clothing consisted of a black and red overcoat with a tattered hem, worn over a white shirt and paired with black pants. Gold chains were connected to the collar of the coat, and one of these chains coiled around his sleeve and ended in a ball of some kind. A tie, so big that it reached down to the hips, was worn around the man’s neck. A belt connected the two legs of the man’s pants, but somehow didn’t hinder his running. But apart from his bizarre weapon and clothing, the young man was relatively normal-looking: black hair that hadn’t been combed recently, pale skin, and eyes hidden behind glasses.