History Fanfic / SixesAndSevens

* FlashForward: The coda at the end of Pat's story is set in 1950 on the night [[spoiler: Rahne Sinclair, aka [[Characters/NewMutants Wolfsbane]], was born]].

* CoolGuns: Michael carries a Webley Revolver like the comic book Brian Falsworth. He later obtains a Beretta 418 from Malvagio.
** Emily is issued with a Browning Hi-Power, commonly used at the time by special forces

** In the original story: Chapter 7 is from "Weapon" by Music/MatthewGood, Chapter 8 is "Wolf Like Me" by Music/TVOnTheRadio; Chapter 11 is "How Not To Drown" by Music/{{Chvrches}} featuring [[Music/{{The Cure|Band}} Robert Smith]]; Chapter 12 is "Devils and Dust" by Music/BruceSpringsteen.

* ShoutOut: After telling Emily about an encounter with Fighting Jack Churchill, Emily exclaims "You should go into battle with a sword, Carter!" ''Series/GenerationKill'', of which the author is also a fan of, has a similar line.
** The above chapter's title came from the book ''Literature/OneBulletAway'' by Nathaniel Fick, who was an officer featured in Generation Kill.
** The final chapter get's its title from a famous exchange in Film/LawrenceOfArabia, along with a quote from Lawrence's book, ''Seven Pillars of Wisdom''
** Emily tells Michael that if he gets out of line after getting the serum she'll shoot him like [[Literature/HeartofDarkness Colonel Kurtz]]
** A subtle reference is made to ''Series/BandOfBrothers'' when Emily tells Mark Anthony Todd that there's "... dust on your jump wings, cowboy."
** The codename of the team's contact in ''Shadow of the Eagle'' is Nausicaä - and while the [[Anime/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind anime character]] is named for an actual greek figure, the umlaut is only included for the former.

** Emily's chapter in ''The Haunting of Villa Layla'' mentions the Crimson Abbess and Bonewhite Jacques from ''Podcast/{{Jemjammer}}''

** Chapter 11 of ''Phantom Pain'' is "Do You Think Love Can Bloom, Even on the Battlefield?", a quote from ''Videogame/MetalGearSolid''.

* StopBeingSoStereotypical: Sousa claims he's fine with Roger being gay, he just doesn't like how flamboyant he is. Peggy counters that Howard is no better, and if Sousa's handled him for as long as he has then he can put up with Roger for a few hours.

** In ''Sixes and Sevens'': Chapter 7 is from "Weapon" by Music/MatthewGood, Chapter 8 is "Wolf Like Me" by Music/TVOnTheRadio, Chapter 11 is "How Not To Drown" by Music/{{Chvrches}} featuring [[Music/{{The Cure|Band}} Robert Smith]], and Chapter 12 is "Devils and Dust" by Music/BruceSpringsteen.

** In ''Shadow of the Eagle'': Chapter 5 is "Sleeping Sickness" by Music/CityAndColour, Chapter 6 comes from "Idumea" by the Sacred Harp Singers, Chapter 7 is "Anthem for Doomed Youth" by Music/TheLibertines, Chapter 9 is "Guns & Ammunition" by July Talks, and the finale is "All This and Heaven Too" by Music/FlorenceAndTheMachine.

** Chapter 6 of ''Agent Carter: Phantom Pain'' gets it's title from a lyric in "Dead Souls" by Music/JoyDivision.
** Chapter 12 of ''Phantom Pain'' is "Nasty Boys Don't Ever Change", from the same song by Music/JanetJackson.
* TitleDrop: Chapter 9 of Phantom Pain is titled "Sufficiently Advanced Technology", and the phrase is mentioned by Sousa as "something a guy [he] met over in London said once".

** While still a mutant, Arclight is now [[ShockAndAwe electrokinetic]] instead of her comic counterpart's shockwave powers. The authors say they did this sinc there are plenty other major characters with shockwave- and vibration-based powers.

** Howard also seems to have made an actual Blitzkrief Button, since the original was just a ruse meant to hide Steve's blood sample in.

* ChekovsGun: The photonic amplifier is mentioned in chapter 11 of ''Phantom Pain'' alongside several other inventions, but in the following chapter Sue hooks it up to the Gamma Cannon to make a light-based weapon that her powers can't deflect.

* DelicateAndSickly: Dottie after the zero matter tries to take over her body, and Emily subsequently rallying Ivan's crew to try and get it out of her. Afterward she needs Emily's help to stay steady, and Sousa compares her to a wet cat.

* FallingIntoHisArms: Inverted - Howard is struck by Vertigos powers and his attempts to warn Peggy and Angie just lead to him collapsing into the latter's arms as they enter the lobby.

* IfYouDoAnythingToHurtHer: When Emily needs to abandon Dottie in order to fight off some of Romulus' men, she gives one of these to Ivan as he stays behind with Dottie.

** Angie tells Peggy about meeting another actress named [[Creator/MarlynMonroe Norma Jean]], but bemoans that she signed with Fox and not Paramount.

* MistakenForDating: Ivan never considers Michael could be gay, so he sees his devotion to Emily and vice versa as romantic rather than something codependent formed during the war.

* OutsideContextProblem: The zero matter organisms are this for Ivan and his communist crew, since they were expecting a simple retrieval mission to get Dottie. Emily knows they're not prepared for the more esoteric nature of the creatures, so she simplifies the situation into "a HYDRA experiemnt gone wrong".

Adaptational Nationality: Arclight is German here instead of American, though the authors justified this by saying that her civilian name (Philippa Sontag) is already German.

# ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/40561089 Agent Carter: Phantom Pain]]'', the point at which the story catches up to the prologue. Peggy and company must deal with Thompson's death, Dottie's return, the looming shutdown of the SSR, and Michael's return.

* CallForward: The ending of Roger's focus chapter in ''Haunting of Villa Layla'' has [[spoiler: Ego the Living Planet]] comment that something about human genetics clearly had a reaction with his own, and he'd have to visit the planet again. [[spoiler: Of course, next time he does so is when he conceives Peter Quill, aka Star-Lord.]]
* CanonCharacterAllAlong: Emily Gower soon gets the cover identity of Jacqueline Falsworth.

* EnemyMine: In "Phantom Pain", Emily and company convince Dottie to assist them because both parties are invested in shutting down HYDRA in the states, albeit for different reasons - Dottie to get back in the USSR's good graces, the Invaders because it's their job to stop fascism.

** A more humorous example comes at the end of Michael's chapter in ''The Haunting of Villa Layla'' where Khonshu hopes that a suitable person will come along to be his avatar soon. Series/{{Moon Knight|2022}} takes place eighty-eight years later.

** Mister Knife of ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy was Peter Quill's father in the comics. He shows up in Roger's chapter of ''The Haunting of Villa Layla'' working for [[spoiler: Ego the Living Planet, Peter's father in the films.]]

* TeamMemberInTheAdaptation: Anthea's basis, Victoria Starr, was not a member of the Invaders but rather the Agents of Atlas.

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Its revealed in ''Phantom Pain'' that the Soviet government decided to purge Leviathan. It's alluded that they grew far beyond their mandate for Stalin's liking, and their failure to steal Howard Stark's technology was the final nail in the coffin. Further, Fennhoff's work is already in NKVD hands, so they don't need him for further work.

** May Reilly, the future Aunt May, from Franchise/SpiderMan is one of Sue's co-workers at the Kensington Hotel in 1947.

** Sparky_Young_Upstart shows off their research throughout ''The Haunting of Villa Layla'', but Anthea's chapter stands out with copious notes about the Greek Bronze Age, such as the estimation of Astarte's arrival in the area (leading to her evolution into Aphrodite, the history of the river god Achelous (Anthea's father), and the dating of the Thera eruption.

* StringTheory: Howard Stark's study becomes host to this as Peggy and co try to figure out the plans of Manfredi, Whitney, and Cassandra Romulus.

* IThoughtEveryoneCouldDoThat: Emily always knew she was a little stronger than normal, but it takes her [[spoiler: kicking a werewolf across a room and healing severe injuries in a matter of days]] to consider that there might be something else going on.

** Chapter 5 of ''Phantom Pain'' Emily tells Dottie that sometimes "dreams are messeges from the deep", directly quoting ''Film/{{Dune|2021}}''

** Volker's powers are believed to come from the [[Film/BlackPanther heart-shaped herb]], or a synthesized extract of the herb, which HYDRA obtained after sending several search parties into Wakanda. The lone survivor reported the group being attacked by a black-clad figure. A later chapter elaborates: a related smuggling operation was the one Emily made a name for herself with when she helped bust it, and also contained a shipment of vibranium that was later jacked by Howard Stark to make Steve's shield.

* BitchSlap: When Peggy discovers [[spoiler: that Michael really is still alive in ''Phanton Pain'']], she's at a loss of how to react. She opts to slap him in the face.

* MagicalRomani: During a quiet moment in ''Headfirst Slide'' Michael brings up Djordji's use of a hand-gesture he used to cloak himself and Victor while the party passed some guards. Djordji's quick to point out that just because he (and Victor) are Romani doesn't mean they inherently know magic. Michael agrees, but points out that he and the other Invaders have become familiar with the mystical world.

* {{Mismeasurement}}: Invoked, as somebody intentionally altered the formula Whitney Frost was working on when they came across the chalkboard in her lab. When Sue looks at the photograph of said board she realizes something has been changed, then consults the recreation Howard made and sets to work fixing it.

* SinisterMinister: Pat immediately took a dislike to Reverend Craig Sinclair of Ullapool. He describes Sinclair as being too eager to help the local women, leering at his then teenaged sister, often delivering fire and brimstone sermons. Later he whips a mob of TorchesAndPitchforks to go after a phantom wolf, claiming it was sent to punish the locals for their sinful ways.

* TeensAreMonsters: After losing his family, friends, mentor, fighting fascists, imprisoned and given the means to [[spoiler: create his iconic power armour]] it's obvious that Victor von Doom is not a well adjusted teenager.