History Fanfic / Snapshots

* ShutUpKiss: [[spoiler:After Marina starts to doubt if what she is experiencing is real, Pearl]] kisses her to make her stop doubting.

* ClarkKenting: As in the games, Marina does nothing to disguise herself as an Inkling, helped by Inkopolis's total unfamiliarity with Octarians. When she learns the truth, Pearl kicks herself for not noticing the obvious physical differences.

* MentalHealthRecoveryArc: Undivided and Unplanned Life both dwelve inon Callies recovery after her rescue. [[spoiler: She never fully recovers, always needing either being able to hear Inkanation on demand or snacks to confirm that she is no longer under effect of hypnoshades]]

* {{Polyamory}}: [[spoiler: Marie meets and starts dating a polyamorous Drown, who openly states that he is in open relationship with another inkling already, who themselves is also polyamorous.]]
* PullTheThread: Inversion, characters who have worn hypnoshades are focused on trying things they know ''aren't'' simulated, so they can know what they are experiencing is real. [[spoiler: For Marina, it's a hike up a specific path and whenever or not a person she is walking with will balance on a specific log. For Callie, it's hearing Calamari Inkantation and having food taste right.]]

* ShutUpKiss: [[spoiler:After Marina starts to doubt if what she is experiencing is real, Pearl]] kisses her to make her stop doubting.
* WhatTheHellHero: Callie and Marie experience this [[spoiler:when they are holding Marina at gun point, and instead of screaming or cursing them she just asks them to "do it quickly", while crying. Neither of them were expecting Marina to act like an average inkling.]]

* ArcWords: Across **Unlived Life**, Marina keeps repeating to herself that what she is experiencing "isn't real".

* Gaslighting: How hypnogoggles and shades work, but replacing things in users mind. [[spoiler: Callie loses all her confidence when she keeps being "corrected" about past events, and hypnoshades show her the false versions]]. Users, even those who have used them only relatively short time, are shown to have long term side-effect of questioning if anything they experience is real.

* GogglesDoNothing: *Very* much averted. Goggles that Octolings wear do a lot to brainwash them.
* LotusEaterMachine: The Hypno Googles (and Shades) invoke this at their highest power, making it near-impossible for the victim to tell reality from the simulation meant to pacify them, even after they've taken them off. When confronting Marina about the shades in order to learn how long this side-effect lasts, Marie's horrified to learn that even after two years, the Octoling is ''still'' convinced that her life might be fake and could be undone at any moment.

* PullTheThread: Inversion, characters who have worn hypnoshades are focused on trying things they know *aren't* simulated, so they can know what they are experiencing is real. [[spoiler: For Marina, it's a hike up specific path and whenever or not a person she is walking with will balance on specific log. For Callie, it's hearing Calamari Inkantation and having food taste right]]

* ShutUpKiss: [[spoiler:After Marina starts to doubt if what she is experiencing is real, Pear]] kisses her to make her stop doubting.

* SimultaneousArcs: All four stories take place over the same three year time period. The author even has a timeline [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/36656548 detailing how they all overlap]].

* Polyamory: [[spoiler: Marie meets and starts dating a polyamorous Drown, who openly states that he is in open relationship with another inkling already, who themselves is also polyamorous.]]

** On a lighter note, Marie immediately picks up that Pearl has a crush on Marina, but never brings it up directly.

* SecretSecretKeeper: Callie and Marie serve as this for Marina being an Octoling, keeping the secret once they realize that she isn't a spy, but a military defector who just wants to live freely on the surface. Marie only reveals her knowledge, and the fact that she and Callie were the ones who assaulted her two years prior, when trying to figure out how to help her cousin heal from the effects of the hypno-shades.
** Marie is also aware of Pearl's crush on Marina, but never brings it up to her.

* LotusEaterMachine: The Hypno Googles (and Shades) invoke this at their highest power, making it near-impossible for the victim to tell reality from the simulation meant to pacify them, even after they've taken them off. When confronting Marina about the shades in order to learn how long this side-effect lasts, she's horrified to learn that even after two years, the Octoling is ''still'' convinced that her life might be fake and could be undone at any moment.

''Snapshots'' is a series of ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'' fanfics written by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/EikaPrime/works EikaPrime]]. The series consists of various vignettes covering the lives and inner thoughts of the series' idol characters -- specifically the Squid Sisters and Off the Hook -- spanning the events of the first game up until the end of ''[[VideoGame/Splatoon2 Octo Expansion]]'', and is split into four installments:

''Snapshots'' is a series of ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'' fanfics written by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/EikaPrime/works EikaPrime]]. The series consists of various vignettes covering the lives and inner thoughts of the series' idol characters -- specifically the Squid Sisters and Off the Hook -- spanning the events of [[VideoGame/Splatoon1 the first game]] up until the end of ''[[VideoGame/Splatoon2 Octo Expansion]]'', and is split into four installments: