History Fanfic / TheCliff

* MarriageBeforeRomance: Mime is attracted to Brünnhilde, but even he mostly wants someone to help him raise Siegfried. Likewise, Brünnhilde decides to stick with Mime because he is at least willing to give her and Siegfried a roof over their heads. Love only comes into the picture much later.

* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Siegfried and Gutrune grow up together from their very early childhood and start a relationship in their mid-teens.

* LeaveTheTwoLovebirdsAlone: After making sure [[spoiler:Brünnhilde wasn’t seriously wounded in the battle]], everyone, including Siegfried, leaves the hut for Gibich’s castle to give Mime and Brünnhilde some privacy. After more than ten years of CannotSpitItOut, the two finally confess their love. [[spoiler:And conceive Regin]].

* TheCavalry: When Mime and Brünnhilde are cornered by [[spoiler:Wotan and his heroes’ army]] and things look pretty bad, not only do Siegfried (armed with Notung and riding Grane), Gunther and Hagen come to help them, but [[spoiler:Fafner]] does as well.

* ByronicHero: [[spoiler:The Rhinemaidens]] view Hagen as such, with his constant gloomy sullen demeanour, and fall head over heels.

* SiblingYinYang: Downplayed with Siegfried and Regin, who are technically cousins through Brünnhilde but are brothers by adoption. Siegfried is a fearless, energetic, charismatic fighter but not too keen on studies or smithing. Regin is a timid NonActionGuy who makes quick progress with his studies and spends all his free time in the smithy.

* AllLovingHero: Gibich. He immediately gives the warmest welcome to Mime and Brünnhilde the first time he meets them (even though humans usually are wary about Nibelungs). He has no troubles with raising his wife’s son from another man (although he isn’t doing a good job of it, it’s not out of malice, he is simply clueless about how to deal with someone like Hagen).

* MarriageBeforeRomance: Mime is attracted to Brünnhilde, but even he mostly wants someone to help him raise Siegfried. Likewise, Brünnhilde decides to stick with Mime because he is at least willing to give her and Siegfried a roof over their heads. Love only comes into the picture much later.

* MarriageBeforeRomance: There is an attraction on Mime’s side, but even he mostly wants someone to help him raise Siegfried. Likewise, Brünnhilde decides to stick with Mime because he is at least willing to give her and Siegfried a roof over their heads. Love only comes into the picture much later.

* {{Dramedy}}: The final chapters are a roulette of the usual humor (such as [[spoiler:a sneezing allergic dragon]] or Brünnhilde being worried about Mime's increase of bravery) and serious drama ([[spoiler:Fafner's VillainousBSOD at the sight of what he thinks is the ghost of his brother]], [[spoiler:the battle when Mime and Brünnhilde believe each other killed]]).

''The Cliff'' is a fanfic by Tropers/{{AutumnLeaves}} based on ''Theatre/TheRingOfTheNibelung''. It was posted [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/8816308 in English]] and [[https://ficbook.net/readfic/1735677 in Russian]]. There are an in-progress {{Interquel}} (which is also a crossover with ''Literature/MondayBeginsOnSaturday'') available in Russian [[https://ficbook.net/readfic/2967240 here]], and an alternate take on one of the chapters available [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/30134559 in English]] and [[https://ficbook.net/readfic/4739649 in Russian]].

''The Cliff'' is a fanfic by Tropers/{{AutumnLeaves}} based on ''Theatre/TheRingOfTheNibelung''. It is available [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/8816308 in English]] and [[https://ficbook.net/readfic/1735677 in Russian]]. There are an in-progress {{Interquel}} (which is also a crossover with ''Literature/MondayBeginsOnSaturday'') and an alternate version of one of the chapters available in Russian [[https://ficbook.net/readfic/2967240 here]] and [[https://ficbook.net/readfic/4739649 here]] respectively.

* SiblingYinYang: Downplayed with Siegfried and Regin, who are technically cousins through Brünnhilde but are brothers by adoption. Siegfried is a fearless, energetic, charismatic fighter but not too keen on studies or smithing. Regin is a timid NonActionGuy who makes quick progress with his studies and spends all his free time in the smithery.

* PlotAllergy: Gutrune and [[spoiler:Fafner]] are horribly allergic to poplar fluff. [[spoiler:Fafner's sneeze ends up blowing the ring into the Rhine, effectively solving the ''key problem'' of both the canon and the fanfic, while Gutrune’s allergy attack prompts Brünnhilde to realize what the matter with the dragon is]].

** Regin is enormously like Mime in looks and personality, barely having any resemblance to Brünnhilde. In ''Siegfried'', Siegfried muses that if Mime ever had a son, the latter would look exactly like Mime.

* PlotAllergy: Brünnhilde and [[spoiler:Fafner]] are horribly allergic to poplar fluff. [[spoiler:Fafner's sneeze ends up blowing the ring into the Rhine, effectively solving the ''key problem'' of both the canon and the fanfic, while Brünnhilde, after she starts sneezing herself, realizes what's the matter with the dragon]].

* UglyGuyHotWife: By human standards, Mime is incredibly ugly, being hunchbacked, hook-nosed and with long and thin fingers. Brünnhilde is a raven-haired AmazonianBeauty.

** [[spoiler:Fafner]] ends up an emotional wreck who feels there is no meaning in ][spoiler:his]] life, but still [[spoiler:aids in the battle against Wotan]], and Brünnhilde gradually helps [[spoiler:him]] to recover.

* GirlinessUpgrade: Brünnhilde gradually becomes a capable housewife.

* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:Everyone who wasn't dead in the beginning of ''Siegfried'']] survives to the end of the fanfic.

* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:Everyone who is alive in the end of ''The Valkyrie'']] survives to the end of the fanfic.