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* [[Main/CharacterOutlivesActor Characters Outlive Player]]: Following the death of Tina/BitemeMinime in 2014, the characters she left behind were neither erased from the canon or explicitly killed off.
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* [[Main/CharacterOutlivesActor Characters Outlive Player]]: Following the death of Tina/BitemeMinime Tina (bitememinime) in 2014, the characters she left behind were neither erased from the canon or explicitly killed off.
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* AllHallowsEve: On most years, an open-to-all (barring character-specific logistics) Hallowe'en thread has been created: ''Let's Party!'' and ''Special Hallowe'en Ball'' for 2009, ''A Change To The Norm'' for 2010, ''Gossamer My Gown'' for 2011, ''A Hallowe'en Mentality'' for 2012 and ''What Are We Made Of?'' for 2015.
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* AllHallowsEve: On most years, an open-to-all (barring character-specific logistics) Hallowe'en thread has been created: created:
** ''Let's Party!'' and ''Special Hallowe'en Ball'' for2009, 2009
** ''A Change To The Norm'' for2010, 2010
** ''Gossamer My Gown'' for2011, 2011
** ''A Hallowe'en Mentality'' for2012 and 2012
** The ''Many Moons'' series for 2013
** ''What Are We Made Of?'' for2015.
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* [[Main/CharacterOutlivesActor Characters OutlivePlayer]]:Player]]: Following the death of Tina/BitemeMinime in 2014, the characters she left behind were neither erased from the canon or explicitly killed off.
** And, to further invert [[Main/TheCharacterDiedWithHim The Characters Died With Her]], a close friend (the player behind then-Company Director Grace Harper) adopted Tina's Company agent Roxanne Anderson in order to perpetuate her legacy.
** ''Let's Party!'' and ''Special Hallowe'en Ball'' for
** ''A Change To The Norm'' for
** ''Gossamer My Gown'' for
** ''A Hallowe'en Mentality'' for
** The ''Many Moons'' series for 2013
** ''What Are We Made Of?'' for
* [[Main/CharacterOutlivesActor Characters Outlive
** And, to further invert [[Main/TheCharacterDiedWithHim The Characters Died With Her]], a close friend (the player behind then-Company Director Grace Harper) adopted Tina's Company agent Roxanne Anderson in order to perpetuate her legacy.
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* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: As the thread's title suggests, ''Meeting Of The Minds'' revolves around this. In one corner, astral projectionist Ryan Alcroft. In the other, the grieving mind manipulator Jordan Mercer. Right after Ryan had unknowingly trod all over his new BerserkButton.
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* PowerPerversionPotential: In a world based on a [[Series/Heroes show featuring people with superpowers]], there's bound to be a few.
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* PowerPerversionPotential: In a world based on a [[Series/Heroes show featuring people with superpowers]], superpowers, there's bound to be a few.
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* PowerPerversionPotential: In a world based on a [[Series/Heroes show featuring people with superpowers]], there's bound to be a few.
** Before they became friends, Felicia Rahal suggested that Devon Ridgeman could use his ability to rob banks in order to keep himself financially afloat.
** Ark Industries in 2010 became the in-universe poster child for this trope. Experiments into synthetically granting abilities through technology resulted in an accidental and thankfully fleeting Main/MassSuperEmpoweringEvent which resulted in the deaths of millions.
** With most of the upgrades to his ability revolving around possessing other people through his astral projection, Ryan Alcroft's definitely at risk of succumbing to this. It's a wonder he ''hasn't'', given the company he keeps.
** Before they became friends, Felicia Rahal suggested that Devon Ridgeman could use his ability to rob banks in order to keep himself financially afloat.
** Ark Industries in 2010 became the in-universe poster child for this trope. Experiments into synthetically granting abilities through technology resulted in an accidental and thankfully fleeting Main/MassSuperEmpoweringEvent which resulted in the deaths of millions.
** With most of the upgrades to his ability revolving around possessing other people through his astral projection, Ryan Alcroft's definitely at risk of succumbing to this. It's a wonder he ''hasn't'', given the company he keeps.
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* RoaringRampageOfRescue: ''Heaven Have Mercy'' started out as this on Ryan's part. Realising that Adele had been abducted and captured, he drove across nine states (Texas to New York) over the course of two days.
** Although it was averted pretty harshly in that Ryan didn't get the chance to do any roaring, rampaging or rescuing, due to the Company heading him off on his way into New York City.
** Although it was averted pretty harshly in that Ryan didn't get the chance to do any roaring, rampaging or rescuing, due to the Company heading him off on his way into New York City.
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* Yandere: While rarely exhibiting overt "craziness" to the point of cackling madly and bouncing off the walls, Adele Couteau definitely fits this personality type. Just seeing an ''illusion'' of her lover dying while imprisoned was enough to condemn a dozen people to a gory fate.
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* Yandere: While rarely exhibiting overt "craziness" to the point of cackling madly and bouncing off the walls, Adele Couteau definitely fits this personality type. Just seeing an ''illusion'' of could quite easily qualify as this. If one is inclined to liken her lover dying while imprisoned to [[Manga/FutureDiary Yuno Gasai]] (after all, knives are their mutual weapon of choice), then Ryan Alcroft is her Yuki. The first deaths she caused were either for selfish reasons (her college roommate was enough disrupting her med school studies) or outright curiosity but, when Ryan shows up, just about every kill under her belt after that point involve him as a primary reason, whether to condemn a dozen people protect him, exact vengeance on his behalf or to a gory fate.
ensure that she can be with him.
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* DelinquentHair (and sometimes Main/SpikyHair): One of Layton Ranta's defining features is his dyed hair. The most common colour he goes for is bright red but, as an inversion to the "Delinquent" part, he's perfectly law-abiding, polite and isn't averse to washing the dye out if a situation (costume parties, work and so on) warrants.
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* BigBrotherBully: Ryan's elder brother Darron. The bullying had actually stopped for the most part when Darron earned himself a school suspension at the age of fourteen but, due to their age gap (six years) and the fact that Darron moved out to attend university, the siblings didn't get to start patching things up officially until a number of years later.
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** And when Adele ''was'' killed by the Company (although she got better), Ryan lashed out and went on one of his own, directing his fury at his work partner at the time by driving up to Missouri and killing a sizeable portion of his extended family.
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** Despite the ass-kicking not taking place "on-screen", Nireva got one when the same rioting spread to LA, leading to her narrowly rescuing her girlfriend Jenna from a beating.
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** Despite the ass-kicking not taking place "on-screen", Nireva got one when the same rioting spread to LA, leading to her narrowly rescuing her girlfriend Jenna from a beating.beating through mistaken identity.
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--> '''Nireva:''' Hey! I hear you fuckers are looking for ''me!''
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--> '''Nireva:''' Hey! I hear you fuckers [[PrecisionFStrike fuckers]] are looking for ''me!''
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** Despite the ass-kicking not taking place "on-screen", Nireva got one when the same rioting spread to LA, leading to her narrowly rescuing her girlfriend Jenna from a beating.
-- '''Nireva:''' Hey! I hear you fuckers are looking for ''me!''
-- '''Nireva:''' Hey! I hear you fuckers are looking for ''me!''
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* BigWhy: After finally facing the accidental death of his parents (which ''he'' caused) head-on after almost thirteen years and being brought to their graves by Khalidah, Devon Ridgeman finally lets out one of these, turning an innocent parked car into scrap metal and dust with his ability in the process.
-->'''Devon:''' Why, Khalidah?! I don't deserve any of this!
-->'''Devon:''' Why, Khalidah?! I don't deserve any of this!
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* CoolCar: Among others...
** Dakari Johessman's [[http://oi40.tinypic.com/rbcwpi.jpg dark purple Porsche Boxster]]
** "Dolly", Khalidah Rahal's [[http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t108/wellthatshistory/RP%20Pictures/stingray.jpg Corvette Stingray]]
** Felicia Rahal's lime green hearse, complete with '''URNEXT''' license plate.
** Adele Couteau's Lotus Elise and Ryan Alcroft's BMW M6...
** ...until a car collector working at the Company gave them a Pagani Zonda F Roadster. ''Each.''
** Thomas Kroner, being from an immensely wealthy noble family, ''obviously'' had a Bugatti Veyron
** And, as an inversion, Nireva Hale's girlfriend has a Pontiac G3. It's not cool, fast or stylish.
** Dakari Johessman's [[http://oi40.tinypic.com/rbcwpi.jpg dark purple Porsche Boxster]]
** "Dolly", Khalidah Rahal's [[http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t108/wellthatshistory/RP%20Pictures/stingray.jpg Corvette Stingray]]
** Felicia Rahal's lime green hearse, complete with '''URNEXT''' license plate.
** Adele Couteau's Lotus Elise and Ryan Alcroft's BMW M6...
** ...until a car collector working at the Company gave them a Pagani Zonda F Roadster. ''Each.''
** Thomas Kroner, being from an immensely wealthy noble family, ''obviously'' had a Bugatti Veyron
** And, as an inversion, Nireva Hale's girlfriend has a Pontiac G3. It's not cool, fast or stylish.
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* NoSell: Both Felicia Soler (though she wasn't married at the time) and her mother Khalidah Rahal have no-sold Devon Ridgeman's ability of "tactile molecular decay", due to both having a healing factor.
** Though their reactions were different. While Devon was - when they first met - able to decay Felicia's forearm to the point where he could tear it off with little effort, any selling of the assault she made was an act to make him ''think'' he had the upper hand. With Khalidah's own power being vastly in excess of her descendants, her no-selling was more literal in nature; her healing factor was simply so powerful that it repaired the damage faster than he could cause it and she simply ''waited'' until he burned himself out.
** Though their reactions were different. While Devon was - when they first met - able to decay Felicia's forearm to the point where he could tear it off with little effort, any selling of the assault she made was an act to make him ''think'' he had the upper hand. With Khalidah's own power being vastly in excess of her descendants, her no-selling was more literal in nature; her healing factor was simply so powerful that it repaired the damage faster than he could cause it and she simply ''waited'' until he burned himself out.
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* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Although with not so much roaring, Adele Couteau went on one of these in ''Heaven Have Mercy'', killing a dozen people with a combination of her ability and conveniently placed bladed medical instruments. And this was after she saw an ''illusion'' of Ryan being killed by gunfire.
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* HorsemenOfTheApocalypse: The ''Horsemen Plot'' involved elements based on these. The cholera outbreak and the government cover-up of a US-wide famine (Pestilence and Famine) was brought to light and stymied by the then Ark Industries CEO Christian Moynahan, the battle between the National Guard stationed in Washington DC and Dakari's Jamaican Dominion represented War while Lilith's presence at that same battle - due to her powerful ability - represented Death.
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* TheyDo: Ryan Alcroft and Adele Couteau. After hooking up in the latter half of 2008 (the summer of 2009 in real time), it took them until the last few months of ''2016'' to finally get their plans together and get married.
** WritersCannotDoMath: A minor example of this explains the discrepancy in the otherwise "real time (vaguely) matches forum time" world of Eclipse. With the time taken to finish off threads resulting in one centred around Ryan Alcroft's 20th birthday only getting started in 2010 (he was born in 1989), the year of his meeting Adele - thankfully never explicitly mentioned at the time - was nudged back to fix the error.
** WritersCannotDoMath: A minor example of this explains the discrepancy in the otherwise "real time (vaguely) matches forum time" world of Eclipse. With the time taken to finish off threads resulting in one centred around Ryan Alcroft's 20th birthday only getting started in 2010 (he was born in 1989), the year of his meeting Adele - thankfully never explicitly mentioned at the time - was nudged back to fix the error.
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* TheyDo: Ryan Alcroft and Adele Couteau. After hooking up in PreAssKickingOneLiner: When the latter half of 2008 (the summer of 2009 riots - sparked in real time), it took them until response to the last few months of ''2016'' to finally get their plans together and get married.
** WritersCannotDoMath: A minor example of this explains the discrepancy in the otherwise "real time (vaguely) matches forum time" world of Eclipse. With the time taken to finish off threads resulting in one centred aroundfamine cover-up (see Main/HorsemenOfTheApocalypse) - reach Ryan Alcroft's 20th birthday only getting started front door in 2010 (he the form of three jocks intent on smashing his car, the one he comes up with shows just how much the past few years have changed him. The fact that his victim wound up with cracks or breaks on ''eleven bones'' meant that this was born in 1989), the year something of his meeting Adele - thankfully never explicitly mentioned at the time - was nudged back a Main/CurbStompBattle to fix the error.boot.
--> '''Ryan:''' You two. Watch this. As for ''you'': '''get up.'''
** WritersCannotDoMath: A minor example of this explains the discrepancy in the otherwise "real time (vaguely) matches forum time" world of Eclipse. With the time taken to finish off threads resulting in one centred around
--> '''Ryan:''' You two. Watch this. As for ''you'': '''get up.'''
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* TheyDo: Ryan Alcroft and Adele Couteau. After hooking up in the latter half of 2008 (the summer of 2009 in real time), it took them until the last few months of ''2016'' to finally get their plans together and get married.
** WritersCannotDoMath: A minor example of this explains the discrepancy in the otherwise "real time (vaguely) matches forum time" world of Eclipse. With the time taken to finish off threads resulting in one centred around Ryan Alcroft's 20th birthday only getting started in 2010 (he was born in 1989), the year of his meeting Adele - thankfully never explicitly mentioned at the time - was nudged back to fix the error.
** WritersCannotDoMath: A minor example of this explains the discrepancy in the otherwise "real time (vaguely) matches forum time" world of Eclipse. With the time taken to finish off threads resulting in one centred around Ryan Alcroft's 20th birthday only getting started in 2010 (he was born in 1989), the year of his meeting Adele - thankfully never explicitly mentioned at the time - was nudged back to fix the error.
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** BaldBlackLeaderGuy: The ruthless head of a small crime syndicate, able manipulate gravity, well-regarded amongst his criminal peers and subordinates? In addition to being a Main/ScaryBlackMan to boot, Kiros Monroe was a villainous one of these.
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* LegionOfDoom: Kiros Monroe's Rogue Society was an example of this. While there wasn't much in the way of ''official'' infighting, there were occasions when outside forces set one member against another for brief periods of time and, in the end, the Society dissolved when Kiros was removed from the equation.
** BaldBlackLeaderGuy: The ruthless head of a small crime syndicate, able manipulate gravity, well-regarded amongst his criminal peers and subordinates? In addition to being a Main/ScaryBlackMan to boot, Kiros Monroe was a villainous one of these.
** BaldBlackLeaderGuy: The ruthless head of a small crime syndicate, able manipulate gravity, well-regarded amongst his criminal peers and subordinates? In addition to being a Main/ScaryBlackMan to boot, Kiros Monroe was a villainous one of these.
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* ElevatorGoingDown: Ryan Alcroft and Adele Couteau have done this at least once. They've even drunkenly sung the trope quote in a bar.
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* [[OlderThanDirt "Older Than History!"]]: Khalidah Rahal has dubbed herself to be this. Being the matriarch of a family of immortals, not even her own descendants precisely know how old she is. Given that she's never stated an exact number, the best her ''daughter'' (born in the 13th century) can do is guess.
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* Immortality: While the genes for this trait have been known to ''skip'' certain members (such as Amalia Djanescu), a combination of Main/TheAgeless and Main/HealingFactor is a defining facet of the evolved abilities of many of the Rahal family members.
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* ThickerThanWater: The Rahal family. Despite the majority of the portrayed (biological) members being immortal and often drifting apart through self-imposed necessity, they often find themselves reuniting or assembling in some fashion further down the line.
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* RenegadeSplinterFaction: Insofar as they have less oversight than an already secret branch of the government, ''The Elite'' are this to the Company.
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** The ''Twelve Swords'' (including the Architect, Wraith, Misericorde, Spark, Beast, Orphan and Chameleon) - The collective name given to the prospective members of Phillipe LaFleur's GEIST.
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** The ''Twelve Swords'' (including the Architect, Wraith, Misericorde, Spark, Beast, Orphan and Chameleon) - The collective name given to the prospective members of Phillipe LaFleur's GEIST.
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* SecretIdentity: There have been a few.
** The ''Fixer Killer'' - ...was actually a persona formed by the collective actions of a quartet; Mark Hooper, Jeff Classic, Raj Kapoor and "Agent Spike".
** Pulse - The hacker alias of Watchers' PI leader Zoey Lindstrom.
** Kinesis - The superhero alias of another Watchers' PI member, Ronan MacGuinness.
** The ''Twelve Swords'' (including the Architect, Wraith, Misericorde, Spark, Beast, Orphan and Chameleon) - The collective name given to the prospective members of Phillipe LaFleur's GEIST.
** The ''Fixer Killer'' - ...was actually a persona formed by the collective actions of a quartet; Mark Hooper, Jeff Classic, Raj Kapoor and "Agent Spike".
** Pulse - The hacker alias of Watchers' PI leader Zoey Lindstrom.
** Kinesis - The superhero alias of another Watchers' PI member, Ronan MacGuinness.
** The ''Twelve Swords'' (including the Architect, Wraith, Misericorde, Spark, Beast, Orphan and Chameleon) - The collective name given to the prospective members of Phillipe LaFleur's GEIST.
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