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1	''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9739743/1/Variation-Modification Variation Modification]]'' (or as it's alternately known, ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1170710?view_adult=true Sugar and Spice]]'') is a ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' fanfiction written by [=DawnGyocry=].
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3	Set in a non-Sburb AU where both the kids and trolls are human, it focuses on Karkat's years throughout elementary, middle, and high school, his friendship and eventual romance with Dave, and most importantly the struggles he faces as an FTM transgender.
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5	!!Tropes used in the work:
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7	* ArcWords: "Hey! Leave him/her alone!" First used by Dave when defending Karkat against a gang of bullies in first grade, then again [[spoiler:when speaking up for him against a rude teacher as a sign that he wants to make things better]].
8	* AdaptationalHeroism: Kankri is softened by giving him multiple CoolBigBro moments with Karkat, including [[spoiler:helping him come out as transgender to their father]].
9	* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: From his first day of kindergarten, Karkat is mercilessly bullied by the other students -- first for "trying to act like a boy" as a girl, then for becoming one.
10	* TheAtoner: [[spoiler:As of Chapter 15, Dave is trying to make it up to Karkat for abandoning him in fifth grade. Karkat hasn't forgiven him quite yet.]]
11	* CoolBigBro: As expected, Bro is one for Dave, teaching him and Karkat to swordfight.
12	* DisproportionateRetribution: [[spoiler:In Chapter 10, Karkat is too afraid to tell Dave about secretly being trans. Dave abandons him as a result and stops speaking to him for nearly ''two years.'']]
13	* FirstPeriodPanic: Karkat (a trans guy) gets the first period in Chapter 14, and is flat-out horrified.
14	* ForegoneConclusion: Even after [[spoiler:Dave breaks off his friendship with Karkat]] in Chapter 10, the reader knows they will make up.
15	* {{Hypocrite}}: [[spoiler:During their argument in Chapter 15, Dave calls Karkat self absorbed ("like everything I ever do has to revolve around you"). Right, because Dave didn't abandon Karkat for two years for the supposed travesty of not informing him about his biggest secret.]]
16	* ImportantHaircut: After coming out as trans, Karkat's father takes him to get a boy's haircut.
17	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Kankri grates on Karkat's nerves, but he helps his little brother when he needs it, most importantly [[spoiler:helping him start coming out as trans]].
18	* NoPeriodsPeriod: Averted. In Chapter 14, Karkat gets his and is horrified because it's yet another indicator that he has the body of a girl despite being a boy.
19	* OnlyFriend: Karkat's only friends are Dave, Nepeta, Kanaya and Gamzee. Everyone else either ignores him or picks on him.
20	* TheStoner: Gamzee, of course, but since the trolls are human he smokes weed instead of eating sopor slime.
21	* {{Tomboy}}: Karkat as a young girl, before coming out as trans.
22	* WeUsedToBeFriends: [[spoiler:Dave and Karkat's relationship enters this stage in Chapter 10 after they fight and subsequently "break up" over Karkat not trusting Dave enough to tell him his biggest secret.]]
23	* WhamEpisode: [[spoiler:Chapter 10. Dave abandons Karkat, leaving him with no friends.]]

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