Line #30 Fanfic/SomeoneWithTheSkillsToInterveneACorelineStory


1	"The Core Timeline is an amalgamation of chaos. The so-called real world has been overlapped with the realms of movies, comic books, anime, and more. Fanfictions have literally come to life.
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3	Valentine's Day in the Core Timeline is like the rest of the holidays. A mess fraught with complications and mayhem. This is a day when Roger Hackett wishes to provide some good gifts for those he loves.
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5	And to those who get in the way, they better watch out..."
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7	''[[https://marcoasalazarm.deviantart.com/art/SOMEONE-WITH-THE-SKILLS-TO-INTERVENE-A-CLINE-TALE-731318913 Someone]][[https://marcoasalazarm.deviantart.com/art/SOMEONE-WITH-THE-SKILLS-TO-INTERVENE-CH-2-731512189 With The Skills To Intervene]]'', by marcoasalazarm is one of various stories set on the ''Fanfic/CoreLine'' SharedUniverse.
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9	Currently under construction. Please add tropes as you see them!
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13	!!This ''FanFic/CoreLine'' story contains examples of the following:
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15	* ASimplePlan: Get some rare candy from Orlando as a Valentine's Day gift. Complications include members of all mailing services in Orlando GoingPostal ''at the same time'', the rare candy being impossible to transport through super-speedy means, and oh yeah, the ''Death Eater'' attack.
16	* BadassBystander: Being the RightManInTheWrongPlace, Roger ends up being this to the Death Eaters. As well, a few other bystanders gang up and finish off one of the Eaters after Roger wings him.
17	* BadassInANiceSuit: Roger, all around. This actually gets him confused with [[Series/PersonOfInterest "The Man In The Suit"]] in the aftermath.
18	* BookEnds: A ClusterFBomb and the question "this world liked to fuck people in the ass, didn't it?" appear at the beginning and the end of the story when things seem to be going pretty wrong for Hackett.
19	* BoomHeadshot: The first Death Eater to die gets a shot clean between the eyes, and the narration mentions that ''the entire back of his head disappeared''.
20	* CodeSilver: The climax of the story is a Death Eater attack on the "Wizarding World Of Harry Potter" section of the Islands of Adventure, with the objective to kill a lot of people (Muggles, Mudbloods, doesn't matters, as long as they die).
21	* ContinuityNod:
22	** Roger gets a teleporting ride from Chicago to Orlando via the Ferengi that appeared on ''Fanfic/CorelineATaleOfTwoMaris'' and ''Fanfic/CorelineOperationEndgame''.
23	** The mention of superhero teams getting three-day holidays to try to help them deal with the craziness of the specific days getting in the way of their own celebrating was mentioned all the way back on ''Fanfic/RiseOfTheExtraordinaryAvengersCoreline''.
24	* FameThroughInfamy: Discussed as a posibility that it's what the Death Eaters were looking to obtain, and defied by making sure the press won't release any personal information about them (besides literally labeling them "morons").
25	* HandCannon: Downplayed. The gun Roger uses on the climactic confrontation is a .45 Glock, which is a bit heavier than usual for a Glock but in terms of what is standard for this trope it swings more towards the BoringButPractical. The narration mentions the Death Dealers get cut down in pretty messy fashions.
26	* HonestJohnsDealership: "Honest Liggie's" (the establishment of the aforementioned Ferengi) is a warehouse on one of the dead-end streets deep in Chicago, and Roger mentions that it would be a surprise if a single item on sale wasn't explained as having "FellOffTheBackOfATruck", not to mention that the alleged owner (and sole person who can offer a refund) is an InventedIndividual.
27	* McGuffin: [[http://marcoasalazarm.deviantart.com/art/WONKA-U-S-T-CHOCOLATE-D20-Mod-Stats-Coreline-664742397?ga_submit_new=10%3A1487656922&ga_type=edit&ga_changes=1&ga_recent=1 The Wonka Umpa-Sooper-Tastee Chocolate]], custom-made by Willy Wonka himself to the client, and described as the best chocolate that you could ever get. The fact that the elements that make it so delicious are (highly delicate) {{Magitek}} that cannot be transported by super-tech or magical means (such as teleportation) force Roger to go to Orlando himself to get it.
28	* OhCrap: The discovery that Roger's PowerNullifier abilities literally killed the magic that was in the Wonka candy. Roger's reaction is a mental ClusterFBomb and some amount of MyGodWhatHaveIDone. Thankfully the chocolate is still delicious.
29	* OnlyInFlorida: The story takes place on the Ride/UniversalStudios Islands of Adventure in Orlando (or rather, the Kingdom Of Orlando. [[Franchise/KingdomHearts Ruled by King Mickey Mouse]]).
30	* RetailRiot: Mentioned in passing that these things on the Core Timeline are up to eleven. The term "block war" (yes, as in the conflicts you need to have '''ComicBook/JudgeDredd''' around in order to pacify) is snarkily said would be a more fitting description. The plot is started by Roger having to run out and get the Wonka chocolate that he promised he'd get.
31	* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: "Right" in this case being "obtain very valuable and rare chocolate to provide a top-notch Valentine's Day experience to people I love."
32	* ShoutOut:
33	** The story's title comes from the OpeningNarration of ''Series/PersonOfInterest''.
34	** The press' decision to prevent the Death Eaters from getting potential FameThroughInfamy (by calling them "Moron #1," "Moron #2," etc) is directly taken from ''Literature/ForwardTheFoundation''. The narration even says that it worked for Hari Sheldon.
35	* TalkToTheFist: A non-vocal version. The first Death Eater Roger faces off against acted pretty giddy at the prospect of multiple innocents bunched together like fish in a barrel. Roger shoots him in the head before he can go any further.
36	* TakeAThirdOption: When Roger can't get the chocolate delivered in time, since it can't be teleported, he teleports himself to Orlando to pick it up in person and head back with it.
37	* TakeThat:
38	** One of the things Roger mentions at meeting in passing while he walked through the Islands Of Adventure park was the live-action version of ''Film/TheCatInTheHat''. Roger mentions that seeing that Cat in the actual flesh made him understand why Creator/MikeMyers thinks of the role as an OldShame.
39	* TeleportersAndTransporters: Roger gets a teleportation service to teleport him to Orlando.
40	* TerroristsWithoutACause: Roger believes that this is what many Death Eaters have devolved to after the Vanishing, with most of them causing slaughter and mayhem for no other reason than appeasing whichever Master they bow to (even if they are not even in the same universe) or because murderous racism is the only thing their minds care about anymore after the shock of Emerging on the Line.
41	* ValentinesDayEpisodes: This story is one of these for Fanfic/CoreLine.

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