Line #5 Fanfic/OurEternityTogether


1	''[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/1337809 Our Eternity Together]]'' by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/ETNMystic/pseuds/ETNMystic ETNMystic]] is an ''WebVideo/EscapeTheNight'' FanFic series chronicling the events of Mystic's journey to destroy the Cursed God as well as figure out how to face her own internal struggles.
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3	The series is currently on its 17th installment. It is unclear how long the author plans to keep the series going for.
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6	!!The series provides examples of the following tropes:
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10	[[folder:General]]
11	* AbductionIsLove: The Cursed God's main goal is to kidnap Mystic to get her to fall in love with him. He's often accompanied by or sends minions of sorts to do the job for him.
12	* AbhorrentAdmirer: Mystic despises the Cursed God, [[spoiler:even with a few reconsiderations at times]], but he's relentless to obtain her affections.
13	* AmIJustAToyToYou?: Arguably applicable to Genevieve and Mystic, as Genevieve has tried to use hypnosis on Mystic multiple times to get info out of her, a couple of times ending in an outburst from Mystic.
14	%%* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: The Cursed God, Gautier, Asaph, and Kerrie to Mystic and Anubis to Chiaki. Also Lennan to Alison, as well as Horace to Genevieve and, arguably, to [[spoiler:Alice and Mystic]].
15	* BerserkButton: For Mystic, almost any time a character infantilizes and/or underestimates her.
16	%%* BreakingTheFourthWall: Pops up quite a few times in the series.
17	%%* ChaseScene: Multiple times.
18	* TheCutie: Rosanna Pansino from the source material is the main one, being very warm and kind-hearted to just about everyone. %%Mystic has her moments, though. So do Alice and Envy. Anya also has those moments as well as Sugarbelle Hollyheart.
19	* DidYouJustRomanceCthulhu?: Mystic's the target of the Cursed God's affections. The Cursed God is an EldritchAbomination.
20	%%* EvilDesiresInnocence
21	* {{Fainting}}: Happens to Mystic so often that the author's struggling to come up with new ways to say she faints unconscious.
22	* GenreSavvy: Invoked and discussed several times throughout the story.
23	** A few of the characters seem [[MediumAwareness aware of the fact that they're in a story]]. Naturally, they tend to use this to their advantage.
24	** This being an ETN fanfic, the characters based on authors are also able to recite the terms for a death challenge, as they're authors of ETN fanfiction.
25	* MentalWorld: Mystic's gone to her mindscape a few times after she's been knocked out.
26	* RunningGag: The series has a couple signature gags.
27	** Mystic's reply to the question "Going somewhere?" being "Hell, probably."
28	** The characters seem to [[MediumAwareness be aware that they're in a story]], followed with Dooper replying with something along the lines of "What kind of drugs are you on? And where can I get some?"
29	** Arguably, Mystic constantly blacking out.
30	* ShoutOut:
31	** Mystic gives an homage to an iconic Platform/{{Vine}} in the chase scene of ''Our Eternity Together'' with the line "Sike! It's a fake-out. You were fooled! Ha ha ha ha!"
32	*** Another vine homage from Mystic during the same chase scene: "Try Me, Bitch!"
33	** ''A Victorian Christmas'' has nods to ''Theatre/TheNutcracker'', including the musical number in the story, the destined transformations of [[spoiler:Safiya, Nora, Genevieve, Envy, and Candy Pop, which they escape]], the referenced background music, even the [[spoiler:death challenge itself]] is themed around it.
34	** Mystic again in ''The Chocolate Caper'', this time giving reference to the song "Circus" by Music/BritneySpears to confuse Envy, and ending it with "It's Mystic, bitch!"
35	** Mystic, in ''A Mystical Christmastime'', gives a nod to the song "Drama Club" by Music/MelanieMartinez.
36	* TermsOfEndangerment: It seems that almost every villain has a pet name for our protagonist. The Cursed God, Horace, Circe, Gautier, Cecelia, almost everyone has called her something along the lines of "dear", "darling", "sweetheart", etc. There are a few exceptions, however, including [[spoiler:Carol Dontchaknow]].
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39	[[folder:Our Eternity Together]]
40	* CatapultNightmare: Mystic, after Chapter 9's dream sequence, wakes up screaming.
41	* EveryoneIsASuspect: Someone's [[spoiler:apparently a traitor who contaminated the water supply in the Sanctuary]]. Even [[spoiler:Mystic is suspected of being the traitor]].
42	* JustThinkOfThePotential: A creepy speech given by the Cursed God to Mystic during [[spoiler:the First Sanctuary Invasion]] about how she could have whatever she wanted if she agreed to marry him.
43	* ParasiticHorror: Subverted. The parasites [[spoiler:that the Cursed God and the traitor send out]] are geared towards modifying the host's behavior instead of feeding off of them.
44	%%* TheVirus: [[spoiler:The water supply in the Sanctuary by an unknown traitor.]]
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47	[[folder:Mad As A Hatter]]
48	* GhostStory: On their first night in the woods near Horace's house, Mystic tells the story of Paramount Ranch; [[spoiler:part of the story is actually true in real life.]]
49	* HighSchoolSweethearts: [[spoiler:Genevieve and Horace]] were students at a hypnosis academy who fell in love and dated each other, only to reunite here.
50	* HoldingTheFloor: Mystic when [[spoiler:Not-Alice sneaks out of the vent leading outside the partition separating their group from the others and to keep her from announcing the character she's supposed to become in Horace's new Wonderland]].
51	* RhymesOnADime: Horace, as he's based on the Gotham Mad Hatter, who has a habit of dropping into rhyming speech.
52	* TheseQuestionsThree: The Tri-Trials that Horace conducts to determine who will leave and who will stay with him.
53	* YouSaidYouWouldLetThemGo: Mystic after [[spoiler:Horace does a complete 180 on the promise made before the Tri-Trials by keeping the highest scoring group that she ends up being a part of.]]
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56	[[folder:A Solo Journey for an Introvert, Part 1]]
57	%%* AxCrazy: [[spoiler:Safiya.]] Right at the finale.
58	* NotYourProblem: The first appearance of this being Mystic's answer when [[spoiler:Not-Alice breaks into Mystic's treehouse]] and asks her why she's running away from those who want to help her.
59	* ShoutOut: A classic [[HeresJohnnyHomage "Here's Johnny!"]] nod after [[spoiler:Safiya goes fully AxCrazy]].
60	* WeWillMeetAgain: [[spoiler:Not-Alice]] after Mystic threatens to throw her out of the treehouse after her incessant questioning.
61	* YoureInsane: Nikita tries to break this gently to [[spoiler:Safiya who's scratching at the tree Mystic's treehouse is supported by.]]
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64	[[folder:Lady of the Coven]]
65	* FramedClue: Multiple in the same clue. Mystic decodes it to reveal a message about [[spoiler:how the High Priestess of the Coven Circe betrayed behind their backs wants her to bring Mystic to be the High Priestess' new vessel for her soul]].
66	* HouseFire: Almost happens when Mystic is practicing her magic.
67	* IllKillYou: Circe to Candy Pop after [[spoiler:several wishes are made on the teastones.]]
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70	[[folder:An Eternal Opera]]
71	* DoubleMeaning: Also has a hidden innuendo; Nikita when the group tries to get into the opera house using fake French names, hers being [[spoiler:Mademoiselle Philomène Ulysse Sylvaine Sévérine Yverneau]].
72	%%* HoldingTheFloor: Adeline when the rest of the group asks to look inside of the opera house for Mystic.
73	* KillTheLights: After the performance of "The Mystery of Edwin Drood", the theatre ghost does this [[spoiler:in order to kidnap Mystic]].
74	* LightsOffSomebodyDies: Yeah, it doesn't end well [[spoiler:for Cyrille, who's taken as a replacement vessel for the High Priestess after the death challenge]].
75	* ThePrimadonna: Manon Charbonneau, in both attitude and occupation.
76	* VillainyFreeVillain: Honestly, Manon doesn't really do anything villainous aside from bash Mystic. And despite her bitchy behavior, she's understandably pissed that some ghost wants this newbie Mystic to take the lead over her.
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79	[[folder:Everlock Horror Story, Hotel]]
80	* BookOnTheHead: Candy Pop smashes a vase on the hotel lady's head.
81	%%* FreakOut: [[spoiler:Candy Pop, resulting in Mystic almost getting taken by the Cursed God, Safiya and Nora getting taken by the Cursed God, and the deaths of Arya and Celeste.]]
82	* HolyBurnsEvil: Not seen in the story, but Mystic finds out that one of Candy Pop's gifts for her burned him. [[spoiler:The present was a wrapped Bible and the wounds were technically self-inflicted.]]
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85	[[folder:Queen of Eternity]]
86	* WhatDoesThisButtonDo: Mystic after [[spoiler:she's taken back to the hotel after the Angel Bath]]. She runs around touching everything and asking, "What's this do? What's that do?"
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89	[[folder:A Victorian Christmas]]
90	%%* ChristmasEpisode: It's right in the title.
91	%%* CrapsaccharineWorld: Pretty obvious considering Mystic [[spoiler:was under the influence of the Cursed God's spell and it took control of Alice and Ro as well]].
92	%%* LotusEaterMachine: Not a machine, but the Christmas World it takes place in is arguably lotus-eater material.
93	* SickeninglySweet: Most of the installment is described by the author as "a Hallmark movie on steroids" with "cavity-inducing fluff". However there are several moments where this ''really'' sticks out.
94	** The exclamations that people make, such as "Goodie Goodie Jolly-Golly Goshings Gumdrops!"
95	** The pet names that the king and queen use, especially for each other, such as "my studdy-wuddy muffin puppy pony pudding pie of wove".
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98	[[folder:The Chocolate Caper]]
99	* CreepyTwins: The first set of twins [[spoiler:who get the group trapped in the confines of the factory]] and the appropriately-nicknamed Tweedlecreep and Tweedlespook at the auto shop.
100	* LoveInterestTraitor: [[spoiler:Alison]] near the end of ''The Chocolate Caper'', when she agrees to marry [[spoiler:Lennan]] and prepares to kiss him, only to bite him at the last second so he'd die of blood loss.[[note]]For context, the character in question is a vampire from the source material.[[/note]] [[spoiler:Unfortunately, it was a necessary betrayal as his life was connected to the magic that was placed on Mystic, Alice, Stella, and Ro as well as the whole factory.]]
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103	[[folder:Island Breeze]]
104	* CatapultNightmare: Mystic, after Chapter 2's dream sequence, wakes up screaming.
105	%%* InterruptedDeclarationOfLove: Happens to [[spoiler:Envy]] twice.
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108	[[folder:Queen of the Spooks]]
109	* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: Subverted to an extent; unlike her boss, [[spoiler:Kerrie]] actually gives Mystic some breathing room for if she wants a full commitment right away or not.
110	%%* CameFromTheSky: Orpheus, literally.
111	%%* TheCameo: The Scooby-Doo Gang during the chase in Chapter 2.
112	* PunnyName: Lucy calls herself the Chief of Po-Lucy. Not a good one, but she's got the spirit.
113	* ShoutOut: Rene and Wynter on the truck after the group is [[spoiler:captured by the Chief of Po-Lucy]] give their rendition of the "Travel Song" from ''WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer''.
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116	[[folder:A Mystical Christmastime]]
117	* BigWhat: Mystic to Envy after she finds out about [[spoiler:him wanting to make a token tracker. She ends up going off on him.]]
118	%%* ChristmasEpisode: It's right in the title.
119	* TheCutie: This is the installment where we're first introduced to Sugarbelle Hollyheart, a six-year-old elf who is moderately autistic. We find out in a flashback that when she first arrived at the North Pole, she tried to befriend the other elves, but [[spoiler:a good majority of them are cruel behind her back]].
120	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Mystic, when an unknown entity tells her about [[spoiler:the token tracker it found. She tells it to destroy the thing. The entity turns out to be Cecelia]].
121	* TermsOfEndangerment: Cecelia's "Dear Bunny" and "Princess" to Sierra.
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124	[[folder:Camp Insanity]]
125	* Catchphrase: Carol Dontchaknow's own last name.
126	* InstantSedation: Mystic and the group get [[spoiler:tranquilizer darts shot into them while trying to run from the campfire with the token piece]].
127	* StepfordSmiler: Mystic and the others discover that [[spoiler:the campers have been brainwashed by the camp counselor, and she plans to do the same to them]].
128	* StockOminousSigns: The creepy, wide-smiling sun patch with the dimples and big, fat cheeks on the camp shirts, signifying the [[spoiler:brain-washing Carol has done to the campers and foreshadows her plan to do the same to them]].
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131	[[folder:I Don't Know Why The Caged Bird Sings]]
132	* BigShutUp: Delta in Chapter 3 finally gets the group to notice her this way.
133	* {{Cult}}: Turns out to be [[spoiler:an apocalypse cult, as Emmy and the Robed Fucks turn into giant bird creatures who will bring about Armageddon if they don't hear the Goddess Reincarnation sing every so often.]]
134	%%* HumanSacrifice: [[spoiler:Two are made to bring back two they lost.]]
135	* JustThinkOfThePotential: A currently-unknown character talks to another unknown character about this for Mystic. Also briefly played to Delta when [[spoiler:Junko says that this project will make her prodigal, playing off of her hatred of feeling useless]].
136	* PleaseIWillDoAnything: Not exactly said this way, but [[spoiler:Delta]] basically implies this after she sees [[spoiler:her [=OCs=] Dawn and Benny being tortured by Junko.]]
137	* StopWorshippingMe: Mystic to the Golden Bird cult, but also feels conflicted as she kind of likes being treated like a goddess.
138	%%* TalkingAnimal: Jasmine the Bengal Tiger Cub.
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141	[[folder:A Witchy Place]]
142	* AnimateInanimateObject: The key-shaped necklace Mystic found after [[spoiler:sneaking into Ravyn's room and breaking into her closet]] seems to be sentient. The two end up having a bit of a scuffle before it [[spoiler:locks itself around her neck]] and it seems to respond to Mystic's words.
143	* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: The Shadowmend Sisters; Esme has blonde hair, Hermia has dark hair, and Ravyn has red hair.
144	%%* BravingTheBlizzard: Delta and Jasmine in Chapter 4, literally.
145	%%* TheDitz: Averted with Esme, as she's more just boy-obsessed and giggly, maybe also hyperactive, but mostly boy-obsessed. Not just with seducing them, but also [[spoiler:eating them immediately afterwards.]]
146	%%* DramaQueen: Emmy acts like this after discovering that [[spoiler:Mystic is missing]].
147	%%* ForbiddenZone: The Basement of the Shadowmend Sisters' house.
148	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Mystic accidentally releases [[spoiler:Circe Jones, who was thought to be completely dead,]] when the Shadowmend sisters surprise her.
149	* ShoutOut: Mystic saying [[Film/HocusPocus "This is all just a bunch of hocus pocus... right?"]] just before lighting the candle.
150	* WeddingFinale: Except it doesn't exactly end happily. [[spoiler:Anya uses her magic to take down the Master High Priestess so that she can take Mystic to protect her.]]
151	%%* WeddingSmashers: [[spoiler:Anya and Erik Malinovsky in order to find Mystic.]]
152	* WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong: Mystic before lighting the candle that [[spoiler:makes the Shadowmend Sisters reappear]].
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155	[[folder:A Haunted Christmas]]
156	* AmIJustAToyToYou?: [[spoiler:Delta after discovering Delilah's love shown towards her was just a ploy to get to Mystic. Unfortunately, this was expected to Delta, but still a stab in the heart.]]
157	* BerserkButton: Never, ''ever'' say that Mystic [[spoiler:doesn't care about anyone except for herself]], especially not while she's around. She basically goes off physically and verbally on [[spoiler:Gabbie]] when the latter says this.
158	%%* ChristmasEpisode: Also right in the title.
159	* TheMaze: Twelve people have to rush into a labyrinth to get the token piece, each person facing their own obstacles, [[spoiler:along with three of them being killed]].
160	* SpokenWord: [[spoiler:Stella, Trigorien, and Cedar's final chapter describing their deaths]] is written in a slam poetry fashion.
161	* TargetedHumanSacrifice: [[spoiler:Gabbie]] is drawn from the deck of voting cards to [[spoiler:be fed to Delilah Fletcher]] after she suddenly starts going chaotic and blaming Mystic for getting them into this. Also, yelling at [[spoiler:Rosanna]] likely made matters worse.
162	* TraumaButton: The phrase "tough luck, buttercup" causes Mystic to [[spoiler:remember the emotional abuse she faced in high school and subsequently punch Delta]].
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165	[[folder:Blood, Indigo and Iridescence]]
166	%%* AccidentalMurder: Andrea R. because she seems to [[spoiler:get briefly possessed by some strange force when a Puritan guy cuts his finger trying to chop up vegetables for her.]]
167	%%* FireOfComfort: Right when Mystic wakes up in Chapter 1.
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172	%%[[folder:Drinking Game]]
173	%%Take a shot every time:
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175	%%* Mystic runs away from the group.
176	%%* Candy Pop asks for his body back.
177	%%* There's a reference to a meme or vine.
178	%%* Mystic faints/blacks out.
179	%%* Mystic's self-deprecating.
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