History Fanfic / LostInTimeSeries

[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5698705/1/Lost_in_Time_Origins/ Lost in Time: Origins]] is a [[{{Fanfic}} fanfiction]] series set in the ''WesternAnimation/IceAge'' world by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2230107/thelonemongrel/ thelonemongrel]].

[[folder: Lost in Time: Origins]]
* ActionFilmQuietDramaScene: The scenes of chapter twenty-eight [[spoiler: where the herd has a defiant celebration that is overseen by [[OmniscientCouncilOfVagueness two others....]]]]

* OhCrap: Said by Frank in chapter nineteen "The Complex pt 2" of ''Origins.'' And several times after that chapter, and a bit before... doubles as another AuthorCatchphrase.
* OmniscientCouncilOfVagueness: [[spoiler: In chapters 27 and 35 in ''Origins.'']]

* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Chapter twenty seven "The Best-Laid Plans of Mice and Men." Or aka "The chapter where Hudson at last explains all the [[ChekhovsGun mysteries]] surrounding him and gives some hope to the herd by doing so."]]

[[folder: Lost in Time: Yesterday's Child]]

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* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: [[spoiler: Frank is very much for this, given his arguments for staying behind and fighting Soto (despite the high probability that it means they may die) as a desire to set right what once went wrong for him when he fires upon the civilians in the Troubles. In a more straight example, the half-dead herd from the first timeline going back eight months in the past to prepare the second herd of that new timeline for the battle against Soto so that they will ''win'' this time, thus finally SettingRightWhatOnceWentWrong.]]

** One line has a reference to Film/BackToTheFuture, a movie notable for its emphasis on TimeTravel, as a subtle nod of sorts. One mustn't forget the notable {{Literary Allusion Title}}s as well.

* FeverDreamEpisode: Frank has at least two.

* GoneHorriblyWrong: The incident with the time machine, the Troubles.
* GoshDangItToHeck: Terry averts this trope to hell and back.

* {{Jerkass}}: Terry before his HeelFaceTurn.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Terry and Hudson.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Just in the main cast, there is the canon characters, Frank and his wife Claire and their son Ben, Sam and Terry, Hudson, Nigel and Charlie, and don't forget Mark.

* [[ActionFilmQuietDramaScene Action Fic Quiet Drama Scene]]: The scenes of chapter twenty-eight [[spoiler: where the herd has a defiant celebration that is overseen by [[OmniscientCouncilOfVagueness two others....]]]]

* [[spoiler: [[AlternateUniverse Alternate Timeline]]:]] [[spoiler: Hudson comes from a timeline where animals are sentient and can talk and be friends with humans, and by the end of ''Origins'' it has been fulfilled - although at the cost of half of the herd's lives, since the other remaining half of the herd SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong by returning to the past to make sure another herd survives and ultimately creates the future that Hudson hails from.]]
* AlternateUniverseFic:

* [[spoiler: AnyoneCanDie]]: [[spoiler: As exemplified by the deaths of TheHero Frank, along with his wife Claire, his sister Sam, Ellie and Sid and the possums of the herd, and the doctor Nigel in the disastrous outcome of the Battle of Halstead Pass in the first timeline before the remainder of the original herd go back in time to ensure that a second herd survives.]]
* ApocalypseWow: [[spoiler: Chapter.thirty.]]

* [[spoiler:TheAtoner]] [[spoiler: Frank became this after he was forced to experience the execution of several civilians during the Troubles, and the guilt of it has never left him, causing him to make his HeroicSacrifice in chapter thirty "The Wages of Sin" partly due to the memory the civilians who died near the river Thames in the midst of the Troubles, making his sacrifice not only for the herd, mainly Diego, but also for those who had died long ago in the past, and that he has never forgiven himself for.]]

* BigBad: Soto in ''Origins.'' Another BiggerBad is already being [[{{Foreshadowing}} foreshadowed]] though...

* [[spoiler: BloodFromTheMouth]] [[spoiler: After thrusting his sword into Soto, killing him, Frank slumps to the ground, letting out a chuckle that causes blood to trickle from his mouth in chapter thirty, "The Wages of Sin".]]
* BreakoutCharacter: Hudson, and to a lesser extent, Sam and Terry.

* [[spoiler: ChekhovsSkill]] [[spoiler: Buck, Diego and Sid's ability to handle a gun.]]

* [[spoiler: CorruptCorporateExecutive]] [[spoiler: The UN, who forced Frank's hand in the decision to go to the Ice Age.]]

* [[spoiler: DefiantToTheEnd:]] [[spoiler: Frank when he faces off against Soto whilst mortally injured at the climax of chapter thirty, "The Wages of Sin."]]

* [[spoiler:TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt]] [[spoiler: Heavily implied to be the case due to the "Troubles" and time being destroyed (completely accidentally, Frank had no idea that people would have to ''follow'' them back into the ice age...)]]
* EvilPlan: Soto, Soto, Soto. [[spoiler: The Remnant.]]

* [[spoiler: EyeScream]] [[spoiler: Terry does this to one of the cave bears he is fighting with near the end of the big battle.]]

* [[spoiler: TheHeroDies: First Timeline!Frank's HeroicSacrifice during the battle of Fort Halstead in the chapter "Wages of Sin."]]
* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice:]] [[spoiler: Frank for Diego, and by extension the civilians who died at his unwilling hands during the Troubles, in chapter thirty, "The Wages of Sin."]]

* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal:]] [[spoiler: Sam, Claire, Ellie, Frank, Charlie, Sid, and Crash and Eddie out of the main cast in chapter thirty "Wages of Sin" although there is a TimeyWimeyBall subversion of sorts since the remaining herd members from that timeline go back in time to ensure the survival of ''another'' herd.]]

* [[spoiler: LastStand:]] [[spoiler: The battle of chapter thirty "The Wages of Sin", where the entire herd bands together to face off Soto.]]

* [[spoiler: OmniscientCouncilOfVagueness:]] [[spoiler: In chapters 27 and 35 in ''Origins.'']]

* [[spoiler: ParentalAbandonment:]] [[spoiler: Sam and Frank lose their father during the Troubles whilst Sam is only eighteen and their mother died around Sam's birth; and in the first timeline before the original herd that we've been following for thirty-one chapters is bereaved of half their members including Sam, Claire, Frank, Nigel, Ellie, and her brothers, Ben Howard is left an orphan.]]

* [[spoiler: SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong:]] [[spoiler: Frank is very much for this, given his arguments for staying behind and fighting Soto (despite the high probability that it means they may die) as a desire to set right what once went wrong for him when he fires upon the civilians in the Troubles. In a more straight example, the half-dead herd from the first timeline going back eight months in the past to prepare the second herd of that new timeline for the battle against Soto so that they will ''win'' this time, thus finally SettingRightWhatOnceWentWrong.]]
* ShoutOut [=/=] {{Callback}}: There are many references made to the ''WesternAnimation/IceAge'' movies along with many historical/literary allusions.
** One line has a reference to Film/BackToTheFuture, a movie notable for its emphasis on TimeTravel, as a subtle nod of sorts. One mustn't forget the notable {{LiteraryAllusionTitle}}s as well.

* ShownTheirWork: One valid reason why the time travel elements in the story are so {{MindScrew}}y.

* [[spoiler: WorldWarIII:]] [[spoiler: As the story progresses, there is a harrowing scene in chapter twenty-four where Hudson and Terry, whilst on a scouting trip, discover a Dictaphone that provides a CrypticBackgroundReference to what occurred a hundred and thirty two years later ''after'' the failure of Frank and his expedition. All over the world there had been bombings and war in every country because of the rips in the time continuum. Eventually a remnant of humanity flees to the past, to the Ice Age, only to bring the world war with them. And with that the Dictaphone is switched off.]]

* [[spoiler: AlternateHistory:]] [[spoiler: In the events of chapter six, Sid explains that instead of Alaric, who brought about the end of Rome in the original timeline, he died of a disease instead and his brother Ataulf sacked Rome. This is a subtle {{Foreshadowing}} that time has somehow gone awry, but no one realises it yet amongst the herd.]]
* [[spoiler: [[AlternateUniverse Alternate Timeline]]:]] [[spoiler: The herd in this story hail from the second timeline Hudson alludes to in ''Origins'' but despite being Second Timeline! characters they - Frank especially - retain memories of the defunct timeline that contained the Troubles where he ordered the massacre of sixty-seven people whilst the other Second Timeline people take to it more easily, except for certain herd members such as Manny and Diego for instance.]]

* [[spoiler:FantasticRacism:]] [[spoiler: The creatures of the Bredelands are suspicious of the herds' humans, and when the herd comes to the Bredelands at the request of Regent William there is nearly a riot that takes place because of who is accompanying them - Frank, Claire and Ben.]]

* HypotheticalCasting: If this were a live-action film, Clive Owen would be Frank Howard, [[Film/{{Inception}} Marion Cotillard]] would be Claire Howard, [[{{Series/Firefly}} Adam Baldwin]] would be Terry Daniels, and Sam Daniels would be Creator/KeiraKnightley.

* LampshadeHanging: [[spoiler: This quote from Hudson in chapter twenty seven "The Best-Laid Plans of Mice and Men": ---> Hudson snorted, "No, I'm saying we're ''actually'' in a novel, and governed by a plot!" He snapped back sarcastically. "Of course I'm saying this was planned!" He scanned the room. "We have been maneuvered into a trap."]]

* SickeninglySweethearts: This is how Sam and Terry usually act around each other, although they are ''rather'' restrained about it despite their touchy-feely behavior around each other, in comparison to Frank and Claire, who are not as open with their feelings as they are. It might have something to do with Sam and Terry being a BattleCouple, though....

[[spoiler:----> ""Fine then, I shall have to spell it out," He mumbled in exasperation. "My name is James Hudson, born to David and Millie Hudson on August the ninth, twentytwentyeight, at Pembury hospital near Tunbridge Wells. I was raised an Anglican and went to Bennett Memorial Secondary School, where I studied for my {{GCSE}}s, after which I entered the army and studied at Sandringham, eventually joining the Brigadier Guards in service of His Majesty the King, William the fifth. I was then promoted to be a liaison officer of the United Nations Temporal Commission," He glanced over at Sam. "Headed no less by a certain Secretary-General Samantha Daniels, on whose orders I am here," He turned to Frank again. "Is that enough information for you? Or would you like more proof that your expedition are not the only time travellers in this room."]]

* LampshadeHanging: [[spoiler: This quote from Hudson in chapter twenty seven "The Best-Laid Plans of Mice and Men": ------> Hudson snorted, "No, I'm saying we're ''actually'' in a novel, and governed by a plot!" He snapped back sarcastically. "Of course I'm saying this was planned!" He scanned the room. "We have been maneuvered into a trap."]]

* LampshadeHanging: [[spoiler: This quote from Hudson in chapter twenty seven "The Best-Laid Plans of Mice and Men": -----> Hudson snorted, "No, I'm saying we're ''actually'' in a novel, and governed by a plot!" He snapped back sarcastically. "Of course I'm saying this was planned!" He scanned the room. "We have been maneuvered into a trap."]]

[[spoiler:---> ""Fine then, I shall have to spell it out," He mumbled in exasperation. "My name is James Hudson, born to David and Millie Hudson on August the ninth, twentytwentyeight, at Pembury hospital near Tunbridge Wells. I was raised an Anglican and went to Bennett Memorial Secondary School, where I studied for my {{GCSE}}s, after which I entered the army and studied at Sandringham, eventually joining the Brigadier Guards in service of His Majesty the King, William the fifth. I was then promoted to be a liaison officer of the United Nations Temporal Commission," He glanced over at Sam. "Headed no less by a certain Secretary-General Samantha Daniels, on whose orders I am here," He turned to Frank again. "Is that enough information for you? Or would you like more proof that your expedition are not the only time travellers in this room."]]

* LampshadeHanging: [[spoiler: This quote from Hudson in chapter twenty seven "The Best-Laid Plans of Mice and Men": ----->Hudson snorted, "No, I'm saying we're ''actually'' in a novel, and governed by a plot!" He snapped back sarcastically. "Of course I'm saying this was planned!" He scanned the room. "We have been maneuvered into a trap."]]

[[spoiler: ---> ""Fine then, I shall have to spell it out," He mumbled in exasperation. "My name is James Hudson, born to David and Millie Hudson on August the ninth, twentytwentyeight, at Pembury hospital near Tunbridge Wells. I was raised an Anglican and went to Bennett Memorial Secondary School, where I studied for my {{GCSE}}s, after which I entered the army and studied at Sandringham, eventually joining the Brigadier Guards in service of His Majesty the King, William the fifth. I was then promoted to be a liaison officer of the United Nations Temporal Commission," He glanced over at Sam. "Headed no less by a certain Secretary-General Samantha Daniels, on whose orders I am here," He turned to Frank again. "Is that enough information for you? Or would you like more proof that your expedition are not the only time travellers in this room."]]

* NonLinearCharacter: [[spoiler: Hudson the dire wolf, who has been sent back in time in ''Origins'' by Secretary-General Sam Daniels on an important assignment - make sure the herd is safe. He originally comes from the 21st Century, having been born in the year 2208, and as such his appearance in the first timeline wherein he meets the herd proves his position as a NonLinearCharacter - his true timeline isn't the one he first appears in and he is in fact [[Literature/HyperionCantos travelling backward in time]].]]

* LampshadeHanging: [[spoiler: This quote from Hudson in chapter twenty seven "The Best-Laid Plans of Mice and Men": Hudson snorted, "No, I'm saying we're ''actually'' in a novel, and governed by a plot!" He snapped back sarcastically. "Of course I'm saying this was planned!" He scanned the room. "We have been maneuvered into a trap."]]

[[spoiler: --> ""Fine then, I shall have to spell it out," He mumbled in exasperation. "My name is James Hudson, born to David and Millie Hudson on August the ninth, twentytwentyeight, at Pembury hospital near Tunbridge Wells. I was raised an Anglican and went to Bennett Memorial Secondary School, where I studied for my {{GCSE}}s, after which I entered the army and studied at Sandringham, eventually joining the Brigadier Guards in service of His Majesty the King, William the fifth. I was then promoted to be a liaison officer of the United Nations Temporal Commission," He glanced over at Sam. "Headed no less by a certain Secretary-General Samantha Daniels, on whose orders I am here," He turned to Frank again. "Is that enough information for you? Or would you like more proof that your expedition are not the only time travellers in this room."]]

* MeaningfulName: Samantha, Sam's Howard's full name, means "Heard by God" and is the feminine version of the name Samuel, and tis a good indicator of the type of person she is - the sole Christian in the cast [[spoiler: barring Hudson]]. Her husband Terry, short for Terrence, also has a name fraught with import: his name means "maybe soft, maybe tender," a hint at his HiddenDepths and kindness beneath the JerkassFacade that he shows the audience at first.

* ChekhovsGun: Over and over again, but for some reason [[FanDumb readers]] don't catch them.
** A blatant ChekhovsGun that '''everyone''' missed is the fact that the dire wolf James Hudson has [[spoiler:''a surname.'' More info about this under FridgeBrilliance on the YMMV tab.]]

* MadeOfWin: Most definitely!

* SpiritedYoungLady: Sam Howard.
* [[spoiler: TakingTheBullet:]] [[spoiler: Frank leaps in front of Diego to protect him from a stray bullet set off by a grizzly bear Terry was struggling with at the climax of the battle scene in chapter thirty "The Wages of Sin."]]

* TimeTravelTropes:
** [[spoiler: StableTimeLoop]]:
** [[spoiler: TimeyWimeyBall]]:
* {{Tomboy}}: Sam Howard.

* CoolOldLady: Justice Helen Johnson.

* HypotheticalCasting: If this were a live-action film, Clive Owen would be Frank Howard, [[{{Inception}} Marion Cotillard]] would be Claire Howard, [[{{Series/Firefly}} Adam Baldwin]] would be Terry Daniels, and Sam Daniels would be Creator/KeiraKnightley.

* {{Badass}}: Frank, Terry, Buck, Diego... even ''Sid'' [[TookALevelInBadass takes a level in badass!]]