User:Krystal Tomlin/Tropes

In General

 * Big Eater: Around the majority of her characters are this - notably Taarin, Kayle, Liam, Neydro, Sam, the Saku Twins (to some extent) and Chiharu.
 * Even the anti-heroic characters like Bris, Iga, Meagan and Oliver are not afraid of indulging, though they are more conservative about it.
 * Does Not Like Spam: Again, the majority of her characters. Most don't like nuts and/or raisins, either. Or vegetables for that matter.
 * Gender-Bender Names: Bris and Kayle - both were names for female characters.
 * Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: Deryk, Taarin and Zak count despite being male characters, though each can be a jerk at times. Played straight with Jannie.
 * Real Men Cook: About half of her male characters are good cooks.
 * Precision-Guided Boomerang: Tends to give the majority of her characters this weapon.
 * Pretty Boys: About the majority of her male characters.
 * Tomboy: Almost a majority of her female characters are this.

The Main DCI Roster

 * Blonde, Brunette, Redhead: Within the main 13 - Deryk is a blonde, Kayle is a brunette, and Neydro has blue hair!
 * Freudian Trio: Deryk is the Ego, Kayle is the Superego, and Neydro is the Id.
 * Land, Sea, Sky: Kayle is an aerial combatant while Deryk's combat style is more ground-based. Neydro therefore is the most well-rounded of the three, having some water-related abilities in his arsenal.
 * Red Oni, Blue Oni: Neydro is the Red to Kayle and Deryk's Blue.
 * Vitriolic Best Buds: Deryk and Kayle.

Deryk Coeldan

 * Aloof Big Brother: To Ritic.
 * Badass
 * Badass Cape
 * Badass Longcoat: One of his alts.
 * Heartbroken Badass: He can definitely hold his own despite the heartaches he's gone through. Of course, he's determined to find out why Selena has changed and why his brother's so jealous of him.
 * Best Served Cold: Against the Ultimata.
 * BFS
 * Blood Knight: A mild version.
 * Broken Hero: At least he comes close to being this.
 * Butt Monkey: Poor Deryk...
 * Catch Phrase: "It's not over yet."
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Determinator
 * Elemental Powers
 * Light Em Up
 * Playing With Fire
 * Shock and Awe
 * Expy: He does have some aspects of.
 * A Father To His Men: He grows to look after the rest of his teammates.
 * Good Is Not Soft
 * Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold
 * The Hero
 * Hot Blooded: He tends to loosen up a bit in the fights.
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold
 * Knight in Sour Armor
 * Knight to Selena's Lady
 * Love Triangle
 * Betty to Ritic's Veronica towards Selena; a gender-flipped example.
 * Sibling Triangle: He and Ritic both have eyes for Selena.
 * Magic Knight
 * Master Swordsman
 * Nice Guy: Compared to his more violent brother, at least.
 * Beware the Nice Ones: But Odin help you if you harm Selena.
 * Not So Different: To Rain.
 * Perpetual Frowner: He tends to come off that way to some.
 * Pretty Boy
 * Real Men Wear Pink: He's extremely good at cooking. Apparently, his specialty is meat dishes.
 * Single-Target Sexuality: He appears to have eyes only for Selena.
 * Spear Counterpart: To Rain, minus her backstory.
 * The Stoic
 * Not So Stoic: When he has to deal with Coatl.
 * Sugar and Ice Personality
 * Straight Man
 * Supreme Chef
 * Why Did It Have To Be Ghosts?
 * Wouldn't Hit a Girl: Unless forced.

Kayle Chamlett

 * Badass
 * Badass Baritone
 * Badass Beard: Goatee, to be exact.
 * Badass Longhair
 * The Berserker
 * A Blade on a Stick
 * Blood Knight: He may be composed in his original fic, but here he takes joy in battles a lot more. This may be perhaps because he doesn't have younger Drakenaer to watch over.
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Expy: He's now sort of a cross between Kain Highwind and Oerba Yun Fang.
 * Good Is Not Nice: Type II.
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold
 * Proud Warrior Race Guy
 * Wild Hair
 * You Can't Go Home Again: He come to believe this since going through the cycles.

Meagan Porter

 * Absolute Cleavage: Her 'Red Brigandine' outfit.
 * Action Girl
 * Anti-Heroine: Type II.
 * Bi the Way
 * Broken Bird
 * Classy Cat Burglar: She can act this way sometimes.
 * Dual-Wielding Knife Nut
 * Ethical Slut: Boy, is she ever!
 * Femme Fatale: Initially this in a heroic variety.
 * Good Bad Girl
 * Lady in Red: Her 'Red Brigandine' outfit.
 * Parental Abandonment: Her mother died from an illness while her father was killed in action.
 * Playing With Fire: Her main element.
 * Revenge: Her main motivation.
 * Tomboy to Kali's Girly Girl
 * Throwing Your Daggers Always Works
 * Vitriolic Best Buds: With Zak.

Neydro Caim

 * BFS
 * The Big Guy: Of the three Lords of CloudyWolf!
 * Blood Knight: He's a Gladiator, after all. At least he knows how to pick his battles, unlike Kayle...
 * Boisterous Bruiser
 * Expy: Of Snow Villiers. Tall, blue and chronically heroic idiocy? Check. Ice and water abilities? Check. Known to show off his strength and skills in front of people? Check.
 * Hunk
 * Idiot Hero
 * Keet
 * Perma Stubble
 * Stout Strength
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair

Bris Afrost

 * Ace Pilot: Despite his rather cultured attitude, Bris can tear it up in his mech like nobody's business.
 * All of the Other Reindeer: It is implied he was shunned by society.
 * Anti-Villain: Type I.
 * Ax Crazy: He can get this way sometimes.
 * Badass in a Nice Suit
 * The Berserker
 * Char Clone: Other than his hair being silver, he seems to fit this.
 * Cool Mask
 * Dance Battler
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Desperately Looking for a Purpose in Life
 * Determinator: No matter how many times he gets beaten, no matter how many of his superiors are killed, he just won't give up.
 * The Dragon: Initially to the Big Bad, until he realizes just how unethical his boss' methods are.
 * Dragon Rider: Well, his mech is a dragon so that counts.
 * Dual-Wielding
 * Evil Counterpart: To Valerie. Subverted in that Bris is not very evil to begin with - just a soldier who's doing his job.
 * Expy: He's a nicer version of with the personality (and some looks) of, but seems to get his antagonizing ways from  - as he views Valerie as his most worthy opponent the same way Viral views Kamina as his.
 * The Fighting Narcissist: Averted - Bris does like to dress nice but appearances are ignored when it comes to doing his job, or facing off against Valerie.
 * Half-Human Hybrid: It is implied that Bris is not entirely human...
 * Hates Being Touched
 * Heel Face Turn
 * Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right: His main reason for the above trope.
 * Hot Blooded: Not so much as his rival, but it's definitely there while in his mech.
 * The Lancer: Eventually becomes this for Valerie.
 * Lightning Bruiser
 * Multi-Melee Master: Out of the mech, Bris can use a good variety of melee weapons. But especially knives and swords.
 * Red Baron / Names to Run Away From Really Fast: He is called the Black Dragon.
 * Red Oni, Blue Oni: The Blue to Valerie's Red.
 * The Rival: To Valerie.
 * Scarf of Asskicking: He sometimes wears one.
 * Shirtless Scene: Even he is not immune to this.
 * The Stoic: Takes on this personality after being beaten down so much by Valerie, though it starts to wear off after joining her.
 * Used to Be a Sweet Kid
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist / Knight Templar: He believes what he is doing is right.
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy
 * White Hair, Black Heart: Subverted - he's not really evil, but he is antagonistic towards Valerie.
 * Worthy Opponent: To Valerie. However...

Charleigh Stone

 * Action Girl
 * Lady of War
 * All Girls Want Bad Boys: Ritic is violent and he betrays his own hometown, so it does fit.
 * All Love Is Unrequited
 * Aloof Dark-Haired Girl: Initially, anyway.
 * Badass Normal: She can even hold her own against both Goddesses.
 * Battle Couple: She wants to be this with Ritic.
 * Blue Oni to Selena's Red Oni
 * Break the Cutie: Having to fight the Ultimata must've really taken its toll on her.
 * Broken Bird: She's spends much of her time dealing with her older brother's death. Fortunately, it takes Selena's returning old self to help her get over her grief.
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Defrosting Ice Queen: It takes her awhile to warm up, especially towards Selena.
 * Desperately Looking for a Purpose in Life
 * Determinator
 * Distaff Counterpart: To Liam.
 * Expy: Of, at least when it comes to love. Generally, though, she's the gun-slinging version of , and  combined!
 * Fragile Speedster
 * The Gunslinger
 * Guns Akimbo
 * Gun-Fu
 * Heartbroken Badass: She'll continue fighting the Ultimata through her brother's death and Ritic's betrayal.
 * Morality Pet: She hopes to be this for Ritic.
 * Rapunzel Hair
 * Raven Hair, Ivory Skin
 * Revenge Before Reason: She wants to kill Coatl for her brother's murder.
 * Shipper On Deck: For Deryk and Selena; subverted in that she is unaware that the two were already together.
 * Shrinking Violet: Can be very shy in regards for her feelings.
 * Tomboy to Selena's Girly Girl
 * Veronica to Selena's Betty for Ritic; it's one-sided on her part, though.

Chiharu Fukui

 * Action Girl
 * Belligerent Sexual Tension: With Aerys, though neither are initially aware of this.
 * Big Eater
 * The Big Girl
 * Boobs of Steel: She's the most combat-oriented of the three girls as well as having the biggest bust of the three.
 * Brawn to Kasumi's Beauty and Sokutei's Brains
 * Catch Phrase: Heya! - her usual form of greeting.
 * Cute Bruiser
 * Desperately Looking for a Purpose in Life
 * Determinator
 * Expy: Of.
 * Fragile Speedster -> Lightning Bruiser
 * Genki Girl
 * Hot Blooded
 * Kick Chick
 * Lethal Chef
 * Masculine Girl to Aerys' Feminine Boy
 * Multicolored Hair: Sometimes, anyway.
 * Red Oni to Sokutei's Blue Oni
 * Romantic Two-Girl Friendship: With Kasumi.
 * Tomboy to Kasumi's Girly Girl
 * Trademark Favorite Food: Meat in general, but especially burgers.
 * Tsundere: Especially when around Aerys.
 * Vitriolic Best Buds: With Aerys. Also with Uiharu, though in a lesser extent.
 * Waif-Fu
 * Why Did It Have To Be Hornets?
 * Wild Hair: Her multi-colored spiky ponytail.
 * Wrench Wench: She's basically a go-to gal when it comes to fixing electronics.

Kajira Saku

 * Ax Crazy: Sometimes borders on this.
 * The Baroness: Of the sexpot variety.
 * Battle Couple: She wants to be this with Ike.
 * Blood Knight
 * Dark Action Girl
 * Dark Chick
 * Dark and Troubled Past: Hoo boy...
 * Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette
 * Evil Twin: To Frodira.
 * Expy: She has personalities of both and.
 * Genki Girl
 * Lean and Mean
 * Perky Female Minion
 * Villainesses Want Heroes: Kajira has retained her attraction towards Ike even after he switched sides.

Oliver Black

 * Ancestral Weapon: A he has in his possession also belonged to his father during the 10-Year War.
 * Anti-Hero: A Type II, at best.
 * Badass Bookworm
 * Big Brother Mentor: To Shira.
 * Brainy Brunette
 * Dark and Troubled Past: His mother has this, when she killed her tormentors in an act of vengeance by burning them all alive. He has not been told this, though.
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Freudian Trio: With Adrian and Shira; the Superego of the group.
 * Glass Cannon
 * The Gunslinger: He's basically the marksman of the party.
 * Black Mage: And also one of the offensive bookmages, with some of his spells being a bit darker by nature.
 * He's Got Legs: Just look at those tight pants.
 * Honor Before Reason
 * I Just Want To Be Normal
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold
 * Knight in Sour Armor
 * Long Range Fighter
 * Love Interest: He secretly has one in Shira.
 * Parental Abandonment: His father died during the war while he was 12, while his mom went missing just four years prior to the start of the fic.
 * Platonic Life Partners: With Shira. At first...
 * Purple Is Powerful: His main attire mainly consists of purple. Also, look at his eyes.
 * Real Men Wear Pink: He is skilled at tailoring, stemming from his yearning to care for his grieving mother.
 * Red Oni, Blue Oni: The Blue to Adrian's Red.
 * She-Fu: In complement to his gunplay.
 * The Stoic
 * Stoic Spectacles
 * Sugar and Ice Personality: He can be quite crass and rude at times but Shira is the first person he eventually warms up to.
 * Team Mom: Believe it or not.

Liam Draconys

 * Adorkable: Usually when it comes to women.
 * An Axe To Grind
 * Badass Longcoat: Gets this as one of his alts.
 * Big Brother Instinct: Towards younger party members.
 * Catch Phrase: Really?
 * Chick Magnet: It doesn't initially affect Rain, though.
 * Dark Is Not Evil
 * Good Is Not Soft
 * Heartbroken Badass: He wants to get back at the Angels for murdering his wife.
 * Hurting Hero
 * The Kirk: Is mostly this to everyone.
 * The Lancer: He eventually serves this for Rain.
 * Nice Guy: And one of the few ones in the group at that.
 * Beware the Nice Ones: But for Odin's sake, don't even threaten his fellow party members. Especially Zak.
 * Only Sane Man: He feels like he's this to the rest of the party.
 * Pretty Boy
 * Raven Hair, Ivory Skin: A male example.
 * Roaring Rampage of Revenge: When Hale murders Zak out of blind rage, for a.
 * Straight Man: Not as much as Rain, but it's there sometimes.
 * The Stoic
 * Not So Stoic: . Hale finds this out the hard way.
 * Take the Third Option: He usually acts in the best interests for everyone, despite his sometimes rash decisions.
 * Tall, Dark & Snarky
 * Team Dad: Of the group in the original fic.
 * Unskilled, but Strong: More apparent in the original fic, though. It disappears gradually during the World of Ruin.
 * Veronica to Alex's Betty for Rain - a gender-flipped version. Not that she would want either of them...
 * Why Did It Have To Be Snakes?
 * Would Hit A Girl: Though he'll apologize beforehand.

Zak Sterling

 * Ambiguously Bi: As Meagan can attest. Of course,.
 * Anti-Hero: A Type II, at best.
 * Ax Crazy: Sometimes. Especially when around Ike. Good thing Liam's there to keep him from taking it too far...
 * Badass Longcoat + Cape: His primary outfit.
 * Bromantic Foil: To Liam.
 * Char Clone: Blond Hair? Check! Rival to a main character? Check! An ace pilot? Check! Cool Shades? Check!
 * Eh, he's about half-way there.
 * The Charmer
 * Chivalrous Pervert
 * Con Man
 * The Cynic: He can be very cynical at times.
 * Dragon Rider: He got to ride Levi at one point.
 * Elemental Powers
 * An Ice Person
 * Making a Splash
 * Shock and Awe
 * Even the Guys Want Him
 * Fragile Speedster
 * Gentlemen Thief
 * Guile Hero
 * Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: A male example, despite his Jerkass tendencies.
 * Handsome Lech
 * Headbutting Heroes: With Ike in the first half of the fic.
 * He's Got Legs: No shit! It's especially shown in a couple of his alts.
 * Lovable Rogue
 * Mr. Fix-It: Seriously, has anyone seen a guy who can fix an entire airship?
 * The Only One Allowed to Defeat You: He firmly believes he's the only one who can take Ike down and not even Rain could stand in his way.
 * Parental Abandonment: He's an orphan.
 * Precision-Guided Battle Boomerang
 * Psychopathic Manchild: Whenever he's around Ike.
 * The Rival: To Ike.
 * Sad Clown: Outside, he is a rule-breaking skirt-chasing gambler with a devil-may-care jovial. Inside....
 * Tsundere: He's generally okay with people in general. With Ike, however...
 * Undying Loyalty: To Liam, despite his somewhat lazy attitude.

Both

 * Ace Pilots
 * Belligerent Sexual Tension: Liam with Rain, Zak with Jen.
 * Deadpan Snarkers: Mostly at Ike's expense. Zak aims his snarkiness towards Alex as well, while Liam leans more towards deadpan.
 * Determinators
 * Expies
 * It's meets, with bickers and habits of Starsky & Hutch thrown in.
 * Being the more stoic of the two, Liam even looks (and acts) like a cross between Apollo and Frodo!
 * Zak, meanwhile, is basically the love child of and, but almost the human version of  ability-wise.
 * Freudian Trio: With Halcon; Zak is the Id of the group and Liam alternates between Ego and Superego with Halcon.
 * Heterosexual Life Partners
 * Hot Blooded: Zak is very much a hot-head. Liam is the stoic one most of the time but does loosen up during the fights.
 * Jerks with a Heart of Gold: Though Liam is the nicer guy of the bunch.
 * Knights in Sour Armor: They may lean towards the cynical side, but at least their hearts are in the right place.
 * Morality Pets: They are this for each other.
 * Red Oni, Blue Oni: Zak is the Red and Liam is the Blue; but inverted in their elemental powers and subverted in that Liam is more battle-prone than Zak, who would usually keep his distance.
 * Screw Destiny: Both are determined to pull this.
 * Shippers On Deck: Liam likes to think there is something else going on between Ike and Zak, who in turn thinks Liam should just kiss Rain and get it over with.
 * Tragic Bromance: Liam witnesses Zak's martyrdom at the hands of Hale.
 * Vitriolic Best Buds: They are sometimes this with each other, but played straight with some of the other companions. Zak is especially this with, and also Ike in the second half of the fic (in DCI he is this with Meagan).

Taarin Lightsun

 * Attack! Attack! Attack!: His most basic battle plan.
 * Badass Longcoat: One of his alts
 * Bad Powers, Good People: It kinda pays off with experimentation.
 * Battle Couple: With Cynthia.
 * Berserk Button: Do not attempt to harm Cynthia. Ever.
 * Big Brother Instinct: He can be very protective of some of the fellow party members who are a bit younger than him - especially Ivy and Felix.
 * Big Eater
 * Blood Knight
 * Bully Hunter
 * Chronic Hero Syndrome
 * Deadpan Snarker: When not in serious situations, usually at some of the characters' odd traits. Then again, he's the one to talk...
 * Determinator: And how!
 * Doomed Hometown: His beach village was destroyed by one of the four fiends.
 * Dual Wielding
 * Emotional Bruiser
 * Expy: Of both and, with bits of  thrown in.
 * Fire, Ice, Lightning: His three primary Eons.
 * Friend To All Children
 * Glory Seeker
 * Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: A male example, despite his Drakenaerish traits.
 * Half-Human Hybrid
 * Hates Being Alone: Perhaps one of his most human traits.
 * Hot Blooded
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold
 * Lightning Bruiser
 * Playing With Fire: His primary element in InCa.
 * Proud Warrior Race Guy
 * Real Drakenaer Don't Cry: The hell they don't!
 * The Rival: To Hale in the DCI.
 * Red Oni to Avec's Blue Oni
 * Rescue Romance: How he meets Cynthia.
 * Screw Destiny: He believes so strongly in this.
 * She-Fu: He's one of the biggest main offenders of this.
 * Shut Up, Hannibal!: Gives one to April before fighting her in the 8th Cycle.
 * Slasher Smile: He has a tendency to sport this when in battle.
 * Sticks to the Back: Both of his weapons.
 * Sword and Chakram
 * Trash Talk: Perhaps the King of it.
 * Unskilled, but Strong: More apparent in the original fic, though.
 * Vitriolic Best Buds: With Avec.
 * Walking Shirtless Scene: His default costume.
 * Winged Humanoid: He is a Drakenaer, after all.