Search/Recent Changes
DBTropes
...it's like TV Tropes, but LINKED DATA!

Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)

 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
type
TVTItem
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
label
Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
page
BecomingTheMaskTrollhunters
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
comment
Becoming the Mask is a Trollhunters fanfic by Forever-Furuba/moonlit_wings.Jim holds a secret; he is not the real James Lake Jr. He is instead a changeling that has replaced the baby Jim and now lives his life as a spy. His loyalties grow conflicted when he is called as the Trollhunter and develops friendships with Gunmar's enemies.The fanfic can be found on Fanfiction.net and Archive of Our Own. Not to be confused with the trope of the same name.
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
fetched
2023-05-02T00:29:31Z
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
parsed
2023-05-02T00:29:31Z
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
processingComment
Dropped link to CallBack: Not a Feature - ITEM
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
processingComment
Dropped link to HarryPotter: Not a Feature - ITEM
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
processingComment
Dropped link to PoisonedWeapons: Not a Feature - ITEM
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
processingComment
Dropped link to TheEmperorsNewGroove: Not a Feature - ITEM
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
isPartOf
DBTropes
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_13eea985
type
Arbitrary Skepticism
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_13eea985
comment
Arbitrary Skepticism: Darci knows magic is a real thing, but doubts whether specific magical powers (controlling the weather and absorbing the life force of others) are actual things trolls can do when they are mentioned in a historical epic.
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_13eea985
featureApplicability
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_13eea985
featureConfidence
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_13eea985
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_1439161f
type
Heroic BSoD
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_1439161f
comment
Heroic BSoD: Being aware of AAARRRGGHH’s history and secretly been trained The Spartan Way, Jim was quick to defend himself against the rampaging troll when AAARRRGGHH pretended to go mad for Jim's surprise birthday party. Jim manages to incapacitate AAARRRGGHH with a Pressure Point, and then has an emotional breakdown at the thought of nearly stabbing him through the neck under a false assumption.
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_1439161f
featureApplicability
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_1439161f
featureConfidence
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_1439161f
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_14410deb
type
Staying with Friends
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_14410deb
comment
Staying with Friends: Barbara temporarily kicks Jim out after learning he's the Trollhunter, a Changeling, and been giving her sleeping potions to sneak out at night without being caught. Jim moves in with Toby.
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_14410deb
featureApplicability
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_14410deb
featureConfidence
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_14410deb
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_15827a31
type
Morphic Resonance
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_15827a31
comment
Morphic Resonance: Darci comments on Jim looking enough like himself in both troll and human forms to tell that he’s the same person, and wonders if Not Enrique will grow into this since his trollish and humanoid forms have fewer parallels.
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_15827a31
featureApplicability
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_15827a31
featureConfidence
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_15827a31
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_1777688d
type
Genre Savvy
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_1777688d
comment
Genre Savvy: Barbara realizes that, if Jay-Jay is rescued from the Darklands, Barbara will have to explain where the baby came from - a DNA analysis would prove he's hers, but she would have to fake a pregnancy for anyone who knows her to believe that. If she claims that she found an abandoned child instead, then she wouldn't be allowed to simply keep him. "That plan might've been feasible a hundred years ago, but not in the modern world."
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_1777688d
featureApplicability
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_1777688d
featureConfidence
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_1777688d
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_1b465242
type
Conditioned to Accept Horror
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_1b465242
comment
From Jim and Not Enrique's perspective, Claire is showing No Sympathy by wanting to reveal her brother's kidnapping to her parents, and looking for ways to get Original Enrique back, instead of letting Not Enrique assume Original Enrique's identity and helping him to maintain The Masquerade around Ophelia and Javier, since Original Enrique is safe in the Darklands and Not Enrique was frequently in mortal peril there. She won't even let Not Enrique use the name "Enrique" without a fight!
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_1b465242
featureApplicability
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_1b465242
featureConfidence
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_1b465242
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_1cf11f13
type
No Sympathy
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_1cf11f13
comment
From Claire’s perspective, the Changelings are the ones showing No Sympathy for wanting to stop her and not seeming to understand why she's upset that her brother was taken away to a pocket dimension populated by human-eating trolls, she isn't allowed to turn to her parents for emotional support because of The Masquerade, and a stranger is trying to lay claim on her stolen brother's identity.
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_1cf11f13
featureApplicability
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_1cf11f13
featureConfidence
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_1cf11f13
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_1dfd19f9
type
Papa Wolf
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_1dfd19f9
comment
Papa Wolf: Having known him for a very long time, Strickler is highly protective of Jim, seeing him as a son. When Bular tries to kill Jim for his "failure" in opening Killahead Bridge, Strickler does everything he can to talk Bular down, finally all-out attacking him when that fails, becoming a fugitive in the process. Granted, he was planning on bailing out anyway, but still.
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_1dfd19f9
featureApplicability
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_1dfd19f9
featureConfidence
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_1dfd19f9
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_26ac510e
type
Mythology Gag
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_26ac510e
comment
Mythology Gag: Steve Jorgensen-Warner was a character from the original novel. A Changeling named Stephan Jorgensen-Warner plays a minor reoccurring role in the fanfiction, with his first name spelled and pronounced differently to avoid confusion with Steve Palchuk, who is the animated series’ adaption of Steve Jorgensen-Warner but with a different last name and no longer a Changeling.
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_26ac510e
featureApplicability
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_26ac510e
featureConfidence
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_26ac510e
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_2b374ed1
type
It's Not You, It's Me
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_2b374ed1
comment
It's Not You, It's Me: After Claire kisses him on the cheek twice, Jim decides to let her down easy and tell her that he is not into her.
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_2b374ed1
featureApplicability
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_2b374ed1
featureConfidence
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_2b374ed1
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_2c98f475
type
Leonine Contract
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_2c98f475
comment
Leonine Contract: Jim at one point offers to bribe someone into silence. The bribe on offer is the antidote to the poison coating the knife with which Jim just stabbed them.
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_2c98f475
featureApplicability
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_2c98f475
featureConfidence
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_2c98f475
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_30d107bb
type
Elective Broken Language
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_30d107bb
comment
Elective Broken Language: Jim deliberately fumbles and pauses when speaking trollish around trolls who don't know he's a Changeling, to maintain the cover story that he only recently started learning to speak trollish.
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_30d107bb
featureApplicability
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_30d107bb
featureConfidence
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_30d107bb
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_381855db
type
Five-Second Foreshadowing
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_381855db
comment
Five-Second Foreshadowing: While sparring with Draal for the first time, Jim takes several hits and becomes somewhat disoriented. He wonders why the arena is so brightly lit - not due to his head injury making it look brighter, but because, as a later line of narration reveals, he's having a flashback to his time in the Darklands.
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_381855db
featureApplicability
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_381855db
featureConfidence
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_381855db
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_392372f9
type
Actor Allusion
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_392372f9
comment
Actor Allusion: Jim comments that Dicatious and Mark Hamill, Dictatious' voice actor, sound "uncannily alike".
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_392372f9
featureApplicability
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_392372f9
featureConfidence
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_392372f9
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_39956254
type
Homosexual Reproduction
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_39956254
comment
Homosexual Reproduction: The way that trolls reproduce means that any two adults, regardless of their sexes, can make a baby together.
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_39956254
featureApplicability
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_39956254
featureConfidence
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_39956254
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_407d3e6d
type
Morton's Fork
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_407d3e6d
comment
Morton's Fork: Jim does not seem all that bothered at first that becoming the new Trollhunter would give Bular an actual reason to kill him, joking that Bular's Bad Boss tendencies probably would have gotten him killed anyway.
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_407d3e6d
featureApplicability
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_407d3e6d
featureConfidence
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_407d3e6d
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_44606d14
type
Becoming the Mask
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_44606d14
comment
Becoming the Mask: Named for the trope. The story starts with Jim already deeply invested in his human cover, wanting to keep the humans he loves safe after the rest of their species is subjugated. After accepting the job of Trollhunter as a cover to infiltrate Trollmarket, he gets attached to the trolls there and starts genuinely wanting to protect them as well.
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_44606d14
featureApplicability
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_44606d14
featureConfidence
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_44606d14
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_46754750
type
Inadvertent Entrance Cue
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_46754750
comment
Inadvertent Entrance Cue: Blinky drops one of these just as Vendel has arrived at the door of his library, wanting clarification on some conflicting rumors of what the Trollhunter’s been up to that morning.
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_46754750
featureApplicability
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_46754750
featureConfidence
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_46754750
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_503c3744
type
Of the People
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_503c3744
comment
Of the People: There are two possible meanings for the word "troll", one being "a member of the species" and the other being "a member of a particular tribe". Jim claims that, when a non-Changeling troll says "Changelings are not trolls", they are describing how Changelings are disowned from their tribes of origin and never adopted into a new one. It is unclear whether Jim believes this or is just trying to downplay the insult.
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_503c3744
featureApplicability
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_503c3744
featureConfidence
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_503c3744
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_57c78f8e
type
Hijacked Destiny
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_57c78f8e
comment
Hijacked Destiny: Discussed. When trying to understand why the Amulet picked a Changeling as the best choice for the new Trollhunter, Vendel speculates that it might have actually been calling his Familiar, since Jim "stole" James Lake Junior's name. (However, the Amulet called for "Jim Lake", not "James", in the first chapter, supporting the idea that it chose the Changeling on purpose.)
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_57c78f8e
featureApplicability
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_57c78f8e
featureConfidence
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_57c78f8e
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_63c1170b
type
Conveniently Unverifiable Cover Story
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_63c1170b
comment
Conveniently Unverifiable Cover Story: Jim is fond of these. After Blinky and AAARRRGGHH introduced themselves to Jim, Jim is quick to come up with a cover story to explain any absences he may have; he has been secretly dating a girl from Arcadia Oaks Academy (Arcadia Oaks High School's rival school), hence why he has not been telling anyone. He later changes it to claiming he was pulling a prank and was nearly caught, and so had to bail while still setting it up. He excuses his stress and tiredness the day after being exposed as a Changeling to some, but not all, of his allies by claiming he and Draal had an argument, right after Toby comments on having met Draal twice and never actually had a conversation with him. Toby eventually catches onto this and actually recognizes when Jim is lying, this time trying to cover for the Changeling who replaced Enrique, because Jim's excuse is "slightly too perfect".
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_63c1170b
featureApplicability
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_63c1170b
featureConfidence
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_63c1170b
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_66e48100
type
The Kindnapper
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_66e48100
comment
The Kindnapper: Jim insists several times that replacing human babies with Changelings is okay because the babies are protected and cared for by goblins, who attend the Familiars' every need. Nomura and Draal drug Barbara unconscious and bring her to Trollmarket after Bular finds out Jim is a traitor, so Bular won't be able to use Barbara as a hostage against Jim.
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_66e48100
featureApplicability
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_66e48100
featureConfidence
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_66e48100
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_6b35788c
type
Lava Adds Awesome
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_6b35788c
comment
Lava Adds Awesome: Why is there lava in the Hero's Forge?
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_6b35788c
featureApplicability
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_6b35788c
featureConfidence
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_6b35788c
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_7a143509
type
Shell-Shocked Veteran
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_7a143509
comment
Shell-Shocked Veteran: During his fight against Draal in the Hero's Forge, Jim briefly loses himself, thinking for a moment that he was fighting for his life in Gunmar's crucible.
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_7a143509
featureApplicability
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_7a143509
featureConfidence
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_7a143509
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_7b6e47a5
type
Armor-Piercing Question
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_7b6e47a5
comment
Armor-Piercing Question: Jim is asked if he's willing to bet his friends' lives on being able to convince Gunmar not to eat them, forcing him to acknowledge Gunmar won't listen to a Changeling and prompting Jim's official Heel–Face Turn.
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_7b6e47a5
featureApplicability
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_7b6e47a5
featureConfidence
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_7b6e47a5
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_7b79b512
type
Sparing the Aces
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_7b79b512
comment
Sparing the Aces: Jim tries to set Toby up for this, giving him a piece of Heartstone in hopes Toby can use his skill in geology to make it grow, which would make him useful enough for Gunmar not to eat.
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_7b79b512
featureApplicability
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_7b79b512
featureConfidence
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_7b79b512
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_819faf24
type
Sounds of Science
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_819faf24
comment
Sounds of Science: Stephan is pretty sure Bernie is Thinking Out Loud as a side effect of isolation, but it might just be how Bernie is.
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_819faf24
featureApplicability
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_819faf24
featureConfidence
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_819faf24
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_82d2715f
type
Magitek
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_82d2715f
comment
Magitek: a Changeling modifies a Geiger counter to detect the energy radiated by Heartstones.
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_82d2715f
featureApplicability
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_82d2715f
featureConfidence
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_82d2715f
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_83cef301
type
Right for the Wrong Reasons
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_83cef301
comment
Right for the Wrong Reasons: Bular accuses Jim of doing something to or with the Amulet to prevent the portal to the Darklands from opening when Killahead Bridge is rebuilt. Jim actually stole a piece of the bridge itself.
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_83cef301
featureApplicability
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_83cef301
featureConfidence
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_83cef301
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_928ca2cc
type
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_928ca2cc
comment
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Jim realizes Gunmar is setting the Changelings up for this. Once the sun is blotted out, Gunmar will no longer need servants able to withstand sunlight.
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_928ca2cc
featureApplicability
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_928ca2cc
featureConfidence
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_928ca2cc
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_9f970427
type
Secret-Keeper
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_9f970427
comment
Secret-Keeper: Draal and Nomura inadvertently become this on opposite ends. Nomura figures out that Jim stole a piece of Killahead Bridge and thus confronts him. Recognizing her, Draal attacks her, only to accidentally expose Jim as a Changeling (to Draal) and the Trollhunter (to Nomura). Draal eventually decides to keep the secret if Jim lets Blinky know too. Several human children - Toby Domzalski, Darci Scott, Mary Wang, and Claire Nuñez - discover trolls exist and are sworn to secrecy. Around Chapter 40 begins a plot arc of them wanting to share the secret with their families, against the trolls' wishes.
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_9f970427
featureApplicability
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_9f970427
featureConfidence
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_9f970427
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_9fde2eb1
type
Pre-Asskicking One-Liner
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_9fde2eb1
comment
Pre Ass Kicking One Liner: After Bular gives his own Badass Boast about how he has killed changelings and trollhunters before, Jim gives one of these before he stabs him with the Sword of Daylight and Draal smashes him to pieces.
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_9fde2eb1
featureApplicability
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_9fde2eb1
featureConfidence
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_9fde2eb1
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_a2340346
type
Friendly Address Privileges
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_a2340346
comment
Friendly Address Privileges: Changelings have nicknames before getting Familiars, and pick their "real name" afterwards. The Changeling who replaces Enrique Nuñez decides to allow Claire and her friends to use his old nickname, Riot, as an alternative to calling him Not Enrique.
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_a2340346
featureApplicability
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_a2340346
featureConfidence
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_a2340346
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_a4905771
type
Double-Meaning Title
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_a4905771
comment
Double-Meaning Title: Chapter 17 is called ‘Disappointing Mentors’ - featuring a student disappointing their mentor, and a mentor being a disappointment to their student, when Blinky finds out Jim is a Changeling and takes it badly. Strickler is also disappointed in Jim in this chapter, since he learns Jim has been exposed as the Trollhunter to another Changeling.
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_a4905771
featureApplicability
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_a4905771
featureConfidence
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_a4905771
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_aba02558
type
Doesn't Know Their Own Birthday
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_aba02558
comment
Doesn't Know Their Own Birthday: Applies to all of the Changelings, since it wasn't like their kidnappers would've known or bothered to keep track. This influences Jim's preference not to celebrate what is actually his Familiar's birthday - the day had no personal significance to Jim himself up until it became the anniversary of the day James Senior walked out.
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_aba02558
featureApplicability
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_aba02558
featureConfidence
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_aba02558
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_aec63727
type
Pragmatic Hero
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_aec63727
comment
Pragmatic Hero: On the Anti-Hero scale. Much of Jim's early inner monologue involves cold, logical and rather disturbing observations of the people around him, making various comments about his loved ones under a plan to help keep them alive in a future where Gunmar reigns supreme (like including Toby as a part of breeding stock and having Barbara be a doctor for said breeding stock).
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_aec63727
featureApplicability
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_aec63727
featureConfidence
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_aec63727
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_af44da04
type
Publicly Discussing the Secret
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_af44da04
comment
Publicly Discussing the Secret: Jim gets annoyed that his human friends bring up Trollmarket in the high school cafeteria. He worries other students might eavesdrop because Claire, Darci and Mary have abruptly started sitting with Jim and Toby.
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_af44da04
featureApplicability
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_af44da04
featureConfidence
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_af44da04
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_b2407a69
type
Talk to the Fist
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_b2407a69
comment
Talk to the Fist: Bular taunts Draal about his father, who Bular killed. Draal punches Bular in the face.
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_b2407a69
featureApplicability
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_b2407a69
featureConfidence
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_b2407a69
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_b53ba00f
type
Easy Sex Change
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_b53ba00f
comment
Easy Sex Change: Trolls can transition with magic, although it takes time and effort. According to legend, the Shattered King was able to transform intuitively and all at once when he was a toddler, foreshadowing his immense and nuanced magical power as an adult.
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_b53ba00f
featureApplicability
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_b53ba00f
featureConfidence
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_b53ba00f
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_b7396141
type
Sabotage to Discredit
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_b7396141
comment
Sabotage to Discredit: In order to buy himself more time, Jim manages to sneak off with a piece of Killahead Bridge, counting on the portal's failure to open being interpreted as Deya placing a more complicated seal on it than a simple "insert Amulet here."
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_b7396141
featureApplicability
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_b7396141
featureConfidence
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_b7396141
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_c5ccf60f
type
Internal Reveal
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_c5ccf60f
comment
Internal Reveal: Both of Jim's secret identities are eventually exposed to other characters, after Jim interferes in a fight between Draal and Nomura, revealing himself to Nomura as the Trollhunter and to Draal as a Changeling.
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_c5ccf60f
featureApplicability
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_c5ccf60f
featureConfidence
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_c5ccf60f
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_c75df49a
type
Shout-Out
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_c75df49a
comment
Shout-Out: Toby compares Jim's fake argument with Draal to a fight between Manolo and Joaquin in The Book of Life. Toby also compares the creation of the Killstone to Voldemort accidentally giving Harry Potter the power to defeat him. In Gatto's Keep, after getting caught in the blast of some exploding potions, Draal unknowingly quotes The Emperor's New Groove:
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_c75df49a
featureApplicability
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_c75df49a
featureConfidence
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_c75df49a
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_c9597a03
type
Self-Deprecation
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_c9597a03
comment
Self-Deprecation: Strickler really does not like it when Jim refers to himself as an "impure."
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_c9597a03
featureApplicability
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_c9597a03
featureConfidence
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_c9597a03
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_cbf5c04
type
Insult of Endearment
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_cbf5c04
comment
Not Enrique was known as Riot while living in the Darklands, and give Claire and her friends permission to call him that as an alternative to "Not Enrique". Borders on an Insult of Endearment since a changeling traditionally adopts their familiar's name after leaving the Darklands, and calling them by their old nicknames after that is considered rude.
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_cbf5c04
featureApplicability
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_cbf5c04
featureConfidence
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_cbf5c04
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_cf3af21a
type
Abilene Paradox
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_cf3af21a
comment
Abilene Paradox: After she learns he is a Changeling, Jim stops addressing Barbara as ‘Mom’ for a while. Neither one says anything about this because they don’t want to pressure the other into keeping their relationship the same as it was prior to the reveal.
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_cf3af21a
featureApplicability
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_cf3af21a
featureConfidence
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_cf3af21a
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_cff33981
type
Living Is More than Surviving
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_cff33981
comment
Living Is More than Surviving: This is what gets Jim to accept that his human loved ones wouldn’t be happy to be kept as “breeding stock” and medical staff on People Farms after Gunmar takes over the world just for the sake of personal survival. Since Jim is Conditioned to Accept Horror, he struggles to grasp why, even if they personally were off the menu, the humans would still be upset at seeing everyone else killed and eaten.
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_cff33981
featureApplicability
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_cff33981
featureConfidence
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_cff33981
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_d0d90308
type
Bizarre Taste in Food
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_d0d90308
comment
Bizarre Taste in Food: Despite Barbara being a Lethal Chef, the Jim of this story actually likes her food because, as a Changeling, his appetite falls in the middle of that of a troll's and human's.
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_d0d90308
featureApplicability
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_d0d90308
featureConfidence
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_d0d90308
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_d243518d
type
In Spite of a Nail
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_d243518d
comment
In Spite of a Nail: The circumstances which lead to Claire's brother being swapped for a Changeling are not recreated - Jim and Toby never follow the goblins into the museum and see Nomura in her Changeling form, pushing her to reveal the recently-recovered Fetch to Bular in the next episode to convince him of her usefulness and to spare her life. However, Enrique still ends up being kidnapped and replaced.
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_d243518d
featureApplicability
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_d243518d
featureConfidence
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_d243518d
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_daba0e87
type
Acquired Poison Immunity
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_daba0e87
comment
Acquired Poison Immunity: When discussing how to defeat Gunmar, Aaarrrgghh immediately dismisses the idea of poisoning him because Gunmar has developed resistance to most toxins.
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_daba0e87
featureApplicability
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_daba0e87
featureConfidence
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_daba0e87
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_dcd423d2
type
Affectionate Nickname
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_dcd423d2
comment
Affectionate Nickname: Jim calls his familiar - the actual James Lake Jr. - "Jay-Jay", because it was one of the nicknames his parents were trying out before settling on "Jim" (by which time he was replaced by a changeling). Not Enrique was known as Riot while living in the Darklands, and give Claire and her friends permission to call him that as an alternative to "Not Enrique". Borders on an Insult of Endearment since a changeling traditionally adopts their familiar's name after leaving the Darklands, and calling them by their old nicknames after that is considered rude.
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_dcd423d2
featureApplicability
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_dcd423d2
featureConfidence
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_dcd423d2
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_e43130c1
type
Interrupted Intimacy
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_e43130c1
comment
Interrupted Intimacy: Jim and Strickler don't see exactly what AAARRRGGHH and Blinky were doing in the library, because AAARRRGGHH is much larger than Blinky and blocked the view, but when Jim and Strickler walk in, AAARRRGGHH becomes momentarily tense, Blinky is flustered, the study table behind Blinky doesn't have books on it, and Blinky needs to put one of his suspender straps back on.
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_e43130c1
featureApplicability
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_e43130c1
featureConfidence
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_e43130c1
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_e8497e34
type
Adaptation Species Change
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_e8497e34
comment
Adaptation Species Change: Subverted. James Lake Jr. is not the protagonist of the story. Instead, the story is centered around Jim, the changeling that replaced the actual James Lake Jr. and has lived his life in his place since infancy.
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_e8497e34
featureApplicability
-0.3
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_e8497e34
featureConfidence
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_e8497e34
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_e96c6f02
type
Shed Armor, Gain Speed
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_e96c6f02
comment
Shed Armor, Gain Speed: Inverted. When Jim first starts training in armor, he notes that he isn’t as fast or agile anymore, so although he can take a hit better, he also gets hit more often. He speeds up again once he’s used to the armor.
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_e96c6f02
featureApplicability
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_e96c6f02
featureConfidence
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_e96c6f02
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_e9e35e8f
type
Exact Words
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_e9e35e8f
comment
Exact Words: A gaggletack will force any changeling it touches to switch forms. This only works if it makes skin contact, therefore Jim is able to touch it with his armored hands with no ill-effect.
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_e9e35e8f
featureApplicability
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_e9e35e8f
featureConfidence
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_e9e35e8f
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_ec7da60a
type
Beethoven Was an Alien Spy
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_ec7da60a
comment
Beethoven Was an Alien Spy: Discussed in-universe. Jim mentions he'd once looked into whether Hans Christian Andersen was a Changeling, because The Ugly Duckling and The Little Mermaid both work as analogies for the why a Changeling shouldn't get too attached to humans. Since Andersen's other stories didn't fit the pattern and there was no other evidence, he was probably human.
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_ec7da60a
featureApplicability
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_ec7da60a
featureConfidence
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_ec7da60a
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_f863bb6d
type
Battle Trophy
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_f863bb6d
comment
Battle Trophy: After their victory over Bular, Jim and the others bring back his severed head and swords as proof. Desecrating the Dead in such a manner is considered taboo in troll-culture, so various trolls (including Draal, who winces as Jim does the deed) are more horrified than impressed. Granted, it's Bular's head they bring back, so Jim gets brownie-points even before Vendel explains to everyone that such a thing is considered a human custom.
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_f863bb6d
featureApplicability
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_f863bb6d
featureConfidence
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_f863bb6d
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_name
type
ItemName
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_name
comment
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_name
featureApplicability
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_name
featureConfidence
1.0
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_name
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic) / int_name
itemName
Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)

The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.

 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Abilene Paradox / int_e70a6c2a
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Affectionate Nickname / int_e70a6c2a
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Bizarre Taste in Food / int_e70a6c2a
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Conveniently Unverifiable Cover Story / int_e70a6c2a
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Fanfics of 2018–2019 / int_e70a6c2a
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Five-Second Foreshadowing / int_e70a6c2a
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Hijacked Destiny / int_e70a6c2a
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
It's Not You, It's Me / int_e70a6c2a
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Lava Adds Awesome / int_e70a6c2a
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Leonine Contract / int_e70a6c2a
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Liar Revealed / int_e70a6c2a
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Literal Metaphor / int_e70a6c2a
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
Pragmatic Hero / int_e70a6c2a
 Becoming the Mask (Fanfic)
hasFeature
The Chooser of the One / int_e70a6c2a