User blog:FateAlbane/Jack of All Tropes - Big Iron 2

You know the drill. This will be a list of all the tropes found in the plot.

This will cover Ino's introduction alongside Magnum and the Second Session.

Go here for the First Session and anything before.

Long WIP, naturally.

From Ino's Intro
The Plot Reaper - Parodied up to Eleven, by saying the main antagonist of the prequel is now a literal Plot Reaper that is keeping tabs on the party's actions.

Mythology Gag - Again, saying Jack is a plot reaper who doesn't want "any lack of chastity" on his watch. Has a hint of irony: In the plot proper, Jack's well-intentioned extremists goals involved putting an end to widespread irresponsible relationships and their consequences, the many neglected or outright abandoned children and orphans. Not to mention those that were driven to suicide, and other heavy related themes of the time. It would stand to reason that he wouldn't want that to start again as soon as his story ended (Also of note is that Jack wore a black hood through most of the prequel. That, and Rouge Spirits created by the Harbinger of Death were associated with his cause. This sort of makes him evoke the "Grim Reaper" image by default).

No hugging, no kissing - Self explanatory. There's no romance whatsoever in the plot as is and is in no way the focus of it either. Qualifies even more since it doesn't stop the jokes in meta from happening, either way.

The Speechless - Ino never speaks but does a good job of showing what goes through his head visually or with a window into his thoughts about the shenanigans going on around him.

Cardboard Prison  - Magnum does this one to break Scarlet out of jail and escape the city. As said word by word in the narrative:

"It's not all that interesting, save one thing: Ino sees a small girl literally smash through the wall of a prison like some sort of giant glass container, as they start to try to run out of dodge."

Explosion Propulsion - Ino uses this method to blast himself like a Cannonball at high speeds, catching up to and knocking the runaway Magnum down in a single move.

Dynamic Entry - Ino's aforementioned stunt qualifies as this.

What did I do last night? - Scarlet wakes up to find herself on Magnum's shoulder, being carried out of jail with the Sheriff on her tail and Ino having just hurled himself at the fugitives with pretty good aiming skills.

"Alright, I'm in a hangover, so this is probably incomprehensible, but please get me out of here I've been held here by sake for years producing knives and I've just about HAAAAAAADDDDDD it with these people! (...) SCREW YOU OLD MAN I'M MY OWN DRUNKARD NOW!"

I just want to be free - Zigzagged. As it can be inferred just by seeing it, the above quote from Scarlet is sort of serious and played for laughs at the same time.

From Session 2 (Marty Robbins literally shoots Eleonore in the knee and it only escalates further)
WIP
 * Alternatively, "The Mana Mountain's Cold [Soul]" if you want to be more serious and have a ref about it.