Zoanthropy is an self insert fic set in 8-Bit Dystopia, a crossover setting inspired by the Protomen and their epic rock operas. 8BD reimagines retro video games on a cyberpunk world on the brink of total collapse.

In 1978, the Earth was attacked by the Space Invaders. After years of conflict, the Invader Wars came to an end with the catastrophic Crash of 85' that led to the homeworld of mankind being destroyed. The new home of humanity following the Crash is an industrial wasteland known only as the City, which is contested between a trio of hostile megacorporations by the names of WilyCorp, EggDyne, and Metpharm. Beneath them are a cavalcade of minor corps, mutant gangs, and the occasional evil cult that fight over the Big Three's scraps. The City covers nearly half of the planet's surface, and is always growing, but the depths below it are a labyrinth of endless pipes and ancient ruins from the Hylian Age. There is no true safety from the City, and there are no heroes left in man.

Into this world comes someone who isn't a hero. They shouldn't even be alive. The one thing they do have going for them, besides the incredibly bad luck of being turned into a zoanthrope by Metpharm against their will, is an astonishingly good memory retention for video game trivia that suddenly became a lot more useful. Will that unwanted life skill that was completely worthless in their old life be worth anything in their new one?

Let's find out.