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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })The Graceling Realm, or The Seven Kingdoms series, is a Young Adult fantasy series by Kristin Cashore. It begins in the Seven Kingdoms, where people born with exceptional skills are known as "Gracelings" and feared. Later books added the Dells, a land filled with deadly and beautiful beings referred to as "monsters," and the continent of Torla, where humans coexist with telepathic animals.The first book, Graceling, focuses on Katsa, who is Graced in killing and is forced to utilize her gift to do her uncle King Randa's dirty work. She long ago accepted she'd always be Randa's savage dog, hated and feared. But when she crosses paths with fellow Graceling Po she begins to reconsider that, and together they unravel a mystery that puts all seven kingdoms at risk.Fire, the second book, a prequel set nearly forty years prior, is about the titular Fire, the last human monster in existence. With her monster status comes impossible beauty and the ability to read and control minds, as well as the legacy of her father, a true monster who nearly tore the Dells apart. Aware of her power, and afraid of it, Fire lives in a corner of the world away from people and temptation. Until the day comes when she is needed by her king, and Fire soon finds herself more entangled in the Dells political struggle than she could ever have imagined.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })Bitterblue, returns to the Seven Kingdoms, this time following Bitterblue from the second half of Graceling. Thirty-five years under the thumb of her cruel father and his terrifying Grace have left Monsea in shambles, and now Queen Bitterblue has to pick up the pieces. Her advisers believe they should pardon all of those who committed terrible acts during Leck's reign and forget every dark event that ever happened in that time. Monsea's past has become shrouded in mystery, and it's only when Bitterblue begins sneaking out of her castle to walk the streets of her own city at night, that she realizes the true state of her country. Her kingdom has been under the spell of a madman, and now their only chance to move forward is to revisit the past.The most recent book, Winterkeep, is set several years after Bitterblue on an entirely new continent. Bitterblue travels with Hava and Giddon to investigate the suspicious death of two envoys.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_3'); })On April 25th, 2013, it was announced a film based on the first book is being developed. | |
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Retired Badass | |
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Retired Badass: Brocker was the king's best war leader. | |
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Sexy Shirt Switch | |
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Sexy Shirt Switch: Archer finds this "impossibly sweet", oblivious to the fact that Fire's doing it to cover up some bruises. | |
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We Have Ways of Making You Talk | |
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We Have Ways of Making You Talk: Fire herself, albeit very reluctantly and after much persuasion, uses her monster powers to interrogate prisoners. Justified as she's working to prevent a three-way war. | |
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Heroic BSoD | |
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Heroic BSoD: Fire had one after she killed her father. And another when she finds Archer's body. | |
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Graceling / int_173909 | type |
Brainwashed and Crazy | |
Graceling / int_173909 | comment |
Brainwashed and Crazy: Everyone Leck affected with his voice, forcing several to do horrible things to other human beings. Seven years later, she's horrified to find they're still carrying out his work and covering it up. | |
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Graceling / int_1892d512 | type |
Tall, Dark, and Handsome | |
Graceling / int_1892d512 | comment |
Tall, Dark, and Handsome: Subverted with Brigan. He's got the tall and dark part down, but he is explicitly described as being quite plain in appearance, and certainly not handsome. | |
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A Father to His Men | |
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A Father to His Men: Brigan, very much so. | |
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Graceling / int_1b9df446 | type |
Wrong Context Magic | |
Graceling / int_1b9df446 | comment |
Wrong Context Magic: Leck is a Graceling in a country that's never heard of them. This benefits him though, as nobody realizes the significance and danger of his mismatched eyes. And there are no laws saying he's property of the king, which is what he was trying to escape when he left the Seven Kingdoms in the first place. | |
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Green-Eyed Monster | |
Graceling / int_1d2400e9 | comment |
Green-Eyed Monster: Ironically, Archer. | |
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Graceling / int_1edfa2c7 | type |
Royals Who Actually Do Something | |
Graceling / int_1edfa2c7 | comment |
Royals Who Actually Do Something: The entire royal family. | |
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Graceling / int_21d70919 | type |
Crapsack World | |
Graceling / int_21d70919 | comment |
Crapsack World: Six of the seven kingdoms are run by a greedy, selfish king who don't give a crap about their people and are more interested in having spats with each other. Likewise, while the Dells is more advanced in terms of medicine, science, art, etc, it's been in a lawless, decaying state for the past thirty years and is in the middle of a civil war, thanks to Nax and Cansrel being more concerned with getting high than running the country. It's got better in Bitterblue though, from the sound of it. | |
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Graceling / int_23f1384a | type |
Babies Make Everything Better | |
Graceling / int_23f1384a | comment |
Babies Make Everything Better: Averted. Katsa is so vehemently opposed to having babies (and marriage) that she refuses Po's affection for her at first. | |
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Offing the Offspring | |
Graceling / int_27ab0123 | comment |
Offing the Offspring: Archer is shot by his biological father (see Rape as Backstory), though it's not known if either one knew about it. | |
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Oblivious to Love | |
Graceling / int_2848e7d2 | comment |
Oblivious to Love: Katsa, full stop. She didn't realize that Giddon was in love with her, she didn't realize Po was in love with her, she didn't realize realize she was in love with Po. | |
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Walking the Earth | |
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Walking the Earth: Katsa and Po end up doing this from Part II on. | |
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Graceling / int_2e8ed504 | type |
Beautiful Dreamer | |
Graceling / int_2e8ed504 | comment |
Beautiful Dreamer: Katsa admires Po this way at least once. After making sure he's really asleep, of course. | |
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Graceling / int_309b8806 | type |
Cursed with Awesome | |
Graceling / int_309b8806 | comment |
Cursed With Awesome: Katsa's real Grace: Survival. King Leck's Grace also qualifies, but he has no moral qualms about utilizing this. | |
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Graceling / int_330a3b9c | type |
Differently Powered Individual | |
Graceling / int_330a3b9c | comment |
Differently Powered Individual: Gracelings. | |
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Graceling / int_34dd5f3 | type |
La Résistance | |
Graceling / int_34dd5f3 | comment |
La Résistance: The Council is a mild version of this. At first they're not interested in taking down any kings, merely just off-setting the damage they do, but by Bitterblue they're supporting one kingdom overthrowing their king and replacing him with a democracy. | |
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Graceling / int_351205d2 | type |
Friends with Benefits | |
Graceling / int_351205d2 | comment |
Friends with Benefits: Fire and Archer. He wants to marry her, but the more he asks, the more it irritates her. | |
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Graceling / int_38ad0e6a | type |
BreakingSpeech | |
Graceling / int_38ad0e6a | comment |
Breaking Speech: Randa to Katsa. | |
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Skunk Stripe | |
Graceling / int_38b02582 | comment |
Skunk Stripe: Queen Roen. | |
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Graceling / int_38f3321 | type |
Compelling Voice | |
Graceling / int_38f3321 | comment |
Compelling Voice: Leck's Grace of lying pretty much amounts to this. Since everyone who hears one of his lies believes what he says over any logic and evidence (and it doesn't even have to be from him- you could have heard it from someone who heard it from someone who heard it from someone who heard it from Leck and still be caught), he can use it to make people do what he wants. | |
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Graceling / int_3946634e | type |
The Smart Guy | |
Graceling / int_3946634e | comment |
The Smart Guy: Raffin. | |
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You Did the Right Thing | |
Graceling / int_394cc57e | comment |
You Did the Right Thing: Pretty much everyone tells Fire this in regard to her deliberately causing the death of her father and making it look like a suicide. Considering what would have happened had he lived, they're not wrong. | |
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Graceling / int_3b9b21c9 | type |
So Beautiful, It's a Curse | |
Graceling / int_3b9b21c9 | comment |
So Beautiful It's a Curse: Heavily deconstructed with Fire. Her beauty makes her a predator magnet of both the animal and human variety, to the point that she is assigned a permanent twenty-person guard and isn't even allowed to sleep alone - two of her female guards must always be with her - once she's at the palace, as there are too many people who might want to hurt her, or even just barge into her rooms for the sole purpose of staring at her or touching her hair. The book is very good at taking the idea of someone being "impossibly beautiful" to the point of being nearly irresistible and showing just how awful that would be. Even leaving aside all of the obvious drawbacks mentioned above, there are smaller, more emotion-based ones that would be just as psychologically hard to deal with. Much of human empathy comes from how people look; the crappier someone looks, the more likely a person is to feel sympathy/empathy for them and reach out with comfort and understanding. Even when beaten, bruised, sickly, and crying, Fire is still the most gorgeous creature in the Dells. How she looks will almost never reflect how she truly feels. Fire herself puts it best: | |
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Graceling / int_3c3f28a5 | type |
Blessed with Suck | |
Graceling / int_3c3f28a5 | comment |
Blessed with Suck: If you're lucky, your Grace will be useful and the king will keep you at court. If you're unlucky, then you get sent home, where you'll most likely be shunned for your useless Grace. If you're really lucky, you live in Lienid, where the Gracelings are free and treated with respect. Po's ability to read minds and sense people really does suck, since no one would trust him. Being a human monster. Especially if you're a woman. Everyone objectifies you for your beauty, and you constantly have to watch for people who want to (sexually) assault you. Oh, and monster animals hunger for your flesh. And they are drawn to your blood so you things get awkward during your period when you need armed guards around you to protect you. | |
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Humans Are Bastards | |
Graceling / int_3d4d3dc9 | comment |
Humans Are Bastards: Fire's monster beauty tends to bring out the worst in people. | |
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Graceling / int_3f11ef74 | type |
Parental Substitute | |
Graceling / int_3f11ef74 | comment |
Parental Substitute: Brocker to Fire, even while Cansrel was still alive. | |
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Woman Scorned | |
Graceling / int_4063acfd | comment |
Woman Scorned: Nax is the Spear Counterpart. | |
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Graceling / int_4127eb1 | type |
Shut Up, Hannibal! | |
Graceling / int_4127eb1 | comment |
Shut Up, Hannibal!: Randa gives Katsa a Breaking Speech when she refuses to obey him. She responds by telling him exactly how she could kill every guard in the throne room and himself, before leaving. | |
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Brainwashed | |
Graceling / int_41d9aaef | comment |
Brainwashed: Anyone who meets King Leck, thanks to his Grace. | |
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King Incognito | |
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Queen Incognito: The plot is mostly kicked off by Bitterblue doing this. | |
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Graceling / int_44e64e96 | type |
Female Gaze | |
Graceling / int_44e64e96 | comment |
Female Gaze: Katsa to Po a number of times. | |
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Graceling / int_4604fd4d | type |
Worthy Opponent | |
Graceling / int_4604fd4d | comment |
Worthy Opponent: Fire has a certain respect for Murgda, one of the rebel leaders. | |
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Graceling / int_46557463 | type |
Important Haircut | |
Graceling / int_46557463 | comment |
Important Hair Cut: Bitterblue's, which symbolizes she's no longer a pampered, sheltered princess. Averted with Katsa, who just didn't have the patience for keeping it tidy. | |
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Not Wanting Kids Is Weird | |
Graceling / int_4c56f0d2 | comment |
Not Wanting Kids Is Weird: Giddon flips out when Katsa refuses to marry him and says that one day she will grow to want children, despite her denial. | |
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Graceling / int_4c8e8078 | type |
All of the Other Reindeer | |
Graceling / int_4c8e8078 | comment |
All of the Other Reindeer: Fire. | |
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Graceling / int_4e3dee88 | type |
Their First Time | |
Graceling / int_4e3dee88 | comment |
Their First Time: Katsa and Po. | |
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Graceling / int_4f773434 | type |
Wise Beyond Their Years | |
Graceling / int_4f773434 | comment |
Wise Beyond Their Years: Bitterblue. She even realizes that "Po was in a position to see Katsa naked" at ten years old. | |
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Graceling / int_4fa68c72 | type |
Like Parent, Like Spouse | |
Graceling / int_4fa68c72 | comment |
Like Parent, Like Spouse: No wonder Fire falls in love with gray-eyed, stoic, military genius Brigan. He's Brocker's son. | |
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Graceling / int_504a1991 | type |
Body Horror | |
Graceling / int_504a1991 | comment |
Body Horror: Brocker's legs were shattered. Not broken, shattered. By eight men taking turns with mallets. | |
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Graceling / int_524f94d3 | type |
Rape as Backstory | |
Graceling / int_524f94d3 | comment |
Rape as Backstory: Archer was conceived this way when mad King Nax sent a man to rape Brocker's wife as revenge against Brocker for sleeping with, and impregnating, Queen Roen. | |
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Graceling / int_52a9bc4e | type |
Rape by Proxy | |
Graceling / int_52a9bc4e | comment |
Rape by Proxy: Leck. Just to make it worse, he used other men as the proxy. | |
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Graceling / int_542b8e66 | type |
Bad Powers, Bad People | |
Graceling / int_542b8e66 | comment |
Bad Powers, Bad People: This is the general public's perception of Katsa and what she fears about herself. In reality, though, she hates being forced to use her powers for evil, and when given the option she's more an example of Good Is Not Nice. Then again, it turns out her powers aren't so evil, possibly playing the trope straight. The Big Bad of Graceling plays this trope to the hilt. Fire also suffers from this perception to a lesser extent. | |
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Graceling / int_56585e87 | type |
Combat Clairvoyance | |
Graceling / int_56585e87 | comment |
Combat Clairvoyance: Prince Po's Grace equates to this in a fight. | |
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Graceling / int_56585e87 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_56585e87 | |
Graceling / int_581f6468 | type |
Hero of Another Story | |
Graceling / int_581f6468 | comment |
Hero of Another Story: Everyone who also appeared in Graceling and Fire. | |
Graceling / int_581f6468 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_581f6468 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_581f6468 | |
Graceling / int_58626d87 | type |
Genius Ditz | |
Graceling / int_58626d87 | comment |
Genius Ditz: Clara may seem silly at first meeting, but she's actually one of the Dells' highest-ranking spymasters. | |
Graceling / int_58626d87 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_58626d87 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_58626d87 | |
Graceling / int_5890b975 | type |
One Person, One Power | |
Graceling / int_5890b975 | comment |
One Person, One Power: Graces. Each Graceling can only get one, which can be as broad as 'survival' and as narrow as 'climbing trees'. | |
Graceling / int_5890b975 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_5890b975 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_5890b975 | |
Graceling / int_58e43f17 | type |
Cats Are Mean | |
Graceling / int_58e43f17 | comment |
Cats Are Mean: Death's cat, Lovejoy. | |
Graceling / int_58e43f17 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_58e43f17 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_58e43f17 | |
Graceling / int_59df21f1 | type |
Let's Play | |
Graceling / int_59df21f1 | comment |
Let's Read: Here. | |
Graceling / int_59df21f1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_59df21f1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_59df21f1 | |
Graceling / int_5a4aa505 | type |
Government Conspiracy | |
Graceling / int_5a4aa505 | comment |
Government Conspiracy: Bitterblue suspects there is one, her new friends are sure there is one. | |
Graceling / int_5a4aa505 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_5a4aa505 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_5a4aa505 | |
Graceling / int_5b979c61 | type |
With My Hands Tied | |
Graceling / int_5b979c61 | comment |
With My Hands Tied: When normal fighting gets boring, Katsa begins training to fight up to eight men all at once, with her arms behind her back. | |
Graceling / int_5b979c61 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_5b979c61 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_5b979c61 | |
Graceling / int_5e2e55e4 | type |
The Casanova | |
Graceling / int_5e2e55e4 | comment |
The Casanova: Archer. | |
Graceling / int_5e2e55e4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_5e2e55e4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_5e2e55e4 | |
Graceling / int_63b02752 | type |
Hair-Trigger Temper | |
Graceling / int_63b02752 | comment |
Hair-Trigger Temper: Katsa, though she improves as the novel progresses. | |
Graceling / int_63b02752 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_63b02752 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_63b02752 | |
Graceling / int_63f136ec | type |
It Is Pronounced | |
Graceling / int_63f136ec | comment |
It Is Pronounced "Tro-PAY": Although this information is of questionable relevance to this record; Death, the Royal Librarian of Monsea , would merely like to note that his name is pronounced to rhyme with "teeth." (Though he suspects that some get it wrong merely to annoy him at times.) | |
Graceling / int_63f136ec | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_63f136ec | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_63f136ec | |
Graceling / int_64edb99c | type |
Always Save the Girl | |
Graceling / int_64edb99c | comment |
Always Save the Girl: Katsa hates this trope up to a point where she's uncomfortable being saved by anyone. | |
Graceling / int_64edb99c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_64edb99c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_64edb99c | |
Graceling / int_6500e9cc | type |
Fighting from the Inside | |
Graceling / int_6500e9cc | comment |
Fighting from the Inside: Po, Ashen, Bitterblue are pretty good at this. Katsa, not so much. | |
Graceling / int_6500e9cc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_6500e9cc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_6500e9cc | |
Graceling / int_69766c43 | type |
Closed Door Rapport | |
Graceling / int_69766c43 | comment |
Closed Door Rapport: Fire insists on this with Nash at first, since seeing her face reduces him to a babbling idiot. Eventually he gets better. | |
Graceling / int_69766c43 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_69766c43 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_69766c43 | |
Graceling / int_6a696742 | type |
The Power of Love | |
Graceling / int_6a696742 | comment |
The Power of Love: The only way (except for Po's Grace) to resist Leck's Grace. Queen Ashen is able to resist it for Bitterblue, and Katsa kills Leck at the end because she loves Po and he was about to reveal Po's secret. | |
Graceling / int_6a696742 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_6a696742 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_6a696742 | |
Graceling / int_6b983bf7 | type |
Unstoppable Rage | |
Graceling / int_6b983bf7 | comment |
Unstoppable Rage: Katsa is afraid of hers. Po has traces of this, too. | |
Graceling / int_6b983bf7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_6b983bf7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_6b983bf7 | |
Graceling / int_6d332aea | type |
Driven to Suicide | |
Graceling / int_6d332aea | comment |
Driven to Suicide: One of Bitterblue's advisers after she arrests them both on charges of treason and conspiracy. The other one mentions he's considered it but has his family to worry about, so she grants him house arrest. | |
Graceling / int_6d332aea | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_6d332aea | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_6d332aea | |
Graceling / int_733e007a | type |
Unwitting Pawn | |
Graceling / int_733e007a | comment |
Unwitting Pawn: Bitterblue is quite unhappy to find out that she has become this, with her advisors obstructing education in the city, ordering the army to commit atrocities to cover up Leck's crimes, and leaving her in the dark about the real state of affairs. | |
Graceling / int_733e007a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_733e007a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_733e007a | |
Graceling / int_75538142 | type |
Friend to All Children | |
Graceling / int_75538142 | comment |
Friend to All Children: Fire, which is why her resolution to remain the last of her kind is so difficult to keep. She compensates by taking care of her friends' children. | |
Graceling / int_75538142 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_75538142 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_75538142 | |
Graceling / int_780a078e | type |
Self-Made Orphan | |
Graceling / int_780a078e | comment |
Self-Made Orphan: Leck in the prologue, and a heroic version with Fire. | |
Graceling / int_780a078e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_780a078e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_780a078e | |
Graceling / int_792bb47a | type |
Heroic Bastard | |
Graceling / int_792bb47a | comment |
Heroic Bastard: Bitterblue's half sister Hava saves her life a few times but is the only person to know they are related | |
Graceling / int_792bb47a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_792bb47a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_792bb47a | |
Graceling / int_7a59a6d6 | type |
Mass Hypnosis | |
Graceling / int_7a59a6d6 | comment |
Mass Hypnosis: Not only Leck's Kingdom, but everyone who personally meets King Leck. In fact, anyone who hears King Leck, and then talks to other people, who then talk to other people, taking this Serial Escalation. | |
Graceling / int_7a59a6d6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_7a59a6d6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_7a59a6d6 | |
Graceling / int_7d06fdd6 | type |
Medical Horror | |
Graceling / int_7d06fdd6 | comment |
Medical Horror / Medical Rape and Impregnate: One of Leck's great passions was his "hospital" where he would perform surgical experiments. He even raped women for the purpose of having pregnant subjects. His impulse control problems often caused his subjects to die too quickly as he would perform multiple simultaneous experiments on a single person. | |
Graceling / int_7d06fdd6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_7d06fdd6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_7d06fdd6 | |
Graceling / int_7e07f634 | type |
Paranoia Fuel | |
Graceling / int_7e07f634 | comment |
Paranoia Fuel: Leck's Grace of lying. Anything he tells you, no matter how absurd, you will believe. Even if you know this is his Grace, it's still almost impossible to resist in person. And it even works (though thankfully to a lesser degree) when it's someone else who's repeating Leck's lies. There is no way to be sure how much he has already used this Grace to mess with your head. | |
Graceling / int_7e07f634 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_7e07f634 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_7e07f634 | |
Graceling / int_7fbe9a30 | type |
Freak Out | |
Graceling / int_7fbe9a30 | comment |
Freak Out: Katsa has one when she realizes that she's in love with Po. | |
Graceling / int_7fbe9a30 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_7fbe9a30 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_7fbe9a30 | |
Graceling / int_80621707 | type |
Arranged Marriage | |
Graceling / int_80621707 | comment |
Arranged Marriage: Common, as you'd expect for a medieval fantasy setting. King Randa wants to enter Katsa into one in Graceling, but she does everything in her power to make sure the few suitors who want her for a bride will find her intolerable. Randa's son Raffin expects he'll be entered into one eventually. Falling in love with a lady or a princess on his own isn't really an option, as he's gay. Randa agrees to find a wife for a desperate borderlord from a neighbouring kingdom, provided he gets the dowry. | |
Graceling / int_80621707 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_80621707 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_80621707 | |
Graceling / int_829b958e | type |
Embarrassing First Name | |
Graceling / int_829b958e | comment |
Embarrassing First Name: Po's real name is Greening Grandemalion. | |
Graceling / int_829b958e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_829b958e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_829b958e | |
Graceling / int_8348e22f | type |
Shared Unusual Trait | |
Graceling / int_8348e22f | comment |
Shared Unusual Trait: The tell-tale sign of a Graceling is their different colored eyes. Monsters can be told apart from regular members of their species because of their extreme beauty and You Gotta Have Blue Hair. | |
Graceling / int_8348e22f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_8348e22f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_8348e22f | |
Graceling / int_83641c73 | type |
Logical Weakness | |
Graceling / int_83641c73 | comment |
Logical Weakness: Po mentions that despite his Disability Superpower he can't see color; Bitterblue feels bad for getting annoyed with him about it after he explains it. | |
Graceling / int_83641c73 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_83641c73 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_83641c73 | |
Graceling / int_85bcc5a8 | type |
Lampshaded Double Entendre | |
Graceling / int_85bcc5a8 | comment |
Lampshaded Double Entendre: "The wild ones are most fun if you know how to control them." | |
Graceling / int_85bcc5a8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_85bcc5a8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_85bcc5a8 | |
Graceling / int_85ca9dab | type |
Second Love | |
Graceling / int_85ca9dab | comment |
Second Love: For both protagonists. | |
Graceling / int_85ca9dab | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_85ca9dab | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_85ca9dab | |
Graceling / int_8712e4c9 | type |
Story-Breaker Power | |
Graceling / int_8712e4c9 | comment |
Story-Breaker Power: Leck's Grace of lying, especially since it's contagious. | |
Graceling / int_8712e4c9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_8712e4c9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_8712e4c9 | |
Graceling / int_8b568cb7 | type |
Posthumous Character | |
Graceling / int_8b568cb7 | comment |
Posthumous Character: Cansrel and King Nax. Cansrel is quite well developed like this, too. | |
Graceling / int_8b568cb7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_8b568cb7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_8b568cb7 | |
Graceling / int_8cd96e6c | type |
Nasal Trauma | |
Graceling / int_8cd96e6c | comment |
Nasal Trauma: Katsa recounts the story of how she discovered her Killing Grace: she panicked as a child when an older, royal man seemed to be taking interest in her... and proceeded to smash his nose into his face so hard it killed him. She was just a child at the time. | |
Graceling / int_8cd96e6c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_8cd96e6c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_8cd96e6c | |
Graceling / int_8fac4a3a | type |
Superpower Lottery | |
Graceling / int_8fac4a3a | comment |
Superpower Lottery: A Grace is basically 'incredible to the point of being supernatural skill at one thing'. That one thing can be something useless like 'tree-climbing' or 'licking one's elbows', something useful-but-limited like 'math' or 'cooking', or something very useful like 'mind-reading', 'killing', 'lying', or 'survival'. | |
Graceling / int_8fac4a3a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_8fac4a3a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_8fac4a3a | |
Graceling / int_93329c33 | type |
Medical Rape and Impregnate | |
Graceling / int_93329c33 | comment |
Quite possibly at least some others. See Medical Rape and Impregnate. | |
Graceling / int_93329c33 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_93329c33 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_93329c33 | |
Graceling / int_9b7de69c | type |
False Friend | |
Graceling / int_9b7de69c | comment |
False Friend: Fox, who is actually the member of a proud family of thieves. She not only stole the crown but also a ring that belonged to Bitterblue's mother | |
Graceling / int_9b7de69c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_9b7de69c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_9b7de69c | |
Graceling / int_9cbf01d6 | type |
Stay in the Kitchen | |
Graceling / int_9cbf01d6 | comment |
Stay in the Kitchen: As you'd expect from a medieval fantasy world, but for once it's actually addressed rather than just accepted. Katsa points how ridiculous it is that women are supposed to rely on men to protect them, when chances are it'll be men that want to harm them as well. The Dellians, being the more advanced and forward-thinking country, have allowed women to become full members of the army. Only recently, but still way better than the Seven Kingdoms. | |
Graceling / int_9cbf01d6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_9cbf01d6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_9cbf01d6 | |
Graceling / int_9d12bbc1 | type |
Foreshadowing | |
Graceling / int_9d12bbc1 | comment |
Foreshadowing: Leck is the only potential culprit for the plot-triggering kidnapping that is dismissed without a logical reason. He did it, and he uses his Grace to make sure he's never considered suspicious. Before leaving Randa's court, Katsa laments that if she did kill him, his son Raffin would succeed him, and that his first act as king would be to punish her for the crime. Later, during the climax, she manages to kill King Leck, in front of a crowd of brainwashed witnesses; his daughter Bitterblue subsequently uses her power as the new queen of Monsea to pardon her for the crime. | |
Graceling / int_9d12bbc1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_9d12bbc1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_9d12bbc1 | |
Graceling / int_9dfd7154 | type |
Fridge Logic | |
Graceling / int_9dfd7154 | comment |
Fridge Logic: Po has an In-Universe moment of this when he hears about Leck's supposed good deeds, and notices the very obvious holes in the story. | |
Graceling / int_9dfd7154 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_9dfd7154 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_9dfd7154 | |
Graceling / int_a00c13e0 | type |
Awesome Moment of Crowning | |
Graceling / int_a00c13e0 | comment |
Awesome Moment of Crowning: Bitterblue. | |
Graceling / int_a00c13e0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_a00c13e0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_a00c13e0 | |
Graceling / int_a122bf2f | type |
Blind Seer | |
Graceling / int_a122bf2f | comment |
Blind Seer: Po becomes this. Well, he already had the Seer part down (sensing everyone's presence, reading minds), but he does lose his eyesight later on. | |
Graceling / int_a122bf2f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_a122bf2f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_a122bf2f | |
Graceling / int_a588c1cf | type |
Cool Horse | |
Graceling / int_a588c1cf | comment |
Cool Horse: Subverted when Fire chooses a plain, but sweet-tempered gelding instead of the showy mare Cansrel picked for her. Played straight with the river horse that "adopts" her after her escape from Leck's hideout. | |
Graceling / int_a588c1cf | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
Graceling / int_a588c1cf | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_a588c1cf | |
Graceling / int_a5f1568d | type |
Dirty Mind-Reading | |
Graceling / int_a5f1568d | comment |
Dirty Mind-Reading: Mind reading + So Beautiful It's a Curse = ...remember when we said Fire's life was built around Blessed with Suck? | |
Graceling / int_a5f1568d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_a5f1568d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_a5f1568d | |
Graceling / int_a6123b72 | type |
Enfant Terrible | |
Graceling / int_a6123b72 | comment |
Enfant Terrible: Leck. Isn't it nice to know that he's been torturing animals and killing people since he was a child? | |
Graceling / int_a6123b72 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_a6123b72 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_a6123b72 | |
Graceling / int_a65288e2 | type |
Ascended Extra | |
Graceling / int_a65288e2 | comment |
Ascended Extra: Giddon and Bann. The former only appeared in the first third of Graceling, and the latter had almost no lines whatsoever. | |
Graceling / int_a65288e2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_a65288e2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_a65288e2 | |
Graceling / int_a6c69bd | type |
MacGuffin | |
Graceling / int_a6c69bd | comment |
MacGuffin: Bitterblue's crown for most of the book. Eventually she pretends that a fake has been found, to get the thief off the hook. | |
Graceling / int_a6c69bd | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_a6c69bd | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_a6c69bd | |
Graceling / int_a7850fbf | type |
Only Known by Their Nickname | |
Graceling / int_a7850fbf | comment |
Only Known by Their Nickname: Archer's real name is Arklin (which is mentioned exactly once), but no one calls him that, not even the other Lords and Princes. | |
Graceling / int_a7850fbf | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_a7850fbf | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_a7850fbf | |
Graceling / int_a8b7f968 | type |
Love at First Punch | |
Graceling / int_a8b7f968 | comment |
Love at First Punch: For Po at least. Actually, a big part of Katsa's and Po's relationship is centered on trying to punch each others' guts out. Being that both of them are accomplished fighters who revel in sparring matches, this is much less dysfunctional than it sounds. | |
Graceling / int_a8b7f968 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_a8b7f968 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_a8b7f968 | |
Graceling / int_abd29ad8 | type |
No-Sell | |
Graceling / int_abd29ad8 | comment |
No-Sell: Po's Grace makes him entirely immune to Leck's Grace. | |
Graceling / int_abd29ad8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_abd29ad8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_abd29ad8 | |
Graceling / int_ac96a17c | type |
InverseLawOfFertility | |
Graceling / int_ac96a17c | comment |
Inverse Law of Fertility: A variation. Fire, as mentioned, wants children, and she's physically capable of having them at least until she utilizes a permanent form of birth control but she doesn't dare, because monster humans should not exist. Meanwhile, Mila and Clara become pregnant purely by accident. | |
Graceling / int_ac96a17c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_ac96a17c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_ac96a17c | |
Graceling / int_ae3d6438 | type |
Deadpan Snarker | |
Graceling / int_ae3d6438 | comment |
Deadpan Snarker: Katsa has traces of this. | |
Graceling / int_ae3d6438 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_ae3d6438 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_ae3d6438 | |
Graceling / int_b17f6a27 | type |
I Did What I Had to Do | |
Graceling / int_b17f6a27 | comment |
I Did What I Had to Do: Fire killed Cansrel, her father, because he was an evil man intent on keeping the Dells in chaos. | |
Graceling / int_b17f6a27 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_b17f6a27 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_b17f6a27 | |
Graceling / int_b8f0415 | type |
Dramatis Personae | |
Graceling / int_b8f0415 | comment |
Dramatis Personae: There's one at the back, written by Bitterblue's librarian, Death. | |
Graceling / int_b8f0415 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_b8f0415 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_b8f0415 | |
Graceling / int_b9d334b2 | type |
Aerith and Bob | |
Graceling / int_b9d334b2 | comment |
Aerith and Bob: Most of the characters have short, simple medieval-sounding names: Katsa, Raffin, Faun, Leck, Oll, Skye, Helda, Randa, Ashen. But then there's Bitterblue and Greening Grandemalion (who goes by Po, but still). These last two are from the Kingdom of Lienid where most names are based on colours. It's more apparent in Fire, when we have a mix of names like Brigan and Nash mixed with names like Clara and Hanna. | |
Graceling / int_b9d334b2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_b9d334b2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_b9d334b2 | |
Graceling / int_b9fd7929 | type |
Morality Chain | |
Graceling / int_b9fd7929 | comment |
Morality Chain: Subverted. Fire wanted to become this, but she couldn't. | |
Graceling / int_b9fd7929 | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
Graceling / int_b9fd7929 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_b9fd7929 | |
Graceling / int_bb7ae292 | type |
Child by Rape | |
Graceling / int_bb7ae292 | comment |
Child by Rape: Hava is the daughter of Leck and his sculptor Bellamew. Her mother kept her safe from Leck by pretending she had died. Bitterblue. She and Death find confirmation in Leck's journal that Leck kept both Ashen and Bellamew for himself. Quite possibly at least some others. See Medical Rape and Impregnate. | |
Graceling / int_bb7ae292 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_bb7ae292 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_bb7ae292 | |
Graceling / int_bc74ef27 | type |
Berserk Button | |
Graceling / int_bc74ef27 | comment |
Berserk Button: Do NOT imply that Po is Katsa's "sensible keeper." | |
Graceling / int_bc74ef27 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_bc74ef27 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_bc74ef27 | |
Graceling / int_bd30d87c | type |
They Call Him "Sword" | |
Graceling / int_bd30d87c | comment |
They Call Him "Sword": Archer. | |
Graceling / int_bd30d87c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_bd30d87c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_bd30d87c | |
Graceling / int_be7ff283 | type |
YouGottaHaveBlueHair | |
Graceling / int_be7ff283 | comment |
You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Raffin dyes his hair blue by accident. | |
Graceling / int_be7ff283 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_be7ff283 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_be7ff283 | |
Graceling / int_c1e6c92c | type |
UnluckyChildhoodFriend | |
Graceling / int_c1e6c92c | comment |
Unlucky Childhood Friend: Archer was lucky for a while, but Fire eventually dumps him. | |
Graceling / int_c1e6c92c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_c1e6c92c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_c1e6c92c | |
Graceling / int_c235ac60 | type |
Ill Girl | |
Graceling / int_c235ac60 | comment |
Ill Girl: Garan is the rare male version of this trope. | |
Graceling / int_c235ac60 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_c235ac60 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_c235ac60 | |
Graceling / int_c3fbac64 | type |
Bestiality Is Depraved | |
Graceling / int_c3fbac64 | comment |
Bestiality Is Depraved: Implied that King Leck does this to animals at his orphanage before brutally hacking them to bits. | |
Graceling / int_c3fbac64 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_c3fbac64 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_c3fbac64 | |
Graceling / int_c420a553 | type |
We Can Rule Together | |
Graceling / int_c420a553 | comment |
We Can Rule Together: Leck wants Fire as his "partner". Her answer is to send him falling into some sharp rocks, explaining why he has an eyepatch in the later book. | |
Graceling / int_c420a553 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_c420a553 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_c420a553 | |
Graceling / int_c6d11745 | type |
Telepathy | |
Graceling / int_c6d11745 | comment |
Telepathy: Po's real grace. Note that it works only when people's thoughts are specifically focused on him. | |
Graceling / int_c6d11745 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_c6d11745 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_c6d11745 | |
Graceling / int_c83a589c | type |
Luke, I Am Your Father | |
Graceling / int_c83a589c | comment |
Luke, I Am Your Father: For three separate characters. | |
Graceling / int_c83a589c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_c83a589c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_c83a589c | |
Graceling / int_caf8c66c | type |
The Chains of Commanding | |
Graceling / int_caf8c66c | comment |
The Chains of Commanding: | |
Graceling / int_caf8c66c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_caf8c66c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_caf8c66c | |
Graceling / int_d0bf8a6d | type |
No Periods, Period | |
Graceling / int_d0bf8a6d | comment |
No Periods, Period: Averted. It's brought up how inconvenient it is for Fire, as monsters are drawn to the smell of her blood and she can't go anywhere without a guard. | |
Graceling / int_d0bf8a6d | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
Graceling / int_d0bf8a6d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_d0bf8a6d | |
Graceling / int_d29a6629 | type |
Death by Childbirth | |
Graceling / int_d29a6629 | comment |
Death by Childbirth: Hanna's mother. Also Leck's mother. | |
Graceling / int_d29a6629 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_d29a6629 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_d29a6629 | |
Graceling / int_d3427b48 | type |
Yamato Nadeshiko | |
Graceling / int_d3427b48 | comment |
Yamato Nadeshiko: Fire fits pretty well if you place the Dells in the position of family: A sweet girl with inner iron that tries to be a Morality Chain and lives east of the first book's setting | |
Graceling / int_d3427b48 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_d3427b48 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_d3427b48 | |
Graceling / int_d39e327f | type |
What the Hell, Hero? | |
Graceling / int_d39e327f | comment |
What the Hell, Hero?: Garan gives Fire an epic one due to her spending so much time wallowing in her grief rather than doing anything useful. | |
Graceling / int_d39e327f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_d39e327f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_d39e327f | |
Graceling / int_d78fbd81 | type |
DreamWorks Face | |
Graceling / int_d78fbd81 | comment |
Dreamworks Face: Po at the end of Chapter Six. | |
Graceling / int_d78fbd81 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_d78fbd81 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_d78fbd81 | |
Graceling / int_d7fc9fd0 | type |
Vitriolic Best Buds | |
Graceling / int_d7fc9fd0 | comment |
Vitriolic Best Buds: Katsa and Po, to some extent. | |
Graceling / int_d7fc9fd0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_d7fc9fd0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_d7fc9fd0 | |
Graceling / int_da38c13f | type |
Lamarck Was Right | |
Graceling / int_da38c13f | comment |
Lamarck Was Right: A large theme of the story is defying this. "If we are all to be judged by our parents and grandparents, we all may as well impale ourselves on pointy bits of rock." | |
Graceling / int_da38c13f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_da38c13f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_da38c13f | |
Graceling / int_da512040 | type |
Fantasy Contraception | |
Graceling / int_da512040 | comment |
Fantasy Contraception: Both Katsa and Bitterblue use seabane, an herb that prevents pregnancy, and Fire eventually decides take a certain type of medicine that leaves her permanently unable to have children. | |
Graceling / int_da512040 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_da512040 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_da512040 | |
Graceling / int_dae5c997 | type |
Action Girl | |
Graceling / int_dae5c997 | comment |
Action Girl: Plenty. Most notably, Katsa, Bitterblue, and all the women in Brigan's army. Hanna grows up to be one. We never see it, but it's mentioned in Bitterblue that she's an army commander. | |
Graceling / int_dae5c997 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_dae5c997 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_dae5c997 | |
Graceling / int_db27d520 | type |
Amazing Technicolor Wildlife | |
Graceling / int_db27d520 | comment |
Amazing Technicolor Wildlife: Animal monsters. | |
Graceling / int_db27d520 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_db27d520 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_db27d520 | |
Graceling / int_db39ccfd | type |
Battle Couple | |
Graceling / int_db39ccfd | comment |
Battle Couple: Katsa and Po. | |
Graceling / int_db39ccfd | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_db39ccfd | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_db39ccfd | |
Graceling / int_db695dfd | type |
If You Die, I Call Your Stuff | |
Graceling / int_db695dfd | comment |
If You Die, I Call Your Stuff: Just before a dangerous mission, Fire jokingly does this in order to get a sleepy Brigan to pay attention. | |
Graceling / int_db695dfd | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_db695dfd | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_db695dfd | |
Graceling / int_dbd2c15e | type |
Everyone Can See It | |
Graceling / int_dbd2c15e | comment |
Everyone Can See It: Everyone, from Po to Randa, was aware of Giddon being in love with Katsa. Oh, and that Katsa and Po liked each other. | |
Graceling / int_dbd2c15e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_dbd2c15e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_dbd2c15e | |
Graceling / int_dd234c2f | type |
Hallucinations | |
Graceling / int_dd234c2f | comment |
Hallucinations: Po talks about "the dead in the river" after Bitterblue sends him after Saf into the rain and he gets a fever. Turns out the fever was warping and distorting his Grace, and there actually are bones in the Dell. | |
Graceling / int_dd234c2f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_dd234c2f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_dd234c2f | |
Graceling / int_ddfb4e53 | type |
A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Read | |
Graceling / int_ddfb4e53 | comment |
A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Read: No matter what form, mind reading always seems to have its downsides. Most notably, Po. He only knows thoughts that are related to him, which has numerous benefits, but he can't give someone the privacy of their thoughts even if he wants to. | |
Graceling / int_ddfb4e53 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_ddfb4e53 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_ddfb4e53 | |
Graceling / int_df04089a | type |
Lineage Comes from the Father | |
Graceling / int_df04089a | comment |
Lineage Comes from the Father: Fire obviously takes after her father, having inherited being a monster from him. Partway through the book, however, she realizes that she's neglected to ever think about what she might have inherited from her mother—including her mother's family. | |
Graceling / int_df04089a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_df04089a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_df04089a | |
Graceling / int_df1cea7e | type |
Evil Tainted the Place | |
Graceling / int_df1cea7e | comment |
Evil Tainted the Place: In the third book we discover that the former ruler of Monsea (who was blessed with an astounding ability to make people believe anything he wanted to), left a nasty taint on the kingdom for his daughter to deal with when she assumes the throne. The good old king in addition to being Cursed With Awesome, was a creepy sadist who had a favorite past time was to go a torturin' his subjects with his gifts. The fall out of having literally hundreds of people mentally tortured into believing things, leaves the new ruler with the problem of having the occasional person or two go completely nuts out of the blue. Needless to say, she tires of it real quick. | |
Graceling / int_df1cea7e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_df1cea7e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_df1cea7e | |
Graceling / int_df410b77 | type |
Decoy Protagonist | |
Graceling / int_df410b77 | comment |
Decoy Protagonist: King Randa of the Decoy Villain variety. | |
Graceling / int_df410b77 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_df410b77 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_df410b77 | |
Graceling / int_e195807e | type |
Childhood Marriage Promise | |
Graceling / int_e195807e | comment |
Childhood Marriage Promise: Subverted. Katsa and Raffin were thinking of making one so Raffin could avoid an Arranged Marriage. They don't take it too seriously and laughed about it when they realized it would never work. | |
Graceling / int_e195807e | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
Graceling / int_e195807e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_e195807e | |
Graceling / int_e21faf11 | type |
Friend to All Living Things | |
Graceling / int_e21faf11 | comment |
Friend to All Living Things: Fire loves animals and they love her. It does help that she has mind reading/control powers, so she can sense how they react to her and directly reassure them when needed to. | |
Graceling / int_e21faf11 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_e21faf11 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_e21faf11 | |
Graceling / int_e3b0cd87 | type |
Morality Pet | |
Graceling / int_e3b0cd87 | comment |
Morality Pet: Fire was this to Cansrel. Hanna to Brigan, too, although he's not mean, just cold. | |
Graceling / int_e3b0cd87 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_e3b0cd87 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_e3b0cd87 | |
Graceling / int_e45ce099 | type |
The Wise Prince | |
Graceling / int_e45ce099 | comment |
The Wise Prince: Brigan. | |
Graceling / int_e45ce099 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_e45ce099 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_e45ce099 | |
Graceling / int_e46d8cf0 | type |
100% Adoration Rating | |
Graceling / int_e46d8cf0 | comment |
100% Adoration Rating: The Lienid practically worship their princes, and especially Po. Also Brigan. His soldiers would follow him through seven hells. Leck too. Though not through legitimate means... | |
Graceling / int_e46d8cf0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_e46d8cf0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_e46d8cf0 | |
Graceling / int_e567510d | type |
Determinator | |
Graceling / int_e567510d | comment |
Determinator: Katsa really wants to be the best at everything, whether it's from archery to just racing up the stairs. There's also the bit where she crosses Grella's Pass with Bitterblue in the middle of a blizzard. | |
Graceling / int_e567510d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_e567510d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_e567510d | |
Graceling / int_e63228a7 | type |
InfoDump | |
Graceling / int_e63228a7 | comment |
Info Dump: Every book starts with one, but the degrees vary. | |
Graceling / int_e63228a7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_e63228a7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_e63228a7 | |
Graceling / int_e88e8a8f | type |
Writer on Board | |
Graceling / int_e88e8a8f | comment |
Writer on Board: Katsa's beliefs on marriage and having children. Word of God even admits that some of her beliefs got transferred into the novel. | |
Graceling / int_e88e8a8f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_e88e8a8f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_e88e8a8f | |
Graceling / int_ee7a60e9 | type |
One-Steve Limit | |
Graceling / int_ee7a60e9 | comment |
One Steve Limit: Followed technically, but Nash and Nax are close enough together to be annoying. | |
Graceling / int_ee7a60e9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_ee7a60e9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_ee7a60e9 | |
Graceling / int_eeb4a5eb | type |
Anti-Climax | |
Graceling / int_eeb4a5eb | comment |
Anti-Climax: Katsa's final battle with King Leck involves her killing him with one dagger thrown through his mouth. | |
Graceling / int_eeb4a5eb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_eeb4a5eb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_eeb4a5eb | |
Graceling / int_f231fc12 | type |
I Love You Because I Can't Control You | |
Graceling / int_f231fc12 | comment |
I Love You Because I Can't Control You: Brigan's mind is so disciplined that he can block Fire's powers, which unsettles her, but is also a part of what makes her fall for him. | |
Graceling / int_f231fc12 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_f231fc12 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_f231fc12 | |
Graceling / int_f3d5d15f | type |
Creepy Child | |
Graceling / int_f3d5d15f | comment |
Creepy Child: Leck. | |
Graceling / int_f3d5d15f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_f3d5d15f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_f3d5d15f | |
Graceling / int_f541fb16 | type |
Super Gullible | |
Graceling / int_f541fb16 | comment |
Super Gullible: Everyone when confronted with Leck's Grace for lying. No matter how ridiculous the lie or how far it is from the source, people will still believe him. Po is the only one who can see through it. | |
Graceling / int_f541fb16 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_f541fb16 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_f541fb16 | |
Graceling / int_f69a5d0 | type |
Good People Have Good Sex | |
Graceling / int_f69a5d0 | comment |
Good People Have Good Sex: Katsa and Po. | |
Graceling / int_f69a5d0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_f69a5d0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_f69a5d0 | |
Graceling / int_f85354eb | type |
Attempted Rape | |
Graceling / int_f85354eb | comment |
Attempted Rape: Every book has at least one example. Fire is constantly at risk of this, due to her unnatural beauty. It's implied that Leck's interest in getting Bitterblue back isn't entirely fatherly. When Katsa and Po are staying at an inn in Graceling, Katsa notices a man leering at the inn-keeper's daughter. When they speak to him later that night, he mumbles a comment about protective fathers and locked bedroom doors. | |
Graceling / int_f85354eb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_f85354eb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_f85354eb | |
Graceling / int_f9f2c33 | type |
Running Gag | |
Graceling / int_f9f2c33 | comment |
Running Gag: Katsa "abusing" her horses from overwork. Probably also qualifies as Somewhere an Equestrian is Crying. Seriously, she rides her horses full tilt at night for hours because it's "only" five or six more leagues until they get home and she's too impatient to wait for morning. One of the other characters asks if she is still ruining the horses. | |
Graceling / int_f9f2c33 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_f9f2c33 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_f9f2c33 | |
Graceling / int_fb3576b2 | type |
The Dog Bites Back | |
Graceling / int_fb3576b2 | comment |
The Dog Bites Back: Katsa comments about how Randa knows how to make her feel like a brutal dog. She then tells him how she will kill all of the hundreds of guards he has with him, along with Randa himself. | |
Graceling / int_fb3576b2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_fb3576b2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_fb3576b2 | |
Graceling / int_ff16efbf | type |
HeroesWantRedheads | |
Graceling / int_ff16efbf | comment |
Heroes Want Redheads: Fire. | |
Graceling / int_ff16efbf | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Graceling / int_ff16efbf | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Graceling | hasFeature |
Graceling / int_ff16efbf | |
Graceling / int_ff7f34c5 | type |
Pet the Dog | |
Graceling / int_ff7f34c5 | comment |
Pet the Dog: In Brigan's case, be nice to the monster's horse and replace her broken violin. | |
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