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Lord of Light
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Lord of Light is a 1967 Hugo Award-winning Science Fantasy novel by Roger Zelazny, famously pushing the boundaries of the genre by leaning heavily on the Fantasy aspects.On a far-future Lost Colony, the original crew of the Colony Ship have all somehow gained psychic powers. Using these plus rigorous controls on technology, they have set themselves up as the Gods of Hindu Mythology, and absolute rulers of the world, with Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva at their head. One of the original crew—the man known as Sam—is not satisfied with this state of affairs, and decides to start a rebellion, taking the identity of Buddha.The novel is more-or-less Science Fiction, but relies heavily on Fantasy tropes. Zelazny's follow-up novel, Creatures of Light and Darkness, is almost exactly the opposite, a Fantasy (with Egyptian Gods) full of Science Fiction tropes. Though unrelated, the two works are often considered companion pieces. Lord of Light remains one of Zelazny's most popular and respected works. It also inspired a song by Hawkwind.A film adaption of the book featuring concept art by Jack Kirby was planned in the 1970s, but ran into significant production issues. The script was later retooled into a more original story titled Argo, which suffered similar issues. In 1980, Argo's stagnant production was co-opted by the CIA as part of an operation to rescue a group of American diplomats during the Iran Hostage Crisis; these events were later dramatized in the 2012 Ben Affleck movie of the same name. | |
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Victory Is Boring | |
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Victory Is Boring: Kali/Brahma has this reaction after Sam's death, apparently, as she is willing to switch sides just to keep the conflict going. | |
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Master Swordsman | |
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Master Swordsman: Yama, as well as Rild. | |
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Reincarnated as the Opposite Sex | |
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Reincarnated as the Opposite Sex: The reincarnation machines can allow people to switch genders. Most don't, although Kali does when she becomes the new Brahma, and Helba (the Monarch of Thieves) has switched genders with every incarnation for so long that no one can remember what gender he/she was originally. Old Brahma had done it too. | |
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ManBehindTheMan | |
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Man Behind the Man: Ganesha is behind the Trimurti. | |
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Gone Horribly Right | |
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Gone Horribly Right: The gods permitted Nirriti to take some technology and set up a home base so they could justify their oppressive practices by pointing at an external threat to their regime. But Nirriti quickly expanded his abilities beyond what the gods anticipated and rapidly became an actual threat, rather than just a bogeyman. | |
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Nigh-Invulnerability | |
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Nigh-Invulnerability: Kali treats various vital areas of her "holy executioners" with chemicals that make those areas impervious to harm. | |
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Deal with the Devil | |
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Deal with the Devil: Sam cuts a deal with the Rakasha to get them on his side in his campaign against Heaven. Naturally, they attempt to renege. | |
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Church Militant | |
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Averted with Jan Olvegg, who's gotten very tired with the whole deity business and prefers to use his original title as Captain of the Star of India. Also subverted with Nirriti the Black, who still calls himself Reverend Renfrew. | |
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Energy Beings | |
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Energy Beings: The Rakasha. There were apparently others before them, but the gods wiped them out. | |
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In Medias Res | |
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In Medias Res: Lord of Light begins with Sam’s return from Nirvana (“recovering from the peace which passeth understanding takes time”, p. 15) to which he is exiled after the Battle of Keenset at the end of chapter six. | |
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Earth That Was | |
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Earth That Was: "Lost Urath." | |
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Not in This for Your Revolution | |
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Not in This for Your Revolution: Yama makes it clear he's on Sam's side purely for personal reasons. | |
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Punished with Ugly | |
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Punished with Ugly: Ratri is punished by being given dumpy, elderly bodies that cannot support her using her powers. | |
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Dirty Old Man | |
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Dirty Old Man: Krishna, technically. Later, he becomes a straight example while stranded in an old body. | |
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Beauty Equals Goodness | |
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Beauty Equals Goodness: After his return from Nirvana, Sam gives a speech to this effect to his followers, commenting afterwards that it's very hard to get people stirred up about fighting evil when they are taught that bearing suffering is good for their karma, but that fighting for beauty is an easier sell. | |
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Guile Hero | |
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Guile Hero: Sam has potent powers at his disposal, but prefers to triumph through trickery. | |
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Sophisticated as Hell | |
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Sophisticated as Hell: Characters use the typical Zelaznian style of low slang and high erudition. | |
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Even Evil Has Standards | |
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Even Evil Has Standards: The demonic Rakasha will betray humans at every opportunity, with the sole exception of gambling debts, which they will always honor. This isn't for any ethical reason, it's just because they love gambling and know that if they don't pay up when they lose, no one will play with them any more. | |
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Deity of Human Origin | |
| Lord of Light / int_33179374 | comment |
Deity of Human Origin: This concept is explored in this one. | |
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The World Is Not Ready | |
| Lord of Light / int_3407c500 | comment |
The World Is Not Ready: The antagonists use this as a justification for keeping their vast technology restricted to a tiny portion of the population. The protagonist calls them on it by asking why they've been actively quashing the spontaneous invention of technology. (The excuse given is that people aren't actually inventing tech, they're just rediscovering or back-engineering it based on stories, and the antagonists want them to be original. Or something). Sam calls this out as bullshit as three completely different versions of a printing press were developed at various points only to be suppressed. | |
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Longevity Treatment | |
| Lord of Light / int_342c2ebc | comment |
Longevity Treatment: The so-called "Gods" have mind-transfer technology that they use to reward or punish people. Be good, and you may end up with a bright, shiny new young body. Be bad, and you may end up with the old, worn-out body left by someone who was good. Of course, the Lords of Karma may claim to be a moral authority, but they are actually corrupt, helping the advancement of those who support the existing social order and diminishing those with opposing viewpoints. | |
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Flipping the Bird | |
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Flipping the Bird: implied after Murugan demands a new body from Yama (the groom to be) in honor of Yama's wedding. | |
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Defector from Decadence | |
| Lord of Light / int_38f1a7ed | comment |
Defector from Decadence: Sam, of course, as a deliberate in-universe Buddha Expy, and most of his allies qualify as well. Subverted with Yama. Sam tries to convince him that he's too good for "the crew of drunken body-changers", but ultimately, he's pushed over the edge only because he was ditched by Kali. Also, Nirriti the Black. aka Reverend Renfrew, the Star of India's chaplain who vehemently disagreed with the gods using Hindu Mythology rather than Christianity. His whole plan being to use the technology he managed to bring with him to bring down the heathens, though fully aware of leading monsters himself. | |
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Face Death with Dignity | |
| Lord of Light / int_396e1c2a | comment |
Face Death with Dignity: Renfrew asks for Buddha's blessing as he dies. | |
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Schizo Tech | |
| Lord of Light / int_3c5ae1a1 | comment |
Schizo Tech: Necessary, so that the gods can maintain their "divine" cover when dealing with their followers, who are still living in Medieval Stasis. | |
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Faux Action Girl | |
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Faux Action Girl: Kali, who is the only member of the four gods who raid Hellwell to be injured, only manages to attain victory with the help of her lovers (and a Brown Note-producing scepter Yama gave her), and is handily manipulated by several parties even after becoming the new Brahma. | |
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Woman Scorned | |
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Woman Scorned: Kali brings this to exciting new levels, resulting in (temporary) Death by Woman Scorned for Sam. Gender Flipped, this is Yama's chief motive after Kali leaves him for power. | |
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Elemental Embodiment | |
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Elemental Embodiment: Sam has a ring that gives him control of a bevy of fire elementals, which he won from a Rakasha in a game of craps. | |
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Worthy Opponent | |
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Taraka is utterly dedicated to testing his might against any Worthy Opponents he can find. | |
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Sealed Evil in a Can | |
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Sealed Evil in a Can: When he and the rest of the First conquered the planet, Sam bound the Rakasha inside Hellwell, a specially-created cavern inside a mountain. After he decides to embark on a campaign against Heaven, he releases them to serve in his army. | |
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Combat Pragmatist | |
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Combat Pragmatist: It would be easier to list the characters who aren't. For example, Yama fights Rild, a man who cannot be stabbed or cut. Yama eventually kills him by dragging him into the nearby stream and holding him under. | |
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Animorphism | |
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Animorphism: Having your consciousness transferred into an animal on your next reincarnation is a serious possibility. Tak is punished by being given the body of an ape. Kali voluntarily takes the body of a white tiger to hunt at times. Mention is made of a poet who wrote verses not to the liking of the gods. He was turned into a jack-bird. When Sam comes to the city in order to talk to Brahma, he's warned that people are evaluated for their karma and can be transferred into dogs as punishment; he should be very wary of any strays spying on him. Later, one of the Masters of Karma who was threatened into helping Sam suffers the same fate, howling as he watches his human body be destroyed. | |
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Shock and Awe | |
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Shock and Awe: Sam's power is the ability to redirect electrons, which has a surprising variety of uses, such as calling down lightning or controlling mechanical devices. It's very hard to zap him with an Energy Weapon, because he can turn it off with his mind. Also useful for controlling and binding the Rakasha - a race of Energy Beings. | |
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Rebellious Spirit | |
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Rebellious Spirit: Sam simply isn't content to be one of the world's rulers. | |
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The Nth Doctor | |
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The Nth Doctor: In-universe example: whenever a god dies before he or she can reincarnate, another god takes their place. If no gods are available, a demigod is promoted. | |
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Unwanted Revival | |
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Unwanted Revival: When Sam is brought back from Nirvana, he is pissed that they took 'the ultimate experience' from him. He spends the next several weeks in 'divine withdrawal' leading to him spending a lot of time in quiet contemplation and refusing to engage with the world. Yama, Tak, and Ratri end up scratching their heads trying to find a way to get the former revolutionary leader back into the game. | |
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A God I Am Not | |
| Lord of Light / int_504333fe | comment |
A God I Am Not: Except for Sam (and Jan Olvegg), see the page quote. | |
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Do Not Call Me "Paul" | |
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Do Not Call Me "Paul": Sam seals his fate with the gods when he dares refer to Brahma by his birth name: Madeleine. He also calls Kali by her birth name - Candi Averted with Jan Olvegg, who's gotten very tired with the whole deity business and prefers to use his original title as Captain of the Star of India. Also subverted with Nirriti the Black, who still calls himself Reverend Renfrew. | |
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Our Demons Are Different | |
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Our Demons Are Different: The Rakasha are Energy Beings, and the original inhabitants of the planet. | |
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Cavalry Betrayal | |
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Cavalry Betrayal: Indra and the demigods to Brahma in the end. | |
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Corrupt Church | |
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Corrupt Church: When one goes to apply for reincarnation, how much money one has offered to the various temples is taken into account when determining how one reincarnates. Automated "pray-o-mats" are set up to receive these offerings. Sam fills them with slugs, either for laughs or to introduce a new sin to the locals. | |
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Dark Is Not Evil | |
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Dark Is Not Evil: Nirriti the Black. It becomes clear only near the end of the novel. He remains an antagonist, though. | |
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Deface of the Moon | |
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Deface of the Moon: Sam once mentions the time when Agni burned the face of all three moons with his wand built by Yama. | |
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Really 700 Years Old | |
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Really 700 Years Old: Everybody. Some, however, are older than others, being the Lost Colony's founders. | |
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| Lord of Light / int_5c5ac0e2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light | hasFeature |
Lord of Light / int_5c5ac0e2 | |
| Lord of Light / int_5c91635a | type |
Bare-Handed Blade Block | |
| Lord of Light / int_5c91635a | comment |
Barehanded Blade Block: Yama does this to a telekinetically-driven sword, while armored, and is wounded anyway. | |
| Lord of Light / int_5c91635a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light / int_5c91635a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light | hasFeature |
Lord of Light / int_5c91635a | |
| Lord of Light / int_5ca80293 | type |
Pragmatic Villainy | |
| Lord of Light / int_5ca80293 | comment |
Pragmatic Villainy: The gods chose to exile Sam to Nirvana — meaning beam his mental pattern out into a "magnetic cloud" — because they couldn't kill him. | |
| Lord of Light / int_5ca80293 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light / int_5ca80293 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light | hasFeature |
Lord of Light / int_5ca80293 | |
| Lord of Light / int_5d47a59b | type |
God of Darkness | |
| Lord of Light / int_5d47a59b | comment |
God of Darkness: Ratri is Goddess of the Night and has the power to create darkness. | |
| Lord of Light / int_5d47a59b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light / int_5d47a59b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light | hasFeature |
Lord of Light / int_5d47a59b | |
| Lord of Light / int_5e7eb915 | type |
Clarke's Third Law | |
| Lord of Light / int_5e7eb915 | comment |
Clarke's Third Law: The whole idea of the book is to explore this from the perspective of the people using the sufficiently advanced technology. | |
| Lord of Light / int_5e7eb915 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light / int_5e7eb915 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light | hasFeature |
Lord of Light / int_5e7eb915 | |
| Lord of Light / int_617f0563 | type |
Heel–Face Turn | |
| Lord of Light / int_617f0563 | comment |
Heel–Face Turn: Yama, Ratri, Tak, Kubera, Krishna, and Rild all have them. | |
| Lord of Light / int_617f0563 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light / int_617f0563 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light | hasFeature |
Lord of Light / int_617f0563 | |
| Lord of Light / int_6205320f | type |
Trans Tribulations | |
| Lord of Light / int_6205320f | comment |
Trans Tribulations: The first Brahma was originally a woman named Madeleine, and used the advent of "reincarnation" as an opportunity to become male. He continually frets that the women in his harem may be able to sense that he is "naturally" female. | |
| Lord of Light / int_6205320f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light / int_6205320f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light | hasFeature |
Lord of Light / int_6205320f | |
| Lord of Light / int_627264e0 | type |
Death Glare | |
| Lord of Light / int_627264e0 | comment |
Mara is killed by both the Death Glare and having his neck broken. Combat Pragmatist, indeed. | |
| Lord of Light / int_627264e0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light / int_627264e0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light | hasFeature |
Lord of Light / int_627264e0 | |
| Lord of Light / int_62dda1bc | type |
Gender Flipped | |
| Lord of Light / int_62dda1bc | comment |
Gender Flipped, this is Yama's chief motive after Kali leaves him for power. | |
| Lord of Light / int_62dda1bc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light / int_62dda1bc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light | hasFeature |
Lord of Light / int_62dda1bc | |
| Lord of Light / int_66d13ab9 | type |
Talking in Your Dreams | |
| Lord of Light / int_66d13ab9 | comment |
Talking in Your Dreams: Monks put Yama in a symbolic dream. | |
| Lord of Light / int_66d13ab9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light / int_66d13ab9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light | hasFeature |
Lord of Light / int_66d13ab9 | |
| Lord of Light / int_6a6e2a10 | type |
Don't Call Me "Sir" | |
| Lord of Light / int_6a6e2a10 | comment |
Don't Call Me "Sir": Sam has dozens of titles, but likes none of them. | |
| Lord of Light / int_6a6e2a10 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light / int_6a6e2a10 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light | hasFeature |
Lord of Light / int_6a6e2a10 | |
| Lord of Light / int_6bda9a30 | type |
Meaningful Name | |
| Lord of Light / int_6bda9a30 | comment |
Meaningful Name: Sam's titular role is a reference to Buddha's enlightenment. It's also similar to Lucifer and his revolt against Heaven in Christian mythology. | |
| Lord of Light / int_6bda9a30 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light / int_6bda9a30 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light | hasFeature |
Lord of Light / int_6bda9a30 | |
| Lord of Light / int_6ce78717 | type |
God Couple | |
| Lord of Light / int_6ce78717 | comment |
God Couple: Yama and Kali. It ends badly. | |
| Lord of Light / int_6ce78717 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light / int_6ce78717 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light | hasFeature |
Lord of Light / int_6ce78717 | |
| Lord of Light / int_70638525 | type |
Luke, You Are My Father | |
| Lord of Light / int_70638525 | comment |
Luke, You Are My Father / Your Son All Along / Disappeared Dad: a rather twisty example in Tak, whose original body was originally sired by Sam. Tak himself doubts that Sam knows this and in the end is proven right, and doubts that it makes any difference to either of them. When Sam is being executed for the first time, Tak decides that it does make a difference for him, and tries to save him at the last minute. | |
| Lord of Light / int_70638525 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light / int_70638525 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light | hasFeature |
Lord of Light / int_70638525 | |
| Lord of Light / int_71105dfc | type |
Everybody Smokes | |
| Lord of Light / int_71105dfc | comment |
Everybody Smokes: Quite a number of characters share a cigarette or have a smoke, Yama even fills a pipe which he later throws at someone. It's like most Roger Zelazny stories before he gave up smoking. | |
| Lord of Light / int_71105dfc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light / int_71105dfc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light | hasFeature |
Lord of Light / int_71105dfc | |
| Lord of Light / int_716c0b1b | type |
And the Adventure Continues | |
| Lord of Light / int_716c0b1b | comment |
And the Adventure Continues: The ending implies that Sam went on to have further adventures in the Eastern continent, with Yama probably joining him at some point. | |
| Lord of Light / int_716c0b1b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light / int_716c0b1b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light | hasFeature |
Lord of Light / int_716c0b1b | |
| Lord of Light / int_7270820d | type |
Javelin Thrower | |
| Lord of Light / int_7270820d | comment |
Javelin Thrower: Tak, who has the status of a minor god, wields the Bright Spear, a throwing weapon augmented by super-technology so that, after each use, it vibrates itself clean and then returns to the thrower's hand. | |
| Lord of Light / int_7270820d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light / int_7270820d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light | hasFeature |
Lord of Light / int_7270820d | |
| Lord of Light / int_737a65f4 | type |
The Watson | |
| Lord of Light / int_737a65f4 | comment |
Maya, a young and minor goddess of illusion, mostly introduced as The Watson so Tak can explain to her what Accelerationism is and why he later helps Sam. | |
| Lord of Light / int_737a65f4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light / int_737a65f4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light | hasFeature |
Lord of Light / int_737a65f4 | |
| Lord of Light / int_73f7975f | type |
Jerkass Gods | |
| Lord of Light / int_73f7975f | comment |
Jerkass Gods: Oh, yes. | |
| Lord of Light / int_73f7975f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light / int_73f7975f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light | hasFeature |
Lord of Light / int_73f7975f | |
| Lord of Light / int_76361cf9 | type |
You're Cute When You're Angry | |
| Lord of Light / int_76361cf9 | comment |
You're Cute When You're Angry: Sam infuriates Brahma by saying this to him, and referring to him by his old name— Madeleine. | |
| Lord of Light / int_76361cf9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light / int_76361cf9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light | hasFeature |
Lord of Light / int_76361cf9 | |
| Lord of Light / int_78410584 | type |
She Is Not My Girlfriend | |
| Lord of Light / int_78410584 | comment |
She Is Not My Girlfriend: Rudra, about Kali. | |
| Lord of Light / int_78410584 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light / int_78410584 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light | hasFeature |
Lord of Light / int_78410584 | |
| Lord of Light / int_7919a45b | type |
Duel to the Death | |
| Lord of Light / int_7919a45b | comment |
Duel to the Death: Yama vs Rild, among others. As you might expect, anyone who duels Yama tends to die horribly. Agni also challenges someone to a duel after they insult Kali, killing them horribly. | |
| Lord of Light / int_7919a45b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light / int_7919a45b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light | hasFeature |
Lord of Light / int_7919a45b | |
| Lord of Light / int_7c862b8a | type |
Chronic Backstabbing Disorder | |
| Lord of Light / int_7c862b8a | comment |
Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: Taraka. Even though he's a demon, this always surprises Sam. Ganesha, a number of times. Twice in strategy and once literally. | |
| Lord of Light / int_7c862b8a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light / int_7c862b8a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light | hasFeature |
Lord of Light / int_7c862b8a | |
| Lord of Light / int_80251be3 | type |
How We Got Here | |
| Lord of Light / int_80251be3 | comment |
How We Got Here: After the In Medias Res beginning, the second chapter jumps back to give us the back story. | |
| Lord of Light / int_80251be3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light / int_80251be3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light | hasFeature |
Lord of Light / int_80251be3 | |
| Lord of Light / int_852b3adf | type |
PowerArmor | |
| Lord of Light / int_852b3adf | comment |
Power Armor: Nirriti wears a suit that "fights for him with the strength of many." | |
| Lord of Light / int_852b3adf | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light / int_852b3adf | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light | hasFeature |
Lord of Light / int_852b3adf | |
| Lord of Light / int_85c5db50 | type |
In Love with Your Carnage | |
| Lord of Light / int_85c5db50 | comment |
In Love with Your Carnage: Kali only loves Yama for his Aspect as god of death. When she says she still loves Sam, he says that she probably never loved him, and only loves the days in which they fought together. | |
| Lord of Light / int_85c5db50 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light / int_85c5db50 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light | hasFeature |
Lord of Light / int_85c5db50 | |
| Lord of Light / int_86b21114 | type |
Badass Boast | |
| Lord of Light / int_86b21114 | comment |
Badass Boast: When his allies question his determination, Sam answers them with this: Also: Yama to Mara: | |
| Lord of Light / int_86b21114 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light / int_86b21114 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light | hasFeature |
Lord of Light / int_86b21114 | |
| Lord of Light / int_874176be | type |
Psychic Powers | |
| Lord of Light / int_874176be | comment |
Psychic Powers: The true source of the gods' "Aspect" and "Attributes," honed over centuries of practice. Others also possess them. For example, a group of Buddhist monks at one point waylay Yama by collectively forcing him to sleep and have a symbolic dream. | |
| Lord of Light / int_874176be | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light / int_874176be | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light | hasFeature |
Lord of Light / int_874176be | |
| Lord of Light / int_8774fb47 | type |
Eldritch Abomination | |
| Lord of Light / int_8774fb47 | comment |
Eldritch Abomination: The Mothers of the Terrible Glow are implied to be something like that. | |
| Lord of Light / int_8774fb47 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light / int_8774fb47 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light | hasFeature |
Lord of Light / int_8774fb47 | |
| Lord of Light / int_8871bbd8 | type |
Eye Beams | |
| Lord of Light / int_8871bbd8 | comment |
Yama, being the god of death, can physically affect people with his, as well as just intimidating the hell out of them. He kills Indra and Taraka with it. | |
| Lord of Light / int_8871bbd8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light / int_8871bbd8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light | hasFeature |
Lord of Light / int_8871bbd8 | |
| Lord of Light / int_88965d8d | type |
TricksterArchetype | |
| Lord of Light / int_88965d8d | comment |
Trickster Archetype: Sam is a classic. | |
| Lord of Light / int_88965d8d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light / int_88965d8d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light | hasFeature |
Lord of Light / int_88965d8d | |
| Lord of Light / int_89399ea2 | type |
Fake Nationality | |
| Lord of Light / int_89399ea2 | comment |
Fake Nationality: Invoked. A number of the original ship's crew would seem not to be actually Indian. They have names like Sam, Madeleine, Renfrew, and Jan Olvegg. Apparently the colonists they carried were mostly Indian. | |
| Lord of Light / int_89399ea2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light / int_89399ea2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light | hasFeature |
Lord of Light / int_89399ea2 | |
| Lord of Light / int_8967e17f | type |
Back from the Dead | |
| Lord of Light / int_8967e17f | comment |
Back from the Dead: Sam. Twice—once when executed in Heaven after the battle in Hellwell, once when he is exiled to Nirvana (see above). | |
| Lord of Light / int_8967e17f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light / int_8967e17f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light | hasFeature |
Lord of Light / int_8967e17f | |
| Lord of Light / int_8ba9512b | type |
Our Zombies Are Different | |
| Lord of Light / int_8ba9512b | comment |
Our Zombies Are Different: Nirriti the Black commands legions of organic robots, which are referred to as zombies. | |
| Lord of Light / int_8ba9512b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light / int_8ba9512b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light | hasFeature |
Lord of Light / int_8ba9512b | |
| Lord of Light / int_8e5c28c | type |
Crystal Spires and Togas | |
| Lord of Light / int_8e5c28c | comment |
Crystal Spires And Saris: Heaven in a nutshell. | |
| Lord of Light / int_8e5c28c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light / int_8e5c28c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light | hasFeature |
Lord of Light / int_8e5c28c | |
| Lord of Light / int_8f37b | type |
Medieval Stasis | |
| Lord of Light / int_8f37b | comment |
Medieval Stasis: The gods keep the people of their realm permanently stuck in the Middle Ages, so as to keep them from eventually being able to challenge them. The gods who disagreed with this policy were called Accelerationists, and Sam is the only one left. | |
| Lord of Light / int_8f37b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light / int_8f37b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light | hasFeature |
Lord of Light / int_8f37b | |
| Lord of Light / int_902ff525 | type |
Sdrawkcab Alias | |
| Lord of Light / int_902ff525 | comment |
Sdrawkcab Alias: Mara, the Lord of Illusion, disguises himself as a beggar named "Aram." Yama sees through this ruse. | |
| Lord of Light / int_902ff525 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light / int_902ff525 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light | hasFeature |
Lord of Light / int_902ff525 | |
| Lord of Light / int_906365a2 | type |
Demonic Possession | |
| Lord of Light / int_906365a2 | comment |
Demonic Possession: Taraka, the first and most powerful Rakasha that Sam frees possesses him for a time. | |
| Lord of Light / int_906365a2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light / int_906365a2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light | hasFeature |
Lord of Light / int_906365a2 | |
| Lord of Light / int_90e31482 | type |
Laser-Guided Karma | |
| Lord of Light / int_90e31482 | comment |
When Sam comes to the city in order to talk to Brahma, he's warned that people are evaluated for their karma and can be transferred into dogs as punishment; he should be very wary of any strays spying on him. Later, one of the Masters of Karma who was threatened into helping Sam suffers the same fate, howling as he watches his human body be destroyed. | |
| Lord of Light / int_90e31482 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light / int_90e31482 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light | hasFeature |
Lord of Light / int_90e31482 | |
| Lord of Light / int_9620c3a1 | type |
God-Emperor | |
| Lord of Light / int_9620c3a1 | comment |
God-Emperor: A whole pantheon of them. | |
| Lord of Light / int_9620c3a1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light / int_9620c3a1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light | hasFeature |
Lord of Light / int_9620c3a1 | |
| Lord of Light / int_97522514 | type |
Heel–Face Revolving Door | |
| Lord of Light / int_97522514 | comment |
Heel–Face Revolving Door: Taraka, although for understandable reasons - he is an indigenous being of the planet, after all. Nevertheless, the people he allies with never seem to figure out his whole deal. | |
| Lord of Light / int_97522514 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light / int_97522514 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light | hasFeature |
Lord of Light / int_97522514 | |
| Lord of Light / int_985d6d7f | type |
Master of Illusion | |
| Lord of Light / int_985d6d7f | comment |
Master of Illusion: Mara. Maya, a young and minor goddess of illusion, mostly introduced as The Watson so Tak can explain to her what Accelerationism is and why he later helps Sam. | |
| Lord of Light / int_985d6d7f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light / int_985d6d7f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light | hasFeature |
Lord of Light / int_985d6d7f | |
| Lord of Light / int_9b0f37de | type |
Contemplate Our Navels | |
| Lord of Light / int_9b0f37de | comment |
Contemplate Our Navels: For a time after returning to a physical body, Sam is in 'divine withdrawal' leaving him unwilling to engage with the world. This alarms Yama and the others, who want their old leader back. | |
| Lord of Light / int_9b0f37de | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light / int_9b0f37de | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light | hasFeature |
Lord of Light / int_9b0f37de | |
| Lord of Light / int_9d17b859 | type |
Made of Iron | |
| Lord of Light / int_9d17b859 | comment |
Yama and Rild have one of these fights, since Rild is Made of Iron and Yama is the world's greatest swordsman. | |
| Lord of Light / int_9d17b859 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light / int_9d17b859 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light | hasFeature |
Lord of Light / int_9d17b859 | |
| Lord of Light / int_9ed6761e | type |
Death by Woman Scorned | |
| Lord of Light / int_9ed6761e | comment |
Kali brings this to exciting new levels, resulting in (temporary) Death by Woman Scorned for Sam. | |
| Lord of Light / int_9ed6761e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light / int_9ed6761e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light | hasFeature |
Lord of Light / int_9ed6761e | |
| Lord of Light / int_a181625a | type |
Taking the Veil | |
| Lord of Light / int_a181625a | comment |
Taking the Saffron Robe: While Sam's clear intention is causing trouble, Rild feels an actual vocation to becoming a monk. | |
| Lord of Light / int_a181625a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light / int_a181625a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light | hasFeature |
Lord of Light / int_a181625a | |
| Lord of Light / int_a60f7120 | type |
Physical God | |
| Lord of Light / int_a60f7120 | comment |
Physical God: The pantheon claims to be this, but are actually just well-trained psychics who can Body Surf. | |
| Lord of Light / int_a60f7120 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light / int_a60f7120 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light | hasFeature |
Lord of Light / int_a60f7120 | |
| Lord of Light / int_a679184b | type |
Due to the Dead | |
| Lord of Light / int_a679184b | comment |
Due to the Dead: Yama commands that Mara be buried with the honors befitting a god. | |
| Lord of Light / int_a679184b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light / int_a679184b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light | hasFeature |
Lord of Light / int_a679184b | |
| Lord of Light / int_a9ea3c3c | type |
Warrior Monk | |
| Lord of Light / int_a9ea3c3c | comment |
Warrior Monk: Rild, both before and after his conversion to Buddhism. | |
| Lord of Light / int_a9ea3c3c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light / int_a9ea3c3c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light | hasFeature |
Lord of Light / int_a9ea3c3c | |
| Lord of Light / int_aa4fa3d5 | type |
Ancient Astronauts | |
| Lord of Light / int_aa4fa3d5 | comment |
Ancient Astronauts: And they're human astronauts, at that: the world was colonized by the crew and passengers of a starship, long enough ago that their offworld origins have been largely forgotten by the common people. | |
| Lord of Light / int_aa4fa3d5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light / int_aa4fa3d5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light | hasFeature |
Lord of Light / int_aa4fa3d5 | |
| Lord of Light / int_ab17e948 | type |
Don't Touch It, You Idiot! | |
| Lord of Light / int_ab17e948 | comment |
Don't Touch It, You Idiot!: The door to Hellwell is inscribed with the words: | |
| Lord of Light / int_ab17e948 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light / int_ab17e948 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light | hasFeature |
Lord of Light / int_ab17e948 | |
| Lord of Light / int_abc55125 | type |
Character Filibuster | |
| Lord of Light / int_abc55125 | comment |
Character Filibuster: Sam gets one in almost every chapter. Tak and Yama also get in one each. | |
| Lord of Light / int_abc55125 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light / int_abc55125 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Lord of Light | hasFeature |
Lord of Light / int_abc55125 | |
| Lord of Light / int_b55e8979 | type |
Science Hero | |
| Lord of Light / int_b55e8979 | comment |
Science Hero: Yama, the Death God, becomes this after his Heel–Face Turn. He's personally responsible for almost all the advanced weaponry on both sides of the war. | |
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The Ace | |
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The Ace: Yama is pretty much the best at anything he puts his mind to. | |
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Blood Knight | |
| Lord of Light / int_b7c53a22 | comment |
Kali is also a Blood Knight, bored with peace and missing the battles of the old days. At one point Sam claims she's incapable of loving anyone anymore, only their ability to cause pain and violence. | |
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Love Triangle | |
| Lord of Light / int_b7e0c5ff | comment |
Love Triangle - Yama loves Kali. Kali (in her own unique way) loves Sam. Sam loves his cause, and apparently not much else. | |
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Rage Against the Heavens | |
| Lord of Light / int_b82ca416 | comment |
Rage Against the Heavens: Explicitly so. | |
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Hyper-Competent Sidekick | |
| Lord of Light / int_b89ab683 | comment |
Hyper-Competent Sidekick: Mara seems to be this to Heaven, especially after Yama defects. | |
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Evil Overlord | |
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Evil Overlord: Nirriti the Black is a subversion. A black-clad conqueror who leads legions of The Undead in his quest to Take Over the World, he is actually a Church Militant Christian, and his hordes are Organic Technology robots, not zombies. | |
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Forced Transformation | |
| Lord of Light / int_b97a2fa7 | comment |
Forced Transformation: The gods' favorite means of punishing dissenters in their ranks is to transfer the minds of the offenders into the bodies of animals, instead of people. | |
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Came Back Wrong | |
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Came Back Wrong: Being transferred to a new body after the old one has died causes brain damage. This happens to Brahma/Kali in the final battle. | |
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How Much More Can He Take? | |
| Lord of Light / int_b9abf327 | comment |
How Much More Can He Take?: Yama and Rild have one of these fights, since Rild is Made of Iron and Yama is the world's greatest swordsman. Sam and Kubera play Irish stand-down for very high stakes. | |
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Genius Bruiser | |
| Lord of Light / int_bbf11c0 | comment |
Genius Bruiser: Yama is both the world's greatest swordsman and its greatest scientist. | |
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Deader than Dead | |
| Lord of Light / int_bc1865fb | comment |
Deader than Dead: To forgo reincarnation, or be denied it, is to "die the real death". | |
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Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence | |
| Lord of Light / int_bd2812b5 | comment |
Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence: Sam's exile to Nirvana: his atman is transmitted along self-perpetuating radio-waves. He's not very pleased at being brought back. | |
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Vibroweapon | |
| Lord of Light / int_bd6834a3 | comment |
Vibroweapon: The Bright Spear, which vibrates itself clean of gore. | |
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Mind Probe | |
| Lord of Light / int_bed31639 | comment |
Mind Probe: The gods use these to determine which sins their subjects have committed, and therefore what bodies they are entitled to when they reincarnate. They also use them to weed out those of their own number who might break The Masquerade. | |
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Cool and Unusual Punishment | |
| Lord of Light / int_c007c53 | comment |
Cool and Unusual Punishment: "The curse of the Buddha", inflicted on Taraka as a punishment for possessing Sam. It's guilt—a human feeling, unfamiliar to the Rakasha, which Taraka contracted from Sam's mind. | |
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Path of Inspiration | |
| Lord of Light / int_c011cd29 | comment |
Path of Inspiration: The gods use Hinduism to keep the rabble in line. For that matter, Sam admits that he doesn't believe in Buddhism, and is just using it to drum up followers. | |
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Playing Both Sides | |
| Lord of Light / int_c2d5b652 | comment |
Playing Both Sides: Ganesha, near the end. | |
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Irony | |
| Lord of Light / int_c335b9ec | comment |
Irony: In Hinduism Ganesha is an extremely nice minor god. In this book, Ganesha is the extremely Jerkass power behind the throne. | |
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Spoonerism | |
| Lord of Light / int_c368c3ea | comment |
Spoonerism: The entire purpose of the second chapter is as setup for a single spoonerism. It's "Then the fit hit the Shan", if you were wondering. | |
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Trust Password | |
| Lord of Light / int_cafdaf4e | comment |
Trust Password: Sam reintroduces himself to Jan Olvegg by reciting the first line from the chorus of "It's a Long Way to Tipperary". | |
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Body Backup Drive | |
| Lord of Light / int_cbf07961 | comment |
Body Backup Drive: Everyone who uses the reincarnation machines, although they use breeding tanks to provide new bodies, instead of stealing them. | |
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Shapeshifter Guilt Trip | |
| Lord of Light / int_d4dd2bb5 | comment |
Shapeshifter Guilt Trip: Attempted during Mara's clash with Yama, resulting in Mara's death. | |
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Call a Smeerp a "Rabbit" | |
| Lord of Light / int_d5a84e45 | comment |
Call a Smeerp a "Rabbit": This planet is not Earth, yet the gods have given Earth names to all the flora and fauna. The sole exception is slizzards. | |
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I Have Many Names | |
| Lord of Light / int_d5d976dd | comment |
I Have Many Names: He is Mahasamatman, Siddhartha, Buddha, Kalkin, Maitreya, Tathagatha, the Enlightened One, Binder of Demons, and Lord of Light. But he prefers to drop the "Maha-" and the "-atman" and be called Sam. | |
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Enlightenment Superpowers | |
| Lord of Light / int_d73f1bba | comment |
Enlightenment Superpowers: Essentially the source of everyone's Psychic Powers and thus their alleged godhood. | |
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The Unfettered | |
| Lord of Light / int_d839c530 | comment |
The Unfettered: Sam gets a speech where he explains he will do absolutely anything whatsoever to overthrow the yoke of the gods over the people of the planet. In the end he is even prepared to ally with the gods in order to achieve this goal. | |
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Assimilation Backfire | |
| Lord of Light / int_dac3d8cf | comment |
Assimilation Backfire: When Taraka possesses Sam, he gets more than he bargained for, getting infected with Sam's morality and sense of guilt. | |
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A God Am I | |
| Lord of Light / int_dc1761bd | comment |
A God Am I: The "gods" now honestly believe themselves to be divine. | |
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Lost Colony | |
| Lord of Light / int_e04ffce3 | comment |
Lost Colony: The setting. Earth is described as "lost Urath," although whether this means the book occurs After the End, or it simply means they can't get back to Earth, is left an open question. | |
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Bad Habits | |
| Lord of Light / int_e0fb1d9f | comment |
Bad Habits: Sam privately admits that he's merely posing as the Buddha, and doesn't believe the dogma he preaches. | |
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Our Souls Are Different | |
| Lord of Light / int_e294a0be | comment |
Our Souls Are Different: The atman can be transferred from one body to another, where it begins to slowly reshape the new body to match the original, at least to the point that the old body's Psychic Powers reappear. | |
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Expy | |
| Lord of Light / int_e5421161 | comment |
Sam, of course, as a deliberate in-universe Buddha Expy, and most of his allies qualify as well. | |
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Younger Than They Look | |
| Lord of Light / int_e9db9908 | comment |
Younger Than They Look: Yama's backstory. A Teen Genius, he caused an explosion which mortally wounded him and had to be transferred for the first time to the only body which was available: a middle-aged man. | |
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Dark Messiah | |
| Lord of Light / int_eba911fd | comment |
Dark Messiah: Sam, definitely. | |
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Emperor Scientist | |
| Lord of Light / int_ef603c5 | comment |
Emperor Scientist: All of the gods have Psychic Powers, but it is their incredible technology that allows them to claim divinity and rule. | |
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Psycho Electro | |
| Lord of Light / int_f2bf7993 | comment |
Psycho Electro: The Rakasha, particularly Taraka. | |
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Earn Your Happy Ending | |
| Lord of Light / int_f64a9cf7 | comment |
Earn Your Happy Ending: The final chapter ends with Sam delivering a Breaking Speech to Brahma, and his allies finally toppling the rulership of Heaven at Khaipur, before disappearing to parts unknown. | |
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Anthropomorphic Personification | |
| Lord of Light / int_f76b8969 | comment |
Anthropomorphic Personification: Yama believes that the gods have become truly divine by identifying themselves so thoroughly with a single concept, such as love, war, or death, that they become it. Sam thinks he's full of it. | |
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Sufficiently Advanced Alien | |
| Lord of Light / int_f7b32015 | comment |
Sufficiently Advanced Alien: Actually, sufficiently advanced humans. | |
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Bring My Red Jacket | |
| Lord of Light / int_f8417766 | comment |
Bring My Red Jacket: Yama wears red, though he tends not to be wounded as much as the trope implies. | |
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Distressed Dude | |
| Lord of Light / int_f9e16ef | comment |
Distressed Dude: The book opens with rescuing Sam's mind. | |
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Flashback Stares | |
| Lord of Light / int_fadd79b2 | comment |
Flashback Stares: The extended flashback scene that comprises the main body of the novel is indicated by the sentence "Sam stared ahead, remembering." | |
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Gadgeteer Genius | |
| Lord of Light / int_fbba5e98 | comment |
Gadgeteer Genius: Yama, crossing over with Mad Scientist, and making a brief stop at Science Hero. | |
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