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Rachel Griffin
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Books of Unexpected Enlightenment are a YA book series by L. Jagi Lamplighter (author of the Prospero's Daughter trilogy). Thus far, the book series is made of 5 books: 1) The Unexpected Enlightenment of Rachel Griffin 2) The Raven, The Elf, and Rachel 3) Rachel and the Many-Splendored Dreamland 4) The Awful Truth About Forgetting 5) The Unbearable Heaviness of RememberingThirteen year old Rachel Griffin has been attending the Roanoke Academy for the Sorcerous Arts (a school of magic like no other) for two days before she discovers hints of a world-shattering—or world ending—secret unknown to any of the Wise; meets a princess and a dragon-slaying hero, and saves her friend from being murdered. On day three...It is set in an Alternate History: it appears to be our world, but with magic (a la Dresden Files or Harry Potter), but it soon develops that this is a world where monotheism was a brief historical anomaly. Nonetheless, there are just enough hints of things being awry that we can suspect it is indeed our world, altered. As when Rachel sees a statue of a human with bird wings and is baffled by what it could represent — obviously not a fairy, since the wings are not butterfly ones.Not to be confused with Australian actress, Rachel Griffiths. | |
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MagicalFlautist | |
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Magical Flautist: Rachel initially uses a flute, but soon learns to simply whistle the notes to her spells. | |
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Fangirl | |
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Fangirl: Joy for Nastasia. | |
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Horsemen of the Apocalypse | |
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Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Nastasia sees them threatening a world in a vision. | |
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Rage Against the Reflection | |
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Rage Against the Reflection: Siegfried punches the looking glass when Valerie is questioned under a truth spell. | |
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Unreliable Narrator | |
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Unreliable Narrator: Rachel’s point of view is limited by her age and inexperience—not to mention that there are some things she believes that she flat-out doesn’t know are wrong (such as believing herself to be 1/8th Korean when she is actualy 1/4th). | |
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The Glomp | |
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The Glomp: Joy does this to the too-gracious-to-decline Nastasia at every opportunity. A line from Sakura Suzuki suggests she does it to everybody. | |
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The McCoy | |
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The McCoy: Sigfried | |
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The Spock | |
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The Spock: Rachel's intellect makes her seem to be The Spock, as she is analytical and calm. On the other hand, she is more flexible and results-oriented than Nastasia, making her more of The Kirk. | |
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Senseless Sacrifice | |
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Senseless Sacrifice: In the princess's vision, Vladimir von Dread, Gaius Valiant, and William Locke break into the room where Dr. Moreau is geasing students to kill other students, but are killed almost at once. In Dreamland, Gaius explains to Rachel that her idea for stopping the jet by slamming into the tail, would have required them to be traveling at space shuttle speeds to work. Only her utter ignorance of jets keeps the idea as a whole from being a Stupid Sacrifice. | |
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Royals Who Actually Do Something | |
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Royals Who Actually Do Something: The Romanovs, apparently. Nastasia's older brother Ivan is a member of the student secret service. | |
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Voluntary Shapeshifting | |
Rachel Griffin / int_1fb440a6 | comment |
Voluntary Shapeshifting: The Starkadders, princes of Magical Romania, can turn into wolves. Book 3 reveals that it's actually the opposite: they're wolves who turned into humans. | |
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Crapsack World | |
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Crapsack World: Some villains justify working toward destroying the world on the grounds it's this. (Citing the abuse of children to justify their sacrificing children to end the world — and all those children's lives.) | |
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Good Is Not Nice | |
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Good Is Not Nice: Vladimir's strong determination to help those who need it does not mitigate his pride. | |
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Rachel Griffin / int_22a27b19 | type |
Alpha Bitch | |
Rachel Griffin / int_22a27b19 | comment |
Alpha Bitch: Possibly deconstructed. Nastasia shows a very mild, Proper Lady-infused take on this, by being the (unwilling) head of a devoted (one-girl) Girl Posse, who is silently jealous of Rachel's accomplishments. | |
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Chekhov's Gun | |
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Chekhov's Gun: Rachel’s new wand, inherited from her grandmother, contains three charges of the Eternal Flame. One of them gets used in the finale. | |
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May–December Romance | |
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January-May Romance: Between Rachel (13, but looks younger) and Gaius (16). | |
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Sailor's Ponytail | |
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Sailor's Ponytail: Gaius sports one. | |
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Rachel Griffin / int_25bc8511 | type |
Generation Xerox | |
Rachel Griffin / int_25bc8511 | comment |
Generation Xerox: There are an awful lot of "John" and "Wendy" Darlings, all related to the famous original family. An eavesdropped conversation between Agent Darling and his high-school son reveals that the father hopes his son will take after him in seeking out adventure, even giving him his old Tarnhelm. | |
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Mutual Masquerade | |
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Mutual Masquerade | |
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Apathetic Citizens | |
Rachel Griffin / int_25dc6ef5 | comment |
Apathetic Citizens: Rachel realizes that she and Vladimir von Dread are the only people truly interested in saving the multiverse from ultimate destruction. | |
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Kid Hero | |
Rachel Griffin / int_2673425b | comment |
Kid Hero: Sigfried Smith, dragonslayer, is an in-universe version of this. | |
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Blood Magic | |
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Blood Magic: Thaumaturgy requires animal sacrifice. | |
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Offing the Offspring | |
Rachel Griffin / int_27ab0123 | comment |
Offing the Offspring: Parental participation is required in the child sacrifice. There's also a king who executes two sons, admittedly for capital crimes; their sister merely wishes he hadn't made them watch. | |
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Extremely Short Timespan | |
Rachel Griffin / int_281de59f | comment |
Extremely Short Timespan: The Unexpected Enlightenment takes place over the first five days of Rachel's first school year. And the series is currently planned to last until she graduates. | |
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Disappeared Dad | |
Rachel Griffin / int_28cd01ca | comment |
Disappeared Dad: Valerie Foxx's father, a detective, vanished before the series begins. The second book reveals that he had been seen talking to the Big Bad the day before. Zoe Foster's father is shown to have become more distant to her as she grew up. | |
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Speak of the Devil | |
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Speak of the Devil: Rachel is interrupted in the middle of recounting the story of a demon summoning so she won't. | |
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The Cavalry Arrives Late | |
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The Cavalry Arrives Late: Finn MacDannan arrives just after Rachel has managed to shut down Azrael. | |
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Shipper on Deck | |
Rachel Griffin / int_31da1e24 | comment |
Shipper on Deck: Rachel ships Prince Ivan of Magical Australia/Her sister Laurel; but over the course of the second book, stops shipping Nastasia/Vladimir Von Dread. In the third, she learns Vladimir wants to marry her sister Sandra and ships them. | |
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Super Window Jump | |
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Super Window Jump: When Rachel can't open a window with magic and is forced to crash through it. | |
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Magical Weapon | |
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Magical Weapon: A magical whip is used offensively, with deadly results. | |
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Rachel Griffin / int_370aad9 | type |
Split Personality | |
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Split Personality: Juma O'Malley's mother has a Superpowered Evil Side, Serena—who is The Dragon to the Big Bad. | |
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Not a Game | |
Rachel Griffin / int_37daf5c5 | comment |
Not a Game: Used by Zoe to complain of Nastasia's rigid rule-keeping; they are not playing a game of D&D and the princess is not Lawful Goodinvoked. | |
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Food Chains | |
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Food Chains: Downplayed. Conjured — and possibly dream — food vanishes twenty-four hours later, giving you cramps, and of course, not nourishing you. also Illondria specifically assures Rachel that her tea will not cause a distaste for mortal food. | |
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Amazon Chaser | |
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Amazon Chaser: Sigfried asks Valerie out immediately after she demonstrates the correct way to wear and draw a Bowie knife. Gaius is also extremely impressed when he learns about Rachel recovering from a broomstick crash and paralyzing her opponent on the way down. | |
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Gold and White Are Divine | |
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Gold and White Are Divine: The colors of the Eternal Flame, which is guarded by the Vestal Virgin and harms only the wicked. | |
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Virgin Power | |
Rachel Griffin / int_3d1fbeb3 | comment |
Virgin Power: The Vestal Virgins must preserve the Eternal Flame. | |
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First-Name Basis | |
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First-Name Basis: Rachel asks if she can call von Dread, "Vlad." | |
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Unicorn | |
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Unicorn: Rachel encounters one in Dreamland. It later proves to have the power to change shapes. | |
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Woman Scorned | |
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Woman Scorned: discussed: one character's grandmother talked about Odin as if she had been scorned by him. | |
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Mysterious Past | |
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Mysterious Past: Rachel realizes that Cassandra March, the only created person to become fully real (a process which involves being exposed to moonlight, every month of the year, for eight years), resembles her mother both physically, in stress-coping mechanisms and in their perfect recall. | |
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Stupid Sacrifice | |
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In Dreamland, Gaius explains to Rachel that her idea for stopping the jet by slamming into the tail, would have required them to be traveling at space shuttle speeds to work. Only her utter ignorance of jets keeps the idea as a whole from being a Stupid Sacrifice. | |
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Female Gaze | |
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Female Gaze: Rachel falls into the tween version of this occasionally. | |
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Exact Eavesdropping | |
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Exact Eavesdropping: Justified, as the heroes are using magic to assist them. | |
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Tricked Out Time | |
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Tricked Out Time: The Raven uses this once to change something as minimal as possible. | |
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Would Hurt a Child | |
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Would Hurt a Child: Serena O’Malley. the evil personality of Juma O’Malley’s mother, she is willing to murder friends and slaughter children—including her own son, while he’s screaming and pleading with her to wake up to her “good� self. | |
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Weather Manipulation | |
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Weather Manipulation: use to ensure moonlight when the moon is full. | |
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Big Good | |
Rachel Griffin / int_4a852458 | comment |
Big Good: Vladimir von Dread appears to be, within the campus sphere. Jariel is one for the world as a whole. | |
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Animorphism | |
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Animorphism: Zoe's uncle was turned into a sea turtle once; Gaius gets turned into a shee—a ram, and Kenneth Hunt was turned into a goose. | |
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Great Big Library of Everything | |
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Great Big Library of Everything: The Library of all Worlds. Rachel is assured she can found it. | |
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Clap Your Hands If You Believe | |
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Clap Your Hands If You Believe: People's belief that the universe is a stable, logical place is part of the Wall that protects the universe from dissolution. | |
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Wham Line | |
Rachel Griffin / int_4e7c4536 | comment |
Wham Line: In Unexpected Enlightenment: In The Raven, The Elf, and Rachel: In Rachel and the Many-Splendoured Dreamland: | |
Rachel Griffin / int_4e7c4536 | featureApplicability |
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Rachel Griffin | hasFeature |
Rachel Griffin / int_4e7c4536 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_4fb4e029 | type |
Dream Land | |
Rachel Griffin / int_4fb4e029 | comment |
Dreamland: Rachel and her friends spend a lot of time in one, hopping about and (both in and out of it) working out how it works. | |
Rachel Griffin / int_4fb4e029 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_4fb4e029 | featureConfidence |
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Rachel Griffin | hasFeature |
Rachel Griffin / int_4fb4e029 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_511728ae | type |
Magic Versus Science | |
Rachel Griffin / int_511728ae | comment |
Magic Versus Science: they conflict. Too much magic stops tech. Too much tech stops magic. Unusally, research is going on to overcome the limitation. | |
Rachel Griffin / int_511728ae | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_511728ae | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin | hasFeature |
Rachel Griffin / int_511728ae | |
Rachel Griffin / int_575fd5e2 | type |
Dark Is Not Evil | |
Rachel Griffin / int_575fd5e2 | comment |
Dark Is Not Evil: The Raven turns out to be good, if stern. | |
Rachel Griffin / int_575fd5e2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_575fd5e2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin | hasFeature |
Rachel Griffin / int_575fd5e2 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_5989e3b6 | type |
Enemy Mine | |
Rachel Griffin / int_5989e3b6 | comment |
Enemy Mine: In the princess's vision of the Saracen knights and paladins — foes in the Matter of France — standing against the threat to their world. They stand in two groups, with an ogre between them. | |
Rachel Griffin / int_5989e3b6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_5989e3b6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin | hasFeature |
Rachel Griffin / int_5989e3b6 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_5a75677c | type |
He's Just Hiding | |
Rachel Griffin / int_5a75677c | comment |
He's Just Hiding: In-Universe. Enoch Smythwick, the student who had seemingly made a Heroic Sacrifice in the previous book, is revealed to have survived but been concealed in case of further reprisals. At least, that was what had happened after the Reality Warper was done with it. . . . | |
Rachel Griffin / int_5a75677c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_5a75677c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin | hasFeature |
Rachel Griffin / int_5a75677c | |
Rachel Griffin / int_5b47c8c7 | type |
Magic Mirror | |
Rachel Griffin / int_5b47c8c7 | comment |
Magic Mirror: Siegfried has an amulet that functions somewhat like this, allowing him to see in all directions and through walls. Actual mirrors appear, having been enchanted for all sort of magic. Including as portals — Rachel points out that a descendant of Alice in Wonderland is at the school. | |
Rachel Griffin / int_5b47c8c7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_5b47c8c7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin | hasFeature |
Rachel Griffin / int_5b47c8c7 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_5b6e57e | type |
Required Secondary Powers | |
Rachel Griffin / int_5b6e57e | comment |
Required Secondary Powers: Rachel, who has perfect recall, receives a gift that prevents her memory/mind from being tampered with at all, rendering her completely immune from Obscurations — and geasses. | |
Rachel Griffin / int_5b6e57e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_5b6e57e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin | hasFeature |
Rachel Griffin / int_5b6e57e | |
Rachel Griffin / int_5cc04812 | type |
Fainting Seer | |
Rachel Griffin / int_5cc04812 | comment |
Fainting Seer: Nastasia. Xandra Black, also known as "Flops Over Dead Chick" is acerbically happy to see this happening to someone else, for once. | |
Rachel Griffin / int_5cc04812 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_5cc04812 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin | hasFeature |
Rachel Griffin / int_5cc04812 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_5eb81651 | type |
SchoolNewsPaperNewsHound | |
Rachel Griffin / int_5eb81651 | comment |
School Newspaper News Hound: As cover for investigating a murder attempt—on herself. | |
Rachel Griffin / int_5eb81651 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_5eb81651 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin | hasFeature |
Rachel Griffin / int_5eb81651 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_5f52cfcf | type |
Intrepid Reporter | |
Rachel Griffin / int_5f52cfcf | comment |
Intrepid Reporter: Valerie Hunt (formerly Foxx), Fearless Girl Reporter! School Newspaper News Hound: As cover for investigating a murder attempt—on herself. | |
Rachel Griffin / int_5f52cfcf | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_5f52cfcf | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin | hasFeature |
Rachel Griffin / int_5f52cfcf | |
Rachel Griffin / int_5fb5dad8 | type |
Royal Blood | |
Rachel Griffin / int_5fb5dad8 | comment |
Royal Blood: Royalty has significant ties to magic. | |
Rachel Griffin / int_5fb5dad8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_5fb5dad8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin | hasFeature |
Rachel Griffin / int_5fb5dad8 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_5ff8fb1d | type |
Big Man on Campus | |
Rachel Griffin / int_5ff8fb1d | comment |
Big Man on Campus: Vladimir Von Dread, Gaius Valiant. | |
Rachel Griffin / int_5ff8fb1d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_5ff8fb1d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin | hasFeature |
Rachel Griffin / int_5ff8fb1d | |
Rachel Griffin / int_60fa92ac | type |
Names to Run Away from Really Fast | |
Rachel Griffin / int_60fa92ac | comment |
Names to Run Away from Really Fast: Vladimir Von Dread (which is lampshaded: another character remarks she's always thought it was pronounced "Dreed"). Dr. Mordeau. | |
Rachel Griffin / int_60fa92ac | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_60fa92ac | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin | hasFeature |
Rachel Griffin / int_60fa92ac | |
Rachel Griffin / int_6439de78 | type |
Heroic Sacrifice | |
Rachel Griffin / int_6439de78 | comment |
Heroic Sacrifice: Performing one means that your ghost will retain free will. The musicians on the Titanic who went on playing to help keep calm is recounted at a significant point. Despite knowing that she will die if another person finds out her identity, Illondria meets with and helps Zoe, which contributes to her death several chapters later. | |
Rachel Griffin / int_6439de78 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_6439de78 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin | hasFeature |
Rachel Griffin / int_6439de78 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_6500e9cc | type |
Fighting from the Inside | |
Rachel Griffin / int_6500e9cc | comment |
Fighting from the Inside: People under a geas can usually do this. However, a new kind of geas has been invented in which the geassed person may not be aware of their compulsions, and thus unable to fight back. | |
Rachel Griffin / int_6500e9cc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_6500e9cc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin | hasFeature |
Rachel Griffin / int_6500e9cc | |
Rachel Griffin / int_66479d0 | type |
Our Ghosts Are Different | |
Rachel Griffin / int_66479d0 | comment |
Our Ghosts Are Different: The reason given in story is that ghosts fear death too much, but others seemed to bound by Unfinished Business — a wide variety of it. They also range from could pass for human were it not for the glow and the translucency, to "a collection of mist and dried leaves blowing in the shape of a woman". It appears that the more aware you are that you are dead, and the more heroic your motive to be a ghost, the more human. | |
Rachel Griffin / int_66479d0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Rachel Griffin | hasFeature |
Rachel Griffin / int_66479d0 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_6a6c1f35 | type |
The Power of Rock | |
Rachel Griffin / int_6a6c1f35 | comment |
The Power of Rock: Finn MacDannan combines it with Magic Music. | |
Rachel Griffin / int_6a6c1f35 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_6a6c1f35 | featureConfidence |
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Rachel Griffin | hasFeature |
Rachel Griffin / int_6a6c1f35 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_6d7026fa | type |
Punny Name | |
Rachel Griffin / int_6d7026fa | comment |
Punny Name: Penny Royal, girl detective. | |
Rachel Griffin / int_6d7026fa | featureApplicability |
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Rachel Griffin / int_6d7026fa | featureConfidence |
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Rachel Griffin | hasFeature |
Rachel Griffin / int_6d7026fa | |
Rachel Griffin / int_6d786f8e | type |
Stock Unsolved Mysteries | |
Rachel Griffin / int_6d786f8e | comment |
Stock Unsolved Mysteries: Takes place on Roanoke Island | |
Rachel Griffin / int_6d786f8e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Rachel Griffin | hasFeature |
Rachel Griffin / int_6d786f8e | |
Rachel Griffin / int_6fb5cb83 | type |
I Gave My Word | |
Rachel Griffin / int_6fb5cb83 | comment |
I Gave My Word: Rachel carefully manipulates one incident to avoid this, so she won't have to break it. | |
Rachel Griffin / int_6fb5cb83 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_6fb5cb83 | featureConfidence |
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Rachel Griffin | hasFeature |
Rachel Griffin / int_6fb5cb83 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_7095c87e | type |
TheMasquerade | |
Rachel Griffin / int_7095c87e | comment |
The Masquerade: discussed and examined. It takes one of the protagonists to ask the obvious question: if the World of the Wise uses obscurations and Laser-Guided Amnesia to hide from the mundane world, what protects the same thing from happening to them? Mutual Masquerade | |
Rachel Griffin / int_7095c87e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_7095c87e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin | hasFeature |
Rachel Griffin / int_7095c87e | |
Rachel Griffin / int_716c0b1b | type |
And the Adventure Continues | |
Rachel Griffin / int_716c0b1b | comment |
And the Adventure Continues: Due to being the first book in a series, Unexpected Enlightenment ends rather abruptly, with several secondary plots only partially resolved. The Raven, the Elf, and Rachel continues immediately after. | |
Rachel Griffin / int_716c0b1b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_716c0b1b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin | hasFeature |
Rachel Griffin / int_716c0b1b | |
Rachel Griffin / int_72e54916 | type |
Retired Monster | |
Rachel Griffin / int_72e54916 | comment |
Retired Monster: Book 3 reveals Magdalene Chase was formerly a lamia. | |
Rachel Griffin / int_72e54916 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_72e54916 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin | hasFeature |
Rachel Griffin / int_72e54916 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_78540917 | type |
Like Brother and Sister | |
Rachel Griffin / int_78540917 | comment |
Like Brother and Sister: Rachel and Siegfried. | |
Rachel Griffin / int_78540917 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_78540917 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin | hasFeature |
Rachel Griffin / int_78540917 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_7969f21e | type |
No One Gets Left Behind | |
Rachel Griffin / int_7969f21e | comment |
No One Gets Left Behind: If you fall out of Dreamland into a foreign country, all but one of you could escape in the dreams if one of you fell asleep, but the dreamer could not, so it's not feasible. | |
Rachel Griffin / int_7969f21e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Rachel Griffin | hasFeature |
Rachel Griffin / int_7969f21e | |
Rachel Griffin / int_7a82c3d2 | type |
All Love Is Unrequited | |
Rachel Griffin / int_7a82c3d2 | comment |
All Love Is Unrequited: Zoe and Joy to Sigfried. | |
Rachel Griffin / int_7a82c3d2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_7a82c3d2 | featureConfidence |
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Rachel Griffin | hasFeature |
Rachel Griffin / int_7a82c3d2 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_7dbd52b8 | type |
Light Is Good | |
Rachel Griffin / int_7dbd52b8 | comment |
Light Is Good: At one point, things are changed for the better in Dreamland by using a camera's flash. | |
Rachel Griffin / int_7dbd52b8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_7dbd52b8 | featureConfidence |
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Rachel Griffin | hasFeature |
Rachel Griffin / int_7dbd52b8 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_7ea8f5ce | type |
Knight in Shining Armor | |
Rachel Griffin / int_7ea8f5ce | comment |
Knight in Shining Armor: Nastasia sees two bands of them in one vision; since a third party calls them "paladins" and "Saracens" presumably they come from the Matter of France. | |
Rachel Griffin / int_7ea8f5ce | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_7ea8f5ce | featureConfidence |
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Rachel Griffin | hasFeature |
Rachel Griffin / int_7ea8f5ce | |
Rachel Griffin / int_7fbb2a3 | type |
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! | |
Rachel Griffin / int_7fbb2a3 | comment |
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Rachel's actions result in her father losing his memory and his position in the Shadow Agency. | |
Rachel Griffin / int_7fbb2a3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_7fbb2a3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin | hasFeature |
Rachel Griffin / int_7fbb2a3 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_7fe13577 | type |
Villainous Widow's Peak | |
Rachel Griffin / int_7fe13577 | comment |
Villainous Widow's Peak: Dr. Mordeau. | |
Rachel Griffin / int_7fe13577 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_7fe13577 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin | hasFeature |
Rachel Griffin / int_7fe13577 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_80621707 | type |
Arranged Marriage | |
Rachel Griffin / int_80621707 | comment |
Arranged Marriage: Nastasia expects one, with perfect equanimity. | |
Rachel Griffin / int_80621707 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_80621707 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin | hasFeature |
Rachel Griffin / int_80621707 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_8151ec48 | type |
Driving Question | |
Rachel Griffin / int_8151ec48 | comment |
Driving Question: The Unexpected Enlightenment: Who or what is the Raven? What does the winged statue in the forest represent? (And for the reader: what happened to monotheism?. The Raven, The Elf, and Rachel: How many worlds are there? How are people drawn or transferred between them? Who is causing them to be destroyed? Rachel and the Many-Splendored Dreamland: What is the nature of the being the villains are trying to summon? And other details of what they are doing. | |
Rachel Griffin / int_8151ec48 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Rachel Griffin | hasFeature |
Rachel Griffin / int_8151ec48 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_82518cf7 | type |
Motor Mouth | |
Rachel Griffin / int_82518cf7 | comment |
Motor Mouth: Sigfriend Smith. | |
Rachel Griffin / int_82518cf7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_82518cf7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin | hasFeature |
Rachel Griffin / int_82518cf7 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_8269c61 | type |
TheLadysFavor | |
Rachel Griffin / int_8269c61 | comment |
The Lady's Favor: Valerie gives Sigfried a knife as a token. | |
Rachel Griffin / int_8269c61 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_8269c61 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin | hasFeature |
Rachel Griffin / int_8269c61 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_8404a0f3 | type |
Amnesiac Dissonance | |
Rachel Griffin / int_8404a0f3 | comment |
Amnesiac Dissonance: People losing their memories is a large part of the series as a whole. Rachel herself has to deal with a similar condition in book 4. | |
Rachel Griffin / int_8404a0f3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_8404a0f3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin | hasFeature |
Rachel Griffin / int_8404a0f3 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_84df0713 | type |
ForgotICouldFly | |
Rachel Griffin / int_84df0713 | comment |
Forgot I Could Fly: In the climax of The Raven, the Elf, and Rachel, Sigfried starts to charge into battle with his Bowie knife, then stops and remembers he knows magic. | |
Rachel Griffin / int_84df0713 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_84df0713 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin | hasFeature |
Rachel Griffin / int_84df0713 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_857d1626 | type |
Power Glows | |
Rachel Griffin / int_857d1626 | comment |
Power Glows: Spells produce glows and sparks. | |
Rachel Griffin / int_857d1626 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_857d1626 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin | hasFeature |
Rachel Griffin / int_857d1626 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_859bbabc | type |
The Cassandra | |
Rachel Griffin / int_859bbabc | comment |
Xandra Black, also known as "Flops Over Dead Chick" is acerbically happy to see this happening to someone else, for once. | |
Rachel Griffin / int_859bbabc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_859bbabc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin | hasFeature |
Rachel Griffin / int_859bbabc | |
Rachel Griffin / int_864009e9 | type |
Pirate Booty | |
Rachel Griffin / int_864009e9 | comment |
Pirate Booty: Rachel is told where to find some when she needs treasure. It stems from a pirate wreck, not burial. | |
Rachel Griffin / int_864009e9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_864009e9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin | hasFeature |
Rachel Griffin / int_864009e9 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_868409c | type |
Broken Pedestal | |
Rachel Griffin / int_868409c | comment |
Broken Pedestal: Rachel's grandparents: her grandmother was a Vestal Virgin who broke her vows, and her grandfather enabled it. | |
Rachel Griffin / int_868409c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Rachel Griffin | hasFeature |
Rachel Griffin / int_868409c | |
Rachel Griffin / int_86b21114 | type |
Badass Boast | |
Rachel Griffin / int_86b21114 | comment |
Badass Boast: "So swears Dread!" Unfortunately, this is immediately skewered by Rachel and Sigfried, who were eavesdropping: "So swears Griffin!" "So swears Smith!" Vlad drops one in the fourth book: "You are weak. Do not make me remember that I am not." | |
Rachel Griffin / int_86b21114 | featureApplicability |
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Rachel Griffin / int_86b21114 | featureConfidence |
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Rachel Griffin | hasFeature |
Rachel Griffin / int_86b21114 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_88933ad4 | type |
Parental Favoritism | |
Rachel Griffin / int_88933ad4 | comment |
Parental Favoritism: The Griffins. Rachel was her grandfather's favorite, older sister Sandra her father's. Brother Peter is her mother's favorite. | |
Rachel Griffin / int_88933ad4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_88933ad4 | featureConfidence |
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Rachel Griffin | hasFeature |
Rachel Griffin / int_88933ad4 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_89631688 | type |
The Chosen One | |
Rachel Griffin / int_89631688 | comment |
The Chosen One: Joy and Nastasia are (perhaps) the subjects of a prophecy. Book 3 reveals that Nastasia and Sigfried are two (out of seven) Keybearers. | |
Rachel Griffin / int_89631688 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_89631688 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin | hasFeature |
Rachel Griffin / int_89631688 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_8984e5d1 | type |
Commonality Connection | |
Rachel Griffin / int_8984e5d1 | comment |
Commonality Connection: Both Gaius and Rachel got to start the school a year early. | |
Rachel Griffin / int_8984e5d1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_8984e5d1 | featureConfidence |
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Rachel Griffin | hasFeature |
Rachel Griffin / int_8984e5d1 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_8e3f54c | type |
Spare to the Throne | |
Rachel Griffin / int_8e3f54c | comment |
Spare to the Throne: discussed — as a duke and duchess, Rachel's parents should have an heir and a spare — but have only the heir, and three "useless" girls. | |
Rachel Griffin / int_8e3f54c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_8e3f54c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin | hasFeature |
Rachel Griffin / int_8e3f54c | |
Rachel Griffin / int_90328f91 | type |
Unscrupulous Hero | |
Rachel Griffin / int_90328f91 | comment |
Unscrupulous Hero: Sigfried, entirely. Rachel is developing into one, as she believes that the occasional ruthlessness, or mild lie, can be a useful thing. | |
Rachel Griffin / int_90328f91 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_90328f91 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin | hasFeature |
Rachel Griffin / int_90328f91 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_91672d3e | type |
Children Are Innocent | |
Rachel Griffin / int_91672d3e | comment |
Children Are Innocent: It ads a particular horror to fighting animated skeletons that they are all those of babies. | |
Rachel Griffin / int_91672d3e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_91672d3e | featureConfidence |
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Rachel Griffin | hasFeature |
Rachel Griffin / int_91672d3e | |
Rachel Griffin / int_91e894b4 | type |
Apocalypse How | |
Rachel Griffin / int_91e894b4 | comment |
Apocalypse How: Book one hints at a Class 5 or 6—planetary extinction or destruction. Book two implies a danger of Class Z, omniversal annihilation. | |
Rachel Griffin / int_91e894b4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_91e894b4 | featureConfidence |
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Rachel Griffin | hasFeature |
Rachel Griffin / int_91e894b4 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_94e4c8ab | type |
Betty and Veronica | |
Rachel Griffin / int_94e4c8ab | comment |
Betty and Veronica: No sooner than Rachel starts to date Gaius than she starts to notice how attractive Vladimir is, despite being arrogant and dictatorial. | |
Rachel Griffin / int_94e4c8ab | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_94e4c8ab | featureConfidence |
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Rachel Griffin | hasFeature |
Rachel Griffin / int_94e4c8ab | |
Rachel Griffin / int_96144372 | type |
Aristocrats Are Evil | |
Rachel Griffin / int_96144372 | comment |
Aristocrats Are Evil: In the Knights of Walpurgis, Rachel notes that a lot of the members come from good — noble — Blue Blooded families with dicey reputations. | |
Rachel Griffin / int_96144372 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_96144372 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin | hasFeature |
Rachel Griffin / int_96144372 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_9637893b | type |
Schrödinger's Butterfly | |
Rachel Griffin / int_9637893b | comment |
Schrödinger's Butterfly: Sigfried refuses to trust what the Wise tell them. If the Wise tampered with the Unwary, they could likewise be tampered with. | |
Rachel Griffin / int_9637893b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_9637893b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin | hasFeature |
Rachel Griffin / int_9637893b | |
Rachel Griffin / int_970c790a | type |
Big Bad | |
Rachel Griffin / int_970c790a | comment |
Big Bad: Rachel learns of the existence of one in book four. | |
Rachel Griffin / int_970c790a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_970c790a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Rachel Griffin | hasFeature |
Rachel Griffin / int_970c790a | |
Rachel Griffin / int_99a7aa94 | type |
Seven Deadly Sins | |
Rachel Griffin / int_99a7aa94 | comment |
Seven Deadly Sins: the children are told that demons are often obsessed with one, which can be an exploitable flaw. | |
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Rachel Griffin / int_9dd2cbc2 | type |
CloudCuckooLander | |
Rachel Griffin / int_9dd2cbc2 | comment |
Cloud Cuckoo Lander: Nastasia's father, the king of Magical Australia, is described as an extreme example of this by his children. Rachel, when she gets a chance to observe him, thinks that he is instead someone with a very twisted sense of humor. | |
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Rachel Griffin / int_9dd2cbc2 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_9e2c893 | type |
Black Magic | |
Rachel Griffin / int_9e2c893 | comment |
Black Magic: Thaumaturgy does not sacrifice human beings. Doing that is black magic. | |
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Rachel Griffin / int_9e2c893 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_9fb5d589 | type |
Not Now, Kiddo | |
Rachel Griffin / int_9fb5d589 | comment |
Not Now, Kiddo: Sterling example: Rachel knows the keyword to bind Azrael, the demon possessing Mortimer Egg. When she tries to tell her sister Sandra this, Sandra turns around and jinxes her voice so Rachel can't distract her from the fight. In book 4, Rachel confronts her father about this issue. | |
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Rachel Griffin / int_9fb5d589 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_a0bb0b37 | type |
Knight Templar Big Brother | |
Rachel Griffin / int_a0bb0b37 | comment |
Knight Templar Big Brother: Peter to Rachel, when he learns of Gaius. Vladimir von Dread also has shades of this, when he orders Gaius to leave Rachel alone. | |
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Rachel Griffin / int_a0bb0b37 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_a19679c5 | type |
Never Was This Universe | |
Rachel Griffin / int_a19679c5 | comment |
Never Was This Universe: Lots of history differs. Until we realize a Reality Warper is on the job. | |
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Rachel Griffin / int_a19679c5 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_a2484b0e | type |
The Beautiful Elite | |
Rachel Griffin / int_a2484b0e | comment |
The Beautiful Elite: Most of the students, being of supernatural descent, are gorgeous (though some are stunningly ugly). A theory is that it's because they are often descended from gods or elves. (or trolls). | |
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Rachel Griffin / int_a2484b0e | |
Rachel Griffin / int_a679184b | type |
Due to the Dead | |
Rachel Griffin / int_a679184b | comment |
Due to the Dead: Halloween is filled with death-honoring rituals. Also, Gaius tells a ghost, one of the musicians of the Titanic, about the monument raised in their honor, and he is pleased and honored by it. | |
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Rachel Griffin / int_a679184b | |
Rachel Griffin / int_a78753d5 | type |
Lady and Knight | |
Rachel Griffin / int_a78753d5 | comment |
Lady and Knight: Sigfried swears fealty to, and is "knighted" by Nastasia. | |
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Rachel Griffin / int_a78753d5 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_a8c9ac97 | type |
Lunacy | |
Rachel Griffin / int_a8c9ac97 | comment |
Lunacy: Moonlight is necessary for degossamerization— making certain spells permanent. It takes thirteen months for semi-permanence and a full eight years for actual, real permanence. Book 4 mentions that some people have therefore become suspicious as to how Ouroboros Industries manages to produce industrial quantities of permanent, conjured items. | |
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Rachel Griffin / int_a8c9ac97 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_a939d96a | type |
Adults Are Useless | |
Rachel Griffin / int_a939d96a | comment |
Adults Are Useless: The adults in the school are useful for helping you get to the infirmary after you've been Baleful Polymorphed by bullies, but not for helping you get rid of an invisible wraith feeding on one of the students, and they are all prone to giving stupid orders to the heroes, such as "stay here quietly while we fight off the bad guys." In The Raven, the Elf, and Rachel, none of the adults are willing to share information, and are alternately demanding whatever Rachel and her friends do know, and completely dismissing them. Even the adults who had had to save the world as adolescents. Gaius gives as reason for his loyalty to von Dread that he is less incompetent and more interested in the wellbeing of the students than any of the teachers. Rachel, seeking help for Magdalene, appeals not to the teachers or any other adult, but to von Dread. | |
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Rachel Griffin / int_a939d96a | |
Rachel Griffin / int_abe4d7b | type |
Blue Blood | |
Rachel Griffin / int_abe4d7b | comment |
Blue Blood: Rachel's father is a duke. She is, indeed, as close to the royals as she could be without having royal blood. | |
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Rachel Griffin / int_abe4d7b | |
Rachel Griffin / int_ac4ac8e5 | type |
Idiosyncratic Episode Naming | |
Rachel Griffin / int_ac4ac8e5 | comment |
Idiosyncratic Episode Naming: Most of the chapters follow the template The (adjective) (noun) of (something). Like "The Unexpected Benefits of Remembering" or "The Awkward Rescue of Valerie Foxx". | |
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Rachel Griffin / int_ac4ac8e5 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_af11866 | type |
Wizarding School | |
Rachel Griffin / int_af11866 | comment |
Wizarding School: The only one in the world to teach every school of magic. | |
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Rachel Griffin / int_af11866 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_b11ac9f5 | type |
Abusive Parents | |
Rachel Griffin / int_b11ac9f5 | comment |
Abusive Parents: Magdalene Chase's. They are actually her aunt and uncle, which partly explains it. | |
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Rachel Griffin | hasFeature |
Rachel Griffin / int_b11ac9f5 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_b3c730b | type |
Celestial Deadline | |
Rachel Griffin / int_b3c730b | comment |
Celestial Deadline: Moloch will arise on his feast day. First step: figure out what day that is. | |
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Rachel Griffin / int_b3c730b | |
Rachel Griffin / int_b4f0e166 | type |
Epic Hail | |
Rachel Griffin / int_b4f0e166 | comment |
Epic Hail | |
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Rachel Griffin / int_b4f0e166 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_b97a2fa7 | type |
Forced Transformation | |
Rachel Griffin / int_b97a2fa7 | comment |
Forced Transformation: Vladimir von Dread turns Gaius Valiant into a sheep. Temporarily. | |
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Rachel Griffin / int_b97a2fa7 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_b9fd7929 | type |
Morality Chain | |
Rachel Griffin / int_b9fd7929 | comment |
Morality Chain: Mortimer Egg's family. | |
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Rachel Griffin / int_b9fd7929 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_bafa1190 | type |
Unfinished Business | |
Rachel Griffin / int_bafa1190 | comment |
Unfinished Business: Ghosts seemly mostly bound by this, though fear of death is also cited as a way they are trapped. | |
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Rachel Griffin / int_bafa1190 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_bd798dd5 | type |
Thrill Seeker | |
Rachel Griffin / int_bd798dd5 | comment |
Thrill Seeker: Rachel is developing into one as a coping mechanism for the intense stresses she’s been going through during the past three books’ worth of adventures. | |
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Rachel Griffin / int_bd798dd5 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_c007c53 | type |
Cool and Unusual Punishment | |
Rachel Griffin / int_c007c53 | comment |
Cool and Unusual Punishment: Nastasia's father once punished a thief by covering him in peanut butter, rolling him in birdseed, and putting him outside to feed the birds. | |
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Rachel Griffin / int_c007c53 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_c0091e94 | type |
Dragon Hoard | |
Rachel Griffin / int_c0091e94 | comment |
Dragon Hoard: Sigfried and Lucky "inherited" one after the decease of its previous owner. As per the trope, they also sleep on it. | |
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Rachel Griffin / int_c0091e94 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_c09dbbbb | type |
Weaksauce Weakness | |
Rachel Griffin / int_c09dbbbb | comment |
Weaksauce Weakness: Poppy seeds. How to stop hoards of animated skeletons — just sprinkle a few in their pathnote Poppy seeds stopping the undead is a trope from Eastern European folk tales. | |
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Rachel Griffin / int_c09dbbbb | |
Rachel Griffin / int_c194d0f9 | type |
Cuteness Overload | |
Rachel Griffin / int_c194d0f9 | comment |
Cuteness Overload: Siegfried suffers one after seeing Rachel and Nastasia dancing a jig of joy. | |
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Rachel Griffin / int_c194d0f9 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_c45beb12 | type |
Academy of Adventure | |
Rachel Griffin / int_c45beb12 | comment |
Academy of Adventure: So much. | |
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Rachel Griffin / int_c45beb12 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_c54522c3 | type |
Ghost Pirate | |
Rachel Griffin / int_c54522c3 | comment |
Ghost Pirate: Rachel, needing treasures, is told about a pirate wreck; the ghost telling her is aware of this trope and assures her that the pirates did not fear death and so are not haunting it. | |
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Rachel Griffin / int_c54522c3 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_c5474384 | type |
Vow of Celibacy | |
Rachel Griffin / int_c5474384 | comment |
Vow of Celibacy: It turns out that the title character's grandmother was under vows but broke them. This has an actual negative effect due to Virgin Power, and causes something of a Broken Pedestal. | |
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Rachel Griffin / int_c5474384 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_c5f0119c | type |
Insane Troll Logic | |
Rachel Griffin / int_c5f0119c | comment |
Insane Troll Logic: Magdalene Chase's parents (actually her aunt and uncle) punish her for being useless to them for a rite of child sacrifice, because the victim must be loved by her parents. | |
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Rachel Griffin / int_c5f0119c | |
Rachel Griffin / int_c66cb5a9 | type |
Human Sacrifice | |
Rachel Griffin / int_c66cb5a9 | comment |
Human Sacrifice: the spell that draws people out of their own worlds requires this. | |
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Rachel Griffin / int_c66cb5a9 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_c696f3ba | type |
Heroic Willpower | |
Rachel Griffin / int_c696f3ba | comment |
Heroic Willpower: Valerie and Magdalene both try to fight off their geases. | |
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Rachel Griffin / int_c696f3ba | |
Rachel Griffin / int_c7f294da | type |
Large and in Charge | |
Rachel Griffin / int_c7f294da | comment |
Large and in Charge: Vladimir von Dread is the tallest of the cast, and certainly believes himself to be in charge. | |
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Rachel Griffin / int_c7f294da | |
Rachel Griffin / int_c928d01d | type |
Magic Music | |
Rachel Griffin / int_c928d01d | comment |
Magic Music: Nastasia uses a violin, Sigfried a trumpet. Another character uses bagpipes. One performs magic with a tuba. Magical Flautist: Rachel initially uses a flute, but soon learns to simply whistle the notes to her spells. | |
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Rachel Griffin | hasFeature |
Rachel Griffin / int_c928d01d | |
Rachel Griffin / int_c92cf19a | type |
Undead Child | |
Rachel Griffin / int_c92cf19a | comment |
Undead Child: animated skeletons. And not merely children. Babies, those sacrificed to Moloch. | |
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Rachel Griffin / int_c92cf19a | |
Rachel Griffin / int_ca85e684 | type |
Power Trio | |
Rachel Griffin / int_ca85e684 | comment |
Power Trio: The Kirk: Nastasia initially appears to be this, being The Leader and the most reasonable person. However, as the series goes on, she is shown to be more mentally rigid and bound by logic, necessities, and rules, than Rachel is. The Spock: Rachel's intellect makes her seem to be The Spock, as she is analytical and calm. On the other hand, she is more flexible and results-oriented than Nastasia, making her more of The Kirk. The McCoy: Sigfried | |
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Rachel Griffin / int_ca85e684 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_cbfd6e47 | type |
Flying Broomstick | |
Rachel Griffin / int_cbfd6e47 | comment |
Flying Broomstick: Rachel owns "Vroomie," a hand-made steeplechaser. "Bristleless" Flycycles are also mentioned. | |
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Rachel Griffin / int_cbfd6e47 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_cf7ccd79 | type |
Orphanage of Fear | |
Rachel Griffin / int_cf7ccd79 | comment |
Orphanage of Fear: Siggy lived in one. | |
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Rachel Griffin / int_cf7ccd79 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_d243518d | type |
In Spite of a Nail | |
Rachel Griffin / int_d243518d | comment |
In Spite of a Nail: The absence of monotheism has not perturbed history much. Perhaps justified by the way history is being altered, in universe. | |
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Rachel Griffin / int_d243518d | |
Rachel Griffin / int_d52d28b6 | type |
Hypocrite | |
Rachel Griffin / int_d52d28b6 | comment |
Hypocrite: citing child abuse as a reason to practice child sacrifice. | |
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Rachel Griffin / int_d52d28b6 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_d5f518d3 | type |
The Dead Can Dance | |
Rachel Griffin / int_d5f518d3 | comment |
The Dead Can Dance: Rachel and Gaius visit the ghosts' ball on Halloween. | |
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Rachel Griffin / int_d5f518d3 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_d7d38c53 | type |
Lonely Doll Girl | |
Rachel Griffin / int_d7d38c53 | comment |
Lonely Doll Girl: Magdalene Chase. Not so much lonely as bullied and helpless. | |
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Rachel Griffin / int_d7d38c53 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_d9e9ad7e | type |
The Cavalry | |
Rachel Griffin / int_d9e9ad7e | comment |
The Cavalry: the Wisecraft officers in book 2. The Cavalry Arrives Late: Finn MacDannan arrives just after Rachel has managed to shut down Azrael. | |
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Rachel Griffin / int_d9e9ad7e | |
Rachel Griffin / int_db126a0b | type |
World Tree | |
Rachel Griffin / int_db126a0b | comment |
World Tree: it's located just off of the Roanoake Campus grounds. Book 3 reveals that The World Tree, Yggdrasil, was destroyed, and that the ones remaining are merely seedlings from it. | |
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Rachel Griffin / int_db126a0b | |
Rachel Griffin / int_db2f3581 | type |
All Girls Want Bad Boys | |
Rachel Griffin / int_db2f3581 | comment |
All Girls Want Bad Boys: In the second book, Rachel finds herself feeling torn between attraction to Gaius, who fits the bill of a conventional high-school bad boy, and Vlad, who is LITERALLY DOCTOR DOOM. | |
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Rachel Griffin | hasFeature |
Rachel Griffin / int_db2f3581 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_db9940c4 | type |
Famed In-Story | |
Rachel Griffin / int_db9940c4 | comment |
Famed In-Story: Sigfried Smith is an in-universe celebrity for having killed a dragon and taken its hoard. He also saved Roanoke campus from a flying, flaming skunk. And, in book 4, an ogre. | |
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Rachel Griffin / int_db9940c4 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_dcbe8a6e | type |
Chekhov's Gunman | |
Rachel Griffin / int_dcbe8a6e | comment |
Chekhov's Gunman: the "vampire hunter wannabe" club is mentioned by Gaius in a throwaway line, one and a half chapters before the heroes encounter a wraith feeding on a fellow student. Jonah Strega is also namedropped ominously several times before he comes on stage. | |
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Rachel Griffin / int_dcbe8a6e | |
Rachel Griffin / int_dd6749e1 | type |
The Von Trope Family | |
Rachel Griffin / int_dd6749e1 | comment |
The Von Trope Family: Vladimir Von Dread, prince of Bavaria, president of the Knights of Walpurgis dueling club. | |
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Rachel Griffin / int_dd6749e1 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_de143e97 | type |
Psychic Nosebleed | |
Rachel Griffin / int_de143e97 | comment |
Psychic Nosebleed: Valerie while trying to throw off the geas. Overlaps with Deadly Nosebleed, as she passes out from blood loss soon after being found. | |
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Rachel Griffin / int_de143e97 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_df41acb | type |
Casual Danger Dialogue | |
Rachel Griffin / int_df41acb | comment |
Casual Danger Dialogue: When the wraith, which Rachel can see but Sigfried can't, attacks Rachel, she reports the fact calmly and tries to describe its position. | |
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Rachel Griffin / int_df41acb | |
Rachel Griffin / int_dfff4460 | type |
PostDramaticStressDisorder | |
Rachel Griffin / int_dfff4460 | comment |
Post-Dramatic Stress Disorder: by book 3, Rachel is developing a nasty case of PTSD, worsened by her inability to seek help. | |
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Rachel Griffin / int_dfff4460 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_e0e750b1 | type |
Shoulder-Sized Dragon | |
Rachel Griffin / int_e0e750b1 | comment |
Shoulder-Sized Dragon: Lucky. | |
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Rachel Griffin / int_e0e750b1 | |
Rachel Griffin / int_e1a80b5a | type |
The Oath-Breaker | |
Rachel Griffin / int_e1a80b5a | comment |
The Oathbreaker: Those who walk the Dark Path were greatly strengthened when a Vestal Virgin broke her vows. | |
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Our Gods Are Different | |
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Our Gods Are Different: Rachel and Gaius get into theological questions while researching the worship of Moloch. Since Moloch is a demon, and was worshipped as a god — what do they know about the other gods? | |
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Settle for Sibling | |
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Settle for Sibling: Inverted. When Rachel realizes that Vladimir wants to marry her sister Sandra, she switches from romantic interest herself to shipping the two of them...mostly. | |
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Expy | |
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Expy: According to the author, the series is based on a Massive Multiplayer Crossover role-playing game created by her family and run by a family friend, who is given credit on the title page, and the finished story contains non-public domain characters with the "serial-numbers filed off." Hints are given by the princess's visions. Exploration of those hints and other clues currently available (as of book 2) can be found in Rachel Griffin. Siegfried Smith, the famous orphan who is brand-new to the magical world, was originally based on the author's husband (John C. Wright)'s roleplaying character in the game—not on Harry Potter, as previously suggested here. Siggy is an orphan because the player min/maxed the character. The other influence for the character was Sigfried, from the Ring Cycle...a wild-man of the woods orphan who ended up with a dragon's treasure. Rachel herself is a native of her world. She was created for the original game because the authoress wanted to play a character who could get into Ravenclaw, however, the moderator put her in Griffindor anyway. Vladimir Von Dread is very obviously based on Victor Von Doom. | |
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Hell | |
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Hell: One of the downsides of a demon boss is that he really can send you there. | |
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Determinator | |
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Determinator: Nastasia shows a streak of this while practice-fighting with other students. She continues fighting even though hit by multiple spells, until actually paralyzed. | |
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Innocent Inaccurate | |
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Innocent Inaccurate: Lucky, a juvenile dragon, describes one character as "petting" another; his similarly juvenile master misses the implications as well. In The Raven, the Elf, and Rachel, Rachel produces evidence that two princes were involved with the plot that occurred in Enlightenment — for the price that the ringleader would kill their brother for them. In Dreamland, their sister mournfully wishes her father had not made her and her siblings watch something, and Siggy points out that the event probably related to her dream they saw, of a hanging. Rachel never does figure it out; the ghost of one of the executed princes tells her. Rachel doesn’t know what a starship looks like, and imagines them as looking like flying galleons, instead of rockets. (She doesn’t even recognize it when Gaius draws one earlier.) | |
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Sworn Brothers | |
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Sworn Brothers: Rachel and Sigfried swear a blood oath to each other in Book 3. Both of them take great pride in announcing their siblingship. | |
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The Kirk | |
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The Kirk: Nastasia initially appears to be this, being The Leader and the most reasonable person. However, as the series goes on, she is shown to be more mentally rigid and bound by logic, necessities, and rules, than Rachel is. | |
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Powered by a Forsaken Child | |
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Powered by a Forsaken Child: One spell needs human sacrifice — and not only that, those offering the human must love this person enough for the spell to work. It has been successfully cast—thousands of times. | |
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Laser-Guided Amnesia | |
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Laser-Guided Amnesia: Almost everyone has had their memories tampered with. —To remove traces of the other universes. | |
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Big Damn Heroes | |
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Big Damn Heroes: the princess's visions send the characters out of these to save lives. In Book 3: the Raven saving Rachel and Gaius from being run down by the Wild Hunt. The climax of Book 3 has a rolling series of them, as Ambrose Griffin, then the rest of the Wisecraft, then the rapid response team from Ourouboros Industries arrive to the rescue. Book 4 has an instance of Von Dread's entire student posse showing up to prevent Rachel from potentially being kidnapped. No fight occurs, but the adults who see it are extremely unnerved. | |
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Rules Lawyer | |
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Rules Lawyer: Used and subverted. At one point, Rachel is able to avoid technically promising something; but trying it again on a forewarned adult who requires her to promise in order to share information falls flat. | |
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Cain and Abel | |
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Cain and Abel: Two of the villains are part of the plot in Enlightment. Their price? that their older brother be killed. | |
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The Mourning After | |
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The Mourning After: Rachel is certain that if Gaius is trapped in animal form, she will never ever get over him. | |
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Prophecies Are Always Right | |
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Prophecies Are Always Right: When a divination game involving roasting chestnuts predicts trouble for Nastasia and Rachel, both girls are distressed, though Rachel tries to assure Nastasia it's just a game. | |
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Distressed Dude | |
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Distressed Dude: The princess's vision showed Vladimir von Dread, Gaius Valiant, and William Locke intervening against the villains, and the Big Damn Heroes moment is to save them. Giving a very disorienting moment for Gaius when he's told of his unwitting peril — he has to collect his wits to thank Rachel. | |
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Running Gag | |
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Running Gag: Gaius was turned into a sheep—I mean, a ram. | |
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Comically Missing the Point | |
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Comically Missing the Point | |
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Wouldn't Hit a Girl | |
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Wouldn't Hit a Girl: Sigfried is a true knight, has studied the topic extensively, and will not hit girls. Even if they deserve it. | |
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Impact Silhouette | |
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Impact Silhouette: In a brick wall and through two hundred feet of earth—not normally survivable even for a wizard. | |
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Shown Their Work | |
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Shown Their Work: Zoe mentions that you can’t actually read in the dreamworld. This is quite true and actually used as a test by lucid dreamers. | |
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