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Warchild Series
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A character driven space opera by Karin Lowachee. The series as of today consists of three books: Warchild: The first book. It introduces the major characters and is told from the point of view of Joslyn Aaron Musey, a child survivor of a pirate attack on the starship he called home. He spends the next year in the custody of the pirate captain Falcone, abused in the name of molding him into a protégé. Finally, he is rescued, but not by anyone connected to his home or family. Instead, his rescuer is chief among the human sympathizers of the alien resistance. He is the Warboy, an infamous terrorist Jos has been brought up to hate. And his year in Falcone's care hasn't exactly left him in a trusting frame of mind. But the Warboy, or Niko as he prefers to be called, is patient and seemingly kind. And so over time, Jos grows to trust him. Niko brings him back to the alien world of the striivic-na, where he learns the war between the strivs and the humans isn't exactly what he thought. He assimilates into their culture, and grows to think of Niko as his family, only for the Warboy to return to his war. Jos continues training for years while Niko wages his resitence, and when his father-figure finally returns, their reunion is bittersweet. Yes, Niko wants to take Jos with him into the war, but only for Jos to serve as a spy aboard one of the EarthHub Naval carriers, Macedon. Jos wants nothing more than to stay with his mentor, but Niko stresses the importance of this mission. So once more, Jos finds himself isolated on an enemy ship under the command of Captain Cairo Azarcon. And once again, the lines of good and evil become blurred, as Jos suffers through revelations and betrayals that will shake and shape him... Burndive: The second books switches viewpoints to that of Ryan Azarcon, son of the great military leader Cairo Azarcon. But Ryan is not a soldier or a military man. He's a college dropout, a sometime musician, Austro's Hottest Number One Bachelor, and a spoiled brat when he wants to be. He lives with his mother on a station far removed from the war in deep space. He's seen his father a handful of times throughout his life, and the war is just background noise on the Send. But his life changes when a pirate tries to assassinate him at a flash-house as a form of revenge for the murder of Vincenzo Falcone at the hands of one of Captain Azarcon's jets. Azarcon cannot let his son pay this debt with his life, so he scoops Ryan out of his safe little world and onto his ship. Things are in turmoil on Macedon, as Azarcon has unilaterally called for peace talks with Captain Niko and the striivic-na. Government officials from EarthHub aren't pleased with Azarcon's seeming dictatorship in deep space, and are even less happy about having peace talks shoved down their throats. Ryan initially agrees with him, but his perception begins to change the longer he remains out in the stars... Cagebird: The third and as-of-now final book in the series, despite Lowachee's intentions of a series of at least eight. Again, it features a switch of narrators to Yuri Kirov, the pirate who tried to murder Ryan Azarcon in the second book. Like Jos, Yuri was once made a protégé of Vincenzo Falcone. But unlike Jos, Yuri didn't try to escape it. He willingly left his home and family behind to join Falcone's crew. He even found love on the pirate's ship. But all that is far removed from him now, in a jail cell because of his crimes against the Azarcon family. However, neither the pirates nor EarthHub black ops want him to remain incarcerated. The former would like to kill him before he spills any intel on their operation, while the latter would like to use him in their war against piracy...or maybe just for their own purposes. Either way, Yuri doesn't want to die, so he returns to the ship and crew he left behind as a spy for EarthHub. But the crimes he's committed and the abuse committed against him have left their scars, and Yuri is forced to deal with the past before he can face the future...The series is notable for its use in changing viewpoint and narrative tone. The first book is told in a combination of second- and first-person-viewpoint to show the narrator's attempt to distance himself from the horror he lived through. It also changes from past to present tense. Subsequent novels are narrated by new characters either introduced or mentioned in the previous series. The result is a tapestry narrative of a galaxy at war and the way the war seeps into the lives of everyone.Oh, and there are more than a fair amount of gay and bisexual characters, mostly men. Very good-looking, angsty men. But no one would read a series just for that, right? | |
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Aliens Speaking English | |
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Aliens Speaking English: Averted, the strivs have their own language and culture, the latter based loosely on Far Eastern traditions. | |
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Rape as Drama | |
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Rape as Drama: And quite frequently so. | |
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Most Writers Are Human | |
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Most Writers Are Human: Played with in that half of the first novel is from the POV of an alien sympathizer, and striivic-na culture comes out looking much better than humans. Future books were planned with Niko and his mother as protagonists, but no word on that. | |
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Unreliable Narrator | |
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Unreliable Narrator: Everything is skewed or influenced by the different characters' perceptions of their environment. | |
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Welcome Back, Traitor | |
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Welcome Back, Traitor: Averted. Jos is seen with suspicion through the entire series. | |
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The Quiet One | |
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The Quiet One: Jos doesn't say much. | |
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Humanoid Aliens | |
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Humanoid Aliens: The strivs have the general shape of humans, but also have wings, a thinner build, and an absence of wrinkles or lines in their skin. They're described like statues where someone new the basic shape, but none of the fine details. | |
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Am I Just a Toy to You? | |
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Am I Just a Toy to You?: Yuri and Estienne. It doesn't help that it's Estienne's job to sleep with Yuri. | |
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Can't Act Perverted Toward a Love Interest | |
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Can't Act Perverted Toward a Love Interest: Ever since Yuri started to care about Finch, he didn't do anything to him. | |
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Space Pirates | |
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Space Pirates: self-explanatory, really. Falcone is the closest thing to a Big Bad the series has, even after (nay, especially after) he dies | |
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Hero with Bad Publicity | |
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Hero with Bad Publicity: Captain Azarcon by the end of Burndive | |
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Character Development | |
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Character Development: Think of the book as a Coming of Age Story during war time. In space! | |
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Humans Are Bastards | |
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Humans Are Bastards: Yes they are. It's hard to find any example of a decent human being in the whole story. Even the hero commits cold-blooded murder at one point. Even famed Captain Azarcon is willing to torture to get information. Even noble resistance leader Niko will execute his own brother rather than give him a trial. And the bad guys? Well, the bad guys are pedophiles and rapists and murderers and much, much worse. Also, the war started because humans tried to usurp control of the aliens' moon, and would have gone so far as wipe the aliens out completely if several humans hadn't changed sides | |
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Going Native | |
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Going Native: Jos in the alien planet. | |
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Cold-Blooded Torture | |
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Cold-Blooded Torture: Falcone's tactic against Jos | |
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Honor Before Reason | |
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Honor Before Reason: Averted. Yuri kills his childhood friend when Falcone tells him to because either it'd be him, or both of them, and no third option is presented. | |
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Always Chaotic Evil | |
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Always Chaotic Evil: How humans see the strivs, but not how they are in reality | |
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I Just Want to Be Normal | |
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I Just Want to Be Normal: Ryan | |
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Break the Cutie | |
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Break the Cutie: Oh dear, where do we start. | |
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Everyone Is Bi | |
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Everyone Is Bi: Or sometimes just gay! | |
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Unresolved Sexual Tension | |
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Unresolved Sexual Tension: Evan/Jos. It's canon one-sided on Evan's part, but Jos is too damaged to try anything, though several scenes make it clear he's considering it. | |
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The Internet Is for Porn | |
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The Internet Is for Porn: Subverted, to Ryan's astonishment, when he asks Evan if all the entertainment the Mac crew seeks is pornography. | |
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Or, Alternate Character Interpretation, Jos was actively avoiding his memories of his time with Falcone because they were too traumatic. Several instances in the books show that he remembers all too well what happened, but just doesn't want to think or tell anyone about it. | |
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Fantastic Racism | |
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Fantastic Racism: Humans view strivs as cannibalistic and bestial, though to be fair, some of the strivs and their sympathizers don't think much more highly of humans | |
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Enemy Mine | |
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Enemy Mine: The aliens and jets unite to fight the Space Pirates. Azarcon and Niko team up to rescue hostages. | |
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Tell Me About My Father | |
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Tell Me About My Father: Ryan's only met his father four times in his life, and Cairo is known for his stoicism. So upon finding himself on his father's starship, Ryan implores several people to tell him about the captain. Some pass down stories, but those with more intimate knowledge of the captain's secrets tell Ryan the captain will have to confide in him when he's ready | |
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Red Herring Mole | |
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Red Herring Mole: Evan | |
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War for Fun and Profit | |
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War for Fun and Profit | |
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Orphan's Ordeal | |
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Orphan's Ordeal | |
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Pretty Boy | |
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Pretty Boy: virtually every male character, but especially Jos, Yuri, Ryan, and Captain Azarcon. It's stated that Falcone specifically chose beautiful boys as his protégés. | |
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Good-Looking Privates | |
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Good-Looking Privates: Jos makes mention that station women (and men) can't seem to resist the uniform. | |
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Too Kinky to Torture | |
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Too Kinky to Torture: Yuri and Andreas first meeting, in a certain way. | |
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Fantastic Slurs | |
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Fantastic Slurs: Striivic-na can be shortened to striv, but "strit" is an insult. | |
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Culture Clash | |
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Culture Clash: between EarthHub and the strivs. Interestingly, the aliens didn't have FTL space travel until we showed up on their moon (turning humans into the alien invaders). They had just managed to build a rocket from their planet to a nearby moon. Human symps gave the aliens designs for starships when it became clear the other humans were planning on wiping the aliens out to use their resources. | |
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Prison Rape | |
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Prison Rape: Poor Finch. | |
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You Have to Believe Me! | |
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You Have to Believe Me!: Jos is a symp and Yuri, a pirate. They both are considered traitors. It's vital for some plot points that they're to be believed. | |
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From Bad to Worse | |
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From Bad to Worse: Everyone's story, but mostly Yuri's. | |
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The Infiltration | |
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The Infiltration: The plot for the second half of Warchild | |
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High-Class Call Girl | |
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High-Class Call Girl: Or sometimes, boy. The Hanamachi. | |
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Left Hanging | |
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Left Hanging: | |
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Dysfunction Junction | |
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Dysfunction Junction | |
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Made a Slave | |
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Made a Slave: Jos, Evan, Cairo Azarcon, to name a few. | |
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Black-and-Gray Morality | |
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Black-and-Gray Morality | |
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Badass Army | |
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Badass Army: The Macedon is notorious for its tough crew. | |
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1.0 | |
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Warchild Series / int_8878f3be | |
| Warchild Series / int_89434320 | type |
Protagonist-Centered Morality | |
| Warchild Series / int_89434320 | comment |
Protagonist-Centered Morality: Played straight AND subverted magnificently, as each book follows one character's POV and only by reading them together we're able to understand what's truly going on. As there were eight books planned, we still might not be getting the full picture. | |
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-0.3 | |
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1.0 | |
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Warchild Series / int_89434320 | |
| Warchild Series / int_8ca9bf12 | type |
Sex Equals Love | |
| Warchild Series / int_8ca9bf12 | comment |
Sex Equals Love: Subverted oh so much. | |
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-0.3 | |
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1.0 | |
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Warchild Series / int_8ca9bf12 | |
| Warchild Series / int_91df3195 | type |
Military Brat | |
| Warchild Series / int_91df3195 | comment |
Military Brat: Ryan | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Warchild Series / int_91df3195 | |
| Warchild Series / int_92f674e5 | type |
Revenge | |
| Warchild Series / int_92f674e5 | comment |
Revenge: the ultimate motive behind Jos killing Falcone | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Warchild Series / int_92f674e5 | |
| Warchild Series / int_96f6335d | type |
Bodyguard Crush | |
| Warchild Series / int_96f6335d | comment |
Bodyguard Crush: Ryan's grandfather, Admiral Ashrafi, assigns a Marine as his bodyguard. Sid, said Marine, then falls for Ryan's mother. | |
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1.0 | |
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Warchild Series / int_96f6335d | |
| Warchild Series / int_97522514 | type |
Heel–Face Revolving Door | |
| Warchild Series / int_97522514 | comment |
Heel–Face Revolving Door: What the Mac crew probably thinks of Jos. Also, Yuri. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Warchild Series / int_97522514 | |
| Warchild Series / int_9ab3da1a | type |
Evil Mentor | |
| Warchild Series / int_9ab3da1a | comment |
Evil Mentor: Falcone to Yuri, as seen in Cagebird. Falcone also attempted this with Cairo and Jos, though neither of them were willing to learn from him and both eventually escaped. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Warchild Series / int_9ab3da1a | |
| Warchild Series / int_9af977f4 | type |
Second-Person Narration | |
| Warchild Series / int_9af977f4 | comment |
Second-Person Narration: Jos, in the first part of Warchild. | |
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1.0 | |
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Warchild Series / int_9af977f4 | |
| Warchild Series / int_a58802b7 | type |
Happiness in Slavery | |
| Warchild Series / int_a58802b7 | comment |
Happiness in Slavery: Yuri says, "It wasn't that bad" as an excuse for him not running away. | |
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1.0 | |
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Warchild Series / int_a58802b7 | |
| Warchild Series / int_a6ff7243 | type |
Hates Being Touched | |
| Warchild Series / int_a6ff7243 | comment |
Hates Being Touched: Jos, because of the abuse he experienced at Falcone's hands. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Warchild Series / int_a6ff7243 | |
| Warchild Series / int_a7016efe | type |
Lonely Rich Kid | |
| Warchild Series / int_a7016efe | comment |
Lonely Rich Kid: Ryan. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Warchild Series / int_a7016efe | |
| Warchild Series / int_a96b8b63 | type |
Space Marine | |
| Warchild Series / int_a96b8b63 | comment |
Space Marine: the series has "jets," shortened from "soljets" who at one point derived from Marines. But the military itself is based on the Navy, culminating in an Admiral, and the jets have nothing but scorn for dirt-based Marines | |
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Warchild Series / int_a96b8b63 | |
| Warchild Series / int_aacc7ea6 | type |
Tyke-Bomb | |
| Warchild Series / int_aacc7ea6 | comment |
Tyke-Bomb: Falcone's protégés | |
| Warchild Series / int_aacc7ea6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Warchild Series / int_aacc7ea6 | |
| Warchild Series / int_abc60c5d | type |
Harmful to Minors | |
| Warchild Series / int_abc60c5d | comment |
Harmful to Minors: Pretty much everything that happens in the series to the main characters. | |
| Warchild Series / int_abc60c5d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Warchild Series / int_abc60c5d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Warchild Series | hasFeature |
Warchild Series / int_abc60c5d | |
| Warchild Series / int_b66a24a7 | type |
Trauma-Induced Amnesia | |
| Warchild Series / int_b66a24a7 | comment |
Trauma-Induced Amnesia: Jos doesn't remember he was raped by Falcone. His POV avoids this like the plague. Or, Alternate Character Interpretation, Jos was actively avoiding his memories of his time with Falcone because they were too traumatic. Several instances in the books show that he remembers all too well what happened, but just doesn't want to think or tell anyone about it. | |
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Warchild Series / int_b66a24a7 | |
| Warchild Series / int_b6cc7fc0 | type |
Dysfunctional Family | |
| Warchild Series / int_b6cc7fc0 | comment |
Dysfunctional Family: the Azarcon family, crossing into Big, Screwed-Up Family territory | |
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1.0 | |
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Warchild Series / int_b6cc7fc0 | |
| Warchild Series / int_b9fd7929 | type |
Morality Chain | |
| Warchild Series / int_b9fd7929 | comment |
Morality Chain: Finch to Yuri. Finch doesn't exactly inspire him to be good, but he tries to lessen the damages. | |
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1.0 | |
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Warchild Series / int_b9fd7929 | |
| Warchild Series / int_bbb150a8 | type |
Celebrity Is Overrated | |
| Warchild Series / int_bbb150a8 | comment |
Celebrity Is Overrated: Played straight before being subverted Ryan doesn't like his fame, his paparazzi, nor the people who attempt against him because of his status as Azarcon's son. By the end of the book, he's using his popularity for a good cause | |
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-0.3 | |
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Warchild Series / int_bbb150a8 | |
| Warchild Series / int_bdd7fd6b | type |
These Hands Have Killed | |
| Warchild Series / int_bdd7fd6b | comment |
These Hands Have Killed: Subverted. Yuri's first kill made him so happy he had to go and tell his best friend the news. | |
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Warchild Series / int_bdd7fd6b | |
| Warchild Series / int_bf609406 | type |
New Meat | |
| Warchild Series / int_bf609406 | comment |
New Meat: Jos is considered a "sprig" when he first joins Macedon's crew, and indeed several of his fellow sprigs die to give him something to angst over. Because of Jos's training at Niko's hands (something the Mac jets obviously don't know about), he's not really New Meat at all. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Warchild Series / int_bf609406 | |
| Warchild Series / int_bf72d5e8 | type |
The Spartan Way | |
| Warchild Series / int_bf72d5e8 | comment |
The Spartan Way: Falcone's method of training his protégés. Of course, nobody thought to tell him that murdering his protégé's families and then abusing them might not make them very loyal. | |
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1.0 | |
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Warchild Series / int_bf72d5e8 | |
| Warchild Series / int_c09b3ff3 | type |
Physical Scars, Psychological Scars | |
| Warchild Series / int_c09b3ff3 | comment |
Physical Scars, Psychological Scars: Yuri's cutting scars serve to illustrate just how broken he is by everything that's happened to him. | |
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Warchild Series / int_c09b3ff3 | |
| Warchild Series / int_c2393191 | type |
Show Within a Show | |
| Warchild Series / int_c2393191 | comment |
Show Within a Show: The Battlemech Bear. The show is a Running Gag, mentioned at least once per book. It's a nod to the anime and manga subculture. | |
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1.0 | |
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Warchild Series / int_c2393191 | |
| Warchild Series / int_c64e822e | type |
Defusing the Tyke-Bomb | |
| Warchild Series / int_c64e822e | comment |
Defusing The Tykebomb: Admiral Ashrafi manages to straighten Cairo Azarcon out...mostly. | |
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1.0 | |
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Warchild Series / int_c64e822e | |
| Warchild Series / int_c7b5445c | type |
Cool Starship | |
| Warchild Series / int_c7b5445c | comment |
Cool Starship: Macedon | |
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1.0 | |
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Warchild Series / int_c7b5445c | |
| Warchild Series / int_c868a42a | type |
Freudian Excuse | |
| Warchild Series / int_c868a42a | comment |
Freudian Excuse: Yuri's vileness and evil deeds can (largely) be traced back to his training and abuse at Falcone's hands. However, Cairo and Jos both suffered similar abuse by the same man, and they chose to run away from it. Jos even asks Yuri, "Why didn't you run?" So while the abuse might explain Yuri's behavior, it doesn't justify it. | |
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Warchild Series / int_c868a42a | |
| Warchild Series / int_c9a71d47 | type |
Innocence Lost | |
| Warchild Series / int_c9a71d47 | comment |
Innocence Lost | |
| Warchild Series / int_c9a71d47 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Warchild Series / int_c9a71d47 | |
| Warchild Series / int_c9c756a8 | type |
Child Soldiers | |
| Warchild Series / int_c9c756a8 | comment |
Child Soldiers: Jos, Evan, Yuri, and most of the jets on Macedon as well as the pirates started as this. Because of the tone of the series, expect this to be played for tragedy | |
| Warchild Series / int_c9c756a8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Warchild Series / int_c9c756a8 | |
| Warchild Series / int_d8573ef9 | type |
Screw the Rules, I Have Connections! | |
| Warchild Series / int_d8573ef9 | comment |
Screw the Rules, I Have Connections!: Falcone was arrested once, but his friends in power got him out. | |
| Warchild Series / int_d8573ef9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Warchild Series / int_d8573ef9 | |
| Warchild Series / int_d8e0e9f7 | type |
Daddy Had a Good Reason for Abandoning You | |
| Warchild Series / int_d8e0e9f7 | comment |
Daddy Had a Good Reason for Abandoning You: Yes, but try telling that to Ryan... | |
| Warchild Series / int_d8e0e9f7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Warchild Series / int_d8e0e9f7 | |
| Warchild Series / int_d99d9918 | type |
The Captain | |
| Warchild Series / int_d99d9918 | comment |
The Captain: Captain Cairo Azarcon. | |
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1.0 | |
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Warchild Series / int_d99d9918 | |
| Warchild Series / int_da12bcfb | type |
You Can't Go Home Again | |
| Warchild Series / int_da12bcfb | comment |
You Can't Go Home Again: Mostly because home has been destroyed | |
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1.0 | |
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Warchild Series / int_da12bcfb | |
| Warchild Series / int_e154ff08 | type |
Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique | |
| Warchild Series / int_e154ff08 | comment |
Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique: Captain Azarcon admits to torturing pirates and war criminals if he needs the information | |
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1.0 | |
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Warchild Series / int_e154ff08 | |
| Warchild Series / int_e7bffa82 | type |
Sarcastic Devotee | |
| Warchild Series / int_e7bffa82 | comment |
Sarcastic Devotee: Dorr. | |
| Warchild Series / int_e7bffa82 | featureApplicability |
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Warchild Series / int_e7bffa82 | |
| Warchild Series / int_e9fb38 | type |
The Talk | |
| Warchild Series / int_e9fb38 | comment |
The Talk: Incredibly creepy, since it's Falcone showing Jos porn. And saying people'd like to do that to him. Oh, and Jos was eight at that time. | |
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Warchild Series / int_e9fb38 | |
| Warchild Series / int_eb8f64a6 | type |
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished | |
| Warchild Series / int_eb8f64a6 | comment |
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Trying to stop the war or sympathizing with the striv point of view immediately earns anyone the label of 'terrorist'. | |
| Warchild Series / int_eb8f64a6 | featureApplicability |
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Warchild Series / int_eb8f64a6 | |
| Warchild Series / int_eed678bf | type |
Deep Cover Agent | |
| Warchild Series / int_eed678bf | comment |
Deep Cover Agent: Jos | |
| Warchild Series / int_eed678bf | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Warchild Series / int_eed678bf | |
| Warchild Series / int_efca7df8 | type |
Insignia Rip-Off Ritual | |
| Warchild Series / int_efca7df8 | comment |
Insignia Ripoff Ritual: Invoked in the first book when Dorr tells Jos to remove his tattoo. Jets don't have insignia to rip off but the ship's tat is sacred to them. | |
| Warchild Series / int_efca7df8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Warchild Series / int_efca7df8 | |
| Warchild Series / int_f142296a | type |
"Get Out of Jail Free" Card | |
| Warchild Series / int_f142296a | comment |
"Get Out of Jail Free" Card: Yuri, at the end of Cagebird | |
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Warchild Series / int_f142296a | |
| Warchild Series / int_f2c895f | type |
Your Terrorists Are Our Freedom Fighters | |
| Warchild Series / int_f2c895f | comment |
Your Terrorists Are Our Freedom Fighters | |
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Warchild Series / int_f2c895f | |
| Warchild Series / int_f8c8175a | type |
Malicious Slander | |
| Warchild Series / int_f8c8175a | comment |
Malicious Slander: Used against Azarcon to undermine the peace talks. | |
| Warchild Series / int_f8c8175a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Warchild Series / int_f8c8175a | |
| Warchild Series / int_fd4f8299 | type |
Well-Intentioned Extremist | |
| Warchild Series / int_fd4f8299 | comment |
Well-Intentioned Extremist: Ash | |
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Warchild Series / int_fd4f8299 | |
| Warchild Series / int_fd94c4ac | type |
Theme Naming | |
| Warchild Series / int_fd94c4ac | comment |
Theme Naming: It's revealed that Captain Azarcon and his brothers were all named after cities on Earth: Bern, Cairo and Paris. | |
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Warchild Series / int_fd94c4ac | |
| Warchild Series / int_fed93e1b | type |
Dark and Troubled Past | |
| Warchild Series / int_fed93e1b | comment |
Dark and Troubled Past: Everyone got one. | |
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Warchild Series |
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