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North and South (U.S.)
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North and South is shorthand for a trilogy of books written by John Jakes: North and South, set during the antebellum period of American history, Love and War, which takes place during the Civil War, and Heaven and Hell, which covers Reconstruction and the period of western expansion that followed.The focal point of the saga is a budding bromance between Orry Main of South Carolina and George Hazard of Pennsylvania. The two become best friends while attending West Point, then fight side-by-side in the Mexican-American War, but later find themselves and their families on opposite sides of the war. The slave-owning Mains are rural gentleman planters while the big-city Hazards are heavy in industry, their differences reflecting the social divisions that eventually led to the Civil War. Basically, it's a soap — but with a budget.The books were adapted into three TV Mini Series starring Patrick Swayze and James Read: North and South (1985) North and South: Book II (1986) Heaven and Hell: North and South Book III (1994)The three series, all of which aired on ABC, clocked in at at combined 1212 minutes. In addition to being a breakout role for Swayze, a number of then-unknown actors (Forest Whitaker and Jonathan Frakes, to name two) also saw their careers get a boost.Not to be confused with the Elizabeth Gaskell novel and miniseries of the same name. | |
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Villain: Exit, Stage Left | |
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Villain: Exit, Stage Left: Ashton's plans go up in smoke when she evicts Madeline from Mont Royal, only to discover that the house has long been burned down. She is then led away by her now-husband, signaling her (apparent) reformation. | |
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Dirty Coward | |
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Dirty Coward: Bent again; emphasized many, many times in the books. | |
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Heel–Face Door-Slam | |
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Heel–Face Door-Slam: Virgilia in the miniseries. | |
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Cool Old Guy | |
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Cool Old Guy & Nature Hero: Adolphus the trapper. Not to be confused with Patches O'Houlihan. | |
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Professional Gambler | |
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Professional Gambler: Raph. | |
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The Cameo | |
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The Cameo: With a cast this humongous, there were bound to be a few. Gene Kelly pops up in a blink-and-you'll-miss it role as Elkanah Bent's biological father. Elizabeth Taylor plays a brothel madam in New Orleans. Wayne Newton is the warden of a Confederate prison camp. Johnny Cash as John Brown ("We most certainly are at war!"). Robert Englund as a slimy Confederate deserter. | |
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The Hyena | |
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The Hyena: Ashton Main. | |
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Back-to-Back Badasses | |
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Back-to-Back Badasses: Orry and George in their first scene together. | |
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Milking the Giant Cow | |
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Milking the Giant Cow: Ashton shaking a gloved fist while proclaiming, "DAMN your Union!!" | |
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Uriah Gambit | |
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Uriah Gambit: Bent loves these, especially when he gets a chance to off a Main or a Hazard. | |
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Principles Zealot | |
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Principles Zealot: Virgilia. | |
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Hellish Horse | |
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Hellish Horse: Bent's prized steed, Satan. A Call-Back later occurs when he tells Ashton, | |
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Small Name, Big Ego | |
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Small Name, Big Ego: Bent repeatedly claims to be an outstanding military tactician, and especially loves to bring up how one of his West Point instructors compared him to Napoleon. We never see any evidence though; he mostly just shoots his own men. His father, the Senator, scoffs that he's full of hot air. | |
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Break the Haughty | |
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Break the Haughty: Ashton collapses in the dirt when she sees the scorched remains of Mont Royal, which she worked for years to buy back. Her last scene suggests a sort of redemption for the character. | |
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Beard of Evil | |
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Beard of Evil: Cooper Main. Bent grows one in the third miniseries. | |
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The Ingenue | |
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The Ingenue: Madeline Fabray. Brett Main starts out as this, too. | |
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Black Gal on White Guy Drama | |
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Black Gal on White Guy Drama: Madeline is forced to give up marrying into the Main family, knowing that her 'Negress' blood would disgrace them. | |
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Depraved Bisexual | |
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Depraved Bisexual: Bent, in the books. Apparently, he didn't care as long as the person was willing. Crosses over into Abhorrent Admirer territory with Charles Main. | |
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Dead Guy Junior | |
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Dead Guy Junior: Orry's infant son. | |
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Sleazy Politician | |
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Sleazy Politician: Congressman Sam Greene. Stanley Hazard and James Huntoon (Ashton's first husband) work with plenty of those; whether they are really all that sleazy themselves is debatable. | |
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Beard of Sorrow | |
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Beard of Sorrow: Charles Main after his lover, Augusta, dies in childbirth. | |
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Even Evil Has Standards | |
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Even Evil Has Standards: In Book III, Ashton may be willing to try to drive her brother and Madeline into destitution and retake Mont Royal through blackmail and bad business deals as part of her renewed revenge plot with Bent, but she is horrified when Bent deviates from the plan and murders Orry. | |
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Dastardly Whiplash | |
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Dastardly Whiplash: The La Mottes are an entire family of Whiplashes. Elkanah Bent and Ashton Main are the main contenders, though. | |
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Hollywood Old | |
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Hollywood Old: Orry's greying streaks of hair. | |
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Evil Is One Big, Happy Family | |
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Evil Is One Big, Happy Family: Bent and Ashton. A union between two people who so perfectly embody the notion of evil was inevitable. | |
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Preppy Name | |
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Preppy Name: Many, especially in the South. Ashton and Brett, Orry's sisters, are good examples. | |
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Foregone Conclusion | |
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Foregone Conclusion: South Carolina will secede and a civil war will happen as a result. However, the entire first book and first part of the mini-series is an elaborate build-up to those events, using the obvious course of history as a dramatic backdrop and setup for future struggles between various characters. | |
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Pun-Based Title | |
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Pun-Based Title: The people who made the DVD chapter titles had a lot of fun with Bent's name. | |
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Woman Scorned | |
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Woman Scorned: After Billy Hazard leaves Ashton for her sister, Ashton conspires with a criminal to have him murdered. In the miniseries, Virgilia agrees to serve as Congressman Greene's mistress in exchange for a judicial pardon. In his final scene, Greene reveals that Virgilia's name has been cleared for months; he was just stringing her along in exchange for sex. Virgilia becomes angry and shoots him dead, but this earns her a one-way trip straight to the gallows. | |
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Damsel in Distress | |
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Damsel in Distress: Madeline, again. | |
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Dropped a Bridge on Him | |
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Orry in the second miniseries, based on Love And War (in which Orry does get killed). But the final miniseries Dropped a Bridge on Him. | |
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Tranquil Fury | |
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Inverted with Mr. Fenway, who appears to be a milquetoast, dull man.... but is hiding a Machiavellian mind (and Tranquil Fury) underneath. | |
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Break the Cutie | |
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Break the Cutie: Madeline Fabray. | |
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See You in Hell | |
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See You in Hell: Ashton actually speaks to the dearly-departed (but not really) Bent, saying she expects to join him in Hell. | |
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The Farmer and the Viper | |
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The Farmer and the Viper: George's weathered face is lined with irony as he utters the line, "We saved his life." Madeline unwittingly makes an enemy by helping Ashton during her abortion. One of the Main family's slaves warns that Ashton won't allow Madelene to continue on in the family while knowing her shameful secret. Virgilia, fresh from Harper's Ferry, shows up bedraggled at her family home. Despite the evil in-laws voting to get rid of her, Constance doesn't have the heart to turn Virgilia away. It turns out the bigots had a point; Virgilia ransacks the silver and splits. | |
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If You Kill Him, You Will Be Just Like Him! | |
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If You Kill Him, You Will Be Just Like Him! / Roaring Rampage of Revenge | |
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Adaptational Attractiveness | |
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Adaptational Attractiveness: Exaggerated with Bent, who in the book is described as obese and just plain disgusting. Justified, since in the adaptation he's merged with Lamar Powell, Ashton's handsome lover. Virgilia. | |
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Badass Family | |
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Badass Family: The boys of the Main clan. | |
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Plot-Mandated Friendship Failure | |
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Plot-Mandated Friendship Failure: Orry and George's contrasting lifestyles & politics have caused conflict in their relationship for more than a decade. However, during a visit to George in October 1859, disagreements over Virgilia's activities and the justification of John Brown's violent anti-slavery actions causes an estrangement between the two. It is not until George visits Orry in December 1860 do they reconcile. | |
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Adaptation-Induced Plot Hole | |
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Adaptation-Induced Plot Hole: The Heaven & Hell TV Adaptation follows storylines from the Novel predecessors that were omitted and changed by the TV adaptations: Cooper Main. Madeline's African Ancestry becoming public knowledge, even though the Book II TV version had kept that a secret by Ashton and Elkanah Bent, with no suggestion that it was ever made public like in the Novel. Charles and Elkanah Bent having a past association. Stanley and Isabel Hazard being free and respected, despite the Book II TV version having them convicted. | |
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Lean and Mean | |
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Lean and Mean: In Chapters One and Two, Ashton is a quintessential fair-skinned, voluptuous aristocrat. By the time 1994 rolled along, Terri Garber was leaner and tanned from her role on Dynasty1981; it worked perfectly for a weather-beaten, hungrier Ashton. | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_56b8b4f1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_56b8b4f1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
North and South (U.S.) | hasFeature |
North and South (U.S.) / int_56b8b4f1 | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_56e50131 | type |
Love Across Battlelines | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_56e50131 | comment |
Love Across Battlelines: Many, many examples. See the trope page for details. | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_56e50131 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_56e50131 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
North and South (U.S.) | hasFeature |
North and South (U.S.) / int_56e50131 | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_590eb583 | type |
Domestic Abuse | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_590eb583 | comment |
Domestic Abuse: Madeline's unpleasant marriage to Justin. | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_590eb583 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_590eb583 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
North and South (U.S.) | hasFeature |
North and South (U.S.) / int_590eb583 | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_59166261 | type |
Second-Act Breakup | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_59166261 | comment |
Second-Act Breakup: In Love and War, Madeline deserts Orry after Ashton threatens to expose her black lineage and disgrace Orry's family. They finally reconcile after the war ends. Only in the miniseries, not in the novels. | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_59166261 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_59166261 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
North and South (U.S.) | hasFeature |
North and South (U.S.) / int_59166261 | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_5c59001e | type |
Suave Sabre | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_5c59001e | comment |
Suave Sabre: When he's at West Point, Orry fights Jerkass upper-class cadet Bent in a sabre match, beating Bent after a dramatic fight. When George asks him where he learned to handle a sabre like that, Orry tells him that his father had him take lessons growing up because he felt that every Southern gentleman should know how to handle a sabre. | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_5c59001e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_5c59001e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
North and South (U.S.) | hasFeature |
North and South (U.S.) / int_5c59001e | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_5c99b642 | type |
War for Fun and Profit | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_5c99b642 | comment |
War for Fun and Profit: Bent is plotting an elaborate takeover of North America by smuggling weapons to the South. Meanwhile, he'll turn around and spend the proceeds on contraband for an even bigger profit. He's a little optimistic about his "imperial" ambitions, but Jefferson Davis indeed confirms that those guns could have turned the tide of the war. | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_5c99b642 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_5c99b642 | featureConfidence |
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North and South (U.S.) | hasFeature |
North and South (U.S.) / int_5c99b642 | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_60fa92ac | type |
Names to Run Away from Really Fast | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_60fa92ac | comment |
Names to Run Away from Really Fast: As if Elkanah Bent wasn't over the top, he later earns the moniker "Butcher Bent" from his subordinates. | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_60fa92ac | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_60fa92ac | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
North and South (U.S.) | hasFeature |
North and South (U.S.) / int_60fa92ac | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_6201e8b0 | type |
I Have Your Wife | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_6201e8b0 | comment |
I Have Your Wife: In the final phase of his revenge plot, Bent kidnaps Charles Main's son to raise as his own. | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_6201e8b0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_6201e8b0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
North and South (U.S.) | hasFeature |
North and South (U.S.) / int_6201e8b0 | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_644eca71 | type |
Rich Bitch | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_644eca71 | comment |
Rich Bitch: Also numerous. | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_644eca71 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_644eca71 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
North and South (U.S.) | hasFeature |
North and South (U.S.) / int_644eca71 | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_6532850f | type |
Her Heart Will Go On | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_6532850f | comment |
Her Heart Will Go On: Orry getting bumped off at the start of Book 3. And Madeline's heart definitely does go on - with George Hazard. | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_6532850f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_6532850f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
North and South (U.S.) | hasFeature |
North and South (U.S.) / int_6532850f | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_65331274 | type |
Flynning | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_65331274 | comment |
Early on, it's evident that Cadet Bent isn't playing with a full deck. During a Flynning match, he seems to get aroused when he slices a fellow cadet's neck. | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_65331274 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_65331274 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
North and South (U.S.) | hasFeature |
North and South (U.S.) / int_65331274 | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_6849cc47 | type |
Where da White Women At? | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_6849cc47 | comment |
Where da White Women At?: Virgilia befriends and eventually marries a freed slave named Grady. | |
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1.0 | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_6849cc47 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
North and South (U.S.) | hasFeature |
North and South (U.S.) / int_6849cc47 | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_6b05b601 | type |
Jerkass Has a Point | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_6b05b601 | comment |
Virgilia, fresh from Harper's Ferry, shows up bedraggled at her family home. Despite the evil in-laws voting to get rid of her, Constance doesn't have the heart to turn Virgilia away. It turns out the bigots had a point; Virgilia ransacks the silver and splits. | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_6b05b601 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_6b05b601 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
North and South (U.S.) | hasFeature |
North and South (U.S.) / int_6b05b601 | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_72852a93 | type |
Henpecked Husband | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_72852a93 | comment |
Henpecked Husband: Stanley Hazard and James Huntoon are married to an embezzler and a sociopath, respectively. Stanley gets bullied into betraying George and selling shoddy equipment to the Union forces, while Huntoon is merely a puppet for Ashton and Bent to carry out their plot. Ashton's husband, Fen, appears to be a standard-issue cuckolded husband. He shows his true colors by withholding the purse strings to Ashton's money. | |
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1.0 | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_72852a93 | featureConfidence |
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North and South (U.S.) | hasFeature |
North and South (U.S.) / int_72852a93 | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_729c69f3 | type |
Politically Incorrect Villain | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_729c69f3 | comment |
Politically Incorrect Villain: Virtually all of the southern villains including Bent, Justin, and Ashton. Aside from the usual bigotries, Lincoln is repeatedly referred to as "that baboon" and "that illiterate". George's evil sister-in-law won't stop harping about his "Irish slut" of a wife. | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_729c69f3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_729c69f3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
North and South (U.S.) | hasFeature |
North and South (U.S.) / int_729c69f3 | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_7453bc5b | type |
Spared by the Adaptation | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_7453bc5b | comment |
Spared by the Adaptation: Orry in the second miniseries, based on Love And War (in which Orry does get killed). But the final miniseries Dropped a Bridge on Him. Priam in the book misses a freight train he was going to escape on and is killed by a search party, but in the miniseries he makes it onto the train. | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_7453bc5b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_7453bc5b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
North and South (U.S.) | hasFeature |
North and South (U.S.) / int_7453bc5b | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_77ed6b7d | type |
Troubling Unchildlike Behavior | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_77ed6b7d | comment |
Troubling Unchildlike Behavior: Pre-teen Ashton flirts with George in a rather shameless way. He's promptly creeped out. | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_77ed6b7d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_77ed6b7d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
North and South (U.S.) | hasFeature |
North and South (U.S.) / int_77ed6b7d | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_7919a45b | type |
Duel to the Death | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_7919a45b | comment |
Duel to the Death: Orry schools Charles in the finer arts of dueling prior to facing off against a aristocrat. Another time, some of the Southern villains maneuver one of the Northern characters into a pistol duel with a sabotaged gun so they can murder him legally. Fortunately, the more sympathetic southerners learn what is going on and charge in to stop it. | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_7919a45b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_7919a45b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
North and South (U.S.) | hasFeature |
North and South (U.S.) / int_7919a45b | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_7c9933de | type |
Laughably Evil | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_7c9933de | comment |
Laughably Evil: Ashton is plainly played for comedy, despite doing some despicable things. | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_7c9933de | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_7c9933de | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
North and South (U.S.) | hasFeature |
North and South (U.S.) / int_7c9933de | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_7e74d66f | type |
Politically Correct History | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_7e74d66f | comment |
Politically Correct History | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_7e74d66f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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North and South (U.S.) / int_7e74d66f | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_7fbb13bf | type |
Unfriendly Fire | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_7fbb13bf | comment |
Unfriendly Fire: Bent tries to murder Charles in this manner in Texas, but misses. | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_7fbb13bf | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_7fbb13bf | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
North and South (U.S.) | hasFeature |
North and South (U.S.) / int_7fbb13bf | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_7febc23b | type |
Establishing Character Moment | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_7febc23b | comment |
Establishing Character Moment: In the miniseries, young Ashton is first seen breaking a bird's egg rather than letting her sister return it to the nest. Early on, it's evident that Cadet Bent isn't playing with a full deck. During a Flynning match, he seems to get aroused when he slices a fellow cadet's neck. | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_7febc23b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_7febc23b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
North and South (U.S.) | hasFeature |
North and South (U.S.) / int_7febc23b | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_80621707 | type |
Arranged Marriage | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_80621707 | comment |
Arranged Marriage: At the start of the North and South, Madeline is paired off with Justin La Motte, a wealthy plantation owner who is significantly older. | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_80621707 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_80621707 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
North and South (U.S.) | hasFeature |
North and South (U.S.) / int_80621707 | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_80f4e386 | type |
Ignorant of Their Own Ignorance | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_80f4e386 | comment |
Ignorant of Their Own Ignorance: Ashton spends all of Book III working and scheming to gain control of Mount Royal. It's only after her plan fails that she discovers Mount Royal was destroyed in the War and, even if her plan worked, she'd have "inherited" nothing but a burned-out husk of the manor she once loved. | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_80f4e386 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_80f4e386 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
North and South (U.S.) | hasFeature |
North and South (U.S.) / int_80f4e386 | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_85ca9dab | type |
Second Love | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_85ca9dab | comment |
Second Love: George and Madeline find love again in each other after the murders of Constance and Orry in Heaven and Hell. | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_85ca9dab | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_85ca9dab | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
North and South (U.S.) | hasFeature |
North and South (U.S.) / int_85ca9dab | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_863fa679 | type |
What Happened to the Mouse? | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_863fa679 | comment |
What Happened to the Mouse? Rudy Bodford. After his character-building scene in the Wilderness battle in Episode 4, he is never seen again. | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_863fa679 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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North and South (U.S.) | hasFeature |
North and South (U.S.) / int_863fa679 | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_89102272 | type |
Artistic Title | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_89102272 | comment |
Artistic Title: A montage of ink drawings depicting the main characters. The sequence is different for each miniseries. | |
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1.0 | |
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North and South (U.S.) | hasFeature |
North and South (U.S.) / int_89102272 | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_8a817c2a | type |
Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_8a817c2a | comment |
Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_8a817c2a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
North and South (U.S.) | hasFeature |
North and South (U.S.) / int_8a817c2a | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_8b4f2a4f | type |
'80s Hair | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_8b4f2a4f | comment |
'80s Hair: Averted for the most part, though Ashton's perm occasionally strains credibility. Brett is pretty bad however, her hairspray and gel caked hair and bright pink lipstick frequently make her look like "Antebellum Barbie", like at Ashton's wedding. | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_8b4f2a4f | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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North and South (U.S.) / int_8b4f2a4f | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_916c72b3 | type |
Rule of Symbolism | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_916c72b3 | comment |
Rule of Symbolism: The major characters, northerners and southerners, all start out wearing homogenous West Point uniforms. This image was the inspiration for the book trilogy. | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_916c72b3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
North and South (U.S.) | hasFeature |
North and South (U.S.) / int_916c72b3 | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_953a8ee8 | type |
Age Cut | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_953a8ee8 | comment |
Age Cut: Used twice with young Brett and Ashton Main. Orry stays the same throughout. | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_953a8ee8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_953a8ee8 | featureConfidence |
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North and South (U.S.) / int_953a8ee8 | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_9591377d | type |
Heel Realization | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_9591377d | comment |
Heel Realization: Ashton has one at the end of Book Two. She appears to have ignored it entirely in Book Three. | |
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1.0 | |
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North and South (U.S.) / int_9591377d | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_970c790a | type |
Big Bad | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_970c790a | comment |
Big Bad: Elkanah Bent. | |
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1.0 | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_970c790a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
North and South (U.S.) | hasFeature |
North and South (U.S.) / int_970c790a | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_984ef9ef | type |
"Not So Different" Remark | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_984ef9ef | comment |
"Not So Different" Remark: The Mains own slaves, but the Hazards' factory is a sweatshop, whose accommodations are even worse than that of the Mains' slaves. Orry is ready to remind George of this on quite a few occasions. When Cuffey runs away from the plantation and joins a Union Colored Regiment, he finds that life as a soldier wasn't so different from life as a slave. | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_984ef9ef | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
North and South (U.S.) | hasFeature |
North and South (U.S.) / int_984ef9ef | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_99404851 | type |
Ladykiller in Love | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_99404851 | comment |
Ladykiller in Love: George is a womanizer who doesn't seem like he wants to settle down, until he meets Constance. | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_99404851 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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North and South (U.S.) / int_99404851 | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_9a1d239e | type |
Been There, Shaped History | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_9a1d239e | comment |
Been There, Shaped History: Orry and George manage to meet every major figure in the Civil War and the abolitionist movement. In a minor example, Ashton marries the founder of Fenway Pianos. | |
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1.0 | |
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North and South (U.S.) / int_9a1d239e | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_9bcd82c0 | type |
Took a Level in Badass | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_9bcd82c0 | comment |
Took a Level in Badass: Charles grew up getting into scraps, took on 3 drunken brawlers at once, beat a man (in accuracy) at a duel, attended West Point, served Texas and fought Indians, as well as chased Mexican gang lords all over the country. When a buddy of Forbes decides to pull a knife on him at Billy's duel, Charles plainly informs him he picked the wrong man for that. | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_9bcd82c0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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North and South (U.S.) / int_9bcd82c0 | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_9c5e78d0 | type |
Kill the Cutie | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_9c5e78d0 | comment |
Kill the Cutie: In the third book, Bent avenges himself on George by murdering his wife, Constance. | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_9c5e78d0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
North and South (U.S.) | hasFeature |
North and South (U.S.) / int_9c5e78d0 | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_9eeb5455 | type |
Evil Virtues | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_9eeb5455 | comment |
Evil Virtues: Ashton's resourcefulness. She manages to go from Riches to Rags and back again, equipped with nothing but her sharp brain and industry (and a little thievery, murder, and willingness to jump in the sack with anything that has a pulse if it furthers her goals doesn't hurt, either). Faint praise, but then most of the antagonists are so blackhearted that they don't even have virtues. | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_9eeb5455 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
North and South (U.S.) | hasFeature |
North and South (U.S.) / int_9eeb5455 | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_a2e84479 | type |
Slowly Slipping Into Evil | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_a2e84479 | comment |
Slowly Slipping Into Evil: Virgilia, Cuffey, Cooper. | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_a2e84479 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_a2e84479 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
North and South (U.S.) | hasFeature |
North and South (U.S.) / int_a2e84479 | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_a551c7ee | type |
Homosocial Heterosexuality | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_a551c7ee | comment |
Homosocial Heterosexuality: Madelyn is manipulated into an Arranged Marriage based entirely on his friendship with her father. This scenario is gradually rolled up retroactively after the protagonist loses contact with her only to find out that she's suddenly getting married. | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_a551c7ee | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
North and South (U.S.) | hasFeature |
North and South (U.S.) / int_a551c7ee | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_a55454ee | type |
Malcolm Xerox | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_a55454ee | comment |
Malcolm Xerox: Cuffey. "This is the only thing the white man understands. Cold steel." | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_a55454ee | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_a55454ee | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
North and South (U.S.) | hasFeature |
North and South (U.S.) / int_a55454ee | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_a7b324e | type |
Handicapped Badass | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_a7b324e | comment |
Handicapped Badass: Orry, post-amputation. | |
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Black-and-White Insanity | |
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Black-and-White Insanity: Virgilia is against slavery. Sensible. Believing that everyone from the southern USA is Always Chaotic Evil? Not so sensible. And it keeps going downhill from there, with her ruining her own life and arguably becoming more of a liability to her cause rather than an asset. | |
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Meet Cute | |
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Meet Cute: In their first scene together, Orry rescues Madeline from an overturned carriage. | |
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Alternate History | |
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Alternate History: Book Two brushes up against an alternate history, with Bent plotting the assassination of Jefferson Davis. | |
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Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass | |
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Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Mr. Fenway. It's unclear whether "Fen" was shrewdly playing Ashton all along, or if her nonstop adultery drove him to those depths. | |
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Bully Hunter | |
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Bully Hunter & Schoolyard Bully All Grown Up: This would be Orry and George's relationship with their old CO, Elkanah Bent. | |
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Save the Villain | |
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Save the Villain: George and Orry rescue Elkanah Bent from drowning in an icy lake. He's not exactly grateful. | |
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Scars Are Forever | |
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Scars are Forever: Justin receives one from Madeline's sword slash. | |
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Marital Rape License | |
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Marital Rape License: Justin. | |
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"Hey, You!" Haymaker | |
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"Hey, You!" Haymaker: Characters have a tendency to underestimate Madeline. In the closing scenes of Book Three, Ashton returns home with a newly-minted deed, announcing that Madeline's being evicted. Madeline chases after her by the arm, begging for mercy... but realizes she's wasting her breath and just decks her one. | |
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The Alcatraz | |
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The Alcatraz: Infamous Libby Prison. | |
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Precision F-Strike | |
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Precision F-Strike: In the books, Cooper does this when Charleston is celebrating the start of secession. | |
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The Neidermeyer | |
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The Neidermeyer: Elkanah Bent is first introduced as this. As punishment for a perceived slight, he puts Orry though an series of torturous exercises. In fact, the only reason Bent stopped at all was the senior cadet, Ulysses S. Grant, tells him to back off. | |
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Injun Country | |
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Injun Country: Charles and Adolphus in the third book. | |
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Big "NO!" | |
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Big "NO!": Cooper Main, who spends the entirety of his time on-screen being a bigoted asshole, finally turns the corner and refuses to murder Madeline and George in cold blood, turning his gun on Gettys La Motte and bellowing his defiance. | |
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And Your Little Dog, Too! | |
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And Your Little Dog, Too! | |
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Freudian Excuse | |
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Freudian Excuse: Bent turns out to be an illegitimate son of a U.S. Senator, who shilled him off on an abusive foster family rather than have anything to do with him. | |
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Spoiled Brat | |
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Spoiled Brat: Ashton never really grew up. Eventually, she is faced with no other choice but to do so. | |
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An Arm and a Leg | |
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An Arm and a Leg: In the books, Orry's arm is amputated following a skirmish. Fangirls don't go for that sort of thing, so Orry instead gains a limp in the miniseries. John Jakes fought this for a while, but was ultimately convinced that Orry losing an arm would constantly take viewers out of the story, as they'd spend every scene trying to spot how Patrick Swayze was hiding his arm. | |
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Protect This House | |
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Protect This House: Mont Royal is more secure than the Pentagon, as Justin learns when he comes to reclaim Madeline. In Book Two, two disgruntled ex-employees from the Main plantation (Salem Jones and Cuffey) lead a band of scavengers to torch the house. The siege of Mont Royal ends up destroying the mansion, but the family manages to drive them off. | |
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All Girls Want Bad Boys | |
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All Girls Want Bad Boys: Ashton wraps her legs around every scoundrel in sight, but doesn't give her husbands the time of day. She suggests to one of her beaux, Forbes La Motte, that James Huntoon's essential decency is a turnoff. Inverted with Mr. Fenway, who appears to be a milquetoast, dull man.... but is hiding a Machiavellian mind (and Tranquil Fury) underneath. | |
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Romancing the Widow | |
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Romancing the Widow: In Heaven and Hell, George and Madeline. | |
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Authority Equals Asskicking | |
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Authority Equals Asskicking: George and Orry both attain high-level positions in the Union and Confederate Army, respectively. George conveniently ends up under Ulysses S. Grant's command, while Orry answers to no less than Jefferson Davis himself. | |
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Silk Hiding Steel | |
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Silk Hiding Steel: Madeline overhears Justin's plans to have Billy bumped off, but is too woozy from drugs to claw her way out of the house. Justin strikes her, but pauses a moment to tell his slaves to beat it — giving Madeline just enough time to unsheathe a decorative sword and bury it in her husband's face. | |
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Composite Character | |
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Composite Character: Some in the adaptation, most obviously Series!Bent, who's a merge of Book!Bent and Lamar Powell, Ashton's lover. Arguably, Series!Bent gets more from Powell than from his book couterpart. | |
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Torches and Pitchforks | |
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Torches and Pitchforks: Virgilia directs her Abolitionist mob to lynch Orry, but he slips away in time. | |
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Expy | |
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Expy: Raph is a pretty clear riff on Rhett Butler. | |
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Equal-Opportunity Evil | |
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Equal-Opportunity Evil: In the book, Cuffey's leads a band of marauders pillaging the countryside in the last days of the war. His band includes both escaped slaves and Confederate Army deserters; even former overseer Salem Jones joins them, to get even with the owners of the plantation he had been fired from. | |
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Bastard Bastard | |
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Bastard Bastard: Bent was fobbed off onto an abusive foster home after his real father, a U.S. Senator, decided to cover up his own marital infidelities. The Bents mistreated him a good deal, and Sen. Edwards kept a wide berth. He only agrees to cut a check when Elkanah appears in his office as an adult — under the condition that he never turn up again. | |
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The Vamp | |
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The Vamp: Ashton. Somewhat inverted with Virgilia. This one is a sensitive case: She manipulates one of the Mains' slaves, Grady, into sleeping with her, then springs him from captivity. Grady eventually turns into a firebrand just like Virgilia (whom he marries), and is killed at Harper's Ferry. Their relationship is a complicated one, and Virigilia never stops mourning for Grady; but it really makes you wonder if she married him as part of a mere political statement. | |
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Race Fetish | |
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Race Fetish: She might genuinely love Grady, but the book makes it obvious that Virgilia has a serious "thing" for black men. Entire passages are devoted to her waxing rhapsodic about "beautiful black men" and "black man's bodies". | |
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Cain and Abel | |
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Cain and Abel: Seems everybody has an evil sibling around someplace. | |
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Take Over the World | |
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Take Over the World: Bent's goal, in his own words, is to build a Southern "empire" and become the new Bonaparte. Somewhat subverted in that Bent doesn't even come close to succeeding. | |
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List of Transgressions | |
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List of Transgressions: Each time Bent appears, it's a safe bet that he'll rant about all the times George and Orry foiled his schemes. | |
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Chained to a Rock | |
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Chained to a Rock: Suspecting his wife of infidelities, Justin locks Madeline in a room and keeps her heavily sedated. | |
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Cranky Landlord | |
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Cranky Landlord: Cooper Main, who we have not seen prior to Orry's death, rides in to pay his condolences and cheerfully reminds his widow that if she misses one payment, she's out on her ear. The remainder of Book Three consists of Cooper sabotaging her business, then pulling his hair out when she keeps making the rent. | |
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Never Found the Body | |
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Never Found the Body: Bent. | |
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Ten Paces and Turn | |
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Ten Paces and Turn: A southern aristocrat "demands satisfaction" from Charles, who can barely hold a sword— let along a dueling pistol. With Orry's help, Charles wins out in the end. Forbes, acting under Ashton's orders, deliberately goads Billy into a duel with an unloaded pistol. Nice and legal. | |
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Evil Cannot Comprehend Good | |
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Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: John Jakes heroes prefer to take the high road. John Jakes villains.... don't. When Cooper shows up to gloat, Madeline politely says she's still not leaving Mont Royal, and wishes him well. | |
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Dark Secret | |
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Dark Secret: Ashton's discovery (through Bent) that Madeline's late mother was not only black, but a high-class prostitute to boot. Whistle where the quarters are. | |
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How the Mighty Have Fallen | |
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How the Mighty Have Fallen: In Heaven and Hell, Ashton has been disowned by Orry and now irks out a living as a Santa Fe prostitute. | |
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Beware the Nice Ones | |
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Beware the Nice Ones: Orry Main has bad luck with trains. The first time he arrives at a Yankee train station, he is harassed for his southern accent, leading into a brawl. The second time, Virgilia's mob stops the train and tries to lynch him. Why can't a redneck gentlemen travel by rail unmolested? The third time, Orry finally has enough, whips out his cutlass and goes to town on some muggers. | |
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Evil Is Hammy | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_fdf22cfd | comment |
Evil Is Hammy: Ye gods, Elkanah Bent. If you want a maniac done right, hire someone from Broadway. Wayne Newton as the overseer of Libby Prison is quite a sight to behold. He hisses, his eyes bug out, he clacks his teeth maniacally. It's hard not to laugh at a sadist when he's on the brink of singing "Danke Schön" at any moment. | |
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North and South (U.S.) / int_fe614133 | type |
Beauty Is Never Tarnished | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_fe614133 | comment |
Beauty Is Never Tarnished: Madeline always looks amazing, even when sleep-deprived, beaten, and drugged up her eyeballs on laudanum. Heaven & Hell elevates her to a "Hot Mess" as she works to rebuild Mont Royal. | |
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North and South (U.S.) / int_fe64d5a1 | type |
Evil Is Petty | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_fe64d5a1 | comment |
Evil Is Petty: Bent never forgets. When ordered to quit leaning on George and Orry by his superior, Bent vents his frustration by knocking a cadet down a gulley. | |
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North and South (U.S.) / int_fe6c146e | type |
The Corrupter | |
North and South (U.S.) / int_fe6c146e | comment |
The Corrupter: The Ku Klux Klan recruiter serves as this to Cooper. | |
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