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* [[Nice to the Waiter]]: He always treats the palace servant girls well back home. And they respond gratefully. |
* [[Nice to the Waiter]]: He always treats the palace servant girls well back home. And they respond gratefully. |
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* [[Perfectly Arranged Marriage]]: His first ''official'' wife was a representative of an influential Arab tribe in a marriage that helped appease a budding rebellion. As a bonus she was <s>very pretty</s> stunningly beautiful, was a [[Spirited Young Lady]], loved to read just like Eon, and was very useful at [[Sexy Secretary|helping with paperwork]]. |
* [[Perfectly Arranged Marriage]]: His first ''official'' wife was a representative of an influential Arab tribe in a marriage that helped appease a budding rebellion. As a bonus she was <s>very pretty</s> stunningly beautiful, was a [[Spirited Young Lady]], loved to read just like Eon, and was very useful at [[Sexy Secretary|helping with paperwork]]. |
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** One of the rare justified examples of this trope - Rukaiya was only one of a small horde of Arab noblewomen competing for the position |
** One of the rare justified examples of this trope - Rukaiya was only one of a small horde of Arab noblewomen competing for the position -- literally every Arab clan in the region had sent their most beautiful daughter of the relevant generation hoping to get picked -- and she was selected over all the rest precisely because her intelligence and temperament were such a fine match for Eon's. You get a large enough crowd of beauty contest winners together and interview them all, you're pretty much guaranteed to find at least ''one'' smart and nice one. |
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* [[Scary Black Man]] |
* [[Scary Black Man]] |
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* [[Spare to the Throne]] |
* [[Spare to the Throne]] |