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* '''Downplayed''': Only a small area of Alice's house is sentient.
* '''Downplayed''': Only a small area of Alice's house is sentient.
* '''Justified''': A spell was cast on the place.
* '''Justified''': A spell was cast on the place.
* '''Inverted''': Not only is the magic forest ''not'' an intelligent being, it drains the intelligence of any creature that enters it.
* '''Inverted''':
* '''Subverted''': Alice and Bob refer to their city as "she", but this turns out to be an actual way to refer to places sometimes.
* '''Subverted''': Alice and Bob refer to their city as "she", but this turns out to be an actual way to refer to places sometimes.
* '''Double Subverted''': The city is actually sentient.
* '''Double Subverted''': The city is actually sentient.
* '''Parodied''': The city gets "angry" and things happen when referred to as "it".
* '''Parodied''': The city gets "angry" and bad things happen when referred to as "it".
* '''Zig Zagged''':
* '''Zig Zagged''':
* '''Averted''': There are no sentient locations in the work.
* '''Averted''': There are no sentient locations in the work.
* '''Enforced''':
* '''Enforced''': ''Every'' location eventually develops sapience and will.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Wow, this city seems like it's really ALIVE!"
* '''Lampshaded''': "Wow, this city seems like it's really ALIVE!"
* '''Invoked''':
* '''Invoked''': "This spell will make the forest a single thinking creature."
* '''Exploited''': Alice and Bob get the city to make things happen in their favor.
* '''Exploited''': Alice and Bob get the city to make things happen in their favor.
* '''Defied''': Alice and Bob move to a city that is not sentient.
* '''Defied''': Alice and Bob move to a city that is not sentient.

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Basic Trope: A location, usually the setting of a work, is sentient.

  • Straight: The city that Alice and Bob live in is sentient.
  • Exaggerated: The entire universe is sentient.
  • Downplayed: Only a small area of Alice's house is sentient.
  • Justified: A spell was cast on the place.
  • Inverted: Not only is the magic forest not an intelligent being, it drains the intelligence of any creature that enters it.
  • Subverted: Alice and Bob refer to their city as "she", but this turns out to be an actual way to refer to places sometimes.
  • Double Subverted: The city is actually sentient.
  • Parodied: The city gets "angry" and bad things happen when referred to as "it".
  • Zig Zagged:
  • Averted: There are no sentient locations in the work.
  • Enforced: Every location eventually develops sapience and will.
  • Lampshaded: "Wow, this city seems like it's really ALIVE!"
  • Invoked: "This spell will make the forest a single thinking creature."
  • Exploited: Alice and Bob get the city to make things happen in their favor.
  • Defied: Alice and Bob move to a city that is not sentient.
  • Discussed:
  • Conversed:
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