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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:
• 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 things happen when referred to as "it".
• Zig Zagged:
• Averted: There are no sentient locations in the work.
• Enforced:
• Lampshaded: "Wow, this city seems like it's really ALIVE!"
• Invoked:
• 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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