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* [[Alas, Poor Villain]] - The Mahrkagir's backstory.
* [[Complete Monster]] - The Mahrkhagir from ''[[KushielsKushiel's Legacy|Kushiel's Avatar]]'' fits this trope chillingly well. He practices sexual torture, mutilation, degradation of all kinds, and is just overall a master at tormenting people psychologically as well as physically. Has an entire [[Religion of Evil|priesthood]] to back him up, too. The author makes it clear, though, that while he may have supernatural evil on his side, the Mahrkagir is the product of [[Blood-Splattered Innocents|human atrocity]].
* [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]]: Many examples.
** When Queen Ysandre rides unarmed and unprotected through {{spoiler|the ranks of the misguided Royal Army}} to face down {{spoiler|the [[Evil Chancellor|usurping Royal Commander]] and (metaphorically) reclaim the crown}}, does that count as both a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] and an [[Awesome Moment of Crowning]] ?
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* [[Seasonal Rot]] - Some fans say this about Chosen for the first trilogy, Mercy and or Justice for the second and both Curse and Blessing for the third. On a series wide scale, quite a few fans seem to think that the other books do not live up to the standard set by Phedre's books.
* [[Squick]] - Avatar. The 'iron rod' that the Mahrkagir uses on Phèdre. And ''all'' of the things he does to Imriel. And pretty much everything else about him.
* [[Strangled Byby the Red String]] - Moirin and Bao. Many readers complain they lack chemistry compared to other pairings, and in-universe they don't really have a ''choice'' about their relationship {{spoiler|after Bao dies and is resurrected with half of Moirin's spirit.}}
* [[Suetopia]] - Terre d'Ange is a land blessed by angels, where everybody is beautiful (as pointed out repeatedly) and there's lots of free polyamorous sex going around. It's so beautiful that ugly evil foreignes want to invade and conquer it, but of course they fail.
** And they would have succeeded too, if it weren't for those ''other'' foreigners. In all the situations where that last bit is relevant Terre d'Ange is too busy being self-absorbed to solve things themselves.
** This begins to [[Zig -Zagging Trope|zig zag]] a bit in the second trilogy. Imriel more or less says outright that being pretty is the only thing D'Angelines are particularly better at than anyone else, and that physical beauty isn't really important. Much as he loves his country, he makes it sound a lot less like a [[Suetopia]] than Phèdre did.
** And even Phedre drops the superiority monologue for a few chapters when she visits the island of Kriti in Chosen. All she does is [[Gushing About Shows You Like|gush]] about how awesome [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture|Kriti]] and its culture is, in fact I don't think there was a single bad thing said about it whilst she was there. Probably [[Justified Trope|justified]], as earlier in the series Phedre mentions that to the d'Angelines, the ancient Hellenes were the pinnacle of civilisation before Elua came to Terre d'Ange. This also has a [[Real Life]] basis as to most Western nations today, Ancient Greece is viewed as part of a [[Golden Age]] for classical civilisations.
* [[Villain Decay]] - The quality of the villains in the novels appears to decay right down to the end of the third trilogy. Raphael de Mereliot is seen as quite a step down from the likes of Melisande and the Mahrkagir.
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