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The Modern Tales ~~of Faerie~~ is an [[Urban Fantasy]] trilogy by [[Holly Black]], including the books ''Tithe'', ''Valiant'' and ''Ironside''.

The ''[[Modern Faerie Tales]]'' is an [[Urban Fantasy]] trilogy by [[Holly Black]], including the books ''Tithe'', ''Valiant'' and ''Ironside''.

* [[Accidental Murder]]: Ravus ~~accidentaly~~ killed Tamson in a duel, which is the reason that he was exiled from the Seelie Court. However, it turns out that {{spoiler|Mabry had weakened Tamson's armor prior to the duel because Tamson knew that [[Double Agent|she was working for The Unseelie Court]].}}

* [[Accidental Murder]]: Ravus accidentally killed Tamson in a duel, which is the reason that he was exiled from the Seelie Court. However, it turns out that {{spoiler|Mabry had weakened Tamson's armor prior to the duel because Tamson knew that [[Double Agent|she was working for The Unseelie Court]].}}

* [[All Trolls Are Different]]: Trolls are slightly larger and much uglier than most faeries, with greenish skin, protruding teeth, and black-and-gold eyes. They turn to stone in sunlight, but will recover when no longer exposed. Troll blood breeds true even when mixed with human. Ravus, the one major character who's a troll, is a little intimidating but a genuinely good guy, although it's indicated in other books that this isn't true of all trolls.

* [[Black Eyes of Evil]]: Averted with {{spoiler|Kaye}}, not so averted with a lot of the other faeries.

* [[Big Applesauce]]: The books take place in New York and New Jersey, usually commuting between the two during the novels. New York is also where the exiled fae are sent.

* [[Big Brother Instinct]]: Luis

* [[Break His Heart to Save Him]]: In Ironside, Roiben gives Kaye an impossible task -- to find a faerie who can lie -- in order to keep her from becoming his consort, and by extension, a subject of the Unseelie Court.

* [[Break His Heart to Save Him]]: In ''Ironside'', Roiben gives Kaye an impossible task -- to find a faerie who can lie -- in order to keep her from becoming his consort, and by extension, a subject of the Unseelie Court.

* [[Break the Cutie]]: Roiben, after he comes to the Unseelie Court.

** Also, Kaye, to some degree, {{spoiler|and Ethine, after Ironside}}.

** Also, Kaye, to some degree, {{spoiler|and Ethine, after ''Ironside''}}.

* [[Can Not Tell a Lie]]: Faeries can only "Bend the truth until it snaps under its own weight." i.e, they can't lie per se, but are very, very fond of leaving out important information or "little details" that could be willfully damaging to the hearer. This becomes a plot point in ''Ironside'' when {{spoiler|Kaye is required to find a faerie that tell an untruth for Roiben's quest. 'Cause she's a wily girl, she uses a paradox of sorts to solve the riddle.}}

* [[Can Not Tell a Lie]]: Faeries can only "Bend the truth until it snaps under its own weight." i.e, they can't lie ''per se'', but are very, very fond of leaving out important information or "little details" that could be willfully damaging to the hearer. This becomes a plot point in ''Ironside'' when {{spoiler|Kaye is required to find a faerie that tell an untruth for Roiben's quest. 'Cause she's a wily girl, she uses a paradox of sorts to solve the riddle.}}

* [[Changeling Fantasy]]: {{spoiler|Kaye}}

* [[Coming Out Story]]: [[Slash Fic|"Mom, you know the forbidden love Spock has for Kirk? Well, me too."]]

* [[Courtly Love]]: Played straight and subverted with Roiben.

* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]: Oh, Ravus, where do we start with you? First, your mom and siblings beat you ~~repetively~~ as a child to get you to fight, then when your dad saw you all as trolls he took off, prompting your mother to disown you, then you accidentally ran your first and best friend through with a sword, then you got exiled to New York/Ironside, and now you're accused ~~for~~ poisoning fey with your medicine. [[Sarcasm Mode|BOY, IT MUST BE GREAT TO BE YOU!]]

* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]: Oh, Ravus, where do we start with you? First, your mom and siblings beat you repeatedly as a child to get you to fight, then when your dad saw you all as trolls he took off, prompting your mother to disown you, then you accidentally ran your first and best friend through with a sword, then you got exiled to New York/Ironside, and now you're accused of poisoning fey with your medicine. [[Sarcasm Mode|BOY, IT MUST BE GREAT TO BE YOU!]]

** Also, Luis and Dave. Their father killed their mother, shot Dave in the chest, then committed suicide. They now live on the street running errands for the fey.

** We don't even know that much about Roiben's past, but from the time he sets foot in the Unseelie foot onwards, there seems to be no end of darkness and troubles.

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* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Though usually [[The Stoic]], Roiben gets several snarky moments. Kaye says that she "liked him more before he had a sense of humour".

* [[The Dog Bites Back]]: {{spoiler|Roiben}} to Nicnevin. {{spoiler|Corny}} to Nephamael. Lastly, {{spoiler|Ethine to Silarial}}

* [[Dude Looks Like a Lady]]: Reversed example with Val after she shaves her head in Valiant. Even lampshaded where it is pointed out that in her reflection, it is now a young delicate boy looking back at her.

* [[Dude Looks Like a Lady]]: Reversed example with Val after she shaves her head in ''Valiant''. Even lampshaded where it is pointed out that in her reflection, it is now a young delicate boy looking back at her.

* [[Egg Sitting]]: In ''Valiant'', Ruth and Val take care of a flour sack together, which prompts Jen to call them lesbians.

* [[The Fair Folk]]: With considerable diversity.

* [[Fantastic Drug]]: Never, the fairy medicine in ''Valiant'', also has some very potent and ~~magicial~~ effects on humans when they shoot it up.

* [[Fantastic Drug]]: Never, the fairy medicine in ''Valiant'', also has some very potent and magical effects on humans when they shoot it up.

* [[The Film of the Book]]: Both Tithe and Valiant have been picked up. Tithe by Jim Henson Company, and Valiant by MTV.

* [[The Film of the Book]]: Both ''Tithe'' and ''Valiant'' have been picked up -- ''Tithe'' by Jim Henson Company, and ''Valiant'' by MTV.

* [[Fridge Brilliance]]: Luis {{spoiler|being gay completely explains}} all the times in Valiant when he ignored Lolli and why he never reacted when she came on to him, despite being a [[Depraved Homosexual|~~deprived~~ teenage boy]] and her being good looking and easy.

* [[Fridge Brilliance]]: Luis {{spoiler|being gay completely explains}} all the times in ''Valiant'' when he ignored Lolli and why he never reacted when she came on to him, despite being a [[Depraved Homosexual|depraved teenage boy]] and her being good looking and easy.

* [[Geeky Analogy]]: Corny comes out to his ''[[Star Trek]]''-loving parents by saying "You know [[Slash Fic|that forbidden love Kirk has for Spock?]] Well, me too."

* [[God Save Us From the Queen]]: Nicnevin, {{spoiler|Silarial, too}} because she cares about nothing but getting her way.

* [[Good Scars, Evil Scars]]: Roiben's got a bunch, revealed in his [[Shirtless Scene]]s. {{spoiler|Corny gets a few from his night with Nephamael}}

* [[Hot Mom]]: Val's mom tries to be this, and actually ends up as a [[Stacy's Mom]] / [[Mrs. Robinson]]. Ravus also points out that in his childhood, his mom was very beautiful, although YMMV, considering that since he and his mother are trolls, he might have been looking from that perspective.

* [[Hot Mom]]: Val's mom tries to be this, and actually ends up as a [[Stacy's Mom]]/[[Mrs. Robinson]]. Ravus also points out that in his childhood, his mom was very beautiful, although YMMV, considering that since he and his mother are trolls, he might have been looking from that perspective.

* [[I Know Your True Name]]: Faeries can be controlled by their true name, therefore full names are a closely guarded secret.

* [[Important Haircut]]: In ''Valiant'', Val shaves her head on the train after discovering her boyfriend's affair with her mother.

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* [[POV Sequel]]: Sort of. The sequel short story "The Land of Heart's Desire" in "The Poison Eaters" is written around Roiben, as opposed to Kaye.

* [[Shirtless Scene]]: Roiben has several.

* [[Shout-Out]]: Ruth has a "Still Not King" badge on her bag in ''Valiant'', a [[Shout-Out]] to Cassandra Clare's [[The Lord of the Rings]] fanfic ''[[The Very Secret Diaries]]''.

* [[Shout-Out]]: Ruth has a "Still Not King" badge on her bag in ''Valiant'', a [[Shout-Out]] to Cassandra Clare's ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' fanfic ''[[The Very Secret Diaries]]''.

* [[Speak of the Devil]]: Spike doesn't like people saying Roiben's name because he thinks this will happen.

* [[Invisible to Gaydar]]: Corny. Also {{spoiler|Luis}}.