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'''''Prospero's Daughter''''' is a fantasy trilogy by American writer L. Jagi Lamplighter, consisting of ''Prospero Lost'', ''Prospero In Hell'', and ''Prospero Regained''.
 
The narrator of the story is Miranda, of ''[[The Tempest]]'' fame, although she [[External Retcon|explains]] that [[William Shakespeare]] fictionalized it. Five centuries and several half-siblings later, in a [[Crossover Cosmology]] world, Miranda is running Prospero Inc., which keeps elemental powers in check by providing them with such valuable goods as phoenix ash. Her father has left her a message that he is in trouble and she must warn all her siblings that they are in danger.
 
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=== Tropes featured in this trilogy ===
* [[Age Without Youth]]: Eramus's staff can do only this.
* [[Asleep for Days]]: Miranda at the North Pole; Mab wishes it was one more day.
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* [[Broken Angel]]: The Good Folk are fallen angels, whose wings have been amputated. Leaving scars.
* [[Broken Bird]]
* [[Brother -Sister Incest]]
* [[Call to Agriculture]]: Prospero was gardening in his retirement.
* [[Cats Are Mean]]
* [[Cats Have Nine Lives]]
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* [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]]: Several of the antagonists in ''Prospero Lost'' come in red and gray.
* [[Contrived Coincidence]]
* [[Could Say It, But...]]
* [[Crossover Cosmology]]
* [[Crying Wolf]]
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* [[Enemy Civil War]]
* [[Enigmatic Empowering Entity]]: Miranda's Lady
* [[EverythingsEverything's Worse Withwith Bears]]
* [[Evil Cannot Comprehend Good]]
* [[Evil Is Deathly Cold]]
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* [[Fighting From the Inside]]
* [[First Kiss]]
* [[First -Name Basis]]
* [[The Fool]]
* [[A Friend in Need]]
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* [[Genius Ditz]]
* [[God of Evil]]
* [[Good Wings, Evil Wings]]
* [[Grail in Thethe Garbage]]: The chameleon cloak in the thrift shop.
* [[Half -Human Hybrid]]
* [[Heel Face Turn]]
* [[Hell Gate]]
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* [[Hidden Depths]]
* [[High Octane Nightmare Fuel]]: The coliseum under Logistilla's island.
* [[Hoist Byby His Own Petard]]
* [[Horny Devils]]
* [[I Gave My Word]]
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* [[Immortality Immorality]]
* [[Immortal Procreation Clause]]: The Prosperos can have children, but since their immortality comes from an external source, the children die.
* [[In HarmsHarm's Way]]
* [[Inhuman Emotion]]: The natural temptations to angels and other inhuman beings
* [[I Take Offense to That Last One]]
* [[It Was a Gift]]
* [[Kick the Dog]]: Erasmus cursed Miranda with aging several centuries in a year. And then refused to revoke the curse, making her crawl to the World's End to get the cure.
* [[Lack of Empathy]]: Miranda starts out with this -- badly enough that some people wonder whether she's been enchanted.
* [[Laser -Guided Amnesia]]
* [[Life or Limb Decision]]
* [[Light Is Good]]
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* [[Living Shadow]]
* [[Love Hurts]]: Ferdinard laments what he has suffered for the chaste love of a pure maid.
* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]]
* [[Magic Wand]]: All the Prospero siblings' Staves.
* [[Magic Music]]: Miranda's flute-playing controls spirits of the air.
* [[The Magnificent]]
* [[Mall Santa]]: Sometimes is the original himself.
* [[MamasMama's Baby, PapasPapa's Maybe]]: The possibilities of Caliban's paternity are hashed out.
* [[Man Hug]]: Mephisto's reaction to {{spoiler|Astreus's being freed.}}
* [[Masquerade]]
* [[Matter of Life and Death]]
* [[Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane]]: Gregor dismisses a vision he had as delirum, even while recounting that it changed his life.
* [[A Million Is a Statistic]]
* [[Missing Mom]]
* [[More Hero Than Thou]]
* [[The Mourning After]]: Eramus is still grief-striken for his first wife.
* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]
* [[My Name Is Not Durwood]]
* [[New Old Flame]]: Two different ones from ''Prospero Lost'' alone.
* [[Nice to Thethe Waiter]]
* [[Noodle Incident]]
* [[Not Himself]]
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* [[Physical God]]
* [[The Power of Love]]
* [[The Power of Trust]]
* [[Powers That Be]]
* [[Private Detective]]: Mab takes the form of a Sam Spadesque private eye.
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* [[Sacred Hospitality]]: Santa Claus's is such that the [[Fair Folk]] will behave themselves under his roof.
* [[Santa Claus]]: Among his many other names.
* [[Self -Inflicted Hell]]
* [[So Much for Stealth]]
* [[Spell Book]]
* [[Stripped to Thethe Bone]]
* [[Strong Family Resemblance]]: Miranda's assistant, not being in on the masquerade, thinks she is this.
* [[Swamps Are Evil]]: If they are in Hell, sure.
* [[Talking Weapon]]
* [[Tears of Blood]]
* [[Tears of Joy]]
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* [[They Do]]
* [[Thicker Than Water]]: ''Somebody'' believes this...or the series would be much shorter.
* [[This Page Will Self -Destruct]]
* [[To Hell and Back]]
* [[Too Dumb to Fool]]
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* [[Virgin Power]]
* [[Walking the Earth]]
* [[White -Haired Pretty Girl]]: Miranda, as a side effect of Erasmus' curse.
* [[White Magic]]
* [[Wicked Stepmother]]
* [[Witch Hunt]]: Discussed. Gregory points out that most victims were guilty -- a fact that has been censored out of history.
* [[With Due Respect]]
* [[A Year and Aa Day]]: How long it takes Miranda to get more Water of Life. Also, how long {{spoiler|elves have to claim the freedom from Hell that Miranda granted before it lapses}}.
* [[Your Approval Fills Me Withwith Shame]]
 
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Latest revision as of 12:58, 12 March 2020

Prospero's Daughter is a fantasy trilogy by American writer L. Jagi Lamplighter, consisting of Prospero Lost, Prospero In Hell, and Prospero Regained.

The narrator of the story is Miranda, of The Tempest fame, although she explains that William Shakespeare fictionalized it. Five centuries and several half-siblings later, in a Crossover Cosmology world, Miranda is running Prospero Inc., which keeps elemental powers in check by providing them with such valuable goods as phoenix ash. Her father has left her a message that he is in trouble and she must warn all her siblings that they are in danger.

Tropes used in Prospero's Daughter include:
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