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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''.
'''''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.
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.
* [[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.
* [[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 Angel]]: The Good Folk are fallen angels, whose wings have been amputated. Leaving scars.
* [[Broken Bird]]
* [[Broken Bird]]
* [[Brother Sister Incest]]
* [[Brother-Sister Incest]]
* [[Call to Agriculture]]: Prospero was gardening in his retirement.
* [[Call to Agriculture]]: Prospero was gardening in his retirement.
* [[Cats Are Mean]]
* [[Cats Are Mean]]
* [[Cats Have Nine Lives]]
* [[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.
* [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]]: Several of the antagonists in ''Prospero Lost'' come in red and gray.
* [[Contrived Coincidence]]
* [[Contrived Coincidence]]
* [[Could Say It But]]
* [[Could Say It, But...]]
* [[Crossover Cosmology]]
* [[Crossover Cosmology]]
* [[Crying Wolf]]
* [[Crying Wolf]]
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* [[Enemy Civil War]]
* [[Enemy Civil War]]
* [[Enigmatic Empowering Entity]]: Miranda's Lady
* [[Enigmatic Empowering Entity]]: Miranda's Lady
* [[Everythings Worse With Bears]]
* [[Everything's Worse with Bears]]
* [[Evil Cannot Comprehend Good]]
* [[Evil Cannot Comprehend Good]]
* [[Evil Is Deathly Cold]]
* [[Evil Is Deathly Cold]]
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* [[Fighting From the Inside]]
* [[Fighting From the Inside]]
* [[First Kiss]]
* [[First Kiss]]
* [[First Name Basis]]
* [[First-Name Basis]]
* [[The Fool]]
* [[The Fool]]
* [[A Friend in Need]]
* [[A Friend in Need]]
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* [[Genius Ditz]]
* [[Genius Ditz]]
* [[God of Evil]]
* [[God of Evil]]
* [[Good Wings Evil Wings]]
* [[Good Wings, Evil Wings]]
* [[Grail in The Garbage]]: The chameleon cloak in the thrift shop.
* [[Grail in the Garbage]]: The chameleon cloak in the thrift shop.
* [[Half Human Hybrid]]
* [[Half-Human Hybrid]]
* [[Heel Face Turn]]
* [[Heel Face Turn]]
* [[Hell Gate]]
* [[Hell Gate]]
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* [[Hidden Depths]]
* [[Hidden Depths]]
* [[High Octane Nightmare Fuel]]: The coliseum under Logistilla's island.
* [[High Octane Nightmare Fuel]]: The coliseum under Logistilla's island.
* [[Hoist By His Own Petard]]
* [[Hoist by His Own Petard]]
* [[Horny Devils]]
* [[Horny Devils]]
* [[I Gave My Word]]
* [[I Gave My Word]]
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* [[Immortality Immorality]]
* [[Immortality Immorality]]
* [[Immortal Procreation Clause]]: The Prosperos can have children, but since their immortality comes from an external source, the children die.
* [[Immortal Procreation Clause]]: The Prosperos can have children, but since their immortality comes from an external source, the children die.
* [[In Harms Way]]
* [[In Harm's Way]]
* [[Inhuman Emotion]]: The natural temptations to angels and other inhuman beings
* [[Inhuman Emotion]]: The natural temptations to angels and other inhuman beings
* [[I Take Offense to That Last One]]
* [[I Take Offense to That Last One]]
* [[It Was a Gift]]
* [[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.
* [[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.
* [[Lack of Empathy]]: Miranda starts out with this -- badly enough that some people wonder whether she's been enchanted.
* [[Laser Guided Amnesia]]
* [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]]
* [[Life or Limb Decision]]
* [[Life or Limb Decision]]
* [[Light Is Good]]
* [[Light Is Good]]
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* [[Living Shadow]]
* [[Living Shadow]]
* [[Love Hurts]]: Ferdinard laments what he has suffered for the chaste love of a pure maid.
* [[Love Hurts]]: Ferdinard laments what he has suffered for the chaste love of a pure maid.
* [[Luke I Am Your Father]]
* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]]
* [[Magic Wand]]: All the Prospero siblings' Staves.
* [[Magic Wand]]: All the Prospero siblings' Staves.
* [[Magic Music]]: Miranda's flute-playing controls spirits of the air.
* [[Magic Music]]: Miranda's flute-playing controls spirits of the air.
* [[The Magnificent]]
* [[The Magnificent]]
* [[Mall Santa]]: Sometimes is the original himself.
* [[Mall Santa]]: Sometimes is the original himself.
* [[Mamas Baby Papas Maybe]]: The possibilities of Caliban's paternity are hashed out.
* [[Mama's Baby, Papa's Maybe]]: The possibilities of Caliban's paternity are hashed out.
* [[Man Hug]]: Mephisto's reaction to {{spoiler|Astreus's being freed.}}
* [[Man Hug]]: Mephisto's reaction to {{spoiler|Astreus's being freed.}}
* [[Masquerade]]
* [[Masquerade]]
* [[Matter of Life and Death]]
* [[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.
* [[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]]
* [[A Million Is a Statistic]]
* [[Missing Mom]]
* [[Missing Mom]]
* [[More Hero Than Thou]]
* [[More Hero Than Thou]]
* [[The Mourning After]]: Eramus is still grief-striken for his first wife.
* [[The Mourning After]]: Eramus is still grief-striken for his first wife.
* [[My God What Have I Done]]
* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]
* [[My Name Is Not Durwood]]
* [[My Name Is Not Durwood]]
* [[New Old Flame]]: Two different ones from ''Prospero Lost'' alone.
* [[New Old Flame]]: Two different ones from ''Prospero Lost'' alone.
* [[Nice to The Waiter]]
* [[Nice to the Waiter]]
* [[Noodle Incident]]
* [[Noodle Incident]]
* [[Not Himself]]
* [[Not Himself]]
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* [[Physical God]]
* [[Physical God]]
* [[The Power of Love]]
* [[The Power of Love]]
* [[Power of Trust]]
* [[The Power of Trust]]
* [[Powers That Be]]
* [[Powers That Be]]
* [[Private Detective]]: Mab takes the form of a Sam Spadesque private eye.
* [[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.
* [[Sacred Hospitality]]: Santa Claus's is such that the [[Fair Folk]] will behave themselves under his roof.
* [[Santa Claus]]: Among his many other names.
* [[Santa Claus]]: Among his many other names.
* [[Self Inflicted Hell]]
* [[Self-Inflicted Hell]]
* [[So Much for Stealth]]
* [[So Much for Stealth]]
* [[Spell Book]]
* [[Spell Book]]
* [[Stripped to The Bone]]
* [[Stripped to the Bone]]
* [[Strong Family Resemblance]]: Miranda's assistant, not being in on the masquerade, thinks she is this.
* [[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.
* [[Swamps Are Evil]]: If they are in Hell, sure.
* [[Talking Weapon]]
* [[Talking Weapon]]
* [[Tears of Blood]]
* [[Tears of Blood]]
* [[Tears of Joy]]
* [[Tears of Joy]]
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* [[They Do]]
* [[They Do]]
* [[Thicker Than Water]]: ''Somebody'' believes this...or the series would be much shorter.
* [[Thicker Than Water]]: ''Somebody'' believes this...or the series would be much shorter.
* [[This Page Will Self Destruct]]
* [[This Page Will Self-Destruct]]
* [[To Hell and Back]]
* [[To Hell and Back]]
* [[Too Dumb to Fool]]
* [[Too Dumb to Fool]]
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* [[Virgin Power]]
* [[Virgin Power]]
* [[Walking the Earth]]
* [[Walking the Earth]]
* [[White Haired Pretty Girl]]: Miranda, as a side effect of Erasmus' curse.
* [[White-Haired Pretty Girl]]: Miranda, as a side effect of Erasmus' curse.
* [[White Magic]]
* [[White Magic]]
* [[Wicked Stepmother]]
* [[Wicked Stepmother]]
* [[Witch Hunt]]: Discussed. Gregory points out that most victims were guilty -- a fact that has been censored out of history.
* [[Witch Hunt]]: Discussed. Gregory points out that most victims were guilty -- a fact that has been censored out of history.
* [[With Due Respect]]
* [[With Due Respect]]
* [[A Year and A 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}}.
* [[A Year and a 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 With Shame]]
* [[Your Approval Fills Me with 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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