Septimus Heap: Difference between revisions

 

Compare with ''[[Discworld]]''.

* [[Acceptable Professional Targets]]: Wizards and Witches are often mocked at or plainly distrusted [[In Universe]].

* [[Action Girl]]: Let's say "quite a few," and leave it at that. Jenna is an on-and-off example, but Snorri is also pretty awesome.

* [[Disappeared Dad]]: So the Queen was killed... but what happened to Jenna's biological father? {{spoiler|He's still very much alive, but he's been away for most of her life hunting treasure. They reunite in ''Flyte'', and he attempts to bond with her ([[You're Not My Father|somewhat disasterously]]) in ''Syren''}}.

* [[Distressed Damsel]] / [[Distressed Dude]] / [[Badass in Distress]]: Marcia in ''Magyk'', Jenna in ''Flyte'', Septimus in ''Physik'', Nicko and Snorri in ''Queste''.

** The Custodian Youth -- and especially their Tell-Tale hour -- is very similar to the Hitler Youth groups in Nazi Germany.

** The Heap family seems ''[[Harry Potter (Literature)|oddly familiar]]''.

* [[Dragon Rider]]: {{spoiler|Septimus gets a dragon named Spit Fyre in ''Flyte''. You're ''supposed'' to ride them if they've bonded with you, or else they're somewhat unstable}}.

* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: The witches must keep their Darke bargains -- though the Witch Mother must remind {{spoiler|Linda}} of that.

* [[Fail O'Suckyname]]: Poor Jim Knee.

* [[Gender Bender]]: Before he became a genie, Jim Knee was a woman. It's implied that occasional [[Gender Bending]] is par for the course for genies.

* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: In ''Syren'', Septimus is given a Water Gnome, which is basically a Magykal watering can. Beetle notes that it's different from the rude ones he usually sees. At first this can just fly over your head as [[Sir Swearsalot|swearing]] inanimate objects (God knows ''[[Harry Potter]]'' has enough of them), but once you take into consideration that it's a ''watering can'', it can easily be interpreted as [[Squick|something far worse]]. Not a pretty thought when you're watering your plants.

* [[Lost Technology]]: ''Syren'' displays quite a bit of it, and it is even called "Beyond ''Magyk''."

* [[Massive Numbered Siblings]]: There are a ''lot'' of Heap children. Discussed in-book as well, when Snorri asks, "How many brothers do you have?!"

* [[Matter of Life and Death]]: In ''Flyte'', this is thrown around twice.

* [[Meaningful Name]]: Septimus is the seventh son of a seventh son. His name means "seventh" in Latin. Furthermore, his Young Army "name" was Boy 412, and 4+1+2=7

* [[Mistaken for Badass]]: Merrin was thought by [[Dom Daniel]] to be Septimus Heap, who was the seventh son of the seventh son that was said to have extreme magical talent. So he took Merrin in as an apprentice waiting for the talent to arise. It turns he was switch with the real Septimus at birth. Merrin doesn't take this well.

* [[New Powers As the Plot Demands]]: New powers, myths, and [[Bold Inflation]] terms tend to show up in every book. But since the world itself is pretty big and expansive, this is somewhat [[Justified]].

* [[No Good Deed Goes Unpunished]]: Saving Merrin doesn't make him like you. {{spoiler|In fact, it doesn't stop him from trying and nearly succeeding to kill you all}}.

* [[Not So Harmless]]: {{spoiler|Merrin Meredith}} in ''Darke''.

* [[Ungrateful Bastard]]: Merrin Meredith.

* [[What Beautiful Eyes]]: [[Green Eyes]] are often described as this, such as in ''Syren'' where Simon is courted by a few women after falling in the harbour.

* [[Wild Hair]]: The boys in the woods

* [[Write Back to The Future]]: {{spoiler|Septimus}} does this in ''Physik'', and {{spoiler|Nicko and Snorri}} do this in ''Queste''.