Sorcery and Cecelia: Difference between revisions

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* [[Alternate History]]

* [[Badass Normal]]: James, former aide de camp to Wellington, and who constantly gets mixed up in magical mayhem despite having zero ability for it.

* [[Baleful Polymorph]]: The plot of ''The Mislaid Magician'' revolves around this.

* [[Battle Butler]]: Thomas hires one to protect Kate.

* [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]]: Both couples.

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* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: Do not mess with Kate's loved ones. Or goats.

* [[Big Fancy House]]

* [[Black Magician Girl]]: Cecelia. Her foil is Kate, who ''would'' be a [[White Magician Girl]] if {{spoiler|she was at all interested in developing her magical potential}}.

* [[Blondes Are Evil]]: Subverted. Dorothea is only being used and is actually a [[Hair of Gold|perfectly sweet, if spineless girl]].

* [[Blue Blood]]

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* [[Cool Uncle]]: Kate seems to regard Cecelia’s father this way.

** {{spoiler|Mr. Wrexton becomes this when he marries Aunt Elizabeth.}}

* [[Dance of Romance]]: Cecy and James first meet at a dance. When Kate and Thomas {{spoiler|decide to make their fake engagement a real one}}, they dance along the streets, at night, all the way home.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Practically everyone. The series was, after all, heavily inspired by Jane Austen.

* [[Dojikko]]: Kate.

* [[Don't Tell Mama]]: Only without mothers, it's usually "Don't Tell Aunt Charlotte/Elizabeth."

* [[Don't You Dare Pity Me!]]: At the beginning of her Season, Kate has no partners at her first dance except for one who seemed rather distracted during the dance and immediately afterward claimed his dance with her sister, making the sister's magnanimity a little too blatant for Kate.

* [[Dumb Blonde]]: Georgy is often referred to by Cecy and Kate as a peagoose. In all fairness, she never challenges that perception.

* [[Either or Title]]: All three books.

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* [[Magical Society]]: There is a Royal Society of wizards, comparable to the Royal Society of scientists in real history; the induction of a character into the Society is a key plot point in the first book.

* [[Maiden Aunt]]: Charlotte and Elizabeth. {{spoiler|Elizabeth later marries Mr. Wrexton.}}

* [[Mama Bear]]: Kate in ''The Mislaid Magician''.

* [[Missing Mom]]: Cecelia's mother died when she was very little.

* [[Mommy Issues]]: Poor Dorothea ... although Miranda is her stepmother, the result is the same.

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* [[Round Robin]]: Wrede wrote Cecelia's letters. Stevermer wrote Kate's.

* [[Scrapbook Story]]: The first sequel is this, rather than purely epistolary.

* [[Short Title Long Elaborate Subtitle]]

* [[Short Title: Long Elaborate Subtitle]]

* [[Spirited Young Lady]]: Cecy and Kate, much to the despair of Aunts Charlotte and Elizabeth. This is part of why Cecelia is not allowed to go to London for the season.

* [[Turn Out Like His Father]]

* [[The Unfavorite]]: Kate, who is always shuffled aside by her guardian Aunt Charlotte in favor of Georgy, blamed for Georgy's misbehavior {{spoiler|such as gambling}} and made to wear the same clothes even when they don't suit her at all. {{spoiler|At the end of ''The Enchanted Chocolate Pot'', Kate snaps back, stands up for herself and moves out.}}

* [[Upper Class Twit]]: Oliver. His idea of riveting conversation is to discuss the knotting of a tie.

* [[Violently Protective Girlfriend|Violently Protective Wife]]: In ''The Mislaid Magician'', Kate mixes this with [[Mama Bear]]. {{spoiler|Even in dog form}}. Cecelia also has this for James to some extent.

* [[Wacky Marriage Proposal]]: Of the laconic variety.

{{quote|{{spoiler|'''Thomas:''' (''to Kate'')}} "I like the idea of marrying you. I think we shall deal extremely well."}}

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