The Iron King: Difference between revisions

* [[Asshole Victim]]: A bitchy cheerleader makes fun of Meghan after a particularly vicious school prank. Puck [[Berserk Button|loses it]] and turns her nose into a pig's snout. The trope is subverted, however, when Meghan meets the same girl again later, finds that she's matured quite a bit from enduring teasing about the pig snout, and actually feels a bit sorry for her (and angry at Puck).

* [[Baleful Polymorph]]: Being in the wrong place at the wrong time can get a human turned into whichever animal strikes an angry faery's fancy. Titania even threatens to turn Meghan into a deer, and then unleash her hunting hound on her.

* [[Betty and Veronica]]: Puck, Meghan's best friend and a mostly trusted servant of her father, is the Betty while Ash, the youngest son of the enemy court, serves as the Veronica.

* [[Big Badass Wolf]]: The Big Bad Wolf himself.

* [[Black Eyes of Evil]]: Queen Mab, the Iron King Machina, and many [[Always Chaotic Evil]] faeries have this on a day-to-day basis. Even somewhat less evil characters, like Oberon and Titania, can get this when they're significantly angered.

* [[Broken Masquerade]]: Meghan finds out what's really going on within the first five chapters of book 1.

* [[Cats Are Snarkers]]: Grimalkin.

* [[Invisible to Adults]]: Young children like Meghan's brother Ethan can see magical things. Generally they grow out of it, but artistic people like Meghan's mother sometimes retain some of this ability.

* [[Invisible to Normals]]: Anything magical has this kind of power over grown humans. Even Meghan, who's only half normal, only noticed magical things out of the corner of her vision until she turned sixteen.

* [[Land of Faerie]]: Most of the story takes place in Faery, also called the Nevernever.

* [[Love Triangle]]: There are three, so far.

** One [[Triang Relations|Type 4]] in the main cast. Ash and Meghan are in a relationship, but Puck has an unrequited crush on Meghan.

** Two [[Triang Relations|Type 7's]] concerning Meghan's parents. Oberon and Meghan's mother cheated on their respective spouses to produce Meghan, but it only lasted for a one night stand.

* [[Magitek]]: Used by some of the Iron Fey.

* [[Masquerade]]: One has been held around Meghan for her protection since she was an infant.

* [[Voluntary Shapeshifting]]: Puck uses this a lot, though he usually favors [[Animorphism]].

* [[Wicked Stepmother]]: Titania is this IN SPADES for Meghan. The girl was lucky not to be [[Baleful Polymorph|turned into a deer]] or something equally edible.

* [[Your Cheating Heart]]: Oberon cheated on Titania, which is why she has it in for Meghan. Meghan's mother also cheated on her husband with Oberon, but the poor man had no idea that had happened.