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* [[Cosmic Retcon]]: The main plot of ''Dream Called Time''. |
* [[Cosmic Retcon]]: The main plot of ''Dream Called Time''. |
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* [[Cunning Linguist]]: Duncan. |
* [[Cunning Linguist]]: Duncan. |
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* [[Dead Guy |
* [[Dead Guy on Display]]: Jorenian warriors do this to anyone who [[Papa Wolf|threatens]] their [[Mama Bear|families]]. |
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* [[Death of the Hypotenuse]]: Poor, doomed {{spoiler|Kao}}. |
* [[Death of the Hypotenuse]]: Poor, doomed {{spoiler|Kao}}. |
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* [[Designer Babies]]: Are explicitly illegal, thanks to some laws that Joseph Grey Veil got pushed through. {{spoiler|After all, [[Cloning Blues|he can treat his clones as shittily as he damn well pleases that way]].}} |
* [[Designer Babies]]: Are explicitly illegal, thanks to some laws that Joseph Grey Veil got pushed through. {{spoiler|After all, [[Cloning Blues|he can treat his clones as shittily as he damn well pleases that way]].}} |
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* [[Disposable Fiance]]: See above. |
* [[Disposable Fiance]]: See above. |
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* [[Fantastic Racism]]: [[Humans |
* [[Fantastic Racism]]: [[Humans by Any Other Name|Terrans]] have a [[My Species Doth Protest Too Much|mostly-deserved bad reputation]] for being [[Fantastic Racism|rabid xenophobes]]. Extraterrestrials can only even ''visit'' [[Planet Terra|Terra]] on a limited basis, and certainly aren't allowed to ''live'' here {{spoiler|legally, resulting in underground communities of aliens and "[[Half Human Hybrids|breeds]]"}}. As a result, no one likes ''us'' much, either. |
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* [[Flatline Plotline]]: {{spoiler|Cherijo}} instigates one in order to break up with {{spoiler|Xonea}} in ''Beyond Varallan''. Justified in that {{spoiler|[[From a Single Cell|she's basically unkillable]]}}. |
* [[Flatline Plotline]]: {{spoiler|Cherijo}} instigates one in order to break up with {{spoiler|Xonea}} in ''Beyond Varallan''. Justified in that {{spoiler|[[From a Single Cell|she's basically unkillable]]}}. |
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* [[Gay Aesop]]: ''Plague of Memory'' contains an in-universe one. |
* [[Gay Aesop]]: ''Plague of Memory'' contains an in-universe one. |
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** He's also implied to have {{spoiler|anally raped one of his male clones to infect the latter with syphilis}}. All in the name of science, [[Blatant Lies|of course]]. |
** He's also implied to have {{spoiler|anally raped one of his male clones to infect the latter with syphilis}}. All in the name of science, [[Blatant Lies|of course]]. |
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* [[Veganopia]]: Jorenians are, for the most part, vegetarians (despite being a pastoralist culture whose ancestors were predators). Zigzagged in that they're portrayed as both an [[Planet of Hats|entire]] [[Proud Warrior Race|race of]] [[Cultured Warrior|Cultured Warriors]] and/or [[Warrior Poet|Warrior Poets]] ''and'' as a [[Superior Species]] ([[Humans Are Bastards|by default]]). |
* [[Veganopia]]: Jorenians are, for the most part, vegetarians (despite being a pastoralist culture whose ancestors were predators). Zigzagged in that they're portrayed as both an [[Planet of Hats|entire]] [[Proud Warrior Race|race of]] [[Cultured Warrior|Cultured Warriors]] and/or [[Warrior Poet|Warrior Poets]] ''and'' as a [[Superior Species]] ([[Humans Are Bastards|by default]]). |
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* [[Villain with Good Publicity]]: Dr. Joseph Grey Veil, and ''how''. |
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* [[Wife Husbandry]]: Turned out to be {{spoiler|exactly why Grey Veil [[Opposite Sex Clone|created Cherijo]] in the first place. ([[Mind Screw|Maybe.]])}} |
* [[Wife Husbandry]]: Turned out to be {{spoiler|exactly why Grey Veil [[Opposite Sex Clone|created Cherijo]] in the first place. ([[Mind Screw|Maybe.]])}} |
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* [[Yandere]]. {{spoiler|Ktarka}}, ''[[Up to Eleven|so]]'' much. {{spoiler|Xonea}} is [[Flanderized]] into this in later books. |
* [[Yandere]]. {{spoiler|Ktarka}}, ''[[Up to Eleven|so]]'' much. {{spoiler|Xonea}} is [[Flanderized]] into this in later books. |