The Iron King: Difference between revisions

Content added Content deleted
m (Mass update links)
m (update links)
Line 26: Line 26:
* [[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.
* [[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.
* [[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.
* [[Black Eyes of Evil]]: Queen Mab, the Iron King Machina, and many [[Exclusively 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.
* [[Blonde, Brunette, Redhead]]: Any time Meghan, Ash, and Puck are travelling together, they make up this trope.
* [[Blonde, Brunette, Redhead]]: Any time Meghan, Ash, and Puck are travelling together, they make up this trope.
* [[Broken Masquerade]]: Meghan finds out what's really going on within the first five chapters of book 1.
* [[Broken Masquerade]]: Meghan finds out what's really going on within the first five chapters of book 1.
Line 52: Line 52:
* [[Halfbreed]]: As the daughter of the Seelie king and a human mother, Meghan is despised by ''everyone,'' except Puck and ''usually'' Ash.
* [[Halfbreed]]: As the daughter of the Seelie king and a human mother, Meghan is despised by ''everyone,'' except Puck and ''usually'' Ash.
* [[Half-Human Hybrid]]: Human mother, Faery king father.
* [[Half-Human Hybrid]]: Human mother, Faery king father.
* [[Heroic Bastard]]: Meghan.
* [[Heroic Bastard]]: Meghan.
* [[Icy Blue Eyes]]: Ash's brother Rowan has these, as does Titania. [[Captain Obvious|They aren't nice people]].
* [[Icy Blue Eyes]]: Ash's brother Rowan has these, as does Titania. [[Captain Obvious|They aren't nice people]].
* [[Innocent Blue Eyes]]: Meghan's characterization generally favors this description of her eyes.
* [[Innocent Blue Eyes]]: Meghan's characterization generally favors this description of her eyes.
Line 72: Line 72:
* [[Redheaded Hero]]: [[Guile Hero|Puck]], ''[[Overly Long Gag|again]]''.
* [[Redheaded Hero]]: [[Guile Hero|Puck]], ''[[Overly Long Gag|again]]''.
* [[Redhead in Green]]: Yeah, Puck basically cleared out all of the [[Hair Colors|Red-head tropes]]. It's impressive, actually.
* [[Redhead in Green]]: Yeah, Puck basically cleared out all of the [[Hair Colors|Red-head tropes]]. It's impressive, actually.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Puck is the Red to Ash's Blue, just as pretty much all the Summer Fey are the Red to the Winter Fey's Blue.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Puck is the Red to Ash's Blue, just as pretty much all the Summer Fey are the Red to the Winter Fey's Blue.
* [[Shiny Midnight Black]]: The phrase "so black it looks blue in places" is actually used to describe Queen Mab's hair.
* [[Shiny Midnight Black]]: The phrase "so black it looks blue in places" is actually used to describe Queen Mab's hair.
* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]]/[[Tall, Dark and Handsome|Handsome]]: Pick an Unseelie prince. Any Unseelie prince.
* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]]/[[Tall, Dark and Handsome|Handsome]]: Pick an Unseelie prince. Any Unseelie prince.
Line 81: Line 81:
* [[Voluntary Shapeshifting]]: Puck uses this a lot, though he usually favors [[Animorphism]].
* [[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.
* [[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.
* [[With a Friend and a Stranger]]: Meghan runs away from the Seelie court in the company of Puck, her childhood friend, and Ash, her currently unknown enemy who is only kept from killing her by virtue of a [[Magically-Binding Contract]].
* [[With a Friend and a Stranger]]: Meghan runs away from the Seelie court in the company of Puck, her childhood friend, and Ash, her currently unknown enemy who is only kept from killing her by virtue of a [[Magically-Binding Contract]].
* [[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.
* [[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.