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"[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Pool_of_the_Black_One The Pool of the Black One]" is a [[Conan the Barbarian]] story by [[Robert E Howard]]. First published in October, 1933. |
"[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Pool_of_the_Black_One The Pool of the Black One]" is a [[Conan the Barbarian]] story by [[Robert E. Howard]]. First published in October, 1933. |
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=== Tropes included === |
=== Tropes included === |
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Revision as of 23:49, 15 April 2014
"The Pool of the Black One" is a Conan the Barbarian story by Robert E. Howard. First published in October, 1933.
Tropes included
- Blue and Orange Morality: There's no real explanation for why the Black Ones do what they do to the crew unless it's For the Evulz.
- Cower Power: Thrown to the ground, Sancha cowers
- Damsel in Distress: Sancha
- Eldritch Abomination: the Black Ones
- Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!: Conan shakes Sancha until she agrees to help
- Klingon Promotion: Conan. No one would miss the old one anyway
- Magic Music: The Black ones use a magic flute to steal the souls of the crew.
- The Men First: Conan takes care that everyone leaves before him
- Murder Water: The pool
- Our Giants Are Bigger: Black -- but not Negro