The Princess Series: Difference between revisions

{{work}}

 

 

It begins a few months after Cinderella (called Danielle in this version) has gotten married. She is adjusting to palace life when one of her stepsisters comes to see her. One magic-fueled assassination attempt later and Danielle has to deal not only with the fact that her stepsisters seem to know magic but that they have also kidnapped her husband Prince Armand. The only reason Danielle is still alive is because of the help of a fierce warrior woman called Talia, better known as Sleeping Beauty. She takes Danielle to see Queen Beatrice (Bea to her friends) who reveals that she runs the kingdom's spy service and introduces the princess to her other top agent, a master of mirror magic, Snow (as in White). Danielle must now team up with her fellow princesses to save the prince and stop her stepsisters.

 

 

=== Novels ===

* The Snow Queen's Shadow

 

* [[Absurdly Sharp Blade]] - Danielle's glass sword.

* [[Accidental Marriage]] - Actually accidental near-engagement. Varisto gave Talia a sword that Snow recognizes as a betrothal proposal in Hilad. Luckily for Talia, Varisto learns that she is pledged to Queen Beatrice and unable to take other obligations. Snow found it hilarious.

* [[Broken Bird]] - Talia is an almost textbook example of this since her tragic past causes her to have a very stoic, sarcastic, and violent attitude.

* [[Butch Lesbian]] - Talia seems to be this. She is in love with Snow White and has an ex-girlfriend. She is also an aggressive fighter, cynical, and speaks bluntly. Somewhat subverted due to her fairy gifts that give her the face and figure of a beauty queen. Also all of her butch traits could easily be (and probably are) a result of her tragic past which makes the revelations of her true feelings a bit of a shock.

* [[Chekhov's Gunman]] - Little Red Riding Hood. She's mentioned briefly in the first book, and the third centers around her.

* [[Compelling Voice]] - Stacia gets this ability.

* [[Cool Old Lady]] - Beatrice is both likable and wise.

* [[Curse Escape Clause]] - [[True Love's Kiss]] is known to break some otherwise very powerful curses. ( {{spoiler|Even when it's the [[Loophole Abuse|"kiss"]] of a blade containing the spirit of a mother that truly loves you.}})

* [[Daddy's Girl]] - {{spoiler|The first thing Snow does when she arrives in Allesandria is to kill the wizard that made the poison that killed her father. He offered to help her get the throne and she refused him saying that she loved her father. And she was almost completely under [[Demonic Possession]] by then.}} Danielle also was very close to her father. It is hinted it was one of the reasons for her stepmother's hatred toward her.

* [[Dark and Troubled Past]] - Since all of the princesses of The Princesses Series are based mostly on the Brothers Grimm version they all have this, though some more than others.

** Sleeping Beauty and the entire royal family were cursed to sleep. In their absence, the kingdom descends into civil war. The winning faction takes the throne and murders the sleeping royal family so they can't challenge the new rulers. Beauty is raped in her sleep and wakes from the pain of childbirth. Forced to marry her rapist, she murders him on the wedding night and flees for her life, leaving their twin sons behind.

* [[Demonic Possession]] - {{spoiler|Snow.}}

** May also apply to when Snow, Danielle, and Talia {{spoiler|are shapeshifted into mermaids and have to swim through a mermaid tribe in the midst of their spawning. This is more due to Lirea's royal pheremones than attractive undines, though.}}

* [[Downer Ending]] - The end of {{spoiler|''The Mermaid's Madness.'' The princesses discover that the mermaid princess Lirea, who attacked the Queen with a magic soul sucking knife and is trying to start a war between merpeople and humans, is not the real villain of the story. She has been under the influence of a spell cast by her grandmother Morveren that is slowly driving her mad. Morveren is killed and the spell broken but the experience has left Lirea's mind shattered. She is now confined to a tower by the sea with only the occasional visit from her sister to help her recover. As a result of the attack Queen Bea now only has a little over a year to live. They stopped the war but that's about the only good to come from this. }}

* [[Elemental Powers]] - Gustan got [[Blow You Away|air spirits]], which passed to Lirea {{spoiler|thanks to his soul in her knife}}, while Varisto {{spoiler|got [[Dishing Out Dirt|power over earth]].}}

* [[Everyone Is Bi]] - At least among the undine.

* [[Eye Scream]] - one of the author's favorite tropes, apparently.

** How Talia subdues Charlotte.

* [[Famed in Story]] - The stories of the main characters are as well known in their world as they are in ours. Played with as the versions of the story that are most well known are the [[Lighter and Softer]] Disney versions while what really happened is closer to the [[Darker and Edgier]] Grimm Brothers versions.

* [[Fantastic Racism]] - Some people have problems with fairies and undine, though Lorindar has made alliances with both. Talia's hatred of the fairies is well-known, at least to those who know her real story.

* [[Good Bad Girl]] - Snow White will risk her life for her friends and flirts with anything male, human or not. Stated to do more than flirt off page.

* [[Good People Have Good Sex]] - Danielle is beautiful, kind, compassionate, brave, and forgiving. Her husband Armand is handsome, loyal, understanding, and caring. The two go at it like rabbits the moment the wedding is over.

* [[Heroic Sacrifice]] - {{spoiler|Snow created Gerta as a means to save herself, but later sacrifices herself to save Gerta.}}

* [[Hot Amazon]] - Talia, blessed with the fairy gifts of beauty and grace, uses them to become a better fighter. Varisto certainly seemed to think she is this since he proposed to her.

* [[Hot Scientist|Hot Magic Geek]] - Snow is both super hot and super nerdy, not just about the magical arts but also history, culture, and law.

* [[An Ice Person]] - Snow is skilled with ice magic.

** {{spoiler|Gerta later mentions that Snow considered taking a love potion for Talia after Faziya left Lorindar.}}

* [[Incredibly Lame Pun]] - Snow likes to throw these out.

'''Talia:''' *''Throws an acorn at her''* }}

* [[Insistent Terminology]] - Snow is quick to correct people that she is not a witch, she is a sorceress.

* [[Prehensile Hair]] - Brahkop. Might be a troll racial trait.

* [[Handsome Lech|Pretty Lech]] - Snow.

* [[Shout-Out]] - Snow makes it so that the enemy ship's sails [[LOLcats|has a flavor]].

* [[Significant Anagram]] - Lirea's name [[The Little Mermaid|is no accident]].

* [[Sibling Yin-Yang]] - Gustan and Varisto. Gustan is an irresponsible playboy with a taste for conquest and Varisto is the [[Wise Prince]], thought a bit more bloodthirsty than the norm. Their bonded elemental spirits reflect this as well. Gustan got air spirits and Varisto got earth spirits.

* [[Stepford Smiler]] - {{spoiler|Snow}} despite her cheerful and joking facade carries a lot of resentment and pain {{spoiler|which is what gives the demon that possesses her the means to twist her into a [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]]}}

* [[Suddenly Sexuality]] - When {{spoiler|Talia}} shows her feelings for {{spoiler|Snow}} it comes as a surprise.

* [[The Three Faces of Eve]] - Danielle is the innocent, Talia is the wife, and Snow White is the seductress.

* [[To the Pain]] - Stacia to Danielle.

* [[Voluntary Shapeshifting]] - Lirea, {{spoiler|and later the princesses.}} It comes with [[Painful Transformation]], though.

* [[Weird Moon]] - Fairytown has two, one for the king and one for the queen.

{{reflist}}

[[Category:Fairy Tale]]