History Fridge / SkulduggeryPleasant

* Go back and [[RewatchBonus re-read}]] the first few books and see how many times the phrase "like a voice in my head" pops up, or when times when the narration seems to speak to Valkyrie. [[EarlyBirdCameo Darquesse has been showing up since book 1.]]

** Valkyrie is notorious for not practicing her skills like she should, and being over confident about it. She also has a bit of a problem with panicking in a fight—desperately rummaging for a ring doesn't require any concentration at all, but sending out a fireball does. [[FridgeBrilliance That's actually why she favors necromancy, because she's able to use it more as a blunt weapon while elemental magic needs some thought put into it.]] Besides which, she's practicing two different schools of magic, which divides her focus somewhat. And, many of the characters that display powerful magic skills have very long lifespans to practice from—maybe magic is just really hard to learn.

* How comes it is '''still''' so hard for Valkyrie to use her ElementalPowers? In Book 6, she is attacked by Moore and cannot use it! At some point she even has time to rummage through her clothes for the necromancer ring, but still cannot concentrate enought for a fireball!

* It always bugged me how the red right hand - a ''necro''mancy trick - couldn't kill Skulduggery - if anything could kill the dead, you'd think it would be necromancy. But, of course, Serpine [[spoiler: wasn't taught the ''real'' trick anyway. Tenebrae taught him an edited version ''designed'' to not kill Skul.]]
** They state this outright I think.

** It's implied that the object you place your magic in influences the way you can fight with it. Take Viles armor for example. It's not only a powerful weapon, but also an almost inpenetratable defense. Another necromancer used a flintlock pistol and shot shadow bullets with it. Using a small object might make for better concealment, but wouldn't be suited to the persons fighting style.

* n [[spoiler: Remnant!Tanith has access to Kenspeckle Grouse's memories. She knows how to build Desolation Engines.]]

* Also, If Valkyrie's coat is impenetrable, how was the fabric cut to make the cat?

* I literally only just realised that when Skulduggery goes [[spoiler: SuperpoweredEvilSide]] he quite literally stops being so pleasant and starts being more [[spoiler: vile]].

* Why do all the necromancers use such [[AwesomeButImpractical impractical things]] as their focus objects? They're powerless without them, and yet Valkyrie's the only one with enough sense to use something small, portable and inconspicuous. It's outright stated that [[spoiler:the necromancers in the airport failed so badly because their focus objects were all in their luggage.]]

* Why do all the necromancers use such [AwesomeButImpractical impractical things] as their focus objects? They're powerless without them, and yet Valkyrie's the only one with enough sense to use something small, portable and inconspicuous. It's outright stated that the necromancers in the airport failed so badly because their focus objects were all in their luggage.

** Her coat isn't impenetrable. It's magically enhanced, yeah, but not made out of metal or anything.

* I just noticed that Death Bringer, the book title, could refer to [[spolier: Melancholia, Valkyrie or Lord Vile! Since all three of them show up in the climax, and all three are candidates for the mantle of Death Bringer.]]

* I just noticed that Death Bringer, the book title, could refer to [[Melancholia, Valkyrie or Lord Vile! Since all three of them show up in the climax, and all three are candidates for the mantle of Death Bringer.]]

* Also, If Valkyrie's coat is impenetrable, how was the fabric cut to make the cat?

* FridgeBrilliance: The hallways that the Torment chases Valkyrie and Skulduggery through in ''Playing With Fire'' are the same kind that provides an escape hatch in the ''Faceless Ones''!
** In the first book, Skulduggery says he could be a figment of his own imagination. Later on in the series, he points out that Valkyrie could be [[spoiler: Darquesse's]] good mood. In Death Bringer, he is revealed to be [[spoiler: Lord Vile]] in the same way Valkyrie is [[spoiler: Darquesse]].
* FridgeHorror: Well, more like Fridge Depression. "I wonder if Ghastly [[spoiler: still made those steaks?"]] is probably the most depressing thing you can utter in the fandom.
** [[spoiler: The Remnant possessing Tanith as of the end of ''Mortal Coil'' is the same one that nailed her to the chain in ''Dark Days''.]]
** [[spoiler: Melancholia is an induced coma at the mercy of Doctor Nye.]] FateWorseThanDeath, much?
** [[spoiler: Moore nearly killed Valkyrie. Baby Alison was in the house.]] ''[[MuggingTheMonster Now think about what would have happened if he had set off Darquesse.]]'' Sweet dreams people.