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At some point in the near future {{Faerie}} returns to earth, landing on Los Angeles and the vicinity (Wolfboy encounters a sign in the ruined Nevernever). There is a brief, abortive war between the Fey and the governments of the "real world" which tails out when both sides realize that [[MagicVersusScience their weapons won't work on the other side of the Border]]. After this formal diplomacy opens up, and meanwhile teenage runaways from both sides of [[TheWallAroundTheWorld The Wall]] populate the (now mostly empty) town on the edge and christen it Bordertown.
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At some point in the near future {{Faerie}} future, the LandOfFaerie returns to earth, landing on Los Angeles and the vicinity (Wolfboy encounters a sign in the ruined Nevernever). There is a brief, abortive war between the Fey and the governments of the "real world" which tails out when both sides realize that [[MagicVersusScience their weapons won't work on the other side of the Border]]. After this formal diplomacy opens up, and meanwhile teenage runaways from both sides of [[TheWallAroundTheWorld The Wall]] populate the (now mostly empty) town on the edge and christen it Bordertown.
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* FairCop: Sunny Rico.
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* OurElvesAreDifferent: They prefer to refer to themselves as "Truebloods."
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* WishFulfillment / BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Comes up a lot.
* WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent: Comes up several times; Orient in particular got this one pretty hard.
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* WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent: Comes up several times; Orient in particular got this one pretty hard.
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* [[EpistolaryNovel Epistolary Story]]: "Lost in the Mail" is told via a runaway's (mostly unmailed) letters.
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* [[EpistolaryNovel Epistolary Story]]: EpistolaryNovel: "Lost in the Mail" is told via a runaway's (mostly unmailed) letters.
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* MakeAWish: the ending of [[spoiler:"Hot Water"]] reveals that the magical events in the story have been a result of this.
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* MakeAWish: the The ending of [[spoiler:"Hot Water"]] reveals that the magical events in the story have been a result of this.a wish.
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* AmbiguousGender: Florida, due to being prepubescent.
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* CuteMute: Florida, [[spoiler:although Ron eventually gets her to speak]].
* MysteriousWaif: Florida.
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* JustBetweenYouAndMe: Invoked and lampshaded at the end of ''Finder''.
* ThePlague: Much of the plot of ''Finder''.
* PlatonicLifePartners: Orient and Tick-Tick.
* ThePlague: Much of the plot of ''Finder''.
* PlatonicLifePartners: Orient and Tick-Tick.
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* RefugeeFromTVLand: In "Light and Shadow", magic gone awry sets several characters from ''Film/TheMalteseFalcon'' loose in Bordertown.
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* RefugeeFromTVLand: In "Light and Shadow", magic gone awry sets several characters from ''Film/TheMalteseFalcon'' ''Film/{{The Maltese Falcon|1941}}'' loose in Bordertown.
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* TongueTied: Elves are magically prevented from discussing Faerie in much detail.
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* TongueTied: Elves are magically prevented from discussing Faerie in much detail. (Cory Doctorow's story has a human theorize that Faerie has more dimensions somehow than the mortal world, and that it's a mix of "not allowed to" and "physically impossible".)
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Not to be confused with the short-lived [[WesternAnimation/{{Bordertown}} TV cartoon]].
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* {{Tuckerization}}: Milo Chevrolet, who has cameos in several stories, is [[JohnMFord John Milo Ford]].
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* {{Tuckerization}}: Milo Chevrolet, who has cameos in several stories, is [[JohnMFord [[Creator/JohnMFord John Milo Ford]].
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Joey Green remarks that the term "Trueblood" sounds somewhat white supremacist-y.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Joey Green remarks that the term "Trueblood" sounds somewhat white supremacist-y.
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* {{Animorphism}}:
** Wolfboy is turned into a wolf-man hybrid by an elf he insulted; she was meaning to turn him into a dog, but magic gets screwed up on the Border.
** Gray becomes a were-cat due to a curse laid on her family by an elf her parents betrayed. The curse is only active while she's in Bordertown, but she kind of likes having some magic, especially once [[spoiler: she's blinded and can only see in her cat form]].
* FairCop: Sunny Rico.
** Wolfboy is turned into a wolf-man hybrid by an elf he insulted; she was meaning to turn him into a dog, but magic gets screwed up on the Border.
** Gray becomes a were-cat due to a curse laid on her family by an elf her parents betrayed. The curse is only active while she's in Bordertown, but she kind of likes having some magic, especially once [[spoiler: she's blinded and can only see in her cat form]].
* FairCop: Sunny Rico.
* BigBrotherInstinct: The standoffish Stick becomes this for Manda Woodsdatter.
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* FairCop: Sunny Rico.
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The ''Bordertown'' series (also known as the ''Borderland'' series) is a SharedUniverse created by Terri Windling. The series was aimed at teenagers and thus focused heavily on [[{{Anvilicious}} Teen Issues]] like runaways, drugs and gangs. It featured contributions from the likes of Creator/CharlesDeLint, Creator/EmmaBull, and WillShetterly.
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The ''Bordertown'' series (also known as the ''Borderland'' series) is a SharedUniverse created by Terri Windling. The series was aimed at teenagers and thus focused heavily on [[{{Anvilicious}} Teen Issues]] like runaways, drugs and gangs. It featured contributions from the likes of Creator/CharlesDeLint, Creator/EmmaBull, and WillShetterly.
Will Shetterly.
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* {{Tuckerization}}: Milo Chevrolet, who has cameos in several stories, is [[JohnMFord John Milo Ford]].
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''Bordertown'' is a semi-dystopian UrbanFantasy setting where [[MagicVersusScience technology and magic each work half the time in an unpredictable fashion]]. Outside the city, there is the magical wasteland called the [[Trivia/{{Bordertown}} Nevernever]], and through it runs the Mad River, the water of which is an [[FantasticDrug addictive drug]] to humans.
The series consists of five multi-author anthologies--''Borderland'', ''Bordertown'', ''Life on the Border'', ''The Essential Bordertown'', and ''Welcome to Bordertown''--and three novels--''Elsewhere'' and ''Nevernever'' by Will Shetterly, and ''Finder'' by Creator/EmmaBull.
The series consists of five multi-author anthologies--''Borderland'', ''Bordertown'', ''Life on the Border'', ''The Essential Bordertown'', and ''Welcome to Bordertown''--and three novels--''Elsewhere'' and ''Nevernever'' by Will Shetterly, and ''Finder'' by Creator/EmmaBull.
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''Bordertown'' is a semi-dystopian UrbanFantasy setting where [[MagicVersusScience technology and magic each work half the time in an unpredictable fashion]]. Outside the city, there is the magical wasteland called the [[Trivia/{{Bordertown}} Nevernever]], Nevernever, and through it runs the Mad River, the water of which is an [[FantasticDrug addictive drug]] to humans.
The series consists of five multi-author anthologies--''Borderland'', ''Bordertown'', ''Life on the Border'', ''The EssentialBordertown'', Bordertown: A Traveller's Guide to the Edge of Faerie'', and ''Welcome to Bordertown''--and three novels--''Elsewhere'' and ''Nevernever'' by Will Shetterly, and ''Finder'' by Creator/EmmaBull.
The series consists of five multi-author anthologies--''Borderland'', ''Bordertown'', ''Life on the Border'', ''The Essential
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* MakeAWish: the ending of [[spoiler:"Hot Water"]] reveals that the magical events in the story have been a result of this.
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* SequelGap: ''Welcome to Bordertown'' was published in 2011, thirteen years after the last book. Thirteen years have also passed in the World--although only thirteen days have passed in Bordertown.
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''Bordertown'' is a semi-dystopian UrbanFantasy setting where [[MagicVersusScience technology and magic each work half the time in an unpredictable fashion]]. Outside the city, there is the magical wasteland called the [[Trivia/Bordertown Nevernever]], and through it runs the Mad River, the water of which is an [[FantasticDrug addictive drug]] to humans.
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''Bordertown'' is a semi-dystopian UrbanFantasy setting where [[MagicVersusScience technology and magic each work half the time in an unpredictable fashion]]. Outside the city, there is the magical wasteland called the [[Trivia/Bordertown [[Trivia/{{Bordertown}} Nevernever]], and through it runs the Mad River, the water of which is an [[FantasticDrug addictive drug]] to humans.
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''Bordertown'' is a semi-dystopian UrbanFantasy setting where [[MagicVersusScience technology and magic each work half the time in an unpredictable fashion]]. Outside the city, there is the magical wasteland called the Nevernever, [[Trivia/Bordertown Nevernever]], and through it runs the Mad River, the water of which is an [[FantasticDrug addictive drug]] to humans.
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: At least half the cast; runaway characters are particularly prone to it. This is partially because of the belief that if an elf has your whole name, they can control you
** Wolfboy, on the way to becoming Wolfboy, is known as "[=RonJustRon=]" and "Gone" [[spoiler:during his just-fresh-out-of-the-World and Mad River-addict phases respectively]].
** Wolfboy, on the way to becoming Wolfboy, is known as "[=RonJustRon=]" and "Gone" [[spoiler:during his just-fresh-out-of-the-World and Mad River-addict phases respectively]].
* CrypticConversation: The protagonist of "Prodigy" points out that "what you make belongs to you" is a vastly unhelpful way to warn someone that they can accidentally create magical monsters.
* [[EpistolaryNovel Epistolary Story]]: "Lost in the Mail" is told via a runaway's (mostly unmailed) letters.
* MakeAWish: the ending of [[spoiler:"Hot Water"]] reveals that the magical events in the story have been a result of this.
* OurBansheesAreLouder: In "Nightwail", a dead elven girl becomes one. [[spoiler:And then so does the protagonist.]]
* RefugeeFromTVLand: In "Light and Shadow", magic gone awry sets several characters from ''Film/TheMalteseFalcon'' loose in Bordertown.
* MakeAWish: the ending of [[spoiler:"Hot Water"]] reveals that the magical events in the story have been a result of this.
* OurBansheesAreLouder: In "Nightwail", a dead elven girl becomes one. [[spoiler:And then so does the protagonist.]]
* RefugeeFromTVLand: In "Light and Shadow", magic gone awry sets several characters from ''Film/TheMalteseFalcon'' loose in Bordertown.
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* CrypticConversation: The protagonist of "Prodigy" points out that "what you make belongs to you" is a vastly unhelpful way to warn someone that they can accidentally create magical monsters.
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* [[EpistolaryNovel Epistolary Story]]: "Lost in the Mail" is told via a runaway's (mostly unmailed) letters.
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* MakeAWish: the ending of [[spoiler:"Hot Water"]] reveals that the magical events in the story have been a result of this.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: At least half the cast; runaway characters are particularly prone to it. This is partially because of the belief that if an elf has your whole name, they can control you
** Wolfboy, on the way to becoming Wolfboy, is known as "[=RonJustRon=]" and "Gone" [[spoiler:during his just-fresh-out-of-the-World and Mad River-addict phases respectively]].
* OurBansheesAreLouder: In "Nightwail", a dead elven girl becomes one. [[spoiler:And then so does the protagonist.]]
* RefugeeFromTVLand: In "Light and Shadow", magic gone awry sets several characters from ''Film/TheMalteseFalcon'' loose in Bordertown.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: At least half the cast; runaway characters are particularly prone to it. This is partially because of the belief that if an elf has your whole name, they can control you
** Wolfboy, on the way to becoming Wolfboy, is known as "[=RonJustRon=]" and "Gone" [[spoiler:during his just-fresh-out-of-the-World and Mad River-addict phases respectively]].
* OurBansheesAreLouder: In "Nightwail", a dead elven girl becomes one. [[spoiler:And then so does the protagonist.]]
* RefugeeFromTVLand: In "Light and Shadow", magic gone awry sets several characters from ''Film/TheMalteseFalcon'' loose in Bordertown.
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* CuteMonsterGirl: Lizzie in "Elf Blood" is a [[spoiler: vampire, the victim of the predations of a rogue Lankin in the World]].
* AmbiguousGender: Florida, due to being prepubescent.
* FatalAttractor: It's implied that Orient is one of these:
-->'''Tick-Tick''': Didn't I say, not so long ago, that your preference was for women that any reasonable man would ward off with garlic and crucifixes?
* JustBetweenYouAndMe: Invoked and lampshaded at the end of ''Finder''.
* ThePlague: Much of the plot of ''Finder''.
* PlatonicLifePartners: Orient and Tick-Tick.
* TooDumbToLive: Orient, very nearly literally. His tendency to wander into dangerous situations without backup is lampshaded several times.
-->'''Orient''': I know, I know. Any reasonable person (and even I, now) will look at the decision to go find the bike and think, "Hey, what was that funny noise? Guess I'll go down into the dark basement alone and check it out." And that's not the only decision I've ever made that would cause one to think that.
* WrenchWench: Tick-Tick
-->'''Tick-Tick''': Didn't I say, not so long ago, that your preference was for women that any reasonable man would ward off with garlic and crucifixes?
* JustBetweenYouAndMe: Invoked and lampshaded at the end of ''Finder''.
* ThePlague: Much of the plot of ''Finder''.
* PlatonicLifePartners: Orient and Tick-Tick.
* TooDumbToLive: Orient, very nearly literally. His tendency to wander into dangerous situations without backup is lampshaded several times.
-->'''Orient''': I know, I know. Any reasonable person (and even I, now) will look at the decision to go find the bike and think, "Hey, what was that funny noise? Guess I'll go down into the dark basement alone and check it out." And that's not the only decision I've ever made that would cause one to think that.
* WrenchWench: Tick-Tick
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* AmbiguousGender: Florida, due to being prepubescent.
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* CuteMonsterGirl: Lizzie in "Elf Blood" is a [[spoiler: vampire, the victim of the predations of a rogue Lankin in the World]].
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* FatalAttractor: It's implied that Orient is one of these:
-->'''Tick-Tick''': Didn't I say, not so long ago, that your preference was for women that any reasonable man would ward off with garlic and crucifixes?
* JustBetweenYouAndMe: Invoked and lampshaded at the end of ''Finder''.
-->'''Tick-Tick''': Didn't I say, not so long ago, that your preference was for women that any reasonable man would ward off with garlic and crucifixes?
* JustBetweenYouAndMe: Invoked and lampshaded at the end of ''Finder''.
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* ThePlague: Much of the plot of ''Finder''.
* PlatonicLifePartners: Orient and Tick-Tick.
* PlatonicLifePartners: Orient and Tick-Tick.
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* TooDumbToLive: Orient, very nearly literally. His tendency to wander into dangerous situations without backup is lampshaded several times.
-->'''Orient''': I know, I know. Any reasonable person (and even I, now) will look at the decision to go find the bike and think, "Hey, what was that funny noise? Guess I'll go down into the dark basement alone and check it out." And that's not the only decision I've ever made that would cause one to think that.
-->'''Orient''': I know, I know. Any reasonable person (and even I, now) will look at the decision to go find the bike and think, "Hey, what was that funny noise? Guess I'll go down into the dark basement alone and check it out." And that's not the only decision I've ever made that would cause one to think that.
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* WrenchWench: Tick-Tick
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* FantasticDrug: Mad River water for humans, Dragon's Milk for elves.
** Mooner in ''Elsewhere'' [[spoiler:drinks a 50/50 mix of both because he's a halfie]].
** Fairie dust works for both. It makes humans act stoned, and elves act hyper.
* FantasticRacism: All over the place, usually between humans and elves (and halfies, [[HalfBreedDiscrimination who get it from both sides]]).
* HalfHumanHybrid: Half-elves, or halfies.
* LandOfFaerie
* MagicMusic: In the Borderlands, ordinary music can get this way.
** F'rexample, there's a self-perpetuating Endless Rave at the edge of town which is constantly replenished with new dancers and musicians as people get tired and leave.
* MagicVersusScience
* NarniaTime: Time does not flow the same in Bordertown as it does in either the world or Faerie, though there's no consistency to it.
** This is worse in the Nevernever.
** "Welcome To Bordertown" has the time differences between Bordertown and the World get more pronounced, as the way between closes for 13 days on the Bordertown side, and ''13 years'' on the World side.
* OurElvesAreDifferent: They prefer to refer to themselves as "Truebloods."
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: They're called Lankins and are elves who want to live forever (as opposed to the naturally long lives they already have) and who use blood magic to do it.
* PimpedOutDress: Everything in Screaming Lord Neville's wardrobe.
* {{Retcon}}: Certain events in the short stories happened differently when they were expanded into novels.
* ScrewYouElves: Quite often.
* SharedUniverse
* TongueTied: Elves are magically prevented from discussing Faerie in much detail.
* TruceZone: Anyone who causes trouble at the Hard Luck Cafe is not welcome anywhere in Bordertown.
* UrbanFantasy
* TheWallAroundTheWorld
* WishFulfillment / BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Comes up a lot.
* WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent: Comes up several times; Orient in particular got this one pretty hard.
** Mooner in ''Elsewhere'' [[spoiler:drinks a 50/50 mix of both because he's a halfie]].
** Fairie dust works for both. It makes humans act stoned, and elves act hyper.
* FantasticRacism: All over the place, usually between humans and elves (and halfies, [[HalfBreedDiscrimination who get it from both sides]]).
* HalfHumanHybrid: Half-elves, or halfies.
* LandOfFaerie
* MagicMusic: In the Borderlands, ordinary music can get this way.
** F'rexample, there's a self-perpetuating Endless Rave at the edge of town which is constantly replenished with new dancers and musicians as people get tired and leave.
* MagicVersusScience
* NarniaTime: Time does not flow the same in Bordertown as it does in either the world or Faerie, though there's no consistency to it.
** This is worse in the Nevernever.
** "Welcome To Bordertown" has the time differences between Bordertown and the World get more pronounced, as the way between closes for 13 days on the Bordertown side, and ''13 years'' on the World side.
* OurElvesAreDifferent: They prefer to refer to themselves as "Truebloods."
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: They're called Lankins and are elves who want to live forever (as opposed to the naturally long lives they already have) and who use blood magic to do it.
* PimpedOutDress: Everything in Screaming Lord Neville's wardrobe.
* {{Retcon}}: Certain events in the short stories happened differently when they were expanded into novels.
* ScrewYouElves: Quite often.
* SharedUniverse
* TongueTied: Elves are magically prevented from discussing Faerie in much detail.
* TruceZone: Anyone who causes trouble at the Hard Luck Cafe is not welcome anywhere in Bordertown.
* UrbanFantasy
* TheWallAroundTheWorld
* WishFulfillment / BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Comes up a lot.
* WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent: Comes up several times; Orient in particular got this one pretty hard.
* BirthmarkOfDestiny: [[spoiler:Florida]] has a birthmark which identifies her as [[spoiler:the missing heir to the throne of Elfland.]]
* CuteMute: Florida, [[spoiler:although Ron eventually gets her to speak]].
* MysteriousWaif: Florida.
* CuteMute: Florida, [[spoiler:although Ron eventually gets her to speak]].
* MysteriousWaif: Florida.
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* CuteMonsterGirl: Lizzie in "Elf Blood" is a [[spoiler: vampire, the victim of the predations of a rogue Lankin in the World]]
* CuteMute: Florida, [[spoiler:although Ron eventually gets her to speak]].
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Joey Green remarks that the term "Trueblood" sounds somewhat white supremacisty
* CuteMute: Florida, [[spoiler:although Ron eventually gets her to speak]].
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* CuteMonsterGirl: Lizzie in "Elf Blood" is a [[spoiler: vampire, the victim of the predations of a rogue Lankin in the World]]
* CuteMute: Florida, [[spoiler:although Ron eventually gets her to speak]].
World]].
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Joey Green remarks that the term "Trueblood" sounds somewhat whitesupremacistysupremacist-y.
* CuteMute: Florida, [[spoiler:although Ron eventually gets her to speak]].
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Joey Green remarks that the term "Trueblood" sounds somewhat white
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* FantasticDrug - Mad River water for humans, Dragon's Milk for elves.
** Mooner in ''Elsewhere'' [[spoiler:drinks a 50/50 mix of both because he's a halfie]].
** Fairie dust works for both. It makes humans act stoned, and elves act hyper.
* FantasticRacism: All over the place, usually between humans and elves (and halfies, [[HalfBreedDiscrimination who get it from both sides]]).
** Mooner in ''Elsewhere'' [[spoiler:drinks a 50/50 mix of both because he's a halfie]].
** Fairie dust works for both. It makes humans act stoned, and elves act hyper.
* FantasticRacism: All over the place, usually between humans and elves (and halfies, [[HalfBreedDiscrimination who get it from both sides]]).
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* HalfHumanHybrid: Half-elves, or halfies.
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* LandOfFaerie
* MagicMusic: In the Borderlands, ordinary music can get this way.
** F'rexample, there's a self-perpetuating Endless Rave at the edge of town which is constantly replenished with new dancers and musicians as people get tired and leave.
* MagicVersusScience
* MagicMusic: In the Borderlands, ordinary music can get this way.
** F'rexample, there's a self-perpetuating Endless Rave at the edge of town which is constantly replenished with new dancers and musicians as people get tired and leave.
* MagicVersusScience
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* MysteriousWaif: Florida.
* NarniaTime: Time does not flow the same in Bordertown as it does in either the world or Faerie, though there's no consistency to it.
** This is worse in the Nevernever.
** "Welcome To Bordertown" has the time differences between Bordertown and the World get more pronounced, as the way between closes for 13 days on the Bordertown side, and ''13 years'' on the World side
* NarniaTime: Time does not flow the same in Bordertown as it does in either the world or Faerie, though there's no consistency to it.
** This is worse in the Nevernever.
** "Welcome To Bordertown" has the time differences between Bordertown and the World get more pronounced, as the way between closes for 13 days on the Bordertown side, and ''13 years'' on the World side
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* OurElvesAreDifferent: they prefer to refer to themselves as "Truebloods"
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: they're called Lankins and are elves who want to live forever (as opposed to the naturally long lives they already have) and who use blood magic to do it
* PimpedOutDress: Everything in Screaming Lord Neville's wardrobe.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: they're called Lankins and are elves who want to live forever (as opposed to the naturally long lives they already have) and who use blood magic to do it
* PimpedOutDress: Everything in Screaming Lord Neville's wardrobe.
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* {{Retcon}}: Certain events in the short stories happened differently when they were expanded into novels.
* ScrewYouElves: Quite often.
* ScrewYouElves: Quite often.
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* TongueTied: Elves are magically prevented from discussing Faerie in much detail.
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* TruceZone: Anyone who causes trouble at the Hard Luck Cafe is not welcome anywhere in Bordertown.
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* UrbanFantasy
* TheWallAroundTheWorld
* WishFulfillment / BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: comes up a lot
* WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent: Comes up several times; Orient in particular got this one pretty hard.
* TheWallAroundTheWorld
* WishFulfillment / BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: comes up a lot
* WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent: Comes up several times; Orient in particular got this one pretty hard.
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The ''Bordertown'' series (also known as the ''Borderland'' series) is a SharedUniverse created by Terri Windling. The series was aimed at teenagers and thus focused heavily on [[{{Anvilicious}} Teen Issues]] like runaways, drugs and gangs. It featured contributions from the likes of CharlesDeLint, Creator/EmmaBull, and WillShetterly.
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The ''Bordertown'' series (also known as the ''Borderland'' series) is a SharedUniverse created by Terri Windling. The series was aimed at teenagers and thus focused heavily on [[{{Anvilicious}} Teen Issues]] like runaways, drugs and gangs. It featured contributions from the likes of CharlesDeLint, Creator/CharlesDeLint, Creator/EmmaBull, and WillShetterly.
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At some point in the near future {{Faerie}} returns to earth, landing on Los Angeles and the vicinity (Wolfboy encounters a sign in the ruined Nevernever). There is a brief, abortive war between the Fey and the governments of the "real world" which tails out when both sides realise that [[MagicVersusScience their weapons won't work on the other side of the Border]]. After this formal diplomacy opens up, and meanwhile teenage runaways from both sides of [[TheWallAroundTheWorld The Wall]] populate the (now mostly empty) town on the edge and christen it Bordertown.
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At some point in the near future {{Faerie}} returns to earth, landing on Los Angeles and the vicinity (Wolfboy encounters a sign in the ruined Nevernever). There is a brief, abortive war between the Fey and the governments of the "real world" which tails out when both sides realise realize that [[MagicVersusScience their weapons won't work on the other side of the Border]]. After this formal diplomacy opens up, and meanwhile teenage runaways from both sides of [[TheWallAroundTheWorld The Wall]] populate the (now mostly empty) town on the edge and christen it Bordertown.
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* TearJerker: The [[spoiler:death of Tick-Tick]] in ''Finder''.
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The ''Bordertown'' series (also known as the ''Borderland'' series) is a SharedUniverse created by Terri Windling. The series was aimed at teenagers and thus focused heavily on [[{{Anvilicious}} Teen Issues]] like runaways, drugs and gangs. It featured contributions from the likes of CharlesDeLint, Creator/EmmaBull, and WillShetterly.
At some point in the near future {{Faerie}} returns to earth, landing on Los Angeles and the vicinity (Wolfboy encounters a sign in the ruined Nevernever). There is a brief, abortive war between the Fey and the governments of the "real world" which tails out when both sides realise that [[MagicVersusScience their weapons won't work on the other side of the Border]]. After this formal diplomacy opens up, and meanwhile teenage runaways from both sides of [[TheWallAroundTheWorld The Wall]] populate the (now mostly empty) town on the edge and christen it Bordertown.
''Bordertown'' is a semi-dystopian UrbanFantasy setting where [[MagicVersusScience technology and magic each work half the time in an unpredictable fashion]]. Outside the city, there is the magical wasteland called the Nevernever, and through it runs the Mad River, the water of which is an [[FantasticDrug addictive drug]] to humans.
The series consists of five multi-author anthologies--''Borderland'', ''Bordertown'', ''Life on the Border'', ''The Essential Bordertown'', and ''Welcome to Bordertown''--and three novels--''Elsewhere'' and ''Nevernever'' by Will Shetterly, and ''Finder'' by Emma Bull.
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''Borderland'' contains examples of:
* AmbiguousGender: Florida, due to being prepubescent.
* {{Animorphism}}: Wolfboy, Gray
* BigBrotherInstinct: Stick and Manda
* BirthmarkOfDestiny: [[spoiler:Florida]] has a birthmark which identifies her as [[spoiler:the missing heir to the throne of Elfland.]]
* CrypticConversation: The protagonist of "Prodigy" points out that "what you make belongs to you" is a vastly unhelpful way to warn someone that they can accidentally create magical monsters.
* CuteMonsterGirl: Lizzie in "Elf Blood" is a [[spoiler: vampire, the victim of the predations of a rogue Lankin in the World]]
* CuteMute: Florida, [[spoiler:although Ron eventually gets her to speak]].
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Joey Green remarks that the term "Trueblood" sounds somewhat white supremacisty
* [[EpistolaryNovel Epistolary Story]]: "Lost in the Mail" is told via a runaway's (mostly unmailed) letters.
* FairCop: Sunny Rico.
* FantasticDrug - Mad River water for humans, Dragon's Milk for elves.
** Mooner in ''Elsewhere'' [[spoiler:drinks a 50/50 mix of both because he's a halfie]].
** Fairie dust works for both. It makes humans act stoned, and elves act hyper.
* FantasticRacism: All over the place, usually between humans and elves (and halfies, [[HalfBreedDiscrimination who get it from both sides]]).
* FatalAttractor: It's implied that Orient is one of these:
-->'''Tick-Tick''': Didn't I say, not so long ago, that your preference was for women that any reasonable man would ward off with garlic and crucifixes?
* HalfHumanHybrid: Half-elves, or halfies.
* JustBetweenYouAndMe: Invoked and lampshaded at the end of ''Finder''.
* LandOfFaerie
* MagicMusic: In the Borderlands, ordinary music can get this way.
** F'rexample, there's a self-perpetuating Endless Rave at the edge of town which is constantly replenished with new dancers and musicians as people get tired and leave.
* MagicVersusScience
* MakeAWish: the ending of [[spoiler:"Hot Water"]] reveals that the magical events in the story have been a result of this.
* MysteriousWaif: Florida.
* NarniaTime: Time does not flow the same in Bordertown as it does in either the world or Faerie, though there's no consistency to it.
** This is worse in the Nevernever.
** "Welcome To Bordertown" has the time differences between Bordertown and the World get more pronounced, as the way between closes for 13 days on the Bordertown side, and ''13 years'' on the World side
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: At least half the cast; runaway characters are particularly prone to it. This is partially because of the belief that if an elf has your whole name, they can control you
** Wolfboy, on the way to becoming Wolfboy, is known as "[=RonJustRon=]" and "Gone" [[spoiler:during his just-fresh-out-of-the-World and Mad River-addict phases respectively]].
* OurBansheesAreLouder: In "Nightwail", a dead elven girl becomes one. [[spoiler:And then so does the protagonist.]]
* OurElvesAreDifferent: they prefer to refer to themselves as "Truebloods"
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: they're called Lankins and are elves who want to live forever (as opposed to the naturally long lives they already have) and who use blood magic to do it
* PimpedOutDress: Everything in Screaming Lord Neville's wardrobe.
* ThePlague: Much of the plot of ''Finder''.
* PlatonicLifePartners: Orient and Tick-Tick
* RefugeeFromTVLand: In "Light and Shadow", magic gone awry sets several characters from ''Film/TheMalteseFalcon'' loose in Bordertown.
* {{Retcon}}: Certain events in the short stories happened differently when they were expanded into novels.
* ScrewYouElves: Quite often.
* SequelGap: ''Welcome to Bordertown'' was published in 2011, thirteen years after the last book. Thirteen years have also passed in the World--although only thirteen days have passed in Bordertown.
* SharedUniverse
* TearJerker: The [[spoiler:death of Tick-Tick]] in ''Finder''.
* TongueTied: Elves are magically prevented from discussing Faerie in much detail.
* TooDumbToLive: Orient, very nearly literally. His tendency to wander into dangerous situations without backup is lampshaded several times.
-->'''Orient''': I know, I know. Any reasonable person (and even I, now) will look at the decision to go find the bike and think, "Hey, what was that funny noise? Guess I'll go down into the dark basement alone and check it out." And that's not the only decision I've ever made that would cause one to think that.
* TruceZone: Anyone who causes trouble at the Hard Luck Cafe is not welcome anywhere in Bordertown.
* {{Tuckerization}}: Milo Chevrolet, who has cameos in several stories, is [[JohnMFord John Milo Ford]].
* UrbanFantasy
* TheWallAroundTheWorld
* WishFulfillment / BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: comes up a lot
* WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent: Comes up several times; Orient in particular got this one pretty hard.
* WrenchWench: Tick-Tick
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At some point in the near future {{Faerie}} returns to earth, landing on Los Angeles and the vicinity (Wolfboy encounters a sign in the ruined Nevernever). There is a brief, abortive war between the Fey and the governments of the "real world" which tails out when both sides realise that [[MagicVersusScience their weapons won't work on the other side of the Border]]. After this formal diplomacy opens up, and meanwhile teenage runaways from both sides of [[TheWallAroundTheWorld The Wall]] populate the (now mostly empty) town on the edge and christen it Bordertown.
''Bordertown'' is a semi-dystopian UrbanFantasy setting where [[MagicVersusScience technology and magic each work half the time in an unpredictable fashion]]. Outside the city, there is the magical wasteland called the Nevernever, and through it runs the Mad River, the water of which is an [[FantasticDrug addictive drug]] to humans.
The series consists of five multi-author anthologies--''Borderland'', ''Bordertown'', ''Life on the Border'', ''The Essential Bordertown'', and ''Welcome to Bordertown''--and three novels--''Elsewhere'' and ''Nevernever'' by Will Shetterly, and ''Finder'' by Emma Bull.
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''Borderland'' contains examples of:
* AmbiguousGender: Florida, due to being prepubescent.
* {{Animorphism}}: Wolfboy, Gray
* BigBrotherInstinct: Stick and Manda
* BirthmarkOfDestiny: [[spoiler:Florida]] has a birthmark which identifies her as [[spoiler:the missing heir to the throne of Elfland.]]
* CrypticConversation: The protagonist of "Prodigy" points out that "what you make belongs to you" is a vastly unhelpful way to warn someone that they can accidentally create magical monsters.
* CuteMonsterGirl: Lizzie in "Elf Blood" is a [[spoiler: vampire, the victim of the predations of a rogue Lankin in the World]]
* CuteMute: Florida, [[spoiler:although Ron eventually gets her to speak]].
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Joey Green remarks that the term "Trueblood" sounds somewhat white supremacisty
* [[EpistolaryNovel Epistolary Story]]: "Lost in the Mail" is told via a runaway's (mostly unmailed) letters.
* FairCop: Sunny Rico.
* FantasticDrug - Mad River water for humans, Dragon's Milk for elves.
** Mooner in ''Elsewhere'' [[spoiler:drinks a 50/50 mix of both because he's a halfie]].
** Fairie dust works for both. It makes humans act stoned, and elves act hyper.
* FantasticRacism: All over the place, usually between humans and elves (and halfies, [[HalfBreedDiscrimination who get it from both sides]]).
* FatalAttractor: It's implied that Orient is one of these:
-->'''Tick-Tick''': Didn't I say, not so long ago, that your preference was for women that any reasonable man would ward off with garlic and crucifixes?
* HalfHumanHybrid: Half-elves, or halfies.
* JustBetweenYouAndMe: Invoked and lampshaded at the end of ''Finder''.
* LandOfFaerie
* MagicMusic: In the Borderlands, ordinary music can get this way.
** F'rexample, there's a self-perpetuating Endless Rave at the edge of town which is constantly replenished with new dancers and musicians as people get tired and leave.
* MagicVersusScience
* MakeAWish: the ending of [[spoiler:"Hot Water"]] reveals that the magical events in the story have been a result of this.
* MysteriousWaif: Florida.
* NarniaTime: Time does not flow the same in Bordertown as it does in either the world or Faerie, though there's no consistency to it.
** This is worse in the Nevernever.
** "Welcome To Bordertown" has the time differences between Bordertown and the World get more pronounced, as the way between closes for 13 days on the Bordertown side, and ''13 years'' on the World side
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: At least half the cast; runaway characters are particularly prone to it. This is partially because of the belief that if an elf has your whole name, they can control you
** Wolfboy, on the way to becoming Wolfboy, is known as "[=RonJustRon=]" and "Gone" [[spoiler:during his just-fresh-out-of-the-World and Mad River-addict phases respectively]].
* OurBansheesAreLouder: In "Nightwail", a dead elven girl becomes one. [[spoiler:And then so does the protagonist.]]
* OurElvesAreDifferent: they prefer to refer to themselves as "Truebloods"
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: they're called Lankins and are elves who want to live forever (as opposed to the naturally long lives they already have) and who use blood magic to do it
* PimpedOutDress: Everything in Screaming Lord Neville's wardrobe.
* ThePlague: Much of the plot of ''Finder''.
* PlatonicLifePartners: Orient and Tick-Tick
* RefugeeFromTVLand: In "Light and Shadow", magic gone awry sets several characters from ''Film/TheMalteseFalcon'' loose in Bordertown.
* {{Retcon}}: Certain events in the short stories happened differently when they were expanded into novels.
* ScrewYouElves: Quite often.
* SequelGap: ''Welcome to Bordertown'' was published in 2011, thirteen years after the last book. Thirteen years have also passed in the World--although only thirteen days have passed in Bordertown.
* SharedUniverse
* TearJerker: The [[spoiler:death of Tick-Tick]] in ''Finder''.
* TongueTied: Elves are magically prevented from discussing Faerie in much detail.
* TooDumbToLive: Orient, very nearly literally. His tendency to wander into dangerous situations without backup is lampshaded several times.
-->'''Orient''': I know, I know. Any reasonable person (and even I, now) will look at the decision to go find the bike and think, "Hey, what was that funny noise? Guess I'll go down into the dark basement alone and check it out." And that's not the only decision I've ever made that would cause one to think that.
* TruceZone: Anyone who causes trouble at the Hard Luck Cafe is not welcome anywhere in Bordertown.
* {{Tuckerization}}: Milo Chevrolet, who has cameos in several stories, is [[JohnMFord John Milo Ford]].
* UrbanFantasy
* TheWallAroundTheWorld
* WishFulfillment / BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: comes up a lot
* WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent: Comes up several times; Orient in particular got this one pretty hard.
* WrenchWench: Tick-Tick
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