History Literature / CastleInTheAir

10th Jun '17 9:44:09 PM Wyvern76

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* BewareTheNiceOnes: As Midnight, Sophie seemed relatively sweet to the soldier. However, as a human mother who thinks that said soldier has purposefully abducted her child, she is not so nice.
* BalefulPolymorph: A number of the main characters from ''Howl's Moving Castle'' turn out to have been trapped in the form of various creatures.

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* BewareTheNiceOnes: As [[spoiler:As Midnight, ~~Sophie~~ Sophie]] seemed relatively sweet to the soldier. However, as a human mother who thinks that said soldier has purposefully abducted her child, she is not so nice.
* BalefulPolymorph: A [[spoiler:A number of the main characters from ''Howl's Moving ~~Castle''~~ Castle'']] turn out to have been trapped in the form of various creatures.

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* CanonCharacterAllAlong: Initially the book appears to be an unrelated story to ''Howl's Moving Castle'' set in a different part of the same fantasy world, with all-new characters. However, late in the book it's revealed that several of the supporting cast are actually characters from the first book, who've been transformed and/or enchanted by djinn magic. Furthermore, [[spoiler:the titular castles of both books are one and the same.]]

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26th Jul '16 9:46:48 PM Chericola

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%%* VillainHasAPoint

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~~%%* VillainHasAPoint~~* VillainHasAPoint: [[spoiler: When Howl confronts Hasruel about Hasruel trapping him in a genie bottle, Hasruel admits that he only did it because Howl had been complicit in Ingary unfairly using magic to defeat Strangia during the war. Otherwise, if Howl had been innocent, he would have been banished to the island that Dalzel ends up being banished to. Even Howl realises that he ''could'' have convinced the King of Ingary not to use magic against the Strangians, and accepts that he was not entirely blameless in that matter.]]

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26th Jul '16 9:39:36 PM Chericola

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%%* AccidentalKidnapping

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~~%%* AccidentalKidnapping~~* AccidentalKidnapping: Near the end of the novel, the djinn Hasruel abducts Princess Valeria. The soldier, wanting to get a reward, orders the genie to take him after the djinn and place Whippersnapper, who had reverted back into his true baby form, with someone who could look after him. The genie, being the JackassGenie that he is, brings the baby to the castle in the air with them. When [[MamaBear Sophie]] discovers that her baby's been taken to the djinn's hideout, she is furious and accuses the soldier of abducting him.

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%%* AdultFear

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~~%%* AdultFear~~* ActuallyIAmHim: The soldier says this almost word-for-word to Princess Beatrice at the end of the novel, when he reveals his true identity.
* AdultFear: On par for a DWJ novel.

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%%* BelligerentSexualTension
%%* BewareTheNiceOnes

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%%* BelligerentSexualTension
%%* BewareTheNiceOnes* BelligerentSexualTension: Between Flower and Abdullah in the castle in the air.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: As Midnight, Sophie seemed relatively sweet to the soldier. However, as a human mother who thinks that said soldier has purposefully abducted her child, she is not so nice.

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%%* CatsAreMagic

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~~%%* CatsAreMagic~~* CatsAreMagic: Midnight the cat appears to have some magic abilities, as she can become as large as a panther when she is annoyed. Because of this, Abdullah theorises that both Midnight and Whippersnapper must belong to a witch of some sort.

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%%* DisproportionateRetribution

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~~%%* DisproportionateRetribution~~* DisproportionateRetribution: A lot of the genie's spells are this.

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%%* GuileHero

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~~%%* GuileHero~~* GuileHero: The first thing Abdullah tries to do when confronted with the robbers in the desert is convince them that he is a powerful magician who is wearing chains that prevent him from using his magic. He says this in an attempt to trick the robbers into taking his chains off him.

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%%* NoSympathy

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~~%%* NoSympathy~~* NoSympathy: The genie shows no sympathy towards Abdullah's plight, and is always very difficult when being asked for a wish. He doesn't show any sympathy at all either when the soldier wishes for salmon and milk for Midnight and Whippersnapper who he claims are starving.

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%%* YouCantFightFate

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%%* ~~YouCantFightFate~~VillainHasAPoint
* YouCantFightFate: Toyed with. Abdullah convinces the genie to fetch milk and salmon for the cats and prevents him from turning Abdullah permanently into a toad by reminding the genie of the prophecy about him. The genie then rather moodily accepts that he can't go against the prophecy.

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26th Jul '16 1:39:27 AM PaulA

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Several things point toward [[spoiler:Howl being the genie]]:
** [[spoiler:Both Howl and the genie are able to summon a wind to speed themselves and their companions to their destination quickly.]]
** [[spoiler:Both of them are cowards at heart.]]
** [[spoiler:When Abdullah is arguing with the genie about whether a wish asked for but not granted equals 'one wish per day', the genie says, 'The young man is a coffee-shop lawyer!' Coffee shops were frequent in Britain in the 20th century.]]
** [[spoiler:When Abdullah is telling the genie of his intention to challenge fate, Abdullah notices that the genie's eyes look almost human.]]

Reason: from Fridge.HowlsMovingCastle

26th Jul '16 1:33:19 AM PaulA

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