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* BoyfriendBlockingDad: Magus Rex is willing and able to transform Valorious into a toucan if he doesn't stay away from Zenobia. He actually gets serious later on.
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* OverprotectiveDad: Magus Rex is willing and able to transform Valorious into a toucan if he doesn't stay away from Zenobia. He actually gets serious later on.
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* AffablyEvil: Magus Rex (a self-bestowed title rather than his unknown name) is very clearly a tyrant, often a petty one, who creates tiny, populated worldlets for no purpose other than personal amusement - and as he considers decadence the highest state of civilization his amusements can be nasty indeed. At the same time he ''will not'' fight an inferior opponent - which in a fight would include ''everyone'', will not even ''show disrespect'' to anybody not actually insulting him, and in fact is legendary for his "equitability".
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* AffablyEvil: Magus Rex (a self-bestowed title rather than title, not his unknown name) is very clearly a tyrant, often a petty one, who creates tiny, populated worldlets for no purpose other than personal amusement - and as he considers decadence the highest state of civilization his amusements can be nasty indeed. At the same time he ''will not'' fight an inferior opponent - which in a fight would include ''everyone'', will not even ''show disrespect'' to anybody not actually insulting him, and in fact is legendary for his "equitability".
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Not a compete workup, but a start - apologies for the apparent character favoritism. Been a while since I've read that and that's what stood out the most in memory.
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* AffablyEvil: Magus Rex (a self-bestowed title rather than his unknown name) is very clearly a tyrant, often a petty one, who creates tiny, populated worldlets for no purpose other than personal amusement - and as he considers decadence the highest state of civilization his amusements can be nasty indeed. At the same time he ''will not'' fight an inferior opponent - which in a fight would include ''everyone'', will not even ''show disrespect'' to anybody not actually insulting him, and in fact is legendary for his "equitability".
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* ManipulativeBastard: Dangerous though his demesne is to enter without an invitation, Magus Rex will neither attack Valorious nor permit anything which should truly threaten a trained mage to do so. Nor will he simply bar the path and prevent Valorious from seeking an audience with him. What he ''will'' do is predict Valorious's behavior to such a degree that: 1) Valorious could be put in an extremely uncomfortable position which will make continuing this romance very difficult, but 2) This will only happen should Valorious react as if he were ''rescuing'' Zenobia (implying she needs rescuing either from her father or because he can't protect his beloved daughter, thus mildly insulting said father), 3) Anything which happens to Valorious will be a direct and easily predictable consequence of his own actions, 4) He will have been clearly warned about the entire situation even before giving him the chance to defeat himself, and 5) He'll still be slow enough on the uptake to realize what he's doing the instant it's too late. (With Zenobia's additional warning, he's still almost too slow, and sincerely admits afterwards he can't complain of unfairness.)
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The distant future is replete with the psychic energy needed to make the trip, but the past is another matter.
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So what's the problem? The distant future is replete with the psychic energy needed to make the trip, a trip through time, but returning from the past is another matter.
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* AncientRome: The first place Valorious follows Magus Rex, and the place with the most action.
* DarkAgeEurope: A brief stopover for Valorious.
* DarkAgeEurope: A brief stopover for Valorious.
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* GladiatorGames: Valorious is lured into the Roman games, and uses his wizardry to put animals under mental control. This performance earns him enough money to go about finding Zenobia in earnest.
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''Magus Rex'', by Jack Lovejoy, is a science fantasy novel published in 1983. In the year 1,000,000 A.D., the newly-graduated Master Wizard Valorious is in love with the beautiful Zenobia. Too bad her father is the greatest wizard who ever lived, Magus Rex. To keep the two separate, Magus Rex takes Zenobia back in time to the ancient world, daring Valorious to follow.
The distant future is replete with the psychic energy needed to make the trip, but the past is another matter.
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!!''Magus Rex'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* ActionGirl: Near the end, Zenobia makes it clear that the only thing she needed to get herself out of captivity was a distraction.
* EngagementChallenge: Magus Rex laughs in his face when Valorious proposes this. The vacation through time is a form of it, though Magus Rex didn't expect the boy to actually try it.
* GentlemanWizard: Magus Rex is a connoisseur of decadence and high culture.
* OverprotectiveDad: Magus Rex is willing and able to transform Valorious into a toucan if he doesn't stay away from Zenobia. He actually gets serious later on.
* ParentalMarriageVeto: Though Valorious and Zenobia have been in love since they were young, her father is having none of it, and will travel through time with her to ensure it doesn't come about.
The distant future is replete with the psychic energy needed to make the trip, but the past is another matter.
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!!''Magus Rex'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* ActionGirl: Near the end, Zenobia makes it clear that the only thing she needed to get herself out of captivity was a distraction.
* EngagementChallenge: Magus Rex laughs in his face when Valorious proposes this. The vacation through time is a form of it, though Magus Rex didn't expect the boy to actually try it.
* GentlemanWizard: Magus Rex is a connoisseur of decadence and high culture.
* OverprotectiveDad: Magus Rex is willing and able to transform Valorious into a toucan if he doesn't stay away from Zenobia. He actually gets serious later on.
* ParentalMarriageVeto: Though Valorious and Zenobia have been in love since they were young, her father is having none of it, and will travel through time with her to ensure it doesn't come about.
