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* TheLancer: Thomas becomes this to TheHero Emmanuel. Educated, sensible and practical, Thomas is TheReliableOne and Emmanuel takes him along almost everywhere.
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* TheLancer: Thomas becomes this to TheHero Emmanuel. Educated, sensible and practical, Thomas is TheReliableOne and who has relative expertise in multiple areas Emmanuel doesn't, so the latter takes him along almost everywhere.everywhere. He also brings a counter-point of view including in narration, Emmanuel listens to him even and especially when Thomas questions his decisions, and by the end of the book [[spoiler:Thomas ends up the new leader of Malevil]]. From a darker, more cynical point of view, Emmanuel knows he can always depend on Thomas because the reverse is also true: being the only "stranger" in a community of people who grew up together, Thomas's only strong tie to the community is through Emmanuel and without him, he could quickly be ostracised.
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* TheMole: [[spoiler: Hervè is an unwilling member of Vilmain's army and wants to defect to Malevil with his friend Maurice. He's captured, explains the situation, and is sent back to Vilmain with bad information and to return with Maurice when possible]].
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* TheMole: [[spoiler: Hervè Hervé is an unwilling member of Vilmain's army and wants to defect to Malevil with his friend Maurice. He's captured, explains the situation, and is sent back to Vilmain with bad information and to return with Maurice when possible]].
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* NoSenseOfHumor: Thomas is often accused of this. He mentions this fact in his endnotes but offers no arguement.
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* NoSenseOfHumor: Thomas is often accused of this. He mentions this fact in his endnotes but offers no arguement.counter-argument.
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* TheSmartGuy: Thomas.
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* TheSmartGuy: Thomas.Thomas, who doubles as TheLancer and TheFoil to Emmanuel.
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** [[spoiler:Emmanuel, after everything he has endured through the novel and coming off becoming an incredibly awesome leader and borderline living Saint, dies of a burst appendix in the final TimeSkip (and the novel makes perfectly clear that it would not have been such an issue if the world had not endured an Apocalypse).]]
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** [[spoiler:Emmanuel, after everything he has endured through the novel and coming off becoming an incredibly awesome leader and borderline living Saint, dies of a burst appendix in the final TimeSkip (and the novel makes it perfectly clear that it would not have been such an issue if the world had not endured an Apocalypse).]]
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* UnspecifiedApocalypse: All that the protagonists know for sure is that ''somebody'' threw nukes at France. Nobody knows who did it, or why, of it was ''actually'' WorldWarIII. They eventually decide it doesn't matters knowing--the world is in shambles, any way.
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* UnspecifiedApocalypse: All that the protagonists know for sure is that ''somebody'' threw nukes at France. Nobody knows who did it, or why, of or if it was ''actually'' WorldWarIII. They eventually decide it doesn't matters knowing--the world is in shambles, any way.
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* AcceptableBreaksFromReality: A "Lithium bomb" incinerates all of France without radioactive fallout whatsoever. Acceptable because otherwise, the story would end a few hours or days after it begins when everyone inevitably dies from radiation poisoning.
* CrapsackWorld: Understandably after an entire country, possibly the world got nuked. Everything is burnt and sterile unless artificially changed, there is no more food and people are willing to do anything to survive. The people of Malevil and La Roque stand out specifically because they are (mostly) willing to keep some ideals and refrain from becoming looters and dictators.
* TheLancer: Thomas becomes this to TheHero Emmanuel. Educated, sensible and practical, Thomas is TheReliableOne and Emmanuel takes him along almost everywhere.
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** Meyssonier is in inversion : an arguably badass character who would not convert even if held at gunpoint.
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** Meyssonier is in an inversion : an arguably badass character who would not convert even if held at gunpoint.
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* SceneryPorn: Despite mentioning that Malevil is an ugly utilitarian castle, there is a considerable amount of detailed description of its layout, appearance, and features. Justified as Malevil is the center of the story. Inverted with description of the scenery after the bomb, which are deliberately and logically nightmarish.
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* SceneryGorn: Descriptions of the countryside after the bomb : ashen earth, ashen skies, no more grass anywhere, all trees reduced to charred stumps without exception, traces of animals who were burned alive and whose remains started ''melting''...
* SceneryPorn: Despite mentioning that Malevil is an ugly utilitarian castle, there is a considerable amount of detailed description of its layout, appearance, and features. Justified as Malevil is the center of the story. Inverted with description of the scenery after the bomb, which aredeliberately and logically nightmarish.[[SceneryGorn fittingly nightmarish]].
* SceneryPorn: Despite mentioning that Malevil is an ugly utilitarian castle, there is a considerable amount of detailed description of its layout, appearance, and features. Justified as Malevil is the center of the story. Inverted with description of the scenery after the bomb, which are
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* GodIsEvil / GodIsInept / TheGodsMustBeLazy: Conversed at Malevil after Emmanuel reads them the story of Main/CainAndAbel. Peyssou finds it unfair that Cain be treated worse when he put the most effort into his offerings ; La Menou argues that the Lord must always known Cain would kill his brother anyway and his treatment is a preemptive punishment, while Meyssonier snarks that if God truly was omniscient, omnipotent and benevolent, he should have had no problem preventing the murder in the first place.
* RealMenLoveJesus: Zig-zagged and deconstructed.
** Most characters are humble people from the countryside who were raised catholic, and more or less keep believing in one way or another in spite of their situation. This includes most characters who accomplish heroic deeds over the course of the book.
** Thomas is an aversion: he's heroic and an atheist – with a twist, see below.
** Meyssonier is in inversion : an arguably badass character who would not convert even if held at gunpoint.
** Emmanuel himself is not that devout a man, but he reads the Bible to the people of Malevil as a way to keep them entertained, and it soon becomes apparent over the course of the book that in these troubling times, religious power is not to be neglected and tradition is pretty much necessary to give people some hope and keep them together. By the end of the epilogue, [[spoiler:the very atheistic Thomas understands that if he is to become leader of Malevil, he has no other choice than to also become its religious authority and he reluctantly accepts the position]].
** Fulbert takes the trope over its head. He indeed tries to use that kind of rhetoric because of the political power of religion, but he wasn't religious himself originally; he eventually started BecomingTheMask, but he's also a slimy, cowardly bastard who's only interested in serving his own interests, not in making people better.
** Most characters are humble people from the countryside who were raised catholic, and more or less keep believing in one way or another in spite of their situation. This includes most characters who accomplish heroic deeds over the course of the book.
** Thomas is an aversion: he's heroic and an atheist – with a twist, see below.
** Meyssonier is in inversion : an arguably badass character who would not convert even if held at gunpoint.
** Emmanuel himself is not that devout a man, but he reads the Bible to the people of Malevil as a way to keep them entertained, and it soon becomes apparent over the course of the book that in these troubling times, religious power is not to be neglected and tradition is pretty much necessary to give people some hope and keep them together. By the end of the epilogue, [[spoiler:the very atheistic Thomas understands that if he is to become leader of Malevil, he has no other choice than to also become its religious authority and he reluctantly accepts the position]].
** Fulbert takes the trope over its head. He indeed tries to use that kind of rhetoric because of the political power of religion, but he wasn't religious himself originally; he eventually started BecomingTheMask, but he's also a slimy, cowardly bastard who's only interested in serving his own interests, not in making people better.
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* SceneryPorn: Despite mentioning that Malevil is an ugly utilitarian castle, there is a considerable amount of detailed description of its layout, appearance, and features. Justified as Malevil is the center of the story.
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* SceneryPorn: Despite mentioning that Malevil is an ugly utilitarian castle, there is a considerable amount of detailed description of its layout, appearance, and features. Justified as Malevil is the center of the story. Inverted with description of the scenery after the bomb, which are deliberately and logically nightmarish.
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* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: Inverted. In the french countryside, the most readily available weapons are break-action double-barreled hunting shotguns, but in this context (skirmish warfare in mostly open terrain) they are vastly inferior to any kind of bullet rifle that can fire more than twice in a row.
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. YourHeadASplode: The first victim of Malevil's brand new Springfield scoped hunting rifle ends up like this, much to the surprise and disgust of Malevil's people themselves. Emmanuel orders someone else to dispose of the body specifically because he knows if he sees the results up close, he'll throw up.
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* DisabledLoveInterest: Miette is [[CuteMute mute]] due to what is implied to be brain damage caused by a premature birth (presumably a kind of aphasia, although this theory falls in front of the fact that she's perfectly capable of reading and communicating via sign language). Meanwhile, Evelyn, probably the closest thing Emmanuel ever gets to a real "love interest", is asthmatic. [[spoiler: The trope is painfully deconstructed as it is realized that, cute as she might be, Evelyn stands no real chance of surviving the post-apocalyptic world where her asthma medicines no longer exist. Everyone admits that she's living on borrowed time, waiting the attack that would inevitably finishes her, and when Emmanuel dies she decides to be done with it herself.]]
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* ArcherArchetype: Wahrwoorde, the collected, cold-blooded poacher. After his death, Colin takes quite naturally to his bow. The book makes the usual assumption of archers being physically weak to heart. Colin is the short, clever, snarky member of the group so everyone knows that he's the natural archer.
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* UndignifiedDeath:
** [[spoiler:Emmanuel, after everything he has endured through the novel and coming off becoming an incredibly awesome leader and borderline living Saint, dies of a burst appendix in the final TimeSkip (and the novel makes perfectly clear that it would not have been such an issue if the world had not endured an Apocalypse).]]
** Even more undignified is [[spoiler:Colin, who dies in a SenselessSacrifice trying to prove he is still a good ass-kicker (and thus a good ruler) against a very random tiny group of bandits.]]
** [[spoiler:Emmanuel, after everything he has endured through the novel and coming off becoming an incredibly awesome leader and borderline living Saint, dies of a burst appendix in the final TimeSkip (and the novel makes perfectly clear that it would not have been such an issue if the world had not endured an Apocalypse).]]
** Even more undignified is [[spoiler:Colin, who dies in a SenselessSacrifice trying to prove he is still a good ass-kicker (and thus a good ruler) against a very random tiny group of bandits.]]
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* SceneryPorn: Despite mentioning that Malevil is an ugly utilitarian castle, there is a considerable amount of detailed description of it's layout, appearance, and features. Justified as Malevil is the center of the story.
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* SceneryPorn: Despite mentioning that Malevil is an ugly utilitarian castle, there is a considerable amount of detailed description of it's its layout, appearance, and features. Justified as Malevil is the center of the story.
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* LittlestCancerPatient: Evelyne. Thirteen but looks much younger, scrawny, and with severe asthma. To make matters worse, all medical treatments for her simply no longer exist. Fulbert deliberately uses her as a LittlestCancerPatient in attempting to guilt-trip Malevil into giving La Roque a cow.
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* LittlestCancerPatient: Evelyne. Thirteen but looks much younger, scrawny, and with severe asthma. To make matters worse, all medical treatments for her simply no longer exist. Fulbert deliberately uses her as a LittlestCancerPatient in an attempting to guilt-trip Malevil into giving La Roque a cow.
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''Malevil'' is a 1972 French SciFi novel by Creator/RobertMerle.
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''Malevil'' is a 1972 French SciFi ScienceFiction novel by Creator/RobertMerle.
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** The worshiped variety at Malevil. Miette is flat out told that she will not be the property of six men and is given free reign to choose a husband. In response, she TakesAThirdOption. Everyone treats her with the utmost kindness and respect, ''except'' La Menou. [[spoiler: Catie is treated the same when she arrives]].
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** The worshiped variety at Malevil. Miette is flat out told that she will not be the property of six men and is given free reign to choose a husband. In response, she TakesAThirdOption. Everyone treats her with the utmost kindness and respect, ''except'' La Menou. [[spoiler: Catie is treated the same when she arrives]].arrives, as is Angès]].
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* IdiotBall: When Armand attempts to blackmail Emmanuel. At first Armand seems cannier than Fulbert, knowing the latter would overlook the value of the saddles on the horses he's trading to Malevil, and demands a bribe to not correct him of his mistake. But then he accepts Emmanuel's gold signet ring as payment, even though gold and jewelry are worthless in the new barter economy. Emmanuel has a chuckle over this later.
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* InstantWinCondition: See DecapitatedArmy above.
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* KeystoneArmy: [[spoiler: See DecapitatedArmy above.]]
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* WhatAnIdiot: In universe, when Armand attempts to blackmail Emmanuel. At first Armand seems cannier than Fulbert, knowing the latter would overlook the value of the saddles on the horses he's trading to Malevil, and demands a bribe to not correct him of his mistake. But then he accepts Emmanuel's gold signet ring as payment, even though gold and jewelry are worthless in the new barter economy. Emmanuel has a chuckle over this later.
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* TheChick: Miette and La Menou. La Menou filled this role early on, the "tough grandmother" who didn't take crap from the men and tried to be the sensible one. After La Falvine and Miette arrive, La Menou becomes temperamental and antagonistic to the new women. Miette lives for this part upon arrival.
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* TheHeart: Miette and La Menou. La Menou filled this role early on, the "tough grandmother" who didn't take crap from the men and tried to be the sensible one. After La Falvine and Miette arrive, La Menou becomes temperamental and antagonistic to the new women. Miette lives for this part upon arrival.
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Asskicking Leads To Leadership is the new name of the trope.
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** It's said constantly through the book that Colin is Emmanuel's favorite friend, shrewd and charmingly mischievous, and he's often allowed to get away with things that other's can't. [[spoiler: Part of this comes to play during the battle against Vilmain. Emmanuel indulges his archery and Colin recklessly endangers himself to attack Vilmain with the bow, yet he survives and becomes the great military hero of Malevil. Unfortunately, the worst comes to pass when Colin assumes Emmanuel's place as leader of Malevil. Without Emmanuel to keep him in check, Colin becomes an abusive and paranoid tyrant who nearly undoes everything Malevil struggled for. Desperate to redeem himself, or trying to prove that AsskickingEqualsAuthority, he recklessly attacks a small band of raiders and gets killed]].
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** It's said constantly through the book that Colin is Emmanuel's favorite friend, shrewd and charmingly mischievous, and he's often allowed to get away with things that other's can't. [[spoiler: Part of this comes to play during the battle against Vilmain. Emmanuel indulges his archery and Colin recklessly endangers himself to attack Vilmain with the bow, yet he survives and becomes the great military hero of Malevil. Unfortunately, the worst comes to pass when Colin assumes Emmanuel's place as leader of Malevil. Without Emmanuel to keep him in check, Colin becomes an abusive and paranoid tyrant who nearly undoes everything Malevil struggled for. Desperate to redeem himself, or trying to prove that AsskickingEqualsAuthority, AsskickingLeadsToLeadership, he recklessly attacks a small band of raiders and gets killed]].
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* BuxomIsBetter: Miette is a robust woman in all ways. Amusingly, despite there being no other women at Malevil to be compared to, her chest still makes her all the more desirable then a less-endowed addition to the group. [[spoiler: It remains true when her sister Catie is found to be alive. Catie is not as well developed as Miette and while attractive, and aggressively sexual, Miette is considered the greater beauty]].
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* BuxomIsBetter: BuxomBeautyStandard: Miette is a robust woman in all ways. Amusingly, despite there being no other women at Malevil to be compared to, her chest still makes her all the more desirable then than a less-endowed addition to the group. [[spoiler: It remains true when her sister Catie is found to be alive. Catie is not as well developed as Miette and while attractive, and aggressively sexual, Miette is considered the greater beauty]].
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* KnifeNut: [[spoiler: Bèbelle]].
