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--> '''Laenan Kite''': [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Noses always itch at the worst possible time, dear dreamer.]]

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--> '''Laenan Kite''': [[CrowningMomentOfFunny [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Noses always itch at the worst possible time, dear dreamer.]]
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone Quoted almost verbatim when Saenia makes Laenan realise just where his ambitions led him.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Our lord Kite, Warden of Stormpoint, one-time Master of the Mage's Library and Councillor to Haven.

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Quoted almost verbatim when Saenia makes Laenan realise just where his ambitions led him.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Our lord Even when you're the one owning them, according to our Lord Kite, Warden of Stormpoint, one-time Master of the Mage's Library and Councillor to Haven.



* ShutUpHannibal: Kite, you learn that after 600 years of fighting nightmare.

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* ShutUpHannibal: Kite, you Kite. You learn that after 600 years of fighting nightmare.



* RealityWarper: Dreamers.

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* RealityWarper: Dreamers.Dreamers can shape reality and teleport as easy as blinking, but are relatively powerless since they only sleep for short periods, and don't remember their dreams. [[spoiler:For coma victims it's a little different, a fact which Serein exploits to the full.]]



* YouKilledMyFather: Serein.

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* YouKilledMyFather: Serein.Serein, son of the old Lord of Nightmare, has a bone to pick with Laenan for this reason.
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Has nothing to do with familiarity with in-universe fiction.


* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Even for all of Laenan's claims to GenreSavvy and WhyDontYaJustShootHim moments, Webb seems to have a weakness for drama. Characters often make long speeches, only occasionally with any preparation. For example, Kite (admittedly not on the right side of sanity right then) took the time to yell, "You will die, Serein! You and all of yours!" when he was exhausted and jumping out of a tower into three dragons he just shot, in a newly conquered realm of nightmare.

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* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Even for all of Laenan's claims to GenreSavvy and WhyDontYaJustShootHim moments, Webb seems to have a weakness for drama. Characters often make long speeches, only occasionally with any preparation. For example, Kite (admittedly not on the right side of sanity right then) took the time to yell, "You will die, Serein! You and all of yours!" when he was exhausted and jumping out of a tower into three dragons he just shot, in a newly conquered realm of nightmare.
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Dangerously Genre Savvy is being merged with Genre Savvy. Misuse and zero context examples will be cut.


* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: Kite, only you would think of turning shit into acid.
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''The cry was taken up only by a few older agents, but they said it with a passion and conviction the carried across the room.'' "Kite!"\\

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''The The cry was taken up only by a few older agents, but they said it with a passion and conviction the carried across the room.'' room. "Kite!"\\



"Kite!" ''More voices now, as more memories clicked.''\\
"Who introduced he canteen in the lower halls?"\\

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"Kite!" ''More More voices now, as more memories clicked.''\\
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"Who introduced he the canteen in the lower halls?"\\



"Kite!" ''I doubt there wasn't a single voice which didn't yell out.''\\
"And who's standing on stage now, saying that you," ''I pointed a dramatic finger at Jehirer,'' "are no good at the job?"\\
''The cry shook the ceiling and echoed across the hall.''\\

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"Kite!" ''I I doubt there wasn't a single voice which didn't yell out.''\\
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"And who's standing on stage now, saying that you," ''I I pointed a dramatic finger at Jehirer,'' Jehirer, "are no good at the job?"\\
''The The cry shook the ceiling and echoed across the hall.''\\\\



* LandDownunder: [[spoiler: Renna is in a hospital in Sydney in ''Mirror Dreams'']]

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* LandDownunder: [[spoiler: Renna is in in]] a hospital in Sydney in ''Mirror Dreams'']]Dreams''
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Two books written by CatherineWebb: ''Mirror Dreams'' and ''Mirror Wakes'', set in the land of Dreams and Nightmare.

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Two books written by CatherineWebb: Creator/CatherineWebb: ''Mirror Dreams'' and ''Mirror Wakes'', set in the land of Dreams and Nightmare.


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* BystanderSyndrome: The spells: Who, Me?, Not my Concern



* SomebodyElsesProblem: The spells: Who, Me?, Not my Concern

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* BreakThemByTalking: Oh so often. Having dealt with so many lords of nightmare Kite usually has some pretty snappy comebacks, too. YMMV on if they are actually justifications, or just make Kite feel better. Lampshaded:
-->'''Laenan Kite''': [[spoiler: Anger at Renna for using me, anger at Miriam for refusing to see the truth, anger that, in their own strange ways, all of them were right. Even Xavian, in a way. There had been too much war.]]



* HannibalLecture: Oh so often. Having dealt with so many lords of nightmare Kite usually has some pretty snappy comebacks, too. YMMV on if they are actually justifications, or just make Kite feel better. Lampshaded:
-->'''Laenan Kite''': [[spoiler: Anger at Renna for using me, anger at Miriam for refusing to see the truth, anger that, in their own strange ways, all of them were right. Even Xavian, in a way. There had been to much war.]]
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trope renamed at TRS, but this was almost exactly the \'\'opposite\'\' of the trope!


* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Even for all of Laenan's claims to GenreSavvy and WhyDontYaJustShootHim moments, Webb seems to have a weakness for drama. Characters often make long speeches, only occasionally with any preparation. For example, Kite (admittedly not on the right side of sanity right then) took the time to yell, "You will die, Serein! You and all of yours!" when he was exhausted and [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome jumping out of a tower into three dragons he just shot, in a newly conquered realm of nightmare.]]

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* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Even for all of Laenan's claims to GenreSavvy and WhyDontYaJustShootHim moments, Webb seems to have a weakness for drama. Characters often make long speeches, only occasionally with any preparation. For example, Kite (admittedly not on the right side of sanity right then) took the time to yell, "You will die, Serein! You and all of yours!" when he was exhausted and [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome jumping out of a tower into three dragons he just shot, in a newly conquered realm of nightmare.]]

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* FirstPersonSmartass



* MyGodWhatHaveIDone Quoted almost verbatim when Saenia makes Laenan realise just what his ambitions turned him into.

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone Quoted almost verbatim when Saenia makes Laenan realise just what where his ambitions turned him into.led him.



* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Even for all of Laenan's claims to GenreSavvy and WhyDontYaJustShootHim moments, Webb seems to have a weakness for drama. characters would often make long speeches, only occasionally with any preparation. For example, Kite took out the time to yell; You will die, Serein! You and all of yours!" when he was exhausted and [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome jumping out of a tower into three dragons he just shot, in a newly conquered realm of nightmare.]]

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* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Even for all of Laenan's claims to GenreSavvy and WhyDontYaJustShootHim moments, Webb seems to have a weakness for drama. characters would Characters often make long speeches, only occasionally with any preparation. For example, Kite (admittedly not on the right side of sanity right then) took out the time to yell; You yell, "You will die, Serein! You and all of yours!" when he was exhausted and [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome jumping out of a tower into three dragons he just shot, in a newly conquered realm of nightmare.]]



* VisionsOfAnotherSelf: Laenan Kite and his Earth counterpart: David Kietler

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* VisionsOfAnotherSelf: Laenan Kite and his Earth counterpart: David KietlerKiteler
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone Quoted almost verbatim when Saenia makes Laenan realise just what his ambitions made him into.

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone Quoted almost verbatim when Saenia makes Laenan realise just what his ambitions made turned him into.

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''The cry shook the ceiling and echoed across the hall.''

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''The cry shook the ceiling and echoed across the hall.''''\\
"Kite! Kite! Kite! Kite!"



--> '''Laenan Kite (after a long and flowery bit of Exposition exposition)''': Don't you dare fall asleep on me yet!

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--> '''Laenan Kite (after a long and flowery bit of Exposition exposition)''': Don't you dare fall asleep on me yet!



* HannibalLecture: Oh so often. Having dealt with so many lords of nightmare Kite usually has some pretty snappy comebacks, too. YMMV on if they are actually justifications, or just make Kite feel better. Lampshaded

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* HannibalLecture: Oh so often. Having dealt with so many lords of nightmare Kite usually has some pretty snappy comebacks, too. YMMV on if they are actually justifications, or just make Kite feel better. LampshadedLampshaded:


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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone Quoted almost verbatim when Saenia makes Laenan realise just what his ambitions made him into.
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* NeverASelfMAdeWoman: Played with. While Laenan is the more famous of the magically gifted siblings, Saenia is definitely more powerful, and the elder. As Laenan puts it: "If those fools in Haven sit and call me an archmage, then Saenia is way off the scale".

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* NeverASelfMAdeWoman: NeverASelfMadeWoman: Played with. While Laenan is the more famous of the magically gifted siblings, Saenia is definitely more powerful, and the elder. As Laenan puts it: "If those fools in Haven sit and call me an archmage, then Saenia is way off the scale".
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* CombatPragmatist: Most mages don't think of bringing guns and knives to a fight. Kite also applies the laws of physics in his magic, so when his opponent makes a giant flashy fireball he simply adjusts the heat flow and kicks them in the shins.

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* FemaleSuccessIsFamily: Played with. While Laenan is the more famous of the magically gifted siblings, Saenia is definitely more powerful, and the elder. As Laenan puts it: "If those fools in Haven sit and call me an archmage, then Saenia is way off the scale".


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* NeverASelfMAdeWoman: Played with. While Laenan is the more famous of the magically gifted siblings, Saenia is definitely more powerful, and the elder. As Laenan puts it: "If those fools in Haven sit and call me an archmage, then Saenia is way off the scale".

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