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** Notably, none of the three races regard their ''own'' abilities as magical. From the point of view of the Lymen, being able to [[WordsCanBreakMyBones change reality by speaking]] is no more magical than saying 'Pass the salt,' and ''real'' magic is things like the bizarre artifacts that Giants craft - which from the Giants' point of view are just [[MagicFromTechnology technology]].
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** Notably, none of the three races regard their ''own'' abilities as magical. From the point of view of the Lymen, being able to [[WordsCanBreakMyBones change reality by speaking]] is no more magical than saying 'Pass the salt,' bread, please,' and ''real'' magic is things like the bizarre artifacts that Giants craft - which from the Giants' point of view are just [[MagicFromTechnology technology]].
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* HumansAreCthulu: Played with and averted. [[spoiler: Giants]], who refer to themselves as 'humans' are regarded as dangerous monsters by other races - but ultimately, humans are people, like everyone else.
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* HumansAreCthulu: HumansAreCthulhu: Played with and averted. [[spoiler: Giants]], who refer to themselves as 'humans' 'humans', are regarded as dangerous monsters by other races - but ultimately, humans are people, like everyone else.
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** but paradoxically, also the Giant children. The Lymen, seeing so-called 'Giants' who are only slightly bigger than themselves, wonder whether these are baby Giants. But when they look more closely, they realise that these are adolescents around their own age. It turns out that Giants aren't ''that'' much bigger than Dorig and Lymen - you'd just assume that they must be massive, because of their preference for large elaborate houses and noisy technology.
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** but paradoxically, also the Giant children. The Lymen, seeing so-called 'Giants' who are only slightly bigger than themselves, wonder whether these are baby Giants. But when they look more closely, they realise that these are adolescents around their own age. It turns out that Giants aren't ''that'' much bigger than Dorig and Lymen - you'd just assume that they must be massive, because of their preference for large elaborate houses and noisy technology.Lymem.
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* HumanSacrifice: Well, not humans ''per se'', but the Dorig sacrifice each other.
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* HumanSacrifice: Well, not humans ''per se'', or it depends on [[AmbiguouslyHuman how you define human]], but the Dorig sacrifice each other.
* HumansAreCthulu: Played with and averted. [[spoiler: Giants]], who refer to themselves as 'humans' are regarded as dangerous monsters by other races - but ultimately, humans are people, like everyone else.
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* OlderThanTheyLook: The Lymen children, when compared with the giant children.
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** but paradoxically, also the Giant children. The Lymen, seeing so-called 'Giants' who are only slightly bigger than themselves, wonder whether these are baby Giants. But when they look more closely, they realise that these are adolescents around their own age. It turns out that Giants aren't ''that'' much bigger than Dorig and Lymen - you'd just assume that they must be massive, because of their preference for large elaborate houses and noisy technology.
** but paradoxically, also the Giant children. The Lymen, seeing so-called 'Giants' who are only slightly bigger than themselves, wonder whether these are baby Giants. But when they look more closely, they realise that these are adolescents around their own age. It turns out that Giants aren't ''that'' much bigger than Dorig and Lymen - you'd just assume that they must be massive, because of their preference for large elaborate houses and noisy technology.
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* AmbiguouslyHuman: Each of the three races in the story is this from the point of view of the other two. At one point, the Giant children try to resolve an argument between themselves and the Lymen over which of them are 'real people' by suggesting that 'they can be people, and we can be humans', but they soon get used to thinking of their Lymen and Dorig friends as human. The implication is that they are all different subspecies of human.
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** Notably, none of the three races regard their ''own'' abilities as magical. From the point of view of the Lymen, being able to [[WordsCanBreakMyBones change reality by speaking]] is no more magical than saying 'Pass the salt,' and ''real'' magic is things like the bizarre artifacts that Giants craft - which from the Giants' point of view are just [[MagicFromTechnology technology]].
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* ArtifactOfDeath: The Cursed Collar.
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* ChildMage: Ceri
* ComingOfAgeStory: For Gair.
* DeliberatelyCuteChild: Ceri.
* ComingOfAgeStory: For Gair.
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* HeroicResolve: Not so much physical as verbal. [[spoiler: By chance too, I may add.]]
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* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Gair practically codifies this trope. [[spoiler: MFW he is the most special of all...]]
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* WellDoneSonGuy
** Gest.
** Mr. Masterfield.
** to some extent, Hathil.
* WhenItAllBegan: First two chapters.
* WordsCanBreakMyBones
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** Mr. Masterfield.
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A novel by DianaWynneJones.
Creator/DianaWynneJones.
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* HoYay:
** Gair stalks Gerald, Hafny stalks Gair.
** Gair exchanges his collar with Gerald's watch. [[spoiler: Though originally just meant as a way for Gerald to have something of Gair's to show to Adara, the scene is rife with tension and awkwardness. Despite neither item fitting properly, they both wear (or try to wear) the items, and derive comfort from them.]]
** This troper's friend swears that there was something between Gest and Banot. All that time spent wandering around together far away from everyone else... Lampshaded, of course, by the fact that both of them married women and had children.
** Gair stalks Gerald, Hafny stalks Gair.
** Gair exchanges his collar with Gerald's watch. [[spoiler: Though originally just meant as a way for Gerald to have something of Gair's to show to Adara, the scene is rife with tension and awkwardness. Despite neither item fitting properly, they both wear (or try to wear) the items, and derive comfort from them.]]
** This troper's friend swears that there was something between Gest and Banot. All that time spent wandering around together far away from everyone else... Lampshaded, of course, by the fact that both of them married women and had children.
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** When Gair get mad [[spoiler:he throws three bullies out a window.]]
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** When Gair get gets mad [[spoiler:he throws three bullies out a window.]]
