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''Queen of the Black Coast'' is a Literature/ConanTheBarbarian tale by Creator/RobertEHoward.
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''Queen of the Black Coast'' is a Literature/ConanTheBarbarian Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian tale by Creator/RobertEHoward.
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It's not an example if the story says they do pirate stuff.
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* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: Downplayed. The narration glosses over the actual piracy in a single paragraph, but makes it clear Conan and Bêlit became quite infamous, and that Conan's time as a pirate would come back to haunt him (as seen in ''Literature/TheScarletCitadel'').
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There's no point mentioning tropes just to say they weren't used. People would expect armour to protect characters.
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* ArmorIsUseless: Averted. Conan is wearing a mix of scale and ring mail, which makes him all but invulnerable to the pirates' weapons. The sailors with their quilted jerkins are not so lucky, nor are Bêlit's pirates, who are naked and thus fall easily to Conan's sword.
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* FanficFuel: The story tells us that Conan sailed with Belit on the ''Tigress'' for years, yet we only get details on their first meeting and final adventure, respectively.
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* FanficFuel: The story tells us that Conan sailed with Belit on the ''Tigress'' for years, yet we only get details on their first meeting and final adventure, respectively.
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* BackupFromOtherworld: [[spoiler:Bêlit's ghost helps Conan.]]
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* BackupFromOtherworld: [[spoiler:Bêlit's ghost helps Conan.Conan against the winged ape, getting some ghostly vengeance in the process.]]
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* TheCorruption: The winged ape can drive you mad.
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* CombatPragmatist: The winged ape during the FinalBattle sends ''all'' of its remaining werehyenas at Conan to soften him up before immediately attacking him when he's barely caught his breath in the aftermath.
* TheCorruption: The winged ape can drive youmad.mad, and it itself is the victim of it.
* TheCorruption: The winged ape can drive you
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!!Tropes included
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* CoversAlwaysLie: Downplayed with the original Maragaret Brundage illustration for ''Weird Tales'' (seen in the public domain link above). The winged ape is shown, Conan appears in the armor and cloak Howard described him with in the beginning, and the representation of Bêlit is as accurate as it could be and be acceptable fir magazine stands. But the action depicted, of Bêlit cowering behind Conan as he squares off with the winged ape, never happens in the story.
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Someone as pale as Bêlit, who spent as much time in the tropical sun wearing as little as she does, would not remain "white ivory" for very long.
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Someone as pale as Bêlit, who spent as much time in the tropical sun wearing as little as she does, would not remain "white ivory" for very long. She'd either get a tan or burn red.
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To lavish on one man my hot desire.\\
-- The Song of Bêlit''
-- The Song of Bêlit''
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To lavish on one man my hot desire.\\
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-->-- The Song ofBêlit''
Bêlit
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-->-- The Song of
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Someone as white as Bêlit who spent as much time in the tropical sun wearing as little as she does would not remain "white ivory" for very long.
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Someone as white pale as Bêlit Bêlit, who spent as much time in the tropical sun wearing as little as she does does, would not remain "white ivory" for very long.
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* InformedAbility: We see very little of Bêlit's purported intelligence and plan making.
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* InformedAbility: We see very little of Bêlit's purported intelligence and plan making.making (although we do see her leadership skills, given that her crew follows her faithfully despite how uncaring to them she is).
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Someone as white as Bêlit who spent as much time in the tropical sun wearing as little as she does would not remain "white ivory" for very long.
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* ArmorIsUseless: Averted. Conan is wearing a mix of scale and ring mail, which makes him all but invulnerable to the pirates' weapons. The sailors with their quilted jerkins are not so lucky, and Bêlit's pirates, which are naked and thus fall easily to Conan's sword.
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* ArmorIsUseless: Averted. Conan is wearing a mix of scale and ring mail, which makes him all but invulnerable to the pirates' weapons. The sailors with their quilted jerkins are not so lucky, and nor are Bêlit's pirates, which who are naked and thus fall easily to Conan's sword.
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Renowned not only as one of Howard's best stories, but as one of the greatest examples of pulp fiction and heroic fantasy ever written. Not only is the narrative smooth flowing and well polished, but Howard's [[PurpleProse penchant for poetry]] reaches its zenith. Bêlit herself is among Howard's best known characters despite only appearing in this one story - she's been named among the best female pirates in fiction, and was a major inspiration for the character of Valeria in the 1982 Conan film.
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Renowned not only as one of Howard's best stories, but as one of the greatest examples of pulp fiction and heroic fantasy ever written. Not only is the narrative smooth flowing and well polished, but Howard's [[PurpleProse penchant for poetry]] reaches its zenith. Bêlit herself is among Howard's best known characters despite only appearing in this one story - she's been named among the best female pirates in fiction, and was a major inspiration for the character of Valeria in the 1982 Conan film.
film (in fact, since Valeria isn't named onscreen until the sequel, many thought she ''was'' Bêlit).
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* BlackComedy: Conan's barbarian code of honor vs. the laws of civilized men. He regards it as perfectly natural that a captain of the guard should be run through with a sword for assaulting a woman, yet these people expect him to reveal the killer's location and, when he naturally refuses to betray his friend, think he'll meekly submit to being thrown into prison for contempt of court!
-->"So then, seeing they were all mad, I drew my sword and cleft the judge's skull..."
-->"So then, seeing they were all mad, I drew my sword and cleft the judge's skull..."
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Naturally, before long said pirates attack the ship, and Conan slays numerous crew before Bêlit herself intervenes - not by fighting Conan, but by seducing him. The two [[LoveAtFirstSight fall in love]] almost immediately, finding in each other a kindred spirit in a world where they are outsiders. They ravage the coastline together, their combined martial prowess so great that they become nearly legendary icons of piracy, earning Conan the nickname Amra (The Lion) which would stick with him for the rest of his days, and by which many would later remember him.
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Naturally, before long said pirates attack the ship, and Conan slays numerous crew before Bêlit herself intervenes - not by fighting Conan, but by seducing him. The two [[LoveAtFirstSight fall in love]] almost immediately, finding in each other a kindred spirit in a world where they are outsiders. They ravage the coastline together, their combined martial prowess so great that they become nearly legendary icons of piracy, earning Conan the nickname Amra (The Lion) which would stick with him for the rest of his days, and by which many would later remember him.
piracy.
