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* DyingAsYourself: A rare villainous example. [[spoiler: the other kandra tell Wax that they want Bleeder taken alive so that she can be cured of her madness, and he does try - but in the end, Bleeder chooses to die rather than to let Harmony back into her mind.]]
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* InsaneTrollLogic: Wayne is again in fine form. When teaching [=MeLaan=] the "twofie" accent her appropriated body should be using, the kandra compliments him on his grasp of accents, and Wayne replies "it would better if he had the hat. A hat's like a disguise for your ''brain'', holds the thought of the guy what wore it last." [[StrangeMindsThinkAlike [=MeLaan=] thinks this makes perfect sense.]]
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* LordErrorProne: The prologue reveals Wax had shades of this early in his bounty-hunting career. His Twinborn powers, AwesomenessByAnalysis, and CrazyEnoughToWork tendencies ([[spoiler: not to mention pretty much literally being watched over by an Angel of God]]) see him through until he grows out of it.
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** ''"I found that I hadn't been carrying a man, but a monster. A mistwraith, with bones and sinew exposed, and a face of stretched muscle and grinning teeth. It looked at me, all smiles, and scrambled up toward the hole It pressed that exposed eye against the slot, and then it changed. It changed. Skin growing over its face, like mine. A twisted, broken version of me."''
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Okay, finally figured out what was wrong and why an In Universe example was still being marked as YMMV
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* NightmareFuel: The cabbie's encounter with Bleeder, [[InUniverse to the cabbie]].
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* NightmareFuel: The An In-Universe example, the cabbie's encounter with Bleeder, [[InUniverse to the cabbie]].cabbie.
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* NightmareFuel: The cabbie's encounter with Bleeder.Bleeder, [[InUniverse to the cabbie]].
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* OutsideContextVillain: [[spoiler:Paalm used spikes made from an unknown metal in her Hemalurgy. Not atium or lerasium or even the new Harmonium, but a godmetal from an entirely different world. Marasi wonders if it had anything to do with "Trell," one of the ancient gods from before the Lord Ruler, who Miles worshiped]].
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* OutsideContextVillain: OutsideContextProblem: [[spoiler:Paalm used spikes made from an unknown metal in her Hemalurgy. Not atium or lerasium or even the new Harmonium, but a godmetal from an entirely different world. Marasi wonders if it had anything to do with "Trell," one of the ancient gods from before the Lord Ruler, who Miles worshiped]].
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* BadassinDistress: [[spoiler: Wayne finds out the governor has been Bleeder all along... and gets beaten up, BoundandGagged and shoved into a closet for his trouble.]]
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* BadassinDistress: BadassInDistress: [[spoiler: Wayne finds out the governor has been Bleeder all along... and gets beaten up, BoundandGagged BoundAndGagged and shoved into a closet for his trouble.]]
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* BadassinDistress: [[spoiler: Wayne finds out the governor has been Bleeder all along... and gets beaten up, BoundandGagged and shoved into a closet for his trouble.]]
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** Played straight with Wayne and Marasi, though. Their relationship is nearly every bit as [[SnarktoSnarkCombat snarky]] as the main duo themselves. [[NotSoAboveItAll Marasi]] even goes so far as to help Wayne out in his schemes and disguises.
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* NightmareFuel: The cabbie's encounter with Bleeder.
**''"I found that I hadn't been carrying a man, but a monster. A mistwraith, with bones and sinew exposed, and a face of stretched muscle and grinning teeth. It looked at me, all smiles, and scrambled up toward the hole It pressed that exposed eye against the slot, and then it changed. It changed. Skin growing over its face, like mine. A twisted, broken version of me."''
**''"I found that I hadn't been carrying a man, but a monster. A mistwraith, with bones and sinew exposed, and a face of stretched muscle and grinning teeth. It looked at me, all smiles, and scrambled up toward the hole It pressed that exposed eye against the slot, and then it changed. It changed. Skin growing over its face, like mine. A twisted, broken version of me."''
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* MedievalStasis: Far from ''medieval'', but Harmony does note that, due to the fact that he's largely given them everything they need, the people haven't advanced as quickly as they're supposed to. They were supposed to have radio a century ago, and they haven't made any advancements in aeronautics at all. They haven't even made developments in ''irrigation and farming'' because the Elendel basin is so fertile, thus making food limited in many settlements outside it.
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* MedievalStasis: Far from ''medieval'', but Harmony does note that, due to the fact since that he's largely given them everything they need, the people haven't advanced as quickly as they're supposed to. They were supposed to have radio a century ago, and they haven't made any advancements in aeronautics at all. They haven't even made developments in ''irrigation and farming'' because the Elendel basin is so fertile, thus making food limited in many settlements outside it.
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* CradlingYourKill: [[spoiler: Wax with Paalm/Bleeder, when he finally realizes she is his beloved wife Lessie - and she's killing herself not to allow Harmony to control her again.]]
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: While Harmony is grumbling about Elendel's lack of advancement, he mentions that "others" who "were nearly destroyed" have progressed farther. This references the people on the South side of the planet, who the author has mentioned in interviews.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: While Harmony is grumbling about Elendel's lack of advancement, he mentions that "others" who "were nearly destroyed" have progressed farther. This references the people on the South side of the planet, who the author has mentioned in interviews.interviews [[spoiler: and who do appear in ''The Bands of Mourning'']].
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* ChekhovsHobby: Marasi learns horse-riding as a child, as a part of her dream to become a law keeper in the Roughs. It turns out very useful when she has to accompany her boss, constable-general Aradel, to the governor's mansion and
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* TheCameo: Sanderson's LegacyCharacter Hoid appears this time as Waxillium's new coachman - on a very important ride, during which Waxillium holds a conversation with [[spoiler: Harmony]]
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* DestructiveSavior: The Elendel police view Wax as one. The problems he ''solves'' indisputably outweigh the problems he ''creates'', but they're still tired of cleaning up his messes.
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* BloodMagic: The book Marsh (who, it should be noted, is seen as the Grim Reaper) gave Marasi at the end of ''Alloy'' turns out to be Spook's personal journal, detailing his careful study of Hemalurgy.
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* BloodMagic: The book Marsh (who, it should be noted, is seen as the Grim Reaper) gave Marasi at the end of ''Alloy'' turns out to be Spook's personal journal, detailing his careful study of Hemalurgy. Bleeder is also a master of Hemalurgy.
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* AdultFear: [[spoiler: Causing the death of a loved one...twice, watching a loved one go insane, realizing a loved one isn't who they said they were...]]
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* DeadAllAlong: The person who Bleeder was impersonating... [[spoiler:the governor]].
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: While Harmony is grumbling about Elendel's lack of advancement, he mentions that "others" who haven't had as many advantages "were nearly destroyed" have progressed farther. This references the people on the other South side of the planet, who the author has mentioned in interviews.
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* HiddenInPlainSight: A common trick for Kandra, and is used here. Specifically, the Kandra seeking to infiltrate the governor's household in order to assassinate him did so by assuming the form of [[spoiler:the governor]].
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: During his final confrontation with Bleeder, Wax spends most of it desperately trying to believe [[spoiler: the kandra he's killing isn't his wife Lessie]]. He realizes the truth just as she commits suicide to stop Harmony from controlling her, and only has time to let her know that he knew before she died. He spends the denouement in a deep depression.
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** Marasi fires a gun point-blank beside her ear into a person's jaw. Not only is she ''covered'' in blood, but she's partially deaf for the next chapter or so.
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* YourHeadAsplode: Marasi does this by firing a gun point blank into a person who has taken her hostage.
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* RealityEnsues: The entire story takes place over two days. As such, no one gets a chance to sleep and the characters are run ragged by the end.
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* DiabolusExMachina: When Wax is able to finally [[spoiler: defeat Bleeder with a bullet made of his Hemalurgic earring, she reveals that she's his not-so-dead wife Lessie, then begins a newly developed, irreversible suicide method for Kandra that kills her in less than a page's space. Despite prior mention, it's only a sudden and odd turn of events that conveniently preserves the relationship status quo while bringing the hero to the brink.]]
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* DiabolusExMachina: When Wax is able to finally [[spoiler: defeat Bleeder with a bullet made of his Hemalurgic earring, she reveals that she's his not-so-dead wife Lessie, then begins a newly developed, irreversible suicide method for Kandra that kills her in less than a page's space. Despite prior mention, it's only a sudden and odd turn of events that conveniently preserves the relationship status quo while bringing the hero to the brink.]]
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Bleeder can do something similar with hemalurgy. While she can't completely control someone who is spiked, they [[SanitySlippage become very emotionally unstable]]. This combined with the fact that [[HearingVoices she can whisper to them constantly]] means that she can drive and manipulate them to do what she wants.
* DespairEventHorizon: Wax is left teetering over this by the end of the book, due to the revelations about his God and the fact that [[spoiler: he has killed Lessie a second time]].
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* GodIsFlawed: A major focus of the book is that Harmony is fallible (which he admits) and the reactions of various characters to that.that fact.
* HearingVoices: Bleeder can whisper in the mind of anyone with a hemalurgic spike, though she can't hear their thoughts.
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* RageAgainstTheHeavens: Bleeder is motivated by a desire to dethrone Harmony, since she has decided he is too manipulative and flawed.
