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* IHaveManyNames: Paul continues this tradition from the first book, except instead of superheroes, he seems to be using political figures now (at least temporarily.) He was incarcerated under the name of "ThomasJefferson."
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* IHaveManyNames: Paul continues this tradition from the first book, except instead of superheroes, he seems to be using political figures now (at least temporarily.) He was incarcerated under the name of "ThomasJefferson."UsefulNotes/ThomasJefferson."
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* IHaveBoobsYouMustObey: Used by [[spoiler: Aylwyn]] of all people! Though her delivery is less of a command/coercion and more like "I already know you will obey, because I have boobs."
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* IHaveBoobsYouMustObey: Used by [[spoiler: Aylwyn]] of all people! Though her delivery is less of a command/coercion and more like [[BatmanGambit "I already know you will obey, because I have boobs.""]]
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* SwordShieldContrast: Eleanor tries to convince Paul that Celestials in general and Aylwyn in particular are not as virtuous as they appear, and to support her point she mentions how Aylwyn always uses a sword and never a shield.
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** He also tells her that [[Film/MenInBlack a person is smart but people are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals]].
** Paul explains the concept of advances in production stimulating demand for new goods and services with the phrase [[Film/FieldOfDreams "if you build it, they will come."]]
** Paul explains the concept of advances in production stimulating demand for new goods and services with the phrase [[Film/FieldOfDreams "if you build it, they will come."]]
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** Paul, talking with Aylwyn, argues that the Paladins' role should be police or military, but not both, using an explanation given by Commander Adama in Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined. Amusingly, he says in the narration that [[ProudToBeAGeek "any self-respecting geek"]] would know this... and then misquotes it pretty badly (while still preserving the essence of the original quote.)
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** Paul, talking with Aylwyn, argues that the Paladins' role should be police or military, but not both, using an explanation given by Commander Adama in Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined.Series/BattlestarGalactica2003. Amusingly, he says in the narration that [[ProudToBeAGeek "any self-respecting geek"]] would know this... and then misquotes it pretty badly (while still preserving the essence of the original quote.)
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* LetNoCrisisGoToWaste: Paul mentions the Chinese word for "crisis" to Aylwyn. She has a slightly different take on it:
--> She gave a short laugh and glowered at me. "That sounds right. It’s usually [[AmbitionIsEvil some fool trying to turn a dangerous situation into an opportunity for personal gain]] that causes things to degenerate into a crisis."
--> She gave a short laugh and glowered at me. "That sounds right. It’s usually [[AmbitionIsEvil some fool trying to turn a dangerous situation into an opportunity for personal gain]] that causes things to degenerate into a crisis."
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** ...until [[spoiler: the epilogue, when Ryell's servant Syrixia shows up. She is [[{{Understatement}} not happy]] with Paul.]]
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* CurseOfBabel: [[spoiler:Paul's ability to understand the native language is removed in the epilogue.]] Also a textbook case of BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor, dating back to the first book.
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* BreadAndCircuses: Invoked by name in Paul's narration; used as part of his plan to help keep people's resentment in check in Aster while the legal system works its way through the root problems behind [[spoiler: the revolt.]]
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** When talking with Aylwyn about human psychology, Paul actually quotes The Joker from Film/TheDarkKnight (slightly adapted):
--> Nobody panics when things go ‘according to plan,’ even if the plan is ''horrifying!'' If a thief is hanged for stealing, or a few dozen peasants go hungry in the winter, nobody panics, because it’s all ‘part of the plan.’ But when they say that one little old [[spoiler: folk hero]] was killed, then ''everyone loses their minds!''
--> Nobody panics when things go ‘according to plan,’ even if the plan is ''horrifying!'' If a thief is hanged for stealing, or a few dozen peasants go hungry in the winter, nobody panics, because it’s all ‘part of the plan.’ But when they say that one little old [[spoiler: folk hero]] was killed, then ''everyone loses their minds!''
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The first chapter can be found [[http://www.paultwister.com/fpt01 here.]]
]] The story has been completed, and the third in the series, Literature/TheReturnOfPaulTwister, is in the works.
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** Paul starts telling Sarah about the stories of his culture back home. Not long after, they end up in a fight with some bandits, and when she's throwing elemental magic around, she shows off for him (and proves she was paying attention) by gratuitously using [[AvatarTheLastAirbender Bending]] moves.
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out, and ends up focusing on [[BornUnlucky a string of bad luck he's been having,]] and the curse behind it...
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* RefulsalOfTheCall: Paul gets a very clear CallToAdventure a couple chapters in, but because it came from [[BiggerBad Ryell,]] he essentially says "screw that" and heads off in the opposite direction. Interestingly, [[TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive the expected response]] [[SubvertedTrope never does seem to come...]]
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* RefulsalOfTheCall: RefusalOfTheCall: Paul gets a very clear CallToAdventure a couple chapters in, but because it came from [[BiggerBad Ryell,]] he essentially says "screw that" and heads off in the opposite direction. Interestingly, [[TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive the expected response]] [[SubvertedTrope never does seem to come...]]
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* RefulsalOfTheCall: Paul gets a very clear CallToAdventure a couple chapters in, but because it came from [[BiggerBad Ryell,]] he essentially says "screw that" and heads off in the opposite direction. Interestingly, [[TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive the expected response]] [[SubvertedTrope never does seem to come...]]
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** It gets worse: it turns out Paul is under a bad luck curse that officially turns him into a ButtMonkey and will eventually cause him to die in some horrible way if he can't undo it.
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* DidntSeeThatComing: Paul wasn't expecting Sarah to think turning him into a dragon would be a good idea, and he ''really'' wasn't expecting what happened next: [[spoiler: getting overwhelmed by the dragon instincts and ending up having sex with dragon!Sarah.]]
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* ShoutOut:
** Paul, talking with Aylwyn, argues that the Paladins' role should be police or military, but not both, using an explanation given by Commander Adama in Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined. Amusingly, he says in the narration that [[ProudToBeAGeek "any self-respecting geek"]] would know this... and then misquotes it pretty badly (while still preserving the essence of the original quote.)
** Paul, talking with Aylwyn, argues that the Paladins' role should be police or military, but not both, using an explanation given by Commander Adama in Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined. Amusingly, he says in the narration that [[ProudToBeAGeek "any self-respecting geek"]] would know this... and then misquotes it pretty badly (while still preserving the essence of the original quote.)
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* FriendZone: Paul seems to have placed Sarah here rather firmly, despite her clear attraction to him, which occasionally includes blatantly throwing herself at him.+
* Used by [[spoiler: Aylwyn]] of all people! Though her delivery is less of a command/coercion and more like "I already know you will obey, because I have boobs."
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* IHaveBoobsYouMustObey: Used by [[spoiler: Aylwyn]] of all people! Though her delivery is less of a command/coercion and more like "I already know you will obey, because I have boobs."
* IHaveBoobsYouMustObey: Used by [[spoiler: Aylwyn]] of all people! Though her delivery is less of a command/coercion and more like "I already know you will obey, because I have boobs."
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* Used by [[spoiler: Aylwyn]] of all people! Though her delivery is less of a command/coercion and more like "I already know you will obey, because I have boobs."
* Used by [[spoiler: Aylwyn]] of all people! Though her delivery is less of a command/coercion and more like "I already know you will obey, because I have boobs."
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* ShapedLikeItself: "That’s the downside to having an ability that no one understands: it tends to get misunderstood."
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* TechnicalPacifist: In the narration, Paul says that he's never killed anyone and doesn't want to, but as we see in the first book he has no problems with incapacitating people who deserve it and letting [[ThePaladin Aylwyn]] finish them off.
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* TechnicalPacifist: In the narration, Paul says that he's never killed anyone and doesn't want to, but as we see in the first book he has no problems with incapacitating people who deserve it and letting [[ThePaladin Aylwyn]] finish them off. [[spoiler: She arrested him instead of killing him, but he didn't know that at the time.]]
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* TechnicalPacifist: In the narration, Paul says that he's never killed anyone and doesn't want to, but as we see in the first book he has no problems with incapacitating people who deserve it and letting [[ThePaladin Aylwyn]] finish them off.
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* ButtMonkey: Paul seems to be turning into one as of the first few chapters!
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* InstantMessengerPigeon: Apparently people use messenger pigeons [[JustifiedTrope specially bred by wizards to have the ability to teleport.]]
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* AmazonChaser: Sarah has Paul pegged as one. (Rather accurately, considering his attitude towards Aylwyn in the first book.)
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: While in prison, Paul didn't want to associate with the other prisoners because most of them were really bad people: murderers, rapists, [[LoanShark predatory moneylenders.]]
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** [[PlayingWithATrope Played with:]] It turns out that the princess is a member of the Royal Knights, but [[spoiler: the person who got Paul out of the dungeon was not the princess, but an impostor pretending to be her while actually working for Ryell.]]
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** [[PlayingWithATrope Played with:]] It turns out that the princess is a member of the Royal Knights, but [[spoiler: the person who got Paul out of the dungeon was not the princess, but an impostor pretending to be her while actually working for Ryell.]]
* WouldHitAGirl: When Paul discovers that Princess Ashley de Morgan [[spoiler: was actually not the princess, but an impostor,]] he doesn't actually hit her, but he does put her in a choke hold and threaten severe violence against her, because [[GenreSavvy he realized that she was almost certainly putting him in serious danger.]]
* WouldHitAGirl: When Paul discovers that Princess Ashley de Morgan [[spoiler: was actually not the princess, but an impostor,]] he doesn't actually hit her, but he does put her in a choke hold and threaten severe violence against her, because [[GenreSavvy he realized that she was almost certainly putting him in serious danger.]]
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* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Apparently the princess of the kingdom is some sort of active agent of her father's, going around taking care of royal business with an escort of knights.
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* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Apparently the princess of the kingdom is some sort of active agent of her father's, going around taking care of royal business with an escort of knights.knights.
** [[PlayingWithATrope Played with:]] It turns out that the princess is a member of the Royal Knights, but [[spoiler: the person who got Paul out of the dungeon was not the princess, but an impostor pretending to be her while actually working for Ryell.]]
** [[PlayingWithATrope Played with:]] It turns out that the princess is a member of the Royal Knights, but [[spoiler: the person who got Paul out of the dungeon was not the princess, but an impostor pretending to be her while actually working for Ryell.]]
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* BatheHerAndBringHerToMe: [[JustifiedTrope Justified,]] [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] (the author seems to love downplayed tropes) and [[GenderFlip gender-flipped]]: when the royal agent arrives to get Paul out of prison, she wants him made presentable before he's brought to speak with her, because he's just spent a couple months rotting away in some filthy prison.
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* BatheHerAndBringHerToMe: [[JustifiedTrope Justified,]] [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] (the author seems to love downplayed tropes) and [[GenderFlip gender-flipped]]: when the royal agent arrives to get Paul out of prison, she wants him made presentable before he's brought to speak with her, but not because she wants to have her way with him; he's just spent a couple months rotting away in some filthy prison.prison and really needs the cleaning-up.
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!!''The Fate of Paul Twister'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* BatheHerAndBringHerToMe: [[JustifiedTrope Justified,]] [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] (the author seems to love downplayed tropes) and [[GenderFlip gender-flipped]]: when the royal agent arrives to get Paul out of prison, she wants him made presentable before he's brought to speak with her, because he's just spent a couple months rotting away in some filthy prison.
* DistressedDude: [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Hilariously]] [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Paul when he finds out the identity of the woman who just got him out of prison:
--> Now, I’m a pretty forward-thinking guy. By some ways of measuring it, it would not be at all inaccurate to call me the most modern man in the entire kingdom. [[HypocriticalHumor But even so,]] there’s just something viscerally humiliating, and maybe even a little bit emasculating, about realizing that you’ve just been rescued from a dungeon… by the Princess.
* IHaveManyNames: Paul continues this tradition from the first book, except instead of superheroes, he seems to be using political figures now (at least temporarily.) He was incarcerated under the name of "ThomasJefferson."
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Apparently the princess of the kingdom is some sort of active agent of her father's, going around taking care of royal business with an escort of knights.
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!!''The Fate of Paul Twister'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* BatheHerAndBringHerToMe: [[JustifiedTrope Justified,]] [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] (the author seems to love downplayed tropes) and [[GenderFlip gender-flipped]]: when the royal agent arrives to get Paul out of prison, she wants him made presentable before he's brought to speak with her, because he's just spent a couple months rotting away in some filthy prison.
* DistressedDude: [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Hilariously]] [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Paul when he finds out the identity of the woman who just got him out of prison:
--> Now, I’m a pretty forward-thinking guy. By some ways of measuring it, it would not be at all inaccurate to call me the most modern man in the entire kingdom. [[HypocriticalHumor But even so,]] there’s just something viscerally humiliating, and maybe even a little bit emasculating, about realizing that you’ve just been rescued from a dungeon… by the Princess.
* IHaveManyNames: Paul continues this tradition from the first book, except instead of superheroes, he seems to be using political figures now (at least temporarily.) He was incarcerated under the name of "ThomasJefferson."
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Apparently the princess of the kingdom is some sort of active agent of her father's, going around taking care of royal business with an escort of knights.
