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* IdenticalStranger: Cassandra closely resembles Alice for some reason.
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* IdenticalStranger: InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals: Cassandra closely resembles Alice for some reason.reason that is never explained.
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** The mythological Cassandra has the ability to see the future is employed by the Library to write books on everyone who has ever lived. She also looks like Alice.
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** The mythological Cassandra who has the ability to see the future is employed by the Library to write books on everyone who has ever lived. She also looks like Alice.
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* RapunzelHair: Cassandra's braid stretches across the hallway leading to the room where she writes.
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* AdultFear: Zelda has to watch as her daughter is trapped in the VoidBetweenTheWorlds.
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* BlatantLies: Penny needs to barter ''Series/GameOfThrones'' spoilers to get the Limbo coordinator's help in finding Benedict. He proceeds to bluff his way through by claiming a rhyming guy with eight dragons showed up and "won" the game. Surprisingly, this works.
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* BlatantLies: Penny needs to barter ''Series/GameOfThrones'' spoilers to get the Limbo coordinator's help in finding Benedict. Unfortunately, he knows almost nothing about the show. He proceeds to bluff his way through by claiming a rhyming guy with eight dragons showed up and "won" the game. Surprisingly, this works.
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We later learn that happened before the fairies went to Fillory.
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* PoweredByAForsakenChild: Irene's magic cocaine is actually ground-up fairy bones. The fairies have somehow been stolen from Fillory and made into slaves, believing the rest of their race to be dead.
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* PoweredByAForsakenChild: Irene's magic cocaine is actually ground-up fairy bones. The fairies have somehow been stolen from Fillory and made into slaves, believing slaves and believe the rest of their race to be dead.
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** Victoria and Harriet are trapped in a void between two mirrors.
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** Victoria and Harriet are trapped in a void between two mirrors.mirrors, and possibly dead.
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* BigNo: [[spoiler:The librarian]] witnesses her daughter dying. By shrapnel. From two sides. The no is made even worse by [[spoiler:how it's muted]].
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* BigNo: [[spoiler:The librarian]] witnesses Zelda does this when the mirror her daughter dying. By shrapnel. From two sides. The no was using to escape is made even worse by [[spoiler:how it's muted]].smashed, trapping her in the mirror dimension.
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: [[spoiler:The Librarians]] are revealed to have [[spoiler:fairy dust made from real fairy parts, enough to fit into a standard coke package]], but they also reveal they have families, who they really don't want going out of the library to grow up and die.
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: [[spoiler:The Librarians]] are revealed Zelda may be willing to have [[spoiler:fairy dust barter for magic made from real fairy parts, enough to fit into a standard coke package]], by grinding up fairies, but they also reveal they have families, who they really don't want going out of the library to grow up and die.loves her daughter Harriet more than she cares about keeping that supply.
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: [[spoiler:The Librarians]] are revealed to have [[spoiler:fairy dust made from real fairy parts, enough to fit into a standard coke package]], but they also reveal they have families, who they really don't want going out of the library to grow up and die.
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* BigNo: [[spoiler:The librarian]] witnesses her daughter dying. By shrapnel. From two sides. Made even worse by [[spoiler:how it's muted]].
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* TheReveal: The source of the books on everyone and the blank spot in them is revealed to be Cassandra, who was given the power of foresight by a god. The Library was using magic to multiply her gift on a grand scale, but in its absence she can only write one thing at a time, hence all the books being blank.
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* AdultFear: Zelda has to watch as her daughter is trapped in the VoidBetweenTheWorlds.
* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: The Mirror Bridge allows a Traveler to create a connection between two mirrors in any two locations, allowing free passage for anyone, but it must be maintained by the Traveler's blood and interrupting the connection on either side severs both, trapping the Traveler and anyone in the bridge with them.
* PetTheDog: Zelda allows Harriet to escape with a considerable supply of fairy dust, because they're family and she doesn't want to hurt her daughter.
* SelfFulfillingProphecy: Zelda cites this to Harriet as the reason why she won't open the Library to everyone. They don't know what will cause the blank spot and giving people dangerous knowledge could be the catalyst.
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* VoidBetweenTheWorlds: Victoria and Harriet get trapped in the void that the Mirror Bridge runs through when the Librarians smash the mirror.
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* VoidBetweenTheWorlds: Victoria and Harriet get trapped in the void that the Mirror Bridge runs through when the Librarians smash the mirror.mirror on their end, causing both sides to shatter.
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* BeYourself: Poppy tries to encourage this in Quentin, when he explains his belief that the quest is supposed to change the one undergoing it.
* FaceHeelTurn: After helping Penny get the key to Quentin, Sylvia sells him out to the Library staff. It's not clear why.
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* NoManShouldHaveThisPower: Alice and Harriet's mother separately provide this reasoning as for why allowing unfettered access to the Library for anyone would be a terrible idea. That doesn't stop Alice from pursuing the knowledge herself, however, albeit it by seeking employment with them.
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* NoManShouldHaveThisPower: Alice and Harriet's mother Zelda separately provide this reasoning as for why allowing unfettered access to the Library for anyone would be a terrible idea. That doesn't stop Alice from pursuing the knowledge herself, however, albeit it by seeking employment with them.
* RashomonStyle: The episode switches to various viewpoint characters before converging in the final act to put all the pieces together.
* SexyShirtSwitch: Poppy does this after having sex with Quentin.
* SilenceIsGolden: Harriet's section is done almost entirely without sound, save the faint thump of footsteps.
* SexyShirtSwitch: Poppy does this after having sex with Quentin.
* SilenceIsGolden: Harriet's section is done almost entirely without sound, save the faint thump of footsteps.
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* SupernaturallyYoungParent: Zelda has aged much more slowly than her daughter due to spending all her time in the Library.
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* YouDoNotWantToKnow: Zelda says this to Harriet when she asks what the fairy dust is, knowing only that it grants magic somehow.
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* SupernaturallyYoungParent: Zelda has aged much more slowly than her daughter due to spending all her time in the Library.
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* FantasticRacism: Fen understandably isn't fond of fairies after what the ones in Fillory have done to her life, and isn't thrilled to discover that the ones in Irene's house are enslaved since it means she has to feel sorry for them. Doesn't prevent her from trying to help Skye, though.
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* RapunzelHair: Cassandra's braid stretches across the hallway leading to the room where she writes.
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* ToxicPhlebotinum: The fairy dust gives magic, but prolonged use is harmful. Irene enlists Julia's aid in curing the side-effects, as evidently those using it cannot cure each other.
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** Harriet is Zelda's daughter.
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* BlessedWithSuck: Cassandra had a bad run-in with a god who granted her the ability to see the future. However, she can't control this power, so she compulsively writes out the future.
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* BlessedWithSuck: Cassandra had a bad run-in breakup with a god who granted her the ability to see the future. However, she can't control this power, so she compulsively writes out the future.
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* BloodMagic: Victoria is able to create a mirror bridge using her blood between a mirror on Earth and one at the Library. However, the blood has to be reapplied every so often to maintain the bridge, so she'll bleed out if she maintains it for too long.
* DrowningMySorrows: Fen comes to Earth to get drunk to deal with losing her child.
* DrowningMySorrows: Fen comes to Earth to get drunk to deal with losing her child.
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* PoweredByAForsakenChild: Irene's magic cocaine is actually ground-up fairy bones. The fairies have somehow by stolen from Fillory and made into slaves, believing the rest of their race to be dead.
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* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Poppy believes this is her purpose in the quest, to tell Quentin when to call it quits. She ends up being the first to ditch the mission when Alice shows up, sensing things will get bad.
* NoManShouldHaveThisPower: Alice and Harriet's mother separately provide this reasoning as for why allowing unfettered access to the Library for anyone would be a terrible idea. That doesn't stop Alice from pursuing the knowledge herself, however, albeit it by seeking employment with them.
* PoweredByAForsakenChild: Irene's magic cocaine is actually ground-up fairy bones. The fairies have somehowby been stolen from Fillory and made into slaves, believing the rest of their race to be dead.
* NoManShouldHaveThisPower: Alice and Harriet's mother separately provide this reasoning as for why allowing unfettered access to the Library for anyone would be a terrible idea. That doesn't stop Alice from pursuing the knowledge herself, however, albeit it by seeking employment with them.
* PoweredByAForsakenChild: Irene's magic cocaine is actually ground-up fairy bones. The fairies have somehow
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: As Alice is lamenting what she lost as a niffin, Fen -- who is both drunk and likely doesn't get the full ramifications -- tells her that all she did was lose knowledge she could get back, as opposed to Fen losing a child she'll never get back. This convinces Alice to cut a deal with the Library.
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* BlessedWithSuck: The version of Alice in the Underworld Library had a bad run-in with a god who granted her the ability to see the future. However, she can't control this power, so she compulsively writes out the future.
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* BlessedWithSuck: The version of Alice in the Underworld Library Cassandra had a bad run-in with a god who granted her the ability to see the future. However, she can't control this power, so she compulsively writes out the future.future.
* IdenticalStranger: Cassandra closely resembles Alice for some reason.
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* PoweredByAForsakenChild: Irene's magic cocaine is actually ground-up fairy bones. The fairies have somehow by stolen from Fillory and made into slaves, believing the rest of their race to be dead.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Fen ditches Fillory to have some alone time after finding out her child died, which puts her in the perfect position to reveal that the fairies on Earth are being used as a power source. No one else currently on Earth that isn't in on it can see them.
* ToxicPhlebotinum: The fairy dust gives magic, but prolonged use is harmful. Irene enlists Julia's aid in curing the side-effects, as evidently those using it cannot cure each other.
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** A version of Alice who has the ability to see the future is employed by the Library to write books on everyone who has ever lived.
** Penny is captured by the Library.
* PoweredByAForsakenChild: Irene's magic cocaine is actually ground-up fairy bones. The fairies have somehow by stolen from Fillory and made into slaves, believing the rest of their race to be dead.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Fen ditches Fillory to have some alone time after finding out her child died, which puts her in the perfect position to reveal that the fairies on Earth are being used as a power source. No one else currently on Earth that isn't in on it can see them.
* ToxicPhlebotinum: The fairy dust gives magic, but prolonged use is harmful. Irene enlists Julia's aid in curing the side-effects, as evidently those using it cannot cure each other.
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** The fairies on Earth are being used as a power source by grinding up their bones.
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'''Season 3, Episode 8'''
!Six Short Stories About Magic
Julia and Fen investigate a dangerous group of magicians, Eliot and Margo's reign is challenged, and Penny searches Limbo for the fourth key.
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!!Tropes That Appear In This Episode:
* BlatantLies: Penny needs to barter ''Series/GameOfThrones'' spoilers to get the Limbo coordinator's help in finding Benedict. He proceeds to bluff his way through by claiming a rhyming guy with eight dragons showed up and "won" the game. Surprisingly, this works.
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!Six Short Stories About Magic
Julia and Fen investigate a dangerous group of magicians, Eliot and Margo's reign is challenged, and Penny searches Limbo for the fourth key.
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!!Tropes That Appear In This Episode:
* BlatantLies: Penny needs to barter ''Series/GameOfThrones'' spoilers to get the Limbo coordinator's help in finding Benedict. He proceeds to bluff his way through by claiming a rhyming guy with eight dragons showed up and "won" the game. Surprisingly, this works.
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