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* StoicWoobie: Subverted. That is how Belisarius is remembered in legend in the RealLife timeline and what he would be in the "link wins" timeline. The timeline where the plot takes place has a happier ending.
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* StoicWoobie: Subverted. That is how Belisarius is remembered in legend in the RealLife timeline and what he would be in the "link "Link wins" timeline. The timeline where the plot takes place has a happier ending.
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*** Later, what the Malwa do in Charax; the Persians are noted as being [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge especially fanatical]] in murdering every Malwa they see when they hear of the sheer scale of the atrocities committed there, and the Romans and Kushans [[KickTheSonOfABitch mercilessly torture and kill]] literally every single member of the Malwa garrison in retaliation when they retake the city.
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*** Later, what the Malwa do in Charax; the Persians are noted as being [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge especially fanatical]] in murdering every Malwa they see when they hear of the sheer scale of the atrocities committed there, and the Romans and Kushans [[KickTheSonOfABitch [[BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork mercilessly torture and kill]] literally every single member of the Malwa garrison in retaliation when they retake the city.
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* AcceptableProfessionalTargets: If a pimp gets more than a passing mention, [[KickTheSonOfABitch expect word of his brutalization to follow shortly]].
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** Related to the above, the sheer frequency with which the main characters violently brutalize pimps and sex slavers. It's a RunningGag, and it's the same exchange every time—they encounter a pimp, they declare their "fear" of such abusers loudly and sarcastically, then they kill said pimp in an extremely over-the-top way. After a few of these scenes, they stop coming across as badass moments and start seeming quite Narm-y instead.
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** Flint's obsession with inserting mentions of sex and analogies everywhere he can. For example; Belisarius is talking to a young man he's leaving in charge of a certain location, probably to die. Calopodius says that if he survives, his aunt might stop calling him worthless. Maurice - for no explained or implied reason - jokes that said aunt might start pestering Calopodius instead of the stableboys. Calopodius winces, then retorts that he can probably fend off the "incestuous seductress". But he does seem to be seriously worried about the possibility as Belisarius and Maurice ride off. It completely undercuts the drama of the scene. The aunt, and Cal's issues with his worth in his family's eyes, are never mentioned again, even in narration.
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** [[AuthorAppeal Flint's obsession with inserting mentions of sex and analogies everywhere he can. can.]] For example; Belisarius is talking to a young man he's leaving in charge of a certain location, probably to die. Calopodius says that if he survives, his aunt might stop calling him worthless. Maurice - for no explained or implied reason - jokes that said aunt might start pestering Calopodius instead of the stableboys. Calopodius winces, then retorts that he can probably fend off the "incestuous seductress". But he does seem to be seriously worried about the possibility as Belisarius and Maurice ride off. It completely undercuts the drama of the scene. The aunt, and Cal's issues with his worth in his family's eyes, are never mentioned again, even in narration.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Given that it's [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters an Eric Flint series]], the protagonists are often upstaged by more minor characters.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Given that it's [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters an Eric Flint series]], series, the protagonists are often upstaged by more minor characters.
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* JerkassWoobie:
** Justinian. While not necessarily villanous, he's characterized as intensely paranoid, suspicious, and generally unpleasant, to the point where he [[EvilCannotComprehendGood can't even comprehend]] Belisarius's loyalty to him. That being said, the nature of the series means that his paranoia is understandable and often correct. It's hard not to sympathize with him when he's tortured and blinded during a revolt, then forced off the throne solely because of said blindness. And he does genuinely love Theodora, which becomes a TearJerker when he learns that she's going to die of cancer in just a few decades and there's nothing he can do to prevent it.
** Theodora, too. Like her husband, she's suspicious, revenge-minded, and often cruel, even though she's never an outright villain. However, a lot of her worst behavior is understandable given [[DarkAndTroubledPast the circumstances she came from]]—she was [[ParentalIncest sexually abused as a child]] before being forced into prostitution, and her reputation as a "whore" follows her well into her reign as empress. It's implied that her obsession with her status and its associated regalia stems from a need to prove that she's too powerful to be victimized again, making her seem less like an arrogant {{Jerkass}} and more like a very, very badly BrokenBird.
** Justinian. While not necessarily villanous, he's characterized as intensely paranoid, suspicious, and generally unpleasant, to the point where he [[EvilCannotComprehendGood can't even comprehend]] Belisarius's loyalty to him. That being said, the nature of the series means that his paranoia is understandable and often correct. It's hard not to sympathize with him when he's tortured and blinded during a revolt, then forced off the throne solely because of said blindness. And he does genuinely love Theodora, which becomes a TearJerker when he learns that she's going to die of cancer in just a few decades and there's nothing he can do to prevent it.
** Theodora, too. Like her husband, she's suspicious, revenge-minded, and often cruel, even though she's never an outright villain. However, a lot of her worst behavior is understandable given [[DarkAndTroubledPast the circumstances she came from]]—she was [[ParentalIncest sexually abused as a child]] before being forced into prostitution, and her reputation as a "whore" follows her well into her reign as empress. It's implied that her obsession with her status and its associated regalia stems from a need to prove that she's too powerful to be victimized again, making her seem less like an arrogant {{Jerkass}} and more like a very, very badly BrokenBird.
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* StoicWoobie: Subverted. That is how Belisarius is remembered in legend in the RealLife time line and what he would be in the "link wins" time line. The timeline where the plot takes place has a happier ending.
* TheWoobie: Justinian is this or a JerkassWoobie.
** Calopodius to an extent, but he has a lot of people who care for him, which softens the blow of his injuries.
* TheWoobie: Justinian is this or a JerkassWoobie.
** Calopodius to an extent, but he has a lot of people who care for him, which softens the blow of his injuries.
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* StoicWoobie: Subverted. That is how Belisarius is remembered in legend in the RealLife time line timeline and what he would be in the "link wins" time line.timeline. The timeline where the plot takes place has a happier ending.
* TheWoobie:Justinian is this or a JerkassWoobie.
**Calopodius to an extent, but due largely to his blindness. However, he has a lot of people who care for him, which softens the blow of his injuries.
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* CompleteMonster: [[ForTheEvulz Venandakatra]] the [[NamesToRunAwayFrom Vile]] is the first cousin of the Emperor of the Malwa and a [[TheCaligula depraved hedonistic sadist]], [[HatedByAll hated even among]] the other [[RapePillageAndBurn Malwa]]. Venandakatra's tactics involve [[WeHaveReserves throwing his soldiers at the enemy]] until the enemy runs out of defenses before he runs out of men, and when he takes a city he subjects it to horrific massacres, with women taken as spoils and civilians massacred in huge numbers, often by his favorite execution method, [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice impalement on short stakes]]. When he and Belisarius conquer one city, Venandakatra has a rebel leader with his family brought to Belisarius for rape and torture; Belisarius [[MercyKill has them killed swiftly to spare them the fate]]. Venandakatra is also a pedophile who [[WouldHurtAChild brutalizes little girls]] he inducts into [[SexSlave his harem]], requiring frequent replacements when he kills them, [[EvenEvilHasStandards disgusting even the Malwa spymaster Nanda Lal]]. When he is placed in charge of a section of the empire, Venandakatra's excesses eventually drive it into open revolt. When his chief holding is under siege, Venandakatra [[BadBoss has a commander who contradicts him blasted out of a cannon]] and forces his slaves to carry him to his palace, threatening to impale him should even one of them stumble. When they delay in getting him to safety, he orders them impaled on the spot, only to find out his troops have deserted him, leaving him to the mercies of his greatest enemy.
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* CompleteMonster: [[ForTheEvulz Venandakatra]] the [[NamesToRunAwayFrom [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Vile]] is the first cousin of the Emperor of the Malwa and a [[TheCaligula depraved hedonistic sadist]], [[HatedByAll hated even among]] the other [[RapePillageAndBurn Malwa]]. Venandakatra's tactics involve [[WeHaveReserves throwing his soldiers at the enemy]] until the enemy runs out of defenses before he runs out of men, and when he takes a city he subjects it to horrific massacres, with women taken as spoils and civilians massacred in huge numbers, often by his favorite execution method, [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice impalement on short stakes]]. When he and Belisarius conquer one city, Venandakatra has a rebel leader with his family brought to Belisarius for rape and torture; Belisarius [[MercyKill has them killed swiftly to spare them the fate]]. Venandakatra is also a pedophile who [[WouldHurtAChild brutalizes little girls]] he inducts into [[SexSlave his harem]], requiring frequent replacements when he kills them, [[EvenEvilHasStandards disgusting even the Malwa spymaster Nanda Lal]]. When he is placed in charge of a section of the empire, Venandakatra's excesses eventually drive it into open revolt. When his chief holding is under siege, Venandakatra [[BadBoss has a commander who contradicts him blasted out of a cannon]] and forces his slaves to carry him to his palace, threatening to impale him should even one of them stumble. When they delay in getting him to safety, he orders them impaled on the spot, only to find out his troops have deserted him, leaving him to the mercies of his greatest enemy.
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* CompleteMonster: [[ForTheEvulz Venandakatra]] the [[NamesToRunAwayFrom Vile]] is the first cousin of the Emperor of the Malwa and a [[TheCaligula depraved hedonistic sadist]], [[ZeroPercentApprovalRating hated even among]] the other [[RapePillageAndBurn Malwa]]. Venandakatra's tactics involve [[WeHaveReserves throwing his soldiers at the enemy]] until the enemy runs out of defenses before he runs out of men, and when he takes a city he subjects it to horrific massacres, with women taken as spoils and civilians massacred in huge numbers, often by his favorite execution method, [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice impalement on short stakes]]. When he and Belisarius conquer one city, Venandakatra has a rebel leader with his family brought to Belisarius for rape and torture; Belisarius [[MercyKill has them killed swiftly to spare them the fate]]. Venandakatra is also a pedophile who [[WouldHurtAChild brutalizes little girls]] he inducts into [[SexSlave his harem]], requiring frequent replacements when he kills them, [[EvenEvilHasStandards disgusting even the Malwa spymaster Nanda Lal]]. When he is placed in charge of a section of the empire, Venandakatra's excesses eventually drive it into open revolt. When his chief holding is under siege, Venandakatra [[BadBoss has a commander who contradicts him blasted out of a cannon]] and forces his slaves to carry him to his palace, threatening to impale him should even one of them stumble. When they delay in getting him to safety, he orders them impaled on the spot, only to find out his troops have deserted him, leaving him to the mercies of his greatest enemy.
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* CompleteMonster: [[ForTheEvulz Venandakatra]] the [[NamesToRunAwayFrom Vile]] is the first cousin of the Emperor of the Malwa and a [[TheCaligula depraved hedonistic sadist]], [[ZeroPercentApprovalRating [[HatedByAll hated even among]] the other [[RapePillageAndBurn Malwa]]. Venandakatra's tactics involve [[WeHaveReserves throwing his soldiers at the enemy]] until the enemy runs out of defenses before he runs out of men, and when he takes a city he subjects it to horrific massacres, with women taken as spoils and civilians massacred in huge numbers, often by his favorite execution method, [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice impalement on short stakes]]. When he and Belisarius conquer one city, Venandakatra has a rebel leader with his family brought to Belisarius for rape and torture; Belisarius [[MercyKill has them killed swiftly to spare them the fate]]. Venandakatra is also a pedophile who [[WouldHurtAChild brutalizes little girls]] he inducts into [[SexSlave his harem]], requiring frequent replacements when he kills them, [[EvenEvilHasStandards disgusting even the Malwa spymaster Nanda Lal]]. When he is placed in charge of a section of the empire, Venandakatra's excesses eventually drive it into open revolt. When his chief holding is under siege, Venandakatra [[BadBoss has a commander who contradicts him blasted out of a cannon]] and forces his slaves to carry him to his palace, threatening to impale him should even one of them stumble. When they delay in getting him to safety, he orders them impaled on the spot, only to find out his troops have deserted him, leaving him to the mercies of his greatest enemy.
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** Flint's obsession with inserting mentions of sex and analogies everywhere he can. For example; Belisarius is talking to a young man he's leaving in charge of a certain location, probably to die. Calopodius says that if he survives, his aunt might stop calling him worthless. Maurice - for no explained or implied reason - jokes that said aunt might start pestering Calopodius instead of the stableboys. Calopodius winces, then retorts that he can probably fend off the "incestuous seductress". It completely undercuts the drama of the scene. The aunt, and Cal's issues with his worth in his family's eyes, are never mentioned again, even in narration.
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** Flint's obsession with inserting mentions of sex and analogies everywhere he can. For example; Belisarius is talking to a young man he's leaving in charge of a certain location, probably to die. Calopodius says that if he survives, his aunt might stop calling him worthless. Maurice - for no explained or implied reason - jokes that said aunt might start pestering Calopodius instead of the stableboys. Calopodius winces, then retorts that he can probably fend off the "incestuous seductress". But he does seem to be seriously worried about the possibility as Belisarius and Maurice ride off. It completely undercuts the drama of the scene. The aunt, and Cal's issues with his worth in his family's eyes, are never mentioned again, even in narration.
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* {{Narm}}:
** Flint's obsession with inserting mentions of sex and analogies everywhere he can. For example; Belisarius is talking to a young man he's leaving in charge of a certain location, probably to die. Calopodius says that if he survives, his aunt might stop calling him worthless. Maurice - for no explained or implied reason - jokes that said aunt might start pestering Calopodius instead of the stableboys. Calopodius winces, then retorts that he can probably fend off the "incestuous seductress". It completely undercuts the drama of the scene. The aunt, and Cal's issues with his worth in his family's eyes, are never mentioned again, even in narration.
** Both the narration and the characters tend to be extra verbose and use obscure terms needlessly which also undercuts the comedy. It's hard to appreciate a 'histrionic' gesture if you don't know the word means 'dramatic' or 'theatrical'.
** Flint's obsession with inserting mentions of sex and analogies everywhere he can. For example; Belisarius is talking to a young man he's leaving in charge of a certain location, probably to die. Calopodius says that if he survives, his aunt might stop calling him worthless. Maurice - for no explained or implied reason - jokes that said aunt might start pestering Calopodius instead of the stableboys. Calopodius winces, then retorts that he can probably fend off the "incestuous seductress". It completely undercuts the drama of the scene. The aunt, and Cal's issues with his worth in his family's eyes, are never mentioned again, even in narration.
** Both the narration and the characters tend to be extra verbose and use obscure terms needlessly which also undercuts the comedy. It's hard to appreciate a 'histrionic' gesture if you don't know the word means 'dramatic' or 'theatrical'.
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** Callopodius to an extent, but he has a lot of people who care for him, which softens the blow of his injuries.
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** Callopodius Calopodius to an extent, but he has a lot of people who care for him, which softens the blow of his injuries.
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* BookEnds: Far from the beginning of the series (and not right at the end), but you could say that active Roman involvement in the war begins and ends with Belisaurius calling on Valentinian, who, without hesitation, [[spoiler:cuts off a young girl's head]].
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* LawfulGood: Dadaji with an slight overabundance of lawfulness. Not only does Shakuntala have to convince him to be her counselor despite not being a Brahmin, she has to convince him that he wouldn't be betraying Belisarius. After all, that could be interpreted as being a fugitive slave which is [[FridgeLogic against the law.]]
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* MagnificentBastard: [[DidYouJustScamCthulhu Narses]].
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* {{Squick}}: [[TheSociopath Venandakatra]] has some... [[{{Lolicon}} odd tastes]].
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* {{Squick}}: [[TheSociopath Venandakatra]] has some... [[{{Lolicon}} [[NoYay odd tastes]].
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** The fates of the girls raised to be Link's sheathes.
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** The fates of the girls raised to be Link's sheathes.sheaths.
