History YMMV / CastleFalkenstein

* {{Anvilicious}}: Technology is dangerous and naturally bad, used to create dystopias, mad science, destroy nature and by the Unseelie to wipe out humanity. It must be tightly controlled and slowed down for the sake of the world.
* AccidentalAesop: For a steampunk setting, the "novel" constantly implies that the greater good is in [[GoodOldWays the rustic, down-to earth, magic loving, faery dwellers Lord of the Rings-esque people from Bayern and the spirit-touched from the Twenty Nation Confederation]] and constantly warns us that technology is, ultimately, suspicious, unreliable and dangerous.

* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Auberon created a new sea, and threw his not inconsiderable power behind the Second Compace to halt German expansion, thus stopping "future blitzkrieg" in France. Any suggestion that he might want to protect Poland and Russia, where the majority of the fighting and dying happened, is met with blank incomprehension or insinuations that Eastern Europe is too crapsack to be worth saving.

** What's more, is that in New Europa Auberon wanted to avoid WWII, and created a new sea to halt German expansion, thus stopping "future blitzkrieg" in France. He did nothing to save Poland and Russia; where the majority of WWII was fought.

** What's more, is that in New Europa Auberon wanted to avoid WWII, and created a new sea to halt German expansion, thus stopping "future blitzkrieg" in France. He did nothing to save Poland and Russia; where the majority of WWII was fought.

* ChaoticEvil: According to Auberon all Faeries were like this in the beginning. As of now, only the Unseelie seem to apply for the job. Oh and your run of the mill MadScientist.
* CrazyAwesome: New Europa technology works as such : "As long it sounds plausible and it's cool enough, it works. No questions asked".

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: When the author learned of genteel Victorian opinion of a certain staple of modern pen and paper roleplaying gaming equipment.
-->Then I mentioned the ''dice''.
-->I distinctly recall that one of the ladies fainted.

* ValuesDissonance: Curiously, you get it is not from 19th Century people but from the protagonist Tom. Firmly a kid from [[TheNineties Generation X]] and fed with {{Cyberpunk}} literature, his constant complaints during the book and his cynical views of technology as a tool for oppression, massive corporations and the fatalistic nature of advancement are at odds with the generation of [[TheNewTens 2000]], for whom Technology is freedom and its advancing is as important (if more commercial) a tool for the benefit of humanity as to the people of New Europa.

* ValuesDissonance: Curiously, you get it is not from 19th Century people but from the protagonist Tom. Firmly a kid from [[TheNineties Generation X]] and fed with {{Cyberpunk}} literature, his constant complaints during the book and his cynical views of technology as a tool for oppression, massive corporations and the fatalistic nature of advancement are at odds with the generation of [[TheNewTens 2000]], for whom Technology is freedom and its advancing is as important (if more commercial) a tool for the benefit of humanity as to the people of New Europa.

-->Then I mentioned the ''dice''.\\

* AccidentalAesop: For a steampunk setting, the "novel" constantly imply that the greater good is in [[GoodOldWays people seem to be the rustic, down-to earth, magic loving, faery dwellers Lord of the Rings-esque people from Bayern and the spirit-touched from the Twenty Nation Confederation]] and constantly warns us that technology is, ultimately, suspicious, unreliable and dangerous.

* ChaoticEvil: According to Auberon all Faeries were like this in the beginning. As of now, only the Unseelie seem to apply for the job. Oh and your run of the mill Mad scientist.
* CrazyAwesome: New Europa technology works as such : "As long it sound plausible and it's cool enough, it works. No questions asked".

I distinctly recall that one of the ladies fainted.
* GameplayDerailment: Combat mechanics. It's almost universally agreed that it's better to use other models. In it's time it was Lace & Steel. Now you can get from Eberron to Victoriana and anything in between.
* ValuesDissonance: Curiously, we hardest you can get it is not from 1800 people but from the protagonist Tomas. Firmly a kid from [[TheNineties Generation X]] and feed with {{Cyberpunk}} literature, his constant complaints during the book and his cynic views of technology as a tool for oppression, massive corporations and the fatalistic nature of advancement go at odds with the generation of [[TheNewTens the 2000]], for whom Technology is freedom and it's advancing is as important (if more commercial) and tool for the benefit of humanity as to the people of New Europa.

* {{Anvilicious}}: Technology is dangerous and natural bad, used to create dystopias, mad science, destroy nature and by the Unseelie to wipe out humanity. It must be tightly controlled and slowed down for the sake of the world.

I distinctly recall that one of the ladies fainted.