History YMMV / Deceived

* WhatAnIdiot: Vrath has already seen how far Zeerid would go to protect his daughter, so it was absolutely foolish of him to taunt Zeerid with threatening to reveal Arra's existence to the Exchange, even as a joke. [[spoiler:[[DisneyVillainDeath He gets chucked out of an airlock for his troubles.]]]]

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Did Malgus [[spoiler: kill Eleena only because he saw her as a weakness, or did he also intend it to be a MercyKill so she wouldn't have to continue living an unhappy, violent life in the service of the Empire?]]
** Vrath initially decided not to report Arra's existence to the Exchange, but when he threatens to do just that to Zeerid during their FinalShowdown, was he really just joking as he claimed, or did he [[WouldHurtAChild change his code of professionalism at the last minute out of desperation?]]

* DeliberateValuesDissonance: It's a romantic relationship between a an innocent girl and a ''Sith lord for crying out loud''. If you thought something like that would work out, you need to re-watch ''{{Film/Revenge of the Sith}}''. The book continuously portrays the horror of Malgus and Eleena's relationship is, and treats it as such. Eleena, for her part, doesn't seem to mind.
** Eleena shows the typical behaviours of an abuse victim, namely, she is very apologetic, she backs away in fear when Malgus raises his voice at her, as if she were expecting a beating, she repeatedly tries to defend Malgus's occasional mistreatment of her, and on top of that, she willingly participates in mass-murder and destruction just to please her lover.
*** This can be partially justified from her POV, as Malgus is the only person throughout her whole life who truly loves her, as some moments convey. She is simply overlooking all of his bad aspects, [[spoiler:not that it does her any good in the end.]]

* DeliberateValuesDissonance: It's a romantic relationship between a an innocent girl and a ''Sith lord'' for crying out loud. If you thought something like that would work out, you need to re-watch {{Film/Revenge of the Sith}}. The book continuously portrays the horror of Malgus and Eleena's relationship is, and treats it as such. Eleena, for her part, doesn't seem to mind.

* ValuesDissonance: Subverted. The book continuously portrays just how messed up Malgus and Eleena's relationship is, and treats it as such. Eleena, for her part, doesn't seem to mind.

* ValuesDissonance: Subverted. The book, and even some of the characters in it, continuously point out just how messed up Malgus and Eleena's relationship is, even Malgus himself. Eleena, for her part, doesn't seem to mind.
** Eleena shows the typical symptoms of an abuse victim, namely, she is very apologetic, she backs away in fear when Malgus raises his voice at her, as if she were expecting a beating, she repeatedly tries to defend Malgus's occasional mistreatment of her, and on top of that, she willingly participates in mass-murder and destruction just to please her lover.

** Eleena shows the typical symptoms of an abuse victim, namely, she is very apologetic, she backs away in fear when Malgus raises his voice at her, as if she were expecting a beating, she repeatedly tries to defend Malgus's occasional mistreatment of her, and on top of that, she willingly commits murder and mass-destruction just to please her lover.
*** This can be partially justified from her POV, as Malgus is the only person throughout her whole life who truly loves her, as some moments convey. She is simply overlooking all of his bad aspects,[[spoiler:not that it does her any good in the end.]]
* TheWoobie: Eleena. Life seems to have treated her poorly her whole life, you just want to go up and hug her!

* ValuesDissonance: Subverted. The book, and even some of the characters in it, realize just how abusive Malgus and Eleena's relationship is, even Malgus himself. Eleena, for her part, doesn't seem to mind.

* Values Dissonance: Subverted. The book, and even some of the characters in it, realize just how abusive Malgus and Eleena's relationship is, even Malgus himself. Eleena, for her part, doesn't seem to mind.