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1	''Fair Vote'' (available in [[http://nickchiseler.blogspot.com/2011/08/fair-vote.html PDF format]] or at [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7258374/1/Fair_Vote FanFiction.Net]]) is a novel-length Literature/TheDresdenFiles fanfic starring a runaway wizard apprentice. Dorje, a Tibetan by birth, goes by the name George Saga. Through... ''some'' fault of his own, Dorje gets himself involved with selkies, White Court, demonic super-lawyers, the differences between Asian magical traditions and the Western variant we've seen so much of in canon, Red Court, certain prominent underworld figures, dark wizards... and Miami politicians. In other words, shenanigans worthy of Harry Dresden himself.
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4	!!Provides examples of:
5	* AffablyEvil: Lama Nawang.
6	* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Red Court vampires. No exceptions.
7	* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: the climactic battle of the tale.
8	* BigBad: [[spoiler: Lama Nawang]]
9	* BloodMagic: Due to his own beliefs and the traditions in which he was trained, Dorje gets to use tea instead.
10	* BreakTheCutie: The universe hate Dorje just as much as it hates Dresden. But after he took this job from Ava, he will ''never'' be the same.
11	* CallingYourAttacks
12	* DeadpanSnarker: lots of 'em. Dorje is one, Angel is another. “''It’s better to say that we'' prefer ''to please. We still'' aim ''to kill''.”
13	* [[DealWithTheDevil Deal With The Devil's Advocate]]
14	* ElementalPowers: The protagonist, as an Asian magic-user, wields the Chinese elemental schema (Earth, Water, Wood, Fire and Metal) instead of the Western type seen in canon.
15	* EvilMentor: Nawang, in a reasonable yet utterly freaky WellIntentionedExtremist sort of way.
16	* FemmeFatale: Ava -- sort of.
17	** To be more exact, because of her ability to inspire True Love, along with some traces of OrangeAndBlueMorality, she wants people to have a good time while being unaware of the danger it poses. She herself doesn't seem to know she is a FemmeFatale. Dorje likened her to a hurricane, a force of nature: You can't stop it, but you can fear it.
18	* FirstPersonSmartass: Dorje/George is quite the wiseass, much like Harry.
19	* GoodIsNotNice: Ava the selkie is actually the reverse: Nice Is Not Good.
20	* IKnowYourTrueName: used several times to varying degrees of effect. "George" is understandably paranoid about it.
21	* ImplacableMan: [[spoiler:Isaac the White Court vampire]] takes multiple bullets (including one in the eye), magical fire, a car crash, wooden shrapnel (including a piece in his ''other'' eye) and a lightning bolt. He keeps on coming.
22	* InvisibilityCloak: technological version. Surprising that [[spoiler: Marcone]]'s mercenaries would use this when they (should) know full well that magic-users are [[WalkingTechbane Walking Techbanes]].
23	* {{Lilliputians}}: Jeeves is roughly ten inches high.
24	* LittleHeroBigWar: Dorje stumbles across a battle in the [=NeverNever=] between Red Court operatives and Council Wardens.
25	* LoopholeAbuse: how George manages to get some elbow room within the bounds of his MagicallyBindingContract.
26	* MagicallyBindingContract: George gets himself trapped by one of these, administered by a ''literal'' Devil's Advocate no less.
27	* MindRape: Said almost word for word.
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29	* Mystical108: Dorje, unlike Harry, doesn't draw or etch his ritual circles. Instead, he assembles them out of 108 phurba (Tibetan ritual daggers.)
30	* OurHomunculiAreDifferent - "Jeeves" is tiny, quietly efficient and utterly loyal to the protagonist. This doesn't stop him from crushing on Ava. Of course, so does everyone else.
31	* ThePowerOfLove: In this universe, selkies can generate affection and True Love at will -- which, from a certain point of view, makes them scarier than the merely lust-inducing White Court vampires.
32	* PsychicStatic
33	* RefugeInAudacity: our hero is no martial artist or physical fighter. He does however know Tai Chi and brew a mean agility potion ...
34	** He battles a strike team of White Court vampires while wearing women's flip-flops. With sequins!
35	* RetiredBadass[=/=]RetiredMonster: Uncle Senge, a White Court vampire so old in fact that he actually lives in a nursing home ... and not just because it's a great place to feed on despair.
36	** Not White Court, at least not the modern incarnation. He is stated to be hurt by sunlight, is quite old and it is stated explicitly he is some kind of proto-vampire.
37	* RulesLawyer: How the BigBad gets around the Third Law of Magic. While it prohibits invading the mind of another, there's no rule against inviting them into yours and, since they ''are'' invited, they aren't breaking the Law either.
38	* SelkiesAndWereseals - Ava and Elliot.
39	* SpaceMaster: Dorje's shield doesn't deflect bullets, it alters local space so that the bullets hit anywhere but him. Too bad it takes him so long to get it going.
40	* TheSpeechless: Jeeves the homunculus.
41	* SummonMagic
42	* SurferDude - Calvin is laid-back. Like, ''really'' laid-back. Enough so that he takes [[spoiler: being mindfucked and chi-drained by White Court vampires, ''killed'' and subsequently turned into a selkie]] in stride.
43	* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath / VillainousBSOD
44	* TookALevelInBadass: Kill and/or mindfuck a few of Dorje's friends and see what happens. Just try it.
45	* TrainingFromHell
46	* WalkingTechbane: Dresdenverse magic fries technology just by existing. Dorje's magic is chirally flipped from that of most other wizards such that, instead of causing technology to fail, his aura makes it temporarily work even when it shouldn't.
47	-->'''Omwor-ust:''' Now I see, your magic is left-handed.
48	* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Pretty much the reason why Uncle Senge lives in a nursing home.

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