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1	* AccidentalAesop: As Creator/RogerEbert sarcastically put it in his [[http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090121/REVIEWS/901219989 review]] of TheMovie, "I never knew reading was so dangerous. No child seeing ''Inkheart'' will ever want to be read to again, especially if that child loves its mother, as so many do." Ironic considering the overall intended message of the books. Then again, [[SpaceWhaleAesop how many people have the ability to read characters out of books?]]
2	* {{Anvilicious}}: The power of the written word and the magic found in books.
3	* BrokenBase:
4	** The book series changing genres from ''Inkheart's'' UrbanFantasy to ''Inkspell'' and ''Inkdeath's'' MedievalEuropeanFantasy. Was that a good shift? Was it part of the alleged decay the books went through? Was there even a decay in quality at all?
5	** The shipping arguments came to a head in ''Inkdeath'', wherein [[spoiler:Maggie ends up with Doria instead of Farid]]. Was it a case of DerailingLoveInterests? Was [[spoiler:Doria given enough characterization in the span of one book to show him as a better suitor than Farid who'd been characterized for three?]] The entirety of their romance subplot is within ''Inkdeath'' [[spoiler:and only ''Inkdeath'']] was it handled convincingly? Was it a RomanticPlotTumor?
6	* CrackShip: Strangely enough, Basta/Meggie has gotten some attention. Some don't pay attention to the {{Squick}} of an older man being with a girl young enough to be his daughter or the fact that he's threatened her and her father.
7	* DieForOurShip: Let's just say that people weren't too happy about [[spoiler:Meggie getting together with Doria instead of Farid.]]
8	* DracoInLeatherPants: In the books, Basta is a sadistic murderer and arsonist who once sliced up Dustfinger's face [[spoiler:(and much more recently murdered one of his oldest friends)]], and has threatened to do similar things to every single protagonist he's come across. In fanfiction, Basta is commonly portrayed as a somewhat misunderstood, but still a sweet and good-at-heart guy. (Part of this ''did'' come from the first book's implications that [[InformedAttribute he was a more complex character than the other Fire Starters]] - Dustfinger even notes that Basta never ''enjoyed'' killing animals and hurting people like the rest of the group - but this aspect is never explored much, and some fans still gloss over his worse deeds.)
9	* FanonDiscontinuity: A portion of the fanbase prefer to pretend that ''Inkdeath'' never happened, thanks to the controversial story choices and RomanticPlotTumor involved. (And some even swear off all the sequels entirely, given the significant GenreShift that takes place between the first book and the rest of the series.)
10	* FanPreferredCouple:
11	** Some people were on board for the Meggie/Farid ship [[spoiler:even after ''Inkdeath'' where Meggie gets together with a different character.]]
12	** Despite both of them being HappilyMarried to their spouses, especially when they were in different universes, Dustfinger/Resa is pretty popular.
13	* FridgeLogic: It's been demonstrated that people in stories can write their own stories, which you can in turn read into and out of. People in those stories can do the same thing, [[RecursiveReality ad infinitum]]. This means that it's not only possible, but virtually certain, that our world is not at the top of the stack: that [[PunyEarthlings we are just the results of a story written somewhere else]], and that that somewhere else is just another story, and so on. [[{{Sarcasm Mode}} Lovely indeed]].
14	* MagnificentBastard (2008 film adaptation): The [[CardCarryingVillain gleefully evil]] Capricorn is a bandit leader accidentally summoned from Inkheart alongside his henchman Basta and the heroic Dustfinger by the Silvertounge Mortimer "Mo" Folchart who quickly grew to love the real world and desired to conquer it. Forcing the Silvertounge Darrius to read his army out of Inkheart, Capricorn took over a castle but desired to capture Mo as Darrius’ stutter made anything he summoned imperfect. When Mo finds a copy of Inkheart but refuses to send Dustfinger back into it, Capricorn uses Dustfinger to track down and capture Mo and his family. Capricorn then destroys the copy of Inkheart to prevent anyone from sending him back, mocking Dustfinger for trusting him given his [[ConsummateLiar deceitfulness]]. After learning that Mo’s daughter Meggie is also a Silvertounge, Capricorn kidnaps her and reveals that he saved a single copy of Inkheart and intends to summon forth the monstrous Shadow from it so he can use it to conquer the world. Threatening Meggie's mother to make her summon the Shadow, Capricorn comes [[NearVillainVictory dangerously close to succeeding in his plan]].
15	* {{Squick}}: The Meggie/Dustfinger pairing. Meggie is young enough to be Dustfinger's daughter, but this is strangely popular.
16	* TearJerker: [[spoiler:Dustfinger's (and Farid's incredibly temporary) death]].

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