| 1 | * FridgeBrilliance: Bellis feels that if Possibility Theory is correct then that invalidates [[Literature/PerdidoStreetStation Crisis Theory]]. However, the audience who read ''Literature/PerdidoStreetStation'' know that a working Crisis engine can exist, and in this book, we also see that Possibility theory works. The brilliance comes when you realize that both theories allow for the other to exist. Possibility means implicitly the possibility where Crisis is correct, and Crisis is built on a dialectical competition of forces until one succeeds over the other. In other words, the very existence of possibility begets crisis. |
| 2 | * FridgeLogic: The question of where Armada gets its fresh water is never addressed. The scarcity of drinkable water on the ''Therpsichora'' is mentioned early on, but there's no indication that Armadans use desalination techniques, or even set out catch-basins during rainstorms. |
| 3 | * HoYay: Uther Doul and the Brucolac. Mostly from the Brucolac's side. He very explicitly wonders whether Uther is a masochist, and then acts like a scorned lover through most of the novel. There's also the matter of what exactly their history together is. This pairing isn't invalidated by the ending, either. |
| 4 | * MagnificentBastard: Uther Doul is the mysterious, inhumanly skilled head of Armada's security force. A brilliant commander who leads raids to capture new citizens for Armada while executing the captain aboard Bellis Coldwine's ship, Uther later uses Bellis to foment a rebellion against the Lovers, the rulers of Armada. Keeping his involvement secret, Uther later puts the rebellion down, including his friend the Brucolac, resulting in the splintering of Armada's unity and allowing him to return to his own pursuits--which he does, just after ordering the Brucolac saved and returned to his own home. |
| 5 | * OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: The book's largely about a narrator 'lost at sea' in a city that's often outside the bounds of her knowledge and understanding. The story builds up a rivalry - and an intriguing past acquaintanceship - between two overpowered badasses, and they finally get their showdown a couple of chapters from the end... but then the fight scene gets skipped entirely, and instead we get to see the aftermath at the start of the next chapter. |
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