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Lunar Flare is a book series that follows the romance between a flirty court jester with a penchant for mischief and a large, friendly knight with a soft spot for baking.
Their lives are far from peaceful as the knight takes up the role of his partner's protector, a job that proves to be quite difficult considering that Thedrick may be hiding a dark secret.
The story also features a deadpan chirurgeon, an asshole guard, and a fatherly training official—in addition to a nerdy wizard and his ghostly roommate.
Lunar Flare can be found here
, and the creators here and here
Tropes:
- A Day In The Lime Light: William's chapters, whose plotline has no relation to the main characters' as of right now.
- Badass and Baby: Beowulf and the princess, Maerwynn. Although Beowulf isn't quite a badass unless he has to be.
- Bad Liar: When Thedrick is trying to tell Beowulf what kingdom he's from.
Thedrick: [looking around the bar] Uh… well, it’s called… the kingdom of… Bar… door… Bador. The kingdom of Bador.
- Belligerent Sexual Tension: Balthasar and Cassian's relationship is... perplexing, to say the least. It's a lot of death threats. And making out.
- Beware the Nice Ones: The ol' 'vampire hunter gets his arm ripped off' incident. Not only that, but Beowulf fights off several other soldiers at the same time and foils an assassination attempt on the princess. Doesn't end well for him, though.
- Bickering Couple, Peaceful Couple: Beowulf and Thedrick's very lovey-dovey relationship is hilariously the opposite of Cassian and Balthasar's.
- Break the Cutie: Balthasar was actually quite shy and an easy crier as a young boy. Too bad Cassian bullied him into the man he is today.
- Cast Full of Gay: Lunar Flare has a lot of LGBTQ+ representation.
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Creepy Cute: Randall. - Cult Classic: Lunar Flare may have a very small fanbase, but it's very affectionate. Especially that one guy. What a strange dude, luckily the Troper writing this page has no relation to them.
- Defrosting Ice Queen: Emil, and, to a lesser extent, Balthasar.
- Embarrassing Nickname:Thedrick: O-Oh! Ha, I was simply bored and looking to annoy Baz, as usual.Beowulf: [confused] Baz?Thedrick: [suddenly very serious] Oh no, don’t ever call him that, he’ll probably kill you for it.
- Expressive Mask: Maverick.
- Hopeless Suitor: Emil about Beowulf. Or so he thinks.
- Literal Disarming: Beowulf ripping Nikolai's arm off to defend Thedrick.
- Love at First Sight: Beowulf and Thedrick fall for each other pretty much instantly. Turns out Emil had the same thing happen when he met Beowulf, too—Beowulf's just that lovable.
- Marry Them All:Beowulf: But you love both Thedrick and I, right?
Emil: I… no… that’s not…Beowulf: And Thedrick loves both of us too. So, if we all love each other, then there is no problem, right? - Noodle Incident:Thedrick: [counting on his fingers]] Well… maybe I have been trampled by a horse… drawn wagon… and fallen down the stairs… and off the roof…and chased by a pack of starving wolves through the forest… and struck by lightning… on three separate occasions…tied to the back of a horse and dragged across the city… tied to a large kite and thrown off a cliff…
- Not His Blood: This happens with Balthasar frighteningly often. He is a doctor, but... it really does make one wonder.
- Oddly Visible Eyebrows: Beowulf (with his helmet on) is often drawn with these in less serious official art and in fanart.
- Pretty Boy: Emil. He's actually explicitly called a pretty boy by Beowulf.
- Red Eyes, Take Warning: Subverted. Thedrick could be knocked over by a strong gust of wind.
- Slap-Slap-Kiss: Balthasar and Cassian.Eventually Cassian got what he wanted, when the taller man pushed him against a wall in frustration and then proceeded to kiss him angrily, scowling the entire time. That made Cassian’s nerves feel like they were burning and drove him to continue to try to goad Balthasar into angry makeout sessions in the future.
- Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: When Beowulf asks if his wooden stake would actually have killed Thedrick, Balthasar replies with:Balthasar: If someone stabbed you through the heart, would you die? Of course, it would work, it would work on anyone, you fool.
- Survivor Guilt: Cassian has nightmares about his fallen men, and even thinks he should have died with them.Every day he thought that he should have died there in the mud with his men, that he didn’t deserve to live on.
- Trauma Button: When surrounded by his pupils, Cassian is suddenly reminded of an uncomfortably familiar situation and sent spiraling into a panic attack.But as Cassian glanced around at the other soldiers, who had formed a loose circle around the three of them with their weapons drawn as Cassian had ordered them, the officer's smile fell away. Cassian felt a sudden tightness in his chest, and he could hear his heartbeat pounding in his head.
- Vampires Hate Garlic: Lampshaded. Thedrick doesn't dislike garlic because it hurts him, he just doesn't like the taste of it.
- Wham Episode: The infamous Chapter 9 of Crimson Moon. It opens with Thedrick running for his life from his boyfriend, who has discovered that he is a vampire and is now chasing him down with a wooden stake.
