History Literature / TheOrdinaryPrincess

* OverlyLongName: Amethyst Alexandra Augusta Araminta Adelaide Aurelia Anne. [[spoiler:King Algernon has eight names.]]

* FlatCharacter: Amy's beautiful older sisters exist only to show how different she is from the idea of a "proper" princess. None of them even have a single line of dialogue in the entire story.

* StandardHeroReward: The catalyst for Amy deciding to leave home is when she learns her parents intend to marry her off this way.

* BlessedWithSuck: This is how ''everyone'' views the "gift" that is bestowed on Amy - except for Amy herself.

--> Lavender's blue\\
Rosemary's green -\\

* EmbarrassingFirstName: Peregrine, whose first name is [[spoiler:Algernon. Can’t blame him for choosing to call himself Peregrine, especially since he implies that Peregrine is the best of his eight names]].

* FriendToAllLivingThings: Amy, even though she's far from a [[PrincessClassic proper princess]].

** Also, [[spoiler:at Amy and Perry's wedding, Crustacea]] blesses them with the promise that they will have "four gallant sons and two darling daughters".

* PrincessClassic: Played with, as princesses have ''criteria'':
** CostumePorn (and are ''perfectly okay'' with it, unlike Amy who finds the [[RequisiteRoyalRegalia trappings of royalty]] uncomfortable and heavy)
** DamselInDistress
** RegalRinglets
** TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth
* PrincessInRags

* RevengeSVP: Mentioned as the cause of a ''Literature/SleepingBeauty'' ShoutOut of a FauxDeath, sleep-for-100-years {{Curse}}:
--> “But Your Majesty forgets,” put in the Prime Minister, “that the unfortunate episode you refer to was due to gross neglect and carelessness. History tells us that an influential fairy was not invited. But on this occasion I, personally, will take the greatest possible care that no such calamity occurs again.” And the Prime Minister tried to look very un-careless indeed.

--> '''King Hulderbrand:''' ''You'' may have forgotten what happened to my great-great-great-grandmother, but I have not. Had to sleep for a hundred years, poor girl, and the entire court with her, and all because of some silly fairy-business at the christening.”

* TricksterMentor: Crustacea, in her own way.

* RevengeSVP: Mentioned as part of discussing a ''Literature/SleepingBeauty'' ShoutOut:
--> '''King Hulderbrand:''' ''You'' may have forgotten what happened to my great-great-great-grandmother, but I have not. Had to sleep for a hundred years, poor girl, and the entire court with her, and all because of some silly fairy-business at the christening.”\\
“But Your Majesty forgets,” put in the Prime Minister, “that the unfortunate episode you refer to was due to gross neglect and carelessness. History tells us that an influential fairy was not invited. But on this occasion I, personally, will take the greatest possible care that no such calamity occurs again.” And the Prime Minister tried to look very un-careless indeed.

* CompoundTitle: The four chapters are: ''Lavender's Blue'', ''Rosemary's Green'', ''When You Are King'', ''I Shall Be Queen'', which is a condensed and slightly altered version of the nursery rhyme, "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavender%27s_Blue Lavender's Blue]]", as the version listed on Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} with the latter two lines uses "Lavender's green" instead of "Rosemary", and the version that has "Rosemary's green" does not have the latter two lines. The poem also appears on the back cover as:

* CompoundTitle: The four chapters are: ''Lavender's Blue'', ''Rosemary's Green'', ''When You Are King'', ''I Shall Be Queen'', which is a condensed and slightly altered version of the nursery rhyme, "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavender%27s_Blue Lavender's Blue]]", as the version listed on Wiki/TheOtherWiki with the latter two lines uses "Lavender's green" instead of "Rosemary", and the version that has "Rosemary's green" does not have the latter two lines. The poem also appears on the back cover as:

** DistressedDamsel

** RapunzelHair

* EmbarrassingFirstName: Peregrine, whose first name is [[spoiler:Algernon]].

Creator/DarkHorse published a comic book InspiredBy this story, called ''ComicBook/ExtraordinaryAStoryOfAnOrdinaryPrincess'' in 2019 by Cassie Anderson, which was an expansion of her webcomic, ''Webcomic/AnOrdinaryPrincess''.

* DancesAndBalls

* EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry
* TheFairFolk

* HappilyEverAfter