History Creator / SofiaProkofieva

* ''Literature/LoskutikAndTheCloud''
* ''Literature/TheBigSisterAndLittleSister''
* ''Literature/TheSecretOfTheCrystalCastle''

!! Tropes common to Prokofieva's works

* ChildrenAreInnocent: They definitely are open and good-hearted, with extremely few exceptions (such as [[spoiler:Gina Banditto]]). It gets exploited by many villains, since children are also more prone to temptations – if CorruptTheCutie occurs (like in ''The Hoard under the Old Oak'') or almost occurs (like in ''The Castle of the Black Queen''), chances are high the cutie in question is a child.

* NiceMice: Helpful mice, such as the Mouse Queen in ''A Girl Named Glazastik'' often save the day for the heroes, even if they are a tad too self-absorbed to be on the heroic team.

* NiceMice: Helpful mice often save the day for the heroes, even if they are a tad self-absorbed to be on the heroic team.

* AngryMob: Always appears when the royals have a ZeroPercentApprovalRating.

* DistressedDude: Pretty often, it's the girls who save the guys.

* GoodShepherd: Quite frequent in her post-Soviet works.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: If the villain possesses a very cool and dangerous artifact, the chances are high it will be used against them in the climax.
* HolyBurnsEvil: Again, in the post-Soviet books. If villains or their minions are so wicked they have absolutely zero chance of redemption, they will crumble at the sound of prayer or tolling church bells.
* LadyOfBlackMagic: If a female magician is the BigBad, expect her to be like this: beautiful, elegant, poisonously polite, with a good supply of evil spells and handy artifacts, and dressed in [[DarkIsEvil dark colors]].

* GoodEyesEvilEyes: Mostly played straight. Bright and clear equals good, sharp and piering equals bad.

** Not to mention the extremely capable and dangerous female villains: [[spoiler:the Lovely Gina]], KickingAssInAllHerFinery in ''[[Literature/RulerOfTheMagicalKeys The Island of Captains]]'', Queen [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Demonta]] in ''Literature/TheSecretOfTheCrystalCastle'', the Black Queen in ''The Castle of the Black Queen'' etc.

** Villains tend to think that RealWomenDontWearDresses and that a delicate, soft-hearted, feminine [[TheIngenue Ingenue]] (bonus point if she's also a preteen girl) can't be a serious threat to their plans. They are very much mistaken. An especially prominent example is Smirinka from ''[[Literature/RulerOfTheMagicalKeys Princess Wennie]]'', who is a servant in the villain's castle and lives by the TurnTheOtherCheek principle... until she foils the villain's Plan A and [[spoiler:successfully fights off his main sidekick]].

** Not to mention the extremely capable and dangerous female villains: [[spoiler:the Lovely Gina]], KickingAssInAllHerFinery in ''[[Literature/RulerOfTheMagicalKeys The Island of Captains]]'', Queen [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Demonta]] in ''The Secret of the Crystal Castle'', the Black Queen in ''The Castle of the Black Queen'' etc.

* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Subverted pointedly. There are many stunning-looking villains (such as [[spoiler:Gina]] in ''[[Literature/RulerOfTheMagicalKeys The Island of Captains]]'' or the Ice Kingdom's ruling family in ''Literature/TheBigSisterAndLittleSister''), and ugly or plain heroes (like Barbatsutsa in ''Literature/LoskutikAndTheCloud'') can appear as well.

* DistressedDude: Pretty often, it's the girls who end up saving the guys.

* SilkHidingSteel: Villains tend to think that RealWomenDontWearDresses and that a delicate, soft-hearted, feminine [[TheIngenue Ingenue]] (bonus point if she's also a preteen girl) can't be a serious threat to their plans. They are very much mistaken. An especially prominent example is Smirinka from ''[[Literature/RulerOfTheMagicalKeys Princess Wennie]]'', who is a servant in the villain's castle and lives by the TurnTheOtherCheek principle... until she foils the villain's Plan A and [[spoiler:successfully fights off his main sidekick]].

* GoodEyesEvilEyes: Mostly played straight. Bright and clear equals good, sharp and piercing equals bad.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: If they are quick and savvy enough, the villains can avoid CoolAndUnusualPunishment and simply run far away.

* PuppyLove: In practically any story that features a boy and a girl who aren't related.

* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Subverted pointedly. There are many stunning-looking villains (such as [[spoiler:Gina]] in ''[[Literature/RulerOfTheMagicalKeys The Island of Captains]]'' or the Ice Kingdom's ruling family in ''The Big Sister and Little Sister''), and ugly or plain heroes (like Barbatsutsa in ''Literature/LoskutikAndTheCloud'') can appear as well.

* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Subverted pointedly. There are many stunning-looking villains (such as [[spoiler:Gina]] in ''[[Literature/RulerOfTheMagicalKeys The Island of Captains]]'' or the Ice Kingdom's ruling family in ''The Big Sister and Little Sister'', and ugly or plain heroes (like Barbatsutsa in ''Literature/LoskutikAndTheCloud'') can appear as well.