History Literature / NoFairytale

* CoolGuns: TheFairFolk have the budget for some ''very'' good-quality hardware.

* RareGuns: The machine pistols again, with the difficulty of obtaining ammunition referenced briefly.
** Also, the rifle Matt starts carrying from Chapter 3 onwards. It's an [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FN_CAL FN CAL]], of which relatively few were made. [[note]]It was going to be an [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FN_FNC FNC]] until I realised I'd got the two weapons mixed up, and Matt shouldn't have mistaken it for an old [=SLR=] at a distance. Narrow escape there![[/note]]

* GladToBeAliveSex / MustNotDieAVirginIDontWantToDieAVirgin: [[spoiler:Matt and Ariana]] in Chapter 5. They've just survived one spirited attempt to kill them but they're far from out of the woods yet, so it's a bit of a toss-up which trope it falls into.

* GladToBeAliveSex / IDontWantToDieAVirgin: [[spoiler:Matt and Ariana]] in Chapter 5. They've just survived one spirited attempt to kill them but they're far from out of the woods yet, so it's a bit of a toss-up which trope it falls into.

* CoolCar: Matt and Ariana acquire an [[MidLifeCrisisCar Escort RS Turbo]] in Chapter 5. Would be an {{ImpossiblyCoolCar}} [[spoiler:if Ariana hadn't looted the keys from their owner's corpse]].

* CoolCar: Matt and Ariana acquire an [[MidLifeCrisisCar Escort RS Turbo]] in Chapter 5. Would be an ImpossiblyCoolCar [[spoiler:if Ariana hadn't looted the keys from their owner's corpse]].

* WeirdnessCensor: A variation that renders all fae TheNondescript to most humans. Compared explicitly to the [[BystanderSyndrome Somebody Else's Problem]] field generator from ''Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'', and it's suggested that "Faesight" might not be hereditary, but actually a result of said trope becoming too {{egregious}}.

* TheUKArmedForces: Most of the Mooks used to be squaddies, Matt's father and uncle were paratroopers and Matt himself is a reservist.

* CoolCar: Matt and Ariana acquire an [[MidLifeCrisisCar Escort RS Turbo]] in Chapter 5. Would be an ImpossiblyCoolCar [[spoiler:if Ariana hadn't looted the keys from their owner's corpse.]]

* DistressedDamsel: Ariana for about the first page. Then she gets an opening...

* TheMasquerade: Enforced; see below.

-> "Who let Creator/UweBoll direct the film version of ''{{Neverwhere}}'', and why am I starring in it?"

-> "Who let UweBoll direct the film version of ''{{Neverwhere}}'', and why am I starring in it?"

** Also, the rifle Matt starts carrying from Chapter 3 onwards. It's an [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FN_CAL FN CAL]], of which relatively few were made. [[hottip: It was going to be an [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FN_FNC FNC]] until I realised I'd got the two weapons mixed up, and Matt shouldn't have mistaken it for an old [=SLR=] at a distance. Narrow escape there!]]

* WeirdnessCensor: A variation that renders all fae TheNondescript to most humans. Compared explicitly to the trope namer for SomebodyElsesProblem, and it's suggested that "Faesight" might not be hereditary, but actually a result of said trope becoming too {{egregious}}.

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* LivingInAFurnitureStore: Matt's initial impression of the LeStrange family's townhouse in London. Turns out to be justified; they only use the place for entertaining and the occasional overnight stay.

* ChekovsGun: That amulet will turn out to be quite important.

* CollateralDamage: At the very least, they caused one hell of a tailback in Chapter 5.

* CoolCar: Matt acquires an [[MidLifeCrisisCar Escort RS Turbo]] in Chapter 5.

* HandCannon: The AwesomeButImpractical FSK machine pistols Matt and Ariana pick up in the first chapter.

* OneOfUs: It's being written by a Troper. Enough said.
* PantsPositiveSafety: Matt keeps his sidearm tucked into his waistband for lack of anywhere else to put it, but gets a proper holster at the first opportunity.
* ParentalAbandonment: Ariana's father walked out on Maeve and their infant daughter for another woman. Subverted by her total lack of {{Wangst}} about it.

* RareGuns: The [=FSKs=] again, which means ammunition for them is annoyingly hard to come by.

* WeirdnessCensor: A variation that renders all fae TheNondescript to most humans. Compared explicitly to the trope namer for SomebodyElsesProblem, and it's implied that "Faesight" might not be hereditary, but actually a result of said trope becoming too {{egregious}}.
* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: Averted in Chapter 1; the good burghers of Wellingborough should find it fairly easy to pinpoint the scenes set there. [[TakeThat Not that many Wellingborough residents can actually read...]]
* WireDilemma: Spectacularly averted in Chapter 4.