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* TheLostLenore: From the way Philippe the Fair talks about her, his wife Joan of Navarre is this to him, with him stating that he has been dealing with nothing but loneliness since her death.
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* KickTheSonOfABitch: Philippe V gives his greedy, treacherous younger brother Charles an absolutely scathing put-down, citing both his pathetic conduct surrounding the debacle with his wife, his total lack of intelligence, and even the scorn their supposedly loving and patient mother had for the little imbecile.
** Béatrice does this to [[spoiler:her former employer, Madame Mahaut, leaning in close as the woman is on her deathbed and telling her that it was ''Béatrice'' who put her there, that she'd damned her to this painful end with poison, and that she did it for Mahaut's hated ArchEnemy.]]
** Béatrice does this to [[spoiler:her former employer, Madame Mahaut, leaning in close as the woman is on her deathbed and telling her that it was ''Béatrice'' who put her there, that she'd damned her to this painful end with poison, and that she did it for Mahaut's hated ArchEnemy.]]
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* AdaptationalSlimness: Book Mahaut is a large woman who gets larger as the series goes on, but both actresses who protrayed her on screen (Hélène Duc in 1972 and Jeanne Moreau in 2005) are quite slim, even though other characters (especially Robert) keep calling her a fat sow.
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* MilesGloriosus: Zigzagged with Charles de Valois: He's a GloryHound who spends most of his time (and indeed most of his life) chasing after conquests that he can never achieve and always calling for war. One the other hand, when on campaign he's very good at it.
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* LonelyAtTheTop: This is how Philippe the Fair views the price and burden of power, telling his daughter Isabelle to just accept it when she talks to him about her unhappy and sexless marriage with Edward II, telling her how lonely he himself has been since his wife's death.
* ObnoxiousInLaw: Isabelle of France does not get along well with her sisters-in-law, and has such she has no issues exposing their infidelity to her father. She and Marguerite de Bourgogne seem to have a particulary strong dislike for each other with Marguerite bringing Isabelle's unhappy marriage with Edward II, and even accusing her coldness of being the reason for her unhappy marriage and her husband's homesexuality.
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* VillainProtagonist: Robert d'Artois, an inveterate schemer who leaves no stone unturned and no sin uncommitted in his quest to reclaim his ancestral estate from his aunt. The book makes him singlehandedly responsible for starting the Hundred Years War. Although Robert is arguably still [[BlackAndGrayMorality rnot not as bad]] compared to his aunt and doesn't specifically seek to hurt anyone besides his sworn enemy's family, his actions cause a lot of damage and affect a lot of innocents, of which he is well aware and doesn't give a damn.
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* Obfuscating Stupidity: Robert d'Artois is a master of weaponizing this trope, and also both deconstructs and reconstructs it. He loves maintaining the façade of a fairly dim but jolly fat guy who loves good brawls and chasing skirts, while in reality he's a cold-hearted, intelligent manipulator with all but zero empathy. However, most people at the French court know very well he's smarter than he looks and usually is up to no good, and don't buy it. Robert successfully counters that with variations of AtLeastIAdmitIt and EvenEvilHasStandards, acknowledging he's a selfish liar, but distancing himself from crimes he actually commits. He's so good at it that he even manages to fool his hated aunt Mahaut who, for the first and the last time in the books, is sincerely touched by him caring about their family as he delivers the news about the Tour de Nesle affair, unaware that not only he's behind uncovering it and bringing shame to her daughters, but comes in person to enjoy witnessing her anger and grief.
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* Obfuscating Stupidity: ObfuscatingStupidity: Robert d'Artois is a master of weaponizing this trope, and also both deconstructs and reconstructs it. He loves maintaining the façade of a fairly dim but jolly fat guy who loves good brawls and chasing skirts, while in reality he's a cold-hearted, intelligent manipulator with all but zero empathy. However, most people at the French court know very well he's smarter than he looks and usually is up to no good, and don't buy it. Robert successfully counters that with variations of AtLeastIAdmitIt and EvenEvilHasStandards, acknowledging he's a selfish liar, but distancing himself from crimes he actually commits. He's so good at it that he even manages to fool his hated aunt Mahaut who, for the first and the last time in the books, is sincerely touched by him caring about their family as he delivers the news about the Tour de Nesle affair, unaware that not only he's behind uncovering it and bringing shame to her daughters, but comes in person to enjoy witnessing her anger and grief.
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* AssholeVictim: A few, most notably [[spoiler:Mahaut of Artois, who goes out in a nasty way, but certainly not undeservedly so.]]
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** A few, most notably [[spoiler:Mahaut of Artois, who goes out in a nasty way, but certainly not undeservedly so.]]]]
** The author loves to subvert this trope. Many characters start out as apparently unlikeable antagonists or anti-heroes, but the closer they are to (seemingly) well-deserved defeat or death, the more sympathetic they become, and their end often comes at the hands of a greater villain. Notable examples include Philippe the Fair, Guillaume de Nogaret, Enguerrand de Marigny, Loius X and Edward II (though the latter is hardly villainous to begin with and most hate comes his way from his neglected wife Isabella). Most of them FaceDeathWithDignity.
** A few, most notably [[spoiler:Mahaut of Artois, who goes out in a nasty way, but certainly not undeservedly so.
** The author loves to subvert this trope. Many characters start out as apparently unlikeable antagonists or anti-heroes, but the closer they are to (seemingly) well-deserved defeat or death, the more sympathetic they become, and their end often comes at the hands of a greater villain. Notable examples include Philippe the Fair, Guillaume de Nogaret, Enguerrand de Marigny, Loius X and Edward II (though the latter is hardly villainous to begin with and most hate comes his way from his neglected wife Isabella). Most of them FaceDeathWithDignity.
* BigFun: Robert d'Artois is a combination of this, a BoisterousBruiser and a FatBastard with AffablyEvil streaks. Joviality is apparently part of his true nature, but too often he's hiding very malicious intentions behind the façade of a friendly overweight hedonist.
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* TheChessmaster: Philippe the Fair and his second son Philippe de Poitiers (the later Philippe V). Pope John XXII is this and a ManipulativeBastard.
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** Philippe the Fair and his second son Philippe de Poitiers (the later PhilippeV). V).
** Pope John XXII is this and aManipulativeBastard.ManipulativeBastard.
** Robert d'Artois is more of a subversion. He's incredibly manipulative and cunning, has successfully arranged a number of assassinations, and pulls out a few truly magnificent gambits - in the first book, he uncovers the princesses' infidelity, in the penultimate one, he basically kickstarts the Hundred Years War. But his schemes often go out of control, and he never reaches his true goal. He's also bad at math, which makes him a weak player when it comes to financial manipulations.
** Philippe the Fair and his second son Philippe de Poitiers (the later Philippe
** Pope John XXII is this and a
** Robert d'Artois is more of a subversion. He's incredibly manipulative and cunning, has successfully arranged a number of assassinations, and pulls out a few truly magnificent gambits - in the first book, he uncovers the princesses' infidelity, in the penultimate one, he basically kickstarts the Hundred Years War. But his schemes often go out of control, and he never reaches his true goal. He's also bad at math, which makes him a weak player when it comes to financial manipulations.
* DeliberateValuesDissonance: All over the place with tons and tons of historically accurate inequality and prejudices. Lampshaded by the author himself who notes in narrator comments that many of medieval moral and cultural norms would feel outlandish for a modern reader. This makes scenes such as Philippe the Fair having a kindly talk with a liberated serf or Guccio's uncle deciding not to force him into an ArrangedMarriage all the more heartwarming.
* ExtremeDoormat:
** Eudeline, the mistress of Louis X's, is probably the meekest character in the books. Not only she never says no to his sexual advances (which are basically rape attempts but he's so weak and pathetic that it turns into PitySex instead), she is worried that having an illegitimate daughter with her would cause Louis trouble and keeps silent about her child. It takes Louis breaking his promise of making their daughter a princess for Eudeline to finally snap out of it, and even then she only dares making a mildly sarcastic comment about his new wife. That said, it's implied that Eudeline was probably the only person who has shown Louis some kindness and pity (which speaks volumes about how "likeable" he was) and also one of the very few people who drew some genuine affection from him.
** Fully averted with Clemence of Hungary despite her being described as similar to Eudeline in many ways (which is the reason Louis wanted her as his second wife). Not only she stands up against Louis, she manages to reshape him into a somewhat better person.
** Eudeline, the mistress of Louis X's, is probably the meekest character in the books. Not only she never says no to his sexual advances (which are basically rape attempts but he's so weak and pathetic that it turns into PitySex instead), she is worried that having an illegitimate daughter with her would cause Louis trouble and keeps silent about her child. It takes Louis breaking his promise of making their daughter a princess for Eudeline to finally snap out of it, and even then she only dares making a mildly sarcastic comment about his new wife. That said, it's implied that Eudeline was probably the only person who has shown Louis some kindness and pity (which speaks volumes about how "likeable" he was) and also one of the very few people who drew some genuine affection from him.
** Fully averted with Clemence of Hungary despite her being described as similar to Eudeline in many ways (which is the reason Louis wanted her as his second wife). Not only she stands up against Louis, she manages to reshape him into a somewhat better person.
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* HasAType: Louis X prefers blondes over his dark-haired first wife. Also he prefers his women to be meek and submissive due to his own insecurities. Unsurprisingly he falls head over heels for his second wife, Clémence of Hungary, who is [[HairOfGoldHeartOfGold blonde]] and [[IncorruptiblePurePureness purity personified]].
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** Louis X prefers blondes over his dark-haired first wife. Also he prefers his women to be meek and submissive due to his own insecurities. Unsurprisingly he falls head over heels for his second wife, Clémence of Hungary, who is [[HairOfGoldHeartOfGold blonde]] and [[IncorruptiblePurePureness puritypersonified]].personified]].
** Robert d'Artois prefers commoner women to aristocratic ladies. May have to do something with him being all but a gallant, and exquisite courtship boring him. He's even surprised he's attracted to Isabella, though later he does muse on seducing either or both of prisoner princesses.
* HateSink:
** While the books have a fair share of unlikeable characters, the cake probably goes to Louis X (who's often considered the inspiration behind Joffrey Baratheon in Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire, a sadistic, tyrannical and dim-witted failure of a king, who has his servants tortured on a whim, orders the murder of his unfaithful wife and enjoys shooting doves in a barn. That said, in his POV chapters he's revealed to be less of an irredeemable monster and more of a bitter and hopelessly insecure manchild, traumatized by growing up in his father's shadow and being ridiculed by his first wife. Besides, thanks to his second wife, Louis X pulls out a fairly successful HeelFaithTurn and [[spoiler:dies a slightly better person than he started the story as]]. Compared to Joffrey, he's all but a saint.
** Mahaut d'Artois is this InUniverse for her nephew Robert, but she mostly averts this as a character. Despite her heinous crimes and being the closest the series has to a BigBad, she's legitimately a MagnificentBitch and at least some of her motives are borderline sympathetic.
** Louis X prefers blondes over his dark-haired first wife. Also he prefers his women to be meek and submissive due to his own insecurities. Unsurprisingly he falls head over heels for his second wife, Clémence of Hungary, who is [[HairOfGoldHeartOfGold blonde]] and [[IncorruptiblePurePureness purity
** Robert d'Artois prefers commoner women to aristocratic ladies. May have to do something with him being all but a gallant, and exquisite courtship boring him. He's even surprised he's attracted to Isabella, though later he does muse on seducing either or both of prisoner princesses.
* HateSink:
** While the books have a fair share of unlikeable characters, the cake probably goes to Louis X (who's often considered the inspiration behind Joffrey Baratheon in Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire, a sadistic, tyrannical and dim-witted failure of a king, who has his servants tortured on a whim, orders the murder of his unfaithful wife and enjoys shooting doves in a barn. That said, in his POV chapters he's revealed to be less of an irredeemable monster and more of a bitter and hopelessly insecure manchild, traumatized by growing up in his father's shadow and being ridiculed by his first wife. Besides, thanks to his second wife, Louis X pulls out a fairly successful HeelFaithTurn and [[spoiler:dies a slightly better person than he started the story as]]. Compared to Joffrey, he's all but a saint.
** Mahaut d'Artois is this InUniverse for her nephew Robert, but she mostly averts this as a character. Despite her heinous crimes and being the closest the series has to a BigBad, she's legitimately a MagnificentBitch and at least some of her motives are borderline sympathetic.
* HeroAntagonist: Enguerrand de Marigny is hardly heroic (some of his actions including the persecution of the Templars and an attempt of doing the same with the Lombardians), but he is a progressive and efficient state leader who made France stronger and lives of many people better. Contrast weak-willed and sadistic PuppetKing Louis X and his manipulative uncle Charles who seeks to reinstall the nobles' unlimited power and strip common people of rights they received per de Marigny's reforms. Yet in the second book, the narrative is centered around Louis and Charles who plot against de Marigny [[spoiler:and win]].
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* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: [[WildMassGuessing Probably]] the case for Béatrice d'Hirson: nothing is known about the real woman, other than that she was a lady-in-waiting of Mahaut d'Artois.
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** [[WildMassGuessing Probably]] the case for Béatrice d'Hirson: nothing is known about the real woman, other than that she was a lady-in-waiting of Mahaut d'Artois.
** [[WildMassGuessing Probably]] the case for Béatrice d'Hirson: nothing is known about the real woman, other than that she was a lady-in-waiting of Mahaut d'Artois.
** In real history, Louis X was nicknamed "Quarrelsome" and probably wasn't the most pleasant person, but during his short reign he turned out a somewhat decent king, whose edicts included freeing serfs and readmitting Jews (if only for collecting more money to fuel his Flanders campaign). While he did have an illegitimate daughter, there's no indication he first wanted to make her a princess and then broke his promise, as does his counterpart in the book. Also he was an avid tennis player rather than a dove shooter.
** Zig-zagged with Robert d'Artois. While he probably wasn't personally involved in uncovering the Tour de Nesle affair (and was hardly an ogre-sized BoisterousBruiser), his feud with Mahaut and involvement in igniting the Hundred Years War are largely accurate. Even the scene of Edward III's oath to Robert on reclaiming the French throne (the Vow of the Heron) is based if not not on real events, then at least on a satirical poem of that era rather than the author's imagination, as narm-y that scene may seem.
** Zig-zagged with Robert d'Artois. While he probably wasn't personally involved in uncovering the Tour de Nesle affair (and was hardly an ogre-sized BoisterousBruiser), his feud with Mahaut and involvement in igniting the Hundred Years War are largely accurate. Even the scene of Edward III's oath to Robert on reclaiming the French throne (the Vow of the Heron) is based if not not on real events, then at least on a satirical poem of that era rather than the author's imagination, as narm-y that scene may seem.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Say what you want about Robert, but, as evidenced by scenes with Isabella and Marguerite, he does take a woman's "no" for an answer and would politely back off rather than having it escalate to [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil something ugly]]. Amusingly enough, he completely averts this with his political ambitions - he would never fold 'em when it comes to his claim on Artois, NEVER! Not even on his deathbed.
* Obfuscating Stupidity: Robert d'Artois is a master of weaponizing this trope, and also both deconstructs and reconstructs it. He loves maintaining the façade of a fairly dim but jolly fat guy who loves good brawls and chasing skirts, while in reality he's a cold-hearted, intelligent manipulator with all but zero empathy. However, most people at the French court know very well he's smarter than he looks and usually is up to no good, and don't buy it. Robert successfully counters that with variations of AtLeastIAdmitIt and EvenEvilHasStandards, acknowledging he's a selfish liar, but distancing himself from crimes he actually commits. He's so good at it that he even manages to fool his hated aunt Mahaut who, for the first and the last time in the books, is sincerely touched by him caring about their family as he delivers the news about the Tour de Nesle affair, unaware that not only he's behind uncovering it and bringing shame to her daughters, but comes in person to enjoy witnessing her anger and grief.
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* VillainProtagonist: Robert d'Artois, an inveterate schemer who leaves no stone unturned and no sin uncommitted in his quest to reclaim his ancestral estate from his aunt. The book makes him singlehandedly responsible for starting the HundredYearsWar.
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** Also played straight with many POV characters, most of whom won't look out of place in a DarkFantasy novel.
** Subverted with Guccio Baglioni, the SupportingProtagonist. While he is involved in a lot of villainous schemes and isn't really a paragon of morality, he's a sympathetic AntiHero at worst and has lots of redeeming or even heroic qualities.
** Also played straight with many POV characters, most of whom won't look out of place in a DarkFantasy novel.
** Subverted with Guccio Baglioni, the SupportingProtagonist. While he is involved in a lot of villainous schemes and isn't really a paragon of morality, he's a sympathetic AntiHero at worst and has lots of redeeming or even heroic qualities.
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* DoubleStandard: The three princesses are imprisoned for adultery because unfaithful women can't be entrusted with a [[MamasBabyPapasMaybe royal house succession]]. It's obvious that had the three princes been unfaithful to their wives, no one would have blink an eye.
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* DoubleStandard: The three princesses are imprisoned for adultery because unfaithful women can't be entrusted with a [[MamasBabyPapasMaybe royal house succession]]. It's obvious that had the three princes been unfaithful to their wives, no one would have blink blinked an eye.eye.
** It's an interesting case of a [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-Zagged Trope]]. Society's permissiveness to male infidelity compared to female infidelity ''is'' a DoubleStandard in terms of morality. However, illegitimate children of male adulterers don't (normally) jeopardize the line of succession; if the child's paternity is kept secret their relation to royalty is unknown, and if the father is known it still doesn't matter, as bastards cannot inherit the throne. In contrast, a woman who becomes pregnant by a secret lover ''can'' jeopardize the line of succession, as this "cuckoo" could potentially ascend the throne, a ''big'' deal in a world where political legitimacy depends on bloodline and rulers are anointed by God.
** It's an interesting case of a [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-Zagged Trope]]. Society's permissiveness to male infidelity compared to female infidelity ''is'' a DoubleStandard in terms of morality. However, illegitimate children of male adulterers don't (normally) jeopardize the line of succession; if the child's paternity is kept secret their relation to royalty is unknown, and if the father is known it still doesn't matter, as bastards cannot inherit the throne. In contrast, a woman who becomes pregnant by a secret lover ''can'' jeopardize the line of succession, as this "cuckoo" could potentially ascend the throne, a ''big'' deal in a world where political legitimacy depends on bloodline and rulers are anointed by God.
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# ''Le Roi de fer'' (''The Iron King''), 1955
# ''La Reine étranglée'' (''The Strangled Queen''), 1955
# ''Les Poisons de la couronne'' (''The Poisoned Crown''), 1956
# ''La Loi des mâles'' (''The Royal Succession''), 1956
# ''La Louve de France'' (''The She-Wolf of France''), 1959
# ''Le Lis et le lion'' (''The Lily and the Lion''), 1960
# ''Quand un Roi perd la France'' (The King Without a Kingdom''), 1977
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** After two of the three princes of France (Louis and Charles) are discovered to be cuckolds (their wives Marguerite and Blanche taking on squires from their uncle's entourage as their lovers) after a little digging from their sister Isabelle, their father Philip IV takes severe action against the guilty women but makes it clear he holds his sons partly responsible for creating the situation through their lack of character.
-->Charles, you were pathetic as a husband, you could at least pretend to be a strong prince.
** After her trial, Marguerite venomously spits that it was Isabelle's lack of bedroom talent that drove her husband (the all-but-openly homosexual Edward II of England) into the arms of men. Years later, and with Marguerite long dead, Isabelle finally takes on a lover (Roger Mortimer) and guiltily wonders if she'd have been as swift to condemn her sisters-in-law if she'd known what good sex was like.
** After two of the three princes of France (Louis and Charles) are discovered to be cuckolds (their wives Marguerite and Blanche taking on squires from their uncle's entourage as their lovers) after a little digging from their sister Isabelle, their father Philip IV takes severe action against the guilty women but makes it clear he holds his sons partly responsible for creating the situation through their lack of character.
-->Charles, you were pathetic as a husband, you could at least pretend to be a strong prince.
** After her trial, Marguerite venomously spits that it was Isabelle's lack of bedroom talent that drove her husband (the all-but-openly homosexual Edward II of England) into the arms of men. Years later, and with Marguerite long dead, Isabelle finally takes on a lover (Roger Mortimer) and guiltily wonders if she'd have been as swift to condemn her sisters-in-law if she'd known what good sex was like.
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* FateWorseThanDeath: Possibly Clémence of Hungary, the FriendToAllLivingThings who, after outliving both husband and son, survives a fever that wrecks her mind. She survives, but where she used to be a modest, shy queen she becomes a spendthrift moneywaster (to the point where the ''Pope'' has to tell her to pay her debts).
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** Philip of Poitiers blackmails his uncle Charles of Valois [[spoiler:into backing his claim to the throne]], expressing his intention of summoning the Estates General to discuss the matter. Charles, being the reactionary he is, laments how giving the tiniest inch of power to the commoners will bring the bourgeois to the power and they will elect some sorry parvenu as their king in a few decades. Which is exactly what happened with the UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution from a monarchical point of view.
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** Philip of Poitiers blackmails his uncle Charles of Valois [[spoiler:into backing his claim to the throne]], expressing his intention of summoning the Estates General to discuss the matter. Charles, being the reactionary he is, laments how giving the tiniest inch of power to the commoners will bring the bourgeois to the power and they will elect some sorry parvenu as their king in a few decades. Which is exactly what happened with the UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution from a monarchical point of view.
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** Robert d'Artois himself is actually the ''third'' of the name. Hell, one of Mahaut's ''sons'' (who thankfully doesn't appear) is naed Robert d'Artois (and as the book notes, he's the Robert d'Artois buried in France, the VillainProtagonist's body was buried in England).
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** Robert d'Artois himself is actually the ''third'' of the name. Hell, one of Mahaut's ''sons'' (who thankfully doesn't appear) is naed named Robert d'Artois (and as the book notes, he's the Robert d'Artois buried in France, the VillainProtagonist's body was buried in England).
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Bishonen is a Definition-Only fan-speak term used only for Japanese/East-Asian media. No examples allowed. Per TRS.
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* {{Bishonen}}:
** Phillippe the Fair, at least by this period's standards. Charles the Fair inherits his looks and nothing else, [[BrainlessBeauty unfortunately]].
** Edward III, Phillippe's grandson, is described as having inherited both his good looks and much of his personality.
** Phillippe the Fair, at least by this period's standards. Charles the Fair inherits his looks and nothing else, [[BrainlessBeauty unfortunately]].
** Edward III, Phillippe's grandson, is described as having inherited both his good looks and much of his personality.
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* RatedMForManly: Robert d'Artois is introduced as being six feet tall, with legs like oak trunks and fists like hammers, and just about every other line describing him has the word "giant" in it.
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* BetterWithNonHumanCompany: Philippe IV has better relationships with his dogs and horses than with his own children, and most people fear even looking into his eyes, no matter how endearing he tries to be.
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* NotGoodWithPeople: Philippe IV has better relationships with his dogs and horses than with his own children, and most people fear even looking into his eyes, no matter how endearing he tries to be.
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** While the nobles are all along the refinement scale, Robert d'Artois plays up the image of a LargeHam RichIdiotWithNoDayJob living only for wine, women and song, both because it's not much of an exaggeration of his natural temperament and because it makes his enemies underestimate him. His role in the "[[EngineeredHeroics rescue]]" and downfall of the D'Aunay brothers goes completely unsuspected because no one thought it odd that he'd be found in a brothel-rich area or that he'd fight off bandits to save their victims.
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** While the nobles are all along the refinement scale, Robert d'Artois plays up the image of a LargeHam RichIdiotWithNoDayJob UpperClassTwit living only for wine, women and song, both because it's not much of an exaggeration of his natural temperament and because it makes his enemies underestimate him. His role in the "[[EngineeredHeroics rescue]]" and downfall of the D'Aunay brothers goes completely unsuspected because no one thought it odd that he'd be found in a brothel-rich area or that he'd fight off bandits to save their victims.
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Creator/GeorgeRRMartin is a big fan of this saga, and [[InspirationForTheWork drew some of his inspirations]] for ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' from it. He even pushed for a new translation and publication in English, calling it ''"The original Series/GameOfThrones"'', no less! It particularly applies to Martin's ''Literature/FireAndBlood'' and the series adapting it, ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon''.
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Creator/GeorgeRRMartin is a big fan of this saga, and [[InspirationForTheWork drew some of his inspirations]] for ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' from it. He even pushed for a new translation and publication in English, calling it ''"The original Series/GameOfThrones"'', no less! It particularly also applies to Martin's ''Literature/FireAndBlood'' and the series adapting it, ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon''.''Series/HouseOfTheDragon'', perhaps even moreso.
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The series has been adapted for television twice, in 1972 and in 2005, both only covering the first six books.
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The series has been adapted for television twice, in 1972 (starring Creator/JeanPiat) and in 2005, 2005 (starring, among others, Creator/JeanneMoreau, Creator/GerardDepardieu, Creator/JulieDepardieu and Creator/TchekyKaryo), both only covering the first six books.
