History Literature / TheFaeriePath

%%* DarkChick: Rathina.

* HundredPercentAdorationRating: Surprisingly subverted, especially for such an ordinarily optimistic and cute series.

* NotGoodWithPeople: Cordelia is a mild case, being somewhat brusque with other faeries, but much more at ease with animals.

* TheyDo: [[spoiler: Tania]] tells [[spoiler: Edric]] to 'ask her again', and when he does (in much less flowery terms than before, and being careful to call her by both names) she finally says yes.

* BlindIdiotTranslation: The German version not only shortens the whole books by large amounts, especially the parts mainly serving character development to the point to render Anita/Tania a passive, smiling [[TheChick chick]] and many a minor character a mere [[FlatCharacter cardboard cutout]], but also offers quality translations like "die rothaarige Schwester" (literally "the red-headed nurse") for "the Irish nurse" or "ein bisschen Spaß" (literally "some fun") for "a good night out".

* ArmorPiercingSlap: Tania wallops [[spoiler: Edric]] hard for lying to her, which silences him immediately. [[spoiler: Which looks bad when you find out he's been telling the truth all along.]]

* CoolBigSis: Six of them. The ImmortalProcreationClause doesn't seem to count for the royal family.
* ColdIron: Faeries call it Isenmort. It's poisonous.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Tania always acts with the best of intentions, but sometimes ends up just making the situation worse. [[spoiler: Before the start of the series, experimenting with her powers was what got her lost in the first place. The sword she uses to free Edric, and then forgets about, is later used by Rathina to free the Sorcerer King. Bringing Connor through to cure ThePlague accomplishes nothing, beyong making him miserable. Luckily she always manages to fix her mistakes somehow.]]

* ItIsPronouncedTroPay: The German audiobook pronounces the heroine's name "Ta-NEE-a".

* ActionGirl: Most of the princesses at different times.

* BadassBookworm: Sancha.

* CharacterDevelopment

* DarkChick: Rathina.
* DarkIsEvil
* TheEvilPrince: [[spoiler:Gabriel Drake]]
* FieryRedhead: Tania, at times.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Cordelia and Bryn.

* LoveMartyr: Rathina, so very much.
* LuckySeven
* MagicalGirl: Again, all the princesses. And Titania.

* MagicMusic: Zara's gift.
* TheMedic: Hopie.

* OlderThanTheyLook: Well, most of the cast are faeries...
* TheProphecy: Lots of them.
* [[ShoutOut/ToShakespeare Shout-Out: To Shakespeare]]

* BerthaInTheAttic: Eden in her tower. [[spoiler: She gets better.]]

* LadyOfWar: Again, all the princesses.

* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Tania, Rathina, Zara, Hopie, Eve, Cordelia and Sancha all qualify.

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* AmbitionIsEvil: [[spoiler:Gabriel Drake]]

* FisherKing: Oberon.

* LivingMacGuffin: Tania, at first.
* MacGuffin: the soulbooks

* CoolShip: The Cloud Scudder.

* MindRape: [[spoiler: Gabriel]] tries it twice.

* TheQuest

* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Rathina, again.]]

* LoveAtFirstSight: [[spoiler: Cordelia and Bryn.]]

* WackyWaysideTribe: The Lios Foltaigg.

* TheAtoner: [[spoiler: Rathina.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: Connor.

* ThePlague
* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler:Edric]]

* CrystalDragonJesus: The Divine Harper.

* TheFairFolk: Ashling dar Dair.

* {{Pirate}}: Lord Balor.

* SaveBothWorlds

* GreenEyes: Tania and Titania

* FisherKing: Oberon.
* HeelFaceTurn:
** Used interestingly with Edric. [[spoiler:At first, it seems as if Edric had done this to Tania, but then, it turns out Gabriel Drake made the real Heel Face Turn.]]

* [[spoiler:BittersweetEnding: They defeat the Sorcerer King, but Zara dies.]]

* [[spoiler:UnrequitedLoveSwitcheroo: Tania had a crush on Connor when they were younger, which he ignored. Now that SheIsAllGrownUp, he falls for her, but since she is irrevocably in love with Edric, he doesn't stand a chance.]]

* RedHeadedHero

* BlondGuysAreEvil: Subverted. Despite being blonds, both Connor and Edric are officially on the side of 'good' [[spoiler:although the latter seems to be closer to the dark side than much of the cast]].

* {{And I Must Scream}}:
** The Amber Prisons. A case of {{Fridge Brilliance}} in that what Tania loves the most is to travel and explore; it's even a magical gift for her. No wonder the idea of eternal stasis is so horrible.

* {{Badass Bookworm}}: Sancha.

* {{Cool Big Sis}}: Six of them. The {{Immortal Procreation Clause}} doesn't seem to count for the royal family.
* {{Cold Iron}}: Faeries call it Isenmort. It's poisonous.
* {{Dark Chick}}: Rathina.

* {{Generation Xerox}}: Tania is "the very image and reflection" of Titania, which is odd considering how many human incarnations she's lived through.

* ImplausibleFencingPowers: Subverted. Although many people in Faerie are excellent fencers, this Troper can't recall one instance where their skills are actually implausible.
* ItsPronouncedTropay: The German audiobook pronounces the heroine's name "Ta-NEE-a".
* {{Love Martyr}}: Rathina, so very much.

* {{Magic Music}}: Zara's gift.
* {{The Medic}}: Hopie.
* {{Mindlink Mates}}: Part of a Faerie marriage ceremony is to hold hands and pour a magic potion over them, which gives the couple a temporary ability to read each other's minds. It makes sense - since faeries are immortal, they'd better make darn sure that getting married is the right decision.

* {{Muggle Foster Parents}}: The Palmers. They have trouble adjusting to Anita/Tania's identity, especially Mr. Palmer, but are very kind and supportive throughout.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Tania always acts with the best of intentions, but sometimes ends up just making the situation worse. [[spoiler: Before the start of the series, experimenting with her powers was what got her lost in the first place. The sword she uses to free Edric, and then forgets about, is later used by Rathina to free the Sorcerer King. Bringing Connor through to cure {{The Plague}} accomplishes nothing, beyong making him miserable. Luckily she always manages to fix her mistakes somehow.]]

* WillTheyOrWontThey: Tania and Edric, with faint shades of {{The Masochism Tango}}. Really, the hurt those two inflict on each other makes you wonder why they bother coming back.
* {{The Prophecy}}: Lots of them.
* ShoutOutToShakespeare
* {{Villain Pedigree}}: The {{Big Bad}}s just keep getting bigger: [[spoiler: Gabriel, the Sorcerer King, Prince Lear.]]
* WillNotTellALie: Seems to be an Aurealis family trait, except for Tania (and presumably [[spoiler:Titania]]) who need to keep up {{The Masquerade}}. Tania does have a hard time lying, though. [[spoiler: Rathina, who spends the first book pretending to be Tania's best friend while secretly plotting to force her marriage to Gabriel, becomes the most brutally honest of all after her return to the good side.]]
* {{The Worf Effect}}: [[spoiler:For such a powerful king, Oberon does need a lot of rescuing: first from his depression in book 1, then from an Amber Prison ''twice'': once in book 3, once in book 6.]]

* {{As You Wish}}: The quote from ''Romeo and Juliet'' that makes Tania finally realize which of her suitors truly loves her.

* {{Fisher King}}: Oberon.

* {{Laser Guided Amnesia}}: Tania has forgotten all her memories of the Faerie Realm.

* RedheadedHero

* {{Cool Ship}}: The Cloud Scudder.

* {{Humans Are Bastards}}: Sancha, Zara and Cordelia share this opnion, especially Cordelia, who is horrified by the pollution in modern-day London.

* {{Prophetic Dreams}}: Tania's nightmares about [[spoiler: being trapped with Edric on Ynis Maw]].
* {{Sarcastic Confession}}: Tania to Jade.

* {{Smitten Teenage Girl}}: Tania's parents see her as this in regards to Edric, and even forbid her from seeing him because he's a "bad influence". To be fair, from their point of view it does look like Tania's sudden mood swings and disobedience are caused by him.
* {{Terms of Endangerment}}: [[spoiler: Gabriel's "My Lady" sounds much less romantic this time around.]]
* TheQuest

* {{The Dog Bites Back}}: [[spoiler: Rathina, who has been Gabriel's devoted {{Love Martyr}} throughout the series, finally snaps when she sees him killing Zara. She stabs him in revenge.]]
* {{Distressed Dude}}: [[spoiler:Oberon, stuck in an Amber Prison on Ynis Maw until Tania gets him out.]]

* GrimUpNorth: Prydain, the geographical equivalent of Scotland on the {{Fantasy Map}} where Faerie is shaped just like Britain.

* {{The Power of Love}}: Between Oberon and Titania, and between the sisters (the Power of Seven).
* {{This Is Unforgivable}}: Sancha, after [[spoiler: the Library is burned down, including the Soul Books.]]
* {{Unicorns}}: They're pretty, all right, but very dangerous. Not to mention carnivorous.
* {{Wacky Wayside Tribe}}: The Lios Foltaigg.

* {{The Atoner}}: [[spoiler: Rathina.]]
* {{Deadpan Snarker}}: Connor.
* {{Fantastic Racism}}: Lord Aldritch and Hollin call Tania a "half-thing" and accuse her of bringing evil to Faerie just for being who she is.

* {{Fourth Date Marriage}}: [[spoiler: Cordelia and Bryn.]] Tania, due to her 21st-century upbringing, strongly disapproves of this. Especially when [[spoiler: Edric]] suggests following their example. [[spoiler: She turns him down hard, triggering one of their "off again" periods that lasts far into the next book.]]

* {{Light Is Not Good}}: Hollin, who dresses in bright yellow and claims to be a famous healer, but is really just an {{Ax Crazy}} charlatan out for Tania's blood.
* {{Mood Whiplash}}: [[spoiler: Cordelia and Bryn's wedding becomes the site of a gruesome epidemic. Worse yet, Cordelia herself becomes ill during what is implied to be {{Their First Time}}.]]
* {{The Plague}}

* {{The Fair Folk}}: Ashling dar Dair.
* {{Immortality Immorality}}: [[spoiler: Connor]] makes a deal with Lord Balor, who is searching for the secret to immortality: in return for handing over [[spoiler: Tania and Rathina]] to Balor to experiment on, Balor will let him take the secret back to [[spoiler: England]] and become rich and famous. [[spoiler: It ends badly for both of them: Balor dies, Connor is mind-wiped.]]

** When [[spoiler: Ashling]] does the same thing to him later on, you can't help feeling as though it's {{Laser Guided Karma}}.

* {{The Mole}}: [[spoiler: Connor.]]

* {{Sour Supporter}}: Connor, whose grumbling gets on everybody's nerves.

* {{Arc Words}}: "Do not listen to the hooves ... "
* {{The Chessmaster}}: Lear, to an extreme degree. Even Tania doesn't notice until it's almost too late.
* {{Friendship Moment}}: Jade comforting Tania, who's had yet another case of {{Laser Guided Amnesia}}.
* {{I Know Karate}}: Jade, who turns out to be quite the {{Badass Normal}} and surprisingly helpful.
* {{The Ophelia}}: [[spoiler:Cordelia, who is assumed to be dead but is actually locked in Eden's former tower. By the time Tania and Jade find her, though, she's just {{Obfuscating Insanity}} to protect herself from Lear.]]
* {{Pair the Spares}}: [[spoiler: Rathina and Titus, who was one of Zara's suitors before she died. Also, Titus is their step-cousin.]]
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: After all her experiences with {{Prophetic Dreams}}, Tania worries about whether her latest set of nightmares means anything or not. [[spoiler: It does.]]

* {{Save Both Worlds}}
* GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul}: [[spoiler: Most of the Faerie population.]]
* {{They Do}}: [[spoiler: Tania]] tells [[spoiler: Edric]] to 'ask her again', and when he does (in much less flowery terms than before, and being careful to call her by both names) she finally says yes.

A cute series of young adult novels written by Frewin Jones, ''The Faerie Path'' follows the adventures of ordinary teenager Anita Palmer, after she discovers that she is the fairy princess Tania. The story then follows her various adventures in the immortal realm of Faerie.

* {{Friend To All Living Things}}: Cordelia and Bryn.

* {{Half Human Hybrid}}: Tania is half human and half Faerie, which is both her greatest asset and a source of endless internal conflict as she struggles to decide where she belongs.

* {{Nice Job Breaking It Hero}}: Tania always acts with the best of intentions, but sometimes ends up just making the situation worse. [[spoiler: Before the start of the series, experimenting with her powers was what got her lost in the first place. The sword she uses to free Edric, and then forgets about, is later used by Rathina to free the Sorcerer King. Bringing Connor through to cure {{The Plague}} accomplishes nothing, beyong making him miserable. Luckily she always manages to fix her mistakes somehow.]]
* {{Not Good With People}}: Cordelia is a mild case, being somewhat brusque with other faeries, but much more at ease with animals.

* {{Will Not Tell A Lie}}: Seems to be an Aurealis family trait, except for Tania (and presumably [[spoiler:Titania]]) who need to keep up {{The Masquerade}}. Tania does have a hard time lying, though. [[spoiler: Rathina, who spends the first book pretending to be Tania's best friend while secretly plotting to force her marriage to Gabriel, becomes the most brutally honest of all after her return to the good side.]]

* {{Armor Piercing Slap}}: Tania wallops [[spoiler: Edric]] hard for lying to her, which silences him immediately. [[spoiler: Which looks bad when you find out he's been telling the truth all along.]]
* {{Bertha In The Attic}}: Eden in her tower. [[spoiler: She gets better.]]

* {{Kick The Dog}}: It's seeing how harshly [[spoiler: Gabriel]] treats [[spoiler:Edric]] that makes Tania realize he's the villain.

* {{With Great Power Comes Great Insanity}}: Gabriel implies that Eden has turned into this. [[spoiler: He's lying.]]

* {{Fish Out Of Water}}: The princesses in the Mortal World.

* {{Invisible To Normals}}: The Gray Knights.

* {{Mind Rape}}: [[spoiler: Gabriel]] tries it twice.

* {{Grim Up North}}: Prydain, the geographical equivalent of Scotland on the {{Fantasy Map}} where Faerie is shaped just like Britain.
* {{Kick The Dog}}: The Sorcerer King, torturing his prisoners.
* {{Love At First Sight}}: [[spoiler: Cordelia and Bryn.]]

* {{Fish Out Of Water}}: Poor Connor. Also Clive Palmer; they're both scientific, logical types, who don't deal well with the Faerie Realm at all.

* [[spoiler: {{Unrequited Love Switcheroo}}: Tania had a crush on Connor when they were younger, which he ignored. Now that {{She Is All Grown Up}}, he falls for her, but since she is irrevocably in love with Edric, he doesn't stand a chance.]]

* {{Crystal Dragon Jesus}}: The Divine Harper.
* {{Drunk On The Dark Side}}: [[spoiler: Edric]] has a hard time giving up the Dark Arts.

* {{Kid With The Leash}}: Lord Balor and his chained Salamander. [[spoiler:Once the Salamander is freed, it takes gleeful revenge and is glad to help Tania in return.]]
* {{Mind Rape}}: [[spoiler: Edric to Tania, taking on eerie shades of Gabriel Drake. Somewhat understandable, since he was Gabriel's adopted brother and sidekick for more than five hundred years. Some of his influence is bound to stick. But really, hypnotizing your ex-girlfriend into dancing with you when she clearly doesn't want to? Not nice.]]

* {{Mind Screw}}: The land of Erin. There's one region of endless night, another of endless day, one where the voices of dead loved ones call to travelers from the trees ... you would not want to live there. Connor perceives the entire Faerie Realm as this.

* {{Shapeshifting Squick}}: What Ashling does to [[spoiler: Edric, as a test of Tania's love and loyalty.]]

* {{Pair The Spares}}: [[spoiler: Rathina and Titus, who was one of Zara's suitors before she died. Also, Titus is their step-cousin.]]
* {{Maybe Magic Maybe Mundane}}: After all her experiences with {{Prophetic Dreams}}, Tania worries about whether her latest set of nightmares means anything or not. [[spoiler: It does.]]
* {{My Future Self And Me}}: [[spoiler: Tania travels back in time to recruit ''six'' of her previous human incarnations to help her save Faerie, which she finds somewhat horrifying - especially since she needs to fetch them just before their natural deaths.]]

* {{Getting Smilies Painted On Your Soul}}: [[spoiler: Most of the Faerie population.]]

* {{Villain With Good Publicity}}: [[spoiler: Lear, disguised as trusted advisor Raphael Cariotis.]]
* {{What Happened To The Mouse}}: [[spoiler: Hollin, who was magically banished to an unknown location by Edric and never heard from again. Also Oberon, who leaves to renew his bargain with the Divine Harper; the price he needs to pay is left unknown, but it is implied in a few parts of the book that he gave up his life to save Faerie.]]

* BlindIdiotTranslation: The German version not only shortens the whole books by large amounts, especially the parts mainly serving character development to the point to render Anita/Tania a passive, smiling [[TheChick chick]] and many a minor character a mere [[FlatCharacter cardboard cutout]], but also offers quality translations like "die rothaarige Schwester" (literally "the red-headed nurse") for "the Irish nurse".

* BlindIdiotTranslation: The German version not only shortens the whole books by large amounts, especially the parts mainly serving character development to the point to render Anita/Tania a passive, smiling [[TheChick chick]], but also offers quality translations like "die rothaarige Schwester" (literally "the red-headed nurse") for "the Irish nurse".

* MagicalWorld: The immortal realm of Faerie.

* {{On Again Off Again}}: Tania and Edric, with faint shades of {{The Masochism Tango}}. Really, the hurt those two inflict on each other makes you wonder why they bother coming back.

* {{Complete Monster}}: The Sorcerer King, who doubles as a {{Walking Wasteland}} and {{Tyrant Takes The Helm}}.

* {{Tear Jerker}}: [[spoiler:Zara's funeral.]]