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* GenerationXerox: [[spoiler: Nassun has apparently inherited Essun's powers, self control, has the same Fulcrum training due to her mother and [[ParentalSubstitute meets]] Schaffa, the latter of whom [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] it.]]
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* GenerationXerox: [[spoiler: Nassun has apparently inherited Essun's powers, self control, has the same Fulcrum training due to her mother and [[ParentalSubstitute meets]] Schaffa, the latter of whom her mother's Guardian and loves him like a parent just like she does. It gets [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] it.lampshaded]] by Schaffa.]]
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* BrokenPedestal: Nassun used to look up to Jija
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* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler: Although Essun isn't dead, Schaffa considers Nassun this. ]]
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**[[spoiler: “My name is Schaffa.]]
**[[spoiler: “My name is Schaffa.]]
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* AwfulTruth: 'DID THEY BREAK YOUR HAND'
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* SuperNotDrowningSkills: [[Spoiler: Schaffa, but he loses a good part of his ]]
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Nassun kills Jija by turning him to stone and is told that she will end up killing everything she loves.]]
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* CrypticConversation: Alabaster is this to an infuriating degree. Schaffa also seems to be prone to this but in a more roundabout manner due to [[spoiler: some [[LaserGuidedAmnesia retrograde amnesia]] as well as being potentially untrustworthy]]
* EatenAlive: [[spoiler: It happens to Hoa and a sort occurs to Alabaster]]
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* HearingVoices: All the Guardians
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Subverted. Alabaster explicitly mentions that his nervous system functions are intact and [[spoiler:suffers infections]]. In the previous book, the sessapinae are stated to be located at the base of the brainstem and [[spoiler: decerebrate orogenes are used as node maintainers.]]
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* TheWoobie: [[spoiler: Nassun seems to be this. Whether [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds she will eventually end up destroying the world]] is yet to be seen]]
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* ArcWords: ''Every character'' seems intent on making as many cryptic references to the moon as will fit. From Schaffa's 'Found Moon' to Nassun's wish to [[spoiler: 'catch the moon']] to Alabaster's wistful thoughts about the moon, it's known early on that the moon is no longer there but the exact reasons for its disappearance [[spoiler: and consequent impact on the seasons]] is unknown.
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-->A WHAT?” YOU SAY.
-->“A moon.”
''The Obelisk Gate'' is a 2016 novel by Creator/NKJemisin and a continuation of ''The Fifth Season''.
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-->“A moon.”
''The Obelisk Gate'' is a 2016 novel by Creator/NKJemisin and a continuation of ''The Fifth Season''.
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