History Literature / ToughMagic

* {{Homage}}: Uncle Rick’s car travels through time in an outtake, referencing [[Franchise/BackToTheFuture Back to the Future]]. [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes In another one]], Bugs Bunny pops up, being hunted by an off-screen Elmer Fudd. [[StarWars Darth Vader]] appears in yet a third outtake, and spouts off a few of his trademark lines before fighting Yil.

* MagicMirror: Temirs are mirrors that act as videophones, working off some form of [[{{Magitek}} magitek]].

* PowerCrystal: Mesc and macrys are crystals that function as magic batteries; which powers the [[{{Magitek}} magitek]].

* MirrorMatch: Yil has a match with his [[{{Doppelganger}} doppelganger]], a [[{{Magitek}} magitek]] golem designed to duplicate his skills.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Pretty much everyone has an unusual hair color (Skin and eyes too). Justified, since it’s a world of fae, not humans.

* OurFairiesAreDifferent / OurElvesAreBetter: Emis is populated by various fairies, although aside from skin, hair, and eye colors (which vary greatly), they seem mostly human; pushing them into elf territory. They are all able to do magic, although with occasional... ''provisos...''

** In an outtake match with Thran, Yil uses a [[KamehameHadoken kamehameha]] and goes [[SuperMode Super Saiyan]] (''Anime/DragonBall'').

* ShoutOut: A title of one of the outtakes is ‘[[WesternAnimation/FindingNemo Finding Emo]]’ (Three guesses to what ''that's'' a reference to.). Yil tries to cast some HarryPotter spells in a different outtake (no, it doesn’t work). A house falls on Yil in a third outtake (Yup, WizardOfOz.). In an outtake match with Thran, Yil uses a [[KamehameHadoken kamehameha]] and goes [[SuperMode Super Saiyan]] (DragonBall).

[[http://www.amazon.com/Tough-Magic-E-G-Castle-ebook/dp/B00EKTCVCC/ref=la_B00DILJS3I_1_25?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1424462824&sr=1-25 ''Tough Magic'']] is a trilogy of books ([[http://www.amazon.com/Absenscantia-Tough-Magic-Book-1-ebook/dp/B00EDSPCWQ/ref=la_B00DILJS3I_1_11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1424462724&sr=1-11 ''Absenscantia'']], [[http://www.amazon.com/Trenus-Tough-Magic-Book-2-ebook/dp/B00EGXTQLG/ref=la_B00DILJS3I_1_29?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1424462824&sr=1-29 ''Trenus'']] an [[http://www.amazon.com/Magithral-Tough-Magic-Book-3-ebook/dp/B00EJUKBOW/ref=la_B00DILJS3I_1_28?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1424462824&sr=1-28 ''Magithral'']]), by [[Creator/EGCastle E. G. Castle]], about a young fairy struggling with his magic, and how -surprise, surprise- he overcomes his issues, with a good bit of magical beat-down being handed out on the way.

* {{Homage}}: Uncle Rick’s car travels through time in an outtake, referencing [[Franchise/BackToTheFuture Back to the Future]]. [[LooneyTunes In another one]], Bugs Bunny pops up, being hunted by an off-screen Elmer Fudd. [[StarWars Darth Vader]] appears in yet a third outtake, and spouts off a few of his trademark lines before fighting Yil.

* {{Homage}}: Uncle Rick’s car travels through time in an outtake, referencing [[BackToTheFuture Back to the Future]]. [[LooneyTunes In another one]], Bugs Bunny pops up, being hunted by an off-screen Elmer Fudd. [[StarWars Darth Vader]] appears in yet a third outtake, and spouts off a few of his trademark lines before fighting Yil.

''Tough Magic'' is a trilogy of books (''Absenscantia'', ''Trenus'' and ''Magithral''), by [[Creator/EGCastle E. G. Castle]], about a young fairy struggling with his magic, and how -surprise, surprise- he overcomes his issues, with a good bit of magical beat-down being handed out on the way.

* ShoutOut: A title of one of the outtakes is ‘[[WesternAnimation/FindingNemo Finding Emo]]’ (Three guesses to what ''that's'' a reference to.). A house falls on Yil in a third outtake (Yup, WizardOfOz.). Yil tries to cast some HarryPotter spells in an outtake; no, it doesn’t work. In an outtake match with Thran, Yil uses a [[KamehameHadoken kamehameha]] and goes [[SuperMode Super Saiyan]] (DragonBall).

A world of [[OurFairiesAreDifferent fae]], a young fairy is having trouble with magic, a [[TheHermit grumpy uncle]], cool friend, [[CatsAreMagic winged cat]], [[FictionalSport magic duels]], [[TheBully bullies]]...

* ShoutOut: A title of one of the outtakes is ‘[[FindingNemo Finding Emo]]’ (Three guesses to what ''that's'' a reference to.). A house falls on Yil in a third outtake (Yup, WizardOfOz.). Yil tries to cast some HarryPotter spells in an outtake; no, it doesn’t work. In an outtake match with Thran, Yil uses a [[KamehameHadoken kamehameha]] and goes [[SuperMode Super Saiyan]] (DragonBall).

-->-- '''Tough Magic: Absenscantia''', Sub-Title

A world of [[OurFairiesAreDifferent fae]], a young fairy having trouble with magic, a [[TheHermit grumpy uncle]], cool friend, [[CatsAreMagic winged cat]], [[FictionalSport magic duels]], [[TheBully bullies]]...

''[[http://www.amazon.com/Tough-Magic-E-G-Castle-ebook/dp/B00EKTCVCC/ref=la_B00DILJS3I_1_9?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1406062511&sr=1-9 Tough Magic]]'' is a trilogy of books ([[http://www.amazon.com/Absenscantia-Tough-Magic-Book-1-ebook/dp/B00EDSPCWQ/ref=la_B00DILJS3I_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1406062511&sr=1-2 Absenscantia]], [[http://www.amazon.com/Trenus-Tough-Magic-Book-2-ebook/dp/B00EGXTQLG/ref=la_B00DILJS3I_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1406062511&sr=1-6 Trenus]] and [[http://www.amazon.com/Magithral-Tough-Magic-Book-3-ebook/dp/B00EJUKBOW/ref=la_B00DILJS3I_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1406062511&sr=1-5 Magithral]]), by [[Creator/EGCastle E. G. Castle]], about a young fairy struggling with his magic, and how -surprise, surprise- he overcomes his issues, with a good bit of magical beat-down being handed out on the way.

[[folder:Absenscantia:]]
* CatharticScream: At one point early on, Yil goes off by himself to a quiet spot in the woods to think things over. It doesn’t go too well, until he screams to vent his frustration; after which he finds he can evaluate what he needs to do.
* FMinusMinus: A bully tries to insult Yil by suggesting he had gotten double ‘F’s on his exams.
* FullNameUltimatum: Fe calls Yil by his full name (Yiltry Adler Wilven, since you ask.), when getting annoyed after Yil refuses to discuss with her why he thinks he passed his exams.
* HippieTeacher: Yil’s teacher, Mrs. Hiolet, is widely viewed as being overly-bright and friendly, with strict views against corporal punishment.
* SymbolSwearing: Appears in an outtake; apparently because the [[AuthorAvatar Author]] forbade swearing at all in the book itself.
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[[folder:Trenus:]]
* FloweryElizabethanEnglish / YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe: An outtake has the setup for the dupair being redone in a parody of old English/[[Creator/WilliamShakespeare Shakespearean]] English..
* InevitableWaterfall: A short outtake lampshades the whole ‘falling into a river and going/almost going over a waterfall’ business. The [[AuthorAvatar Author]] even [[{{Lampshade}} lampshades]] it, “And who put a ''waterfall'' there?!”
* MirrorMatch: Yil has a match with his [[{{Doppelganger}} doppelganger]], a [[{{Magitek}} magitek]] golem designed to duplicate his skills.
* RobotMe: The doppelganger Uncle Rick makes for Yil is specifically designed to match his capabilities; it being a golem programmed to fight just like him.
* TheyCallMeMisterTibbs: Gast insists on being referred to as teacher or similar when he’s teaching. As he explains;
-->''"To learn, or take orders from someone, you need to respect them, and using a title is a way of ensuring that."''
* TimeSkip: ''Trenus'' skips about a month's worth of time from ''Absenscantia'', using a few flashbacks to note anything of interest that had happened in the meantime. Weirdly, those flashbacks ''happen at the very beginning of the book''.
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[[folder:Magithral:]]
* AngryFistShake: Uncle Rick does this at Holois after she hits his nose with her tail one last time.
* BananaPeel: Yil fights a clown (Yes, really.) in an outtake, with the clown tossing a bunch of banana peels around. Ironically, when Yil goes through the peel field the first time he gets through perfectly fine. When the ''clown'' goes through it, however... And Yil doesn’t do too well the second time either.
* SoundEffectBleep: A bleep covers up a curse word in one of the outtakes. Actually makes some sense in context (despite it being a ''book''), considering that the outtakes are mostly presented as blooper reels.
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* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Thran has one, although she doesn’t actually appear in the books; only being mentioned.

* {{Doppelganger}}: Yil has to fight a doppelganger in a training match; the doppelganger being a golem built from [[{{Magitek}} magitek]] and programmed to fight like him.

* RobotMe: The doppelganger Uncle Rick makes for Yil is specifically designed to match his capabilities.

* FictionalSport: Incuel; the result of taking magical dueling and turning it into a sport. Not as dangerous as it sounds, thanks to invarmas.

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[[folder:Absenscantia:]]
* CatharticScream: At one point early on, Yil goes off by himself to a quiet spot in the woods to think things over. It doesn’t go too well, until he screams to vent his frustration; after which he finds he can evaluate what he needs to do.
* FMinusMinus: A bully tries to insult Yil by suggesting he had gotten double ‘F’s on his exams.
* FullNameUltimatum: Fe calls Yil by his full name (Yiltry Adler Wilven, since you ask.), when getting annoyed after Yil refuses to discuss with her why he thinks he passed his exams.
* HippieTeacher: Yil’s teacher, Mrs. Hiolet, is widely viewed as being overly-bright and friendly, with strict views against corporal punishment.
* SymbolSwearing: Appears in an outtake; apparently because the [[AuthorAvatar Author]] forbade swearing at all in the book itself.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Trenus:]]
* {{Doppelganger}}: Yil has to fight a doppelganger in a training match; the doppelganger being a golem built from [[{{Magitek}} magitek]] and programmed to fight like him.
* FloweryElizabethanEnglish / YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe: An outtake has the setup for the dupair being redone in a parody of old English/[[Creator/WilliamShakespeare Shakespearean]] English..
* InevitableWaterfall: A short outtake lampshades the whole ‘falling into a river and going/almost going over a waterfall’ business. The [[AuthorAvatar Author]] even [[{{Lampshade}} lampshades]] it, “And who put a ''waterfall'' there?!”
* MirrorMatch: Yil has a match with his [[{{Doppelganger}} doppelganger]], a [[{{Magitek}} magitek]] golem designed to duplicate his skills.
* RobotMe: The doppelganger Uncle Rick makes for Yil is specifically designed to match his capabilities.
* TheyCallMeMisterTibbs: Gast insists on being referred to as teacher or similar when he’s teaching. As he explains;
-->''"To learn, or take orders from someone, you need to respect them, and using a title is a way of ensuring that."''
* TimeSkip: ''Trenus'' skips about a month's worth of time from ''Absenscantia'', using a few flashbacks to note anything of interest that had happened in the meantime. Weirdly, those flashbacks ''happen at the very beginning of the book''.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Magithral:]]
* AngryFistShake: Uncle Rick does this at Holois after she hits his nose with her tail one last time.
* BananaPeel: Yil fights a clown (Yes, really.) in an outtake, with the clown tossing a bunch of banana peels around. Ironically, when Yil goes through the peel field the first time he gets through perfectly fine. When the ''clown'' goes through it, however... And Yil doesn’t do too well the second time either.
* SoundEffectBleep: A bleep covers up a curse word in one of the outtakes. Actually makes some sense in context (despite it being a ''book''), considering that the outtakes are mostly presented as blooper reels.
[[/folder]]

''[[http://www.amazon.com/Tough-Magic-E-G-Castle-ebook/dp/B00EKTCVCC/ref=la_B00DILJS3I_1_9?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1406062511&sr=1-9 Tough Magic]]'' is a trilogy of books ([[http://www.amazon.com/Absenscantia-Tough-Magic-Book-1-ebook/dp/B00EDSPCWQ/ref=la_B00DILJS3I_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1406062511&sr=1-2 Absenscantia]] [[http://www.amazon.com/Trenus-Tough-Magic-Book-2-ebook/dp/B00EGXTQLG/ref=la_B00DILJS3I_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1406062511&sr=1-6 Trenus]] and [[http://www.amazon.com/Magithral-Tough-Magic-Book-3-ebook/dp/B00EJUKBOW/ref=la_B00DILJS3I_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1406062511&sr=1-5 Magithral]]), by [[Creator/EGCastle E. G. Castle]], about a young fairy struggling with his magic, and how -surprise, surprise- he overcomes his issues, with a good bit of magical beat-down being handed out on the way.