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* GeniusBonus: It would take someone very familiar with British Geography to tell you what real-life locations line up with the Collective; for what it's worth, Vermilion is implied to be [[spoiler:Hereford]], East Carmine is [[spoiler:Rhayader]], Rusty Hill is [[spoiler:Builth Wells]] and High Saffron is [[spoiler:Aberystwyth]].
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** It would take someone very familiar with British Geography to tell you what real-life locations line up with the Collective; for what it's worth, Vermilion is implied to be [[spoiler:Hereford]], East Carmine is [[spoiler:Rhayader]], Rusty Hill is [[spoiler:Builth Wells]] and High Saffron is[[spoiler:Aberystwyth]].[[spoiler:Aberystwyth]].
** Likewise, you'd have to know British postcodes by heart to get that the Russets once hailed from Reading (where Fforde's own Literature/NurseryCrime series takes place) and that the Oxbloods were once from London.
** It would take someone very familiar with British Geography to tell you what real-life locations line up with the Collective; for what it's worth, Vermilion is implied to be [[spoiler:Hereford]], East Carmine is [[spoiler:Rhayader]], Rusty Hill is [[spoiler:Builth Wells]] and High Saffron is
** Likewise, you'd have to know British postcodes by heart to get that the Russets once hailed from Reading (where Fforde's own Literature/NurseryCrime series takes place) and that the Oxbloods were once from London.
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* GeniusBonus: It would take someone very familiar with Welsh Geography to tell you what real-life locations line up with the Collective; for what it's worth, Vermilion is implied to be [[spoiler:Hereford]], East Carmine is [[spoiler:Rhayader]], Rusty Hill is [[spoiler:Builth Wells]] and High Saffron is [[spoiler:Aberystwyth]].
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* GeniusBonus: It would take someone very familiar with Welsh British Geography to tell you what real-life locations line up with the Collective; for what it's worth, Vermilion is implied to be [[spoiler:Hereford]], East Carmine is [[spoiler:Rhayader]], Rusty Hill is [[spoiler:Builth Wells]] and High Saffron is [[spoiler:Aberystwyth]].
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* GeniusBonus: It would take someone very familiar with Welsh Geography to tell you what real-life locations line up with the Collective; for what it's worth, Vermilion is implied to be [[spoiler:Hereford]], East Carmine is [[spoiler:Rhayader]], Rusty Hill is [[spoiler:Builth Wells]] and High Saffron is [[spoiler:Aberystwyth]].
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Please present all Complete Monster candidates in this thread.
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* CompleteMonster - [[spoiler: The Colourman, when he causes a downer ending by giving Eddie a choice: admit all he found out and be killed, or leave the two lovers on the train to their doom.]] Complete Monster indeed.
** Also Carlos Fandango. As Eddie notes, the "option to refuse waived" in Imogen's advert indicates that he has no interest in her happiness whatsoever, the highest bidding Purple gets to marry her no questions asked. He also indicates that prospective suitors can [[MaritalRapeLicense have her in the wool shed]] on appropo. Shudder.
** Also Carlos Fandango. As Eddie notes, the "option to refuse waived" in Imogen's advert indicates that he has no interest in her happiness whatsoever, the highest bidding Purple gets to marry her no questions asked. He also indicates that prospective suitors can [[MaritalRapeLicense have her in the wool shed]] on appropo. Shudder.
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Crowning Moment of Awesome
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* CrowningMomentOfAwesome - Eddie's reply to Prefect Yewberry, after the latter tells him that if he were a true citizen, he'd volunteer his services for free to the High Saffron expedition.
-->'''Eddie:''' ''As'' you ''did, sir?''
-->'''Eddie:''' ''As'' you ''did, sir?''
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** [[spoiler:Literally IN the road. Human-shaped dark shadows under the blue surface of the perpetulite. A section of it was described as being starved, as well; it powers itself by absorbing organic material, and it had not fed in so long that it would near instantly consume anything organic that touched it.]]
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** [[spoiler:Literally IN the road. Human-shaped dark shadows under the blue surface of the perpetulite. A section of it was described as being starved, as well; it powers itself by absorbing organic material, and it had not fed in so long that it would near instantly consume anything organic that touched it.]]]]
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* HighOctaneNightmareFuel - [[spoiler: High Saffron, especially the dead people in the road.]]
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* HighOctaneNightmareFuel NightmareFuel - [[spoiler: High Saffron, especially the dead people in the road.]]
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* HighOctaneNightmareFuel - [[spoiler: High Saffron, especially the dead people in the road.]]
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* HighOctaneNightmareFuel - [[spoiler: High Saffron, especially the dead people in the road.]]
** [[spoiler:Literally IN the road. Human-shaped dark shadows under the blue surface of the perpetulite. A section of it was described as being starved, as well; it powers itself by absorbing organic material, and it had not fed in so long that it would near instantly consume anything organic that touched it.]]
** [[spoiler:Literally IN the road. Human-shaped dark shadows under the blue surface of the perpetulite. A section of it was described as being starved, as well; it powers itself by absorbing organic material, and it had not fed in so long that it would near instantly consume anything organic that touched it.]]
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-->'''Eddie:''' ''As'' you ''did, sir?''
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-->'''Eddie:''' ''As'' you ''did, sir?''sir?''
* HighOctaneNightmareFuel - [[spoiler: High Saffron, especially the dead people in the road.]]
* HighOctaneNightmareFuel - [[spoiler: High Saffron, especially the dead people in the road.]]
