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Bodyguard Crush: If paired with Lon'qu or Frederick. In Frederick's supports, she mentions that he was her First Love.

Even the Girls Want Her: Sully garners a sizable group of female fans who often bestow her with gifts.

First Girl Wins: If paired with Chrom, due to Childhood Friend Romance.

The Heart: According to Chrom and Lon'qu, her greatest asset to the Shepherds is her ability to keep the army in high spirits.

Little Miss Snarker: She has her moments, especially when characters like Frederick and Virion give her plenty to work with.

Mentor Ship: If paired with Frederick.

Opposites Attract: In her supports with Libra.

sixteen years old in the early stages of the game

She's Got Legs: Virion describes her as having shapely legs.

That Came Out Wrong: Accidentally says "I'll put you on the table." to Gregor as a Lame Comeback.

Protectorate: She is watched over by Frederick, Lon'qu, and even Maribelle gets in on the protecting.

Battle Couple: She can be paired with any first generation character, except Chrom and Basilio as well as the male SpotPass characters.

Never Found the Body: In her conversation with Laurent in Future Past 3, he reveals that her body was never found and he kept hoping that one day he'd find her. Seeing Present!Miriel will allow him to let go and move on.

Nice Hat: Minerva even thinks so, according to Miriel's support with Cherche.

Show Some Leg: In their C Support, Miriel was able to use her being a woman to exploit Virion's chivalry, forcing him to assist her.

Sumia is a novel junkie.

Hidden Badass: Don't let her klutziness deceive you. Once she gets on her pegasus, this girl can pack quite a punch.

Covert Pervert: She gets quite excited by the idea of Sully entering a cross-dressing pageant (with a rather epic rant about the female body included), and teases Frederick during their own S Support about his... rather strong devotion to Chrom.

Her support with Avatar shows she LOVES to read novels.

Escapism: The reason why reading is one of her hobbies is because she can pretend to be the protagonist of the novel instead of her usual clumsy self.

Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!: Tries to do this to Chrom, with an Armor-Piercing Slap, but accidentally punches him instead.

Graceful in Their Element

Heterosexual Life-Partners: With Cordelia.

Hidden Depths: In her A rank support with Cordelia. she affirms that, in fact, she doesn't care whether her flower fortunes are correct or not. She just uses them to motivate herself to create the best possible future. Cordelia responds by saying that's "the most reasonable nonsense she's ever heard".

Opposites Attract: She's kind, sweet and unassuming. Henry is creepy, snarky and weird. Of course, the game allows you to pair them if you want to.

Cultured Badass: Well versed in the art of tea and beating up brigands.

Battle Couple: She can be paired with any first generation character, except Basilio and the male SpotPass characters.

Freudian Slip: In her S Rank with Chrom, she wonders if he'll ever find a place for her in his heart. While he's right there."...Wait. Did I Just Say That Out Loud?"

Maribelle angrily retorts that it's because she loves him."Oh, my stars and garters. Did I really say that out loud?"

Jerk with a Heart of Gold: She can be cold to be people, but she tends to warm up to people in decent time. Discussed amongst the Shepherds when first introducing her to the Avatar.

Luminescent Blush: While every character has it at one point or another, special mention goes to her S Rank supports with Chrom and Henry, where after the above mentioned Freudian Slips, her entire face turns completely red.

she became a magistrate who worked to reform Ylissean law and make it more equitable

Proper Lady: All the virtues of one, with a side order of hubris.

Rescue Romance: Possible, if paired with Ricken.

Sophisticated as Hell: Maribelle has the Avatar teach her slang to broaden her vocabulary. The result is Maribelle enthusiastically spouting phrases like "No skin off my arse!" and "I'll shut me north and south!"

Those who get past her frosty facade will have her eternal loyalty.

Battle Couple: She can be paired with any first generation character, except Chrom and Basilio as well as the male SpotPass characters.

Friendly Rivalry: Instigates one with Donnel when Panne becomes determined to overcome his hunting traps.

Speaks Fluent Animal: She talks to Cordelia's pegasus

Super Hearing: She can hear people's heartbeats.

You Remind Me of X: Panne will have an easier time warming up to certain characters like Olivia, who she reminds Panne of her late younger sister.

friends with Sumia since childhood

Kellam

Gregor

Battle Couple: She can be paired with any first generation character, except her first crush Chrom and Basilio as well as the male SpotPass characters.

Battle Couple: She can be paired with any first generation character, except Chrom and Basilio as well as the male SpotPass characters.

Hates Being Alone: She's so outgoing because her greatest fear is being all alone.

Nowi is actually a lot more savvy than she lets on.

Manic Pixie Dream Girl: In her supports with Libra.

"Turn my back one minute and you're married. The next minute? A baby!"

One of the Kids: She's at least a thousand years old and she likes to play with kids a lot, and she's very child-like in behavior. If she romances Henry, he says he's giving her kids to give her Manakete playmates.

"Who do you think I am?"

Her S support with Libra is a good example, when he manages to completely catch her off guard with his "confession".

Battle Couple: She can be paired with any first generation character, except Chrom and Basilio as well as the male SpotPass characters.

Deadpan Snarker: "Yay, danger."

Her supports with Kellam show she cares about her family

Odd Friendship: She has a platonic support with Nowi, and the two get along surprisingly well.

Redemption Equals Death: Future Tharja sacrificed herself to protect Noire

Her Stalker with a Crush relationship towards the Avatar doesn't change regardless of their gender

Even if she falls for someone else, the Avatar will be her first and foremost love

However she is clearly smitten by some men, in particular Donnel, of whom she doesn't mention the Avatar whatsoever in their supports (even S-rank) and she is actually the one who proposes to him.

Warrior Therapist: In her supports, when she's not obsessing over hexes or the Avatar, she's willing to lend an unjudging ear to the problems of others.

Odd Friendship: She has a platonic support with Tharja, and they get along pretty well, at least by Tharja's standards.

Badass: She gained her vicious mount wyvern Minerva by defeating her and surviving her fire breath. She only got a burn scar on her shoulder from the encounter. While nine years old.

Battle Couple: She can be paired with any first generation character, except Chrom and Basilio as well as the male SpotPass characters.

Birds of a Feather: With Frederick. They're both completely loyal to their lords, Workaholics that do all the menial chores said lords can't be bothered with without a single complaint, they're both quite well-spoken and abide by strict knightly virtues.

Deadpan Snarker: For such a sweet and ladylike Yamato Nadeshiko, she's got a wicked sense of humor.

Cherche will mention that she would only marry someone who Minerva also accepts.

Servile Snarker: To Virion.

Lon'qu

In Female Avatar's support with her, she says she wants to adopt the Avatar because she looks so lonely even in the midst of the army. But the proposal ends up sounding a lot like a love confession; hilarity ensues.

Shipper on Deck: For Chrom and Sumia, after seeing her punch him.

personality

It's not a major problem when they link their work directly to earlier stories.

A direct link might not always be desirable to readers

distracting

flourish

distraction

No one is going to be surprised

Step away from the spoilers

Unflattering Comparison

rarely subtle enough

Rarely can the piece of work top the name.

well-suited to the material

subtle

an expansion of the usual list of names used in fiction stories

too many shout-outs

an invitation to judge the material harshly

Killed By Overuse

minor character allusions

good the first few times around

thoroughly worn-out

the default name

tend to cast long shadows

literary allusions

The prohibition of names in fiction has to depend on context.

overly common names

creator names

what you call your main female character when you realize you can't call her Main Female Character

It has turned, hydra-like, from a name into a multi-headed monster

ubiquitous, and therefore meaningless

It's a way to make sure your main character won't make an impression on literary consciousness, but will go through the story with a serviceable everywoman demeanor.

just means a statistical blank

Samona

Parodied: The form of the trope is twisted and often used in a silly way for comic effect.

Implied: The trope isn't shown, but the audience is indirectly led to believe that it happened off-screen.

Played for Laughs: The humorous elements of a trope are played up.

Lampshaded: A trope is played straight but explicitly pointed out, without any further explanation.

Defied: A character recognizes a trope is about to happen, and takes steps to avoid it.

Exploited: A Genre Savvy character, knowing a trope will occur, uses it to their advantage.

"or" search

"and" search

The * character is a wildcard which will match one or more letters

The _ character will match exactly one letter

force a term to be included by preceding it with a + sign, or force it to be excluded with a - sign

search for an exact phrase by surrounding it with double quotes

"or" search requires one of the terms to match, "and" search requires all of the terms to match

We see this character grow up and become someone great, defeat the odds, and challenge the evil and corrupt.

The hero may not always succeed at first try, but they will find means either within themselves or from outside sources to continue on their quest, which if they fail, would have world-reaching consequences.

a completely developed secondary world

a portal into another world

the “world within a world”

series

episodic installments

high fantasy is often based on myth or legend

a hero’s tale

Matters beyond him and magic turn his life, which would have been otherwise dull and ordinary, into the stuff of legend.

Echoes of these stories have been passed down through the ages and were at one point rooted in local myth, tradition, lore, or legend.

These stories still stir imaginations today and influence epic literature by their fantastical nature.

High fantasy has roots as far back as fairy tale; they are human stories passed down, aggrandized and lasting.

wizard

antihero

rough around the edges, has a haunted past, and isn’t afraid to do what must be done to achieve his goal

may be acting on the “good” side, but he’s not a “good” character even if he does grow in that direction

it is possible to bring high fantasy into a more modern setting

subgenres are not mutually exclusive

medieval type setting

how fantasy and the fantastical elements affect the world

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Once and Future King by T.H. White

A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin

Back to the Future [link]