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* SorcerousOverlord: The Vile One ruled Erb after usurping its throne and he was a powerful mage. He persecuted other mages and had oppressed the population generally.
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* SorcerousOverlord: The Vile One ruled Erb Chickpea after usurping its throne and he was a powerful mage. He persecuted other mages and had oppressed the population generally.
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* NonHeteronormativeSociety: No one bats an eye at same-sex relationships in Erb, the book's setting, since everyone who lives there [[EveryoneIsBi appears to be bisexual]], with both main and minor characters being in these or at least shown as having these attractions. No one bats an eye at this.
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* NiceToTheWaiter: Arek and co. quickly decide to increase the wages of the servants who work in the castle, while another is moved deeply at how they don't have her put into the stocks for spilling wine accidentally onto Matt.
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* NiceToTheWaiter: Arek and co. quickly decide to increase the wages of the servants who work in the castle, while another is moved deeply at how they don't have her put into the stocks for spilling wine accidentally onto Matt. This gets him named "King Arek the Kind".
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* HealingHands: The healer supposed to help Matt puts both hands on him during healing, which glow with her magic as she does so.
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* FantasticFlora: Heart's Truth is a plant with the property that when it's pollen affects someone they will tell the truth of their heart.
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* TheBigDamnKiss: [[spoiler:Arek and Matt kiss near the end, which leads to them finally acting on their love for each other.]]
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Arek has been friends with Matt since they were both young boys, and secretly loves him. [[spoiler:It turns out Matt does too, and they marry at the end.]]
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Arek has been friends with Matt since they were both young boys, and secretly loves him. [[spoiler:It turns out Matt does too, and they marry at the end.]]
* FantasticFlora: Heart's Truth is a plant with the property that when it's pollen affects someone they will tell the reveal of their heart.
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* BetaCouple: [[spoiler:Sionna and Meredith on one side, and Rion and Lila on another. They serve as a contrast with Alek Arek and Matt, who take the entire book to get together, since both couples do it quite fast.]]
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* ArcWords: "King Arek The Kind", the title that Arek gains from his actions towards others. Despite not liking it for not thinking it paints him as quite in a strong way, others still think thisis a good and fitting title.
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* ArcWords: "King Arek The Kind", the title that Arek gains from his actions towards others. Despite not liking it for not thinking it paints him as quite in a strong way, others still think thisis this is a good and fitting title.
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* AmazonianBeauty: The party's warrior, Sionna. She is a tall, beautiful woman, whose rippling muscles have caused what Arek has described as very inconvenient boners for him and Matt.
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* AmazonianBeauty: The party's female warrior, Sionna. She is a tall, beautiful woman, whose rippling muscles have caused what Arek has described as very inconvenient boners for him and Matt.
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* ActionGirl:
** Sionna is a skilled female fighter with a sword in Arek's party.
** Lila is a thief who's good with a knife.
* AerithAndBob: The book mixes names like Arek or Sionna with Matt, Bethany, Lila etc.
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* ArcWords: "King Arek The Kind", the title that Arek gains from his actions towards others. Despite not liking it for not thinking it paints him as quite in a strong way, others still thing to be think thisis a good and fitting title.
* ArrowCatch: Lila plucks an arrow out of mid air which would have killed Arek if it struck early on.
* AssassinationAttempt: Arek is nearly killed with an arrow early in the book, but Lila saves him.
* BanOnMagic: The Vile One killed other magic users while others went into hiding to escape this, presumably as they might be a threat.
* TheBard: Bethany is the bard in Arek's party, with her music being [[MagicMusic magical]]. She's also got a strong [[CharmPerson power of persuasion]] which works on {{muggles}} in most cases.
* AssassinationAttempt: Arek is nearly killed with an arrow early in the book, but Lila saves him.
* BanOnMagic: The Vile One killed other magic users while others went into hiding to escape this, presumably as they might be a threat.
* TheBard: Bethany is the bard in Arek's party, with her music being [[MagicMusic magical]]. She's also got a strong [[CharmPerson power of persuasion]] which works on {{muggles}} in most cases.
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* CessationOfExistence: [[spoiler:Arek's fate of "fading" literally means fading. Parts of his body literally stop existing for brief periods of time the closer he is to his birthday. When it's time, he can't breath because he assumed his lungs had stopped existing and parts of him are vanishing.]]
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* CessationOfExistence: [[spoiler:Arek's fate BigBeautifulWoman: Bethany is repeatedly described as very voluptuous and attractive for it.=
* TheChosenOne: Arek was chosen by prophecy to defeat the [[BigBad Vile One]], receiving a special sword out of"fading" literally means fading. Parts of a bog (somewhat like {{Excalibur}}) and having five trusty companions. He slew the Vile One in the first chapter, after which his body literally stop existing for brief periods of time life gets more complicated.
* CourtMage: After becoming king, Arek appoints Matt, who's a mage, to be his.
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* TheChosenOne: Arek was chosen by prophecy to defeat the [[BigBad Vile One]], receiving a special sword out of
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* EveryoneIsBi: No character is ever explicitly referred by one sexuality or another and seem to all be interested in anyone regardless of gender. Arek sees all members of his party as possible romantic prospects and possible attracted to him, despite some of them also being blatantly attracted to women.
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* DueToTheDead: Lila and Sionna insist the princess, along with the Vile One, get the funeral rites the local culture prescripes (cremation on a pyre) after they die. Arek is all for it in the latter case, so the Vile One can't come {{back from the dead}} with his magic.
* EveryoneIsBi: No character is ever explicitly referred by one sexuality or another and seem to all be interested in anyone regardless of gender. Arek sees all members of his party as possible romantic prospects andpossible possibly attracted to him, despite some of them also being blatantly attracted to women.women.
* FadingAway: [[spoiler:Arek's fate of "fading" literally means fading. Parts of his body literally stop existing for brief periods of time the closer he is to his birthday. When it's time, he can't breath because he assumed his lungs had stopped existing and parts of him are vanishing.]]
* EveryoneIsBi: No character is ever explicitly referred by one sexuality or another and seem to all be interested in anyone regardless of gender. Arek sees all members of his party as possible romantic prospects and
* FadingAway: [[spoiler:Arek's fate of "fading" literally means fading. Parts of his body literally stop existing for brief periods of time the closer he is to his birthday. When it's time, he can't breath because he assumed his lungs had stopped existing and parts of him are vanishing.]]
* GenderEqualEnsemble: Aerk's party has three men (himself, Matt, Rion) and three women (Bethany, Sionna, Lila) as members.
* HealingHands: The healer supposed to help Matt puts both hands on him during healing, which glow with her magic as she does so.
* HealingHands: The healer supposed to help Matt puts both hands on him during healing, which glow with her magic as she does so.
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* ItSucksToBeTheChosenOne: Arek says, multiple times, that he wishes that the prophecy did not exist or that the one who the prophecy talks about wasn't him, due to [[spoiler:the fate saying that he should be the one to kill The Vile One and, therefore, forcing him to marry so that he didn't end up vanishing.]]
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* ItSucksToBeTheChosenOne: Arek says, multiple times, that he wishes that the prophecy did not exist or that the one who the prophecy talks about wasn't him, due to [[spoiler:the fate saying that he should be the one to kill The Vile One and, therefore, forcing him to marry so that he didn't won't end up vanishing.]]]]
* MagicMusic: Bards like Bethany have magic in their music, such as making its notes carry far beyond the ordinary limits of sound.
* MagicPlant: Heart's Truth is a plant with the property that when it's pollen affects someone they will tell the reveal of their heart.
* MagicStaff: Matt, a mage, has one that serves to focus and strengthen his spells.
* MundaneUtility: Matt used his magic to do chares when he was still a boy.
* NiceToTheWaiter: Arek and co. quickly decide to increase the wages of the servants who work in the castle, while another is moved deeply at how they don't have her put into the stocks for spilling wine accidentally onto Matt.
* NonHeteronormativeSociety: No one bats an eye at same-sex relationships in Erb, since everyone who lives there [[EveryoneIsBi appears to be bisexual]], with both main and minor characters being in these or at least shown as having these attractions. No one bats an eye at this.
* NoNameGiven: The princess never gets named, not even by the woman whom she loved.
* OffWithHisHead: Arek slew the Vile One this way, though it's harder than he expected with his sword having been pretty dull.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Arek and his companions had no idea the Vile One's real name was Barthly until after he died.
* ThePaladin: Rion is a righteous knight and strictly abides by his oath to aid Arek, who admits he's the most moral person among his companions.
* ThePardon: Arek decides to offer the Vile One's surviving followers amnesty for them to not turn into a continuing problem, in return for swearing loyalty to him and military service (at a reduced wage than other recruits).
* MagicMusic: Bards like Bethany have magic in their music, such as making its notes carry far beyond the ordinary limits of sound.
* MagicPlant: Heart's Truth is a plant with the property that when it's pollen affects someone they will tell the reveal of their heart.
* MagicStaff: Matt, a mage, has one that serves to focus and strengthen his spells.
* MundaneUtility: Matt used his magic to do chares when he was still a boy.
* NiceToTheWaiter: Arek and co. quickly decide to increase the wages of the servants who work in the castle, while another is moved deeply at how they don't have her put into the stocks for spilling wine accidentally onto Matt.
* NonHeteronormativeSociety: No one bats an eye at same-sex relationships in Erb, since everyone who lives there [[EveryoneIsBi appears to be bisexual]], with both main and minor characters being in these or at least shown as having these attractions. No one bats an eye at this.
* NoNameGiven: The princess never gets named, not even by the woman whom she loved.
* OffWithHisHead: Arek slew the Vile One this way, though it's harder than he expected with his sword having been pretty dull.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Arek and his companions had no idea the Vile One's real name was Barthly until after he died.
* ThePaladin: Rion is a righteous knight and strictly abides by his oath to aid Arek, who admits he's the most moral person among his companions.
* ThePardon: Arek decides to offer the Vile One's surviving followers amnesty for them to not turn into a continuing problem, in return for swearing loyalty to him and military service (at a reduced wage than other recruits).
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: The entire beginning of the novel plays this for laughs by showing the triumph of the hero's party over The Vile One to be much less cinematic than he pictured.
** He pictured he would be able to cleanly behead The Vile One, raise his decapitated head as a trophy, and subsequently, declare his love for Matt and maybe even kiss him. He doesn't get to do any of those things, as beheading someone ends up being a messy and tough affair that soils everyone with blood. He also feels no desire to raise the head because it would be hard since he is bald and it would be really gross to touch a decapitated head as he notices. Matt and Arek are also not in any position to for a romantic declaration, being bloodied, dirty, tired, and sweaty, which makes the entire scene much less picturesque than he wanted.
** He pictured he would be able to cleanly behead The Vile One, raise his decapitated head as a trophy, and subsequently, declare his love for Matt and maybe even kiss him. He doesn't get to do any of those things, as beheading someone ends up being a messy and tough affair that soils everyone with blood. He also feels no desire to raise the head because it would be hard since he is bald and it would be really gross to touch a decapitated head as he notices. Matt and Arek are also not in any position to for a romantic declaration, being bloodied, dirty, tired, and sweaty, which makes the entire scene much less picturesque than he wanted.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: TheProphecy: The wizard who met Arek and Matt gave them a scroll which held a prophecy about their quest, including that Arek's TheChosenOne. Part of it was erased due to Matt spilling wine on the scroll accidentally though. He's very touchy over it.
* PseudoRomanticFriendship: Arek and Matt are very close friends, touching each other affectionately, even lying in the same bed sometimes. However, on his part Arek wants more than friendship with Matt. At first though he believes Matt isn't interested. [[spoiler:Eventually they get together.]]
* ResignationsNotAccepted: Arek is magically bonded to kingship, and it's made simply abdicating would kill him.
* SorcerousOverlord: The Vile One ruled Erb after usurping its throne and he was a powerful mage. He persecuted other mages and had oppressed the population generally.
* StickyFingers: Lila is a thief who's cheerfully, unapologetically kleptomaniacal, constantly stealing things wherever she goes. She met Arek and Matt through stealing from them.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** The entire beginning of the novel plays this for laughs by showing the triumph of the hero's party over The Vile One to be much less cinematic than hepictured.
**pictured. He pictured thought he would be able to cleanly behead The Vile One, raise his decapitated head as a trophy, and subsequently, declare his love for Matt and maybe even kiss him. He doesn't get to do any of those things, as beheading someone ends up being a messy and tough affair that soils everyone with blood. He also feels no desire to raise the head because it would be hard since he is bald and it would be really gross to touch a decapitated head as he notices. Matt and Arek are also not in any position to for a romantic declaration, being bloodied, dirty, tired, and sweaty, which makes the entire scene much less picturesque than he wanted.wanted.
** Further, when Arek finds himself thrust into kingship as the last heir from the former ruling dynasty is dead, he and his friends quickly struggle with going from commoners to ruling a kingdom.
* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: The Vile One tried to poison Arek early on, but Rion ate the soup first, with them stopping after he got violently sick. Luckily it was poorly done, so Rion survived.
* TruthSerum:
** Heart's Truth pollen makes people reveal who they desire at heart.
** Bethany's MagicMusic is also capable of complelling people to tell the truth.
* TheUsurper: The Vile One seized the throne, killing most of the royal family while also imprisoning the princess who he needed (temporarily) alive.
* PseudoRomanticFriendship: Arek and Matt are very close friends, touching each other affectionately, even lying in the same bed sometimes. However, on his part Arek wants more than friendship with Matt. At first though he believes Matt isn't interested. [[spoiler:Eventually they get together.]]
* ResignationsNotAccepted: Arek is magically bonded to kingship, and it's made simply abdicating would kill him.
* SorcerousOverlord: The Vile One ruled Erb after usurping its throne and he was a powerful mage. He persecuted other mages and had oppressed the population generally.
* StickyFingers: Lila is a thief who's cheerfully, unapologetically kleptomaniacal, constantly stealing things wherever she goes. She met Arek and Matt through stealing from them.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** The entire beginning of the novel plays this for laughs by showing the triumph of the hero's party over The Vile One to be much less cinematic than he
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** Further, when Arek finds himself thrust into kingship as the last heir from the former ruling dynasty is dead, he and his friends quickly struggle with going from commoners to ruling a kingdom.
* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: The Vile One tried to poison Arek early on, but Rion ate the soup first, with them stopping after he got violently sick. Luckily it was poorly done, so Rion survived.
* TruthSerum:
** Heart's Truth pollen makes people reveal who they desire at heart.
** Bethany's MagicMusic is also capable of complelling people to tell the truth.
* TheUsurper: The Vile One seized the throne, killing most of the royal family while also imprisoning the princess who he needed (temporarily) alive.
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* ItSuckstoBetheChosenOne: Arek says, multiple times, that he wishes that the prophecy did not exist or that the one who the prophecy talks about wasn't him, due to [[spoiler:the fate saying that he should be the one to kill The Vile One and, therefore, forcing him to marry so that he didn't end up vanishing.]]
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** Lampshaded. Lila says that for her, love would happen immediately and strike her like lightining. [[spoiler:As Arek notices when she confesses to Rion, this is exactly how she fell for Rion when he saved a rabbit the party had captured for food.]]
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Matt is extremely certain that they're losing nothing from not knowing what is under the wine stain on the prophecy parchment. He also says he can't remove the stain despite being able to manipulate wine with magic back into a jug. [[spoiler:It turns out he caused the stain on purpose to hide the part of the prophecy that says he is in love with Arek, and wanted to keep that part hidden.]]
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** Matt is extremely certain that they're losing nothing from not knowing what is under the wine stain on the prophecy parchment. He also says he can't remove the stain despite being able to manipulate wine with magic back into a jug. [[spoiler:It turns out he caused the stain on purpose to hide the part of the prophecy that says he is in love with Arek, and wanted to keep that part hidden.]]]]
** The first thing the party learns about the princess from her diary is that, if she survived, she'd tell a girl that she loved her. [[spoiler:The story ends with Arek concluding that for her, finding the other noblewoman, and gifting her the princess's diary.]]
* HeroOfAnotherStory: The Princess was having her own romance story by the time that The Vile One took over, with a slowly developing relationship with a noble girl, which the cast learns from the diary she left behind.
** Matt is extremely certain that they're losing nothing from not knowing what is under the wine stain on the prophecy parchment. He also says he can't remove the stain despite being able to manipulate wine with magic back into a jug. [[spoiler:It turns out he caused the stain on purpose to hide the part of the prophecy that says he is in love with Arek, and wanted to keep that part hidden.
** The first thing the party learns about the princess from her diary is that, if she survived, she'd tell a girl that she loved her. [[spoiler:The story ends with Arek concluding that for her, finding the other noblewoman, and gifting her the princess's diary.]]
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* CessationOfExistence: [[spoiler:Arek's fate of "fading" literally means fading. Parts of his body literally stop existing for brief periods of time the closer he is to his birthday. When it's time, he can't breath because he assumed his lungs had stopped existing and parts of him are vanishing.]]
* CessationOfExistence: [[spoiler:Arek's fate of "fading" literally means fading. Parts of his body literally stop existing for brief periods of time the closer he is to his birthday. When it's time, he can't breath because he assumed his lungs had stopped existing and parts of him are vanishing.]]
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* AFateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:The Princess was forced to marry The Vile One and then trapped in a room in a tower to die, and her soul was to be kept there for years even after her death by magic, only released when the main characters opened the door 40 years after The Vile One took power.]]
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* PoorCommunicationKills: [[spoiler:Matt and Arek are in love with each other, but their assumptions that the other doesn't feel the same way has them acting in stupid ways that leaves Arek almost dead by the time the book is over.]]
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The story follows Arek, a young boy from a village that was picked to TheChosenOne by a mage out of the blue, and made to go into a magical quest to gather a party together with his childhood friend with magical powers, Matt, and defeat the cruel mage ruling over the land known as The Vile One. After a 9 month long journey and gathering his party: Sionne, a reliable warrior; Bethany, a flirtatious bard; Lila, a sneaky half-fae thief; and Rion, a gentle squire; Arek is capable of killing The Vile One in his castle through a not very heroic beheading. Unknowingly, this magically binds him as the new king, a role he neither desires, nor is ready for in any way, frustrating his longer plans of confessing his love for Matt and to live a quiet life after the prophecy gets fulfilled.
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The story follows Arek, a young boy from a village that was picked to TheChosenOne by a mage out of the blue, and made to go into a magical quest to gather a party together with his childhood friend with magical powers, Matt, and defeat the cruel mage ruling over the land known as The Vile One. After a 9 month long journey and gathering his party: Sionne, a reliable warrior; Bethany, a flirtatious bard; Lila, a sneaky half-fae thief; and Rion, a gentle squire; Arek is capable of killing The Vile One in his castle through a not very heroic beheading. Unknowingly, this magically binds him as the new king, a role he neither desires, nor is ready for in any way, frustrating his longer plans of confessing his love for Matt and to live a quiet life after the prophecy gets fulfilled.
fulfilled. Furthermore, as they quickly learn, Arek cannot resign from the throne under the threat of death by the magic of the crown, and must be married by the time he is 18, giving him 3 months to find someone with whom to be bound with when he believes Matt rejects him.
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* InternalReveal: After the incident with [[spoiler:Lila and the Heart's Truth's pollen, Arek is forced to explain to his party about the fact that if he doesn't soul-bond with someone, he might die.]]
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** He pictured he would be able to cleanly behead The Vile One, raise his decapitated head as a trophy, and subsequently, declare his love for Matt and maybe even kiss him. He doesn't get to do any of those things, as beheading someone ends up being a messy and tough affair that soils everyone with blood. He also feels no desire to raise the head because it would be hard since he is bald and it would be really gross to touch a decapitated head as he notices. Matt and Arek are also not in any position to for a romantic declaration, being bloodied, dirty, tired, and sweaty, which makes the entire scene much less picturesque than he wanted.
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''So This is Ever After'' is a 2022 romcom fantasy novel by F.T. Lukens.
The story follows Arek, a young boy from a village that was picked to TheChosenOne by a mage out of the blue, and made to go into a magical quest to gather a party together with his childhood friend with magical powers, Matt, and defeat the cruel mage ruling over the land known as The Vile One. After a 9 month long journey and gathering his party: Sionne, a reliable warrior; Bethany, a flirtatious bard; Lila, a sneaky half-fae thief; and Rion, a gentle squire; Arek is capable of killing The Vile One in his castle through a not very heroic beheading. Unknowingly, this magically binds him as the new king, a role he neither desires, nor is ready for in any way, frustrating his longer plans of confessing his love for Matt and to live a quiet life after the prophecy gets fulfilled.
!Tropes
* ArcWords: "King Arek The Kind", the title that Arek gains from his actions towards others. Despite not liking it for not thinking it paints him as quite in a strong way, others still thing to be a good and fitting title.
* EveryoneIsBi: No character is ever explicitly referred by one sexuality or another and seem to all be interested in anyone regardless of gender. Arek sees all members of his party as possible romantic prospects and possible attracted to him, despite some of them also being blatantly attracted to women.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Matt is extremely certain that they're losing nothing from not knowing what is under the wine stain on the prophecy parchment. He also says he can't remove the stain despite being able to manipulate wine with magic back into a jug. [[spoiler:It turns out he caused the stain on purpose to hide the part of the prophecy that says he is in love with Arek, and wanted to keep that part hidden.]]
* InsistentTerminology: Arek insists that the pollen from the Heart's Truth flower is not a "lust pollen".
* InternalReveal:
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: The entire beginning of the novel plays this for laughs by showing the triumph of the hero's party over The Vile One to be much less cinematic than he pictured.
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''So This is Ever After'' is a 2022 romcom fantasy novel by F.T. Lukens.
The story follows Arek, a young boy from a village that was picked to TheChosenOne by a mage out of the blue, and made to go into a magical quest to gather a party together with his childhood friend with magical powers, Matt, and defeat the cruel mage ruling over the land known as The Vile One. After a 9 month long journey and gathering his party: Sionne, a reliable warrior; Bethany, a flirtatious bard; Lila, a sneaky half-fae thief; and Rion, a gentle squire; Arek is capable of killing The Vile One in his castle through a not very heroic beheading. Unknowingly, this magically binds him as the new king, a role he neither desires, nor is ready for in any way, frustrating his longer plans of confessing his love for Matt and to live a quiet life after the prophecy gets fulfilled.
!Tropes
* ArcWords: "King Arek The Kind", the title that Arek gains from his actions towards others. Despite not liking it for not thinking it paints him as quite in a strong way, others still thing to be a good and fitting title.
* EveryoneIsBi: No character is ever explicitly referred by one sexuality or another and seem to all be interested in anyone regardless of gender. Arek sees all members of his party as possible romantic prospects and possible attracted to him, despite some of them also being blatantly attracted to women.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Matt is extremely certain that they're losing nothing from not knowing what is under the wine stain on the prophecy parchment. He also says he can't remove the stain despite being able to manipulate wine with magic back into a jug. [[spoiler:It turns out he caused the stain on purpose to hide the part of the prophecy that says he is in love with Arek, and wanted to keep that part hidden.]]
* InsistentTerminology: Arek insists that the pollen from the Heart's Truth flower is not a "lust pollen".
* InternalReveal:
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: The entire beginning of the novel plays this for laughs by showing the triumph of the hero's party over The Vile One to be much less cinematic than he pictured.
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