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*CuteBlondPilot: Generally cheerful, innocent, and subversive in a cuddly way. Watching these types get chastised by stern authority figures may give the average reader just a bit of a prurient thrill.
-Gabe may be the Ur-example of this trope.
-Blaine, who's also got a bit of /can't/BreaktheCutie.
-Alesku is blond and blushes easily, but may not really be an example of this trope.
-Almost Alaric...
*MentorsAreLove: The Mentor/Candidate relationship usually turns romantic.
-Gabe/Roman is, once again, the Ur-example. Sure, it hasn't happened yet, but it's only a matter of time.
-Remi/Alaric is also only a matter of time.
-Marshal/Satori, if you define love... loosely.
*MentorsAreHate: And then you've got less pleasant situations.
-Roman and his sledgehammer...
-Marshal may be one to watch.
-Liv/Hasdrubal even disturbs Sam.
*AbuseIsLove: Let's not lie, it's there. And it links up MentorsAreLove and MentorsAreHate so well, too.
-Nika/Vaughan! Can anyone say Nika/Vaughan?
-Liv/Hasdrubal... hey, this troper didn't plan it...
*EveryoneLovesGabe: They do. There is no need to list them. See CuteBlondPilot. See also EveryoneIsGayForGabe.
*EveryoneIsGayForGabe: Well, all the males, anyway. Really, it may be better to list exceptions to this one. Or list them all for the lulz. Of course, considering EveryoneIsGay...
-I have it on good authority that even Marshal is gay for Gabe.
*EveryoneIsGay: And yet they rag on Gabe for it all the time... for greater accuracy see EveryoneIsPansexual.
*EveryoneIsPansexual: Makes sense. MoreSexInTheFuture. See RhiStartedIt.
-See everyone.
*RhiStartedIt: See everything. See TalStartedIt.
-See CuteBlondPilot.
-See toe socks. See pie. See InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons.
*TalStartedIt: She did.
-Plot Ninjas.
*OpenThreadsAreWin: Even though they never end.
*ThoughtsGoInItalics: Usually.
-If you're Liv, they also slipslide into jaunty narration.
-Rhi does this too, to good effect.
*TheNiceOnesDieAlone:
-Bart
-Christopher/Kit
-Blaine
*TelepathyGoesInItalicsWithQuotes: It should! Rawr!
*OppressionIsLove: It seems to be a theme--the unequal power relationships, the benevolent dictatorships...
-Mordecai/Mages are pretty much premised on this, it seems.
-So are Dragons/Psychics, you know...
-The Citizen
-Alesku/Calliope, Bryn and Nomenere--any Pilot with a close Dragon relationship.
*EveryoneIsaGospel: Just count them.
*EveryoneIsAPilot: You won't be able to hold out for long. Aedolis is the place to be, and everyone knows it.
*TheMatrixHasYou:
-Pilots will always need the Network. They will never, ever betray their country because their addiction depends on it.
-Subverted! Gospels. Because SufferingIsFun.
*SufferingIsFun: See OppressionIsLove.
*PilotAngst: Because it's hard to be a Pilot.
-Sometimes your Gospel wife is killed. Remi.
-Sometimes you and your Mentor want each other, but because you're Gabe and Roman...
-Sometimes you're a hermaphrodite and people are bigots...
-Sometimes you're a Gospel and can't talk about it.
*CandidateAngst: Because they think it's hard to be a Candidate.
-Sometimes you get your vocal cords cut.
-Sometimes you get raped.
-Sometimes you get hammered to deal with it all.
-Sometimes you just get hammered.
*RomanWillHammerYouAndYouWillLikeIt: See CandidateAngst, OppressionIsLove.
*TechnologyIsEvil: Sort of.
-Aedolis destroys the world with it. The Network takes over people's minds.
*TechnologyIsAwesome: See EvilIsAwesome.
*AxisPointDoesn'tWork: We all know it.
*LeadRoomsDon'tWork: Did you hear about that Sade dude?
-HowWereTheLeadRoomsSupposedtoWorkAnyway?
-"Psychic suppression"?
-I think that only means they can't communicate with the Dragons or people /outside/ the LRs.
-Clarity would be nice. Call Rhi to deliver the WordOfGod. Or Tal.
-*Stares at Tal* She set it up that way.
-It only deals with thoughts as far as I know. xP
*PilotsLieALot: Self-explanatory.
*PilotsPieALot: Mmm... pie.
*PilotsStillHaveConvenientSocialLives: Seriously, you'd expect them to be the most messed-up, weird ... oh wait, never mind.
-Liv. Subverted. Alesku: subverted. Hm... Remi? Subverted?
-Bryn. Subverted.
*WeAreAllAdorkable: Do not deny.
*HappyOnTheOutside: We all know, deep down, we're fucked.
- See (not)PilotAngst.
-See Edani Mages, probably.
- See PieIsTheOnlyEscape
- See NetworkAddiction
*SamHasTooManyIdeas: It's like If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, but more If You Give a Sam a Site.
-Alaina does not have enough.
-Sam shares. In return, hot, hot, Bryn/Liv... philosophical argument.
-Sexy. Philosophy. *eyeroll*
*PhilosophyIsSexy: Aleph. Alaina and Sam.
- Actually this is true keep it up.
-If I'm reading Kierkegaard, baby, I can.
-Wow.
-Well, IfYouKnowWhatIMean.
-WinkNudge.
*TheyProbablyHookedUp: But we don't know for sure. Fade-to-black.
-They all probably hooked up.
-All Pilots ever? :P
-Yes. Ever.
*InnuendoIsUniversal: Read the Pilot Blog. Or any thread. Or the cbox.
-Or Liv. Though he has no Nietzsche-stache.
-ExceptionProvesRule.
*AlainaNeverFinishesThreads:
-Aw.
*SamTakesEverythingasCriticism: For example, if someone doesn't finish a thread. Or enjoy one. Or finds a plot unfun. Or blames all troubles on her.
- I actually love this thread, I just can't think of any ideas.
*CommonExcuse: When you say you'd love to post, but can't think of any ideas.
-It's because another of Sam's brilliant ideas has distracted you. See FanficTrumpsPlot.
*FanficTrumpsPlot: You will never, ever finish an actual plot post if there is Pilot-on-Candidate Hermaphrodite Slash to be had.
-Resku OTP.
*LivIsBadAtSex: He just is. See Abuseis[n't]LoveAndScrewsYouUpaLot.
*IMRPIsGod: Many a past relationship has been sorted via IM RP. It is God.
-See Draco. A lot.
-It's a good thing!
*EvilIsAwesome: Arguably every badass nation (okay, Seruna's not that terrible) is fairly evil.
-Edanith has Mage slavery.
-Aedolis has... Aedolis.
*CelibateIsSexy: The lure of the unattainable
-Gabe
-Kit
-Alesku (sort of, see DragonSexIsReal)
-Alaric (sort of, see PilotAngst)
*MentorSyndrome: It's real. The persistent question of whether you're becoming your mentor, optionally because there's been banging. Of some kind.
*DragonSexIsReal: The scalefic writers would be so proud.
-Alesku/Calliope. Alliope.
*EveryoneLovesHair: Nearly every character has cool hair/thinks too much about their hair/has symbolically important hair.
-See CuteBlondPilot.
-See Alaric and Taras! for FauxHawksAreCool and Kit and Keziah for MulletsAreCool. And Taras rocks a mullethawk. She has /both./
-Vaughan for UndyedEyebrowsAreCool. Shiloh for OrangeHairIsCool.
-Just a few of those who care way too much about hair: Gabe, Blaine, Liv, Dermut Gottschalk...
*CompanionCube: Pilots become attached to silly things.
-Bowl banditry, ceiling tea, vests, hair (Liv).
-WoW. Just... WoW.
-teaspons and toesocks.
-see ThisIsARealTropeAndWe'reCheating.
*IrrelevantComparedToTheBigPicture: Pilots do it all the time.
*IfTalPlaysThereTheyWillCome: When Tal plays somewhere, people flock to it.