Orson Scott Card's Empire/YMMV


 * Acceptable Religious Targets: Islam in the second book.
 * Anvilicious: Let's just say this book is not subtle in its execution and leave it at that.
 * Broken Aesop: The book is purportedly about the evils of divisiveness in political discourse and extremism on both ends of the political spectrum.
 * Broken Base: Fans of Shadow Complex tend to be liberals who resent the political elements while fans of Orson Scott Card resent the video game elements.
 * Family-Unfriendly Aesop:
 * Magnificent Bastard:
 * Some Anvils Need to Be Dropped: The book's main theme is more and more relevant each year since it was written (2006), if the major political blogs and TV news shows are any indication.
 * Values Resonance: Still young, but with increasing relevancy.
 * Straw Man Has a Point: The Ax Crazy Progressive Restoration never actually says anything WRONG really, even if they all sort of are nuts.
 * The Woobie: Cecily, poor Cecily.