The Obernewtyn Chronicles/YMMV


 * Alternative Character Interpretation: Atthis is a Magnificent Bastard who.
 * Magnificent Bastard: Ariel, who runs the gauntlet for this. His ability to manipulate people is the primary reason he has
 * Nightmare Fuel: The shadows in The Stone Key
 * Unfortunate Implications: Many Sadorians want to breed out the inherent brutality in their blood, and abandon their savage language. But it eventually becomes pretty clear that the Sadorians are . Whoops.
 * It's said in-book that Mericanda (which is supposed to be America) shares a land-based border with Gadfia. So, in terms of geography... no... that doesn't really make a lot of sense. That said, there is a lot of bizarre geography described throughout the series.
 * It is stated in Book 1 that the Great White changed the shape of the land...
 * That much is a bit hard to believe, given that it'd require relocating one piece of the land across a rather large percentage of the globe's circumference. That degree of changing shape would require warping reality--and in turn mean the Great White couldn't have been caused by nukes. But see:
 * You Fail Geography Forever: Carmody has admitted she cut up a map of the world and shuffled it up to create her mental map of the Land. But it's not the kind of series where this is hugely concerning.