![]() ![]() Cinder would be considered disfigured by some due to being a cyborg, but otherwise her appearance is average. A thaumaturge soon manipulates Thorne into pointing his gun at Cinder, forcing her to shoot him in the leg with a tranquilizer. Back-to-Back Badasses: Cinder and Thorne at the climax of Scarlet, very briefly.Backstory: The various stories in Stars Above dramatize important events that had previously been background material for the four girls as well as Ze'ev, Jacin, Michelle, Iko, and Thorne.Author Appeal: Marissa Meyer was a Sailor Moon fangirl, and there are many references to the series (long-lost moon princess, you say?).They do eventually marry with Levana being crowned Empress the following day (not that she gets to celebrate for very long). However, the brutal attacks from the Lunar Special Operatives wears down his resistance to the point where he's practically begging Levana to marry him. Kai is loathe to give in not just because she's a tyrant, but also because he knows their union will certainly end with his death and the eventual takeover of Earth. She uses an antidote to the letumosis virus as a bargaining chip, knowing that he won't be able to tolerate that refusal will lead to the deaths of more innocents. Prince Kai just happens to be a perfect target: he's young, handsome, available, and, most importantly, desperate. And Now You Must Marry Me: Queen Levana is determined to get a legitimate claim to Earth via marriage to an Earthen leader.After falling in love with Scarlet, he recognizes her as his mate which means his instinct to protect her overrides his instinct to kill at the command of his superiors. It also helps Wolf overcome his conditioning to obey the thaumaturges. This is even an important plot point in the series, as wolf DNA was specifically chosen to create these soldiers in order to make them easier to organize and control. Alpha and Beta Wolves: The organization of Levana's genetically engineered Wolf Man Super Soldiers is based on the common but mistaken belief that wolf packs adhere to a strict social hierarchy involving alphas, betas, and omegas.It barely gets her to the palace before crashing into a tree. The Alleged Car: Cinder's "pumpkin", an ancient orange wreck of a ground car she finds in a junkyard and attempts to fix.An Aesop: It's wrong to use petty differences to strip someone of their humanity, and to demand blind ownership of another being- especially the right to kill said being for one's own benefit.Naturally, he's embarrassed when he realizes the sixteen year old girl he thought was a shophand is Linh Cinder. Actually, I Am Him: Prince Kai assumes Linh Cinder, the best mechanic in new Beijing, is a man.There's a lot more at stake in Cinder and her crew's abduction of Kai than just their feelings. ![]()
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