![]() ![]() Morgenstern was being satirical and put them in to let a savvy reader know the story's fiction. In-universe William Goldman states that this drove his editor bonkers, and had to explain that S. Oh, and stew is older than everything, except taxes. Anachronism Stew: The setting is "before Europe", yet "after America" and before the invention of the word "glamour." Also, there is a mention of Australia being populated entirely by criminals, and Westley is described as wearing blue jeans.He just views her as a political tool to convince his country to go to war. Ambiguously Gay: Prince Humperdinck is the only character not swayed by Buttercup's beauty.Humperdinck breaks off the engagement when it turns out during a banquet that his fiancee is congenitally bald, and comments that he'd always planned to just conquer Guilder instead. Altar Diplomacy: The ailing King and Queen of Florin want to marry Prince Humperdinck to the Princess of Guilder to ally with the two rival countries.The Alcoholic: Inigo pre- and post-Vizzini. ![]() Affectionate Parody: Pulls off the tricky balancing act between joyful appreciation and subtle (and not so subtle) parody.And yes, it is an affectionate nickname he's quite fond of her. for short because the only stepmothers he knew were the evil ones from fairy tales. Affectionate Nickname: Humperdinck calls Queen Bella "Evil Stepmother," or E.S.Affably Evil: Prince Humperdinck and Count Rugen are quite nice, even when they are torturing you or planning your murder, so much so that when Humperdinck loses his composure, it comes as a genuine shock.The note non-existent original book that the story was told from was a long, boring political satire that the narrator distilled into just the good parts for his son. ![]()
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