![]() Steampunk: Sparse at first, but as the story progresses so does the density of awesome, era-inappropriate stuff made out of brass. ![]() Sword Cane: Actually, an electric cattle-prod-type-thing cane.Police Are Useless: Averted, they totally aren't useless.Both instances can be justified by the setting, and the terminology which would be appropriate in it. Also applicable to the robots, which are always referred to as "automata". Not Using the Z Word: Well, the back of the book does use it, but said zombie-like entities are referred to as "revenants" within the story.We also see an actual brain in a jar just before it is placed inside a robot. Brain In a Jar: How the automatons work.I Can Still Fight: Maurice pulls off this trope with a combination of his stubborn, restless attitude, and a continuous stream of things trying to kill or escape from him and his friends.Break Out the Museum Piece: Newbury wards off some assailants using an axe and a flail that had been mounted on the wall.Artistic License Physics/ Perpetual Motion Machine: The power source of the "automata" is powered by their own movement, in complete violation of the Second Law of Thermodynamics.Alternate History: Steam powered carriages and clockwork robots? Welcome to Victorian London!.Tropes used in The Affinity Bridge include: ![]()
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