Taboo: Tropes

Signature tropes

The ones that say the most about Taboo. Pick one to read it.

• Murder Is the Best Solutionin 604 titlesAfter bribery fails, the EIC try to deal with James by killing him.Read →
• Relative Errorin 124 titlesSubverted when Lorna Bow sees James Delaney paying a lot of attention to Zilpha during an upper class party they were invited to.Read →
• Speak Ill of the Deadin 111 titlesWhen discussing Horace Delaney's death with the rest of the EIC board, Sir Stuart introduces the matter thus; "The issue today is old man Delaney, may he rot in hell.Read →
• Mighty Whiteyin 318 titlesA rather vicious deconstruction.Read →
• Grave Robbingin 184 titlesDuring the time period it was an unofficial practice among some medical professionals to perform experiments on recently buried, excavated corpses.Read →
• Spanner in the Worksin 1,511 titlesSir Stuart Strange assumed that Horace Delaney would leave Nootka Sound to his daughter and her husband who would then turn around and sell it to the East India Trading Company.Read →