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Unless your story is set in the Barbados, there are exactly two uses for tridents in fiction. The first is for anyone associated with the sea, particularly if you're a fisherman or a god. This isn't contrived; tridents have their origins as fishing tools, after all, and Poseidon was portrayed with a great big trident. The second is if you're evil. Really evil. Tridents don't go to moderately evil villains or Redshirts; if you're using a trident you better be Satan or seriously, ridiculously evil, and a major villain. They're too stylish for Mooks. Examples of Prongs of Poseidon include:

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  • Prongs of Poseidon
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  • Unless your story is set in the Barbados, there are exactly two uses for tridents in fiction. The first is for anyone associated with the sea, particularly if you're a fisherman or a god. This isn't contrived; tridents have their origins as fishing tools, after all, and Poseidon was portrayed with a great big trident. The second is if you're evil. Really evil. Tridents don't go to moderately evil villains or Redshirts; if you're using a trident you better be Satan or seriously, ridiculously evil, and a major villain. They're too stylish for Mooks. Examples of Prongs of Poseidon include:
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  • Unless your story is set in the Barbados, there are exactly two uses for tridents in fiction. The first is for anyone associated with the sea, particularly if you're a fisherman or a god. This isn't contrived; tridents have their origins as fishing tools, after all, and Poseidon was portrayed with a great big trident. The second is if you're evil. Really evil. Tridents don't go to moderately evil villains or Redshirts; if you're using a trident you better be Satan or seriously, ridiculously evil, and a major villain. They're too stylish for Mooks. Not to be confused with the much more mundane farmer's pitchfork, which unless it's being used to pitch hay is generally wielded in combination with a torch and a mob mentality. In the ancient world, tridents were used in warfare as a spear capable of disarming. They were also used in Ancient Rome in the Gladiator Games, in a parody of fishing - a fisherman (Retiarus) went after a fish (Secutor, whose helmet had a fish welded on top). So historical works set in Ancient Rome or Ancient Grome are justified in showing tridents, either in the games or in war. Examples of Prongs of Poseidon include:
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