The novel constantly subverts fantasy tropes and archetypes. The novel "radically subverts the conventions of historical fiction" due to its idiosyncratic time structure. The genre subverts or rejects rock conventions, and often incorporates electronic music. Nesbit thus gently subverts the Romantic stereotype of children as innocent little angels. Parody subverts popular genres and forms, critiquing those forms without necessarily condemning them. Leaving no doubt about his satirical intent, Twain then gleefully subverts his entire argument. According to Dawkins, religion "subverts science and saps the intellect". Nara subverts these images, however, by infusing his works with horror-like imagery. Comedy in general accepts the rules of the social game, while satire subverts them. He subverts the Emergents' own oppressive security systems through a series of high-risk ruses. Special pleading subverts an assumption of existential import. Claims that the book only subverts Utopia and Hythlodaeus are possibly oversimplistic. "Wild Seed" subverts several characteristics of Postcolonialism. In "The Alchemist," Jonson subverts this tradition. This culture subverts the status of the family.