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->''There’s a faceless old woman who secretly lives in everyone’s home, but no one knows how she got there or where she came from...until now.''

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->''There’s a faceless old woman who secretly lives in everyone’s home, but no one knows how she got there or where she came from...from ... until now.''



* BittersweetEnding: The Faceless Old Woman, despite becoming a literal monster, finds a purpose to her existence and is, after a fashion, happy. [[spoiler: This purpose is haunting and horrifically murdering all of Edmond's male descendants for the rest of time.]] Uh...yay?
* BlackWidow: [[spoiler: Eleanor]] is a subversion - she actually loves her husband, but she's lived under the control of her father her whole life and thinks the freedom of widowhood is worth losing her spouse.
* ComingAndGoing: [[spoiler: Eleanor]] has sex with her husband one last time before killing him.

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* BittersweetEnding: The Faceless Old Woman, despite becoming a literal monster, finds a purpose to her existence and is, after a fashion, happy. [[spoiler: This purpose is haunting and horrifically murdering all of Edmond's male descendants for the rest of time.]] Uh... yay?
* BlackWidow: [[spoiler: Eleanor]] [[spoiler:Eleanor]] is a subversion - she actually loves her husband, but she's lived under the control of her father her whole life and thinks the freedom of widowhood is worth losing her spouse.
* ComingAndGoing: [[spoiler: Eleanor]] [[spoiler:Eleanor]] has sex with her husband one last time before killing him.



* PoisonRing: [[spoiler: Eleanor]] stores the poison that she uses to kill [[spoiler: Theodore]] in one of her earrings.

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* PoisonRing: [[spoiler: Eleanor]] [[spoiler:Eleanor]] stores the poison that she uses to kill [[spoiler: Theodore]] [[spoiler:Theodore]] in one of her earrings.



* SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler: Rebekah]]is the only one to escape the trap that [[spoiler: Edmond]] sets.

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* SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler: Rebekah]]is [[spoiler:Rebekah]] is the only one to escape the trap that [[spoiler: Edmond]] [[spoiler:Edmond]] sets.
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A 2020 novel by Jeffery Cranor and Joseph Fink, the creators of ''Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale'' and featuring characters from it.

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A 2020 novel by Jeffery Jeffrey Cranor and Joseph Fink, the creators of ''Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale'' and featuring characters from it.
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* SweetPollyOliver: Rebekah often disguises herself as a man and even lives as one for extended periods - in her youth, a la ''Film/{{Yentl}}'', to attend yeshiva, and after retiring from piracy, she becomes a town's rabbi, even marrying the old rabbi's daughter (who knows Rebekah's true identity and

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* SweetPollyOliver: Rebekah often disguises herself as a man and even lives as one for extended periods - in her youth, a la ''Film/{{Yentl}}'', to attend yeshiva, and after retiring from piracy, she becomes a town's rabbi, even marrying the old rabbi's daughter (who (the only person who knows Rebekah's true identity and identity).

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->''In the town of Night Vale, there’s a faceless old woman who secretly lives in everyone’s home, but no one knows how she got there or where she came from...until now.''

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->''In the town of Night Vale, there’s ->''There’s a faceless old woman who secretly lives in everyone’s home, but no one knows how she got there or where she came from...until now.''
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A 2020 novel by Jeffery Cranor and Joseph Fink, the creators of ''Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale'' and featuring characters from it.

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* TheBeard: A subversion: Rebekah is actually a woman disguised as a man, and married to a gay woman who can't be out in their conservative Jewish community.



* BittersweetEnding: The Faceless Old Woman, despite becoming a literal monster, finds a purpose to her existence and is, after a fashion, happy. [[spoiler: This purpose is haunting and horrifically murdering all of Edmond's male descendants for the rest of time.]] Uh...yay?
* BlackWidow: [[spoiler: Eleanor]] is a subversion - she actually loves her husband, but she's lived under the control of her father her whole life and thinks the freedom of widowhood is worth losing her spouse.
* ComingAndGoing: [[spoiler: Eleanor]] has sex with her husband one last time before killing him.



* EsotericHappyEnding: The Faceless Old Woman, despite becoming a literal monster, finds a purpose to her existence and is, after a fashion, happy. [[spoiler: This purpose is haunting and horrifically murdering all of Edmond's male descendants for the rest of time.]] Uh...yay?


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* FirstGirlWins: Subverted. The Woman does eventually get engaged to Albert - but she leaves him before the wedding.


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* PoisonRing: [[spoiler: Eleanor]] stores the poison that she uses to kill [[spoiler: Theodore]] in one of her earrings.


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* SweetPollyOliver: Rebekah often disguises herself as a man and even lives as one for extended periods - in her youth, a la ''Film/{{Yentl}}'', to attend yeshiva, and after retiring from piracy, she becomes a town's rabbi, even marrying the old rabbi's daughter (who knows Rebekah's true identity and

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* BaitTheDog: At first, one could almost think that the Faceless Old Woman is manipulating Craig because in her own twisted way, she cares about him and wants him to be happy. [[spoiler: While she is fond of him, she is actually steering him towards marriage so he will have a son. Then she will kill him, as she killed his father, his grandfather, and several-many great-grandfathers, in an act of revenge against Craig's generations-ago ancestor. She will repeat the cycle with his descendants until the end of time.]]

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* BaitTheDog: At first, one could almost think that the Faceless Old Woman is manipulating Craig because in her own twisted way, she cares about him and wants him to be happy. [[spoiler: While she is fond of him, she is actually steering him towards marriage so he will have a son. Then she will kill him, just as she killed all his father, his grandfather, and several-many great-grandfathers, in an act of revenge against male ancestors going back to the man who killed her own father. After Craig's generations-ago ancestor. She son grows up and has a son of his own, she'll kill him too - and so on and so on in an endless cycle.]]
* BatmanGambit: The Faceless Old Woman decides that she
will repeat destroy the cycle with Order of the Labyrinth from the inside. To do this, she will need to come to their attention, be recruited into their ranks, and rise through the organization. Thus, she begins by plotting the spectacular downfall of Lady Nora of Luftnarp.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Vlad is offered
his descendants until heart's desire to betray the end of time.]]Faceless Old Woman. [[spoiler: He accepts the offer and stabs her, but is careful to do it in a way that will not kill her, causing her enemies to believe that she is dead so she can escape.]] When she asks why, he replies, "You are my captain."


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* EsotericHappyEnding: The Faceless Old Woman, despite becoming a literal monster, finds a purpose to her existence and is, after a fashion, happy. [[spoiler: This purpose is haunting and horrifically murdering all of Edmond's male descendants for the rest of time.]] Uh...yay?


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* PirateGirl: The Faceless Old Woman during her time as captain of the ''Wasp''.


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* SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler: Rebekah]]is the only one to escape the trap that [[spoiler: Edmond]] sets.
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* BaitTheDog: At first, one could almost think that the Faceless Old Woman is manipulating Craig because in her own twisted way, she cares about him and wants him to be happy. [[spoiler: While she is fond of him, she is actually steering him towards marriage so he will have a son. Then she will kill him, as she killed his father, his grandfather, and his great-grandfather, in an act of revenge against his great-great-grandfather, and repeat the cycle with his child.]]

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* BaitTheDog: At first, one could almost think that the Faceless Old Woman is manipulating Craig because in her own twisted way, she cares about him and wants him to be happy. [[spoiler: While she is fond of him, she is actually steering him towards marriage so he will have a son. Then she will kill him, as she killed his father, his grandfather, and his great-grandfather, several-many great-grandfathers, in an act of revenge against his great-great-grandfather, and Craig's generations-ago ancestor. She will repeat the cycle with his child.descendants until the end of time.]]



* TheBigGuy: Lora the Giant, true to her name is over seven feet tall.

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* TheBigGuy: Lora the Giant, true to her name name, is over seven feet tall.
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* {{Squick}}: The Faceless Old Woman drives off a woman she thinks is unsuitable for Chad by using his phone to text her an image of a raccoon being eaten by a coyote.

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* {{Squick}}: The Faceless Old Woman drives off a woman she thinks is unsuitable for Chad Craig by using his phone to text her an image of a raccoon being eaten by a coyote.

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Over two hundred years ago, a girl with a face was born on the Mediterranean Sea. How she became an old woman, how she lost her face, and how she came to be deeply interested in Chad's love life, is a tale of piracy and plunder, murder and mystery, revolution and revenge.

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Over two hundred years ago, a girl with a face was born on the Mediterranean Sea. How she became an old woman, how she lost her face, and how she came to be deeply interested in Chad's Craig's love life, is a tale of piracy and plunder, murder and mystery, revolution and revenge.



* BaitTheDog: At first, one could almost think that the Faceless Old Woman is manipulating Chad because in her own twisted way, she cares about him and wants him to be happy. [[spoiler: While she is fond of him, she is actually steering him towards marriage so he will have a son. Then she will kill him, as she killed his father, his grandfather, and his great-grandfather, in an act of revenge against his great-great-grandfather, and repeat the cycle with his child.]]

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* BaitTheDog: At first, one could almost think that the Faceless Old Woman is manipulating Chad Craig because in her own twisted way, she cares about him and wants him to be happy. [[spoiler: While she is fond of him, she is actually steering him towards marriage so he will have a son. Then she will kill him, as she killed his father, his grandfather, and his great-grandfather, in an act of revenge against his great-great-grandfather, and repeat the cycle with his child.]]



* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: It's a story about a woman who is over two hundred years old, doesn't have a face, and is in your house without your knowledge. Probably using your Netflix account.

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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: It's a story about a woman who doesn't have a face, is over two hundred years old, doesn't have a face, old, and is in your house without your knowledge. Probably using your Netflix account.account.
* MasterOfDisguise: Rebekah can transform herself so smoothly that she's been known to have conversations between personas.



* {{Squick}}: The Faceless Old Woman drives off a woman she thinks is unsuitable for Chad by using his phone to text her an image of a raccoon being eaten by a coyote.

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* {{Revenge}}: The Faceless Old Woman's motivation for the entire book.
* ShapedLikeItself: When presented with the cut-off fingers he requested, "Holger winced like a person who had just had a bloodstained bag full of body parts thrust at him."
* {{Squick}}: The Faceless Old Woman drives off a woman she thinks is unsuitable for Chad by using his phone to text her an image of a raccoon being eaten by a coyote.coyote.
* TheBigGuy: Lora the Giant, true to her name is over seven feet tall.
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* EldritchLocation: The country of Franchia has no inhabitants at all, despite being completely covered by apparently human-made arches, courtyards, and staircases. Entire armies have been swallowed up by it, with only a handful of survivors escaping to swear that they've wandered across [[BiggerOnTheInside way more territory than its borders should encompass]]. It's convenient as a politically neutral location for things like signing treaties, but nobody likes to spend the night there.
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* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Andre is so beautiful and charming that almost no one can resist trying to impress him.
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->''In the town of Night Vale, there’s a faceless old woman who secretly lives in everyone’s home, but no one knows how she got there or where she came from...until now.''

Over two hundred years ago, a girl with a face was born on the Mediterranean Sea. How she became an old woman, how she lost her face, and how she came to be deeply interested in Chad's love life, is a tale of piracy and plunder, murder and mystery, revolution and revenge.

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!!''The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives In Your Home'' contains examples of:

* AntiHero: The Faceless Old Woman is this at the very least, if not a VillainProtagonist. She engages in all manner of criminal acts, including murder of innocents, in pursuit of revenge against the people who murdered her father.
* BaitTheDog: At first, one could almost think that the Faceless Old Woman is manipulating Chad because in her own twisted way, she cares about him and wants him to be happy. [[spoiler: While she is fond of him, she is actually steering him towards marriage so he will have a son. Then she will kill him, as she killed his father, his grandfather, and his great-grandfather, in an act of revenge against his great-great-grandfather, and repeat the cycle with his child.]]
* DeathByChildbirth: The Faceless Old Woman's mother died giving birth to her.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: It's a story about a woman who is over two hundred years old, doesn't have a face, and is in your house without your knowledge. Probably using your Netflix account.
* NoNameGiven: The title character never tells the reader what her name is.
* {{Squick}}: The Faceless Old Woman drives off a woman she thinks is unsuitable for Chad by using his phone to text her an image of a raccoon being eaten by a coyote.

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