History Webcomic / CursedPrincessClub

Residing deep in the Pastel Kingdom's "Haunted Forest," the Cursed Princess Club is the hangout of misfit princesses who suffer from [[{{Curse}} unfortunate and unbreakable enchantments]] that render them "unfit" to represent their kingdoms. The Cursed Princesses welcome Gwen with open arms, even though Gwen can't lay claim to a curse of her own. With wisdom, wit, and a healthy dose of girl-power, they're determined to help Gwen realize that she doesn't need a prince or a pretty face to be the best princess she can be. These hexed ladies might be just the support system Gwen needs to rebuild her confidence and navigate the diplomatic and interpersonal challenges of her engagement.

* BadDate: The Plaid Princes take the Pastel Princesses (and Prince Jamie) to an amusement park for their first official "date." Blaine, Lance, Maria, Lorena, and Gwen go into a haunted house, while Frederick and Jamie ride the TunnelOfLove boats for some future-brother-in-law bonding. By the end of the night (7:45 pm, to be exact), they return to the Pastel Castle looking like hell: Lorena is covered in fake blood (with a sprained ankle and a busted hand from fighting the murder-clowns in the haunted house), Maria has fear-vomited a rainbow of sparkles all over her dress, while Frederick and Jamie fell out of their boat and into the gross, stale water in the love boat ride and are soaking wet. Despite the disastrous turn of events, all the royals had a good time and seem to be getting much closer to each other, driving the King of the Pastel Kingdom into a panic over seeing his "babies" growing up and showing an interest in the opposite sex.

** Princess Thermidora used to be a lobster. A magical sea cucumber cursed her into a human form (except for her "immaculate pincers," which have remained unchanged) in order to steal Thermidora's beloved Duke Benedict (also a lobster).

** Princess Monika was transformed into a crow after being kidnapped by and evil wizard. Though her curse was technically "undone," she still unwittingly turns into a crow whenever she feels embarrassed or scared.
** Attempted on [[spoiler: Prince Whitney]] after [[spoiler: returning to the Monochrome palace while presumed dead by his own failed curse attempt]]. [[spoiler: Mostly averted, however: because he spat the potion out aside from a bit that got into his sinuses, the white tiger potion only went visibly as far as to give his face tiger stripes, with a few other minor side effects.]]

* ImagineSpot: When the Princes of the Plaid Kingdom take the Pastel Princesses (and Prince Jamie) to an amusement park for a triple-date, Blaine and Lance go into a shared imagine spot thinking about how taking Maria and Lorena into the Haunted House will result in the sheltered princesses falling into their arms with fright. Lance even has [[https://www.webtoons.com/en/comedy/cursed-princess-club/ep-27-the-amusement-park-part-2/viewer?title_no=1537&episode_no=27 a second, shoujou-esque imagine spot]] as they enter the "Disgusting Bloody Clown Murderhouse," complete with narration.

* RunningGag: Gwen's appearance causing people to mistake her for a witch. There's even a haunted house in one chapter with a "possum witch" character based on her. [[spoiler: This also applies to her mother, as we see in a flashback.]]

** The Princels are a bunch of bitter, self-absorbed Princes who are convinced that their "ugliness" prevents them from finding joy in the world (or girlfriends), and they call Gwen a house elf on first meeting her. But after a slice of her homemade pie in [[https://www.webtoons.com/en/comedy/cursed-princess-club/ep-42-the-princels-part-2/viewer?title_no=1537&episode_no=42 Episode 42]] one of their number exclaims he's ready to "tear down my walls and open myself up to all the joys life has to offer!," and immediately proposes that Gwen marry into their household and live with them forever. (Of course, the Princels throw a fit the moment they hear Gwen doesn't want to date or marry any of them, but that's beside the point.)

* TonightSomeoneDies: Nell delivers a prophecy that ''SOMETIME BEFORE THE NEW MOON WILL PASS, A MEMBER OF THIS CLUB SHALL DIE IN A FLASH''. [[spoiler: Ultimately subverted: since Calpernia spared Prince Whitney's life when given the chance to kill him, merely telling him to leave and never see the club again, he ends up in exactly the right situation to bring Renee back from the pond during a thunderstorm and avert her prophesied death by lightning. The subversion is lampshaded by Nell, who notes that one crucial decision often ends up leading to the few cases where her omens don't come true.]]

** Calpernia is somewhat implied to be asexual or aromantic, or at the very least has never been romantically interested enough in anyone to want to kiss them. [[spoiler: Even if this wasn't the case, it's been stated that her curse having been purchased from a shady back-alley curse vendor means it's prone to not working properly and may be downright impossible to remove the "normal" way.]]

* WorldOfTechnicolorHair: Unnatural hair colors abound. Princess Gwen has green hair, Princess Lorena has purple hair, Prince Jamie has bright pink hair, President Calpernia has blue hair, Princess Abbi has teal hair, etc... [[spoiler: King Jack even had opalescent/pastel hair when he was a young man, though by the time the story begins the stress of losing his wife and raising four kids has turned it all gray]].

*** However, [[spoiler:this ended up being partially {{Subverted}}, as while they did become friends, Maria does not end up with Beckett either.]]

* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: The final chapter takes place six months later, and Gwen writes in her diary about what happened after:

** Jack held a celebration to acknowledge the people who helped defended the castle from the invasion. He hasn't visited Leland in prison since.

** The Club eventually got Gwen's painting from the Conservatory back by distracting them with Laverne.

** Frederick has been hard at work studying to one day become king and has been receiving support from his family.

** Neil and Jolie officially got married.
** Aurelia had gotten together with Celso after their meeting at the castle.

* AnAesop:
** Love yourself. Comparing yourself to others and beating yourself up over your mistakes and shortcomings will only bring you misery. Instead of wallowing in self-hatred, you should work on improving your flaws and accepting yourself for who you are.
** "Pain is not a competition". It's not good to downplay your trauma or sweep your feelings of hurt under the rug because you believe others have it worse. You have a right to feel those things. And it's up to you to choose when to heal from them.
** People are complicated. Things are rarely all black and white. Someone who behaves badly might be hurting a lot on the inside and someone who always puts on a happy face might actually suffer and hide it out of fear they'll inconvenience others. Don't dismiss someone outright after a bad first impression.
** Relationships require communication and openness about one's feelings to work. Don't pretend to be someone you're not just to please your significant other. If they really love you, they'll accept you for who you are, quirks and all.
** Beauty is subjective. What you find mesmerizing, someone else might find hideous. Judging everything based on what you think is and isn't beautiful leads to a very narrow world-view and a lot of biases.
** Being in pain does not give you the right to be cruel to others. Don't just lash out at the world every time you feel you've been wronged. Other people have feelings too.
** You are not alone: even if you can't bring yourself to love yourself as you are, there are others out there who love and care about you, and it's both fine and good to rely on them for support...
** ...but only so much. In the end, everyone's struggle to find a sense of self-worth and well-being is a personal one. Nobody else, no matter how much they love you, can or should be the single thing that makes you love yourself. You can't base your entire self-image on how somebody else sees you, no matter how positively you think they do.

%%WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: The final chapter takes place six months later, and Gwen writes in her diary about what happened after:
%% Jack learned about Lilyth and her painting curse, then he cried for a whole week over her.
%% Lorena got an A+++++ for her final class project.
%% The kids are getting along with the family, and both Jamie and Leopold made more artwork for the walls so Lilyth could travel through them around the castle.
%% Jack held a celebration to acknowledge the people who helped defended the castle from the invasion. He hasn't visited Leland in prison since.
%%Jerry was promoted to Chief Warden, while Beckett got demoted and transferred far away from Maria.
%%Suzana officially joined in the Pastel Troops.
%%The Club eventually got Gwen's painting from the Conservatory back by distracting them with Laverne.
%% The forest of the Cursed Princess Club was declared a protected area by the king so it's never in danger of being invaded again.
%% Frederick has been hard at work studying to one day become king and has been receiving support from his family.
%% Prez stopped taking her medication and resorted to her old way of dealing with her curse. With the growing acknowledgement and support for the Cursed Princess Club, she is looking to expand to help more people who are cursed.
%% Themidora reunited with lobster lover, Benedict, [[ActOfTrueLove who tricked the wicked sea cucumber into cursing him so he could be with her.]]
%% Whitney returned home to his kingdom for Blacquelyn's coronation. She now wears a coat made from Greyden's fur.
%%Neil and Jolie officially got married.
%% Aurelia had gotten together with Celso after their meeting at the castle.
%% Maria got to fulfill her dream of singing her recital for everyone, which caught the eye of her idol and they began collabing.
%% Blaine is now on a journey of self atonement, but has made sure to attend Maria's recital.
%% As for Gwen, she no longer sees cracks in her reflection. She is happy with Frederick.

** Aurelia's curse was designed specifically to prevent this, destroying whatever touches her lips.

A magical, royal, slice-of-life webcomic by [=LambCat=] currently serialized on Webtoons (can be read [[https://www.webtoons.com/en/comedy/cursed-princess-club/list?title_no=1537 here]]), ''Cursed Princess Club'' follows the adventures of an unorthodox princess trying to navigate young love, political alliances, and some very inconvenient magic.

%% ChasedOffIntoTheSunset: [[spoiler: The penultimate chapter has the entirety of the Pastel Castle chasing after an enraged Pastel King ready to commit murder after learning what Leland did while he was gone.]]

%%WhereTheyNowEpilogue: The final chapter takes place six months later, and Gwen writes in her diary about what happened after:

%% Lorena got an A+++++ for her final class project, and moved in with Lance.

%% Frederick has been hard at work studying and has been receiving support from his family.

%% Aurelia have gotten together with Celso after their meeting at the castle.