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* DramaticIrony: Thy name is Binding.
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* DiesWideOpen: Paul.
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* DiabolusExMachina: Susan was ready to fit in and be a good girl. The Binding couldn't very well abide by that and so the girls discovered that they were lineage children and Paul had lied to them both. It gets worse from there.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: [[WordOfGod The author]] has indicated that each of the EnsembleCast in the haven will have chapters dedicated to their story. Chapter 5 seems to center around Leif.


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* EnsembleCast: Though not introduced until Chapter 4, we now find ourselves with a rather large group of characters with interesting concepts and quirks.
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* ContrivedCoincidence: Emile and Julian being on the same boat that Susan and Anna take to London. Justified in that BecauseDestinySaysSo is a recognized force in this universe.

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* ContrivedCoincidence: Emile and Julian being on the same boat that Susan and Anna take to London. Justified in that BecauseDestinySaysSo is a recognized force The Binding pushes Lineage Children in this universe.ways to make their "stories" dramatic.
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* ContrivedCoincidence: Emile and Julian being on the same boat that Susan and Anna take to London. Justified in that BecauseDestinySaysSo is a recognized force in this universe.
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* CliffHanger: Chapter 4 closes with an ominous letter from a thief who took the contents of Paul's briefcase.
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* DeathByIrony: The implied effect of the [[http://sire.smackjeeves.com/comics/1439466/chapter-4-page-21/ tragic ending]].
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* PimpedOutDress: [[http://sire.smackjeeves.com/comics/823135/chapter-one-print-cover/ The famous straight-jacket dress] from the Chapter 1 cover.

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Anna's reaction to Paul's murder.

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* MoodWhiplash: Susan is so proud of how well she has been behaving while Paul was on vacation... and then he returns, with a ripped outfit and broken glasses. ItGetsWorse.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Anna's reaction to Paul's murder.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Most major characters get one. Susan destroying Anna's doll, Emile punching Susan in the stomach, Johanna hugging the girls when they first arrive and most recently Riley playing tricks on the girls by pretending to be a ghost.


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* LegacyCharacter: All the lineage children.
* LiteraryAgentHypothesis: In-universe. See AllMythsAreTrue.
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* DeconstructionCrossover: A rare example where the original works are known to the characters and the deconstruction is integral to the plot.
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* AllMythsAreTrue: Or at least a thousand great works of fictions are accounts of true events.
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* CursedWithAwesome: Many of the Lineage Children can fall under this. Riley for instance is permanently invisible whether s/he wants to be or not, though s/he has adapted well to the suck.

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* CursedWithAwesome: Many of the Lineage Children can fall under this. Riley for instance is permanently invisible whether s/he wants to be or not, though s/he has adapted well to the suck.fun with it.
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* SignedLanguage: How Canta communicates.
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* Expy: Although every character is living the story of their sire/dam it is very important to note that they are unique characters who are forced to live the moral and themes of their ancestors story.

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* Expy: {{Expy}}: Although every character is living the story of their sire/dam it is very important to note that they are unique characters who are forced to live the moral and themes of their ancestors story.
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* Artshift: It's subtle but when Susan is in the body and being viewed by a fellow Lineage Child, they both appear as blonde haired women. When alone they appear as themselves regardless of who is in control. An effective clue for Paul being a Lineage Child and able to see Susan long before it is revealed.

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* Artshift: ArtShift: It's subtle but when Susan is in the body and being viewed by a fellow Lineage Child, they both appear as blonde haired women. When alone they appear as themselves regardless of who is in control. An effective clue for Paul being a Lineage Child and able to see Susan long before it is revealed.
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''Rule 2: If everyone is bound then lineage children are doubly so.'' \\

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''Rule 2: If everyone is bound then lineage children are doubly so.'' \\ \\
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''Rule 4: We are characters in its story, and each have a moral to learn.'' \\

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''Rule 4: We are characters in its story, and each have a moral to learn.'' \\
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''Rule 1: The Binding is everywhere and everyone is bound.\\''
''Rule 2: If everyone is bound then lineage children are doubly so.\\''
''Rule 3: The Binding cannot resist tension or drama.\\''
''Rule 4: We are characters in its story, and each have a moral to learn.\\''

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''Rule 1: The Binding is everywhere and everyone is bound.\\''
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''Rule 2: If everyone is bound then lineage children are doubly so.\\''
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''Rule 3: The Binding cannot resist tension or drama.\\''
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''Rule 4: We are characters in its story, and each have a moral to learn.\\'''' \\
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''Rule 1: The Binding is everywhere and everyone is bound.
Rule 2: If everyone is bound then lineage children are doubly so.
Rule 3: The Binding cannot resist tension or drama.
Rule 4: We are characters in its story, and each have a moral to learn.''

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''Rule 1: The Binding is everywhere and everyone is bound.
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''Rule 1: The Binding is everywhere and everyone is bound.
Rule 2: If everyone is bound then lineage children are doubly so.
Rule 3: The Binding cannot resist tension or drama.
Rule 4: We are characters in its story, and each have a moral to learn.''

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* LittleStowaway: How Anna and Sarah escape America.

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* LittleStowaway: How Anna and Sarah Susan escape America.America.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Anna's reaction to Paul's murder.

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* ArtShift: It's subtle but when Susan is in the body and being viewed by a fellow Lineage Child, they both appear as blonde haired women. When alone they appear as themselves regardless of who is in control. An effective clue for Paul being a Lineage Child and able to see Susan long before it is revealed.

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* ArtShift: Artshift: It's subtle but when Susan is in the body and being viewed by a fellow Lineage Child, they both appear as blonde haired women. When alone they appear as themselves regardless of who is in control. An effective clue for Paul being a Lineage Child and able to see Susan long before it is revealed.



* BigDamnHeroes: Emile rescuing the girls from the London thugs.



* DisproportionateRetribution: Shove her arm again and so help me I'll punch you square in the stomach. Emile shares his vulnerability for this trope with his sire.



* Expy: Although every character is living the story of their sire/dam it is very important to note that they are unique characters who are forced to live the moral and themes of their ancestors story.



* SharingABody: Anna/Susan.

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* SharingABody: Anna/Susan.SupernaturalAngst



* WebcomicsMultiverses: Anna shows up in EvilPlanTheWebcomic.

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* WebcomicsMultiverses: Anna shows up in EvilPlanTheWebcomic.'
* WhamLine: [[http://sire.smackjeeves.com/comics/710309/chapter-1-page-38/ Anna, help me!]]
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* Artshift: It's subtle but when Susan is in the body and being viewed by a fellow Lineage Child, they both appear as blonde haired women. When alone they appear as themselves regardless of who is in control. An effective clue for Paul being a Lineage Child and able to see Susan long before it is revealed.

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* Artshift: ArtShift: It's subtle but when Susan is in the body and being viewed by a fellow Lineage Child, they both appear as blonde haired women. When alone they appear as themselves regardless of who is in control. An effective clue for Paul being a Lineage Child and able to see Susan long before it is revealed.
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* SharingABody: Anna/Susan.

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* BlessedWithSuck: Leif in particular. He shares [[PhantomOfTheOpera Erik's]] creative brilliance but also his frail body and disfigurement.



* CosmicPlaything: Each Lineage Child is one due to the ironic literary force of The Binding.



* CursedWithAwesome: Many of the Lineage Children can fall under this. Riley for instance is permanently invisible whether s/he wants to be or not, though s/he has adapted well to the suck.



* FinaglesLaw: It exists as an in-universe force which the characters know about and try their hardest to avert.



* TheLadette: Susan.



* TeamMom: [[http://sire.smackjeeves.com/comics/794599/chapter-3-page-16/

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* TeamMom: RuleOfDrama: [[http://sire.smackjeeves.com/comics/1217186/chapter-4-page-15/ Rule number three! The binding cannot resist tension or drama.]]
* TeamMom: Johanna [[http://sire.smackjeeves.
com/comics/794599/chapter-3-page-16/ will hug you the first time she sees you.]]

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Confirmed to feature Sires/Dames from:

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Confirmed to feature Sires/Dames Sires/Dams from:



* JeevesAndWooster



* Artshift: It's subtle but when Susan is in the body and being viewed by a fellow Lineage Child, they both appear as blonde haired women. When alone they appear as themselves regardless of who is in control. An effective clue for Paul being a Lineage Child and able to see Susan long before it is revealed.



* BilingualBonus: Emile sometimes slips in to French.



* TheJeeves: Dr. Silversmith, via lineage. Though rather than serving Lineage Haven she runs it.



* KnightTemplar: Emile, [[InspectorJavert naturally.]]



* {{Reconstruction}}: Every character has to live the "story" of the sire/dame. This does not mean they are not their own person, more a reboot of the concept the original character was based on.

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* {{Reconstruction}}: Every character has to live the "story" of the sire/dame. sire/dam. This does not mean they are not their own person, more a reboot of the concept the original character was based on.on.
* TeamMom: [[http://sire.smackjeeves.com/comics/794599/chapter-3-page-16/


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* WouldHitAGirl: [[http://sire.smackjeeves.com/comics/733997/chapter-2-page-26/ Emile cares not for etiquite. Emile cares for justice!]]

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[[caption-width-right:228:Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it.]]



''[[http://sire.thewebcomic.com/ Sire]]'' is a webcomic on SmackJeeves, about [[JekyllAndHyde split personalities]] Anna and Susan Enfield.

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''[[http://sire.thewebcomic.com/ Sire]]'' is a webcomic on SmackJeeves, about [[JekyllAndHyde split personalities]] Anna and Susan Enfield.Enfield who journey to England after discovering that they are descended from [[TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde Edward Hyde]] and that there is an entire subculture of people who are descended from characters of famous old works and have been cursed by "The Binding" to live the moral of their sire's story... or face the ironic consequences.

Confirmed to feature Sires/Dames from:

* TheInvisibleMan
* LesMiserables
* ThePhantomOfTheOpera
* TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde
* SweeneyTodd



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!!''Sire'' !!'''Sire provides examples of:

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* AlternateSelf: [[JekyllAndHyde Anna and Susan]].
* AmbiguousGender: Riley.
* AuthorAppeal: Royce is a fan of classic literature if that wasn't obvious.
* CallingCard: Julian leaves a very well written one for the girls in the suitcase.
* CreepyBlueEyes: A sign that Susan has come out to play within Anna. Very clear in their [[http://evilplan.thewebcomic.com/comics/1357449/chapter-7-page-20-losing-the-constant-struggle/ Evil Plan cameo.]]
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Anna's lack of scar in the first chapter.
* EnemyWithin: Played with. We may never know if Anna wanted to kill Paul, but Susan is very firm that she cannot do anything without Anna wanting it at least subconciously.
* EveryScarHasAStory: Anna's self-inflicted one sure does.
* GenreSavvy: This is a series where "The Genre" is a malevolant force of the universe and not playing by its rules will get you killed.
* InspectorJavert: Emile, naturally. His sire is the trope namer.
* {{Invisibility}}: Riley.



* WebcomicsMultiverses: Anna shows up in EvilPlanTheWebcomic.

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* LittleStowaway: How Anna and Sarah escape America.
* PsychicLink: Susan and Anna share one.
* PublicDomainCharacter: Many of the sires.
* {{Reconstruction}}: Every character has to live the "story" of the sire/dame. This does not mean they are not their own person, more a reboot of the concept the original character was based on.
* {{Troperiffic}}: Inevitable, given that the comic deals with numerous stories which shaped modern fiction.
* UnsafeHaven: Lineage Haven US was raided and destroyed in the first chapter of the story.
* WebcomicsMultiverses: Anna shows up in EvilPlanTheWebcomic.EvilPlanTheWebcomic.
* WickedCultured: [[EstablishingCharacterMoment Julian's letter.]]
* WildMassGuessing: Natural when every character is based off of a PublicDomainCharacter and not all of them have been revealed yet.
* WrongGenreSavvy: [[http://sire.smackjeeves.com/comics/1439466/chapter-4-page-21/ "When the time comes, these people are punished with a "tragic ending"".]]
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->"Welcome to Lineage Haven, where the only way to survive is to read between the lines..."
--> —Profile Quote

''[[http://sire.thewebcomic.com/ Sire]]'' is a webcomic on SmackJeeves, about [[JekyllAndHyde split personalities]] Anna and Susan Enfield.
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!!''Sire'' provides examples of:


* JekyllAndHyde: Anna and Susan are descended from the TropeNamer.
* WebcomicsMultiverses: Anna shows up in EvilPlanTheWebcomic.

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