History Webcomic / TheFantasyBookClub

* {{Patricide}}: Was attempted by [[spoiler: Fiona]] in response to years of abuse.

* SplashOfColor: The ''If They Were Monsters'' AU has the werewolves' eyes and blood in colour.

--> I'm sorry I don't have the strength to save you from this. But no man nor beast is stronger than my daughter.

* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Social services finally get involved when [[spoiler: Fiona]] broke and tried to murder her father.

* MonochromeToColor: The ''If They Were Monsters'' is in black and white, until the very end; where it's revealed that Fiona [[spoiler: became Matriarch]], with a full-colour panel of Fiona with a ripped dress, broken shackles, and covered in blood.

* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: In the ''If They Were Monsters'' AU. The debutantes have the choice to marry their suitor or get ripped to shreds.

* AbuseDiscretionShot: You never actually see Fiona's father hurting her, only the injuries left after the fact.

--> [[spoiler: If my life was going to be destroyed regardless ... I was going to be the one to do it! Because '''''nobody''''' tells me what to fucking do.]]

* AbusiveParents:
** Fiona's father physically abused Fiona and her mother to the point where [[spoiler: Fiona tried to kill him in ''middle school''.]]
** Eremis lost her parents to a car crash when she was only a few years old and ended up in foster care because she had no other living relatives. She was abused by several families, and developed mental health issues that led to her being institutionalized for several years as a teenager and that she still fights as an adult.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Fiona did not have an excellent home life growing up. Her father physically abused her and her mother, and authority figures ignored Fiona's reports as her father was a "pillar of the community." Feeling she had no other way out, she decided to [[spoiler: stab her father to death]] in middle school. [[spoiler: Tristan ratted her out before she could kill him, and she was arrested for ''attempted murder''.]]

** Eremis' parents died in a car crash when she was very young, and she was put into the foster care system as she had no living relatives left. She was abused by several families and developed mental health issues that she still has to work through as an adult.

* CelibateHero: Justified, Fiona doesn't date because she is aromantic.

* CelibateHero: Fiona doesn't date because she is aromantic and simply isn't interested.

** Uncertain Sights-Page 16 has an additional one that states "This episode of The Fantasy Book Club contains references to child abuse, violence, and potentially disturbing images that may be upsetting to some readers. Wehile the character involved feels trapped with no way out, there are people who can help. In the USA you can call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233. You are not alone."

* SadisticChoice: In the ''If They Were Monsters'' AU. The debuntantes must chose between being forced into a marriage that they don't want or being ripped apart and eaten by a werewolf. It's not like they can skip the event; families need to send daughters to keep the werewolf clan's favour.

* SophisticatedAsHell: Fiona has a penchant for this in the ''If We Were Monsters AU'':

[[caption-width-right:183: Counterclockwise: Fiona (above), Drew, Izzie, Tristan, Eremis, and Brie.]]

* MonochromeToColor: The ''If They Were Monsters'' is in black and white, until the very end; where it's revealed that Fiona [[spoiler: became Matriach]], with a full-colour panel of Fiona with a ripped dress, broken shackles, and covered in blood.

Fiona, a feisty young student librarian, finds a mysterious book, which mind controls her into freeing an ancient Mesopotamian magician, who gives her powers and nearly kills her. Soon after, apparitions of monsters start appearing. Fiona and the [[{{Title Drop}} Fantasy Book Club]], must stop the monsters, who are very much not just apparitions, and find a way to control Fiona's powers.

--> '''Fiona:''' Yes sir. While I do appreciate your interest ... Kindly go fuck yourself.

''The Fantasy Book Club'' is a {{Fantasy}} {{Webcomic}} created by [=TheEvilNae=] in 2020.

* CelibateHero: Fiona doesn't date as she is aromantic and simply isn't interested.

* ButchLesbian: Brie works at her family's auto shop, is a blacksmith, is built like a brick, and has a traditionally men's undercut; and she loves girls.

* BroodingBoyGentle Girl: Gender-inverted with Tristan and Fiona. Fiona is rude and antisocial, while he takes her insults and tries to help her the best he can.

* AbusiveParents: Fiona's father physically abused Fiona and her mother to the point where [[spoiler: Fiona tried to kill him.]]

* FieryRedhead: Chloe has bright red hair and has a HairTriggerTemper