History Webcomic / TheFoxSister

* ReflectiveEyes: When Alex and Yun Hee [[http://thefoxsister.com/index.php?id=75 find]] the [[{{understatement}} little mess]] the Kumiho left at Yun Hee's house.

* WebcomicTime: The one-page-per-week update schedule with occasional ScheduleSlip has the story advance by only a few days in-universe in about one and a half years of real time.

* ElvisImpersonator: Both Alex and Yun Hee are huge ElvisPresley fans, and Alex [[http://thefoxsister.com/index.php?id=44 likes to impersonate him]] - with mixed results.

* Alex Martin: a former US-Army specialist who after his term stayed in Korea as a Christian missionary.

[[http://thefoxsister.com/ The Fox Sister]] is a {{webcomic}} written by Christina Strain and drawn by Jayd Aït-Kaci. It is described as a "supernatural thriller/dram-edy" by the creator. It is based on the Korean folk tale of the same name, about the shape-shifting nine-tailed fox [[FantasticFoxes Kumiho]].

* WebcomicTime: The one-page-per-week update schedule with occasional ScheduleSlip has the story advance by only a few days in-universe in about one and a half years of real time.

The comic is set in Seoul, Korea, of 1968. After having witnessed a Kumiho murdering her family as a child, Cho Yun Hee has grown up a bitter young woman. On her hunt for said Kumiho, who has [[FaceStealer taken the shape]] of her sister Sun Hee, she meets the American ex-soldier Alex.

--> '''Yun Hee''': "This is what I do. I kill demons."

* FriendlyGhost: Yun Hee is [[http://thefoxsister.com/index.php?id=113 possessed by her dead sister's spirit]], who saves her life.

* ScheduleSlip: The intended update schedule of one page each Thursday has several times been disturbed by RealLife.

* WordOfGod: Christina Strain occasionally posts in the comic's comment section, adding interesting background information or clarifying details.
* WriteWhatYouKnow: Writer Christina Strain grew up on the Yongsan military base in Seoul, on and around which the comic takes place.

The comic is set in Seoul, Korea, of 1968. After having witnessed a Kumiho murdering her family as a child, Cho Yun Hee has grown up a bitter young woman. On her hunt for said Kumiho, who has taken the shape of her sister Sun Hee, she meets the American ex-soldier Alex.

* DemonSlaying: Apparently part of a Mudang's job description.

* TranslationConvention: All Korean spoken in the comic is translated to English, for the readers' convenience. Interestingly, English spoken in the comic, and not Korean, is marked by angle brackets.

* BerserkButton: Yun Hee is very serious in her faith and really dislikes it if her religion is treated like some sort of ren-fair novelty.

* CheshireCatGrin: Often seen on the Kumiho in human form.
* ChristianityIsCatholic: Averted with Alex being Methodist.
* DisproportionateRetribution: After Yun Hee harasses the Kumiho by plastering Pujok to ward off evil spirits all over the place, she retaliates by messily killing a group of three young men right at Yun Hee's front porch.
* ElvisImpersonator: Both Alex and Yun Hee are huge ElvisPresley fans, and Alex likes to impersonate him - with mixed results.

* FlashbackEffects: The flashback panel to Yun Hee's family's murder when she finds the three dead men at her doorstep is reddish monochrome with faded edges.

* LadyInRed: The Kumiho wears a sexy red dress when she seduces her first victim.
* LetsGetDangerous: Isn't Soot Bull just lovable? But don't let his cuteness fool you! He can be scarily ferocious if the situation calls for it.
* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: Combined with TheShadowKnows (see below). The Kumiho is shown in human form, presumably nursing her shoulder [[spoiler:which was hurt in a fight with Soot Bull]]. Her shadow on the wall behind her shows her fox form, licking said shoulder.

* NosyNeighbor: Mrs. Park exhibits some traits of this. How severe remains to be seen, though.
* OhCrap: The Kumiho running into Soot Bull.
* OpenMouthInsertFoot: Alex has a talent to say just the wrong things to Yun Hee.
* PaperTalisman: Yun Hee's Pujok charms are the Korean version.

* RedEyesTakeWarning: The Kumiho loves this one.
* ReflectiveEyes: When Alex and Yun Hee find the [[{{understatement}} little mess]] the Kumiho left at Yun Hee's house.
* ReligionisMagic: Yun Hee's charms to ward off evil create actual physical barriers that the Kumiho is unable to cross.

* TemporaryBulkChange: After gorging himself on Alex's gift of leftover bulgogi, Soot Bull is [[http://thefoxsister.com/index.php?id=29 much tubbier than usual.]] Yun Hee even comments on it.
* ThereIsOnlyOneBed: Alex insists on Yun Hee taking the bed while he sleeps on the floor when he invites her to stay at his place after the Kumiho turned her home into a crime scene.

* TheVamp: The Kumiho uses the attractiveness of her human form to bait men.

--> '''Kumiho''': *smiling coily* "Is that so?"
* WakingUpElsewhere: The opening sequence closes with a classical example, when Yun Hee wakes up in the hospital.

* BilingualBonus: For Korean speakers, Soot Bull's name will reveal a PunnyName.

* PaperTalisman: Yun Hee's Pujok charms are the Korean version. [[spoiler:And they are very effective at warding off evil]]

* PunnyName: Soot Bull in Korean means Charcoal Fire (숫불)

[[http://thefoxsister.com/ The Fox Sister]] is a {{webcomic}} written and colored by Christina Strain and drawn by Jayd Aït-Kaci. It is described as a "supernatural thriller/dram-edy" by the creator. It is based on the Korean folk tale of the same name, about the shape-shifting nine-tailed fox [[FantasticFoxes Kumiho]].

* Gorn: The Kumiho's kills involve a lot of blood and spilled intestines.

* SceneryGorn: The Kumiho's kills involve a lot of blood and spilled intestines.
* LetsGetDangerous: Isn't Soot Bull just lovable? But don't let his cuteness fool you! He can be scarily ferocious if the situation calls for it.