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* GrewBeyondTheirProgramming: It's possible for the paper golems, like [[spoiler:Finn, who had idea he was one]].
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** Later on, it turns out [[spoiler: the entirety of Finn's world, him included, has been created - written - by the original Winnifred, who was Nora's mentor, not grandmother]]. Also, she threatens him with a rewrite if he doesn't do her bidding (as in, she'll rewrite him into someone who does)...
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* {{Curse}}: There is one on Finn, although we don't know precisely what it does. [[spoiler: Or if it is an actual curse]]. Emelind knows quite a lot about how to break them.
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* {{Golem}}: The guards of Finn's hometown. Witch's creation.creation - they're made of "pages" (literal, written on book pages), and losing some loses them traits like details of their appearance of memories.
* HeartTrauma: [[spoiler: The thing Nora stole from Frost is his heart, which she needed to maintain Winifred's world. And she might have done it the [[LiteralMetaphor old-fashioned way]], too]].
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* IKnowYourTrueName: The basis for at least some magic. [[spoiler: Emelind's was taken from the human Emelind and given to the changeling by]] Frost who needed a nameless child for trade with the guardian witch.
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* IKnowYourTrueName: The basis for at least some magic. [[spoiler: Emelind's was [[TakeAwayTheirName taken from the human Emelind Emelind]] and given to the changeling by]] Frost who needed a nameless child for trade with the guardian witch.
** Alex is too GenreSavvy to revealhis, his or Celia's, though.
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* MagicalBarefooter: Emelind, sometimes. [[spoiler: The real Emelind, for as long as she's trapped in the PocketDimension. After leaving, she's given a slightly victorian dress and a pair of boots to go with it, and [[AllWomenLoveShoes she loves the boots]] ]].
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* NiceGuy: Darcy really goes out of his way to be helpful. [[spoiler: He probably was written that way.]]
* NiceGuy: Darcy really goes out of his way to be helpful. [[spoiler: He probably was written that way.]]
* PlotRelevantAgeUp: Magical [[spoiler: for the real Emelind, once she regains her name and leaves the mirror dimension]], she grows up all at once.
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** Also, [[spoiler: Finn's world. All of it.]]
* PortalDoor: Vital for worlds' health. Portal let the magic flow in and out, preventing stagnation - and if magic stagnates, the world begins to ''rot'' and attract worms.
* APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil: [[spoiler: Nora used to be the real Winnifred's (a powerful witch in a setting where witchery means RewritingReality) apprentice. But it seems her mentor's death drove her over the edge.]]
* PurpleIsPowerful: Both magical cloaks we see are purple, whatever form they take ([[spoiler: Emelind's original hoodie is actually one]]), although they are also made by the same person for the same person, so this may or may not be a trait of all magical clothing.
* RewritingReality: The guardian witch's power seems to be based onthat.creative writing. Probably why she resides in MagicalLibrary.
* PortalDoor: Vital for worlds' health. Portal let the magic flow in and out, preventing stagnation - and if magic stagnates, the world begins to ''rot'' and attract worms.
* APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil: [[spoiler: Nora used to be the real Winnifred's (a powerful witch in a setting where witchery means RewritingReality) apprentice. But it seems her mentor's death drove her over the edge.]]
* PurpleIsPowerful: Both magical cloaks we see are purple, whatever form they take ([[spoiler: Emelind's original hoodie is actually one]]), although they are also made by the same person for the same person, so this may or may not be a trait of all magical clothing.
* RewritingReality: The guardian witch's power seems to be based on
* TakeAwayTheirName: Emelind. The girl we know by that name is a changeling, and the original owner [[spoiler: has been used by Nora to create a PocketDimension of TheNameless]].
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* EquivalentExchange: There's a lot of trading in this world's magic. Experienced magic users are quite cynical about prices and [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder cheating]], while the young protagonists quickly grow [[GenreSavvy wary of any deals]].
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* EndlessWinter: Winter is fairies time, and they can make it last very ''very'' long.
* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: As of chapter 20, it's still looming over Emelind's world. [[spoiler: Finn's world is, apparently, doomed no matter what they do, but Emelind refuses to admit this.]]
* EquivalentExchange: There's a lot of trading in thisworld's setting's magic. Experienced magic users are quite cynical about prices and [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder cheating]], while the young protagonists quickly grow [[GenreSavvy wary of any deals]].
* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: As of chapter 20, it's still looming over Emelind's world. [[spoiler: Finn's world is, apparently, doomed no matter what they do, but Emelind refuses to admit this.]]
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It can be read [[http://www.whithercomic.com/ here]] or on the author's DeviantArt [[http://whitherling.deviantart.com/ page]].
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->It was a dark and stormy night, not fit for man or beast, when someone who was neither of these slunk out of the woods.
Emelind is a [[ChangelingTale changeling]], a stranger to the world she’s been cast into – and she desperately wants to go home. However, as she works towards her goal, it becomes apparent that everyone cherishes a wish for something… and every one of those wishes has its cost.
A story of mangled folklore, broken promises, and belonging, ''Whither'' is an UrbanFantasy webcomic by Danie. Its current version launched in January 2010.
It can be read [[http://www.whithercomic.com/ here]] or on the author's DeviantArt [[http://whitherling.deviantart.com/ page]].
Spoilers ahoy!
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!! Within Wither the following tropes are hidden:
* AngerBornOfWorry: Well, vanishing for the entire day is bound to make your doting friend a bit angry, right? Especially if she has {{Tsundere}} tendencies and is distraught already.
* AnIcePerson: Some faries are these. [[spoiler: So is Finn, as he discovers a couple of chapters into the story]].
* ArtificialHuman: Of the [[RewritingReality magically-created]] by the guardian witch sort. We meet two of them, both are very nice (presumably until the witch tells them to end you).
* AwfulTruth: The dark secret about Emelind is given to her freely enough - after she's bound herself with a promise to not use it until a condition has been fulfilled.
* BadassBookworm: Finn has his moments ([[spoiler: like rushing at a (were)wolf with a knife]]). He's much less of a pushover than he seems at the first glance.
* BadVibrations: The arachnid-ish creeps [[spoiler: destroy Celia's building]].
* BeneathNotice: What better cover for a shrewd, experienced magic user (who might be the mastermind behind quite a chunk of the plot) than [[spoiler: the guise of a little girl]]?
* BestServedCold: Frost.
* BigDamnHeroes: If you doubted the usefulness of having a werewolf friend, Darcy would like to point at [[http://www.whithercomic.com/comic/chapter-6-page-16/ this page]].
** Also the elves in [[spoiler: chapter 15]]. We hope.
* [[BigFriendlyDog Big Friendly Wolf]]: [[NiceGuy Darcy's]] [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent wolf form]].
* BlankBook: "TheFairFolk" becomes one, but only for Emelind. So she has to have Finn read it to her. [[spoiler: Then the book goes blank for him, too.]]
* {{Bookends}}: For chapter four, "If you keep making a face like this, it will stuck."
* CannotCrossRunningWater: TheFairFolk can't, or so Finn thinks. [[spoiler: Darcy has no more problems dragging Emelind across a stream than he would have with a regular girl]].
* CassandraTruth: Emelind [[http://www.whithercomic.com/comic/chapter-7-page-15/ sums up the story so far]].
--> '''[[MuggleBestFriend Celia]]''': Ems, honey... You know I love you, right? If you don't want to tell me the truth, you don't have to.
* ChangelingTale: Emelind is at TheFairFolk end of this trope, although she has misplaced [[GoodParents her human family]] whom she loves and wants back.
* ChildMage: Nora. [[spoiler: But she's ReallySevenHundredYearsOld and the guardian of Finn's hometown]].
* CleverCrows: One is a (speaking) character. Less [[CreepyCrows spooky than he should be]]. And [[VoluntaryShapeshifting able to turn into a humanoid]].
* ColdIron: The people of Finn's hometown use it for anti-TheFairFolk barriers.
* CreepyCrows: And creepy ''things'' that resemble [[MixAndMatchCreatures arachnid legs attached to a scorpion sting]]. Probably Frost's minions.
* [[CreepyChangingPainting Creepy Changing Book]]: In a MagicalLibrary, apparently following Emelind, entitled "TheFairFolk". Yup, a creepy book all right.
* {{Curse}}: There is one on Finn, although we don't know precisely what it does. [[spoiler: Or if it is an actual curse]]. Emelind knows quite a lot about how to break them.
* DealWithTheDevil: Offered and [[SubvertedTrope rejected]] [[http://www.whithercomic.com/comic/chapter-8-page-23/ here]] and [[http://www.whithercomic.com/comic/chapter-8-page-24/ here]]. [[DoubleSubversion But the messenger]] [[SarcasmBlind doesn't get the hint]]. Or is having a MookFaceTurn.
* {{Dracolich}}: A genuine dragon skeleton, used as framework for a magical train.
* EndlessWinter: Winter is fairies time, and they can make it last very long.
* EquivalentExchange: There's a lot of trading in this world's magic. Experienced magic users are quite cynical about prices and [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder cheating]], while the young protagonists quickly grow [[GenreSavvy wary of any deals]].
* EvilDoppelganger: [[spoiler: The frosty-looking fairy swaps himself for Emelind to keep Finn's curse in place]]. Darcy isn't fooled.
* TheFairFolk: Several varieties.
* FakeMemories: Elves can give you those. [[NoSell Unless]] you've been [[GenreSavvy smart]] and not given them [[IKnowYourTrueName your real name]].
* FantasticLightSource: Frequent use of Emelind's magic.
* {{Golem}}: The guards of Finn's hometown. Witch's creation.
* HonestyIsTheBestPolicy: Surprisingly, it's only when Emelind ''tells'' him the entire truth (which isn't either very believable or reassuring) that Finn trusts her.
* IKnowYourTrueName: The basis for at least some magic. [[spoiler: Emelind's was taken from the human Emelind and given to the changeling by]] Frost who needed a nameless child for trade with the guardian witch.
** Alex is too GenreSavvy to reveal his, though.
* ItWasADarkAndStormyNight: Used ''completely'' straight.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Emelind puts on a flighty, snarky, not-giving-a-damn façade, but she does care when it gets serious.
* LandOfFaerie: The town where Emelind and Finn meet might be part of it's border area. It's certainly more fantasy-land than the town she was raised in, but Finn talks about the hills and [[TheFairFolk hill-folk]]. [[spoiler: Actual elves appear later.]]
* LiteralGenie: [[http://www.whithercomic.com/comic/chapter-10-page-14/ Pink, as specified!]] It's the best he could do, and it's good, right?
-->'''Crow''': Hey! I'm just the messenger! Don't shoot the messenger-
* LiteralMetaphor: Bookworms, quite a problem in the library where Finn works, are [[OurDragonsAreDifferent tiny dragons]].
* MagicLibrarian: Finn is one at the beginning of the story.
* MagicMirror: Actually, it seems that any reflective surface may be used by TheFairFolk for communication. [[spoiler: And by the ''real'' Emelind - a nameless child is necessary for the making of a magic mirror, since it involves creating a PocketDimension of nameless things]].
* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Only in the next chapter do we learn [[spoiler: that Frost has injured Finn, quite badly at that]]. The SecretStabWound makes them pass out half a chapter later.
* TheMirrorShowsYourTrueSelf: [[http://www.whithercomic.com/comic/chapter-13-page-2/ Here]], but [[spoiler: it's AllJustADream]].
* MyInstinctsAreShowing: Even a magical, shapeshifting corvid is still a bird and likes digging in trash for snacks.
* NiceGuy: Darcy really goes out of his way to be helpful.
* TheNicknamer: Emelind calls Finn "Specs" (to be fair, she didn't know his name back when she started, but she still does after he introduces himself).
* NightOfTheLivingMooks: The witch's revenants.
* NoBodyLeftBehind: [[spoiler: Winnifred turns into a pile of paper, because she was a construct made by the guardian witch]].
* NotGrowingUpSucks: [[spoiler: The real Emelind]] looks and acts at most eight (she should be sixteen, if not nineteen).
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Bookworms. They're tiny, nest in paper and mimic sounds. All the others are extinct, according to Finn.
* OurFairiesAreDifferent: They have a [[AnIcePerson wintry theme]] - Emelind doesn't feel the cold, for example.
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: They can [[VoluntaryShapeshifting change forms at will]], but only in the woods. Out of them, it's [[InvoluntaryShapeshifting always wolf]].
* ParentalSubstitute: Winnifred the sweet old librarian for Finn.
* PlayingPictionary: [[spoiler: Real Emelind's]] only way of communicating with most characters is miming and drawing.
--> '''Finn''': ...It looks like a sort of wobbly chicken.
* PocketDimension: Either that or The Space Between Worlds is where [[spoiler: the real (human) Emelind]] is imprisoned - she can look out into the real world(s) through any [[MagicMirror reflective surface]].
* ThePresidentsDaughter: RareMaleExample - both the town's guardian and the frosty fairy want Finn, very very badly [[spoiler: because he has something of Frost in him that Nora stole]].
--> '''The town's guardian''': It doesn't matter what he wants.
* RewritingReality: The guardian witch's power seems to be based on that. Probably why she resides in MagicalLibrary.
* SaltSolution: Finn tries to use it as ward from the arachnid-ish monsters.
* ShooOutTheClowns: InvertedTrope. The crow guy, who comes into the story rather late, provides more comic relief than anybody else.
* TheShortGuyWithGlasses: While at the first glance Finn seems [[StoicSpectacles quite bishy]], he really is a phlegmatic, lovable nerd, so fits this trope better. Though he's not particularly short.
* SpookySilentLibrary: Finn's workplace, a little.
* StickyFingers: RunningGag - Emelind keeps pilfering Finn's accessories. It's a [[TheFairFolk fairy]] thing.
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Finn is not an elf, it's a {{curse}} making him seem like one, now move along, the library is closing, there's a good troper!
* {{Tsundere}}: Emelind and Finn, for each other.
* UnfazedEveryman: Alex remains unfazed by [[AmicableExes Celia's]] weird guests. Yes, even the crow guy. He seems like a hobbyist OccultDetective, really.
* UnPerson: Seems to have happened to [[spoiler: Emelind's MuggleFosterParents]].
* WeirdnessCensor: Fairies wreak mayhem. The {{Muggles}} say it's a freak storm.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Besides [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Darcy]], we have the crow guy. He gets a ''huge'' dose of MorphicResonance, though.
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Emelind is a [[ChangelingTale changeling]], a stranger to the world she’s been cast into – and she desperately wants to go home. However, as she works towards her goal, it becomes apparent that everyone cherishes a wish for something… and every one of those wishes has its cost.
A story of mangled folklore, broken promises, and belonging, ''Whither'' is an UrbanFantasy webcomic by Danie. Its current version launched in January 2010.
It can be read [[http://www.whithercomic.com/ here]] or on the author's DeviantArt [[http://whitherling.deviantart.com/ page]].
Spoilers ahoy!
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!! Within Wither the following tropes are hidden:
* AngerBornOfWorry: Well, vanishing for the entire day is bound to make your doting friend a bit angry, right? Especially if she has {{Tsundere}} tendencies and is distraught already.
* AnIcePerson: Some faries are these. [[spoiler: So is Finn, as he discovers a couple of chapters into the story]].
* ArtificialHuman: Of the [[RewritingReality magically-created]] by the guardian witch sort. We meet two of them, both are very nice (presumably until the witch tells them to end you).
* AwfulTruth: The dark secret about Emelind is given to her freely enough - after she's bound herself with a promise to not use it until a condition has been fulfilled.
* BadassBookworm: Finn has his moments ([[spoiler: like rushing at a (were)wolf with a knife]]). He's much less of a pushover than he seems at the first glance.
* BadVibrations: The arachnid-ish creeps [[spoiler: destroy Celia's building]].
* BeneathNotice: What better cover for a shrewd, experienced magic user (who might be the mastermind behind quite a chunk of the plot) than [[spoiler: the guise of a little girl]]?
* BestServedCold: Frost.
* BigDamnHeroes: If you doubted the usefulness of having a werewolf friend, Darcy would like to point at [[http://www.whithercomic.com/comic/chapter-6-page-16/ this page]].
** Also the elves in [[spoiler: chapter 15]]. We hope.
* [[BigFriendlyDog Big Friendly Wolf]]: [[NiceGuy Darcy's]] [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent wolf form]].
* BlankBook: "TheFairFolk" becomes one, but only for Emelind. So she has to have Finn read it to her. [[spoiler: Then the book goes blank for him, too.]]
* {{Bookends}}: For chapter four, "If you keep making a face like this, it will stuck."
* CannotCrossRunningWater: TheFairFolk can't, or so Finn thinks. [[spoiler: Darcy has no more problems dragging Emelind across a stream than he would have with a regular girl]].
* CassandraTruth: Emelind [[http://www.whithercomic.com/comic/chapter-7-page-15/ sums up the story so far]].
--> '''[[MuggleBestFriend Celia]]''': Ems, honey... You know I love you, right? If you don't want to tell me the truth, you don't have to.
* ChangelingTale: Emelind is at TheFairFolk end of this trope, although she has misplaced [[GoodParents her human family]] whom she loves and wants back.
* ChildMage: Nora. [[spoiler: But she's ReallySevenHundredYearsOld and the guardian of Finn's hometown]].
* CleverCrows: One is a (speaking) character. Less [[CreepyCrows spooky than he should be]]. And [[VoluntaryShapeshifting able to turn into a humanoid]].
* ColdIron: The people of Finn's hometown use it for anti-TheFairFolk barriers.
* CreepyCrows: And creepy ''things'' that resemble [[MixAndMatchCreatures arachnid legs attached to a scorpion sting]]. Probably Frost's minions.
* [[CreepyChangingPainting Creepy Changing Book]]: In a MagicalLibrary, apparently following Emelind, entitled "TheFairFolk". Yup, a creepy book all right.
* {{Curse}}: There is one on Finn, although we don't know precisely what it does. [[spoiler: Or if it is an actual curse]]. Emelind knows quite a lot about how to break them.
* DealWithTheDevil: Offered and [[SubvertedTrope rejected]] [[http://www.whithercomic.com/comic/chapter-8-page-23/ here]] and [[http://www.whithercomic.com/comic/chapter-8-page-24/ here]]. [[DoubleSubversion But the messenger]] [[SarcasmBlind doesn't get the hint]]. Or is having a MookFaceTurn.
* {{Dracolich}}: A genuine dragon skeleton, used as framework for a magical train.
* EndlessWinter: Winter is fairies time, and they can make it last very long.
* EquivalentExchange: There's a lot of trading in this world's magic. Experienced magic users are quite cynical about prices and [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder cheating]], while the young protagonists quickly grow [[GenreSavvy wary of any deals]].
* EvilDoppelganger: [[spoiler: The frosty-looking fairy swaps himself for Emelind to keep Finn's curse in place]]. Darcy isn't fooled.
* TheFairFolk: Several varieties.
* FakeMemories: Elves can give you those. [[NoSell Unless]] you've been [[GenreSavvy smart]] and not given them [[IKnowYourTrueName your real name]].
* FantasticLightSource: Frequent use of Emelind's magic.
* {{Golem}}: The guards of Finn's hometown. Witch's creation.
* HonestyIsTheBestPolicy: Surprisingly, it's only when Emelind ''tells'' him the entire truth (which isn't either very believable or reassuring) that Finn trusts her.
* IKnowYourTrueName: The basis for at least some magic. [[spoiler: Emelind's was taken from the human Emelind and given to the changeling by]] Frost who needed a nameless child for trade with the guardian witch.
** Alex is too GenreSavvy to reveal his, though.
* ItWasADarkAndStormyNight: Used ''completely'' straight.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Emelind puts on a flighty, snarky, not-giving-a-damn façade, but she does care when it gets serious.
* LandOfFaerie: The town where Emelind and Finn meet might be part of it's border area. It's certainly more fantasy-land than the town she was raised in, but Finn talks about the hills and [[TheFairFolk hill-folk]]. [[spoiler: Actual elves appear later.]]
* LiteralGenie: [[http://www.whithercomic.com/comic/chapter-10-page-14/ Pink, as specified!]] It's the best he could do, and it's good, right?
-->'''Crow''': Hey! I'm just the messenger! Don't shoot the messenger-
* LiteralMetaphor: Bookworms, quite a problem in the library where Finn works, are [[OurDragonsAreDifferent tiny dragons]].
* MagicLibrarian: Finn is one at the beginning of the story.
* MagicMirror: Actually, it seems that any reflective surface may be used by TheFairFolk for communication. [[spoiler: And by the ''real'' Emelind - a nameless child is necessary for the making of a magic mirror, since it involves creating a PocketDimension of nameless things]].
* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Only in the next chapter do we learn [[spoiler: that Frost has injured Finn, quite badly at that]]. The SecretStabWound makes them pass out half a chapter later.
* TheMirrorShowsYourTrueSelf: [[http://www.whithercomic.com/comic/chapter-13-page-2/ Here]], but [[spoiler: it's AllJustADream]].
* MyInstinctsAreShowing: Even a magical, shapeshifting corvid is still a bird and likes digging in trash for snacks.
* NiceGuy: Darcy really goes out of his way to be helpful.
* TheNicknamer: Emelind calls Finn "Specs" (to be fair, she didn't know his name back when she started, but she still does after he introduces himself).
* NightOfTheLivingMooks: The witch's revenants.
* NoBodyLeftBehind: [[spoiler: Winnifred turns into a pile of paper, because she was a construct made by the guardian witch]].
* NotGrowingUpSucks: [[spoiler: The real Emelind]] looks and acts at most eight (she should be sixteen, if not nineteen).
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Bookworms. They're tiny, nest in paper and mimic sounds. All the others are extinct, according to Finn.
* OurFairiesAreDifferent: They have a [[AnIcePerson wintry theme]] - Emelind doesn't feel the cold, for example.
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: They can [[VoluntaryShapeshifting change forms at will]], but only in the woods. Out of them, it's [[InvoluntaryShapeshifting always wolf]].
* ParentalSubstitute: Winnifred the sweet old librarian for Finn.
* PlayingPictionary: [[spoiler: Real Emelind's]] only way of communicating with most characters is miming and drawing.
--> '''Finn''': ...It looks like a sort of wobbly chicken.
* PocketDimension: Either that or The Space Between Worlds is where [[spoiler: the real (human) Emelind]] is imprisoned - she can look out into the real world(s) through any [[MagicMirror reflective surface]].
* ThePresidentsDaughter: RareMaleExample - both the town's guardian and the frosty fairy want Finn, very very badly [[spoiler: because he has something of Frost in him that Nora stole]].
--> '''The town's guardian''': It doesn't matter what he wants.
* RewritingReality: The guardian witch's power seems to be based on that. Probably why she resides in MagicalLibrary.
* SaltSolution: Finn tries to use it as ward from the arachnid-ish monsters.
* ShooOutTheClowns: InvertedTrope. The crow guy, who comes into the story rather late, provides more comic relief than anybody else.
* TheShortGuyWithGlasses: While at the first glance Finn seems [[StoicSpectacles quite bishy]], he really is a phlegmatic, lovable nerd, so fits this trope better. Though he's not particularly short.
* SpookySilentLibrary: Finn's workplace, a little.
* StickyFingers: RunningGag - Emelind keeps pilfering Finn's accessories. It's a [[TheFairFolk fairy]] thing.
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Finn is not an elf, it's a {{curse}} making him seem like one, now move along, the library is closing, there's a good troper!
* {{Tsundere}}: Emelind and Finn, for each other.
* UnfazedEveryman: Alex remains unfazed by [[AmicableExes Celia's]] weird guests. Yes, even the crow guy. He seems like a hobbyist OccultDetective, really.
* UnPerson: Seems to have happened to [[spoiler: Emelind's MuggleFosterParents]].
* WeirdnessCensor: Fairies wreak mayhem. The {{Muggles}} say it's a freak storm.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Besides [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Darcy]], we have the crow guy. He gets a ''huge'' dose of MorphicResonance, though.
* YearOutsideHourInside
