Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* VillainyDiscretionShot: Ada meets the Walrus and the Carpenter ''after'' they've eaten all of the oysters, and so they come off as very polite and friendly to her.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 40 (click to see context) from:
* MissingMom: Alice and Lydia's has recently died when the events of the novel begin.
to:
* MissingMom: Alice and Lydia's mother has recently died when the events of the novel begin.
Added DiffLines:
* NothingIsScarier: The Jabberwock only appears in person at the end of the book, but it's just as scary when the only sign of its presence is its terrible roar.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* LivingToys: The Tin Ballerina, Tin Bear and Humpty Dumpty are all walking, talking marionettes.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* UnwittingInstigatorofDoom: Ada letting her iron corset fall off of her when she lands in Wonderland is what causes it to [[spoiler: turn into the terrible Jabberwock.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* TheDreaded: The Jabberwock to the inhabitants of Wonderland.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 39 (click to see context) from:
* NamedByTheAdaptation: Alice's sister (unnamed in the original books) is here named Lydia, she and Alice are given the last name of Clowd, and Ada is given the last name of Boyd.
to:
* NamedByTheAdaptation: Alice's sister (unnamed in the original books) is here named Lydia, she and Alice are given the last name of Clowd, and Ada is given the last name of Boyd.Boyce.
Changed line(s) 53 (click to see context) from:
* VictorianBritain: Where Ada, Alice, Lydia and all the other "real-world" characters (with the exception of Mr. Winter and Siam) live.
to:
* VictorianBritain: UsefulNotes/VictorianBritain: Where Ada, Alice, Lydia and all the other "real-world" characters (with the exception of Mr. Winter and Siam) live.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* VictorianBritain: Where Ada, Alice, Lydia and all the other "real-world" characters (with the exception of Mr. Winter and Siam) live.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Ada and Alice.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* SequelHook: Ada mentally promises to come back for [[spoiler: Siam]] if she ever makes it back to Wonderland.
Added DiffLines:
* TokenBlack: Siam.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 24 (click to see context) from:
* Don'tGointheWoods: Shortly after arriving in Wonderland, Siam ends up lost in the Wood of No Names, where everyone who enters into it is magically made to forget his or her name. He later meets the White Rabbit in the Wood, who is also lost and unable to remember his name.
to:
* Don'tGointheWoods: DontGointheWoods: Shortly after arriving in Wonderland, Siam ends up lost in the Wood of No Names, where everyone who enters into it is magically made to forget his or her name. He later meets the White Rabbit in the Wood, who is also lost and unable to remember his name.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* Don'tGointheWoods: Shortly after arriving in Wonderland, Siam ends up lost in the Wood of No Names, where everyone who enters into it is magically made to forget his or her name. He later meets the White Rabbit in the Wood, who is also lost and unable to remember his name.
Added DiffLines:
* PrecociousCrush: Lydia (who is only fifteen) has a crush on Mr. Winter (who is in his twenties at least).
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* MissingMom: Alice and Lydia's has recently died when the events of the novel begin.
* NamedByTheAdaptation: Alice's sister (unnamed in the original books) is here named Lydia, she and Alice are given the last name of Clowd, and Ada is given the last name of Boyd.
* NamedByTheAdaptation: Alice's sister (unnamed in the original books) is here named Lydia, she and Alice are given the last name of Clowd, and Ada is given the last name of Boyd.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* EldritchLocation: Wonderland is a relatively harmless version of this trope, shifting around Ada and transporting her from one location (like the Pool of Tears or the hall of locked doors in the rabbit hole) to another (like the upper branches of a tree or the Mad Hatter's tea party) at random.
Added DiffLines:
* TheMadHatter: Ada meets the TropeNamer himself.
Added DiffLines:
* RandomEventsPlot: Other than her goal of trying to find Alice, Ada's journey through Wonderland is just as random as Alice's. (Possibly even ''more'' random in this case, since Wonderland itself keeps shifting around Ada and transporting her from location to location.)
Added DiffLines:
* UnexplainedRecovery: The White Queen turns into a pillar of salt after eating a piece of the Caterpillar's mushroom, but later shows up at the Queen of Hearts' courtroom just fine and dandy and back to (relatively) normal.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* BlitheSpirit: Alice is described in the narration as being able to bring out the best in those around through her kindness, innocence and optimism.
Added DiffLines:
* CourtroomAntics: The courtroom of the Queen of Hearts is just as crazy and nonsensical here as it was in the original book.
Added DiffLines:
* MagicMushroom: The Caterpillar's mushroom as always.
Added DiffLines:
* SuddenlyVoiced: The Duchess's pig-baby, who could only cry or grunt in the original book, is fully capable of speech here.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 24 (click to see context) from:
* FaeriesDontBelieveinHumans,Either: As in ''Through the Looking Glass,'' the Unicorn doesn't believe human children are real, even after meeting two human children (Alice and Ada) in the flesh.
to:
* FaeriesDontBelieveinHumans,Either: FaeriesDontBelieveinHumansEither: As in ''Through the Looking Glass,'' the Unicorn doesn't believe human children are real, even after meeting two human children (Alice and Ada) in the flesh.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 24 (click to see context) from:
* FaeriesDon'tBelieveinHumans,Either: As in ''Through the Looking Glass,'' the Unicorn doesn't believe human children are real, even after meeting two human children (Alice and Ada) in the flesh.
to:
* FaeriesDon'tBelieveinHumans,Either: FaeriesDontBelieveinHumans,Either: As in ''Through the Looking Glass,'' the Unicorn doesn't believe human children are real, even after meeting two human children (Alice and Ada) in the flesh.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 24 (click to see context) from:
* FaeriesDon'tBelieveinHumansEither: As in ''Through the Looking Glass,'' the Unicorn doesn't believe human children are real, even after meeting two human children (Alice and Ada) in the flesh.
to:
* FaeriesDon'tBelieveinHumansEither: FaeriesDon'tBelieveinHumans,Either: As in ''Through the Looking Glass,'' the Unicorn doesn't believe human children are real, even after meeting two human children (Alice and Ada) in the flesh.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* CoolOldGuy: The White Knight.
* CoolOldLady: The White Queen.
* CoolOldLady: The White Queen.
Added DiffLines:
* FaeriesDon'tBelieveinHumansEither: As in ''Through the Looking Glass,'' the Unicorn doesn't believe human children are real, even after meeting two human children (Alice and Ada) in the flesh.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 18 (click to see context) from:
* DeliberateValuesDissonace: Maguire certainly doesn't shy away from showing the racism, sexism and clashes between science and religion present in 1860's Oxford, while the characters of Mr. Winter and Siam serve as a reminder of the evils of slavery in 1860's America.
to:
* DeliberateValuesDissonace: DeliberateValuesDissonance: Maguire certainly doesn't shy away from showing the racism, sexism and clashes between science and religion present in 1860's Oxford, while the characters of Mr. Winter and Siam serve as a reminder of the evils of slavery in 1860's America.
Changed line(s) 33 (click to see context) from:
* SlaveryIsASpecialKingOfEvil: Mr. Winter (an abolitionist) and Siam (a former slave himself) both know this all too well.
to:
* SlaveryIsASpecialKingOfEvil: SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Mr. Winter (an abolitionist) and Siam (a former slave himself) both know this all too well.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* DecompositeCharacter: The Sheep was the White Queen's alter-ego in ''Through the Looking Glass", but they're separate characters in this version and even get to converse with one another.
* DeliberateValuesDissonace: Maguire certainly doesn't shy away from showing the racism, sexism and clashes between science and religion present in 1860's Oxford, while the characters of Mr. Winter and Siam serve as a reminder of the evils of slavery in 1860's America.
* TheDeterminator: Despite her physical handicaps and constant bewilderment over Wonderland and its CloudCuckooLander inhabitants, Ada won't quit searching until she's found Alice and brought her back to Oxford.
* DeliberateValuesDissonace: Maguire certainly doesn't shy away from showing the racism, sexism and clashes between science and religion present in 1860's Oxford, while the characters of Mr. Winter and Siam serve as a reminder of the evils of slavery in 1860's America.
* TheDeterminator: Despite her physical handicaps and constant bewilderment over Wonderland and its CloudCuckooLander inhabitants, Ada won't quit searching until she's found Alice and brought her back to Oxford.
Added DiffLines:
* EarnYourHappyEnding: It takes her the entire book, but Ada finally succeeds in finding Alice, escaping Wonderland with her, and returning her friend to Oxford. She also loses her awful iron corset for good and gains a new sense of self-confidence as a result of her adventures.
Added DiffLines:
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen!: The Queen of Hearts as usual. Averted, however, by the White Queen and [[spoiler: Queen Victoria.]]
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Alice.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Alice.
Added DiffLines:
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: When she finally catches with Alice at the end of the book, Ada is very surprised to see her normally very polite and respectful best friend mouthing off to the Queen of Hearts.
* PeopleZoo: Ada and the White Queen somehow end up in display in Wonderland's version of this, where animals look at the ''humans'' on display.
* PeopleZoo: Ada and the White Queen somehow end up in display in Wonderland's version of this, where animals look at the ''humans'' on display.
Added DiffLines:
* RiddleForTheAges: Just ''how'' did [[spoiler: Queen Victoria]] end up in Wonderland in the first place?
* SlaveryIsASpecialKingOfEvil: Mr. Winter (an abolitionist) and Siam (a former slave himself) both know this all too well.
* SlaveryIsASpecialKingOfEvil: Mr. Winter (an abolitionist) and Siam (a former slave himself) both know this all too well.
Added DiffLines:
* WhatHappenedtotheMouse?: Did [[spoiler: Queen Victoria]] ever make it out of Wonderland and back to Great Britain after Ada and Alice did?
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 12 (click to see context) from:
* AmbiguousEnding: It's implied at the end that [[spoiler: Ada's trip through Wonderland may have magical straightened her crooked spine, but the novel officially makes it clear.]]
to:
* AmbiguousEnding: It's implied at the end that [[spoiler: Ada's trip through Wonderland may have magical magically straightened her crooked spine, but the novel officially makes it clear.]]
Changed line(s) 21 (click to see context) from:
* MagicMirror: Like Alice in ''Through the Looking Glass,'' Siam ends up in Wonderland by traveling the mirror above the fireplace in Alice and Lydia's house.
to:
* MagicMirror: Like Alice in ''Through the Looking Glass,'' Siam ends up in Wonderland by traveling the mirror above the fireplace in Alice and Lydia's house.house.
* OfCorsetHurts: Ada has to wear a heavy, restricting iron corset in order to fix her crooked spine. It falls off of her twice--once when she lands in Wonderland, where [[spoiler: it turns into the Jabberwock]], and for good at the end after she returns from Wonderland with Alice. She may not need it anymore by this point, since [[spoiler: it's implied that something about Wonderland magically straightened her spine.]]
* PublicDomainCharacter: Alice and most of the Wonderland characters from the original books.
* TalkingAnimal: As in the original book, most of the animals of Wonderland have the ability to talk.
* TheWonderland: The TropeNamer itself appears here.
* OfCorsetHurts: Ada has to wear a heavy, restricting iron corset in order to fix her crooked spine. It falls off of her twice--once when she lands in Wonderland, where [[spoiler: it turns into the Jabberwock]], and for good at the end after she returns from Wonderland with Alice. She may not need it anymore by this point, since [[spoiler: it's implied that something about Wonderland magically straightened her spine.]]
* PublicDomainCharacter: Alice and most of the Wonderland characters from the original books.
* TalkingAnimal: As in the original book, most of the animals of Wonderland have the ability to talk.
* TheWonderland: The TropeNamer itself appears here.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 19 (click to see context) from:
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: CharlesDarwin/UsefulNotes, [[spoiler: QueenVictoria/UsefulNotes]], and a young man who is heavily implied to be [[spoiler: Creator/LewisCarroll himself.]]
to:
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: CharlesDarwin/UsefulNotes, UsefulNotes/CharlesDarwin, [[spoiler: QueenVictoria/UsefulNotes]], UsefulNotes/QueenVictoria]], and a young man who is heavily implied to be [[spoiler: Creator/LewisCarroll himself.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 19 (click to see context) from:
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Charles Darwin/UsefulNotes, [[spoiler: Queen Victoria/UsefulNotes]], and a young man who is heavily implied to be [[Creator/Lewis Carroll himself.]]
to:
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Charles Darwin/UsefulNotes, CharlesDarwin/UsefulNotes, [[spoiler: Queen Victoria/UsefulNotes]], QueenVictoria/UsefulNotes]], and a young man who is heavily implied to be [[Creator/Lewis Carroll [[spoiler: Creator/LewisCarroll himself.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 19 (click to see context) from:
* IChooseToStay: [[spoiler: Siam]] chooses to stay in Wonderland at the end of the novel rather than go back to the unjust and bigoted surface world.
to:
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Charles Darwin/UsefulNotes, [[spoiler: Queen Victoria/UsefulNotes]], and a young man who is heavily implied to be [[Creator/Lewis Carroll himself.]]
* IChooseToStay: [[spoiler: Siam]] chooses to stay in Wonderland at the end of the novel rather than go back to the unjust and bigoted surfaceworld.world.
* MagicMirror: Like Alice in ''Through the Looking Glass,'' Siam ends up in Wonderland by traveling the mirror above the fireplace in Alice and Lydia's house.
* IChooseToStay: [[spoiler: Siam]] chooses to stay in Wonderland at the end of the novel rather than go back to the unjust and bigoted surface
* MagicMirror: Like Alice in ''Through the Looking Glass,'' Siam ends up in Wonderland by traveling the mirror above the fireplace in Alice and Lydia's house.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 9 (click to see context) from:
* ADayintheLimelight: The novel gives this to AscendedExtras Ada and Lydia.
to:
* ADayintheLimelight: The novel gives this to AscendedExtras Ada and Lydia.
Changed line(s) 16 (click to see context) from:
* TheGhost: Alice herself, who never appears in person until the end. Tweedledum and Tweedledee also count, only being mentioned in passing by [[spoiler: Queen Victoria.]] Ada herself was this in the original book.
to:
* CloudCuckooLand: Wonderland of course, but Oxford is also portrayed as this due to the DeliberateValuesDissonance of 1860's British society.
* DownTheRabbitHole: How Alice and Ada both get in Wonderland.
* TheGhost: Alice herself, who never appears in person until the end. Tweedledum and Tweedledee also count, only being mentioned in passing by [[spoiler: Queen Victoria.]] Ada herself was this in the originalbook.book.
* IChooseToStay: [[spoiler: Siam]] chooses to stay in Wonderland at the end of the novel rather than go back to the unjust and bigoted surface world.
* DownTheRabbitHole: How Alice and Ada both get in Wonderland.
* TheGhost: Alice herself, who never appears in person until the end. Tweedledum and Tweedledee also count, only being mentioned in passing by [[spoiler: Queen Victoria.]] Ada herself was this in the original
* IChooseToStay: [[spoiler: Siam]] chooses to stay in Wonderland at the end of the novel rather than go back to the unjust and bigoted surface world.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 13 (click to see context) from:
* AnimateInimateObject: The Jabberwock is [[spoiler: Ada's iron corset that somehow came to life and turned into a monster while in Wonderland.]] There's also the Queen and King of Hearts (living playing cards), the White Queen (a living chess piece), and the Tin Ballerina and Tin Bear (living marionettes).
to:
* AnimateInimateObject: AnimateInanimateObject: The Jabberwock is [[spoiler: Ada's iron corset that somehow came to life and turned into a monster while in Wonderland.]] There's also the Queen and King of Hearts (living playing cards), the White Queen (a living chess piece), and the Tin Ballerina and Tin Bear (living marionettes).
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 12 (click to see context) from:
* AmbigousEnding: It's implied at the end that [[spoiler: Ada's trip through Wonderland may have magical straightened her crooked spine, but the novel officially makes it clear.]]
to:
* AmbigousEnding: AmbiguousEnding: It's implied at the end that [[spoiler: Ada's trip through Wonderland may have magical straightened her crooked spine, but the novel officially makes it clear.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 5 (click to see context) from:
Also thrown into the mix are Josiah Winter, a handsome young abolitionist from the United States who's paying a visit to Alice and Lydia's father, and Siam, a former black slave boy from the Southern U.S. who Mr. Winter helped escape to freedom through the Underground Railroad and later ends up in Wonderland himself by falling through a looking glass.
to:
Also thrown into the mix are Josiah Winter, a handsome young abolitionist from the United States who's paying a visit to Alice and Lydia's father, and Siam, a former black slave boy from the Southern U.S. who Mr. Winter helped escape to freedom through the Underground Railroad and later ends up in Wonderland himself by falling through a looking glass.glass.
''After Alice'' contains the following tropes:
*ADayintheLimelight: The novel gives this to AscendedExtras Ada and Lydia.
*AffablyEvil: The Walrus and the Carpenter devour poor, unsuspecting young oysters alive but still take the time to engage in a polite, friendly conversation with Ada.
*AllJustADream: Subverted. Alice ''thinks'' her adventures in Wonderland were this, but this only because she passed out in the Queen of Hearts' courtroom when the Jabberwock appeared and thus wasn't conscious when Ada took her back to the surface world.
*AmbigousEnding: It's implied at the end that [[spoiler: Ada's trip through Wonderland may have magical straightened her crooked spine, but the novel officially makes it clear.]]
*AnimateInimateObject: The Jabberwock is [[spoiler: Ada's iron corset that somehow came to life and turned into a monster while in Wonderland.]] There's also the Queen and King of Hearts (living playing cards), the White Queen (a living chess piece), and the Tin Ballerina and Tin Bear (living marionettes).
*AscendedExtra: Ada (Alice's best friend) and Lydia (Alice's sister) are two minor characters from the original book given this status here.
* CanonForeigner: Josiah Winter, Siam, and Miss Armstrong (Alice's governess) in Oxford and the Tin Ballerina and Tin Bear in Wonderland.
* TheGhost: Alice herself, who never appears in person until the end. Tweedledum and Tweedledee also count, only being mentioned in passing by [[spoiler: Queen Victoria.]] Ada herself was this in the original book.
''After Alice'' contains the following tropes:
*ADayintheLimelight: The novel gives this to AscendedExtras Ada and Lydia.
*AffablyEvil: The Walrus and the Carpenter devour poor, unsuspecting young oysters alive but still take the time to engage in a polite, friendly conversation with Ada.
*AllJustADream: Subverted. Alice ''thinks'' her adventures in Wonderland were this, but this only because she passed out in the Queen of Hearts' courtroom when the Jabberwock appeared and thus wasn't conscious when Ada took her back to the surface world.
*AmbigousEnding: It's implied at the end that [[spoiler: Ada's trip through Wonderland may have magical straightened her crooked spine, but the novel officially makes it clear.]]
*AnimateInimateObject: The Jabberwock is [[spoiler: Ada's iron corset that somehow came to life and turned into a monster while in Wonderland.]] There's also the Queen and King of Hearts (living playing cards), the White Queen (a living chess piece), and the Tin Ballerina and Tin Bear (living marionettes).
*AscendedExtra: Ada (Alice's best friend) and Lydia (Alice's sister) are two minor characters from the original book given this status here.
* CanonForeigner: Josiah Winter, Siam, and Miss Armstrong (Alice's governess) in Oxford and the Tin Ballerina and Tin Bear in Wonderland.
* TheGhost: Alice herself, who never appears in person until the end. Tweedledum and Tweedledee also count, only being mentioned in passing by [[spoiler: Queen Victoria.]] Ada herself was this in the original book.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
''After Alice'' is a 2015 novel by ''Literature/{{Wicked}}'' author Gregory Maguire that acts as a LowerDeckEpisode to ''Literature/AliceinWonderland.''
Set during the events of the original book, this novel gives AscendedExtra status to two of ''Wonderland's'' minor characters: Alice's best friend, Ada, who was TheGhost and only mentioned in passing by Alice in one of the latter's monologues, and Alice's older sister Lydia, who only appeared in person at the beginning and end of the original story. When Alice follows the White Rabbit down the rabbit hole into Wonderland, Ada and Lydia both go looking for her: Ada by following her down the rabbit hole, and Lydia by searching through 1860's Oxford. The rest of the novel alternates between their two perspectives--Ada's journey through the fantastical, nonsensical world of Wonderland, and Lydia's traverse around Oxford, which has it own, more subtle set of contradictions and illogic. (Alice herself only appears in person at the end of the book.)
Also thrown into the mix are Josiah Winter, a handsome young abolitionist from the United States who's paying a visit to Alice and Lydia's father, and Siam, a former black slave boy from the Southern U.S. who Mr. Winter helped escape to freedom through the Underground Railroad and later ends up in Wonderland himself by falling through a looking glass.
Set during the events of the original book, this novel gives AscendedExtra status to two of ''Wonderland's'' minor characters: Alice's best friend, Ada, who was TheGhost and only mentioned in passing by Alice in one of the latter's monologues, and Alice's older sister Lydia, who only appeared in person at the beginning and end of the original story. When Alice follows the White Rabbit down the rabbit hole into Wonderland, Ada and Lydia both go looking for her: Ada by following her down the rabbit hole, and Lydia by searching through 1860's Oxford. The rest of the novel alternates between their two perspectives--Ada's journey through the fantastical, nonsensical world of Wonderland, and Lydia's traverse around Oxford, which has it own, more subtle set of contradictions and illogic. (Alice herself only appears in person at the end of the book.)
Also thrown into the mix are Josiah Winter, a handsome young abolitionist from the United States who's paying a visit to Alice and Lydia's father, and Siam, a former black slave boy from the Southern U.S. who Mr. Winter helped escape to freedom through the Underground Railroad and later ends up in Wonderland himself by falling through a looking glass.
