History Literature / TheVillainessFlipsTheScript

''The Villainess Flips the Script!'' by Ken (also translated as ''It's Time to Change the Genre'') is a Korean light novel, also adapted to a webcomic. The novel is finished while the webcomic is currently ongoing.

* KidsPlayMatchBreaker: Luca is really trying hard to block Ruediger's attempts at wooing Judith (with Judith's obliviousness regarding Ruediger's intentions making things even easier for him), [[spoiler:due to his belief Ruediger would ultimately hurt her like the emotional betrayal he gave him before he died in the original timeline]].

** Judith undermines Isabella's claims of being Jonas' paramour by pointing out it was extremely unlikely he would give her his mother's watch, as it was a symbol of his royal pedigree, something he eagerly flaunted, not to mention he never gifted any of his misstresses with his prized personal effects.

Luca is an illegitimate son of Judith's sister and Ruediger's deceased older half-brother Jonas, whose mother was the eldest daughter of the previous king, which, due to certain dealings between royal family and Winterwald dukes regarding railways, makes Luca the preferable heir to the House Winterwald. However, there are other relatives vying for that position, making Luca's situation rather precarious. There are also several mysteries, including Jonas' rather suspicious death, strange history between current Duke Winterwald and his wives, Luca's unusual behavior and Judith's ancestry.

''It's Time to Change the Genre'' by Ken (also translated as ''The Villainess Flips the Script!'') is a Korean light novel, also adapted to a webcomic. The novel is finished while the webcomic is currently ongoing.

* EveryoneHasStandards: Thomas is a rude AbhorrentAdmirer toward Judith, but he's notably hesitant being forced to testify against her for lying about being Luca's mother.

** Same as above, Victoria comments how Jonas was the odd one out among militantly monogamous Winterwalds due to his philandering ways.

* ForWantOfANail: Luca making Judith come with him to the Winterwald estate leads to a chain of events [[spoiler:that reveal Judith as a royal family member,.]]

** Second timeline Judith describes original Judith as basically this, as she was spiteful towards a child because of the mother's death, neglectful towards him, and tried multiple times to sponge off the Winterwalds even after he left her "care". Subverted, since it turns out she did have some redeemable qualities [[spoiler:and her death in the original timeline was actually because of trying to protect Luca.]]

* LovingAShadow: Heavily indicated concerning Sophie toward Vanessa. Judith notices how Sophie brings attention to her disappointment neither Jonas nor Luca inherited Vanessa's violet eyes and determines her doting on Jonas was more because he was Vanessa's child rather than truly loving him. Vanessa herself appeared rather indifferent to Sophie back when she was alive and Princess Malina comments about how even Sophie, for all she doted on Jonas, had no clue about how Jonas was afraid of horse riding.

* {{Nephewism}}: Luca is raised by Judith, his aunt, as his mother is dead and his father doesn't care. After said father's death, his uncle finds out about Luca's existence and comes to their village to take him home. In the fist timeline Luca goes only with Ruediger, but in the second one he insists on taking Judith along. Ruediger even awkwardly suggests they're going to act as Luca's parents.

* OneHeadTaller: [[spoiler:Judith and Ruediger]] have the physical dynamic but aside from his stubbornness and stoicness he's more like an oversized puppy towards her.

** Vanessa was her father's favorite child, [[spoiler: mostly thanks to having the same eye color as his missing younger sister]]. Because of this, her brother, the current king, takes great pains to avoid taking sides for his children, especially concerning the fight between his eldest daughter and son for the throne.

* TheDreaded: Ruediger, both among the maids of Winterwald estate, for his intense dislike of any attempts at wooing him (which cost many former maids their jobs in the manor, and resulted in the female servants eventually avoiding him altogether) and among other nobles, for his 100% kill count in duels.

** Both Judith and Luca are confused as to why the other person is acting so "unlike" themselves. [[spoiler:Luca had turned back time after the end of the original timeline and learned some things Judith didn't know, while she had seen the end of the "novel" and decided to be a better caretaker to him when she awoke at the start of the present timeline.]] [spoiler:In Chapter 72, Judith internally confirms that the current Luca isn't the one she knows, but still thinks someone transmigrated into him like her past self did into Judith.]]