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* FatalFlaw: For Mielle, '''pride'''. She is a huge believer in blood purity, and resents anyone who gets a leg up in society despite their inferior blood. She went after Aria and her mother purely because Countess Carin was a prostitute and they were from the slums, despite neither of them having anything against Mielle. If Mielle hadn't gloated her victory over Aria and her mother in the first timeline, Aria wouldn't have sought after revenge. But alas, Mielle couldn't keep her mouth shut, and Aria went on to ruin Mielle's life.
** For Isis, '''pride''' with a dash of '''complacency'''. Like Mielle, she takes pride in her blue blood, and looks down on others she considers beneath her. She is so assured that Prince Asher is hers and that her brother is too soft to be a proper duke, that she doesn't consider that both men could stand up to her if they found the opportunity to do so. She's also so used to having the approval of the nobility around her that she doesn't realize that the Aristocratic Party's loyalty is fragile at best. [[spoiler:This extends to the coup she starts after being rejected by Asher; she was so upset that he wiggled his way out of an engagement with her that she recklessly begins a rebellion, having no idea she's being played like a fiddle by Asher and King Lohan until it's too late.]]
** For Isis, '''pride''' with a dash of '''complacency'''. Like Mielle, she takes pride in her blue blood, and looks down on others she considers beneath her. She is so assured that Prince Asher is hers and that her brother is too soft to be a proper duke, that she doesn't consider that both men could stand up to her if they found the opportunity to do so. She's also so used to having the approval of the nobility around her that she doesn't realize that the Aristocratic Party's loyalty is fragile at best. [[spoiler:This extends to the coup she starts after being rejected by Asher; she was so upset that he wiggled his way out of an engagement with her that she recklessly begins a rebellion, having no idea she's being played like a fiddle by Asher and King Lohan until it's too late.]]
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* VitriolicBestFriends: [[spoiler:Lohan and Asher]] are this, constantly throwing barbs at each other, threatening violence, desertion by teleportation, or war, which often send their retainers into a panic. On the other hand, they are obviously very familiar with each other and take the insults in strides; not to mention the political deals they make. At one point, they meet in public when trying to bluff a traitor, so the fact that they are so familiar and relaxed with each other makes said traitor briefly suspect that they're pulling the wool over her eyes (they manage to deceive her into thinking otherwise).
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* VitriolicBestFriends: [[spoiler:Lohan and Asher]] are this, this. They're constantly throwing barbs at each other, threatening violence, desertion by teleportation, or war, which often send their retainers into a panic. On the other hand, they are obviously they're very familiar with each other and take the insults in strides; not to mention the political deals they make. At one point, they meet in public when trying to bluff a traitor, so the fact that they are so familiar and relaxed with trust each other makes said traitor briefly suspect that they're pulling enough to work together as a team. [[spoiler:When Isis reaches out to Lohan to marry him and start a coup in her country, Lohan immediately notifies Asher; the wool over her eyes (they manage two of them hatch a long-term plan to deceive her Isis and the Aristocratic Party into thinking otherwise).Lohan is their ally, while collecting evidence against them. They succeed in capturing the traitors red-handed, while drafting a peace treaty between the two countries for 50 years.]]
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* UngratefulBastard: Mielle makes no effort to come to Emma's defense [[spoiler:when Aria arranges for Berry to confess to Emma forcing her to poison Aria]], with Aria noting how Mielle does little for the woman who raised her from infancy. [[spoiler:Not to mention she doesn't hesitate to attempt murder on her own father to frame Aria.]]
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* UngratefulBastard: Mielle makes no effort to come to Emma's defense [[spoiler:when Aria arranges for Berry to confess to confesses that Emma forcing forced her to poison Aria]], with Aria noting how Mielle does little for is too much of a coward to aid the woman who raised her from infancy. [[spoiler:Not [[spoiler:This becomes a pattern with Mielle the more she's defeated by Aria; she's willing to mention she doesn't hesitate throw her loved ones under the bus to attempt murder on further her own goals. This leads Mielle into shoving her father down the stairs; blackmailing Isis into helping her escape from house arrest; and trying to frame Aria.poison her guardian (Annie) when she had enough of being a maid.]]
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** Inverted in the prominent example of [[GoodStepmother Countess Roscent]]. She has never done anything bad to Cain and Mielle, who insult and belittle her for being a former common prostitute, with Mielle actively trying to kill her. [[spoiler:It's only after Mielle tries to frame Aria for attempted murder on Count Roscent, on top of a previous incident where Aria got poisoned by a servant instructed by Emma, that Carin finally has enough and works with her daughter to drag the household down.]]
** Averted in the more subtle example of Chloe's father, Marquis Piaast, despite the lack of interaction between him and his stepdaughter, it is made very clear that he cares for her about as much as he does his own son. However, the man himself seems to believe himself to play this straight, only downplayed, due to his actions having "stolen" Frey's mother and brother from her.
** On the other hand, Count Roscent definitely plays this straight. Not only does he turn a blind eye to his children's abuse of their stepmother and sister, he also [[ParentalFavoritism clearly favours his children]] over both [[DomesticAbuse his wife]] and [[TheUnfavorite stepdaughter]]. Moreover, he does only the absolute bare minimum for Aria while treating her like a disposable pawn the moment she appears to have any worth. [[spoiler:It's why Carin has no issues with divorcing him when it comes down to it because Count Roscent doesn't treat her or Aria with any respect to do anything about how his children treat them.]]
** Averted in the more subtle example of Chloe's father, Marquis Piaast, despite the lack of interaction between him and his stepdaughter, it is made very clear that he cares for her about as much as he does his own son. However, the man himself seems to believe himself to play this straight, only downplayed, due to his actions having "stolen" Frey's mother and brother from her.
** On the other hand, Count Roscent definitely plays this straight. Not only does he turn a blind eye to his children's abuse of their stepmother and sister, he also [[ParentalFavoritism clearly favours his children]] over both [[DomesticAbuse his wife]] and [[TheUnfavorite stepdaughter]]. Moreover, he does only the absolute bare minimum for Aria while treating her like a disposable pawn the moment she appears to have any worth. [[spoiler:It's why Carin has no issues with divorcing him when it comes down to it because Count Roscent doesn't treat her or Aria with any respect to do anything about how his children treat them.]]
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** Inverted in the prominent example of [[GoodStepmother Countess Roscent]]. She has never done anything bad to Cain and Mielle, who insult and belittle her for being a former common prostitute, with Mielle actively trying to kill her. [[spoiler:It's only after Mielle tries to frame Aria for attempted murder on against Count Roscent, on top of a previous incident where Aria got poisoned by a servant instructed by Emma, Berry, that Carin finally has enough and works with her daughter to drag the household down.]]
** Averted in the more subtle example of Chloe's father, MarquisPiaast, despite Piaast. Despite the lack of interaction between him and his stepdaughter, it is made very clear that he cares for her about as much as he does his own son. However, the man himself seems to believe himself to play this straight, only downplayed, due to his actions having "stolen" Frey's mother and brother from her.
** On the other hand, Count Roscent definitely plays this straight. Not only does he turn a blind eye to his children's abuse of their stepmother and sister, he also [[ParentalFavoritism clearlyfavours favors his children]] over both [[DomesticAbuse his wife]] and [[TheUnfavorite stepdaughter]]. Moreover, he He does only the absolute bare minimum for Aria while treating her like a disposable pawn the moment she appears to have any worth. He doesn't treat Carin any better, using her as a shield from other nobles who wanted him to marry their daughters, and going off on "business trips" to see other women. [[spoiler:It's why Carin has no issues with divorcing him when it comes down to it because Count Roscent doesn't treat her or Aria with any respect to do anything about how his children treat them.and leaving him in a nursing home for good.]]
** Averted in the more subtle example of Chloe's father, Marquis
** On the other hand, Count Roscent definitely plays this straight. Not only does he turn a blind eye to his children's abuse of their stepmother and sister, he also [[ParentalFavoritism clearly
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** Lack of planning is Mielle's Achilles' Heel; after [[spoiler:Emma is executed, it becomes very clear that she did most of the actual planning, with Mielle simply relying on her and playing her part. So when Mielle is forced instead to come up with her own plots, she repeatedly fails spectactularly due to her own biases and misconceptions.]]
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The [[https://page.kakao.com/home?seriesId=54526433 webtoon]] originally ran in Korean from March 2020 to November 2022. The first official English translation was published [[https://www.tappytoon.com/en/comics/villainess-turns-hourglass by Tappytoon]] and ran nearly simultaneously with the webtoon uploads. In September 2022, a new translation of the webtoon by [[https://m.tapas.io/series/the-villainess-turns-the-hourglass/info Tapas]] began releasing as well, and began its second season in August 2023. Creator/YenPress announced in [[https://yenpress.com/titles/9798400900808-the-villainess-turns-the-hourglass-vol-1 May 2023]] that their Ize Press imprint would publish an English paperback and ebook release of the webtoon with the panels rearranged from a vertical layout to a traditional left-right book layout. Volume 1 of this edition was released on November 14, 2023, Volume 2 scheduled for February 2024 and Volume 3 scheduled for May 2024. Papertoons began publishing a paperback version of the manwha in German beginning in May 2023 and have published 5 volumes of a 6 volume release.
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The [[https://page.kakao.com/home?seriesId=54526433 webtoon]] originally ran in Korean from March 2020 to November 2022. The first official English translation was published [[https://www.tappytoon.com/en/comics/villainess-turns-hourglass by Tappytoon]] and ran nearly simultaneously with the webtoon uploads. In September 2022, a new translation of the webtoon by [[https://m.tapas.io/series/the-villainess-turns-the-hourglass/info Tapas]] began releasing as well, and began its second season in August 2023. Creator/YenPress announced in [[https://yenpress.com/titles/9798400900808-the-villainess-turns-the-hourglass-vol-1 May 2023]] that their Ize Press imprint would publish an English paperback and ebook release of the webtoon with the panels rearranged from a vertical layout to a traditional left-right book layout. Volume 1 of this edition was released on November 14, 2023, Volume 2 scheduled for February 2024 and Volume 3 scheduled for May 2024. Papertoons began publishing a paperback version of the manwha manhwa in German beginning in May 2023 and have published 5 volumes of a 6 volume release.
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* AdaptationExpansion: While the manwha doesn’t make any large divergences from the webnovel, it does make some additions in ways such as adding more explanations for events like how Aria’s mother married the Count, plus some additional events added like the ForgottenFirstMeeting of [[spoiler: Aria and Asher as children,]] and [[spoiler: Isis being shown having been reborn in the epilogue.]]
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* AdaptationExpansion: While the manwha manhwa doesn’t make any large divergences from the webnovel, it does make some additions in ways such as adding more explanations for events like how Aria’s mother married the Count, plus some additional events added like the ForgottenFirstMeeting of [[spoiler: Aria and Asher as children,]] and [[spoiler: Isis being shown having been reborn in the epilogue.]]
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* BreakingTheFourthWall: At the end of Epilogue 5 in the manwha, Jessie’s thought bubble is her apologizing that she can’t break up a fight between Ruby and Annie “this week” because “the author doesn’t have any more room in this episode.”
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* BreakingTheFourthWall: At the end of Epilogue 5 in the manwha, manhwa, Jessie’s thought bubble is her apologizing that she can’t break up a fight between Ruby and Annie “this week” because “the author doesn’t have any more room in this episode.”
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* HomoeroticSubtext: Both the novel and the manwha adaptation heavily play up the scene where Aria gives Jessie a brooch and pins it to her lapel as if she’s trying to make a move on her, using many of the same framing as when Aria uses her charms on men. To a lesser extent the same framing reappears when Aria brings Annie over to her side and there’s another brooch pinning moment.
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* HomoeroticSubtext: Both the novel and the manwha manhwa adaptation heavily play up the scene where Aria gives Jessie a brooch and pins it to her lapel as if she’s trying to make a move on her, using many of the same framing as when Aria uses her charms on men. To a lesser extent the same framing reappears when Aria brings Annie over to her side and there’s another brooch pinning moment.
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* InformedDeformity: Characters frequently refer to Sarah as "plain," but in the manwha she’s still drawn so attractively that many readers wouldn't notice without the dialogues saying so.
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* InformedDeformity: Characters frequently refer to Sarah as "plain," but in the manwha manhwa she’s still drawn so attractively that many readers wouldn't notice without the dialogues saying so.
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* LampshadeHanging: A page in the manwha has Carin and Aria discussing Aria’s new relationship with [[spoiler: Crown Prince Asher]]. When Aria finishes telling the story her mother remarks “It sounds like something out of a novel!”, with Aria concurring “It really does feel like I’m in a novel.”
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* LampshadeHanging: A page in the manwha manhwa has Carin and Aria discussing Aria’s new relationship with [[spoiler: Crown Prince Asher]]. When Aria finishes telling the story her mother remarks “It sounds like something out of a novel!”, with Aria concurring “It really does feel like I’m in a novel.”
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* SecretRoom: The novel mentions that Aria’s hiding place for her hourglass is her own secret room connected to her bedroom and that everyone in the Roscent manor has their own to escape to if needed… and that Aria only discovered hers by accident in the last timeline. The family had deliberately not told her about it and she discovered hers too late for it to save her life. The hidden room is still in the manwha but its purpose isn’t mentioned.
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* SecretRoom: The novel mentions that Aria’s hiding place for her hourglass is her own secret room connected to her bedroom and that everyone in the Roscent manor has their own to escape to if needed… and that Aria only discovered hers by accident in the last timeline. The family had deliberately not told her about it and she discovered hers too late for it to save her life. The hidden room is still in the manwha manhwa but its purpose isn’t mentioned.
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* LampshadeHanging: A page in the manwha has Carin and Aria discussing Aria’s new relationship with [[spoiler: Crown Prince Asher]]. When Aria finishes telling the story her mother remarks “It sounds like something out of a novel!”, with Aria concurring “It really does feel like I’m in a novel.”
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* BlindIdiotTranslation: The official English translation of the web novel is notoriously rough, even getting the name of the author wrong and so awkwardly literal that it’s not always easy to follow what’s happening in a scene.
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* BlindIdiotTranslation: The official English translation of the web novel is notoriously rough, even getting the name of the author wrong and so awkwardly literal that it’s not always easy to follow what’s happening in a scene. As it progresses it becomes more apparent that it’s a barely edited machine translation, producing such gems as “Jessie lift T-Pot with a look of sorry” in Chapter 92.
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Soooo I’ve been through every official translation now I don’t know where “Veri” came from. Her name is clearly “Berry.” Gonna fix it.
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* DubNameChange: Due to multiple translators being involved in the various official English releases of the webnovel and webtoon, all working for different companies, and seemingly no oversight from the Korean license holder, a number of name inconsistencies have arisen as a result in the English-speaking fandom. While this mostly affects minor characters like Sarah/Sara, Veri/Berry, Lane/Rain Pinonua/Pinonoire, or Vika/Vicah Layers/Vyers/Byers, a major character impacted is major antagonist Isis who became "Isys" in the Tapas translation, as well as Lohan becoming "Rohan". The Aristocratic Party also becomes the Noble Faction in the Tapas translation. The webnovel is the least trusted of the translations as it didn’t even translate the author’s name correctly in the translations themselves but with no “one true translation” it’s hard to settle these name debates.
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* DubNameChange: Due to multiple translators being involved in the various official English releases of the webnovel and webtoon, all working for different companies, and seemingly no oversight from the Korean license holder, a number of name inconsistencies have arisen as a result in the English-speaking fandom. While this mostly affects minor characters like Sarah/Sara, Veri/Berry, Lane/Rain of Pinonua/Pinonoire, or Vika/Vicah Layers/Vyers/Byers, a major character impacted is major antagonist Isis who became "Isys" in the Tapas translation, as well as Lohan becoming "Rohan". The Aristocratic Party also becomes the Noble Faction in the Tapas translation. The webnovel is the least trusted of the translations as it didn’t even translate the author’s name correctly in the translations themselves but with no “one true translation” it’s hard to settle these name debates.
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Subverted, at first while it’s no secret that Mielle is truly evil, she seems to have people she genuinely loves like her father, brother Cain, substitute mother figure Emma, fiancé Oscar and dear friend Isis. In the latter half of the novel, these relationships are carefully shown to be shallow and easily dismantled at her own hands. She’s unwilling to do more than give token protests for Emma [[spoiler:when she’s accused of forcing Veri to poison Aria in fear that a full throated defense will put suspicion on Mielle]]. [[spoiler:Afterwards, she tries to murder her father to frame Aria because he was happy with Aria being engaged to the prince, leaving him crippled.]] [[spoiler:She blackmails Isis with all of their correspondence to escape house arrest for the above.]] While posing [[spoiler:as Isis' maid]], she is willing to turn her back on Oscar for a potential fling with Isis’s prospective fiancé. Finally, Mielle even shows consternation at her brother’s willingness to embrace a second chance [[spoiler:when they are forced into servitude and stripped of their titles for plotting treason, even though the alternate option would have been execution.]]
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Subverted, at first while it’s no secret that Mielle is truly evil, she seems to have people she genuinely loves like her father, brother Cain, substitute mother figure Emma, fiancé Oscar and dear friend Isis. In the latter half of the novel, these relationships are carefully shown to be shallow and easily dismantled at her own hands. She’s unwilling to do more than give token protests for Emma [[spoiler:when she’s accused of forcing Veri Berry to poison Aria in fear that a full throated defense will put suspicion on Mielle]]. [[spoiler:Afterwards, she tries to murder her father to frame Aria because he was happy with Aria being engaged to the prince, leaving him crippled.]] [[spoiler:She blackmails Isis with all of their correspondence to escape house arrest for the above.]] While posing [[spoiler:as Isis' maid]], she is willing to turn her back on Oscar for a potential fling with Isis’s prospective fiancé. Finally, Mielle even shows consternation at her brother’s willingness to embrace a second chance [[spoiler:when they are forced into servitude and stripped of their titles for plotting treason, even though the alternate option would have been execution.]]
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Aria's admittedly sly, manipulative, and enjoys making her enemies squirm as befitting her self-image as a "villainess". However, for as self-serving as she is, Aria genuinely desires to reward those who serve her and only really seeks to hurt those who deserve it like Mielle. She even averts being a BadBoss to most of her maids with the exception of Veri, and even that came from [[spoiler:knowing Veri was spying on Aria for Mielle, and in the previous timeline was most likely the one who poisoned Aria's mother.]] In short, Aria desires only to be a villain towards other villains.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Aria's admittedly sly, manipulative, and enjoys making her enemies squirm as befitting her self-image as a "villainess". However, for as self-serving as she is, Aria genuinely desires to reward those who serve her and only really seeks to hurt those who deserve it like Mielle. She even averts being a BadBoss to most of her maids with the exception of Veri, Berry, and even that came from [[spoiler:knowing Veri Berry, in the first timeline, was spying on the one who framed Aria for Mielle, murder and in the previous timeline was most likely the one who poisoned Aria's her mother.]] In short, Aria desires only to be a villain towards other villains.
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** Jessie, her first maid, was the only one in the first timeline to give her genuinely good advice and try to help steer Aria on the right path. Out of gratitude and guilt for the way she treated her, Aria does her best in the second timeline to be kind to Jessie. She even has trouble when encouraged to be cruel to Veri Berry [[spoiler:and Mielle after she becomes a maid.]]
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* UngratefulBastard: Mielle makes no effort to come to Emma's defense [[spoiler:when Aria arranges for Veri to confess to Emma forcing her to poison Aria]], with Aria noting how Mielle does little for the woman who raised her from infancy. [[spoiler:Not to mention she doesn't hesitate to attempt murder on her own father to frame Aria.]]
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* UngratefulBastard: Mielle makes no effort to come to Emma's defense [[spoiler:when Aria arranges for Veri Berry to confess to Emma forcing her to poison Aria]], with Aria noting how Mielle does little for the woman who raised her from infancy. [[spoiler:Not to mention she doesn't hesitate to attempt murder on her own father to frame Aria.]]
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* PoorCommunicationKills: Aria initially doesn't have anything against her stepfather, Count Roscente. However, when he apparently passes off Aria's achievements as Mielle's, she instantly turns her back on winning him over and never looks back. Unfortunately for him, this is based on a misunderstanding: He never said Mielle did anything but rather that his daughter did it and people simply assumed he was talking about Mielle. Though in all fairness, he didn't try very hard to correct the misunderstanding either.
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* RageBreakingPoint: After reincarnating, Aria has worked over time to keep her natural temper from flaring in public as her outrageous tantrums in the past are what gave her the reputation that got her killed in her past life. But her temper finally boils over in front of everyone when she learns that the respect she thought she’d gained from Count Roscent was a lie and he’d been using her own accomplishments to prop up his biological daughter instead, leaving her shouting in rage as she realizes that even if she were to be the perfect child, the Count will never see her as his child. As people like Sarah have never seen this side of Aria before they’re legitimately shocked to see her ugly side. Fortunately for Aria, she uses her hourglass just in time to avoid the consequences of this outburst and plays things cool after the reset.
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* RageBreakingPoint: After reincarnating, Aria has worked over time to keep her natural temper from flaring in public as her outrageous tantrums in the past are what gave her the reputation that got her killed in her past life. But her temper finally boils over in front of everyone when she learns that the respect she thought she’d gained from Count Roscent was a lie and he’d been using her own accomplishments to prop up his biological daughter instead, instead[[note]]Though this is technically a misunderstanding, it's one he didn't bother to correct[[/note]], leaving her shouting in rage as she realizes that even if she were to be the perfect child, the Count will never see her as his child. As people like Sarah have never seen this side of Aria before they’re legitimately shocked to see her ugly side. Fortunately for Aria, she uses her hourglass just in time to avoid the consequences of this outburst and plays things cool after the reset.
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* MistakenIdentity: Though Aria and Asher meet for the first time very early in the story, a long-running thread in the first season is each of them getting the wrong idea of who the other is. Due to Aria deliberately wearing a dress of Mielle’s bearing the House Frederick seal at the time Asher meets her and his knowledge of the rumors about what Aria is supposedly like, he mistakes her for Mielle who he has also never met. And due to terrible impression he leaves behind, Aria makes sure to have Mielle keep wearing the dress to make sure everyone associates her with it. Meanwhile Aria assumes that she’s being pursued by some “country noble,” and due to Asher’s need for secrecy, he waits a long time to correct her.
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** [[spoiler:Isis goes to the guillotine not seething with resentment, but simply relieved that her brother will be spared. She doesn't care that he testified against her because she knows he was only following his morals, not trying to save his own skin by throwing her under the bus.]] The end of the side story reveals [[spoiler: her Imperial Bloodline power activated when she died and Isis was reborn into the body of a commoner girl in rural Croa. Being reborn as a new person in a different country without the expectations of high nobility appears to be doing her good and she uses her second chance to improve the lives of the people around her.]]
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** [[spoiler:Isis goes to the guillotine not seething with resentment, but simply relieved that her brother will be spared. She doesn't care that he testified against her because she knows he was only following his morals, not trying to save his own skin by throwing her under the bus.]] The creators of the webtoon seemed to like her a lot as well, drawing fan art of “alternate universe” Isis’s for the end of Season 2 and even adding [[spoiler: a small redemption for her to the end of the side story reveals [[spoiler: story, where her Imperial Bloodline power activated when at her execution and she died and Isis was reborn into in the body of a commoner girl in rural Croa. Being reborn as a new person in a different country without the expectations of high nobility appears Croa to be doing live out her good and she uses her second chance to improve the lives of the people around her.life in peace.]]
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The [[https://page.kakao.com/home?seriesId=54526433 webtoon]] originally ran in Korean from March 2020 to November 2022. The first official English translation was published [[https://www.tappytoon.com/en/comics/villainess-turns-hourglass by Tappytoon]] and ran nearly simultaneously with the webtoon uploads. In September 2022, a new translation of the webtoon by [[https://m.tapas.io/series/the-villainess-turns-the-hourglass/info Tapas]] began releasing as well, and began its second season in August 2023. Creator/YenPress announced in [[https://yenpress.com/titles/9798400900808-the-villainess-turns-the-hourglass-vol-1 May 2023]] that their Ize Press imprint would publish an English paperback and ebook release of the webtoon with the panels rearranged from a vertical layout to a traditional left-right book layout. Volume 1 of this edition was released on November 14, 2023, Volume 2 scheduled for February 2024 and Volume 3 scheduled for May 2024. Papertoons began publishing a paperback version beginning in May 2023 and have published 5 volumes of a 6 volume release.
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The [[https://page.kakao.com/home?seriesId=54526433 webtoon]] originally ran in Korean from March 2020 to November 2022. The first official English translation was published [[https://www.tappytoon.com/en/comics/villainess-turns-hourglass by Tappytoon]] and ran nearly simultaneously with the webtoon uploads. In September 2022, a new translation of the webtoon by [[https://m.tapas.io/series/the-villainess-turns-the-hourglass/info Tapas]] began releasing as well, and began its second season in August 2023. Creator/YenPress announced in [[https://yenpress.com/titles/9798400900808-the-villainess-turns-the-hourglass-vol-1 May 2023]] that their Ize Press imprint would publish an English paperback and ebook release of the webtoon with the panels rearranged from a vertical layout to a traditional left-right book layout. Volume 1 of this edition was released on November 14, 2023, Volume 2 scheduled for February 2024 and Volume 3 scheduled for May 2024. Papertoons began publishing a paperback version of the manwha in German beginning in May 2023 and have published 5 volumes of a 6 volume release.
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Updated info on the books, mainly because so far German is the only other Western release and it was kinda cool to discover it while checking up on the Ize Press version.
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The [[https://page.kakao.com/home?seriesId=54526433 webtoon]] originally ran in Korean from March 2020 to November 2022. The first official English translation was published [[https://www.tappytoon.com/en/comics/villainess-turns-hourglass by Tappytoon]] and ran nearly simultaneously with the webtoon uploads. In September 2022, a new translation of the webtoon by [[https://m.tapas.io/series/the-villainess-turns-the-hourglass/info Tapas]] began releasing as well, and began its second season in August 2023. Creator/YenPress announced in [[https://yenpress.com/titles/9798400900808-the-villainess-turns-the-hourglass-vol-1 May 2023]] that their Ize Press imprint would publish a paperback and ebook release of the webtoon with the panels rearranged from a vertical layout to a traditional left-right book layout. This release is scheduled for November 14, 2023.
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The [[https://page.kakao.com/home?seriesId=54526433 webtoon]] originally ran in Korean from March 2020 to November 2022. The first official English translation was published [[https://www.tappytoon.com/en/comics/villainess-turns-hourglass by Tappytoon]] and ran nearly simultaneously with the webtoon uploads. In September 2022, a new translation of the webtoon by [[https://m.tapas.io/series/the-villainess-turns-the-hourglass/info Tapas]] began releasing as well, and began its second season in August 2023. Creator/YenPress announced in [[https://yenpress.com/titles/9798400900808-the-villainess-turns-the-hourglass-vol-1 May 2023]] that their Ize Press imprint would publish a an English paperback and ebook release of the webtoon with the panels rearranged from a vertical layout to a traditional left-right book layout. This release is Volume 1 of this edition was released on November 14, 2023, Volume 2 scheduled for November 14, 2023.
February 2024 and Volume 3 scheduled for May 2024. Papertoons began publishing a paperback version beginning in May 2023 and have published 5 volumes of a 6 volume release.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Early in the story, Aria thinks to herself that the best way to exterminate an entire noble family is if they’re accused of treason. [[spoiler: This ends up being the downfall of both House Roscent and House Frederick.]]
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* GlassSlipper: The bracelet Aria receives from Asher is all that’s left behind [[spoiler: after he teleports her away from the scene of Mielle’s attempted frame up. Later Mielle tries to use the broken bracelet found at the scene of the crime to prove Aria was present, only for Aria to “reveal” she was wearing the “true” bracelet, [[FramingTheGuiltyParty making Mielle’s appear to be fake.]]]]
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** Aria understands and exploits romantic love, but platonic love tends to elude her. She is very confused [[spoiler:when she properly meets her paternal grandparents and they treat her with love and kindness without expecting anything in return]].
** She's equally bewildered when she comes to realize [[spoiler:she really, truly loves Sarah like a sister and genuinely wishes for her happiness.]]
** She's equally bewildered when she comes to realize [[spoiler:she really, truly loves Sarah like a sister and genuinely wishes for her happiness.]]
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** Aria understands and exploits romantic love, but platonic love tends to elude her as well as actually feeling love herself. Hence she often tries to explain away moments such as realizing she truly cares for Sarah or that she actually has developed some genuine feelings for Oscar, both times convincing herself it’s only because of their value as pawns. Similarly, the idea of being close to family members is foreign to her. She is very confused [[spoiler:when Eventually she properly meets her paternal grandparents and they treat her with love and kindness without expecting anything in return]].
** She's equally bewildered whenaccepts that Sarah truly is a friend, that [[spoiler: she comes to realize [[spoiler:she really, truly loves Sarah like a sister Asher]], [[spoiler: that it is possible to receive unconditional love and genuinely support from her biological family that she finally discovers,]] and that [[spoiler: without even realizing why, she deeply wishes to protect and care for her happiness.]]Bliss and Lippe as their mother.]]
** She's equally bewildered when
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** Sarah is nothing but polite and courteous and has a gentle heart which helps her to win over the equally kind hearted Marquis Vincent.
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** Sarah is nothing but polite and courteous and has a gentle heart which helps her to win over the equally kind hearted Marquis Vincent.Vincent… and unintentionally [[BecomingTheMask Aria as well.]]
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* NotSoDifferentRemark: At the execution of [[spoiler: Isis and all the nobles for treason]], Asher muses that [[spoiler: his motivations for taking Isis down with such brutality make him very similar to Aria, despite her beliefs in him being a saint compared to her. He then indulges himself by holding up Isis’s severed head to the cheering crowd.]]
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* VillainCred: Aria frequently finds herself shockingly impressed by the depths of Mielle’s acts of villainy, especially when Aria’s actions in the second timeline cause Mielle to start retaliating against her rather much sooner than in the first timeline and with much more ferocity.
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* BlindIdiotTranslation: The official English translation of the web novel is notoriously rough, even getting the name of the author wrong and so awkwardly literal that it’s not always easy to follow what’s happening in a scene.
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* DubNameChange: Due to multiple translators being involved in the various official English releases of the webnovel and webtoon, all working for different companies, a number of name inconsistencies have arisen as a result in the English-speaking fandom. While this mostly affects minor characters like Sarah/Sara, Veri/Berry, Lane/Rain Pinot, Pinonua/Pinonoire, or Vika/Vicah, a major character impacted is major antagonist Isis who became "Isys" in the Tapas translation, as well as Lohan becoming "Rohan". The Aristocratic Party also becomes the Noble Faction in the Tapas translation.
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* DubNameChange: Due to multiple translators being involved in the various official English releases of the webnovel and webtoon, all working for different companies, and seemingly no oversight from the Korean license holder, a number of name inconsistencies have arisen as a result in the English-speaking fandom. While this mostly affects minor characters like Sarah/Sara, Veri/Berry, Lane/Rain Pinot, Pinonua/Pinonoire, or Vika/Vicah, Vika/Vicah Layers/Vyers/Byers, a major character impacted is major antagonist Isis who became "Isys" in the Tapas translation, as well as Lohan becoming "Rohan". The Aristocratic Party also becomes the Noble Faction in the Tapas translation. The webnovel is the least trusted of the translations as it didn’t even translate the author’s name correctly in the translations themselves but with no “one true translation” it’s hard to settle these name debates.
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* SecretRoom: The novel mentions that Aria’s hiding place for her hourglass is her own secret room connected to her bedroom and that everyone in the Roscent manor has their own to escape to if needed… and that Aria only discovered hers by accident in the last timeline. The family had deliberately not told her about it and she discovered hers too late for it to save her life. The hidden room is still in the manwha but its purpose isn’t mentioned.
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* BabiesEverAfter: The epilogue side story uses time travel to show us that basically EVERY female character becomes happily married with children. [[spoiler: Sarah and Annie discover their pregnancies during Bliss’ trip to the past and Bliss and Lippe themselves are quickly revealed to be Aria and Asher’s future twins. Once they SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong they get their fluffy happy future too.]]
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* EveryoneMustBePaired: The story never builds up a proper BetaCouple but it does make sure that in addition to Aria, all of the other female main characters that are in her circle of friends is paired up and married before the end of the series, with the Epilogue giving a peek at how that’s going.
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* BreakingTheFourthWall: At the end of Epilogue 5 in the manwha, Jessie’s thought bubble is her apologizing that she can’t break up a fight between Ruby and Annie “this week” because “the author doesn’t have any more room in this episode.”
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* MyBelovedMinions: Since Aria learned in her past life that all of the maids were working for Mielle to conspire against her, she quickly turns the tables in her next life by making sure to win them all over so Mielle loses access to them. She makes it very clear in the series that loyalty to her will lead to great success, making sure to shower Jessie and later Annie in gifts so the maids understand being one of “Aria’s people” will benefit them. This is solidified when Annie’s good work for Aria [[spoiler: leads to her marrying a noble and moving up in the world.]] Throughout the series Aria continues to be protective of Jessie and Annie, [[spoiler: even going out of her way to ensure Hans is able to rise above his commoner status so he’ll be a good husband for Jessie when she realizes Jessie has fallen for him.]]
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** [[Aria herself]] in the epilogue side story, as when she discovers any threats to Bliss she reverts to her villainess persona effortlessly to wipe them out. [[spoiler: She absolutely ruins Ruby AND her family’s future when she discovers what she has been doing to Bliss. Then when Tiaran slips up and reveals the existence of the secret healing spring in her home village, Aria threatens to arrive at the village ''bearing her severed head'' if Tiaran doesn’t immediately ride back and convince her village’s elders to give her the water she needs to save Bliss’s life.]]
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** [[Aria [[spoiler:Aria herself]] in the epilogue side story, as when she discovers any threats to Bliss she reverts to her villainess persona effortlessly to wipe them out. [[spoiler: She absolutely ruins Ruby AND her family’s future when she discovers what she has been doing to Bliss. Then when Tiaran slips up and reveals the existence of the secret healing spring in her home village, Aria threatens to arrive at the village ''bearing her severed head'' if Tiaran doesn’t immediately ride back and convince her village’s elders to give her the water she needs to save Bliss’s life.]]
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** [[Aria herself]] in the epilogue side story, as when she discovers any threats to Bliss she reverts to her villainess persona effortlessly to wipe them out. [[spoiler: She absolutely ruins Ruby AND her family’s future when she discovers what she has been doing to Bliss. Then when Tiaran slips up and reveals the existence of the secret healing spring in her home village, Aria threatens to arrive at the village ''bearing her severed head'' if Tiaran doesn’t immediately ride back and convince her village’s elders to give her the water she needs to save Bliss’s life.]]
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Misuse, there was a cleanup on this and the TRS thread the suggestion was to move it to Butterfly Of Doom but as an inversion. Made sure to clarify it a little to fit that trope.
* ButterflyOfDoom: The series inverts this twice, essentially creating a “Butterfly of Awesome” effect.
** Aria going back in time to take revenge indirectly helps Asher in [[spoiler:regaining the royal family's power that he was unable to accomplish in the original timeline]]. All because of an idle comment she makes in this timeline that Asher overhears, causing him to move more aggressively in pursuing his plans.
** The epilogue continues this tradition as the plot concerns [[spoiler: Bliss Franz, Aria and Asher’s future child,]] going back in time to try to prevent [[spoiler: her own birth as she blames herself for her mother’s weak health after the birth of Bliss and her sister Lippe.]] Her mere presence in the past starts the changes she needs in the future. [[spoiler: Ruby, Aria’s new head maid, is revealed as a BitchInSheepsClothing before the children are born and is replaced, leading to Tiaran being hired to replace her. Tiaran turns out to be from a village where a lake filled with healing water resides, allowing Aria to be healed during her difficult child birth and restoring Bliss’s health now. Lippe directly credits Bliss’s trip back for creating the solution.]] The story makes the nature of this one small change causing a massive ripple effect in a page showing the main characters as literal cogs in a machine [[spoiler: and Ruby’s cog replaced by Tiaran’s.]]
** Aria going back in time to take revenge indirectly helps Asher in [[spoiler:regaining the royal family's power that he was unable to accomplish in the original timeline]]. All because of an idle comment she makes in this timeline that Asher overhears, causing him to move more aggressively in pursuing his plans.
** The epilogue continues this tradition as the plot concerns [[spoiler: Bliss Franz, Aria and Asher’s future child,]] going back in time to try to prevent [[spoiler: her own birth as she blames herself for her mother’s weak health after the birth of Bliss and her sister Lippe.]] Her mere presence in the past starts the changes she needs in the future. [[spoiler: Ruby, Aria’s new head maid, is revealed as a BitchInSheepsClothing before the children are born and is replaced, leading to Tiaran being hired to replace her. Tiaran turns out to be from a village where a lake filled with healing water resides, allowing Aria to be healed during her difficult child birth and restoring Bliss’s health now. Lippe directly credits Bliss’s trip back for creating the solution.]] The story makes the nature of this one small change causing a massive ripple effect in a page showing the main characters as literal cogs in a machine [[spoiler: and Ruby’s cog replaced by Tiaran’s.]]
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** Aria going back in time to take revenge indirectly helps Asher in [[spoiler:regaining the royal family's power that he was unable to accomplish in the original timeline]].
** The epilogue continues this tradition as the plot concerns [[spoiler: Bliss Franz, Aria and Asher’s future child,]] going back in time to try to prevent [[spoiler: her own birth as she blames herself for her mother’s weak health after the birth of Bliss and her sister Lippe.]] Her presence in the past starts the changes she needs in the future. [[spoiler: Ruby, Aria’s new head maid, is revealed as a BitchInSheepsClothing before the children are born and is replaced, leading to Tiaran being hired to replace her. Tiaran turns out to be from a village where a lake filled with healing water resides, allowing Aria to be healed during her difficult child birth and restoring Bliss’s health. Lippe directly credits Bliss’s trip back for creating the solution.]]
** Aria going back in time to take revenge indirectly helps Asher in [[spoiler:regaining the royal family's power that he was unable to accomplish in the original timeline]].
** The epilogue continues this tradition as the plot concerns [[spoiler: Bliss Franz, Aria and Asher’s future child,]] going back in time to try to prevent [[spoiler: her own birth as she blames herself for her mother’s weak health after the birth of Bliss and her sister Lippe.]] Her presence in the past starts the changes she needs in the future. [[spoiler: Ruby, Aria’s new head maid, is revealed as a BitchInSheepsClothing before the children are born and is replaced, leading to Tiaran being hired to replace her. Tiaran turns out to be from a village where a lake filled with healing water resides, allowing Aria to be healed during her difficult child birth and restoring Bliss’s health. Lippe directly credits Bliss’s trip back for creating the solution.]]
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* {{Golddigger}}: Annie is so blatant about her obsession with material things and desire to marry up and become a noble that Aria plays her like a fiddle and woos her away from Mielle and Emma’s side. When she later asks Aria for advice about [[spoiler: pursuing a relationship with Baron Burboom]], she easily admits her attraction is based entirely on his wealth. That all said, Annie is a more benign version of this trope as she is ultimately loyal to Aria [[spoiler: and her eventual rich husband]].
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* AdaptationalSympathy: Carin is shown in a more negative light in the novel compared to the webtoon, where she shows more appreciation for Aria even at the start. In the novel, Carin becoming pregnant with Aria ruined a chance at getting out of the brothel when she was much younger as the baron she hoped to marry wouldn’t take her now. Aria distinctly maintains the memory of being blamed. On top of this, in the novel Carin essentially abandoned Aria in the mansion due to her misbehavior, though in the new timeline when Aria improves their relationship is finally mended. In the webtoon, Carin can clearly be frustrated with past Aria but the idea that her giving birth to a daughter “ruined” her is something that is implied to be Aria’s idea.
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* SleepingTheirWayToTheTop: Both the novel and the webtoon show inciting incidents where Carin resolved to find and woo a rich suitor in the brothel because it was the only way out of the deep poverty and dangerous life she and her daughter were living. Eventually she snagged Count Roscent in a relationship both knew wasn’t for love. The novel shows that Carin resolved to do this earlier in life than in the manga and in fact was upset when her pregnancy with Aria ruined her first chance at getting out by marrying a baron.
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* CantCatchUp: Aria realizes that never being able to be as good as Mielle at being a noble contributed to her bad behavior in her first life as she inevitably would give up at everything. In her second life she realizes Mielle simply had years of experience and more resources to be ahead from the start… but also that Mielle is not actually that talented and had others to lean on to cover this up. Thus Aria turns the tables in her second life Aria uses her knowledge of the future and Mielle’s fragile ego to immediately work on leapfrogging her. Part of her revenge is to inflict this trope on Mielle instead… and it works perfectly.
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* CantCatchUp: Aria realizes that never being able to be as good as Mielle at being a noble contributed to her bad behavior in her first life as she inevitably would give up at everything. In her second life she realizes Mielle simply had years of experience and more resources to be ahead from the start… but also that Mielle is not actually that talented and had others to lean on to cover this up. Thus Aria turns the tables in her second life Aria and uses her knowledge of the future and Mielle’s fragile ego to immediately work on leapfrogging her. Part of her revenge is to inflict this trope on Mielle instead… and it works perfectly.
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* CantCatchUp: Aria realizes that never being able to be as good as Mielle at being a noble contributed to her bad behavior in her first life as she inevitably would give up at everything. In her second life she realizes Mielle simply had years of experience and more resources to be ahead from the start… but also that Mielle is not actually that talented and had others to lean on to cover this up. Thus Aria turns the tables in her second life Aria uses her knowledge of the future and Mielle’s fragile ego to immediately work on leapfrogging her. Part of her revenge is to inflict this trope on Mielle instead… and it works perfectly.
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* CastFromLifeSpan: Implied. Aria's unusually mature looks for her age are commented on several times while in contrast Mielle only changes gradually.
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* CastFromLifeSpan: Implied. Aria's unusually mature looks for her age are commented on several times while in contrast Mielle only changes gradually. While it’s never confirmed, Aria connects her rapid aging to when she began to use the hourglass and begins to restrict her dependence on it.
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* AdaptationExpansion: While the manwha doesn’t make any large divergences from the webnovel, it does make some additions in ways such as adding more explanations for events like how Aria’s mother married the Count, as well as an extended flashback sequence of [[spoiler: Aria and Asher meeting as children that also shows that Asher activated his imperial powers when he was trying to save Aria from an assassin meant for him.]]
