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* FiveManBand: The five young witches. Zoe's the ostensible main character (or, at least, the person who the audience follows early in the season), seems to desire doing the right thing, comes from a humble background, and is rather naive about the whole "witch" thing. Madison's everything Zoe isn't: haughty, wealthy, unafraid to use her powers freely to get what she wants, and promiscuous (contrast that with Zoe, who ''can't'' have sex because her powers literally kill her partners). Queenie, in addition to being the physically largest and strongest member of the group, has the power of pain transferal. Misty's ability to [[BackFromTheDead revive the dead]] is the most technically advanced and difficult to perform, and requires a good deal of practice and care, as she can't rush the process. Nan's PsychicPowers are decidedly non-offensive, and she's definitely the one who is always trying her best to mediate conflicts. She also displays a knack for traditionally "feminine" activities like baking.



* TheTeam: The five young witches form one:
** TheHero: Zoe--she's the ostensible main character (or, at least, the person who the audience follows early in the season), seems to desire doing the right thing, comes from a humble background, and is rather naive about the whole "witch" thing.
** TheLancer: Madison--she's everything Zoe isn't: haughty, wealthy, unafraid to use her powers freely to get what she wants, and promiscuous (contrast that with Zoe, who ''can't'' have sex because her powers literally kill her partners).
** [[TheBigGuy The Big Girl]]: Queenie--in addition to being the physically largest and strongest member of the group, her power of pain transferal is the most useful in a straight-up fight. Heck, she can even [[spoiler: shoot herself in the head]] and be able to shake it off!
** [[TheSmartGuy The Smart Girl]]: Misty--her ability to [[BackFromTheDead revive the dead]] is the most technically advanced and difficult to perform, and requires a good deal of practice and care, as she can't rush the process.
** TheHeart: Nan--her PsychicPowers are decidedly non-offensive, and she's definitely the one who is always trying her best to mediate conflicts. She also displays a knack for traditionally "feminine" activities like baking.
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** A story about young people with strange abilities taken to live a school where one adult wants them to be passive and another adult wants them to be aggressive? Where have we heard [[Franchise/XMen this]] before?

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** A story about young people with strange abilities taken to live a school where one adult wants them to be passive and another adult wants them to be aggressive? Where have we heard [[Franchise/XMen [[ComicBook/XMen this]] before?
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As this is a horror anthology series, neither Disguised Horror Story nor Surprisingly Creepy Moment make sense to direct this example to.


* SurpriseCreepy: Delphine's Halloween party before her curse, where she plays the traditional game of Withered Corpse ("These are the witch's eyes."). Even in her time, it was a predictable game, so it's a surprise when she's not pretending.

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* FeministFantasy: The plot is a distinctly dark and twisted tale, driven by a diverse cast of women. The shadowy society of magic is almost predominantly female, with the powerful figures of Fiona Goode and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Laveau Marie Laveau]] leading the rival groups. Unlike previous installments of the series, the women are the driving force of the story and rarely require assistance or protection from the few male characters. They fight their own battles, with each other as well as the various outside forces that threaten them. It deals with issues of older women as sexual beings, feminism as a force that changed society, sexual assault, and even women as dangerous figures in the form of abusers or killers. It neatly avoids the [[DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale Double Standards]] concerning female-on-male violence, portraying either sex as equally capable of being the abuser ''or'' the victim. On multiple occasions, students of the school declare that they do not need men to protect them, facing down hordes of zombies or axe-wielding serial killers without needing for rescue.

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* FeministFantasy: The plot is a distinctly dark and twisted tale, driven by a diverse cast of women. The shadowy society of magic is almost predominantly female, with the powerful figures of Fiona Goode and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Laveau Marie Laveau]] leading the rival groups. Unlike previous installments of the series, the women are the driving force of the story and rarely require assistance or protection from the few male characters. They fight their own battles, with each other as well as the various outside forces that threaten them. It deals with issues of older women as sexual beings, feminism as a force that changed society, sexual assault, and even women as dangerous figures in the form of abusers or killers. It neatly avoids the [[DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale Double Standards]] concerning female-on-male violence, portraying either sex as equally capable of being the abuser ''or'' the victim. On multiple occasions, students of the school declare that they do not need men to protect them, facing down hordes of zombies or axe-wielding serial killers without needing for rescue. rescue.
* FiendishFraternity: Madison is gang-raped by fraternity brothers while at a WildTeenParty, and kills them all by flipping their frat bus. The frat's TokenGoodTeammate is Kyle, who tries to stop the assault, but it's also implied that he has a better understanding of abuse due to being sexually abused by his mother.

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