History Fanfic / LesContesDeLaNuit

* ManipulativeBastard: Death, full stop. He's shown visibly enjoying the conflict that he creates by pitting son against mother and vice versa, even flat out calling it "an entertainment" to Rudolf's face.

** Type A shows up in ''Chant'', in an allusion to [[ClassicalMythology Persephone]], symbolizing Rudolf's choice to [[spoiler: kill himself and bind himself to Death for all of eternity.]]

** [[Film/KungFuPanda2 "No. The dead exist in the past. She has the eternal present to attend to."]]

** To ClassicalMythology:

** MissingReflection? Check, because they're spirits and do not have an actual physical body for mirrors to reflect.

** It's not mentioned outright [[note]]unless you count the metaphor in ''Chant'' regarding the cat and the lark[[/note]], but Death as a cat. Between his silent, stalking movements [[note]]he's compared to a predator in ''Les Morts''[[/note]], his DarkIsEvil costume, and his intense eyes, he certainly comes off as this.

** Minh: ''bright''

** Luna: ''moon'' [[note]]In her case, it counts as a MeaningfulRename because, in death, she finally was able to have her personal appearance align with her gender. She had not chosen a new name when she was alive.[[/note]]

** They don't need to breathe, but they still have "blood" in the form of ''ichor'', and a heartbeat.

** MindManipulation: Aiden learned the hard way that Death can do this.

* BloodLust: Death and ''ichor''.

* MeaningfulName:

* AnimalMotifs: Sisi as a seagull, Rudolf as a (black) lark.

''les contes de la nuit''[[note]]French for "Tales of the Night"[[/note]], also referred to as ''nightverse'', is an Theatre/{{Elisabeth}} fanfic series, written by shadowsnumberless and hosted on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn. It consists of mostly canon- and history-compliant fics that explores the possibility of Rudolf becoming a Todesengel[[note]]Death Angel, one of Death's minions in the show[[/note]] after the Mayerling incident. At least one fic involving original characters in addition to canon ones have been planned, as well as potential crossovers.

* AffectionateNickname:
** Death calls Rudolf "mein Schatz" [[note]]German for "my treasure"/"my dear"[[/note]].
** From the Talesverse crossover, Aiden is nicknamed [[UsefulNotes/JapaneseHonorifics Ai-chan.]] There's also his fellow Angel, Pinky.
** Lucheni calls Madeline "Lena" - the Italian version of her name is Maddalena.

* BigLittleBrother: Whatever form Shi (older brother) takes, by virtue of being portrayed by Asian actresses, is still shorter than Thanatos.

* ByNoIMeanYes:
--> '''Death:''' Are you questioning my judgment?
--> '''Rudolf:''' No - well - yes.
* CainAndAbel: Inverted - Thanatos, the masculine, tall, imposing, glacial SmugSmiler who might as well have DisproportionateRetribution as his middle name is the little brother. Shi, the shorter, feminine/nonbinary (he/him/his pronouns, but portrayed by actresses), one is the big brother. [[note]]Doylist explanation: The concept for Thanatos - leather-bound and cold - started with Mark Seibert, after the Takarazuka take was cemented.[[/note]]

* DisproportionateRetribution: Shi certainly thinks attempting to set ''"a [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] glitterbomb"'' does not merit getting a brutal beatdown (and worse things were implied). Thanatos begs to differ. [[note]]Not that he's a begging type of being...[[/note]] In his feeble defense, he did point out that he keeps his word, has said that the next Tales Angel he catches would meet with severe repercussions, and Aiden nodded when Thanatos asked if he was on a dare to sneak into Nightverse to harm ''his'' Angels. That being said, the justification came ''after'' Shi said it, so Thanatos is not in any way sorry for what happened.

* {{Foil}}:
** ''Anges'', the crossover with Tales of a Background Death Angel, provides this with the two personifications of Death. Thanatos takes a masculine form with short hair, considers his Angels his property/tools, and is not shy in using MoreThanMindControl. Shi takes a feminine/non-binary form with long hair, considers his Angels a BigScrewedUpFamily, and all of them are motivated by genuine love and care for each other. [[NotSoDifferent Both of them do get violent]] when their Angels are threatened or harmed, though in a [[ControlFreak "property damage"]] versus [[PapaWolf "my family is hurt"]] way. Shi generally uses modern language [[note]]unless he's mocking Thanatos[[/note]] and also unleashes a PrecisionFStrike in ''Anges'' [[note]]and swears on occasion in Talesverse due to Tales' author operating on RuleOfFunny[[/note]], while Thanatos sticks to dated language, SAT vocabulary, and no swearing.

* ForcedToWatch: [[spoiler: Rudolf is made to stay for Aiden's ordeal. Subverted in that he doesn't seem to be emotionally affected by it, either because he's been ConditionedToAcceptHorror or put under MoreThanMindControl - your pick.]]

** The title for the first crossover with Talesverse, ''l'amour est un oiseau rebelle'' (Love is a rebellious bird). ''L'amour'' is the story behind the Deaths' first altercation, and the reason Aiden got what he got in ''Anges''. Ai - whose nickname means "love" in Japanese - is indeed a rebellious[[note]]defying the blanket ban on crossing universes[[/note]] bird.[[note]]Thanatos mockingly calls him "precious little bird", because he sees the winged Todesengel as pets.[[/note]]
** ''Chant'' has a young Rudolf killing a cat that was torturing a black lark. The lark ends up dead anyway, as its would-be protector winds up too busy with the cat to pay any mind to it. Besides what was pointed out in the text as Rudolf projecting his situation onto the bird, this event parallels his own fate: He tried to fight off Death (both his "friend" and the cat), but ended up committing an act that he dubiously regrets (killing a ''kitten'', and [[spoiler: committing suicide]]). This event is repeated in ''Anges'', where Rudolf unsuccessfully steps in to intervene on Aiden's behalf.

* GetOut:
--> '''Thanatos:''' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Get. Out.]]
--> '''Shi:''' Outstaying my welcome, aren't I? ''Little brother?''
* GoneHorriblyWrong: Aiden sure didn't expect setting a glitter bomb would end up with him being badly beaten.

* GratuitousItalian: Lucheni, who already does this in ''Theatre/{{Elisabeth}}''.
* IBangedYourMom: Well, more like "''My boss is banging'' your mom.", per Lucheni taunting Rudolf in ''Anges''. In his defense, Death/Sisi is still very much a thing in his universe, with a hefty dose of SituationalSexuality. Not in ''this'' one, though.

* InterplayOfSexAndViolence: ''Anges'' has a case, though it's definitely not Aiden's fault for ''enjoying'' the violence.

** Aiden, whose name is shortened to Ai-chan. His name originated from ''Áed'', meaning ''fire'', and he's a feisty little Angel. In Japanese, ''ai'' (愛) is also a first name that means ''love, affection''. The Takarazuka version of ''Elisabeth'', upon which the Talesverse is based, has the subtitle and song "Ai to Shi no Rondo" (The Rondo of Love and Death). It's Ai's Death who comes to his rescue out of love for him.

* NoodleIncident: As revealed by Rudolf in ''Anges'', apparently there's been at least one inter-universe war before. That he knew of.
* NothingIsScarier: The readers don't get to see exactly what was done to Aiden. He was in pretty bad physical shape when Shi came to rescue him, and "Charivari" reveals that he's still very much traumatized by the ordeal.

** [[Film/ThePrincessBride "As you wish."]] [[note]]This actually appears twice - Shi mocks Thanatos with it in '''L'amour'', and Rudolf replies to Death with it in ''Anges''.[[/note]]
** [[Theatre/SpringAwakening "Well. I'm totally fucked."]]
** [[Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness "Now. Shall we begin?"]]

** [[Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia "Are you vanting him to kill you???"]]
** [[Radio/CabinPressure "Well, anything you say three times must be true..."]]

* SpitefulSpit: Aiden spat ''ichor'' from his broken lip into Death's face.
* StripPoker: Add a bunch of Angels, boredom, and eternity to card games and you get this. They don't even stop at poker - there's also strip Uno and ''Cards Against Humanity''. [[note]]Petr's effort to add Monopoly to the list was sadly short-lived.[[/note]]
* TooKinkyToTorture: Aiden is not actually this. It's just Death playing mind-games with him to make him feel even worse about his ordeal. Luckily, ''his'' Death sees right past that and doesn't blame Ai-chan.

** ''anges pur, anges radieux''[[note]]Angels pure, angels radiant.[[/note]]: From ''Faust'' by Charles Gounod.
** ''l'amour est un oiseau rebelle''[[note]]Love is a rebellious bird.[[/note]]: From ''Theatre/{{Carmen}}'' by Georges Bizet, also known as the Habanera aria.
** ''charivari'': French version of "Topsy-Turvy" from Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame.

* BlackEyesOfEvil: Death and the Todesengels sport these, coupled with ReflectionlessUselessEyes since they technically are, well, dead and Death. Rudolf remarks that Death's is "an all-consuming abyss".

* DarkIsEvil: The villainous Death tends to dress in all black. [[DarkIsNotEvil Averted]] with the Todesengels, particularly Rudolf.

** The title for the first crossover with Talesverse, ''l'amour est un oiseau rebelle'' (Love is a rebellious bird). ''L'amour'' is the story behind the Deaths' first altercation, and the reason Aiden got what he got in ''Anges''. Ai - whose nickname means "love" in Japanese - is indeed a rebellious[[note]]defying the blanket ban on crossing universes[[/note]] bird.[[note]]Thanatos mockingly calls him "precious little bird", because he sees the winged Todesengels as pets.[[/note]]

* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Death and his Todesengels.

--> '''Rudolf:''' In case it had escaped your notice, ''(gestures towards himself)'' I have joined the ''Todesengels''.

* NotSoDifferent:
** Rudolf and Sisi in their pursuit of Death, as pointed out in ''Pavane''.
** Rudolf and ''Death'', per ''Les Morts.'' "We're bitter because we both want something we can't have."

** Type A shows up in ''Chant'', in an allusion to [[ClassicalMythology Persephone]], symbolizing Rudolf's choice to [[spoiler: kill himself and bind himself to Death for all of eternity.

** ''pavane pour un prince héritier'': "Pavane pour une infante défunte" by Music/MauriceRavel.
** ''pour Elis(abeth)'': "Für Elise" by Music/LudwigVanBeethoven.
** ''clair de lune'': By Music/ClaudeDebussy.
** ''le roi des aulnes'': "Der Erlkönig" by Music/FranzSchubert.
** ''miroir dans le miroir'': "Spiegel im Spiegel" by Arvo Pärt.
** ''anges pur, anges radieux'': From ''Faust'' by Charles Gounod.
** ''l'amour est un oiseau rebelle'': From ''Theatre/{{Carmen}}'' by Georges Bizet, also known as the Habanera aria.

** ''le chant de la terre'': "Das Lied von der Erde" by Music/GustavMahler.
** ''consacrés à toi, sans tes bras'': A line from "O ew'ge Nacht, süsse Nacht" in "Tristan und Isolde" by Music/RichardWagner.

** ''consacrés à toi, sans tes bras'': A line from "O ew'ge Nacht, süsse Nacht" in "Tristan und Isolde" by Music/RichardWagner.