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* NighInvulnerable: After [[spoiler: deliberately crashing a car with the protagonist in it, Caitlin is gorily decapitated... only to walk into the doctor's office with just a black ribbon around her neck two weeks later.]]
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JustForFun/NotToBeConfusedWith the [[http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Belle_Dame_sans_Merci poem]] by Creator/JohnKeats or the [[http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Belle_Dame_sans_mercy other poem]] by [[http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alain_Chartier Alain Chartier]].
Read the story [[http://annajroberts.wordpress.com/2012/02/09/short-story-la-belle-dame-sans-merci/ here]].
Read the story [[http://annajroberts.wordpress.com/2012/02/09/short-story-la-belle-dame-sans-merci/ here]].
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JustForFun/NotToBeConfusedWith the [[http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Belle_Dame_sans_Merci poem]] by Creator/JohnKeats or the [[http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Belle_Dame_sans_mercy other poem]] by [[http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alain_Chartier Alain Chartier]].
Read the story[[http://annajroberts.[[https://web.archive.org/web/20140330064723/https://annajroberts.wordpress.com/2012/02/09/short-story-la-belle-dame-sans-merci/ here]].
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* ImAHumanitarian: Caitlin feeds on human creative energy, and apparently, life force. [[spoiler:She also quite literally kills and eats a minor homeless character introduced earlier on when the protagonist attempts to starve her to death]].
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* ImAHumanitarian: Caitlin feeds on human creative energy, and apparently, life force. [[spoiler:She also quite literally kills and eats a minor homeless character introduced earlier on when the protagonist attempts to starve her to death]].death.]]
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* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: Creator/JohnKeats was another of Caitlin's victims, and his early death was caused by burning out fast. And so many more...
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* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: Creator/JohnKeats was another of Caitlin's victims, and his early death was caused by burning out fast. The title implies that the poem of the same name was inspired by his relationship with her. And so many more...
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* ImAHumanitarian: [[spoiler:Caitlin kills and eats a minor homeless character introduced earlier on when the protagonist attempts to starve her to death]].
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Ruthlessly {{deconstruct|ion}}ed.
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Ruthlessly {{deconstruct|ion}}ed.
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* ImAHumanitarian: [[spoiler:Caitlin Caitlin feeds on human creative energy, and apparently, life force. [[spoiler:She also quite literally kills and eats a minor homeless character introduced earlier on when the protagonist attempts to starve her to death]].
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Ruthlessly {{deconstruct|ion}}ed. Caitlin jumps into the protagonist's life, and kicks him into creativity and opening up to new experiences while being a sexy woman in love with him... but, it's part and parcel of her parasitizing and feeding on him at the same time. [[spoiler: And under it all, after centuries of playing the part for countless writers to keep herself fed, she's come to hate them, with their interchangeable angsty whining about their chosen professions, to the point that she enjoys burning out and destroying them when she tires of them. Further, it's implied that, rather than gentle introverts who need to be helped to open up, most of these writers are just plain ol' self-centered at best, or self-obsessed narcissists at worst.]]
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Ruthlessly {{deconstruct|ion}}ed. Caitlin jumps into the protagonist's life, and kicks him into creativity and opening up to new experiences while being a sexy woman in love with him... but, it's part and parcel of her parasitizing and feeding on him at the same time. [[spoiler: And under it all, after centuries of playing the part for countless writers to keep herself fed, she's come to hate them, with their interchangeable angsty whining about their chosen professions, to the point that she enjoys burning out and destroying them when she tires of them. Further, it's implied that, rather than gentle introverts who need to be helped to open up, most of these writers are just plain ol' self-centered at best, or self-obsessed narcissists at worst.]]
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: From his [[BasedOnAGreatBigLie almost-completely-fictional memoir]] that sparked a feud with Oprah to his towering ego and high opinion of himself and his writing that seems at odds with his actual abilities, the protagonist is clearly based on James Frey, infamous author of ''A Million Little Pieces'' and ''Katerina''. Amusingly, this story predates ''Katerina'' while [[UnbuiltTrope at points reading like a point-for-point parody of it]].
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: From his [[BasedOnAGreatBigLie almost-completely-fictional memoir]] that sparked a feud with Oprah to his towering ego and high opinion of himself and his writing that seems at odds with his actual abilities, the protagonist is clearly based on James Frey, infamous author of ''A Million Little Pieces'' and ''Katerina''. Amusingly, this story predates ''Katerina'' while [[UnbuiltTrope at points times reading like a point-for-point parody of it]].
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: From his [[BasedOnAGreatBigLie almost-completely-fictional memoir]] that sparked a feud with Oprah to his towering ego and high opinion of himself and his writing that seems at odds with his actual abilities, the protagonist is clearly based on James Frey, infamous author of ''A Million Little Pieces'' and ''Katerina''. Amusingly, this story predates ''Katerina'' while [[UnbuiltTrope at points reading like a point-for-point parody of it]].
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NotToBeConfusedWith the [[http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Belle_Dame_sans_Merci poem]] by Creator/JohnKeats or the [[http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Belle_Dame_sans_mercy other poem]] by [[http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alain_Chartier Alain Chartier]].
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* VillainProtagonist: The main character is quickly established as a sleazebag when the first paragraph describes his autobiography as a pack of lies. [[spoiler: At the end of the story, when Caitlin's given him cancer, his last thought is that he hopes she makes other writers like him as miserable as he is.]]
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* SmugSnake: The main character is a thoroughly and intentionally unpleasant person who likes to feel like his writing talents set him above normal people. But by the end of the story, it's plain how completely he's lost control of the situation... if indeed, he ever had any.
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* HistoricalInJoke: Yates was clever, and figured out her real name. She had to serve him until he died, and complains at one point that he never shut the hell up about [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maud_Gonne Maude]].
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* HistoricalInJoke: Yates Yeats was clever, and figured out her real name. She had to serve him until he died, and complains at one point that no matter what else he had, he never shut the hell up about [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maud_Gonne Maude]].
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* MostWritersAreWriters: Enemy Mayan's main character was a struggling writer. Roberts kept that part.
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* MostWritersAreWriters: Enemy Mayan's main character was a struggling writer. Roberts kept that part. [[spoiler: After centuries of it, Caitlin's ridiculously sick of writers whining on and on about themselves and their writer problems.]]
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* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: Creator/JohnKeats was another of Caitlin's victims. And so many more...
* EldritchAbomination: Caitlin. Eventually.
* ImAHumanitarian: [[spoiler:Caitlin kills and eats a minor homeless character introduced earlier on]].
* EldritchAbomination: Caitlin. Eventually.
* ImAHumanitarian: [[spoiler:Caitlin kills and eats a minor homeless character introduced earlier on]].
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* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: Creator/JohnKeats was another of Caitlin's victims.victims, and his early death was caused by burning out fast. And so many more...
*EldritchAbomination: Caitlin. Eventually.
HistoricalInJoke: Yates was clever, and figured out her real name. She had to serve him until he died, and complains at one point that he never shut the hell up about [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maud_Gonne Maude]].
* HumanoidAbomination: Caitlin looks human. Mostly.
* ImAHumanitarian: [[spoiler:Caitlin kills and eats a minor homeless character introduced earlieron]].on when the protagonist attempts to starve her to death]].
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* HumanoidAbomination: Caitlin looks human. Mostly.
* ImAHumanitarian: [[spoiler:Caitlin kills and eats a minor homeless character introduced earlier
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The story was written for the Website/SomethingAwful forums, as a response to a fanfic by Troper Tropers/EnemyMayan, which was rooted in a similar concept--a mythical Irish being called a Leanan Sidhe (pronounced "lawn she"), which instills, but also feeds off of, creative energy. Roberts liked the idea of deconstructing the Leanan Sidhe, but was disappointed both with Enemy Mayan's story and his attitude towards fiction and creative writing in general. There are [[TakeThat stabs]] at the concept of tropes, Mayan's value of quantity over quality, and stereotypical man-child writers in general throughout the story, but its greatest appeal comes from {{reconstructi|on}}ng the Leanan Sidhe as an unspeakable horror, rather than a ManicPixieDreamGirl.
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The story was written for the Website/SomethingAwful forums, forums as a response to a fanfic by Troper Tropers/EnemyMayan, which was rooted in a similar concept--a [[Myth/CelticMythology mythical Irish being being]] called a Leanan Sidhe (pronounced "lawn she"), she") which instills, but also feeds off of, creative energy. Roberts liked the idea of deconstructing the Leanan Sidhe, but was disappointed both with Enemy Mayan's story and his attitude towards fiction and creative writing in general. There are [[TakeThat stabs]] at the concept of tropes, Mayan's value of quantity over quality, and stereotypical man-child writers in general throughout the story, but its greatest appeal comes from {{reconstructi|on}}ng the Leanan Sidhe as an unspeakable horror, rather than a ManicPixieDreamGirl.
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''La Belle Dame Sans Merci'' is a short fantasy story by blogger Anna J. Roberts, about a struggling writer who meets a mysterious Irish girl one night. They start a relationship, and she re-energizes him creatively. Then, about halfway through, things get scary.
The story was written for the SomethingAwful forums, as a response to a fanfic by Troper [[Tropers/EnemyMayan Enemy Mayan]], which was rooted in a similar concept- a mythical Irish being called a Leanan Sidhe (pronounced "lawn she"), which instills, but also feeds off, creative energy. Roberts liked the idea of deconstructing the Leanan Sidhe, but was disappointed with Enemy Mayan's story, and with his attitude towards fiction and creative writing in general. There are [[TakeThat stabs]] at the concept of tropes, Mayan's value of quantity over quality, and stereotypical man-child writers in general throughout the story, but its greatest appeal comes from reconstructing the Leanan Sidhe as an unspeakable horror, rather than a ManicPixieDreamGirl.
Read the story [[http://annajroberts.wordpress.com/2012/02/09/short-story-la-belle-dame-sans-merci/ here.]]
The story was written for the SomethingAwful forums, as a response to a fanfic by Troper [[Tropers/EnemyMayan Enemy Mayan]], which was rooted in a similar concept- a mythical Irish being called a Leanan Sidhe (pronounced "lawn she"), which instills, but also feeds off, creative energy. Roberts liked the idea of deconstructing the Leanan Sidhe, but was disappointed with Enemy Mayan's story, and with his attitude towards fiction and creative writing in general. There are [[TakeThat stabs]] at the concept of tropes, Mayan's value of quantity over quality, and stereotypical man-child writers in general throughout the story, but its greatest appeal comes from reconstructing the Leanan Sidhe as an unspeakable horror, rather than a ManicPixieDreamGirl.
Read the story [[http://annajroberts.wordpress.com/2012/02/09/short-story-la-belle-dame-sans-merci/ here.]]
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''La Belle Dame Sans Merci'' is a short fantasy story by blogger Anna J. Roberts, Roberts about a struggling writer who meets a mysterious Irish girl one night. They start a relationship, and she re-energizes him creatively. Then, about halfway through, things get scary.
The story was written for theSomethingAwful Website/SomethingAwful forums, as a response to a fanfic by Troper [[Tropers/EnemyMayan Enemy Mayan]], Tropers/EnemyMayan, which was rooted in a similar concept- a concept--a mythical Irish being called a Leanan Sidhe (pronounced "lawn she"), which instills, but also feeds off, off of, creative energy. Roberts liked the idea of deconstructing the Leanan Sidhe, but was disappointed both with Enemy Mayan's story, story and with his attitude towards fiction and creative writing in general. There are [[TakeThat stabs]] at the concept of tropes, Mayan's value of quantity over quality, and stereotypical man-child writers in general throughout the story, but its greatest appeal comes from reconstructing {{reconstructi|on}}ng the Leanan Sidhe as an unspeakable horror, rather than a ManicPixieDreamGirl.
NotToBeConfusedWith the [[http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Belle_Dame_sans_Merci poem]] by Creator/JohnKeats or the [[http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Belle_Dame_sans_mercy other poem]] by [[http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alain_Chartier Alain Chartier]].
Read the story [[http://annajroberts.wordpress.com/2012/02/09/short-story-la-belle-dame-sans-merci/here.]]here]].
The story was written for the
NotToBeConfusedWith the [[http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Belle_Dame_sans_Merci poem]] by Creator/JohnKeats or the [[http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Belle_Dame_sans_mercy other poem]] by [[http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alain_Chartier Alain Chartier]].
Read the story [[http://annajroberts.wordpress.com/2012/02/09/short-story-la-belle-dame-sans-merci/
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''La Belle Dame Sans Merci'' is a short fantasy story by blogger Anna J. Roberts, about a struggling writer who meets a mysterious Irish girl one night. They start a relationship, and she re-energizes him creatively. Then, about halfway through, things get scary.
The story was written for the SomethingAwful forums, as a response to a fanfic by Troper [[Tropers/EnemyMayan Enemy Mayan]], which was rooted in a similar concept- a mythical Irish being called a Leanan Sidhe (pronounced "lawn she"), which instills, but also feeds off, creative energy. Roberts liked the idea of deconstructing the Leanan Sidhe, but was disappointed with Enemy Mayan's story, and with his attitude towards fiction and creative writing in general. There are [[TakeThat stabs]] at the concept of tropes, Mayan's value of quantity over quality, and stereotypical man-child writers in general throughout the story, but its greatest appeal comes from reconstructing the Leanan Sidhe as an unspeakable horror, rather than a ManicPixieDreamGirl.
Read the story [[http://annajroberts.wordpress.com/2012/02/09/short-story-la-belle-dame-sans-merci/ here.]]
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* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: John Keats was another of Caitlin's victims. And so many more...
* EldritchAbomination: Caitlin. Eventually.
* ImAHumanitarian: [[spoiler:Caitlin kills and eats a minor homeless character introduced earlier on.]]
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Ruthlessly deconstructed.
* MostWritersAreWriters: Enemy Mayan's main character was a struggling writer. Roberts kept that part.
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The story was written for the SomethingAwful forums, as a response to a fanfic by Troper [[Tropers/EnemyMayan Enemy Mayan]], which was rooted in a similar concept- a mythical Irish being called a Leanan Sidhe (pronounced "lawn she"), which instills, but also feeds off, creative energy. Roberts liked the idea of deconstructing the Leanan Sidhe, but was disappointed with Enemy Mayan's story, and with his attitude towards fiction and creative writing in general. There are [[TakeThat stabs]] at the concept of tropes, Mayan's value of quantity over quality, and stereotypical man-child writers in general throughout the story, but its greatest appeal comes from reconstructing the Leanan Sidhe as an unspeakable horror, rather than a ManicPixieDreamGirl.
Read the story [[http://annajroberts.wordpress.com/2012/02/09/short-story-la-belle-dame-sans-merci/ here.]]
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!!Includes examples of:
* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: John Keats was another of Caitlin's victims. And so many more...
* EldritchAbomination: Caitlin. Eventually.
* ImAHumanitarian: [[spoiler:Caitlin kills and eats a minor homeless character introduced earlier on.]]
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Ruthlessly deconstructed.
* MostWritersAreWriters: Enemy Mayan's main character was a struggling writer. Roberts kept that part.
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