History Literature / NoneTooHoly

* BilingualBonus: The creature at one point screams 'tako gladan' when trying to feed, which translates to 'so hungry,' and freely uses 'Majka' to refer to itself. [[spoiler: Meaning 'mother.' Augustyn's final letter also contains the Polish farewell 'do widzenia.']]
* CoolOldLady: Sister Francis initially seems strict and severe, but she turns out to be a very nice, flexible person who realizes soon Hardestadt absolutely knows what he's doing and to trust his lead.]]

--->'''Hardestadt''': My [[{{Satan}} father]] fought in [[Literature/TheFall the war]] as well.

* WouldHurtAChild: The monster here? would absolutely hurt a child. Many children in fact.

* AdultFear: The idea of a dangerous murderer being near [[spoiler:(or ''inside'')]] an orphanage full of vulnerable children. [[spoiler:Never mind the idea of someone walking in on their own spouse ''raping their child.'']]

''None Too Holy'' is a supernatural [[WebOriginalFiction short story]] by Lightysnake, a novella that functions as a semi-prequel to ''Literature/GirlsOnFilm'', and ''Literature/NightsInLonesomeArkham'' and an entry in ''Literature/TheKindnessOfDevils''. It can be read [[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3327684/1/None-too-holy here.]]

* AdultFear: The idea of a supernatural predator being near [[spoiler:(or ''inside'')]] an orphanage full of vulnerable children. [[spoiler:Never mind the idea of someone walking in on their own spouse ''raping their child.'']]

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''None Too Holy'' is a supernatural [[WebOriginalFiction short story]] by Lightysnake, a novella that functions as a semi-prequel to ''Literature/GirlsOnFilm'', and ''Literature/NightsInLonesomeArkham'' and an entry in ''Literature/TheKindnessOfDevils''. It can be read [[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3327684/1/None-too-holy here.]]

In the 1960s, the immortal Hardestadt Delac is living in New York when he receives word that a priest friend of his has been horribly killed in Maryland. Traveling to an orphanage his friend managed, Hardestadt begins investigating the murder and the supernatural monster behind it.

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!! The work contains examples of the following tropes:

* AdultFear: The idea of a supernatural predator being near [[spoiler:(or ''inside'')]] an orphanage full of vulnerable children. [[spoiler:Never mind the idea of someone walking in on their own spouse ''raping their child.'']]
* AlwaysChaoticEvil: A twist on it. [[spoiler: Pijavica are always evil as only pure evil people can actually become a Pijavica.]]
* TheAtoner: Hardestadt references himself as making up for something in his past at one point.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Aleksandar would die to protect his fellow orphan Hope who he treats as a little sister.
* BilingualBonus: The creature at one point screams 'tako gladan' when trying to feed, which translates to 'so hungry,' and freely uses 'Majka' to refer to itself. [[spoiler: Meaning 'mother.' Augustyn's final letter also contains the Polish farewell 'do widzenia.']]
* CoolOldLady: Sister Francis initially seems strict and severe, but she turns out to be a very nice, flexible person who realizes soon Hardestadt absolutely knows what he's doing and to trust his lead.]]
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Father Collins, real name Augustyn Kowalski, is torn apart savagely by the monster, his corpse only identified by the ring on his finger.
* DoubleEntendre: A non-sexual, possibly unintentional one from Hardestadt when Jerry tells him his father fought in the war:
--->'''Hardestadt''': My [[{{Satan}} father]] fought in [[Literature/TheFall the war]] as well.
* DumbStruck: Aleksandar, the eldest of the orphans, was rendered mute after he witnessed his father murder his mother. [[spoiler:The truth is... [[VillainousIncest more complicated]].]]
* FriendToAllChildren: Hardestadt loves children, even reading to the kids in the orphanage with great enthusiasm from 'The Little Prince.'
* KillAndReplace: [[spoiler:What the Pijavica did with the real Sister Viola.]]
* KillItWithFire: [[spoiler: Pijavica slaying 101? "Fire just works really, really well."]]
* NunTooHoly: The allusion in the title aside, this is subverted with the nuns themselves, [[spoiler:except for the monstrous vampire taking the place of one of them to get closer to her victim.]]
* OlderThanTheyLook: Hardestadt as ever. He even notes he's reaching the point where he can't really claim he's a World War 2 veteran anymore with the Vietnam War in swing and him still looking in his 20s.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: As usual, Hardestadt has no issues dealing brutal fates to deserving villains.
* PreMortemOneLiner: "Aleksandar is going to grow up and remember you only in his nightmares." From Hardestadt to [[spoiler: the Pijavica.]]
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Sister Francis seems to be a severe, harsh nun but turns out to be quite reasonable and practical.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: The monster has burning red eyes.
* RedHerring: Rumor from the townsfolk led Hardestadt to initially draw the conclusion that Anthony's murder was at the hands of a shtriga or a witch. [[spoiler:It's actually a Pijavica, something far more intelligent and brutal.]]
* TheReveal: The monster is a [[spoiler: Pijavica, a sort of eastern European vampire.]]
* ShrinkingViolet: Aleksandar is a shy, mute child who keeps to himself and doesn't seem to share the same enthusiasm for Hardestadt's stories as the other kids. Considering his [[DarkAndTroubledPast past]], one can hardly blame him.
* StraightGay: [[spoiler: Father Augustyn's final letter reveals he was in love with Hardestadt.]]
* VillainousIncest: [[spoiler:The creature terrorizing the orphanage? Is Aleksandar's mother, who had been subjecting Aleksandar to her depraved attentions before his father tried to intervene.]]
* WickedWitch: The children and the townspeople tell stories of a witch named "Ol' Lottie" who lives in the woods, and she's one of Hardestadt's prime suspects as to who murdered Father Collins. [[spoiler:[[DarkIsNotEvil Turns out]] she's a completely peaceful woman named Charlotte who just ''happens'' to be a witch, and even helped Collins ward off the true murderer.]]
* WouldHurtAChild: The monster here? would absolutely hurt a child. Many children in fact.

* AlwaysChaoticEvil: A twist on it. [[spoiler: Pijavica are always evil as only pure evil people can become Pijavica.]]

* AdultFear: The idea of a supernatural predator being near [[spoiler:(or ''inside'')]] an orphanage full of vulnerable children. [[spoiler:Never mind the idea of someone walking in on their own spouse ''raping their child.'']

* DoubleEntendre: A non-sexual one from Hardestadt when Jerry tells him his father fought in the war:

* ShrinkingViolent: Aleksandar is a shy, mute child who keeps to himself and doesn't seem to share the same enthusiasm for Hardestadt's stories as the other kids. Considering his [[DarkAndTroubledPast past]], one can hardly blame him.

* KillItWithFire: [[spoiler: Pijavica slaying 101? "Fire just works really, really well.]]