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* UncannyFamilyResemblance: Jenny is Tom's minature.

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* UncannyFamilyResemblance: Jenny is Tom's minature.miniature.
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%%* AfterActionPatchup: The harpist uses this on her

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%%* AfterActionPatchup: The harpist uses this on herher.
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* TheLostWoods: It can swallow you up, and is full of the fair folk.
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* NotSoDifferent: The piper tells Jenny that Jack has nothing in common with them -- Jenny rejects the implicit assumption the two are them are alike.

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* AFriendInNeed: Puck gets her out of the cottage as the forest swallows it.

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* AFriendInNeed: Puck gets her Jenny out of the cottage as the forest swallows it.



%%* BeautyIsBad: As the title warns you
* BerserkButton: Jenny, when she realizes that Jack lied to her.
%%* BlatantLies: Jack's first tactic used on Jenny
%%* BloodMagic: Used to tame the redcaps

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%%* BeautyIsBad: As the title warns you
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you.
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BerserkButton: Jenny, when she realizes that Jack lied to her.
her.%%Does what?
%%* BlatantLies: Jack's first tactic used on Jenny
Jenny.
%%* BloodMagic: Used to tame the redcapsredcaps.



* CommonalityConnection: Wayland reflects on how Jenny sounds like his wife
%%* CoolSword: The Jester's Blade, the Sword of the Fool
%%* CrossoverCosmology: With Norse
%%* DistressedDude: Tom

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* CommonalityConnection: Wayland reflects on how Jenny sounds like his wife
wife.
%%* CoolSword: The Jester's Blade, the Sword of the Fool
Fool.
%%* CrossoverCosmology: With Norse
Norse.%%Norse what?
%%* DistressedDude: TomTom.



* ExactEavesdropping: She learns the Woodsman and the Goodwife's plans this way
%%* TheFairFolk: Virtually all are nasty
%%* FauxDeath: Once the nix stole her soul
* FoodChains: Anything ''prepared'' by the Fair Folk.
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: The Fairy Queen is typical of the Fair Folk
* GreenThumb: the piper, with his music, can move roses
* HeroicSacrifice: Jack is warned that going into the water will mean he will never come out the same
%%* HumanSacrifice: the tithe

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* ExactEavesdropping: She learns the Woodsman and the Goodwife's plans this way
way.
%%* TheFairFolk: Virtually all are nasty
nasty.
%%* FauxDeath: Once the nix stole her soul
*
soul.
%%*
FoodChains: Anything ''prepared'' by the Fair Folk.
* %%* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: The Fairy Queen is typical of the Fair Folk
Folk.%%Meaning?
* GreenThumb: the The piper, with his music, can move roses
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roses.
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HeroicSacrifice: Jack is warned that going into the water will mean he will never come out the same
same.%%Heroic how?
%%* HumanSacrifice: the titheThe tithe.



%%* InvoluntaryShapeshifting: Jack, every night
%%* IronicEcho: It's only trees
%%* ItWasAGift: Jenny's locket necklace
%%* LandOfFaerie: the setting.

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%%* InvoluntaryShapeshifting: Jack, every night
night.
%%* IronicEcho: It's only trees
trees.
%%* ItWasAGift: Jenny's locket necklace
necklace.
%%* LandOfFaerie: the The setting.



* TheLostWoods: It can swallow you up, and is full of the folk
%%* LotusEaterMachine: Tom doesn't want to leave
%%* MadeASlave: All the tree spirits
%%* MagicKiss: Both the nix and Jack use that

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* TheLostWoods: It can swallow you up, and is full of the folk
fair folk.
%%* LotusEaterMachine: Tom doesn't want to leave
leave.
%%* MadeASlave: All the tree spirits
spirits.
%%* MagicKiss: Both the nix and Jack use thatthis.



* MeaningfulName: Jack. Tom. Jenny Wren. All of which feature in English folklore

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* MeaningfulName: Jack. Tom. Jenny Wren. All of which feature in English folklorefolklore.



* NoNameGiven: The Woodsman, and The Goodwife.

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* NoNameGiven: The Woodsman, and The Goodwife.the Goodwife, are only ever referred to by those titles.



* OurFairiesAreDifferent: Even the Foletti, glowing, with wings, are still the Fair Folk

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* OurFairiesAreDifferent: Even the Foletti, glowing, with wings, are still the Fair FolkFolk.
* OurKoboldsAreDifferent: Kobolds are tree spirits, made by carving the wood of their trees. Oberon has enslaved them all.



* PrettyButterflies: Jenny's first thought of the Foletti is that they are beautiful as butterflies
* ThePromise: Jack is oath-bound to help those on quests
* TheQuest: Jenny tells Jack that she's looking for her brother, thus invoking the promise
* TheReveal: Jack as the [[spoiler:green man.]]

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* PrettyButterflies: Jenny's first thought of the Foletti is that they are beautiful as butterflies
butterflies.
* ThePromise: Jack is oath-bound to help those on quests
quests.
* TheQuest: Jenny tells Jack that she's looking for her brother, thus invoking the promise
promise.
* TheReveal: Jack as is the [[spoiler:green man.]]man]].



%%* UltimateBlacksmith: Wayland, out of Norse myth

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%%* UltimateBlacksmith: Wayland, out of Norse mythmyth.



* WeatherManipulation: The storm the night she is in the Woodsman's cottage is attributed to the piper
%%* TheWildHunt: Jack characterizes Titania's hunt as this
%%* WouldHitAGirl: The piper
%%* YouthfulFreckles: Jenny, unlike the Sidhe

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* WeatherManipulation: The storm the night she is in the Woodsman's cottage is attributed to the piper
piper.
%%* TheWildHunt: Jack characterizes Titania's hunt as this
this.
%%* WouldHitAGirl: The piper
piper.
%%* YouthfulFreckles: Jenny, unlike the SidheSidhe.
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* AfterActionPatchup: The harpist uses this on her

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* %%* AfterActionPatchup: The harpist uses this on her



* BeautyIsBad: As the title warns you

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* %%* BeautyIsBad: As the title warns you



* BlatantLies: Jack's first tactic used on Jenny
* BloodMagic: Used to tame the redcaps

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* %%* BlatantLies: Jack's first tactic used on Jenny
* %%* BloodMagic: Used to tame the redcaps



* ColdIron: Extremely dangerous, even in toy form.

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* %%* ColdIron: Extremely dangerous, even in toy form.



* CoolSword: The Jester's Blade, the Sword of the Fool
* CrossoverCosmology: With Norse
* DistressedDude: Tom

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* %%* CoolSword: The Jester's Blade, the Sword of the Fool
* %%* CrossoverCosmology: With Norse
* %%* DistressedDude: Tom



* TheFairFolk: Virtually all are nasty
* FauxDeath: Once the nix stole her soul

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* %%* TheFairFolk: Virtually all are nasty
* %%* FauxDeath: Once the nix stole her soul



* HumanSacrifice: the tithe

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* %%* HumanSacrifice: the tithe



* InvoluntaryShapeshifting: Jack, every night
* IronicEcho: It's only trees
* ItWasAGift: Jenny's locket necklace
* LandOfFaerie: the setting.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: The nix does it to Jenny.

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* %%* InvoluntaryShapeshifting: Jack, every night
* %%* IronicEcho: It's only trees
* %%* ItWasAGift: Jenny's locket necklace
* %%* LandOfFaerie: the setting.
* %%* LaserGuidedAmnesia: The nix does it to Jenny.



* LotusEaterMachine: Tom doesn't want to leave
* MadeASlave: All the tree spirits
* MagicKiss: Both the nix and Jack use that
* MagicMusic: both the piper and the harpist.
* MakeAWish: The Leczi gives her one.

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* %%* LotusEaterMachine: Tom doesn't want to leave
* %%* MadeASlave: All the tree spirits
* %%* MagicKiss: Both the nix and Jack use that
* %%* MagicMusic: both the piper and the harpist.
* %%* MakeAWish: The Leczi gives her one.



* PatronSaint: St. Martha's.
* PowerOfTrust

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* %%* PatronSaint: St. Martha's.
* %%* PowerOfTrust



* RuleOfSeven: Seven years

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* %%* RuleOfSeven: Seven years



* TrueSight: Jenny has it.
* UltimateBlacksmith: Wayland, out of Norse myth

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* %%* TrueSight: Jenny has it.
* %%* UltimateBlacksmith: Wayland, out of Norse myth



* TheWildHunt: Jack characterizes Titania's hunt as this
* WouldHitAGirl: The piper
* YouthfulFreckles: Jenny, unlike the Sidhe

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* %%* TheWildHunt: Jack characterizes Titania's hunt as this
* %%* WouldHitAGirl: The piper
* %%* YouthfulFreckles: Jenny, unlike the Sidhe
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* YouImaginedIt: Jenny, told it about Fairyland.
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* WildHunt: Jack characterizes Titania's hunt as this

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* WildHunt: TheWildHunt: Jack characterizes Titania's hunt as this
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* BlatantLies: Jack's first tactic used on Jenny

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* TheReveal: Jack as the green man.

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* TheReveal: Jack as the green [[spoiler:green man.]]


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* YouthfulFreckles: Jenny, unlike the Sidhe
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* IronicEcho: It's only trees
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* LaserGuidedAmnesia: The nix does it to Jenny.


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* PowerOfTrust
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* MakeAWish: The Leczi gives her one.


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* WouldHitAGirl: The piper
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* NotSoDifferent: The piper tells Jenny that Jack has nothing in common with them -- Jenny rejects the implicit assumption the two are them are alike.


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* ShutUpHannibal: Jenny rejects the piper's attack on Jack.
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* GreenThumb: the piper, with his music, can move roses


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* HumanSacrifice: the tithe


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* MagicMusic: both the piper and the harpist.
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* LotusEaterMachine: Tom doesn't want to leave
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* ChangelingTale: The servants at court are all changelings.
* ColdIron: Extremely dangerous, even in toy form.
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* UltimateBlacksmith: Wayland, out of Norse myth

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* AfterActionPatchup: The harpist uses this on her



* CommonalityConnection: Wayland reflects on how Jenny sounds like his wife
* CoolSword: The Jester's Blade, the Sword of the Fool
* CrossoverCosmology: With Norse



* ElementalRivalry: Earth and air vs water.



* FauxDeath: Once the nix stole her soul



* HeroicSacrifice: Jack is warned that going into the water will mean he will never come out the same



* InvoluntaryShapeshifting: Jack, every night



* TheLostWoods: It can swallow you up, and is full of hte folk

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* TheLostWoods: It can swallow you up, and is full of hte folkthe folk
* MadeASlave: All the tree spirits
* MagicKiss: Both the nix and Jack use that


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* OurMermaidsAreDifferent: Jenny, caught by the nix, thinks there are parallels.
* OurSoulsAreDifferent: You turn into Sleeping Beauty without one.


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* TheReveal: Jack as the green man.
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* AFriendInNeed: Puck gets her out of the cottage as the forest swallows it.


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* BloodMagic: Used to tame the redcaps


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* ExactEavesdropping: She learns the Woodsman and the Goodwife's plans this way


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* FoodChains: Anything ''prepared'' by the Fair Folk.


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* INeverSaidItWasPoison: Jenny never told Jack how long ago her brother had vanished.
* ItWasAGift: Jenny's locket necklace


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* UncannyFamilyResemblance: Jenny is Tom's minature.
* WeatherManipulation: The storm the night she is in the Woodsman's cottage is attributed to the piper
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* TrueSight: Jenny has it.



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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: How they talk -- and laugh -- behind her back.


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* LandOfFaerie: the setting.
* LaughingMad: When Jenny's told no one will believe her.


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* PatronSaint: St. Martha's.
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* TheyHaveTheScent: the dogs chasing the tracker who failed.

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* BerserkButton: Jenny, when she realizes that Jack lied to her.



* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: To the Fair Folk, Tom is "the piper".



* NoNameGiven: To the Fair Folk, Tom is "the piper". We also have The Woodsman, and The Goodwife.

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* YouImaginedIt: Jenny, told it about Fairyland.
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* NoNameGiven: To the Fair Folk, Tom is "the piper". We also have The Woodsman, and The Goodwife.
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''The Treachery of Beautiful Things'' is a YA {{Fantasy}} novel by Ruth Frances Long. Seven years ago, Jenny and her brother Tom were walking home through the woods when the woods swallowed him up. No one believed her. When she went back to try to resolve her feelings, she discovers she can go within herself, into the lands where the Fair Folk dwell, after him.
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!!Tropes included
* BeautyIsBad: As the title warns you
* DistressedDude: Tom
* TheFairFolk: Virtually all are nasty
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: The Fairy Queen is typical of the Fair Folk
* TheLostWoods: It can swallow you up, and is full of hte folk
* MeaningfulName: Jack. Tom. Jenny Wren. All of which feature in English folklore
* MeaningfulRename: Jack calls her Jenny Wren.
* OurFairiesAreDifferent: Even the Foletti, glowing, with wings, are still the Fair Folk
* PrettyButterflies: Jenny's first thought of the Foletti is that they are beautiful as butterflies
* ThePromise: Jack is oath-bound to help those on quests
* TheQuest: Jenny tells Jack that she's looking for her brother, thus invoking the promise
* RuleOfSeven: Seven years
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