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* WomanInWhite: The dead queen in "Brother and Sister"

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* GrandTheftMe: The stepsister in "Brother and Sister"



* OurGhostsAreDifferent: In "The Little Shroud."

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* OurGhostsAreDifferent: In "The Little Shroud."Shroud" and "Brother and Sister"


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* RedRightHand: The stepsister in "Brother and Sister" can't get her eye back.

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* DisproportionateRetribution: The bride in "Maid Maleen" rejects this as causing future problems.

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* DisproportionateRetribution: The bride in "Maid Maleen" [[PragmaticVillainy rejects this as causing future problems.problems]].


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* FemmeFatalons: The Bride in "Maid Maleen".
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* FallingInLoveMontage: Or rather, not getting over because it was true love, not only an infaution, despite the speed montage, in "Brother and Sister."


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* TimePassesMontage: Between the marriage in "Brother and Sister" and the baby's birth.
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* LoveAtFirstSight: The king and Sister in "Brother and Sister"


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* [[{{Meganekko}} Megane]]: the king in "Brother And Sister". Which helps keep him nonthreatening when he meets Sister.
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* {{Curse}}: in ''Brother and Sister''
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* GreenEyedMonster: The stepmother and stepsister in "Brother and Sister"


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* WickedWitch: The stepmother in "Brother and Sister"
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[[caption-width-right:160:"Brother and Sister"]]
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* Adorkable: The king of "Brother and Sister," especially [[http://www.erstwhiletales.com/brothersister-19/#.UHggxlHZ3dI here]].

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* Adorkable: {{Adorkable}}: The king of "Brother and Sister," especially [[http://www.erstwhiletales.com/brothersister-19/#.UHggxlHZ3dI here]].
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* CrushBlush: In "Brother and Sister"
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* Adorkable: The king in "Brother and Sister," especially [[http://www.erstwhiletales.com/brothersister-19/#.UHggxlHZ3dI here]].

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* Adorkable: The king in of "Brother and Sister," especially [[http://www.erstwhiletales.com/brothersister-19/#.UHggxlHZ3dI here]].
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* Adorkable: The king in "Brother and Sister," especially [[http://www.erstwhiletales.com/brothersister-19/#.UHggxlHZ3dI here]].
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* YouthIsWastedOnTheDumb: In "Brother and Sister", the brother insists on going out and letting the king hunt him as a deer.
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* TextileWorkIsFeminine: Jane in "Brother and Sister"
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* Brother and Sister

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* [[http://www.erstwhiletales.com/brothersister-00/ Brother and SisterSister]]
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* GoodParents: the mother in "The Little Shroud."

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* GoodParents: the The mother in "The Little Shroud."


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* HonorBeforeReason: In "The Farmer's Clever Daughter," the farmer unearths a gold mortar while tilling the land the king gave him. He plans on giving it to the king as a token of gratitude, but his daughter warns him not to do so until after they find the pestle to go along with it. The farmer ignores her advice, causing the king to believe the farmer is keeping the pestle for himself and has him thrown into the dungeon.

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* ArrangedMarriage: The prince in "Maid Maleen"

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* ArrangedMarriage: The prince in "Maid Maleen"Maleen."



* BalefulPolymorph: The heroine of "A Tale With A Riddle"
* BrideAndSwitch: Maid Maleen

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* BalefulPolymorph: The heroine of "A Tale With A Riddle"
Riddle."
* BrideAndSwitch: Maid MaleenMaleen.



* CueTheSun: Maid Maleen's description of her happy ending

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* CueTheSun: Maid Maleen's description of her happy endingending.



* DamselInDistress: The wife in "A Tale With A Riddle"
* DancesAndBalls: In "All Fur"

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* DamselInDistress: The wife in "A Tale With A Riddle"
Riddle."
* DancesAndBalls: In "All Fur"Fur."



** The night scene in "The Farmer's Clever Daughter" is done in blues

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** The night scene in "The Farmer's Clever Daughter" is done in bluesblues.



* EngagementChallenge: GenderFlipped in "The Farmer's Clever Daughter".
* ExactWords: How the daughter won out in the end.
* FallenOnHardTimesJob: In the kitchen

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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: "The Bird, the Mouse, & the Sausage."]]
* EngagementChallenge: GenderFlipped in "The Farmer's Clever Daughter".
Daughter."
* ExactWords: How the farmer's clever daughter won out in the end.
* FallenOnHardTimesJob: In the kitchenkitchen.



* FramingDevice: "A Tale With a Riddle" is told to her daughter
* GirlInTheTower: Maid Maleen
* GoodParents: the mother in "The Little Shroud"
* GuileHero: The eponymous character of "The Farmer's Clever Daughter".
* HowDoYouLikeThemApples: The king in "The Farmer's Clever Daughter"

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* FramingDevice: "A Tale With a Riddle" is told to her daughter
daughter.
* GirlInTheTower: Maid Maleen
Maleen.
* GoodParents: the mother in "The Little Shroud"
Shroud."
* GuileHero: The eponymous character of "The Farmer's Clever Daughter".
Daughter."
* HowDoYouLikeThemApples: The king in "The Farmer's Clever Daughter"Daughter."



* IncurableCoughOfDeath: In "The Little Shroud"

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* IncurableCoughOfDeath: In "The Little Shroud"Shroud."



* LastRequest: The queen in "All-Fur"

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* LastRequest: The queen in "All-Fur""All-Fur."



* ManInWhite: Little boy in white in "The Little Shroud"
* TheMourningAfter: The first king engages in this for a long time "All-Furs"
* MurderTheHypotenuse: The bride's last attempt in "Maid Maleen"
* NeedleInAStackOfNeedles: In "A Tale With A Riddle," the husband must choose one flower among three
* NiceToTheWaiter: The bride in "Maid Maleen" examplifies the "not" type.
* NurseryRhyme: At the end of "Maid Maleen".
* OddShapedPanel: Circles in "Maid Maleen".
* OffWithHisHead: In "Maid Maleen".
* OnlyTheKnowledgableMayPass: The bride betrays herself by ignorance of the ceremony in "Maid Maleen"
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: In "The Little Shroud"
* ParentalAbandonment: All-Fur describes her plight as this
* ParentalIncest: threatened.
* ParentalMarriageVeto: Maid Maleen
* ThePromise: All-Furs's mother extracts one while dying
* RagsToRoyalty: The farmer's clever daughter, Maid Maleen, All-Fur

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* ManInWhite: Little boy in white in "The Little Shroud"
Shroud."
* TheMourningAfter: The first king engages in this for a long time "All-Furs"
"All-Furs."
* MurderTheHypotenuse: The bride's last attempt in "Maid Maleen"
Maleen."
* NeedleInAStackOfNeedles: In "A Tale With A Riddle," the husband must choose one flower among three
three.
* NiceToTheWaiter: The bride in "Maid Maleen" examplifies exemplifies the "not" type.
* NurseryRhyme: At the end of "Maid Maleen".
Maleen."
* OddShapedPanel: Circles in "Maid Maleen".
Maleen."
* OffWithHisHead: In "Maid Maleen".
Maleen."
* OnceMoreWithClarity: "The Farmer's Clever Daughter" opens with the daughter SlippingAMickey to the king and covering him in a sheet. We find out why toward the end.
* OnlyTheKnowledgableMayPass: The bride betrays herself by ignorance of the ceremony in "Maid Maleen"
Maleen."
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: In "The Little Shroud"
Shroud."
* ParentalAbandonment: All-Fur describes her plight as this
this.
* ParentalIncest: threatened.
Threatened in "All-Fur."
* ParentalMarriageVeto: Maid Maleen
Maleen.
* ThePromise: All-Furs's mother extracts one while dying
dying.
* RagsToRoyalty: The farmer's clever daughter, Maid Maleen, All-FurAll-Fur.



* SlippingAMickey: the farmer's clever daughter to the king

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* SlippingAMickey: the The farmer's clever daughter to the kingking.



* TenderTears: The boy, in "The Little Shroud"
* TheyDo: Maid Maleen and the prince

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* TenderTears: The boy, in "The Little Shroud"
Shroud."
* TheyDo: Maid Maleen and the princeprince.



* UngratefulBastard: The bride in "Maid Maleen"
* YouHaveWaitedLongEnough: The prince's father to the prince in "Maid Maleen"

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* UngratefulBastard: The bride in "Maid Maleen"
Maleen."
* YouHaveWaitedLongEnough: The prince's father to the prince in "Maid Maleen"Maleen."
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* [[IdenticalGrandson Identical Daughter]]: In "All Fur"

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* [[IdenticalGrandson Identical Daughter]]: In This sets off the plot of "All Fur"Fur." When she turns out to be as beautiful as her [[MissingMom deceased mother]], her father goes mad and insists on marrying her as replacement.
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* FallenOnHardTimesJob: In the kitchen
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* Iron Hans

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* [[http://www.erstwhiletales.com/ironhans-00/ Iron HansHans]]
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Erstwhile is a collaborative comic project from StrawberryComics publishing. The comic focuses on classic [[FairyTale fairy tales]] that may be less well known in modern times, or no longer in their original version in modern tellings. These are all derived from the BrothersGrimm thus far, and are faithful to the versions published by them.

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Erstwhile is a collaborative comic project from StrawberryComics publishing. The comic focuses on classic [[FairyTale fairy tales]] that may be less well known in modern times, or no longer in their original version in modern tellings. These are all derived from the BrothersGrimm Creator/TheBrothersGrimm thus far, and are faithful to the versions published by them.

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* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The night scene in "The Farmer's Clever Daughter" is done in blues

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* DeliberatelyMonochrome: DeliberatelyMonochrome:
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The night scene in "The Farmer's Clever Daughter" is done in bluesblues
** "The Old Man and his Grandson" is done in beiges.
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* The Old Man and his Grandson

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* [[http://www.erstwhiletales.com/oldman-00/ The Old Man and his GrandsonGrandson]]

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* MotherGoose: At the end of "Maid Maleen"



* OddShapedPanel: Circles in "Maid Maleen"
* OffWithHisHead: In "Maid Maleen"

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* NurseryRhyme: At the end of "Maid Maleen".
* OddShapedPanel: Circles in "Maid Maleen"
Maleen".
* OffWithHisHead: In "Maid Maleen"Maleen".
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* ManInWhite: Little boy in white in "The Little Shroud"


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* OurGhostsAreDifferent: In "The Little Shroud"


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* TenderTears: The boy, in "The Little Shroud"

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* The Little Shroud

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* [[http://www.erstwhiletales.com/littleshroud-00/ The Little ShroudShroud]]


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* GoodParents: the mother in "The Little Shroud"


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* IncurableCoughOfDeath: In "The Little Shroud"
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Erstwhile is a collaborative comic project from StrawberryComics publishing. The comic focuses on classic [[FairyTale fairy tales]] that may be less well known in modern times, or no longer in their original version in modern tellings. These are all derived from the BrothersGrimm thus far, and are faithful to the versions published by them.

[[StrawberryComics Strawberry Comic]] members Gina Biggs, Louisa Roy, and Elle Skinner are the current collaborators. Several stories are available online [[http://www.erstwhiletales.com/ here]].

!!Stories Include:
* [[http://www.erstwhiletales.com/allfur-00/#.T0k4kPGDsy4 All Fur]]
* [[http://www.erstwhiletales.com/bms-00/ The Bird, The Mouse, and the Sausage]]
* Brother and Sister
* Choosing a Bride
* [[http://www.erstwhiletales.com/fcd-00/ The Farmer's Clever Daughter]]
* Iron Hans
* The Little Shroud
* [[http://www.erstwhiletales.com/maidmaleen-00/#.T0k4sPGDsy4 Maid Maleen]]
* The Old Man and his Grandson
* Snow White and Rose Red
* [[http://www.erstwhiletales.com/a-tale-with-a-riddle/#.T0k4vPGDsy4 A Tale with a Riddle]]
* The Wolf and the Man


!!Provides Examples Of:
* ArrangedMarriage: The prince in "Maid Maleen"
* ArtShift: The opening of "Maid Maleen" is told with pictures she drew herself.
* BadassDamsel: Maid Maleen gets herself out of the tower.
* BagOfHolding: A nutshell, to be specific.
* BalefulPolymorph: The heroine of "A Tale With A Riddle"
* BrideAndSwitch: Maid Maleen
* CelestialDeadline: The heroine of "A Tale With A Riddle" is set free for only a night.
* CueTheSun: Maid Maleen's description of her happy ending
* CurseEscapeClause: The husband of the woman in "A Tale With A Riddle" can save her from being a flower by picking her.
* DamselInDistress: The wife in "A Tale With A Riddle"
* DancesAndBalls: In "All Fur"
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The night scene in "The Farmer's Clever Daughter" is done in blues
* DisproportionateRetribution: The bride in "Maid Maleen" rejects this as causing future problems.
* EngagementChallenge: GenderFlipped in "The Farmer's Clever Daughter".
* ExactWords: How the daughter won out in the end.
* FirstKiss
* FirstNameBasis: The king tells the farmer's clever daughter his name when she calls him "sire" just before the wedding.
* FramingDevice: "A Tale With a Riddle" is told to her daughter
* GirlInTheTower: Maid Maleen
* GuileHero: The eponymous character of "The Farmer's Clever Daughter".
* HowDoYouLikeThemApples: The king in "The Farmer's Clever Daughter"
* [[IdenticalGrandson Identical Daughter]]: In "All Fur"
* ImpossibleTask: Paradox version.
-->'''King:''' Come to me, not dressed, not naked, not on a horse, not by carriage, not on the road, not off the road, and if you do, I'll marry you.
* ItWasAGift: The prince gives Maid Maleen a necklace.
* LastRequest: The queen in "All-Fur"
* TheLostWoods
* MakeUpIsEvil: The bride in "Maid Maleen" tries to hide herself with this.
* MotherGoose: At the end of "Maid Maleen"
* TheMourningAfter: The first king engages in this for a long time "All-Furs"
* MurderTheHypotenuse: The bride's last attempt in "Maid Maleen"
* NeedleInAStackOfNeedles: In "A Tale With A Riddle," the husband must choose one flower among three
* NiceToTheWaiter: The bride in "Maid Maleen" examplifies the "not" type.
* OddShapedPanel: Circles in "Maid Maleen"
* OffWithHisHead: In "Maid Maleen"
* OnlyTheKnowledgableMayPass: The bride betrays herself by ignorance of the ceremony in "Maid Maleen"
* ParentalAbandonment: All-Fur describes her plight as this
* ParentalIncest: threatened.
* ParentalMarriageVeto: Maid Maleen
* ThePromise: All-Furs's mother extracts one while dying
* RagsToRoyalty: The farmer's clever daughter, Maid Maleen, All-Fur
* RuleOfSeven: How many years Maid Maleen was to be locked up.
* SculleryMaid
* SheCleansUpNicely: [[http://www.erstwhiletales.com/allfur-09/#.T0k26PGDsy4 Here.]]
* SlippingAMickey: the farmer's clever daughter to the king
* SweatDrop: You'd sweat too, if your bride talked about your true love on your wedding day.
* TheyDo: Maid Maleen and the prince
* ThroughHisStomach: The second king is much taken with All Fur's soup.
* UngratefulBastard: The bride in "Maid Maleen"
* YouHaveWaitedLongEnough: The prince's father to the prince in "Maid Maleen"
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