History Webcomic / HisFaceAllRed

* EldritchLocation: The Hole that smells of lilac. The Younger Brother dumping the Elder into it seems to be what incites the second half of the story. [[spoiler: In Old English folklore (particularly Norfolk and its surrounding areas) White Lilac was considered to be unlucky, associated with death and fae, and by extension people being tricked, taken away and never returning. [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane if that's the way they story is being told]] it adds some irony in the Elder Brother returning from the woods, and a much more sinister meaning behind his behavior of digging (lilac ''lures in the fae'') and ostracized the person who know he should be dead. This interpretation also doesn't bode well for the Younger Brother when he goes back into the Hole in the woods...]]

The story has been praised by Creator/KateBeaton and Creator/ScottMcCloud for its pacing and atmosphere. It can be read [[http://emcarroll.com/comics/faceallred/01.html here]]. There is a reading [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dwh6EigKCWs here]] by Creator/ProZD.

* EldritchLocation: The Hole that smells of lilac. The Younger Brother dumping the Elder into it seems to be what incites the second half of the story. [[spoiler: In Old English folklore (particularly Norfolk and its surrounding areas) White Lilac was considered to be unlucky, associated with death and fae, and by extension people being tricked, taken away and never returning. [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane if that's the way they story is being told]] it adds some irony in the Elder Brother returning from the woods, and a much more sinister meaning behind his behavior of digging (lilac ''lures in the fae'') and ostracized the person who know he should be dead. for the Younger when he goes back into the woods...]]

* EldritchLocation: The Hole that smells of lilac. The Younger Brother dumping the Elder into it seems to be what incites the second half of the story. [[spoiler: In Old English folklore (particularly Norfolk and its surrounding areas) White Lilac was considered to be unlucky, associated with death and fae, and by extension people being tricked, taken away and never returning. [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane if that's the way they story is being told]] it adds some irony in the Elder Brother returning from the woods, and a much more sinister meaning behind his behavior and for the Younger when he goes back into the woods...]]

* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: One possible explanation is that the younger brother has gone insane from guilt, a la ''Literature/TheTellTaleHeart''. Even he lampshades this. [[spoiler:But nothing is ever confirmed]].

* DirtyCoward: The narrator hides from the beast he offered to hunt, but kills his unsuspecting brother when his back is turned.

* LeftHanging: [[spoiler:The protagonist climbs down the hole to see if his brother's body is there. It is, still bloody. It turns to look at him, presumably with hostility. The protagonist's candle gutters out. The end.]]

* MinimalistCast: We've got the narrator, his brother, his wife, and a few random townsfolk who don't get names or any distinct lines. Plus the wolf and [[spoiler:whatever the hell the "fake" brother is]]. That's it.

* PsychologicalThriller: The younger brother has spent a lifetime being a ButtMonkey and watching his older brother succeed in every way that he's failed and be beloved by their town for it. One day after it happens again, he snaps and kills his brother in an attempt to steal credit for a heroic deed. Then, to the younger brother's complete incomprehension, the older brother seems to be alive and acts like nothing is wrong. The younger brother starts freaking out, unable to rest, unable to enjoy anything in life, questioning if he's going mad. Remove the possibly supernatural elements from the story and you could have a Hitchcock thriller.

** After killing his brother, the younger brother brings back a bloody piece of the older brother's coat, claiming that it was all that he could find of his brother's body. When his brother reappears a week later, his coat is not torn.[[spoiler:A subversion: this doesn't actually lead anywhere.]]

* GainaxEnding: [[spoiler:What was the other brother digging? Which one ''was'' his brother? Was the one that returned from the woods a {{doppelganger}} or something similar while the real body was in the hole the whole time with a {{Ghostly Goal|s}} of vengeance? (Or is there any chance that it's the other way around, and the younger brother shot a doppleganger in the woods only for his real brother to emerge a week later?)]]