History Webcomic / ImTheQueenInThisLife

* BodyguardCrush: Sir Elko develops a crush on Ariadne [[spoiler: with terrible consequences for everyone involved]].

* TouchTelepathy: Ariadne discovers she can see people's memories by touching them when she grabs Maletta's hand, but she has [[PowerIncontinence no control over it, this ability is extremely random, happens very rarely]] and has to be yet explored.

* ClassicalMythology: In addition to real life historical figures, some characters are also inspired by characters from Greek myths, most notably Ariadne, who shares some traits with both her namesake and Medea, both being women spurned by men whom they helped.

* FantasyCounterpartCulture: The entire setting, including names, fashions, characters and events, is explicitly based off Renaissance era Europe. Etruscan Kingdom is Italy, Gallico is France, Moor kingdom seems to be either North Africa or Moorish Spain. There are also mentions of "Helenia" and "Romata Empire" etc.

* FlowerMotif: In the first timeline Ariadne is compared by Cesare to a lily of the valley, a common flower found everywhere.

** This is Ariadne's MO in general: earlier, she

* NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: Most main characters seem to be a mishmash of various political figures of the Rennaisance Italy.

** Ariadne herself is arguably one as well, but she's not as saccharine about as her sister is.

** Also Sancha and Maletta. Maletta pushed her sister away and left her to die at Rambouillet Shelter, despite promising she would come back for her. [[spoiler: After she's thrown out of de Mare household for getting pregnant with Ippolito, Sancha brings her back to the shelter, but Maletta is too conceited to realize she should be laying low for a while and runs away, which ultimately results in her death. Sancha doesn't seem to mourn her much.]]

* NiceToTheWaiter: Alfonso doesn't like sweets, but he still eats desserts served to him at banquets because he doesn't want to cause trouble for the kitchen staff.

* WardrobeMalfunction: Isabella and Maletta sabotage Ariadne's debutante dress, resulting in it ripping at her chest during the ball. Then Isabella tries to spin it as Ariadne trying to bring attention to herself. Ariadne herself, who suffers from some body image issues (stemming from Isabella's comments about her looks in the first timeline) is genuinely traumatized by it.

* AntiquatedLinguistics: English translation of the webcomic employs it to mild extent.

* BodyguardCrush: Sir Elko develops a crush on Ariadne [[spoiler: with fatal consequences for everyone involved]].

* TheNeedsOfTheMany: Alfonso's mother plainly lays out to him why he needs to choose Lariessa over Ariadne: his marriage to Lariessa will result in personal union with the more powerful kingdom of Gallico. Etruscan is a smaller, poorer and less militarily developed country, and they need Gallico's cannons and gunpowder (which cannot be produced in Etruscan) to ensure its stability. Furthermore, royals are required to protect their citizens as a part of social contract for basically providing for them.

* PoorCommunicationKills: After hearing [[spoiler: one of younger de Mare daughters died]], Alfonso instantly assumes it was Ariadne, and leaves Harenae to see her. This has long lasting consequences regarding his relationship with Lariessa.

* PeggySue: After being killed Ariadne goes back in time in order to get revenge. It turns out, her actions are limited by the Golden Rule and she cannot just kill whoever she wants. [[spoiler: There's also another person with past life memories.]]

* TooUnhappyToBeHungry: Ariadne stops eating [[spoiler: after Arabella's death]]. She doesn't eat much anyway, due to her body image issues after Isabella relayed some of Cesare's comments about her body in the first timeline.

* TheUnfavourite: Arabella to both her parents. To cardinal because she's just another girl he has to prepare dowry for, to her mother because [[spoiler: her pregnancy with Arabella prevented her from running away with a man she actually loved]]. This ends up [[spoiler: with Arabella dying after her sister pushed her down the stairs while Lucrezia refused to call a physician, because it would cost money]].

* MyBelovedSmother: Zig-zagged with Cesare and his ambitious mother, who's pushing him to become the king. He's a fairly independent example, not really caring that much about her nagging and avoiding her most of the time, and it's shown that as a kid he preferred Queen Margaret over his mother, since she was nicer and not as overbearing towards him.
** Lucrezia and Ippolito. He returns to de Mare manor immediately after finding out she's been banished from it and tries to reinstate her. In turn, she's furious to discover he's been sleeping with Maletta and instantly starts mistreating the girl. She's also supporting him with extra money and sheltering him from his father's wrath.

* EvilRedhead: Cesare and his mother.

* FantasyCounterpartCulture: The entire setting, including names, fashions, characters and events, is explicitly based off Renaissance era Europe. Etruscan Kingdom is Italy, Gallica is France, Moor kingdom seems to be either North Africa or Moorish Spain. There are also mentions of "Helenia" and "Romata Empire" etc.

* YouCantFightFate: Very strongly implied. Despite Ariadne's best efforts, [[spoiler: Arabella still dies at a young age (in fact, even younger than before) and Queen Margaret is still poisoned, which results in a war between Etruscan and Gallica]]. This isn't always the case, however.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Played straight and subverted. Lucrezia is an all-around awful person, but even she protests when Ippolito [[spoiler: suggests he would have his pregnant mistress killed]]. However, she quickly changes her mind when he reveals [[spoiler: Maletta knows about one of her children being illegitimate]].

* TheMistress: Lady Rubinia, Cesare's mother and king's favorite mistress.

* StartToCorpse: The webcomic starts with a shot of Alfonso's corpse after he's poisoned by Ariadne.

** Ariadne herself is arguably one, but she's not as saccharine about as her sister is.

After more than half a life of scheming, which included incting a rebellion and murdering the crown prince, Ariadne De Mare finally manages to put her longtime fiancé, Cesare, on the throne of the Etruscan Kingdom. However, this hard-earned success does not end in a wedding, as she had hoped, but instead she finds herself thrown in a cell as her older half-sister, and crown princes' widow, Isabella, explains to her [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness she has outlived her usefulness]], before going off to marry Cesare. After getting murdered by Isabella's henchman, Ariadne hears a voice talking to her about a "Golden Rule", and wakes up in the past as a 15 year old girl on the day she was taken to her father's estate in the capital.

* BastardBastard: Cesare and (arguably) Ariadne in both timelines. Cesare is an illegitimate son of the king and his mistress (although he's publicly passed off as his nephew), while Ariadne is a result of cardinal De Mare's affair with his maid. Both are very morally dubious people, Cesare moreso, while Ariadne recovers somewhat in the second timeline.

* FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo: Cesare is officially the king's nephew, but virtually everyone knows he's actually his son. [[spoiler: Cesare's official status becomes later a plot point due to certain laws in the kingdom.]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: After Ariadne arrives to De Mare household, Arabella tries to push her down the stairs, but accidentally pushes Isabella instead. Over fifty chapters later, [[spoiler: Arabella dies after Isabella pushes her down the same stairs]].

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Played straight and subverted. Lucrezia is an all-around awful person, but even she protests when Ippolito [[spoiler: suggests he would have his pregnant mistress killed]]. However, she quickly changes her mind when he reveals [[spoiler: Maletta knows about one of her children being illegitimate]] and demands her killed.

* ArrangedMarriage: All around the place. Most notably,
* BastardBastard: Cesare and (arguably) Ariadne in both timelines. Cesare is an illegitimate son of the king and his mistress (although he's publicly passed as his nephew), while Ariadne is a result of cardinal De Mare's affair with his maid. Both are very morally dubious people, Cesare moreso, while Ariadne recovers somewhat in the second timeline.
* BastardBoyfriend: Cesare to Ariadne in the first timeline. He basically strung her along as his fiancée for 15 years as she slavishly devoted herself to helping him become the king, while he gaslighted, demeaned and and humiliated her at every opportunity to keep her self-esteem low. After finally achieving his goal he throws her away instantly and instead marries Isabella, with whom he had been carrying an affair behind Ariadne's back.

After more than half a life of scheming, which included incting a rebellion and murdering the crown prince, Ariadne De Mare finally manages to put her longtime fiancé, Cesare, on the throne of the Etruscan Kingdom. However, this hard-earned success does not end in a wedding, as she had hoped, but instead she finds herself thrown in a cell as her older half-sister, and crown princes' widow, Isabella explains to her [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness she has outlived her usefulness]]. After getting murdered by Isabella's henchman, Ariadne hears a voice talking to her about a "Golden Rule", and wakes up in the past as a 15 year old girl on the day she was taken to her father's estate in the capital.

''I'm the Queen in This Life'' is a novel that has been adapted to a webcomic. Both are still ongoing. You can read the original novel on [[https://novel.naver.com/webnovel/list?novelId=934373 Naver]], while the English translation of the comic is available on [[https://www.webtoons.com/en/fantasy/im-the-queen-in-this-life/list?title_no=4886 Webtoon]].

Ariadne decides to use her new life to get revenge on everyone who wronged her, but discovers her sudden regression has a price, and the past cannot be so easily changed.