History Webcomic / PeriTale

* FishOutOfWater: Periwinkle and Razzmatazz are each out of their depth in the human world, for varying reasons.

* ActionGirl: Periwinkle. When her written exam score is insufficient for a passing grade, she has to get ''creative'' to earn that last bonus point. It probably helps that she needed to keep physically fit to climb everwhere, since the fairy realm had no stairs due to everyone having wings.
* ActuallyIAmHim: Hydrangea's jaunt into the human world brings her to an enigmatic (and flirtatious) woman fishing in the woods, whom she asks to help locate her actual target, a lady by the name of Agatha Qing. Naturally, once they reach the village, it turns out that the woman ''is'' Ms. Qing, and was leading her along for her own amusement, [[spoiler:and to give herself time to lure Hydrangea into an anti-magic trap]].

* BigBrotherInstinct: Of all of Periwinkle's family, Cedric is the most protective of her. Lavender does what they can to look after their siblings as well, and [[WhatTheHellHero chastises Periwinkle a bit]] for unwittingly taking advantage of Cedric's protective nature.

* DisabilityImmunity: Periwinkle is immune to the spell Vallery uses to keep people away from her tower because it works by repelling the amount of magic inherent in even ordinary people, and Peri has ''no'' magic whatsoever.
* {{Determinator}}: Periwinkle will stop at nothing to become a fairy godmother. She passes the final exam on her third attempt.

* LoopholeAbuse: Periwinkle figures out that if she can score a perfect grade on the written exam, she can become a fairy godmother without any actual magic. She falls just short of the mark due to a misplaced comma, but manages to squeeze in one point of extra credit for a 50.3 final grade.

* MatchmakerCrush: Inverted. While Periwinkle tries to hook Vallery up with the prince as part of the Fairytale, Vallery starts to develop a crush on ''her'' in the process.

* MuggleBornOfMages: Periwinkle is from a family of strong magic users, and is a fairy, a being of magic, besides. She has not even a drop of it, despite Vallery believing that even among humans ''everyone'' has at least ''some'' magic, with the barrier around her tower using that to repel people. It certainly doesn't help that her family includes some of the most powerful fairies in the realm, including its ruler.

* NoSell: Periwinkle is unaffected by a barrier that repels people based on their magic.

* MuggleBornOfMages: Periwinkle is from a family of strong magic users, and is a fairy, a being of magic, besides. She has not even a drop of it, despite Vallery believing that even among humans ''everyone'' has some magic. It certainly doesn't help that her family includes some of the most powerful fairies in the realm, including its ruler.

* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Unlike a good majority of the fairy population, Periwinkle has no magic. She can't even fly. Most of her classmates and instructors are rather dismissive of her as a result.

* BigBrotherInstinct: Of all of Periwinkle's family, Cedric is the most protective of the bunch. Lavender does what they can to look after their siblings as well, and [[WhatTheHellHero chastises Periwinkle a bit]] for unwittingly taking advantage of Cedric's protective nature.
* BadassFamily: At least two of Periwinkle's siblings are fairy godmothers, and the rest of her siblings have some strong magic flowing through their veins.
* BizarreAlienReproduction: Despite having males and females, it's implied that fairies reproduce asexually, Periwinkle is surprised to hear that Vallery had two parents.
* BrilliantButLazy: Cedric's profile implies that his magic rating would be higher if he wasn't out of practice.

* FishOutOfWater: Peri is ''completely'' out of her depth once she enters the human world.

* MatchmakerCrush: Inverted, it seems that despite Periwinkle trying to hook Vallery up as part of the fairytale, Vallery is starting to fall for the magicless fairy.

* ChekhovsGun: Early on, Bon prevents Melody from swallowing a magic artifact -- magic can't be digested, and swallowing one would make the effect permanent unless the artifact was surgically removed. Near the end, [[spoiler:after Razz turns himself into a human, Bon follows suit by swallowing his {{glamour}} ring]].

* TheUnreveal: Bon's ThirdEye can see into others' memories, and he can identify who Melody's real parents are and where she came from. Razz has the book containing the fairytale that Melody will one day fulfill. Neither her past nor future are revealed: [[spoiler:Razz tells Bon that "the humans who made her" don't matter, because ''they're'' her parents, and later ends up destroying the book]].

The comic also has a SpinOff, ''Life of Melody'', originally released to Patreon backers and later published as a full graphic novel. The comic takes place in the same setting as ''Peritale'', and centers around a fairy godfather named Razzmatazz and a troll named Bon raising a human child together.

* TheArchmage: Hydrangea is extremely powerful, and Peri's other sister Celeste is currently the second most powerful fairy in the Fairy Realm.

* CharacterOverlap: The comic shares a setting with Costa's graphic novel ''Life of Melody''. The main characters of that story -- fairy ex-godfather Razzmatazz, beastman Bon, and their adopted daughter Melody -- appear in a brief scene as Periwinkle is exploring the human realm, with Razz recognizing her as Íteran nobility and introducing himself.

* MeanwhileInTheFuture: Hydrangea's [[TwoLinesNoWaiting B-plot]] takes place shortly after the prologue, fourteen years before the main story.

* WrittenByTheWinners: Anyone who tries to make a written account of fairies ends up showering them with praise and adultation, and it's implied that some sort of magical compulsion is to blame. Eventually, most folks stopped bothering, and spread their accounts through word-of-mouth instead, which is harder to corrupt.

* ProductionThrowback: The bookstore owner Mr. Lefèbvre and his apprentice Marie first appeared in one of Costa's shorter comics, ''[[http://www.maricomics.com/twbthoth The Well by the House on the Hill]]''.

* TheVerse: The comic shares a setting with Costa's graphic novel ''Life of Melody''. The main characters of that story -- fairy ex-godfather Razzmatazz, beastman Bon, and their adopted daughter Melody -- appear in a brief scene as Periwinkle is exploring the human realm, with Razz recognizing her as Íteran nobility and introducing himself.

* ActionGirl: Periwinkle. When her written exam score is insufficient for a passing grade, she has to get ''creative'' to earn that last bonus point. It probably helps that she needed to keep physically fit to climb everwhere, since the fairy realm had no stairs.

** Vallery is implied to be similarly powerful compared to normal human magic users.

* ActionGirl: Periwinkle. When her written exam score is insufficient for a passing grade, she has to get ''creative'' to earn that last bonus point.

* BigBrotherInstinct: Of all of Periwinkle's family, Cedric is the most protective of the bunch. Lavender does what he can to look after his siblings as well, and [[WhatTheHellHero chastises Periwinkle a bit]] for unwittingly taking advantage of Cedric's protective nature.

* BizarreAlienReproduction: Despite having males and females, it's implied that fairies reproduce asexually.

* MuggleBornOfMages: Periwinkle is from a family of strong magic users, and is a fairy, a being of magic, besides. She has not even a drop of it. It certainly doesn't help that her family includes some of the most powerful fairies in the realm, including its ruler.

In the fairy realm Ítera, the most prestigious job is that of the Fairy Godmother, tasked with fulfilling Fairytales in the human world. An eager young fairy by the name of Periwinkle E. Poulaine would like nothing more than to become a Godmother herself. Despite [[MuggleBornOfMages not having a drop of magic to her name]], she manages to land the job through sheer determination, and sets out on her first assignment.

* BecauseDestinySaysSo: Hydrangea is of the opinion that there ''is'' no such thing as destiny; everything that happens does so by design, and a Fairy Godmother's purpose is to carry out that design, no matter what. If that happens to result in a DoomedHometown or two along the way, then...

* BadassFamily: At least two of Periwinkle's siblings are fairy-godmothers, and the rest of her siblings have some strong magic flowing through their veins.

* {{Determinator}}: Periwinkle will stop at nothing to become a Fairy Godmother. She passes the final exam on her third attempt.

** "The Witch" doesn't have a particularly good reputation, either; she spends all her time in her tower and never interacts with anyone outside, so she ''must'' be plotting something, right? Vallery insists that she's "probably not evil", but doesn't care enough to correct the record.

* LoopholeAbuse: Periwinkle figures out that if she can score a perfect grade on the written exam, she can become a Fairy Godmother without any actual magic. She falls just short of the mark due to a misplaced comma, but manages to squeeze in one point of extra credit for a 50.3 final grade.

* MeanwhileInTheFuture: Hydrangea's [[TwoLinesNoWaiting subplot]] takes place shortly after the prologue, fourteen years before the main story.

In the world of fairies, the most prestigious job is that of the Fairy Godmother, tasked with fulfilling Fairytales in the human world. An eager young fairy named Periwinkle E. Poulaine would like nothing more than to become a Godmother herself. Despite [[MuggleBornOfMages not having a drop of magic to her name]], she manages to land the job through sheer determination, and sets out on her first assignment.

* ActuallyIAmHim: Hydrangea's latest jaunt into the human world brings her to an enigmatic (and flirtatious) woman fishing in the woods, whom she asks to help locate her actual target, a lady by the name of Agatha Qing. Naturally, once they reach the village, it turns out that the woman ''is'' Ms. Qing, and was leading her along for her own amusement, [[spoiler:and to give herself time to lure Hydrangea into an anti-magic trap]].

* BecauseDestinySaysSo: The general justification for the Fairy Godmothers' work; the Fairytales indicate what's "supposed" to happen, so it's their job to bring it about, no matter what. If that happens to result in a DoomedHometown or two along the way, then...

'''''[[http://www.peritale.com/ Peritale]]'''''

Based around the world of fairies, said fairies have many jobs, one of which is being a Fairy godmother. Being a Fairy Godmother is the greatest job a fairy can achieve.
Periwinkle, the hero of the tale, is just one of the many fairies that would like to become a Fairy Godmother, just like her siblings. Unfortunately for her, there's a slight problem.

Unlike many of the other fairies, Periwinkle doesn't have a drop of magic in her. And one part of the exam to become a Fairy Godmother is students having to use magic.

It takes her three tries to pass, but she manages it due to a loophole; a 50% is required to pass, and the written portion is worth 50%

Determined, she sets out to the archives to get her first assignment.

If the ominous prophecy is anything to go by, and the fact that the humans may not be on board with it, Periwinkle's first job may not be as easy as she thought it might be.

Created May 31st, 2015, by Mari Costa.

'''''Warning: Because this comic is still new, spoilers are unmarked. Don't read if you don't want to be spoiled'''''

!!Peritale contains the following tropes:

* ActionGirl: Periwinkle. Instead of giving up when it turned out she failed her test for the third time, she jumps into a cart and sprints to get even one point to get a passing grade.
* AllTheOtherReindeer: Unlike a good majority of the Fairy population, Periwinkle has no magic. She can't even fly.

* BigBrotherInstinct: Cedric. Full-Stop.
* BadassFamily: At least two of Periwinkle's siblings are fairy-godmothers, and the rest of her siblings have some strong magic flowing through their veins. Except for Periwinkle herself.
* BizarreAlienReproduction: It appears that faeries can reproduce asexually.
* BookDumb: Implied. It takes her three tries of taking her Fairy Godmother test for the writing portion for her to feel confident that she passed. She doesn't, due to missing a comma.
** To be fair, passing for her was getting full marks.
* CrapsaccharineWorld: The fairies tend to be very dismissive of humans outside of their roles in fairy tales, and don't care whether or not the humans ''want'' those roles, assuming that they know best. The way Periwinkle is treated also shows some serious flaws in their society.
* {{Determinator}}: Periwinkle is this. It says so on her character page.
* TheDreaded: Apparently fairies are outright feared in the human world.
* {{Jerkass}}: Towards Periwinkle, a lot of fairies are this to her. This is due to the rest of her family being powerful magic users and Periwinkle not having any magic.
* LoopholeAbuse: As mentioned, Periwinkle figures out that if she can score a perfect score on the test's written part, she can become a fairy godmother without any actual magic. It doesn't work out quite that way since they count a comma against her otherwise perfect written exam, but she manages to get a 50.3 score anyways.
* MagnificentBastard: {{Played with}}. Periwinkle is attempting to do this with Vallery. By bribing her with books from Fairyland.

* MundaneObjectFascination: Periwinkle frequently experiences this in the human world for things the fairy realm doesn't, even ''stairs''.

* TheFaceless: Periwinkle's parents are playing this straight so far.

* SmugSuper: It seems that fairies tend to assume that they know better than humans, and put them through fairytales even if they don't want to participate. Hydrangea also had no problem destroying a corn crop simply to move through it, and needs to be convinced not to.
** Apparently, fairies are widely ''feared'' in the human realm.

* WrittenByTheWinners: Apparently fairies do this so much that, while word of mouth is uncorrupted, ''all'' human books about fairies are overwhelmingly positive.

* ActionGirl: Periwinkle. Instead of giving up when it turned out she failed her test for the third time, she jumps into a cart and sprints to get even one point.

* SmugSuper: It seems that fairies tend to assume that they know better than humans, and put them through fairytales even if they don't want to participate. Hydrangea also had no problem destroying a corn crop simply to move through it.

* SmugSuper: It seems that fairies tend to assume that they know better than humans, and put them through fairytales even if they don't want to participate.