History Webcomic / WoodenRose

''[[http://woodenrosecomic.com/index.html Wooden Rose]]'' is a Victorian fairy tale about love, loss and betrayal, enchanted forests and ancient mythical beings.

* AfterActionPatchup: Lillian for Eric... [[spoiler: after Nessa's tree spirit baby is possessed by Aidan and attacks him.]]
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: [[http://www.woodenrosecomic.com/comic/chapter1/24.html Nessa is no help at all.]]
* CannotSpitItOut: [[http://www.woodenrosecomic.com/comic/chapter1/25.html Lillian hates how 'foolishly tongue tied' she gets around her crush, Eric.]]
* {{Chiaroscuro}}: [[http://www.woodenrosecomic.com/comic/chapter4/88.html A dream forest.]]
* ChildrenAreInnocent. Even ones that look like the roots of trees have the same guileless nature as human infants.

* CuteKitten: [[http://www.woodenrosecomic.com/comic/chapter2/50.html Oh, aren't they darling?]]

* DreamLand: Aidan draws Nessa into one. [[http://www.woodenrosecomic.com/comic/chapter4/91.html He claims it's real.]]
* DueToTheDead: [[http://www.woodenrosecomic.com/comic/chapter4/85.html A funeral complete with mourning daughters.]]

* EvilDetectingDog: Prospero, Lillan's pet cat, hisses at Aidan.
* FirstNameBasis: Late in the comic, and after bonding in tragedy, Doctor Dawson insists that Lillan address him by his first name 'Eric' instead of his title.
* FlowerMotifs: It's in the title and part of Lillan's name.

* FunctionalMagic: Aidan uses Music Magic with his pipe but his true talent is [[spoiler: Inherent Gift because he's a tree spirit.]]
* GraveClouds: At their father's funeral.

* MissingMom: The sisters live with only their dying father. [[http://www.woodenrosecomic.com/comic/chapter2/40.html Their mother died when Nessa was only four.]]

* PromotionToParent: [[http://www.woodenrosecomic.com/comic/chapter2/40.html Lillian has been a second mother to Nessa]].
* ProperLady: Lillan is reserved, polite, and kind.

* TheStoic: Eric and Lillan both have a handle on their emotion. [[BirdsOfAFeather This is why they get along so well.]]
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Lillan is a reserved young lady and her character profile says she 'guards her heart carefully' but there's a warm personality underneath.

* TheLostWoods: The woods outside the town were once said to be the home of spirits and the supernatural.

* CuteKitten: [[http://www.woodenrosecomic.com/comic/chapter2/50.html Oh, aren't they darling?]]

* CannotSpitItOut: [[http://www.woodenrosecomic.com/comic/chapter1/25.html Lillian hates how 'foolishly tongued tied' she gets around her crush, Eric.]]

* DoingInTheScientist: [[spoiler: Eric originally attributed his wife's pregnacy to infidliety but when he saw that the child was a tree spirit and came to term in a week instead of nine months he had no choice but to accept that the supernatural was involved.]]

* ChildrenAreInnocent. Even ones that look like the roots of trees.

* TalkingInYourDreams: All part of the seduction.

* ColourCodedEyes: A plot point for the supernatural aspect of the plot. [[spoiler: Aidan's green eyes signify his charming human persona. They turn [[RedEyesTakeWarning red in the presence of cats]] and when he has trouble maintaining his illusion.]]

* ProperLady: Lillan is reserved, polite, and kind. Nessa betters fits SpiritedYoungLady because of her greater energy and outgoing personality.

* GreenEyes: A plot point for the supernatural aspect of the plot. [[spoiler: Aidan's green eyes signify his charming human persona. They turn [[RedEyesTakeWarning red in the presence of cats]] and when he has trouble maintaining his illusion.]]

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* {{Kuudere}}: Lillan is a reserved young lady and her character profile says she 'guards her heart carefully' but there's a warm personality underneath.

* [[EvilDetectingDog Evil Detecting Cat]]: Prospero, Lillan's pet cat, hisses at Aidan.

** PlantPerson: The spoiler's true form is a tree.
** WhenTreesAttack: the roots can pirece like a spear.

Each page of Wooden Rose is in full color. The style is scattered with hints of anime and art nouveau. It began in January 2009, and ran until July 2012.

"[[http://woodenrosecomic.com/index.html Wooden Rose]]" is a Victorian fairy tale about love, loss and betrayal, enchanted forests and ancient mythical beings. It updates every Monday.

Each page of Wooden Rose is in full color. The style is scattered with hints of anime and art nouveau. It was begun in January 2009, and ended July 2012.

* AfterActionPatchup: Lillian for Eric.. [[spoiler: after Nessa's tree spirit baby is possessed by Aidan and attacks him.]]

* EvilPlan: [[spoiler: Aidan's true purpose in courting Nessa is to prolong his life by draining her's.]]

* AfterActionPatchup: Lillian for the doctor

* CannotSpitItOut: [[http://www.woodenrosecomic.com/comic/chapter1/25.html Lillian]]

* ChildrenAreInnocent. Even, perhaps, ones that look like the roots of trees.
* DamselInDistress
* DreamLand: [[http://www.woodenrosecomic.com/comic/chapter4/91.html Though that doesn't mean it's not real.]]

* EmpathicEnvironment
* CuteKitten
* [[EvilDetectingDog Evil Detecting Cat]]
* FirstNameBasis
* FlowerMotifs
* {{Foil}}
* FunctionalMagic

* GreenEyes
* IGaveMyWord
* IncurableCoughOfDeath
* [[IWorkAlone I Live Alone]]: Mr. Thorne.
* TheLostWoods
* {{Kuudere}}

* MissingMom

* MusicMagic

** PlantPerson
** WhenTreesAttack

* ObviousPregnancy: Nessa's, justified by the speed at which the pregnancy progresses.
* OddShapedPanel
* PowerGlows
* PromotionToParent: Lillian
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld
* RedEyesTakeWarning
* ShapeshiftingLover
* SomethingAboutARose
* TheStoic

* ThinkNothingOfIt

* FootFocus

Each page of Wooden Rose is in full color. The style is scattered with hints of anime and art nouveau. It was begun in January, 2009.

* MotherGoose: In a lullaby sung by their mother, and then by Lillian.