Line #15 Literature/NoneTooHoly


1	''None Too Holy'' is a supernatural [[WebOriginalFiction short story]] by [=VineLight=][[note]]Formerly Lightysnake[[/note]], a novella that functions as a semi-prequel to ''Literature/GirlsOnFilm'', and ''Literature/NightsInLonesomeArkham'' and an entry in ''Literature/TheKindnessOfDevils''. It can be read [[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3327684/1/None-too-holy here.]]
2
3	In the 1960s, the immortal Hardestadt Delac is living in New York when he receives word that a priest friend of his has been horribly killed in Maryland. Traveling to an orphanage his friend managed, Hardestadt begins investigating the murder and the supernatural monster behind it.
4
5	----
6	!! The work contains examples of the following tropes:
7
8	* AlwaysChaoticEvil: A twist on it. [[spoiler: Pijavica are always evil as only pure evil people can actually become a Pijavica.]]
9	* TheAtoner: Hardestadt references himself as making up for something in his past at one point.
10	* BigBrotherInstinct: Aleksandar would die to protect his fellow orphan Hope who he treats as a little sister.
11	* BilingualBonus: The creature at one point screams 'tako gladan' when trying to feed, which translates to 'so hungry,' and freely uses 'Majka' to refer to itself. [[spoiler:Meaning 'mother.' Augustyn's final letter also contains the Polish farewell 'do widzenia.']]
12	* CoolOldLady: Sister Francis initially seems strict and severe, but she turns out to be a very nice, flexible person who realizes soon Hardestadt absolutely knows what he's doing and to trust his lead.
13	* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Father Collins, real name Augustyn Kowalski, is torn apart savagely by the monster, his corpse only identified by the ring on his finger.
14	* DoubleEntendre: A non-sexual, possibly unintentional one from Hardestadt when Jerry tells him his father fought in the war:
15	-->'''Hardestadt:''' My [[{{Satan}} father]] fought in [[FallenAngel the war]] as well.
16	* DumbStruck: Aleksandar, the eldest of the orphans, was rendered mute after he witnessed his father murder his mother. [[spoiler:The truth is... [[VillainousIncest more complicated]].]]
17	* FriendToAllChildren: Hardestadt loves children, even reading to the kids in the orphanage with great enthusiasm from 'The Little Prince.'
18	* KillAndReplace: [[spoiler:What the Pijavica did with the real Sister Viola.]]
19	* KillItWithFire: [[spoiler: Pijavica slaying 101? "Fire just works really, really well."]]
20	* NunTooHoly: The allusion in the title aside, this is subverted with the nuns themselves, [[spoiler:except for the monstrous vampire taking the place of one of them to get closer to her victim.]]
21	* OlderThanTheyLook: Hardestadt as ever. He even notes he's reaching the point where he can't really claim he's a World War 2 veteran anymore with the Vietnam War in swing and him still looking in his 20s.
22	* PapaWolf: [[spoiler: Aleksandar's mother, the future Pijavica, found out that raping her own son when her husband (Aleksandar's father) is around is [[{{Understatement}} ill-advised]].]]
23	* PayEvilUntoEvil: As usual, Hardestadt has no issues dealing brutal fates to deserving villains.
24	* PreMortemOneLiner: "Aleksandar is going to grow up and remember you only in his nightmares." From Hardestadt to [[spoiler: the Pijavica.]]
25	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Sister Francis seems to be a severe, harsh nun but turns out to be quite reasonable and practical.
26	* RedEyesTakeWarning: The monster has burning red eyes.
27	* RedHerring: Rumor from the townsfolk led Hardestadt to initially draw the conclusion that Anthony's murder was at the hands of a shtriga or a witch. [[spoiler:It's actually a Pijavica, something far more intelligent and brutal.]]
28	* TheReveal: The monster is a [[spoiler: Pijavica, a sort of eastern European vampire.]]
29	* ShrinkingViolet: Aleksandar is a shy, mute child who keeps to himself and doesn't seem to share the same enthusiasm for Hardestadt's stories as the other kids. Considering his [[DarkAndTroubledPast past]], one can hardly blame him.
30	* StraightGay: [[spoiler: Father Augustyn's final letter reveals he was in love with Hardestadt.]]
31	* VillainousIncest: [[spoiler:The creature terrorizing the orphanage? Is Aleksandar's mother, who had been subjecting Aleksandar to her depraved attentions before his father tried to intervene.]]
32	* WickedWitch: The children and the townspeople tell stories of a witch named "Ol' Lottie" who lives in the woods, and she's one of Hardestadt's prime suspects as to who murdered Father Collins. [[spoiler:[[DarkIsNotEvil Turns out]] she's a completely peaceful woman named Charlotte who just ''happens'' to be a witch, and even helped Collins ward off the true murderer.]]
33	* WouldHurtAChild: The monster here would absolutely hurt a child. Many children, in fact.

Context Literature / NoneTooHoly