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2 | [[caption-width-right:350:The Wishing Maiden, by [[https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7795001.R_H_Berry R.H. Berry]].]] |
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4 | --> ''"If I could have any wish,'' |
5 | --> ''I'd wish that I could wed a prince.'' |
6 | --> ''Be happy every moment since,'' |
7 | --> ''The dearest wish that I have."'' |
8 | -->-- '''The shop girl's lament.''' |
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11 | Written by [[https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7795001.R_H_Berry R.H. Berry]], ''The Wishing Maiden'' is available [[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07PH8N5M7/ here]]. |
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13 | [[FieryRedhead Red-haired rogue]] [[LadyOfAdventure Jacquotte]] leads the infamous Red Quintet, a team traveling where ever they please and doing as they like, all in the pursuit of adventure. Circumstance brings them to Felicitie, a thriving kingdom in which the citizens have fallen into the mindset that [[RichBoredom living in peaceful prosperity is dull]], and are starting to grow restless... |
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15 | Particularly as tales of a legendary maiden, who grants every wish she hears, start to spread as more than myth. |
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17 | The Red Quintet is charged with tracking down the Wishing Maiden on behalf of the Prince Caietanus and his [[YesMan showpiece of an adviser, Balthazar]], in exchange for not being thrown in prison. |
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19 | Interspersed with rhyme, ''The Wishing Maiden'' is a fatalistic FairyTale that explores the more destructive aspects of hope and dreams. |
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21 | !!Tropes found in ''The Wishing Maiden'': |
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23 | * ActionGirl: Jacquotte. |
24 | * AmbiguouslyBi: Asha makes mention of a man named Willem who loved her, but avoids stating how she felt about him. |
25 | * AntiHero: Jacquotte is on the wrong side of the law and is shown unrepentantly killing a vanquished enemy. |
26 | %%* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Caietanus.]] |
27 | * BarBrawl: The Red Quintet starts one, and are subsequently caught by the lawmen. |
28 | * BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Not the overall message of the story, but significant nonetheless. |
29 | * BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Asha, [[spoiler:despite being cuffed at the bottom of a well for a hundred years]], is still beautiful. Possibly a JustifiedTrope in that it's implied someone wished for her to be that way. |
30 | * BookEnds: The beginning and closing rhyme follows the same structure. |
31 | %%* BlessedWithSuck: Asha. |
32 | * BraidsOfAction: Bron, the most physically powerful of the Quintet, wears her hair in a long braid. |
33 | * CompleteImmortality: [[spoiler:Asha]] does not age, or die. |
34 | %%* DamselInDistress: Asha. |
35 | %%* DeathByIrony |
36 | %%* DeathByMaterialism |
37 | * DreamSequence: The Wishing Maiden first appears to Jacquotte in one of these. [[spoiler:She comes to her again the same way later, when being held prisoner in Felicitie.]] |
38 | %%* EmbodimentOfVice: Grete. |
39 | %%* EmptyShell: Asha. |
40 | * EroticDream: Part of the DreamSequence. |
41 | * ExactWords: The nature of wish-granting. |
42 | * ForYourOwnGood: [[spoiler:When Bron knocks out Jacquotte to steal Asha away.]] |
43 | * ForgivenButNotForgotten: [[spoiler:Jacquotte, to Bron.]] |
44 | * GreatOffscreenWar: Rather than having taken place in the past, one appears to be on the brink of brewing. |
45 | * HopeBringer: Asha; before she is freed, the idea of her gives the people something to dream about. Once she's out... |
46 | * HopeSpringsEternal: Inverted. Once 'hope' is free, everyone starts pursuing wild dreams, and chaos abounds. |
47 | %%* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Lyall. |
48 | * IncompatibleOrientation: |
49 | ** Lyall and Jacquotte. [[spoiler:When Lyall wishes to be attractive, to her, he's turned into a woman.]] |
50 | ** Caietanus (incorrectly) assumes this will be the case between Jacquotte and Asha, which is part of why he decided to send a woman to find his potential bride. |
51 | * InnerMonologue: Sometimes InnerMonologueConversation, written in [[SingleStanzaSong poetry]]. |
52 | * KindRestraints: [[spoiler:Asha put herself in captivity, with the aid of her once-beau, Willem.]] |
53 | %%* LadyOfAdventure: Jacquotte. |
54 | * LipstickLesbian: Possibly Jacquotte; she is referred to as having long hair and being quite pretty, but there is some overlap due to her roguish tendencies and ability to fight capably. |
55 | * LiteralGenie: Asha cannot help but be this. |
56 | %%* LoopholeAbuse |
57 | %%* ManipulativeBastard: Balthazar, though it's mostly off-screen. |
58 | * MeaningfulName: |
59 | ** The four other members of the Quintet all have names that identify a key personality trait: Grete is greedy, Bron is brawny, Lyall is loyal, and Sly is...well, sly. |
60 | ** The Wishing Maiden's name is 'Asha', meaning 'wish, desire, hope'. |
61 | ** [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacquotte_Delahaye Jacquotte Delahaye]] was a French pirate known for her vivid red hair. |
62 | ** ''The Wishing Maiden'' is rife with this, including the names of places (Felicitie being a reference to 'luck', and ship they arrived on being called the ''Pandora''...) |
63 | * MysticalWhiteHair: Asha. |
64 | * PowerDegeneration: [[spoiler:Every wish Asha grants causes her extreme, potentially deadly, pain. However, since she's also cursed with CompleteImmortality, it just hurts like she's dying.]] |
65 | * PowerIncontinence: Asha has no control over which wishes she grants. |
66 | %%* PyrrhicVictory |
67 | * RescueRomance: Jacquotte thinks she's pursuing this. Turns out there are...other factors. |
68 | * RoyalBrat: Prince Caietanus is an adult version. |
69 | * ShroudedInMyth: Part of what makes the Wishing Maiden so difficult to find. |
70 | * SingleStanzaSong: Not always only one stanza, but the lyrical snippets that display the characters' thoughts aren't full-song length. |
71 | * ThrownDownAWell: [[spoiler:Where Asha is found.]] |
72 | * TreacherousAdvisor: Balthazar has plots of his own, against Caietanus. [[PointyHairedBoss He can't entirely be blamed for this.]] |
73 | %%* UnresolvedSexualTension |
74 | * UnwantedRescue: [[spoiler:Asha put ''herself'' at the bottom of the well.]] |
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