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** [[Interview With the Vampire|Le]][[Immortal Procreation Clause|Stat]] |
** [[Interview With the Vampire|Le]][[Immortal Procreation Clause|Stat]] |
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* An unstable [[Twilight (Literature)|sparklepyre]] who tried and failed to create her own foster-family after seeing how happy the Cullens were (she kept getting ''really'' hungry). |
* An unstable [[Twilight (Literature)|sparklepyre]] who tried and failed to create her own foster-family after seeing how happy the Cullens were (she kept getting ''really'' hungry). |
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* A relative of [[Labyrinth (Film)|Jareth's]]. Think about it. Both like tricking young girls into dangerous games, get angry with subjects/creations that help the protagonist, and enjoy watching the protagonist's feeble attempts to win, until they actually do, then they go depressed/[[One |
* A relative of [[Labyrinth (Film)|Jareth's]]. Think about it. Both like tricking young girls into dangerous games, get angry with subjects/creations that help the protagonist, and enjoy watching the protagonist's feeble attempts to win, until they actually do, then they go depressed/[[One-Winged Angel|nuts]]. Fanfic exists of this, and it is good. |
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* [[IT|A being from the Macroverse.]] She's a giant female spider that uses illusions to seduce and ensnare children. They all float in the mirror. |
* [[IT|A being from the Macroverse.]] She's a giant female spider that uses illusions to seduce and ensnare children. They all float in the mirror. |
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* Also note that Coraline seems to have a better relationship with her father than with her mother. The Other Father is, er, the un-evil one, and from the beginning he was trying to help Coraline. In the movie it's pretty much obvious that Coraline's parents are having problems, so that also could back this up. |
* Also note that Coraline seems to have a better relationship with her father than with her mother. The Other Father is, er, the un-evil one, and from the beginning he was trying to help Coraline. In the movie it's pretty much obvious that Coraline's parents are having problems, so that also could back this up. |
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** The Other Mother is evil, powerful, and initially tries to manipulate Coraline into genuinely liking her, before getting upset with Coraline for rejecting her totally unreasonable demands and rules, which take away a defining aspect of "her" child. She then puts her foot down, reveals her true nature, and takes control [[The Good Guys Always Win|(or tries to)]]. The Other Father is goofy and mildly submissive towards the Other Mother at first, before at the end telling Coraline he wants to be on her side - but being out-powered by the Other Mother and forced by her to help her hurt and dominate Coraline. [[Does This Remind You of Anything]] |
** The Other Mother is evil, powerful, and initially tries to manipulate Coraline into genuinely liking her, before getting upset with Coraline for rejecting her totally unreasonable demands and rules, which take away a defining aspect of "her" child. She then puts her foot down, reveals her true nature, and takes control [[The Good Guys Always Win|(or tries to)]]. The Other Father is goofy and mildly submissive towards the Other Mother at first, before at the end telling Coraline he wants to be on her side - but being out-powered by the Other Mother and forced by her to help her hurt and dominate Coraline. [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]] |
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In the right words, it sounds a lot like the stereotypical evil-stepparent scenario - the child reaches out to their "real parent" for help, but the parent is blinded by love and (deliberately or inadvertently) sides with their new spouse while trying to reassure the child they still love them, although to the child their parent's actions speak louder than their words. |
In the right words, it sounds a lot like the stereotypical evil-stepparent scenario - the child reaches out to their "real parent" for help, but the parent is blinded by love and (deliberately or inadvertently) sides with their new spouse while trying to reassure the child they still love them, although to the child their parent's actions speak louder than their words. |
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Other dimensions? Weird creatures that want to suck the soul from humans? Sounds like a job for the Doctor if you ask me! The only reason he didn't show up was because he was busy helping another little boy with his nightmares... |
Other dimensions? Weird creatures that want to suck the soul from humans? Sounds like a job for the Doctor if you ask me! The only reason he didn't show up was because he was busy helping another little boy with his nightmares... |
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== The Other Mother is much better at illusions and acting than she seems, and Coraline is, at the end, [[ |
== The Other Mother is much better at illusions and acting than she seems, and Coraline is, at the end, [[Schrodinger's Butterfly|still in the Other World]]. == |
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The Other Mother knows that few people would be content with leaving their world behind for an eerily perfect new world, and [[Too Dumb to Live|even fewer]] would be content with it even after the caveats come into play. If she presents an illusions of an eerily perfect world and allows her captive to fight out of it and into a moderately more pleasant version of reality, the captive will accept it much more easily and might not even notice that anything is wrong. It's likely that, in this situation, the Other Mother is capturing a child to adopt and doesn't intend to eat Coraline (at least not immediately, or physically). |
The Other Mother knows that few people would be content with leaving their world behind for an eerily perfect new world, and [[Too Dumb to Live|even fewer]] would be content with it even after the caveats come into play. If she presents an illusions of an eerily perfect world and allows her captive to fight out of it and into a moderately more pleasant version of reality, the captive will accept it much more easily and might not even notice that anything is wrong. It's likely that, in this situation, the Other Mother is capturing a child to adopt and doesn't intend to eat Coraline (at least not immediately, or physically). |
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