House of Broken Mirrors: Difference between revisions

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* From a short in the French animation anthology ''[[Fears Of The Dark]]'', there's a house where all the photos from more recent years have their heads cut out. But there is a mirror.

* In the novel ''Peeps'' by [[Scott Westerfeld]], the Peeps in question will do then when they first get the virus.

* Granny Weatherwax in [[~~Discworld|~~Witches Abroad]] has a sort-of subversion of this- she goes around destroying or hiding every mirror she comes across, however, this is because {{spoiler|her sister is watching them through the mirrors.}}

* Granny Weatherwax in ''[[Witches Abroad]]'' has a sort-of subversion of this; she goes around destroying or hiding every mirror she comes across, however, this is because {{spoiler|her sister is watching them through the mirrors.}}

** When she breaks {{spoiler|Lily's own mirrors}}, however, this is played straighter as {{spoiler|the jagged, fractured reflections symbolise ''Lily's'' insanity.}}

* In Alexander Pehov's pentalogy ''Spark and Wind'' the trope is played straight: Alenari rei Vallion, a beautiful noble sorceress, receives disfiguring scars during a mages' rebellion. The only capable healer refuses to help her. Alenari has a mask crafted from some precious alloy. As every really powerful mage gains some titles or nicknames, invoking this trope gains her the title "Executioner of Mirrors".

* In Alexander Pehov's pentalogy ''[[Spark and Wind]]'' the trope is played straight: Alenari rei Vallion, a beautiful noble sorceress, receives disfiguring scars during a mages' rebellion. The only capable healer refuses to help her. Alenari has a mask crafted from some precious alloy. As every really powerful mage gains some titles or nicknames, invoking this trope gains her the title "Executioner of Mirrors".

== Live-Action TV ==