History Characters / TheSopranosWarner

* FaceOfTheBand: Kylah is a {{Deconstruction}} of this trope’s intersection with TheSmurfettePrinciple. She’s asked to by Spimmy to join the band purely on the basis of her appearance, all the guys in the band write terrible songs that are thinly-veiled [[SillyLoveSongs love songs]] and [[CompeteForTheMaidensHand compete against each other]] as they try and fail to impress her. Kylah, far from being the stereotypical YokoOhNo who sows discord between the members of the band, resents being treated like a LustObject or a {{Muse}} and just wants to play music purely for the sheer enjoyment of it - she isn’t even that bothered about playing gigs in public. While she does sleep with all three of them, she does it because she wants to get it out of the way rather than because she feels particularly attracted to any of them, and she ends up leaving the band because she’s fed up with how they treat her.

* [[BigBrotherInstinct Big Sister Instinct]]: By her own admission, Orla's illness has made her feel more protective towards her friends.

* [[ManipulativeBastard Manipulative Bitch]]: It’s not clear just how deliberate Manda is in her behaviour. Kylah points out that Manda was the one to suggest that one of the others might have taken her passport from her, which leads to them [[DivideAndConquer arguing amongst themselves more]] rather than focussing on Manda specifically.

* CoolShades: In the film, she's seen wearing the sunglasses she got in her BlandNameProduct/WcDonalds Happy Meal.

* ThreeWaySex: She tries to claim that she and Kylah had a threesome with Barry [=McLean=]. Kylah points out that the three of them merely ended up in the same bed and that Barry had “[[UnusualEuphemism boxed]] [[ADateWithRosiePalms the Jesuit]]” while they were both asleep.

* {{Foil}}: To Manda. As Ava points out, they both believe in [[AgentScully questioning established beliefs]] and [[UsefulNotes/Epicureanism acting according to one’s wants and desires.]], but the class divide between the two of them shows just how society has different rules for the rich.

* BareYourMidriff: In the play, her non-uniform outfit includes a midriff-baring crop-top.

* RaceLift: None of the main characters' ethnicities are specified in the novel. Much as the book talks about the details of the girls' outfits, there's never really a moment when we're given a clear expository overview of their appearances. Given the time and place in which the book is set (rural Scotland in the 1990s), and that the only time race is mentioned is in reference to the "Pakistani lads" who come in from out of town for the Saturday market, and when Kylah refers to Damo Suzuki from Music/{{Can}} as "the [[OnceAcceptableTargets Jap]] in the German band", it's possible to infer that the characters are white (specifically from the Irish diaspora in Scotland) from context clues. In the play and the film, both of the actors who play Kylah are East Asian Scots.

* TotallyEighteen: Before approaching the {{Bouncer}} at the Mantrap, they make sure that they all have it straight in their heads when they were born.

* AmbiguousDisorder: Particularly in ''The Stars in the Bright Sky'', Manda shows some signs of an underlying personality disorder as she has [[AttentionWhore a pathological need to be the centre of attention]] and [[HatesBeingAlone cannot tolerate being left out of anything even for a second]].

* ShesGotLegs: In the book, Fionnula can’t help but notice Kay’s long legs in her non-uniform suede skirt.

* TheAce: Is described in the book as being the [[HeadTurningBeauty]] best-looking one of the girls. Kylah even points out that Fionnula is a better singer than her.

* IllGirl: At the start of the book, she's in remission from Hodgkin Lymphoma (referred to in-universe as Hodgkinson's Disease). In the film this is changed to acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.

Manda's son, born during the TimeSkip between ''[[TheSopranosWarner The Sopranos]]'' and ''Literature/TheStarsInTheBrightSky''.

Manda's son, born during the TimeSkip between ''[[TheSopranosWarner The Sopranos]]'' and ''[[Literature/TheStarsInTheBrightSky]]''

* AnnoyingLaugh: Is described in the book as having a laugh like a “donkey honk.”

!!Joanne and Ben
A friend of Ava’s and her boyfriend.

* AMFMCharacterization: He got so fed up with the CD selection in the buffet jukebox that he swapped them out for his own CDs, changing all the heavy metal albums to reggae classics.

* NoNameGiven: He's only known as "Station Guy" in the script of the play.

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!!Stephen
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[[caption-width-right:350:As portrayed by Martin Quinn]]
-> '''Portrayed by''': Kirsty [=MacLaren=] (''Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour''), Martin Quinn (''Our Ladies'')
The young man Orla meets in the Pillbox.

* BigEntrance: In the book, he enters the Pillbox and rides up to the bar on an old orange chopper bike.
* BlindWithoutEm: In the play, he apparently couldn't clearly see what Orla looked like before he started chatting her up.
* CrosscastRole: In the stage show, he's played by the actor playing Manda.
* HiddenDepths: In the book, he's not necessarily the benign NiceGuy he appears to be. When Orla tells him that he can do anything he wants to her, his reaction to this, thinking of both Orla and her friends is that "[t]hese chicks are the damaged goods."
* NerdGlasses: More present in the book than the play or film - Kylah thinks of him as a "speccy weirdo".
* VagueAge: His age is never stated. He's old enough to have a job and seems to be at least of a comparable age with Orla and the rest of the Sopranos or maybe slightly but not significantly older, so perhaps nineteen or twenty.
* TheStoner: He's apparently in the habit of getting baked in the wee hours of the morning. It's heavily implied that [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep The Man]], [[ItMakesSenseInContext whose budgie he is looking after]], is his dealer.

!!Velcro Suit/Terry Mooney
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[[caption-width-right:350:As portrayed by Stuart Martin]]
-> '''Portrayed by''': Dawn Sievewright (''Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour''), Stuart Martin (''Our Ladies'')
The leader of the group of men who chat the girls up in The Pillbox.

* FaceOfTheBand: Kylah is a {{Deconstruction}} of this trope’s intersection with TheSmurfettePrinciple. She’s asked to join the band purely on the basis of her appearance,, they write terrible songs that are thinly-veiled [[SillyLoveSongs love songs]] and [[CompeteForTheMaidensHand compete against each other]] as they try and fail to impress her. Kylah, far from being the stereotypical YokoOhNo who sows discord between the members of the band, resents being treated like a LustObject or a {{Muse}} and just wants to play music purely for the sheer enjoyment of it - she isn’t even that bothered about playing gigs in public. While she does sleep with all three of them, she does it because she wants to get it out of the way rather than because she feels particularly attracted to any of them, and she ends up leaving the band because she’s fed up with how they treat her.

* DrinksBasedCharacterization: At the Mantrap, she feels self-conscious about ordering something other than Hooch to drink after she and Manda start becoming more hostile to each other, making it all the more apparent that the two of them are growing apart.