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* A somewhat small example; Martin points out later in the book that Lucky still wets the bed. While this doesn’t seem too bad on the surface, and the boys don’t really see it as anything more than a mildly funny secret, bedwetting at an age far older than typical is a major symptom of unchecked trauma in children. Most kids stop wetting the bed by age seven at least, and Lucky is fourteen years old. Considering how his [[spoiler: powers tend to manifest themselves,]] and the fact that he’s likely dealt with them his entire life, what sort of trouble might they have gotten him into when he was younger?
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** Also, what would have happened if Lucky never discovered a solution to [[spoiler: hearing the voices or managing his powers? Would he just have had to live with them forever? How long would it be before he snapped and he got himself into even worse trouble? Snapping violently in the sequel may have ended up with him sent to a hospital, but an adult Lucky probably wouldn't be given the same leniency, and he could end up arrested (or killed, if he pisses off the wrong person).]]
** Even worse, in the sequel, Lucky [[spoiler: was given medication that managed to make the voices get quieter. The voices weren't turned off, but it made Lucky just not ''care'' about them as much, which can't really be a positive solution. If he'd never gotten the disruptor, would an adult Lucky eventually turn to drugs?]]
** Even worse, in the sequel, Lucky [[spoiler: was given medication that managed to make the voices get quieter. The voices weren't turned off, but it made Lucky just not ''care'' about them as much, which can't really be a positive solution. If he'd never gotten the disruptor, would an adult Lucky eventually turn to drugs?]]
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* Bloodbath [[spoiler: pushes the ladder holding Flinch off of the side of the building.]] Thankfully, Flinch only breaks his arm and recovers by the end of the story, so what's so horrific about that? Well, Bloodbath had no way of knowing that he would ''survive'' that drop, or that he would only break his arm and not something more vital, like ''his spine''. Bloodbath could have been attempting to ''murder'' him.
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* Bloodbath [[spoiler: pushes the ladder holding Flinch off of the side of the building.]] Thankfully, Flinch he only breaks his arm and recovers by the end of the story, so what's so horrific about that? Well, Bloodbath had no way of knowing that he would ''survive'' that drop, or that he would only break his arm and not something more vital, like ''his spine''. spine''.]] Bloodbath could have been attempting to ''murder'' him.
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** Being accepted into the school is mostly due to engaging in inappropriate behavior, not necessarily just violence. Martin, Flinch, and Cheater aren’t particularly violent or anything, but by doing stuff like disrespecting teachers, cheating, and acting out in class.
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** Being accepted forced into the school is mostly due to engaging in inappropriate behavior, not necessarily just violence. While Trash and Torchie are mistaken for vandals, and Lucky occasionally has violent outbursts, Martin, Flinch, and Cheater aren’t particularly violent or anything, destructive, but by doing because they do stuff like disrespecting teachers, cheating, and acting out in class.
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** [[spoiler: we get a glimpse of Trash’s immense power when he breaks ''all of a man’s ribs.'' It’s fortunate that Trash is a good person, and did that during a [[FreakOut moment of irrationality,]] but picture if someone like, say,[[TheSociopath Bloodbath]], got a hold of such a power. Really, there’s no telling what they could do.]]
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** [[spoiler: we get a glimpse of Trash’s immense power in the sequel when he breaks ''all of a man’s ribs.'' It’s fortunate that Trash is a good person, and did that during a [[FreakOut moment of irrationality,]] but picture if someone like, say,[[TheSociopath say, [[TheSociopath Bloodbath]], got a hold of such a power. Really, there’s no telling what ''what'' they could do.]]
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* Being accepted into the school is mostly due to engaging in inappropriate behavior, not necessarily just violence. Martin, Flinch, and Cheater aren’t particularly violent or anything, but by doing stuff like disrespecting teachers, cheating, and acting out in class.
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* Bloodbath [[spoiler: pushes the ladder holding Flinch off of the side of the building.]] Thankfully, Flinch only breaks his arm and recovers by the end of the story, so what's so horrific about that? Well, Bloodbath had no way of knowing that Flinch would ''survive'' that drop, or that he would only break his arm and not something more vital, like ''his spine''. Bloodbath pushing Flinch could have been an attempt to ''murder'' him.
** On another note, Bloodbath's gang shows little remorse for blowing up the school, which, if it had gone through, could cause property damage at best, and ''kill his classmates and teachers'' at worst. In other words, Bloodbath trying to kill Flinch seems more plausible.
** On another note, Bloodbath's gang shows little remorse for blowing up the school, which, if it had gone through, could cause property damage at best, and ''kill his classmates and teachers'' at worst. In other words, Bloodbath trying to kill Flinch seems more plausible.
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* Bloodbath [[spoiler: pushes the ladder holding Flinch off of the side of the building.]] Thankfully, Flinch only breaks his arm and recovers by the end of the story, so what's so horrific about that? Well, Bloodbath had no way of knowing that Flinch he would ''survive'' that drop, or that he would only break his arm and not something more vital, like ''his spine''. Bloodbath pushing Flinch could have been an attempt attempting to ''murder'' him.
** On another note, Bloodbath's gang shows little remorse for [[spoiler: blowing up theschool, school,]] which, if it had gone through, could cause property damage at best, and ''kill his classmates and teachers'' at worst. In other words, Bloodbath trying to kill Flinch seems more plausible.
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** On another note, Bloodbath's gang shows little remorse for [[spoiler: blowing up the
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* Bloodbath [[spoiler: pushes the ladder holding Flinch off of the side of the building. ]] Thankfully, Flinch only breaks his arm and recovers by the end of the story, so what's so horrific about that? Well, Bloodbath had no way of knowing that Flinch would ''survive'' that drop, or that he would only break his arm and not something more vital, like ''his spine''. Bloodbath pushing Flinch could have been an attempt to ''murder'' him.
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* Bloodbath [[spoiler: pushes the ladder holding Flinch off of the side of the building. Thankfully, Flinch only breaks his arm and recovers by the end of the story, so what's so horrific about that? Well, Bloodbath had no way of knowing that Flinch would ''survive'' that drop, or that he would only break his arm and not something more vital, like ''his spine''. Bloodbath pushing Flinch could have been an attempt to ''murder'' him.
** On another note, Bloodbath's gang shows little remorse for blowing up the school, which, if it had gone through, could cause property damage at best, and ''kill his classmates and teachers'' at worst. In other words, Bloodbath trying to kill Flinch seems more plausible.
** On another note, Bloodbath's gang shows little remorse for blowing up the school, which, if it had gone through, could cause property damage at best, and ''kill his classmates and teachers'' at worst. In other words, Bloodbath trying to kill Flinch seems more plausible.
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** In Torchie's case, it seems that he lights fires when no one is looking, and even he is unaware that ''he's'' the source, so if adults walk in on a fire and see an empty lighter in his desk, it's likelier they would come to the conclusion that he must have used the last of the fluid rather than [[ThisIsReality lighting it with his mind]]. In Trash's case, the sequel explains that he is vaguely aware that things get destroyed around him, but has no clue how, and most of the blame he receives is because it's always traced to him (He was angry at a kid and later the kid's desk was found trashed, therefore, he is assumed to be the culprit). Plus, [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer people actively avoided Trash like the plague]], so Martin may be the only one to get close enough to actually see Trash in action.
** Oddly enough, Martin finds out about their powers because of ''Flinch'', whose power is [[SpiderSense far less flashy]], which kickstarted Martin's interest in the other four. Basically, other people were able to rationalize the weird stuff that happened with Torchie and Trash as just kids acting out, and Martin figured it out because he was ''actively'' looking for evidence of psychic powers.
** Oddly enough, Martin finds out about their powers because of ''Flinch'', whose power is [[SpiderSense far less flashy]], which kickstarted Martin's interest in the other four. Basically, other people were able to rationalize the weird stuff that happened with Torchie and Trash as just kids acting out, and Martin figured it out because he was ''actively'' looking for evidence of psychic powers.
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* Torchie’s signature “I didn’t do nothing”, seems like a case of SuspiciouslySpecificDenial, but he is partially telling the truth, even if he was unaware of it. [[spoiler: After all, He literally [[ExactWords didn’t do anything to start the fire]], it just happens on its own.]]
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* Torchie’s signature “I didn’t do nothing”, seems like a case of SuspiciouslySpecificDenial, but he is partially telling the truth, even if he was unaware of it. [[spoiler: After all, He he literally [[ExactWords didn’t do anything to start the fire]], it just happens on its own.]]
* All the main characters sign their names on [[spoiler:Flinch's cast]], and if you look closely you can see that Trash and Cheater's signatures are oddly similar. Both of them have written their names in an angular, graffiti-esque style, but Cheater's is a little bit messy and hard to read. The H, A, T and R in his name are neat, but the C and two Es are messier and the "E"s are written differently each time, as if Cheater didn't know what he was doing. Evidently, Cheater inadvertently read Trash's mind and stole the idea from him. Seeing as there is a H, A, T and R in Trash's name, Cheater could copy those directly, but he didn't know what to do for the C and E, and seeing as he doesn't have Trash's artistic ability, he did them badly.
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** Most of the main cast are explained. Torchie was there for his fires, Trash was there for throwing things, Flinch disrupted class either with jokes or anticipatory reactions to things, Martin annoyed all the wrong people, and Lucky was reported for theft due to his habit of mysteriously "finding" other people's "lost" things.
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** Most of the main cast are explained. Torchie was there for his fires, Trash was there for throwing things, Flinch disrupted class either with jokes or anticipatory reactions to things, Martin annoyed all the wrong people, and Lucky was reported for theft due to his habit of mysteriously "finding" other people's "lost" things.things.
* How has nobody but Martin ever noticed Torchie or Trash's powers? Torchie's constantly starting fires without any ignition source. He carries around a bunch of lighters but they're all empty, surely one of the teachers should have noticed that by now. As for Trash, Martin only has to sit at his table for three days before he notices him moving things without touching them.
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* How has nobody but Martin ever noticed Torchie or Trash's powers? Torchie's constantly starting fires without any ignition source. He carries around a bunch of lighters but they're all empty, surely one of the teachers should have noticed that by now. As for Trash, Martin only has to sit at his table for three days before he notices him moving things without touching them.
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** [[spoiler:All of the teachers getting angry or hurt by Martin’s words make more sense once you realize that he was pointing out their [[BerserkButton: [[BerserkButton deepest worry and insecurity.]] He wasn’t just insulting them; he was insulting their very livelihood.]]
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** [[spoiler:All of the teachers getting angry or hurt by Martin’s words make more sense once you realize that he was pointing out their [[BerserkButton: deepest worry and insecurity.]] He wasn’t just insulting them; he was insulting their very livelihood. ]]
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** [[spoiler:All of the teachers getting angry or hurt by Martin’s words make more sense once you realize that he was pointing out their deepest worry and insecurity. He wasn’t just insulting them, but their very livelihood. ]]
** [[spoiler:Martin’s friends realize that he has a psychic power because he’d essentially been using it on them the entire story. In fact, it’s quite likely that he considered they had psychic powers because, deep down, [[WhatYouAreInTheDark all the boys knew there was something weird about themselves]].]]
** [[spoiler: On a bleaker note, Martin May have unintentionally picked at Torchie’s hidden insecurity of being seen as dumb when he gets angry about not being believed. You can hardly blame the other boys from getting mad at him.]]
** [[spoiler: Martin seemingly guessing correctly that Lucky can hear voices from lost things seems [[ContrivedCoincidence contrived.]] Until you realize Martin can read souls, accidentally read Lucky’s soul, and guessed correctly.]]
* All of the boys being in denial over not [[spoiler: having psychic powers]] seems like a weird case of ArbitrarySkepticism for two thirds of the book. But the entire story goes by and it takes Martin all six of his friends convincing him that he has some of his own. Suddenly, it doesn’t seem that odd since the main character apparently didn’t suspect a thing.
** [[spoiler:Martin’s friends realize that he has a psychic power because he’d essentially been using it on them the entire story. In fact, it’s quite likely that he considered they had psychic powers because, deep down, [[WhatYouAreInTheDark all the boys knew there was something weird about themselves]].]]
** [[spoiler: On a bleaker note, Martin May have unintentionally picked at Torchie’s hidden insecurity of being seen as dumb when he gets angry about not being believed. You can hardly blame the other boys from getting mad at him.]]
** [[spoiler: Martin seemingly guessing correctly that Lucky can hear voices from lost things seems [[ContrivedCoincidence contrived.]] Until you realize Martin can read souls, accidentally read Lucky’s soul, and guessed correctly.]]
* All of the boys being in denial over not [[spoiler: having psychic powers]] seems like a weird case of ArbitrarySkepticism for two thirds of the book. But the entire story goes by and it takes Martin all six of his friends convincing him that he has some of his own. Suddenly, it doesn’t seem that odd since the main character apparently didn’t suspect a thing.
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** [[spoiler:All of the teachers getting angry or hurt by Martin’s words make more sense once you realize that he was pointing out their [[BerserkButton: deepest worry and insecurity. insecurity.]] He wasn’t just insulting them, but them; he was insulting their very livelihood. ]]
** [[spoiler:Martin’s friends realize that he has a psychic power because he’d essentially been using it on them the entire story. In fact, it’s quite likely that he considered they had psychic powersbecause, deep down, [[WhatYouAreInTheDark because[[WhatYouAreInTheDark all the boys knew there was something weird about themselves]].themselves, deep down]].]]
** [[spoiler: On a bleaker note, when MartinMay insults Torchie out of frustration from none of his friends believing him, Martin may have unintentionally picked at up on Torchie’s hidden insecurity of about being seen as dumb when he gets angry about not being believed.dumb. You can hardly blame the other boys from getting mad at him.]]
** [[spoiler: Martinseemingly guessing correctly that Lucky can hear voices from lost things objects seems [[ContrivedCoincidence contrived.]] contrived,]] Until you realize Martin can read souls, accidentally and likely read Lucky’s soul, and guessed correctly.Lucky’s.]]
* All of the boys being in denial overnot [[spoiler: having psychic powers]] seems like a weird case of ArbitrarySkepticism for two thirds of the book. But the entire story goes by and However, it takes Martin all of the story with all six of his friends convincing him that he has some of his own. Suddenly, it doesn’t seem that odd since the main character apparently didn’t suspect a thing.
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** [[spoiler:Martin’s friends realize that he has a psychic power because he’d essentially been using it on them the entire story. In fact, it’s quite likely that he considered they had psychic powers
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** [[spoiler: Martin seemingly guessing that Lucky can hear voices from lost things and happening to get it correctly seems [[ContrivedCoincidence contrived.]] Until you realize Martin can read souls, accidentally read Lucky’s soul, and guessed correctly.]]
* All of the boys being in denial over not [[spoiler: having psychic powers]] seems like a weird case of ArbitrarySkepticism. But the entire story goes by and it takes Martin all six of his friends convincing him that he has some of his own. Suddenly, it doesn’t see as odd, since the main character didn’t suspect a thing.
* Torchie’s “I didn’t do nothing””, seems like a case of SuspiciouslySpecificDenial, but he is partially telling the truth. [[spoiler: After all, He literally [[ExactWords didn’t do anything to start the fire]], it just happens on its own.]]
** [[spoiler: Martin seemingly guessing that Lucky can hear voices from lost things and happening to get it correctly seems [[ContrivedCoincidence contrived.]] Until you realize Martin can read souls, accidentally read Lucky’s soul, and guessed correctly.]]
* All of the boys being in denial over not [[spoiler: having psychic powers]] seems like a weird case of ArbitrarySkepticism. But the entire story goes by and it takes Martin all six of his friends convincing him that he has some of his own. Suddenly, it doesn’t see as odd, since the main character didn’t suspect a thing.
* Torchie’s “I didn’t do nothing””, seems like a case of SuspiciouslySpecificDenial, but he is partially telling the truth. [[spoiler: After all, He literally [[ExactWords didn’t do anything to start the fire]], it just happens on its own.]]
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** [[spoiler: On a bleaker note, Martin May have unintentionally picks picked at Torchie’s deep seated hidden insecurity of being seen as dumb when he gets angry about not being believed. You can hardly blame the other boys from getting mad at him.]]
** [[spoiler: Martin seemingly guessing correctly that Lucky can hear voices from lost thingsand happening to get it correctly seems [[ContrivedCoincidence contrived.]] Until you realize Martin can read souls, accidentally read Lucky’s soul, and guessed correctly.]]
* All of the boys being in denial over not [[spoiler: having psychic powers]] seems like a weird case ofArbitrarySkepticism.ArbitrarySkepticism for two thirds of the book. But the entire story goes by and it takes Martin all six of his friends convincing him that he has some of his own. Suddenly, it doesn’t see as odd, seem that odd since the main character apparently didn’t suspect a thing.
* Torchie’s signature “I didn’t do nothing””, seems like a case of SuspiciouslySpecificDenial, but he is partially telling thetruth.truth, even if he was unaware of it. [[spoiler: After all, He literally [[ExactWords didn’t do anything to start the fire]], it just happens on its own.]]
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* Trash and Martin are direct foils to each other. Martin starts off new to the school, is a sarcastic kid with an attitude problem, and makes a group of friends within the first week. Trash is already a student, but has [[TheAloner no friends]] and is a thoughtful, quiet artist. Even [[spoiler: their powers contradict each other: Martin can manipulate people’s emotions and gets in trouble by making people mad, while Trash is destructive in the [[{{Telekinesis}} physical sense.]] Trash is also the first person Martin finds real evidence of PsychicPowers from, while Martin discovers his with the help of Trash and the others.]]
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* ''Lucky''. [[spoiler: Poor Lucky has essentially lived his whole life hearing voices and being seen as a criminal when all he wants to do is give himself some peace of mind. Theoretically, if an object is out of his reach, as shown in the second book, he’s completely unable to shut them up and basically snaps. Being given the disruptor was likely the best thing that’s happened to him as of recent.]]
** [[spoiler:On another note, how do we know Lucky hearing voices is a part of his powers ''at all?'' in the second book, he even considers the possibility that all his powers really are is an ability to sense the objects and that the voices are [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane really in his head.]] it’s quite the unsettling thought.]]
** [[spoiler:On another note, how do we know Lucky hearing voices is a part of his powers ''at all?'' in the second book, he even considers the possibility that all his powers really are is an ability to sense the objects and that the voices are [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane really in his head.]] it’s quite the unsettling thought.]]
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* ''Lucky''. [[spoiler: Poor Lucky has essentially lived his whole life hearing voices and being seen as a criminal when all he wants to do is give himself have some peace of mind. Theoretically, if If an object is out of his reach, as shown in the second book, he’s completely unable to shut them up and basically snaps. Being given the disruptor was likely the best thing that’s happened to him as of recent.]]
**[[spoiler:On [[spoiler: On another note, how do we know Lucky hearing voices is a part of his powers ''at all?'' in the second book, he even considers the possibility that all his powers really are is an ability to sense the objects and that the voices are [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane really in his head.]] it’s quite the unsettling thought.]]
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** [[spoiler: we get a glimpse of Trash’s immense power when he breaks ''all of a man’s ribs.'' It’s fortunate that Trash is a good person, and did that during a [[FreakOut moment of irrationality,]] but picture if someone like, say,[[TheSociopath Bloodbath]],got Bloodbath]], got a hold of such a power. Really, there’s no telling what they could do.]]
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*** [[spoiler:All of the teachers getting annoyed, angry or hurt by Martin’s words make more sense once you realize that he was pointing out their deepest worry and insecurity. He wasn’t just insulting them, but their ‘’livelihood‘’. ]]
*** [[spoiler:Martin’s friends realize that he has a psychic power because he’d essentially been using it on them the entire story. In fact, it’s quite likely that he considered they had psychic powers because, deep down, [[WhatYouAreInTheDark all the boys knew there was something weird about themselves]].]]
*** [[spoiler: Martin seemingly guessing that Lucky can hear voices from lost things and happening to get it correctly seems [[ContrivedCoincidence contrived.]] Until you realize Martin can read souls, accidentally read Lucky’s soul, and guessed correctly.]]
All of the boys being in denial over not [[spoiler: having psychic powers]] seems like a weird case of ArbitrarySkepticism. But the entire story goes by and it takes Martin all six of his friends convincing him that he has some of his own. Suddenly, it doesn’t see as odd, since the main character didn’t suspect a thing.
Torchie’s “I didn’t do nothing””, seems like a case of SuspiciouslySpecificDenial, but he is partially telling the truth. [[spoiler: After all, He literally [[ExactWords didn’t do anything to start the fire]], it just happens on its own.]]
It makes sense that Cheater [[spoiler: turns out to be bad at cheating when he actually tries to do it. Despite his reputation, he prides himself on his intelligence, and [[BlatantLies can’t lie to save his life]]. If he didn’t have any powers at all, Cheater likely would never cheat, so it makes sense that he wouldn’t know the first thing about ACTUAL cheating.]]
Trash and Martin are direct foils to each other. Martin starts off new to the school, is a sarcastic kid with an attitude problem, and makes a group of friends within the first week. Trash is already a student, but has [[TheAloner no friends]] and is a thoughtful, quiet artist. Even [[spoiler: their powers contradict each other: Martin can manipulate people’s emotions and gets in trouble by making people mad, while Trash is destructive in the [[{{Telekinesis}} physical sense.]] Trash is also the first person Martin finds real evidence of PsychicPowers from, while Martin discovers his with the help of Trash and the others.]]
*** [[spoiler:All of the teachers getting annoyed, angry or hurt by Martin’s words make more sense once you realize that he was pointing out their deepest worry and insecurity. He wasn’t just insulting them, but their ‘’livelihood‘’. ]]
*** [[spoiler:Martin’s friends realize that he has a psychic power because he’d essentially been using it on them the entire story. In fact, it’s quite likely that he considered they had psychic powers because, deep down, [[WhatYouAreInTheDark all the boys knew there was something weird about themselves]].]]
*** [[spoiler: Martin seemingly guessing that Lucky can hear voices from lost things and happening to get it correctly seems [[ContrivedCoincidence contrived.]] Until you realize Martin can read souls, accidentally read Lucky’s soul, and guessed correctly.]]
All of the boys being in denial over not [[spoiler: having psychic powers]] seems like a weird case of ArbitrarySkepticism. But the entire story goes by and it takes Martin all six of his friends convincing him that he has some of his own. Suddenly, it doesn’t see as odd, since the main character didn’t suspect a thing.
Torchie’s “I didn’t do nothing””, seems like a case of SuspiciouslySpecificDenial, but he is partially telling the truth. [[spoiler: After all, He literally [[ExactWords didn’t do anything to start the fire]], it just happens on its own.]]
It makes sense that Cheater [[spoiler: turns out to be bad at cheating when he actually tries to do it. Despite his reputation, he prides himself on his intelligence, and [[BlatantLies can’t lie to save his life]]. If he didn’t have any powers at all, Cheater likely would never cheat, so it makes sense that he wouldn’t know the first thing about ACTUAL cheating.]]
Trash and Martin are direct foils to each other. Martin starts off new to the school, is a sarcastic kid with an attitude problem, and makes a group of friends within the first week. Trash is already a student, but has [[TheAloner no friends]] and is a thoughtful, quiet artist. Even [[spoiler: their powers contradict each other: Martin can manipulate people’s emotions and gets in trouble by making people mad, while Trash is destructive in the [[{{Telekinesis}} physical sense.]] Trash is also the first person Martin finds real evidence of PsychicPowers from, while Martin discovers his with the help of Trash and the others.]]
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** [[spoiler: Martin seemingly guessing that Lucky can hear voices from lost things and happening to get it correctly seems [[ContrivedCoincidence contrived.]] Until you realize Martin can read souls, accidentally read Lucky’s soul, and guessed correctly.]]
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At one point, when helping his friends [[spoiler: hone their powers, Martin brings up the possibility of Trash and Torchie accidentally hurting someone with their powers. While such a scenario doesn’t happen, it doesn’t do much to ease the mind of what [[PlayingWithFire Torchie]] or [[MindOverMatter Trash]] could have ended up doing if they [[KillItWithFire never figured out]] [[BloodyHorror how to control their powers]].]]
In the scene when Flinch [[spoiler:is climbing up the ladder and Bloodbath pushes him off, Flinch starts panicking and trying to climb down a few seconds before the ladder is pushed and he breaks his arm. This means that Flinch’s FutureVision isn’t always going to be helpful, and there will be times when Flinch sees disaster coming and [[YouAreTooLate is utterly helpless to stop it]].]]
''Lucky''. [[spoiler: Poor Lucky has essentially lived his whole life hearing voices and being seen as a criminal when all he wants to do is give himself some peace of mind. Theoretically, if an object is out of his reach, as shown in the second book, he’s completely unable to shut them up and basically snaps. Being given the disruptor was likely the best thing that’s happened to him as of recent.]]
*** [[spoiler:On another note, how do we know Lucky hearing voices is a part of his powers ''at all?'' in the second book, he even considers the possibility that all his powers really are is an ability to sense the objects and that the voices are [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane really in his head.]] it’s quite the unsettling thought.]]
In the scene when Flinch [[spoiler:is climbing up the ladder and Bloodbath pushes him off, Flinch starts panicking and trying to climb down a few seconds before the ladder is pushed and he breaks his arm. This means that Flinch’s FutureVision isn’t always going to be helpful, and there will be times when Flinch sees disaster coming and [[YouAreTooLate is utterly helpless to stop it]].]]
''Lucky''. [[spoiler: Poor Lucky has essentially lived his whole life hearing voices and being seen as a criminal when all he wants to do is give himself some peace of mind. Theoretically, if an object is out of his reach, as shown in the second book, he’s completely unable to shut them up and basically snaps. Being given the disruptor was likely the best thing that’s happened to him as of recent.]]
*** [[spoiler:On another note, how do we know Lucky hearing voices is a part of his powers ''at all?'' in the second book, he even considers the possibility that all his powers really are is an ability to sense the objects and that the voices are [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane really in his head.]] it’s quite the unsettling thought.]]
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**[[spoiler: we get a glimpse of Trash’s immense power when he breaks ''all of a man’s ribs.'' It’s fortunate that Trash is a good person, but picture if someone like, say,[[TheSociopath Bloodbath]],got a hold of such a power. Really, there’s no telling what they could do.]]
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*** [[spoiler:On another note, how do we know Lucky hearing voices is a part of his powers ''at all?'' in the second book, he even considers the possibility that all his powers really are is an ability to sense the objects and that the voices are [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane really in his head.]] it’s quite the unsettling thought.]]
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*** [[spoiler:On another note, how do we know Lucky hearing voices is a part of his powers ''at all?'' in the second book, he even considers the possibility that all his powers really are is an ability to sense the objects and that the voices are [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane really in his head.]] it’s quite the unsettling thought.]]]]
'''FridgeLogic'''
Unusual example. What are wimpy, so called "runts" doing at a correctional facility? They appear to only be there for Bloodbath to terrify.
** Cheater was there for apparently cheating on tests all the time. Who's to say the "runts" weren't misbehaving in ways that weren't physical?
** Most of the main cast are explained. Torchie was there for his fires, Trash was there for throwing things, Flinch disrupted class either with jokes or anticipatory reactions to things, Martin annoyed all the wrong people, and Lucky was reported for theft due to his habit of mysteriously "finding" other people's "lost" things.
'''FridgeLogic'''
Unusual example. What are wimpy, so called "runts" doing at a correctional facility? They appear to only be there for Bloodbath to terrify.
** Cheater was there for apparently cheating on tests all the time. Who's to say the "runts" weren't misbehaving in ways that weren't physical?
** Most of the main cast are explained. Torchie was there for his fires, Trash was there for throwing things, Flinch disrupted class either with jokes or anticipatory reactions to things, Martin annoyed all the wrong people, and Lucky was reported for theft due to his habit of mysteriously "finding" other people's "lost" things.
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'''Fridge Brilliance'''
Every interaction Martin has is suddenly put in a new light given the reveal that [[spoiler: he has the ability to see into people’s souls:]]
***[[spoiler:All of the teachers getting annoyed, angry or hurt by Martin’s words make more sense once you realize that he was pointing out their deepest worry and insecurity. He wasn’t just insulting them, but their ‘’livelihood‘’. ]]
***[[spoiler:Martin’s friends realize that he has a psychic power because he’d essentially been using it on them the entire story. In fact, it’s quite likely that he considered they had psychic powers because, deep down, [[WhatYouAreInTheDark all the boys knew there was something weird about themselves]].]]
***[[spoiler: Martin seemingly guessing that Lucky can hear voices from lost things and happening to get it correctly seems [[ContrivedCoincidence contrived.]] Until you realize Martin can read souls, accidentally read Lucky’s soul, and guessed correctly.]]
All of the boys being in denial over not [[spoiler: having psychic powers]] seems like a weird case of ArbitrarySkepticism. But the entire story goes by and it takes Martin all six of his friends convincing him that he has some of his own. Suddenly, it doesn’t see as odd, since the main character didn’t suspect a thing.
Torchie’s “I didn’t do nothing””, seems like a case of SuspiciouslySpecificDenial, but he is partially telling the truth. [[spoiler: After all, He literally [[ExactWords didn’t do anything to start the fire]], it just happens on its own.]]
It makes sense that Cheater [[spoiler: turns out to be bad at cheating when he actually tries to do it. Despite his reputation, he prides himself on his intelligence, and [[BlatantLies can’t lie to save his life]]. If he didn’t have any powers at all, Cheater likely would never cheat, so it makes sense that he wouldn’t know the first thing about ACTUAL cheating.]]
Trash and Martin are direct foils to each other. Martin starts off new to the school, is a sarcastic kid with an attitude problem, and makes a group of friends within the first week. Trash is already a student, but has [[TheAloner no friends]] and is a thoughtful, quiet artist. Even [[spoiler: their powers contradict each other: Martin can manipulate people’s emotions and gets in trouble by making people mad, while Trash is destructive in the [[{{Telekinesis}} physical sense.]] Trash is also the first person Martin finds real evidence of PsychicPowers from, while Martin discovers his with the help of Trash and the others.]]
'''Fridge Horror'''
At one point, when helping his friends [[spoiler: hone their powers, Martin brings up the possibility of Trash and Torchie accidentally hurting someone with their powers. While such a scenario doesn’t happen, it doesn’t do much to ease the mind of what [[PlayingWithFire Torchie]] or [[MindOverMatter Trash]] could have ended up doing if they [[KillItWithFire never figured out]] [[BloodyHorror how to control their powers]].]]
In the scene when Flinch [[spoiler:is climbing up the ladder and Bloodbath pushes him off, Flinch starts panicking and trying to climb down a few seconds before the ladder is pushed and he breaks his arm. This means that Flinch’s FutureVision isn’t always going to be helpful, and there will be times when Flinch sees disaster coming and [[YouAreTooLate is utterly helpless to stop it]].]]
''Lucky''. [[spoiler: Poor Lucky has essentially lived his whole life hearing voices and being seen as a criminal when all he wants to do is give himself some peace of mind. Theoretically, if an object is out of his reach, as shown in the second book, he’s completely unable to shut them up and basically snaps. Being given the disruptor was likely the best thing that’s happened to him as of recent.]]
***[[spoiler:On another note, how do we know Lucky hearing voices is a part of his powers ''at all?'' in the second book, he even considers the possibility that all his powers really are is an ability to sense the objects and that the voices are [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane really in his head.]] it’s quite the unsettling thought.]]
Every interaction Martin has is suddenly put in a new light given the reveal that [[spoiler: he has the ability to see into people’s souls:]]
***[[spoiler:All of the teachers getting annoyed, angry or hurt by Martin’s words make more sense once you realize that he was pointing out their deepest worry and insecurity. He wasn’t just insulting them, but their ‘’livelihood‘’. ]]
***[[spoiler:Martin’s friends realize that he has a psychic power because he’d essentially been using it on them the entire story. In fact, it’s quite likely that he considered they had psychic powers because, deep down, [[WhatYouAreInTheDark all the boys knew there was something weird about themselves]].]]
***[[spoiler: Martin seemingly guessing that Lucky can hear voices from lost things and happening to get it correctly seems [[ContrivedCoincidence contrived.]] Until you realize Martin can read souls, accidentally read Lucky’s soul, and guessed correctly.]]
All of the boys being in denial over not [[spoiler: having psychic powers]] seems like a weird case of ArbitrarySkepticism. But the entire story goes by and it takes Martin all six of his friends convincing him that he has some of his own. Suddenly, it doesn’t see as odd, since the main character didn’t suspect a thing.
Torchie’s “I didn’t do nothing””, seems like a case of SuspiciouslySpecificDenial, but he is partially telling the truth. [[spoiler: After all, He literally [[ExactWords didn’t do anything to start the fire]], it just happens on its own.]]
It makes sense that Cheater [[spoiler: turns out to be bad at cheating when he actually tries to do it. Despite his reputation, he prides himself on his intelligence, and [[BlatantLies can’t lie to save his life]]. If he didn’t have any powers at all, Cheater likely would never cheat, so it makes sense that he wouldn’t know the first thing about ACTUAL cheating.]]
Trash and Martin are direct foils to each other. Martin starts off new to the school, is a sarcastic kid with an attitude problem, and makes a group of friends within the first week. Trash is already a student, but has [[TheAloner no friends]] and is a thoughtful, quiet artist. Even [[spoiler: their powers contradict each other: Martin can manipulate people’s emotions and gets in trouble by making people mad, while Trash is destructive in the [[{{Telekinesis}} physical sense.]] Trash is also the first person Martin finds real evidence of PsychicPowers from, while Martin discovers his with the help of Trash and the others.]]
'''Fridge Horror'''
At one point, when helping his friends [[spoiler: hone their powers, Martin brings up the possibility of Trash and Torchie accidentally hurting someone with their powers. While such a scenario doesn’t happen, it doesn’t do much to ease the mind of what [[PlayingWithFire Torchie]] or [[MindOverMatter Trash]] could have ended up doing if they [[KillItWithFire never figured out]] [[BloodyHorror how to control their powers]].]]
In the scene when Flinch [[spoiler:is climbing up the ladder and Bloodbath pushes him off, Flinch starts panicking and trying to climb down a few seconds before the ladder is pushed and he breaks his arm. This means that Flinch’s FutureVision isn’t always going to be helpful, and there will be times when Flinch sees disaster coming and [[YouAreTooLate is utterly helpless to stop it]].]]
''Lucky''. [[spoiler: Poor Lucky has essentially lived his whole life hearing voices and being seen as a criminal when all he wants to do is give himself some peace of mind. Theoretically, if an object is out of his reach, as shown in the second book, he’s completely unable to shut them up and basically snaps. Being given the disruptor was likely the best thing that’s happened to him as of recent.]]
***[[spoiler:On another note, how do we know Lucky hearing voices is a part of his powers ''at all?'' in the second book, he even considers the possibility that all his powers really are is an ability to sense the objects and that the voices are [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane really in his head.]] it’s quite the unsettling thought.]]
