History Literature / Loveless

* ChekhovsGunman: Rooney's friend Beth, who's first shown in a photo on Rooney's side of her and Georgia's dorm. [[spoiler:It's revealed that Beth was Rooney's OnlyFriend in high school, but the latter left her when she transferred schools just to be with her boyfriend. He turned out to be abusive and Rooney struggled with breaking up with him, and she regretted giving up everything for him, especially Beth. Beth would then call Rooney years after just to check on her.]]

* TitleDropChapter: Each chapter's title (except for the ones in ''Hands Against Our Hearts'') appears somewhere in the chapter itself.

* TitleDrop: Each chapter's title (except for the ones in ''Hands Against Our Hearts'') appears somewhere in the chapter itself.

* HateSink: Lloyd, the former president of Pride Soc, who is shown as an [[JerkJock aphobic jock-type character.]] He's also against the inclusion of other so-called "internet orientations" and the expansion of the social activities beyond things that one would associate with the [=ClubKid=] lifestyle. [[spoiler:He gets his karma when Georgia, after accepting her sexuality, deliberately spills her drink on him when he makes an acepbobic remark.]]

* HateSink: Lloyd, the former president of Pride Soc, who is shown as an [[JerkJock aphobic jock-type character.]] He's also against the inclusion of other so-called "internet orientations" and the expansion of the social activities beyond things that one would associate with the [=ClubKid=] lifestyle.

* HasTwoDaddies: Jason in mentioned to have two fathers who fell in love with each other while training in the same field.

* ReallyGetsAround: Rooney often spends the night out clubbing and looking for quick hookups with other students.

* AmicableExes: After [[spoiler:winning him back to Shakespeare Soc]], Georgia apologizes to [[spoiler:Jason for using him as part of her experimenting phase. Jason accepts the apology and doesn't mind remaining friends with her, even if he was heartbroken that his crush on her wasn't reciprocated.]]

* PlatonicDeclarationOfLove: [[spoiler:Rooney delivers a grand one to Georgia after the latter tells her about her nightmare where her all her friends die and she's left all alone without a romantic partner. Rooney assures her that she loves her as a best friend, and she'll stick with her until they grow old together.]]

* CelebrityCrush: Rooney and Pip are big fans of Creator/HenryCavill and Creator/KeiraKnightly, respectively. Georgia, on the other hand, can't relate to them because she's aroace.

* PlatonicDeclarationOfLove: [[spoiler:Rooney delivers a grand one to Georgia after the latter tells her about her Nightmare where her all her friends die and she's left all alone without a romantic partner. Rooney assures her that she loves her as a best friend, and she'll stick with her until they grow old together.]]

* [[GayAesop Aroace Aesop]]: The book talks about the misconceptions about UsefulNotes/{{asexuality}} - both internal and external only to show how they are both wrong and harmful.
* CastFullOfGay: Sunil is ace and gay, Pip is a lesbian, Jess is bisexual and UsefulNotes/{{aromantic}}, Rooney comes out as pan and Georgia realizes she's aroace.
* ChekhovsGun: Jacket that Pip leaves in Georgia's room during Fresher's Week. [[spoiler: It's later used as a reason for Georgia and Rooney to talk to her and apologize.]]
%% * ChekhovsGunman: Rooney's friend Beth.

* EarnYourHappyEnding: Pretty much everyone. [[spoiler: Georgia learns to be happy about her lack of romantic or sexual attraction, Pip and Rooney start going out, Sunil decides to do a Masters and the whole gang moves in together.]]

%% * {{Gayngst}}: Pip and also Georgia in her own way.
* HasTwoMommies: Jason in mentioned to have two fathers who fell in love with each other while training in the same field.
* HateSink: Lloyd, the former president of Pride Soc, who is shown as an aphobic jock-type character. He's also against the inclusion of other so-called "internet orientations" and the expansion of the social activities beyond things that one would associate with the ClubKid lifestyle.

* LastHetRomance: Georgia spends some time dating Jason to make sure she's not straight.

%% * PerformanceArtist: Pip and Sunil.
%% * SpearCounterpart: Jess is this for Sunil. He's asexual homoromantic. She's bisexual aromantic.

** Pip doesn't take Georgia and Rooney [[spoiler: reluctantly kissing to see if Georgia is gay]] very well.

* ClosetKey: Rooney has all her casual hookups with men, but falls in love with Pip, which helps her realize she isn't completely staight.

* HateSink: Lloyd, the former president of Pride Soc, who is shown as an aphobic jock-type character. He's also against the inclusion of other so-called "internet orientations" and the expansion of the social activities beyond things that fit the ClubKid lifestyle.

* HateSink: Lloyd, the former president of Pride Soc, who is shown as an aphobic jock-type character.

** Sunil started out being assigned as Georgia's "college parent". The fact that he's also asexual and is PlatonicLifePartners with an aromantic woman allows Georgia to get some proper information about both her orientations before she she fully realizes that they apply to her. Once the latter has happened, Sunil helps her navigate them.
** Georgia and the older [[spoiler:Ellis]] end having a mutual version going on. [[spoiler:Ellis]] gives Georgia an idea of what's waiting for her in the next fifteen years of her life, while Georgia is the one to inform [[spoiler:Ellis]] that what they are has a name and there are other people like them out there.

** Sunil started out being assigned as Georgia's "college parent". The fact that he's also asexual and is PlatonicLifePartners with an aromantic woman allows Georgia to get some proper information about both her orientations before she she fully realizes that they apply to her.

%% * ClosetKey: Pip for Rooney.

* IWantGrandkids: The parents of Georgia's cousin Ellis use that rhetoric on her. Ellis doesn't budge.
%% * LastHetRomance: Jason to Georgia.

%% * MentorInQueerness: Sunil to Georgia.

%% * [[HasTwoMommies Has Two Daddies]]: Jason.

** Pip doesn't take Georgia and Rooney [[spoiler: reluctantly kissing to see if Georgia is gay]] very well.

''Loveless'' is a 2020 book by a British author Alise Oseman. It follows Georgia Warr, a romance-obsessed high school graduate just starting her first year at Durham University with her two best friends Jason and Pip. Her new flatmate Rooney and college parent Sunil seem nice enough, there is a healthy dose of banter and uni society drama, everything seems to be perfect except in spite of her nearly perfect knowledge of romantic tropes and storylines, Georgia just can't find that special someone. Will Rooney finally help her break out of that bad luck spell? Or is there even a bad luck spell?

* HateSink: Llloyd, the former president of Pride Soc, who is shown as an aphobic jock-type character.

* LGBTAwakening: The page quote happens after Georgia's failed kiss with her supposed high school crush. However, she still tries to force herself into the life of romance and only finally admits that she's aroace to herself after [[spoiler: getting disgusted by her first kiss with Jason.]]

* RomanticAsexual: Sunil identifies as asexual ''and'' gay, being attracted to guys romantically but not sexually.

* [[GayAesop Aroace Aesop]]: The book talks about the misconceptions about asexuality - both internal and external only to show how they are both wrong and harmful.
* CastFullOfGay: Sunil is ace and gay, Pip is a lesbian, Jess is bisexual and aromantic, Rooney comes out as pan and Georgia realizes she's aroace.

* ChekhovsGunman: Rooney's friend Beth.
* ClosetKey: Pip for Rooney.

* {{Gayngst}}: Pip and also Georgia in her own way.
* [[HasTwoMommies Has Two Daddies]]: Jason.

* LastHetRomance: Jason to Georgia.

* MentorInQueerness: Sunil to Georgia.
* PerformanceArtist: Pip and Sunil.

* SpearCounterpart: Jess is this for Sunil. He's asexual homoromantic. She's bisexual aromantic.

''Loveless'' is a 2020 book by a British author Alise Oseman. It follows Georgia Warr, a romance-obsessed high school graduate just starting her first year at Durham University with her two best friends Jason and Pip. Her new flatmate Rooney and college parent Sunil seem nice enough, there is a healthy does of banter and uni society drama, everything seems to be perfect except in spite of her nearly perfect knowledge of romantic tropes and storylines, Georgia just can't find that special someone. Will Rooney finally help her break out of that bad luck spell? Or is there even a bad luck spell?

* {{Asexuality}}: The main topic of the book. The main character first gets introduced to that concept by her college parent Sunil and later realizes she herself is both asexual and aromantic.

* CheckhovsGun: Jacket that Pip leaves in Georgia's room during Fresher's Week. [[spoiler: It's later used as a reason for Georgia and Rooney to talk to her and apologize.]]
* CheckovsGunman: Rooney's friend Beth.

*Asexuality: The main topic of the book. The main character first gets introduced to that concept by her college parent Sunil [[spoiler: and later realizes she herself is both asexual and aromantic]].

*Asexuality: The main topic of the book. The main character first gets introduced to that concept by her college parent Sunil [[spoiler and later realizes she herself is both asexual and aromantic]].