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'''Ralph Allen''' - A Deep One Hybrid from Innsmouth who just wants to play football and not have to marry as his parents wants him to. It's hard enough being an alien fishman. It's even harder being a gay alien
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'''Ralph Allen''' - A Deep One Hybrid from Innsmouth who just wants to play football and not have to marry as his parents wants him to. It's hard enough being an alien fishman. It's even harder being a gay alien
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* SpinOffBabies: All of the main characters are descendants of HP Lovecraft protagonists or related to them in some other fashion.
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It is set in the same universe as Matthew Davenport's ''Andrew Doran'' series.
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It is set in the same universe as Matthew Davenport's ''Andrew Doran'' ''Literature/AndrewDoran'' series.
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* LovecraftLite: The protagonists are all EmpoweredBadassNormal types who are up against the Cult of Cthulhu and manage to emerge ''temporarily'' triumphant. It is notably LighterAndSofter compared to the TwoFistedTales of ''Andrew Doran'' and that was LighterAndSofter compared to HP lovecraft's original stories.
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* LovecraftLite: The protagonists are all EmpoweredBadassNormal types who are up against the Cult of Cthulhu and manage to emerge ''temporarily'' triumphant. It is notably LighterAndSofter compared to the TwoFistedTales of ''Andrew Doran'' and that was LighterAndSofter compared to HP lovecraft's original stories.
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* LovecraftLite: The protagonists are all EmpoweredBadassNormal types who are up against the Cult of Cthulhu and manage to emerge ''temporarily'' triumphant. It is notably LighterAndSofter compared to the TwoFisted stories of ''Andrew Doran'' and that was LighterAndSofter compared to HP lovecraft's original stories.
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* LovecraftLite: The protagonists are all EmpoweredBadassNormal types who are up against the Cult of Cthulhu and manage to emerge ''temporarily'' triumphant. It is notably LighterAndSofter compared to the TwoFisted stories TwoFistedTales of ''Andrew Doran'' and that was LighterAndSofter compared to HP lovecraft's original stories.
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* LovecraftLite: The protagonists are all EmpoweredBadassNormal types who are up against the Cult of Cthulhu and manage to emerge ''temporarily'' triumphant.
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* LovecraftLite: The protagonists are all EmpoweredBadassNormal types who are up against the Cult of Cthulhu and manage to emerge ''temporarily'' triumphant. It is notably LighterAndSofter compared to the TwoFisted stories of ''Andrew Doran'' and that was LighterAndSofter compared to HP lovecraft's original stories.
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* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: This is the fate of Randolph Carter in the universe and he regrets it since his new status as a god makes it so that he can never return to the Earth.
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* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: This is the fate of Randolph Carter in the universe and he regrets it since his new status as a god makes it so that he can never return to the Earth. Doing so would result in the destruction of our dimension.
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* FormulaicMagic: Sheryl Mason discovers that her proclivity with mathematics allows her to wield powerful supernatural forces.
* TheFundamentalist: Ralph's family back in Innsmouth want him to return home, worship Cthulhu, and take a bride before joining the others below the sea.
* TheFundamentalist: Ralph's family back in Innsmouth want him to return home, worship Cthulhu, and take a bride before joining the others below the sea.
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* FormulaicMagic: Sheryl Mason discovers that her proclivity with mathematics allows her to wield powerful supernatural forces.
forces. Unfortunately, her attempts to combine them with occult forces leads to the resurrection of [[spoiler: Herbert West]].
* TheFundamentalist: Ralph's family back in Innsmouth want him to return home, worship Cthulhu, and take a bride before joining the others below the sea. Oddly, the Elders are not treated as especially villainous and are even ReasonableAuthorityFigure types compared to the Cult of Cthulhu.
* TheFundamentalist: Ralph's family back in Innsmouth want him to return home, worship Cthulhu, and take a bride before joining the others below the sea. Oddly, the Elders are not treated as especially villainous and are even ReasonableAuthorityFigure types compared to the Cult of Cthulhu.
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* DramaticIrony: Much of the book is spent focused on making contact with Keziah Mason in order to be able to control the magic needed to save the world. Not only do readers of ''Literature/DreamsInTheWitchHouse'' know that she's a WickedWitch but she's also not dead. This is something that they could have learned just by talking to the faculty too.
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* DramaticIrony: Much of the book is spent focused on making contact with Keziah Mason in order to be able to control the magic needed to save the world. Not only do readers of ''Literature/DreamsInTheWitchHouse'' ''Literature/TheDreamsInTheWitchHouse'' know that she's a WickedWitch but she's also not dead. This is something that they could have learned just by talking to the faculty too.
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* DramaticIrony: Much of the book is spent focused on making contact with Keziah Mason in order to be able to control the magic needed to save the world. Not only do readers of ''Literature/DreamsInTheWitchHouse'' know that she's a WickedWitch but she's also not dead. This is something that they could have learned just by talking to the faculty too.
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* CanonCharacterAllAlong: Dean Ward is actually Charles Dexter Ward from ''Literature/TheCaseOfCharlesDexterWard.''
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* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: Herbert West tricks the protagonists into resurrecting him, thinking he's a witch capable of helping them save the world.]]
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* BackFromTheDead:
** This is what the reanimation fluid of Herbert West is supposed to accomplish but always resulted in CameBackWrong.
** [[spoiler: Herbert West tricks the protagonists into resurrecting him, thinking he's a witch capable of helping them save the world.]]
* BackFromTheDead:
** This is what the reanimation fluid of Herbert West is supposed to accomplish but always resulted in CameBackWrong.
** [[spoiler: Herbert West tricks the protagonists into resurrecting him, thinking he's a witch capable of helping them save the world.]]
* FormulaicMagic: Sheryl Mason discovers that her proclivity with mathematics allows her to wield powerful supernatural forces.
* SinsOfTheFather: Stephanie West finds herself getting a lot of side-eye and even one in-class outburst from the faculty at Miskatonic University. She's confused about this until she finds out that it's because her ancestor (technically her great-great uncle) is a SerialKiller who murdered one of the faculty.
* SpiritAdvisor: Carlos Davies finds out that he has one of these in Raldolph Carter who is willing to provide him vast knowledge seemingly out of boredom.
* SpiritAdvisor: Carlos Davies finds out that he has one of these in Raldolph Carter who is willing to provide him vast knowledge seemingly out of boredom.
* {{Tsundere}}: Levi's relationship with Ralph turns to be this as he actually is attracted to him. They eventually get a RelationshipUpgrade.
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* WrongGenreSavvy: Stephanie West believes that Herbert West's reanimation formula is probably only dangerous and prone to failure because the mixtures are wrong. [[spoiler: {{Subverted}} when she is seemingly proven right when she raises a cat from the dead without consequence.]]
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Levi bullies Ralph for being a Deep One hybrid relentlessly but draws the line at being cruel to him because he's gay. [[spoiler: Probably because he's a gay man himself.]]
* FantasticRacism: Ralph gets a lot of flack from his fellow students for the fact that he is from Innsmouth and a Deep One hybrid. Notably, he assumed he would get an equal amount from the student body because he was gay but everyone just shrugs that off.
* FantasticRacism: Ralph gets a lot of flack from his fellow students for the fact that he is from Innsmouth and a Deep One hybrid. Notably, he assumed he would get an equal amount from the student body because he was gay but everyone just shrugs that off.
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* StealthSequel: This is actually set in the modern day of the ''Andrew Doran'' series by Matthew Davenport.
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* AdultsAreUseless: Played with. The staff at Miskatonic University have preserved reality against the forces of the Great Old Ones for a century or more but have been losing so they try a Hail Mary Pass with the Scion Spell. [[spoiler: It works.]]
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* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[spoiler: A DownplayedTrope example as they haven't faced any of the Great Old Ones but have instead just managed to face down his cult. They do manage to survive against several lesser Mythos monsters, though.]]
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* AbusiveParents: Deep Ones are naturally tougher, stronger, and heal quicker than humans. As such, they use physical violence to intimidate their families into obedience.
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: Herbert West tricks the protagonists into resurrecting him, thinking he's a witch capable of helping them save the world.]]
* TheChosenOne: All of the teenagers were brought together by the Scion Spell that is designed to harness their ancestry in a (small) chance to save the world.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Ralph's relationship is meant to parallel a gay kid with conservative Christian parents. Except they're willing to come around on the gay part but not the "hanging around with humans" thing.
* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: What happens if the other dimensional horrors are let into our reality. Reality will collapse and the universe will cease to exist.
* TheFundamentalist: Ralph's family back in Innsmouth want him to return home, worship Cthulhu, and take a bride before joining the others below the sea.
* TheChosenOne: All of the teenagers were brought together by the Scion Spell that is designed to harness their ancestry in a (small) chance to save the world.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Ralph's relationship is meant to parallel a gay kid with conservative Christian parents. Except they're willing to come around on the gay part but not the "hanging around with humans" thing.
* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: What happens if the other dimensional horrors are let into our reality. Reality will collapse and the universe will cease to exist.
* TheFundamentalist: Ralph's family back in Innsmouth want him to return home, worship Cthulhu, and take a bride before joining the others below the sea.
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* ReligionOfEvil:
** The Cult of Cthulhu is shown to be completely unsympathetic and wants to destroy reality.
** {{Subverted}} by the Esoteric Order of Dagon, which is just mildly conservative and content to wait out the apocalypse.
* LovecraftLite: The protagonists are all EmpoweredBadassNormal types who are up against the Cult of Cthulhu and manage to emerge''temporarilly'' ''temporarily'' triumphant.
** The Cult of Cthulhu is shown to be completely unsympathetic and wants to destroy reality.
** {{Subverted}} by the Esoteric Order of Dagon, which is just mildly conservative and content to wait out the apocalypse.
* LovecraftLite: The protagonists are all EmpoweredBadassNormal types who are up against the Cult of Cthulhu and manage to emerge
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[[caption-width-right:333:College kids with attitude! And Elder Signs.]]
MISKATONIC UNIVERSITY - ELDER GODS 101 by Matthew Davenport and Mike Davenport is a UrbanFantasy story set in Creator/HPLovecraft Franchise/CthulhuMythos.
It is a new school year at Miskatonic University, Massachusetts and the barriers between reality and other dimensions are breaking down. Deciding the only way to protect themselves is to use the Scion Cycle, they summon a fresh crop of students that are all tied to the most famous characters of HP Lovecraft's writing.
'''Ralph Allen''' - A Deep One Hybrid from Innsmouth who just wants to play football and not have to marry as his TheFundamentalist parents wants him to. It's hard enough being an alien fishman. It's even harder being a gay alien
fishman.
'''Carlos Davies''' - The most seemingly "normal" of the children and gregarious, Carlos is cursed with visions of the future. He also possesses an ability to read people and know facts no one else can figure out.
'''Meredith Johnson''' - An archaeology student with an interest in the Cthulhu Mythos due to her family's long association with its dangers.
'''Sheryl Mason''' - A computer science major who loves gaming and is a mathematics prodigy. Unfortunately, she hates math and it is the gateway to nearly unimaginable power in the Mythos.
'''Stephanie West''' - A veterinary science student who has a particularly infamous ancestor that causes no end of problems for her in Miskatonic University.
It is set in the same universe as Matthew Davenport's ''Andrew Doran'' series.
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!! This work contains the following tropes:
* AcademyOfAdventure: Miskatonic University is not only an Ivy League school on the East Coast but also the lodestone for protecting Earth's dimension from being absorbed by other more hostile ones.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Ralph is a Deep One but wants nothing to do with worshiping Cthulhu or becoming immortal. He just wants to play football.
* InTheBlood: All of the students contain a supernatural connection to the Cthulhu Mythos due to their heritage.
* LighterAndSofter: The supernatural is less sanity destroying and overtly hostile. It can be used for good or evil depending on who is doing the magic. Also, the inherent xenophobia of the setting is gone as one of the protagonists is a Deep One [[spoiler: later joined by Yog-Sothoth's descendant.]]
* LovecraftLite: The protagonists are all EmpoweredBadassNormal types who are up against the Cult of Cthulhu and manage to emerge ''temporarilly'' triumphant.
* UrbanFantasy: The protagonists live in the world of the Cthulhu Mythos where all of Lovecraft's monsters are real and threatening to destroy the Earth.
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[[caption-width-right:333:College kids with attitude! And Elder Signs.]]
MISKATONIC UNIVERSITY - ELDER GODS 101 by Matthew Davenport and Mike Davenport is a UrbanFantasy story set in Creator/HPLovecraft Franchise/CthulhuMythos.
It is a new school year at Miskatonic University, Massachusetts and the barriers between reality and other dimensions are breaking down. Deciding the only way to protect themselves is to use the Scion Cycle, they summon a fresh crop of students that are all tied to the most famous characters of HP Lovecraft's writing.
'''Ralph Allen''' - A Deep One Hybrid from Innsmouth who just wants to play football and not have to marry as his TheFundamentalist parents wants him to. It's hard enough being an alien fishman. It's even harder being a gay alien
fishman.
'''Carlos Davies''' - The most seemingly "normal" of the children and gregarious, Carlos is cursed with visions of the future. He also possesses an ability to read people and know facts no one else can figure out.
'''Meredith Johnson''' - An archaeology student with an interest in the Cthulhu Mythos due to her family's long association with its dangers.
'''Sheryl Mason''' - A computer science major who loves gaming and is a mathematics prodigy. Unfortunately, she hates math and it is the gateway to nearly unimaginable power in the Mythos.
'''Stephanie West''' - A veterinary science student who has a particularly infamous ancestor that causes no end of problems for her in Miskatonic University.
It is set in the same universe as Matthew Davenport's ''Andrew Doran'' series.
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!! This work contains the following tropes:
* AcademyOfAdventure: Miskatonic University is not only an Ivy League school on the East Coast but also the lodestone for protecting Earth's dimension from being absorbed by other more hostile ones.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Ralph is a Deep One but wants nothing to do with worshiping Cthulhu or becoming immortal. He just wants to play football.
* InTheBlood: All of the students contain a supernatural connection to the Cthulhu Mythos due to their heritage.
* LighterAndSofter: The supernatural is less sanity destroying and overtly hostile. It can be used for good or evil depending on who is doing the magic. Also, the inherent xenophobia of the setting is gone as one of the protagonists is a Deep One [[spoiler: later joined by Yog-Sothoth's descendant.]]
* LovecraftLite: The protagonists are all EmpoweredBadassNormal types who are up against the Cult of Cthulhu and manage to emerge ''temporarilly'' triumphant.
* UrbanFantasy: The protagonists live in the world of the Cthulhu Mythos where all of Lovecraft's monsters are real and threatening to destroy the Earth.
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