History Literature / TheRestOfUsJustLiveHere

* TheAlcoholic: Mel and Mikey's dad, on top of having embezzled funds from his brother-in-law's car dealership.

* DeconstructiveParody: Of Young Adult urban fantasy literature and "TheChosenOne" narratives in general. The main cast notes that the Indies never seem to be online, and always have ridiculously unique and cool names like Finn.
* FantasyKitchenSink: The setting seems to be this, as part of the Deconstruction. It has Gods, vampires, soul eating ghosts, and a transdimensional race of immortal beings that inhabit the dead.

** A couple of the indie kids die this way.
* InWhichATropeIsDescribed: All the beginning paragraphs describing the adventures of Satchel and the other indie kids take this format. Played for laughs a little- most of the "in which" paragraphs are very long-winded and full of semicolons, while the one during the chapter after graduation is simply "in which they blow up the high school".
* KidDetective: Meredith.

* MamaBear: What Mikey's mum says she'll be.
* TheMasquerade: Most of the adults ignore the supernatural events. The gang theorizes some pretend they never saw anything, or that there's a WeirdnessCensor that kicks in after a certain age. Later chapters hint that Mikey and Mel's mother does in fact remember the attack of the soul-eating ghosts and is (partly) fighting so hard to be a powerful politician to make the world safe for them.

* RefusalOfTheCall: Jared has all of the makings of an [[TheChosenOne indie kid]]: he's gay, he is part god on his mother's side and his first name is an AwesomeMcCoolname [[spoiler:"Mercury"]]. He is fully aware of this and, knowing the kind of trouble this brings and would rather simply wash his hands of the whole thing and enjoy a normal life. [[spoiler:Averted in the case of his subplot. After his grandmother -- the original God of Cats -- retired years ago and his own mother off doing her own business, the Gods come to Jared time and time again to ask him to take her place. He eventually agrees on the condition that they up his healing abilities and they allow him to go through college before he ascends.]]

* TheShrink: Of the Awesome variety with Dr. Luther.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: The book makes it very clear that your typical urban fantasy novel is going to have a ''lot'' of collateral damage for everyone else, with things like buildings blowing up for no reason, people turning up dead, the herd of undead deer, and so on.

** Mikey lampshades this trope when he talks about his Alzheimer's stricken grandmother. As opposed to being a CoolOldLady who sprouts funny and touching one liners, she's barely lucid and doesn't recognize her family, in particular Mikey who she keeps calling "Phillip."

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* AmbiguousDisorder: Averted. Mel has an eating disorder that actually killed her, and Mikey has OCD.

* AdultFear: [[spoiler:The explosion at the amphitheatre]].
** Mikey and Henna’s car accident.

* RealityEnsues: The book makes it very clear that your typical urban fantasy novel is going to have a ''lot'' of collateral damage for everyone else, with things like buildings blowing up for no reason, people turning up dead, the herd of undead deer, and so on.
** It also shows the kind of impact growing up in a family like Mikey's can have on someone: Mikey has virtually no respect for his parents, nor can he really trust them to be able to help when needed, because one's an alcoholic who goes to pieces a lot and the other is obsessed with her career. Too often, he and Mel are stuck handling their problems themselves, and they're both worried about Meredith becoming screwed up as well.
** Mikey lampshades this trope when he talks about his Alzheimer’s stricken grandmother. As opposed to being a CoolOldLady who sprouts funny and touching one liners, she’s barely lucid and doesn’t recognize her family, in particular Mikey who she keeps calling "Phillip."

** Mikey lampshades this trope when he talks about his Alzheimer’s stricken grandmother. As opposed to being a CloudCookooLander who sprouts funny and touching one liners, she’s barely lucid and doesn’t recognize her family, in particular Mikey who she keeps calling "Phillip."

* SkeweredPriorities: Mikey’s mom reveals that a Congressman that she could potentially succeed died of a stroke ''while her son is recovering from a potentially fatal car crash.'' Mikey and Mel call her out on it and she does seem to feel a little guilty.

* BoyBand: Bolts of Fire.

What if you aren’t TheChosenOne? ("Indie kids," in the book's parlance.)

The one who’s supposed to fight the zombies, or the soul-eating ghosts, or whatever the heck this new thing is, with the blue lights and the death?

What if you’re like Mikey? Who just wants to graduate and go to prom and maybe finally work up the courage to ask Henna out before someone goes and blows up the high school. Again.

!!The Rest Of Us Just Live Here contains examples of:

* TheMasquerade: Most of the adults ignore the supernatural events. The gang theorizes some pretend they never saw anything, or that there's a WeirdnessCensor that kicks in after a certain age. Later chapters hint that Mikey and Mel's mother does in fact remember the attack of the soul eating ghosts and is (partly) fighting so hard to be a powerful politician to make the world safe for them.

* ProtectiveCharm: The Medallion that the Indie Satchel has. It protects her from the Immortals, but as long as it's on Earth, they can come and chase her for it.

* PlanetOfSteves: One beginning-of-chapter summary lists five indie kids named Finn.

What if you aren’t TheChosenOne?

* DeconstructiveParody: Of Young Adult urban fantasy literature and “TheChosenOne” narratives in general. The main cast notes that the Indies never seem to be online, and always have ridiculously unique and cool names... to the point there are five Indies named “Finn.”
* FantasyKitchenSink: The setting seems to be this, as part of the Deconstruction. It has Gods, vampires, soul eating ghosts, and a trans dimensional race of immortal beings that inhabit the dead.

* RefusalOfTheCall: Jared has all of the makings of an [[TheChosenOne Indy kid]]; he’s gay, he is part god on his mother’s side and his first name is an AwesomeMcCoolname [[spoiler:“Mercury”]]. He is fully aware of this and, knowing the kind of trouble this brings and would rather simply wash his hands of the whole thing and enjoy a normal life. [[spoiler:Averted in the case of his subplot. After his grandmother -- the original God of Cats -- retired years ago and his own mother off doing her own business, the Gods come to Jared time and time again to ask him to take her place. He eventually agrees on the condition that they up his healing abilities and they allow him to go through college before he ascends.]]

* TheAlcoholic: Mel and Mikey's dad, on top of having embezzled funds from his brother in law's car dealership.

* RefusalOfTheCall: Jared has all of the makings of an [[TheChosenOne Indy kid]]; he’s gay, he is part god on his mother’s side and his first name is an AwesomeMcCoolname [[spoiler:“Mercury”]]. He is fully aware of this and, knowing the kind of trouble this brings and would rather simply wash his hands of the whole thing and enjoy a normal life. [[spoiler:Averted in the case of his subplot. After his grandmother - the original God of Cats - retired years ago and his own mother off doing her own business, the Gods come to Jared time and time again to ask him to take her place. He eventually agrees on the condition that they up his healing abilities and they allow him to go through college before he ascends.]]

This book isn't about {{The Chosen One}}s, or the "indie kids". This book is about the kids on the sidelines.

* {{Deconstruction}}: Of Young Adult urban fantasy literature. For example, the main cast notes that the Indies never seem to be online, and always have ridiculously unique and cool names... to the point there are five Indies named 'Finn.'

* LowerDecksEpisode: The entire novel is essentially one, with the teens and classmates of protagonists observing, reacting to, and wondering what all supernatural phenomena and the 'Indies' are up to.

* PlotTrinket: The Medallion that the Indie Satchel has.

* TheMasquerade: Most of the adults ignore the supernatural events.

This book isn't about [[TheChosenOne the chosen ones]], or the "indie kids". This book is about the kids on the sidelines.

[[AdultFear Adult Fear]]: [[spoiler:The explosion at the amphitheatre.]]

[[KidDetective Kid Detective]]: Meredith.

[[MamaBear Mama Bear]]: What Mikey's mum says she'll be.

[[TheMasquerade The Masquerade]]: Most of the adults ignore the supernatural events.

[[TheRival The Rival]]: Mikey views [[spoiler:Nathan]] as this.

[[AdultFear Adult Fear]]: [[spoiler:(The explosion at the amphitheatre.)]]

[[Masquerade Masquerade]]: Most of the adults ignore the supernatural events.

[[TheRival The Rival]]: Mikey views [[spoiler:(Nathan)]] as this.

[[KidDetective KidDetective]]: Meredith.

[[AdultFear]]: [[spoiler:(The explosion at the amphitheatre.)]]
[[KidDetective]]: Meredith.
[[MamaBear]]: What Mikey's mum says she'll be.
[[Masquerade]]: Most of the adults ignore the supernatural events.
[TheRival]]: Mikey views [[spoiler:(Nathan)]] as this.

This book isn't about [[TheChosenOne the chosen ones]], or the "indie kids". This book is about the kids on the sidelines.