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* HeroesWantRedheads: Noah Dominick dates Bella Duncan.
** There's a slight inversion with Zach Spencer and Mia Donovan - he's colour blind and therefore had no idea she was a redhead until she told him.
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* EvilIsSexy: A great many characters: Scarlett Hale, Nick Steel, Stefan Hastings, Claudia Lincoln and Vanessa Stewart all use their looks to get what they want.
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* HasTwoMommies: Jia Song, although they're actually her biological aunt and her aunt's wife.

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* SpoiledSweet: Natasha Nightingale has a lot of money and spends her time trying to become a good journalist and making sure that the inhabitants of Casteville are ''fashionable''.
** The Allen girls, Genevieve and Rose, also count.
** And now there's Honey Lane, who's always looking to better the life of people around her.
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* AbusiveParents: Lots of them.
** Elliot Hawthorne's parents are emotional abusive towards him.
** Esme de Luca's father was physically abusive towards her mother, so Esme grew up witnessed domestic violence.
** Isaac's father is emotionally abusive and neglectful.
** Nina's parents neglected and ignored her throughout her childhood.
** Zane and Zachary Spencer's mother is emotionally abusive; fortunately, their primary guardian is their father.



* TheAlcoholic:
** Vanessa Stewart
** Zane Spencer
** Victoria Chord's mother and Avery Kennedy's father are both alcoholics.
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A Play-by-Post RPG that takes place in the fictional small town of Casteville, Oregon, [[http://http://romeisinruins.b1.jcink.com/index.php?act=idx Rome in Ruins]] follows the lives of characters just trying to get by. There are three main plot lines at work: the high school rivalry between Felix Academy and Augustus High; the murder investigation of Katherine Bradbury, Felix Academy's it girl who died after last year's high school prom; and the growing crime population in Casteville, as criminals start to make their base of operations in this seemingly anonymous town.

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A Play-by-Post RPG that takes place in the fictional small town of Casteville, Oregon, [[http://http://romeisinruins.[[http://romeisinruins.b1.jcink.com/index.php?act=idx Rome in Ruins]] follows the lives of characters just trying to get by. There are three main plot lines at work: the high school rivalry between Felix Academy and Augustus High; the murder investigation of Katherine Bradbury, Felix Academy's it girl who died after last year's high school prom; and the growing crime population in Casteville, as criminals start to make their base of operations in this seemingly anonymous town.
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* EnglishRose: The fittingly named Rose Allen fulfills this trope.

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* FirstGirlWins: The first girl Elliot met when he moved to Casteville was Nina Everett.

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* FirstGirlWins: The first girl Elliot met when he moved to Casteville was Nina Everett.Everett.
* FreudianTrio: The 'terrible trio', as they're so-called. Nina is the Id, Elliot is the Superego; Art reconciles them both as the Ego.

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A Play-by-Post RPG that takes place in the fictional small town of Casteville, Oregon, [[http://http://romeisinruins.b1.jcink.com/index.php?act=idx Rome in Ruins]] follows the lives of characters trying to get by. There are three main plot lines at work: the high school rivalry between Felix Academy and Augustus High; the murder investigation of Katherine Bradbury, Felix Academy's it girl who died after last year's high school prom; and the growing crime population in Casteville, as criminals start to make their base of operations in this seemingly anonymous town.

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A Play-by-Post RPG that takes place in the fictional small town of Casteville, Oregon, [[http://http://romeisinruins.b1.jcink.com/index.php?act=idx Rome in Ruins]] follows the lives of characters just trying to get by. There are three main plot lines at work: the high school rivalry between Felix Academy and Augustus High; the murder investigation of Katherine Bradbury, Felix Academy's it girl who died after last year's high school prom; and the growing crime population in Casteville, as criminals start to make their base of operations in this seemingly anonymous town.



*** Lia Conners is Hanley's protege, so chances are, she'll be in charge next year.



* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Averted for Nathan Allen. He clearly has ADHD and is impulsive, not outlandishly so. He also has a considerable amount of hyper focusing, i.e. on video games or driving.

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* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Averted for Nathan Allen. He clearly has ADHD and is impulsive, but not outlandishly so. He also has a considerable amount of hyper focusing, i.e. on video games or driving. so.



* BrutalHonesty: Rudi Soren and Ethan Woodham both specialise in this.

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* BrutalHonesty: Rudi Soren and Ethan Woodham both specialise specialises in this.



** Rudi Soren also counts, as a sleight of hand magician, but he's still in learning.

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** Rudi Soren also counts, as a sleight of hand magician, but he's still in learning.



* DatingCatwoman: Nick Steel, FBI agent, dating Claudia Lincoln, con-artist and thief.

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* DatingCatwoman: Nick Steel, FBI faux-FBI agent, dating Claudia Lincoln, con-artist and thief.



** Greyson Charm lives with two fathers.

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** Greyson Charm lives with with his two fathers.



* KnightInShiningArmor: Thomas Knight.

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* KnightInShiningArmor: Thomas Knight.Knight, of course, when it comes to Vanessa.



* LongLostRelative: William Clarke and Bella Duncan - neither of them are aware of it yet, though Bella knows she has a brother.

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* LongLostRelative: William Clarke and Bella Duncan - neither of them are aware of it yet, though Bella knows she has a brother.brother and Will knows he's adopted.



** Annie Jones' mother leaves her when she's young- she comes back into the picture when Annie's an adult.

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** Annie Jones' mother leaves her when she's young- young - she comes back into the picture when Annie's an adult.



* ObliviousToLove: Evie Nightingale, who never quite understands when someone's flirting with her.



** Katy Gray, Evie Nightingale, Eleonore Pasternack, and Ethan Woodham all lived in or currently live in homes where their parents couldn't care less about them.

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** Katy Gray, Evie Nightingale, Gray's parents generally ignore her.
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Eleonore Pasternack, and Ethan Woodham all lived in or currently live in homes where their Pasternack's parents couldn't care less about them.spend more time fighting rather looking after their children.



** And now there's Honey Lane, who's always looking to better the life of people around her.



* ThemeTwinNaming: Caleb and Joshua's names are both Hebrew. Caleb means ''faith'' and Joshua means ''Jehovah is generous'' but the meanings don't seem to be as important.

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* ThemeTwinNaming: Caleb and Joshua's names are both Hebrew. Caleb means ''faith'' and Joshua means ''Jehovah is generous'' but the meanings don't seem to be as important.
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* LadyInRed: Scarlett Hale who does, naturally, like wearing red.

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* %%* LadyInRed: Scarlett Hale who does, naturally, like wearing red.

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* AbusiveParents: Lots of them. Isaac, Nina Everett, Esme de Luca, Elliot Hawthorne and Zane Spencer all have an abusive parent somewhere.
* ActionGirl: Grace Pierce and Kit Wilder both count.

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* AbusiveParents: Lots of them. Isaac, Nina Everett, them.
** Elliot Hawthorne's parents are emotional abusive towards him.
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Esme de Luca, Elliot Hawthorne and Zane Spencer all have an Luca's father was physically abusive parent somewhere.towards her mother, so Esme grew up witnessed domestic violence.
** Isaac's father is emotionally abusive and neglectful.
** Nina's parents neglected and ignored her throughout her childhood.
** Zane and Zachary Spencer's mother is emotionally abusive; fortunately, their primary guardian is their father.
* ActionGirl:
** Grace Pierce's first appearance involves her walking towards a loaded gun and calmly shooting her attacker.

* ActionGirl: Grace Pierce and ** Kit Wilder both count. is a trained government spy who, naturally, had martial arts training.



* TheAlcoholic: Vanessa Stewart and Zane Spencer, both of whom appear to be in denial about it. Victoria Chord's mother and Avery Kennedy's father are both alcoholics too.

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* TheAlcoholic: TheAlcoholic:
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Vanessa Stewart and Stewart
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Zane Spencer, both of whom appear to be in denial about it. Spencer
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Victoria Chord's mother and Avery Kennedy's father are both alcoholics too. alcoholics.



* AlphaBitch: Hanley Cooper at Felix Academy.

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* AlphaBitch: AlphaBitch:
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Hanley Cooper at Felix Academy.Academy.
** Emily Rider at Augustus High.



* AmicableExes: Cecily and Justin. Arthur King also seems to be on good terms with his exes.

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* AmicableExes: Cecily and Justin.
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Arthur King also seems to be on good terms with his exes.



* BigBrotherMentor: Henri Chord acts as an elder brother to Zane. Ian Snyder is also a big brother figure to Isaac Pierce.

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* BigBrotherMentor: BigBrotherMentor:
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Henri Chord acts as an elder brother to Zane. Zane.
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Ian Snyder is also a big brother figure to Isaac Pierce.



* CardSharp: Rémy Louis. Rudi Soren also counts, as a sleight of hand magician, but he's still in learning.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: George Allen and Clyde Mears. Nina Everett and Elliot Hawthorne are something of an inversion, being childhood friends but not the most romantic pair, they don't realise it for a long time.

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* CardSharp: Rémy Louis.
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Rudi Soren also counts, as a sleight of hand magician, but he's still in learning.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: ChildhoodFriendRomance:
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George Allen and Clyde Mears. Mears who've always been best friends.
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Nina Everett and Elliot Hawthorne are something of an inversion, being childhood friends but not the most romantic pair, they don't realise it for a long time. time.
** Esme de Luca and Will Clarke arguably count - they meet when they're ten.



* ConMan: Neil Quinn and Harry Frost both qualify.

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* ConMan: Neil Quinn and Harry Frost both qualify.Frost.



* DisabilityAsAnExcuseForJerkassery: Greyson Charm uses the fact he's blind to let himself make fun of other people. On the other hand, Damen Henderson is kinder to make up for his disabilities.
* DisappearedDad: Leon Michaelson and Nick Steel have this. Rudi Soren's father turned up when he was eighteen.

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* DisabilityAsAnExcuseForJerkassery: Greyson Charm uses the fact he's blind to let himself make fun of other people. people.
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On the other hand, Damen Henderson is kinder to make up for his disabilities.
* DisappearedDad: DisappearedDad:
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Leon Michaelson Michaelson's father walked on out on his mother when he was a child.
** Nick Steel's father has nothing to do with his son,
and Nick Steel have this. has never met him.
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Rudi Soren's father turned up comes into the picture when he was eighteen.he's seventeen, but previously counted.



* HasTwoMommies: Jia Song, although they're actually her biological aunt and her aunt's wife. Greyson Charm lives with two fathers.

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* HasTwoMommies: Jia Song, although they're actually her biological aunt and her aunt's wife. wife.
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Greyson Charm lives with two fathers.



* HeroesWantRedheads: Neil Quinn dates Bella Duncan.

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* HeroesWantRedheads: Neil Quinn Noah Dominick dates Bella Duncan.



* HippieParents: Molly's stepfather, Ray. Arthur's parents also count, although they are a modern version, who lived with the ideals, but not the stereotypical names.

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* HippieParents: Molly's stepfather, Ray. Ray.
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Arthur's parents also count, although they are a modern version, who lived with the ideals, but not the stereotypical names.



* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: Zane and Kit Wilder both have this. Nina Everett shows it a little too.

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* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: Zane and Kit Wilder both have this.
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Nina Everett shows it a little too.



* LiterallyLovingThyNeighbor: Nathan and Cindy are next-door neighbours and can actually see one another from their bedroom windows. Vanessa and Thomas Knight live next door to one another in their apartment block.
* LivingLieDetector: Neil Quinn and Nick Steel, both of whom are skilled coldreaders.

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* LiterallyLovingThyNeighbor: Nathan and Cindy are next-door neighbours and can actually see one another from their bedroom windows. windows.
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Vanessa and Thomas Knight live next door to one another in their apartment block.
* LivingLieDetector: Neil Quinn and Nick Steel, both of whom are a skilled coldreaders.coldreader.
** Kit Wilder and Alex Williams also count, having been trained in it, but they're less likely to see through every lie.



* MilitaryBrat: Damen Henderson. Alex Williams, Kit Wilder and Raahi Mallick also count.
* MissingMom: Lydia Monday and Annie Jones never knew their mothers when they were growing up. Mia Donovan's mother died when she was two.

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* MilitaryBrat: Damen Henderson.
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Alex Williams, Kit Wilder and Raahi Mallick also count.
* MissingMom: MissingMom:
** Annie Jones' mother leaves her when she's young- she comes back into the picture when Annie's an adult.
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Lydia Monday and Annie Jones never knew their mothers when they were growing up. Monday's mother walked out on her.
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Mia Donovan's mother died when she was two.two.



* OfficeRomance: Scarlett Hale and Ian Snyder both work in the same law office.

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* OfficeRomance: OfficeRomance:
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Scarlett Hale and Ian Snyder both work in the same law office.



* ParentalNeglect: Ezra Blake and Scarlett Hale who's parents are either in jail or dead. Katy Gray, Evie Nightingale, Eleonore Pasternack, and Ethan Woodham all lived in or currently live in homes where their parents couldn't care less about them.

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* ParentalNeglect: Ezra Blake and Scarlett Hale who's parents are either in jail or dead.
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Katy Gray, Evie Nightingale, Eleonore Pasternack, and Ethan Woodham all lived in or currently live in homes where their parents couldn't care less about them.



* ThePrankster: Caleb Wilkins, when he's in the mood for it. Nathan Allen also takes part in a few pranks sometimes.

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* ThePrankster: Caleb Wilkins, when he's in the mood for it.
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Nathan Allen also takes part in a few pranks sometimes.



* RaisedByGrandparents: Damen Henderson currently lives with his grandparents. Scarlett Hale also spent some time with her grandmother.

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* RaisedByGrandparents: Damen Henderson currently lives with his grandparents.
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Scarlett Hale also spent some time with her grandmother.



* SnowMeansLove: Stephanie Pryce and Kevin Leeroy share a kiss after ice skating together. William Clarke and Esme de Luca have a snow fight, but this is averted: neither of them are aware of their love.

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* SnowMeansLove: Stephanie Pryce and Kevin Leeroy share a kiss after ice skating together.
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William Clarke and Esme de Luca have a snow fight, but this is averted: neither of them are aware of their love.



* SpoiledSweet: Natasha Nightingale has a lot of money and spends her time trying to become a good journalist and making sure that the inhabitants of Casteville are ''fashionable''. The Allen girls, Genevieve and Rose, also count.

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* SpoiledSweet: Natasha Nightingale has a lot of money and spends her time trying to become a good journalist and making sure that the inhabitants of Casteville are ''fashionable''.
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The Allen girls, Genevieve and Rose, also count.



* TeenPregnancy: Thalia gets pregnant at the age of nineteen and chooses to give up the baby for adoption. Stephanie Pryce got pregnant at the start of her senior year but keeps the baby.

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* TeenPregnancy: Thalia gets pregnant at the age of nineteen and chooses to give up the baby for adoption.
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Stephanie Pryce got pregnant at the start of her senior year but keeps the baby.baby and names her Lacey.



** Landon Orr is this until he falls off the wagon after his break-up with Jenny.



* UptownGirl: Isaac Pierce, who comes from a criminal family, dating Marina St. Martin, who comes from an upper class family. Other examples include Max Flynn who chooses to Natasha Nightingale, and Leon Michaelson who dates Genevieve Allen. In the former, both sets of parents disapprove; in the latter, everything works out fine.

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* UptownGirl: UptownGirl:
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Isaac Pierce, who comes from a criminal family, dating Marina St. Martin, who comes from an upper class family. Other examples include
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Max Flynn who chooses to Flynn, local everyman, dates Natasha Nightingale, and local socialite. Both sets of parents disapprove.
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Leon Michaelson who Michaelson, a murder suspect and student at Augustus High, dates Genevieve Allen. In the former, both sets of parents disapprove; in the latter, everything works out fine.Allen, who attends Felix Academy.
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* Operation Jealousy: A lot of Harrison and Lia's romance plots center around making one another jealous when they're in school and not talking.

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* Operation Jealousy: OperationJealousy: A lot of Harrison and Lia's romance plots center around making one another jealous when they're in school and not talking.



-> '''Victoria:''' You think I'm a beauty?
-> '''Zane:''' Yeah. Absolutely. Even drunk and sleepy in my arms, Victoria, you’re look wonderful; let’s go get married immediately, we’re meant to be, I’m sure of it.

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-> --> '''Victoria:''' You think I'm a beauty?
-> --> '''Zane:''' Yeah. Absolutely. Even drunk and sleepy in my arms, Victoria, you’re look wonderful; let’s go get married immediately, we’re meant to be, I’m sure of it.



-> '''George:''' I swear I didn’t say anything related or not related maybe to Clyde or not to Clyde that may or may not have involved the removal or non-removal of… things.

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-> --> '''George:''' I swear I didn’t say anything related or not related maybe to Clyde or not to Clyde that may or may not have involved the removal or non-removal of… things.

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* BrutalHonesty: Rudi Soren and Ethan Woodham both specialise in this.



* ConsummateLiar: Nick Steel has probably never told the truth in his life, not counting his name.



* DesperatelyCravesAffection: Nina Everett, notably from her parents and Elliot.

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* DesperatelyCravesAffection: Nina Everett, notably from her parents and Elliot.Elliot.
* DisabilityAsAnExcuseForJerkassery: Greyson Charm uses the fact he's blind to let himself make fun of other people. On the other hand, Damen Henderson is kinder to make up for his disabilities.



* EscapeArtist: Claudia's day job.



* Fear of Thunder: Stephanie Pryce.

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* Fear of Thunder: FearOfThunder: Stephanie Pryce.



* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Rose Allen.



* HelloAttorney: Scarlett Hale and Ian Snyder.
* HeroesWantRedheads: Neil Quinn dates Bella Duncan.
** There's a slight inversion with Zach Spencer and Mia Donovan - he's colour blind and therefore had no idea she was a redhead until she told him.



* ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne: Zane Spencer when Victoria calls him ''unemployed''. Apparently, insulting and slapping him is fine as long as you don't say he doesn't work.



* KnightInShiningArmor: Thomas Knight.
* LadyInRed: Scarlett Hale who does, naturally, like wearing red.



** Max and Nattie also work in the newspaper offices together.
* Operation Jealousy: A lot of Harrison and Lia's romance plots center around making one another jealous when they're in school and not talking.



* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: Stefan and Violet Hastings, who got married for wealth and power, end up living quite happily together.
* PlatonicLifePartners: Alex Williams and Kit Wilder would do anything for each other.
* PlayingSick: Every time George Allen is trying to avoid school because of bullying, he suddenly manages to get ill.



* PrettyBoy: Jacob Silver, who gets comments on it from Lydia.
* PurpleIsPowerful: ''Violet'' Hastings.



* SarcasticConfession: Zane Spencer to Victoria Chord.
-> '''Victoria:''' You think I'm a beauty?
-> '''Zane:''' Yeah. Absolutely. Even drunk and sleepy in my arms, Victoria, you’re look wonderful; let’s go get married immediately, we’re meant to be, I’m sure of it.
* SickeninglySweethearts: Christopher and Tilly Wheeler, happily married and everyone knows it.



* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: George Allen, when asked about Clyde by his sister.
-> '''George:''' I swear I didn’t say anything related or not related maybe to Clyde or not to Clyde that may or may not have involved the removal or non-removal of… things.



* UptownGirl: Isaac Pierce, who comes from a criminal family, dating Marina St. Martin, who comes from an upper class family. Other examples include Max Flynn who chooses to Natasha Nightingale, and Leon Michaelson who dates Genevieve Allen. In the former, both sets of parents disapprove; in the latter, everything works out fine.

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* UptownGirl: Isaac Pierce, who comes from a criminal family, dating Marina St. Martin, who comes from an upper class family. Other examples include Max Flynn who chooses to Natasha Nightingale, and Leon Michaelson who dates Genevieve Allen. In the former, both sets of parents disapprove; in the latter, everything works out fine.fine.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: The Heathers, a clique of bitchy girls, consisting of Lia Conners, Ivy Willard and Olive Collins. They're lovely to one another, but also prone to bouts of jealousy and are queen bees at their respective schools.
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* Claustrophobia: Ezra Blake suffers from this.

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* Claustrophobia: {{Claustrophobia}}: Ezra Blake suffers from this.

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* AfraidOfBlood: Isaac Pierce.
* AfraidOfNeedles: Damen Henderson and Ivy Willard.



* AllergicToRoutine: Cecily Reyes.



* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Averted for Nathan Allen. He clearly has ADHD and is impulsive, not outlandishly so. He also has a considerable amount of hyper focusing, i.e. on video games or driving.
* AttentionWhore: Lia Conners, Claudia Lincoln, and Zoey Chase.
* TheBaroness: Scarlett Hale.



* CannotTalkToWomen: Malcolm Donovan.



* Claustrophobia: Ezra Blake suffers from this.
* ConMan: Neil Quinn and Harry Frost both qualify.



* DesperatelyCravesAffection: Nina Everett, notably from her parents and Elliot.



* ExperimentedInCollege: Victoria Chord and Vanessa Stewart.

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* ExperimentedInCollege: Victoria Chord and Vanessa Stewart.Stewart.
* Fear of Thunder: Stephanie Pryce.


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* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: Zane and Kit Wilder both have this. Nina Everett shows it a little too.


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* ManipulativeBastard: Nick Steel is on no one's side but his own.


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* NeatFreak: Zane Spencer to a terrifying degree.


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* ObliviousToLove: Evie Nightingale, who never quite understands when someone's flirting with her.
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* IDon'tWantToRuinOurFriendship: Cindy's reason for not wanting to date Nathan is that they've been best friends for so long and she doesn't want to lose that over a crush.

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* IDon'tWantToRuinOurFriendship: IDontWantToRuinOurFriendship: Cindy's reason for not wanting to date Nathan is that they've been best friends for so long and she doesn't want to lose that over a crush.



* LiterallyLovingThyNeighbour: Nathan and Cindy are next-door neighbours and can actually see one another from their bedroom windows. Vanessa and Thomas Knight live next door to one another in their apartment block.

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* LiterallyLovingThyNeighbour: LiterallyLovingThyNeighbor: Nathan and Cindy are next-door neighbours and can actually see one another from their bedroom windows. Vanessa and Thomas Knight live next door to one another in their apartment block.

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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Victoria Chord seems to only date bad boys.



* BelligerentSexualTension: Victoria and Zane have this whenever they're working together.



* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Lia Conners, who really hates being in Casteville and definitely dislikes living with her dad.

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* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Lia Conners, who really hates being in Casteville and definitely dislikes living with her dad.Casteville, will let everyone know this at every opportunity.



* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: Isaac Pierce is stoic, brooding and prefers to be left alone. He ends up with Marina, who's gentle, patient and calm.



* ChildhoodFriendRomance: George Allen and Clyde Mears. Nina Everett and Elliot Hawthorne are something of an inversion, being childhood friends but not the most romantic pair, they don't realise it for a long time.



* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Rudi Soren, who manages to get Zach Spencer experimenting.



* ExperimentedInCollege: Victoria Chord and Vanessa Stewart.



* FriendsWithBenefits: Zach Spencer and Mia Donovan. It eventually leads to something more.



* HippieParents: Molly's stepfather, Ray. Arthur's parents also count, although they are a modern version.

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* GreenEyedEpiphany: The reason Harry Sivers and Lia Conners don't like to see the other dating someone else is because they're clearly meant to be.
* HasTwoMommies: Jia Song, although they're actually her biological aunt and her aunt's wife. Greyson Charm lives with two fathers.
* HippieParents: Molly's stepfather, Ray. Arthur's parents also count, although they are a modern version.version, who lived with the ideals, but not the stereotypical names.
* IDon'tWantToRuinOurFriendship: Cindy's reason for not wanting to date Nathan is that they've been best friends for so long and she doesn't want to lose that over a crush.
* IncompatibleOrientation: George believed that this was the reason he couldn't date Clyde.


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* LawOfInverseFertility: Tilly Wheeler wants nothing more than to settle down and have babies, only to find out she's unable to. Conversely, Thalia Wilde never wants children and ends up pregnant.


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* LiterallyLovingThyNeighbour: Nathan and Cindy are next-door neighbours and can actually see one another from their bedroom windows. Vanessa and Thomas Knight live next door to one another in their apartment block.


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* LoveTriangle: There are two love triangles, so far, that have been resolved.
** Victoria Chord is dating Ian Snyder, while Scarlett also has a crush on Ian. This is resolved when Victoria breaks up with Ian.
** Vanessa Stewart has a mild crush on Zane Spencer who, in turn, has a crush on Victoria Chord. This is resolved when Victoria returns Zane's feelings, leaving Vanessa to date Thomas.
* TheMatchmaker: Caleb Wilkins and Ivy Willard both enjoy setting up their friends on dates. Coincidentally, they also end up dating each other.


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* OfficeRomance: Scarlett Hale and Ian Snyder both work in the same law office.


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* PortmanteauCoupleName: Nearly every couple has one. Notable aversions are ''Perks'' (Damen Henderson/Sam Kramer, due to their face claims appearing in the movie together), and ''Hoebagels'' (Nathan Allen/Cindy Spencan, who both sleep around).


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* SingleGirlSeeksMostPopularGuy: Lia Conners, new girl, seeks Harrison Sivers, captain of the football team.
* SnowMeansLove: Stephanie Pryce and Kevin Leeroy share a kiss after ice skating together. William Clarke and Esme de Luca have a snow fight, but this is averted: neither of them are aware of their love.


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* SpinTheBottle: This is how Clyde and George's first kiss happens.


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* TeenPregnancy: Thalia gets pregnant at the age of nineteen and chooses to give up the baby for adoption. Stephanie Pryce got pregnant at the start of her senior year but keeps the baby.


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* UnderTheMistletoe: Rémy and Grace's first kiss.
* UptownGirl: Isaac Pierce, who comes from a criminal family, dating Marina St. Martin, who comes from an upper class family. Other examples include Max Flynn who chooses to Natasha Nightingale, and Leon Michaelson who dates Genevieve Allen. In the former, both sets of parents disapprove; in the latter, everything works out fine.
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* TheMedic: Raahi Mallick who was trained as the medic for Olympus.
* MilitaryBrat: Damen Henderson. Alex Williams, Kit Wilder and Raahi Mallick also count.
* MissingMom: Lydia Monday and Annie Jones never knew their mothers when they were growing up. Mia Donovan's mother died when she was two.
* MotorMouth: Nathan Allen.
* MySisterIsOffLimits: Nathan is highly protective of his little sister. The other two brothers, David and James, also feel the same way, though they're not currently in the picture.
* NotEvilJustMisunderstood: Nina Everett.
* ParentalNeglect: Ezra Blake and Scarlett Hale who's parents are either in jail or dead. Katy Gray, Evie Nightingale, Eleonore Pasternack, and Ethan Woodham all lived in or currently live in homes where their parents couldn't care less about them.
* ThePrankster: Caleb Wilkins, when he's in the mood for it. Nathan Allen also takes part in a few pranks sometimes.
* ThePrimaDonna: Claudia Lincoln.
* TheQuietOne: Annie and Blake are both unassuming, quiet people who suffer from social anxiety. They're generally very sweet people, nonetheless.
* OneOfTheBoys: Mia Donovan, a self-confessed tomboy.
* RaisedByGrandparents: Damen Henderson currently lives with his grandparents. Scarlett Hale also spent some time with her grandmother.
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: The Monday clan, a group of adopted kids who live in the trailer park, who found a home with one another.
* RomanticFalseLead: Elise Conaway to Elliot Hawthorne; they get on great for a couple, but they don't end up together.
* {{Socialite}}: Nattie Nightingale.
* SoleSurvivor: Noah Dominick, in a car crash when he was six. It's part of the reason he moved away from his hometown to Casteville.
* SpoiledSweet: Natasha Nightingale has a lot of money and spends her time trying to become a good journalist and making sure that the inhabitants of Casteville are ''fashionable''. The Allen girls, Genevieve and Rose, also count.
* StepfordSnarker: Zane Spencer.
* TheStoic: Good luck getting a smile out of Isaac.
* TheStoner: Kayden Rodrick, who spends most of his time getting high.
* StoicWoobie: Isaac Pierce and Zane Spencer have this in common.
* StraightGay: Joshua Wilkins and Henri Chord.
* TeamMom: Victoria Chord and Elise Conaway possess the uncanny ability to mother anyone they can.
* TheTeetotaler: Nick Steel, a recovering alcoholic, chooses not to drink alcohol at all.
* ThemeTwinNaming: Caleb and Joshua's names are both Hebrew. Caleb means ''faith'' and Joshua means ''Jehovah is generous'' but the meanings don't seem to be as important.
* {{Workaholic}}: Avery Kennedy and Scarlett Hale are either always in the office or always taking work home. In Avery's case, this is justified; she's often working on other people's timezones.

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* AbusiveParents: Lots of them. Isaac, Nina Everett, Esme de Luca, Elliot Hawthorne and Zane Spencer all have an abusive parent somewhere.
* ActionGirl: Grace Pierce and Kit Wilder both count.
* TheAlcoholic: Vanessa Stewart and Zane Spencer, both of whom appear to be in denial about it. Victoria Chord's mother and Avery Kennedy's father are both alcoholics too.
* AloofBigBrother: Zane to his brother, Zach. It's implied that he wasn't always so aloof until he came back from college.



* DisappearedDad: Leon Michaelson and Nick Steel have this. Rudi Soren's father turned up when he was eighteen.

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* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: Caleb and Joshua Wilkins.
* AmicableExes: Cecily and Justin. Arthur King also seems to be on good terms with his exes.
* TheBeard: Damen agrees to be Sammy's beard while she works out her sexuality.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Max Flynn to everyone he meets.
* BigBrotherMentor: Henri Chord acts as an elder brother to Zane. Ian Snyder is also a big brother figure to Isaac Pierce.
* BigBrotherWorship: Half the reason Zach is so angry at his elder brother is because of this.
* BlindDate: This is how Cecily and Lexi meet.
* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Lia Conners, who really hates being in Casteville and definitely dislikes living with her dad.
* BrilliantButLazy: Rémy Louis, who could have been a child genius but chooses to waste his time gambling.
* BrokenBird: There comes a point where Vanessa gives up entirely and becomes this.
* CallingTheOldManOut: Esme de Luca does this but there's no word yet on what the outcome was.
* CardSharp: Rémy Louis. Rudi Soren also counts, as a sleight of hand magician, but he's still in learning.
* CircusBrat: Rudi Soren.
* ClassyCatBurglar: Grace Pierce, of course.
* ConvenientlyAnOrphan: Alex Williams - this helps when he gets picked up by Olympus and doesn't need parental consent.
* CoolBigSis: George Allen looks up to his elder sister, Genevieve.
* DaddysGirl: Hanley Cooper, who's father, Foster, believes she can do no wrong.
* DatingCatwoman: Nick Steel, FBI agent, dating Claudia Lincoln, con-artist and thief.
* DeadpanSnarker: Isaac Pierce.
* DisappearedDad: Leon Michaelson and Nick Steel have this. Rudi Soren's father turned up when he was eighteen.eighteen.
* DistressedDude: Jason Aston, when the art gallery he works at gets robbed. Despite the fact that it was robbed by a tiny woman, Jason pretends to have been beaten up by a terribly large thief. His girlfriend sees right through it.
* DoorstopBaby: According to Isaac Pierce, this is him.
* DoubleDate: A double date takes place with Sammy Zach and Damen Henderson (who are only pretending to date) and Sam Kramer and Zach Spencer (who have no idea). Most of the date revolves around the former couple trying to keep their secret from the latter.
* EnglishRose: The fittingly named Rose Allen fulfills this trope.
* EvilIsSexy: A great many characters: Scarlett Hale, Nick Steel, Stefan Hastings, Claudia Lincoln and Vanessa Stewart all use their looks to get what they want.
* FemmeFatale: Vanessa Stewart usually plays this role when she first meets someone. It doesn't always work.
* FirstGirlWins: The first girl Elliot met when he moved to Casteville was Nina Everett.
* GentlemanThief: Rémy Louis is one and ends up dating his counterpart, Grace Pierce.
* HippieParents: Molly's stepfather, Ray. Arthur's parents also count, although they are a modern version.
* IntrepidReporter: Damen Henderson, a seventeen-year-old trying to solve the town murder, considers himself nothing more than a journalist.
* JerkJock: Harrison Sivers has shades of this, being the Felix Academy quarterback and one of the popular kids.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Isaac Pierce and Zane Spencer, both of whom would never be mean to someone who is a genuinely good person.
* LadykillerInLove: Zach Spencer when he realises he likes his best friend.
* LipstickLesbian: Hanley Cooper, Jia Song, Sammy Zach, Cecily Reyes and Lexi Grace are all this.
* LivingLieDetector: Neil Quinn and Nick Steel, both of whom are skilled coldreaders.
* LongLostRelative: William Clarke and Bella Duncan - neither of them are aware of it yet, though Bella knows she has a brother.
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* AlphaBitch: Hanley Cooper at Felix Academy.Academy.
* DisappearedDad: Leon Michaelson and Nick Steel have this. Rudi Soren's father turned up when he was eighteen.
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A Play-by-Post RPG that takes place in the fictional small town of Casteville, Oregon, [[http://http://romeisinruins.b1.jcink.com/index.php?act=idx Rome in Ruins]] follows the lives of characters trying to get by. There are three main plot lines at work: the high school rivalry between Felix Academy and Augustus High; the murder investigation of Katherine Bradbury, Felix Academy's it girl who died after last year's high school prom; and the growing crime population in Casteville, as criminals start to make their base of operations in this seemingly anonymous town.

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