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* NerdGlasses: Wanda wears a pair, fitting for an InsufferableGenius.
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* ViolentGlaswegian: Wanda the Background Ravenclaw is from Scotland, and she is prone to going on angry rants about the illogical nature of the Wizarding World.
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* AnachronismStew: If Emily is in the same year as Harry and Draco, then the comic takes place between 1991 and 1998. Yet, the Bloody Baron makes a reference to Website/{{Facebook}}, which was launched in 2004.
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** As usual, the Hufflepuff house, and particularly Kevin the Background Hufflepuff, are portrayed as sympathetic losers.
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** As usual, the Hufflepuff house, and particularly Kevin the Background Hufflepuff, are portrayed as sympathetic losers. Notably, it is often implied that Emily would fit in much better with them than with Slytherin.
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* SailorEarth: Since canonically there are more Hogwarts students in Harry's year than just those named in the books, adding characters like Emily, Wanda, Kevin and Violet makes perfect sense.
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* SarcasmBlind: Emily. When she is in an identity crisis whether she belongs to Slytherin or Hufflepuff, Wanda tells her that she's definitely not in the risk of being a Ravenclaw. Emily gratefully thanks her, not realizing that Wanda was insulting her intelligence.
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* HiddenDepths:
** To most Hogwarts students, the Bloody Baron appears to be a horrifying, chain-rattling and wailing ghost. When he opens up, not only he's really friendly but also quite intelligent.
** When Emily looks into Snape's Pensieve, she realizes that behind his LargeHam act, Snape is a truly complex and tragic character - but then gets distracted by Snape's ''flouncing''.
** To most Hogwarts students, the Bloody Baron appears to be a horrifying, chain-rattling and wailing ghost. When he opens up, not only he's really friendly but also quite intelligent.
** When Emily looks into Snape's Pensieve, she realizes that behind his LargeHam act, Snape is a truly complex and tragic character - but then gets distracted by Snape's ''flouncing''.
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* NoSuchThingAsWizardJesus: Draco berates Emily for using "Sweet Jesus" as an exclamation, since wizards apparently don't worship Jesus.
--> '''Draco:''' Stop talking about random muggle deities! Nobody here knows what a "Sweet Jesus" is!
--> '''Draco:''' Stop talking about random muggle deities! Nobody here knows what a "Sweet Jesus" is!
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* RuleOfCool: {{Discussed}} by the Bloody Baron, regarding pumpkin juice.
--> '''The Bloody Baron:''' Truly, wizardkind's slavish devotion to ''aesthetic cohesion'' over ''practicality'' never ceases to amaze.
--> '''The Bloody Baron:''' Truly, wizardkind's slavish devotion to ''aesthetic cohesion'' over ''practicality'' never ceases to amaze.
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* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: The Bloody Baron is a rather intellectual ghost who often uses expressions of this type.
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* MinionWithAnFInEvil: Emily is this to the other Slytherins, particularly Draco Malfoy - she participates in bullying Harry Potter and other mean-spirited Slytherin activities due to peer pressure, but her naive, innocent personality would make her a much better fit for Hufflepuff.
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* PunchClockVillain: Emily participantes in Slytherine plots because it's the house she ended up in, she clearly doesn't take it particularly seriously. A running gag is that her personality is a better match for Hufflepuff, and pretty much everyone knows it.
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* PunchClockVillain: Emily participantes participates in Slytherine Slytherin plots because it's the house she ended up in, she clearly doesn't take it particularly seriously. A running gag is that her personality is a better match for Hufflepuff, and pretty much everyone knows it.
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* PunchClockVillain: Emily participantes in Slytherine plots because it's the house she ended up in, she clearly doesn't take it particularly seriously. A running gag is that her personality is a better match for Hufflepuff, and pretty much everyone knows it.
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* SassyBlackWoman: Violet the Background Gryffindor has dark skin and curly hair, indicating she's black - and she responds to Draco's bullying by a series of insults that leaves Draco speechless.
--> '''Violet:''' Get ready to see some thestrals, Emily, 'cause you just witnessed a murder.
--> '''Violet:''' Get ready to see some thestrals, Emily, 'cause you just witnessed a murder.
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Emily occasionally falls into this role. Her babbling to Marietta instigates her to betray the Dumbledore's Army to Umbridge, and then her babbling to Dobby instigates him to warn the DA about Umbridge's upcoming attack.
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* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Kevin has a crush on Emily, who has a crush on Draco, who has a crush on [[FoeRomanceSubtext Harry]], who has a crush on Cho Chang.
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* CharacterExaggeration: As a vehicle of parody, all canon characters have certain personality traits exaggerated to a ridiculous extent. Snape is an extreme LargeHam, Dumbledore is a total {{Cloudcuckoolander}} and Draco's obsession with Harry verges on FoeYay.
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* CharacterExaggeration: As a vehicle of parody, all canon characters have certain personality traits exaggerated to a ridiculous extent. Snape is an extreme LargeHam, Dumbledore is a total {{Cloudcuckoolander}} and Draco's obsession with Harry verges on FoeYay.FoeRomanceSubtext.
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* HomoeroticSubtext: Draco seems to have a one-sided crush on [[FoeYay Harry Potter]].
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* HomoeroticSubtext: Draco seems to have a one-sided crush on [[FoeYay [[FoeRomanceSubtext Harry Potter]].
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* LowerDeckEpisode: The comic focuses on background characters from the ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' series.
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* WritersBlock: Peeves gets one when he's writing a poem to mock Harry Potter.
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* FunetikAksent: Snape likes to end words with "-ah" rather than "-er", particularly "Mistah Pottah".
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* FunetikAksent: Snape likes to end talks with an exaggerated British accent, ending words with "-ah" rather than "-er", particularly "Mistah Pottah".
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* TwinThreesomeFantasy: Emily mentions she would gladly date either or both of the Weasley twins.
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* YaoiFangirl: Emily shows signs of this. When she meets Creator/JKRowling, she suggests she should write "the same story, but everyone's gay".
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* BlatantLies: When Sirius Black appears in the fireplace of the Gryffindor Common Room and is spotted by Violet, it leads to the following conversation.
--> '''Violet:''' Are you notorious mass-murderer and fugitive Sirius Black?
--> '''Sirius:''' Um, no. I am an oddly-shaped log.
--> '''Violet:''' Are you notorious mass-murderer and fugitive Sirius Black?
--> '''Sirius:''' Um, no. I am an oddly-shaped log.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}:
** Dumbledore is bibbling whimsical.
** Luna Lovegood, of course, hangs out with an ImaginaryFriend.
** Dumbledore is bibbling whimsical.
** Luna Lovegood, of course, hangs out with an ImaginaryFriend.
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* LargeHam: Snape, with his over-the-top gestures, dramatic pauses, and general ''flouncing''.
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* LargeHam: Snape, with his over-the-top gestures, dramatic pauses, and general ''flouncing''. He is only topped in hamminess by Lucius Malfoy.
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* FriendlyGhost: The Bloody Baron, at least towards Slytherins.
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* MaleFrontalNudity: Peeves, when wreaking havoc, shakes his "little jingle bell" at Emily ([[LiteralMetaphor he literally has a bell in the place of his penis]]).
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* MaleFrontalNudity: Peeves, when wreaking havoc, shakes his "little "tiny jingle dingle bell" at Emily ([[LiteralMetaphor he literally has a bell in the place of his penis]]).
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* InnocentlyInsensitive: Emily dresses up as Voldemort for Halloween, and doesn't get why it offends the other wizards.
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young is redundant - she's not younger than any other Hogwarts student
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''My Life as a Background Slytherin'' is a ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' {{parody}} webcomic created by Emily [=McGovern=]. It follows the misadventures of [[AuthorAvatar Emily]], a young classmate of Harry and his friends, from Slytherin House, interacting with all major and minor characters from the books. As most ''Harry Potter'' parodies, the comic thrives on AlternativeCharacterInterpretation.
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* AffectionateParody: The author clearly is a major fan of ''Literature/HarryPotter''.
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* AffectionateParody: The author clearly is a major big fan of ''Literature/HarryPotter''.
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* CanonForeigner: Beside the protagonist Emily, there is also Kevin the Background Hufflepuff, Wanda the Background Ravenclaw (and her father), as well as Violet the Background Gryffindor.
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* SelfInsertFic: The author based Emily on herself. Rather than a MarySue, she is portrayed as a ButtMonkey.
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* MaleFrontalNudity: Peeves, when wreaking havoc, shakes his "little jingle bell" at Emily ([[LiteralMetaphor he literally has a bell in the place of his penis]]).
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* NightmareFace: The Bloody Baron puts on one when he's haunting.
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''My Life as a Background Slytherin'' is a ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' parody {{parody}} webcomic created by Emily [=McGovern=]. It follows the misadventures of [[AuthorAvatar Emily]], a young classmate of Harry and his friends, from Slytherin House, interacting with all major and minor characters from the books. As most ''Harry Potter'' parodies, the comic thrives on AlternativeCharacterInterpretation.
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* ButtMonkey: Emily is a "background Slytherin" whose name gets constantly forgotten, and Draco Malfoy constantly takes advantage of her naivety.
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* ButtMonkey: ButtMonkey:
** Emily is a "background Slytherin" whose name gets constantly forgotten, and Draco Malfoy constantly takes advantage of hernaivety.naivety.
** As usual, the Hufflepuff house, and particularly Kevin the Background Hufflepuff, are portrayed as sympathetic losers.
** Emily is a "background Slytherin" whose name gets constantly forgotten, and Draco Malfoy constantly takes advantage of her
** As usual, the Hufflepuff house, and particularly Kevin the Background Hufflepuff, are portrayed as sympathetic losers.
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* ButtMonkey: Emily is a "background Slytherin" whose name gets constantly forgotten, and Draco Malfoy constantly takes advantage of her naivety.
* CharacterExaggeration: As a vehicle of parody, all canon characters have certain personality traits exaggerated to a ridiculous extent. Snape is an extreme LargeHam, Dumbledore is a total {{Cloudcuckoolander}} and Draco's obsession with Harry verges on FoeYay.
* CharacterExaggeration: As a vehicle of parody, all canon characters have certain personality traits exaggerated to a ridiculous extent. Snape is an extreme LargeHam, Dumbledore is a total {{Cloudcuckoolander}} and Draco's obsession with Harry verges on FoeYay.
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* CutenessProximity: Emily loses her mind around an adorable cat - until the cat turns back into Professor [=McGonagall=].
* DramaticPause: Snape, as inspired by Creator/AlanRickman's performance, does this pretty much constantly.
* DramaticPause: Snape, as inspired by Creator/AlanRickman's performance, does this pretty much constantly.
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* FunetikAksent: Snape likes to end words with "-ah" rather than "-er", particularly "Mistah Pottah".
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* {{Squee}}: Emily enthusiastically cheers for Snape's dramatic posing.
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* FreakyFashionMildMind: The Bloody Baron wears torn robes and chains, but is a quite sophisticated and amicable person (except when he's putting on a MonsterFacade).
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* MonsterFacade: The Bloody Baron screams and shakes his chains when non-Slytherin students pass by, but he's rather amicable with Slytherins like Emily.
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''My Life as a Background Slytherin'' is a ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' parody webcomic created by Emily [=McGovern=]. It follows the misadventures of [[AuthorAvatar Emily]], a young classmate of Harry and his friends, from Slytherin House.
House, interacting with all major and minor characters from the books. As most ''Harry Potter'' parodies, the comic thrives on AlternativeCharacterInterpretation.
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* InsufferableGenius: Wanda the Background Ravenclaw keeps pointing out the logical inconsistencies of the wizarding world, to everyone else's (particularly her father's) annoyance.
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* MilkingTheGiantCow: Snape is most often seen with either or both of his arms above his head.
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* AuthorAvatar: Emily [=McGovern=] based the main character on herself.
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''My Life as a Background Slytherin'' is a ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' parody webcomic created by Emily [=McGovern=]. It follows the misadventures of [[AuthorAvatar Emily]], a young classmate of Harry and his friends, from Slytherin House.
The comic can be read [[http://emilymcgovern.com/category/my-life-as-a-background-slytherin/ here]].
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* CuteKitten: [=McGonagall=] can turn into the cutest little pud-pud.
* {{Fangirl}}: Emily is a fangirl of both Draco and Snape.
* HomoeroticSubtext: Draco seems to have a one-sided crush on [[FoeYay Harry Potter]].
* LargeHam: Snape, with his over-the-top gestures, dramatic pauses, and general ''flouncing''.
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The comic can be read [[http://emilymcgovern.com/category/my-life-as-a-background-slytherin/ here]].
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* CuteKitten: [=McGonagall=] can turn into the cutest little pud-pud.
* {{Fangirl}}: Emily is a fangirl of both Draco and Snape.
* HomoeroticSubtext: Draco seems to have a one-sided crush on [[FoeYay Harry Potter]].
* LargeHam: Snape, with his over-the-top gestures, dramatic pauses, and general ''flouncing''.
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