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!!! '''Played By:''' Kevin BigleyCreator/KevinBigley
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* WhiteMansBuren: He shows deep admiration for Nahuatl culture [[spoiler: But stole artifacts from them because he believed "they didn't understand their power."]]
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* WhiteMansBuren: WhiteMansBurden: He shows deep admiration for Nahuatl culture [[spoiler: But stole artifacts from them because he believed "they didn't understand their power."]]
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* FreudWasRight: Became obsessed with research into time travel via neurodivergent brains after his mother was institutionalized for schizophrenia. His favoring of Alma was highly implied to be because she reminded him of his mother and [[spoiler: He performed unethical experiments in an effort to save her.]]
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* SpiritAdvisor: He serves this purpose to Alma, especially after she gains time-altering powers. Being able to see and speak with him is either a side effect of her near-death experience coupled with her burgeoning shaman powers, or a sign that her schizophrenia is out of control.
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* SpiritAdvisor: He serves this purpose to Alma, especially after she gains time-altering powers. Being able to see and speak with him is either a side effect of her near-death experience coupled with her burgeoning shaman powers, powers or a sign that her schizophrenia is out of control.control.
* WhiteMansBuren: He shows deep admiration for Nahuatl culture [[spoiler: But stole artifacts from them because he believed "they didn't understand their power."]]
* WhiteMansBuren: He shows deep admiration for Nahuatl culture [[spoiler: But stole artifacts from them because he believed "they didn't understand their power."]]
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* MixedAncestry: Her father was a white Jewish man, while her mother is originally from Mexico (with some indigenous ancestry).
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* MixedAncestry: Her father was a white Jewish man, while her mother is originally from Mexico (with some indigenous ancestry).
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* BackhandedApology: Alma is a master in sarcastic apologizing.
** At the hospital her mother is scolding her for not wearing a seatbelt and ending up in hospital so shortly before the sister's wedding.
--->'''Alma''': I am sorry I almost die at a bad time.
** Again when her mother scolds her for taking the documents from the attic without asking.
--->'''Alma''': I am really sorry that I took stuff you weren't using, that you had no plans for.
--->'''The mother''': That was a terrible apology. I do not accept.
** At the hospital her mother is scolding her for not wearing a seatbelt and ending up in hospital so shortly before the sister's wedding.
--->'''Alma''': I am sorry I almost die at a bad time.
** Again when her mother scolds her for taking the documents from the attic without asking.
--->'''Alma''': I am really sorry that I took stuff you weren't using, that you had no plans for.
--->'''The mother''': That was a terrible apology. I do not accept.
* BrilliantButLazy: Like her father, Alma is clearly very bright and curious about the world, but while her father worked as an academic researcher, Alma works as a daycare assistant. This is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] as Alma admits to not being content with her lot and wonders if there isn't more to life.
* TheGadfly: How else to explain drawing a mustache on your face for your sister's engagement party? For that matter, any time a certain amount of decorum is required, count on Alma to be at her most abrasive just to avoid being seen as "normal".
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* [[ManChild Womanchild]]: Alma is 28 years old, and while she does have a steady job and boyfriend she really has no plans or ambitions, preferring to drink and live unpredictably for the rest of her life. Her friends and family confronting Alma about her immaturity is what leads to the car accident that kicks off the plot.
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* [[ManChild Womanchild]]: SelfHarm: Alma has been a troubled girl ever since her father died. One flashback shows her collapsed on the bathroom floor having cut her wrists. Her mother finds her in time.
* WomanChild: Alma is 28 years old, and while she does have a steady job and boyfriend she really has no plans or ambitions, preferring to drink and live unpredictably for the rest of her life. Her friends and family confronting Alma about her immaturity is what leads to the car accident that kicks off the plot.
* WomanChild: Alma is 28 years old, and while she does have a steady job and boyfriend she really has no plans or ambitions, preferring to drink and live unpredictably for the rest of her life. Her friends and family confronting Alma about her immaturity is what leads to the car accident that kicks off the plot.
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* SpiritAdvisor: He serves this purpose to Alma, especially after she gains time-altering powers.
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* SpiritAdvisor: He serves this purpose to Alma, especially after she gains time-altering powers. Being able to see and speak with him is either a side effect of her near-death experience coupled with her burgeoning shaman powers, or a sign that her schizophrenia is out of control.
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* DeepSouth: Has a clear cut Texan accent.
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* CrushingHandshake: This is what Alma remembers most about him.
* DeepSouth: Has aclear cut clear-cut Texan accent.
* DeepSouth: Has a
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* DaddysGirl: Alma seems much more affected by her father's death than her sister and flashbacks reveal he favored her [[spoiler: - though his interest in her seems to be at least partly motivated by the fact that she has large ventricles, indicating her time travel abilities.]]
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* MissingMom: His mother Gertrude was schizophrenic and was eventually institutionalized for it (though she apparently met Alma as an infant) - though he claims [[NeurodiversityIsSupernatural her state is simply a result of her time travelling abilities, having lost herself in time]]. His mother's condition drove to do research on both schizophrenia and time travel.
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* MissingMom: His mother Gertrude was schizophrenic and was eventually institutionalized for it (though she apparently met Alma as an infant) - though he claims [[NeurodiversityIsSupernatural her state is simply a result of her time travelling abilities, having lost herself in time]]. His mother's condition drove him to do research on both schizophrenia and time travel.
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* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Subverted. She is initially presented as the responsible sibling to Alma's foolish, as she has a clear life direction, while Alma is a cynical [[ManChild Womanchild]] with no ambitions, preferring to spend her days hanging around and drinking. However, her cheating reveals she's just as troubled as Alma.
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* BenevolentBoss: Though he's Alma's superior, they have a friendly relationship. He cares about her and shows understanding for her situation. When he thinks she's no longer an appropriate caretaker and sends her home, he's nice about it and genuinely worried about her.
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* SatelliteLoveInterest: Has no function outside of his relationship with Becca.
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* AmbiguousDisorder: [[spoiler:Subverted when his wife Camila tells Alma he was diagnosed with schizophrenia himself in the year before his death.]]
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* AmbiguousDisorder: [[spoiler:Subverted when his wife Camila tells Alma AmbiguousSituation:
** It is not clear if hewas diagnosed with actually [[spoiler:suffered from schizophrenia himself as Camilla thought, or if his symptoms were [[NeurodiversityIsSupernatural effects of his time travelling abilities]], as in the year before case of his death.mother.]]
** It is not clear if [[spoiler: Alma managed to bring him BackFromTheDead.]]
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** It is not clear if [[spoiler: Alma managed to bring him BackFromTheDead.]]
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* [[spoiler: DrivenToSuicide]]: [[spoiler:After learning that his wife was leaving him because of his constant absenteeism and strange behavior and realizing that his student Farnaz was losing faith in him, he committed a murder-suicide by driving off the road and into a ravine.]]
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* [[spoiler: DrivenToSuicide]]: [[spoiler:After learning that his wife was leaving him because of his constant absenteeism and strange behavior unsanctioned experiments on Alma, and realizing that his student Farnaz was losing faith in him, he committed a murder-suicide by driving off the road and into a ravine.]]]]
* HeelRealization: He has one in "The Halloween Night" once he realizes what he has done.
* HeelRealization: He has one in "The Halloween Night" once he realizes what he has done.
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* MissingMom: His mother Gertrude was schizophrenic and was eventually institutionalized for it (though she apparently met Alma as an infant). infant) - though he claims [[NeurodiversityIsSupernatural her state is simply a result of her time travelling abilities, having lost herself in time]]. His mother's mental illness condition drove him to do research on both schizophrenia and time travel.
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* HappilyMarried: Was this with Jacob [[spoiler: until his research into time travel overtook his time with the family to the point where Camila wanted to leave him.]]
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* HappilyMarried: Was this with PlayedWith. At some point she and Jacob used to be this, but the year before his death their relationship grew increasingly troubled, [[spoiler: until due to his research into time travel overtook dismissal of his time with schizophrenia diagnosis and his absence from the family to the point where family. After finding out he experimented on Alma without her consent, Camila wanted decided to leave him.]]
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* WhatTheHellHero: She gives Jacob one after she finds out [[spoiler: that he experimented on Alma without Camila's consent]].
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* YourCheatingHeart: She cheats on her fiancé, Reed, with a bartender. [[spoiler: And apparently several other times after that. When she tells Reed, he doesn't take it well and seeks an annulment.]]
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* {{Gaslighting}}: He doesn’t quite get the placement of some of his stuff right upon moving back in with Alma, forcing him to deny her accusations that things have moved around to keep up the rise that they never broke up. She’s naturally quite upset about it when she does remember.
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* {{Gaslighting}}: He doesn’t quite get the placement of some of his stuff right upon moving back in with Alma, forcing him to deny her accusations that things have moved around to keep up the rise ruse that they never broke up. She’s naturally quite upset about it when she does remember.
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* IJustWantToBeSpecial: He lambasts Dorothy from Literature/TheWizardOfOz for wanting to return home when she could have stayed in the more fantastical Oz, hinting at his own issues with the mundane.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Though he's affable every time we see him on screen, Reed is upset when Becca reveals [[spoiler:she cheated on him and has their marriage completely annulled]].
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Though he's affable every time we see him on screen, Reed is upset when Becca reveals [[spoiler:she cheated on him and has their marriage completely annulled]].
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* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: Becca is preoccupied with her upcoming wedding, leading her to prioritize her feelings over Alma's and make [[InnocentlyInsensitive insensitive remarks]] from time to time. As we come to know Becca, however, we learn that she's been overshadowed by Alma and her issues all her life and getting married is finally giving her the opportunity for [[ItsAllAboutMe some external validation]].
