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** Also NotSoDifferent from Oscar himself. One being an openly flamboyantly gay man and one being a well-bred lady badly pretending to be a JerkJock, they end up meeting in the middle surprisingly well.
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** Also NotSoDifferent from Oscar himself. One being an openly flamboyantly gay man and one being a well-bred lady badly pretending to be a JerkJock, they end up meeting in the middle surprisingly well. (Indeed, she ends up dying because [[spoiler: Anne Brontë]] [[MurderByMistake mistook her for Oscar]], claiming "they look the same from the back".
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* IncurableCoughOfDoom: Keeps on coughing during the scene after Dantes' death, before running out of the room and collapsing before she can make it out the front door, hinting that the soup was poisoned. [[spoiler: A subversion: she was actually injected with cyanide by Anne Brontë as soon as she was out of sight. Lampshaded by Lenore, who told us the fish in the soup was RedHerring.]]
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* MeetMyGoodFriendsLeftyAndRighty: Refers to her fists as the "Duke of Coventry" and "Humphrey Cadwallader". Nobody else is impressed.
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* LoopholeAbuse: Despite the effort the murderer went to to set up a ClosedCircle, Lenore is able to summon Krishanti for help thanks to their PsychicLink (and the murderer can't punish her for violating the rule against calling for help since she's already dead). [[spoiler: Turns out getting Krishanti involved was AllAccordingToPlan.]]
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* PerceptionFilter: PlayedForLaughs. The camera refuses to center her in frame even when she's talking, none of the other characters save Annabel seem able to remember her existence, and even the OpeningCredits seem to be confused by her continued presence in the cast list and keep trying to remove her name. Even trained medium Krishanti confuses her for a ghost.
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* ReallyGetsAround: Seems to have been a ClosetKey for every male celebrity with even a hint of attraction to other men.
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* WalkingSpoiler: Her presence at the party indicates that [[spoiler: Charlotte is a murderer using her sister as a hidden accomplice.]]
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* BoyMeetsGhoul: She's the ghoul in the equation. Despite being dead, she seems to have a romantic interest in H.G. Wells.
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* OddFriendship: Of sorts, with Oscar Wilde. They both are very into fashion and constantly high-fiving each other after a snarky remark, but have no qualms accusing eacht other with murder.
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* OddFriendship: Of sorts, with Oscar Wilde. They both are very into fashion and constantly high-fiving each other after a snarky remark, but have no qualms accusing eacht each other with murder.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Her comments imply Guy was a... NiceGuy (cough), and of all the guests, she develops a crush on H.G., who is genuinely nice and upstanding fellow.
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* MoralityPet: He's the only person Lenore openly admits to liking.
* NiceGuy: H.G. is easily one of the nicer guests, and of the few who doesn't antagonize anyone.
* OnlyKnownByInitials: He just goes by "H.G."
* NiceGuy: H.G. is easily one of the nicer guests, and of the few who doesn't antagonize anyone.
* OnlyKnownByInitials: He just goes by "H.G."
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* RedHerring: Being stuck in a real murder mystery themselves, everyone hopes she'll turn up soon, given her experience with the genre, with several episodes mentioning her and building up to her arrival... and then she drops dead the second she does.
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* OpenSecret: Everyone seems to already know who she is and call her by her real name of Mary Ann Evans, a fact she seems to be in [[IllPretendIDidntHearThat willful denial]] of.
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* NotSoDifferent: To Charlotte Brontë, which Brontë points out when she says she also went by a male pseudonym once. If you listen to her dialogue you can tell her natural way of speaking under the cowboy accent is just as [[IAmVeryBritish posh and refined]] as Charlotte's.
-->'''George''': ''(trapped in the ravenry while Oscar Wilde makes fun of her)'' I am loving this gaiety, but I am covered in excrement, please --
* OpenSecret: Everyone seems to already know who she is and call her by her real name of Mary Ann Evans, a fact she seems to be in [[IllPretendIDidntHearThat willful denial]] of. (Hilariously, the one exception is JerkJock Ernest Hemingway.)
-->'''George''': ''(trapped in the ravenry while Oscar Wilde makes fun of her)'' I am loving this gaiety, but I am covered in excrement, please --
* OpenSecret: Everyone seems to already know who she is and call her by her real name of Mary Ann Evans, a fact she seems to be in [[IllPretendIDidntHearThat willful denial]] of. (Hilariously, the one exception is JerkJock Ernest Hemingway.)
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* EekAMouse: Hilariously, both Eliot and Wilde react this way to a mouse in the cellar.
* FakeAmerican: George Eliot was English in RealLife, and here seems to be putting on a stilted, clichéd American accent to seem manlier. (She only slips back into her English accent screaming "Oh, bloody hell!" upon seeing a mouse and when [[spoiler: posthumously]] reciting a poem by the real George Eliot.)
* FreudianSlip: Eliot seems unable to speak a single sentence without referring to her real gender and having to VerbalBackspace (including being unable to restrain herself from commenting on how much she loves everyone else's dresses).
* FakeAmerican: George Eliot was English in RealLife, and here seems to be putting on a stilted, clichéd American accent to seem manlier. (She only slips back into her English accent screaming "Oh, bloody hell!" upon seeing a mouse and when [[spoiler: posthumously]] reciting a poem by the real George Eliot.)
* FreudianSlip: Eliot seems unable to speak a single sentence without referring to her real gender and having to VerbalBackspace (including being unable to restrain herself from commenting on how much she loves everyone else's dresses).
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* IAmVeryBritish: Of all the characters with British accents, Charlotte is the one with the most stereotypically posh and snobby one ''by far''.
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* ForegoneConclusion: Considering she's the title character of a poem about [[LostLenore mourning her death]], although the show does play fast and loose enough with real history and literature to keep us guessing.
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* RelatedInTheAdaptation: [[spoiler: The PlotTwist of Eddie's SecretIdentity is based on the minor RealLife coincidence that Creator/EdgarAllanPoe gave Lenore's lover the name "Guy de Vere", the same surname as the famous Edward de Vere from the Shakespeare authorship debates.]]
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* OurGhostsAreDifferent: This show clarifies the extent of Lenore's powers from the earlier Socially Awkward Poe sketches -- she can interact with the world like a living person when she's concentrating, is otherwise a visible and audible but incorporeal presence, and can't do any ghost tricks like flying or teleporting because she hasn't been dead long enough to learn them. I.e. she's just powerful enough to be a suspect in the murders without [[StoryBreakerPower being so powerful]] that she could trivially stop the murderer.
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* AngstWhatAngst: Despite being the TropeNamer for the LostLenore, this version of Lenore hilariously skewers the melancholy around that trope, and seems to really enjoy the carefree irresponsibility that comes with having died young. (Ironically, this was the sentiment held by her lover, Guy de Vere, in the poem "Lenore".)
* GhostButler: Lenore is one big joke about this trope, with her acting as Poe's snarky, insubordinate household staff as an apparent condition of Poe letting her stay in his house.
* CanonWelding: Guy de Vere in the RealLife Poe's poem "Lenore" famously ''rejected'' {{Wangst}} and chose to be cheerful about the possibility of seeing Lenore again in Heaven. This version of Guy seems to conflate him with the speaker in Poe's ''other'' poem about a LostLenore, "The Raven", where he was much less successful in getting over it.
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* SmallRoleBigImpact: Guy onlx only briefly appears in a flashback and as a ghost, but he delivers a valuable clu to the killer's identity and his death is what [[spoiler: ticks off his older brother to go on revenge]].
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* WhoMurderedTheAsshole: It slowly transpires that Eddie wasn't as nice a guy as Annabel thought, and that most of the guests knew him and had some prior motive for killing him (and killing the other guests is probably a way of getting rid of the witnesses). [[spoiler: Turns out they had it backwards -- everyone who had a grudge against Dantes also had a reason for ''him'' to want to kill ''them''.]]
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* {{Hypocrite}}: [[spoiler: He hates famous writers for taking the credit and glory for other people's ideas, but isn't above leveraging societal sexism to try to steal credit for Literature/{{Frankenstein}} from Mary Shelley.]]
* IdenticalGrandson: [[spoiler: Eddie is actually Edward de Vere VI, the descendant of the original Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford, from whom Creator/WilliamShakespeare stole his plays, and still bears his ancestor's chip on his shoulder against [[SinsOfOurFathers the entire English-speaking literary community]] centuries later.]]
* IdenticalGrandson: [[spoiler: Eddie is actually Edward de Vere VI, the descendant of the original Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford, from whom Creator/WilliamShakespeare stole his plays, and still bears his ancestor's chip on his shoulder against [[SinsOfOurFathers the entire English-speaking literary community]] centuries later.]]
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* TheAce: Eddie, unlike Edgar, is a wealthy, square-jawed, athletic pillar of the community who has taken Annabel on multiple glamorous vacations to Europe. [[spoiler: Too bad he's also a murderer.]]
-->'''Eddie''': Hi, Eddie Dantes, sorry we're delayed. My volunteer shift at the old folks' home ran late, and then on the way over we ran across a barbershop quartet and their bass was out with a sore throat, so I had to... ''(sings)'' fiiill iiin... You understand.
-->'''Annabel''': He has perfect pitch!
-->'''Edgar''': And yet it's ''imperfection'' that makes people truly interesting.
* {{Expy}}: To Edmond Dantès from Literature/TheCountOfMonteCristo, obviously. (Lampshaded by Poe conspicuously leaving out "Edmund" from his list of names "Eddie" could be short for.) [[spoiler: Eddie briefly quotes the book when describing the effort it took to enact his [[ComplexityAddiction convoluted]] and [[BestServedCold long-delayed]] revenge scheme.]]
-->'''Eddie''': Hi, Eddie Dantes, sorry we're delayed. My volunteer shift at the old folks' home ran late, and then on the way over we ran across a barbershop quartet and their bass was out with a sore throat, so I had to... ''(sings)'' fiiill iiin... You understand.
-->'''Annabel''': He has perfect pitch!
-->'''Edgar''': And yet it's ''imperfection'' that makes people truly interesting.
* {{Expy}}: To Edmond Dantès from Literature/TheCountOfMonteCristo, obviously. (Lampshaded by Poe conspicuously leaving out "Edmund" from his list of names "Eddie" could be short for.) [[spoiler: Eddie briefly quotes the book when describing the effort it took to enact his [[ComplexityAddiction convoluted]] and [[BestServedCold long-delayed]] revenge scheme.]]
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* TheComicallySerious: To a lesser degree than Edgar, but her stone-cold delivery of her IncrediblyLameJoke makes it almost funny.
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* TheComicallySerious: To a lesser degree than Edgar, but her stone-cold delivery of her IncrediblyLameJoke joke makes it almost funny.
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* YouHaveToBeKiddingMe: Charlottes reaction, after being paired with Dostoevsky to search for clues.
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* YouHaveToBeKiddingMe: YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Charlottes reaction, after being paired with Dostoevsky to search for clues.
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* ColdHam: Stoic, constantly frowning and usually talking in a very low voice.
* TheComicallySerious: Along with Mary Shelley he's always the most funny when he's completely serious.The times he does try to be funny it doesn't work.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Though that wouldn't convince the local police, as the murderer points out. Everyone agrees there.
* TheComicallySerious: Along with Mary Shelley he's always the most funny when he's completely serious.The times he does try to be funny it doesn't work.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Though that wouldn't convince the local police, as the murderer points out. Everyone agrees there.
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* CaptainObvious: After Agatha Christie literally drops in [[spoiler: with a knive and several stabbing wounds in her back]], Edgar takes a few seconds and comes to the following conclusion:
-->'''Poe''': She was [[spoiler: stabbed]].
* ColdHam: Stoic, constantly frowning and usually talking in a very lowvoice.
voice. Yet, he does have an affinity for melancholic dramatics.
* TheComicallySerious: Along with MaryShelley Shelley, he's always the most funny when he's completely serious.The times he does try to be funny it doesn't work.
*DarkIsNotEvil: Though that wouldn't convince the local police, as DarkIsEvil: Subverted and played with, the murderer points out. plans on using this trope to blame Edgar for the murders. Edgar himself thinks that no one would belive that. Everyone agrees there.disagrees with him.
-->'''Poe''': She was [[spoiler: stabbed]].
* ColdHam: Stoic, constantly frowning and usually talking in a very low
* TheComicallySerious: Along with Mary
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* EurekaMoment: After Oscar jokingly states that [[spoiler: Emily]] was "crushed by the feather of loneliness" he realizes that the authors are killed off in a manner which befits their writing.
* LoveHurts: Oh boy, yes. Especially when your loved one [[spoiler: [[DiedInYourArmsTonight dies in your arms]]]].
* BunnyEarsLawyer: With the exception of Annabel Lee and her plus one, the authors are rather quirky and eccentric. They are famous for a reason, though.
* EveryoneIsASuspect: Everyone, who hasn't already died, that is.
* ManipulativeBastard: By his own admission, he [[spoiler: courted Annabel for the sole purpose of bringing the authors together, so he could kill them off]].
* ExtremeDoormat: Before she starts standing up for herself, she put up with everyone ignoring and dismissing her, despite being invited to the dinner party.
* TheComicallySerious: To a lesser degree than Edgar, but her stone-cold delivery of her IncrediblyLameJoke makes it almost funny.
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* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: When he gets confronted with a mouse or when Hemingway lounges at him.
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* WomanScorned: A genderflipped version; implied by Lenore. In her words: "Hell hath no fury like an Oscar Wilde scorned." Wilde admits to being this.
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* WomanScorned: A genderflipped version; implied by Lenore. In her words: "Hell hath no fury like an Oscar Wilde scorned." Wilde admits to being this.doesn't really deny it.
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Well, for starters, she never [[spoiler: was a murderer]].
* KickingAssInAllHerFinery: Not above [[spoiler: killing a man with an axe]] while wearing her classy evening-gown.
* KickingAssInAllHerFinery: Not above [[spoiler: killing a man with an axe]] while wearing her classy evening-gown.
* YouHaveToBeKiddingMe: Charlottes reaction, after being paired with Dostoevsky to search for clues.
* {{Adorkable}}: In the nerdy, socially awkward way.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: As Eddie is found dead with his face in the soup, H.G. asks if they were supposed to do that too, and promptly sticks his face in the soup.
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* GrowsASpine: After being ignored too long, Emily finally stands up for herself to help Krishanti find the sage for the seance. It's a small moment, but rather satisfying none the less.
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[[folder:The Guests in General]]
* DeadpanSnarker: This being a gathering of brilliant authors, almost everyone gets to snark at some point. Though Lenore, Charlotte Brontë and Oscar Wilde reign supreme.
* [[LargeHam Large Hams]]: What else can you expect when you invite a bunch of eccentric authors?
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* DeadpanSnarker: This being a gathering of brilliant authors, almost everyone gets to snark at some point. Though Lenore, Charlotte Brontë and Oscar Wilde reign supreme.
* [[LargeHam Large Hams]]: What else can you expect when you invite a bunch of eccentric authors?
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!!The Guests
[[folder:The Guests in General]]
* DeadpanSnarker: This being a gathering of brilliant authors, almost everyone gets to snark at some point. Though Lenore, Charlotte Brontë and Oscar Wilde reign supreme.
* [[LargeHam Large Hams]]: What else can you expect when you invite a bunch of eccentric authors?
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[[folder:The Guests in General]]
* DeadpanSnarker: This being a gathering of brilliant authors, almost everyone gets to snark at some point. Though Lenore, Charlotte Brontë and Oscar Wilde reign supreme.
* [[LargeHam Large Hams]]: What else can you expect when you invite a bunch of eccentric authors?
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[[folder:The Guests in General]]
* DeadpanSnarker: This being a gathering of brilliant authors, almost everyone gets to snark at some point. Though Lenore, Charlotte Brontë and Oscar Wilde reign supreme.
* [[LargeHam Large Hams]]: What else can you expect when you invite a bunch of eccentric authors?
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[[folder:The Guests in General]]
* DeadpanSnarker: This being a gathering of brilliant authors, almost everyone gets to snark at some point. Though Lenore, Charlotte Brontë and Oscar Wilde reign supreme.
* [[LargeHam Large Hams]]: What else can you expect when you invite a bunch of eccentric authors?
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!!Other Characters
[[folder:Constable Jim]]
--> '''Portrayed by''': Jim O'Heir
* FatAndSkinny: The Fat to constable Jimmy's Skinny.
* PoliceAreUseless: While he does give off the impression at first that he knows what he's doing, it quickly becomes clear that he's not.
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[[folder:Constable Jimmy]]
-->'''Portrayed by''': Jimmy Wong
* FatAndSkinny: The Skinny to constable Jim's Fat.
* PoliceAreUseless: Somewhat understandable in that this is his first day at his job, but he really [[TurnedUpToEleven turns it up to eleven]].
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[[folder:Guy de Vere]]
-->'''Portrayed by''': Curt Mega
* DrivenToSuicide: He kills himself out of grief over Lenore's death.
* NiceGuy:Not much is seen of him, but seemed like a pretty kind and caring guy.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Guy onlx briefly appears in a flashback and as a ghost, but he delivers a valuable clu to the killer's identity and his death is what [[spoiler: ticks off his older brother to go on revenge]].
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[[folder:Krishanti]]
-->'''Portrayed by''': Jessica Jade Andres
* CloudCuckooLander: Being a psychich that comed with the job.
* SheKnowsTooMuch: Knowing both Guy [[spoiler: and his brother]] she quickly suspected the murderer.
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[[folder:Anne Brontë]]
-->'''Portrayed by''': Emma Chandler
* CoDragons: With her sister, Charlotte.
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[[folder:Jane Austen]]
-->'''Portrayed by''': Laura Spencer
* NiceGirl: Quite lovely and well intentioned, or as Anne called her "Goody Two-Shoes"
* SmallRoleBigImpact: She only appears for a few seconds, but [[spoiler: her death is what brings the Brontë sisters to get involved with Eddie]].
!!Other Characters
[[folder:Constable Jim]]
--> '''Portrayed by''': Jim O'Heir
* FatAndSkinny: The Fat to constable Jimmy's Skinny.
* PoliceAreUseless: While he does give off the impression at first that he knows what he's doing, it quickly becomes clear that he's not.
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[[folder:Constable Jimmy]]
-->'''Portrayed by''': Jimmy Wong
* FatAndSkinny: The Skinny to constable Jim's Fat.
* PoliceAreUseless: Somewhat understandable in that this is his first day at his job, but he really [[TurnedUpToEleven turns it up to eleven]].
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[[folder:Guy de Vere]]
-->'''Portrayed by''': Curt Mega
* DrivenToSuicide: He kills himself out of grief over Lenore's death.
* NiceGuy:Not much is seen of him, but seemed like a pretty kind and caring guy.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Guy onlx briefly appears in a flashback and as a ghost, but he delivers a valuable clu to the killer's identity and his death is what [[spoiler: ticks off his older brother to go on revenge]].
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[[folder:Krishanti]]
-->'''Portrayed by''': Jessica Jade Andres
* CloudCuckooLander: Being a psychich that comed with the job.
* SheKnowsTooMuch: Knowing both Guy [[spoiler: and his brother]] she quickly suspected the murderer.
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[[folder:Anne Brontë]]
-->'''Portrayed by''': Emma Chandler
* CoDragons: With her sister, Charlotte.
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[[folder:Jane Austen]]
-->'''Portrayed by''': Laura Spencer
* NiceGirl: Quite lovely and well intentioned, or as Anne called her "Goody Two-Shoes"
* SmallRoleBigImpact: She only appears for a few seconds, but [[spoiler: her death is what brings the Brontë sisters to get involved with Eddie]].
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* BerserkButton: After [[spoiler: Annabel's death, he finally loses it when Eddie casually gloats about killing her.]]
* BerserkButton: After [[spoiler: Annabel's death, he finally loses it when Eddie casually gloats about killing her.]]
* {{Foil}}: To Ernest Hemingway. Poe is stoic and dislikes smoking while Hemingway is loud and boisterous, TheAlcoholic and a heavy smoker. Both have an interest in Annabel; Poe is deeply in love but unsure about Annabel's feelings towards him, Hemingway on the other hand is very confident about himself and misses every subtle sign that Annabel is not interested in him.
* NotHelpingYourCase: Poe claims that he can't be the murderer, because he wouldn't have done it in room full of people he invited. Fair enough. ''Then'' he proceeds to explain in great detail how he would have done it, before realizing how incriminating that sounds. ''And then'' states that this [[DiggingYourselfDeeper was just one idea he had]].
--> '''Poe''': [[LampshadeHanging Okay, that ... sounds incriminating]]. I hear that now.
--> '''Poe''': [[LampshadeHanging Okay, that ... sounds incriminating]]. I hear that now.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: It ''is'' very well hidden behind a ton of snark, eyerolls and her constantly uncaring attitude, but she has a soft spot for Guy de Vere, H.G. Wells, Annabel and Poe. Maybe even Oscar.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: It ''is'' very well hidden behind a ton of snark, eyerolls and her constantly uncaring attitude, but she has a soft spot for Guy de Vere, H.G. Wells, Annabel and Poe. Maybe even [[OddFriendship Oscar.]]
* WomanInWhite: A lady ghost who died shortly before her wedding in her wedding dress.
--> '''Portrayed by''': Mary Kate Wiles
* TrueBlueFemininity: She wears a bright blue dress and is the most caring and kindest of them all.
--> '''Portrayed by''': Ryan W. Garcia
--> '''Portrayed by''': Sarah Grace Hart
--> '''Portrayed by''': Joey Richter
* BoisterousBruiser: He is very much into sports, loud, outspoken and usually one of the first to swing into action. Unfortunately, he's also TheAlcoholic.
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** To Edgar Allan Poe. Poe is stoic and dislikes smoking while Hemingway is loud and boisterous, TheAlcoholic and a heavy smoker. Both have an interest in Annabel; Poe is deeply in love but unsure about Annabel's feelings towards him, Hemingway on the other hand is very confident about himself and misses every subtle sign that Annabel is not interested in him.
** To Oscar Wilde. Ernest a rough BoisterousBruiser who never misses a chance for action, while Oscar is more of a foppish NonActionGuy who ScreamsLikeALittleGirl. Ironically enough during the climax [[spoiler: Ernest, being drunk out of his mind gets easily defeated by Eddie, while Oscar, after taking a beating, ''does'' manage to take out the Brontë sisters out]]. Oscar also is a GentlemanSnarker prone to longwinded speeches, while Hemingway's catchphrase is "Get to the point!".
** To Edgar Allan Poe. Poe is stoic and dislikes smoking while Hemingway is loud and boisterous, TheAlcoholic and a heavy smoker. Both have an interest in Annabel; Poe is deeply in love but unsure about Annabel's feelings towards him, Hemingway on the other hand is very confident about himself and misses every subtle sign that Annabel is not interested in him.
** To Oscar Wilde. Ernest a rough BoisterousBruiser who never misses a chance for action, while Oscar is more of a foppish NonActionGuy who ScreamsLikeALittleGirl. Ironically enough during the climax [[spoiler: Ernest, being drunk out of his mind gets easily defeated by Eddie, while Oscar, after taking a beating, ''does'' manage to take out the Brontë sisters out]]. Oscar also is a GentlemanSnarker prone to longwinded speeches, while Hemingway's catchphrase is "Get to the point!".
--> '''Portrayed by''': Whitney Avalon
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: The second one to attempt this. Needless to say, it doesn't work out too well for her either.
--> '''Portrayed by''': Tara Perry
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* {{Foil}}: To Ernest Hemingway. Ernest a rough BoisterousBruiser who never misses a chance for action, while Oscar is more of a foppish NonActionGuy who ScreamsLikeALittleGirl. Ironically enough during the climax [[spoiler: Ernest, being drunk out of his mind gets easily defeated by Eddie, while Oscar, after taking a beating, ''does'' manage to take out the Brontë sisters out]]. Oscar also is a GentlemanSnarker prone to longwinded speeches, while Hemingway's catchphrase is "Get to the point!".
* NonActionGuy: Oscar is not one to do the lifting of dead bodies (he has George Eliot carry Mary Shelley, while he's holding the lantern) and screams and whines as Hemingway lounges at him, while Charlotte and Annabel are trying their best to keep Ernest from strangling him.
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* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Wouldn't be so bad, had she not tried to keep up a macho facade.
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* [[LargeHam Large Hams]]: What else can you expect when you invite a bunch of eccentric authors?
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* ImplausibleDeniability: Several times, including denying writing down what [[spoiler: Eddie]] said about being mad, despite having just done that five minutes earlier.
* FamousLastWords: "At least this dress is fab."
* TheFashionista: According to her mother, Lenore was into fashion the moment she came out of her womb, and is rather condescending about Louisa Alcott's (admittedly ugly) dress.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: It ''is'' very well hidden behind a ton of snark, eyerolls and her constantly uncaring attitude, but she has a soft spot for Guy de Vere, H.G. Wells, Annabel and Poe. Maybe even Oscar.
* TheFashionista: According to her mother, Lenore was into fashion the moment she came out of her womb, and is rather condescending about Louisa Alcott's (admittedly ugly) dress.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: It ''is'' very well hidden behind a ton of snark, eyerolls and her constantly uncaring attitude, but she has a soft spot for Guy de Vere, H.G. Wells, Annabel and Poe. Maybe even Oscar.
* SurroundedByIdiots: Claims to be that after an epically stupid moment from constabled Jim and Jimmy. She has a point.
* HeroesWantRedheads: The object of affection to Poe. And [[AbhorrentAdmirer Hemingway]].
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: To Annabel.
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* RatedMForManly: His very first scene has him bringing a knife instead of a dish, so they can skewer a wild boar in the backyard and roast it over an open flame. ''Only'' and open flame.
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* EmotionlessGirl: She raises her voice exactly once and hardly ever changes her expression.
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* GranolaGirl: Downplayed but still there. Her next birthday party is tree-themed, everybody has to come as their favorite tree.
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* AlphaBitch: Quite stuck up and condescending towards everyone.
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* EvilBrit: A given, as she [[spoiler: is one of the killers.]]
* HatesBeingTouched: She gets cranky when people's hands touch her face.
* TheNicknamer: Always the first to have a demeaning nickname for everyone.
--> '''Brontë''': I'm not staying her with the crying cupcake and Miss Havisham!
* HatesBeingTouched: She gets cranky when people's hands touch her face.
* TheNicknamer: Always the first to have a demeaning nickname for everyone.
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* TheAlcoholic: Brought vodka to the party and is constantly seen taking shots.
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* DarkIsNotEvil: Though that wouldn't convince the local police, as the murderer points out. Everyone agrees there.
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* MurderTheHypotenuse: Poe finds himself accused of that more than once. In all fairness, he didn't look too unhappy when Annabel said Eddie wasn't breathing.
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* MurderTheHypotenuse: Poe finds himself accused of that more than once. In all fairness, he didn't look too unhappy when Annabel said Eddie wasn't breathing.
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* BiTheWay: BrainyBrunette: Well this ''is'' Oscar Wilde, after all. He seems to have taken an interest in Mar- George Eliot.concentrate more on making snide remarks about Hemingway, though he was one of the few people to suspect [[spoiler: Charlotte]] of being the murderer, along with Lenore and Wells.
* LookingForLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: Implied. Oscar seems honestly distraught that [[spoiler: Eddie was drunk when they spend the night together and didn't take kindly to being rebuffed without an explanation]], and apparently Anton Chekhov cheated on him with Charlotte and [[spoiler: Anne Brontë]].
* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: When he gets confronted with a mouse or when Hemingway lounges at him.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The Sensitive Guy to Hemingway's Manly Man.
* WomanScorned: A genderflipped version; implied by Lenore. In her words: "Hell hath no fury like an Oscar Wilde scorned." Wilde admits to being this.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The Sensitive Guy to Hemingway's Manly Man.
* WomanScorned: A genderflipped version; implied by Lenore. In her words: "Hell hath no fury like an Oscar Wilde scorned." Wilde admits to being this.
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* CloudCuckooLander: Wells is socially awkward, always wears a pair of goggles (to a suit, no less) and is always seen inventing something, no one except him believes in.
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: In Lenore's, to be precise.
* EmbarrassingFirstName: Believes this about his name, the initials standing for Herbert George. Lenore agrees that this is a terrible name.
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* ColdHam: Stoic, constantly frowning and usually talking in a very low voice.
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* NiceGirl: Despite her treatment she is very nice and forgiving. She mentions that she wrote Eddie Dantes a few ''strongly worded poems''. That's about as mean as she got.
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* KubrickStare: She greeted Edgar with one at the beginning.
* SkunkStripe: Sports one on the right side of her dark brown hair.
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* WeHardlyKnewYe: The [[spoiler: first actual]] person to die.
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* CampGay: Oscar is decidedly flamboyant in his mannerisms and also TheDandy.
* TheDandy: Because you can never be overdressed. Or overeducated.
* GentlemanSnarker: As the situation grows more tense Wilde is becoming increasingly snarky, espescially towards Hemingway.
* LargeHam: He is quite dramatic and due to his wide range of facial expressions it's hard to ignore him even when he's in the background.
* OddFriendship: Of sorts with Lenore. They both are very into fashion and constantly high-fiving each other after a snarky remark, but have no qualms accusing eacht other with murder. Also with George Eliot, though it's YMMV as to how far that's friendship.
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* DeadpanSnarker: This being a gathering of brilliant authors, almost everyone gets to snark at some point. Though Lenore, Charlotte Brontë and Oscar Wilde reign supreme.
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* NotEvenBotheringWithAnExcuse: After explaining to the constables why his guests are fighting and then dancing with each other, he finally gives up when he finds them meditating upside-down.
* PerpetualFrowner: His default expression.
* TheStoic: He rarely raises his voice or changes his stoic expression.
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* OddFriendship: Of sorts, with Oscar Wilde. They both are very into fashion and constantly high-fiving each other after a snarky remark, but have no qualms accusing eacht other with murder.
* OnlySaneWoman: As she's the most levelheaded (read: unable to give shit about anything), she developes into this role.
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* NiceGirl: The most kindest and compassionate, and the only one to remember Emily Dickinson.
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