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* StepfordSmiler: She reveals in 1x03, her family doesn't care for her being in love with a human. Her mother belittles her (and Sebastian) every chance she gets, and her siblings straight-up hate her. She puts on a stoic face for her husband and children, as well as the outside world, but it becomes clear during her conversation with Juliette that she's hiding a ton of pain.
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Juliette's older brother and Elinor's twin.

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Juliette's older brother and Elinor's twin. He grew up with his family but was exiled for violent reasons five years prior to the events of the show. He makes his return on the night of Juliette's consecration ceremony.



A Blade-class hunter and Calliope's mother.

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A Blade-class hunter and Calliope's mother. Her cover job in Savannah is a housewife.



A hunter-in-training and Calliope's older half-brother.

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A hunter-in-training and Calliope's older half-brother. His cover job in Savannah is a data analyst.



A hunter-in-training and Calliope's older brother and Theo's half-brother.

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A hunter-in-training and Calliope's older brother and Theo's half-brother. His cover job in Savannah is a personal trainer.
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* BoundAndGagged: Twice in the same night. The first time is by Elinor to coax Juliette into feeding on her, but Juliette resists the temptation and sets her free. The second time is by Cook in the hopes of reporting her to the Guild as a traitor, necessitating rescue by Juliette to jump in and save her.
* BreakTheCutie: Things get pretty bad for her in the back half of the season. As if her forbidden relationship with Juliette and being wanted for a murder she didn't commit wasn't bad enough, [[spoiler:Theo winds up dead and Apollo has no idea how it happened. Then Juliette accidentally turns him into a vampire, which vastly destroys her family's household. It's at this point where she completely falls apart and vows to murder Juliette.]]

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* BoundAndGagged: Twice in the same night. The first time is by Elinor to coax Juliette into feeding on her, but Juliette resists the temptation and sets her free. The second time is by Cook in the hopes of reporting her to the Guild as a traitor, necessitating rescue by Juliette to jump in and save her.
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* BreakTheCutie: Things get pretty bad for her in the back half of the season. As if her forbidden relationship with Juliette and being wanted for a murder she didn't commit wasn't bad didn't suck enough, [[spoiler:Theo winds up dead and Apollo has no idea how it happened. Then Juliette accidentally turns him into a vampire, which vastly destroys her family's household. It's at this point where she completely falls apart and vows to murder Juliette.]]
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The third and youngest child of Margot Atwood and Sebastian Fairmont. She's of a community of powerful [[OurVampiresAreDifferent legacy vampires]], though she has little interest in the things that entails. All she really wants is to live her life on her own terms, even though she's not sure what that means for herself yet. She lacks confidence in herself but feels she's ready to come into her own any day now.

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The third and youngest child of Margot Atwood and Sebastian Fairmont. She's of a community of powerful [[OurVampiresAreDifferent legacy vampires]], vampires, though she has little interest in the things that entails. All she really wants is to live her life on her own terms, even though she's not sure what that means for herself yet. She lacks confidence in herself but feels she's ready to come into her own any day now.



The youngest child of Jack and Talia Burns. She's from a long lineage of [[HunterOfMonsters monster hunters]] and seeks to be the greatest hunter there ever was. Though her family tends to treat her like she still has a lot to learn, which she candidly does, she is ambitious to prove to them that she's not to be babied. She's quite confident in herself and what she wants out of life, but she finds it hard to make friends due to constantly moving around.

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The youngest child of Jack and Talia Burns. She's from a long lineage of [[HunterOfMonsters monster hunters]] hunters and seeks to be the greatest hunter there ever was. Though her family tends to treat her like she still has a lot to learn, which she candidly does, she is ambitious to prove to them that she's not to be babied. She's quite confident in herself and what she wants out of life, but she finds it hard to make friends due to constantly moving around.
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* BadassFamily: They're all trained killers and they work together as a unit.
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* {{Profiling}}: At the start of 1x02, she runs from Noah's house before running into police cars heading towards that same house. One cop notices her and immediately turns in her direction, chasing her until she manages to lose him on a trolley train.
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* InnocentlyInsensitive: A Noah's party, she boops Ben on the nose. Though Ben takes it as a microaggression, she's clearly drunk and playful, so he takes it in stride.
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* LongLived: They can live for hundreds, even thousands, of years as long as they feed on blood. Henry Davenport mentions having been feeding on humans for about 300 years.

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* LongLived: They can live for hundreds, even thousands, of years an absurdly long time as long as they feed on blood. Henry Davenport mentions having been feeding on humans for about 300 years. It's implied that they can exist for thousands of years, though WordOfGod mentions that 500 years is middle-aged for them.

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* Really700YearsOld: She looks to be in her 60's at the oldest, but she's been around for 500 years.



* LongLived: They can live for hundreds, even thousands, of years as long as they feed on blood. Margot, for example, is 500 years old.

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* LongLived: They can live for hundreds, even thousands, of years as long as they feed on blood. Margot, Henry Davenport mentions having been feeding on humans for example, is 500 years old.about 300 years.
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* LongLived: They can live for hundreds, even thousands, of years as long as they feed on blood.

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* LongLived: They can live for hundreds, even thousands, of years as long as they feed on blood. Margot, for example, is 500 years old.
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* WithMyHandsTied: During the battel of the Fairmont estate, Cook captures her and tapes her hands together. After Juliette intervenes, Cal knocks Cook down with three kicks before Jules can remove the tape.

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* WithMyHandsTied: During the battel battle of the Fairmont estate, Cook captures her and tapes her hands together.together to report her to the Guild. After Juliette intervenes, Cal knocks Cook down with three kicks before Jules can remove the tape.

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* ColorMotif: Pink, to highlight her femininity and her front of innocence in public.


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* PinkMeansFeminine: She wears a ton of pink to highlight her femininity.
* PsychoPink: Her association with pink also puts up a front of innocence to hide her serial killer hobbies.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: We see early on that he has a habit of putting his job as a hunter ahead of his family and his own humanity, which causes him to butt heads with Talia.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: We see early on that he has a habit of putting his job as a hunter ahead of his family and his own humanity, which causes him to butt heads with Talia. [[spoiler:Come 1x08, he sees that Theo has been turned into a vampire and takes it about as well as you'd imagine.]]
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: We see early on that he has a habit of putting his job as a hunter ahead of his family and his own humanity, which causes him to butt heads with Talia.

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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: {{Foreshadowing}}: We see early on that he has a habit of putting his job as a hunter ahead of his family and his own humanity, which causes him to butt heads with Talia.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: In 1x05, she asks what Juliette's favorite food is, but then apologizes when she remembers Juliette is a vampire. In other words, she forgot that Juliette is a vampire and thus saw her as a person more easily. [[spoiler:This flimsy recognition of Juliette's personhood would make a harsh comeback in 1x08.]]


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* {{Foreshadowing}}: In 1x05, she asks what Juliette's favorite food is, but then apologizes when she remembers Juliette is a vampire. In other words, she forgot that Juliette is a vampire and thus saw her as a person more easily. [[spoiler:This flimsy recognition of Juliette's personhood would make a harsh comeback in 1x08.]]
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* TooDumbToLive: He and Apollo try to manipulate [[SerialKiller Eli]][[TheSociopath nor]] into giving them information about [[spoiler:the legacy who killed Theo’s birth mother, which led to him getting staked and the situation between the two families getting even worse.]] A wiser alternative would’ve been to consult [[FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire Juli]][[NiceGirl ette]], because she has no incentive to hurt him, especially as she's dating his sister. To be fair, asking Elinor wasn't his idea, but attacking her certainly was.

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* TooDumbToLive: He and Apollo try to manipulate [[SerialKiller Eli]][[TheSociopath nor]] into giving them information about [[spoiler:the legacy who killed Theo’s birth mother, which led to him getting staked and the situation between the two families getting even worse.]] A wiser alternative would’ve been to consult [[FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire Juli]][[NiceGirl ette]], because she has no incentive to hurt him, especially as she's dating his sister. To be fair, asking Asking Elinor wasn't his idea, but attacking her certainly was.
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* OppositesAttract: Juliette is vivacious, friendly, girly, and uncertain of herself. Calliope is closed-off, skeptical, tomboyish, and confident in who she is. On top of that, Cal is a hunter whose job naturally opposes the existence of a vampire like Juliette. The two mix remarkably well.

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* OppositesAttract: Juliette is vivacious, friendly, girly, and uncertain of herself. Calliope is closed-off, skeptical, tomboyish, and confident in who she is. On top of that, Cal is a hunter whose job naturally opposes the existence of a vampire like Juliette. The two mix remarkably well.Instead, despite some rocky initial impressions, they fall in love.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After having dealt with a, unwanted debutante, a home invasion, double kidnappings, and murder throughout 1x03, 1x04 ends with Cal and Juliette running away from all the drama, seeking refuge at the school for the rest of the night.

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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After having dealt with a, an unwanted debutante, a home invasion, double kidnappings, and murder throughout 1x03, 1x04 ends with Cal and Juliette running away from all the drama, seeking refuge at the school for the rest of the night.

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* ScrewLearningIHavePhlebotinum: As shown in 1x02, legacies are born with innate (but not infallible) combat skills.



* SuperReflexes: As shown in 1x02, legacies are born with innate combat skills.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After having dealt with a, unwanted debutante, a home invasion, double kidnappings, and murder throughout 1x03, 1x04 ends with Cal and Juliette running away from all the drama, seeking refuge at the school for the rest of the night.

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* NonIndicativeName: The only thing green about it is her eyes (though her whole body is green in Cal and Juliette's dream).

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* FemaleMonsterSurprise: Davina refers to the Malkia with female pronouns, indicating it to be a female snake.
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* TechnicalPacifist: She’s perfectly willing to fight in spite of her distaste for violence, but finds the idea of taking a life repulsive and only ever resorts to it if her predator instincts take over. [[spoiler:She kills and feeds on Cook to defend Ben and Cal, which also gets her inevitable first kill out of the way. She also helps Elinor feed on a stranger at a bar and starts to enjoy it after becoming affected by the ecstasy he was on, but immediately sobers up when she can no longer feel his pulse.]]

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* TechnicalPacifist: She’s perfectly willing to fight in spite of her distaste for violence, violence but finds the idea of taking a life repulsive and only ever resorts to it if her predator instincts take over. [[spoiler:She kills and feeds on over or when there's simply no other option. When threatening Cook to defend Ben and Cal, which also gets she even says that she'll have her inevitable first family do the dirty work rather than kill out of the way. She also helps Elinor feed on a stranger at a bar and starts to enjoy it after becoming affected by the ecstasy he was on, but immediately sobers up when she can no longer feel his pulse.]]him herself.

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* MasculineFeminineGayCouple: Girly Juliette and tomboyish Cal become a couple.

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* MasculineFeminineGayCouple: Girly Juliette is a LipstickLesbian and tomboyish Cal become is a couple.downplayed ButchLesbian.


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* LipstickLesbian: As opposed to the tomboyish Cal.


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* ButchLesbian: As opposed to the girlish Juliette. Downplayed in that she's more tomboyish than all-out butch.
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* BoundAndGagged: Twice in the same night; first by Elinor to coax Juliette into feeding on her, and second by Cook in the hopes of reporting her to the Guild as a traitor, necessitating rescue by Juliette both times.

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* BoundAndGagged: Twice in the same night; night. The first time is by Elinor to coax Juliette into feeding on her, but Juliette resists the temptation and sets her free. The second time is by Cook in the hopes of reporting her to the Guild as a traitor, necessitating rescue by Juliette both times.to jump in and save her.
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* InconvenientAttraction: She intends to kill Juliette upon finding out she's a vampire but finds it extremely difficult because she likes Juliette. To make things even harder, Juliette likes her too.


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* PlotParallel: Like Cal, he is a monster hunter who develops a mutual crush on a vampire [[spoiler:only to have the relationship fall apart due to a misunderstanding]].

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* BigotWithACrush: She finds it almost impossible to focus on fighting monsters because she's so attracted to Juliette. Even after figuring out Jules is a vampire, she gets too wrapped up in getting intimate with her to kill her. She even admits to this in 1x02.



* StunnedSilence: Her initial reaction to Juliette saying "I love you."
* StupidSexyFlanders: She finds it almost impossible to focus on fighting monsters because she's so attracted to Juliette. Even after figuring out Jules is a vampire, she gets too wrapped up in getting intimate with her to kill her. She even admits to this in 1x02.

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* StunnedSilence: Her initial reaction to Juliette saying saying, "I love you."
* StupidSexyFlanders: She finds it almost impossible to focus on fighting monsters because she's so attracted to Juliette. Even after figuring out Jules is a vampire, she gets too wrapped up in getting intimate with her to kill her. She even admits to this in 1x02.
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* BigotWithACrush: He's vehemently against the existence of supernatural creatures but is perfectly fine with Elinor... [[spoiler:at first]].

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* JerkassHasAPoint: While she is a bit mean in what she says to Ben in 1x05, she is correct that Ben is doing himself an injustice to be somebody's side partner and that it's unfair of him to try and drag Noah out of the closet.

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* JerkassHasAPoint: While she is a bit mean in what she says to Ben in 1x05, she is correct that Ben is doing himself an injustice to be somebody's side partner and that it's unfair of him to try and drag Noah out of the closet. He's offended by this, but Noah validates her minutes later.



* WhatTheHellHero: When Ben rudely otherizes her after [[spoiler:finding out she’s a vampire]], she calls him out for deluding that he’ll ever be with Noah, who is currently dating Phillipa. She tells him that he’s a sidepiece who’s been dragged back into a closet. He’s offended in turn, but Noah winds up validating her minutes later.

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* WhatTheHellHero: When Ben rudely otherizes her after [[spoiler:finding out she’s a vampire]], she calls him out for deluding that he’ll ever be with Noah, who is Noah and trying to drag him out of the closet while he's currently dating Phillipa. She tells Phillipa, something she's implicitly tried to tell him that he’s a sidepiece who’s been dragged back into a closet. He’s offended in turn, but Noah winds up validating her minutes later.number of times before.


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* {{Foreshadowing}}: In 1x05. Juliette tells Ben that Noah isn't coming out of the closet. [[spoiler:He never gets the chance to because he gets offed by a zombie later on.]]
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* HanlonsRazor: Pretty much every bad decision she makes is done out of ignorance, not malice. The only times we see her displaying ill will are when she calls Ben a "sidepiece" (which she apologizes for) and when she [[spoiler:sells Elinor out to Oliver]].

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* HanlonsRazor: Pretty much every bad decision she makes is done out of ignorance, not malice. The only times we see As to her displaying ill will are when she calls Ben a "sidepiece" (which she apologizes for) biting Cal on the neck and when she [[spoiler:sells Elinor out to Oliver]].[[spoiler:turning Theo into a vampire]].

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