History Characters / HuntingTheUnicorn

* OddFriendship: Blaine and the REST of the Warblers are on opposite sides of the TVTeen spectrum; Blaine is sheltered, idealistic, and a HorribleJudgeOfCharacter because of it, while damn near everyone else is [[ProperlyParanoid way more canny than him]] and gets in trouble that ranges from WackyHijinx to explicitly illegal stuff.

* YoungerThanTheyLook: PlayedForDrama in a subtle manner. Blaine's physical maturity is why older guys tend to pursue him.

* BornInTheWrongCentury: PlayedWith. Blaine's [[KnightInShiningArmour knightly]] tendencies mean that he's [[LoveMartyr self]]-[[ExtremeDoormat sacrificing]], [[HonorBeforeReason honorable]], and ''far'' too naive.

* DudeMagnet: Blaine is a toned-down example with "only" two guys on his record [[spoiler: plus one he doesn't know about]], but he makes it up in [[AllLoveIsUnrequited sadness]] and [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome terror]].

-->'''Trent:''' How many unrequited loves can Blaine possibly have wandering around town?
-->'''Thad:''' Are we counting guys ''and'' girls?

* DeadpanSnarker: Yep.

* NiceGuy
** BewareTheNiceOnes: [[spoiler: When questioning Alex, he loses his temper very quickly and is revealed to carry an ice-pick in his sleeve.]]
* OldRetainer: Shades of this.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure

** [[spoiler: ChekhovsGunman]]: [[spoiler: For the "WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry" gag.]]

* AdultFear: Nick was going to drop the restraining order on Tori, [[spoiler: but then he saw Alex at Tori's house]] and immediately told the police. Tori's not that optimistic about his and Nick's relationship now.
** Nick got the restraining order on him because he was terrified of coming out as bi and Tori reacting badly. [[GoodParents Tori just hugs him and says "I love you."]]
** Tori knew instantly that [[spoiler: that Nick was trying to lure him out of hiding to get him arrested]], but [[GoodParents he can't pass up a chance to talk to Nick again.]]

* TragicVillain: He's one of the story's villains because Littlefinger's [[AdultFear using Nick's safety as blackmail]] [[spoiler: to make Tori shelter a criminal.]]

* ThoseTwoGuys: Whenever he's not a PowerTrio with David and Blaine, he's mostly with David.

* DudeMagnet: Blaine is a toned-down example with "only" two guys on his record [[spoiler: plus one he doesn't know about]], but he makes it up in [[AllLoveIsUnrequited sadness]] and [[RealityEnsues terror]].

A member of the Dalton Academy Warblers, and the story's {{Deuteragonist}}. Though he shares his canon-self's gentlemanly nature and {{Adorkable}}ness, the fandom's common complaint that he's a RelationshipSue has been {{Cerebus Retcon}}ned ''hard.''

* AwesomeMcCoolname: Nick thinks her maiden name "Sansa Stark" is awesome because it reminds him of IronMan, [[AlliterativeName plus it's alliterated.]] Her current name "Sansa Tyrell" [[TheEveryman is disappointingly normal.]]

* BiTheWay: A hot-blooded, foul-mouthed stoner who happens to be bi.

-->'''David:''' So who’s the redhead? She’s like, twenty-five!
-->'''Nick:''' What, [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire Sansa?]] She’s my therapist. [[ComicallyMissingThePoint And she’s twenty-THREE.]]
-->'''David:''' She's your ''what?!''

-->'''Nick:''' I can pretend I didn't come out yet and tell you first.
-->'''Jeff:''' [[CaptainObvious Nick, you can't]] ''[[CaptainObvious redo]]'' [[CaptainObvious coming out!]]

* TricksterArchetype: Heroic example. In spite of his red-flag family life, personality quirks, and drug-use, Nick is firmly in the "good" side and [[spoiler: tells the police about his dad after finding out he's sheltering a criminal.]]

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: In ''Jack Jingly'', he's ''really'' upset on hearing that he told Jeff "I love you." He then has an argument with Jeff and ends up crying in the bathroom, much to the Warblers' concern. Later on after finding out [[spoiler: that Alex is at his father's place]], he tells the police immediately and insists that he's okay, but later on he needs Jeff to stop the car so he can [[BerserkerTears cry and scream in a park.]]

* GuileHero: He's pretty damn canny when sober, as denoted by his incessant TruthTwisting, his dad Tori's flashbacks about Nick's past school troubles, and Nick's ALMOST-successful attempt [[spoiler: to get Tori arrested]]. He only failed because [[spoiler: Tori himself is CrazyPrepared and knew right away what Nick was trying to do.]]

* TricksterArchetype: Of the heroic sort. In spite of his red-flag family life, personality quirks, and drug-use, Nick is firmly in the "good" side and [[spoiler: tells the police about his dad after finding out he's sheltering a criminal.]]

* ChaoticGood: In spite of his red-flag family life, personality quirks, and drug-use, Nick is firmly in the "good" half of chaotic-good and [[spoiler: tells the police about his dad after finding out he's sheltering a criminal.]]

* GuileHero: When he's sober, he's pretty damn canny with shades of the TricksterArchetype, as denoted by his incessant TruthTwisting, his dad Tori's flashbacks about Nick's school troubles, and his ALMOST-successful attempt [[spoiler: to get Tori arrested]]. And he only failed because [[spoiler: Tori himself is CrazyPrepared and knew EXACTLY what Nick was trying to do.]]

* TricksterArchetype: Of the heroic sort.

* AlmostFamousName: '''Nick [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Grayson]]'''. Lampshaded by himself when he gets high and mistakes Jeff for Batman, and by various people calling him ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}.
* {{Angrish}}: In "The Tunnel," Nick has an episode of this combined with BerserkerTears.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: In ''Jack Jingly'', he's ''really'' upset on hearing that he told Jeff "I love you." He then has an argument with Jeff and ends up crying in the bathroom, much to the Warblers' concern. Later on after finding out [[spoiler: that Alex is at his father's place]], he [[LawfulGood tells the police immediately]] and insists that he's okay, but later on he needs Jeff to stop the car so he can [[BerserkerTears cry and scream in a park.]]

* TruthTwister: He has "three definitions of truth" and just plain lies to people as well. Wes asks Nick ''ridiculously'' specific questions to make sure he's not high.

** He's even more prepared in "The Kingdom," where he's planned his movements down to a thirty-second escape. He cuts that in half to FIFTEEN seconds [[GoodParents to tell Nick he loves him,]] even though that blows his cover.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Tori loves Nick pretty damn hard. When Nick drops by his house unexpectedly, Tori tries to get him away so [[spoiler: he doesn't see Alex.]] [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Unfortunately, Alex can't keep his mouth shut.]] Littlefinger is using Nick's welfare as blackmail for him. Moreover, [[spoiler: Tori risks getting arrested to talk to Nick in person]] and the only thing he wants to know is ''why'' Nick got a restraining order on him years ago.

* ObliviousToLove: Taken to the logical (and FridgeHorror) conclusion: If Blaine takes months to realize that Kurt fell in love with him at first note, [[spoiler: he wouldn't have any more of a clue that he has a ''stalker.'']]

* CrazyPrepared: When Nick finds out that [[spoiler: Tori's hiding Alex after his jailbreak]], he grabs a bag and moves them to "[[PlanB House B]]" since [[GenreSavvy he knows Nick is going to tell the police]]. [[DyeOrDie The bag has hair dye for disguises]].

* DudeMagnet: Blaine is a toned-down example with "only" two guys on his record [[spoiler: plus one he doesn't know about]], but he makes it up in [[AllLoveIsUnrequited sadness]] and [[FridgeHorror terror]].

The character sheet for ''FanFic/HuntingTheUnicorn.'' Though most canon characters are essentially the same, much of the Warblers' backgrounds were invented by the author due to their minor canon status when the fanfiction was started in 2011. For the major canon characters, there's a huge dose of CharacterDevelopment, CerebusRetcon, {{Deconstruction}}, and {{Reconstruction}} involved.

In addition, ''FanFic/HuntingTheUnicorn'' becomes a CrossOver in the twenty-seventh chapter (''The Curse'') and the characters of {{Series/Firefly}} and ''Series/CriminalMinds'' were added to the mix.

** Also lampshaded when Morgan jokes that [[{{Firefly}} Dr. Simon Tam's]] falling in love with him, and Simon mentions that everyone ''else'' on staff is.

-->'''Nick:''' What, [[ASongOfIceAndFire Sansa?]] She’s my therapist. [[ComicallyMissingThePoint And she’s twenty-THREE.]]

From GameOfThrones. Littlefinger is a British man looking for Sansa in America, and he needs Alex's help to find her. [[spoiler: He busted Alex out of jail and took him to Tori Grayson's house for hiding.]]

** [[spoiler: ChekhovsGunman]]: [[spoiler: For the "TomAndJerry" gag.]]

* ChekhovsGunman: From the TomAndJerry spy gag. [[spoiler: He's Spyke, whom Tom and Jerry are looking for.]]

* TragicVillain: He's only one of the story's villains because Littlefinger's been [[AdultFear using Nick's safety as blackmail]] [[spoiler: to make Tori shelter a known criminal.]]

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Tori loves Nick pretty damn hard. When Nick drops by his house unexpectedly, Tori tries to get him away so [[spoiler: he doesn't see Alex.]] [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Unfortunately, Alex can't keep his mouth shut.]] Littlefinger is using Nick's welfare as blackmail for him. Moreover, [[spoiler: Tori risks getting arrested to talk to Nick in person]] and the only thing he wants to know is ''why'' Nick got a restraining order on him.
* ExactWords: Nick doesn't talk to his father, but [[PassingNotesInClass they write notes on blue paper to each other.]]

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: When Nick drops by his house unexpectedly, Tori tries to get him away so [[spoiler: he doesn't accidentally see Alex.]] [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Unfortunately, Alex can't keep his mouth shut.]] Littlefinger is also using Nick's welfare as blackmail for him. Moreover, [[spoiler: Tori risks getting arrested because he has to find out ''why'' Nick got a restraining order on him.]]

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: When Nick drops by his house unexpectedly, Tori tries to get him away so [[spoiler: he doesn't accidentally see Alex.]] [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Unfortunately, Alex can't keep his mouth shut.]] Littlefinger is also using Nick's welfare as blackmail for him.

* ShameIfSomethingHappened: He reminds Tori that "You wouldn't want Nick to get caught in this, would you?"

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: In ''Jack Jingly'', he's ''really'' upset on hearing that he told Jeff "I love you." He then has an argument with Jeff and ends up crying in the bathroom, much to the Warblers' concern. Later on after finding out [[spoiler: that Alex is at his father's place]], he [[LawfulGood tells the police immediately]] and insists that he's okay, but later on he needs Jeff to stop the car so he can [[BerserkerTears cry and scream about his dad in a park.]]

* CloudCuckooLander: He has bouts of strange logic, has "three definitions of truth" according to Wes, and then there's this:

-->'''Jeff:''' Nick, you can't ''redo'' coming out!

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: In ''Jack Jingly'', he's ''really'' upset on hearing that he told Jeff "I love you." He then has an argument with Jeff and ends up crying in the bathroom, much to the Warblers' concern.