History Characters / LoveInHateNation

* AmbiguousDisorder: It's never stated, but her suicidal tendencies and BSODSong suggest depression; her [[ParentalAbandonment backstory]] further implies it's hereditary.

* InnocentlyInsensitive: Usually at Susannah's expense, making either unhelpful or unintentionally offensive comments towards her; being confined and sequestered in an unhealthy environment such as Nation while already [[AmbiguousDisorder likely neurodivergent]] lends itself a lot to this. Takes a particularly dark turn in the party scene, when her song, [[StylisticSuck "Jezebel"]] melodramatically depicts abuse and shunning resulting in a suicide...[[spoiler: performed right in front of Susannah and Sheila, both of whom have previously attempted suicide under similar circumstances]].

* InnocentlyInsensitive: Usually at Susannah's expense, making either unhelpful or unintentionally offensive comments towards her; being confined and sequestered in an unhealthy environment such as Nation while already [[AmbiguousDisorder likely neurodivergent]] lends itself a lot to this. Takes a particularly dark turn in the party scene, when [her song, [[StylisticSuck "Jezebel"]] melodramatically depicts abuse and shunning resulting in a suicide...[[spoiler: performed right in front of Susannah and Sheila, both of whom have previously attempted suicide under similar circumstances]].

* Deuteragonist: Right behind Susannah, of course.

* Ephebophile: Though he may also like adults, Buzz frequently tries to grope and presumably rape Judith and, during the climax of "Revolution Song," tries to grope Sheila.

* {{Nerd}}: Has [[NoSocialSkills no social skills]] and less mainstream interests such as inventing things.

* BikerBabe: Becomes one.

[[folder:Susannah Son]]

* {{Meganekko}}

[[folder:Susannah Sonn]]

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Her childhood wasn't easy at all; orphaned by war and suicide, she was adopted by a white family that is heavily implied to have isolated and ostracized her. Her boyfriend uses the fact that she's black for social clout rather than valuing her as a person, repeatedly gaslights her, and angrily attempts to pressure her into sex. Her isolation, amongst other things, led to self-harm and eventually, a suicide attempt.

* HopeBringer: Becomes the leader of the revolution at Nation, her music and ownership of her identity as a black lesbian inspiring the other girls to band together and rebel.

* [[QueerCharacterQueerActor Queer Character, Queer Actor]]: Both Kitty and her actress Emerson Mae Smith are trans women.

* EntitledToHaveYou: Takes this attitude towards Susannah big-time, repeatedly pressuring her to have sex with him, and later to [[spoiler: marry him]]. When she hesitates, he launches into hateful tirades about her being abnormal, accusing her of being a lesbian and insisting that as a black girl she should be grateful to him, a wealthy white boy, for even considering her.

[[folder:Susannah Son]]

* StatuesqueStunner: Originally portrayed by the 5'7 Kelly McIntyre.

* HeroWithBadPublicity: Briefly, during "Solitary", she is declared a traitor by the other inmates.

* BerserkButton / [[TraumaButton Trauma Button]]: Don't confuse Harriet II for her predecessor. Additionally, [[spoiler: Harriet as a whole and her fate]] counts as one.

--> hate is a-snarling -
--> Still all I think about is my darling!

* NostalgiaFilter: Wears one constantly. In "Miss Asp's Song II," Miss Asp lists things that she misses about the even more conservative 1940s and 1950s:
-->'''Miss Asp:''' I miss the forties, the fifties, and more
I miss silent movies and I miss the war
I miss [[BreadEggsMilkSquick Hitler]]

[[folder:Susannah Sonn]]

* FriendlessBackground: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]]; during "The Other One", she appears to relate to Susannah on this point, recalling that since childhood, she "never had a crowd" due to her nonconformity and rejection of femininity. However, she's easily the most popular of the equally-misfit inmates, regarded both in-universe and by the creators as the "coolest girl in Juvie".

* BerserkButton: Don't confuse Harriet II for her predecessor. Additionally, [[spoiler: Harriet as a whole and her fate]] counts as one.

* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler:Her father sexually abused her since she was seven, leading her to attack him.]]

* StrongFamilyResemblance: As a result of having the same actress as [[spoiler:her mother.]]

* BerserkButton: Several, most involving breaking any kind of rule, non-conformity, or things not going according to plan, but she has a particular fury towards lesbians.

* SanitySlippage: After [[spoiler:discovering Sheila and Susannah together,]] she develops a "nervous condition" and shuts herself off from the public until LIFE Magazine is set to arrive. She slips into believing the girls are aliens from the future and ends up [[spoiler:trying to stab Sheila during the climax.]]

* TeenPregnancy: [[spoiler:Became pregnant with Harriet at age sixteen; this is why she was imprisoned in NATION and given electroshock therapy.]]

* SmallRoleBigImpact: He only appears for one short song and one flashback scene, but his electroshock therapy is what killed [[spoiler:Harriet, traumatizing Miss Asp and the girls]], and he's a looming threat to any of the girls who act out, and [[spoiler:gets called on Sheila after she almost kisses Susannah]].

* {{Transgender}}: She was imprisoned at NATION because her father considered her "sexually deviant." However, everyone at NATION respects her gender (except [[{{Jerkass}} Judith]]) and she even has a whole song about how proud she is of her identity.

* {{Adorkable}}: Shy, sweet, and a self-avowed "weirdo" who tries desperately to fit in. It immediately endears her to Sheila.

* EndearinglyDorky: See {{Adorkable}}.

* BungledSuicide: [[spoiler:Her ''fourth'' failed escape attempt, as it were, shortly after she realized she couldn't function outside of prison anymore. She covers it up to everyone but Susannah with another lie about how she tore down a drain pipe to cause a flood as an act of rebellion, rather than it breaking under her weight in a botched attempt to hang herself.]]

* BigBad

* TeenPregnancy: [[spoiler:With Harriet at age sixteen; this is why she was imprisoned in NATION and given electroshock therapy.]]

--> I might be fucked in the head