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* RichIdiotWithNoDayJob: We don't see any of Art Cleaver's personal life, but he certainly appears to be this.
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* BiTheWay: Happens to be bi.
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* UnusualEuphemism: In "Things Fall Apart," Punter complains that Sig stabbed him with a plastic sword, to which Sig replies, "I've stabbed you with worse." It's unknown whether this is a DoubleEntendre due to the gigantic NoodleIncident that is Sig and Punter's relationship.
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* ChickMagnet: Despite her general loneliness, Wrenn does okay. She's been in several relationships and had even more flings. At one point, the editor of a high-profile magazine sends a video message in which she segues from rejecting Wrenn's story to babbling about how beautiful Wrenn is.

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* ChickMagnet: Despite her general loneliness, Wrenn does okay. She's been in several relationships and had even more flings. At one point, the editor of a high-profile magazine sends a video message in which she segues from rejecting Wrenn's story to babbling about how beautiful Wrenn is. [[spoiler: Jessica]] also likes her.
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* ObliviousToLove: Misreads where she stands with both Emerson and Jessica on separate occasions.
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* InHarmonyWithNature: Played with. Punter tries to be this in the "Walden" episode, but is really just spending a few months avoiding his writing by taking on outdoorsy hobbies like maple sap collection, chopping wood, etc. At least his activities have a positive effect on Wrenn and her work.


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* BiTheWay: Happens to be bi.
* {{Irony}}: In Season 2, Jessica advocates an "all-business" attitude for Wrenn's management of the journal, but [[spoiler: when she tries to reveal her feelings for Wrenn later, Wrenn is so focused on her work (thanks to Jessica's advice) that she's oblivious and somewhat hurtful to Jessica, and the relationship never really pans out.]]
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* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: Skirts this in Season 2 after becoming so focused on her work that she seems oblivious to the feelings of others, not to mention bitter about Jessica's accomplishments.

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Jessica will appear in season is a fiction writer, poet, audiobook actress, and editor who takes over Wrenn's position as managing editor at the beginning of Season 2.


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*RememberTheNewGuy: Jessica is already at the table at the beginning of Season 2, and already acquainted with Wrenn and Punter. Her role in the show is soon clarified, however.
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* NoodleIncident: Whatever happened between him and Sig in the past.
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** Often gives a deadpan "Uh-huh" when unimpressed or annoyed.


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* GenreSavvy: Easily figures out that Sig is [[spoiler: Trying to [[GameOfThrones "Red Wedding"]] him during the LARP]].

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* GenreSavvy: Easily figures out that Sig is [[spoiler: Trying to [[GameOfThrones [[Series/GameOfThrones "Red Wedding"]] him during the LARP]].



-->'''Sig:''' You mean to tell me you saw this coming? God, what is with spoilers nowadays? You can't even [[GameOfThrones Red Wedding]] anyone anymore!

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-->'''Sig:''' You mean to tell me you saw this coming? God, what is with spoilers nowadays? You can't even [[GameOfThrones [[Series/GameOfThrones Red Wedding]] anyone anymore!
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* BerserkButton: It's better if you don't mention Art Cleaver around him.
-->'''Punter''': You ''do'' remember that my graduate thesis was about how Art Cleaver's work is a pile of empty, substance-less goop, right?


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* BadassBoast: She's a master of these.
-->'''Punter''': This isn't your house.
-->'''Sig''': The present state of your precious table disproves that assertion. (to henchmen) Laugh, mooks!


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* PreAssKickingOneLiner: Says "Die with honor, Flannery O'Connor" just before [[spoiler: stabbing Punter during the LARP]].


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->'''Portrayed by:''' Stephanie Tribu-Cromme
Wrenn's monthly workshop partner.
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* RememberTheNewGuy: She shows up in episode 6 without an introduction because everyone in the series already knows her.
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* AffectionateParody: Of ''Shark Tank''.


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* CatchPhrase: When they're not interested in a deal with a contestant, they mention that they're out, then say "Period."


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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Dunphy has the "hairstyle" and hand mannerisms of Kevin O'Leary. Cleaver's attitude and appearance strongly resemble that of T.C. Boyle. Berneau's offensive comments are nearly word-for-word quotations of things Joyce Carol Oates has said on Twitter.


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* RichIdiotWithNoDayJob: We don't see any of Art Cleaver's personal life, but he certainly appears to be this.
* StylisticSuck: The plots of Cleaver's novels are pretty much all the same, and they're essentially a bunch of misogynistic crap designed to appeal to white college-aged boys.


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* VerbalTic: Cleaver can't stop mentioning that he's a millionaire.
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* PrecisionFStrike: In "Neuromancer."
-->'''Nellie''': Because I'm me, and this is Space ''fucking'' Tornado...

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* DeadpanSnarker

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* DeadpanSnarkerDeadpanSnarker: Has his moments.
-->'''Cecil''': We've seen the Sword of Truth!
-->'''Wrenn''': Who told you that name?
-->'''Punter''': And why couldn't they come up with a better one?
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* TitleDrop: She's the only one who says the word "slushpile" in the entire series, though it happens in a post-credits meta-scene where she's reviewing the TV show you just watched.

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* NoodleIncident: Whatever happened on the monkey bars in third grade, when she apparently "saved" Punter and began their lifelong friendship.
**Also, her apparently disastrous attempt to woo a girl named Joan.



-->'''Nellie''': It's a new world, Munsinger. A world connected to computers and fueled by sports drink!"

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-->'''Nellie''': It's a new world, Munsinger. A world connected to computers and fueled by sports drink!"drink!



* FemaleMisogynist: Is annoyed by the presence of so many female writers in ''Three-Master'', and claims that rich people don't stalk women.

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* FemaleMisogynist: Is Berneau is annoyed by the presence of so many female writers in ''Three-Master'', and claims that rich people don't stalk women.

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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Berneau's dialogue and tweets both involve tasteless references to Hitler, women, China, and Black Lives Matter.



* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Berneau's dialogue and tweets both involve tasteless references to Hitler, women, China, and Black Lives Matter.

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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Berneau's dialogue and tweets both involve tasteless references to Hitler, women, China, and Black Lives Matter.[[/folder]]

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* AffectionateNickname: Calls Punter "Punt."



-->'''Sig:'''You mean to tell me you saw this coming? God, what is with spoilers nowadays? You can't even [[GameOfThrones Red Wedding]] anyone anymore!

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-->'''Sig:'''You -->'''Sig:''' You mean to tell me you saw this coming? God, what is with spoilers nowadays? You can't even [[GameOfThrones Red Wedding]] anyone anymore!anymore!
* NoodleIncident: Whatever happened between her and Punter when they were in high school.



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!!Nellie Balcolm RussellRussell
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[[caption-width-right:350:"Stay outta the obituaries."]]
->'''Portrayed by:''' Elhora
Editor of the magazine ''Space Tornado'' and an ex of Wrenn's.
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* ButchLesbian
* EmbarrassingNickname: Calls Sydney "Titmouse," for some reason.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: She's pretty popular, despite only having three scenes and one meta-scene at the end of the first season.
* LargeHam: The "Neuromancer" episode mostly involves her giving a sprawling monologue that toggles between heightened descriptions of Wrenn's worst nightmares, and borderline nonsense.
-->'''Nellie''': It's a new world, Munsinger. A world connected to computers and fueled by sports drink!"
* SirSwearsALot: Drops the only F-bombs of the series.
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!!Art Cleaver, Georgia Berneau, and J.J. Dunphy
->'''Portrayed by''': Scott Reinert, Kristen Felsen, and Collin Martino
A group of successful mainstream writers who give Wrenn the chance to win a fully funded trip to AWP.
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* BaldOfEvil: Dunphy.
* BeardOfEvil: Dunphy again.
* FemaleMisogynist: Is annoyed by the presence of so many female writers in ''Three-Master'', and claims that rich people don't stalk women.
* JerkAss: All of them are dismissive of and insulting to Wrenn.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Boy, do they receive one from [[spoiler: Wrenn, who describes Cleaver as a "pathetic, illiterate Jack White ripoff" whose books are "misogynistic, write-by-numbers wastes of paper;" tells Dunphy that professors teach his work in order to show students what ''not'' to do; and tells Berneau that she would only work with her in a world where Wrenn's goal is to be the "biggest stooge in the literary community."]]
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Berneau's dialogue and tweets both involve tasteless references to Hitler, women, China, and Black Lives Matter.

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* CaptainObvious: "Did I mention that the winner gets six thousand dollars? ''American''?"



-->'''Sig''': A sword doesn't need a lineage. It just needs to be sharp!



-->'''Sig:'''You mean to tell me you saw this coming? God, what is with spoilers nowadays? You can't even [[GameOfThrones Red Wedding]] anyone anymore!



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!!Nellie Balcolm Russell
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* GenreSavvy: Easily figures out that Sig is [[spoiler: Trying to [[GameOfThrones "Red Wedding"]] him during the LARP]].


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!!Sigrid "Sig" Munsinger
->'''Portrayed by:'''Jessika Leary
Wrenn's rambunctious sister with whom she shares a complicated past.
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* ChewingTheScenery: She likes to put on a show.
-->'''Sig''': A sword doesn't need a lineage. It just needs to be sharp!
* NastyParty: Attempts this in order to defeat Punter and find out where Wrenn is hiding during the LARP.
* SiblingRivalry: Alluded to up until episode 10, "Lord of the Flies," when it takes center stage.
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* AbusiveParents: Possibly. She at least claims that they heavily favored her sister, but they also left Wrenn the house.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Claims she was a "spitball magnet" in high school.
* BadassBookWorm
* ChickMagnet: Despite her general loneliness, Wrenn does okay. She's been in several relationships and had even more flings. At one point, the editor of a high-profile magazine sends a video message in which she segues from rejecting Wrenn's story to babbling about how beautiful Wrenn is.
* GoGetterGirl


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* HeroicBSOD: Has one in "In a Grove."
* LonersAreFreaks: Accuses Emerson of harboring stereotypes against introverts.


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* BoundAndGagged: Just bound in "Treasure Island."
* CatchPhrase: In the first season, he often rhymes terse phrases with the names of authors. For example, "Sleep tight, E.B. White," "No thanks, Russell Banks," and so on. Sydney occasionally does it back to him, and eventually Emerson tries to get in on it.


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* CloudCuckoolander
* DisproportionateRetribution: Gets a little carried away sometimes, particularly in "Treasure Island" when she apparently thinks Wrenn wants her to kill Punter with an axe for annoying them during work.
* GenreSavvy: Always seems pretty clear on what "style" the show is taking on, and when to give or withhold certain information.
-->'''Sydney:''' I like to reveal things about myself naturally, rather than [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall when a moment of plot contrivance calls for it.]]
* MetaGuy: More so than anyone else.
* TagalongKid


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* AbusiveDad: Alluded to when she tells Wrenn that the latter's repeated walking away from her reminds Emerson of her dad.


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* CatchPhrase: "Fire away."


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* OlderThanTheyLook: Emerson looks pretty young, but her actress is in her late twenties.

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* DeadpanSnarker

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* DeadpanSnarkerDeadpanSnarker: Is extremely snarky, sometimes using her wit to avoid showing actual emotion.




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Wrenn's childhood friend who acts as a contributing editor for the journal.



Wrenn's childhood friend who acts as a contributing editor for the journal.

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Wrenn's childhood friend who acts as * AmbiguousGenderIdentity: When a contributing editor video game asks Punter for the journal.his gender, he chooses "Other." It's unknown whether he's just roleplaying a character or taking this literally.
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* ManipulativeBastard: Although she claims it's all for the good of Wrenn and the journal.

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* DeadpanSnarker: Wields an extremely sharp wit.
* ManipulativeBastard: Although she claims it's all for the good of Wrenn and the journal.journal.
* NoSocialSkills: She invokes this to make Wrenn feel sorry for her.
* ObliviousToLove: The look on her face when Wrenn says [[spoiler: "I'd like to kiss you"]] says it all.
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!Three-Master Staff

!!Wrenn Munsinger
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A fiction writer and founder of the literary journal Three-Master.
->'''Portrayed by:''' Jennifer Wicks
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* DeadpanSnarker
* StraightGay

!!Punter
->'''Portrayed by:''' Richard H.
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Wrenn's childhood friend who acts as a contributing editor for the journal.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: When [[JerkAss J.J. Dunphy]] asks whether "Punter" is his first or last name, Punter simply replies, "Nope."

!!Jessica Mc Cloud
-> '''Portrayed by:''' Suzanna Bornn
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Jessica will appear in season 2.

!!Sydney Coombs
->'''Portrayed by:''' Amanda Jade
Former host of a ghost-hunting reality show on TV; now working as a contributing editor on the journal while doing freelance electronics repair.
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* WrenchWench: Starts an electronics repair business, which is apparently going pretty well.

!!Emerson O.
->'''Portrayed by:''' Joyce Hausermann
A journalist and essayist who becomes nonfiction editor for the journal.
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*BatmanGambit: Her borderline insane plan to manipulate Wrenn into letting her observe the journal for a weekend.
*ManipulativeBastard: Although she claims it's all for the good of Wrenn and the journal.

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