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* MagnificentBastard: The classic cold-but-charismatic [[{{Chessmaster}} mastermind]].
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* EvilIsSexy: Camilla is devoted to Henry in spite of his [[SociopathicHero personality flaws]].
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Characters found in the novel, ''Literature/TheSecretHistories'':

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* GaussianGirl: Camilla, despite that fact that {{The Secret History}} is a book rather than a film. Her true character is hard to make out through the veil of Richard's adoration.

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* GaussianGirl: Camilla, despite that fact that {{The ''The Secret History}} History'' is a book rather than a film. Her true character is hard to make out through the veil of Richard's adoration.

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Characters found in the novel, ''Literature/TheSecretHistories'':




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Characters found in the Comic Book, ''ComicBook/TheSecretHistory'':
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* ValleyGirl

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* ValleyGirlValleyGirl
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* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: With Marion.



* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: With Bunny.



* InelegantBlubbering: Frequently. [[spoiler: But her boyfriend just died.]]

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* InelegantBlubbering: Frequently. [[spoiler: But Fair enough, as her boyfriend just died.]]

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* LongHairIsFeminine


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* InelegantBlubbering: Frequently. [[spoiler: But her boyfriend just died.]]
* LongHairIsFeminine
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Adding this again with elaboration - really do think it\'s an important part of their characters and how they aren\'t what they initally seem.

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* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Charles and Camilla are blond and wholesome and angelic, [[BlondesAreEvil until they aren't]].


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* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Charles and Camilla are blond and wholesome and angelic, [[BlondesAreEvil until they aren't]].
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Hair of Gold isn\'t just about being blonde; male characters need to be noble, chaste, knightly, etc. and female characters need to be sweet, wholesome, pretty, innocent, etc. These entries lack the context necessary to qualify.


* HairOfGold



* HairOfGold
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* MommasBoy: Francis's relationship with [[{{AbsurdlyYouthfulMother}} his mother]] is [[{{RichInDollarsPoorInSense}} slightly]] [[{{BottleFairy}} more complicated]].

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* MommasBoy: Francis's relationship with [[{{AbsurdlyYouthfulMother}} his mother]] is [[{{RichInDollarsPoorInSense}} slightly]] [[{{BottleFairy}} [[HardDrinkingPartyGirl more complicated]].

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* DifferentAsNightAndDay: Charles and Camilla, who at first seem very similar. Their personality differences intensify over the course of the book, [[spoiler: and at the end, years after the resolution of the main plot, they barely speak to each other anymore.]]



* HalfIdenticalTwins: Charles and Camilla initially appear to conform to this trope. [[spoiler: As the plot unravels and their [[{{DifferentAsNightAndDay}} personality differences]] emerge they lose their united front. In contrast to their earlier descriptions, a minor character remarks that for twins they don't look much alike at all.]]

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* HalfIdenticalTwins: Charles and Camilla initially appear to conform to this trope. [[spoiler: As the plot unravels and their [[{{DifferentAsNightAndDay}} [[{{PolarOppositeTwins}} personality differences]] emerge they lose their united front. In contrast to their earlier descriptions, a minor character remarks that for twins they don't look much alike at all.]]



* PolarOppositeTwins: Charles and Camilla, who at first seem very similar. Their personality differences intensify over the course of the book, [[spoiler: and at the end, years after the resolution of the main plot, they barely speak to each other anymore.]]



* DifferentAsNightAndDay: Charles and Camilla, who at first seem very similar. Their personality differences intensify over the course of the book, [[spoiler: and at the end, years after the resolution of the main plot, they barely speak to each other anymore.]]



* HalfIdenticalTwins: Charles and Camilla initially appear to conform to this trope. [[spoiler: As the plot unravels and their [[{{DifferentAsNightAndDay}} personality differences]] emerge they lose their united front. In contrast to their earlier descriptions, a minor character remarks that for twins they don't look much alike at all.]]

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* HalfIdenticalTwins: Charles and Camilla initially appear to conform to this trope. [[spoiler: As the plot unravels and their [[{{DifferentAsNightAndDay}} [[{{PolarOppositeTwins}} personality differences]] emerge they lose their united front. In contrast to their earlier descriptions, a minor character remarks that for twins they don't look much alike at all.]]


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* PolarOppositeTwins: Charles and Camilla, who at first seem very similar. Their personality differences intensify over the course of the book, [[spoiler: and at the end, years after the resolution of the main plot, they barely speak to each other anymore.]]
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* HyperAwareness: He's very clever when it comes to noticing things and putting them together.
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* IdleRich: See BrilliantButLazy.
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* UnkemptBeauty: At least some of the time. Richard notes how beautiful she is even when she's wearing her brother's clothes or her hair is a mess.

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* UnkemptBeauty: At least some of the time. Bunny calls her a "bramble rose", and Richard notes how beautiful she is even when she's wearing her brother's clothes or her hair is a mess.

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* AmbiguouslyBi



* HandsOffParenting: From his mother in his childhood.

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* HandsOffParenting: From Despite their BlueBlood his mother in his childhood. is more like a CoolBigSis (which made for a fairly traumatic childhood).

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* FirstPersonPeripheralNarrator



* TheIshmael
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* EvilIsSexy: Camilla is devoted to Henry in spite of his [[HeroicSociopath personality flaws]].

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* EvilIsSexy: Camilla is devoted to Henry in spite of his [[HeroicSociopath [[SociopathicHero personality flaws]].
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* PrincelyYoungMan

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* DitzyGenius: He can be incredibly impractical ([[TrueArtIsComplex not that he'll see it that way]]), which is one of the reasons the GambitPileup ultimately topples.

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* DitzyGenius: He can be incredibly impractical ([[TrueArtIsComplex ([[ComplexityAddiction not that he'll see it that way]]), which is one of the reasons the GambitPileup ultimately topples.



* HeroicSociopath: Heavily deconstructed and subverted.


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* SociopathicHero: Heavily deconstructed and subverted.
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* BadassBookworm: According to Judy Poovey.

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* BadassBookworm: According to Judy Poovey.{{Badass}}

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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Charles is made the group's unofficial CCO in the furor after Bunny's death. After he snaps under the pressure ([[MySisterIsOffLimits among other things]]), Henry begins looking for a way to dispose of him.

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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Charles is made the group's unofficial CCO in the furor after Bunny's death. After he snaps under the pressure ([[MySisterIsOffLimits ([[CrazyJealousGuy among other things]]), Henry begins looking for a way to dispose of him.

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* BadassBookworm, according to Judy Poovey.

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* BadassBookworm, according BadassBookworm: According to Judy Poovey.


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* DeadGuyJunior: An odd case; her daughter is named after her late boyfriend.
* SettleForSibling: In the epilogue she's married to Bunny's brother Brady.
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** HandicappedBadass
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* BadassBookworm, according to Judy Poovey.

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* ImmortalitySeeker: "Live Forever" is a favorite toast of Julian's.



* SoYouWantToLiveForever: "Live Forever" is a favorite toast of Julian's.

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* SoYouWantToLiveForever: "Live Forever" is a favorite toast of Julian's.
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* WaterWorks: And who can blame her?

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* WaterWorks: And who can blame her?

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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: To Charles, and apparently Richard.




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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Charles is made the group's unofficial CCO in the furor after Bunny's death. After he snaps under the pressure ([[MySisterIsOffLimits among other things]]), Henry begins looking for a way to dispose of him.

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* BewareTheNiceOnes: With the possible exception of Richard, Charles seems to [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone feel the worst]] about [[spoiler: Bunny's murder]], which is probably half the reason (the other being [[spoiler: Henry and Camilla]]) he has the most pronounced FreakOut.

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* BewareTheNiceOnes: With the possible exception of Richard, Charles seems to [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone feel the worst]] about [[spoiler: Bunny's murder]], which is probably half one of the reason (the other being [[spoiler: Henry and Camilla]]) reasons he has the most pronounced FreakOut.
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* DitzyGenius: He can be incredibly impractical ([[TrueArtIsComplex not that he'll see it that way]]), which one of the reasons the GambitPileup ultimately topples.

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* DitzyGenius: He can be incredibly impractical ([[TrueArtIsComplex not that he'll see it that way]]), which is one of the reasons the GambitPileup ultimately topples.
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* DitzyGenius: He can be incredibly impractical ([[TrueArtIsComplex not that he'll see it that way]]), which one of the reasons the GambitPileup ultimately topples.


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* GeniusCripple: Has a limp because he was hit by a car as a child.

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