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* ChekhovsGunman: She's foreshadowed as early as chapter one, and appears in chapter thirteen.

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* ChekhovsGunman: She's foreshadowed as early as chapter one, and appears in chapter thirteen. Doubles as a pun since she owns a gun.


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* EvilCounterpart: To Bianca. While both are mothers who were over-controlling to their children, Blanca realized what she did was wrong, while Dana refuses to see the error of her ways.

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!!Dana Summers nee Fitzpatrick

Mary's mother, and the main antagonist of the story.

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Mary's mother, and
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A teenage girl who meets
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* AmbiguousSituation: All that's known about her is that she ran away from home a week before Mary got on the train, and she claims her parents don't love her. The symbol on her boots doesn't help either.
* ChekhovsGunman: She's foreshadowed as early as chapter one, and appears in chapter thirteen.
* NonconformistDyedHair: She's the rebellious type, and secretly dyed her hair purple with pink streaks.
* ParentalFavoritism: This is why Nora ''claims'' to run away: being saddled by her parents to constantly babysit her little brother.
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!!Dana Summers nee Fitzpatrick

Mary's mother, and the main antagonist of the story.
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* DoesntKnowTheirOwnChild: One of her major problems is that she doesn’t really know who Mary is as a person and treats Mary based off a meltdown she had when she was a toddler and her own assumptions. She was also encouraged not to try by Dr. Goldman and refuses to listen to the people in Mary’s life who try to explain that Mary is a bright, sweet and creative girl, not an howling brat.

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* DoesntKnowTheirOwnChild: One of her major problems is that she doesn’t really know who Mary is as a person and treats Mary based off a meltdown she had when she was a toddler and her own assumptions. She was also encouraged not to try by Dr. Goldman and refuses to listen to the people in Mary’s life who try to explain that Mary is a bright, sweet and creative girl, not an howling brat.a tantrum-throwing brat or manipulative jerk.
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* ImportantHairAccessory: She loses one of her pink bows before leaving for the Train. It's the one thing left of her back in the regular world. In chapter 13, she gives up her other bow

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* ImportantHairAccessory: She loses one of her pink bows before leaving for the Train. It's the one thing left of her back in the regular world. In chapter 13, she gives up her other bow and puts it on a snowman in the Snow Car.
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* ImportantHairAccessory: She loses one of her pink bows before leaving for the Train. It's the one thing left of her back in the regular world.

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* ImportantHairAccessory: She loses one of her pink bows before leaving for the Train. It's the one thing left of her back in the regular world. In chapter 13, she gives up her other bow

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!!Dana Summers nee Fitzgerald

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!!Dana Summers nee Fitzgerald
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* AllegoricalCharacter: Dana Summers represents how toxic those Autism Warrior Parents can be. At her best which is not often, Dana treats her youngest daughter Mary Summers with autism like a baby that can't think for herself. At her worst, she's utterly abusive to her daughter and obsessed with making her normal and curing her daughter's autism. While Dana ultimately thinks she's in the right of her treatment of her daughter, everyone around her, including her Todd husband and eldest Reagan daughter, sees that her behavior is unacceptable, and while Dana may complain about her daughter acting out, she is the one making a scene. Thangs come to a head when Todd and Reagan read Dana's blog and discover to their horror, how much she hates Mary, that not only does Dana not miss Mary when she ran away and considered [[spoiler: forcibly sterilizing Mary once she turns 18.]] According to the story's author, Dana, based on parents of autistic children, that's written, memoirs on how much of a burden it was to raise their children and how they don't respect their children.

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* AllegoricalCharacter: Dana Summers represents how toxic those Autism Warrior Parents can be. At her best which is not often, Dana treats her youngest daughter Mary Summers with autism Summers, who is autistic, like a baby that can't think for herself. At her worst, she's utterly abusive to her daughter and obsessed with making her normal and curing her daughter's autism. While Dana ultimately thinks she's in the right of her treatment of her daughter, everyone around her, including her Todd husband Todd and eldest Reagan daughter, daughter Reagan, sees that her behavior is unacceptable, and while Dana may complain about her daughter acting out, she is the one making a scene. Thangs Things come to a head when Todd and Reagan read Dana's blog and discover to their horror, how much she hates Mary, that not only does Dana not miss Mary when she ran away and considered [[spoiler: forcibly sterilizing Mary once she turns 18.]] According to the story's author, Dana, Dana is based on parents of autistic children, that's written, children who have written memoirs on how much of a burden it was to raise their children and how they don't respect their children.


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* MotherlySidePlait: She is described as having one, but her personality and treatment of Mary are anything but motherly.
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* AllegoricalCharacter: Dana Summers represents how toxic those Autism Warrior Parents can be. At her best which is not often, Dana treats her youngest daughter Mary Summers with autism like a baby that can't think for herself. At her worst, she's utterly abusive to her daughter and obsessed with making her normal and curing her daughter's autism. While Dana ultimately thinks she's in the right of her treatment of her daughter, everyone around her, including her Todd husband and eldest Reagan daughter, sees that her behavior is unacceptable, and while Dana may complain about her daughter acting out, she is the one making a scene. Thangs come to a head when Todd and Reagan read Dana's blog and discover to their horror, how much she hates Mary, that not only does Dana not miss Mary when she ran away and considered [[spoiler: forcibly sterilizing Mary once she turns 18.]] According to the story's author, Dana, based on parents of autistic children, that's written, memoirs on how much of a burden it was to raise their children and how they don't respect their children.
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* DoesntKnowTheirOwnChild: One of her major problems is that she doesn’t really know who Mary is as a person and treats Mary based off a meltdown she had when she was a toddler and her own assumptions. She was also encouraged not to try by Dr. Goldman and refuses to listen to the people in Mary’s life who try to explain that Mary is a bright, sweet and creative girl, not an howling brat.
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* AbusiveParents: Emotionally and verbally abuses Mary and by the time Mary runs away, she’s starting to physically abuse her as well.
* ExhaustedEyebags: Her most defining feature.


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* ResentfulGuardian: Her dislike of Mary is so strong, she can’t even ''smile'' at her daughter.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Until both Irene returning to her life and Mary’s autism diagnosis, Dana was a kind and funny woman and cared about her daughters. As the years went on, she became bitter and hateful to the point where she treated Mary like trash for merely existing. It was also driven by Dr. Goldman and Autism Speaks manipulating her.

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!!Dana Summers nee Fitzgerald

Mary's mother, and the main antagonist of the story.
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* FatalFlaw: Dana’s desperation for perfection and her inability to stand up to her mother result in her being manipulated by Dr. Goldman and being resentful of Mary, to the point where she barely sees her daughter as human and Mary is shocked to see her mother love her as a baby in a past memory. By the current events of the fic, a once sweet woman has become a miserable monster.
* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: Dana's mother Irene abused her for ''decades''. This, however, does not excuse Dana's treatment of Mary.
* LikeMotherLikeDaughter: Despite Dana's denial, she's an abusive controlling figure just like Irene.
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* HatesTheirParent: Mary ''hates'' her mom for constantly abusing her over her autism.

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* HatesTheirParent: Mary ''hates'' her mom for constantly abusing her over her autism. After the events of Chapter 12, Mary effectively disowns her.



* NiceGirl: Mary is very sweet and kind, and her family, friends, and teacher know it.

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* NiceGirl: Mary is very sweet and kind, and her family, friends, and teacher know it. Unless you’re Dana.
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* AnimatedTattoo: Her arc number (on her hand) is '120'. [[spoiler: It zigzags through the story, going from 116 to 124 to 110 to 115, then 92. In chapter 10, it goes down to 70, then 55 in chapter 11.]]

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* AnimatedTattoo: Her arc number (on her hand) is '120'. [[spoiler: It zigzags through the story, going from 116 to 124 to 110 to 115, then 92. In chapter 10, it goes down to 70, then 55 in chapter 11.]] It dropped to 20 at the end of chapter 12]]
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* GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals: Mary has a ton of plushies in her bedroom, and is always carrying around a stuffed rabbit she named Mimi.


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* TerribleArtist: By her own admission, Mary isn't very good at drawing, especially not compared to Greg, though her drawings are at the very least comprehensible.
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* AnimatedTattoo: Her arc number (on her hand) is '120'. [[spoiler: It zigzags through the story, going from 116 to 124 to 110 to 115, then 92. In chapter 10, it goes down to 70.]]

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* AnimatedTattoo: Her arc number (on her hand) is '120'. [[spoiler: It zigzags through the story, going from 116 to 124 to 110 to 115, then 92. In chapter 10, it goes down to 70.70, then 55 in chapter 11.]]



* HiddenDepths: She has a lot of knowledge about archery and wants to try it out someday.

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* HiddenDepths: She has a lot of knowledge about archery and wants to try it out someday.someday, along with extensive knowledge about flowers for a nine-year-old.

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* CheerfulChild: She's pretty upbeat and cheerful, which is more pronounced when she's on the train and out from her mother's thumb.


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* GenkiGirl: When she's not constantly being micromanaged by her mother, she's a fairly chipper and cheerful kid, leaning more into this when she gets onto the train.


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* NiceGirl: Mary is very sweet and kind, and her family, friends, and teacher know it.


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* SweetTooth: When she gets into the Sweets Car for the first time, she wastes no time trying to eat as much sweets and candy as possible, though she stops when she gets sick from it.
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* AnimatedTattoo: Her arc number (on her hand) is '120'. [[spoiler: It zigzags through the story, going from 116 to 124 to 110 to 115, then 92.]]

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* AnimatedTattoo: Her arc number (on her hand) is '120'. [[spoiler: It zigzags through the story, going from 116 to 124 to 110 to 115, then 92. In chapter 10, it goes down to 70.]]
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* FreudianTrio: She's the Ego (in the middle between Blanca's calm Superego and Vic's Id).

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* FreudianTrio: She's the Ego (in the middle between Blanca's calm Superego and Vic's blunt Id).



* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: The other hamsters don't like him because he's interested in exploring life outside the Hamster Car.

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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: The other hamsters don't like him because he's interested in exploring life outside the Hamster Car. They even have the nerve to destroy several of his belongings.



* BerserkButton: For the love of God, don't EVER claim that Vic enjoys being miserable in any way whatsoever.
* BrutalHonesty: Vic is incredibly blunt and absolutely refuses to mince words.

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* BerserkButton: For the love of God, don't EVER claim that Vic enjoys being miserable in any way whatsoever.
whatsoever. Mary claims this after she doesn't give him any space, and he bites her in retaliation.
* BrutalHonesty: Vic Vic's main character trait is he's incredibly blunt and absolutely refuses to mince words.
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* BerserkButton: For the love of God, don't EVER claim that Vic enjoys being miserable in any way whatsoever.
* BrutalHonesty: Vic is incredibly blunt and absolutely refuses to mince words.
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A list of characters from ''Fanfic/TheSunWillComeUpAndTheSeasonsWillChange'' .

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A list of characters from ''Fanfic/TheSunWillComeUpAndTheSeasonsWillChange'' .''Fanfic/TheSunWillComeUpAndTheSeasonsWillChange''.
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* AnimatedTattoo: Her arc number (on her hand) is '120'. [[spoiler: It zigzags through the story, going from 116 to 124 to 110 to 115.]]

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* AnimatedTattoo: Her arc number (on her hand) is '120'. [[spoiler: It zigzags through the story, going from 116 to 124 to 110 to 115.115, then 92.]]
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* ResourcefulRodent: A hamster who knows his way around the slug market.

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* ResourcefulRodent: A hamster who knows his way around the slug market.market.
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** In the train: Her two traveling companions are Bianca the marshmallow (the girl) and Vic the hamster (the boy).

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** In the train: Her two traveling companions are Bianca Blanca the marshmallow (the girl) and Vic the hamster (the boy).



* MassiveNumberedSiblings: Bianca is the mother of '''twenty''' children.

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* MassiveNumberedSiblings: Bianca Blanca is the mother of '''twenty''' children.

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A list of characters in the series.

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A nine-year-old girl and the protagonist of the story.

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A nine-year-old girl and the protagonist of the story.
story. Originally from the Pittsburgh area in Pennsylvania, she runs away from home after seeing '''something''' on her mother's blog.



* AnimatedTattoo: Her arc number (on her hand) is '120'. [[spoiler: It later drops to 110.]]
* BrainyBrunette: Has black hair, and she's academically smart (gets high grades on tests).

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* AnimatedTattoo: Her arc number (on her hand) is '120'. [[spoiler: It later drops zigzags through the story, going from 116 to 110.124 to 110 to 115.]]
* BrainyBrunette: Has black hair, and she's academically smart (gets high grades on tests).tests when she puts in the effort).



* HiddenDepths: She has a lot of knowledge about archery and wants to try it out someday.



* MostWritersAreWriters: Mary wants to be a writer when she grows up.



* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Bananas (she eats them several times through the series).

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* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Bananas are her favorite fruit (she eats them several times through the series).series). The story later reveals potato au gratin is her favorite food.




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\n!! Blanca\n* WesternZodiac: Her birthday is May 16 (making her a Taurus). She's stubborn but has an artistic side that's expressed by writing.

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* MassiveNumberedSiblings: Bianca is the mother of '''twenty''' children.



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* AnimalMotifs: Rabbits. Her father nicknames her 'bunny', she has a stuffed rabbit plush named 'Mimi', and she had a lamp with rabbits on it, and rabbits are one of her favorite animals.
* AnimatedTattoo: Her arc number (on her hand) is '120'.

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* AnimalMotifs: Rabbits. Her father nicknames her 'bunny', she has owns a stuffed rabbit plush named 'Mimi', and back home she had a lamp with rabbits on it, and rabbits are one of her favorite animals.
* AnimatedTattoo: Her arc number (on her hand) is '120'. [[spoiler: It later drops to 110.]]



* DoesNotLikeSpam: '''Hates''' the taste of mint.

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* DoesNotLikeSpam: '''Hates''' the taste of mint.mint/peppermint.



* GirlishPigtails: Well, a braided variant, but she's very feminine

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* GirlishPigtails: Well, a braided variant, but she's very femininefeminine.
* HatesTheirParent: Mary ''hates'' her mom for constantly abusing her over her autism.



* TokenHuman: Downplayed. Other humans exist in the story, but she's the only human in her group on the Train.

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* TokenHuman: Downplayed. Other humans exist in the story, story (in the half about her disappearance), but she's the only human in her group on the Train.



%%* {{Expy}}: of [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Toriel]]

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* CompanionCube: She carries around a rabbit stuffed animal named Mimi.



** FreudianTrio: She's the Ego (in the middle between Blanca's calm Superego and Vic's Id).

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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: The other hamsters don't like him because he's interested in exploring life outside the Hamster Car.
* BadassAdorable: An adorable hamster who's outgoing and knows his way around weapons (even gives Mary her own umbrella spear).
* OverlyLongName: Vic's real name is Victorino Achilles Isidoro Liberatore VIII.
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!!Mary Summers

A nine-year-old girl and the protagonist of the story.

* AnimalMotifs: Rabbits. Her father nicknames her 'bunny', she has a stuffed rabbit plush named 'Mimi', and she had a lamp with rabbits on it, and rabbits are one of her favorite animals.
* AnimatedTattoo: Her arc number (on her hand) is '120'.
* BrainyBrunette: Has black hair, and she's academically smart (gets high grades on tests).
* DoesNotLikeSpam: '''Hates''' the taste of mint.
** FreudianTrio: She's the Ego (in the middle between Blanca's calm Superego and Vic's Id).
* GirlishPigtails: Well, a braided variant, but she's very feminine
* ImportantHairAccessory: She loses one of her pink bows before leaving for the Train. It's the one thing left of her back in the regular world.
* PinkMeansFeminine: She wears a lot of pink, and is a cheerful young girl.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Bananas (she eats them several times through the series).
* TokenHuman: Downplayed. Other humans exist in the story, but she's the only human in her group on the Train.
* TwoGirlsAndAGuy: She's part of two groups like this:
** Back home: Her two best friends are Caitlin (the girl) and Leo (the boy).
** In the train: Her two traveling companions are Bianca the marshmallow (the girl) and Vic the hamster (the boy).

!! Blanca

A shapeshifting marshmallow who joins Mary in chapter four.

* AnthropomorphicFood: She's a sentient marshmallow.
* ParentalSubstitute: Blanca is the gentle motherly figure Mary needed in her life.
* TeamMom: The motherly one of the trio, makes sure Mary and Vic get along.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Her main ability is to shapeshift (while she can't change color, she can change her form and size).

!! Vic

A talking hamster who joins the trio in chapter five.

* ResourcefulRodent: A hamster who knows his way around the slug market.

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