History FanFic / FangsAndFins

* TookALevelInJerkAss: Either Rose or perhaps James (specifically in the last five chapters or so, due to stress) would probably qualify.
** Don't forget [[spoiler: Ash, Byron, Jewel and Elliot.]]
*** Ben in season 2. He reduced Arianna to tears when she was trying to mediate a fight between him and James, and spends the majority of 2.03 being a jerkass, ''again'', to James and Arianna.
* TroubledButCute: Ben.

* TheUnfavourite: Notably Ben and Constance, but Minerva as well.
* WrongGirlFirst: [[spoiler: Played pretty straight with Lewis's relationship with Lily.]]
** [[spoiler: Once, again played straight with James's relationship with Rose.]]

* WillTheyOrWontThey: Ben and Rose. Lily and [[spoiler: Arianna.]]
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Blake Lockwood threatens [[spoiler: Sofia]] with this.

* AbandonShip: [[spoiler: Both Lily/Lewis and James/Rose were treated to this later on in season 1]]
* AbusiveParents: All of the Council families.

* ADayInTheLimeLight: 2.02 - "Arianna".
** 2.07 - "Sofia"

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Probably the reason for Lily's initial attraction to Ash, and perhaps Rose's to Ben.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited
* AloofBigBrother: Ben and Constance had a tendency to see James as this.
* AlternateUniverseFic
* AnAesop: There are a couple, the biggest one being to open yourself up to new feelings.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: Sofia, as suggested by her actress and her ambiguous ethnicity.

* AmbitionIsEvil: Played straight in one case [[spoiler: (Violet)]] and ultimately averted in another [[spoiler: (Ariadne).]]
* AntiHero: Most of the characters in one way or another, but most notably Ben who [[spoiler: committed a series of completely unjustifiable murders.]]

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Jewel]] wasn't exactly the nicest person around.
* TheAtoner: Arguably Ben, but one can argue that he was just seriously misguided rather than completely evil.
* BadassBoast: James has a (subtle) on in 2.08. [[spoiler: "What is sand made out of?]]

* BetaCouple: In season 1, Lily/Lewis, Ash/Lily and Constance/Lewis, though Lily/Lewis is the most consistent example.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: [[spoiler: Constance.]]
** [[spoiler: Léa]]
* BigEater: The wolf pack and Byron.
* BigScrewedUpFamily: All of them, basically.
* BelligerentSexualTension: Rose and James initially had this dynamic, however it faded quickly.
** Ben and Rose have a peculiar relationship.
* BetterAsFriends: Lily decides this about her and Lewis.
** This seems to be the offical verdict on [[spoiler: James/Rose]]
** As well as [[spoiler: [[IncompatibleOrientation Arianna/Ben]] ]]
* BettyAndVeronica: Rose must pick between James (Betty) and Ben (Veronica).
** In season 1, Lewis (Betty) and Ash (Veronica) for Lily.
* BirdsOfAFeather: Ben and Rose. They're both passionate, impulsive and headstrong.
** James and Minerva.
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Kind of. Rose is strawberry blonde and would (probably) qualify as a FieryRedhead, Minerva is a BrainyBrunette, spoiler: but Constance was not, and Arianna is very much ''not'' a DumbBlonde, same with both Lily and Laurel.
* BloodLust: Pretty much every vampire in the series at one point or another, but particularly [[spoiler: Arianna in season 2]]

* BrokenBird: Constance and Rose, big time. Lily, Arianna and Minerva too. Hell, pretty much ''everyone''.
* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler: Violet for Rose.]]

* ByronicHero: Ben.
* CharacterDevelopment: Ben, Rose and Lily.
** A lesser example is Lewis, who [[spoiler: finally let Lily go and decided to move on.]]
* DanceOfRomance: All over the place in 2.08, most prominently [[spoiler: Arianna/Lily]].
* DarkSecret: Several.
* DeadpanSnarker: Several candidates.
* DefrostingIceQueen: [[spoiler: Implied with Arianna]]
** Rose.
** [[spoiler: And later on, Minerva]]
* {{Dhampir}}: Both Arianna and Ben.
** Also Arianna's younger sisters, Katharina and Natalia.
** [[spoiler: Elliot]]

** Ben, sometimes, notably when he blows up at Arianna and James in 2.02.
* TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler: Constance]]
* DownerEnding: Season 1.

** Arianna and Ben, too.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Sofia and Ivy.
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: James, Ben, Minerva, Marie...
* TheEeyore: Rose, at first.

* EmotionlessGirl: Rose early on.
* ExtracurricularEnthusiast: Minerva and Lily.
* FakeoutMakeout: [[spoiler:Ben/Rose in 2.08]]
* FieryRedhead: Well reddish-blonde. Rose, and Violet before her.

* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Rose and Ben are Foolish, Lily and James are Responsible.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Constance - '''[[color:maroon:sanguine]]''', Rose - '''[[color:orange:choleric]]''', Lily - '''[[color:black:melancholic]]''', and Arianna - '''[[color:green:phlegmatic]]'''.
** Laurel - '''[[color:maroon:sanguine]]''' and Minerva - '''[[color:black:melancholic]]'''.
** Will - '''[[color:maroon:sanguine]]''', Ben - '''[[color:orange:choleric]]''', James - '''[[color:black:melancholic]]''', and Lewis - '''[[color:green:phlegmatic]]'''.
* FreudianTrio: Rose (Id), Lewis (Ego), and Lily (Superego). Also Ben (Id), Lewis (Ego), and James (Superego).

* GenkiGirl: Constance.
* GirlPosse: Minerva had one at Billiard.
* GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals: Constance and Rose.
* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: Rose and Lily.
* TheHeart: Arianna, Lily and Lewis.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Ben and Lewis.
* HiddenDepths: Just about everyone.
* HowTheMightyHaveFallen
* HufflepuffHouse: The Campbells.

** Minerva
* ImprobablyFemaleCast: The Nereids.

* IntoxicationEnsues: Arianna and James in 2.02.
* IvyLeagueForEveryone: Minerva wants more than anything for this trope to apply to her.
* {{Jerkass}}: Jewel definitely crosses into this trope.
** Also [[spoiler: Ash]]
** And [[spoiler: Elliot]]
** Isaac Wood too.
* JustFriends: Lily and Lewis.
** Arianna insists that she and Ben are this too. [[spoiler: Rose does the same.]]
* KarmaHoudini: Ben.
* KickTheDog: [[spoiler: Jewel, towards Constance. Like for 95% of her pagetime]]
** Ben to Arianna in season 2.
* KillTheCutie: Abigail and[[spoiler: Constance]]
* KissingCousins: James and Arianna are forced into an arranged marriage.
* KissingUnderTheInfluence: [[spoiler: Lily and Arianna.]]
* LadykillerInLove: Ben's a minor example.
* LieBackAndThinkOfEngland: Minerva's wedding "blessing" to Marie.
* LikeBrotherAndSister: Rose and Lewis
* [[spoiler: LipstickLesbian: Arianna. Implied with Madeleine Montgomery.]]
* [[spoiler: LastGirlWins: James/Minerva, Lewis/Laurel. If you want to get technical about it, Lily's relationship with Arianna actually fits FirstGirlWins better harharhar.]]

* TheMasochismTango: James/Rose in season 2.
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Constance, kind of.
* NeatFreak: James, according to Arianna.
* NiceGuy: Lewis, Will and James.
* NotBloodSiblings: Constance with James and Ben, as she is adopted.

* OddFriendship: Ben with mostly everyone, ''especially'' Rose. To a lesser extent, Lewis and Ben.
* OddNameOut: Lily, Rose and Elliot Collins. The former two are named after flowers, will Elliot is not.

* OneGenderSchool: Arianna and Minerva's old school, Billard.
* OnlySaneMan: Most frequently Lewis. Out of the wolf pack, Noel.
* TheOphelia: Constance.
* OurMermaidsAreDifferent: Averted. The difference between mermaids and sirens is made very clear.

* ParentalFavoritism: Subverted. Mr. Wood favors James because he is the only child who is 100% vampire, but the word "favors" should be used loosley...

* PensieveFlashback: [[spoiler:A big, plot-heavy one with the Nereids.]]
* PlatonicLifePartners: James and Arianna manage to keep things platonic while sleeping in the same bed in 2.02. Despite kissing in 2.03, they both admit to feeling nothing and have spent the rest of season 2 as close friends.

** Rose and Lewis
** [[spoiler: The direction Lily/Lewis has been heading in as of season 2.]]
* PosthumousCharacter: Several. Lily and Rose's mother Violet, Ben's mother Anna, James' mother Ashley, and Elliot. [[spoiler:However, it is revealed that Violet and Elliot survived.]]
* PowerTrio: Lily, Lewis and Rose. James, Ben, and Arianna resolved themselves from a [[FourTemperamentEnsemble Four Temperament]] into this after season 1.
* PreppyName: All over the place, most notably with the Montgomery sisters - Marie, Madeleine, Mathilda and Minerva.
* PromotionToParent: Lily, James also shows shades of this.

* ReallyGetsAround: Implied with Ben and Jewel.
* RedOniBlueOni: Rose and Ben are red, Lily and James are blue.

* RunningGag: Hugsy.
** The kids drinking Coke and marathoning tv. Also, Series/LegendOfTheSeeker
** James being boring or too serious.
*** Twilight.
* SacrificialLamb: Rose and Lily's mother and brother. [[spoiler: But they actually both survived]]
* SacrificialLion: Arguably [[spoiler:Constance.]]
* [[spoiler: SecondLove: James/Minerva, Lewis/Laurel, Lily/Arianna, Ben/Rose. Even Constance/Lewis]]
* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Arianna and Lily in 2.06. Ben in 2.07.

** Oh boy...Lewis/Lily, which is, by far, the most prominent example.
** Lily/Ash, Lily/Byron...
** Arianna/James, who even kissed in 2.03
** Arianna/Ben
* SiblingRivalry: James and Ben, Lily and Rose. The former is more of a typical rivalry whereas the latter consists more of constant bickering, however.
** Minerva with all of her sisters, ''especially'' Maire...
* Sibling Triangle: Both Wood brothers are interested in Rose.

* SuperpowerLottery: For the vampires and werewolves.
** SuperSpeed: They can move and run much faster than that of a normal human.
** SuperReflexes: They can react much faster and quicker to situations than that of a normal human.
** SuperStrength: They are able to carry or lift heavier objects with much ease and little effort.
** HealingFactor: Vampires only. They can get stabbed, shot or wounded and she will heal immediately.
** SuperSenses: All of their senses, such as sight, smell, taste, touch and hearing have become clearer, stronger and heightened. They are able to see, smell and hear things from a greater distance than that of a normal human.
* TakeThat: Twilight. Just Twilight.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: James.
* TeamMom: Lily.
* TookALevelInBadass: Lewis in season 2.

* TriangRelations: Ben/Rose/James was a type 4 in season 1, but eventually morphs into a pretty straight type 9 by season 2.
** Lewis/Lily/Rose is a (mostly platonic) type 9, with Lily's loyalty to Rose preventing her from entering a romantic relationship with Lewis.

* NamesTheSame: Lily Collins.

* FiveManBand: Well, more like Ten Man Band.
** ''Season 1'':
*** TheHero - Rose
*** TheLancer - Ben
*** TheSmartGuy - Lewis and Lily
*** TheBigGuy - James
*** TheChick - Constance
*** TheSixthRanger - Arianna
** ''Season 2'':
*** TheHero - Rose
*** TheLancer - Ben
*** TheSmartGuy - James and Lily
*** TheBigGuy - Lewis, in a rather odd inversion. Also Will.
*** TheChick - Laurel
*** TheSixthRanger - Minerva
*** TheHeart - Arianna
*** TokenEvilTeammate - Sofia
** The Wolf pack are also a perfect example of this:
*** TheHero: Will
*** TheLancer: Christian
*** TheSmartGuy: Noel
*** TheBigGuy: Micah
*** TheChick: Lewis

* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: [[spoiler: Lily and Arianna]] stray into this.
** [[spoiler: Also Elisabeth and Violet.]]

* CupidHatesOddCouples: So much.

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Blake Lockwood threatens [[spoiler: Sofia]] with this.
* YourCheatingHeart: James and Jewel, though Jewel more or less threw herself at James, and it clearly didn't mean anything. Rose's kiss with Ben, however...

* {{Adorkable}}: James, at least when trying to talk to girls..

* BiTheWay: [[spoiler:Lily is probably best considered pansexual, actually. ''Strongly'' implied with Elisabeth, Isabel and Violet as well.]]

* AmbiguouslyEvil: [[spoiler: Violet]], until the latter half of season 2 took the 'ambiguous' out of it. Same goes for [[spoiler: Petra, who seemed to be kind yet misguided throughout season 1 and the first half of season 2, before she is slowly revealed to be pure evil after she blackmails Lily.]]
** [[spoiler: Byron, who was a slightly less subtle example, initially appeared to be a friend of Lily's, until it's revealed he's Elliot's minion]]

* BadassGay: [[spoiler: Arianna]]

* ActorAllusion: The kids like the series ''Series/LegendOfTheSeeker'', which Craig Horner, who portrays Ash, was in.