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* BlondesAreEvil: Maria is blonde, as well as the local AlphaBitch and Ariana's rival.
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* IdiotBall: Several of the canon characters hold it at times, but nobody holds it as tightly as Ariana does, whenever the 'plot' with Voldemort has to happen.
** Especially when Ariana receives a (fake) letter from Sirius, telling her to meet him in Hogsmeade near an alley, alone--she ''believes it and does so.'' And then when Sirius himself never shows, Ariana wonders what's taking so long, right before getting kidnapped. This is done after Voldemort has made several successful attempts to abduct her in the past, including last year, when Draco kidnapped both her and Harry the moment they left the company of their friends.
** Especially when Ariana receives a (fake) letter from Sirius, telling her to meet him in Hogsmeade near an alley, alone--she ''believes it and does so.'' And then when Sirius himself never shows, Ariana wonders what's taking so long, right before getting kidnapped. This is done after Voldemort has made several successful attempts to abduct her in the past, including last year, when Draco kidnapped both her and Harry the moment they left the company of their friends.
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* [[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything The Aurors Who Don't Do Anything]]Anything]]: They are mentioned, but never do anything helpful. The one time they are supposed to appear on-screen, Ariana conveniently falls into Voldemort's trap and the rest of the time is spent with her, until she is rescued by the canon characters and the Aurors are never mentioned again.
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* TooDumbToLive: Ariana receives a (fake) letter from Sirius, telling her to meet him in Hogsmeade near an alley, alone--she ''believes it and does so.'' And then when Sirius himself never shows, Ariana wonders what's taking so long, right before getting kidnapped. This is done after Voldemort has made several successful attempts to abduct her in the past, including last year, when Draco kidnapped both her and Harry the moment they left the company of their friends.
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* WriteWhoYouKnow: One of Ariana's friends, Reginald, is supposedly based on a friend of the author's whom she claims has a crush on her. Reginald also forces himself onto Ariana several times despite her saying she doesn't want to, which [[UnfortunateImplications speaks very, very badly for the real-life person...]]
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* DetractorNickname: Ariana is often called "Airhead" by the sporkers in their {{MST}}. The canon characters also get names to emphasize how OutOfCharacter they are. For example: "Hairy Potter," "Don Weasel," "Devil Shortbottom," etc.
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** One of the members on the Quiddich team is named [[CalvinAndHobbes Susie Derkins]].
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* UnrequitedLoveLastsForever: Ariana's mother, Tabitha, had a thing for Snape when she was about nine and he was about ten. He reacts about the way any snotty kid might to a girl that he finds supremely annoying. Apparently she wasn't able to move on from this, because ten years later (after she had already married and divorced somebody else) she tells Remus that she's still in love with Snape. Note that he moved in with the Malfoys right after telling her off, so it's questionable if she's even seen him in the ensuing years.
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''The Ariana Black Series'' was a series of seven fanfics, written by Suethor "[[SelfInsert Ariana Black.]]" (The main series itself had seven stories, but the author also wrote several side-stories about Ariana's mother, and one about Ariana's rival, Maria. Technically they don't count as part of the actual series.)
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''The Ariana Black Series'' was a series of seven fanfics, written by Suethor "[[SelfInsert Ariana Black.]]" (The main series itself had seven stories, but the author also wrote several side-stories about Ariana's mother, and one about Ariana's rival, Maria. Technically they don't count as part of the actual series.)
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* MoodWhiplash: The story tends to swing between chapters of pointless "hee-hee, characters having fun!" antics to other chapters that are full of {{Wangst}}. Also, the sporkers note that any bad thing that happened seems to be forgotten immediately, with characters cracking jokes right after they escape from mortal peril.
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* OutOfFocus: After the second story Harry and Ariana move in with Sirius, and their friends start spending their summers there/moving in themselves. This means that a lot of characters, like most of the Weasleys, pretty much disappear.
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* TheMaidenNameDebate: Since she's Ariana ''Black,'' her mom apparently decided to keep her last name (or maybe change it back when her husband left her). Which is kind of odd, given how terrified both originally are about people realizing they're related to Sirius.
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* TheMaidenNameDebate: Since she's Ariana ''Black,'' her mom apparently decided to keep her last name (or maybe change it back when her husband left her). [[FridgeLogic Which is kind of odd, odd]], given how terrified both originally are about people realizing they're related to Sirius.
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* NeverTrustATitle: "Ariana and the Mystery of the Muggle Murders" has no mystery--the first time the murders are mentioned the narration (correctly) tells us Voldemort is doing them to send a message to Snape. For that matter, the murders really don't really have much to do with the plot; the characters never try to ''stop'' the murders, they just let them know that Voldemort is ticked off.
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** In the fourth story we find out that for Ariana's protection, her former guardian Mita had an amulet that let her watch over her and know where she was. Ariana had been kidnapped by Voldemort and almost been raped by Malfoy twice each, and yet this had never come up before.
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* WhatMeasureIsANonSuper: In the fifth story the Death Eaters keep killing random Muggles in Snape's area to send him a message. Granted Snape is the person Ariana knows and cares about, but all the attention seems to be on worrying about him with very little concern for the poor, nameless people who are actually dying.
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* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: Hermione especially, but also Ginny, seem to be in the habit of hitting their {{Love Interest}}s in the back of the head whenever they annoy them. PlayedForLaughs.
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* IdenticalLookingAsians: For a Potions lesson, Ariana partners with Michael Okuda, "a handsome looking Asian boy who reminded Ariana of Cho Chang." She never explains ''why'' he reminds her of Cho Chang, though, so presumably it's just because she's also attractive and Asian. (Incidentally, Cho is four years older than Ariana and Harry doesn't to pursue her romantically in this universe, [[PlotHole so how does Ariana even know who she is]]?)
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* IdenticalLookingAsians: For a Potions lesson, Ariana partners with Michael Okuda, "a handsome looking Asian boy who reminded Ariana of Cho Chang." She never explains ''why'' he reminds her of Cho Chang, though, so presumably it's just because she's also attractive and Asian. (Incidentally, Cho is four years older than Ariana and Harry doesn't seem to pursue her romantically in this universe, [[PlotHole so how does Ariana even know who she is]]?)
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* AllAsiansAreAlike: For a Potions lesson, Ariana partners with Michael Okuda, "a handsome looking Asian boy who reminded Ariana of Cho Chang." She never really explains ''why'' he reminds her of Cho Chang, though, so presumably it's just she's also attractive and Asian. (Also, [[PlotHole the fics never indicates she and Cho even met]], what with a four-year age difference.)
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* IdenticalLookingAsians: For a Potions lesson, Ariana partners with Michael Okuda, "a handsome looking Asian boy who reminded Ariana of Cho Chang." She never explains ''why'' he reminds her of Cho Chang, though, so presumably it's just because she's also attractive and Asian. (Incidentally, Cho is four years older than Ariana and Harry doesn't to pursue her romantically in this universe, [[PlotHole so how does Ariana even know who she is]]?)
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* NotBloodSiblings: Averted. Harry and Ariana are both adopted by Sirius and immediately start acting like they were biological siblings.
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* NotBloodSiblings: Averted. Harry and Ariana are both adopted by Sirius and immediately start acting like said they were biological siblings.LikeBrotherAndSister even before Sirius adopted them, but that didn't stop Ariana from kissing him on a dare.
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* TheMaidenNameDebate: Since she's Ariana ''Black,'' her mom apparently decided to keep her last name (or maybe change it back when her husband left her). Which is kind of odd, given how terrified both originally are about people realizing they're related to Sirius.
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* NobodyCallsMeChicken: Maria dares Ariana, who's already dating Neville, to French kiss the next person to walk into their dormitory. It's Harry. She kisses him and there is much {{Wangst}} about how Maria "forced" her to cheat on Neville.
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* DirtyOldMan: Professor Flitwick, apparently. See UnderTheMistletoe.
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* UnderTheMistletoe: During the holidays Professor Flitwick, [[CovertPervert for some]] [[DirtyOldMan reason]], hangs mistletoe in the entrance to the Great Hall and won't let anyone enter until they "follow tradition." At one point this forces Ariana to kiss Ron. Another time it forces ''[[BrotherSisterIncest Ginny]]'' [[BrotherSisterIncest to kiss Ron]].
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* BondingOverMissingParents: How Neville and Ariana first hook up.
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* StrangledByTheRedString: Ariana just sort of tells Ron that he's in love with Hermione (and blackmails him into telling her), even though little in the story actually indicated this. Harry's attraction to Ginny is set up a little better, but still sorts of feels weird. (Then again, [[BrokenBase some fans]] felt that way about the books, so...)
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* TheEmpath: Ariana is an Empath, which means she can do [[NewPowersAsThePlotDemands pretty much whatever the story calls for]].
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* {{My Sensors Indicate You Want to Tap That}}: After a somewhat-lewd comment from Harry, Ariana threatens to tell the others what emotion she was sensing from him.
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* StrangledByTheRedString: Ariana just sort of tells Ron that he's in love with Hermione (and blackmails him into telling her), even though little in the story actually indicated this. Harry's attraction to Ginny is set up a little better, but still sorts of feels weird. (Then again, [[BrokenBase some fans]] felt that way about the books, so...)
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* AllAsiansAreAlike: For a Potions lesson, Ariana partners with Michael Okuda, "a handsome looking Asian boy who reminded Ariana of Cho Chang." She never really explains ''why'' he reminds her of Cho Chang, though, except that she's all attractive and Asian. (Also, [[PlotHole the fics never indicates she and Cho even met]], what with a four-year age difference.)
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* AllAsiansAreAlike: For a Potions lesson, Ariana partners with Michael Okuda, "a handsome looking Asian boy who reminded Ariana of Cho Chang." She never really explains ''why'' he reminds her of Cho Chang, though, except that so presumably it's just she's all also attractive and Asian. (Also, [[PlotHole the fics never indicates she and Cho even met]], what with a four-year age difference.)
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** There's a random Hufflepuff named [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Okuda Michael Okuda]] in Ariana's year.
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* DetractorNickname: Ariana is often called "Airhead" by the sporkers in their {{MST}}. The canon characters also get names to emphasize how OutOfCharacter they are. For example: "Hairy Potter," "Don Weasel," "Devil Shortbottom," etc.
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* DemonicPossession: A rather short-lived example.
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* OurDemonsAreDifferent: Foreign from ''HarryPotter'' canon, in this fic they're {{Living Shadow}}s created by a Dark wizard. They possess people, but instead of controlling them they drain their energy and memories until the victim dies, then turn information over to their masters.
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* MentorOccupationalHazard: [[spoiler:Mita]] succumbs to this.
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* MentorOccupationalHazard: [[spoiler:Mita]] succumbs to this.
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* WriteWhoYouKnow: One of Ariana's friends, Reginald, is supposedly based on a friend of the author's whom she claims has a crush on her. Reginald also forces himself onto Ariana several times despite her saying she doesn't want to, which [[UnfortunateImplications speaks very, very badly for the real-life person...]]
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* WriteWhoYouKnow: One of Ariana's friends, Reginald, is supposedly based on a friend of the author's whom she claims has a crush on her. Reginald also forces himself onto Ariana several times despite her saying she doesn't want to, which [[UnfortunateImplications speaks very, very badly for the real-life person...]]]]
* YouMustBeCold: In the fourth story, Harry offers Ariana his sweater after Malfoy's AttemptedRape tears her blouse. Which is sort of a PlotHole; the author apparently forgot that earlier she had [[DressedInLayers been wearing a robe over her clothes]], so she could have easily just put that back on.
* YouMustBeCold: In the fourth story, Harry offers Ariana his sweater after Malfoy's AttemptedRape tears her blouse. Which is sort of a PlotHole; the author apparently forgot that earlier she had [[DressedInLayers been wearing a robe over her clothes]], so she could have easily just put that back on.
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** Tabitha, Ariana's mother, has shades of this as well in the one-shot spin-off, ''Tabby Cat''. The entire plot is of her visiting Sirius at Azakaban and ranting at him mostly about how he ruined ''her'' life by committing murder, never mind any of his victims or the friends he was accused of betraying.
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** Tabitha, Ariana's mother, has shades of this as well in the one-shot spin-off, ''Tabby Cat''. The entire plot is of her visiting Sirius at Azakaban and ranting at him mostly about how he ruined ''her'' life by committing murder, never mind any of his the victims or the friends he was accused of betraying.killing/betraying.
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* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Ariana and Patty. The former has black hair and eyes, while the latter has brown hair and eyes.
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* BlondesAreEvil: Maria is blonde, as well as the local AlphaBitch and Ariana's rival.
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