History Literature / Forbidden2010

* TheUnfavourite: At the very least, Kit ''sees himself'' as this, and might actually be it concerning Lochan and Maya, (though he brings most of it on himself.) Lochan is certainly this for his mother.

* TeensAreMonsters: Kit, who's in his sister's words, "your standard screwed-up teenager." But it's also a deconstruction, as his screwed up family situation--DisappearedDad, neglectful mother and two older siblings trying to parent while not even adults themselves--more than explain why he's behaves so badly. He improves in the last third of the book.

* [[spoiler:RayOfHopeEnding: Lochan claims he raped Maya and commits suicide to stop her from getting tried for incest and prevent the family from being taken into Care, leaving Maya grief-stricken. However she decides to keep on living for him, and keep the family together so his sacrifice isn't in vain.]]

* CharacterDevelopment: Kit seems to be getting over his horrible stage in the last part of the book and treats the rest of the family much better. (Largely because Lochan and Maya have succeeded in establishing a stable and consistent routine with their mum basically out of the picture.) Meanwhile Lochan starts working through his anxiety and shyness, including reading his work aloud to the class and making a proper friend.

* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: They're both brooding to a degree, but Lochan has the extra burden of social anxiety, and Maya help ease that.

** Averted too, though--she's been clear the the incest is ''not'' based on her own experiences.

[[caption-width-right:300:Thought it's an ContemptibleCover, that really doesn't do the book justice.]]

** ParentalNeglect She has all but moved out.

* AlcoholicParent: Their mother again.

* BigScrewedUpFamily[=/=]DysfunctionalFamily: The Whitelys, complete with alcoholism and incest to boot.

* BrotherSisterTeam[=/=]SiblingTeam: Lochan and Maya acknowledge they've always viewed each other as equals, and have become partners supporting each other for pretty much their whole lives. By the time of the book they're practically co-parents as well.

* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: After [[spoiler:not having sex for a long time because they are terrified of being caught]], they eventually decide that they're being paranoid, and that no one is actually going around looking in windows to catch [[spoiler: siblings having sex. So they go ahead and have sex,]] and disaster rains down--''instantly''.

* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: Discussed in depth.

* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler: Maya, after Lochan's death.]]

* MissingMom: By the end of the book, their mother has all but left the family to live with her boyfriend [[spoiler: including not even attending Lochan's funeral.]]

* [[spoiler: RayOfHopeEnding: Lochan claims he raped Maya and commits suicide to stop her from getting tried for incest and prevent the family from being taken into Care, leaving Maya grief-stricken. However she decides to keep on living for him, and keep the family together so his sacrifice isn't in vain.]]

* SecretSecretKeeper: [[spoiler: It's revealed Kit picked up on Lochan and Maya's relationship a while back, but kept quiet.]]

* TakeCareOfTheKids: [[spoiler: Lochan's last request to Maya.]]
* TalkingInBed: Maya and Lochan have a long talk in bed about Lochan's progress talking in class, how their screwed up family may have contributed to them falling in love, AllAbusersAreMale[=/=]DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale, and the illegality of incest.

* TroublingUnchildlikeBehaviour: Reconstructed. There's no doubt Lochan and Maya's behavior--matter of factly putting aside their own needs to raise their siblings and giving up on their own mother--is worrying for a pair of 16/17-year-olds. However it's generally portrayed in a positive light and the best thing they can do in their situation. They do a pretty good job of raising the kids and holding the family together [[spoiler: until their mother discovers their relationship.]]

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler: Kit. Oh Kit. Without thinking and in anger, he tells their mother about Lochan and Maya's relationship. Arrest, suicide, and the near destruction of their family insue.]]

* InSeriesNickname: The family calls Lochan Loch and Lochie sometimes. It's not ok when a policeman calls him that.

--->'''Maya''': ''[yelling and crying]'' He didn’t kiss me! He tried to, okay, but I didn’t let him! D’you know why? D’you want to know why? D’you really, really want to know why? This is why… ''[kisses his cheek]'' This is why… ''[kisses the corner of his lips]'' This is why… ''[kisses his mouth]''\\
''[They kiss for a minute]''\\
'''Lochan''': Maya, what the hell are we doing? I don’t understand. Why--why the hell is this happening to us?\\
'''Maya''': All I know right now is that I love you. I love you far more than just as a brother. I… I love you in--in every kind of way.\\
'''Lochan''': I feel like that too… It’s--it’s a feeling so big, I sometimes think it’s going to swallow me. It’s so strong, I feel it could kill me. It keeps growing and I can’t--I don’t know what to do to stop it.

** Enforced. Editors wanted the relationship to be more romantic and less sexual, but they're unsupervised teenagers, so…

** LoveConfession follows, quite dramatically.

* TheWoobie: Maya and Lochan, though {{Stoic Woobie}}s at that. As narrators, they are very open to the audience about their woobiehood. However in-universe, they hide their situation very well, lest a social worker notice.

* CharacterDevelopment: Kit seems to be getting over his horrible stage in the last part of the book and treats the rest of the family much better. (Largely because Lochan and Maya have succeeded in establishing a stable and consistent routine with their mum basically out of the picture). Meanwhile Lochan starts working through his anxiety and shyness, including reading his work aloud to the class and making a proper friend.

* ConvenientSlowDance: First homework, which leads to procrastinating/taking-a-break, which leads to salsa dancing, and then the song the radio plays after the salsa is a slow, crooning one. DanceOfRomance ensues.

* TheCutie: Willa.
* DanceOfRomance: Homework → procrastination → salsa dancing → DanceOfRomance.
* {{Delinquent|s}}: Kit and his friends

* [[spoiler: HopeSpot: In the last part of the book, the family are happier and more settled than they've ever been, Kit's finally behaving, Lochan's anxiety is improving, and Lochan and Maya seem to have found peace together. Then their mother discovers their relationship and everything falls apart.]]

* LoveEpiphany: It's not until Maya goes on a date that either Maya or Lochan really understand that they like each other. On Lochan's side it's a GreenEyedEpiphany, while for Maya, she realizes than ever this guy she thought she liked isn't who she wants to be with.

* {{Moe}}: Willa

* PleaseDontLeaveMe: Lochan and Maya to each other. Lochan when Maya goes on a date with Nico [=DiMarco=] and he imagines she'll stop paying attention to the family because she can do better. Maya, when she thinks about Lochan going away to university and leaving her to manage the kids by herself. Neither of them voice it initially, because [[{{IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy}} they want the other to be happy.]]

* SocialServicesDoesNotExist: Averted hard. Lochan and Maya are all too aware of the risk social services could investigate their situation, especially as a family like the Whitleys (living in state housing, DisappearedDad, neglectful mother) are already on the radar. Many of the pair's actions - raising the other three, covering up their mother's neglectfulness, resisting their feelings and putting on a brave face at school - are because they don't want to social services to step in and put the younger ones into foster care. Lochan admits that the moment he turns 18, he plans to become Kit, Tiffin and Willa's legal guardian to give the family some security.

* TalkingInBed: Maya and Lochan have a long talk in bed about Lochan's progress talking in class, how their screwed up family may have contributed to them falling in love, AllAbusersAreMale[=/=]DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale, and the illegality of incest. They also chat in bed after Willa's shoulder is dislocated.
* TeensAreMonsters: Kit, who's in his sister's words, "your standard screwed-up teenager." But it's also a deconstruction, as his screwed up family situation - DisappearedDad, neglectful mother and two older siblings trying to parent while not even adults themselves - more than explain why he's behaves so badly. He improves in the last third of the book.

* TroublingUnchildlikeBehaviour: Reconstructed. There's no doubt Lochan and Maya's behavior - matter of factly putting aside their own needs to raise their siblings and giving up on their own mother - is worrying for a pair of sixteen/seventeen year old's. However it's generally portrayed in a positive light and the best thing they can do in their situation. They do a pretty good job of raising the kids and holding the family together [[spoiler: until their mother discovers their relationship.]]

* CharacterDevelopment: Kit seems to be getting over his horrible stage in the last part of the book and getting on much better with the rest of the family. (Largely because Lochan and Maya have succeeded in establishing a stable and consistent routine with their mum basically out of the picture). [[spoiler: It's revealed he knew about Lochan and Maya's relationship for a while but kept quiet to protect them.]] Meanwhile Lochan starts working through his anxiety and shyness, including reading his work aloud to the class and making a proper friend.

* SocialServicesDoesNotExist: Averted hard. Lochan and Maya are all too aware of the risk social services could investigate their situation, especially as a family like the Whitleys (living in state housing, DisappearedDad, neglectful mother) are already on the radar. Many of the pair's actions - raising the other three, covering up their mother's neglectfulness, resisting their feelings and putting on a brave face at school - are because they don't want to social services to step in and put the younger ones into Care. Lochan admits that the moment he turns 18, he plans to become Kit, Tiffin and Willa's legal guardian to give the family some security.

* TroublingUnChildlikeBehaviour: Reconstructed. There's no doubt Lochan and Maya's behavior - automatically assuming responsibility for their younger siblings, matter of factly putting aside their own wants and needs, and giving up on their own mother - is worrying for a pair of sixteen/seventeen year old's. However it's generally portrayed in a positive light and the best thing they can do in their situation.

* TheUnfavourite: At the very least, Kit ''sees himself'' as this, and might actually be it. Lochan is certainly this for his mother.

* PromotionToParent: Lochan and Maya. The two of them raising their siblings and dealing with their neglectful mother takes up most of the book, especially as the beginning.

* AbusiveParents: Their mother is shockingly neglectful, as well as financially abusive--not to mention a little emotionally/verbally abusive towards Lochan.

* PromotionToParent: Lochan and Maya

* TeensAreMonsters: Kit, who's in his sister's words, "your standard screwed-up teenager." But it's also a deconstruction.

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:Kit. Oh Kit. Without thinking and in anger, he tells their mother about Lochan and Maya's relationship. Arrest, suicide, and the near destruction of their family insue.]]

* TroubledButCute: Lochan. Played with. He's antisocial, and with a difficult home life, and beautiful, with plenty of girls who like home as is traditional for the trope, but he's also got social anxiety and is a far cry from a bad boy or rebel.

* BigScrewedUpFamily[=/=]DysfunctionalFamily: The Whitelys, complete with alcoholism and incest to boot.

* SingleTargetSexuality: Lochan is Maya-sexual. Before they figure this out, she even asks him if he's gay.
-->''I look around the class but there is no one. Attractive girls--yes. A girl that I care about--no. She can't just be a face, a body; there has to be more than that, some kind of connection. And I can't connect, don't want to connect, with anyone.''

* TroubledButCute: Lochan. Played with, in that he's certainly troubled with social anxiety and generally reclusive but is a far cry from a bad boy or rebel.

* AbusiveParents: Their mother is incredibly neglectful, as well as financially abusive--not to mention emotionally/verbally abusive towards Lochan.

* AbusiveParents: Their mother is certainly emotionally and financially abusive, particularly towards Lochan.

* MissingMom: By the end of the book, their mother has all but left thee family to live with her boyfriend [[spoiler: including not even attending Lochan's funeral.]]

* ParentalNeglect: Their mother. With a little [[AbusiveParents verbal/emotional abuse toward Lochan]] too.

* SecretSecretKeeper: [[spoiler: It's revealed Kit picked up on Lochan and Maya's relationship a while back but kept quiet.]]