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* GeniusLoci: Whatever the Heart Eater was originally, it has become this to Belford.
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* KillerRabbit: The coydog pup. It doesn't have a lot of physical power (no more than an ordinary puppy), but then, when it can ForceChoke a full grown German shepherd, it doesn't really need to.
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* VoiceOfTheLegion: [[spoiler: The one and only time The Reaper speaks, it speaks in this. The Heart Eater is done pretending by that point; the Reaper is not and never was a separate being. It is only a pseudopod and mouthpiece]].
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* EvilCannotComprehendGood: [[spoiler: Spook. He just ''cannot understand'' why Vicki is so upset that he had several of her friends killed.]]
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** This also gives the protagonists a means to fight back; anything that they believe in deeply enough is a source of power. See MagicMusic and ReligionIsMagic for examples.
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* ReligionIsMagic: Related to ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve - anything that you believe in deeply enough can be a source of power.
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* ReligionIsMagic: Related to ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve - anything that you believe in deeply enough can be a source of power. Angelina, Father Sheehan, Sven Olsen, and Kara all tap into this at one time or another.
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* Determinator: Every single one of the protagonists, to one degree or another. They have to be; otherwise, they would have been just another snack for the Heart Eater.
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* Determinator: TheDeterminator: Every single one of the protagonists, to one degree or another. They have to be; otherwise, they would have been just another snack for the Heart Eater.Eater.
** [[spoiler: Taken UpToEleven with Angelina. The Heart Eater didn't know what it was getting into...]]
** [[spoiler: Taken UpToEleven with Angelina. The Heart Eater didn't know what it was getting into...]]
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* Determinator: Every single one of the protagonists, to one degree or another. They have to be; otherwise, they would have been just another snack for the Heart Eater.
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* MagicMusic: Marc is ''dangerous'' at the keyboard of a piano. The other characters' artistic endeavors have similar power via ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve.
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* [[spoiler: BuryYourGays: Kara. Val might count, too. She showed a few hints of being bi-curious in Kara's direction when they were alive, which apparently blossomed while they were trapped in the Heart Eater. Hard to say how much is IfItsYouItsOkay.]]
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* DemonicPossession: The Heart Eater has...use...for the [[SoullessShell Soulless Shells]] left behind after it [[YourSoulIsMine feeds on a soul]]. [[spoiler: An unusual variant, in that while the Heart Eater provides the driving will, its essential mindlessness means that the intelligence and personality.]]
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* DemonicPossession: The Heart Eater has...use...for the [[SoullessShell Soulless Shells]] left behind after it [[YourSoulIsMine feeds on a soul]]. [[spoiler: An unusual variant, in that while the Heart Eater provides the driving will, its essential mindlessness means that ''they'' provide the intelligence and personality.]]
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* SoullessShell: What remains behind after [[YourSoulIsMine the Heart Eater has fed]]. But they don't stay that way for long. See DemonicPossession.
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* DemonicPossession: The Heart Eater has...use...for the [[SoullessShell Soulless Shells]] left behind after it [[YourSoulIsMine feeds on a soul]]. [[spoiler: An unusual variant, in that while the Heart Eater provides the driving will, its essential mindlessness means that the intelligence and personality.]]
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* [[spoiler: HumansAreTheRealMonsters: Horrible as it is, the Heart Eater is ultimately little more than an animal. It was only after it started eating human souls that it started developing traits such as greed, spite and vindictiveness. Where it once would have stuck to weak souls like any other predator going after easy prey, it starts going after the strong souls of people who otherwise would have "gotten out" of Belford. Taken UpToEleven when Spook becomes its mind.]]
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* EldritchAbomination: The Heart Eater. [[spoiler: Of the "blind idiot" type. Its apparent intelligence comes from elsewhere...]]
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* YourSoulIsMine: Souls are the Heart Eater's diet, and it has several methods of collecting them.
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* ShootTheDog: Literally. Sadly necessary when the BigFriendlyDog becomes a threat to life and limb.
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* DyingTowns: Belford is just starting to show symptoms in the main story. By the time of the DistantEpilogue, its case is well-advanced.
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* DyingTowns: Belford is just starting to show symptoms in the main story. By the time of the DistantEpilogue, its case is well-advanced.
* NothingExcitingEverHappensHere
* SmallTownBoredom: Reason for many of the dumb and dangerous things the citizens of Belford do, especially the teens. For a common result, see TeenPregnancy.
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* TownWithADarkSecret: Oh, so many. With one big one at the core...
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* ReligionIsMagic: Related to ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve - anything that you believe in deeply enough can be a source of power.
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* GoneHorriblyRight: The aforementioned attempts to summon Satan. They were ''not''prepared for what they got.
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* GoneHorriblyRight: The aforementioned attempts to summon Satan. They were ''not''prepared ''not'' prepared for what they got.
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* GoneHorriblyRight: The aforementioned attempts to summon Satan. They were ''not''prepared for what they got.
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* HonorRelatedAbuse: Angelina's father threatens this.
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: Angelina has one of these after a more traditional date with Jason. The teenage years can be a frustrating time.
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* BadassGrandpa: Sven Olsen. He knows full well that bad things tend to happen to people who talk too much about Belford's secrets, but he does it anyway so his grandson will have a fighting chance. When the "bad things" come for him, he ''beats them down with the family Bible''. [[Spoiler: Unfortunately, they brought back-up in the form of The Reaper...]]
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* BadassGrandpa: Sven Olsen. He knows full well that bad things tend to happen to people who talk too much about Belford's secrets, but he does it anyway so his grandson will have a fighting chance. When the "bad things" come for him, he ''beats them down with the family Bible''. [[Spoiler: [[spoiler: Unfortunately, they brought back-up in the form of The Reaper...]]
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* BadassGrandpa: Sven Olsen. He knows full well that bad things tend to happen to people who talk too much about Belford's secrets, but he does it anyway so his grandson will have a fighting chance. When the "bad things" come for him, he ''beats them down with the family Bible''. [[Spoiler: Unfortunately, they brought back-up in the form of The Reaper...]]
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* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: Unlike the ghosts, the Reaper and Shady never really existed as living creatures. Both were congealed out of the mist and half-believed campfire stories by the Heart Eater. This is how Shady could appear in a body of water that should have been far too small for a creature its size.
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* AndIMustScream: The victims of the Heart Eater, trapped in an eternal nightmare while it feeds on their souls.
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* EvilIsNotAToy: Two people try to summon Satan over the course of the story. It doesn't work out well for either of them.
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Author is[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Tropers/Steinman76 a troper]]. For more of his work, check out[[http://horizondream.out [[http://horizondream.wordpress.com/ his blog]].
