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* DownerEnding: The original ending. [[spoiler:During the party, Jose Carlos realizes that Sheccid is actually a stoner who ReallyGetsAround and not the beautiful girl he idealized in his dreams. He gets so broken that he writes a book based on the plot story, but he changes the part of the party, and portrays Sheccid as a terminal IllGirl who ends up with him but dies later, due to an unknown illness. He is satisfied with the story, believing it to be the real thing; but by now Jose Carlos is broken and has distanced himself from everyone.]] The adaptation makes a DistantFinale, [[spoiler:in which after years he publishes the book, an adult Ariadne confronts him and forces him to accept the AwfulTruth.]]
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* DownerEnding: The original ending. [[spoiler:During the party, Jose Carlos realizes that Sheccid is actually a stoner who ReallyGetsAround and not the beautiful girl he idealized in his dreams. He gets so broken that he writes a book based on the plot story, but he changes the part of the party, and portrays Sheccid as a terminal IllGirl terminally ill girl who ends up with him but dies later, due to an unknown illness. He is satisfied with the story, believing it to be the real thing; but by now Jose Carlos is broken and has distanced himself from everyone.]] The adaptation makes a DistantFinale, [[spoiler:in which after years he publishes the book, an adult Ariadne confronts him and forces him to accept the AwfulTruth.]]
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* YourCheatingHeart: Part of why Mario loathes his mother so much was because after his father died, she started dating men regularly.
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* AboveTheInfluence: All the guests during the WildTeenParty scene.
* AccidentalPervert: Poor Jose Carlos is labelled as a pervert for a long time by Ariadne and Sheccid during the first chapers, just because he happened to be in the porn producer's car.
* AdultsAreUseless: Completely averted.
* AccidentalPervert: Poor Jose Carlos is labelled as a pervert for a long time by Ariadne and Sheccid during the first chapers, just because he happened to be in the porn producer's car.
* AdultsAreUseless: Completely averted.
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* AccidentalPervert: Poor Jose Carlos is labelled as a pervert for a long time by Ariadne and Sheccid during the first
* AdultsAreUseless: Completely averted.
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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Played straight with Sheccid, after she falls for Adolfo.
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* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Jose Carlos towards Sheccid. And a handful of girls towards him, no less.
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* BadassTeacher: Miss Jennifer.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Joaquin, for Sheccid. However they are NotBloodSiblings.
* BigScrewedUpFamily: The Deghemteris.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Joaquin, for Sheccid. However they are NotBloodSiblings.
* BigScrewedUpFamily: The Deghemteris.
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* DoggedNiceGuy: Jose Carlos, for Sheccid. Not that it stops him, [[spoiler: at least until his HeroicBSOD.]]
* DotingParent: Jose Carlos’s parents.
* DownerEnding: The original ending. [[spoiler:During the party, Jose Carlos realizes that Sheccid is actually a stoner who ReallyGetsAround and not the beautiful girl he idealized in his dreams. He gets so broken that he writes a book based on the plot story, but he changes the part of the party, and portrays Sheccid as a terminal IllGirl who ends up with him but dies later, due to an unknown illness. He is satisfied with the story, believing it to be the real thing; but by now Jose Carlos is broken and has distanced himself from everyone.]]
** BittersweetEnding: The adaptation makes a DistantFinale, [[spoiler:in which after years he publishes the book, an adult Ariadne confronts him and forces him to accept the AwfulTruth.]]
* DotingParent: Jose Carlos’s parents.
* DownerEnding: The original ending. [[spoiler:During the party, Jose Carlos realizes that Sheccid is actually a stoner who ReallyGetsAround and not the beautiful girl he idealized in his dreams. He gets so broken that he writes a book based on the plot story, but he changes the part of the party, and portrays Sheccid as a terminal IllGirl who ends up with him but dies later, due to an unknown illness. He is satisfied with the story, believing it to be the real thing; but by now Jose Carlos is broken and has distanced himself from everyone.]]
** BittersweetEnding: The adaptation makes a DistantFinale, [[spoiler:in which after years he publishes the book, an adult Ariadne confronts him and forces him to accept the AwfulTruth.]]
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* DownerEnding: The original ending. [[spoiler:During the party, Jose Carlos realizes that Sheccid is actually a stoner who ReallyGetsAround and not the beautiful girl he idealized in his dreams. He gets so broken that he writes a book based on the plot story, but he changes the part of the party, and portrays Sheccid as a terminal IllGirl who ends up with him but dies later, due to an unknown illness. He is satisfied with the story, believing it to be the real thing; but by now Jose Carlos is broken and has distanced himself from everyone.
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* EmbarrassingNickname: Sheccid thinks it is. She doesn't complain about it because she hates her real name.
* EverybodyMustGetStoned: During the infamous WildTeenParty.
* FirstLove: The main theme. And a deconstruction of it.
* EverybodyMustGetStoned: During the infamous WildTeenParty.
* FirstLove: The main theme. And a deconstruction of it.
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* FriendshipMoment/AFriendInNeed: Several times.
* GoMadFromTheRevelation: See DespairEventHorizon below.
* GoMadFromTheRevelation: See DespairEventHorizon below.
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* GoMadFromTheRevelation: See DespairEventHorizon below.
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* HandsomeLech: Mario was this before he got abducted.
* HeroicBSOD: Once again, I point you to DespairEventHorizon.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Ariadne, for Jose Carlos.
* HeroicBSOD: Once again, I point you to DespairEventHorizon.
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* NiceGuy: Jose Carlos takes it UpToEleven.
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* ParentalAbandonment
* SchoolIdol: Sheccid.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Jose Carlos and Mario respectively.
* ShesAllGrownUp: Ariadne, as Jose Carlos notes in TheStinger.
* SirSwearsALot: Adolfo, when he drops the “charming prince” act.
* SmugSnake: Adolfo, again.
* StepfordSmiler: Sheccid is a Type A.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Sheccid.
* TheSeventies
* TheStoner: Mario, post-abduction. [[spoiler: And Sheccid/Justina.]]
* SchoolIdol: Sheccid.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Jose Carlos and Mario respectively.
* ShesAllGrownUp: Ariadne, as Jose Carlos notes in TheStinger.
* SirSwearsALot: Adolfo, when he drops the “charming prince” act.
* SmugSnake: Adolfo, again.
* StepfordSmiler: Sheccid is a Type A.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Sheccid.
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* TheStoner: Mario, post-abduction. [[spoiler: And Sheccid/Justina.]]
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* ThoseTwoGuys: Rafael and Salvador.
* TimeSkip: In TheStinger
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* AssholeVictim: Justine and Mario.
* BetterAsFriends: Jose Carlos regarding Ariadne and [[spoiler: Sheccid/Lorenna]].
* BetterAsFriends: Jose Carlos regarding Ariadne and [[spoiler: Sheccid/Lorenna]].
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* BadLiar: Jose Carlos is this to the extreme. Even Mario lampshades it from time to time.
* BreakTheHaughty: Dear god, Mario...
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* IdenticalStranger: [[spoiler: Sheccid/Lorenna and her cousin Justine.]]
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* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Poor Miss Jennifer got fired because of meddling too much into her students lives.
* PoisonousFriend: Mariscal Adalid.
* ReallyGetsAround: [[spoiler: Justine, Lorenna's identical cousin. And for a while Jose Carlos after he [[TookALevelInJerkass Takes A Level In Jerkass]].]]
* PoisonousFriend: Mariscal Adalid.
* ReallyGetsAround: [[spoiler: Justine, Lorenna's identical cousin. And for a while Jose Carlos after he [[TookALevelInJerkass Takes A Level In Jerkass]].]]
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* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Poor Miss Jennifer got fired because of meddling too much into her students students' lives.
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* StalkerWithACrush: Ariadne, surprisingly, turns out to be this.
* TheEighties
* TookALevelInJerkass: Jose Carlos, of all people.
* TookALevelInKindness: Mario, see RedemptionEqualsDeath above.
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* TookALevelInJerkass: Jose Carlos, of all people.
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* TrulySingleParent: [[spoiler: Lorenna]] has a young daughter.
* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: Ariadne.
* WhatBeautifulEyes: Ivonne has unnatural green eyes.
* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: Ariadne.
* WhatBeautifulEyes: Ivonne has unnatural green eyes.
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* SecondYearProtagonist
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''The Eyes of My Princess'' (Los ojos de mi princesa) is a 2004-novel by the Mexican author of self-help books Carlos Cuauhtemoc Sanchez. Originally published in 1996 with the name of ''Sheccid's Strength'' (La fuerza de Sheccid), the novel is dedicated to young readers and deals with the themes of FirstLove, drugs and sex, while promoting the more conservative values on those topics.
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''The Eyes of My Princess'' (Los (''Los ojos de mi princesa) princesa'') is a 2004-novel by the Mexican author of self-help books Carlos Cuauhtemoc Sanchez. Originally published in 1996 with the name of ''Sheccid's Strength'' (La fuerza de Sheccid), the novel is dedicated to young readers and deals with the themes of FirstLove, drugs and sex, while promoting the more conservative values on those topics.
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** Mario was [[spoiler: either killed by the pimps or died from AIDS. But he reconciled with Jose Carlos before leaving and [[DyingAsYourself DiedAsHimself]].]]
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** Mario was [[spoiler: either killed by the pimps or died from AIDS. But he reconciled with Jose Carlos before leaving and [[DyingAsYourself DiedAsHimself]].Died As Himself]].]]
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* Lorenna and Jose Carlos [[spoiler: are HappilyMarried to Willian and Yvonne respectively. They meet again in 2014 and Lorenna finally confesses that Jose Carlos was her LivingEmotionalCrutch and loved him all along. Even so, they're aware that it's part of the past and are happy with their current family. Jose Carlos never sees her again afterwards, but he acknowledges it's for the best.]]
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** After [[spoiler: Justine's death]], Joaquin [[spoiller: returns to the Deghemteri household and reforms his bad habits.]]
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* AlliterativeName: William Williams, who is [[spoiler: Lorenna's husband.]]
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: After all the hell most characters went through, in the end they earned their happy ending.
** Lorenna's father [[spoiler: remarries and is happy about starting a new life. He also reconciles with Joaquin and moves from his first wife and Justine's deaths.]]
** After [[spoiler: Justine's death]], Joaquin [[spoiller: returns to the Deghemteri household and reforms his bad habits.]]
** Ariadne [[spoiler: gets over Jose Carlos and finds a stable boyfriend.]]
** Mario was [[spoiler: either killed by the pimps or died from AIDS. But he reconciled with Jose Carlos before leaving and [[DyingAsYouself DiedAsHimself]].]]
* Lorenna and Jose Carlos [[spoiler: are HappilyMarried to Willian and Yvonne respectively. They meet again in 2014 and Lorenna finally confesses that Jose Carlos was her LivingEmotionalCrutch and loved him all along. Even so, they're aware that it's part of the past and are happy with their current family. Jose Carlos never sees her again afterwards, but he acknowledges it's for the best.]]
** Lorenna's father [[spoiler: remarries and is happy about starting a new life. He also reconciles with Joaquin and moves from his first wife and Justine's deaths.]]
** After [[spoiler: Justine's death]], Joaquin [[spoiller: returns to the Deghemteri household and reforms his bad habits.]]
** Ariadne [[spoiler: gets over Jose Carlos and finds a stable boyfriend.]]
** Mario was [[spoiler: either killed by the pimps or died from AIDS. But he reconciled with Jose Carlos before leaving and [[DyingAsYouself DiedAsHimself]].]]
* Lorenna and Jose Carlos [[spoiler: are HappilyMarried to Willian and Yvonne respectively. They meet again in 2014 and Lorenna finally confesses that Jose Carlos was her LivingEmotionalCrutch and loved him all along. Even so, they're aware that it's part of the past and are happy with their current family. Jose Carlos never sees her again afterwards, but he acknowledges it's for the best.]]
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* WhatBeautifulEyes: Ivonne has unnatural green eyes.eyes.
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* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: The story is told from Lorenna's point of view. It retells events from the previous books.
* EarnYourHappyEnding:
* MyGreatestFailure: A recurrent theme.
** Lorenna blames herself for not telling Jose Carlos her feelings before his mental breakdown and seclusion.
** Her father blames himself for not being able to reform Justine in the end.
** Mario is this to Jose Carlos in a nutshell. He blames himself for Mario's abduction, HeelFaceTurn and [[spoiler: death]].
* {{Irony}}: When Lorenna sees Justine making out with a pimp, she tries to warn her that those kind of men are dangerous. Justine brushes her off, saying that she'll never let a man hit her in her life. We all know that [[spoiler: Justine died after the same pimp beat her to death.]]
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* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: The story is told from Lorenna's point of view. It retells events from the previous books.
* EarnYourHappyEnding:
* MyGreatestFailure: A recurrent theme.
** Lorenna blames herself for not telling Jose Carlos her feelings before his mental breakdown and seclusion.
** Her father blames himself for not being able to reform Justine in the end.
** Mario is this to Jose Carlos in a nutshell. He blames himself for Mario's abduction, HeelFaceTurn and [[spoiler: death]].
* {{Irony}}: When Lorenna sees Justine making out with a pimp, she tries to warn her that those kind of men are dangerous. Justine brushes her off, saying that she'll never let a man hit her in her life. We all know that [[spoiler: Justine died after the same pimp beat her to death.]]
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* FriendshipMoment/AFriendInNeed: Several times.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: During Jose Carlos's time as a jerkass, he meets Mario again, who is planning to escape to another town for returning Jose Carlos's documents. He gives him some cash and waves him goodbye coldly, much to Mario's surprise. Jose Carlos inmediately regrets it and runs across the sreet to find him, but by now Mario is gone. And Jose Carlos is conscious that Mario will either die from the AIDS or if his BadBoss finds him. Poor Jose Carlos is left with regrets about it by it during the rest of the book.]]
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* MarriedToTheJob: Mariscal Adalid prefers to work as a motivational speaker rather than spending time with his family.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone:[[spoiler: During [[spoiler:After Jose Carlos's time as a jerkass, Carlos decides to become more like Mariscal Adalid, he meets Mario again, who is planning to escape to another town for returning Jose Carlos's documents. He gives him some cash and waves him goodbye coldly, much to Mario's surprise. Jose Carlos inmediately regrets it and runs across the sreet to find him, but by now Mario is gone. And Jose Carlos is conscious that Mario will either die from the AIDS or if his BadBoss finds him. Poor Jose Carlos is left with regrets about it by it during the rest of the book.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone:
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* AfterSchoolCleaningDuty: It was on a cleaning duty when Jose Carlos befriended Ariadne by giving her a lens for the microscope her classmates broke and pinned the blame on her.
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* AssholeVictim: Mario. AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Jose Carlos will usually do this for any girl he likes (he's just that kind of guy), but more unusual is when a girl does it for him, such as Ariadne.
* AssholeVictim:
** Mario, after he is abducted and becomes involved in sex ad drugs.
** Also, Adolfo really had it coming when Jose Carlos's classmates stood up for him and fought against Adolfo's gang. In the end, Adolfo wants to pick another fight when Jose Carlos is alone, but by now his gang has lost all respect for him.
* AssholeVictim:
** Mario, after he is abducted and becomes involved in sex ad drugs.
** Also, Adolfo really had it coming when Jose Carlos's classmates stood up for him and fought against Adolfo's gang. In the end, Adolfo wants to pick another fight when Jose Carlos is alone, but by now his gang has lost all respect for him.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: JerkJock Adolfo pretends to be a nice and corteous guy towards his female classmates.
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* DespairEventHorizon: Poor Jose Carlos sinks back into depression after he realizes Sheccid’s true personality.personality. The sequel fixes this after [[spoiler: it is revealed that it was not her, just an identical cousin.]]
* DisappearedDad: Wile most of the characters have more of less doting parents, Mario's father is deceased. While it's very implied that Mario still holds him dear, his mother has since been soldiering on by herself. But Mario is badly shaken after he discovers his mother is dating other men, and this is what causes him to be willingly abducted by the porn producer.
* DisappearedDad: Wile most of the characters have more of less doting parents, Mario's father is deceased. While it's very implied that Mario still holds him dear, his mother has since been soldiering on by herself. But Mario is badly shaken after he discovers his mother is dating other men, and this is what causes him to be willingly abducted by the porn producer.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Part of why Mario loathes his mother so much was because after his father died, she started dating men regularly.
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* AlasPoorVillain: Despite [[spoiler: Lorenna]]'s justified hatred towards Justine, [[spoiler: after her CruelAndUnusualDeath, she states that she did not deserve to die like that.]]
* AssholeVictim: Justine and Mario.
* AssholeVictim: Justine and Mario.
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* RebelliousSpirit: Justine, [[spoiler: Lorenna's identical cousin]]. She had AbusiveParents until Sheccid's ([[spoiler: Lorenna]]) father decided to gave her a place to live. Unfortunately the damage was done and she was a rebellious drug addict that transformed Sheccid's family into a BigScrewedUpFamily for shits and giggles. No wonder why [[spoiler: Lorenna]] hates her so much.
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* WhatIf: The ending, in which Jose Carlos, refusing to accept that [[spoiler:his beloved Sheccid is actually a promiscuous stoner, he writes a LighterAndSofter book in which Mario is never abducted and lives a normal life while Jose Carlos and Sheccid end up together as a couple but later dies due to an illness. He is satisfied with it, thought, at least until TheStinger.]]
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* WhatIf: The ending, in which Jose Carlos, refusing to accept that [[spoiler:his beloved Sheccid is actually a promiscuous stoner, he writes a LighterAndSofter book in which Mario is never abducted and lives a normal life while Jose Carlos and Sheccid end up together as a couple but later dies due to an illness. He is satisfied with it, thought, at least until TheStinger.]]
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* WouldHitAGirl: Adolfo.
* YouthfulFreckles: Ariadne has this.
* YouthfulFreckles: Ariadne has this.
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* WouldHitAGirl: Adolfo.
Adolfo. Sheccid learns this the hard way.
* YouthfulFreckles: Ariadne has this. Even Jose Carlos calls her "Freckles" from time to time.
* YouthfulFreckles: Ariadne has this. Even Jose Carlos calls her "Freckles" from time to time.
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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Jose Carlos, when he was young, because he was smarter and had nerdy looks.
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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Jose Carlos, when he was young, because he was smarter and had nerdy looks. The sequel reveals that {{Jerkass}} Mario was his OnlyFriend in his childhood, but he distanced from him after they entered elementary school and Jose Carlos started being bullied.
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* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Horribly averted in Mario’s case. According to him, his mother ReallyGetsAround in his childhood, [[InsaneTrollLogic so he sees no problem with getting involved in pornography and sex.]]
* FriendlessBackground: Sheccid, because of her parents moving from time to time.
* InnocenceLost: At first, Jose Carlos often thinks the harsh world works like it does in romantic fairytales. Ouch. Needless to say, [[BreakTheCutie certain events change that]].
* ThinksLikeARomanceNovel: Jose Carlos's main flaw, except for his tendency to look down on others in his monologues, is that he is very, '''very''' naive.
* JadeColoredGlasses: After the events of the first book, Jose Carlos comes to view the world in a cynical light, leading him to trust almost no one.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: It is revealed that [[spoiler: Lorenna]], with the help of Miss Jennifer, were the one who called the cops in the middle of the WildTeenParty (of the first book) in order to arrest them all. It ended up badly, since [[spoiler: Lorenna]]'s mother dies shortly after and her father and even her protective big brother Joaquin distance from her shortly after. And Miss Jennifer gets fired from the school for her trouble.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: It is revealed that [[spoiler: Lorenna]], with the help of Miss Jennifer, were the one who called the cops in the middle of the WildTeenParty (of the first book) in order to arrest them all. It ended up badly, since [[spoiler: Lorenna]]'s mother dies shortly after and her father and even her protective big brother Joaquin distance from her shortly after.her. And Miss Jennifer gets fired from the school for her trouble.
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* BadassTeacher: Miss Jennifer.
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* BittersweetEnding: Jose Carlos finally finds Sheccid again [[spoiler: (whose real name is Lorenna). It turns out that she loved Jose Carlos all along and the stoner girl from the previous book was a cousin who happens to look like her. Because of his disseaperance and HeroicBSOD, she now resents him, causing him to TookALevelInJerkass. Ariadne doesn't hang out with Jose Carlos anymore and Mario is slowly dying from AIDS and escapes to another town. While Jose Carlos goes through a LastMinuteHookUp with a girl called Ivonne, who fills his idealistic expectatives.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: Jose Carlos finally finds Sheccid again [[spoiler: (whose real name is Lorenna). It turns out that she loved Jose Carlos all along and the stoner girl from the previous book was a cousin who happens to look like her. Because of his disseaperance and HeroicBSOD, she now resents him, causing him to TookALevelInJerkass. Ariadne doesn't hang out with Jose Carlos anymore and while Mario is slowly dying from AIDS and escapes to another town. While And Jose Carlos goes through a LastMinuteHookUp with a girl called Ivonne, who fills his idealistic expectatives.]]]]
* BadLiar: Jose Carlos is this to the extreme. Even Mario lampshades it from time to time.
* BadLiar: Jose Carlos is this to the extreme. Even Mario lampshades it from time to time.
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* LovingAShadow: The main theme of this book. Jose Carlos only loved Sheccid [[spoiler: (real name Lorenna)]] because she happened to have the same beautiful eyes the princess from the fairytale had and she never truly loved [[spoiler: Lorenna]] for who she was. [[spoiler: After a new girl called Ivonne turns out to fill more similarities with the princess from the fairytale, he quickly forgets Lorenna and goes after Ivonne.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: During Jose Carlos's time as a jerkass, he meets Mario again, who is planning to escape to another town for returning Jose Carlos's documents. He gives him some cashin order to escape and waves him goodbye coldly, much to Mario's surprise. Jose Carlos inmediately regrets it and runs across the sreet to find him, but by now Mario is gone. And Jose Carlos is conscious that Mario will either die from the AIDS or if his BadBoss finds him. Poor Jose Carlos is left with regrets about it by it during the rest of the book.]]]]
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: It is revealed that [[spoiler: Lorenna]], with the help of Miss Jennifer, were the one who called the cops in the middle of the WildTeenParty (of the first book) in order to arrest them all. It ended up badly, since [[spoiler: Lorenna]]'s mother dies shortly after and her father and even her protective big brother Joaquin distance from her shortly after. And Miss Jennifer gets fired from the school for her trouble.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Poor Miss Jennifer got fired because of meddling too much into her students lives.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: During Jose Carlos's time as a jerkass, he meets Mario again, who is planning to escape to another town for returning Jose Carlos's documents. He gives him some cash
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: It is revealed that [[spoiler: Lorenna]], with the help of Miss Jennifer, were the one who called the cops in the middle of the WildTeenParty (of the first book) in order to arrest them all. It ended up badly, since [[spoiler: Lorenna]]'s mother dies shortly after and her father and even her protective big brother Joaquin distance from her shortly after. And Miss Jennifer gets fired from the school for her trouble.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Poor Miss Jennifer got fired because of meddling too much into her students lives.
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* StalkerWithACrush: Ariadne, surprisingly, turns out to be this.
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* BreakTheHaughty: Dear god, Mario...
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: During Jose Carlos's time as a jerkass, he meets Mario again, who is planning to escape to another town for returning Jose Carlos's ID. documents. He gives him some cash in order to escape and waves him goodbye coldly. He coldly, much to Mario's surprise. Jose Carlos inmediately regrets it and tries runs across the sreet to look for find him, but by now Mario is long gone. And Jose Carlos is conscious that Mario will either die from the AIDS or if his BadBoss finds him. Poor Jose Carlos is affected left with regrets about it by it during the rest of the book.]]
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* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Possibly the fate of [[spoiler: poor Mario]]. After Jose Carlos meets him in a dangerous red zone in order to search for Sheccid, Mario starts loosening up a bit and confesses that he has come to hate the lifestyle he came to love in the first book. But it's not after [[spoiler: Mario passes out and is taken to the hospital (where the doctors find out he is dying of AIDS) and Jose Carlos is the only one to visit him, he decides to TookALevelInKindness, steals Jose Carlos's ID from the BadBoss that previously stole it and escapes to another town forever after making amends with his OnlyFriend. Not to mention he is slowly succumbing to the AIDS]]. Yes, he was an asshole in the books, but it's hard not to feel sorry for the poor guy in the end.
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* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Possibly the fate of [[spoiler: poor Mario]]. After Jose Carlos meets him in a dangerous red zone in order to search for Sheccid, Mario starts loosening up a bit and confesses that he has come to hate the lifestyle he came to love in the first book. But it's not after [[spoiler: Mario passes out and is taken to the hospital (where the doctors find out he is dying of AIDS) and Jose Carlos is the only one to visit him, he decides to TookALevelInKindness, steals Jose Carlos's ID documents from the BadBoss that previously stole it and escapes to another town forever after making amends with his OnlyFriend. Not to mention he is slowly succumbing to the AIDS]]. Yes, he was an asshole in the books, but it's hard not to feel sorry for the poor guy in the end.
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* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: Ariadne.
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* BetterAsFriends: Jose Carlos regarding Ariadne and [[spoiler: Sheccid/Lorenna]].
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* TrulySingleParent: [[spoiler: Lorenna]] has a young daughter.daughter.
* WhatBeautifulEyes: Ivonne has unnatural green eyes.
* WhatBeautifulEyes: Ivonne has unnatural green eyes.
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* AccidentalPervertAccidentalPervert: Poor Jose Carlos is labelled as a pervert for a long time by Ariadne and Sheccid during the first chapers, just because he happened to be in the porn producer's car.
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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Jose Carlos, when he was young.young, because he was smarter and had nerdy looks.
*AllLoveIsUnrequitedAllLoveIsUnrequited: Jose Carlos towards Sheccid. And a handful of girls towards him, no less.
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* BookDumb: Hector, the big guy from Cuba. He compensates it with being so nice that all his classmates help him with his exams.
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* GondorCallsForAidGondorCallsForAid: When Adolfo and his gang try to pick up a fight with Jose Carlos, his clasmates go and help him, no matter how much Sheccid, the parents and the adults tries to stop it.
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During TheSeventies, NiceGuy Jose Carlos is a shy fifteen-year-old who has fallen in love with the SchoolIdol and NewTransferStudent. He associates her with Sheccid, the tale of an Arabian princess who redeemed a vengeful prisoner. After an incident with a porn producer who tried to abduct him and another friend, he decides to talk with the new girl and confesses his love. However, things go wrong when Ariadne (her best friend) tells Sheccid he is related to the porn producer who tried to abduct her as well. Carlos does not give up and, moved by the love he feels, has to overcome his feelings.
A sequel was written in 2012. Now located in TheEighties, Jose Carlos has already forgotten about what happened in his teenage years, but after having RecurringDreams, he soughts to look after Sheccid again. In the path, there are dangers, returning characters and an AwfulTruth.
A sequel was written in 2012. Now located in TheEighties, Jose Carlos has already forgotten about what happened in his teenage years, but after having RecurringDreams, he soughts to look after Sheccid again. In the path, there are dangers, returning characters and an AwfulTruth.
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* IHaveNoSon: Mario's mother. Seems that after the first book she got tired of crying and waiting for her boy to come back home.
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* TheStoner: Mario [[spoiler: And Sheccid/Justina.]]
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* TheStoner: Mario Mario, post-abduction. [[spoiler: And Sheccid/Justina.]]
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* WhatIf: The ending, in which Jose Carlos, refusing to accept that [[spoiler:his beloved Sheccid is actually a promiscuous stoner, he writes a book in which they end up together as a couple but later dies due to an illness. He is satisfied with it, thought, at least until TheStinger.]]
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* WhatIf: The ending, in which Jose Carlos, refusing to accept that [[spoiler:his beloved Sheccid is actually a promiscuous stoner, he writes a LighterAndSofter book in which they Mario is never abducted and lives a normal life while Jose Carlos and Sheccid end up together as a couple but later dies due to an illness. He is satisfied with it, thought, at least until TheStinger.]]
* YouthfulFreckles: Ariadne has this.
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* BittersweetEnding: Jose Carlos finally finds Sheccid again [[spoiler: (whose real name is Lorenna). It turns out that she loved Jose Carlos all along and the stoner girl from the previous book was a cousin who happens to look like her. Because of his disseaperance and HeroicBSOD, she now resents him, causing him to TookALevelInJerkass. Ariadne doesn't hang out with Jose Carlos anymore and Mario is slowly dying from AIDS and escapes to another town. While Jose Carlos goes through a LastMinuteHookUp with a girl called Ivonne, who fills his idealistic expectatives and they have a daughter called Sheccid.]]
* BrokenPedestal: Jose Carlos towards Mariscal.
* BrokenPedestal: Jose Carlos towards Mariscal.
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* BittersweetEnding: Jose Carlos finally finds Sheccid again [[spoiler: (whose real name is Lorenna). It turns out that she loved Jose Carlos all along and the stoner girl from the previous book was a cousin who happens to look like her. Because of his disseaperance and HeroicBSOD, she now resents him, causing him to TookALevelInJerkass. Ariadne doesn't hang out with Jose Carlos anymore and Mario is slowly dying from AIDS and escapes to another town. While Jose Carlos goes through a LastMinuteHookUp with a girl called Ivonne, who fills his idealistic expectatives and they have a daughter called Sheccid.expectatives.]]
* BrokenPedestal: Jose Carlos towardsMariscal.Mariscal Adalid, after finding out that his motivational speeches to him were taken from a satanic Bible.
* BrokenPedestal: Jose Carlos towards
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* TheDiseaseThatShallNotBeNamed: [[spoiler: In the end it is implied that Mario is dying of AIDS. Since it is in TheSeventies, Mario has no idea about it.]]
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* TheDiseaseThatShallNotBeNamed: [[spoiler: In the end it is implied that Mario is dying of AIDS. Since it is in TheSeventies, TheEighties, Mario has no idea about it.]]
* PoisonousFriend: Mariscal Adalid.
* ReallyGetsAround: [[spoiler: Justine, Lorenna's identical cousin. And for a while Jose Carlos after he [[TookALevelInJerkass Takes A Level In Jerkass]].]]
* ReallyGetsAround: [[spoiler: Justine, Lorenna's identical cousin. And for a while Jose Carlos after he [[TookALevelInJerkass Takes A Level In Jerkass]].]]
* TheEighties
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* TookALevelInKindness: Mario, see RedemptionEqualsDeath above.above.
* TrulySingleParent: [[spoiler: Lorenna]] has a young daughter.
* TrulySingleParent: [[spoiler: Lorenna]] has a young daughter.
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* DotingParent: Carlos’s parents.
* DownerEnding: The original ending. [[spoiler:During the party, Carlos realizes that Sheccid is actually a stoner who ReallyGetsAround and not the beautiful girl he idealized in his dreams. He gets so broken that he writes a book based on the plot story, but he changes the part of the party, and portrays Sheccid as a terminal IllGirl who ends up with him but dies later, due to an unknown illness. He is satisfied with the story, believing it to be the real thing; but by now Carlos is broken and has distanced himself from everyone.]]
* DownerEnding: The original ending. [[spoiler:During the party, Carlos realizes that Sheccid is actually a stoner who ReallyGetsAround and not the beautiful girl he idealized in his dreams. He gets so broken that he writes a book based on the plot story, but he changes the part of the party, and portrays Sheccid as a terminal IllGirl who ends up with him but dies later, due to an unknown illness. He is satisfied with the story, believing it to be the real thing; but by now Carlos is broken and has distanced himself from everyone.]]
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* DotingParent: Jose Carlos’s parents.
* DownerEnding: The original ending. [[spoiler:During the party, Jose Carlos realizes that Sheccid is actually a stoner who ReallyGetsAround and not the beautiful girl he idealized in his dreams. He gets so broken that he writes a book based on the plot story, but he changes the part of the party, and portrays Sheccid as a terminal IllGirl who ends up with him but dies later, due to an unknown illness. He is satisfied with the story, believing it to be the real thing; but by now Jose Carlos is broken and has distanced himself from everyone.]]
* DownerEnding: The original ending. [[spoiler:During the party, Jose Carlos realizes that Sheccid is actually a stoner who ReallyGetsAround and not the beautiful girl he idealized in his dreams. He gets so broken that he writes a book based on the plot story, but he changes the part of the party, and portrays Sheccid as a terminal IllGirl who ends up with him but dies later, due to an unknown illness. He is satisfied with the story, believing it to be the real thing; but by now Jose Carlos is broken and has distanced himself from everyone.]]
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* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Jose Carlos and Mario respectively.
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* BittersweetEnding: Jose Carlos finally finds Sheccid again [[spoiler: (whose real name is Lorena). It turns out that she loved Jose Carlos all along and the stoner girl from the previous book was a cousin who happens to look like her. Because of his disseaperance and HeroicBSOD, she now resents him, causing him to TookALevelInJerkass. Ariadne doesn't hang out with Jose Carlos anymore and Mario is slowly dying from AIDS and escapes to another town. While Jose Carlos goes through a LastMinuteHookUp with a girl called Ivonne, who fills his idealistic expectatives and they have a daughter called Sheccid.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: Jose Carlos finally finds Sheccid again [[spoiler: (whose real name is Lorena).Lorenna). It turns out that she loved Jose Carlos all along and the stoner girl from the previous book was a cousin who happens to look like her. Because of his disseaperance and HeroicBSOD, she now resents him, causing him to TookALevelInJerkass. Ariadne doesn't hang out with Jose Carlos anymore and Mario is slowly dying from AIDS and escapes to another town. While Jose Carlos goes through a LastMinuteHookUp with a girl called Ivonne, who fills his idealistic expectatives and they have a daughter called Sheccid.]]]]
* BrokenPedestal: Jose Carlos towards Mariscal.
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* IdenticalStranger: [[spoiler: Sheccid/Lorenna and her cousin Justine.]]
* LastMinuteHookUp: [[spoiler: Jose Carlos ends up with a girl calledIvonne.Ivonne, who happens to fill his expectations and becomes his new Sheccid.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: During Jose Carlos's time as a jerkass, he meets Mario again, who is planning to escape to another town for returning Jose Carlos's ID. He gives him some cash in order to escape and waves him goodbye coldly. He inmediately regrets it and tries to look for him, but by now Mario is long gone. Poor Jose Carlos is affected by it during the rest of the book.]]
* LastMinuteHookUp: [[spoiler: Jose Carlos ends up with a girl called
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: During Jose Carlos's time as a jerkass, he meets Mario again, who is planning to escape to another town for returning Jose Carlos's ID. He gives him some cash in order to escape and waves him goodbye coldly. He inmediately regrets it and tries to look for him, but by now Mario is long gone. Poor Jose Carlos is affected by it during the rest of the book.]]
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* RedemptionEqualsDeath
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BittersweetEnding: Jose Carlos finally finds Sheccid again [[spoiler: (whose real name is Lorena). It turns out that she loved Jose Carlos all along and the stoner girl from the previous book was a cousin who happens to look like her. Because of his disseaperance and HeroicBSOD, she now resents him, causing him to TookALevelInJerkass. Ariadne doesn't hang out with Jose Carlos anymore and Mario is slowly dying from AIDS and escapes to another town. While Jose Carlos goes through a LastMinuteHookUp with a girl called Ivonne, who fills his idealistic expectatives and they have a daughter called Sheccid.]]
*DidNotGetTheGirl
DidNotGetTheGirl: No matter how you see it, Jose Carlos and Sheccid just aren't meant for each other.
* TheDiseaseThatShallNotBeNamed: [[spoiler: In the end it is implied that Mario is dying of AIDS. Since it is in TheSeventies, Mario has no idea about it.]]
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LastMinuteHookUp: [[spoiler: Jose Carlos ends up with a girl called Ivonne.]]
*RedemptionEqualsDeathRedemptionEqualsDeath: Possibly the fate of [[spoiler: poor Mario]]. After Jose Carlos meets him in a dangerous red zone in order to search for Sheccid, Mario starts loosening up a bit and confesses that he has come to hate the lifestyle he came to love in the first book. But it's not after [[spoiler: Mario passes out and is taken to the hospital (where the doctors find out he is dying of AIDS) and Jose Carlos is the only one to visit him, he decides to TookALevelInKindness, steals Jose Carlos's ID from the BadBoss that previously stole it and escapes to another town forever after making amends with his OnlyFriend. Not to mention he is slowly succumbing to the AIDS]]. Yes, he was an asshole in the books, but it's hard not to feel sorry for the poor guy in the end.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Jose Carlos, of all people.
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* TheDiseaseThatShallNotBeNamed: [[spoiler: In the end it is implied that Mario is dying of AIDS. Since it is in TheSeventies, Mario has no idea about it.]]
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''The Eyes of My Princess'' (Los ojos de mi princesa) is a 2004-novel by the Mexican author of self-help books Carlos Cuauhtemoc Sanchez. Originally published in 1996 with the name of ''Sheccid's Strength'' (La fuerza de Sheccid), the novel is dedicated to young readers and deals with the themes of FirstLove, drugs and sex, while promoting the more conservative values on those topics.
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!!Tropes appying to The Eyes of my Princess:
*AboveTheInfluence: All the guests during the party scene.
*AccidentalPervert
*AdultsAreUseless: Completely averted.
*AerithAndBob: Seriously, in how many schools can there be an Ariadne, a Gabino and a [[spoiler: Justina]] alongside a Jose Carlos, a Joaquin and a Mario?
*AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Played straight with Sheccid, after she falls for Adolfo.
*AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Jose Carlos, when he was young.
*AllLoveIsUnrequited
*AssholeVictim: Mario.
*BigBrotherInstinct: Joaquin, for Sheccid. However they are NotBloodSiblings.
*BigScrewedUpFamily: The Deghemteris.
*BookDumb: Hector, the big guy from Cuba.
*ClassRepresentative: Carmen Beatriz.
*DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:Jose Carlos Carlos does this to Sheccid, in the WhatIf book he writes.]]
*DespairEventHorizon: Poor Carlos after he realizes Sheccid’s true personality.
*DoggedNiceGuy: Jose Carlos, for Sheccid.
*DotingParent: Carlos’s parents.
*DownerEnding: The original ending. [[spoiler:During the party, Carlos realizes that Sheccid is actually a stoner who ReallyGetsAround and not the beautiful girl he idealized in his dreams. He gets so broken that he writes a book based on the plot story, but he changes the part of the party, and portrays Sheccid as a terminal IllGirl who ends up with him but dies later, due to an unknown illness. He is satisfied with the story, believing it to be the real thing; but by now Carlos is broken and has distanced himself from everyone.]]
** BittersweetEnding: The adaptation makes a DistantFinale, [[spoiler:in which after years he publishes the book, an adult Ariadne confronts him and forces him to accept the AwfulTruth.]]
* DrugsAreBad: And so do porn. Justified, since it’s TheSeventies.
*EmbarrassingNickname: Sheccid thinks it is. She doesn't complain about it because she hates her real name.
*EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Horribly averted in Mario’s case. According to him, his mother ReallyGetsAround in his childhood, [[InsaneTrollLogic so he sees no problem with getting involved in pornography and sex.]]
*EverybodyMustGetStoned: During the infamous party scene.
*FirstLove: The main theme. And a deconstruction of it.
*GoMadFromTheRevelation: See DespairEventHorizon below.
*GondorCallsForAid
*GoodSamaritan: As shown in the first chapter, Ariadne is very willing to help strangers.
*HandsomeLech: Mario was this before he got abducted.
*HeroicBSOD: Once again, I point you to DespairEventHorizon.
*IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Ariadne, for Carlos.
*LoveEpiphany
*NiceGuy: Jose Carlos takes it UpToEleven.
*NoSocialSkills: Jose Carlos, at first. He gets better with ThePowerOfLove. However, after the AwfulTruth, he retreats and becomes a reclusive.
*ParentalAbandonment
*SchoolIdol: Sheccid.
*SecondYearProtagonist
*ShesAllGrownUp: Ariadne, as Jose Carlos notes in TheStinger.
*SirSwearsALot: Adolfo, when he drops the “charming prince” act.
*SmugSnake: Adolfo, again.
*StepfordSmiler: Sheccid is a Type A.
*SugarAndIcePersonality: Sheccid.
*TheSeventies
*TheStoner: Mario [[spoiler: And Sheccid/Justina.]]
*ThoseTwoGuys: Rafael and Salvador.
*TimeSkip: In TheStinger
*TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Ariadne and Sheccid, respectively.
*TroubledButCute: Sheccid, at least to Jose Carlos.
*TookALevelInBadass: Jose Carlos (yes, his friends and classmates helped him, but still) during the fight with Adolfo and his gang.
*UnluckyChildhoodFriend: Marcela and debatably Ariadne.
*UnreliableNarrator: In the end, the readers are led to believe that Sheccid eventually ended up with Jose Carlos, but died from an illness shortly after. But then in TheStinger we find out that that wasn't real. Jose Carlos wrote fake entries into his diary, because he was disappointed about [[spoiler: Sheccid's real personality.]]
*VillainousBreakdown: Adolfo, after the fight scene. He tries to tell Jose Carlos that [[CassandraTruth Sheccid is not the girl he thinks she is]]; but he gets too carried away with the insults and gets punched.
*WeUsedToBeFriends: Jose Carlos and Mario. The sequel reveals they are indeed childhood friends.
*WhatIf: The ending, in which Jose Carlos, refusing to accept that [[spoiler:his beloved Sheccid is actually a promiscuous stoner, he writes a book in which they end up together as a couple but later dies due to an illness. He is satisfied with it, thought, at least until TheStinger.]]
*WhatTheHellHero: Ariadne has this reaction when she realizes that Carlos wrote a book with a WhatIf, refusing to accept the fact that [[spoiler:Sheccid is a stoner.]]
* WouldHitAGirl: Adolfo.
!!Tropes appying to The Eyes of my Princess 2:
* BittersweetEnding
* DidNotGetTheGirl
* TheDiseaseThatShallNotBeNamed: [[spoiler: In the end it is implied that Mario is dying of AIDS.]]
* LastMinuteHookUp
* RedemptionEqualsDeath
* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: Ariadne.
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!!Tropes appying to The Eyes of my Princess:
*AboveTheInfluence: All the guests during the party scene.
*AccidentalPervert
*AdultsAreUseless: Completely averted.
*AerithAndBob: Seriously, in how many schools can there be an Ariadne, a Gabino and a [[spoiler: Justina]] alongside a Jose Carlos, a Joaquin and a Mario?
*AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Played straight with Sheccid, after she falls for Adolfo.
*AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Jose Carlos, when he was young.
*AllLoveIsUnrequited
*AssholeVictim: Mario.
*BigBrotherInstinct: Joaquin, for Sheccid. However they are NotBloodSiblings.
*BigScrewedUpFamily: The Deghemteris.
*BookDumb: Hector, the big guy from Cuba.
*ClassRepresentative: Carmen Beatriz.
*DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:Jose Carlos Carlos does this to Sheccid, in the WhatIf book he writes.]]
*DespairEventHorizon: Poor Carlos after he realizes Sheccid’s true personality.
*DoggedNiceGuy: Jose Carlos, for Sheccid.
*DotingParent: Carlos’s parents.
*DownerEnding: The original ending. [[spoiler:During the party, Carlos realizes that Sheccid is actually a stoner who ReallyGetsAround and not the beautiful girl he idealized in his dreams. He gets so broken that he writes a book based on the plot story, but he changes the part of the party, and portrays Sheccid as a terminal IllGirl who ends up with him but dies later, due to an unknown illness. He is satisfied with the story, believing it to be the real thing; but by now Carlos is broken and has distanced himself from everyone.]]
** BittersweetEnding: The adaptation makes a DistantFinale, [[spoiler:in which after years he publishes the book, an adult Ariadne confronts him and forces him to accept the AwfulTruth.]]
* DrugsAreBad: And so do porn. Justified, since it’s TheSeventies.
*EmbarrassingNickname: Sheccid thinks it is. She doesn't complain about it because she hates her real name.
*EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Horribly averted in Mario’s case. According to him, his mother ReallyGetsAround in his childhood, [[InsaneTrollLogic so he sees no problem with getting involved in pornography and sex.]]
*EverybodyMustGetStoned: During the infamous party scene.
*FirstLove: The main theme. And a deconstruction of it.
*GoMadFromTheRevelation: See DespairEventHorizon below.
*GondorCallsForAid
*GoodSamaritan: As shown in the first chapter, Ariadne is very willing to help strangers.
*HandsomeLech: Mario was this before he got abducted.
*HeroicBSOD: Once again, I point you to DespairEventHorizon.
*IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Ariadne, for Carlos.
*LoveEpiphany
*NiceGuy: Jose Carlos takes it UpToEleven.
*NoSocialSkills: Jose Carlos, at first. He gets better with ThePowerOfLove. However, after the AwfulTruth, he retreats and becomes a reclusive.
*ParentalAbandonment
*SchoolIdol: Sheccid.
*SecondYearProtagonist
*ShesAllGrownUp: Ariadne, as Jose Carlos notes in TheStinger.
*SirSwearsALot: Adolfo, when he drops the “charming prince” act.
*SmugSnake: Adolfo, again.
*StepfordSmiler: Sheccid is a Type A.
*SugarAndIcePersonality: Sheccid.
*TheSeventies
*TheStoner: Mario [[spoiler: And Sheccid/Justina.]]
*ThoseTwoGuys: Rafael and Salvador.
*TimeSkip: In TheStinger
*TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Ariadne and Sheccid, respectively.
*TroubledButCute: Sheccid, at least to Jose Carlos.
*TookALevelInBadass: Jose Carlos (yes, his friends and classmates helped him, but still) during the fight with Adolfo and his gang.
*UnluckyChildhoodFriend: Marcela and debatably Ariadne.
*UnreliableNarrator: In the end, the readers are led to believe that Sheccid eventually ended up with Jose Carlos, but died from an illness shortly after. But then in TheStinger we find out that that wasn't real. Jose Carlos wrote fake entries into his diary, because he was disappointed about [[spoiler: Sheccid's real personality.]]
*VillainousBreakdown: Adolfo, after the fight scene. He tries to tell Jose Carlos that [[CassandraTruth Sheccid is not the girl he thinks she is]]; but he gets too carried away with the insults and gets punched.
*WeUsedToBeFriends: Jose Carlos and Mario. The sequel reveals they are indeed childhood friends.
*WhatIf: The ending, in which Jose Carlos, refusing to accept that [[spoiler:his beloved Sheccid is actually a promiscuous stoner, he writes a book in which they end up together as a couple but later dies due to an illness. He is satisfied with it, thought, at least until TheStinger.]]
*WhatTheHellHero: Ariadne has this reaction when she realizes that Carlos wrote a book with a WhatIf, refusing to accept the fact that [[spoiler:Sheccid is a stoner.]]
* WouldHitAGirl: Adolfo.
!!Tropes appying to The Eyes of my Princess 2:
* BittersweetEnding
* DidNotGetTheGirl
* TheDiseaseThatShallNotBeNamed: [[spoiler: In the end it is implied that Mario is dying of AIDS.]]
* LastMinuteHookUp
* RedemptionEqualsDeath
* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: Ariadne.