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* InnocentlyInsensitive: Multiple characters will mention someone named ‘Victoria,’ which never fails to enrage John and leads to awkward silence afterwards. It will be sometime before John explains himself. Victoria was his former fiancée who once took a transatlantic cruise … [[spoiler: … aboard the RMS Titanic.]]
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* LiteralMetaphor: The three locations where Lillian’s suitors will confess that they love her all correspond to their social status. John’s confession happens on a balcony (high), Hugh’s confession happens next to a pond (low), and Gemma‘s confession takes place in a servant’s hallway (hidden/closeted).
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** All three of the love interests also fall under this trope:
*** John Somerset makes a regular pest of himself in polite society by railing against colonialism and imperialism in India, frequently to veterans and active duty military officers.
*** Gemma Montjoy is constantly made aware of her undesirable race and how improper it is that a woman of her age actively chooses to remain single.
*** Hugh Crawford bears the stigma of being a working-class man. The nobles he is acquainted with feel free to belittle him or speak to him dismissively despite his education and talent.
*** John Somerset makes a regular pest of himself in polite society by railing against colonialism and imperialism in India, frequently to veterans and active duty military officers.
*** Gemma Montjoy is constantly made aware of her undesirable race and how improper it is that a woman of her age actively chooses to remain single.
*** Hugh Crawford bears the stigma of being a working-class man. The nobles he is acquainted with feel free to belittle him or speak to him dismissively despite his education and talent.
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* GossipyHens: All of the Somersets’ social circle enjoys their gossip, but none so much as Baroness Pritchard, who is renowned for it.
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* ProperLady: The Dowager Countess, Lady Ashbourne, and Marchioness Huntsbury all fit this role. Lillian may be come to be considered this over the course of the story, depending on how the player chooses to behave during the period of her engagement to Francis.
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** From a gameplay perspective, Mrs. Watmore‘s disappearance makes sense because Lillian is working on borrowed time and tends to forget about potential suspects in her sister’s death as soon as she has cleared them from suspicion. As far as the storyline is concerned, in a bit of FridgeBrilliance, Mrs. Watmore stops being of importance to Lillian after she and Francis announce their impending nuptials. Now that Lillian is the *de facto* impending Viscountess of Ashbourne, Mrs. Watmore is much more likely to stay out of her way.
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** From a gameplay perspective, Mrs. Watmore‘s disappearance makes sense because Lillian is working on borrowed time and tends to forget about potential suspects in her sister’s death as soon as she has cleared them from suspicion. As far as the storyline is concerned, in a bit of FridgeBrilliance, Mrs. Watmore stops being of importance to Lillian after she and Francis announce their impending nuptials. Now that Once Lillian is becomes the *de facto* impending Viscountess of Ashbourne, Mrs. Watmore is much more likely to stay out of her way.
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** From a gameplay perspective, Mrs. Watmore‘s disappearance makes sense because Lillian is working on borrowed time and tends to forget about potential suspects in her sister’s death as soon as she has cleared them from suspicion. As far as the storyline is concerned, in a bit of FridgeBrilliance, Mrs. Watmore stops being of importance to Lillian after she and Francis announce their impending nuptials. Now that Lillian is the *de facto* impending Viscountess of Ashbourne, Mrs. Watmore is much more likely to stay out of her way.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: In Chapter 16, you will be confronted by an armed assailant. Making the decision to heroically protect your love interest instead of taking the weapon from your attacker will end poorly.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The housekeeper Mrs. Watmore and the butler Mr. Barnes suddenly disappeared from Chapter 6 and were not even mentioned.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Thomas Montjoy, Gemma's husband.[[spoiler: Lord Huntsbury also qualifies.]]
* YourCheatingHeart: Thomas Montjoy, Gemma's husband.[[spoiler: Lord Huntsbury also qualifies.]]
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* TheLostLenore: The Somerset brothers have it bad. While Francis spends the entire book grieving for Amelia, is driven by his desire to get justice for her and eventually hands over his duties to John to do charity work in her memory, much of John's character arc and romance center around moving on from the death of his fiancée Victoria.
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* GoodParents: Apart from the pressure they put on them to get married, Lord and Lady Ashbourne appear to be very loving parents towards both of their sons and actually care about their happiness. This is especially obvious in contrast to Lillian's stepmother Delia; while Delia disregards every reason Lillian brings forward for not wanting to marry Francis, Lord and Lady Ashbourne, despite being unhappy about it, eventually relent because they don't want to force them into an unhappy marriage. As a result, while Lillian's relationship with Delia is notably strained, both John and Francis show only warmth towards their parents.
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* GoodParents: Apart from the pressure they put on them to get married, Lord and Lady Ashbourne appear to be very loving parents towards both of their sons and actually care about their happiness. This is especially obvious in contrast to Lillian's stepmother Delia; while Delia disregards every reason Lillian brings forward for not wanting to marry Francis, Lord and Lady Ashbourne, despite being unhappy about it, eventually relent because they don't want to force them into an unhappy marriage. As a result, while Lillian's relationship with Delia is notably strained, both John and Francis show only warmth towards their parents.
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* CharacterCustomization: John features four characterization styles one of which is caucasian blond (on the cover), black and possibly two crossbred versions.
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* GoodParents: Apart from the pressure they put on them to get married, Lord and Lady Ashbourne appear to be very loving parents towards both of their sons that actually care about their happiness. This is especially obvious in contrast to Lillian's stepmother Delia; while she disregards every reason Lillian brings forward for not wanting to marry Francis, Lord and Lady Ashbourne, despite being unhappy about it, eventually relent because they don't want to force them into an unhappy marriage. As a result, while Lillian's relationship with Delia is notably strained, both John and Francis seem to love their parents dearly.
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* GoodParents: Apart from the pressure they put on them to get married, Lord and Lady Ashbourne appear to be very loving parents towards both of their sons that actually care about their happiness. This is especially obvious in contrast to Lillian's stepmother Delia; while she disregards every reason Lillian brings forward for not wanting to marry Francis, Lord and Lady Ashbourne, despite being unhappy about it, eventually relent because they don't want to force them into an unhappy marriage. As a result, while Lillian's relationship with Delia is notably strained, both John and Francis seem to love their parents dearly.
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* TallDarkAndHandsome: When questioned about John, Gemma calls him “Tall, Dark and Brooding“. Francis is also described as “Tall and Brooding“ by Aunt Maude once. Ironically, if the player romances John, the narration notes that it takes Lillian a moment to realize she does NOT mean his brother.
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* TallDarkAndHandsome: When questioned about John, Gemma calls him “Tall, Dark and Brooding“. Francis is also described as “Tall and Brooding“ by Aunt Maude once. Ironically, if the player romances John, his brother, the narration notes that it takes Lillian a moment to realize she does in fact NOT mean his brother.John.
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* TallDarkAndHandsome: When questioned about John, Gemma calls him “Tall, Dark and Brooding“. Francis is also described as “Tall and Brooding“ by Aunt Maude once. Ironically, if the player romances John, the narration notes that it takes Lillian a moment to realize she does NOT mean his brother.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: There arw several instances of Lillian talking to Delia (who is in the United States at the time) on the phone. Which is impressive, given that the actual first transatlantic phone call took place in 1927, 14 years after The Unexpected Heiress takes place. No wonder the Somersets are impoverished.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: There arw are several instances of Lillian talking to Delia (who is in the United States at the time) on the phone. Which is impressive, given that the actual first transatlantic phone call took place in 1927, 14 years after The Unexpected Heiress takes place. No wonder the Somersets are impoverished.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: There arw several instances of Lillian talking to Delia (who is in the United States at the time) on the phone. Which is impressive, given that the actual first transatlantic phone call took place in 1927, 14 years after The Unexpected Heiress takes place. No wonder the Somersets are impoverished.
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* PosthumousCharacter: Amelia dies at the beginning of the story and many of her friends miss her including her sister Lillian and her fiance Francis.
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* RealityEnsues: In Chapter 16, you will be confronted by an armed assailant. Making the decision to heroically protect your love interest instead of taking the weapon from your attacker will end poorly.
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*ImpoverishedPatrician: The chief reason that the Ashbourne elders want to see your engagement with Francis succeed. Although they grow genuinely fond of you with time, it is never a secret that they very much need your family’s money.
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* DefrostingIceKing: PlayedWith with John. He is initially somewhat cold towards Lillian, but gets warmer towards her as the story progresses. Even so, it is still treated as notable by the narration in Chapter 14 that she sees “a glimmer of true emotion“ in his eyes when he confesses his love for her.
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* DefrostingIceKing: PlayedWith [[PlayedWith Played with John.John]]. He is initially somewhat cold towards Lillian, but gets warmer towards her as the story progresses. Even so, it is still treated as notable by the narration in Chapter 14 that she sees “a glimmer of true emotion“ in his eyes when he confesses his love for her.
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* DevelopersDesiredDate: John Somerset is the preferred love interest in this book due to Lilian being supposed to marry his brother Francis, and also because he takes over Windcroft Manor at the end of the story. Notably, there are several additional lines of dialogue (Francis suggesting a match between Lillian and John to Lillian, Lillian suggesting a match between her and John to Delia, John and Lillian briefly seeing each other in the hallway after Delia's interference in the beginning of Chapter 15, ...) in John's romance path that lack an equivalent in those of Gemma or Hugh.
* DevelopersDesiredDate: John Somerset is the preferred love interest in this book due to Lilian being supposed to marry his brother Francis, and also because he takes over Windcroft Manor at the end of the story. Notably, there are several additional lines of dialogue (Francis suggesting a match between Lillian and John to Lillian, Lillian suggesting a match between her and John to Delia, John and Lillian briefly seeing each other in the hallway after Delia's interference in the beginning of Chapter 15, ...) in John's romance path that lack an equivalent in those of Gemma or Hugh.
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* DevelopersDesiredDate: John Somerset is the preferred love interest in this book due to Lilian being supposed to marry his brother Francis, and also because he takes over Windcroft Manor at the end of the story. Notably, there are several additional lines of dialogue (Francis suggesting a match between Lillian and John to Lillian, Lillian suggesting a match between her and John to Delia, John and Lillian briefly seeing each other in the hallway after Delia's interference in the beginning of Chapter15, ...16, ...) in John's romance path that lack an equivalent in those of Gemma or Hugh.
* DevelopersDesiredDate: John Somerset is the preferred love interest in this book due to Lilian being supposed to marry his brother Francis, and also because he takes over Windcroft Manor at the end of the story. Notably, there are several additional lines of dialogue (Francis suggesting a match between Lillian and John to Lillian, Lillian suggesting a match between her and John to Delia, John and Lillian briefly seeing each other in the hallway after Delia's interference in the beginning of Chapter
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* DevelopersDesiredDate: John Somerset is the preferred love interest in this book due to Lilian being supposed to marry his brother Francis, and also because he takes over Windcroft Manor at the end of the story. Notably, there are several additional lines of dialogue (Francis suggesting a match between Lillian and John, John to Lillian, Lillian suggesting a match between her and John to Delia, John and MC Lillian briefly seeing each other in the hallway after Delia's interference in the beginning of Chapter 15, ...) in John's romance path that lack an equivalent in those of Gemma or Hugh.
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* MissingMom: Both John`s and Lillian`s biologcal mothers died when they were young - John`s mother died in childbirth, Lillian`s when she was still a child. While Lillian mentions in a flashback in Chapter 8 that she wishes her mother was with them instead of Delia, John seems regretful over his mother`s death, but is happily adopted.
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* MissingMom: Both John`s John's and Lillian`s biologcal mothers died when they were young - John`s John's mother died in childbirth, Lillian`s when she was still a child. While Lillian mentions in a flashback in Chapter 8 that she wishes her mother was with them instead of Delia, John seems regretful over his mother`s death, but is happily adopted.
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* DevelopersDesiredDate: John Somerset is the preferred love interest in this book due to Lilian being supposed to marry his brother Francis, and also because he takes over Windcroft Manor at the end of the story.
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* HeroOfAnotherStory: Gemma Montjoy was mentioned a few times and played a big part in the [[Visualnovel/AVeryScandalousProposal prequel]], being [[spoiler:Thomas Montjoy's first wife and she may first appear in Chapter 16]]. In that book, she returns in Chapter 2 as a friend and potential love interest.
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* HeroOfAnotherStory: Gemma Montjoy was mentioned a few times and played a big part in the [[Visualnovel/AVeryScandalousProposal prequel]], A Very Scandalous Propasal]], being [[spoiler:Thomas Montjoy's first wife and she may first appear in Chapter 16]]. In that this book, she returns in Chapter 2 as a friend and potential love interest.
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* HopeSpot: Occurs late in the story regarding the romance subplot. [[spoiler: After a lot of angst by Lillian and her chosen LI over whether she and Francis will be able to break their engagement, they get the Somerset parents' approval, much to their joy...only for Delia to show up and succeed in insisting on the Francis-Lillian marriage. Particularly bitter with John, who beforehand expresses the hope that both of their families will be pleased with him and Lillian considering marriage.]]
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* HappilyAdopted: [[spoiler:John Somerset]] is the adopted son of [[spoiler:Theodore and Blythe Somerset]] and younger brother of [[spoiler:Francis]]. [[spoiler:John]] knows he is adopted and his brother [[spoiler:Francis]], who has protected him all his life from himself and from others thinking of him.
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* HappilyAdopted: [[spoiler:John Somerset]] is the adopted son of [[spoiler:Theodore and Blythe Somerset]] and younger brother of [[spoiler:Francis]]. [[spoiler:John]] knows he is adopted and his brother [[spoiler:Francis]], who has protected him all his life from himself and from others thinking lesser of him.
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