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Now fandom trends, not specific fanworks.
And Scrappy must be unintentional.
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* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: One of the things this fanfic does well is rescues a lot of characters from the Scrappy pile, and turns them into sympathetic characters, Anthony being the biggest one. Even Therese can technically count, cause EnsembleDarkhorse or not, she ''was'' written in the comic strip as TheScrappy.
* RonTheDeathEater:
** This story could just as easily be called "Why Elly Patterson is the Devil: A Manifesto". Every possible plot element that can be used to show her in a bad light is turned towards that purpose. The story doesn't give her any slack at all, even condemning her for things other characters are allowed to get away with (her trying to trick a man into marriage via TheBabyTrap? Unforgivable; Elizabeth [[spoiler:getting pregnant via ''adultery'' and trying to pass it off as her husband's]]? The story's on her side). It stops just short of blaming her for ''her own murder'', but only just. Her detailed backstory essentially sums up her life as both a complete waste and herself as a phony in everything she did.
** Not that John gets it much better: he’s seen as a sexist dolt and an abuser.
* RonTheDeathEater:
** This story could just as easily be called "Why Elly Patterson is the Devil: A Manifesto". Every possible plot element that can be used to show her in a bad light is turned towards that purpose. The story doesn't give her any slack at all, even condemning her for things other characters are allowed to get away with (her trying to trick a man into marriage via TheBabyTrap? Unforgivable; Elizabeth [[spoiler:getting pregnant via ''adultery'' and trying to pass it off as her husband's]]? The story's on her side). It stops just short of blaming her for ''her own murder'', but only just. Her detailed backstory essentially sums up her life as both a complete waste and herself as a phony in everything she did.
** Not that John gets it much better: he’s seen as a sexist dolt and an abuser.
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* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: One of the things this fanfic does well is rescues a lot of characters from the Scrappy pile, and turns them into sympathetic characters, Anthony being the biggest one. Even Therese can technically count, cause EnsembleDarkhorse or not, she ''was'' written in the comic strip as TheScrappy.\n* RonTheDeathEater:\n** This story could just as easily be called "Why Elly Patterson is the Devil: A Manifesto". Every possible plot element that can be used to show her in a bad light is turned towards that purpose. The story doesn't give her any slack at all, even condemning her for things other characters are allowed to get away with (her trying to trick a man into marriage via TheBabyTrap? Unforgivable; Elizabeth [[spoiler:getting pregnant via ''adultery'' and trying to pass it off as her husband's]]? The story's on her side). It stops just short of blaming her for ''her own murder'', but only just. Her detailed backstory essentially sums up her life as both a complete waste and herself as a phony in everything she did.\n** Not that John gets it much better: he’s seen as a sexist dolt and an abuser.
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* AccidentalAesop: "Make sure adopted children or those in blended families have access to medical history of their biological parents": [[spoiler:Claire didn’t know that she was at risk of mental illness along with her biological sisters until she found them and Michael didn’t know that his biological father’s family had a history of learning and cognitive disabilities until Robin was diagnosed with autism and he learned the truth about his father.]]
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fixing indentations and moving Ambiguous Disorder entry from main page to Diagnosed By The Audience here
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* AngstWhatAngst: Elly's attitude toward her kids and grandkids' problems. [[ItsAllAboutMe Her problems, however....]]
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* AngstWhatAngst: AngstWhatAngst:
** Elly's attitude toward her kids and grandkids' problems. [[ItsAllAboutMe Her problems, however....]]
** Elly's attitude toward her kids and grandkids' problems. [[ItsAllAboutMe Her problems, however....]]
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: [[spoiler: Fiona, of all people.]]
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: DiagnosedByTheAudience: ''Not'' Robin, who's eventually diagnosed as autistic, or even Elly, who was eventually diagnosed with being under a fugue state, but Anthony. [[spoiler: Word Of God is that he has undiagnosed Asperger's-undiagnosed because his obsession with numbers suited Gavin's needs just fine.]]
* EnsembleDarkhorse:
** [[spoiler: Fiona, of all people.]]
* EnsembleDarkhorse:
** [[spoiler: Fiona, of all people.]]
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* RonTheDeathEater: This story could just as easily be called "Why Elly Patterson is the Devil: A Manifesto". Every possible plot element that can be used to show her in a bad light is turned towards that purpose. The story doesn't give her any slack at all, even condemning her for things other characters are allowed to get away with (her trying to trick a man into marriage via TheBabyTrap? Unforgivable; Elizabeth [[spoiler:getting pregnant via ''adultery'' and trying to pass it off as her husband's]]? The story's on her side). It stops just short of blaming her for ''her own murder'', but only just. Her detailed backstory essentially sums up her life as both a complete waste and herself as a phony in everything she did.
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* RonTheDeathEater: RonTheDeathEater:
** This story could just as easily be called "Why Elly Patterson is the Devil: A Manifesto". Every possible plot element that can be used to show her in a bad light is turned towards that purpose. The story doesn't give her any slack at all, even condemning her for things other characters are allowed to get away with (her trying to trick a man into marriage via TheBabyTrap? Unforgivable; Elizabeth [[spoiler:getting pregnant via ''adultery'' and trying to pass it off as her husband's]]? The story's on her side). It stops just short of blaming her for ''her own murder'', but only just. Her detailed backstory essentially sums up her life as both a complete waste and herself as a phony in everything she did.
** This story could just as easily be called "Why Elly Patterson is the Devil: A Manifesto". Every possible plot element that can be used to show her in a bad light is turned towards that purpose. The story doesn't give her any slack at all, even condemning her for things other characters are allowed to get away with (her trying to trick a man into marriage via TheBabyTrap? Unforgivable; Elizabeth [[spoiler:getting pregnant via ''adultery'' and trying to pass it off as her husband's]]? The story's on her side). It stops just short of blaming her for ''her own murder'', but only just. Her detailed backstory essentially sums up her life as both a complete waste and herself as a phony in everything she did.
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* TearJerker: Jim's death.
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* TearJerker: TearJerker:
** Jim's death.
** Jim's death.
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* WhatAnIdiot: Gavin spoke out against the investigation into whether building Millborough on a radiation site had an effect on health. Perhaps he should have remembered that birth defects were one of the symptoms, and that one of his more significant clients is a neonatal clinic.
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Misuse. Does not mention audience avoiding work.
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* EndingAversion: Some readers disliked the ending where [[spoiler: Mike and Dee divorce and Elizabeth and Anthony stay together, especially since the story was hinting that the opposite would happen and Elizabeth and Anthony are staying more out of obligation to the kids than love, essentially becoming Elly and John.]]
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* EndingAversion: Some readers disliked the ending where [[spoiler: Mike and Dee divorce and Elizabeth and Anthony stay together, especially since the story was hinting that the opposite would happen and Elizabeth and Anthony are staying more out of obligation to the kids than love, essentially becoming Elly and John.]]
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** John is strangely unbothered by Elly’s death, only caring about the fact that she can’t cook his favorite unhealthy foods anymore. It’s rather telling that Frank Day, who hadn’t spoken to Elly in ''decades'' has a more appropriate reaction to her death! But at the funeral itself, it becomes clear why: [[spoiler: he’s cheating on her with Kortney.]]
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** Anthony after his CharacterDevelopment.
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** Anthony opening up about his mother while getting ready for Elly’s funeral. It’s made worse when he learns that [[spoiler: she was murdered by his father and covered up for decades.]]
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* RonTheDeathEater: This story could just as easily be called "Why Elly Patterson is the Devil: A Manifesto". Every possible plot element that can be used to show her in a bad light is turned towards that purpose. The story doesn't give her any slack at all, even condemning her for things other characters are allowed to get away with (her trying to trick a man into marriage via TheBabyTrap? Unforgivable; Elizabeth [[spoiler:getting pregnant via ''adultery'' and trying to pass it off as her husband's]]? The story's on her side). It stops just short of blaming her for ''her own murder'', but only just.
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* RonTheDeathEater: This story could just as easily be called "Why Elly Patterson is the Devil: A Manifesto". Every possible plot element that can be used to show her in a bad light is turned towards that purpose. The story doesn't give her any slack at all, even condemning her for things other characters are allowed to get away with (her trying to trick a man into marriage via TheBabyTrap? Unforgivable; Elizabeth [[spoiler:getting pregnant via ''adultery'' and trying to pass it off as her husband's]]? The story's on her side). It stops just short of blaming her for ''her own murder'', but only just. Her detailed backstory essentially sums up her life as both a complete waste and herself as a phony in everything she did.
** Not that John gets it much better: he’s seen as a sexist dolt and an abuser.
** Not that John gets it much better: he’s seen as a sexist dolt and an abuser.
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** Claire's mother's death
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** Claire's mother's deathdeath and her reaction.
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* TheWoobie: Franciose. First, her mother leaves (although Therese does love her and wants to spend more time with her in the future) and her father remarries. Then her stepmother TookALevelInJerkAss during her pregnancy, such as saying “It’s Anthony’s and my first child together” with the kid in earshot, resulting in her having a recurring nightmare of being abandoned at an orphanage. The only person who cares is April, her teenage sister in law. And then after the baby is born [[spoiler:and it’s revealed that Anthony isn’t the father]], her father and stepmother’s marriage nearly breaks up. Not to mention that she’s becoming TheUnfavorite of the Patterson grandchildren for not being a biological child.
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* TheWoobie: Franciose. First, her mother leaves (although Therese does love her and wants to spend more time with her in the future) and her father remarries. Then her stepmother TookALevelInJerkAss during her pregnancy, such as saying “It’s Anthony’s and my first child together” with the kid in earshot, resulting in her having a recurring nightmare of being abandoned at an orphanage. The only person who cares is April, her teenage sister in law. And then after the baby is born [[spoiler:and it’s revealed that Anthony isn’t the father]], her father and stepmother’s marriage nearly breaks up. Not to mention that she’s becoming TheUnfavorite of the Patterson grandchildren for not being a biological child.child, and the only people who seem to care about her is April and Meredith.
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You'd think I would get the spelling right given it's on this page twice, but apparently not.
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* RonTheDeathEater: This story could just as easily be called "Why Elly Peterson is the Devil: A Manifesto". Every possible plot element that can be used to show her in a bad light is turned towards that purpose. The story doesn't give her any slack at all, even condemning her for things other characters are allowed to get away with (her trying to trick a man into marriage via TheBabyTrap? Unforgivable; Elizabeth [[spoiler:getting pregnant via ''adultery'' and trying to pass it off as her husband's]]? The story's on her side). It stops just short of blaming her for ''her own murder'', but only just.
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* RonTheDeathEater: This story could just as easily be called "Why Elly Peterson Patterson is the Devil: A Manifesto". Every possible plot element that can be used to show her in a bad light is turned towards that purpose. The story doesn't give her any slack at all, even condemning her for things other characters are allowed to get away with (her trying to trick a man into marriage via TheBabyTrap? Unforgivable; Elizabeth [[spoiler:getting pregnant via ''adultery'' and trying to pass it off as her husband's]]? The story's on her side). It stops just short of blaming her for ''her own murder'', but only just.
