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So this is the subsection for people living and/or working in the Unnamed University town of Roommates.
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Pets, Friends & Family who happen to live around currently
Elizabeth Swann
Her middle name must be "Awkward".
- Modeled after Keira Knightley.Canon: Pirates of the Caribbean
- Just in Time: She has a gift for awkwardly bumping into James.
Mrs. Lovett
Love maniac and Lethal Chef.
- Modeled after Helena Bonham Carter.
- Fashion Dissonance: She has a distinctly dated fashion sense.
Éponine Thénardier
Ummm... Hello.
- Canon: Les Misérables
- Affectionate Nickname: She is 'Pony for her boyfriend.
- Everything Sounds Sexier in Latin: She thinks that her boyfriend using words of Latin origin (like: curriculum and charisma) sounds hot. What can we say; she is French.
- The Glomp: She tends to do this to James a lot.
- Manipulative Bitch: Her canon and there are people here who remember.
Blind Mag
OK. Maybe she can't kick your ass either.
- Modeled after Sarah BrightmanCanon: Repo! The Genetic Opera
- Betty and Veronica: Veronica, in the triangle where Erik is Archie and Christine Betty. Seems like she more or less won.
- Everyone Calls Her "Barkeep": She is blind and she is called "Blind Mag".
Grave-Robber
The last know picture of this guy.
- Modeled after Terrance Zdunich.Canon: Repo! The Genetic Opera
- Drugs Are Bad: Not him, but as the one page with him states: "This is a drug free facility!" So don't do it!
- Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": He is a grave-robber called Grave-Robber.
Hedwig
A feathery friend.
- Canon: Harry Potter
- Instant Messenger Pigeon: Not a pigeon but serves the same purpose.
- Stalker with a Crush:
Ascended Fanon that it has a crush on Jareth's Owl form.
Mrs. Aileen Norrington
It's not easy to be James' mother.
- Canon: Roommates
- Arranged Marriage: Her first marriage was this kind.
- Cool Old Lady: Flirts with Fair Folk, gives candle talks, knows all and dares all! And still can appear as the proper Irish lady.
- Covert Pervert: Just read her Shovel Talk (mostly the part about the young couple's activities she doesn't want to know about, but in her opinion doubtless exist), or check the 2011 holiday special
even if her unique take on Under the Mistletoe kiss has some distinct trolling vibes. Yes. It seems like this runs in the family. - Functional Genre Savvy: She deduced Mr. King's nationality just through Genre Savvyness. (OK. Being Irish and knowing a bit about Celtic Mythology probably also helped).
- She also knows just what weapon to give Eponine before the girl enters the Underground: a Cold Iron nail, which Mrs. N knows will stop any fae attacking her son's girlfriend quite easily.
- The Gadfly: She has a lot of fun messing with people. (Ashe outright calls her a Troll)
- In-Series Nickname: She is Mrs. N. for the courageous.
- Interspecies Romance: Bordering on Did You Just Romance Cthulhu? or Divine Date, depending on what we think about the guy's (The Erlkönig) Eldrichness or Divineness and if we think about where he is featured.
- Last-Name Basis: To the extent that it took a while to even learn what her first name was.
- Non-Human Lover Reveal: Subverted. Lord King didn't even intend to reveal himself, but she figured out the guy quickly, and decided to go with the flow... basically trolling him back.
- O.C. Stand-in: The other characters react with shock and pity when they find out.
- Open-Minded Parent: Much more so than her son expected. She watched his movies, amongst other things.
- Prim and Proper Bun: She wears her hair in one accentuating her Proper Lady image.
- Silk Hiding Steel: She looks and acts like a Proper Lady but she is much more daring, witty and aware than most people would think (this includes the guy... man... person she flirts with).
Agent Phil Coulson
Once a fanboy always a fanboy.
- Modeled after Clark GreggCanon: Marvel Cinematic Universe
- Badass in a Nice Suit / Badass Normal: Now joining a weird World of Badass.
- Genre Savvy: His thoughts on being canonically dead: "I should have figured. Whedon does like to break his toys."
- The Knights Who Say "Squee!": Even being canonically dead didn't break his fan behavior... or could part him from his Captain America trading card collection.
"Organizations":
The Saint Jude University
The Extranormal Institute where most of the cast works and studies. Jamie teaches history, Erik teaches music, Javert is on security staff etc. (Trivia: Saint Jude is the Patron Saint of lost causes and desperate situations, amongst others.)
Gandalf
A "Science!" teacher
- Canon: Tolkien's Legendarium
- Deadpan Snarker: Just check this.
- Elemental Powers: He could always depend on fireworks.
Dr. "Indiana" Jones
James' worst nightmare not counting his parents.
- Modeled after Harrison Ford.Canon: Indiana Jones movies, games and what not.
- Absent-Minded Professor: This can be the only reason why he is so oblivious to his Unknown Rival.
- Adventurer Archaeologist: As in canon.
- Hot Teacher: The female students readily skip other lectures because of him.
Dr. Gregory House
A most elusive creature: The "School Nurse".
- Modeled after Hugh Laurie.Canon: House
- Dr. Jerk: Still. He will humiliate patients just For the Lulz.
- Fake American: As canonical and Ashe firmly places him as Brit for feuding purposes in-universe.
- Bunny Ears School Nurse: He is lazy he is a jerk but he is the best.
The Tenth Doctor
We don't know what he teaches.
- Modeled after David TennantCanon: Doctor Who
- Admiring the Abomination: Wow. Zombies!
- Blah, Blah, Blah: Science-Science Fiction-Fiction (Technobabble in the middle of a fight scene isn't as appreciated as it used to be.)
- Buffy Speak: He routinely uses words like "stuff", "thingamabog" etc..
- Iconic Item: He has both the Sonic Screwdriver and the TARDIS.
- Mr. Exposition: He is the proud owner of the second biggest Wall of Text of exposition in the whole series.
- No Sense of Personal Space: He has his moments.
- Not That Kind of Doctor: Which doesn't stops him to do "Still Dead Check"s.
- The Pollyanna: He is insufferably cheerful. Even in the middle of a Zombie Apocalypse.
- Talking Your Way Out: Or at least asking for a bit more time.
Tracy Turnblad
She is really enthusiastic!
- Canon: Hairspray
- Big Fun: Yeah. Big and lovable.
- Genki Girl: She is really enthusiastic.
- The Nicknamer: She named Christine Chrissy. Nobody. Else. Ever. Did. This.
Jack Frost
- Anthropomorphic Fun Personified: He is literally Winter Fun!
- Really 700 Years Old: He is several hundred years old, but looks like an older teen.
Roy Walker
(The theatre/film professor, former stunt man)
- Old Shame: Averted. He doesn't care if anyone thinks his movie stunt work diminishes his "theatre cred".
Ichabod Crane and Lt. Abbie Mills
- Modeled after Tom Mison and Nicole BeharieCanon: Sleepy Hollow
- Identical Stranger: Multiple people, including Javert, have mistaken Ichabod for James. It turns out to be a case of Strong Family Resemblance; they're cousins and Aileen Norrington is Ichabod's aunt.
Baymax
- Canon: Big Hero 6
- Nice Guy: His canon. His bedside manner is definitely better than House's to be sure.
Dorian Pavus
- Canon: Dragon Age: Inquisition
- Outside-Context Problem: How Jareth reacts to his first appearance, due to him being the first video game character to appear in the comic.
- Pretty Boy: He's described as making the comic 1000% prettier.
Imperator Furiosa
- Modeled after Charlize TheronCanon: Mad Max: Fury Road
- Boyish Short Hair: Like in the movie, it's one of her iconic traits (though it's easier to make out here).
- Brutal Honesty: She doesn't mince words with Tracy about how she did on her driving test.
- His Name Really Is "Barkeep": "Imperator" is treated as her first name, probably so she doesn't just have Only One Name.
Hiro Hamada
- Canon: Big Hero 6
- Powered Armor: Tony offers to help him with it.
- Tears of Joy: Upon being reunited with Tadashi, who is alive due to how the comic treats characters who are deceased in their canon works.
- Teen Genius: He successfully makes a Jaeger for class.
Tadashi Hamada
- Canon: Big Hero 6
- Big Brother Instinct: He cares a lot about Hiro's safety.
- Buffy Speak: He calls Hiro's Jaeger a "giant punchy robot".
Carlos
- Canon: Welcome to Night Vale
- The Faceless: His face isn't shown in his first appearance, possibly as a nod to being a character from a podcast show.
Stacker Pentecost
- Modeled after Idris ElbaCanon: Pacific Rim
- Reasonable Authority Figure: Tony really likes that he says "Thank you", unlike Nick Fury.
"Killed for canon" support group
Tropaholics Anonymous group where the living-impaired can go. Javert, James, and Nathan visit it regularly... Erik too, when they can make him. Phil also joins the group later.
Angel Dumott Schunard
Death of the Endless
You better remember her.
- Canon: The Sandman (1989)
- Chekhov's Gunman: She does a lot more than moderating the group in Kings War.
- Don't Fear the Reaper: She will even let you say goodbye.
- Psychopomp: One of the Death avatars around.
Other people
Cheryl
She has the job all the fangirls want.
- Canon: Buildingverse
- Audience Surrogate: She has the job all the readers want.
- Meaningful Name: She works at Sakura Sushi; "sakura" is Japanese for "cherry blossom", like Cheryl.
- Muggle: She is as 'verse native as it gets.
- Original Character: Technically Pika's.
