Too much? Too much is a Slice of Life Luca fanfic by elie2.
During the new school year, Luca feels that his friendship with Giulia is becoming more strained due to feeling a bit uncomfortable with the latter's Large Ham tendencies.
However, the young sea monster decides to keep it to himself for fear of disappointing and hurting his friend.
You can read the fic here
on Archive of Our Own.
Too much? Too much provides examples of:
- Adventurer Archaeologist: Vallea Endrizzi is a brave and bold young girl who likes to discover ancient Italian archeology in her spare time.
- Alpha Bitch: Serafina Sforza, a snobby and stuck-up mean girl who looks down on Giulia for being tomboyish and unkempt and doesn't invite her to her party because of it.
- Badass Bookworm: Besides being a brave and capable Adventurer Archaeologist, Vallea also loves to study sea monsters and astronomy.
- Beware the Nice Ones: Luca is polite, kind-hearted and soft-spoken, but was not afraid to show a more ruthless side when he pranked Serafina by giving her a perfume bottle filled with Giulia's sweat to punish her arrogant and snobby behavior.
- The Bully: Giovanni is an arrogant and rude young boy who likes to make Luca's life a living hell just because he's a sea monster.
- Bully Hunter: Giulia hates bullies and is never afraid to stand up to them, especially when she called out Giovanni for mistreating Luca.
- Child Prodigy: While quite young, Vallea is already an accomplished Adventurer Archaeologist.
- Demoted to Extra: Alberto and Massimo have a less prominent role in the story than in the Canon movie since Luca and Giulia spend most of the year in Genoa.
- Fiery Redhead: Giulia has bright red curly hair and is an energetic and outspoken Large Ham.
- Genki Girl: In contrast to the soft-spoken and mild-mannered Luca, Giulia is an exuberant and Hot-Blooded bundle of energy.
- Girl Next Door: Vallea is a friendly, free-spirited and laid-back young girl with a slightly tomboyish yet sweet-natured personality who loves to go on adventures and develops a brief crush on the caring and polite Luca.
- Lady Swears-a-Lot: Giulia tends to be quite foul-mouthed, especially when angered.
- Large Ham: Giulia tends to be quite exaggerated and theatrical in her manners.
Luca (when referring to Giulia's Large Ham tendencies): ''She can’t talk like a normal person. Ninety-percent of the time, she acts like a theatre performer, or
like she’s going to war.''
- Laser-Guided Karma: Serafina receives one at her own party by being pranked by Luca after receiving by Luca a perfume bottle filled with Giulia's sweat (on which Luca lied saying that it was a fine bergamot perfume given to him by Giulia's uncle) as a punishment for not inviting Giulia and looking down on her for not being ladylike enough.
- Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy: A platonic version with Vallea and Luca. Vallea is a plucky Adventurer Archaeologist who likes to play sports and to spend time outdoors, while Luca is shy, soft-spoken and cautious.
- Nice, Mean, and In-Between: The three most prominent female characters of the story consist of laid-back and friendly Girl Next Door Vallea (Nice), snobby and conceited Alpha Bitch Serafina (Mean) and cheerful yet short-temperted Fiery Redhead Giulia (In-between).
- One of the Boys: Vallea's two closest friends are boys.
- Outdoorsy Gal: Vallea likes being outdoors, whether it's to gaze at the stars or to explore ancient Italian archeology.
- Politically Incorrect Villain: Giovanni seems to hate sea monsters since he cruelly mocks Luca by calling him "fishboy" and splashing him with water to make fun of his original sea monster form.
- Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl: Luca is quiet and reserved, while Giulia is a total firecracker.
- Seemingly-Wholesome '50s Girl: A G-rated 60's variant with part-time Red Cross volunteer Amara Romano, a young chorus girl classmate of Luca and Giulia who becomes more energetic and lively during school parties.
- Rich Bitch: Serafina is implied to be one since she lives in a Big Fancy House and has quite an unpleasant and haughty personality.
- Platonic Life-Partners: Luca and Giulia are very good friends.
- Luca also develops a strong platonic bond with Vallea.
- Single Woman Seeks Good Man: Implied with Vallea, who acted quite flirty towards the caring and sweet Luca during the school's party.
- Stern Teacher: The school's swimming coach, Mr Maradona, gets very angry whenever students violate and disrespect rules regarding the pool's use.
- Tender Tomboyishness, Foul Femininity: Tomboys Giulia and Vallea are kind and compassionate, while the feminine and ladylike Serafina is a mean and snobby Alpha Bitch.
- Token Non-Human: Luca is the only sea monster among his classmates.
- Tomboy with a Girly Streak: Vallea Endrizzi is a plucky young Adventurer Archaeologist who likes to spend time outdoors, playing sports and reading comic books and her two closest friends are boys. She also enjoy ballroom dancing, is gentle and caring and acts quite coy and flirty towards Luca.
- Town Girls: Hot-Blooded and brash Giulia is the Butch, elegant and snobby Serafina is the Femme and plucky yet sweet-natured Vallea is the Neither.
- Villainesses Want Heroes: Serafina seems to have a thing for Luca since, when he came to her party, acted quite coy with him.
