History YMMV / Skagboys

** He starts by ingratiating himself with her elderly alcoholic father, Coke. He shoots up on heroin in a pub when he could have stood by Coke against an ex cop barman, who beat him to death. Coke's wife, Janey is encouraged by Sick Boy to continue claiming benefit even after his passing, helped in part by her being seduced by the young snake. He then proceeds to grass her up and remove ''her'' from the picture, after which Maria is easy prey for him. He tries to fool both himself and Maria that he's in love with her as a means of justifying his trivial guilt.

* WheelchairWoobie: Wee Davie has chronic cystic fibrosis, muscular dystrophy and extreme autism. The odds of all of these occurring in one person are approximately four billion to one.

** Maria, as the first sexual victim of Sick Boy's [[MoralEventHorizon wicked ways.]]
** Carmelita, the Spanish housemaid of the lawyer. Her mother is also ill, her boyfriend was killed in a motorcycle accident and Donaldson's family are bad employers... [[DrivenToSuicide its all too much for her.]] She perceives the skagboys as sent by God to save her, instead of the lucky accident that it was during a house burglary meant to fuel their drug and drink habits.

** Alison, who loses her mother to breast cancer, [[spoiler: [[DrivenToSuicide slits her wrists]] ]] and succumbs herself to heroin addiction along with Lesley. [[PetTheDog She does gradually heal herself over the course of the next two books, though.]]

** Alison, who loses her mother to breast cancer, [[spoiler: [[DrivenToSuicide slits her wrists]] ]] and succumbs herself to heroin addiction along with Lesley. [[IGotBetter She does gradually heal herself over the course of the next two books, though.]]

** Alison, who loses her mother to breast cancer, [[spoiler: [[DrivenToSuicide slits her wrists]] ]] and succumbs herself to heroin addiction along with Lesley.

** He starts by ingratiating himself with her elderly alcoholic father, Coke. He shoots up on heroin in a pub when he could have stood by Coke against an ex cop barman, who beat him to death. Coke's wife, Janey is encouraged by Sick Boy to continue claiming benefit even after his passing, helped in part by her being seduced by the young snake. He then proceeds to grass her up and remover ''her'' from the picture, after which Maria is easy prey for him. He tries to fool both himself and Maria that he's in love with her as a means of justifying his trivial guilt.

* CompleteMonster: Seeker. Besides the usual "get young girls hooked line and sinker" mindset of the drug dealers, he beats his ex brother in law and coerces him to remain part of his UK-wide trafficking network. This causes the last minute delivery of a heroin supply, just before the characters were about to kick their habit for good. If not for Seeker's deplorable business interests, the [[TheVerse Irvine Welsh universe]] could have had a significant portion of its misery and horror eliminated. [[TrueArtIsAngsty But then we wouldn't have these great novels.]]

* MoralEventHorizon: Simon's seduction of a neighbour's teenage daughter, Maria. Once he realizes he wasn't the first guy she slept with, he [[HookersAndBlow quickly introduces her to drugs and prostitution.]]

** Carmelita, the Spanish housemaid of the lawyer. Her mother is also ill, her boyfriend was killed in a motorcycle accident and Donaldson's family are bad employers... [[DrivenToSuicide its all too much for her.]] She perceives the skagboys as sent by God to save her, instead of the lucky accident that it was during a house burglary meant to fuel their drug and drink habits.
* WheelchairWoobie: Wee Davie has chronic cystic fibrosis, muscular dystrophy and extreme autism. The odds of all of these occurring in one person are approximately four billion to one.

* BreakTheCutie: Depending on how much you like their characters, arguably Renton, Spud, Keezbo, Second Prize, Alison, Leslie and Sick Boy (though this was [[{{Trainspotting}} before]] his DespairEventHorizon...) among others. Its not entirely clear if Matty was ever what you might call a cutie, and even if he was, he seems to have broken long before even this prequel.

** To elaborate: he starts by ingratiating himself with her elderly alcoholic father, Coke. He shoots up on heroin in a pub when he could have stood by Coke against an ex cop barman, who beat him to death. Coke's wife, Janey is encouraged by Sick Boy to continue claiming benefit even after his passing, helped in part by her being seduced by the young snake. He then proceeds to grass her up and remover ''her'' from the picture, after which Maria is easy prey for him. He tries to fool both himself and Maria that he's in love with her as a means of justifying his trivial guilt.

** To elaborate: he starts by ingratiating himself with her elderly alcoholic father, Coke. He shoots up on heroin in a pub when he could have stood by Coke against an ex cop barman, who beat him to death. Coke's wife, Janey is encouraged by Sick Boy to continue claiming benefit even after his passing, helped in part by her being seduced by the young snake. He then proceeds to grass her up and remover ''her'' from the picture, after which Maria is easy prey for him.

* MoralEventHorizon: Simon's seduction of a neighbour's teenage daughter. Once he realizes he wasn't the first guy she slept with, he [[HookersAndBlow quickly introduces her to drugs and prostitution.]]

* CompleteMonster: Seeker. Besides the usual "get young girls hooked line and sinker" mindset of the drug dealers, he beats his ex brother in law and coerces him to remain part of his UK-wide trafficking network. This causes the last minute return of a heroin supply, just before the characters were about to kick their habit for good. If not for Seeker's deplorable business interests, the [[TheVerse Irvine Welsh universe]] could have had a significant portion of its misery and horror eliminated. [[TrueArtIsAngsty But then we wouldn't have these great novels.]]

* MoralEventHorizon: Simon's seduction of a neighbor's teenage daughter. Once he realizes he wasn't the first guy she slept with, he quickly introduces her to drugs and prostitution.

* CompleteMonster: Seeker.

* BreakTheCutie: Depending on how much you like their characters, arguably Renton, Spud, Keezbo, Second Prize, Alison and Sick Boy (though this was [[{{Trainspotting}} before]] his DespairEventHorizon...) among others. Its not entirely clear if Matty was ever what you might call a cutie, and even if he was, he seems to have broken long before even this prequel.

* WheelchairWoobie: Wee Davie has chronic cystic fibrosis, muscular dystrophy ''and''
extreme autism. The odds of all of these occurring in one person are approximately four billion to one.

* MoralEventHorizon: Simon's seduction of a neighbor's teenage daughter. Once he realizes he wasn't the first guy she slept with, he quickly introduces her to drugs and prostitution.

* MoralEventHorizon: Simon's seduction of a neighbor's teenage daughter. He quickly introduces her to drugs and prostitution.

* BreakTheCutie: Depending on how much you like their characters, arguably Renton, Spud, Keezbo, Second Prize, Alison and Sick Boy (though this was [[{{Trainspotting}} before]] his DespairEventHorizon...) among others. Its not entirely clear if Matty was ever what you might call a cutie, and even if he was, he seems to have broken long before even this prequel.

* BreakTheCutie: Depending on how much you like their characters, arguably Renton, Spud, Keezbo, Second Prize, Alison and Sick Boy (though this was [[Trainspotting before]] his DespairEventHorizon...). Its not entirely clear if Matty was ever what you might call a cutie, and even if he was, he seems to have broken long before even this prequel.

* BreakTheCutie: Depending on how much you like their characters, arguably Renton, Spud, Keezbo, Second Prize, Alison and Sick Boy (though this was [[Literature/Trainspotting before]] his DespairEventHorizon...). Its not entirely clear if Matty was ever what you might call a cutie, and even if he was, he seems to have broken long before even this prequel.