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* {{Determinator}}: He will stop at nothing to [[bring Father Raymond's murderer to justice]]. Also applies to his relationship with Blance--nothing says "determination" like [[spoiler:chasing the car that kidnapped the girl you like ''on foot'' until you catch up]].
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* {{Determinator}}: He will stop at nothing to [[bring [[spoiler:bring Father Raymond's murderer to justice]]. Also applies to his relationship with Blance--nothing says "determination" like [[spoiler:chasing the car that kidnapped the girl you like ''on foot'' until you catch up]].
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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: She views life as a fairytale (though in this series, she's ''right''), doesn't hesitate to become a KidDetective [[spoiler: following Mr. Freet into his house when she overhears he's stolen Mass instruments]], which actually turns out better than it might have if she'd just called the police, and it's hinted that she's even right to think she can change the color of her eyes.
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* ClassPrincess: In contrast to her shy sister, Rose is a social butterfly, an actress, and a bubbly person who quickly becomes popular at her college.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: She views life as afairytale fairy tale (though in this series, she's ''right''), doesn't hesitate to become a KidDetective [[spoiler: following Mr. Freet into his house when she overhears he's stolen Mass instruments]], which actually turns out better than it might have if she'd just called the police, and it's hinted that she's even right to think she can change the color of her eyes.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: She views life as a
* GenreSavvy: She has a wild imagination and likes to label people, things, and places with fairy tale archetypes. Since she's in a series ''based'' on fairy tales, this means her musings are usually accurate--for example, she correctly guesses [[NumberOfTheBeast Mr. Freet's keycode]] just because it "seems evil".
* HappilyEverAfter: The road there is bumpier than Blanche and Bear's, but she gets there eventually with Fish.
* HappilyEverAfter: The road there is bumpier than Blanche and Bear's, but she gets there eventually with Fish.
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* RedheadsAreUncool: Averted. Rose is very well-liked in both high school and college.
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* SmittenTeenageGirl: Acts like this around Fish, which annoys him as he usually enjoys her company when she isn't gushing over him. [[CharacterDevelopment She grows out of this, learning how to love him with patience, maturity, and respect for his boundaries]].
* WorldsMostBeautifulWoman: Her beauty is often remarked on, and she gets attention from Fish, Paul, and no less than half the Sacre Coeur guys.
* WorldsMostBeautifulWoman: Her beauty is often remarked on, and she gets attention from Fish, Paul, and no less than half the Sacre Coeur guys.
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* AwesomenessByAnalysis: A particular talent of his. Out of him, his brother, and the Brier sisters, he's the best at putting together clues and making educated--and often accurate--guesses at what's really going on. Best shown in ''Waking Rose'', when [[spoiler:he catches [[INeverSaidItWasPoison Dr. Prosser's slip of the tongue regarding his rape]] to deduce that they've been talking to Rose, who is supposed to be in a coma, and ergo there's a way to wake her up.]]
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* AwesomenessByAnalysis: A particular talent of his. Out of him, his brother, and the Brier sisters, he's the best at putting together clues and making educated--and often accurate--guesses at what's really going on. Best shown in ''Waking Rose'', when [[spoiler:he catches [[INeverSaidItWasPoison Dr. Prosser's slip of the tongue regarding his hff is rape]] to deduce that they've been talking to Rose, who is supposed to be in a coma, and ergo there's a way to wake her up.]]
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* HappilyEverAfter: The road there is bumpier than Blanche and Bear's, but he gets there eventually with Rose.
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* TheOphelia: During ''Black as Night'', her mental state has badly frayed from fear and paranoia over being stalked. It's to the point that in her [=POVs=], [[LossOfIdentity she is always called "the girl" instead of "Blanche".]]
* ProperlyParanoid: In the second book, she spent her summer with an increasingly-growing sense that she was in danger and that someone was following her, which escalated into paranoia and depression. Due to various factors, she only ended up sharing the vaguest details with her mom, sister, and coworkers, who as a result were concerned but didn't think much of it. Turns out, Blanche was completely right to be afraid.
* ProperlyParanoid: In the second book, she spent her summer with an increasingly-growing sense that she was in danger and that someone was following her, which escalated into paranoia and depression. Due to various factors, she only ended up sharing the vaguest details with her mom, sister, and coworkers, who as a result were concerned but didn't think much of it. Turns out, Blanche was completely right to be afraid.
* ShrinkingViolet: She's non-confrontational, anxious, doesn't have a lot of confidence, and reserved. She even thinks to herself that she's the type of girl who would send a StrawFeminist into a rage for not being "strong" enough to handle things on her own.
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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Blanche thinks she's this, but...She views life as a fairytale (though in this series, she's ''right''), doesn't hesitate to become a KidDetective [[spoiler: following Mr. Freet into his house when she overhears he's stolen Mass instruments]], which actually turns out better than it might have if she'd just called the police, and it's hinted that she's even right to think she can change the color of her eyes.
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* BigBrotherInstinct: Inverted. She's the little sister and always furiously leaps to Blanche's defense against her bullies.
* BrokenPedestal: Reconstructed. In ''Waking Rose'', a turning point in her relationship with Fish is when he confides the full extent of his trauma to her, then gently chastises her for having an idealized version of him in her head. While she is a bit crushed that he's not the KnightInShiningArmor she imagined, she rebuffs him for believing she could think less of him for what he's been through, and later thinks to herself that his scars don't make her love him any less.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}:Blanche thinks she's this, but...She views life as a fairytale (though in this series, she's ''right''), doesn't hesitate to become a KidDetective [[spoiler: following Mr. Freet into his house when she overhears he's stolen Mass instruments]], which actually turns out better than it might have if she'd just called the police, and it's hinted that she's even right to think she can change the color of her eyes.eyes.
* ExtravertedNerd: Definitely counts, being able to both quote Shakespeare and make thirty new friends in one week at college.
* BrokenPedestal: Reconstructed. In ''Waking Rose'', a turning point in her relationship with Fish is when he confides the full extent of his trauma to her, then gently chastises her for having an idealized version of him in her head. While she is a bit crushed that he's not the KnightInShiningArmor she imagined, she rebuffs him for believing she could think less of him for what he's been through, and later thinks to herself that his scars don't make her love him any less.
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* ExtravertedNerd: Definitely counts, being able to both quote Shakespeare and make thirty new friends in one week at college.
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* GeniusBruiser: He has the build of a football player but writes excellent poetry and is a talented architect.
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* GeniusBruiser: He has the build of a football player but writes excellent poetry and is a talented architect.
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* ManlyTears / TenderTears: Twice- when [[spoiler: Jean and Rose Brier arrive to help him find Blanche, who seems impossible to track down]], and when [[spoiler: his stepmother dies- as complete a monster as she was, he didn't want her life to end that way]].
* GeniusBruiser: He has the build of a football player but writes excellent poetry and is a talented architect.
* GeniusBruiser: He has the build of a football player but writes excellent poetry and is a talented architect.
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* ManlyTears / TenderTears: ManlyTears: Twice- when [[spoiler: Jean and Rose Brier arrive to help him find Blanche, who seems impossible to track down]], and when [[spoiler: his stepmother dies- as complete a monster as she was, he didn't want her life to end that way]].
* GeniusBruiser: He has the build of a football player but writes excellent poetry and is a talented architect.
way]].
* GeniusBruiser: He has the build of a football player but writes excellent poetry and is a talented architect.
* {{Determinator}}: Becomes this in the second half of ''Waking Rose'', when he spends months juggling his classes, his job, his spiritual life, his friendships, his visits to Rose, and his work on investigating the truth behind her coma.
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* KnightInSourArmorJerkWithAHeartOfGold: Fish is cranky, sarcastic, dismissive, and outright rude. But, when people need him, he always goes the whole hog in pulling through for them, the best example having to be when Rose falls into a coma: he makes the hour-and-a-half drive every day to visit her and works himself to the bone trying to find who did it.
* KnightInSourArmor: He's been [[DarkAndTroubledPast so burned]] by the world that he's become SourInsideSadInside and at times gives up on trying to change it. His devout Catholicism and strong sense of justice never let him give up for long, though.
* KnightInSourArmor: He's been [[DarkAndTroubledPast so burned]] by the world that he's become SourInsideSadInside and at times gives up on trying to change it. His devout Catholicism and strong sense of justice never let him give up for long, though.
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* SourOutsideSadInside: He's perpetually cranky, sarcastic, detached, and when pushed, rude. He's also dealing with trauma from the same DarkAndTroubledPast as his brother, on top of trauma from being kidnapped and tortured [[spoiler:and raped]] for three days.
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* [[spoiler: BabiesEverAfter: She and Bear have a son named after Ben.]]
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* BadassBookwormActOfTrueLove: Making a three-hour round-trip drive every day for months to visit the comatose Rose, tanking his health, his job, and his grades in the process.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: A particular talent of his. Out of him, his brother, and the Brier sisters, he's the best at putting together clues and making educated--and often accurate--guesses at what's really going on. Best shown in ''Waking Rose'', when [[spoiler:he catches [[INeverSaidItWasPoison Dr. Prosser's slip of the tongue regarding his rape]] to deduce that they've been talking to Rose, who is supposed to be in a coma, and ergo there's a way to wake her up.]]
* BadassBookworm: While he [[AwesomenessByAnalysis prefers using his brain]] to handle situations, he's also a registered gun user who frequently trains at the range and scrappy fighter due to his time in juvie and on the streets.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: A particular talent of his. Out of him, his brother, and the Brier sisters, he's the best at putting together clues and making educated--and often accurate--guesses at what's really going on. Best shown in ''Waking Rose'', when [[spoiler:he catches [[INeverSaidItWasPoison Dr. Prosser's slip of the tongue regarding his rape]] to deduce that they've been talking to Rose, who is supposed to be in a coma, and ergo there's a way to wake her up.]]
* BadassBookworm: While he [[AwesomenessByAnalysis prefers using his brain]] to handle situations, he's also a registered gun user who frequently trains at the range and scrappy fighter due to his time in juvie and on the streets.
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* DefrostingIceQueen: Fish is a male version of this in "Waking Rose".
* FaceOfAThug: He has this by ''Waking Rose'', because of all the scars he's collected, but before he very decidedly didn't.
* FaceOfAThug: He has this by ''Waking Rose'', because of all the scars he's collected, but before he very decidedly didn't.
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* DefrostingIceQueen: Fish is a A male version in ''Waking Rose''. He cares about Rose and they are genuine friends, but he's also keeping her at arm's length because of this her immaturity, her pushiness about her romantic interest in "Waking Rose".
him, and because he has his own [[DarkAndTroubledPast issues]] he's working through. Her growing respectful of his boundaries allows him to open up to her about those issues, to the point she becomes the only one besides Bear who knows the full details.
* FaceOfAThug: He has this by ''Waking Rose'', because of all the scars he'scollected, but before he very decidedly didn't.collected.
* FaceOfAThug: He has this by ''Waking Rose'', because of all the scars he's
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* MadeOfIron: The list of injuries he accrues in the climax of ''Waking Rose'' include [[spoiler:a compound fracture on one ankle, severe bone trauma on the other, three broken ribs, first-degree burns, lung trauma from smoke inhalation, and a concussion]]. Bear lampshades it by saying he's not sure how he's alive after all that.
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* SpiritedYoungLady: Rose says what's on her mind and likes finding new adventures to get into.
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** BadassScar: He's gotten some of these on his face from a fight.
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* TheKindnapper: She truly sees herself as this. [[Raph's birth family were poor Mexicans with 14 children. Elma caught her father stealing lettuce from Elma's scientists' greenhouse to feed his starving pregnant wife. She catches him, is disgusted that he's 'forced' his wife to not use birth control, and only lets him go if she can have their baby.]]
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* TheKindnapper: She truly sees herself as this. [[Raph's [[spoiler:Raph's birth family were poor Mexicans with 14 children. Elma caught her father stealing lettuce from Elma's scientists' greenhouse to feed his starving pregnant wife. She catches him, is disgusted that he's 'forced' his wife to not use birth control, and only lets him go if she can have their baby.]]
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pure chance.
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* HeroWithAnFInGood: His failure to live up to his own moral standards causes half the problems in the book.
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* NumberOfTheBeast: Uses 666 as a lock combination.
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* StrawMisogynist: Openly despises women and girls, even calling them uglier than men.
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A crankily erudite treasure collector.
*WickedCultured: Reads the works of GeorgeBernardShaw and pre-Christian Gnosticism. Knowledgeable about the sculptures of MichelangeloBuonarroti.
A crankily erudite treasure collector.
*WickedCultured: Reads the works of GeorgeBernardShaw and pre-Christian Gnosticism. Knowledgeable about the sculptures of MichelangeloBuonarroti.
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!! Herman "Hermes" McCaffrey
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!! Herman "Hermes" McCaffrey
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* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Tiny Girl to Bear's Huge Guy.
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* CulturedBadass: Is a tough fighter, but loves architecture and poetry- even written his own.
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* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Huge Guy to Blanche's Tiny Girl.
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** BadassScar: He's gotten some of these on his face from a fight.
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* [[spoiler: BabiesEverAfter: She and Bear have a son named after Ben.]]
* HappilyEverAfter: She and Bear, of course.
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* ProperLady: Calm Blanche enjoys staying at home reading or sewing and never gets into scrapes.
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* ProperLady: Calm Calm, responsible Blanche enjoys staying at home reading or sewing and never gets into scrapes.
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!! Raphaela Zilberger
Zilberger [[spoiler: Birth name: Teresa "Teresita" Torrode]]
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* TheKindnapper: She truly sees herself as this. [[Raph's birth family were poor Mexicans with 14 children. Elma caught her father stealing lettuce from Elma's scientists' greenhouse to feed his starving pregnant wife. She catches him, is disgusted that he's 'forced' his wife to not use birth control, and only lets him go if she can have their baby.]]
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* DamselInDistress: She laments on this after [[spoiler: Hermes helps her and their twins escape risking his own life]], noting that every book she'd read had the heroine save herself. She realizes that it takes courage to save oneself [[spoiler: to save another]] and that it's nothing to be ashamed of.
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* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: Raphaela is considered very beautiful to Hermes, though her mother is much more 'extremist' than mad.
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* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: Raphaela is considered very beautiful to Hermes, though her mother is much more 'extremist' than mad.mad [[spoiler: until things get pretty bad.]]
* PregnantBadass: Raphaela [[spoiler: sneaks out of the hospital undetected when her mother is almost forcing her to have an abortion or at least give up her babies. She survives by passing as a student on campus borrowing clothes and a backpack from Lost and Found centers, washing produce in exchange for food, depending on food drives, all the while studying medicine at the library where she hides and sleeps. Later she hikes to another town to stay at a women's home, then to ANOTHER town to work in a woman's basement as a telemarketer, THEN gives birth ''by herself'' in a cabin in the woods. And did we mention sneaking her infants down the tower and over a fence to save them?]]
* ProperLady: She dresses very well, has good table manners, does what her mother tells her, and is polite.
* PregnantBadass: Raphaela [[spoiler: sneaks out of the hospital undetected when her mother is almost forcing her to have an abortion or at least give up her babies. She survives by passing as a student on campus borrowing clothes and a backpack from Lost and Found centers, washing produce in exchange for food, depending on food drives, all the while studying medicine at the library where she hides and sleeps. Later she hikes to another town to stay at a women's home, then to ANOTHER town to work in a woman's basement as a telemarketer, THEN gives birth ''by herself'' in a cabin in the woods. And did we mention sneaking her infants down the tower and over a fence to save them?]]
* ProperLady: She dresses very well, has good table manners, does what her mother tells her, and is polite.
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* SpicyLatina: Averted. Raphaela is innocent, sweet, and doesn't even know what her Latino nationality is.
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* SpicyLatina: Averted. Raphaela is innocent, sweet, and doesn't even know what her Latino nationality is.[[spoiler: at first.]]
* TeenPregnancy: True to the fairy tale, Raph gets knocked up and does not know it until Elma notices.
* TeenPregnancy: True to the fairy tale, Raph gets knocked up and does not know it until Elma notices.
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* TraumaticHaircut: When Elma realizes Raph is pregnant.
!! Herman "Hermes" McCaffrey
The 'prince' of ''Rapunzel Let Down''. The risky son of a popular Conservative Catholic senator and often feeling second-best to his two older brothers, he meets Raphaela by pure
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: How Hermes has always felt towards his big brothers Christopher and Matt, particularly the former for his good looks and irresistible charisma.
* MeaningfulName: His nickname is Hermes- the god of thieves and gambles. Hermes 'steal's Raphaela's innocence and loves taking risks.
!! Herman "Hermes" McCaffrey
The 'prince' of ''Rapunzel Let Down''. The risky son of a popular Conservative Catholic senator and often feeling second-best to his two older brothers, he meets Raphaela by pure
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: How Hermes has always felt towards his big brothers Christopher and Matt, particularly the former for his good looks and irresistible charisma.
* MeaningfulName: His nickname is Hermes- the god of thieves and gambles. Hermes 'steal's Raphaela's innocence and loves taking risks.
* EvilMatriarch: But it takes a lot for this to really come out to Raphaela.
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* WickedWitch: [[spoiler: Raphaela's biological family thinks she's an actual witch.]]
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!! Raphaela Zilberger
The heroine of ''Rapunzel Let Down''. Raphaela is the young adopted daughter of a feminist scientist with a budding new femininity and curiosity about the gender she's been hidden away from growing close to for most of her life- men.
* BrainyBrunette: She's 16 and so good with the sciences that her tutor suggested she's ready to start working at a lab.
* KindHeartedCatLover: She looked after the barn cats before they disappeared and was heartbroken when she found out.
* LongHairIsFeminine: Symbolizes her growing femininity and foil to her mother.
* TheMadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: Raphaela is considered very beautiful to Hermes, though her mother is much more 'extremist' than mad.
* RapunzelHair: Of course. It's almost to her feet.
* SpicyLatina: Averted. Raphaela is innocent, sweet, and doesn't even know what her Latino nationality is.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Interestingly, this book defies the normal "Ladylike mother vs. SpiritedYoungLady daughter". Elma, her mother, is the tomboy, a second-wave feminist biologist who disapproves of her daughter's like of long hair, embroidery, and feminine clothes (but still indulges her).
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* BrainyBrunette: She's 16 and so good with the sciences that her tutor suggested she's ready to start working at a lab.
* KindHeartedCatLover: She looked after the barn cats before they disappeared and was heartbroken when she found out.
* LongHairIsFeminine: Symbolizes her growing femininity and foil to her mother.
* TheMadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: Raphaela is considered very beautiful to Hermes, though her mother is much more 'extremist' than mad.
* RapunzelHair: Of course. It's almost to her feet.
* SpicyLatina: Averted. Raphaela is innocent, sweet, and doesn't even know what her Latino nationality is.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Interestingly, this book defies the normal "Ladylike mother vs. SpiritedYoungLady daughter". Elma, her mother, is the tomboy, a second-wave feminist biologist who disapproves of her daughter's like of long hair, embroidery, and feminine clothes (but still indulges her).
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The heroine of ''Rapunzel Let Down''. Raphaela is the young adopted daughter of a feminist scientist with a budding new femininity and curiosity about the gender she's been hidden away from growing close to for most of her life- men.
* BrainyBrunette: She's 16 and so good with the sciences that her tutor suggested she's ready to start working at a lab.
* KindHeartedCatLover: She looked after the barn cats before they disappeared and was heartbroken when she found out.
* LongHairIsFeminine: Symbolizes her growing femininity and foil to her mother.
* RapunzelHair: Of course. It's almost to her feet.
* SpicyLatina: Averted. Raphaela is innocent, sweet, and doesn't even know what her Latino nationality is.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Interestingly, this book defies the normal "Ladylike mother vs. SpiritedYoungLady daughter". Elma, her mother, is the tomboy, a second-wave feminist biologist who disapproves of her daughter's like of long hair, embroidery, and feminine clothes.
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* KindHeartedCatLover: She looked after the barn cats before they disappeared and was heartbroken when she found out.
* LongHairIsFeminine: Symbolizes her growing femininity and foil to her mother.
* RapunzelHair: Of course. It's almost to her feet.
* SpicyLatina: Averted. Raphaela is innocent, sweet, and doesn't even know what her Latino nationality is.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Interestingly, this book defies the normal "Ladylike mother vs. SpiritedYoungLady daughter". Elma, her mother, is the tomboy, a second-wave feminist biologist who disapproves of her daughter's like of long hair, embroidery, and feminine clothes.
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* BrainyBrunette: She's 16 and so good with the sciences that her tutor suggested she's ready to start working at a lab.
* KindHeartedCatLover: She looked after the barn cats before they disappeared and was heartbroken when she found out.
* LongHairIsFeminine: Symbolizes her growing femininity and foil to her mother.
* RapunzelHair: Of course. It's almost to her feet.
* SpicyLatina: Averted. Raphaela is innocent, sweet, and doesn't even know what her Latino nationality is.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Interestingly, this book defies the normal "Ladylike mother vs. SpiritedYoungLady daughter". Elma, her mother, is the tomboy, a second-wave feminist biologist who disapproves of her daughter's like of long hair, embroidery, and feminine clothes.
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!! Dr. Elma Zilberger
A reclusive feminist scientist who adopted Raphaela from Central America. She emphasizes privacy and doesn't like for Raphaela to meet boys.
* TheMadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: Well, not 'mad' exactly, but an extremist scientist.
* RealWomenDontWearDresses: A firm believer of this that she tries to instill in Raphaela, and the main reason she hasn't let her embrace her Hispanic heritage, because they teach girls to be "subservient".
* StrawFeminist: Does not like men and looks down on traditional femininity.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The tomboy to her daughter's girly girl, and the contrast is the conflict at times.
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The heroine of ''Rapunzel Let Down''. Raphaela is the young adopted daughter of a feminist scientist with a budding new femininity and curiosity about the gender she's been hidden away from growing close to for most of her life- men.
* BrainyBrunette: She's 16 and so good with the sciences that her tutor suggested she's ready to start working at a lab.
* KindHeartedCatLover: She looked after the barn cats before they disappeared and was heartbroken when she found out.
* LongHairIsFeminine: Symbolizes her growing femininity and foil to her mother.
* RapunzelHair: Of course. It's almost to her feet.
* SpicyLatina: Averted. Raphaela is innocent, sweet, and doesn't even know what her Latino nationality is.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Interestingly, this book defies the normal "Ladylike mother vs. SpiritedYoungLady daughter". Elma, her mother, is the tomboy, a second-wave feminist biologist who disapproves of her daughter's like of long hair, embroidery, and feminine clothes.
The heroine of ''Rapunzel Let Down''. Raphaela is the young adopted daughter of a feminist scientist with a budding new femininity and curiosity about the gender she's been hidden away from growing close to for most of her life- men.
* BrainyBrunette: She's 16 and so good with the sciences that her tutor suggested she's ready to start working at a lab.
* KindHeartedCatLover: She looked after the barn cats before they disappeared and was heartbroken when she found out.
* LongHairIsFeminine: Symbolizes her growing femininity and foil to her mother.
* RapunzelHair: Of course. It's almost to her feet.
* SpicyLatina: Averted. Raphaela is innocent, sweet, and doesn't even know what her Latino nationality is.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Interestingly, this book defies the normal "Ladylike mother vs. SpiritedYoungLady daughter". Elma, her mother, is the tomboy, a second-wave feminist biologist who disapproves of her daughter's like of long hair, embroidery, and feminine clothes.
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* FriendToAllChildren: Teaches Rachel's little sisters juggling.
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A boy Rose meets during her first year of college. Proud of his nerdiness, Alex is enamored with samurai swords, Japanese action films, and is the leader of the faux-knighthood made up by him and his friends, Vera Cor. He gets his own book in ''Alex O'Donnell and the 40 Cyber Thieves''.
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A boy Rose meets during her first year of college. Proud of his nerdiness, Alex is enamored with samurai swords, Japanese action films, and is the leader of the faux-knighthood made up by him and his friends, Vera Sacra Cor. He gets his own book in ''Alex O'Donnell and the 40 Cyber Thieves''.
Thieves''.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander:}} One of the things he gets his group to do is set a couch on fire outside their dorm while singing "This Little Light of Mine".
* {{Cloudcuckoolander:}} One of the things he gets his group to do is set a couch on fire outside their dorm while singing "This Little Light of Mine".
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* ActionGirl: Especially next to Rose and Blanche.
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* DanceBattler: When Kateri finally does the fan dance in Alex O'Donnell and the Forty Cyberthieves.
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* ProperLady: Calm Blanche enjoys staying at home reading or sewing and never gets into scrapes.
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* SpiritedYoungLady: Rose says what's on her mind and likes finding new adventures to get into.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Occasionally - especially in the first book when she acts as a straight man to Rose.
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* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Responsible Sibling to Rose's Sibling.Foolish Sibling.
* InnocentBlueEyes: Has bright blue eyes and is a kind, decent person.
* RavenHairIvorySkin: Her defining physical traits. She doesn't see her pale skin as a pretty thing, though.
* InnocentBlueEyes: Has bright blue eyes and is a kind, decent person.
* RavenHairIvorySkin: Her defining physical traits. She doesn't see her pale skin as a pretty thing, though.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Blanche thinks she's this, but...She views life as a fairytale (though in this series, she's ''right''), doesn't hesitate to become a KidDetective [[spoiler: following Mr. Freet into his house when she overhears he's stolen Mass instruments]], which actually turns out better than it might have if she'd just called the police, and it's hinted that she's even right to think she can change the color of her eyes.
* FieryRedhead: Rose does have a temper, but she's overall very sweet and agreeable.
* FieryRedhead: Rose does have a temper, but she's overall very sweet and agreeable.
* RedheadsAreUncool: Averted. Rose is very well-liked in both high school and college.
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* ManlyTears / TenderTears: Twice - when [[spoiler: Jean and Rose Brier arrive to help him find Blanche, who seems impossible to track down]], and when [[spoiler: his stepmother dies - as complete a monster as she was, he didn't want her life to end that way]].
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* ManlyTears / TenderTears: Twice - Twice- when [[spoiler: Jean and Rose Brier arrive to help him find Blanche, who seems impossible to track down]], and when [[spoiler: his stepmother dies - dies- as complete a monster as she was, he didn't want her life to end that way]].
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!! Kateri Koavach
A childhood friend to the Brier sisters, Kateri is a half-Vietnames/half-Polish girl from a large family of political activists. She's very outspoken, honest, and loyal. She can hold a grudge but will own up if she was in the wrong.
* BraidsOfAction: She usually wears her hair like this and is very pro-active about her causes.
* MassiveNumberedSiblings: She has loads of brothers and sisters.
* SoapboxSadie: She can come off as this to people.
!! Alex O'Donnell
A boy Rose meets during her first year of college. Proud of his nerdiness, Alex is enamored with samurai swords, Japanese action films, and is the leader of the faux-knighthood made up by him and his friends, Vera Cor. He gets his own book in ''Alex O'Donnell and the 40 Cyber Thieves''.
* CoolSword: ''Sword?'' He has a whole collection of these! ''And'' knows how to use them!
* ExtravertedNerd: Probably his most distinctive quality.
* LovableNerd
* NerdActionHero: He turns into this to help Fish save Rose.
!! Paul Fester
One of Alex's friends, med student Paul is not quite as geeky as Alex but is very into knighthood as well. He gets his own book in ''The Midnight Dancers''.
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: He's a soldier, medic, juggler, and ninja.
* PrinceCharming: Fish jealously sees him as this when handsome, popular Paul becomes good friends with Rose.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Occasionally - especially in the first book when she acts as a straight man to Rose.
--> '''Blanche''' (after Rose gets enthusiastic about a ridiculous furry blue coat, only to find it's way over their budget): "They know how to keep dangerous garments off the streets."
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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Blanche thinks she's this, but . . . She views life as a fairytale (though in this series, she's ''right''), doesn't hesitate to become a KidDetective [[spoiler: following Mr. Freet into his house when she overhears he's stolen Mass instruments]], which actually turns out better than it might have if she'd just called the police, and it's hinted that she's even right to think she can change the color of her eyes.
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* ManlyTears / TenderTears: Twice - when [[spoiler: Jean and Rose Brier arrive to help him find Blanche, who seems impossible to track down]], and when [[his [[spoiler: his stepmother dies - as complete a monster as she was, he didn't want her life to end that way]].
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* ManlyTears / TenderTears: Twice - when [[spoiler: Jean and Rose Brier arrive to help him find Blanche, who seems impossible to track down]], and when [[his stepmother dies - as complete a monster as she was, he didn't want her life to end that way]].
* ManlyTears / TenderTears: Twice - when [[spoiler: Jean and Rose Brier arrive to help him find Blanche, who seems impossible to track down]], and when [[his stepmother dies - as complete a monster as she was, he didn't want her life to end that way]].
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* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Energetic Girl to Fish's Savvy Guy.
* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Energetic Girl to Fish's Savvy Guy.
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* [[DefrostingIceQueen: DefrostingIceKing:]] In DefrostingIceQueen: Fish is a male version of this in "Waking Rose".
* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Savvy Guy to Rose's Energetic Girl.
* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Savvy Guy to Rose's Energetic Girl.
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!! Blanche Brier [[spoiler: later Denniston]]
->'''I think that if a real princess was lost in this modern world and she could be whatever she wanted, she would be a musician,' Blanche said slowly. 'A violinist, or a harpist. That would be the only place where she could find solace for her lost kingdom."''
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* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Responsible Sibling to Rose's Sibling.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Blanche can be very cold to people she doesn't trust, but she's actually a very nice girl and loyal friend.
!! Rose Mary Brier
->''"Have you ever felt that there was something going on in life that not everyone was aware of? As though there’s a story going on that everyone is a part of, but not everybody knows about?"''
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* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Foolish Sibling to Blanche's Responsible Sibling, although she is actually fairly responsible on her own most of the time.
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: To cold, detached Fish. She's the popular free spirit who helps him open up more.
!! Arthur "Bear" Denniston
->''"Every once in a while you just have to decide to do something very crazy and very right--just to dare yourself to live. I don't mean doing something stupid and destructive--just something fun and good and beautiful."''
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* BigBrotherInstinct: Do NOT mess with his little brother (or Blanche and Rose) or you'll find out the hard way why they call him "Bear".
* GeniusBruiser: He has the build of a football player but writes excellent poetry and is a talented architect.
!! Benedict "Fish" Denniston
->''"She couldn’t picture anyone falling madly in love with such a person as Fish. What a name, Fish... Fish: think cold, slippery, detached. Benedict: think dry scholarly monk from the Dark Ages. Denniston: think English preparatory school, stolid country squire. Nothing about his name sounded the least bit romantic."''
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* BadassBookworm
* BrainsAndBrawn: Brains to Bear's Brawn.
* [[DefrostingIceQueen: DefrostingIceKing:]] In "Waking Rose".
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!! Blanche Brier [[spoiler: later Denniston]]
->'''I think that if a real princess was lost in this modern world and she could be whatever she wanted, she would be a musician,' Blanche said slowly. 'A violinist, or a harpist. That would be the only place where she could find solace for her lost kingdom."''
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* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Responsible Sibling to Rose's Sibling.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Blanche can be very cold to people she doesn't trust, but she's actually a very nice girl and loyal friend.
!! Rose Mary Brier
->''"Have you ever felt that there was something going on in life that not everyone was aware of? As though there’s a story going on that everyone is a part of, but not everybody knows about?"''
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* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Foolish Sibling to Blanche's Responsible Sibling, although she is actually fairly responsible on her own most of the time.
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: To cold, detached Fish. She's the popular free spirit who helps him open up more.
!! Arthur "Bear" Denniston
->''"Every once in a while you just have to decide to do something very crazy and very right--just to dare yourself to live. I don't mean doing something stupid and destructive--just something fun and good and beautiful."''
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* BigBrotherInstinct: Do NOT mess with his little brother (or Blanche and Rose) or you'll find out the hard way why they call him "Bear".
* GeniusBruiser: He has the build of a football player but writes excellent poetry and is a talented architect.
!! Benedict "Fish" Denniston
->''"She couldn’t picture anyone falling madly in love with such a person as Fish. What a name, Fish... Fish: think cold, slippery, detached. Benedict: think dry scholarly monk from the Dark Ages. Denniston: think English preparatory school, stolid country squire. Nothing about his name sounded the least bit romantic."''
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* BadassBookworm
* BrainsAndBrawn: Brains to Bear's Brawn.
* [[DefrostingIceQueen: DefrostingIceKing:]] In "Waking Rose".
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