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* TransparentCloset: To the [[{{Gaydar}} very observant]] [[http://ohumanstar.com/chapter-2-page-43/ Brendan]].
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* ThePerfectionist: Young Brendan does not know ''how'' to fail. But soon after Brendan is hired, Al points out that Brendan's lack of failure means he hasn't learnt the meaningful lesson of ''how'' to fail.
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* ThePerfectionist: Young Brendan does not know ''how'' to fail. But soon after Brendan is hired, Al points out that Brendan's lack of failure means he hasn't learnt the meaningful lesson of ''how'' to fail. By the time Al wakes up and Brendan is a middle-aged man, Brendan is no stranger to living with failure, [[BrokenAce and it wears on him]].
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* BrokenAce: Middle-aged Brendan has this written all over him.
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* BrokenAce: Middle-aged Brendan has this written all over him. Between the flashbacks and present day, Brendan had to [[ThePerfectionist learn to face and accept failure]] one way or the other.
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* BrokenAce: Middle-aged Brendan has this written all over him.
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* ParentalIssues: Briefly mentioned, but [[NoodleIncident he doesn't want to talk about it]].
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* HotMenAtWorkHotMenAtWork[=/=]HotScientist: Especially to Brendan.
* HotMenAtWork[=/=]HotScientist: Especially to Al.
* ThePerfectionist: Young Brendan does not know ''how'' to fail. But soon after Brendan is hired, Al points out that Brendan's lack of failure means he hasn't learnt the meaningful lesson of ''how'' to fail.
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* FieryRedhead: PlayedWith. While she is very much like this at home with Brendan (minus the angry parts), she is actually more of a ShrinkingViolet in public, and doesn't really have friends.
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* FieryRedhead: PlayedWith. While she is very much like this at home with Brendan (minus the (though not in any angry parts), way), she is actually more of a ShrinkingViolet in public, and doesn't really have friends.
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* FormFittingWardrobe: That shirt leaves ''nothing'' to the imagination.
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* LimitedWardrobe: Usually seen wearing the same trademark black shirt, which also happens to [[RuleOfSexy tightly hug his muscles]]. Notably, the shirt is usually one of the few seen objects that is never monochromatically red or blue, but rather a conspicuous brownish black.
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* LimitedWardrobe: Usually seen wearing the same trademark black shirt, which also happens to [[RuleOfSexy [[FormFittingWardrobe tightly hug his muscles]]. Notably, the shirt is usually one of the few seen objects that is never monochromatically red or blue, but rather a conspicuous brownish black.
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* ManlyGay: Very much so, which makes Sulla's [[{{transgender}} sex change]] all the more unnerving to Al. Brendan even wondered if Al had transgender tendencies that might have surfaced if he hadn't died.
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* ManlyGay: Very much so, which makes Sulla's [[{{transgender}} sex change]] all the more unnerving to Al. Brendan even wondered if Al had transgender tendencies that might have surfaced if he hadn't died.died -- which only angered Al.
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* BiTheWay: He's tried women before. Brendan was the first time he was with a man.
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* BiTheWay: He's tried women before. Brendan was the first time he was with a man. Still, considering Al's heavy {{Gayngst}}, whether he is bi or was merely gay-in-denial is not yet established.
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* LimitedWardrobe: Usually seen wearing the same trademark black shirt, which also happens to [[RuleOfSexy tightly hug his muscles]]. Notably, the shirt is usually one of the few seen objects that is never monochromatically red or blue, but rather a conspicuous brownish black.
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* ReplacementGoldfish: Originally intended to replace Al, but the result wasn't quite Al and couldn't replace him.
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* ReplacementGoldfish: Originally intended to replace Al, but the result wasn't quite Al and couldn't replace him. Rather than replacing his lover, Brendan gained a daughter.
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* HasTwoDaddies: Neither Al nor Brendan describe Sulla as their daughter, but the two men keep finding themselves talking like parents in regards to her. Besides, she ''is'' their daughter -- based on Al's initial template, and raised by Brendan.
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* TheBear
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* TroubledButCute
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* MirrorMonologue: [[http://ohumanstar.com/chapter-2-page-52/ This]].
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* WideEyedIdealist: In his younger years during the flashbacks.
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* FamedInStory: But unlike Brendan, Al died years ago. Now that he's BackFromTheDead, no one is expecting him to be alive. In the public consciousness, Al is a ''late'' legend of robotics technology.
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* FamedInStory: As a living legend of robotics technology.
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* [[spoiler:{{Gayngst}}: There's no mistaking that Al loves Brendan and loves being around, frolicking with and being intimate with Brendan. But while Brendan is confident with himself and who he is, Al is a lot more concerned with what other people will think. Brendan wants to be Al's ClosetKey, but Al has never consented to it.]]
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* ShrinkingViolet: In public.
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* YoungerThanTheyLook: Al is premature grey and looks quite a bit older than he actually is. He's only 39 when he and Brendan first meet.
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* YoungerThanTheyLook: Al is premature grey and looks quite a bit older than he actually is. He's only 39 when he and Brendan first meet.
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* ClosetKey: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. Brendan ''wants'' to be this for Al, but Al never feels ready for everyone to know. It's still a secret by the time Al dies, and remains so when he's resurrected as a synthetic. Brendan hasn't told ''anyone''.
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* ClosetKey: [[spoiler:ClosetKey: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. Brendan ''wants'' to be this for Al, but Al never feels ready for everyone to know. It's still a secret by the time Al dies, and remains so when he's resurrected as a synthetic. Brendan hasn't told ''anyone''.]]
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* PowerFloats: Sulla can fly and levitate. But out and about in public where she can usually pass for human, she keeps her feet on the ground so as not to be so conspicuously synthetic.
* ReplacementGoldfish: Originally intended to replace Al, but the result wasn't Al and couldn't replace him.
* ReplacementGoldfish: Originally intended to replace Al, but the result wasn't Al and couldn't replace him.
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* PowerFloats: Sulla can fly and levitate. But out and about in public where she can usually pass for human, she keeps her feet on the ground so as not to be appear so conspicuously synthetic.
* ReplacementGoldfish: Originally intended to replace Al, but the result wasn't quite Al and couldn't replace him.
* ReplacementGoldfish: Originally intended to replace Al, but the result wasn't quite Al and couldn't replace him.
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* YouHaveToHaveJews
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* YoungerThanTheyLook: Al is premature grey and looks quite a bit older than he actually is. He's only turning 40 during the time period of the flashbacks.
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* YoungerThanTheyLook: Al is premature grey and looks quite a bit older than he actually is. He's only turning 40 during the time period of the flashbacks.
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* {{Transgender}}: Started out as a boy, but requested to become a girl when she was 12. This caused Brendan to wonder if Al would have eventually done the same thing had he lived. Both facts are unnerving to robot!Al, who remains as masculine as ever.
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* {{Transgender}}: Started out as a boy, but requested to become a girl when she was 12.13. This caused Brendan to wonder if Al would have eventually done the same thing had he lived. Both facts are unnerving to robot!Al, who remains as masculine as ever.
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* BiTheWay: He's tried women before. Brendan was the first time he was with a man.
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* CarpetOfVirility: Always conspicuously very hairy. Brendan's favorite part is the beard.
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* CarpetOfVirility: Always conspicuously very hairy. Brendan's favorite part is the beard.[[note]] Though while Al is usually mustachioed, he doesn't always have the full beard.[[/note]]
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* GrandpaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHaveGrandpaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHave: Al thinks he's a ChristmasCake and that Brendan shouldn't be attracted to him. Brendan responds by invoking this trope.
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* UncannyFamilyResemblance: The first thing Al notices about Sulla, and the reason Brendan wanted to prepare Al before seeing her for the first time. Needless to say, Al is especially shocked that Sulla is a duplicate of him ''as a girl''.
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* UncannyFamilyResemblance: The first thing Al notices about Sulla, and the reason Brendan wanted to prepare Al before seeing her for the first time. Needless to say, Al is especially shocked that Sulla is a duplicate of him ''as ''[[OppositeSexClone as a girl''.girl]]''.
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* OppositeSexClone: Yes and no. She's a synthetic copy of Al the same way robot!Al is a synthetic copy of Al, but she herself chose to become a girl.
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* OppositeSexClone: Yes and no. She's a synthetic copy of Al the same in a similar way that robot!Al is a synthetic copy of Al, but she herself chose to become a girl.
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* OppositeSexClone: Yes and no. She's a synthetic copy of Al the same way robot!Al is a synthetic copy of Al, but she herself chose to become a girl.
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* {{Transgender}}: Started out as a boy, but requested to become a girl.girl when she was 12. This caused Brendan to wonder if Al would have eventually done the same thing had he lived. Both facts are unnerving to robot!Al, who remains as masculine as ever.
