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* ChickMagnet: Deconstructed. May have contributed to his fling in Judea, but gets more of a point in Hamburg where it landed him the acquaintance of a [[RidiculouslyFastConstruction crucial bunch of engineers]] and he lets you know that he grew sick and tired of this kind of attention once in a while. He also says that his rather early loss of innocence stems from the opportunity of external initiative and he doesn't mean Natascha.

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* ChickMagnet: Deconstructed. May have contributed to his fling in Judea, but gets more of a point in Hamburg where it landed him the acquaintance of a [[RidiculouslyFastConstruction crucial bunch of engineers]] and he lets you know that he grew sick and tired of this kind of attention once in a while. He also says that his rather [[TroublingUnchildhoodBehaviour early loss of innocence stems stems]] from the opportunity of external initiative and he doesn't mean Natascha.


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* TroublingUnchildlikeBehaviour: During a flashblack to four years before the Streich, you see a fatalist ten-year-old Björn in his classroom whose tutor is worried he might be prone to suicide. Oh, and he became to be a [[JailBait real toyboy]] soon after that.
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* BareYourMidriff: This actually matches WordOfGod from the [[ChaosTimeline mothership]], but here it gets conversed to show that [[PlanetOfHats all Judean women dress like 20-somethings]].

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* BareYourMidriff: This actually matches WordOfGod from the [[ChaosTimeline [[WebOriginal/ChaosTimeline mothership]], but here it gets conversed to show that [[PlanetOfHats all Judean women dress like 20-somethings]].
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!! Schuhmann family

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!! Cats from Judea

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* EmptyShell
* TattooedCrook: No less than twelve bulbous spires on his back for every year in Argentinian jail.
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* YoungerThanTheyLook: He used to look more like eighteen or twenty when he was fourteen, which makes [[HandWave a convenient excuse]] why a guy like him would get into the Peklo and why an older girl would hook up with him in the first place.
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* NaughtyByNight: Implied with Saskia, Björn's first host and later information provider. She's seen to especially like to tease unfit tenant-candidates by first living out the woman in her with them before stating that exactly this sexual compatibility stands in the way to pursue a professional relationship like the envisioned tenancy.

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* NaughtyByNight: Implied with Saskia, Björn's first host and later information provider. She's seen to especially like to tease unfit tenant-candidates by first living out the woman in her with them before stating that exactly this sexual compatibility stands in the way to pursue a professional relationship like the envisioned tenancy.

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* SwissMessengerUnwittingInstigatorOfDoom
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* ShoutOut: Rosi is a shout-out to the song "Skandal im Sperrbezirk" by the SpiderMurphyGang. On a further note, Germans also think of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosemarie_Nitribitt another Rosemarie]] when they hear that name. But no, the fanfic's characther [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinous never sold her body or did anything especially naughty for that matter]].


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* ShoutOut: A multiple one, including
** A character called Natascha in the German song ''Willenlos'' (lit. "without an own will") from Marius-Müller Westernhagen. [[hottip:*:The line roughly translates as "Her name was Natascha, she came from Novosibirsk, we drank vodka from bottles, she almost strangled me. She had pride, no question, I sent her orchids, man, I really wasn't capable to get out of her way, out of her way."]]
** The essential namesake of the characters is redhead singer Natasha Hamilton from AtomicKitten. [[hottip:*:That's why Björn often contracted his fling to "Tascha" in a way similar to "Tash" at said Hamilton lady]]
** The other redhead is LindsayLohan whose sexual qualities have been similarly described in the yellow press as, ahem, [[hottip:*: may we advice you to the [[YouShouldKnowThisAlready Expy entry at the main page]] ?]]

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* ValleyGirl: Björn supposed Natascha to be a so-called ''Paradeiser'' girl. [[hottip:*:Austrian short form of "paradise apple" or "tomato", implying overtanned skin, a bit like in Australian "Pom" for British. Remember that this timeline's Hollywood is actually called [[MeaningfulName Paradies]], make of that [[UnfortunateImplications what you will]].]]

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* ValleyGirl: Björn supposed Natascha to be a so-called ''Paradeiser'' girl. [[hottip:*:Austrian short form of "paradise apple" or "tomato", implying overtanned skin, a bit like in Australian "Pom" for British. Remember that this timeline's Hollywood is actually called [[MeaningfulName Paradies]], make of that [[UnfortunateImplications what you will]].]]]]

!! Finster family
* RedOniBlueOni
!!! Magnus aka "Fynstr"
* ATragedyOfImpulsiveness
* MeaningfulName: Lampshaded in "A Tale Of Two Brothers"
* SwissMessenger
!!! Ruedi

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* NaughtyByNight: Implied with Saskia, Björn's first host and later information provider. She's seen to especially like to tease unfit tenant-candidates by first living out the woman in her with them before stating that exactly this sexual compatibility stands in the way to pursue a professional relationship like the envisioned tenancy.
* OtakuSurrogate: She reads one or another BrainBleach every now and then.

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* MatzoFever: And generally every cliché that's out there about the Jewish people.

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* JewishComplaining: And essentially all the other tropes associated with Jews and modern Israelis.
* MatzoFever: And generally every cliché that's out there about the Jewish people.Björn says that no catwalk were fit to hold a candle to an ordinary Judean street.
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* HormoneAddledTeenager
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* KissingUnderTheInfluence: He has troubles remembering his first sexual intercourse and struggles to judge if it's been the "drunken number in the woods or the drunken number on the hey in the barn", only knowing that both occassion happened with the same girl whose name he forgot.


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* SexAsRiteOfPassage: Averted big time.
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* ChickMagnet: Deconstructed. May have contributed to his fling in Judea, but gets more of a point in Hamburg where it landed him the acquaintance of a [[RidiculouslyFastConstruction crucial bunch of engineers]] and he lets you know that he grew sick and tired of this kind of attention once in a while. He also says that his rather early loss of innocence stems from the opportunity of external initiative and he doesn't mean Natascha.


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* HormoneAddledTeenager


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* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: Björn serves as a case study on how you get an ordinary everyman as close to the center of affairs as possible and remotely plausible.
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* {{Goth}}: Quod non erat demonstrandum as it's canon. Unfortunately, when she had her HeroicBSOD regarding the [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything 7/13]] [[WorldWarIII crisis]], Natascha abused it as a TakeThat moment that even her hormone-ridden lay found [[DudeNotFunny anything but tactful]].
* LipstickLesbian: Quod non erat demonstrandum as it's canon.
* StatuesqueStunner: [[VerbalTic Quod...]] OK, you're in the know.

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* {{Goth}}: Quod non erat demonstrandum as it's canon. Unfortunately, when she had her HeroicBSOD regarding the [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything 7/13]] [[WorldWarIII crisis]], Natascha abused it as a TakeThat moment that even her hormone-ridden lay found [[DudeNotFunny anything but tactful]].
* LipstickLesbian: Quod non erat demonstrandum as it's canon.
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* StatuesqueStunner: [[VerbalTic Quod...]] OK, you're in the know.StatuesqueStunner

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* WiseBeyondHisYears: Dude, did he ever have a childhood?


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* BareYourMidriff: This actually matches WordOfGod from the [[ChaosTimeline mothership]], but here it gets conversed to show that [[PlanetOfHats all Judean women dress like 20-somethings]].
* CoolBigSis: Mind you that the [[CatGirl "Kampfkatze"]] is actually Natascha's older cousin by a 20-year margin. But this trope is still valid from Björn's perspective.
* {{Goth}}: Quod non erat demonstrandum as it's canon. Unfortunately, when she had her HeroicBSOD regarding the [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything 7/13]] [[WorldWarIII crisis]], Natascha abused it as a TakeThat moment that even her hormone-ridden lay found [[DudeNotFunny anything but tactful]].
* LipstickLesbian: Quod non erat demonstrandum as it's canon.
* StatuesqueStunner: [[VerbalTic Quod...]] OK, you're in the know.


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* IdenticalStranger: The [[IrishPriest Irish-Catholic]] missionary Patricia Ó Domnhall.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: Yes, even for a fellow HormoneAddledTeenager, the most thrilling Judean redhead sex pales in comparison to the completely different qualities of Tatjana.

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* MatzoFever: And generally every cliché that's out there about the Jewish people.



* FieryRedhead: She's based on a heavy multiple AuthorAppeal and is an Israeli, all the Mediterranean temperament included.

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* FieryRedhead: She's based on a heavy multiple AuthorAppeal and [[JewishComplaining is an Israeli, a Judean]], all the Mediterranean temperament included.
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* IronWoobie

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* IronWoobieIronWoobie: A really ''arme Sau'' by all accounts.



* JerkassWoobie: After the [[VelvetRevolution Streich]], he had to cope with the fact that there wasn't a place for people like him anymore. He first became a cab driver, then turned into a drunkard and essentially lost his licence and lived on the dole ever since. Essentially being a JadedWashout, his daughter is actually running him and, to top it all, dates this Björn guy from the "old motherland" that [[RantInducingSlight left serious issues to him]]. A really ''arme Sau'' [[IronWoobie by all accounts]]!

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* JerkassWoobie: After the [[VelvetRevolution Streich]], he had to cope with the fact that there There wasn't a place for people like him anymore.anymore after the [[VelvetRevolution Streich]] got his SecretPolice disbanded. He first became a cab driver, then turned into a drunkard and essentially lost his licence and lived on the dole ever since. Essentially being a JadedWashout, his daughter is actually running him and, to top it all, dates this Björn guy from the "old motherland" that [[RantInducingSlight left serious issues to him]]. A really ''arme Sau'' [[IronWoobie by all accounts]]!
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* JerkassWoobie: As an over-achieving officer at the political police, he had to cope with the fact that there wasn't a place for people like him anymore in the new {{Utopia}}. He first became a cab driver, then turned into a drunkard and essentially lost his licence and lived on the dole ever since. Even his family won't respect him anymore, his daughter actually having him [[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend "well under control"]] whenever she deems it necessary and, to top it all, dates this Björn guy from the "old motherland" that [[RantInducingSlight left serious issues to him]]. A really ''arme Sau'' [[IronWoobie by all accounts]]!

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* JerkassWoobie: As an over-achieving officer at After the political police, [[VelvetRevolution Streich]], he had to cope with the fact that there wasn't a place for people like him anymore in the new {{Utopia}}.anymore. He first became a cab driver, then turned into a drunkard and essentially lost his licence and lived on the dole ever since. Even his family won't respect him anymore, Essentially being a JadedWashout, his daughter is actually having running him [[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend "well under control"]] whenever she deems it necessary and, to top it all, dates this Björn guy from the "old motherland" that [[RantInducingSlight left serious issues to him]]. A really ''arme Sau'' [[IronWoobie by all accounts]]!
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* JadedWashout

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* DysfunctionalFamily
--> '''Björn:''' ''"How pretty is the harmony, just as he boozed so did she!"''
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: It's actually quite uncommon for the all-world name Schumann (lit. "shoe-man") to be written with the last letter H in the "Schuh", same goes for related names like Schumacher (lit. "shoe-maker").



* SpellMyNameWithAnS: It's actually quite uncommon for the all-world name Schumann (lit. "shoe-man") to be written with the last letter H in the "Schuh", same goes for related names like Schumacher (lit. "shoe-maker").
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* ShallowLoveInterest: Subverted. Yes, Tascha has first and foremost been good for knocking boots, but Björn achieving OneDegreeOfSeparation with a whole crowd of PlayfulHackers would have been unthinkable without her.

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* ShallowLoveInterest: Subverted. Yes, Tascha has first and foremost been good for knocking boots, but Björn achieving OneDegreeOfSeparation with a whole crowd of PlayfulHackers [[PlayfulHacker Logos]] would have been unthinkable without her.
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* EthicalSlut / FilleFatale / FemmeFatale: You name it!


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* ShallowLoveInterest: Subverted. Yes, Tascha has first and foremost been good for knocking boots, but Björn achieving OneDegreeOfSeparation with a whole crowd of PlayfulHackers would have been unthinkable without her.

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* FormerRegimePersonnel

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* FormerRegimePersonnelFormerRegimePersonnel: He had quite a successful career at the technocracy's SecretPolice, especially after about ten years of service in Europe payed off in form of a promotion to chief inspector in his Atlantean homeland. Things may have continued this way if not for the VelvetRevolution.



* JerkassWoobie:\\
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As an over-achieving officer at his country's political police, he had to cope with the fact that there wasn't a place for people like him in the new {{Utopia}}. He started taxi-driving before eventually paying his dues for turning into an alcoholic, losing his licence and essentially living on the dole since then. Even his family won't respect him anymore, his daughter actually having him [[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend "well under control"]] whenever she deems it necessary and, to top it all, dates this Björn guy from the "old motherland" that left serious issues to him. A really ''arme Sau'' [[IronWoobie by all accounts]]!

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* JerkassWoobie:\\
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JerkassWoobie: As an over-achieving officer at his country's the political police, he had to cope with the fact that there wasn't a place for people like him anymore in the new {{Utopia}}. He started taxi-driving before eventually paying his dues for turning first became a cab driver, then turned into an alcoholic, losing a drunkard and essentially lost his licence and essentially living lived on the dole since then. ever since. Even his family won't respect him anymore, his daughter actually having him [[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend "well under control"]] whenever she deems it necessary and, to top it all, dates this Björn guy from the "old motherland" that [[RantInducingSlight left serious issues to him.him]]. A really ''arme Sau'' [[IronWoobie by all accounts]]!

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* FutureLoser: And HOW!

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* FutureLoser: And HOW!FormerRegimePersonnel
* FutureLoser



As an over-achieving officer at his country's SecretPolice, he had to cope with the fact that there wasn't a place for people like him in the new {{Utopia}}. He started taxi-driving before eventually paying his dues for turning into an alcoholic, losing his licence and essentially living on the dole since then. Even his family won't respect him anymore, his daughter actually having him [[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend "well under control"]] whenever she deems it necessary and is dating this Björn guy from the "old motherland" that left serious issues to him. A really ''arme Sau'' [[IronWoobie by all accounts]]!

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As an over-achieving officer at his country's SecretPolice, political police, he had to cope with the fact that there wasn't a place for people like him in the new {{Utopia}}. He started taxi-driving before eventually paying his dues for turning into an alcoholic, losing his licence and essentially living on the dole since then. Even his family won't respect him anymore, his daughter actually having him [[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend "well under control"]] whenever she deems it necessary and is dating and, to top it all, dates this Björn guy from the "old motherland" that left serious issues to him. A really ''arme Sau'' [[IronWoobie by all accounts]]!



* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: An absolute necessity considering who her father is.

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* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: An absolute necessity considering [[FormerRegimePersonnel who her father is.is]].
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As an over-achieving officer at his country's SecretPolice, he had to cope with the fact that there wasn't a place for people like him in the new {{Utopia}}. He started taxi-driving before eventually paying his dues for turning into an alcoholic, losing his licence and essentially living on the dole since then. Even his family won't respect him anymore, his daughter actually having him [[IWasBeatenByAGirl "well under control"]] whenever she deems it necessary and is dating this Björn guy from the "old motherland" that left serious issues to him. A really ''arme Sau'' [[IronWoobie by all accounts]]!

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As an over-achieving officer at his country's SecretPolice, he had to cope with the fact that there wasn't a place for people like him in the new {{Utopia}}. He started taxi-driving before eventually paying his dues for turning into an alcoholic, losing his licence and essentially living on the dole since then. Even his family won't respect him anymore, his daughter actually having him [[IWasBeatenByAGirl [[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend "well under control"]] whenever she deems it necessary and is dating this Björn guy from the "old motherland" that left serious issues to him. A really ''arme Sau'' [[IronWoobie by all accounts]]!

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* DeadpanSnarker
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: At least his old friends from Wismar just call him "Samowar".
* HandsomeLech: He even admits that he at least used to be some kind of a dick. Like in Hamburg.
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* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: She was born and raised in Southern European Germany, albeit at various places. Though she finally sounded "Hochdeutsch" enough, it seemed like a problem when the family came back to Atlantis.

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* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: She was born and raised in Southern European Germany, albeit at various places. Though she finally sounded "Hochdeutsch" enough, it seemed like a problem when the family came back to Atlantis.Atlantis.

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!!! Tatjana (canon)
!!! Natascha
* [[BrattyTeenageDaughter Bratty Teenage]] [[SubvertedTrope Sex Partner]]: Sorta in the eyes of Björn, at least in 1993. He shook his head about his 17-year-old lay and her disrespect for her adult cousin's professionality and [[ValleyGirl her tendency]] [[PopularIsDumb to rather be]] [[ObfuscatingStupidity "just a girl"]], mind you that he himself [[BeyondTheImpossible was only 14 years old]]. But [[ItGotBetter she got better]] in the end.
* CharacterDevelopment: But of course!
* FieryRedhead: She's based on a heavy multiple AuthorAppeal and is an Israeli, all the Mediterranean temperament included.
* ValleyGirl: Björn supposed Natascha to be a so-called ''Paradeiser'' girl. [[hottip:*:Austrian short form of "paradise apple" or "tomato", implying overtanned skin, a bit like in Australian "Pom" for British. Remember that this timeline's Hollywood is actually called [[MeaningfulName Paradies]], make of that [[UnfortunateImplications what you will]].]]

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!! Ignaz Schuhmann

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* [[WhyWereBummedCommunismFell Why We're Bummed The Logos Striked]]: An ultimate incarnation of this trope. [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse The question what happened to this man]] was a major reason why the whole story has been written.

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* [[WhyWereBummedCommunismFell Why We're Bummed The Logos Striked]]: An ultimate incarnation poster child of this trope. [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse The question what happened to this man]] was a major reason why the whole story has been written.

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!!! Rosemarie Schuhmann
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: An absolute necessity considering who her father is.
* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: She was born and raised in Southern European Germany, albeit at various places. Though she finally sounded "Hochdeutsch" enough, it seemed like a problem when the family came back to Atlantis.
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