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* FriendToAllChildren: Mostly out of focus, but Michael notes that once she gets a job as a guitar instructor at the school she quickly becomes the most popular teacher there.
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* UglyGuyHotWife: How Michael predicts more than once his future with Mae will go should they get together and last long enough. [[spoiler: Downplayed in offshoots that see them in the future, however, as Mae has [[GrowOldWithMe chosen to age at his pace]].]]
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** BlueIsCalm
** InnocentBlueEyes
** OccultBlueEyes: In her traditional South Park style appearances.
** TrueBlueFemininity
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* ColorMotif: Blue. It's been her favorite color from childhood and her clothing rarely deviates from it. Her sisters in the coven are often noted be specific colors as well.
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* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Black coffee, but he's taken it with a little bit of hazelnut ever since Cassie made it for him.


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* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Butterfly Pea Flower Tea, no lemon.


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* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Cherry wine.
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* EatingTheEyeCandy: A lot of his descriptions of Mae go into fairly heavy detail. [[spoiler: He starts doing this with Mike as well in book three.]]


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* EatingTheEyeCandy: After Michael confirms he returns her feelings, she's not shy about explaining ''why'' she's attracted to him on a fairly regular basis.
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* ChildhoodFriends: With Mae.


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* ChildhoodFriends: With Michael.
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* NiceGuy: To the point that he doesn't even mind that Michael has feelings for his girlfriend [[spoiler: and actually makes an effort for it to work out for both of them]].

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* NiceGuy: To the point that he doesn't even mind that Michael has feelings for his girlfriend [[spoiler: and actually makes an effort for to make it to work out for both of them]].
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* NiceGuy: To the point that he doesn't even mind that Michael has feelings for his girlfriend.

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* NiceGuy: To the point that he doesn't even mind that Michael has feelings for his girlfriend.girlfriend [[spoiler: and actually makes an effort for it to work out for both of them]].
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* NiceGuy: To the point that he doesn't even mind that Michael has feelings for his girlfriend.
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* ChildProdigy: As an artist.

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* ChildProdigy: As No, he doesn't care about learning the guitar, as Cassie correctly points out. But he's not talentless; he is a fantastic artist, having a good grasp on semi-realism by the age of 12 with no formal education outside of standard elementary school art classes. He becomes a tattoo artist as an artist.adult [[spoiler: and it's a very nice job offer for him from a prominent tattoo shop that prompts the group's move to Denver in the penultimate chapter]].



* HiddenDepths: No, he doesn't care about learning the guitar, as Cassie correctly points out. But he's not talentless; he is a fantastic artist, having a good grasp on semi-realism by the age of 12 with no formal education outside of standard elementary school art classes. He becomes a tattoo artist as an adult [[spoiler: and it's a very nice job offer for him from a prominent tattoo shop that prompts the group's move to Denver in the penultimate chapter]].

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* HiddenDepths: No, he doesn't care about learning the guitar, as Cassie correctly points out. But he's not talentless; he is He's a fantastic talented artist, having has a good grasp on semi-realism by the age lot of 12 with no formal education outside of standard elementary school art classes. He becomes a tattoo artist as an adult [[spoiler: first aid and medical knowledge, and is a practiced programmer. He also shows an interest in psychology, begrudgingly admitting that it's a very nice job offer for him from a prominent tattoo shop that prompts at least in part due to his step dad's work on the group's move to Denver in the penultimate chapter]].Thelman case.
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* CannotSpitItOut: Common in regards to his romantic feelings. Cassie sees through it and leaves it alone, Mae doesn't and ends up with Mike as a result. [[spoiler: Mike sees it and does something about it.]]


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* PoorCommunicationKills: Why Mae ended up with Mike in the first place. Michael gets better. ''Slowly.''
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* BerserkButton: Infidelity; Mike (knowingly) falsely accusing Mae of seeing Michael behind his back is what prompts the BigReveal in book two and he gets notably upset with his friends in book three when they (unknowingly) do the same thing. Having been the result of his father's own affair, it's a touchy subject.

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* BerserkButton: Infidelity; Mike (knowingly) falsely accusing Mae of seeing Michael behind his back is what prompts the BigReveal their [[LoveTriangle conversation about their relationships with Mae]] in book two and he gets notably upset with his friends in book three when they (unknowingly) do the same thing. Having been the result of his father's own affair, it's a touchy subject.
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* BerserkButton: Infidelity; Mike (knowingly) falsely accusing Mae of seeing Michael behind his back is what prompts the BigReveal in book two and he gets notably upset with his friends in book three when they (unknowingly) do the same thing. Having been the result of his father's own affair, it's a touchy subject.
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* PrecociousCrush: On Cassie. Most prominent in book one, but by book two it still hasn't quite gone away.


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* StacysMom: The target of Michael's PrecociousCrush in books one and two, despite not ''technically'' being a mother.
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* OurVampiresAreDifferent / DaywalkingVampire / TechnicallyLivingVampire: Though the story and characters regularly refer to Mae as a vampire for the sake of convenience, she is actually a ''Soucouyant,'' but she doesn't take offense to the mixup.

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* OurVampiresAreDifferent / DaywalkingVampire / TechnicallyLivingVampire: Though the story and characters regularly refer to Mae as a vampire for the sake of convenience, she is actually a ''Soucouyant,'' ''soucouyant,'' but she doesn't take offense to the mixup.



* StrongerWithAge: Mae's improvement pre- and post-timeskip is noted, primarily in her day-to-day magic use no longer requiring her to drink blood.

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* StrongerWithAge: Mae's improvement pre- and post-timeskip is noted, primarily in her day-to-day magic use no longer requiring her to drink blood.
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* ProperlyParanoid: She's learned to put bottles on trees to trap malevolent spirits and paint the front of her residence blue to further ward them off, as well as setting up various other wards to keep the household peaceful. Given how often she has to reset all of these, Michael comes to the conclusion that she's probably doing all of this for a reason and lets her do her thing.
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* LadyOfBlackMagic: Just like the rest of her sisters in the coven. The ultimate goal of their upbringing.
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* SouthernGentleman: Takes on the characteristics in a joking manner from time to time, but notes it would be an interesting personality if not for the blatant racism.

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* SouthernGentleman: Takes on the characteristics in a joking manner from time to time, but notes it would be an interesting personality to adopt when he got older if not for the blatant racism.
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* SouthernGentleman: Takes on the characteristics in a joking manner from time to time, but notes it would be an interesting personality if not for the blatant racism.
* SouthernGothic: An aesthetic that interests him greatly, and the subject of a number of his songs.
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* StrongerWithAge: Mae's improvement pre- and post-timeskip are noted, primarily in her day-to-day magic use no longer requiring her to drink blood.

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* StrongerWithAge: Mae's improvement pre- and post-timeskip are is noted, primarily in her day-to-day magic use no longer requiring her to drink blood.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: He's quick to admonish Ryan Ellis for giving Pete a hard time about Cassie's custody arrangement, even going so far as to threaten to revoke Ryan's membership in the Vampire Society if he does it again.
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* ChildProdigy: As an artist.

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