History Characters / YearsAndYears

-->'''Ruby''': Trust me. Definitely. All those years at sea...

* AllForNothing: Seems to view most of her activism as this towards the start of the series, after the [[spoiler: nuclear bombing of Hong Sha Dao]]. She enjoys Viv Rook's antics out of sheer nihilism. She gets better.

-->'''Edith''': "No, but really. Y’know, like... We keep saying, you’ve got 10 more years to sort out climate change? You’ve got 10 more years to sort out flooding? You’ve got 10 more years to sort out the rainforest? We were saying that 30 years ago. [[YouAreTooLate It’s too late.]] We’ve run out of time. Everyone knows it. Nothing to be done. You can recycle and campaign and go on marches. We’re going to flood. And burn. And starve. And we won’t die, I’m not saying that, the human race will carry on, just... living on plateaus. Like shepherds. Little villages. Maybe with a computer in a hut that you can visit once a week. Then go back to growing your little patch of corn. And you might be digging out some rocks and singing Elvis to yourself, or the Beatles, but you won’t know who they are anymore. [[LostCommonKnowledge Just folk songs from long ago.]]"

-->'''Edith''': "No, but really. Y’know, like... We keep saying, you’ve got 10 more years to sort out climate change? You’ve got 10 more years to sort out flooding? You’ve got 10 more years to sort out the rainforest? We were saying that 30 years ago. It’s too late. We’ve run out of time. Everyone knows it. Nothing to be done. You can recycle and campaign and go on marches. We’re going to flood. And burn. And starve. And we won’t die, I’m not saying that, the human race will carry on, just... living on plateaus. Like shepherds. Little villages. Maybe with a computer in a hut that you can visit once a week. Then go back to growing your little patch of corn. And you might be digging out some rocks and singing Elvis to yourself, or the Beatles, but you won’t know who they are anymore. Just folk songs from long ago."

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[[folder: Ralph Cousins]]

[[folder: Viktor Goraya]]

[[folder: Fran Baxter]]

Stephen and Celeste's eldest daughter. Identifies as trans, as in [[{{Transhuman}} transhuman]].

* [[BigBrotherExtinct BigSisterExtinct]]: Towards Rosie, when she starts dating Jonjo. When Edith and Jonjo are alone in the kitchen, she starts off by casually talking about gutting fish while she lived at sea, and ends the conversation with a knife at his throat.

Stephen and Celeste's eldest daughter. Identifies as trans, as in [[Transhuman transhuman]].

The eldest of the Lyons siblings, a financial advisor who lives in London with his wife Celeste and two daughters.

The second-born Lyons sibling and notable activist who has been working all around the world.

The third-born Lyons sibling, a housing officer in a relationship with a teacher, Ralph.

The youngest of the Lyons siblings, a single mum with two kids.

Stephen and Celeste's eldest daughter.

Initially a businesswoman who runs a political think tank, but eventually steps onto the stage and becomes a far-right politician.

A Welsh primary school teacher and Daniel's partner at the start of the series.

A Ukrainian refugee living in one of the sites that Daniel manages, who develops a romantic relationship with him.

Daniel's neighbour and eventually a friend of the Lyons.

A primary school teacher and Daniel's partner at the start of the series.

* ConspiracyTheorist: Much to Daniel's chagrin, particularly given that he's a teacher, he believes that germs are a hoax created by the pharmaceutical industry and that there's ''something'' to the flat earth movement.

* HandicappedBadass: In episode six, when her son Lee is locked out of their estate by private security forces, she [[spoiler: gets Lincoln to control the foot pedals of her food van and knocks down the gate.]]

* StrugglingSingleMother: She has two sons with two different [[DisappearedDad disappeared dads]] and manages a school canteen.