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* SympatheticPOV: Some actions look more or less justified depending on whether the chapter is from Scorpius or Rose's perspective. An early example is Scorpius laughing in relief when a strange noise turns out to be Rose wrestling with her runaway cat — Rose thinks he's laughing at ''her''.
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* RotatingProtagonist / SwitchingPOV: The third-person limited omniscience initially alternates between Scorpius and Rose's stories and inner thoughts every chapter, adding Lyra to the rotation later on.
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* AlternateUniverseFic: The author’s note predicts it will become one after the release of ‘’Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’’.
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* AlternateUniverseFic: The author’s note predicts predicted it will would become one after the release of ‘’Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’’.Theatre/HarryPotterAndTheCursedChild. It did.
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* {{Irony}}: Theatre/HarryPotterAndTheCursedChild involves Albus Potter being sorted into the same house (Slytherin) as Scorpius Malfoy and becoming friends with him, while his cousin Rose is sorted into Gryffindor and shuns them. This fic, written before the release of Cursed Child, involves Rose being sorted into the same house (Ravenclaw) as Scorpius and eventually becoming friends with him, while her cousin Albus is sorted into Gryffindor and falls out with Rose.
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* DontYouDarePityMe: Lyra is too ashamed and frightened of the ensuing pity to tell anyone, even Scorpius, that she can no longer hear the Ravenclaw riddles to get into the common room, particularly as she believes it's a sign of her being unworthy.
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* DontYouDarePityMe: Lyra is too ashamed and frightened of the ensuing pity to tell anyone, even Scorpius, that she can no longer hear the Ravenclaw riddles to get into the common room, particularly as she believes it's a sign of her being unworthy. [[spoiler:It turns out that she has been jinxed by another Ravenclaw.]]
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Scorpius, partially due to his mother Astoria being deeply interested in Magizoology, is very fond and protective of magical creatures.
* GentlemanAndAScholar / GentlemanWizard: Professor Shafiq has shades of this.
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* MissingTime/WhatDidIDoLastNight: MissingTime / WhatDidIDoLastNight: [[spoiler:Lyra wakes up covered in cuts with no knowledge of what happened or how she got to bed. The teachers confirm that her memory has been tampered with.]]
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* BadassBookworm: When the situation calls for it, Rose takes after her mother in this.
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* DarkIsNotEvil: Defied and played with. As explained by Professor Bones, ‘Dark’ in this context literally means something intended to harm or cause suffering; Dark creatures have to harm others to survive. On the other hand, Slytherin House is treated more sympathetically. While [[TheBully Liana Flint]] and Jasper Parkinson are Slytherins, so are Eleanor Bones and [[TheCutie Millie Tirnblüd.]] Head of House Professor Shafiq shares [=McGonagall’s=] [[SternTeacher strict]] [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure but fair]] tendencies and never tolerates bigotry.
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* BadassBookworm: When the situation calls for it, Rose takes after her mother in this.
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: InUniverse. Reading Gilderoy Lockhart's books long after the end of his public life, Lyra finds him an entertaining writer because she sees them more as adventure novels than textbooks.
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* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Chapter Twelve starts with a warning for "gratuitous use of alliteration".
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* EnemyMine: The title of Chapter Twelve, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin in which Rose and Scorpius team up to track down a common enemy.]]
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* [[FormerFriendOfTheAlphaBitch Former Friend Of The Academic Alpha Bitch]]: Albus starts to feel like this after Rose is sorted into Ravenclaw.
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* GeniusBruiser: Most of the Ravenclaw Quidditch team to an extent, but in particular Imogen Leist, who’s a Transfiguration whiz and one of the most dangerous (and effective) Beaters in the whole school.
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* LovableJock: Many of the Quidditch players, particularly on the Gryffindor team.
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* MeaningfulName: Discussed in the first chapter, where Lyra and Scorpius talk about their names both being constellations and how it’s a family thing for Scorpius. [[spoiler: It foreshadows their eventual LikeBrotherAndSister status.]]
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* RapunzelHair: Merva has this, a preference of her late mother.
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* BigBrotherBully: Downplayed with James Sirius. He’s not above teasing Al and telling tales to frighten him, but they seem to genuinely care about each other overall.
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* [[BlondeBrunetteRedhead Blond, Brunette, Redhead]]: The main characters Scorpius, Lyra, and Rose, respectively.
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* BrainyBrunette: Averted with Lyra – out of the Blond, Brunette, Redhead trio, she’s the least book smart and most prone to academic disaster. Straight examples would be the raven haired Isobel, Rose’s rival for AcademicAlphaBitch, and prefect Katherine Tredwell.
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** Scorpius's gluttonous Whiskered Screech owl is called [[Literature/GuardiansOfGaHoole Ezyl]], while Lyra named her Tawny owl [[Literature/MissMarple Marple]].
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* ShoutOut:
** To PotterPuppetPals — the contents of Scorpius's pockets are "nine Sickles and a Dungbomb."
** To TheFlash — The red-haired Ravenclaw prefect is called Jay West, a combination of Jay Garrick and Wally West, and plays Seeker, a position requiring quick reflexes and speed.
** To LordOfTheRings — there's a student with the surname Mirkwood, and TheHobbit book is mentioned.
** To {{QI}} — Gryffindor Davy Andrews and Ravenclaw Steve Fry are described similarly to younger versions of Alan Davies and Stephen Fry, respectively.
** To PotterPuppetPals — the contents of Scorpius's pockets are "nine Sickles and a Dungbomb."
** To TheFlash — The red-haired Ravenclaw prefect is called Jay West, a combination of Jay Garrick and Wally West, and plays Seeker, a position requiring quick reflexes and speed.
** To LordOfTheRings — there's a student with the surname Mirkwood, and TheHobbit book is mentioned.
** To {{QI}} — Gryffindor Davy Andrews and Ravenclaw Steve Fry are described similarly to younger versions of Alan Davies and Stephen Fry, respectively.
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* EducationMama: Isobel is implied to have these for parents, leading to her InsufferableGenius and TheBGrade-fearing tendencies.
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''Returning'' is an in-progress Harry Potter Next Gen Fic by troper [=GlassCatOwl=]. It starts pretty much the moment the Epilogue left off, only from the perspectives of Scorpius Malfoy and Rose Weasley. An incident with Rose’s cat gets the two of them off to a bad start, only made worse by the fact they’re sorted into the same house. The fic covers their first year at Hogwarts, which will be rather eventful — much to their headmistress’s displeasure.
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''Returning'' is an in-progress Harry Potter Next Gen Fic by troper [=GlassCatOwl=]. It starts pretty much the moment the Epilogue left off, only from the perspectives of Scorpius Malfoy and Rose Weasley. An incident with Rose’s cat gets the two of them off to a bad start, only made worse by the fact they’re sorted into the same house. The fic covers their first year at Hogwarts, which will turns out to be rather eventful — much to their headmistress’s displeasure.
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* HauntedCastle: As in canon; inverted after the incident at Halloween sends the ghosts into hiding — Rose notes that the atmosphere becomes ''more'' ominous due to the lack of ghosts around every corner.
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* AbsurdPhobia: Rose and the Ravenclaw boys seem to think of [[spoiler: Scorpius’s fear of flying]] as one, although it’s actually fairly ordinary.
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* WhatTheHellHero: Lyra to Rose, in Chapter Nine.
-->'''Lyra:''' ''[to Rose]'' Yeah, Scorpius's family is pureblood. But you know who gives me a hard time about being Muggleborn? About not knowing how magical things work? Isobel and Rupert and ''you!''
-->'''Lyra:''' ''[to Rose]'' Yeah, Scorpius's family is pureblood. But you know who gives me a hard time about being Muggleborn? About not knowing how magical things work? Isobel and Rupert and ''you!''
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* FrenchJerk: Genevieve. Her younger sister Aimée can be unkind but is usually fairly nice.
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* FiveManBand: James, Dominique, and their friends:
** TheLeader: James Sirius
** TheLancer: Dom
** TheSmartGuy: Dorian
** TheBigGuy: Felix
** TheChick / TheHeart: Bonnie
** TheLeader: James Sirius
** TheLancer: Dom
** TheSmartGuy: Dorian
** TheBigGuy: Felix
** TheChick / TheHeart: Bonnie
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* NerdsLoveToughSchoolwork: A lot of the Ravenclaws do. On the other hand, it’s magic schoolwork, so that might explain it.
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* PassionateSportsGirl: Rose, like her aunt in canon. Victoire and Dominique are also implied to be this, as they play for the Gryffindor Quidditch team.
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* MessyHair: Scorpius tends to get this, which is one of the few visual differences between himself and his father at that age. Rose has very frizzy hair, like her mother.
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* DontYouDarePityMe: Lyra is too ashamed and frightened of the ensuing pity to tell anyone, even Scorpius, that she can no longer hear the Ravenclaw riddles to get into the common room, particularly as she believes it's a sign of her being unworthy.
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* TheKlutz: Lyra. If there’s a spell she can’t mess up, they haven’t invented it yet, and she has a tendency to knock things over — especially explosive things.
* LighterAndSofter: Starts out this way, but a lot of darkness from the war and other sources still lingers.
* LighterAndSofter: Starts out this way, but a lot of darkness from the war and other sources still lingers.
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* AcademicAthlete: Rose is almost as smart as her mother and ''loves'' Quidditch. Most of the Ravenclaw Quidditch team are probably this.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Lyra gets this a bit, being a BookDumb IneptMage in Ravenclaw. Played with for Scorpius — he’s friendly enough that he gets on with most people outside of his house, but the boys in his dormitory either hate him or don’t really know him. He’s also [[spoiler:scared of flying,]] which earns him some ridicule.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Scorpius does his best to infuriate Rose after she publicly reveals his fear of flying. Lyra will outright threaten anyone who hurts her friends. Kindly healer-in-training Eva Sandsgard is furious when a student abandons their injured housemate at the bottom of the hospital wing stairs so they can get back to playing Quidditch.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Scorpius does his best to infuriate Rose [[spoiler: after she publicly reveals his fear of flying. flying.]] Lyra will outright threaten anyone who hurts her friends. Kindly healer-in-training Eva Sandsgard is furious when a student abandons their injured housemate at the bottom of the hospital wing stairs so they can get back to playing Quidditch.Quidditch.
* BlackAndNerdy: Ravenclaw prefect Katherine Tredwell.
* BookDumb: Lyra. A variation as she loves reading, but is terrible at schoolwork.
* BrilliantButLazy: Flitwick sees Rupert Nichols as this. He makes no effort in Charms because he has no natural talent for it.
* BlackAndNerdy: Ravenclaw prefect Katherine Tredwell.
* BookDumb: Lyra. A variation as she loves reading, but is terrible at schoolwork.
* BrilliantButLazy: Flitwick sees Rupert Nichols as this. He makes no effort in Charms because he has no natural talent for it.
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* IneptMage: PlayedForDrama with Lyra.
* InsufferableGenius: Rose, at times, and Isobel.
* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation: Inverted. Lyra gets excluded and looked down on for not being smart enough — intelligence tends to attract friendship.
* InsufferableGenius: Rose, at times, and Isobel.
* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation: Inverted. Lyra gets excluded and looked down on for not being smart enough — intelligence tends to attract friendship.
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* AbsurdPhobia: Rose and the Ravenclaw boys seem to think of [[spoiler: Scorpius’s fear of flying]] as one, although it’s actually fairly ordinary.
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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: [[spoiler: Scorpius is deeply aviophobic, to the point where he passes out from fear in midair. He’s also at a school where Flying Lessons are mandatory.]]
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* [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Nepotism Nepotism]]: Rose suggests this is an explanation for why James and Dominique made the Gryffindor Quidditch team. The team in Returning is over 50% Weasleys, if you count James as one. The real reason appears to be a lack of other candidates.
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* [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Nepotism Nepotism]]: {{Nepotism}}: Rose suggests this is an explanation for why James and Dominique made the Gryffindor Quidditch team. The team in Returning is over 50% Weasleys, if you count James as one. The real reason appears to be a lack of other candidates.
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* Nepotism: [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Nepotism Nepotism]]: Rose suggests this is an explanation for why James and Dominique made the Gryffindor Quidditch team. The team in Returning is over 50% Weasleys, if you count James as one. The real reason appears to be a lack of other candidates.
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