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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Played with, DED [[spoiler: [[ObviouslyEvil don't try to hide their misogynistic and generally assholish nature]] the first time Rachel and Fern meet them, so it's almost no surprise at all when they rape them within minutes of meeting them. However, when Colostomy Hag rises in fame later, Balthazar Seizure, Rachel's rapist, doesn't recognize her and genuinely congratulates her on achieving stardom, having [[ButForMeItWasTuesday completely forgotten her]] among his many previous victims]].
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‘’Boring Girls’’ is a 2015 horror novel by Sara Taylor, better known as Chibi as the vocalist for Music/TheBirthdayMassacre.
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Teenage Rachel hears gothic metal band DED out of a passer-by’s car on the way home from high school and it changes her life. Metal music gives her an outlet and leads her to meet Fern, with whom she forms an unshakeable bond— and a band. The world of metal isn't the escape she'd hoped, though, and when she discovers it can be as cruel and misogynistic as the world she left, and left she and Fern take matters into their own hands.
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* FunWithAcronyms: The band DED, which stands for Die Every Death.
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‘’Boring Girls’’ is a 2015 horror novel by Sara Taylor, better known as Chibi as the vocalist for Music/TheBirthdayMassacre.
Teenage Rachel hears gothic metal band DED out of a passer-by’s car on the way home from high school and it changes her life. Metal music gives her an outlet and leads her to meet Fern, with whom she forms an unshakeable bond— and a band. The world of metal isn't the escape she'd hoped, though, when she discovers it can be as cruel and misogynistic as the world she left, and she and Fern take matters into their own hands.
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!!Tropes contained in this book include:
* AdultsAreUseless: Rachel’s parents are well-meaning but bumbling, Fern’s only appear once, and the bands around them don’t seem to notice anything wrong.
* AllDrummersAreAnimals: Averted. Socks is the oldest, least outlandish, and probably most reasonable member of the band.
* BreakTheCutie: Fern. Poor, sweet Fern.
* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler: The entirety of DED turns out to be self-important rapists. Especially noticeable with Balthazar, who Rachel idolized before meeting him.]]
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Rachel realises just before she kills him that [[spoiler: Balthazar]] doesn’t even remember her specifically.
* CuteButPsycho: Rachel and Fern by the climax, in different ways.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Fern, after they get their revenge, throws herself into the crowd knowing they will kill her.]]
* ForegoneConclusion: Rachel tells the reader on page one that she ended up killing several people. The question is who, and what drove her to it.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Rachel and Fern were normal suburban teenagers, if a little offbeat, before ascending to metal stardom and [[BreadEggsMilkSquick becoming multiple murderers]].
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: The band DED keep a rack of real weapons on stage to gesture dramatically with. Guess what Rachel and Fern use to kill them.]]
* IntentionallyAwkwardTitle: In-universe, Fern and Rachel’s band. It’s called ‘’Colostomy Hag’’.
* IronicEcho: Rachel reminds [[spoiler: Balthazar]] of his quip about ‘boring girls’ before [[spoiler: chopping his head off.]]
* MetalScream: Rachel learns to do this and is very proud.
* PreMortemOneLiner: [[spoiler: “I thought you were sick of boring girls.”]]
* RapeAsDrama: [[spoiler: Fern and Rachel are assaulted by the band DED in their dressing room.]]
* SexForServices: A couple of girls barter oral sex with the bouncer for the opportunity to meet DED in their dressing room. Rachel and Fern just boss their way in. [[spoiler: Although the bouncer implies he has a quota of young groupies to funnel in to the band anyway….]]
* TitleDrop: [[spoiler: Balthazar]] calls Fern and Rachel “boring girls” because they [[spoiler: don’t want to have sex with him.]]
* WomanInWhite: Fern’s idol, Marie-Lise, bleaches her hair pure white and wears white clothes on stage. Fern does the same when their band starts out, but by the end of the book has been adding red streaks to her hair.
Teenage Rachel hears gothic metal band DED out of a passer-by’s car on the way home from high school and it changes her life. Metal music gives her an outlet and leads her to meet Fern, with whom she forms an unshakeable bond— and a band. The world of metal isn't the escape she'd hoped, though, when she discovers it can be as cruel and misogynistic as the world she left, and she and Fern take matters into their own hands.
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!!Tropes contained in this book include:
* AdultsAreUseless: Rachel’s parents are well-meaning but bumbling, Fern’s only appear once, and the bands around them don’t seem to notice anything wrong.
* AllDrummersAreAnimals: Averted. Socks is the oldest, least outlandish, and probably most reasonable member of the band.
* BreakTheCutie: Fern. Poor, sweet Fern.
* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler: The entirety of DED turns out to be self-important rapists. Especially noticeable with Balthazar, who Rachel idolized before meeting him.]]
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Rachel realises just before she kills him that [[spoiler: Balthazar]] doesn’t even remember her specifically.
* CuteButPsycho: Rachel and Fern by the climax, in different ways.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Fern, after they get their revenge, throws herself into the crowd knowing they will kill her.]]
* ForegoneConclusion: Rachel tells the reader on page one that she ended up killing several people. The question is who, and what drove her to it.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Rachel and Fern were normal suburban teenagers, if a little offbeat, before ascending to metal stardom and [[BreadEggsMilkSquick becoming multiple murderers]].
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: The band DED keep a rack of real weapons on stage to gesture dramatically with. Guess what Rachel and Fern use to kill them.]]
* IntentionallyAwkwardTitle: In-universe, Fern and Rachel’s band. It’s called ‘’Colostomy Hag’’.
* IronicEcho: Rachel reminds [[spoiler: Balthazar]] of his quip about ‘boring girls’ before [[spoiler: chopping his head off.]]
* MetalScream: Rachel learns to do this and is very proud.
* PreMortemOneLiner: [[spoiler: “I thought you were sick of boring girls.”]]
* RapeAsDrama: [[spoiler: Fern and Rachel are assaulted by the band DED in their dressing room.]]
* SexForServices: A couple of girls barter oral sex with the bouncer for the opportunity to meet DED in their dressing room. Rachel and Fern just boss their way in. [[spoiler: Although the bouncer implies he has a quota of young groupies to funnel in to the band anyway….]]
* TitleDrop: [[spoiler: Balthazar]] calls Fern and Rachel “boring girls” because they [[spoiler: don’t want to have sex with him.]]
* WomanInWhite: Fern’s idol, Marie-Lise, bleaches her hair pure white and wears white clothes on stage. Fern does the same when their band starts out, but by the end of the book has been adding red streaks to her hair.
