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* NiceHat: Plenty in Decembersville, Tin and Chimabell's for example.
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An online novel in the works which can be found on Website/{{deviantART}}. Featuring [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters a large cast]] cast and showing how humans just cannot get it through their heads that [[FantasticRacism discrimination is bad]]. As of 5/20/11, Chapter 55 is out, and the story has been placed on a schedule consisting of one chapter every few weeks.
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* HiddenBadass: [[spoiler: Chimabell can transform into an oversized killer vulture.]] You have to admit, that's kind of [[CrazyAwesome awesome.]]
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* BiTheWay: All three Von Pyre siblings are this, though since their first reaction to other living things is mistrust none of them have realized it yet.
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* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Most werewolves, like Melloni Collie, reside in gangs (which act as a pack) and their transformation form is close to the [[PettingZooPeople more humanoid, but still beastly,]] side of the [[SlidingScaleOfAnthropomorphism scale.]] Also, they only transform during the full moon.
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* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Most werewolves, like Melloni Collie, reside in gangs (which act as a pack) and their transformation form is close to the [[PettingZooPeople [[WolfMan more humanoid, but still beastly,]] side of the [[SlidingScaleOfAnthropomorphism scale.]] Also, they only transform during the full moon.
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* TalkingAnimal: Meet Andante, a talking, [[StepfordSmiler smiling]], organ-demon-cat.... thing. With a [[BritishAccents British accent]].
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* WouldHurtAChild: Practically every villain in the story is more then willing to try and kill or otherwise harm Sophia
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* TomTheDarkLord: Even the nastiest villains tend to have pretty unassuming, or outright hilarious names. Like [[PunnyName Chimabell, Meowsician]], [[GenderBlenderName Bella]], and Merry-Go-Round... [[spoiler: Not to mention Darkchovi]]
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* WhamLine: [[spoiler: Darkchovi]]: [[spoiler: "No, not Darkchovi.]] [[TheReveal I'm 'Sophia']]. Heheheheheheheh… I'm [[SerialKiller 'Sophia']] "
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An online novel in the works which can be found on [[DeviantArt deviantART]].Website/{{deviantART}}. Featuring [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters a large cast]] and showing how humans just cannot get it through their heads that [[FantasticRacism discrimination is bad]]. As of 5/20/11, Chapter 55 is out, and the story has been placed on a schedule consisting of one chapter every few weeks.
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* BiTheWay: All three Von Pyre siblings are this, though since their first reaction to other living things is mistrust none of them have realized it yet.
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* BerserkButton: As the story progresses, the sheer mention of Sophia or how she could "help him" will send Chima into an almost-[[UnstoppableRage Unstoppable Rage]]. Also, Sophia herself will become enraged whenever she's belittled or given an [[MyNameIsNotDurwood insulting nickname.]]
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* BerserkButton: As the story progresses, the sheer mention of Sophia or how she could "help him" will send Chima into an almost-[[UnstoppableRage Unstoppable Rage]]. Also, Sophia herself will become enraged whenever she's belittled or given an [[MyNameIsNotDurwood [[MaliciousMisnaming insulting nickname.]]
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* ImAHumanitarian: Ivan [[IncrediblyLamePun embodies]] this trope, sending it into more [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel nightmarish]] levels at times.
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* TheAlcoholic: Chimabell drowns his sorrow in liquor whenever he's depressed. It may actually stem into CantHoldHisLiquor Can't Hold His Liquor territory, since he grows paranoid and unpredictable pretty quickly, but we aren't told how much he drinks at one time.
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* TheAlcoholic: Chimabell drowns his sorrow in liquor whenever he's depressed. It may actually stem into [[CantHoldHisLiquor CantHoldHisLiquor Can't Hold His Liquor]] Liquor territory, since he grows paranoid and unpredictable pretty quickly, but we aren't told how much he drinks at one time.
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A stubborn 11-year-old girl named Sophia is less than amused with the idea of her spending her summer at her grandparents' house; especially with that weirdo Darkslaw around just to annoy her. But then one fateful night, Sophia finds herself walking into Decembersville, a hidden city of freaks and monsters, with no hope of returning home!
In order to survive the freaks-only world, she turns to a kind ax-handed boy named Zero, an anxious clock-like circus performer named [[CowardlyLion Pendulum Tin]], and a shiftily devious [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent gangster werewolf]], all trying to keep her safe from the vengeful vampire Count Merry-Go-Round, the evil overlords of Decembersville, the [[PunnyName von Pyre Bros.]], and the terrifying ringmaster behind a dark scheme: [[BigBad the Meowsician]].
Throughout the journey, Sophia learns through the morals of courage, friendship and love to try to restore peace to the corrupted city.
An online novel in the works which can be found on [[DeviantArt deviantART]]. Featuring [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters a large cast]] and showing how humans just cannot get it through their heads that [[FantasticRacism discrimination is bad]]. As of 5/20/11, Chapter 55 is out, and the story has been placed on a schedule consisting of one chapter every few weeks.
The story was written over about a year and a half, so there is a large [[ArtEvolution improvement]] in the storytelling and writing style.
You can begin reading the story here: [[http://countandra.deviantart.com/gallery/9053451#/d1vmvoa]]
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!!This work contains examples of:
* {{Accidental Hero}}ine: Sophia
* Adorkable: Pendulum Tin
* AdultsAreUseless: Considering her human folks don't seem to do much and every other adult in the story is mad to a degree.
* TheAlcoholic: Chimabell drowns his sorrow in liquor whenever he's depressed. It may actually stem into [[CantHoldHisLiquor Can't Hold His Liquor]] territory, since he grows paranoid and unpredictable pretty quickly, but we aren't told how much he drinks at one time.
* AnimalMotifs
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: [[YouShouldKnowThisAlready Guess who...]]
* ArtEvolution: There is a noticable improvement between the earlier chapters and the later ones.
* AuthorAppeal: Writer has a thing for misunderstood characters, monsters, romances, pretty Victorian cities, rather much everything the story is made of.
* BadassNormal: One can probably expect Azgda Malakov to be this, whenever she makes it to Decembersville, given that she's commited so much genocide against Freaks without much trouble already.
* BerserkButton: As the story progresses, the sheer mention of Sophia or how she could "help him" will send Chima into an almost-[[UnstoppableRage Unstoppable Rage]]. Also, Sophia herself will become enraged whenever she's belittled or given an [[MyNameIsNotDurwood insulting nickname.]]
* BigBrotherInstinct: Bella seems to be edging towards this in the later chapters.
* [[spoiler: BewareTheNiceOnes: Of course, Darkchovi would never do an evil thing in his life! Oh wait... ]]
* BlessedWithSuck or CursedWithAwesome: YMMV with Zero the ax-handed [[TheWoobie sweetheart]].
* ButterflyOfDeathAndRebirth: Butterflies are representative of happiness and purity in the story, and usually hang around those who are idealistic and good.
* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler: Poor, poor, Chimabell... ]]
* ChekhovsGun: Someday, that Clock Tower will [[SomedayThisWillComeInHandy mean something.]]
* ChekhovsGunman: Ivan and Malakov will probably mean big trouble later on, it's just a matter of when they actually GET to Decembersville. (And they will probably come at the worst of times.)
* CheshireCatGrin: Andante and Chimabell, to a lesser extent.
* CityNoir
* ClearMyName: Sophia again. [[spoiler:She's being accused of murdering several freaks throughout the town.]]
* ClockTower: Decembersville has one, and will probably play a larger part deeper in the story.
* CowardlyLion: Pendulum Tin. So much so that if he gets anxious enough, he will start spewing gibberish, and someone will have to slap him in order to snap him out of it.
* CreepyCrossdresser: Bella had to crossdress as part of losing a bet. The disturbing part was that he started to like it.
* CrapsaccharineWorld: Decembersville itself.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: See [[HiddenBadass Hidden Badass below]]
* DartboardOfHate: Chimabell acts out this trope, complete with Zero's picture. He's [[PsychopathicManchild one of those people.]]
* DarkIsNotEvil: The fact that the seemingly villainous have some light to them. Being stuck in a world where monsters are like normal people helps this trope as well.
* DopeSlap: Bella gives Chimabell these.
* DownTheRabbitHole: Sophia is accidentally pulled into the town of Decembersville after she and Darkslaw are attacked by Vultures.
* [[spoiler: EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Chimabell. Probably Ivan, too.]]
* DrinkOrder: Bella and Campara are usually portrayed as drinking hot tea, as a symbol of their aristocracy.
* EmotionlessGirl: Sarah, [[spoiler: as a result of being Nutty Jimmy's sister.]]
* EvilAlbino: Pretty much every antagonist in this freaking thing, but mainly the Meowsician.
* EvilBrit: Andante
* FanNickname: Meowsy for the Meowsician.
* FantasticRacism: The story pretty much revolves around this. The conflicts between Freaks and humans are what drives the story.
* FlowerMotifs: Merry's blue roses represent Kerasell
* FreudianExcuse: The von Pyre Bros. get this, full stop.
* FriendlessBackground: Many Freaks went through this one time or another.
* [[spoiler: HatesBeingTouched: Chimabell is allergic to love, literally. Also, according to [[WordOfGod Word Of God,]] Malakov doesn't like being physically touched at all.]]
* HeWhoMustNotBeSeen: The Meowsician, at least at first.
* HiddenBadass: [[spoiler: Chimabell can transform into an oversized killer vulture.]] You have to admit, that's kind of [[CrazyAwesome awesome.]]
* HumansAreBastards: Many of the Freaks, good or bad, have been discriminated against or looked down upon them at one time or another. Guess who did it?
* TheHunter: the Winter Cult as a whole.
* GrandparentalObliviousness: Averted. A section of one chapter is dedicated to Sophia's grandparents (along with Darkslaw's father) and the police searching for the missing children. Kind of there to make it clear that Sophia is no orphan, that's pretty much all.
* ImAHumanitarian: Ivan [[IncrediblyLamePun embodies]] this trope, sending it into more [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel nightmarish]] levels at times.
* InSeriesNickname: Pixie, from Darkslaw, sometimes crosses into MyNameIsNotDurwood territory, when Sophia is particularly irritated.
* InYourNatureToDestroyYourselves: The Meowsician brings this up while explaining to Sophia that [[HumansAreBastards humans destroy everything around them, including themselves.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Bella von Pyre seems to be swaying towards this, while his brother seems to be walking the opposite way. Also, Melloni Collie.
* LaResistance: There is a small underground resistance that rebel against the von Pyres' rule, which believe Sophia to be the answer of compromise between humans and Freaks.
* LargeHam: Most share a slice of the ham, but Merry-Go-Round takes the cold meat.
* LeitMotif: An odd written example, but "Scarborough Fair" makes recurring appearances throughout the story.
* LightIsNotGood: The Meowsician actually dresses in all white. Whether this is because he [[WellIntentionedExtremist views himself as the good one]] or not remains to be seen, though.
* LovableCoward: Pendulum Tin
* MilitaryBrat: Ivan could probably be seen as this.
* MusclesAreMeaningless: Many of the smaller or thinner characters pack more punch than one would expect. Sometimes even the [[LampshadeHanging other characters]] are surprised. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in most of them being supernatural in some way.
* NonActionGuy: Sophia as a younger girl version, and quite possibly Zero.
* NiceHat: Plenty in Decembersville, Tin and Chimabell's for example
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Count [[PunnyName Merry-Go-Round]] sways towards the more traditional version of vampires, and since Decembersville is without a sun, he doesn't have to worry about being burned. Also, it seems like he can super-heat his claws to melt metal, as he did when saving Zero and Sophia from the [[RunawayTrain Runaway Train]]
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Most werewolves, like Melloni Collie, reside in gangs (which act as a pack) and their transformation form is close to the [[PettingZooPeople more humanoid, but still beastly,]] side of the [[SlidingScaleOfAnthropomorphism scale.]] Also, they only transform during the full moon.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Chimabell is thirty-three, although he looks more in his late twenties--maybe. Also, many readers are surprised that Ivan is fifteen.
* PsychoExGirlfriend: According to [[WordOfGod Word Of God]] and promotional material, [[spoiler: Malakov was done wrong somehow by Chimabell while they were dating and now she's created a cult to hunt down his entire fricking race. [[DisproportionateRetribution Harsh.]] ]] Counts as a [[WomanScorned Woman Scorned,]] too. Someone's [[OhCrap totally screwed...]]
* PsychopathicManchild: Chimabell, and [[spoiler:Ivan]]
* PunnyName: LOADS. You have the von Pyres, for one. Also, Meowsician is pretty straightforward in meaning. Then, there's Darkslaw and Darkchovi (which sound like coleslaw/anchovi), Melloni Collie sounds like "melancholy" along with his last name being a breed of dog. "Malakov" also sounds vaguely like "molotov." Finally, Merry-Go-Round and Kerasell.
** Also, in music, "Andante" means a "moderately fast" tempo.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Between the Meowsician and Chimabell.
* RedOniBlueOni: Chimabell and Bella, Pendulum Tin and Mellon, and Merry and Andante, to a degree.
* RichBitch: Campara von Pyre. [[spoiler:Pre CharacterDevelopment and HeelFaceTurn]]
* RunawayTrain: A random, ghost train, which pretty much wanted to splatter Sophia, Zero, and Count Merry for... [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment no reason?]]
* ShoutOut: In the first chapter, to Harry Potter, also constant, more obscure ones through the story.
* SirSwearsalot: Bella von Pyre, especially when he's first introduced.
* SlasherSmile: Admit it, the first time you saw Andante, you thought he would jump up and start murdering people for no apparent reason, too. Though this could be considered an amped up [[StepfordSmiler Stepford Smile]]
* SwitchingPOV
* TalkingAnimal: Meet Andante, a talking, [[StepfordSmiler smiling]], organ-demon-cat.... thing. With a [[BritishAccents British accent]].
* TankGoodness: Darkly subverted. The Winter Cult, coming from the last chapter they were featured in (and if this Troper's memory serves), they have a TANK. And the police officer who pointed them out didn't seem to care. Supposed to be humorous.
* ThemeNaming: Melloni and his stepbrother Emylli. There's also Darkchovi and Darkslaw (Dark + coleslaw; dark + anchovi). Also, Chimabell, Bella, and Campara ("Campara" being one letter away from "Campana," which is Spanish for "bell") are names pertaining to bells. Finally, there's Count Merry-Go-Round and Kerasell ("carousel"). You know you're destined for each other when your names are synonymous.
* TrappedInAnotherWorld
* TunnelNetwork: Where the rebellion stays.
* UnfazedEveryman: Sophia again. She's totally normal, especially at the beginning of the story.
* VerbalTic: Used literally; Ivan stutters before he begins to speak, although we haven't actually seen it yet.
* VillainousBreakdown: It's bound to happen to most of them eventually, and [[spoiler: Count Merry]] has already met [[spoiler: his.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Taking the [[FantasticRacism discrimination]] that flies around between humans and Freaks, [[BigBad the Meowsician]] probably started out like this. However, from what we're witnessing later in the story, he's either crossed the [[MoralEventHorizon Moral Event Horizon]] or is heading towards it at high speed.
* WhatIsThisFeeling: [[spoiler: Chimabell]] encounters this when he feels [[spoiler: love.]]
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: The Freaks of Decembersville
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In order to survive the freaks-only world, she turns to a kind ax-handed boy named Zero, an anxious clock-like circus performer named [[CowardlyLion Pendulum Tin]], and a shiftily devious [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent gangster werewolf]], all trying to keep her safe from the vengeful vampire Count Merry-Go-Round, the evil overlords of Decembersville, the [[PunnyName von Pyre Bros.]], and the terrifying ringmaster behind a dark scheme: [[BigBad the Meowsician]].
Throughout the journey, Sophia learns through the morals of courage, friendship and love to try to restore peace to the corrupted city.
An online novel in the works which can be found on [[DeviantArt deviantART]]. Featuring [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters a large cast]] and showing how humans just cannot get it through their heads that [[FantasticRacism discrimination is bad]]. As of 5/20/11, Chapter 55 is out, and the story has been placed on a schedule consisting of one chapter every few weeks.
The story was written over about a year and a half, so there is a large [[ArtEvolution improvement]] in the storytelling and writing style.
You can begin reading the story here: [[http://countandra.deviantart.com/gallery/9053451#/d1vmvoa]]
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!!This work contains examples of:
* {{Accidental Hero}}ine: Sophia
* Adorkable: Pendulum Tin
* AdultsAreUseless: Considering her human folks don't seem to do much and every other adult in the story is mad to a degree.
* TheAlcoholic: Chimabell drowns his sorrow in liquor whenever he's depressed. It may actually stem into [[CantHoldHisLiquor Can't Hold His Liquor]] territory, since he grows paranoid and unpredictable pretty quickly, but we aren't told how much he drinks at one time.
* AnimalMotifs
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: [[YouShouldKnowThisAlready Guess who...]]
* ArtEvolution: There is a noticable improvement between the earlier chapters and the later ones.
* AuthorAppeal: Writer has a thing for misunderstood characters, monsters, romances, pretty Victorian cities, rather much everything the story is made of.
* BadassNormal: One can probably expect Azgda Malakov to be this, whenever she makes it to Decembersville, given that she's commited so much genocide against Freaks without much trouble already.
* BerserkButton: As the story progresses, the sheer mention of Sophia or how she could "help him" will send Chima into an almost-[[UnstoppableRage Unstoppable Rage]]. Also, Sophia herself will become enraged whenever she's belittled or given an [[MyNameIsNotDurwood insulting nickname.]]
* BigBrotherInstinct: Bella seems to be edging towards this in the later chapters.
* [[spoiler: BewareTheNiceOnes: Of course, Darkchovi would never do an evil thing in his life! Oh wait... ]]
* BlessedWithSuck or CursedWithAwesome: YMMV with Zero the ax-handed [[TheWoobie sweetheart]].
* ButterflyOfDeathAndRebirth: Butterflies are representative of happiness and purity in the story, and usually hang around those who are idealistic and good.
* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler: Poor, poor, Chimabell... ]]
* ChekhovsGun: Someday, that Clock Tower will [[SomedayThisWillComeInHandy mean something.]]
* ChekhovsGunman: Ivan and Malakov will probably mean big trouble later on, it's just a matter of when they actually GET to Decembersville. (And they will probably come at the worst of times.)
* CheshireCatGrin: Andante and Chimabell, to a lesser extent.
* CityNoir
* ClearMyName: Sophia again. [[spoiler:She's being accused of murdering several freaks throughout the town.]]
* ClockTower: Decembersville has one, and will probably play a larger part deeper in the story.
* CowardlyLion: Pendulum Tin. So much so that if he gets anxious enough, he will start spewing gibberish, and someone will have to slap him in order to snap him out of it.
* CreepyCrossdresser: Bella had to crossdress as part of losing a bet. The disturbing part was that he started to like it.
* CrapsaccharineWorld: Decembersville itself.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: See [[HiddenBadass Hidden Badass below]]
* DartboardOfHate: Chimabell acts out this trope, complete with Zero's picture. He's [[PsychopathicManchild one of those people.]]
* DarkIsNotEvil: The fact that the seemingly villainous have some light to them. Being stuck in a world where monsters are like normal people helps this trope as well.
* DopeSlap: Bella gives Chimabell these.
* DownTheRabbitHole: Sophia is accidentally pulled into the town of Decembersville after she and Darkslaw are attacked by Vultures.
* [[spoiler: EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Chimabell. Probably Ivan, too.]]
* DrinkOrder: Bella and Campara are usually portrayed as drinking hot tea, as a symbol of their aristocracy.
* EmotionlessGirl: Sarah, [[spoiler: as a result of being Nutty Jimmy's sister.]]
* EvilAlbino: Pretty much every antagonist in this freaking thing, but mainly the Meowsician.
* EvilBrit: Andante
* FanNickname: Meowsy for the Meowsician.
* FantasticRacism: The story pretty much revolves around this. The conflicts between Freaks and humans are what drives the story.
* FlowerMotifs: Merry's blue roses represent Kerasell
* FreudianExcuse: The von Pyre Bros. get this, full stop.
* FriendlessBackground: Many Freaks went through this one time or another.
* [[spoiler: HatesBeingTouched: Chimabell is allergic to love, literally. Also, according to [[WordOfGod Word Of God,]] Malakov doesn't like being physically touched at all.]]
* HeWhoMustNotBeSeen: The Meowsician, at least at first.
* HiddenBadass: [[spoiler: Chimabell can transform into an oversized killer vulture.]] You have to admit, that's kind of [[CrazyAwesome awesome.]]
* HumansAreBastards: Many of the Freaks, good or bad, have been discriminated against or looked down upon them at one time or another. Guess who did it?
* TheHunter: the Winter Cult as a whole.
* GrandparentalObliviousness: Averted. A section of one chapter is dedicated to Sophia's grandparents (along with Darkslaw's father) and the police searching for the missing children. Kind of there to make it clear that Sophia is no orphan, that's pretty much all.
* ImAHumanitarian: Ivan [[IncrediblyLamePun embodies]] this trope, sending it into more [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel nightmarish]] levels at times.
* InSeriesNickname: Pixie, from Darkslaw, sometimes crosses into MyNameIsNotDurwood territory, when Sophia is particularly irritated.
* InYourNatureToDestroyYourselves: The Meowsician brings this up while explaining to Sophia that [[HumansAreBastards humans destroy everything around them, including themselves.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Bella von Pyre seems to be swaying towards this, while his brother seems to be walking the opposite way. Also, Melloni Collie.
* LaResistance: There is a small underground resistance that rebel against the von Pyres' rule, which believe Sophia to be the answer of compromise between humans and Freaks.
* LargeHam: Most share a slice of the ham, but Merry-Go-Round takes the cold meat.
* LeitMotif: An odd written example, but "Scarborough Fair" makes recurring appearances throughout the story.
* LightIsNotGood: The Meowsician actually dresses in all white. Whether this is because he [[WellIntentionedExtremist views himself as the good one]] or not remains to be seen, though.
* LovableCoward: Pendulum Tin
* MilitaryBrat: Ivan could probably be seen as this.
* MusclesAreMeaningless: Many of the smaller or thinner characters pack more punch than one would expect. Sometimes even the [[LampshadeHanging other characters]] are surprised. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in most of them being supernatural in some way.
* NonActionGuy: Sophia as a younger girl version, and quite possibly Zero.
* NiceHat: Plenty in Decembersville, Tin and Chimabell's for example
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Count [[PunnyName Merry-Go-Round]] sways towards the more traditional version of vampires, and since Decembersville is without a sun, he doesn't have to worry about being burned. Also, it seems like he can super-heat his claws to melt metal, as he did when saving Zero and Sophia from the [[RunawayTrain Runaway Train]]
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Most werewolves, like Melloni Collie, reside in gangs (which act as a pack) and their transformation form is close to the [[PettingZooPeople more humanoid, but still beastly,]] side of the [[SlidingScaleOfAnthropomorphism scale.]] Also, they only transform during the full moon.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Chimabell is thirty-three, although he looks more in his late twenties--maybe. Also, many readers are surprised that Ivan is fifteen.
* PsychoExGirlfriend: According to [[WordOfGod Word Of God]] and promotional material, [[spoiler: Malakov was done wrong somehow by Chimabell while they were dating and now she's created a cult to hunt down his entire fricking race. [[DisproportionateRetribution Harsh.]] ]] Counts as a [[WomanScorned Woman Scorned,]] too. Someone's [[OhCrap totally screwed...]]
* PsychopathicManchild: Chimabell, and [[spoiler:Ivan]]
* PunnyName: LOADS. You have the von Pyres, for one. Also, Meowsician is pretty straightforward in meaning. Then, there's Darkslaw and Darkchovi (which sound like coleslaw/anchovi), Melloni Collie sounds like "melancholy" along with his last name being a breed of dog. "Malakov" also sounds vaguely like "molotov." Finally, Merry-Go-Round and Kerasell.
** Also, in music, "Andante" means a "moderately fast" tempo.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Between the Meowsician and Chimabell.
* RedOniBlueOni: Chimabell and Bella, Pendulum Tin and Mellon, and Merry and Andante, to a degree.
* RichBitch: Campara von Pyre. [[spoiler:Pre CharacterDevelopment and HeelFaceTurn]]
* RunawayTrain: A random, ghost train, which pretty much wanted to splatter Sophia, Zero, and Count Merry for... [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment no reason?]]
* ShoutOut: In the first chapter, to Harry Potter, also constant, more obscure ones through the story.
* SirSwearsalot: Bella von Pyre, especially when he's first introduced.
* SlasherSmile: Admit it, the first time you saw Andante, you thought he would jump up and start murdering people for no apparent reason, too. Though this could be considered an amped up [[StepfordSmiler Stepford Smile]]
* SwitchingPOV
* TalkingAnimal: Meet Andante, a talking, [[StepfordSmiler smiling]], organ-demon-cat.... thing. With a [[BritishAccents British accent]].
* TankGoodness: Darkly subverted. The Winter Cult, coming from the last chapter they were featured in (and if this Troper's memory serves), they have a TANK. And the police officer who pointed them out didn't seem to care. Supposed to be humorous.
* ThemeNaming: Melloni and his stepbrother Emylli. There's also Darkchovi and Darkslaw (Dark + coleslaw; dark + anchovi). Also, Chimabell, Bella, and Campara ("Campara" being one letter away from "Campana," which is Spanish for "bell") are names pertaining to bells. Finally, there's Count Merry-Go-Round and Kerasell ("carousel"). You know you're destined for each other when your names are synonymous.
* TrappedInAnotherWorld
* TunnelNetwork: Where the rebellion stays.
* UnfazedEveryman: Sophia again. She's totally normal, especially at the beginning of the story.
* VerbalTic: Used literally; Ivan stutters before he begins to speak, although we haven't actually seen it yet.
* VillainousBreakdown: It's bound to happen to most of them eventually, and [[spoiler: Count Merry]] has already met [[spoiler: his.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Taking the [[FantasticRacism discrimination]] that flies around between humans and Freaks, [[BigBad the Meowsician]] probably started out like this. However, from what we're witnessing later in the story, he's either crossed the [[MoralEventHorizon Moral Event Horizon]] or is heading towards it at high speed.
* WhatIsThisFeeling: [[spoiler: Chimabell]] encounters this when he feels [[spoiler: love.]]
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: The Freaks of Decembersville
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