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* DoesNotLikeShoes: Will, it would seem, as he is mentioned a couple of times to be barefoot in the house.
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* RavenHairIvorySkin: Violet and Will.
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* FamilyThemeNaming: Easily missed but Violet and her mother Iris are both named after flowers.

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* FamilyThemeNaming: Easily missed but Violet and her mother Iris are both named after [[FloralThemeNaming flowers.]]
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* ThirdWheel: When Jasmine comes over while Violet's parents are out, ostensibly for help with homework, it becomes clear she and Will are only interested in each other. After Will sends Violet into the attic on a dare, she comes down to find them kissing and storms from the house in upset.

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* ThirdWheel: When Jasmine comes over while Violet's parents are out, ostensibly for help with homework, it becomes clear she and Will are only interested in each other. After Will sends Violet into the attic on a dare, she comes down to find them kissing kissing, loses her temper with them both and storms from the house in upset.
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* ThirdWheel: When Jasmine comes over while Violet's parents are out, ostensibly for help with homework, it becomes clear she and Will are only interested in each other. After Will sends Violet into the attic on a dare, she comes down to find them kissing and storms from the house in upset.

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* LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition: Violet owns a first edition copy of The Smoke Fairy by Casper Dream, which is now highly prized by collectors (it is his first published work and only a few copies exist, as it was subsequently banned from sale.) Violet's aware of how valuable it would be, but treasures it so much that she will never sell it.

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* LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition: Violet owns a first edition copy of The ''The Smoke Fairy Fairy'' by Casper Dream, which is now highly prized by collectors (it is his first published work and only a few copies exist, as it was subsequently banned from sale.) Violet's aware of how valuable it would be, but treasures it so much that she will never sell it.


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* MoralGuardians: Casper Dream's first book, ''The Smoke Fairy'', was about a fairy that appears in clouds of smoke. Violet mentions the book was banned because Moral Guardians were concerned it encouraged children to smoke.


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* UglyGuyHotWife: Upon meeting [[spoiler:Casper Dream]], Violet discovers he's a very overweight man with a beautiful, slender girlfriend. Downplayed in that he isn't really ugly, but she notes that his girlfriend is obviously much more attractive.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything?: Will's malevolent behaviour towards Violet - forcing her to play "games" she dreads, threatening to break into the bathroom while she's in the bath and trying to cut off her friendship with Jasmine - is disturbingly evocative of sexual abuse. Violet describes the way he used to punish her when they were younger.
--> '''Violet:''' The waiting was the worst. He always knew how to bide his time. He'd generally wait unitl we'd both been put to bed. Then he'd creep into my room.

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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything?: Will's malevolent behaviour towards Will forces Violet - forcing her to play "games" she dreads, threatening threatens to break into the bathroom while she's in the bath and trying to cut off acts jealous of her new friendship with Jasmine - is Jasmine. Violet nonetheless adores him and feels very isolated when he ignores her, while also fearing and hating his control over her. It's disturbingly evocative of sexual abuse. Violet describes the way he used to punish her when they were younger.
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--> '''Violet:''' ''(describing how Will used to punish her)'' The waiting was the worst. He always knew how to bide his time. He'd generally wait unitl until we'd both been put to bed. Then he'd creep into my room.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything?: Will's malevolent behaviour towards Violet - forcing her to play "games" she dreads, threatening to break into the bathroom while she's in the bath and trying to cut off her friendship with Jasmine - is disturbingly evocative of sexual abuse. Violet describes the way he used to punish her when they were younger.
--> '''Violet:''' The waiting was the worst. He always knew how to bide his time. He'd generally wait unitl we'd both been put to bed. Then he'd creep into my room.
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Romantic Two Girl Friendship has been renamed to Pseudo Romantic Friendship. All misuse and ZC Es will be deleted and all other examples will be changed to the correct trope.


* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: Violet and Jasmine; in fact, it wouldn't be difficult to interpret Violet's long, romanticised descriptions of Jasmine as her being in love with her, or at least having a crush. It's even lampshaded by Marnie and Terry.
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* AngerBornOfWorry: Violet's father acts very domineering and bullying towards her mother [[spoiler:but it becomes pretty clear that he in fact cares about her a lot when the parents talk about the original baby Will's death. This is hinted at during a conversation with Violet in the car, during which he nearly mentions their first son's death, when he expresses concern for her pain over Will's distancing himself from them after learning he is adopted.]]


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* CoolKidAndLoserFriendship: Violet is considered an SC (standing for Sad Cow) by the horrible boys in their school. Jasmine, while not particularly popular, is considered a super-super-super SB (Sexy Bunny) like the other really cool, pretty girls in their year.


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* FalseFriend: [[spoiler:Violet wonders if Jasmine was this, using her to get close to Will like Marnie and Terry. Jasmine admits that she did want to get to know Will but that she really did, and still does, consider Violet her best friend, recalling that she didn't even know Violet had a brother when she first asked to be friends in the classroom.]]


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* RewatchBonus: [[spoiler: If you read back over the conversation Violet has with her father before he gets interrupted by a cyclist, Jim very nearly lets slip to Violet about the first Will's cot death.]]
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* AdoptionAngst: Violet's brother Will just found out he's adopted, which causes distress for ''both'' of them. Will already didn't get along with their parents, especially their father, so he feels even more alienated from the family, while Violet fears Will won't view her as his sister anymore. It doesn't help that Will found out when his grandmother blurted it out during an argument, suggesting Will shouldn't be so 'ungrateful'. [[spoiler: Will starts to come to terms with it after his parents open up to him about his adoption; they adopted him as an infant after his birth mother died of a drug overdose and their own son died of SIDS]].
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* FamilyThemeNaming: Easily missed but Violet and her mother Iris are both named after flowers.
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* BathroomSearchExcuse: Violet's friend Marnie sneaks into Violet's adopted brother William's bedroom and claims she was just looking for the bathroom.

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* ThoseTwoGuys: Marnie and Terry, two hopelessly unpopular girls Violet is acquaintances with until Jasmine shows up.

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* ThoseTwoGuys: Marnie and Terry, two hopelessly unpopular girls Violet is acquaintances with until Jasmine shows up.up.
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* {{Expy}}: WordOfGod says that several of the Casper Dream illustrations and characters are mirrored with the main characters: Violet as the Violet Fairy (apparently shy and easily trampled on), Will as the changeling child (a fairy baby swapped at birth with a real baby, often evil) and Jasmine as an enchantress (magical, with irresistible beauty).
** Additionally, Jasmine is most likely an {{Expy}} of Selina from Jacqueline Wilson's earlier book, ''The Power Of The Shade'', although she is somewhat nicer.
* ExtremeDoormat: Violet views her mother this way, noting she does everything her father says and never retaliates when he belittles her and is depressed to note that she behaves similarly around Will and resolves to be stronger than her mother.
* FairytaleMotifs: Each of the illustrations that appear at the beginning of each chapter are meant to be analogies of each of the characters:

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* {{Expy}}: WordOfGod says that several of the Casper Dream illustrations and characters are mirrored with the main characters: Violet as the Violet Fairy (apparently shy and easily trampled on), Will as the changeling child (a fairy baby swapped at birth with a real baby, often evil) and Jasmine as an enchantress (magical, with irresistible beauty).
** Additionally, Jasmine is most likely an {{Expy}} of Selina from Jacqueline Wilson's earlier book, ''The Power Of The Shade'', although she is somewhat nicer.
* ExtremeDoormat: Violet views her mother this way, noting she does everything her father says and never retaliates when he belittles her and is depressed to note that she behaves similarly around Will and resolves to be stronger than her mother.
* FairytaleMotifs: Each of the illustrations that appear at the beginning of each chapter are meant to be analogies of each of the characters:



** Will- The Changeling, a demanding, difficult fairy child who is left as a substitution for a human baby.

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** Will- The Changeling, a demanding, difficult fairy child [[spoiler: who is left as a substitution for a human baby.baby]].



** [[Spoiler: The Original Will]]- The Wraith, an apparition of someone who is about to die.

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** [[Spoiler: [[spoiler: The Original Will]]- The Wraith, an apparition of someone who is about to die.



* FatherIWanttoMarryMyBrother: Violet, which borders on BigBrotherAttraction when she admits that at age fourteen she still harbours hopes of them living together when they grow up. Will is adopted, but Violet didn't know this for most of her life, and still sees him as a big brother.

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** Additionally, Jasmine is most likely an {{Expy}} of Selina from Jacqueline Wilson's earlier book, ''The Power Of The Shade'', although she is somewhat nicer.
* FatherIWanttoMarryMyBrother: ExtremeDoormat: Violet views her mother this way, noting she does everything her father says and never retaliates when he belittles her and is depressed to note that she behaves similarly around Will and resolves to be stronger than her mother.
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Violet, which borders on BigBrotherAttraction when she admits that at age fourteen she still harbours hopes of them living together when they grow up. Will is adopted, but Violet didn't know this for most of her life, and still sees him as a big brother.



* ManipulativeBastard: Will, especially towards Violet. When Violet starts hanging around with Jasmine, he gets jealous and offers to take her to Brompton Woods, after weeks of barely acknowledging her. Violet herself is aware he's just doing it to make her pick between him and Jasmine and turns him down.

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* ManipulativeBastard: Will, especially towards Violet. When Violet starts hanging around with Jasmine, he gets jealous and offers to take her to Brompton Woods, Brompton, after weeks of barely acknowledging her. Violet herself is aware he's just doing it to make her pick between him and Jasmine and turns him down.



* ReplacementGoldfish: Will was adopted because he looked exactly like their parents' first baby, who died of cot death.

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* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler: Will was adopted because he looked exactly like their parents' first baby, who died of cot death.]]
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* FairytaleMotifs: Each of the illustrations that appear at the beginning of each chapter are meant to be analogies of each of the characters:
** Violet- The Violet Fairy, who is shy and easily trampled upon.
** Will- The Changeling, a demanding, difficult fairy child who is left as a substitution for a human baby.
** Jasmine- The Enchantress, a beautiful sorceress who has an irresistible influence on others.
** Mum- The Hearth Fairy, a timid sprite who tries to bring harmony to a household.
** Dad- The Ogre, a monster who bullies the weak.
** Jonathan- The Elf King.
** Gran- The Black Witch, one who practices malicious magic for evil purposes.
**[[Spoiler: The Original Will]]- The Wraith, an apparition of someone who is about to die.
** Marnie and Terry- Hobgoblins, dull and quarrelsome domestic faeries.
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* KidsRaidingTheWineCabinet: Violet (who is thirteen), her classmate Jasmine, and her adoptive older brother William (who's an older teen but not eighteen yet) try some wine while the parents are away.
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* StrawmanHasAPoint: Marnie and Terry aren't wrong when they point out Jasmine is arrogant and selfish, but Violet doesn't care.

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* JerkassRealization: Will is genuinely worried about Violet when she runs away and hugs her in relief when she finally returns, acknowledging that he was being mean to her for no reason.



* StrawmanHasAPoint: Marnie and Terry aren't wrong when they point out Jasmine is arrogant and selfish, but Violet doesn't care.
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* {{Expy}}: WordOfGod says that several of the Casper Dream illustrations and characters are mirrored with the main characters: Violet as the Violet Fairy (apparently shy and easily trampled on), Will as the changeling child (a fairy baby swapped at birth with a real baby, often evil) and Jasmine as an enchantress (magical, with irresistible beauty).
** Additionally, Jasmine is most likely an {{Expy}} of Selina from Jacqueline Wilson's earlier book, ''The Power Of The Shade'', although she is somewhat nicer.

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* EasilyEmbarrassedYoungster: Violet has a whole lot of things she finds embarrassing, mainly her love of the supernatural, the fact that she still plays with toys, the fact that she hasn't developed breasts yet, and the fact that she only has four non-family friends.
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* DoesNotLikeShoes: Will, it would seem, as he is mentioned a couple of times to be barefoot in the house.
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* ContrivedCoincidence: When Violet has a FreakOut over Will and [[spoiler: Jasmine]], she runs out of the house and gets a train, which happens to cost all the money she has on her. When she gets there, she ''just so happens' to bump into her favourite author, who gives her a ride him and then goes on to write a book and name the protagonist after her.

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* ContrivedCoincidence: When Violet has a FreakOut over Will and [[spoiler: Jasmine]], she runs out of the house and gets a train, which happens to cost all the money she has on her. When she gets there, she ''just so happens' to bump into her favourite author, who gives her a ride him home and then goes on to write a book and name the protagonist after her.



* FatherIWanttoMarryMyBrother: Violet, which borders on Big Brother Attraction when she admits that at age fourteen she still harbours hopes of them living together when they grow up. Will is adopted, but Violet didn't know this for most of her life, and still sees him as a big brother.

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* FatherIWanttoMarryMyBrother: Violet, which borders on Big Brother Attraction BigBrotherAttraction when she admits that at age fourteen she still harbours hopes of them living together when they grow up. Will is adopted, but Violet didn't know this for most of her life, and still sees him as a big brother.



* RomanticTwo-GirlFriendship: Violet and Jasmine; in fact, it wouldn't be difficult to interpret Violet's long, romanticised descriptions of Jasmine as her being in love with her, or at least having a crush.

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* RomanticTwo-GirlFriendship: RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: Violet and Jasmine; in fact, it wouldn't be difficult to interpret Violet's long, romanticised descriptions of Jasmine as her being in love with her, or at least having a crush.crush. It's even lampshaded by Marnie and Terry.
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Midnight is a 2003 children's novel by English Author/JacquelineWilson. The book is about a girl called Violet and her brother, Will. Violet is a dreamy girl and is always away in her own world, filled with fairies designed by her favourite author, Casper Dream. Last Christmas, they found out that Will was adopted when Will was rude to their grandmother and she said something about bad blood.

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Midnight is a 2003 children's novel by English Author/JacquelineWilson.author Creator/JacquelineWilson. The book is about a girl called Violet and her brother, Will. Violet is a dreamy girl and is always away in her own world, filled with fairies designed by her favourite author, Casper Dream. Last Christmas, they found out that Will was adopted when Will was rude to their grandmother and she said something about bad blood.
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Midnight is a 2003 children's novel by English Author/JacquelineWilson. The book is about a girl called Violet and her brother, Will. Violet is a dreamy girl and is always away in her own world, filled with fairies designed by her favourite author, Casper Dream. Last Christmas, they found out that Will was adopted when Will was rude to their grandmother and she said something about bad blood.

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* BigBrotherBully: Will to Violet, rather disturbingly so, a standout example being when he blindfolds Violet and leads her into the neighbour's abandoned house and their bat-filled loft.
* ContrivedCoincidence: When Violet has a FreakOut over Will and [[spoiler: Jasmine]], she runs out of the house and gets a train, which happens to cost all the money she has on her. When she gets there, she ''just so happens' to bump into her favourite author, who gives her a ride him and then goes on to write a book and name the protagonist after her.
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: According to Violet, even some boys at school have a crush on Will.
* ExtremeDoormat: Violet views her mother this way, noting she does everything her father says and never retaliates when he belittles her and is depressed to note that she behaves similarly around Will and resolves to be stronger than her mother.
* FatherIWanttoMarryMyBrother: Violet, which borders on Big Brother Attraction when she admits that at age fourteen she still harbours hopes of them living together when they grow up. Will is adopted, but Violet didn't know this for most of her life, and still sees him as a big brother.
* FreakOut: Violet when she finds [[spoiler: Will and Jasmine kissing.]]
* LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition: Violet owns a first edition copy of The Smoke Fairy by Casper Dream, which is now highly prized by collectors (it is his first published work and only a few copies exist, as it was subsequently banned from sale.) Violet's aware of how valuable it would be, but treasures it so much that she will never sell it.
* ManipulativeBastard: Will, especially towards Violet. When Violet starts hanging around with Jasmine, he gets jealous and offers to take her to Brompton Woods, after weeks of barely acknowledging her. Violet herself is aware he's just doing it to make her pick between him and Jasmine and turns him down.
* ObliviousAdoption: Will, up until the beginning of the novel, didn't know he was adopted. The entire book is arguably him sulking over not being told about it.
* PetTheDog: Will sews up all of Violet's fairies in Midnight after she destroys them during an argument, then hangs them up in a tree outside her window.
* ReplacementGoldfish: Will was adopted because he looked exactly like their parents' first baby, who died of cot death.
* RomanticTwo-GirlFriendship: Violet and Jasmine; in fact, it wouldn't be difficult to interpret Violet's long, romanticised descriptions of Jasmine as her being in love with her, or at least having a crush.
* SpoiledBrat: Jasmine, arguably. Her response to a teacher telling her to wear more appropriate clothes to school is to call her an "old bat" and draw crude drawings of her and her father dotes on her. She claims to have been neglected by her soap-actress mother, but she's an UnreliableNarrator at best.
* StrawmanHasAPoint: Marnie and Terry aren't wrong when they point out Jasmine is arrogant and selfish, but Violet doesn't care.
* ThoseTwoGuys: Marnie and Terry, two hopelessly unpopular girls Violet is acquaintances with until Jasmine shows up.

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