History Literature / TheMediator

* ChekovsGun: The miniature of Jesse that Suze sees in the museum, twice. [[spoiler:The first time is when Maria steals it in order to exorcise Jesse, and Jack eventually gives it to Suze as an apology. Rather than return it, she keeps it, and later uses it to shift back in time to the night before Jesse was killed.]] Actually three times, really, since she also uses it [[spoiler:in her attempt to convince him that she's from the future. It doesn't work, so she eventually resorts to SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay.]]

* YouCanSeeMe: Standard reaction from the various ghosts Suze encounters, at least if they're recently deceased or have never encountered a mediator before. As explained via InnerMonologue when Suze first meets Jesse in her new room, her [[DadpanSnarker unsympathetic]] reaction is mostly down to the fact that she gets this ''a lot''. Plus, he's ruined any hope of her having a somewhat normal life in Carmel barely half an hour after stepping off a plane, and she's very jet lagged.

* {{Revenge}}: [[spoiler:Michael Meducci]]'s reason for killing the [[TheBeautifulElite 'RLS Angels']]- it was at one of their parties that [[spoiler:his underage sister got drunk and nearly drowned in their pool, giving her permanent brain damage]].

* WhamLine: "You left it in my bedroom the other day."

--->"I can see ghosts. I can talk to ghosts and, if necessary, I can kick some serious ghost butt."
--->- '''Susannah 'Suze' Simon''', ''Shadowland/Love You To Death''

->"I can see ghosts. I can talk to ghosts and, if necessary, I can kick some serious ghost butt."
-->- '''Susannah 'Suze' Simon''', ''Shadowland/Love You To Death''

A YoungAdult series by MegCabot.

Suzannah Simon has a problem: she's been able to see and speak to ghosts all her life, something that no one else she has ever encountered can do. This has led to more problems than she can count over the years trying to help out the lost spirits she encounters- including being arrested for breaking and entering, a weird dislike for old houses and just all-around general odd behaviour that no one else can fathom.

* ArbitrarySkepticism: [[AvertedTrope Averted completely]]. Whenever anyone witnesses the odd events that occur with supernatural interference, chances are that they'll start believing. Biggest examples are Doc (David), who starts believing after [[spoiler:Jesse comes to him and gets him to help Suze where she is trapped under a collapsed section of the Mission Academy's roof]], and [[spoiler:Cee Cee]], after the incident at the house party at the end of ''Darkest Hour/Grave Doubts''- [[spoiler:having witnessed things that could not be explained any other way, and Suze talking to someone who wasn't there (Jesse, who Suze had told her about), she is forced to conclude that Jesse is a ghost and Suze can see them. She takes it very well.]]

* AlphaBitch / LovableAlphaBitch: Zigzagged with Kelly. There are moments where she can be the typical AlphaBitch, especially early in ''Shadowland/Love You To Death'', but there are times when she's just as human as anyone else and can even have pleasant interaction with other more likeable characters. By the end of the series, the diagnosis is that she's a bit of a snob and plenty cutting when it suits her, not to mention obsessed with reputation, but nowhere near the monster you might expect.

* ArbitrarySkepticism: [[AvertedTrope Averted completely]]. Whenever anyone witnesses the odd events that occur with supernatural interference, chances are that they'll start believing. Biggest examples are Doc (David), who starts believing after [[spoiler:Jesse comes to him and gets him to help Suze where she is trapped under a collapsed section of the Mission Academy's roof]], and [[spoiler:Cee Cee]], who starts believing after the incident at the house party at the end of ''Darkest Hour/Grave Doubts''- [[spoiler:after witnessing things that could not be explained any other way, and Suze talking to someone who wasn't there (Jesse, who Suze had told her about), she is forced to conclude that Jesse is a ghost and Suze can see them.]]

* BadassNormal: Mediators in general, who aside from being able to see ghosts and MadeOfIron have no superhuman powers the way that ghosts do. [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with [[spoiler:shifters like Suze and Paul, who do: they can travel through time, transfer souls, and are implied to have several more gifts beyond the normal mediators]].

** The tortoiseshell barrette Suze loses on the first day back at school on ''Darkest Hour/Grave Doubts''. Turns out that [[spoiler:Paul picked it up, and has been keeping it ever since just so that he can use it as fake evidence to rub in Jesse's face when he returns it, insinuating that Suze left it 'in his bed'.]]

* FauxAffablyEvil: Paul. More often than not, he's openly flirting with Suze as they're standing in the creepy empty hallways between worlds or as he steals money from a dead woman that he doesn't even need because his family is filthy rich, or pleasantly asking Jesse how he feels about being dead and casually making false claims that he [[spoiler:slept with Suze, the love of Jesse's life,]] just to piss him off.

* HospitalHottie: By the end of ''Twilight/Heaven Sent'', it's pretty clear that [[spoiler:Jesse, if his raw talent, passion and sharp intellect is anything to go by, will ''definitely'' become one of these once he gets his medical degree and starts practicing. ''Hello, Doctor de Silva...'']]
* IAmNotPretty: [[Inverted Trope Inverted]] with Suze, who knows full well that she is attractive. Her status as a social oddity is firmly established as a result of her behavior, not looks. Her various love interests seem to agree, most of them very attracted to her but somewhat thrown by her odd behavior.

* IronicName: [[ZigZaggedTrope Zig-zagged]] with Suze's first name, especially considering the fact that her last name is indicated to be the complete opposite of this trope. 'Susannah' is a Biblical name which can be connected to certain delicate flowers in Hebrew (lily, also rose in modern Hebrew) and Egyptian (lotus). Whilst this can be seen as the direct opposite of her personality, it becomes somewhat less so with her CharacterDevelopment, and can even be seen as fitting as the only people who call her by it consistently and not by her nickname are the ones most aware of her true vulnerability, and always endeavour to protect her.

* KissingCousins: Jesse and Maria's ArrangedMarriage. Maria goes off on a rant about Jesse not knowing what was due to her as a de Silva, at which point Suze points out that Jesse was also a de Silva.

* MadeOfIron: Mediators, it seems, as a [[RequiredSecondaryPowers RequiredSecondaryPower]], given all of the damage they have to take in their duties. A proven point: not including any incidents that have happened before the start of the books, Suze has had a roof collapse on her, been almost drowned no less than three times, been badly beaten by two spirits with double her physical strength and easily fifty times faster recovery times, been thrown off a rooftop and into a six-foot deep pit and survived, [[spoiler:travelled through time]] in such a method that is known to be able to destroy brain cells if done one too many times, almost died of smoke inhalation, and jumped from the top of a two-story barn without so much as a bruise to show for it. Father Dominic has been through his fair share of scrapes, too, for that matter, and has always come out okay, which is remarkable given his age. Paul, too, manages to recover from [[spoiler:the mother of all beatdowns from Jesse after he takes it one step too far by insinuating that he slept with Suze.]]

* NoodleIncident: A few of Suze's previous encounters with ghosts, especially considering her general approach, tend to sound like this. They include the time she threw an uncooperative ghost out of her apartment window when he refused to stop [[PeepingTom haunting the girl's locker room]], and when she was hit in the back with a railroad tie.

* OutnumberedSibling: Suze, who goes from an only child to having three stepbrothers. Whilst consistently fascinated/disgusted by their antics and habits, she eventually warms to them over time, though she is closest to Doc out of the three right from the off. [[spoiler:He is one of the few, and in fact the ''only'' person in the series who is not a mediator or a ghost that Suze reveals her secret to, even if it is not in so many words.]]
** Jesse is also an example of this trope, as he is the only boy of seven. [[spoiler:From the letters recovered in the back garden when digging the pit for the hot tub in ''Darkest Hour/Young Blood'', it's clear that he adored each and every one his sisters.]]

* RetGone: Paul intended to do this with [[spoiler:Jesse in ''Twilight/Heaven Sent'', by going back in time to ensure that he never died and, therefore, making it so that Suze would never meet him. She]] insists that she would feel his absence, and know that something important was missing, even if she never found out what it was. [[spoiler:Furthermore, she says that Paul could never replace Jesse, ever.]]

** An odd variation in ''Darkest Hour/Young Blood'', when Suze admits to Jesse that the reason she was sleeping in her stepbrother's empty room with a pick for protection was because [[spoiler:she was expecting a malicious ghost, namely his murderous fiancée/cousin, to be coming after her]]. When she starts berating him for agreeing to marry "such a skank", Jesse tells her to "stop calling her that". At first Suze thinks he means to stop calling her a skank, grudgingly agrees, and goes right back to berating him. He then corrects her, and defends himself by explaining that [[AvertedTrope he barely knew the woman in question when]] [[ArrangedMarriage he agreed to marry her, and it was more out of obligation than anything else.]]

* StalkerWithACrush: Jesse can occasionally show shades of this, particularly when she shows up in the backseat as Suze is getting her FirstKiss, and proceeds to call Tad something in Spanish that he refuses to translate for Suze ("There is no word for that in English") when they argue about it later. Suze even accuses him of it in the first book, ''Shadowland/Love You To Death'', though more to cover up her panic at being caught out than a true accusation. These moments seem [[JustifiedTrope justified]] the majority of the time, however (aside from the incident with Tad; even if it was down to his nineteeth century ideals, most of it is down to him being a CrazyJealousGuy over Suze). Since Suze is forever putting herself in mortal peril, having a guy like Jesse watch out for her- both smart and able to fight alongside her and protect her from danger/hold off an enemy if needed- is crucial to her survival at times.

** One of the most prominent is the one that Jesse gives to Suze. Upon first meeting her, he takes to calling Suze ''querida'', to which she snaps for him not to call her stuff in Spanish ([[RunningGag she took French, so she has no clue what he's saying when he indulges in a little]] GratuitousSpanish). As they gradually grow closer over the course of ''Shadowland/Love You To Death'', she begins to let it slide. Only halfway through the series [[spoiler:after the end of the third book, ''Reunion/Mean Spirits'', when she starts to realise that she has feelings for him]] does she actually bother to look up what it means. [[spoiler:It's an endearment that translates to ''sweetheart'' or ''dearest one''.]] It's implied that it was originally designed to be slightly derisive (as in, "I don't think so, [[spoiler:sweetheart]]"), and slowly becomes more genuine as [[spoiler:Jesse falls for her]].

* AlphaBitch / LovableAlphaBitch: Zigzagged with Kelly. There are moments where she can be the typical AlphaBitch, especially early in ''Shadowland/Love You To Death'', but there are times when she's just as human as anyone else and can even have pleasant interaction with other, more likeable characters. By the end of the series, the diagnosis is that she's a bit of a snob and plenty cutting when it suits her, but nowhere near the monster you might expect.

* ArrangedMarriage: [[KissingCousins Jesse and Maria de Silva]]. [[spoiler:Their engagement ended very badly. Though he didn't really know her, Jesse was willing to marry her out of honour, until he found out about her secret slave-runner boyfriend, and decided to break it off. Maria, on the other hand, got said boyfriend to kill him.]]

* BrainyBrunette: Jesse, who loves books with a passion, and is a keen intellectual. [[spoiler:In life, his dream was to be a doctor, although his circumstances couldn't allow it- his parents couldn't spare him from the ranch to put him through medical school. He gets his chance, though, at the end of ''Twilight/Heaven Sent'', and if the way he treats Suze's various injuries over time (everything from basic cuts to heat blisters and poison ivy) is any indication, he'll do a damn good job of it.]]

** Poor Jack Slater, the eight-year old kid that Suze starts babysitting in ''Darkest Hour/Young Blood''. experiences this in spades, especially from his parents. Suze points out that it's mostly his own fault for shooting his mouth off about 'seeing ghosts', since she encountered her first when she was ''two'' and quickly figured out that she should keep her mouth shut about it, understanding that only she could see or understand the spectres. [[spoiler:Then again, this may be because, like Jack's older brother Paul, Suze is a 'shifter' and not a mediator, and therefore may have greater natural understanding for her gift.]] Since Jack is adamant about their existence, he suffers quite a bit before Suze shows him the ropes.
*** [[AvertedTrope Averted]] beautifully with both Suze's stepbrother Doc (David) in the very first book and [[spoiler:her best friend Cee Cee by the end of ''Darkest Hour/Grave Doubts'']]. After witnessing some things for themselves that simply cannot be explained, they believe in ghosts even after Suze denies it. Especially touching in [[spoiler:Cee Cee]]'s case, who is scientifically minded but, despite having even less evidence than Doc, believes her friend can see ghosts and is willing to patiently wait for Suze to tell her the truth in her own time- which she will.

* CharacterDevelopment: Suze is the most notable example. At the start of the series she's violent, abrasive, determined to a fault, a social outcast and a little inept when it comes to her people skills. However, by the end, she has blossomed exactly as her mother had hoped- whilst still a sarcastic DeadpanSnarker ActionGirl, fiery and incredibly determined, her social skills have improved and she has gained numerous good friends, has more empathy for people and has truly grown into her own as a person. She's even somewhat accepted her 'gift' at long last, even if she's still exasperated with the trouble and general chaos ghosts can bring to her life.

* ChekovsGun: The miniature of Jesse that Suze sees in the museum, twice. [[spoiler:The first time is when Maria steals it in order to exorcise Jesse, and Jack eventually gives it to Suze as an apology. Rather than return it, she keeps it, and later uses it to shift back in time to the night before Jesse was killed.]] Actually three times, really, since she also uses it [[in an attempt to convince him that she's from the future. It doesn't work, so she eventually resorts to SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay.]]

** The belt buckle one of Suze's stepbrothers finds in the attic, and is polished up and sold in a charity auction for the school. Paul buys it for a ridiculous amount of money. [[spoiler:Turns out it was from the mid-eighteen hundreds and owned by Felix Diego- it's what Paul uses to shift back to the day Jesse was killed.]]

** Near the end of the third instalment, ''Reunion/Mean Spirits'', although it's hard to tell just exactly who is doing the stomping at times. It starts out as [[spoiler:Suze calling the RLS Angels so that they can get revenge on their killer]], and ends with [[spoiler:Suze taking them on when she tries to call it off and getting ground into the dust- justifiably, since she was outnumbered almost four-to-one.]]

** Poor Jack Slater, the eight-year old kid that Suze starts babysitting in ''Darkest Hour/Young Blood''. experiences this in spades, especially from his parents. Suze points out that it's mostly his fault for shooting his mouth off about 'seeing ghosts', since she encountered her first when she was ''two'' and quickly figured out that she should keep her mouth shut about it, understanding that only she could see or understand the spectres. [[spoiler:Then again, this may be because, like Jack's older brother Paul, Suze is a 'shifter' and not a mediator, and therefore may have sharper understanding for her gift.]] Since Jack is adamant about their existence, he suffers quite a bit before Suze shows him the ropes.

* GrandTheftMe: Called 'soul transference' instead. [[spoiler:Paul reveals that it's possible for a shifter like him or Suze to yank someone's soul out of their body and replace it with that of a ghost, and goadingly suggests that Suze do it with him and Jesse in order to give the latter another chance at life. Suze is tempted for a moment, but quickly concludes that she couldn't do it- both because it would be too weird to look into Paul's eyes and know that Jesse was looking back out, and because she would essentially be killing Paul (although she says if anyone deserves it, it's Paul)- and Jesse would never allow it, and she wouldn't want to go against his wishes. Paul assumes that her response means that she secretly likes him.]]

* OurTimeTravelIsDifferent: After it's revealed [[spoiler:that Suze is not just some ordinary mediator, but a 'shifter' and is therefore able to move through the fourth dimension]], she researches a little about time travel, contemplating [[spoiler:going back to make sure her father doesn't die (until her father tells her that he's lived his life and is content, and both of them realising how happy her mother is with Andy)]]. She discovers that for it to work, she has to know a ghost who lived during the era, be standing in the place she wants to go back to, have a possession that came from that time, and [[CantTakeAnythingWithYou cannot take anything with her when she goes back]].

- '''Susannah 'Suze' Simon''', ''Shadowland/Love You To Death''

->'''Susannah 'Suze' Simon''', ''Shadowland/Love You To Death''

Things appear to be looking up somewhat when her mother remarries and they move out to California to live with their newly extended family- Andy and his three sons, Suze's new stepbrothers... and a very sexy guy who happens to enjoy hanging out in her bedroom.

* MadeOfIron: Mediators, it seems, as a RequiredSecondarySkill, given all of the damage they have to take in their duties. A proven point: not including any incidents that have happened before the start of the books, Suze has had a roof collapse on her, been almost drowned no less than three times, been badly beaten by two spirits with double her physical strength and easily fifty times faster recovery times, been thrown off a rooftop and into a six-foot deep pit and survived, [[spoiler:travelled through time]] in such a method that is known to be able to destroy brain cells if done one too many times, almost died of smoke inhalation, and jumped from the top of a two-story barn without so much as a bruise to show for it. Father Dominic has been through his fair share of scrapes, too, for that matter, and has always come out okay, which is remarkable given his age. Paul, too manages to get over [[spoiler:the mother of all beatdowns from Jesse after he takes it one step too far by insinuating that he slept with Suze.]]

** (ZigZaggedTrope Zig-zagged with her first name]]. See IronicName.

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in the case of Suze's three stepbrothers- their names are mentioned, but they're easy to miss, especially due to Suze's first person narration. It gets easier to know who's who when she starts calling them by their real names. The easiest is Doc, who Suze has the most interactions with and even begins to consciously try to refer to him by his real name (David) out of respect, after he helps her uncover [[spoiler:Jesse's identity and the way he died]], although whenever she does slip up he doesn't seem to mind. Sleepy slowly becomes 'Jake' as both his maturity and Suze's regard for him (mostly due to his concern for her) increase; Dopey, however, the one Suze is closest to in age and fights with the most, is hardly ever called Brad.
** Jesse, interestingly, for a while- Jesse is actually a nickname reserved for close friends and family. Doubles with hints of EmbarrassingFirstName.

** Paul Slater tries to pull this with Suze, and has a legitimate point. He points out that both of them are cynical, snarking teens that remain unimpressed with the world around them, are old souls, and most importantly [[spoiler:both shifters rather than mediators.]] For the most part, he's right, [[spoiler:even if he was using this as an argument as to why they belong together]]. However, they differ hugely on the morality of the use of their gifts. For instance, when Suze discovers that a ghost simply wants her grandson to discover the money she buried in the back yard, Suze goes to retrieve it and mail it to said grandson anonymously, as per her usual ''modus operandi''. Paul? He exorcises the ghost, gets to the money before Suze, and plans to keep the cash (two thousand dollars) for himself, only offering to split it with her since he likes her and trying to bribe her by saying she can buy a car. She hesitates, almost agreeing- but only so that she can post her half to the grandson- before refusing and trying to get the full amount off him. It doesn't work.
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] and somewhat [[LampshadedTrope lampshaded]] by Suze right from the beginning:
** Ghosts have the appearance of when they were at their most 'alive', their most 'vibrant', which is not always around the time that they died (though it is in the case of Suze's father, Jesse and Jorge, the random gardener at the Pebble Beach Resort). They have a distinctive supernatural glow about them, and by the comments made in [[spoiler:''Twilight/Heaven Sent'' about Jesse]], they seem to be paler versions of their living selves, and implied to be slightly translucent.
** They're only tangible to mediators, who can see and touch them as though they were alive. However they can interact with the real world (including physically picking up items, drinking and breathing) and alsso occasionally cause 'cold spots' [[spoiler:such as at the end of ''Shadowland/Love You To Death' when Doc/Dave describes how Jesse managed to tell him that Suze was in danger]].
** Being tangible to mediators, it's fully possible for said mediators to injure them- a tactic that Suze usually takes, especially early on, thanks to some unpleasant encounters (including one [[NoodleIncident where she was apparently hit in the back with a railroad tie]]). It's mostly only beneficial as the spirits remember the sensation of pain, and it at least hampers them for a little while- their injuries heal very fast.

** Some limited PsychicPowers:
*** [[MindOverMatter They have telekinetic powers]] that generally get stronger the older that they are (i.e. how much time has passed since they died, since they've had more time to practice) that range from being able to unscrew several heavy bolts, rip the head off a hollow bronze statue, boil water and subconsciously cause things to shake when upset.
*** It's also implied that spirits can 'sense' things on the spiritual plane that other people, even mediators, can't. [[PsychicLink They can apparently sense when a mediator they know is calling them]] and are able to appear in front of them directly, [[spoiler:something that grows increasingly strong between Suze and Jesse as time goes by.]]

* ParanormalRomance: [[spoiler:Jesse and Suze, eventually.]]

* RequiredSecondaryPowers: Somewhat [[InvokedTrope invoked]]. Mediators are actually [[MadeOfIron really, really hard to kill]]. Suze frequently mentions that whatever her feelings towards the higher being that gave the mediators their so-called gifts, at least they also made it so that they're tougher than the average human, considering how often they get beaten up by various hostile spectres, who are much stronger than when alive- not to mention their telekinetic powers.

* {{Revenge}}: [[spoiler:Michael Meducci's]] reason for killing the [[TheBeautifulElite 'RLS Angels']]- it was at one of their parties that [[spoiler:his underage sister got drunk and nearly drowned in their pool, giving her permanent brain damage.]]

* ShesNotMyGirlfriend: Gender-inverted when Cee Cee assumes that 'Jesse' is a secret boyfriend. He's not, but that doesn't mean that Suze doesn't wish he was. She explains the complicated situation to Cee Cee, censoring the part about him being a ghost.
** An odd variation in ''Darkest Hour/Young Blood'', when Suze admits to Jesse that the reason she was sleeping in her stepbrother's empty room with a pick for protection was because [[spoiler:she was expecting a malicious ghost, namely his murderous fiancée/cousin, to be coming after her]]. When she starts berating him for agreeing to marry "such a skank", Jesse tells her to "stop calling her that". At first Suze thinks he means to stop calling her a skank, grudgingly agrees, and goes right back to berating him. He corrects her, and says that [[AvertedTrope he barely knew the woman in question when]] [[ArrangedMarriage he agreed to marry her, and it was more out of obligation than anything else.]]

* SnarkToSnarkCombat: Suze and Paul regularly engage in this a lot during the fifth book (''Haunted/Grave Doubts''), mostly because they're both cynics, Suze doesn't trust him as far as she could throw him (with good reason) and Paul knows tis damn well and enjoys [[AffablyEvil taking refuge in sarcasm]].

* StalkerWithACrush: Jesse can occasionally show shades of this, particularly when she shows up in the backseat as Suze is getting her FirstKiss, and proceeds to call Tad something in Spanish that he refuses to translate for Suze ("There is no word for that in English") when they argue about it later. Suze even accuses him of it in the first book, ''Shadowland/Love You To Death'', though more to cover up her panic at being caught out than a true accusation. These moments seem [[JustifiedTrope justified]] the majority of the time, however (aside from the incident with Tad; even if it was down to his nineteeth century ideals, most of it is down to him being a CrazyJealousGuy over Suze). Since Suze is forever putting herself in mortal peril, having a guy like Jesse watch out for her- both smart and able to fight alongside her and protect her from danger/hold off an enemy if needed- really pays off.
* StayInTheKitchen: Jesse to Suze, especially in the first few books, despite his relatively modern views. To be fair, Jesse's somewhat sexist attitude can also be explained by his nineteenth century upbringing. Suze says at one point that she's working on him.
** In addition, Jesse is ''usually'' right.

* Paul, too. He fits the [[TallDarkAndSnarky Snarky]] aspect too.
* TeenGenius: Doc (David). Suze often asks him for homework advice, despite him being three grades below her. He seems more than happy to hare his endless knowledge, though.

* UnnamedParent: Suze's mom. She's never given a first name and we don't even know if she took Andy's name (Ackerman) or remained a Simon. She could even be using her maiden name. WordofGod says her name is Helen.
** Actually, Father Dominic refers to her as 'Mrs Ackerman' in one of the very first chapters. She may have kept her maiden name for her television news reporter career, and Suze simply wanted to keep her father's name.

* RealMenCanCook: Andy, and far better than his wife, Suze's mother. It's one of the perks that Suze mentions when initially settling into her new life.
* RedOniBlueOni: A few. Father Dominic and Suze are the most obvious, being blue and red respectively; he is generally a lot more level headed and prone to peaceful approaches, whilst Suze acts far more impulsively and resorts to using her fists more often than not.

* RequiredSecondaryPowers: Somewhat [[InvokedTrope invoked]]. Mediators are actually [[MadeOfIron really, really hard to kill]]. Suze frequently mentions that whatever her feelings towards the higher being that gave the mediators their so-called gifts, at least they also made it so that they're tougher than the average human, considering how often they get beaten up by various hostile spectres, who are much stronger than when alive- not to mention their telekinetic powers. A proven point: not including any incidents that have happened before the start of the books, Suze has had a roof collapse on her, been almost drowned no less than three times, been badly beaten by two spirits with double her physical strength and easily fifty times faster recovery times, been thrown off a rooftop and into a six-foot deep pit and survived, [[spoiler:travelled through time]] in such a method that is known to be able to destroy brain cells if done one too many times, almost died of smoke inhalation, and jumped from the top of a two-story barn without so much as a bruise to show for it. Father Dominic has been through his fair share of scrapes, too, for that matter, and has always come out okay, which is remarkable given his age. Paul, too manages to get over [[spoiler:the mother of all beatdowns from Jesse after he takes it one step too far by insinuating that he slept with Suze.]]

* SiblingRivalry: Constant, especially between Suze and Dopey/Brad. Suze and Dopey are always trying to gain leverage on one other by threatening to expose the other's secrets. Dopey even threatens to tattle on Suze for sneaking a guy into her room if she tells their parents about his party plans.

* StalkerWithACrush: Jesse can occasionally show shades of this, particularly when she shows up in the backseat as Suze is getting her FirstKiss, and proceeds to call Tad something in Spanish that he refuses to translate for Suze ("There is no word for that in English") when they argue about it later. Suze even accuses him of it in the first book, ''Shadowland/Love You To Death'', though more to cover up her panic at being caught out than a true accusation.
** These moments seem [[JustifiedTrope justified]] the majority of the time, however (aside from the incident with Tad; even if it was down to his nineteeth century ideals, most of it is down to him being a CrazyJealousGuy over Suze). Since Suze is forever putting herself in mortal peril, having a guy like Jesse watch out for her- both smart and able to fight alongside her and protect her from danger/hold off an enemy if needed- really pays off.

* TeenGenius: David/Doc. Suze often asks him for homework advice, despite him being three grades below her. He seems more than happy to hare his endless knowledge, though.
* TranquilFury: Often Suze gets to a point where she's no longer making threats or [[DeadpanSnarker sarcastic vitriolic remarks towards her attacker]], but simply snaps and gets unnaturally calm and serene instead. It even unnerves Jesse when she does it, and is often accompanied by an insanely reckless plan and CasualDangerDialogue. It happens the most often with [[spoiler:the ghost of Maria de Silva]], who she had casual conversation with whilst beating [[spoiler:her]] face into a bloody mess on either a railing or roof tiles, each time with a healthy dose of PunctuatedForEmphasis as she rams [[spoiler:her]] face into the object of her choice. [[spoiler:Marcus Beaumont]] also gets a taste of it when Suze pulls of an entirely improvised but incredibly effective plan to [[spoiler: electrocute him before he can kill both her and his nephew Tad]].

* TheWoobie: Hinted at with [[spoiler:Paul]], with the comments made by Father Dominic and Suze's ultimate perception of him.

* ManipulativeBastard / MagnificentBastard: ''Paul Slater''. In ''Darkest Hour/Young Blood'', not only does he [[spoiler: team up with one of the most irredeemable characters of the entire series in order to exorcise a harmless ghost]], he manipulates his own clueless baby brother into doing it. What's worse, he makes Jack think that he's doing something nice for [[CoolBigSis the girl who not only helped to assuage all of his fears]] about the outside world, convincing him that he's not a 'freak' because of this gift that he's has had for years and no one has explained to him [[spoiler:(much less his own ''brother'', who has the same gift)]] and helping him to be finally free to act like a normal kid, but also done nothing but help him where everyone else has failed to. And he's devastated when he discovers that this is the exact ''opposite'' of what she wanted. Oh, and the kicker? Paul managed to manipulate Suze into a courtesy date so that she was none the wiser and couldn't interfere. And that's ''still not the worst part''. ''He made Jesse think that it was what Suze wanted all along.''
** Not to mention his actions during ''Haunted/Grave Doubts''. He blackmails her into spending time with him, [[ForcefulKiss forcefully kisses her]] and almost stops her from leaving by calling upon a ghost minion to block her path, steals her hairclip just so that he can get a jealous reaction out of [[spoiler:Jesse]] and gleefully nudges the resentful ghost of a newly-deceased swimming champion into killing the his younger brother, who survived the sailing accident that killed him.
* MeaningfulName: Suze, especially as she decided to keep her father's surname when her mother remarries. As mentioned by Father Dominic in the first book, ''Shadowland/Love You To Death'', after discovering she's a mediator he mentions it's not much of a surprise to him: her 'strange problems and behaviour' was a dead giveaway to him, as well as the fact that the surname Simon comes from the Hebrew word meaning ''intent listener'', indicating her 'gift' for hearing- and seeing- something most people don't.
** Becomes an IronicName with her first name. It's from the Old Testament, and has a handful of meanings/translations- all of them delicate flowers (lily, rose and lotus in Hebrew, modern Hebrew and Egyptian, respectively). Considering her ActionGirl status, and the fact that she's not too delicate to begin with in her attitude... though admittedly it does soften somewhat over the course of the series.
** Jesse counts too, as a nickname from his mother- it means ''gift'' in Hebrew. As the only male heir to the ranch, he was indeed a gift to his family, being the only one who could carry on the de Silva name.

* ActionGirl: Suze. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], since for years she's been dealing with uncooperative ghosts that are physically stronger than her, don't tire, heal serious injuries ten times faster than her and are capable of uprooting trees and hurling them at her.

* ArrangedMarriage: [[KissingCousins Jesse and Maria de Silva]].[[spoiler:Their engagement ended very badly. Though he didn't really know her, Jesse was willing to marry her out of honour, until he found out about her secret slave-runner boyfriend, and decided to break it off. Maria, on the other hand, got said boyfriend to kill him.]]
* BadassBookworm: ''Jesse'', surprisingly, [[spoiler:to the point where he wanted to be a doctor, and actually gets the chance to study for a medical degree at the very end of the final book]]. Despite having been born and lived over a century and a half ago, Suze points out that he didn't stay stuck in the past, but followed along with every new advance and idea and change excitedly, and loves to read. He's actually ingrained enough in the modern setting that Suze finds herself forgetting sometimes that many pop-culture references go right over his head. However, at the same time, not only does he use his considerable telekinetic abilities to help Suze out of a very tight spot, he fights alongside her on multiple occasions, and ''twice'' defeats the man who [[spoiler: murdered him]], both times in a fair fight. Not to mention that he nearly beats [[spoiler:Paul]] into a bloody pulp, who even Suze had trouble getting away from on one occasion. ''Wow.''

* TheBeautifulElite: Somewhat [[JustifiedTrope justified]], because the area and school Suze attends ''is'' a prime location, and therefore fairly exclusive to the well-off. Therefore most of the handsome boys Suze ends up meeting who also have pretty wealthy and/or well-connected families (Bryce from the first book(''Shadowland/Love You To Death''), Tad from the second (''Ninth Key/High Stakes''), the RLS Angels from the third (''Reunion/Mean Spirits'') and Paul for the remaining books) have a good reason- most of the families in the area do (or, in Paul's case, are rich enough to be staying in the luxury hotel for the summer), and it just so happens that they're the good looking ones of her age.

** Suze takes exception to anyone wishing harm on her family, friends, and pretty much anyone who really doesn't deserve it. It will generally end in TranquilFury and a CurbStompBattle, where Suze will usually do the stomping.

* CharacterDevelopment: Suze is the most notable example. At the start of the series, she's violent, abrasive, determined to a fault, a social outcast and a little inept when it comes to her people skills. However, by the end, she has blossomed exactly as her mother had hoped; whilst still a sarcastic DeadpanSnarker ActionGirl, fiery and incredibly determined, her social skills have improved and she has gained numerous good friends, has more empathy for people and has truly grown into her own as a person, and accepting her 'gift' at long last, even if she's still exasperated with the trouble and general chaos ghosts can bring to her life.

** In the third instalment, ''Reunion/Mean Spirits'', although it's hard to tell just exactly who is doing the stomping at times. It starts out as [[spoiler:Suze calling the RLS Angels so that they can get revenge on their killer]], and ends with [[spoiler:Suze taking them on when she tries to call it off and getting ground into the dust- justifiably, since she was outnumbered almost four-to-one.]]

** Gets even more interesting in ''Reunion/Mean Spirits'' when Suze's best and only friend from New York, Gina, comes to visit for the summer, especially with the two older stepbrothers, Sleepy (Jake) and Dopey (Brad), chasing her the entire length of the book.

* EvilDetectingDog: Subverted. The Ackerman's family dog Max retreats anytime Jesse or Suze's father shows up or is about to show up (to the point where he refuses to go in Suze's room at all because of Jesse's constant presence and the supernatural going on there), but Jesse's not evil [[spoiler:and after he's accidentally restored to life, Max takes quite a liking to him]]. Suze, however, utilises this at one point when she's anticipating an attack from a malicious ghost, locking him in the room with her so that he'll alert her if a spirit is about to materialise.

* FauxAffablyEvil: Paul. More often than not, he's openly flirting with Suze as they're standing in the creepy empty hallways between worlds or as he steals from a dead woman money that he doesn't need because his family is filthy rich, or pleasantly asking Jesse how he feels about being dead and casually making false claims that he [[spoiler:slept with Suze, the love of Jesse's life,]] just to piss him off.

* TheFashionista: Most played straight with Suze, though her fashion choices never seem to jibe with her surroundings. And thought she loves outlet shopping, malls give her sensory overload.

* FirstKiss: Suze gets hers from Tad Beaumont outside her house when he drives her home. It's not particularly spectacular, but it's nice, so Suze decided to keep her eyes open to take everything in. [[MomentKiller Then Jesse shows up playing the jealous boyfriend in the backseat.]]

* ForeignCussWord: Jesse loves this one. He frequently switches to Spanish to avoid cursing in front of a lady, though Suze can usually guess what he's saying from the context.
** Once or twice, he refuses to translate when Suze asks him to, either because there is "no word in English for it" or because he deems it simply too crass to speak in a language that Suze understands.

** He generally begins to use more and more solidly English phrases once he meets and warms up to Suze, presumably because she's the first person he's talked to on a regular basis in a good hundred years. He still uses [[ForeignCussWord Foreign Cuss Words]] when frustrated, and consistently calls Suze ''querida''. Until a few books in, she has no idea what it means because she took French- something she often laments in [[spoiler: the climax of ''Twilight/Heaven Sent'']].

* InSeriesNickname: Suze refers to her new stepbrothers as [[Literature/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Sleepy, Dopey and Doc]], to the point where readers (and Suze) can become confused when someone refers to Jake, Brad, or Dave. That said, she does make a concerted effort to call 'Doc' by his real name after he helps her uncover [[spoiler:exactly who Jesse was and how he died]], despite him not seeming to mind any time she slips up.

* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Both [[spoiler:Suze and Jesse]] pull this at one point or another. [[spoiler:Jesse]] does this first, [[spoiler:moving to the Missionary under the belief that Suze will get over him and move on with someone living and have a good life with them. However, [[spoiler:Suze]] pulls a far more poignant and selfless variation of this trope when, [[spoiler:even having Jesse tell her that he doesn't want the chance to live again, he wants ''her'', and going back in time and risking a good handful her brain cells in the process to stop Paul from keeping Jesse from being murdered, the moment she sees alive!Jesse she realises that she can't go through it and opts to tell him everything, more than ready to let him live on because she thinks he deserves it, sacrificing her own happiness.]]
** [[spoiler:Paul]] of all people pulls a mild version of this. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]], [[spoiler:as he figures out that he was never in love with Suze in the first place, he just deluded himself into thinking that he was.]] However, he still gives his blessing to [[spoiler:Suze and alive!Jesse in the end regardless]], and wants to be friends.
* {{Jerkass}}: Paul Slater, so, so much. [[spoiler: He seems to have genuinely improved by the end, when he realises just how much Suze loves Jesse, and simply wants to try being friends.]]
* KissingCousins: Jesse and Maria's ArrangedMarriage. Maria goes off on a rant about Jesse not knowing what was due to her as a De Silva, at which point Suze points out that Jesse was also a De Silva.

* ManipulativeBastard / MagnificentBastard: ''Paul Slater''. In ''Darkest Hour/Young Blood'', not only does he [[spoiler: team up with one of the most irredeemable characters of the entire series in order to exorcise a harmless ghost]], he manipulates his own clueless baby brother into doing it. What's worse, he makes Jack think that he's doing something nice for [[CoolBigSis the girl who not only helped to assuage all of his fears]] about the outside world, convincing him that he's not a 'freak' because of this gift that he's has had for years and no one has explained to him [[spoiler:(much less his own ''brother'', who has the same gift)]] and helping him to be finally free to act like a normal kid, but also done nothing but help him where everyone else has failed to. And he's devastated when he discovers that this is the exact ''opposite'' of what she wanted. Oh, and the kicker? Paul managed to manipulate Suze into a courtesy date so that she was none the wiser and couldn't interfere. And that's still not the worst part. ''He made Jesse think that it was what Suze wanted all along.''
** Not to mention his actions during ''Haunted/Grave Doubts''. He blackmails her into spending time with him, [[ForcefulKiss forcefully kisses her]] and almost stops her from leaving by calling upon a dead minion to block her path, steals her hairclip just so that he can get a jealous reaction out of [[spoiler:Jesse]] and gleefully nudges the ghost of a resentful brother into killing the one who survived the sailing accident that killed him.

** [[AvertedTrope Averted]] somewhat with Father Dominic, Suze's principal at [[OverlyLongName Junipero Serra Catholic Academy]] (most people just call it Mission Academy); he's a mediator too, and winds up becoming a much-trusted confidant for Suze, often helping her work out her problems the way a therapist might. It has mixed results, mostly thanks to their opinions on God (she has little opinion on God and [[{{Atheism}} often doubts if he even exists]], he is a devout Catholic), their 'gift' (most of the time, Suze views it as a [[BlessedWithSuck curse for the way it constantly messes up her life]]), and the age difference (she's sixteen when the series begins; he's in his sixties). [[NotSoDifferent Still, they both naturally assume that it's their job to help lost souls to the afterlife]], and not all mediators do.

* TheBeautifulElite: Somewhat [[JustifiedTrope justified]] in that the area and school Suze attends is a prime location, and therefore fairly exclusive to well-off residents. So most of the handsome boys Suze ends up meeting who also have pretty wealthy and/or well-connected families (Bryce from the first book, Tad from the second, the RLS Angels from the third and Paul for the remaining books) have a good reason- most of the families in the area do (or, in Paul's case, are rich enough to be staying in the luxury hotel for the summer), and it just so happens that they're the good looking ones of her age.

* BetaCouple: Cee Cee and Adam, arguably. They spend the entirety of the first five books (about a year and a half) [[WillTheyOrWontThey flirting around each other and being firmly established in the friend zone]] before, at the end of the sixth book ''Twilight/Heaven Sent'', he ''finally'' asks her out. When Cee Cee calls Suze about it, asking for advice on what to say whilst Adam is still waiting in the Coffee Clutch where he just asked her, Suze yells at her to go back inside and say yes already.

** Suze takes exception to anyone wishing harm on her family, friends, and pretty much anyone who really doesn't deserve it. It generally leads to TranquilFury and a CrubStompBattle.

* BigBrotherInstinct: Sleepy, albeit inconsistently. Despite believing (or at least strongly suspecting) that Suze is in some sort of gang, it appears that he mentions nothing of it to their parents. And when he finds out she borrowed his keys to sneak out, Sleepy tells her that he doesn't think gangs are cool, but whatever she's doing is her business and to put gas in the car (possibly more of a cool big brother moment). However, rescues Suze at the end of the ''Shadowland/Love You To Death'' and tells her off like a parent would, and he's also very protective when Michael Meducci comes along in ''Reunion/Mean Spirits''. He offers to 'deal' with Paul if he's bothering her in ''Darkest Hour/Young Blood''.

** Hell, let's be fair. Suze is pretty damn sharp too, even if her fiery nature and protectiveness gets in the way of it sometimes.

** Paul, by the end. [[spoiler:Habing been a JerkAss to Suze for most of the latter half of the series, he eventually seems to accept that she chose Jesse over him and that they were never meant to be, and with this realisation, wants to be friends. In the last few chapters of ''Twilight/Heaven Sent'', he is far nicer and more human, showing a genuine concern for others' well being and willing to reform.]]

** In the third instalment, ''Reunion/Mean Spirits'', although it's hard to tell just exactly who is doing the stomping at times. It starts out as [[spoiler:Suze calling the RLS Angels so that they can get revenge on their killer]], and ends with [[spoiler:Suze taking them on when she tries to call it off and getting ground into the dust- justifiably, since she was outnumbered four-to-one.]]

* DeadpanSnarker: Most main characters get in on this once in a while. Father Dominic's and Suze's snarking matches are usually the most fun to read, though Suze usually borders on SnarkKnight territory during the earlier arcs.

* TheDeterminator: [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] with Suze. Her raw determination and fire can be one of her best assets, and a part of the reason she's liked by her friends, especially as it's usually fuelled by a protective instinct and a sense of responsibility. It has, admittedly, helped her to survive in many situations where she could have died. However, on more than one occasion her overconfidence gets her badly hurt, and someone- often Jesse, who warns her that she's taking on too much beforehand- comes to her rescue. Jesse criticises her for this in ''Haunted/Grave Doubts'', begging her not to try and deal with everything on her own in her determination to make sure nobody else gets hurt, and to accept a little help because there are people who care about her. She does improve a little over time, realising when she needs to bring in a little extra help- most notably in ''Darkest Hour/Young Blood'', when [[spoiler:Jesse is exorcised and Maria de Silva/Diego is targeting her family, she asks for Father Dom's help in blessing the house in the hopes that, as a devout Catholic, Maria will at least balk at intruding inside the house, giving them time to deal with her.]]

* DistractedByTheSexy: The first thing Suze notices about Jesse's overall apearance is how incomprehensibly ''gorgeous'' he is, and can't stop herself from wondering whether ghosts can have six-packs or not. It doesn't take long for her to discover that they ''can''.

* EvilDetectingDog: Subverted. The Ackerman's family dog Max retreats anytime Jesse or Suze's father shows up or is about to show up (to the point where he refuses to go in Suze's room at all because of Jesse's constant presence and the supernatural going on there), but Jesse's not evil- [[spoiler:and after he's accidentally restored to life, Max takes quite a liking to him]]. Suze, however, utilises this at one point when she's anticipating an attack from a malicious ghost, locking him in the room with her so that he'll alert her if a spirit is about to materialise.
** Seemingly played straight with the cat Suze is forced to rescue, Spike, who takes a great liking to Jesse.
** Suze notes how animals in general can sense when a spirit's near, often noticing when the birds go quiet and when crickets stop chirping, and uses it as a warning that there's a spirit around more than once.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Paul. More often than not, he's openly flirting with Suze as they're standing in the creepy empty hallways between worlds or as he steals from a dead woman money that he doesn't need because his family is filthy rich, or pleasantly asking Jesse how he feels about being dead and casually making false claims that he [[spoiler:slept with Suze, the love of Jesse's life,]] just to piss him off. Possibly a StepfordSmiler, though, as it's implied near the end of ''Twilight/Heaven Sent'' that [[spoiler:he's just as messed up, confused, emotionally damaged and neglected by his parents as his little brother is, and a part of him really ''did'' see something of himself in Suze and tried everything he could think of to get close to her. They do become friends in the end, after he accepts that she chose Jesse and she begins to see the other side of him when the façade cracks.]]

** Maria de Silva too, presumably. She was considered both rather beautiful and was a lady from a good family who was highly protective of her reputation. It's mentioned at one point that she had about thirty dresses in a time when most women had only about two, three if they were lucky.
* [[spoiler: FirstGuyWins: Jesse, the first male Suze meets in Carmel for the first time, gets the girl.]]

Suzannah Simon has a problem: she's been able to see and speak to ghosts all her life, something that no one else she has ever encountered can do, which has led to more problems than she can count over the years trying to help out the lost spirits she encounters- including being arrested for breaking and entering, a weird dislike for old houses and just all-around general odd behaviour that no one else can fathom.

* AffectionateNickname: Several.
** One of the most prominent is the one that Jesse gives to Suze. Upon first meeting her, he takes to calling Suze ''querida'', to which she snaps for him not to call her stuff in Spanish ([[RunningGag she took French, so she has no clue what he's saying when he indulges in a little]] GratuitousSpanish). As they gradually grow closer over the course of ''Shadowland/Love You To Death'', she begins to let it slide. Only halfway through the series [[spoiler:after ''Reniunion/Mean Spirits'' when she starts to realise that she has feelings for him]] does she actually bother to look up what it means. [[spoiler:It's an endearment that translates to ''sweetheart'' or ''dearest one'']]. She quickly tries to convince herself that she has no idea about it's context, and that he could have easily called his ''sisters'' by the word, so it means nothing. It's implied that it was originally designed to be derisive (as in, "I don't think so, [[spoiler:sweetheart]]"), and slowly becomes more genuine as [[spoiler:Jesse falls for her]].

** An odd [[InvertedTrope inversion]]. Whilst everyone else calls her by her nickname, Suze, Father Dominic and Jesse insist on calling her Susannah, which seems to be a sign of affection from them both. Especially as both of them probably know that her name is Biblical (Father Dominic is a Catholic priest, as Jesse was presumably Catholic too when he was alive) and translates in Hebrew, Egyptian (and also, in modern Hebrew) to lily, lotus, and rose respectively- delicate flowers, symbolising how she may act invincible to the rest of the world, but they are arguably the only ones who have witnessed her true vulnerability, are allowed to see that side of her and always endeavour to protect her.
*** It is mentioned specifically that Father Dominic never calls her 'Suze' because he thinks it sounds vulgar. With Jesse, it appears to go back to their very first meeting- he overhears her mother call her 'Susie' and assumes that it's short for Susan. She corrects him that it's Susannah, "as in ''don't you cry for me''", to which Jesse smiles and comments that he knows that song. Later, Suze hears a snatch of the song as she drifting off to sleep. It could easily be his favourite song, or maybe he's just old fashioned like that.

* ArrangedMarriage: Jesse and Maria, which [[spoiler:neither of them were exactly happy with, though they handled it very differently. Though he didn't really know her, Jesse was willing to marry her out of honour, until he found out about her secret boyfriend, and decided to break it off. Maria, on the other hand, got said boyfriend to kill him.]]

* BetaCouple: Cee Cee and Adam, arguably. They spend the entirety of the first five books [[WillTheyOrWontThey flirting around each other and being firmly established in the friend zone]] before, at the end of the sixth book ''Twilight/Heaven Sent'', he ''finally'' asks her out. When Cee Cee calls Suze about it, asking for advice on what to say whilst Adam is still waiting in the Coffee Clutch where he just asked her, Suze yells at her to go back inside and say yes already.

** Suze and her family. When Doc was threatened by a malevolent spirit in ''Shadowland/Love You To Death'', she promises that if she lays so much as a hand on her little brother, she'll kick her bony ass back into that grave she crawled out of. [[spoiler:And ''does''.]]
*** Similarly in ''Darkest Hour/Young Blood''. Yet another malevolent spirit is harassing her family. Suze takes exception to it, and introduced [[spoiler:Maria de Silva's]] face to the roof tiles, several times. [[spoiler:She loses the first fight, thanks to it being two against one and the fact that the ghost of Maria's husband Felix Diego threw her off a roof, but when it comes to the showdown in the church, completely owns her opponent, breaking her neck whilst wearing ''heels'', and exorcises her successfully.]] Lesson learned.

* BigBrotherInstinct: Sleepy, albeit inconsistently. He believes that Suze is in some sort of gang, which comes up occasionally, such as when he believes that Jesse is a gangbanger from the valley- but mentions nothing to their parents. And when he finds out she borrowed his keys to sneak out, Sleepy tells her that he doesn't think gangs are cool, but whatever she's doing is her business and to put gas in the car (possibly more of a cool big brother moment). However, rescues Suze at the end of the ''Shadowland/Love You To Death'' and tells her off like a parent would, and he's also very protective when Michael Meducci comes along in ''Reunion/Mean Spirits''. He offers to 'deal' with Paul if he's bothering her in ''Darkest Hour/Young Blood''.

* TheBeautifulElite: Somewhat [[JusstifiedTrope justified]] in that the area and school Suze attends is a prime location, and therefore fairly exclusive to well-off residents. So most of the handsome boys Suze ends up meeting who also have pretty wealthy and/or well-connected families (Bryce from the first book, Tad from the second, the RLS Angels from the third and Paul for the remaining books) have a good reason- most of the families in the area do (or, in Paul's case, are rich enough to be staying in the luxury hotel for the summer), and it just so happens that they're the good looking ones of her age.

* TallDarkAndHandsome: Jesse, of course. He towers over Suze, has dark hair and is ''incredibly'' good looking. Even Cee Cee agrees after seeing a portrait of him from back when he was alive.
** Bryce Martinson from ''Shadowland/Love You To Death'' qualifies, being six foot and very cute, although he has sandy-blonde hair. Suze describes him as a 'true Baldwin'.
* Paul, too.
* TeenGenius: David/Doc.