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* AdultFear: ''You Know You Want This'' is a collection aimed at adults, and seeing as many of the stories are at least horror-adjacent, a good couple of plotlines fall into this:
** In "Look At Your Game, Girl", Jessica has a [[{{Squick}} disturbingly close friendship with a creepy old man]] from the playground. The story also often mentions [[spoiler: the murder of Polly Klaas, which ends up having no relationship to Jessica's issue.]]
** Sardines has the protagonist grapple with the very real fear a mother has about accidentally raising someone who is sadistic or prone to violence.
** "Death Wish" ticks off the whole list: severe depression, addiction issues, dangerous sex [[spoiler: from which the girl ends up dying.]]
** "The Matchbox Sign", whether you're talking about [[spoiler: a tapeworm]] or [[spoiler: shared delusions]].
** "Bad Boy" describes a pretty much unambiguously abusive sexual relationship.
** Of course, Cat Person, which describes an all-too-common case of sexual coercion many women go through.
** In "Look At Your Game, Girl", Jessica has a [[{{Squick}} disturbingly close friendship with a creepy old man]] from the playground. The story also often mentions [[spoiler: the murder of Polly Klaas, which ends up having no relationship to Jessica's issue.]]
** Sardines has the protagonist grapple with the very real fear a mother has about accidentally raising someone who is sadistic or prone to violence.
** "Death Wish" ticks off the whole list: severe depression, addiction issues, dangerous sex [[spoiler: from which the girl ends up dying.]]
** "The Matchbox Sign", whether you're talking about [[spoiler: a tapeworm]] or [[spoiler: shared delusions]].
** "Bad Boy" describes a pretty much unambiguously abusive sexual relationship.
** Of course, Cat Person, which describes an all-too-common case of sexual coercion many women go through.
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* TheBigDamnKiss: In "The Good Guy", Ted manages to get his [[spoiler: with Anna, once she comes home from college. Unfortunately, their relationship doesn't last.]]
* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Tilly from "Sardines", though she's closer to a bratty ''pre-pubescent'' daughter than an actual teen.
* ChildrenAreCruel: Implied in "The Good Guy."
** Of course, Tilly from "Sardines" is a straight example of this.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Rachel Derwin-Finkle in "The Good Guy". When Ted even ''mentions'' Anna in a conversation, she gets mad and accuses him of having a crush on her.
* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Tilly from "Sardines", though she's closer to a bratty ''pre-pubescent'' daughter than an actual teen.
* ChildrenAreCruel: Implied in "The Good Guy."
** Of course, Tilly from "Sardines" is a straight example of this.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Rachel Derwin-Finkle in "The Good Guy". When Ted even ''mentions'' Anna in a conversation, she gets mad and accuses him of having a crush on her.
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** "Death Wish" ticks off the whole list: severe depression, addiction issues, dangerous sex [[spoiler:
** "The Matchbox Sign", whether you're talking about [[spoiler: a tapeworm]] or [[spoiler: shared delusions]].
** "Bad Boy" describes a pretty much unambiguously abusive sexual relationship.
** Of course, Cat Person, which describes an all-too-common case of sexual coercion many women go through.
* TheBigDamnKiss: [[spoiler: Ted and Anna from "The Good Guy" do end up kissing (and getting together), though he doesn't seem to be very happy in that relationship either, as he's said to cheat on her with multiple partners afterwards.]]
* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Tilly from
* ChildrenAreCruel: Implied in "The Good Guy.
** Of course, Tilly from "Sardines" is
** The sixth year students in "The Night Runner", who are notoriously cruel to the point that ''teachers'' are scared of working with them.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Rachel Derwin-Finkle in "The Good Guy". When Ted even ''mentions'' Anna in a conversation, she gets mad and accuses him of having a crush on her. Of course, she's right, but in her case the assumption was baseless nonetheless.
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* FirstLove: Anna was this to Ted (though whether it's ''love'' is debatable).
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* InnocentlyInsensitive: Aaron from "The Night Runner", who tries his best to be a good teacher but doesn't understand the culture or motivations behind any of the girls he's teaching.
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* SmittenTeenageGirl: Rampant in "The Good Guy", as should be expected due to the characters' ages. Anna is this to Marco, and Rachel is this to Ted.
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* AdultFear: "Look At Your Game, Girl". Both the brief relationship between Jessica and an unnamed pedophile and [[spoiler: the murder of Polly Klaas, though it ends up having no relation to Jessica's story.]]
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* AdultFear: ''You Know You Want This'' is a collection aimed at adults, and seeing as many of the stories are at least horror-adjacent, a good couple of plotlines fall into this:
** In "Look At Your Game,Girl". Both the brief relationship between Girl", Jessica and an unnamed pedophile and has a [[{{Squick}} disturbingly close friendship with a creepy old man]] from the playground. The story also often mentions [[spoiler: the murder of Polly Klaas, though it which ends up having no relation relationship to Jessica's story.issue.]]
** In "Look At Your Game,
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* ShoutOut: Is it a coincidence that the main characters in "Cat Person" are named [[Creator/MargotRobbie Margot and Robert]]?
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* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:"The Good Guy."]]
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* SexInASharedRoom: PlayedForDrama (and PlayedForHorror) in "Bad Boy". A friend comes to stay with a couple in their tiny apartment. Eventually, they can't get off without him being present, so they eventually bully him into watching them (and it's not even clear if he consented in the first place).
* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:"The Good Guy."]]"]]
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* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:"The Good Guy.
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* ChildrenAreCruel: Implied. Ted mentions that
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* ChildrenAreCruel: Implied. Ted mentions that Implied in "The Good Guy."
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* DoggedNiceGuy: "The Good Guy" gives us Ted as a DeconstructedCharacterArchetype. While he's initially a fairly straight example, after it works for him the first time he starts [[{{Invoked}} leaning into this persona]] to get into [[ReallyGetsAround scores of temporary relationships]], realizing that most women will eventually talk themselves into settling for him if he portrays himself this way. The reason he doesn't stick with any of these women is that he's come to realize being settled for really, really sucks, and he'd rather just have meaningless sex.
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* DoggedNiceGuy: "The Good Guy" gives us Ted as a DeconstructedCharacterArchetype. While he's initially a fairly straight example, after it works for him the first time he starts [[{{Invoked}} leaning into this persona]] to get into [[ReallyGetsAround scores of temporary relationships]], realizing that most women will eventually talk themselves into settling for him if he portrays himself this way. The reason he doesn't stick with any of these women is that he's come to realize that being settled for really, really sucks, and he'd rather just have meaningless sex.
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* DoggedNiceGuy: "The Good Guy" gives us Ted as a DeconstructedCharacterArchetype. While he's initially a fairly straight example, after it works for him the first time he starts [[{{Invoked}} leaning into this persona]] to get into [[ReallyGetsAround scores of temporary relationships]], realizing that most women will eventually talk themselves into settling for him if he portrays himself this way. The reason he doesn't stick with any of these relationships is that he's come to realize being settled for really, really sucks, and he'd rather just cut and run.
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* DoggedNiceGuy: "The Good Guy" gives us Ted as a DeconstructedCharacterArchetype. While he's initially a fairly straight example, after it works for him the first time he starts [[{{Invoked}} leaning into this persona]] to get into [[ReallyGetsAround scores of temporary relationships]], realizing that most women will eventually talk themselves into settling for him if he portrays himself this way. The reason he doesn't stick with any of these relationships women is that he's come to realize being settled for really, really sucks, and he'd rather just cut and run.have meaningless sex.
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* DoggedNiceGuy: "The Good Guy" gives us Ted as a DeconstructedCharacterArchetype.
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* DoggedNiceGuy: "The Good Guy" gives us Ted as a DeconstructedCharacterArchetype. While he's initially a fairly straight example, after it works for him the first time he starts [[{{Invoked}} leaning into this persona]] to get into [[ReallyGetsAround scores of temporary relationships]], realizing that most women will eventually talk themselves into settling for him if he portrays himself this way. The reason he doesn't stick with any of these relationships is that he's come to realize being settled for really, really sucks, and he'd rather just cut and run.
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* FoodSlap: "The Good Guy" begins with Ted having a conversation with an ex-girlfriend that ends in her throwing a glass tumbler at him, shattering it against his forehead. [[spoiler:An unusual deadly case as [[UncertainDoom it's implied that]] [[UndignifiedDeath one of the shards causes him to bleed out]].]]
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* FoodSlap: "The Good Guy" begins with Ted having a conversation with an ex-girlfriend that ends in her throwing a glass tumbler full of ice water at him, shattering it against his forehead. [[spoiler:An unusual deadly case as [[UncertainDoom it's implied that]] [[UndignifiedDeath one of the shards causes him to bleed out]].]]
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* MyLifeFlashedBeforeMyEyes: In "The Good Guy," [[spoiler:the entire narrative is implied to be this, with Ted being [[FoodSlap wounded in the head by a shattered tumbler]] and bleeding to the point of ([[UncertainDoom at least]]) unconsciousness by the end of the story as a FramingDevice.]]
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* MyLifeFlashedBeforeMyEyes: In "The Good Guy," [[spoiler:the entire narrative is implied to be this, with Ted being [[FoodSlap wounded in the head by a shattered tumbler]] and bleeding [[UncertainDoom at least]] to the point of ([[UncertainDoom at least]]) unconsciousness by the end of the story as a FramingDevice.]]
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* FoodSlap: "The Good Guy" begins with Ted having a conversation with his ex-girlfriend Angela that ends in her throwing a glass tumbler at him, shattering it against his forehead. [[spoiler:An unusual deadly case as [[UncertainDoom it's implied that]] [[UndignifiedDeath one of the shards causes him to bleed out]].]]
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* FoodSlap: "The Good Guy" begins with Ted having a conversation with his an ex-girlfriend Angela that ends in her throwing a glass tumbler at him, shattering it against his forehead. [[spoiler:An unusual deadly case as [[UncertainDoom it's implied that]] [[UndignifiedDeath one of the shards causes him to bleed out]].]]
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* MyLifeFlashedBeforeMyEyes: In "The Good Guy," [[spoiler:the entire narrative is implied to be this, with Ted being [[FoodSlap cut by a shattered tumbler]] and bleeding to the point of ([[UncertainDoom at least]]) unconsciousness by the end of the story as a FramingDevice.]]
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* MyLifeFlashedBeforeMyEyes: In "The Good Guy," [[spoiler:the entire narrative is implied to be this, with Ted being [[FoodSlap cut wounded in the head by a shattered tumbler]] and bleeding to the point of ([[UncertainDoom at least]]) unconsciousness by the end of the story as a FramingDevice.]]
* FoodSlap: "The Good Guy" begins with Ted having a conversation with his ex-girlfriend Angela that ends in her throwing a glass tumbler at him, shattering it against his forehead. [[spoiler:An unusual deadly case as [[UncertainDoom it's implied that]] [[UndignifiedDeath one of the shards causes him to bleed out]].]]
* MyLifeFlashedBeforeMyEyes: In "The Good Guy," [[spoiler:the entire narrative is implied to be this, with Ted being [[FoodSlap cut by a shattered tumbler]] and bleeding to the point of ([[UncertainDoom at least]]) unconsciousness by the end of the story as a FramingDevice.]]
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* QuestionableConsent: In "Bad Boy", it's only ambiguous whether the titular character agreed to a sexual relationship in the first place.
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* QuestionableConsent: In "Bad Boy", it's only ambiguous whether the titular character agreed to a sexual relationship in the first place.place.
* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:"The Good Guy."]]
* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:"The Good Guy."]]
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--> The more they feel like they've compromised themselves by being with him, the more passionately they pursue him when he launches his retreat. [...] They identify all sorts of problems in him that he needs them to fix: he isn't "in touch with his emotions," or he's "afraid of commitment," but they never question the basic premise, that somewhere deep down, underneath it all, he wants to be with them. ''Of course you have feelings for me,'' Angela might as well have been saying, right before she threw the glass at him. ''Admit it, dammit!''\\
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