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* '''Exaggerated''': Violet is a violet who is a lesbian.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Violet is a violet [[PlantPerson violet]] who is a lesbian.
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* '''Enforced''': The {{Executive|Meddling}}s are LGBT history buffs who insist on the use of floral imagery to [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar hide the homoeroticism]] from the MoralGuardians.

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* '''Enforced''': The {{Executive|Meddling}}s are LGBT history buffs who insist on the use of floral imagery to [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar hide the homoeroticism]] homoeroticism from the MoralGuardians.
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** Violet is bisexual.

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** Violet is bisexual.a lesbian.



* '''Exaggerated''': Violet is a violet who is bisexual.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Violet is a violet who is bisexual.a lesbian.
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* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???

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* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???Peter is seen buying roses for a "special someone." His friends assume he's gay, only to discover that he was buying the roses for his mom. After the friends leave, Peter produces a ''second'' bouquet of flowers--this time, green carnations--that he promptly gives his secret boyfriend.



* '''Lampshaded''': ???

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* '''Lampshaded''': ???"Violets? You know Sappho wrote about these, right? Why don't you just give me a shirt that says 'I'M A LESBIAN!' and be done with it?"
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'''Basic Trope''': Floral imagery reveals a character's sexuality.
* '''Straight''':
** Violet is bisexual.
** Peter is gay and normally wears a shirt with the image of a rose on it.
* '''Exaggerated''': Violet is a violet who is bisexual.
* '''Downplayed''': Peter is AmbiguouslyGay and one hint that he's gay is the rose bush he tends to.
* '''Justified''': The RelationshipValues between characters are called "lily points."
* '''Inverted''':
** Violet is straight, but her crush on Peter leads to people finding out he's gay.
** Peter is secretly gay, but he's accidentally outed after his straight friend gives him a rose.
* '''Subverted''': Violet is a tease and doesn't have romantic feelings for anyone.
* '''Double Subverted''': Violet secretly is a lesbian and hides it by teasing anyone of any gender.
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''':
** There are no floral metaphors. Or any floral imagery.
** Sexuality and romance are completely avoided in the story.
* '''Enforced''': The {{Executive|Meddling}}s are LGBT history buffs who insist on the use of floral imagery to [[GetCrapPastTheRadar hide the homoeroticism]] from the MoralGuardians.
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': Sara buys her girlfriend violets and a ticket to the isle of Lesbos.
* '''Exploited''': Sara buys Jamie violets as a platonic gift and Jamie jokes about her being gay.
* '''Defied''':
** Peter, who is secretly gay, loves roses but avoids them so as not to seem gay.
** Violet tries to prove to other characters that she's straight.
* '''Discussed''': Jamie explains to Sara that buying another girl violets implies they have romantic feelings for each other.
* '''Conversed''': Sara writes poetry that includes violets and Jamie talks about the HomoeroticSubtext in her poetry.
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%% * '''Implied''': ???
%% * '''Deconstructed''': ???
%% * '''Reconstructed''': ???
%% * '''Played for Laughs''': ???
%% * '''Played for Drama''': ???
%% * '''Played for Horror''': ???

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