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A hummingbird hawkmoth is an adorable insect that makes me very happy every time I see one.

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AbsurdPhobia: Fortunately I grew out of this.
* Elk: I saw nature documentary about them and had nightmares for months.

BiTheWay

{{Cloudcuckoolander}}: I get to same place as everyone else eventually. I just take the scenic route.

FantasyKitchenSink: My usual writing schtick.

NonSequitur: A specialty.

SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Zigzigged: I love dictionaries and am a little prone to this. However, as my stress level goes up, my vocabulary goes down.

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''Pure Dead'' is a series of black comedy children's novels written by the Scottish author Debi Gliori. Published between 2001-2006, they follow the Strega-Borgia family as they dice with mobsters and powerful magical forces.


The Series consists of six books, split into two trilogies.
* ''Pure Dead Magic''
* ''Pure Dead Wicked''
* ''Pure Dead Brilliant''
* ''Deep Trouble (Pure Dead Trouble)''
* ''Deep Water (Pure Dead Batty)''
* ''Deep Fear (Pure Dead Frozen)''


!!Tropes in the Pure Dead Series


* ABoyAGirlAndABabyFamily: Titus, Pandora, and Damp. [[spoiler: At least until baby Nieve comes along]]
* AerithAndBob: Titus, Pandora, and Lucifer alongside Marie, Flora, and Amelia.
* BigFancyCastle: [=StregaSchloss=]. It has fifty-six chimneys. And a moat.
* BigEater: Most of the characters fall under this.
* ChekovsGun: The large crystal from the chandelier [[spoilers:which turns out to be the Chronostone, a magical artifact of immense power.]]
* CreepyFamily: The Strega-Borgias live in a castle, keep vicious mythical creatures as pets, and have links to organised crime.
* CryonicsFailure: Strega Nonna is accidentally thawed several times.
* DiscreteDinnerDisposal: Marie Bain’s cooking tends to be fed to the beasts or vanished with magic.
* EatingTheEnemy: The Beasts are prone to this.
* EatTheEvidence: The Beasts again.
* FantasyKitchenSink: Creatures from Scottish, Classical, and Asian legends, a magical library, cyberspace, cloning, witches, demons, Death, time travel, and S’tan himself.
* TheMafia: Recurring antagonists and the source of the Strega-Borgias’ fortune.
* MagicalLibrary: The Library: it's run by a centaur and loans out magical objects.
* MayDecemberRomance:
** Latch and Mrs [=McLachlan=].
** Zigzagged with Ffup and the Sleeper. It comes across as this, and there is a large age gap, but both are hundreds of years old.
* OddNameOut: The Strega-Borgia family are: Baci, Luciano, Titus, Pandora, and ''Damp''.
* {{Satan}}: S’tan, the BigBad of the second trilogy.
* ToiletHumour: Used frequently, especially in scenes involving the beasts.
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AmbiguousDisorder: No official diagnosis yet (denial, then waiting lists) but anxiety attacks and bouts of depression are pretty clear signs something isn't right.

AbsurdPhobia Fortunately I grew out of this
* Elk

AmbiguousDisorder: No official diagnosis yet (denial then waiting lists) but anxiety attacks and bouts of depression