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1	''Precious Things'' is a planned series by Ryudo33. It's somewhat autobiographic, a ficcionalized version of events that really happened, based on the lives of a family the author knows and lived with. Although based in a drama setting and the characters having very dark backstories in general, it shares a fair number of comedy and black comedy as well. The chapters are imaginated as "seasons".
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3	The protagonist is Sue Collins, a middle-aged woman living in a large unnamed city, described as the largest of the country she lives in. She lives with her son, Bryon, and her mother Violeta until [[spoiler:Violeta eventually dies in Season 4 finale and]] Piero, her adoptive son, arrives to live with them in Season 6. Although the cast around them is always rotating, some characters eventually stay for the rest of the series.
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5	The title is a reference to a Music/ToriAmos song, which several characters in the series, including both Bryon and Piero, are fans of.
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7	!Characters:
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9	[[folder:Sue Collins]]
10
11	-->''"I always said that I have a limit. Like a glass full of water. When the water overflows, I '''will''' break you, no matter what."''
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13	-> The main character of the series, Sue is a former IdolSinger of CountryMusic who became [[ArtistDisillusionment disillusioned]] with the medium in general, tired of producers [[CastingCouch trying to sleep with her]] and decided to live a normal life, much to her mother's chagrin and frustration. She gave birth to a son, Bryon, and has adopted Leo, her former husband's son; however, in a sad twist of fate, her father dies and, not long after, Leo dies too, [[LookBothWays in a car accident]]. She decides to live with her mother, both coping with the recent losses. And this is only the ''prologue'' of the entire story.
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15	* AbusiveParents: Had these and arguably was one of these, especially with Leo.
16	* AntagonisticOffspring: Was one to Violeta, despite caring for her [[spoiler:until the end of her life]]. In a twist of fate, [[HistoryRepeats Bryon is one to her as well]].
17	* AntiHero: Of the GoodIsNotNice variety. She can be as helpful as possible, but is definitely a very difficult person to deal with.
18	* AlcoholicParent
19	* ArtistDisillusionment
20	* BrokenBird
21	* CastingCouch: Was a victim of [[spoiler:and Bryon is possibly the result of this]].
22	* CynicismCatalyst: After her mother's death, she simply stopped caring.
23	* DecoyProtagonist: While she remains important, Season 4 eventually revels that the main character is [[spoiler:Bryon]].
24	* EducationMama: Was one of these.
25	* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:After all her suffering, she ''finally'' finds fame as a successful enterpreneur]].
26	* [[spoiler:FaceHeelTurn]]: [[spoiler:Sue finally loses it in Season 8. Fortunately, it's followed by a HeelFaceTurn shortly after]].
27	* GoodIsNotNice
28	* HairTriggerTemper: She's ''really'' prone to bouts of anger.
29	* [[spoiler:HerHeartWillGoOn: After Albert dies]].
30	* '''{{Jerkass}}''': Sue Collins ''never'' plays nice.
31	** JerkWithAHeartOfGold
32	* IceQueen
33	* IdolSinger: Formerly.
34	* TheLadette
35	* LadyDrunk
36	* MamaBear: Despite their antagonistic relationship, God help you if you mess with Bryon (and later, Piero).
37	* MyBelovedSmother
38	* OutlivingOnesOffspring: After Leo dies. Fortunately, both Bryon and Piero are alive and well in the end of the series.
39	* ParentsAsPeople: She genuinely loves his son above everything - and, despite the fact he's a grown man, she'll protec him to death no matter what. However, Bryon's backstory chapters reveals that she was rather abusive to him in his childhood, both physically and psychologically, and he'll still bitter about it. That, and the fact she still is rather verbally abusive towards him, made him really resentful towards her.
40	* PetTheDog: For all her {{Jerkass}}ery, she was willing to adopt Piero [[spoiler:when his mother died]] and, despite Matthew's complete distrustfulness towards her (being Bryon's mother and all), she takes pity on him and wants them to at least make a truce.
41	* ReallyGetsAround: In contrast to her son's [[spoiler:initial]] ParalyzingFearOfSexuality.
42	* VillainProtagonist: [[spoiler:In Season 8]].
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44	[[/folder]]
45
46	[[folder:Violeta Hernández]]
47
48	-> Sue Collin's mother and Bryon Collin's grandmother, Violeta was a CoolOldLady who dreamed of being an artist in her youth, and wanted her daughter to be a successful singer. When she realised this wouldn't happen, her hopes were in ruins, at least until Bryon's birth; in fact, she wanted to be Bryon's mother and tried every single thing possible to separated him from his mother and raise him alone.
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50	* AbusiveParents: Her mother. Arguably, was one of these too.
51	* BrokenBird
52	* CoolOldLady
53	* EvilOldFolks
54	* FormerTeenRebel: She was the kind of girl that threatened to shot a guy who was disrespectful to her. In the ''1940s''.
55	* IWasQuiteALooker
56	* ManipulativeBitch
57	* MoralityPet: Her grandson.
58	* MyBelovedSmother
59	* PetTheDog: Despite everything, [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes she genuinely loved her grandson]], possible the only person she loved in all of her life.
60	* RacistGrandma: And homophobic, too. Though this eventually changed over time, especially with the revelation of Bryon's sexuality, which she eventually accepts very well. She even wishes a happy birthday to Piero in season 4, [[spoiler:just four months before she dies]].
61	* [[spoiler:RedemptionEqualsDeath]]
62	* StageMom: Was one to Sue.
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64	[[/folder]]
65
66	[[folder:Piero Milano [[spoiler:Collins]]]]
67
68	-->''"I'm pretty sure it will '''flop''' very hard."''
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70	-> Piero's backstory is... complicated. But basically, he's Bryon's adopted brother. Both dated for several years, beginning in Season 3. In Season 5, he and Bryon became bitter enemies, but they made a truce and became best friends for life. [[spoiler:After his mother's death in Season 7, he becames oficially Bryon's brother, since Sue adopts him]].
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72	* {{Adorkable}}: Especially when talking about History and mythologies in general.
73	* AllergicToLove: In contrast to his brother's SingleTargetSexuality.
74	* AntiHero: ClassicalAntiHero [[TheWoobie off and to]].
75	* BrilliantButLazy: Piero has a lot of knowledge and could be a great teacher about art and movies, but he spends a lot of time... procrastinating.
76	* {{Bookworm}}
77	* CainAndAbel: The Abel to his biological sister's Cain.
78	* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}
79	* CovertPervert
80	* DebtDetester
81	* [[spoiler:DrivenToSuicide: But fortunately Bryon saves him]].
82	* TheEeyore
83	* TheFatalist
84	* HappilyAdopted: By Sue.
85	* TheHeart
86	* HiddenDepths: It's not explored in early seasons, but Piero is genius of marketing and promoting.
87	* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Sue.
88	* InterruptedSuicide: Fortunately Bryon talks his way out of it.
89	* LonelyRichKid: [[spoiler:And, after season 7, not even "rich" anymore.]]
90	* {{Miser}}
91	* MoralityPet: For Bryon.
92	* MoneyFetish
93	* NeatFreak
94	* NotBloodSiblings
95	* OlderThanTheyLook
96	* ParentalAbandonment: His mother [[spoiler:died in his arms in season 7]] and his father is kind of a dick.
97	* RealMenCook
98	* RidiculousProcrastinator
99	* SomethingAboutARose: Piero's motif.
100	** TheTragicRose: His tattoos are a homage to his late friend, Wilhelm, who commited suicide.
101	* SourOutsideSadInside
102	* TraumaCongaLine: In early season 7.
103	* {{Tritagonist}}
104	* VainSorceress: A male, more benign version. He greatly dislikes the idea of [[GrowingUpSucks growing old and dying]], but doesn't seek out destruction and mayhem while trying to reverse that.
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106	[[/folder]]
107
108	[[folder:Bryon Collins]]
109
110	-->''"The world is a chess board, in which people are the pawns. And I'm a damn good player."''
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112	-> Sue's only biological son, Bryon was a [[AdorablyPrecociousChild Adorably Precocious]] ChildProdigy who, at the age of three, knew how to read and write. Just like his mother, he began to sing in TV shows at a very early age. However, several health problems ensued and Bryon was forced to abandon his life as a young celebrity. Not long after, he became very fat and was victim of severe [[ChildrenAreCruel bullying at school]] and home. As he grows up, the [[UsedToBeASweetKid once sweet, adorable kid]] becames a unscrupulous, deeply calculating, [[ManipulativeBastard manipulative]] and bitter young man. This eventually changes over time, especially when he meets Piero [[spoiler:and after his grandmother dies]].
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114	-> [[spoiler:In season 9, he does a FaceHeelTurn again after Matthew humiliates him in front of Piero]].
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116	* AbhorrentAdmirer: A male variant of the trope, since he considers himself to be "deformed and hideous".
117	* AdaptationalHeroism: Leonardo, his counterpart in ''Pequenos Terremotos'', is much, ''much'' nicer than him. [[spoiler:Which is ironic, since Leonardo suffers a [[LookBothWays much worse fate]] while Bryon is arguably a KarmaHoudini by the end.]]
118	* {{Adorkable}}: He's a complete dork and genuinely cute. If you don't reject or mess with him, of course.
119	* AffablyEvil: He will utterly destroy you without hesitation if you double-cross, reject or mess with him somehow, but Bryon is genuinely nice and sweet. In contrast to his mother's [[GoodIsNotNice Good is Definitely NOT Nice]].
120	* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: His childhood was ''cruel'' to say the least.
121	** Interesting, after reaching adulthood, he believes himself to be a case of this, expressing resentment that people distrust him for being fat and having facial paralysis, when in truth the distrust has nothing to do with this, and everything to do with his manipulative and sadistic personality.
122	* AnimalMotif: [[ButterflyOfTransformation Butterflies]].
123	* AntiHero: Begins as a NominalHero. He softened a lot later on, moving to UnscrupulousHero, but god help you if you anger him. [[spoiler:After Season 9, he steps back into NominalHero again, bordering on VillainProtagonist]].
124	* AntiVillain: Of the [[SlidingScaleOfAntiVillains Woobie]] variety, since ''most'' people he really got to know were horrible people. Most of his victims, however, [[AssholeVictim had it coming]].
125	* AntagonistInMourning: He is genuinely sad when [[spoiler:Albert Sirio dies]], mostly because his mother's love for him. [[spoiler:Also, it's heavily implied he deeply regrets killing Matthew's boyfriend]].
126	* AntagonisticOffspring: Sometimes, towards his mother.
127	* AxCrazy: He hides it well, but Bryon is ''completely batshit crazy'' - and ''proud'' of it.
128	* BerserkButton: Don't ''ever'' ask what happened to his left eye.
129	** It's not focused on too much because of their complicated relationship, but Bryon will ''not'' take it lightly ''at all'' when someone badmouths his mother. [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou Only he can do it]].
130	** Also, don't ever tell him he's a good person.
131	* BigEgoHiddenDepths: Despite his ''massive'' ego and narcissistic personality, he'll never abandon a friend in need and, as long you don't push his buttons, he's genuinely nice and generous.
132	* BigBrotherInstinct: Inverted because he's the younger brother, but if you mess with Piero, you're ''dead''.
133	* BreakTheCutie: His backstory in a nutshell.
134	* BrokenBird: Life was ''not'' kind to him. ''At all''.
135	* ChronicVillainy: Despite multiple efforts to reform himself over the years, or at the very least put his talents to use for a higher cause than himself, inevitably Bryon always slides back into villainy. He believes it's because he is misunderstood and feared for being "fat and deformed", when in truth it's his love for ManipulativeBastard-style mind games and penchant for [[{{Sadist}} Sadism]].
136	* '''{{Cloudcuckoolander}}'''
137	* CrocodileTears: Occasionally uses this as part of his schemes.
138	* CynicismCatalyst: Inverted. [[spoiler:After Violeta's, and later, Jayme's deaths, he definitely decides to become a better person.]].
139	* DarkAndTroubledPast: And '''how'''.
140	* DiagnosisOfGod: He was diagnosed as a severe type of Bipolar Disorder. There's also traces of Narcissistic Personality Disorder.
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142	* DisproportionateRetribution: Towards people that simply ''annoyed'' him.
143	* DualityMotif
144	* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:In the Series Finale, not only he and Piero are very rich, it's implied he's finally dating someone]].
145	* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: As a result of surgeries and a very messy hair treatment, he's bald since Season 5. [[spoiler:In Season 9, his hair grows again]].
146	* EyepatchOfPower
147	* FreakinessShame
148	* FormerlyFat: He's still pudgy [[spoiler:at least until season 9, in which he loses ''a lot'' of weight]], but until his early teenage years, he was morbidly obese.
149	* HarmfulToMinors: His backstory.
150	* HatesBeingTouched
151	* HatesEveryoneEqually: A defining trait of him.
152	* HeelFaceTurn: After a fashion. [[spoiler:Does a FaceHeelTurn in season 9]].
153	* HeroicComedicSociopath:
154	-->'''Bryon:''' "I don't give a fuck to your privacy!"
155	* IHaveManyNames: More like "I have many online personas, which I use when it's convenient".
156	* ItsAllAboutMe: Since Season 9. He's not actively malicious towards anyone (unless they try to harm him first) but neither does he care about anyone else.
157	* JerkJustifications: A rare case of arguably entirely valid ones. He didn't want to be that way, it was entirely forced upon him, and seriously legitimately not his fault. He generally did what he could to keep it at bay.
158	* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Gets away with Matthew's boyfriend's murder in Season 9 and eventually gets everything he wanted]].
159	* LoveMakesYouEvil AND [[LoveMakesYouCrazy Crazy]]: If only Matthew had listened to what he wanted to say...
160	* '''ManipulativeBastard'''
161	* MaddenIntoMisanthropy: His experiences have given him a chronic distrust of other people, and an obsession with revenge.
162	* TheMadHatter:
163	-->'''Piero:''' [[YouReInsane You're insane]]!
164	-->'''Bryon:''' Yeah. Completely. And you know it since the first day you knew me. You know what? I ''love'' being insane. I pity anyone who isn't.
165	* MamasBabyPapasMaybe: Bryon doesn't know who his father is. [[spoiler:Even in the Series Finale, this question remains unanswered]].
166	* MaskOfSanity
167	* MommasBoy: And he ''hates'' it.
168	* MustMakeAmends: Towards Matthew, especially in Season 9. [[spoiler:It backfires spectacularly]].
169	* [[spoiler:MurderTheHypotenuse: Kills Matthew's boyfriend in Season 9.]]
170	* {{Narcissist}}: ''Dear God'', and ''how''.
171	* NotEvilJustMisunderstood: [[spoiler:Until he embraces ThenLetMeBeEvil.]]
172	* NotGoodWithRejection: ''Not good'' would be an understatement.
173	* ObfuscatingStupidity: His fast-talking, quirky, and airheaded demeanor hides a ruthless, calculating man.
174	* TheOphelia: In Season 7, his health and mental state degrade seriously. This comes after [[TraumaCongaLine Matthew's former boyfriend dies, Matthew rejects him, Piero's biological mother dies, Sue is robbed and humiliated by his own nephew's family, his surgery got wrong and Matthew rejects him AGAIN]]. This series of events has left him very distressed, and it takes him ''a lot'' of effort to recover and begin making up to his family for the grief that came with his madness.
175	** In Season 9, his Ophelian tendencies [[spoiler:go to Hell, he embraces ThenLetMeBeEvil and kind of becomes a sadist, manipulative bastard again]].
176	* TheParanoiac
177	* PrematurelyBald: Since Season 5, because of his faulty genetics and chemotherapy [[spoiler:though his hair grows again in Season 9]].
178	* ProgressivelyPrettier: A realistic version of this; Bryon was known as a fat, short and baldy guy with an asymmetrical face due to his facial paralysis. [[spoiler:Then everything changes in Season 9 (though he's still short)]].
179	* PsychopathicManchild: He acts very mature most of the time and seems to have very high class tastes. However, he also is prone to fits of anger and jealousy. He can be childish and unreasonable when he doesn't get what he wants. [[CharacterDevelopment This, too, has changed over time]]. [[spoiler:However, in Season 9 he drops the "manchild" part and becames a deeply calculistic sociopath]].
180	* TheResenter: It tooks a lot of time for him to forgive his mother.
181	* {{Revenge}}: Towards Matthew. [[spoiler:Subverted. His "revenge" consists of actually ''helping'' him; double subverted when Matthew humiliates him publically.]]
182	* {{Sadist}}: Some unsettling dialogue shows that he genuinely enjoys causing and watching people's suffering.
183	-->'''Bryon:''' "I like to fuck with people's lives. They suck."
184	* [[spoiler:SerialKiller: By the end of the series, Bryon has a body count of at least ''five'' people.]]
185	* SingleTargetSexuality: Bryon is probably Mattsexual. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] because he had ''never'' experienced something like this before (Piero was more like a brother to him since the start, [[BetterAsFriends and this was one of the reasons their relationship didn't last]]).
186	* TheSociopath / SociopathicHero: Occasionally referred to as such in early seasons, though he doesn't hit the requirements for the psychiatric diagnosis. He was more like a NobleDemon.
187	** While he's never ''explicitly'' called a sociopath, it's made repeatedly clear that he trusts no-one but himself, and doesn't believe that [[EvilCannotComprehendGood anyone would want to help another]]. Granted, this was probably brought on by his past, and he's still capable of empathy, since he ''does'' help the others a lot [[spoiler:until Matthew humiliates him in Season 9]].
188	* SomebodyDoesntLoveRaymond: Despite being loved by his closest friends and admired for his knowledge about films, what hurts him the most is that Matthew hates him. [[spoiler:This eventually leads to his FaceHeelTurn in Season 9]].
189	* StalkerWithACrush: Subverted. He does have a (massive) crush on Matthew, but does not stalk the "target" in question because "it would spoil all the fun". [[spoiler: In Season 9, after being humiliated by Matthew, he does, however, stalks him as part of his {{Revenge}} and doesn't even hide his intent of ''killing'' him]].
190	** StalkerWithoutACrush: However, he ''does'' stalks basically everyone and has a database consisting of data of basically every person he met. To quote Piero: "Bryon knows about everybody's lives!".
191	* StraightEdgeEvil: In fact, one of the first signs of his HeelFaceTurn (of sorts) is when he begin to drink regularly and smoked weed [[spoiler:with his mother]].
192	* SympathyForTheDevil: Though whether or not he's truly a devil is up to you.
193	* TragicVillain
194	* TheUnfettered: Bryon doesn't care one whit about the cost of ensuring his personal survival, and deals briskly and brutally with anyone or anything that poses a threat to him.
195	* UsedToBeASweetKid: And though he doesn't admit it, really, ''really'' deep down, he still is. Just look at his actions towards Piero and his closer friends, especially Andrei, Gustav and Enrico [[spoiler:though he was just manipulating the latter]].
196	* VillainProtagonist: Moreso in early seasons [[spoiler:and Season 9]].
197	* WickedCultured
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199	[[/folder]]
200
201	[[folder:Albert Sirio]]
202
203	* HairTriggerTemper
204	* [[spoiler:HeelFaceDoorSlam: When he was beginning to be nicer and regreted his actions, he got sick and died]].
205	* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal: In the beginning of Season 9]].
206	* PopStarComposer
207	* RecordProducer: Of the Record Producer From Hell variety.
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209	[[/folder]]
210
211	[[folder:Rita Gardavis]]
212
213	* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}
214	* DemotedToExtra: After being part of the main cast in Season 6, she suddenly appears only in two or three episodes in early Season 7.
215	* EruditeStoner
216
217	[[/folder]]
218
219	[[folder:Matthew Phelps]]
220
221	-->''"I'm not open to dialogue with '''you'''."''
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223	-> Introduced in Season 5 as a mere background character, Matthew was reintroduced in Season 6 as a NiceGuy who helped Bryon to cope with his trauma of possibly being diagnosed with a tumor. [[spoiler:Actually, as revealed later, they've met several years before, but Matthew doesn't remember it]]. Became an AscendedExtra in Season 7, where things... don't go well for him. After several traumatic events, he became Bryon's one-sided LoveInterest, and later, ArchNemesis.
224	* [[spoiler:AssholeVictim]]: Though whether or not he is this, it's up to you.
225	* [[BitchInSheepsClothing Bastard in Sheep's Clothing]]: Matthew seems like a nice, worldly, funny, charming man, but is in fact a ruthless jerk.
226	* BeardOfSorrow: In Season 7, though he shaves it in Season 8.
227	* CynicismCatalyst: After his former boyfriend's disease (and eventual death).
228	* [[spoiler:DespairEventHorizon: After he gets robbed and beaten by unknown assailants and his boyfriend is killed (by Bryon, no less), he loses all of his hope]].
229	* EarlyBirdCameo: Near the beginning of Season 5, before his proper introduction in the next Season.
230	* EruditeStoner
231	* [[spoiler:FateWorseThanDeath: After another TraumaCongaLine, Matthew realises that life is utterly meaningless and nobody has nothing to lose. He is DrivenToSuicide and barely survives, entering into a AngstComa instead]].
232	* {{Jerkass}}: Especially towards Bryon.
233	** JerkassWoobie
234	* TheLostLenore: Never really got over his former boyfriend's death. [[spoiler:Or so he likes to pretend; he never gave a damn about him and in fact cheated on him a lot]].
235	* OhCrap: His reaction when Sue reveals she's Bryon's mother is ''priceless''. It even leads to a HandshakeRefusal when they met some days later.
236	* PerpetualPoverty: [[spoiler:He tries to get rich immigrating to another country, but it was illegally and Bryon gets him deported by reporting him to legal authorities]].
237	* ProperlyParanoid: Thinks that Bryon wants his blood for several reasons and is ''deathly afraid'' of him. [[spoiler:It wasn't the case before, but as of Season 9, he is right]].
238	* SourOutsideSadInside
239	* StalkerWithoutACrush: He starts to stalk Bryon's social media profiles, thinking that Bryon is defaming him somehow. Interestingly, he's aware of the {{Irony}} of stalking his supposed stalker.
240	* TheStoner
241	* UsedToBeMoreSocial
242	[[/folder]]

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