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5 | [[quoteright:219:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/350_high_6379.jpg]] |
6 | [[caption-width-right:219:More Than Human's front cover.]] |
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8 | An in-progress YoungAdult UrbanFantasy series by new novelist [[http://rachelmacwhirter.com/ Rachel Macwhirter]]. Currently only the first book, More Than Human, has been released. |
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10 | More Than Human tells of a fifteen-year-old EmoTeen called Georgia Waratjiry who happens to be a weredingo. While browsing her older sister's internet history, she stumbles across a forum for paranormal folks such as herself. Intrigued, she signs up and unwittingly sets the ball rolling for more involvement with the supernatural community (no, not [[Series/{{Supernatural}} that]] [[{{Fandom}} one]]) than she's ever had in her entire life. |
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12 | She befriends a girl who can fly, her telepath cousin and a ginger gargoyle and ends up heading to the Alterworld, a parallel dimension about which she knows nothing. |
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14 | One thing leads to another and her best friend gets kidnapped by fairies. |
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17 | !!Alterworld provides examples of: |
18 | %%* OneWordTitle |
19 | * BadassNormal: Most of GPIA, though Agent Yukiko Sekemoto deserves an honourable mention. |
20 | * BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: Played with – though no one is outright possessed, a recurring theme throughout the first book is characters dealing with [[spoiler:magical mental blocks imposed on them, grinding any actions the blocker doesn't want to halt]] and finding ways around them. |
21 | * BigBrotherBully: As much as he'd like to see himself as an AloofOlderBrother with a sprinkling of BigBrotherInstinct, this is what Adam qualifies as. |
22 | * BigDamnHeroes: Referenced by Dillon at least once, then acted out by Sekemoto and her crew of agents right before [[spoiler:Prince Mallen snaps Rain's neck]]. |
23 | * BlessedWithSuck: Something is wrong with the off switch on Antonio's telepathy. |
24 | %%* BloodFromTheMouth: [[spoiler:The fairy Tiff kills near the end of the book.]]%%What about it? |
25 | %%* CuteMonsterGirl:%%ZCEs, word cruft |
26 | %%** Depending on your outlook, Georgia and Nina. |
27 | %%** Depending on your outlook, Dillon. |
28 | * DescriptionInTheMirror: An unusual example as it occurs six chapters into the book, not at the beginning. |
29 | %%* DownerEnding: The [[spoiler:epilogue.]] |
30 | %%* TheFairFolk |
31 | %%* FakeMemories: Heavily implied to have happened to [[spoiler:Tiffany]] at the end.%%What is? |
32 | %%* FamilyEyeResemblance: Catherine Pierce and her sons, Lachlan and Lucas. |
33 | %%* FightingFromTheInside: [[spoiler:Tiff]] about halfway through More Than Human. |
34 | * {{Goth}}: From the first line of chapter one: "Georgia's going through a 'goth' phase." |
35 | %%* HeroicBSOD: Tiff after she [[spoiler:plants a sword in Tepid's stomach]]. |
36 | %%* InMediasRes: Chapter Zero. "But that's not where the story starts." |
37 | * InternetJerk: Adam is an inversion; he's really quite personable on the internet, but in real life [[{{Jerkass}} is a different story]]. |
38 | %%* {{Jerkass}}: |
39 | %%** Adam Vasquez, although he sees himself as a good guy. |
40 | %%** Deciduan Boroniaden. |
41 | * LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler:Tiff]] doesn't seem to remember [[spoiler:cutting an innocent fairy nearly clean in two with a sword]]. Georgia, on the other hand, does. |
42 | * MagicPants: Nina's chalk is crushed a bit in Georgia's jean pockets when she transforms to a dingo and back. |
43 | * {{Magitek}}: There are elements of this, such as GPIA's grappling harness, purportedly made from the same [[AWizardDidIt magic stuff]] as Celestine's plant powers. |
44 | * {{Masquerade}}: Heavily implied to be enforced by GPIA and SISA. |
45 | * TheMenInBlack: GPIA and SISA. Nina also mentions an organisation called PIPER, but she talks of it so dismissively that it's probably safe to assume it's ineffectual. |
46 | %%* MonsterMash |
47 | %%* MonstrousHumanoid: |
48 | %%** Dillon's gargoyle form. |
49 | %%** The [[spoiler:changelings]]. |
50 | %%* {{Muggle}} |
51 | * NotCheatingUnlessYouGetCaught: Tiff decides there's nothing wrong with her discovering the [[Masquerade]] as long as no one finds out she did. [[spoiler:They find out.]] |
52 | * OnlyTheLeadsGetAHappyEnding: Or, better put, [[spoiler:only the leads get out alive]], considering [[spoiler:SISA's obliteration of Boroniaden in the epilogue]]. |
53 | %%* OurElvesAreDifferent |
54 | %%* OurFairiesAreDifferent |
55 | %%* OurGargoylesRock: Dillon would absolutely tell you so herself. |
56 | %%* OurVampiresAreDifferent: In-universe example: Dong-hae seems to be trying to single-handedly invoke this.%%What? |
57 | %%* OurWerebeastsAreDifferent |
58 | %%* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent |
59 | * ThePlace: Alterworld is the main place where the story takes place. |
60 | %%* {{Portmantitle}} |
61 | %%* PowerIncontinence: Antonio's telepathy. |
62 | %%* PsychicRadar: Antonio, again. |
63 | * SequelHook: The end of the epilogue where [[spoiler:Prince Deciduan Boroniaden swears revenge after seeing SISA firebomb his ten-thousand strong den, presumably killing all of the innocent citizens (and children!) inside]]. |
64 | %%* ShoutOut "Legolassie". |
65 | * {{Telepathy}}: Antonio the telepath, obviously. Also his mother (his father's magical status is as of yet unknown) and his aunt, who is also Nina and Adam's mother. |
66 | * TheyWouldCutYouUp: Firstborn Princess Fiola Wattleden of Wattleden heavily implies this when talking to Tiff about [[spoiler:the reason Boroniaden kidnapped her]], begging her not to tell GPIA. Though Fiola is known to be somewhat dramatic, so it's debatable how much stock you should put in her claims. |
67 | * VoluntaryShapeshifting: Most notably Georgia and her weredingo family, but this also applies to gargoyles when in the Alterworld. And, depending on your point of view, Nina and Adam. |
68 | * WhamLine: Macwhirter seems to be a fan of these. |
69 | -->[[spoiler:''The sword slammed into his side.'']]\ |
70 | "Mum read my mind and [[spoiler:she called GPIA half an hour ago. Someone's coming to pick Rain up right now]]." |
71 | %%* WingedHumanoid: Nina, Adam and all of the fairies. |
72 | %%* WouldHurtAChild: The fairies of Boroniaden, apparently. |
73 | * YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Played with when Prince Mallen realises how much trouble his den is in even if they don't hurt Tiff. |
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