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5	''Hunter's Moon'' is a fantasy novel written by Brielle Bishop and Charlie Nelson for UsefulNotes/NaNoWriMo 2016, and is currently being published on Archive of Our Own, while simultaneously going through revisions. (Some spoilers might be accidentally unmarked due to authorial forgetfulness... This page will also include tropes and spoilers for later books, until book one is finished.)
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7	A brief summary:
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9	Elise Dubois just wanted to graduate.
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11	The final internship sounded simple enough: go out into the wilderness, kill an eldritch creature that considers two football teams a nice little snack, and come back with untold riches and lifetime bragging rights.
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13	The problem isn't that no one has ever returned. It's that she's not supposed to exist in the first place, let alone embark on a high-profile quest.
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15	As she joins three others for her career-defining moment, she will learn much more than she ever needed - or wanted - to know about her world.
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17	Not to be confused with the Garry Kilworth book ''Literature/HuntersMoon1989''.
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20	!!This book contains examples of:
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22	* AbusiveParents: Characters with a decent home life are incredibly rare in this 'verse, apparently.
23	%%** Henry Lane.
24	%%** Alexander Smythe.
25	** Averted by Francis and Angelika Gerth, Rudolf's parents. Sofia, his grandmother, is an Abusive Parental Figure, but was stopped quickly by Francis when he found out his son has developed an eating disorder.
26	* AffectionateNickname:
27	** ''Lise'' (Elise).
28	** ''Peep'' (Philip). Or Peepikins, if you're Rowan. (Or Charlie...)
29	** ''Ro'' (Rowan).
30	** ''Bo'' (Connor), and later on, Hartley gave him ''Conker'', which stuck better. Conkadonk hasn't stuck yet, but the author is really, really determined.
31	** ''Rudy'' and the occasional ''reindeer'' (Rudolf).
32	** Out of universe, there's ''Charlie the Formatting Fairy''. And, not-so-affectionately, ''Bee'' or ''Evil Kinktress''.
33	%%* AloofBigBrother: Philip.
34	* AntiHero: Philip sees himself this way, constantly justifying decisions that may have been made out of kindness into practical choices for the greater good.
35	%%* ArcWords: ''"Run, little rabbit. Run."'' (Or the French version: ''"Cours, petit lapin. Cours."'')
36	%%* BlackEyesOfEvil: [[spoiler: Connor's baby blues turn into this in book two.]]
37	* BuryYourGays: [[spoiler: He gets better, but the first character to die onscreen is bisexual.]]
38	* BookEnds: Book one both begins and ends with Elise talking to a dead man who she loved: Michel and [[spoiler: Connor]].
39	* CastFullOfPrettyBoys: The two male characters who get prominent screentime are Philip and Connor, both described as slim and svelte.
40	* CastingGag: As much as it can apply to the fancast of a novel, anyway...
41	** Andy Mientus (Connor) is a natural brunet, has played Hanschen Rilow in Theatre/SpringAwakening twice, and specifically dyed his hair blond for the role of a manipulative, sexually and romantically forward, teenager, who might be bisexual. His brunet bisexual character winds up [[spoiler: used as a vessel for a demon]], which magic bleaches hair blond, and [[spoiler: manifests as a MagnificentBastard DepravedBisexual. Or just an "equal-opportunity bastard".]]
42	*** His gay brunet character in Series/{{Smash}} ends up [[spoiler: dead. So did Connor.]]
43	*** Black-haired, bespectacled, DeadpanSnarker? Connor Lane or Hartley Rathaway, the [[Series/TheFlash2014 Pied Piper]]?
44	** Opposite Mientus for the revival of Spring Awakening is Josh Castille and Daniel David Stewart, who plays the innocent Deaf boy Ernst Robel and his voice, respectively. The amount of material with Mientus and Castille kissing led the authors to facecast Josh as Hartley, an innocent Deaf boy manipulated by [[spoiler: blond!Connor. Or, to be technical, Robert.]]
45	** Anton Zetterholm as Rudolf Gerth, the delicate Austrian exchange student. Anton played Rudolf in Elisabeth das Musical, and was the author's first Enjolras.
46	* ChewToy: Per WordOfGod, Brie really likes picking on the Lane brothers: Philip because he's the character most similar to her, and Connor because she just enjoys breaking pretty things. It's a constant, neverending war for Charlie to try and snatch the chew toys away.
47	%%* DeathGlare: Philip apparently has a patented one.
48	%%* DeathWail: Oh, [[spoiler: Elise.]]
49	* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: The heroes have slain the monster, got the loot, and returned home safely, had a Heartwarming meeting with little Dakota, and even a celebratory snowball fight! It's all fun and games now, right? Nope. Overlaps with ShootTheShaggyDog for poor Philip, as the little brother he risked his life to protect got brutally murdered a few meters away from him. [[DiedInYourArmsTonight In Elise's arms.]] And there's not even a body to bury.]]
50	* DullEyesOfUnhappiness: Philip is described as having an unsettling, emotionless stare most of the time. [[spoiler: Partly due to his blunted affect thanks to having Asperger's Syndrome, partly from the emotional and physical trauma [[AbusiveParent Henry]] inflicted.]]
51	%%* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Connor.
52	* EstablishingCharacterMoment:
53	** Elise is first seen alone, curled up, and talking to her father's grave about her mission.
54	** Philip strides into the room, ignores everyone else, and starts arguing with Connor in a conversation filled with AngerBornOfWorry. Also, he flinches when Connor's temper tantrum inadvertently reminded him of his abusive childhood.
55	* FamousNamedForeigner: The Austrian exchange student Rudolf, his father Francis, and his grandmother Sofia were named after Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, his father Emperor Franz Joseph I, and his grandmother Archduchess Sophie. His mother's name, however, isn't any variation of Theatre/{{Elisabeth}}, but Angelika.
56	%%* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Phlegmatic (Elise), Sanguine (Rowan), Choleric (Connor) and Melancholic (Philip).
57	* FullNameUltimatum: "''CONNOR ARDEN LANE.''" is used with worrying frequency.
58	* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: Philip and Connor are introduced arguing, and simply cannot resist throwing barbs. But deep down... ''waaaaaay'' deep down... they love each other. Really.
59	* GratuitousFrench:
60	%%** Native French speaker Elise.
61	** Philip is fond of occasional, pithy French quotations.
62	** Rowan's pet name for Philip: ''mon phare''.
63	** Gratuitous German: Rudolf uses it a lot. When he's not calling sugar ''sweeties'' anyway.
64	%%* ItMustBeMine: Hartley re: rabbits. Sorry, sorry, ''bunbuns''.
65	%%* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler: Connor.]]
66	* InterspeciesRomance: Half-fae Elise falls in love with, and bonds with, werewolf Connor, and later witch Hartley.
67	%%* JumpedAtTheCall:
68	%%** Rowan, desperate to prove that ey can handle eir own business.
69	%%** Connor, more than happy to get away from his brother and out of his shadow.
70	%%* KilledMidSentence: "They're coming for us! Th-"
71	* MaternalDeathBlameTheChild: In a subversion, it's not the child whose birth killed the mother that "earns" the father's anger. It's the older sibling that got the brunt of the blame.
72	%%* MadnessMantra: The "rabbit" ArcWords first surface as this in book two.
73	%%* OrphansPlotTrinket: Elise's necklace.
74	* RunningGag:
75	** [[BigEater Connor's]] nearly constant snacking. Becomes Foreshadowing for book two, when [[spoiler: his unusual metabolism is revealed to be the result of his status as a demon vessel.]]
76	* SharpDressedMan:
77	** Philip, befitting his role as the alpha of a strong pack and heir to the Lanes, is rarely seen without a suit on. Or at least a formal shirt and slacks.
78	%%** [[spoiler: Robert, full tilt.]]
79	%%* ShipperOnDeck: Elise and Hartley for Johanna/Rudolf.
80	* ShoutOut:
81	** The second paragraph of the prologue is stuffed with veiled and edited references to Anime/SailorMoon, Literature/TheLittlePrince, and Literature/HisDarkMaterials.
82	*** The very first line is a shoutout to VideoGame/ToTheMoon, which has a protagonist with Asperger's married to a neurotypical.
83	** Tolkien nerd PerpetualFrowner Philip "has [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Andúril]] stuck up his ass."
84	** Jo's full name is Johanna Stephanie Caspar, a reference to the women who outlived the aforementioned Crown Prince Rudolf: his wife, Princess Stéphanie of Belgium, and his other mistress, Mitzi (or Mizzi) Caspar. Otherwise, Johanna bears a resemblance to Baroness Mary Vetsera, a vivacious, dark-eyed young lady, but seemingly "without serious thought" who had a whirlwind, LoveAtFirstSight romance with the prince that ended in [[spoiler: TogetherInDeath]].
85	* SpockSpeak: Philip, per his Asperger's, constantly delivers this.
86	--> "He's basically a walking, talking, incredibly posh APA-formatted essay."
87	%%* SupernaturalGoldEyes: Magic users sport these.

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