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10''[[http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2855675/1/UnFortunate_Me (Un)Fortunate Me]]'' is a novel published online on fictionpress by Susan Mesler-Evans, also known as troper Tropers/AdelePotter. A sequel, ''[[http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2904599/1/UnLucky_Me (Un)Lucky Me]]'', came out in April 2011.
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12Adele Becker thought that her life was fine. Until her parents decided to send her to boarding school. At Phoenix Boarding School for the Arts, the crazy, unusual, and just plain strange becomes the every day. To describe the funny little contradictions of life, she begins every chapter with something like this:
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14-> Fortunately, Sophia hasn't breathed a word about the Bathroom Incident.
15-> Unfortunately, oh wait. She did.
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18!!This novel provides examples of:
19* AcademyOfAdventure: If you consider [[ClosetShuffle Closet Shuffles]], big, epic musicals, and regular face-offs with [[TheRival Sophia]], [[GirlPosse Lyn, and Hannah]] to be adventure.
20%% * AlphaBitch: Sophia.
21%% * AmbiguouslyJewish: Delilah.
22%% * BettyAndVeronica: Alec is Archie, Delilah is Betty, and Fala is Veronica. [[spoiler: Archie ends up with Veronica this time around]].
23%% * BigBrotherInstinct:
24%% ** The reason Alec is so protective of the girls. He's not ''technically'' anyone's brother, but he certainly fills the role of one well.
25%% ** Milo, Adele's actual brother, has been hinted to have this, we just don't see him enough to know for sure.
26* BigBrotherMentor: Alec, an older-brother-like figure, is Adele's main source of help for getting through her first year of middle school.
27* BigShutUp: In chapter 7 of the first book:
28--> '''Adele:''' ''(trying and failing to get the cafeteria silent enough to talk)'' Attention! Attention, please! Attention everyone!
29--> '''Delilah:''' ''(climbs onto table)'' HEY! PEOPLE! ADELE HAS SOMETHING SHE WANTS TO SAY! SO SHUT UP AND LISTEN!
30%% * BoardingSchool: For the arts.
31* BookDumb: Sophia doesn't do too well in school. However, she's a cunning [[ManipulativeBastard Manipulative Bitch]] to Adele.
32* BrilliantButLazy: Delilah. She has no care for things that aren't video games, could probably apply herself better in school, and is rarely shown doing any type of work. And yet she's clever, a DeadpanSnarker, and appears to be the smartest out of all of them.
33%% * {{Catfight}}:
34%% ** Lyn and Sophia seem to have these a lot.
35%% ** Adele and Sophia get in one, too. Milo couldn't be prouder of his baby sister.
36* CharacterDevelopment:
37** Delilah starts as straight up bitch and popular mean girl but she gets slowly less bitchy, though she's a DeadpanSnarker throughout.
38** Adele. She gradually becomes more confident in herself and her abilities, and develops something of a wry sense of humor. In fact, Adele as the narrator becomes gradually more snarky as time goes on.
39%% * CloserToEarth:
40%% ** Adele in comparison to her friends
41%% ** Patrick in comparison to the girls
42%% ** Fala in comparison to everyone.
43%% * ClosetShuffle: Twice in the same chapter.
44%% * DeadpanSnarker: Delilah.
45%%* {{Determinator}}:
46%%** No matter how much Delilah rejects Bryce, he simply refuses to give up.
47%%** Delilah refuses to stop believing that one day Alec may fall for her.
48%%* DidNotGetTheGirl: Did Not Get the Guy. [[spoiler: Alec ends up with Fala.]]
49%% * TheDitz: Lyn.
50* DitzyGenius: Brooke, who is actually very intelligent, but falls asleep in class every day, and can be painfully clueless at times.
51%% * DramaClub: Adele and her friends.
52%% * DumbBlond: Lyn.
53* EatingLunchAlone: [[spoiler: When the entire 6th grade turns on her, Adele is forced to eat by herself at school. To add insult to injury, it's on the floor by the vending machines.]]
54%% * EverybodyHatesMathematics
55%% * FateWorseThanDeath: Adele considers EatingLunchAlone to be this.
56* FirstPersonSmartass: Adele is much snarkier as a narrator than she is as a character.
57%% ** Hell, even the "Fortunately, Unfortunately"s are snarked half the time.
58%% * FourGirlEnsemble: Brooke is the sweet naive one, Delilah is the OneOfTheBoys one, Aurora is the girlie one, and Adele is the CloserToEarth one who oversees the entire operation.
59* GamerChick: Delilah, who regularly beats Adele's ass at video games and plays against Alec.
60%% * GeniusBruiser: Alec, who's been at least one fistfight, but is also a BigBrotherMentor.
61%% * GeniusSweettooth: In every lunchroom scene, if Patrick's in there, you can guarantee that he'll be eating a frosted strawberry Pop Tart (and will usually offer half to Adele... and only Adele).
62%% * GenreSavvy: (Almost) Everyone at some point.
63%% * GirlPosse: Lyn, Sophia, and Hannah.
64%% * TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: The Horton family. If you think the rivalry to be the favorite child is bad between ''two'' kids, picture five of them going at it.
65%% ** [[http://susieboo22.deviantart.com/#/d378jxc Allow Delilah and Piper May to demonstrate]].
66%% * GoshdarnItToHeck: Narrating Adele will always assure us that the speaker did ''not'' say what was written.
67%% * TheHeart: Brooke.
68* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: He isn't my Boyfriend. Adele and Patrick have to say this. ''A lot''. Naturally, no one believes them, especially not [[ShipperOnDeck Brooke]] who wants them to be together.
69* HiddenHeartOfGold: Implied with Alec. He comes across as gruff and a "bad boy", but underneath is compassionate, wise, and a surrogate big brother to Adele.
70%% * HopelessSuitor: Delilah to Alec. Good luck telling her that, though.
71%% ** On the flip side, Bryce is this to Delilah. Not that he gives up.
72* IfYouDieICallYourStuff: When Adele goes to tell off Sophia, Patrick asks if he should book the funeral and Delilah asks, "Can I have your [=CDs=]?" As she walks away, Delilah adds to Patrick, "Do you want her comic books or can I have them?"
73%% * {{Jerkass}}: Sophia is just evil, through and through.
74%% * JuniorHigh
75%% * LateForSchool
76%% * LittleMissSnarker: Being only 11, Delilah.
77* LovableAlphaBitch: Hannah, who Adele admits is "not that bad". Actually, the only thing that even ''slightly'' signals that Hannah may be a AlphaBitch is the fact that she's best friends with TheRival, Sophia. Needless to say, Hannah is much CloserToEarth.
78%% * LoveTriangle: Delilah, Fala and Alec. [[http://susieboo22.deviantart.com/gallery/27587567#/d34x3go This picture pretty much sums it up]].
79%% * [[ManipulativeBastard Manipulative Bitch]]: ''Sophia.
80%% * TheOneGuy: Patrick and/or Alec, depending on the scene.
81%% * OnlySaneMan: Adele is this. Except for when she's not.
82%% * OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: Adele is normal in comparison to her peers.
83%% * PickedLast: Adele and Hugo.
84%% * PopularIsDumb: Averted with Sophia, played straight with [[TheDitz Lyn.]]
85%% * RagtagBunchOfMisfits: Everyone. Literally.
86%% * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Adele delivers one to Sophia in Chapter 22.
87%% * RichBitch: Sophia.
88%% * TheRival:
89%% ** Sophia to Adele
90%% ** Ashton to Alec.
91%% ** To a (very) mild extent, Fala to Delilah. This is only because they both like Alec, though.
92* SaveTheVillain: [[spoiler:When they find out Sophia's been robbing the other kids, Delilah and Adele choose to cover for her.]]
93%% * ShipperOnDeck: Brooke for Patrick and Adele.
94%% ** Aurora and Delilah, too.
95%% * [[spoiler: ShutUpKiss: Kind of. When Alec kisses Delilah in Chapter 10, it's not to get ''her'' to shut up-- it's the group begging him to kiss her.]]
96* SpoiledSweet: Fala Jean. Fala, who is mentioned to have a ''very'' big allowance, live in a mansion, have perfect clothes... and she's as sweet as can be. Even Delilah admits it. She has her ditzy moments, but is otherwise quite intelligent.
97%% * StageMom: Mama Horton, Delilah's mother. Much like [[Theatre/{{Gypsy}} Mama Rose]], she puts the emphasis on her other daughters -- never Delilah. As for ''their'' relationship... strained doesn't even ''begin'' to cover it. [[http://susieboo22.deviantart.com/#/d3875ku Exhibit A]].
98%% * TheTeamNormal: Patrick seems to be the most normal out of everyone in this book.
99%% * {{Tomboy}}: Delilah is of the GamerChick variety. Holly is the more standard sports-loving kind.
100%% * TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Delilah and Aurora.
101* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Patrick ''loves'' frosted strawberry Pop Tarts. In every lunchroom scene, if Patrick's in there, it's guaranteed that he'll be eating a frosted strawberry Pop Tart (and will usually offer half to Adele... and only Adele).
102%% * TheUnfavorite: [[spoiler: In Chapter 20, it's revealed that Delilah is this in her family. What's kind of sad, when you think about it, is that her {{Unfavorite}}-ness isn't just her imagination. She's ''right''.]]
103* VitriolicBestBuds:
104** Delilah and Aurora fight a ''lot'', and while they're not actual best friends, they are still very good friends.
105** Delilah's real best friend, Adele, tends to clash with her.
106* WhamLine: [[spoiler: The last line of Chapter 5 of ''Un Lucky Me''. "There was a battle in the war. Patrick's dad was a casualty."]]

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