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The Teenage Criminals
Velvet May Blue
"Look, death isn't pretty, but it happens — and, sometimes, you gotta do what you gotta do — and... this is one of those times.."
The lead of the series, Velvet is a criminal backslider who, having no home to turn to, squeezes herself into a group of high schoolers on the run from the cops and talks them into a temporary stay in her secret hideout.- Anti-Hero: Starts out as one and likely sees herself as one the whole way through.
- Dead Pan Snarker: Snarking is usually her response to people ticking her off.
- Driven to Suicide: She and Diesel decide to fatally shoot each other when the cops surround their second hideout.
- Never My Fault: Velvet instinctively deflects right back onto anyone who calls her out for her actions.
- Never Going Back to Prison: She'd rather die.
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Velvet winds up dooming herself and her entire crew, though she'd promised them an escape from the law at the outset of their misadventures.
- Villain Protagonist: Devolves into this. The climax has her murdering two more-or-less innocent civilians for money and gets her entire team killed. Though she will swear blind that she had no other choice but to go down this path.
- What the Hell, Hero?: Everyone's reaction to Velvet revealing she accepted a payment of $25,000 to kill two people. Especially when she threatens to shoot anyone who refuses to cooperate with her.
Diesel Perkins
"Dust doesn't bother me."
Diesel is a popular high-schooler known for the more-than-annual "birthday parties" he throws at his house. After witnessing his ex accidentally kill herself, Diesel is desperate to go off the grid with Velvet.- Driven to Suicide: He and Velvet decide to fatally shoot each other when the cops surround their second hideout.
- Morality Pet: Subverted. He has the makings of one, but for all the compassion he brings into Velvet's life and all his attempts to put her off going through with the $25,000 hitjob, he's unable to change her ways and goes along with her sordid career himself.
- Love Interest: Velvet's primary love interest, to his own peril.
- Love Makes You Dumb: Diesel effectively throws his whole life away in his passion to be with Velvet.
- Love Martyr: Despite Velvet proving to be worse and worse by the day, Diesel never fully falls out of love with her and stands by her until the very end.
- Nice Guy: He's gentle, considerate and trusting to a fault.
- Step Ford Smiler: Implied. He was essentially press-ganged into throwing party after party, upholding the image of a confident heart throb, and is relieved to see Velvet interact with his more vulnerable, insecure side.
