Fangs and Fins/Characters

In Fangs and Fins, it is often hard to distinguish who is a main character and who is a supporting character, as the page time in the original fic was not exactly shared evenly. Please think before you put a character under Main Cast or Supporting Cast.

The new members of the season 2 main cast have been added to the Main Cast folder, obviously.

Rose Collins
"Duration: Season 1 -"

The main character of the series. Rose starts of as an absurdly quiet, cynical girl who is still distraught over the death of her mother six years prior. She starts dating a new arrival in town, James Wood, only to discover that he is not exactly normal - though she herself isn't either. She changes throughout the series, becoming more verbose and empathetic.


 * All Take and No Give
 * Blue Eyes
 * Character Development
 * The Cynic
 * Disproportionate Retribution: Frequently
 * Easily Forgiven
 * Emotionless Girl
 * Hair of Gold
 * Ice Queen: Defrosted!
 * Lack of Empathy: Early on. She eventually becomes more sympathetic.
 * Lethal Chef: If Lewis is to be believed her attempts at making eggs resulted in the Collins' need a new stove. She's right up there with Orihime Inoue.
 * Loners Are Freaks
 * Missing Mom
 * Odd Friendship: With Ben.
 * Playing with Fire: Her power.
 * Selective Obliviousness
 * Took a Level in Jerkass: YMMV.

Lily Collins
"Duration: Season 1 -"

Rose's older, more responsible sister. Initially she's a very concerned Cool Big Sis, but revels Hidden Depths as the series progresses.


 * Always Someone Better: Subverted. Her friends are more devoted to Rose than they are to her (excluding Lewis).
 * Apologizes a Lot: Often times, it's not even her fault.
 * An Ice Person: Her power.
 * Blue Eyes
 * Broken Bird
 * Cool Big Sis
 * The Heart
 * Missing Mom
 * Name's the Same
 * Promotion to Parent
 * The Smart Guy
 * Promotion to Parent
 * The Smart Guy
 * The Smart Guy

Lewis Williams
"Duration: Season 1 -"

Lily and Rose's best friend. He and Lily used to have a thing which he has a hard time getting over. Lewis is a responsible guy, is always there for the girls and forms an Odd Friendship with Ben over the course of the series.


 * Blue Eyes
 * Women Are Wiser
 * The Heart
 * Hollywood Nerd: Not to the extent that he was in H₂O: Just Add Water
 * The Lancer
 * Love Martyr: See the main page.
 * Muggle
 * Nice Guy
 * Odd Friendship: With Ben.
 * Romantic False Lead:
 * The Smart Guy

James Wood
"Duration: Season 1 -"

Initially James appears to be a prefect Prince Charming. Kind of. However, underneath that he's a Broken Ace and a Control Freak who is constantly pressured by his father.


 * Anti-Hero
 * Apologizes a Lot: In the same boat as Lily.
 * Beware the Nice Ones
 * Birds of a Feather: His relationship with Minerva.
 * Big Brother Instinct
 * Brown Eyes
 * Brainy Brunette: Implied.
 * Butt Monkey
 * Friendly Neighborhood Vampire
 * Missing Mom
 * Nice Guy
 * Parental Favoritism: See the main page.
 * Red Oni, Blue Oni: James is the blue to Ben's red.
 * Sibling Rivalry
 * Sibling Rivalry

Benjamin "Ben" Wood
"Duration: Season 1 -"

Ben starts off as a perverted, Jerkass who Really Gets Around / James's friend. He is eventually reveled to be James's half-brother, and we learn his Jerkass tendencies were a a facade. He has an Odd Friendship with the group.


 * Adult Child
 * Anti-Hero
 * Ascended Extra
 * Attempted Rape: In early chapters, he constantly invades Rose's personal space to the point where it probably counts as this trope, however we eventually learn we he only did this to
 * The Atoner
 * Broken Ace
 * Character Development
 * The Casanova
 * Dark Secret
 * Easily Forgiven
 * The Gadfly: You have to wonder if Arianna would be a Tsundere at all if Ben didn't constantly mess with her.
 * Giver of Lame Names: Ben has a nickname for everyone - Rosie for Rose, Connie for Constance, Annie for Arianna, Funsponge for James, etc. He doesn't have names for Lewis and Lily - yet.
 * Jerkass Facade
 * Missing Mom
 * Odd Friendship
 * Platonic Life Partners:
 * Really Gets Around
 * The Sixth Ranger
 * The Unfavorite
 * The Sixth Ranger
 * The Unfavorite

Arianna Cromwell
"Duration: Season 1 -"

Arianna is ambitious and independent. But she has a secret and is often preoccupied with keeping it. Because of the style her hippie human father and strict vampire mother raised her, Arianna thinks for herself, generally goes against the grain and is determined to follow her idealistic principles and whatever they dictate.


 * Action Girl
 * Blue Eyes
 * Women Are Wiser
 * Dark Secret
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Hair of Gold
 * Liz Lemon Job: Played straight.
 * Platonic Life Partners:
 * The Sixth Ranger / The Lancer: She's The Sixth Ranger along with Ben and the new characters by default, but plays to role of The Lancer to Lily and Ben (and the group as a whole).
 * Straight Man
 * The Three Faces of Eve: The child.
 * Tsundere: Pretty mild Type A, she's best comparable to Kagami of Lucky Star (i.e. the grumpy pessimism/straight-forwardness and here deredere-ness is in-regards to loneliness as a whole, not just romance)
 * When She Smiles: Lampshaded by Lily.
 * The Three Faces of Eve: The child.
 * Tsundere: Pretty mild Type A, she's best comparable to Kagami of Lucky Star (i.e. the grumpy pessimism/straight-forwardness and here deredere-ness is in-regards to loneliness as a whole, not just romance)
 * When She Smiles: Lampshaded by Lily.

Minerva Montgomery
"Duration: Season 2"

Minerva is hard-working and absolutely determined to succeed. She has a quick temper and pushes herself and others to reach impossibly high standards (standards which her three older, successful sister have already reached). She has a thirst for attention, but her only surviving parent is much more focussed on her oldest sister Marie's upcoming wedding.


 * Attention Whore: A minor example, and it's more subconscious if anything.
 * Birds of a Feather: With James.
 * Brainy Brunette
 * Control Freak
 * Curtains Match the Window: Brown hair, brown eyes.
 * Dark Secret
 * Establishing Character Moment:
 * Fallen Princess
 * Inferiority Superiority Complex
 * Ivy League for Everyone: Her goal.
 * Jerkass: Occasionally acts like a mild-grade variant. Arianna has a tendency to call her out on it.
 * The Klutz: She falls when just pushing a bicycle.
 * Not So Above It All
 * Rich Bitch: Subverted.
 * Tsundere: A better example than Arianna. She's a pretty straight-forward Type A.
 * The Unfavorite
 * The Unfavorite

Will and Laurel Burke
"Duration: Season 2"

Will and Laurel are the children of Rose and Lily's father's girlfriend. Will is laid-back, a star on the school swim team and is extremely concerned about his sister's well-being. Laurel, on the other hand, is an outwardly cheerful girl, but beneath her calm demeanor she is unstable and harvesting a massive secret.


 * Disappeared Dad
 * Jerk Jock: Averted with Will.
 * Nice Girl: Laurel.
 * The Ophelia: Laurel is a subtle one.
 * The Quiet One: Laurel.
 * Rebellious Spirit: Will.
 * The Three Faces of Eve: Laurel is The mother.

Constance Wood
James and Ben's adoptive sister. "Duration:"


 * Cloudcuckoolander
 * Genki Girl
 * Hidden Depths
 * The Ingenue
 * Manic Pixie Dream Girl: Subverted.
 * Second Love: Lewis.
 * Manic Pixie Dream Girl: Subverted.
 * Second Love: Lewis.

Ash Johnson
"Duration:"

Ash is introduced as a boy in a few of Lily's classes who appears to be interested in her and vice versa. Eventually we learn that he is a vampire hunter trying to track down various targets of varying offences.
 * Affably Evil
 * Anti-Hero
 * Ax Crazy
 * Badass
 * Brainy Brunette
 * Brown Eyes
 * Break the Haughty
 * Byronic Hero
 * Demoted to Extra
 * Manipulative Bastard
 * Romantic False Lead
 * Took a Level in Jerkass
 * What the Hell, Hero?
 * What the Hell, Hero?

Byron Lyle
"Duration:"

Byron comes to stay with the Collins as a house guest (he and Lily were on the swim team together/were good friends as kids) and resides in Elliot's room.
 * Demoted to Extra: He never had a huge role, but we do see him having breakfast with Lily, Rose and Lewis at least once or twice, Rose is seen eavesdropping on his conversations and he used to spend time with Lily. Apparently he left the house for long periods of time and this is why his pagetime was noticeably smaller (to non-existent).
 * Demoted to Extra: He never had a huge role, but we do see him having breakfast with Lily, Rose and Lewis at least once or twice, Rose is seen eavesdropping on his conversations and he used to spend time with Lily. Apparently he left the house for long periods of time and this is why his pagetime was noticeably smaller (to non-existent).

Jewel Lockwood
"Duration:"

Jewel is introduced as a blonde, bitchy friend of James's. The Lockwoods are family friends of the Woods, and whenever Jewel is in town she hangs around with James, Ben and Constance (should be noted that Jewel is intersted in James, though he does not reciprocate). She is horrendous to Constance,
 * Alpha Bitch
 * Blondes Are Evil
 * Demoted to Extra: She was initially billed as a major supporting character if not a main character.
 * Jerkass
 * Kick the Dog
 * Rich Bitch
 * The Three Faces of Eve: The seductress.
 * Took a Level in Jerkass
 * Toxic Friend Influence: A prime example is when she
 * Toxic Friend Influence: A prime example is when she

Sofia Lockwood
"Duration Season 2"

Sofia is Jewel's smarter, more well-mannered younger sister. She enters the series having returned from a trip abroad trying to find her sister (there family did not tell her that . She is excluded from vampire society despite her family being as important as the Woods and Cromwells  . Initially she appears to be an antagonist, but it eventually becomes clear the she


 * Ax Crazy: Subverted. It may seem so in the beginning, but interaction with other characters make it perfectly clear that Sofia is sane.
 * Badass
 * Brainy Brunette: Especially compared to her sister.
 * Brown Eyes
 * Faux Affably Evil
 * Start of Darkness: 2.07 "Sofia"
 * Start of Darkness: 2.07 "Sofia"

Elliot Collins
"Duration:"



Robert Collins
"Duration: Mentioned in season 1; first physical appearance at the end of season 1/in season 2."

Lily and Rose's father. He used to work as a freelance writer, but now writes exclusively for a popular magazine.


 * Bumbling Dad: He's certainly not stupid or lazy, yet the entire Collins household thinks so
 * Doting Parent: You have to give the guy credit for being an attentive and loving father who raised a happy and emotionally well-adjusted daughter to adulthood ... eccentricities notwithstanding. He could have done the same for Rose, had she allowed him.

Issac Wood
"Duration: Season 1 -"

Anna Pike
"Duration: Mentioned season 1; no physical appearance."

Ben's mortal mother,.


 * Nice Girl
 * The Ophelia
 * Posthumous Character

Alena Cromwell
"Duration: Season 2"

Arianna's strict, domineering vampire mother. She is separated from Arianna's mortal father and has never remarried.

Ashley Cromwell
"Duration: Mentioned both seasons; no physical appearance."

James's deceased mother.


 * Posthumous Character
 * The Unfavorite

Marc Clare (Cromwell)
"Duration: Season 2"

Arianna's care-free, hippie human father. He is separated from her mother and has remarried and has two young daughters.


 * Cool Dad
 * Happily Married: Just not to Arianna's mother.

Mathilda Montgomery
"Duration: Season 2"

The third eldest Montgomery sister, and the Black Sheep of the family. Notably, she is the only Montgomery sister who is not a Tsundere.


 * Alliterative Name
 * Black Sheep
 * Blue Eyes
 * Cool Big Sis: Minerva does not regards her as such, though.
 * Different As Night and Day: From her other sisters.
 * Friendly Neighborhood Vampire
 * I Just Want to Be Normal
 * Wide-Eyed Idealist
 * Wise Beyond Their Years
 * Vegetarian Vampire: She is the only one in the family.

Madeleine Montgomery
"Duration: Season 2"

Second eldest Montgomery sister. She just graduated from college (double-major in biology and botany with a minor in Russian).


 * Alliterative Name
 * Beware the Nice Ones
 * Brainy Brunette
 * Cool Big Sis
 * Green Eyes
 * Tsundere: Tsun-y side up. Although she does gradually mellow out. Somewhat.
 * Though since she actually treats Minerva much better than Marie and is simply kind of abrasive in general, she may qualify as as Jerk with a Heart of Gold instead.

Marie Montgomery
"Duration: Season 2"

The eldest Montgomery sister; she is marrying Jewel's brother Matthew Lockwood.


 * Alliterative Name
 * Attention Whore
 * Black Sheep: Subverted, she is the only Type B Tsundere in the family, whereas Minerva and Madeleine are violent Type As. Compare Mathilda who is not a Tsundere.
 * Book Dumb
 * Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
 * Curtains Match the Window: She and Minerva look the most alike.
 * Ojou
 * Tsundere: Type B. Initially she appears mellower than her sister, but they are very much mistaken.

Micheal Montgomery
"Duration: Season 2"

Minerva's father


 * Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
 * Happily Married

Beatrice Quinn
"Duration: Season 2"

Matthew, Jewel and Sofia's mother.

Martha Campbell
"Duration: Season 2"

Minerva's mother; a distant (paternal) relative of the Campbells

The Nereids
The group of young mermaids both. They operated in Perth but dissolved shortly after

Violet Lange

 * All Girls Want Bad Boys:
 * Femme Fatale
 * Fiery Redhead
 * Floral Theme Naming
 * Mind Game Ship:
 * Missing Mom
 * Mysterious Parent
 * Romantic Two-Girl Friendship:
 * Femme Fatale
 * Fiery Redhead
 * Floral Theme Naming
 * Mind Game Ship:
 * Missing Mom
 * Mysterious Parent
 * Romantic Two-Girl Friendship:
 * Mind Game Ship:
 * Missing Mom
 * Mysterious Parent
 * Romantic Two-Girl Friendship:
 * Missing Mom
 * Mysterious Parent
 * Romantic Two-Girl Friendship:

Elisabeth Ftizgerald

 * Romantic Two-Girl Friendship:
 * Unlucky Childhood Friend:
 * Unlucky Childhood Friend:

Ariadne Kahn
Ariadne is the leader of the girls  Amiable and ambitious, Ariadne has a good heart and is a born leader, though she has a quick temper and is always willing and able to put someone in their place and will interject if Violet is being particularly nasty.


 * Alpha Bitch / Lovable Alpha Bitch: This initially appears to be her designated role, but
 * Ambition Is Evil:
 * Defrosting Ice Queen
 * Hidden Depths
 * Red Oni: To Léa's Blue.
 * Religious and Mythological Theme Naming
 * Spoiled Brat:
 * Tsundere: A minor example. Basically, the only person she is not abrasive in general to/genuinely nice to all the time is
 * Spoiled Brat:
 * Tsundere: A minor example. Basically, the only person she is not abrasive in general to/genuinely nice to all the time is

Léa Abel
Ariadne’s best friend. Léa is more stoic than the rest of her friends, though she is reliable and shows a deep concern for others and is more tolerant of Violet than the others are.


 * Action Girl
 * Ambiguously Jewish
 * Berserk Button: She's generally a nice girl, but
 * Blue Oni: To Ariadne's Red.
 * The Lancer: Technically Ariadne's, but they see each other pretty equally.
 * Morality Pet / Kick the Morality Pet: She is arguably
 * Opposites Attract: With Ariadne
 * Shrinking Violet
 * Morality Pet / Kick the Morality Pet: She is arguably
 * Opposites Attract: With Ariadne
 * Shrinking Violet
 * Shrinking Violet

Abigail Novak
Abigail is the youngest member of the group. She’s spacey and romantic to the point of naivety.


 * Dumb Blonde
 * The Ingenue
 * Mind Game Ship:
 * Naive Everygirl
 * Naive Newcomer
 * Tagalong Kid
 * The Chick
 * Wide-Eyed Idealist
 * The Chick
 * Wide-Eyed Idealist
 * Wide-Eyed Idealist

Gabrielle Kozel
Gabrielle is the most conventionally pretty and feminine of the girls. Because of this she worries about being stereotyped as shallow and dumb and compensates by engaging in multiple extracurriculars and trying to maintain a high GPA.


 * Action Girl
 * Ascended Extra: Arguably. She ended up
 * Dumb Blonde: Averted.
 * The Big Guy: Kind of.
 * Hair-Trigger Temper:

Petra Thames
Apparently she left the group to become a vampire hunter, Lily and Ash meet her in Fangs & Fins.


 * Action Girl
 * Child Prodigy
 * I Just Want to Be Normal: Inverted. Gives up her powers and becomes a vampire hunter. Also becomes a blonde.
 * The Smart Girl

Elle Simons
Elle is sweet, compassionate and very forgiving. Most of the other girls see her sweetness as an act, much to her contempt.


 * Blue Oni: To Odile's Red.
 * Nice Girl
 * Those Two Girls: With Odile

Odile Porter
Odile is more assertive than Elle, and really doesn't like Violet.


 * Last-Name Basis: She only refers to Violet by her last name.
 * Red Oni: To Elle's Blue.
 * Those Two Girls: With Elle

Eione Davis

 * Nice Girl

Calista Flume

 * Butt Monkey