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[[File:blood-ties_2382.jpg|215px|thumb|[[Muggle and Magical Love Triangle|Our Love Triangle]].]] |
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'''Warning: Marked and Unmarked spoilers throughout the page. Read at your own discretion.''' |
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⚫ | The series is based on the ''[[Blood Books]]'' by Tanya Huff. [[Vampire Detective Series|The leads are a private investigator, a vampire, and a cop]]. This show plays with and |
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⚫ | The series is based on the ''[[Blood Books]]'' by Tanya Huff. [[Vampire Detective Series|The leads are a private investigator, a vampire, and a cop]]. This show [[Played With|plays with]] and subverts several tropes of the [[Friendly Neighborhood Vampire]] genre: we are supposed to sympathize with Henry, but he isn't "friendly" in the conventional sense. |
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⚫ | Henry Fitzroy has no visible [[Wangst]]. He is not [[The Atoner]]. He doesn't suffer from [[I Just Want to Be Normal]] syndrome, so he does not waste any time looking for cures. He ''likes'' being a vampire. Since he likes being a vampire, [[I Hate You, Vampire Dad| |
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⚫ | [[Vampires Are Sex Gods|Henry]] [[Raised Catholic|Fitzroy]] has no visible [[Wangst]]. He is not [[The Atoner]]. He doesn't suffer from [[I Just Want to Be Normal]] syndrome, so he does not waste any time looking for cures. [[Fully-Embraced Fiend|He ''likes'' being a vampire.]] Since he likes being a vampire, [[Subverted Trope|he does not]] [[I Hate You, Vampire Dad|want to kill his sire]]. He still carries a torch for her, in fact. |
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Strictly speaking, Henry is |
Strictly speaking though, Henry is the [[Non-Human Sidekick|Vampire]] [[Sidekick]] of this equation. The actual lead is [[Only Known by Their Nickname|Victoria]] [[Weirdness Magnet|"Vicki"]] [[Occult Detective|Nelson]], a human [[Private Detective|PI]] and [[Career-Ending Injury|former cop]], who's wound up specializing in cases from the unearthly side of the tracks. There is a [[Love Triangle]] between Henry, Vicki, and Vicki's [[New Old Flame]] [[Friend on the Force|(Police) Detective]] [[Cop Boyfriend|Mike]] [[Agent Scully|Celluci]], [[Muggle|also human]]. |
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* [[Absurdly Spacious Sewer]] |
* [[Absurdly Spacious Sewer]] |
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* [[Our Demons Are Different]] |
* [[Our Demons Are Different]] |
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* [[Our Ghosts Are Different]] |
* [[Our Ghosts Are Different]] |
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* [[Our Werebeasts Are Different]]: A werejaguar takes revenge on a hunter that kills various types of werebeasts. It is implied that (as in the ''[[Blood Books]]'' the series was based on) wereism is hereditary, rather than transmitted. |
* [[Our Werebeasts Are Different]]: A werejaguar takes revenge on a hunter that kills various types of werebeasts. It is implied that (as in the ''[[Blood Books]]'' the series was based on) wereism is hereditary, rather than transmitted. |
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* [[Our Zombies Are Different]] |
* [[Our Zombies Are Different]] |
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** Interestingly, the only anti-vampire weapon they show him having is a sun-shaped Chinese-made object that weakens a vampire to the point of a human being stronger. The object has to be physically attached to the vampire's chest to work, requiring trickery, given the vampires' speed. |
** Interestingly, the only anti-vampire weapon they show him having is a sun-shaped Chinese-made object that weakens a vampire to the point of a human being stronger. The object has to be physically attached to the vampire's chest to work, requiring trickery, given the vampires' speed. |
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** Mike attempts this too in early episodes, and helps Javier {{spoiler|hunt down Henry.}} |
** Mike attempts this too in early episodes, and helps Javier {{spoiler|hunt down Henry.}} |
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* [[Vampires Are Sex Gods]]: Henry. |
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* [[Weirdness Magnet]]: Vicki. Her demon tattoos draw supernatural things to her, explaining why all of her cases suddenly have to do with monsters and demons. |
* [[Weirdness Magnet]]: Vicki. Her demon tattoos draw supernatural things to her, explaining why all of her cases suddenly have to do with monsters and demons. |
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* [[Wendigo]] |
* [[Wendigo]] |