Delirium Series: Difference between revisions

* [[Theme Tune]]: Written and performed by a David J. DeSmyter.

* [[Team Mom]]: Raven in ''Pandemonium'' is a tough, no-nonsense version of this.

* [[Took a Level in Jerkass]]: Lena could have been kinder to Julian when she told him who she really was. She's been in his shoes, after all.

** {{spoiler|Hana Tate}}, in the ''Hana'' novella, takes about ''twenty'' levels in jerkass -- which is pretty impressive, considering it happens ''at the same time'' as the first book. In ''Delirium'', {{spoiler|she's a no-nonsense, supportive, understanding friend who's happy to help Alex and Lena cover their tracks, and even helps Lena while Lena's ''tied down and under guard'' despite the risks}}. In ''Hana'', {{spoiler|she's an immature, jealous bitch who deliberately turns Alex and Lena in and almost gets them killed because of her own selfishness}}.

* [[Wild Teen Party]]: They're illegal, but they happen anyway.

* [[World of Cardboard Speech]]: Lena's monologue at the end mostly subverts this, as she's ''not'' really anyone special and admits it, but somehow manages to play it straight at the same time.

{{spoiler|But I have a secret. [[Determinator|You can build walls all the way to the sky and I will find a way to fly above them. You can try to pin me down with a hundred thousand arms, but I will find a way to resist]]. And there are [[La Résistance|many of us out there, more than you think]]. [[Hope Springs Eternal|People who refuse to stop believing. People who refuse to come to earth. People who love in a world without walls, people who love into hate, into refusal, against hope, and without fear.]]}} }}

* [[Would Be Rude to Say Genocide]]: The massacre that was supposed to wipe out all Invalids two generations ago is called the "Great Sanitation", otherwise known as "the blitz".

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