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* {{spoiler|[[Enemy Within]]}} |
* {{spoiler|[[Enemy Within]]}} |
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* [[Future Me Scares Me]]: Oh boy... |
* [[Future Me Scares Me]]: Oh boy... |
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* [[Giving the Sword |
* [[Giving the Sword to A Noob|Giving The Necromancer Cane To An Elemental]] |
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* [[Good Thing You Can Heal]]: {{spoiler|It's a good thing that Darquesse can heal otherwise her fight with Lord Vile would have been remarkably one sided.}} |
* [[Good Thing You Can Heal]]: {{spoiler|It's a good thing that Darquesse can heal otherwise her fight with Lord Vile would have been remarkably one sided.}} |
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* [[Healing Factor]]: {{spoiler|As Darquesse.}} |
* [[Healing Factor]]: {{spoiler|As Darquesse.}} |
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* [[Horrible Judge of Character]]: {{spoiler|Caelan. Caelan. ''Caelan.''}} |
* [[Horrible Judge of Character]]: {{spoiler|Caelan. Caelan. ''Caelan.''}} |
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* [[How Much More Can He Take?|How Much More Can She Take?]]: {{spoiler|Lord Vile slits Darquesse's throat, ''shoves his thumb in her eye'' and generally delivers a [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]] that leaves her on the brink of death. She pretty much walks it off. On one hand... yay! Skulduggery didn't kill Valkyrie! On the other hand... Darquesse. Just. Doesn't. Die.}} [[Oh Crap|Humanity is screwed.]] |
* [[How Much More Can He Take?|How Much More Can She Take?]]: {{spoiler|Lord Vile slits Darquesse's throat, ''shoves his thumb in her eye'' and generally delivers a [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]] that leaves her on the brink of death. She pretty much walks it off. On one hand... yay! Skulduggery didn't kill Valkyrie! On the other hand... Darquesse. Just. Doesn't. Die.}} [[Oh Crap|Humanity is screwed.]] |
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* [[It Sucks to Be |
* [[It Sucks to Be the Chosen One]] |
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* {{spoiler|[[Jekyll and Hyde]]: Darquesse}} |
* {{spoiler|[[Jekyll and Hyde]]: Darquesse}} |
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* [[Just a Kid]]: Gets this from others a lot. Sometimes it's justified. |
* [[Just a Kid]]: Gets this from others a lot. Sometimes it's justified. |
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* [[Atonement Detective]]: In ''Death Bringer'' we find out what he was atoning for. |
* [[Atonement Detective]]: In ''Death Bringer'' we find out what he was atoning for. |
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* [[Audio Erotica]]: [[In |
* [[Audio Erotica]]: [[In-Universe]]. |
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* [[Awesome Ego]]: [[In |
* [[Awesome Ego]]: [[In-Universe]]. Valkyrie notes his "warm arrogance". |
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* [[Ax Crazy]]: While he seems perfectly normal (aside from the obvious lack of flesh and organs) a few people, including Skulduggery himself, have alluded to him becoming a bit of psycho after his family died. It started to show after ''Dark Days''. |
* [[Ax Crazy]]: While he seems perfectly normal (aside from the obvious lack of flesh and organs) a few people, including Skulduggery himself, have alluded to him becoming a bit of psycho after his family died. It started to show after ''Dark Days''. |
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** {{spoiler|Lord Vile definitely fits this.}} |
** {{spoiler|Lord Vile definitely fits this.}} |
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* [[Badass]] |
* [[Badass]] |
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** [[Badass in |
** [[Badass in a Nice Suit]] |
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** [[Badass in Distress]]: Every now and then. |
** [[Badass in Distress]]: Every now and then. |
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** [[Badass Longcoat]]: Has a tan overcoat as part of his disguise. |
** [[Badass Longcoat]]: Has a tan overcoat as part of his disguise. |
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* [[The Dark Side Will Make You Forget]] |
* [[The Dark Side Will Make You Forget]] |
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* [[The Dead Can Dance]]: Being a suave, four hundred year old [[Badass]] and all. |
* [[The Dead Can Dance]]: Being a suave, four hundred year old [[Badass]] and all. |
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* [[Dead Guy |
* [[Dead Guy on Display]]: He got better. Then he got angry. |
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* [[Dead Little Sister|Dead Wife And Child]] |
* [[Dead Little Sister|Dead Wife And Child]] |
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* [[Deadpan Snarker]] |
* [[Deadpan Snarker]] |
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* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]: [[Captain Obvious|She wears it better than Skulduggery apparently.]] |
* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]: [[Captain Obvious|She wears it better than Skulduggery apparently.]] |
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* [[Ship Tease]]: There was loads of it between her an Skulduggery in ''Death Bringer.'' {{spoiler|Until the end.}} |
* [[Ship Tease]]: There was loads of it between her an Skulduggery in ''Death Bringer.'' {{spoiler|Until the end.}} |
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* [[Shipper |
* [[Shipper on Deck]]: Seems to ship Skulduggery and Valkyrie. |
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* [[Shoot the Dog]]: {{spoiler|Remus Crux.}} |
* [[Shoot the Dog]]: {{spoiler|Remus Crux.}} |
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* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]] |
* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]] |
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* {{spoiler|[[Face Monster Turn]]}} |
* {{spoiler|[[Face Monster Turn]]}} |
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* [[Hot Amazon]] |
* [[Hot Amazon]] |
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* [[Hot Chick |
* [[Hot Chick with a Sword]] |
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* [[Iron Butt Monkey]] |
* [[Iron Butt Monkey]] |
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* [[Katanas Are Just Better]] |
* [[Katanas Are Just Better]] |
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* [[Put |
* [[Put on a Bus]]: In book six. |
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==== '''Fletcher Renn''' ==== |
==== '''Fletcher Renn''' ==== |
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* [[Distressed Dude]] |
* [[Distressed Dude]] |
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* [[It's All About Me]]: Especially in ''The Faceless Ones''. |
* [[It's All About Me]]: Especially in ''The Faceless Ones''. |
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* [[Jerkass]]: Again, in ''The Faceless Ones''. [[Jerk |
* [[Jerkass]]: Again, in ''The Faceless Ones''. [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|He grows out of it.]] |
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* [[Last of His Kind]]: He's the only surviving Teleporter as of ''The Faceless Ones''. |
* [[Last of His Kind]]: He's the only surviving Teleporter as of ''The Faceless Ones''. |
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* [[Non-Action Guy]] |
* [[Non-Action Guy]] |
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* [[Arch Enemy]]: To Skulduggery. {{spoiler|Then he died.}} |
* [[Arch Enemy]]: To Skulduggery. {{spoiler|Then he died.}} |
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* [[Axe Crazy]] |
* [[Axe Crazy]] |
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* [[Badass in |
* [[Badass in a Nice Suit]]: A ''Victorian'' suit. They don't get much nicer than that! |
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* [[The Bad Guy Wins]]: Initially, anyway. {{spoiler|He not only managed to kill Skulduggery's wife and child, but ''Skulduggery himself.'' Too bad for him, [[Death Is Cheap|Skulduggery's death had been rigged.]] }} |
* [[The Bad Guy Wins]]: Initially, anyway. {{spoiler|He not only managed to kill Skulduggery's wife and child, but ''Skulduggery himself.'' Too bad for him, [[Death Is Cheap|Skulduggery's death had been rigged.]] }} |
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* [[Bad Powers, Bad People]]: See [[Red Right Hand]] below. Not even the most extreme [[Anti-Hero]] could pull ''that'' off... |
* [[Bad Powers, Bad People]]: See [[Red Right Hand]] below. Not even the most extreme [[Anti-Hero]] could pull ''that'' off... |
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* [[The Fundamentalist]] |
* [[The Fundamentalist]] |
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* [[Green Eyes]] |
* [[Green Eyes]] |
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* [[Hoist |
* [[Hoist by His Own Petard]]: By turning himself undead, the Sceptre of the Ancients can no longer identify him as its master, {{spoiler|and Skulduggery is able to use it to kill him permanantly.}} |
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* [[Psycho Supporter]]: Pre- first book. |
* [[Psycho Supporter]]: Pre- first book. |
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* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]] |
* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]] |
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* [[Evil Sorcerer]] |
* [[Evil Sorcerer]] |
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* [[The Fundamentalist]] |
* [[The Fundamentalist]] |
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* [[Hoist |
* [[Hoist by His Own Petard]]: [[Played With]]. {{spoiler|He was already dying when the Grotesquery snapped his neck.}} |
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* [[Honour Before Reason]]: The aforementioned "sword to a gun fight" conversation. |
* [[Honour Before Reason]]: The aforementioned "sword to a gun fight" conversation. |
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* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]] |
* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]] |
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* {{spoiler|[[Demonic Possession]]}} |
* {{spoiler|[[Demonic Possession]]}} |
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* {{spoiler|[[The Dog Was the Mastermind]]}} |
* {{spoiler|[[The Dog Was the Mastermind]]}} |
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* [[Hoist |
* [[Hoist by His Own Petard]] |
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* [[Muggle Born of Mages]] |
* [[Muggle Born of Mages]] |
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* {{spoiler|[[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]]: To use Valkyrie's words, he was pretty much discarded like a leaky boat after the Faceless Ones were done with him.}} |
* {{spoiler|[[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]]: To use Valkyrie's words, he was pretty much discarded like a leaky boat after the Faceless Ones were done with him.}} |
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* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]] |
* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]] |
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* [[Eldritch Abomination]] |
* [[Eldritch Abomination]] |
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* [[Exactly What It Says |
* [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]: They're the Faceless Ones. So, naturally, {{spoiler|the faces of the people they are possessing ''melt off''.}} |
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** Also, the Grotesquery. |
** Also, the Grotesquery. |
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* [[For the Evulz]] |
* [[For the Evulz]] |
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* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]] |
* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]] |
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* [[Career Killer]] |
* [[Career Killer]] |
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* [[Contract |
* [[Contract on the Hitman]] |
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* [[Cool Mask]] |
* [[Cool Mask]] |
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* [[Hitman |
* [[Hitman with a Heart]] |
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* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]: By Lord Vile.}} |
* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]: By Lord Vile.}} |
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* [[Malevolent Masked Men]] |
* [[Malevolent Masked Men]] |
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* [[Black Knight]] |
* [[Black Knight]] |
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* [[Deceptive Disciple]]: Towards the Necromancers. |
* [[Deceptive Disciple]]: Towards the Necromancers. |
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* [[Dragon |
* [[Dragon with an Agenda]]: Mevolent wants to bring back the Faceless Ones. Lord Vile really doesn't care. |
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* [[The Dreaded]] |
* [[The Dreaded]] |
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* [[Evil Sorcerer]] |
* [[Evil Sorcerer]] |
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* {{spoiler|[[Fallen Hero]]: ''Skulduggery!?!''}} |
* {{spoiler|[[Fallen Hero]]: ''Skulduggery!?!''}} |
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* [[Implacable Man]] |
* [[Implacable Man]] |
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* [[Memetic Badass]]: [[In |
* [[Memetic Badass]]: [[In-Universe]] example. |
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* [[Mysterious Past]]: A little less mysterious as of ''Death Bringer.'' |
* [[Mysterious Past]]: A little less mysterious as of ''Death Bringer.'' |
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* [[Necromancer]] |
* [[Necromancer]] |
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* [[And I Must Scream]]: {{spoiler|Eventually placed in an induced coma by Doctor Nye.}} |
* [[And I Must Scream]]: {{spoiler|Eventually placed in an induced coma by Doctor Nye.}} |
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* [[Blessed |
* [[Blessed with Suck]] |
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* [[Cold-Blooded Torture]]: {{spoiler|Inflicts this on Valkyrie.}} |
* [[Cold-Blooded Torture]]: {{spoiler|Inflicts this on Valkyrie.}} |
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* [[Dark Action Girl]] |
* [[Dark Action Girl]] |
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* [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain]] |
* [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain]] |
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* {{spoiler|[[Losing Your Head]]}} |
* {{spoiler|[[Losing Your Head]]}} |
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* [[Removing the Head |
* [[Removing the Head or Destroying the Brain]]: {{spoiler|Turns out... chopping off his head ''won't'' kill him.}} |
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* [[Sissy Villain]] |
* [[Sissy Villain]] |
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* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]] |
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]] |
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* [[Obviously Evil]]: Well, with a name like ''that''... |
* [[Obviously Evil]]: Well, with a name like ''that''... |
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* [[Spell My Name |
* [[Spell My Name with a "The"]] |
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* [[Would Hurt a Child]] |
* [[Would Hurt a Child]] |
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* [[Jerkass Has a Point]]: Valkyrie did take an ''enormous'' risk bringing Skulduggery home. |
* [[Jerkass Has a Point]]: Valkyrie did take an ''enormous'' risk bringing Skulduggery home. |
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* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]}}: You almost feel sorry for her. |
* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]}}: You almost feel sorry for her. |
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** ''[[Kick the Son of |
** ''[[Kick the Son of a Bitch|Almost.]]'' |
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* [[Mismatched Eyes]] |
* [[Mismatched Eyes]] |
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* [[Police Brutality]] |
* [[Police Brutality]] |
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* [[Smug Snake]]: ''So very much.'' |
* [[Smug Snake]]: ''So very much.'' |
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* [[Stepford Smiler]]: Just like Dolores Umbridge in ''[[Harry Potter ( |
* [[Stepford Smiler]]: Just like Dolores Umbridge in ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]''. |
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* [[Would Hurt a Child]] |
* [[Would Hurt a Child]] |
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* [[All Women Love Shoes]]: Even the scary fundamentalist ones. |
* [[All Women Love Shoes]]: Even the scary fundamentalist ones. |
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* [[Badass]] |
* [[Badass]] |
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** [[Badass in |
** [[Badass in a Nice Suit]] |
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* [[Blackmail Is Such an Ugly Word]] |
* [[Blackmail Is Such an Ugly Word]] |
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* [[The Chessmaster]]: She easily outplays the resident [[Magnificent Bitch]], China Sorrows. |
* [[The Chessmaster]]: She easily outplays the resident [[Magnificent Bitch]], China Sorrows. |
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* [[For Science!]]: Used to have this mindset. Grew out of it. |
* [[For Science!]]: Used to have this mindset. Grew out of it. |
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* [[Grumpy Old Man]] |
* [[Grumpy Old Man]] |
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* [[Jerk |
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Spends most of his time berating Skulduggery. ''Adores'' Valkyrie. |
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* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]: In the most disturbing, violent way possible.}} |
* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]: In the most disturbing, violent way possible.}} |
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* [[The Medic]] |
* [[The Medic]] |
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* [[Friendly Neighbourhood Vampire]]: {{spoiler|Ultimately subverted.}} |
* [[Friendly Neighbourhood Vampire]]: {{spoiler|Ultimately subverted.}} |
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* [[Hemo-Erotic]]: It certainly seems like this was the case. |
* [[Hemo-Erotic]]: It certainly seems like this was the case. |
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* {{spoiler|[[Kill It |
* {{spoiler|[[Kill It with Water]]}} |
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* [[Licking the Blade]]: It didn't end well. |
* [[Licking the Blade]]: It didn't end well. |
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* {{spoiler|[[Love Makes You Crazy]]}} |
* {{spoiler|[[Love Makes You Crazy]]}} |
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* [[Shallow Love Interest]]: Don't tell him that though. |
* [[Shallow Love Interest]]: Don't tell him that though. |
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* [[Stalking Is Love]] |
* [[Stalking Is Love]] |
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* [[Take That]]: A somewhat less than subtle jab at our mate [[Twilight ( |
* [[Take That]]: A somewhat less than subtle jab at our mate [[Twilight (novel)|Eddie.]] |
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* [[Vampires Are Sex Gods]]: |
* [[Vampires Are Sex Gods]]: |
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* {{spoiler|[[Why Did You Make Me Hit You?]]}} |
* {{spoiler|[[Why Did You Make Me Hit You?]]}} |