Todd Allison & the Petunia Violet: Difference between revisions

* [[Big Brother Instinct]]: Petunia's older brother {{spoiler|Elijah}} has this. He showered compliments down on her and has called her "honeycake chocolate pie" with complete seriousness. When he thought that Cyril {{spoiler|the streetcar operator}} had done something to her, he became enraged and shouted that he would "[[Precision F-Strike|fucking]] cut that son of a bitch." He appears to be shaping up to be a [[Knight Templar Big Brother]] pretty quickly.

** But then again, {{spoiler|chapter 5 hints that he may be some sort of [[Subverted Trope|subversion]] as he didn't seem to care too much when he found out that Petunia was in a room with an armed man. Meredith may play it more straight as he ''does'' seem to care.}}

** Having a [[Gender Blender Name]] doesn't help (although at the time this is set, Meredith was still mostly a boy's name).

** Also pretty much every other guy, to varying degrees. Except Hobbes.

* [[Parental Substitute]]: Will from the first sidestory is this for Todd.

* [[Pretty in Mink]]

* [[Ship Tease]]: Todd and Petunia. She seems to be the only person he can be genuinely nice to at times, and he has shown that he cares for her a great deal. He has shown concern over the thought that Cyril would break Petunia's heart, even if this was fueled by someone else's assertions. He even puts an arm around her at one point, to comfort her after she {{spoiler|lost her job.}} It's a big thing for [[Jerkass|Todd]]. [[Shrinking Violet|Petunia]], for her part, has gone into a violent rage at the thought of anything bad happening to Todd. It may very well be her only [[Berserk Button]].

** And then there's {{spoiler|Cyril}}, who has shown quite a bit of interest in Petunia - even moreso than he has in his usual flirtations with everyone else. Landon stated with complete seriousness that {{spoiler|Cyril}} likes and thinks highly of Petunia. In the extra page at the end of chapter 7, {{spoiler|Cyril even refers to her as ''Lady'' Petunia while talking to someone else. In contrast, [[Green-Eyed Monster|he calls Todd Petunia's "pumpkin-headed boyfriend."]]}} His interest in her may have to do with {{spoiler|the [[Hidden Depths]] she showed in chapter 5.}} Petunia, on the other hand, just seems to fear him.