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Eliza And Her Monsters

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Eliza And Her Monsters	comment	Eliza and Her Monsters is a 2017 novel by Francesca Zappia.Eliza Mirk is the last person you’d expect with a secret identity. By day, she’s the awkward loner left alone by her classmates. At night, she's LadyConstellation, the anonymous author of the phenomenal webcomic, Monstrous Sea, the mother of a fandom.Early in her senior year of high school, by happenstance, Eliza meets Wallace Warland, a fan of Monstrous Sea, in fact, one of the fandom's most well-known fanfiction writers. Speaking through written notes or text, the two strike up a friendship, all while Wallace remains unaware that he's speaking with LadyConstellation herself.However, as Eliza begins to step outside her comfort zone — meeting Wallace’s friends and even dating him — she struggles to balance her own life and Monstrous Sea, leaving her unprepared when her secret is revealed.
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Eliza And Her Monsters / int_10dcbe05	comment	Aw, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other: Eliza's two younger brothers, Church and Sully. They know more about her online life than their parents, due to actually reading Monstrous Sea. So, after they accidentally reveal her secret, they give their parents a nice What the Hell, Hero?.
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Eliza And Her Monsters / int_130436b9	type	Annoying Younger Sibling
Eliza And Her Monsters / int_130436b9	comment	Annoying Younger Sibling: Eliza sees her younger twin brothers as such, since they are loud and messy and constantly tease her. However, they actually respect that she doesn't want it to be known that she's the author of a popular webcomic. They are also the ones who explain to their parents exactly what position they have put Eliza in by making her identity public. And although they don't make a big deal about it, they do mention that it's kind of cool that Eliza made Monstrous Sea in the first place.
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Eliza And Her Monsters / int_1c712be8	type	Yaoi Fangirl
Eliza And Her Monsters / int_1c712be8	comment	Yaoi Fangirl: One of the most popular members of the Monstrous Sea fanbase is Chandra, who draws fanart shipping various characters. One of the drawings Eliza sees pairs two male characters. Cole (another well-known fan) is displeased about Chandra putting his favorite character in "gay situations", to which Chandra goes on a rant describing all their Ship Tease. Though Chandra draws heterosexual pairings too (no word on femslash).
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Eliza And Her Monsters / int_1da3a484	comment	Alice Allusion: At one point, Eliza describes the computer as her "rabbit hole" and the internet as her "Wonderland".
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Eliza And Her Monsters / int_20989d05	comment	Parents as People: While raising her brothers came easy for them, Eliza's parents really don't know how to handle her or help her. In their attempt to be supportive, they end up revealing that she created Monstrous Sea which only exacerbated her pre-existing anxiety issues.
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Eliza And Her Monsters / int_316e9da2	comment	Memetic Mutation: In-Universe; "You found me in a constellation" and "There are monsters in the sea" are the most popular quotes from Monstrous Sea. The former has been known to be used as a marriage vow, and the latter tends to be the subject of tattoos.
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Eliza And Her Monsters / int_48e8fe57	type	Happily Adopted
Eliza And Her Monsters / int_48e8fe57	comment	Happily Adopted: Wallace is in a unique position. His stepmother, Vee essentially raised him as his mother and had a daughter with Wallace's father. After he died, Vee naturally became his legal guardian, and Vee later remarried a man with his own child.
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Eliza And Her Monsters / int_5f930b19	comment	Named After Somebody Famous: Sully and Church are named after entertainer Ed Sullivan and statesman Winston Churchill, respectively. Eliza tells Wallace she was lucky to get a "normal" name.
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Eliza And Her Monsters / int_5fcedca	comment	Big Eater: Wallace. Justified because he was a varsity football player.
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Eliza And Her Monsters / int_6d332aea	type	Driven to Suicide
Eliza And Her Monsters / int_6d332aea	comment	Wallace towards the end of the book when he realizes Eliza had the same darkness around her his father had when he was Driven to Suicide and almost ignored the signs.
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Eliza And Her Monsters / int_6f679180	comment	Reclusive Artist: In-Universe; Olivia Kane, author of Children of Hypnos, withdrew from the public eye after failing to come up with the final volume of the series. Rumors about her whereabouts sprouted, including one much alluded to that she became crazy and chased fans off her property with a shotgun (which is a complete lie). Eliza also briefly becomes one when her identity is exposed, refusing to attend school or continue Monstrous Sea to the end, eventually leading her to write a letter to Olivia Kane about her problems.
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Eliza And Her Monsters / int_7921ad77	type	Actually, I Am Him
Eliza And Her Monsters / int_7921ad77	comment	Actually, I Am Him: This comes up when Wallace reveals himself to be rainmaker, one of the Monstrous Sea fandom's most popular fanfic writers. Eliza averts doing this for most of the book. So when Wallace inevitably does learn that she's LadyConstellation, he's understandably upset with her.
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Eliza And Her Monsters / int_916c72b3	type	Rule of Symbolism
Eliza And Her Monsters / int_916c72b3	comment	Rule of Symbolism: In-universe, Wallace has a knack for picking up on the metaphor, being a writer himself. He's certain that the monsters in Monstrous Sea are a metaphor (though he doesn't say what for), and that the setup in Children of Hypnos is a metaphor for depression. Textually, monsters are used to describe Eliza's personal problems, her depression, her anxiety, eventually even Monstrous Sea.
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Eliza And Her Monsters / int_96fbeaf	type	There Are No Therapists
Eliza And Her Monsters / int_96fbeaf	comment	There Are No Therapists: There are, and Eliza even believes Wallace could benefit from seeing one. However, when given the offer herself, Eliza is a little hesitant. She ultimately goes through with it, though.
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Eliza And Her Monsters / int_9875ac5b	type	Ocean Punk
Eliza And Her Monsters / int_9875ac5b	comment	Ocean Punk: Monstrous Sea is this kind of fiction as it takes place in a largely aquatic planet dotted with some islands.
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Eliza And Her Monsters / int_9d12bbc1	type	Foreshadowing
Eliza And Her Monsters / int_9d12bbc1	comment	Foreshadowing: After Eliza introduces Wallace to Children of Hypnos, he compares it to a mental health book and how most end with the main character deciding not to commit suicide. In the climax, Eliza does seriously contemplate suicide, but she manages to talk herself out of it.
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Eliza And Her Monsters / int_a1b141f4	type	My God, What Have I Done?
Eliza And Her Monsters / int_a1b141f4	comment	My God, What Have I Done?: Wallace towards the end of the book when he realizes Eliza had the same darkness around her his father had when he was Driven to Suicide and almost ignored the signs. Even before that, the Mirk parents have one when they finally realize the ramifications outing Eliza had on her life and that Monstrous Sea wasn't just "a hobby" as they spent the entire book believing.
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Eliza And Her Monsters / int_a939d96a	comment	Adults Are Useless: Eliza is of this mindset, and her parents have their moments. The most obvious is how little they actually looked into Monstrous Sea and how much of a big deal it, and Eliza's anonymity, was. Even after her identity is made public, they're still under the impression that the comic is "just a hobby" and not something Eliza could make a living off of. Or that she's no longer safe now that LadyConstellation has a face. They get better with the help of Eliza's brothers.
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Eliza And Her Monsters / int_ad641426	comment	Trademark Favorite Food: Hard-boiled eggs for Eliza. So much so that her father and twin brothers have nicknamed her Eggs. The brothers often twist it into something like Rotten Eggs or Eggs Benedict to tease her.
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Eliza And Her Monsters / int_c2393191	comment	Show Within a Show: Besides Eliza's creation, Monstrous Sea, there's also Children of Hypnos, Eliza's favorite book series. Plus Dog Days, a cheesy soap opera that Eliza follows and seems to ironically enjoy.
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Eliza And Her Monsters / int_c54d550d	comment	Novelization: In-universe, Wallace starts working on one for Monstrous Sea. He's even offered a book deal late in the story.
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Eliza And Her Monsters / int_c63cd20a	type	Writing by the Seat of Your Pants
Eliza And Her Monsters / int_c63cd20a	comment	Writing by the Seat of Your Pants: In-universe, all signs point to Eliza being a "pantser" when it comes to writing her webcomic. She seems to have some idea of where the story will end up, but a lot of it just comes to her as she goes. She even admits that she didn't know what one of the comic's most popular memes, "(He) found me in a constellation", was supposed to mean when she wrote it.
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Eliza And Her Monsters / int_c78c0896	comment	Big Friendly Dog: Eliza's dog Davy is described as big and happy and cuddles with Wallace almost as soon as he meets him. He was the basis for a Gentle Giant sea monster with the same name in Monstrous Sea.
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Eliza And Her Monsters / int_d280a296	comment	Teen Genius: Emma, one of Eliza's online friends who's in college at fourteen.
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Eliza And Her Monsters / int_da376a36	comment	Fandom Life Cycle: An in-universe example happened with the Children of Hypnos fandom. Because the last book was never finished, the fandom ended at stage 6B. Monstrous Sea appears to be at Stage 4, having a dedicated and active fandom with its own forums, and Eliza mentions how a couple even quoted the work when exchanging their marriage vows.
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Eliza And Her Monsters / int_e52a0409	comment	Calling the Old Man Out: Eliza's brothers, Church and Sully, do this to her parents for outing Eliza as LadyConstellation. Both are fully aware of the repercussions and that their parents don't really understand what they just did.
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Eliza And Her Monsters / int_ea2e9f2d	comment	No Ending: An in-universe example with the Children of Hypnos book series. The author never finished the fifth and final book, causing the fandom to cannibalize themselves. However, it is this that led Eliza to create Monstrous Sea to fill the void.
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Eliza And Her Monsters / int_eb002293	comment	Shrinking Violet: Eliza struggles to be social and struggles with anything outside of her comfort zone. As the book continues and her relationship with Wallace deepens, she does eventually consider his friends her friends.
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Eliza And Her Monsters / int_f4b1129f	comment	Anger Born of Worry: Eliza's parents a few times. Largely because of how often she spends time online and how deep within herself she hides.
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Eliza And Her Monsters / int_fed93e1b	comment	Dark and Troubled Past: Wallace, who witnessed his father's suicide. Worst still, he saw the signs and never said anything.
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