S Tropes

This page lists tropes of literary work Always Visible (Another Prayer for the Dying Horror Genre) by Russian author Vitaly Ivolginsky, starting with the letter A.

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^{Warning: detailed listing and analysis of tropes may partially or completely reveal the plot or other nuances. In addition, their number may be supplemented from time to time.}

^{Denial of responsibility: possible strange language constructs are caused by translation from the author’s native language into English.}

List of tropes

• Small Role, Big Impact: To be honest, Delia does absolutely nothing to develop the plot – but as soon as this girl died, events immediately began to move at a waltz pace.
• Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome: Delia’s mother commits suicide for no particular reason. It looks like the author just wanted to flatter the authors of the original film.
• Sequel Goes Foreign: A sequel is a big word, but the third act (which is actually the fourth part) takes place not in Portland, North America, but in London, England.
• Setting Update: The film Omen IV: The Awakening took place in New York. “Always Visible” instead moves the main location to Portland, Oregon, with the final act moving to London, England.
• Shared Universe: It is mentioned that Delia’s family lived in New York before moving to Portland, which could be interpreted to mean that “Always Visible” is actually a sequel to Omen IV: The Awakening.
• Shower of Angst: Jordan Thurlow and Galbraith take a shower in different chapters of the work.
• Stairs Are Faster: It is curiously played out in the last chapters of the third act, when employees of the underground university lead Galbraith down the stairs for the reason that if they took the elevator, they would not have time to introduce their guest to the situation.
• Star-Crossed Lovers: Delia Yonce and Jordan Thurlow.
• Symbolism: The story literally says that Delia sits on the left side of the dinner table because it symbolizes that the daughter is the heart of her father.
• Screw the Rules, I Have Connections!: As a police inspector, Galbraith takes advantage of his position sometimes even without any reason – the first chapter of the first act is the most striking example of this. It is ironic that in the third act he no longer has power, because the American policeman in England can no longer rule like he does at home.
• Schizophrenic Difficulty: The main reason why Galbraith cannot catch doctor Baselard is the inspector’s own incompetence, because first he goes into the doctor’s apartment, and then allows him to calmly leave from there. After this, it is quite funny to hear Galbraith’s thoughts about how the doctor was supposedly elusive.
• Self-Inflicted Hell: It is implied that Galbraith is going crazy as the plot progresses.
• Solve the Soup Cans: Used in Act Three when Galbraith first guesses Delia’s name from individual letters, then converts them into numbers and ends up with the number 8. This makes no sense, as the Inspector himself says, although this number matches the age at which Delia met Jo.
• Squick: The “romance” between Delia Yonce and Jordan Thurlow has this effect on a lot of people too due to the characters’ ages.