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The edge of seventeen movie#
The edge of seventeen series#

The edge of seventeen movie#

Fatal Flaw: Nadine's is impulsiveness, from lashing out at Krista and breaking off their friendship after she starts dating her brother, stealing her mom's car, sending a sexually explicit text to her crush.she does a lot of things in the movie totally on a whim.Nadine can't even be upset when he awkwardly tries to go in for a badly-timed kiss on the ferris wheel, because he's so nice. Erwin is adorably earnest in trying to flirt with Nadine, who he obviously has a crush on.

One of the reasons their friendship is strained in the movie is because Krista has grown up and her tastes have changed, whereas Nadine's emotional development has been halted ever since her dad died. Nadine loves best friend Krista because she still sees her as the dorky little girl who dressed like a little old lady and collected bugs.Unlike a lot of Dogged Nice Guys, the ending of his animated film shows that he does think there's a limit to how many times he can be rejected before he moves on. After he tries and fails with a ferris wheel kiss, Erwin doesn't ever press the issue himself again. Dogged Nice Guy: Erwin is introduced clearly interested in Nadine, dorkily asking about her weekend.Disappeared Dad: Nadine and Darian's father dies of a heart attack early in the film.Deadpan Snarker: Nadine, who uses as a means of dealing with her inner frustrations.Deceased Parents Are the Best: Nadine's attentive and supportive father dies, while her self-centered and neglectful mother lives on.Daddy's Girl: Nadine was far closer to her dad.At seventeen, Nadine confronts her demons and grows up. Coming-of-Age Story: The title alone should be a dead giveaway.Chickification: As soon as she starts dating Darian, pretty much all Krista does is smile and trot around after him for the rest of the movie.Broken Ace: Darian looks likes the model student, son, and brother but he feels weighed down by his responsibilities to his family.

The edge of seventeen series#

Bittersweet 17: Follows 17-year-old Nadine, who finally realizes that her life hasn't been so happy up to now through a series of unfortunate Wild Teen Parties, and wants to kill herself after retrospectively also realizing that her life has never been as unhappy as it is now, either.

Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Nick acted nice to Nadine initially before angrily admitting he only asked her out to have sex.

However, he reveals to her that he feels pressured to be the Only Sane Man and can't pursue his own wants and desires as a result, and they end up sharing a hug. When she tries to get him to understand that she thinks he doesn't love her as much as she loves him by bringing up an anecdote about their father's death, he calls her sick in the head, and when he has to chase her down when she leaves the house for a date with Nick, he seems more irritated at the inconvenience than worried she went missing.

Big Brother Bully: Downplayed with Darian, who frequently ignores and belittles Nadine when she becomes upset that he and her best friend entered a relationship, he mocks her for not having any other friends, then abandons her at a party he and Krista pressed her to go to.

Betty and Veronica: A gender-inverted version Erwin is the polite, endearingly awkward Betty and Nick is the unattainable bad-boy Veronica to Nadine's Archie.

Berserk Button: Mona telling Nadine her father would be disappointed in her prompts Nadine to steal her car, refuse to come home and sexually proposition her crush.

Beautiful All Along: In the pool scene, Nadine boggles when she sees that shy film geek Erwin has a six-pack.