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Preps are people who dislike or "flame" My Immortal. Or is not a goth.

At the beginning of every new chapter of My Immortal, Tara pleads with this group of people to "fuk off PREPZ ok!", and "PREPZ STOP FLAMIGNG!". Apparently, this group is somehow affiliated with the real-life prep cliques in high school. Anyone who is not overly goffic/suicidal/Stanist can be considered a "fuking prep".

Tara often tries to weed out the good readers from the bad by promoting her quiz, which was created solely for the purpose of determining whether the taker is either a "goff" or a "fuking prep". Thereby asserting that anyone who is not "goffik", is therefore a prep. Preps usually wear pink and are commonly flipped off by any and all non-preps (the goffs) in their presence.

Being called a prep is presented as a terrible thing, because preps show a lack of taste and appreciation for "modern literature" like My Immortal. Even though the term "prep" is ubiquitous in every chapter Tara writes, there is only one true prep in the entirety writing of the story.

Despite Tara's threats to injure herself if "prepz'" flaming continues, the "cruel and heartless" individuals known as preps never cease to torment her.

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Common Prep wear.

A prep is basically anyone who isn't like Tara. These include cheerleaders and Christians, or stuck up person. Some people define the term as "comformist" and "image-conscious".

Besides goths, Punks are also stated to be enemies of the preps. How to tell them apart, or if there are punk posers, is not made clear.

Pretty much every antagonist in My Immortal is a prep. Although, not all, because others, like Hargrid, and temporarily, Dumblydore, are described as being posers.

In My Immortal[]

Within the fic itself, prep is a name used to distinguish the evil non-goffik villains from the good sympathetic goffs. Even when a character is described as dark and gloomy in the books and thus close to being goffic, like Snape and Voldemort, their My Immortal counterparts are still called preps, due to being enemies to Ebony. Tara even goes as far as to describe that Voldemort is wearing a black robe, but that it was sure he wasn't goffik. Most, if not all, preps are associated with Griffindoor, though Luna Lovegood may be a Ravenclaw (if it exists in this universe). Preps also seem to be treated as second class citizens, as they are frequently abused by goffs, without any repercussions to the abusers.

Another type of prep is the poser, who pretends to be goffik, but most certainly isn't. They are held in as much contempt by the goffic population as any other prep, but insulted specifically for trying to reach their level of goffikness, without understanding how to be a real goff.

Known preps[]

Britney[]

Britney is Ebony's alleged school rival. She is a preppy girl who...just exists, which infuriates Ebony to no end. In the end, she does ally with da Death Deelers by freeing Snap, Loopin and Hargrid from Abkhazian.

Hillary Duff[]

Hilary Duff is a preppy artist sometimes brought up by the goffik characters in a negative light.

Albert Dumblydore[]

Albert Dumblydore is the preppy principal of Hogwarts, who has no understanding of the goffik lifestyle, which manifests itself in him swearing at goffs during headaches. He later tries to become goffik, but fails horribly at it, making him a poser.

Cornelia Fudge[]

The supposed leader of the Mystery of Magic. While he did not explicitly do anything against goffs, it is likely Cornelia Fudge is a prep, as he acts very hostile to Ebony and her friends during his stint as potions master. And that is enough to be seen as prep.

Loopin[]

Loopin is a known Death Deeler, which is the preppiest organization in the story. He also is a poser for attempting to buy a goffik camera pouch.

Luna Lovegood[]

Luna Lovegood is an extracannonical prep who does the abhorrent crimes of being scared of Hogwarts' gothic aesthetics and asking Maya about what she's wearing.

Prep Lady[]

This unnamed Prep Lady asked Enoby and Tom Satan Bombodil to leave the theater, as they were doin it in front of everybody. She was immediately assaulted by Ebony for asking something that heinous.

Doris Rumbridge[]

Doris Rumbridge is a member of the Mystery of Magic and most definitely a prep. She has the gall to send professor Trevolry to Abkhazian for being too gottik.

Snap[]

Another member of da Death Deelers. Despite the canonical Snape resembling what Tara sees as being goffik, Snap is very much a prep in this story, mainly by being a Death Deeler who acts against the interests of Ebony.

Voldemort[]

The leader of da Death Deelers, which is the most preppy group out there. Like Snap, the canonical Voldemort comes close to what Tara considers goffik. It is even explicitly said that Voldemort was wearing all black, but that it was certain he wasn't goffik. A later appearance even describes him as an ugly preppy man. During his younger years, he was a diehard goff known as Tom Satan Bombodil, but became preppy after getting his "hearth borken".

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