History DarthWiki / GuestHouseAltTalia

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Despite the lighter tone, some backstories can still be extremely dark, especially for those whose personalities and relationships are particularly affected by their pasts in Alt-talia. Some even point out how their story weirdly parallels what their country has gone through. The difference is that unlike Alt-talia proper, [[CaptainObvious no one engages in war crimes]], and the characters can actually hope to get help with their issues.

* GenderFlip: Philippines appears as Juan De La Cruz, her male version/male alter-ego. Granted, he's less a gender flip as a gender flip back to canon, as he just uses canon Philippines' design.

* {{Wingman}}: It’s possible to befriend the female characters (Anne, Michelle, Erzsébet, and Xiao-Mei, with Maria downloadable as Juan’s twin sister), and they’ll often support you in your endeavors (though if you act too much like a {{Jerkass}} they’ll start to grow distant from you). It’s also possible to have short “Friendship Routes” with them.

** Juan also is written a bit differently from Maria to account for the gender change ([[spoiler:and, as revealed later, she’s downloadable as a friend in case players want her around]]).

--> Feliks, in his breakup speech: Yes, I am choose her over you! She is friend! Longtime friend! If you do not like it, sorry to you!

** [[DownloadableContent Hyun-Soo]]. And how. [[spoiler:He was basically kidnapped into North Korea at the age of 5 and raised as a TykeBomb spy, with all that entails, never knowing what happened to his father or brother or whether they were even alive, though they remain a faint memory as the North Korean authorities told him that they were being held hostage by the South Korean government and that he would be able to save them. He spent the next 12 years being thoroughly brainwashed, sent on his first mission at the age of 18; his appearance in-game is after he was busted on this mission and spent a little under a year being only partially deprogrammed by the South Korean government and put into Yong’s care, with when Yong is being told about this depending on whether he is downloaded from the beginning or after starting the game.]] [[spoiler:Even after he becomes available in-game, he’s a mix between North Korea as he is in Alt-talia and a possible way he would be post-unification, the brainwashing still having some hold on him, but with his bombastic demeanor being more subdued, and his massive ego is a much more transparent facade revealing the massive beating it has taken. He has a hard time holding a job due to not knowing how to compete, can only work in blue-collar jobs as a result which often happen to be exploitative, and his upbringing has clearly given him mental health issues, and as well as issues with both building relationships as well as dependence, being very emotionally and monetarily dependent on Yong and Yong alone (though after you gain his trust an issue becomes that he can become a bit too dependent on ''you''). And speaking of, his relationship with Yong is still anything but ideal, due to how much of a bombshell the entire thing was on the poor guy and how stressed out Yong already was before finding out his possibly mentally ill twin brother is still alive and he’s going to have to take care of him. At one point Yong lashes out at him, leaving Hyun in tears. And depending on when you download him, it’s possible that not only did he have to go through the culture shock of living in South Korea, but he now also has to adjust to living in a completely unrelated culture. Even if you don’t go through Hyun’s route and go with Yong, or have already befriended/started dating Yong, you can still indirectly improve his situation as you help Yong through his issues.]]

* {{Yandere}}: Hyun-Soo has shades of this. If you download him, after a while he starts asking you out. If you say no, he’ll assume you’re trying to be polite and ask you out multiple times. At the fifth time this happens, he’ll punch a wall, a dark expression on his face, and demand you get with him and that you can “stop playing this game, admit how you really feel”. The sixth time, he becomes enraged and looks ready to attack you, before Yong swoops in and drags him away, closing the route. Even after getting with him, he’s shown to be rather possessive. E.g. if you pursue friendship routes with other male characters, a scene plays where he, with that dark expression on his face, asks you why you need any other man but him; if you continue on the friendship routes, he starts trying to come between you and the other character, driving them off, and if you still try to pursue other friendships, he starts hitting you. It is possible to get him to understand, but it takes a lot of time. Plus, if you break up with him, he starts crying and lunges at you, screaming at and attacking you, until Yong finally saves you, pulling him off and restraining him while you run away. On the flip side though, this means he is very passionate and serious about the relationship, especially after the 100 day mark when he gives you your couple ring.

* {{Yandere}}: Hyun-Soo has shades of this. If you download him, after a while he starts asking you out. If you say no, he’ll assume you’re trying to be polite and ask you out multiple times. At the fifth time this happens, he’ll punch a wall, a dark expression on his face, and demand you get with him. The sixth time, he looks ready to attack you, before Yong swoops in and drags him away, closing the route. Even after getting with him, he’s shown to be passionate as well as possessive; e.g. if you pursue friendship routes with other male characters, a scene plays where he, with a dark expression on his face, asks you why you need any other man but him. If you continue on the friendship routes, he starts trying to come between you and the other character, driving them off. If you try to pursue other friendships, he starts hitting you. Plus, if you break up with him, he starts crying and lunges at you, screaming at and attacking you, until Yong finally saves you, pulling him off and restraining him while you run away.

* {{Yandere}}: Hyun-Soo has shades of this. If you download him, after a while he starts asking you out. If you say no, he’ll assume you’re trying to be polite and ask you out multiple times. At the fifth time this happens, he’ll punch a wall, a dark expression on his face, and demand you get with him. The sixth time, he looks ready to attack you, before Yong swoops in and drags him away, closing the route. Even after getting with him, he’s shown to be passionate as well as possessive; e.g. if you pursue friendship routes with other male characters, a scene plays where he, with a dark expression on his face, asks you why you need any other man but him. If you continue on the friendship routes, he starts trying to come between you and the other character. If you continue, he starts hitting you. Plus, if you break up with him, he starts crying and lunges at you, screaming at and attacking you, until Yong finally saves you, pulling him off and restraining him while you run away.

** It’s a bit more prominent with Yao here than in Alt-talia canon. While he can still be ruthless, rude, and pushy, if one goes further in his route his caring side becomes more visible. [[spoiler:It’s also apparent that at least some of his jerk behavior is the result of his trauma]].

* NotIfTheyEnjoyedItRationalization: Deconstructed. [[spoiler:Yao states that after he was initially raped, one of the ways he tried to cope with it was by telling himself that he must have enjoyed it because he got an erection and even came during the ordeal. His rapist used it to justify her actions as well, calling him a slut for this plus his promiscuity before this point]].

* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Early in the game, a random event might trigger where you walk into the road and a car speeds towards you. Alfred immediately grabs and pulls you away just in time, not caring whether he might get hurt. He notes the number plate and immediately calls the police to report reckless driving. After the fact, he declares he did it because it’s the “heroic” thing to do. This is the other possible entry point to start dating him aside from just talking to him. Alfred in general loves anything to do with heroism, just like his canon and Alt-talia counterparts. [[spoiler:Also deconstructed. It’s shown that as an influencer, he has quite a few younger fans who DM him about their problems and confide in him about rather heavy things due to his heroic persona. He apparently started doing this ever since early in his career, when his fanbase was small (so about 15), with him often initiating the help. He feels an obligation to help them, but he confesses to you that he was not expecting to get entangled in people’s lives this much, and that he doesn’t like doing it. He’s apparently had to talk down one person in particular from suicide several times, and it’s implied he may be unwittingly making some people’s conditions worse. He doesn’t want you be be dependent on him not just because that’s unhealthy, but because he doesn’t want to end up in another relationship like this. Half of his potential arc is about you convincing him that this parasocial relationship indeed isn’t healthy, that he isn’t a professional and that he doesn’t have to be a hero all the time, and learning to make the hard decision of stopping this.]]

* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Early in the game, a random event might trigger where you walk into the road and a car speeds towards you. Alfred immediately grabs and pulls you away just in time, not caring whether he might get hurt. He notes the number plate and immediately calls the police to report reckless driving. After the fact, he declares he did it because it’s the “heroic” thing to do. This is the other possible entry point to start dating him aside from just talking to him. Alfred in general loves anything to do with heroism, just like his canon and Alt-talia counterparts. [[spoiler:Also deconstructed. It’s shown that as an influencer, he has quite a few younger fans who DM him about their problems and confide in him about rather heavy things due to his heroic persona. He apparently started doing this ever since early in his career, when his fanbase was small (so about 15), with him sometimes initiating the help. He feels an obligation to help them, but he confesses to you that he was not expecting to get entangled in people’s lives this much, and that he doesn’t like doing it. He’s apparently had to talk down one person in particular from suicide several times, and it’s implied he may be unwittingly making some people’s conditions worse. He doesn’t want you be be dependent on him not just because that’s unhealthy, but because he doesn’t want to end up in another relationship like this. Half of his potential arc is about you convincing him that this parasocial relationship indeed isn’t healthy, that he isn’t a professional and that he doesn’t have to be a hero all the time, and learning to make the hard decision of stopping this.]]

* Francis Bonnelfoy, 31, a French comic book writer on holiday

* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Early in the game, a random event might trigger where you walk into the road and a car speeds towards you. Alfred immediately grabs and pulls you away just in time, not caring whether he might get hurt. He notes the number plate and immediately calls the police to report reckless driving. After the fact, he declares he did it because it’s the “heroic” thing to do. This is the other possible entry point to start dating him aside from just talking to him. Alfred in general loves anything to do with heroism, just like his canon and Alt-talia counterparts. [[spoiler:Also deconstructed. It’s shown that as an influencer, he has quite a few younger fans who DM him about their problems and confide in him about rather heavy things due to his heroic persona. He apparently started doing this about when he started becoming popular (so about 16), and he feels an obligation to help them, but he confesses to you that he feels he’s only making things worse because the fans he talks to rarely get better, that he was not expecting to get entangled in people’s lives this much, and that he doesn’t like doing it. He’s apparently had to talk down one person in particular from suicide several times. He doesn’t want you be be dependent on him not just because that’s unhealthy, but because he doesn’t want to end up in another relationship like this. Half of his potential arc is about you convincing him that this parasocial relationship indeed isn’t healthy, that he isn’t a professional and that he doesn’t have to be a hero all the time, and learning to make the hard decision of stopping this.]]