History FanFic / Brainbent

* AgeLift: Many of the residents and staff are either adults or in their late teens, whereas, at the time the blog started, most of their canon counterparts were 13. The most extreme examples would probably be Terezi, Equius and Feferi, who are all depicted as being in their ''30s''. Downplayed with Dave, who is 15 at the start of the story.

* HurtingHero: All of the residents.

* HasTwoMommies: Sollux has two dads, Pollux Castor and Clubs Deuce, and refers to them as Dad 1 and Dad 2.

* Sollux Captor: [[MoodSwinger Bipolar]] genius, readmitted after a particularly dark downswing in his moods led to a drug overdose. Also, [[HasTwoMommies he has two dads]]. Current custodian of the [[SeriesMascot FUSB]] ('''F'''ucking '''U'''gly '''S'''tuffed '''B'''ee), and the only one who seems to like the hideously coloured plush monstrosity, [[SeriousBusiness although he does get extremely vocal]] [[InsistentTerminology about it not, in fact, being a bee]].

* AnythingThatMoves: Gamzee, in typically chill fashion, seems to be down for sexytimes with pretty much anyone who's interested.

* BetaCouple: Rose and Kanaya.
* BetterAsFriends: Sollux and Aradia.

* DrowningMySorrows: Vriska does this whenever she gets out.

* ElectiveMute: Dave for most of the story.

* EnragedByIdiocy: Karkat.
* FantasyForbiddingFather: Equius has one.

* FreudianSlip: Karkat has a lot of these.
* FriendlessBackground: Nepeta, Eridan, Karkat

* GlassEye: Vriska has a collection of them.
* GoodParents: Sollux's dads, as well as Kanaya, Nepeta and John's parents.
* HairTriggerTemper: Karkat.

-->-- '''[[HairTriggerTemper Karkat's]]''' review of the above.

* SuperOCD: Deconstructed with Kanaya, whose OCD was so bad that she couldn't function or leave her room, and wound up admitting herself to St. Lobaf's.

* MythologyGag: The name of the St. Lobaf Residential Treatment Center is a reference to Sollux's planet in Sgrub, the Land of Brains and Fire -- or LOBAF.

* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Problems with bullying drove Eridan to use brass knuckles to attack another student, which led to the discovery of the school shooting plans that got him admitted to St. Lobaf's. Nepeta's autism means that she has trouble keeping up with what her peers consider normal behavior, like wearing makeup and not pretending to be a zombie when you're in middle school. Homophobic bullying may have played a part in the suicide attempt in Tavros's backstory.

* BerserkButton: Due to her SPD, certain scents and sensations press Nepeta's. It's actually how we're introduced to the comfort room - one of Kanaya's perfumes [[HeroicBSOD nearly causes her to have a seizure]].

* CallingTheOldManOut: [[spoiler:Dave's first meeting with Bro after the hearing sees Dave break his silence...and verbally ''rip Bro a new asshole'' for expecting Dave to be happy to see him. Bro may have come out of it a little more sympathetic if he hadn't lost it and started screaming that he'd apologised, as though ''that'' should have made what he'd done all right. WordofGod is that this Bro is, fortunately, not Dirk.]]

* John Egbert: A [[ComedicSociopathy prank-obsessed]] young man who is the only one with an AmbiguousDisorder, mainly because the readers [[CloudCuckoolander aren't sure what to diagnose him with]]. The prevalent theory is that he's schizophrenic or schizotypal. ("he thiink2 were iin a viideo game.") Also the first guy to pry Karkat out of his room.

* AloofBigBrother: All of Dave's problems are caused by his.
* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Clubs Deuce has his moments.
* AmbiguousDisorder: As mentioned, nobody knows what John's doing there. He checked himself in, though.
** Apparently Eridan is a similarly confusing individual. He was sent to St. Lobaf for depression and possible borderline personality disorder, except when he got there the doctors started wondering if he had avoidant personality disorder instead. And than it's revealed that he's to be tested for autism soon.

* GrumpyBear: Karkat, and Sollux about half of the time.

** Vriska puts on a mischievous, puckish personality who seems to be proud of her multiple diagnosis. It's also almost directly stated in several places that she's struggled with suicidal thoughts and has little-to-no self-identity, most of her mannerisms taken from her Auntie Mindfang. [[spoiler:Also, she isn't actually a BikerBabe-it's said in one of her backstories that she actually hates them, but learned to ride one purely to impress a guy.]]

* RantInducingSlight: Leaving the FUSB on Karkat's bed.

* AdultFear: There's one story where Dave accidentally cuts his hand while home alone - and loses time. He could have bled to death.

* AgitatedItemStomping: Dave, to his glasses after a HeroicBSOD.

* PromotionToParent: Bro, which is the cause of Dave's problems

* RealityEnsues:
** The {{Hilariously Abusive Childhood}}s of Rose, Jade and Dave are played entirely straight here and all the issues the three would have in real life are very much present.
** Similarly, the psychological issues of the Trolls are also brought to the forefront and treated seriously--Karkat's anger issues, Sollux's bipolar disorder and ''everything'' about [[{{Jerkass}} Vriska]] and [[WildCard Gamzee]] are particularly notable examples.
** Dave tries to do AgitatedItemStomping on his glasses after Bro loses the hearing. The problem? He was barefoot at the time. Sure enough, Dave mentions his foot hurting a little bit later.
** John and Gamzee both like hugging people. However, given that they're in a mental institution, it's no surprise that there are people there who don't want to be hugged. Hugging them despite that does not end well.
** Bro got a PromotionToParent after his and Dave's parents died when Dave was only a baby. The thing is, just getting the promotion didn't automatically make him a good parent. Yes, he genuinely loves and cares for Dave, but he was still a terrible parent who probably should never have been entrusted with Dave.