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** Dana explicitly identifies as bisexual.
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** Dana explicitly identifies as bisexual. Her ill-fated past relationship with Logan is Kept from the game, but her rebound relationship is with Kate instead of Trevor.
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* ProperlyParanoid: After taking a hit off a bong at a Vortex Club party, Max starts thinking that everyone secretly knows that she's trans, and that Rachel only invited her to make fun of her (this apparently happened a lot at her school in Seattle). After calming down she dismisses these fears as marijuana-induced paranoia, which they mostly are. However, Rachael really does secretly know that Max is trans and is keeping the fact that she knows and how she knows a secret to toy with Max, though her intentions are not malicious.
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* ProperlyParanoid: After taking a hit off a bong at a Vortex Club party, Max starts thinking that everyone secretly knows that she's trans, and that Rachel only invited her to make fun of her (this apparently happened a lot at her school in Seattle). After calming down she dismisses these fears as marijuana-induced paranoia, which they mostly are. However, Rachael Rachel really does secretly know that Max is trans and is keeping the fact that she knows and how she knows a secret to toy with Max, though her intentions are not malicious.
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* ProperlyParanoid: After taking a hit off a bong at a Vortex Club party, Max starts thinking that everyone secretly knows that she's trans, and that Rachel only invited her to make fun of her (this apparently happened a lot at her school in Seattle. After calming down she dismisses these fears as marijuana-induced paranoia, which they mostly are. However, Rachael really does secretly know that Max is trans and is keeping the fact that she knows and how she knows a secret to toy with Max, though her intentions are not malicious.
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* ProperlyParanoid: After taking a hit off a bong at a Vortex Club party, Max starts thinking that everyone secretly knows that she's trans, and that Rachel only invited her to make fun of her (this apparently happened a lot at her school in Seattle.Seattle). After calming down she dismisses these fears as marijuana-induced paranoia, which they mostly are. However, Rachael really does secretly know that Max is trans and is keeping the fact that she knows and how she knows a secret to toy with Max, though her intentions are not malicious.
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*ProperlyParanoid: After taking a hit off a bong at a Vortex Club party, Max starts thinking that everyone secretly knows that she's trans, and that Rachel only invited her to make fun of her (this apparently happened a lot at her school in Seattle. After calming down she dismisses these fears as marijuana-induced paranoia, which they mostly are. However, Rachael really does secretly know that Max is trans and is keeping the fact that she knows and how she knows a secret to toy with Max, though her intentions are not malicious.
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* AdaptationalHeroism:
** While Chloe's stepfather David already had HiddenDepths in the game, here he's softened somewhat. He blamed himself for Chloe running away to L.A. with Rachel, so when she came back he deliberately gave her more slack. Even his supremely awkward conversation with Max is motivated by a sincere desire to protect Chloe and mostly marred by [[InnocentlyInsensitive genuine ignorance]].
** Nathan Prescott is a simple high school bully, with all of his more heinous actions from the game removed, and when he gets focus in ''In The Night We Trust'', he's shown as a deeply mentally unstable kid who lashes out due to insecurity. The reason for this is likely that [[spoiler: [[TheCorrupter Mark Jefferson]] isn't around to manipulate him into acting on his worst impulses.]]
** While Chloe's stepfather David already had HiddenDepths in the game, here he's softened somewhat. He blamed himself for Chloe running away to L.A. with Rachel, so when she came back he deliberately gave her more slack. Even his supremely awkward conversation with Max is motivated by a sincere desire to protect Chloe and mostly marred by [[InnocentlyInsensitive genuine ignorance]].
** Nathan Prescott is a simple high school bully, with all of his more heinous actions from the game removed, and when he gets focus in ''In The Night We Trust'', he's shown as a deeply mentally unstable kid who lashes out due to insecurity. The reason for this is likely that [[spoiler: [[TheCorrupter Mark Jefferson]] isn't around to manipulate him into acting on his worst impulses.]]
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** While Chloe's stepfather David already had HiddenDepths in the game, here he's softened somewhat. He blamed himself for Chloe running away to L.A. with Rachel, so when she came back he deliberately gave her more slack. Even his supremely awkward conversation with Max is motivated by a sincere desire to protect Chloe and mostly marred by [[InnocentlyInsensitive genuine ignorance]].
**AdaptationalHeroism: Nathan Prescott is a simple high school bully, with all of his more heinous actions from the game removed, and when he gets focus in ''In The Night We Trust'', he's shown as a deeply mentally unstable kid who lashes out due to insecurity. The reason for this is likely that [[spoiler: [[TheCorrupter Mark Jefferson]] isn't around to manipulate him into acting on his worst impulses.]]
** While Chloe's stepfather David already had HiddenDepths in the game, here he's softened somewhat. He blamed himself for Chloe running away to L.A. with Rachel, so when she came back he deliberately gave her more slack. Even his supremely awkward conversation with Max is motivated by a sincere desire to protect Chloe and mostly marred by [[InnocentlyInsensitive genuine ignorance]].
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** While she seems confortable with her sexuality by the time the story starts, Chloe confides to Max that in the past she slept with several guys in an attempt to [[CureYourGays "fix"]] herself, though that was also partially about specifically getting rid of her (at the time apparently unrequited) attraction to Rachel.
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** While she seems confortable comfortable with her sexuality by the time the story starts, Chloe confides to Max that in the past she slept with several guys in an attempt to [[CureYourGays "fix"]] herself, though that was also partially about specifically getting rid of her (at the time apparently unrequited) attraction to Rachel.
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* AlternateUniverseFic: ''Bloom'' makes two major alterations to the canon: Max is a [[{{Transgender}} trans girl]] and the game's BigBad, Mark Jefferson, is AdaptedOut. This second change has a lot of effects, most notably that Rachel Amber is alive.
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** Max herself serves as this for Kate.
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** In a more traditional example, meeting Max herself serves as this for Kate.makes Kate realize that she's attracted to women.
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* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Every chapter title is a stage of a plants life cycle ("Germination") or a term related to agriculture ("Fertile Ground").
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* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Every chapter title is a stage of a plants life cycle ("Germination") or a term related to agriculture ("Fertile Ground").Soil").
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** At the Halloween party, Max dresses as [[WesternAnimation/AdventureTime Marceline]], Rachel as [[WesternAnimation/AvaterTheLastAirbender Ty Lee]], and Chloe as ComicBook/TankGirl.
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** At the Halloween party, Max dresses as [[WesternAnimation/AdventureTime Marceline]], Rachel as [[WesternAnimation/AvaterTheLastAirbender [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Ty Lee]], and Chloe as ComicBook/TankGirl.
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** At the Halloween party, Max dresses as [[WesternAnimation/AdventureTime Marceline]], Rachel as [[WesternAnimation/AvaterTheLastAirbender Ty Lee]], and Chloe as ComicBook/TankGirl.
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** Victoria's unwillingness to be public with their relationship was part of what led to her break up with Rachel. Her next girlfriend, Taylor, is fine with keeping it a secret, though they eventually decide to come out to the whole school by going to prom together.
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** Victoria's unwillingness to be public with their relationship was part of what led to her break up with Rachel. Her next girlfriend, Taylor, is fine with keeping it a secret, though but they eventually decide to come out to the whole school by going to prom together.
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* ComingOutStory: Several characters come out during the fic, though in vastly different contexts.
** Chloe casually comes out to her mother off-page. She doesn't treat it as a big deal, acknowledging that she was in a ''very'' TransparentCloset and was just confirming what her mother already knew.
** Kate realizes that she's a lesbian, comes out to to her close friends, and eventually starts a relationship, though by the end she's still not ready to come out to her family.
** Victoria's unwillingness to be public with their relationship was part of what led to her break up with Rachel. Her next girlfriend, Taylor, is fine with keeping it a secret, though they eventually decide to come out to the whole school by going to prom together.
** Chloe casually comes out to her mother off-page. She doesn't treat it as a big deal, acknowledging that she was in a ''very'' TransparentCloset and was just confirming what her mother already knew.
** Kate realizes that she's a lesbian, comes out to to her close friends, and eventually starts a relationship, though by the end she's still not ready to come out to her family.
** Victoria's unwillingness to be public with their relationship was part of what led to her break up with Rachel. Her next girlfriend, Taylor, is fine with keeping it a secret, though they eventually decide to come out to the whole school by going to prom together.
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* ArmouredClosetGay: Victoria goes to great lengths to hide her lesbianism from her friends, even in engaging in homophobic bullying herself, which Rachel uses against her by [[ForcedOutOfTheCloset threatening to out her]] to get her to stop bullying Max. This is explored in more detail in ''In the Night We Trust'', where it puts serious strain on Victoria's budding romance with Taylor. In one incident, Victoria starts making out with Taylor, but when their friends walk in, she accuses Taylor of initiating the kiss and mocks her.
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* ArmouredClosetGay: Victoria goes to great lengths to hide her lesbianism from her friends, even in engaging in homophobic bullying herself, which Rachel uses against her by [[ForcedOutOfTheCloset threatening to out her]] to get her to stop bullying Max. This is explored in more detail in ''In the Night We Trust'', where it puts serious strain on Victoria's budding romance with Taylor. In one incident, Victoria starts making out with Taylor, but when their friends walk in, she accuses Taylor of initiating the kiss and mocks her.
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* AdaptationalHeroism:While Chloe's stepfather David already had HiddenDepths in the game, here he's softened somewhat. He blamed himself for Chloe running away to L.A. with Rachel, so when she came back he deliberately gave her more slack. Even his supremely awkward conversation with Max is motivated by a sincere desire to protect Chloe and mostly marred by [[InnocentlyInsensitive genuine ignorance]].
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* AdaptationalHeroism:While AdaptationalHeroism:
** While Chloe's stepfather David already had HiddenDepths in the game, here he's softened somewhat. He blamed himself for Chloe running away to L.A. with Rachel, so when she came back he deliberately gave her more slack. Even his supremely awkward conversation with Max is motivated by a sincere desire to protect Chloe and mostly marred by [[InnocentlyInsensitive genuine ignorance]].
** While Chloe's stepfather David already had HiddenDepths in the game, here he's softened somewhat. He blamed himself for Chloe running away to L.A. with Rachel, so when she came back he deliberately gave her more slack. Even his supremely awkward conversation with Max is motivated by a sincere desire to protect Chloe and mostly marred by [[InnocentlyInsensitive genuine ignorance]].
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** Chloe shows Max scars on her wrists from when she cut herself, though she never does it during the story.
** ''In the Night We Trust'' reveals that Taylor has hair pulling disorder. Her relationship with Victoria helps her manage it.
** Chloe shows Max scars on her wrists from when she cut herself, though she never does it during the story.
** ''In the Night We Trust'' reveals that Taylor has hair pulling disorder. Her relationship with Victoria helps her manage it.
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* TransEqualsGay: Briefly referenced. When Chloe finds out that Max is trans, she tries to reassure her that she accepts her by telling Max that she's gay. Chloe quickly corrects herself that they aren't the same thing, but still invokes LGBT solidarity.
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* TransEqualsGay: Briefly referenced. When Chloe finds out that Max is trans, she tries to reassure her that she accepts her by telling Max that she's gay. Chloe quickly corrects herself clarifies that she knows that they aren't the same thing, but still invokes LGBT solidarity.
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* AdaptationalHeroism:had HiddenDepths in the game, here he's softened somewhat. He blamed himself for Chloe running away to L.A. with Rachel, so when she came back he deliberately gave her more slack. Even his supremely awkward conversation with Max is motivated by a sincere desire to protect Chloe and mostly marred by [[InnocentlyInsensitive genuine ignorance]].
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* AdaptationalHeroism:had AdaptationalHeroism:While Chloe's stepfather David already had HiddenDepths in the game, here he's softened somewhat. He blamed himself for Chloe running away to L.A. with Rachel, so when she came back he deliberately gave her more slack. Even his supremely awkward conversation with Max is motivated by a sincere desire to protect Chloe and mostly marred by [[InnocentlyInsensitive genuine ignorance]].
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** While Chloe's step-father David was already a JerkWithAHeartOfGold in the game, here he's softened somewhat. He blamed himself for Chloe running away to L.A. with Rachel, so when she came back he deliberately gave her more slack. Even his supremely awkward conversation with Max is motivated by a sincere desire to protect Chloe and mostly marred by [[InnocentlyInsensitive genuine ignorance]].
** While Chloe's step-father David was already a JerkWithAHeartOfGold in the game, here he's softened somewhat. He blamed himself for Chloe running away to L.A. with Rachel, so when she came back he deliberately gave her more slack. Even his supremely awkward conversation with Max is motivated by a sincere desire to protect Chloe and mostly marred by [[InnocentlyInsensitive genuine ignorance]].
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* AdaptationalHeroism:
** While Chloe's step-father David was already a JerkWithAHeartOfGoldAdaptationalHeroism:had HiddenDepths in the game, here he's softened somewhat. He blamed himself for Chloe running away to L.A. with Rachel, so when she came back he deliberately gave her more slack. Even his supremely awkward conversation with Max is motivated by a sincere desire to protect Chloe and mostly marred by [[InnocentlyInsensitive genuine ignorance]].
** While Chloe's step-father David was already a JerkWithAHeartOfGold
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** While Chloe's step-father David was already a JerkWithAHeartOfGold in the game, here he's softened somewhat. He blamed himself for Chloe running away to L.A. with Rachel, so when she came back he deliberately gave her more slack. Even his supremely awkward conversation with Max is motivated by a genuine sincere desire to protect Chloe and is at worst InnocentlyInsensitive.mostly marred by [[InnocentlyInsensitive genuine ignorance]].
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* ArmouredClosetGay: Victoria goes to great lengths to hide her lesbianism from her friends, which Rachel uses against her by [[ForcedOutOfTheCloset threatening to out her]] to get her to stop bullying Max. This is explored in more detail in ''In the Night We Trust'', where it puts serious strain on Victoria's budding romance with Taylor. In one incident, Victoria starts making out with Taylor, but when their friends walk in, she accuses Taylor of initiating the kiss and mocks her.
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* ArmouredClosetGay: Victoria goes to great lengths to hide her lesbianism from her friends, even in engaging in homophobic bullying herself, which Rachel uses against her by [[ForcedOutOfTheCloset threatening to out her]] to get her to stop bullying Max. This is explored in more detail in ''In the Night We Trust'', where it puts serious strain on Victoria's budding romance with Taylor. In one incident, Victoria starts making out with Taylor, but when their friends walk in, she accuses Taylor of initiating the kiss and mocks her.
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** She doesn't seems to have any by the time the story starts, but Chloe confides to Max that in the past she slept with several guys in an attempt to [[CureYourGays "fix"]] herself, though that was also partially about specifically getting rid of her (at the time apparently unrequited) attraction to Rachel.
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** She doesn't While she seems to have any confortable with her sexuality by the time the story starts, but Chloe confides to Max that in the past she slept with several guys in an attempt to [[CureYourGays "fix"]] herself, though that was also partially about specifically getting rid of her (at the time apparently unrequited) attraction to Rachel.
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* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Like in the original game, averted with [[spoiler: Dana]], who has and abortion but is portrayed a completely nice person.
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* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Like in the original game, averted with [[spoiler: Dana]], who has and an abortion but is portrayed a completely nice person.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The entire fic is told in Third-Person Limited narration from Max's POV, exempt for the end of the first chapter, which slips into omniscient narration to show the reader that Rachel is telling Chloe about Max, something Max won't find out about for another two chapters. This stands out as the ''only'' time in the entire story when the reader is shown something that Max is unaware of.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The entire fic is told in Third-Person Limited narration from Max's POV, exempt except for the end of the first chapter, which slips into omniscient narration to show the reader that Rachel is telling Chloe about Max, something Max won't find out about for another two chapters. This stands out as the ''only'' time in the entire story when the reader is shown something that Max is unaware of.
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* AdaptedOut: Mark Jefferson is replaced as Max's photography teacher by an OriginalCharacter.
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* SparedByTheAdaptation: Rachel Amber, who was DeadAllAlong in the game, is alive and well here.
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** Dand explicitly identifies as bisexual.
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** Dand Dana explicitly identifies as bisexual.
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** Dand explicitly identifies as bisexual.
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* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Like in the original game, averted with [[spoiler: Dana]], who has and abortion but is portrayed a completely nice person.
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* TransEqualsGay: Briefly referenced. When Chloe finds out that Max is trans, she tries to reassure her that she accepts her by telling Max that she's gay. Chloe quickly corrects herself that they aren't the same thing, but still invokes LGBT solidarity.
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* ArmouredClosetGay: Victoria goes to great lengths to hide her lesbianism from her friends, which Rachel uses against her by [[ForcedOutOfTheCloset threatening to out her]] to get her to stop bullying Max. This is explored in more detail in ''In the Night We Trust'', where it puts serious strain on Victoria's budding romance with Taylor. In one incident, Victoria starts making out with Taylor, but when their friends walk in, accuses Taylor of initiating the kiss and mocks her.
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* ArmouredClosetGay: Victoria goes to great lengths to hide her lesbianism from her friends, which Rachel uses against her by [[ForcedOutOfTheCloset threatening to out her]] to get her to stop bullying Max. This is explored in more detail in ''In the Night We Trust'', where it puts serious strain on Victoria's budding romance with Taylor. In one incident, Victoria starts making out with Taylor, but when their friends walk in, she accuses Taylor of initiating the kiss and mocks her.
