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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Problems with bullying drove Eridan to first use brass knuckles to attack another student, and then make 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.
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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Problems with bullying drove Eridan to first use brass knuckles to attack another student, and then make 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.
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* DrowningMySorrows: Vriska does this whenever she gets out
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* DrowningMySorrows: Vriska does this whenever she gets outout.
* DudeNotFunny: An InUniverse example happens after Vriska makes fun of Calliope for the severe burns on her face. Even John didn't find it funny.
* DudeNotFunny: An InUniverse example happens after Vriska makes fun of Calliope for the severe burns on her face. Even John didn't find it funny.
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* Karkat Vantas: The bitter and miserable focus character, institutionalized at St. Lobaf after his anxiety, depression, and anger management issues eventually drove him into fistfighting a cinderblock wall. (Spoilers: [[CaptainObvious the wall won]].)
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* Karkat Vantas: The bitter and miserable focus character, institutionalized at St. Lobaf after his anxiety, depression, and anger management issues eventually drove him into fistfighting a cinderblock wall. (Spoilers: [[CaptainObvious the wall won]].won.)
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So, a fellow named [=VastDerp=] (aka, the author of {{Kagerou}}) reasoned that if they were in RealLife, they'd probably be institutionalized for their own good. And really, doesn't that sound like SliceOfLife right there?
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So, a fellow named [=VastDerp=] (aka, the author of {{Kagerou}}) ''Webcomic/{{Kagerou}}'') reasoned that if they were in RealLife, they'd probably be institutionalized for their own good. And really, doesn't that sound like SliceOfLife right there?
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Karkat, as in {{Homestuck}} canon.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Karkat, as in {{Homestuck}} ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' canon.
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* LipstickLesbian: Kanaya, as in {{Homestuck}} ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' canon.
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* William Valentine (WV): OlderSidekick of Terezi's, and veteran of Desert Storm. Attracted to PM. (They met at a ''{{Firefly}}'' convention.)
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* William Valentine (WV): OlderSidekick of Terezi's, and veteran of Desert Storm. Attracted to PM. (They met at a ''{{Firefly}}'' ''{{Series/Firefly}}'' convention.)
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* IcantBelieveImSayingThis: Karkat being nice
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* IcantBelieveImSayingThis: ICantBelieveImSayingThis: Karkat being nice
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* HeadphonesEqualIsolation: Karkat's earbuds. {{Lampshaded}} by Rose when she psychoanalyzes him.
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* HeadphonesEqualIsolation: Karkat's earbuds. {{Lampshaded}} Seized on by Rose when she psychoanalyzes him.
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* MoralityPet: Calliope and John for Vriska.
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** Vriska can't bring herself to be mean to Calliope and actually bonds with her.
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** Played straight with Dave and Vriska's backstories. Particularly jarring with Vriska, as it's implied that her abusive father is a humanization of her canon GiantSpider Lusus...which was originally ''female''.
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* AllAbusersAreMale: Harshly averted in Gamzee's backstory; he had an abusive girlfriend who would often assault, beat, and strangle him whenever she drank or took drugs. When he finally got up the guts to dump her, she attacked him with a garden trowel and permanently scarred his face. Disturbingly Gamzee still talks about her and the abuse like it's no big deal.
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* Vriska Serket: [[InferioritySuperiorityComplex Histronic]] and borderline personality admitted after she lost her arm and eye in a motorcycling accident. [[JerkAss Has earned the loathing of the staff.]] Enjoys wearing pirate outfits and antagonising people.
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* Vriska Serket: [[InferioritySuperiorityComplex Histronic]] and borderline personality personality, admitted after she lost had a claustrophobic attack while getting arrested, and after being assessed, was sent to St Lobaf. Lost her arm and eye in a motorcycling motorcycle accident. [[JerkAss Has earned the loathing of the staff.]] Enjoys wearing pirate outfits and antagonising people.
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** 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.
* CloudCuckoolander: A majority of the patients and some of the staff. It ''is'' a mental institution after all.
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* LivingEmotionalCrutch: Aradia for Sollux.
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* LivingEmotionalCrutch: Aradia for Sollux. Sollux.
* LongList: Sollux has a distressingly long list of horribly embarrassing things he's done during delusional periods and mood changes. Hacking a government website looking for proof of aliens was probably one of ''the least'' embarrassing.
* LongList: Sollux has a distressingly long list of horribly embarrassing things he's done during delusional periods and mood changes. Hacking a government website looking for proof of aliens was probably one of ''the least'' embarrassing.
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* ObliviouslyEvil: Not really evil but Rose's mom is clearly oblivious to the mental issues she's causing her daughter. For example in one of Rose's backstories we hear her say that [[PetTheDog she would love Rose regardless of her sexual orientation]] only to use the word "dyke" in the same breath in a decidedly ''not''-gay friendly way.
** Likewise it's pretty clear that Bro didn't intend to harm or abuse Dave; he was just completely unprepared to care for a child.
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* PetTheDog: As much of an ass as Bro is, it's shown that he ''does'' genuinely care about Dave and is concerned about how the situation is affecting him. [[spoiler: He [[HeelRealization apologizes for his behavior]] at the custody hearing but by than things have already broken down too much between him and Dave for it to make a difference.]]
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* TakeThat: Nepeta ''really'' hates "Autism Speaks". For bonus points, she provides links to show why she hates them so much.
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* AmbiguouslyGay: Rose is pretty strongly implied to have the hots for Kanaya (who's openly lesbian). Nepeta and Sollux both think that she's gay or bi and one of her backstories implies that her mother thinks she's a ButchLesbian.
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* AccidentallyAccurate: This fic's version of Rose being an alcoholic actually predates the ''Homestuck'' canon version of Rose developing an alcohol problem by at least a year.
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* AscendedFanon: The authors sometimes adopt fan submissions into the main canon of the story; mostly psychological pieces that don't conflict with existing background; but there is still a good chunk of canon written by Brainbent's fans.
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* FandomNod: The appearance of a NoCelebritiesWereHarmed alternate universe Creator/DanteBasco ([[CompositeCharacter with elements of Rufioh Nitram]]) as Tavros's boyfriend.
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* BiTheWay: Vriska would like Gamzee to know that she once dated a jugga''lette''.
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* ForegoneConclusion: [[spoiler: Everyone saw Bro losing the custody hearing coming. Everyone except Dave...]]
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* AdaptationalVillainy: Bro here is a borderline abusive {{Jerkass}} rather than the CrazyAwesome JerkWithAHeartOfGold he is in canon. This is at least partially because this series was started before Bro's personality was fleshed out a bit more, so it's based on an interpretation of him that has since been somewhat contradicted by canon.
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* FandomNod: The appearance of a NoCelebritiesWereHarmed alternate universe DanteBasco ([[CompositeCharacter with elements of Rufioh Nitram]]) as Tavros's boyfriend.
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* FandomNod: The appearance of a NoCelebritiesWereHarmed alternate universe DanteBasco Creator/DanteBasco ([[CompositeCharacter with elements of Rufioh Nitram]]) as Tavros's boyfriend.
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* AccidentallyAccurate: This fic's version of Rose being an alcoholic actually predates the ''Homestuck'' canon version of Rose developing an alcohol problem by at least a year.
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* ElectiveMute: Dave for most of the story
* EnemiesList: Eridan's got him sent to Lobaf
* EnragedByIdiocy: Karkat
* EnemiesList: Eridan's got him sent to Lobaf
* EnragedByIdiocy: Karkat
* FantasyForbiddingFather: Equius has one
* FreudianExcuse: Rose shocks Karkat with hers. Gamzee, Karkat and Vriska have some issues there too
* FreudianSlip: Karkat has a lot of these.
* FriendlessBackground: Nepeta, Eridan, Karkat
* 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
* GrumpyBear: Karkat, and Sollux about half of the time
* GoodParents: Sollux's dads, as well as Kanaya, Nepeta and John's parents
* GrumpyBear: Karkat, and Sollux about half of the time
* HappilyFailedSuicide: Tavros in his backstory. More recently Sollux
* HatesBeingAlone: Vriska and Gamzee
* HatesBeingTouched: Karkat
* HatesBeingTouched: Karkat
* HisOwnWorstEnemy: Karkat, Sollux, and occaisionally Gamzee
* HormoneAddledTeenager: All of them
* HormoneAddledTeenager: All of them
* HurtingHero: All of the residents
* IcantBelieveImSayingThis: Karkat being nice
* IcantBelieveImSayingThis: Karkat being nice
* InfectiousEnthusiasm: Even Dave can't resist Nepeta
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Karkat and Jade
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Karkat and Jade
* InTouchWithHisFeminineSide: Gamzee and Eridan, since they model for Kanaya
* JustFriends: Sollux and Aradia
* KidsAreCruel: Nepeta's backstory
* LameComeback: Karkat, when Sollux starts comparing him to a kitten
* LeaveMeAlone: Everyone at some point or other
* KidsAreCruel: Nepeta's backstory
* LameComeback: Karkat, when Sollux starts comparing him to a kitten
* LeaveMeAlone: Everyone at some point or other
* LittleBrotherIsWatching: Never stopped Bro
* MixedAncestry: Gamzee and Karkat
* MysteriousNote: CD leaves one for Eridan on his amateur fiction
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Gamzee
* NotAfraidOfYouAnymore: Dave to Bro
* NotAMorningPerson: Rose and Karkat
* NotInFrontOfTheKid: So much could have been prevented if Bro had said this once and a while
* ObliviousGuiltSlinging: Karkat accidentally does this to Sollux
* NotAfraidOfYouAnymore: Dave to Bro
* NotAMorningPerson: Rose and Karkat
* NotInFrontOfTheKid: So much could have been prevented if Bro had said this once and a while
* ObliviousGuiltSlinging: Karkat accidentally does this to Sollux
* OpenMouthInsertFoot: Karkat, often
* ParalyzingFearOfSexuality: Dave is implied to have this, but covers it up well
* PassiveAggressiveKombat: Rose and her mom
* PerpetualFrowner: Equius and Karkat
* ThePigPen: Dave's half of his and Karkat's room
* PassiveAggressiveKombat: Rose and her mom
* PerpetualFrowner: Equius and Karkat
* ThePigPen: Dave's half of his and Karkat's room
* PlayedForDrama: Rose, Dave, and Jade's unusual upbringings, in contrast to the [[HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood Hilariously Bizarre Childhoods]] in canon.
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* PromotionToParent: Bro, which is the cause of Dave's problems
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* PlayedForDrama: Rose, Dave, and Jade's unusual upbringings, in contrast to RaisedByGrandparents: Jade was raised by her grandpa
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* RebelliousSpirit: Vriska and Mindfang
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* StressVomit: Equius on taking his nursing school entrance exams
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* TantrumThrowing: Most of the residents at some point or other
* ThwartedEscape: Karkat tried to escape a few dozen times
* TookALevelInKindness: Karkat in the middle of Sollux and Gamzee's relationship troubles
* TantrumThrowing: Most of the residents at some point or other
* ThwartedEscape: Karkat tried to escape a few dozen times
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* WeightWoe: Rose in her backstory, also Kanaya
* WideEyedIdealist: Tavros and Gamzee
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* {{Wildcard}}: Vriska is this for just about any group activity
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* AbusiveParents: All over the damn place. The AU makes no secret of the fact that many mental illnesses are exacerbated and/or caused by dysfunctional families. That being said, the majority of the residents have GoodParents, but the abusive ones tend AfterActionPatchUp: Dave does this for Karkat at one point.
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* BeingPersonalIsntProfessional: For various good reasons, therapists don't give their personal opinions on resident matters.
* BeleagueredAssistant: Most of the staff serves as this to Terezi
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* TheComicallySerious: Equius and PM
* CompanionCube: the FUSB
* CooldownHug: Everyone needs these at some point
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* DisappearedDad: Rose's and Gamzee's
* DoesNotLikeSpam: Nepeta doesn't like pancakes
* DrowningMySorrows: Vriska does this whenever she gets out
* DisappearedDad: Rose's and Gamzee's
* DoesNotLikeSpam: Nepeta doesn't like pancakes
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* BreakTheCutie: Most of the backstories
* CuteMute: Dave is this when he's on strike from communicating
* DeadpanSnarker: Rose
* DeadpanSnarker: Rose
* GasLighting: Karkat suspects Sollux is doing this to him with the FUSB at first
* TheNicknamer: Karkat named the FUSB
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* HarmfulToMinors: Dave's Bro makes porn at home and leaves sexual implements all over the place. He never actually made an effort to prevent Dave from seeing any of it, but he never made Dave see it either. The result is pretty freaky- see TroublingUnchildlikeBehaviour below.
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