History Literature / EdenGreen

--->"Let's just say I keep a shotgun around for a reason. Doesn't matter if you're a Juggalo or an [[Literature/{{Twilight}} Edward Cullen]] wannabe."\\

* DaylightHorror: While some of the monsters prefer the shadows, plenty of the worst action occurs in the daylight.

%%* KillEmAll

%%* [[CyberneticsEatYourSoul Needles Eat Your Soul]]

* BigEgoHiddenDepths: Eden makes a lot of the fact that her life is more stable than Ron's, [[spoiler:yet she has no long-term career or college plans, no social life outside of her relatives and one friend, zero romantic interests or desires, and deep-seated insecurity and discomfort with the world]].

* RationalFic: Eden is a self-styled rationalist, and her thought processes are shown in pain-staking detail. Whereas Ron and Tedrin treat everything as a big adventure, Eden does her best (as an amateur) to apply scientific rationale to the symbiote and monsters.

->"''[[ContentWarnings This book... contains themes, implications, and/or graphic scenes]] of powerlessness, [[BastardBoyfriend physical and verbal abuse]], [[EvenEvilHasStandards implied rape]], [[SelfHarm self-harm]], [[DrivenToSuicide suicidal thoughts and attempts]], [[DrugsAreGood drug use]], [[TheCorruption contamination]], [[BodyHorror body horror]], brief [[FamilyUnfriendlyViolence violence and gore]], [[AMillionIsAStatistic mass death]], [[AndIMustScream eternal suffering]], [[GirlsWithGuns gun use]], [[AfraidOfNeedles needles]], and [[SpidersAreScary spi]][[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking ders]].''"

* FoldSpindleMutilation: When [[spoiler:Eden's original brain is destroyed, she describes the process of each new neuron being formed as her entire self being crammed down into sub-atomic particles in a great crystalline structure the size of the universe]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mHmzYq9JW4 Oh, and that happens forever]].

%%* NonNaziSwastika: The Exes.

* {{Asexuality}}: It's implied throughout, mostly by [[spoiler:Ron, but also by casual remarks from Eden]], that [[spoiler:Eden]] is asexual. Toward the end, after Eden [[spoiler:has her head destroyed, she finds herself sexually attracted to Tedrin and even entertains the idea of sharing him with Veronica]]. She eventually [[spoiler:writes it of as her needles looking for a mate with survival skills — the same reason Tedrin infected her in the first place]].

* TheMasquerade: Only Tedrin, Ron, and Eden are aware of the needle monsters taking up residence in the city ([[spoiler:at first]]). [[DiscussedTrope Called]] by Veronica, a self-described [[VigilanteTaxonomist troper]].

* ApocalypticLog: Eden's 'important information' document.

* WordSaladHorror: [[spoiler:Eden's visions as her brain is reconstructed.]]

* {{Transgender}}: [[spoiler:Eden carries some subtle discomfort and judgement against Veronica, insists on calling her [[TomboyishName 'Ron']], and tells Tedrin that she has a 'secret' (which it turns out he is [[IfItsYouItsOkay perfectly fine with]]). Near the end, Eden laments to herself that only now, thanks to the needles, does she understand how Ron could be so uncomfortable in her own body.]]

* WalkingBackwards: The title character explores an abandoned church in search of a harmless, herbivorous alien monster, and finds something terrifying. Then, while backing away from it down a dark hallway, she bumps into something even worse.

%%* WalkingBackwards: Eden in the church.

--->“Let’s just say I keep a shotgun around for a reason. Doesn’t matter if you’re a Juggalo or an [[{{Twilight}} Edward Cullen]] wannabe.”\\

->"''[[ContentWarnings This book... contains themes, implications, and/or graphic scenes]] of powerlessness, [[BastardBoyfriend physical and verbal abuse]], [[EvenEvilHasStandards implied rape]], [[SelfHarm self-harm]], [[DrivenToSuicide suicidal thoughts and attempts]], [[DrugsAreGood drug use]], [[TheCorruption contamination]], [[BodyHorror body horror]], brief [[FamilyUnfriendlyViolence violence and gore]], [[AMillionIsAStatistic mass death]], [[AndIMustScream eternal suffering]], [[GirlsWithGuns gun use]], [[AfraidOfNeedles needles]], and [[SpidersAreScary spiders]].''"

* WhenTreesAttack: The trees in [[spoiler:the other world]], which Eden jokingly calls '[[HarryPotter Whomping Willows]]'.

* UncannyValley: When the needles first repair a body part, they're patchy and look like pine needles. If a person's face or entire head has to be replaced, the result is disturbing.

* ActionSurvivor: Eden and Veronica.
* ActuallyNotAVampire (debatable) or OurVampiresAreDifferent:

---> “She was fighting for her life, clutching my hand like she knew I could save her. ... When she stopped breathing, I knew what I had to do.”
--> When utterly baffled, go for a joke. “And then you bit her neck and sucked out all her blood, right?”
--> He blinks at me, looking genuinely annoyed. “Vampires? Really?”
--> My hands go up. “Hey, I’m just working with what you’re describing.”

--> “Let’s just say I keep a shotgun around for a reason. Doesn’t matter if you’re a Juggalo or an [[{{Twilight}} Edward Cullen]] wannabe.”
--> He laughs, startling me. “You and vampires. You have some kind of obsession.”

* AlienSky

* AndIMustScream: One of the many fates Eden foresees for needle-hosts.
* AnotherDimension

* BigEgoHiddenDepths: Eden makes a lot of the fact that her life is more stable than Ron's, [[spoiler:yet she has no long-term career or college plans, no social life outside of her relatives and one friend, zero romantic interests or desire, and deep-seated insecurity and discomfort with the world]].
* BizarreAlienBiology

* BodyHorror

* CombatBreakdown: The final battle.
* CompleteImmortality

* CreepyLongFingers: One of Tedrin's favorite parlor tricks.

** [[spoiler: Eden's]] complaints about being CURSED to grow back missing body parts often feels like this.

--> oh my God she has sword-hands ''that is so cool''

* FirstPersonSmartass: Eden.

* GeniusThriller

* HappyPlace: The deer stand.
* HealingFactor
* HerbivoresAreFriendly: Averted (because even herbivores can have dangerous herd tendencies...).
* [[HeroicHost Heroic Hosts]]
* HeroicSelfDeprecation
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Eden and Veronica.

* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight
* ImmortalLifeIsCheap
* ImmortalityHurts

* JumpedAtTheCall: Ron.
* KilledMidSentence: Several, but especially [[spoiler:the ending]].
* [[spoiler:KillEmAll]]

* LovecraftianSuperpower
* LuredIntoATrap: [[spoiler:The church.]]

* NeckSnap: Played straight.
* [[CyberneticsEatYourSoul Needles Eat Your Soul]]
* NoNameGiven: Everyone but the main characters.

* NonNaziSwastika: The Exes.

* OddCouple: Eden and Veronica.
* OminousVisualGlitch: [[spoiler:s̵c̵r̷a̷t̶c̸h̷]]

* PatientZero: Tedrin.

* PsychoPartyMember: Tedrin.

* ReallyGetsAround: Veronica, to Eden's barely-checked disgust.
* RefusalOfTheCall: Eden.
* RemovingTheHeadOrDestroyingTheBrain: Averted.

--> Tedrin knew about this great big curse that the needles bring with them. He was terrified that Ron and I would find out about [[spoiler:his memory issues]]. He had no plan to mitigate or cope with [[spoiler:his own loss]], and he didn’t see fit to warn us ... In one morning of quiet preparation, I’ve conquered something that has weighed on him since his transformation. What other problems can I fix?
* SanitySlippage

* SlidingScaleOfComedyAndHorror: Possibly 'Balanced'.

* SpidersAreScary
* SplitPersonality: See JekyllAndHyde, above.

* SurrealHorror
* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:Eden's plan after becoming infected.]]

* ThatManIsDead: Tedrin, of [[spoiler:Kazuma]]. Later, [[spoiler:Eden, of herself]].
* TheCorruption

* TheSvengali: Tedrin, to Ron and later Eden.
* TheSwarm: Exes.
* TheSymbiote

* [[TragicMonster Tragic Monsters]]
* TransformationHorror

* TraumaInducedAmnesia

* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory according to the copyright page.
* ViralTransformation
* WalkingBackwards: Eden in the church.

* WhoWantsToLiveForever
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity

* {{Transsexual}}: [[spoiler:Eden carries some subtle discomfort and judgement against Veronica, insists on calling her [[TomboyishName 'Ron']], and tells Tedrin that she has a 'secret' (which it turns out he is [[IfItsYouItsOkay perfectly fine with]]). Near the end, Eden laments to herself that only now, thanks to the needles, does she understand how Ron could be so uncomfortable in her own body.]]

* TheMasquerade: Only Tedrin, Ron, and Eden are aware of the needle monsters taking up residence in the city ([[spoiler:at first]]). [[DiscussedTrope Called]] by [[GenreSavvy Veronica]], a self-described [[VigilanteTaxonomist troper]].