History Literature / Pyrrhic

* DeathBySex: [[spoiler:Xenia's]] punishment for what [[spoiler:she]] did to [[spoiler:Tom]], who unfortunately succumbs to this as well through [[spoiler:Jackson's fragile mental state]].

* NamesTheSame: The Sons of the Constitution to Creator/BrianKeene's Sons of the Constitution. Another [[WordOfGod confirmed]] ShoutOut.

* AuthorTract: The author went on a fairly lengthy one at the end of the seventeenth chapter in regarding DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale and how it's just as bad as the opposite. He also decried the use of RapeAsBackstory, saying that it disgusted him. However, in story, he justified the scene where [[spoiler:Xenia rapes Tom]] in order to have a healthy discussion on why these dark subjects need to be stopped and to help people understand why mocking these tropes is a good way to demean those who have been affected by them. He then [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments said he'd get off of his soapbox.]]

* AuthorTract: The author went on a fairly lengthy one at the end of the seventeenth chapter in regards to the UnfortunateImplications behind DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale and how it's just as bad as the opposite. He also decried the use of RapeAsBackstory, saying that it disgusted him. However, in story, he justified the scene where [[spoiler:Xenia rapes Tom]] in order to have a healthy discussion on why these dark subjects need to be stopped and to help people understand why mocking these tropes is a good way to demean those who have been affected by them. He then [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments said he'd get off of his soapbox.]]

* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Joshua's greatest skill. He correctly ascertains where they were taken to with information anyone else would never have figured out. For the most part he's correctly analyzed every single student in the experiment with very minimal (so far) errors as to their methods and potential actions. He's the valedictorian for a reason. [[UpToEleven And it's implied he's holding himself back.]]

* AuthorTract: The author went on a fairly lengthy one at the end of the seventeenth chapter in regards to the UnfortunateImplications behind DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale and how it's just as bad as the opposite. He also decried the use of RapeAsBackstory, saying that it disgusted him. However, in story, he justified the scene where [[spoiler:Xenia rapes Tom]] in order to have a healthy discussion on why these dark subjects need to be stopped and to help people understand why mocking these tropes is a good way to demean those who have been affected by them. He then [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments said he'd get off of his soapbox.]] However, SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped.

''Pyrrhic'' is a WebSerialNovel inspired by ''Literature/BattleRoyale'' by Koushun Takami. Following a group of students as they're kidnapped by a terrorist organization, ''Pyrrhic'' focuses on their newfound realization that they are being forced to kill each other for unknown means. Meanwhile, one of the participants comes from a well-connected and mysterious family that has ties to supernatural events that have kept the world safe for years without their knowledge.

Can be found here: [[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3184154/1/Pyrrhic]]

* AuthorTract: The author went on a fairly lengthy one at the end of the seventeenth chapter in regards to the UnfortunateImplications behind DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale and how it's just as bad as the opposite. He also decried the use of RapeAsBackstory, saying that it disgusted him. However, in story, he justified the scene where [[spoiler:Xenia rapes Tom]] in order to have a healthy discussion on why these dark subjects need to be stopped and to help people understand why mocking these tropes is a good way to demean those who have been affected by them. He then [[CrowningMomentOfFunny said he'd get off of his soapbox.]] However, SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped.

* MeaningfulName: [[JesusChrist Joshua Carpenter]]. He openly mocks this in one chapter, saying it was given to him by his mentor, Sister Grace, because she was trying to engineer him into becoming a messiah figure. Hanako seems to think that it's rather apt.

* AManIsNotAVirgin: Openly defied. It is explicitly stated that Joshua is still a virgin and it is implied that the male students on the island are about evenly split in this. Danson, in contrast, has definitely had experience, using it as another means to get what he wants from others.