History Recap / ItLivesWithinChapter21VertigoCave

** Lincoln is by far the most vocal about not trusting Matthias, and he's furious when he finds out that Jocelyn was working with him, even saying he'd like to leave Jocelyn to the horrors at the carnival, to the point that Rowan sending Jocelyn away improves his relationship score. He's still horrified when Rowan kills her, and even breaks up with them if he was in a relationship with them, saying that Rowan is not the person he thought they were.

* RationalizingTheOverkill: If Rowan gives into their anger and beats Jocelyn to death without remorse after her betrayal, they will invoke this trope and say that she had it coming for trying to lead them to their death. While Rowan ''did'' have a right to be angry, nobody else agrees; Jocelyn was manipulated by Matthias (an infamously good manipulator), she was [[WellIntentionedExtremist only trying to protect her town]], she clearly regretted her actions, and before Rowan killed her, she promised she would make it up to Rowan (though the sincerity of this is ''very'' questionable at best).
--> '''Rowan:''' I had to do this. There was no choice. She would've killed me otherwise.

--> '''Lincoln:''' What is there to say?! You killed someone who was our friend! When I watched you do that, it's like I didn't even recognize you anymore.

--> '''Lincoln:''' But '''''nothing'''''. You're not the person I thought you were, Rowan, and if this is who you really are...then I don't think we can be together.

* BloodierAndGorier: Oh so much. While ''It Lives In The Woods'' showed a brief image of the (potentially) dead friends without too much detail, and ''It Lives Beneath'' went into graphic descriptions of the (potential) deaths of the four love interests without showing any images, this chapter both describes and shows the potential deaths of Abel, Amalia, Jocelyn, and Lincoln without pulling any punches. Connor doesn't have a death sprite, but the description of his body impaled and torn to ribbons by the stalactites is harrowing enough.

* BigNo: Rowan lets one out if they discover that their love interest died.

* RationalizingTheOverkill: If Rowan gives into their anger and beats Jocelyn to death without remorse after her betrayal, they will invoke this trope and say that she had it coming for trying to lead them to their death. While Rowan ''did'' have a right to be angry, nobody else agrees; Jocelyn was manipulated by Matthias (an infamously good manipulator), she was [[WellIntentionedExtremist only trying to protect her town]], she clearly regretted her actions, and before Rowan killed her, she promised she would make it up to Rowan (though the sincerity of this is questionable).

* BloodierAndGorier: Oh so much. While ''It Lives In The Woods'' showed a brief image of the (potentially) dead friends without too much detail, and ''It Lives Beneath'' went into graphic descriptions of the (potential) deaths of the four love interests without showing any images, this chapter both describes and shows the potential deaths of Connor, Abel, Amalia, Jocelyn, and Lincoln without pulling any punches.

* RationalizingTheOverkill: If Rowan gives into their anger and beats Jocelyn to death without remorse after her betrayal, they will invoke this trope and say that she had it coming for trying to lead them to their death. Unsurprisingly, nobody else agrees; Jocelyn was manipulated by Matthias (an infamously good manipulator), she was [[WellIntentionedExtremist only trying to protect her town]], she clearly regretted her actions, and before Rowan killed her, she promised she would make it up to Rowan.