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* Germ's JumpScare of a [[BlackComedy joke]] during Mae's trip with him out to the hidden cavern beneath the overpass. When they reach the bridge, Germ avoids telling Mae why he wanted to go there and instead says a few cryptic things before ''jumping off the bridge''. We immediately find out it's a harmless drop and he's fine, but given the game's themes of sadness and depression, it's not surprising that both Mae and the player would believe that [[DrivenToSuicide Germ just committed suicide right in front of them]].
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* [[spoiler: The reveal of Casey's death. All we know was that he was an ordinary guy who wanted to find a better life outside of town; so ordinary the cult thought no one would even miss him if he was gone... which, to an extent, is ''true.'' Aside from the gang and his parents, barely anyone seems to talk about Casey around town ''at all.'']]
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* [[spoiler: The reveal of Casey's [[spoiler:Casey's death. All we know was that he was an ordinary guy who wanted to find a better life outside of town; so ordinary the cult thought no one would even miss him if he was gone... which, to an extent, is ''true.'' Aside from the gang and his parents, barely anyone seems to talk about Casey around town ''at all.'']]'']]
** There's also the fact that [[spoiler:the gang can never tell his parents about how he died, since who would believe that a cult kidnapped him so that they could sacrifice him to a {{Eldrich Abomination}}? They'll never get the closure they deserve.]]
** There's also the fact that [[spoiler:the gang can never tell his parents about how he died, since who would believe that a cult kidnapped him so that they could sacrifice him to a {{Eldrich Abomination}}? They'll never get the closure they deserve.]]
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* [[spoiler:The ending, in all it's [[BittersweetEnding bittersweetness]]. Yes, the gang escaped with their lives, stopped more sacrifices from taking place, and have opened up to themselves and others... but that really doesn't stop all the other bad things in their life. They're still stuck in the dying town of Possom Springs. Mae, though recovering, is still seriously mentally ill. Bea is stuck working at the family business, stuck in poverty and unlikely to go anywhere else. Gregg and Angus' plans (move to a better town together) ''sounds'' hopeful, but as Bea points out, that may be all that it is: [[HopeSpot hopeful]]. Even though the worse is over, it almost feels like [[NowWhat the characters themselves are questioning what happens next]]. At the very least, they have [[TrueCompanions each other, for the moment.]]]]
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* [[spoiler: Gregg's big speech to Mae after she runs out to basically let herself die at the hands of the ghost can be this. It definitely is for him.]]
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* If you go grave robbing with Bea, she and Mae play a game of saying things that are scary. While Mae's answers are things like skeletons in your hallway, Bea's answers are about shady health insurance agents trying to profit off your family's misery. Mae is unimpressed, but the player is probably remembering how Bea's mom died after a long battle with cancer, the treatment of which was steep enough to force her and her dad to lose the house.
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** Mr. Santello plunged into a deep depression after [[spoiler:his wife's death]] and now relies on his daughter to run his business. Poverty forced him to sell his house and move into a small, run-down apartment with Bea.
** Even the background characters lead lives of quiet desperation. One of the two good ol'boys in front of the bar is succumbing to depression. The deer-woman who works the night shift at the video store is a single parent who is living with her mother. The fisherman who fishes in the underground trolley tunnel was abandoned by his wife, if his song is any indication. The art teacher who reads poetry at the library struggles to keep her art classes afloat with very little funding. In the woods behind the church, a homeless man has set up an encampment because he has nowhere else to go.
** Even the background characters lead lives of quiet desperation. One of the two good ol'boys in front of the bar is succumbing to depression. The deer-woman who works the night shift at the video store is a single parent who is living with her mother. The fisherman who fishes in the underground trolley tunnel was abandoned by his wife, if his song is any indication. The art teacher who reads poetry at the library struggles to keep her art classes afloat with very little funding. In the woods behind the church, a homeless man has set up an encampment because he has nowhere else to go.
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** Selma ("Selmers") went to rehab for an addiction to prescription medication and was abandoned by her husband for a "gas station floozy". Her poem at the library poetry reading reveals that she lives in poverty with her family, has no means of realizing her dreams, and feels deep resentment toward the rich.
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** While a sweet moment in general, it is quite a TearJerker when Mae's mom reveals that Mae is the only successful child after ''many'' miscarriages. It's implied the parents have tried for ages to the point of giving up, only for Mae to make it through. It makes not only her parents concerns for her well-being much more understandable, but adds an entire new [[AdultFear point of view]] about how they must have felt when [[spoiler: Mae almost died in the woods and then later disappears in the middle of the night to go to Gregg]].
--> '''Mae's mom:''' You were our miracle baby.
--> '''Mae's mom:''' You were our miracle baby.
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** Angus' childhood was genuinely horrifying. [[spoiler: His father beat him, and his mother wouldn't feed him, and would lock him in the pantry, sometimes for whole days or overnight, slamming the door so hard the things in there would fall on top of him.]]
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* Mae's possible fight with her mother is a big one, considering how well the two have gotten along up until that point. [[spoiler:Mae's mother gets passive aggressive about Mae coming back home from college despite all the money they spent on getting her there, then accuses Mae of not caring that they might lose their house. Mae fires back that the only reason her mother cares so much is because she was trying to live her dreams of going to college through Mae to make up for her own failures. The two proceed not to talk to each other for the rest of the night.]] They do eventually make up, though.
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* Any time Mae signs in to her laptop, you can typically see messages from each of her main friends... all except the bottom one, Casey's, and clicking it shows his never-changing away message. It's a sobering reminder about his disappearance, and you're infinitely more likely to see it over the missing persons poster in Town Centre.
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** [[spoiler: Bea implies in the Epilogue that when the two move to the city, Angus will leave him upon seeing he has "more options", which is either cruelly ignorant or depressingly accurate depending on how you interpret her statement.]] On the optimistic side, if you go with Angus to the park, he reveals his backstory, and based on where Gregg fits into it, they might have a more important bond than Bea understands. If you follow his plotline instead of Bea's their relationship comes out stronger than it started.
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*** Depending on how the story plays out, he can also go from [[spoiler:a relatively upstanding and happy-go-lucky guy despite his aforementioned issues, to a jaded, cynical asshole who commits petty crimes against people who trusted him for kicks. All because of ''your'' influence.]]
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* The slow but steady degradation of [[spoiler:Gregg. At the start of the story, he's an upstanding and happy go lucky guy despite his aforementioned issues. By the end, he's a jaded, cynical asshole who commits petty crimes against people who trusted him for kicks. All because of ''your'' influence.]]
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--> '''Mae:''' [[spoiler: But when I die I want it to hurt. When my friends leave, when I have to let go, when this entire town is wiped off the map, I want it to hurt. Bad. Until that happens, I want to hope again. [[BittersweetEnding And I want it to hurt. Because that means it meant something.]]]]]]]]
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** Gregg doesn't seem to have the backstory baggage of many of the other characters, and he gets to live with a boyfriend he loves, but he's lately been struggling with anxiety and insecurity about whether or not he's a good person, and if he's going to mess up what he has with Angus. [[spoiler: Bea implies in the Epilogue that when the two move to the city, Angus will leave him upon seeing he has "more options", which is either cruelly ignorant or depressingly accurate depending on how you interpret her statement.]] On the optimistic side, if you go with Angus to the park, he reveals his backstory, and based on where Gregg fits into it, they might have a more important bond than Bea understands. If you follow his plotline instead of Bea's their relationship comes out stronger than it started.
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** Gregg doesn't seem to have the backstory baggage of many of the other characters, and he gets to live with a boyfriend he loves, but he's lately been struggling with anxiety and insecurity about whether or not he's a good person, and if he's going to mess up what he has with Angus. [[spoiler:
--> '''Gregg:''' When I'm awake at night, I listen to Angus snore, and I stare at the ceiling, and I think about how I'm a complete piece of shit.
**[[spoiler: Bea implies in the Epilogue that when the two move to the city, Angus will leave him upon seeing he has "more options", which is either cruelly ignorant or depressingly accurate depending on how you interpret her statement.]] On the optimistic side, if you go with Angus to the park, he reveals his backstory, and based on where Gregg fits into it, they might have a more important bond than Bea understands. If you follow his plotline instead of Bea's their relationship comes out stronger than it started.
--> '''Gregg:''' When I'm awake at night, I listen to Angus snore, and I stare at the ceiling, and I think about how I'm a complete piece of shit.
**[[spoiler: Bea implies in the Epilogue that when the two move to the city, Angus will leave him upon seeing he has "more options", which is either cruelly ignorant or depressingly accurate depending on how you interpret her statement.]] On the optimistic side, if you go with Angus to the park, he reveals his backstory, and based on where Gregg fits into it, they might have a more important bond than Bea understands. If you follow his plotline instead of Bea's their relationship comes out stronger than it started.
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** Gregg doesn't seem to have the backstory baggage of many of the other characters, and he gets to live with a boyfriend he loves, but he's lately been struggling with anxiety and insecurity about whether or not he's a good person, and if he's going to mess up what he has with Angus. [[spoiler: Bea implies in the Epilogue that when the two move to the city, Angus will leave him upon seeing he has "more options", which is either cruelly ignorant or depressingly accurate depending on how you interpret her statement.]] On the optimistic side, if you go with Angus to the park, he reveals his backstory, and based on where Gregg fits into it, they might have a more important bond than Bea understands, and if you follow his plotline instead of Bea's their relationship comes out stronger than it started.
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** Gregg doesn't seem to have the backstory baggage of many of the other characters, and he gets to live with a boyfriend he loves, but he's lately been struggling with anxiety and insecurity about whether or not he's a good person, and if he's going to mess up what he has with Angus. [[spoiler: Bea implies in the Epilogue that when the two move to the city, Angus will leave him upon seeing he has "more options", which is either cruelly ignorant or depressingly accurate depending on how you interpret her statement.]] On the optimistic side, if you go with Angus to the park, he reveals his backstory, and based on where Gregg fits into it, they might have a more important bond than Bea understands, and if understands. If you follow his plotline instead of Bea's their relationship comes out stronger than it started.
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** Gregg doesn't seem to have the backstory baggage of many of the other characters, and he gets to live with a boyfriend he loves, but he's lately been struggling with anxiety and insecurity about whether or not he's a good person, and if he's going to mess up what he has with Angus. [[spoiler: Bea implies in the Epilogue that when the two move to the city, Angus will leave him upon seeing he has "more options", which is either cruelly ignorant or depressingly accurate depending on how you interpret her statement.]] On the optimistic side, if you go with Angus to the park, he reveals his backstory, and based on where Gregg fits into it, they might have a more important bond than Bea understands.
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** Gregg doesn't seem to have the backstory baggage of many of the other characters, and he gets to live with a boyfriend he loves, but he's lately been struggling with anxiety and insecurity about whether or not he's a good person, and if he's going to mess up what he has with Angus. [[spoiler: Bea implies in the Epilogue that when the two move to the city, Angus will leave him upon seeing he has "more options", which is either cruelly ignorant or depressingly accurate depending on how you interpret her statement.]] On the optimistic side, if you go with Angus to the park, he reveals his backstory, and based on where Gregg fits into it, they might have a more important bond than Bea understands.understands, and if you follow his plotline instead of Bea's their relationship comes out stronger than it started.
** Angus' childhood was genuinely horrifying. [[spoiler: His father beat him, and his mother wouldn't feed him, and would lock him in the pantry, sometimes for whole days or overnight, slamming the door so hard the things in there would fall on top of him.]]
** Angus' childhood was genuinely horrifying. [[spoiler: His father beat him, and his mother wouldn't feed him, and would lock him in the pantry, sometimes for whole days or overnight, slamming the door so hard the things in there would fall on top of him.]]
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** Bea is working a dead-end job and [[spoiler:envies her former friend Mae to the point of hating her for having the life she couldn't. Her mom's death certainly hasn't helped her, either.]]
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** Bea is working a dead-end job and [[spoiler:envies her former friend Mae to the point of hating her for having the life she couldn't. Her mom's death certainly hasn't helped her, either. It's also implied that one of her co-workers at the Ol' Pickaxe attempted to or succeeded in abusing her as a teenager, and she still has to work with him every day as he's pretty much their best worker.]]
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** Gregg doesn't seem to have the backstory baggage of many of the other characters, and he gets to live with a boyfriend he loves, but he's lately been struggling with anxiety and insecurity about whether or not he's a good person, and if he's going to mess up what he has with Angus. [[spoiler: Bea implies in the Epilogue that when the two move to the city, Angus will leave him upon seeing he has "more options", which is either cruelly ignorant or depressingly accurate depending on how you interpret her statement.]]]] On the optimistic side, if you go with Angus to the park, he reveals his backstory, and based on where Gregg fits into it, they might have a more important bond than Bea understands.
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** Gregg doesn't seem to have the backstory baggage of many of the other characters, and he gets to live with a boyfriend he loves, but he's lately been struggling with anxiety and insecurity about whether or not he's a good person, and if he's going to mess up what he has with Angus. [[spoiler: Bea implies in the Epilogue that when the two move to the city, Angus will leave him upon seeing he has "more options", which is either cruelly ignorant or depressingly accurate depending on how you interpret her statement.]]
* Mae's deteriorating mental health throughout the game ends up causing her to confess the "killer" incident to Bea. [[spoiler: Mae suffered a severe psychotic break during her childhood that resulted in her severely beating another child at a softball game. It's highly likely that she suffers from disassociation, and fears that things in her life will lose meaning as she grows older.]]
* Mae's deteriorating mental health throughout the game ends up causing her to confess the "killer" incident to Bea. [[spoiler: Mae suffered a severe psychotic break during her childhood that resulted in her severely beating another child at a softball game. It's highly likely that she suffers from disassociation, and fears that things in her life will lose meaning as she grows older.]]
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* [[spoiler: The reveal of Casey's death. All we know was that he was an ordinary guy who wanted to find a better life outside of town; so ordinary the cult thought no one would even miss him if he was gone... which, to an extent, is ''true.'' Aside from the gang and his parents, barely anyone seems to talk about Casey around town ''at all.'']]
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--> '''Mae:''' [[spoiler: But when I die I want it to hurt. When my friends leave, when I have to let go, when this entire town is wiped off the map, I want it to hurt. Bad. Until that happens, I want to hope again. [[BittersweetEnding And I want it to hurt. Because that means it meant something.]]]]
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** Mae is a WomanChild and a college dropout that left due to feeling constantly alienated, only to return to her dying home and learn almost everyone wants nothing to do with her or only remembers the bad things she's done to them or others. Gregg seems to be the ''only'' person who's happy to see her return, minus her parents. [[spoiler: Then it's revealed Mae is severely mentally ill, has done things that have only alienated her further in the past,]] and then the woods start acting up...
** Bea is working a dead-end job and [[spoilers:envies her former friend Mae to the point of hating her for having the life she couldn't. Her mom's death certainly hasn't helped her, either.]]
* [[spoilers:Mae's speech to the CosmicHorror near the end of the game is downright ''sobering.''
--> '''Mae:''' [[spoiler: But when I die I want it to hurt. When my friends leave, when I have to let go, when this entire town is wiped off the map, I want it to hurt. Bad. Until that happens, I want to hope again. [[BittersweetEnding And I want it to hurt.]]]]
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* Almost ''no one'' in Possum Springs is happy.
** Mae is a WomanChild and a college dropout that left due to feeling constantly alienated, only to return to her dying home and learn almost everyone wants nothing to do with her or only remembers the bad things she's done to them or others. Gregg seems to be the ''only'' person who's happy to see her return, minus her parents. [[spoiler: Then it's revealed Mae is severely mentally ill, has done things that have only alienated her further in the past,]] and then the woods start acting up...
** Bea is working a dead-end job and [[spoilers:envies her former friend Mae to the point of hating her for having the life she couldn't. Her mom's death certainly hasn't helped her, either.]]
* [[spoilers:Mae's speech to the CosmicHorror near the end of the game is downright ''sobering.''
--> '''Mae:''' [[spoiler: But when I die I want it to hurt. When my friends leave, when I have to let go, when this entire town is wiped off the map, I want it to hurt. Bad. Until that happens, I want to hope again. [[BittersweetEnding And I want it to hurt.]]]]
