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''Lovers of Aether'' is a [[FreewareGames free]] spin-off of the indie fighting game ''VideoGame/RivalsOfAether'', originally released as an AprilFools joke in 2019. Set in [[HighSchoolAU Aether Academy]], the player takes on the persona of a faceless student that's hoping to ask one of their classmates, consisting of the ''Rivals'' main cast, to be their prom date.
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''Lovers of Aether'' is a [[FreewareGames free]] spin-off of the indie fighting game ''VideoGame/RivalsOfAether'', originally released as an AprilFools joke in 2019. Set in [[HighSchoolAU Aether Academy]], the player takes on the persona of a faceless student that's hoping to ask one of their classmates, consisting of the ''Rivals'' main cast, to be their prom date.date at the Homecoming Dance.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Clairen, the mysterious NewTransferStudent.]]
''Lovers of Aether'' is a [[FreewareGames free]] spin-off of the indie fighting game ''VideoGame/RivalsOfAether'', originally released as an AprilFools joke in 2019. Set in [[HighSchoolAU Aether Academy]], the player takes on the persona of a faceless student that's hoping to ask one of their classmates, consisting of the ''Rivals'' main cast, to be their prom date.
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!Tropes present in ''Lovers of Aether'':
* AdaptationalJerkass: The ''Lovers'' version of Maypul is a [[ClassRepresentative Class President]] who's gone full dictator. Literally: she wants to declare war on other schools, insists on a "fair and democratic election" in which she blackmails the class, co-opts the player into "eternal servitude" to her if given the chance, and even wears some sort of merit badges as a ChestOfMedals. Eventually it's revealed that [[spoiler:she's being tutored by Principal Loxodont]], which explains it.
* AmbiguousGender: The player's. The game avoids using pronouns to refer to you at all, and you can date any of the 12 non-guest characters without issue.
* AnthropomorphicShift: Everyone but Elliana either wears more clothing and/or is made bipedal to fit the high school setting, which gets lampshaded heavily.
* ArtShift: This game almost exclusively uses illustrations by the character designer for the 4 canonical DLC characters, rather than pixel art like the fighting game does.
* DatingSim: The player's goal is to successfully ask someone to the Homecoming Dance.
* EmoTeen: This version of Forsburn, complete with angsty poetry about how "Dads just don't get it".
* HelloInsertNameHere: The player chooses their name at the start of a run.
* HighSchoolAU: The setting of the story is Aether Academy, which all of the main ''Rivals'' characters attend as students, with more minor characters playing other students or instructors. It's very clearly a parody of the trope, however, with the characters (themselves [[CharacterExaggeration exaggerated]]) fitting neatly into clichés the setting is known for (Forsburn is an EmoTeen who writes moody poetry, Maypul goes from mere confident self-appointed defender of her home to an AcademicAlphaBitch, Wrastor is an arrogant BigManOnCampus, etc.) and in general playing all these clichés up to eleven for a laugh.
* MythologyGag: Orcane at one point takes the blame for something he wasn't responsible for. Again.
* NewTransferStudent: Clairen is transferred to the player's class at the start of the story.
[[caption-width-right:350:Clairen, the mysterious NewTransferStudent.]]
''Lovers of Aether'' is a [[FreewareGames free]] spin-off of the indie fighting game ''VideoGame/RivalsOfAether'', originally released as an AprilFools joke in 2019. Set in [[HighSchoolAU Aether Academy]], the player takes on the persona of a faceless student that's hoping to ask one of their classmates, consisting of the ''Rivals'' main cast, to be their prom date.
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!Tropes present in ''Lovers of Aether'':
* AdaptationalJerkass: The ''Lovers'' version of Maypul is a [[ClassRepresentative Class President]] who's gone full dictator. Literally: she wants to declare war on other schools, insists on a "fair and democratic election" in which she blackmails the class, co-opts the player into "eternal servitude" to her if given the chance, and even wears some sort of merit badges as a ChestOfMedals. Eventually it's revealed that [[spoiler:she's being tutored by Principal Loxodont]], which explains it.
* AmbiguousGender: The player's. The game avoids using pronouns to refer to you at all, and you can date any of the 12 non-guest characters without issue.
* AnthropomorphicShift: Everyone but Elliana either wears more clothing and/or is made bipedal to fit the high school setting, which gets lampshaded heavily.
* ArtShift: This game almost exclusively uses illustrations by the character designer for the 4 canonical DLC characters, rather than pixel art like the fighting game does.
* DatingSim: The player's goal is to successfully ask someone to the Homecoming Dance.
* EmoTeen: This version of Forsburn, complete with angsty poetry about how "Dads just don't get it".
* HelloInsertNameHere: The player chooses their name at the start of a run.
* HighSchoolAU: The setting of the story is Aether Academy, which all of the main ''Rivals'' characters attend as students, with more minor characters playing other students or instructors. It's very clearly a parody of the trope, however, with the characters (themselves [[CharacterExaggeration exaggerated]]) fitting neatly into clichés the setting is known for (Forsburn is an EmoTeen who writes moody poetry, Maypul goes from mere confident self-appointed defender of her home to an AcademicAlphaBitch, Wrastor is an arrogant BigManOnCampus, etc.) and in general playing all these clichés up to eleven for a laugh.
* MythologyGag: Orcane at one point takes the blame for something he wasn't responsible for. Again.
* NewTransferStudent: Clairen is transferred to the player's class at the start of the story.
