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** Calliope admitting that she wears the mask because she feels sad when people look at her face.
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* BaseBreaker: A sort-of example with Vriska. It's not the character herself, it's that the readers and writers are having trouble with her diagnosis. She's supposed to have Borderline Personality Disorder and Histrionic Disorder, but there's been plenty of discussions about how she doesn't apply for either.
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* HarsherInHindsight: In her backstory, Rose became an alcoholic due to her competitiveness with her mother. In more recent events in canon, Rose really ''has'' become an alcoholic.
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* HarsherInHindsight: In her backstory, Rose became an alcoholic due to her competitiveness with her mother. In more recent events in canon, Rose really ''has'' become an alcoholic. The reason likewise has to do with her mother but not because of their relationship; [[spoiler: it's out of guilt and stress Rose is feeling over Mom's death]].
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* LesYay: Both Nepeta and Sollux ship Kanaya and Rose. Kanaya has an ex-girlfriend and has talked rather enthusiastically about [[AccidentalPun how nice roses taste]], and talking with Kanaya took up most of Rose's response to an anon's question about whether Rose had a crush on a resident.
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* LesYay: Both Nepeta and Sollux ship Kanaya and Rose. Kanaya has an ex-girlfriend and has talked rather enthusiastically about [[AccidentalPun how nice roses taste]], taste]] (which even gets a LampshadeHanging), and talking with Kanaya took up most of Rose's response to an anon's question about whether Rose had a crush on a resident.resident.
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* [[RomanticPlotTumor Romantic Plot Tumor]]: Recent updates tend to focus more on the sexual relationships between the characters, notably Sollux, than the [[SliceOfLife Slice of Life]] antics of the other residents.
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* [[RomanticPlotTumor Romantic Plot Tumor]]: Recent updates tend to focus more on the sexual relationships between the characters, notably Sollux, [[BiTheWay Manic!Sollux]], than the [[SliceOfLife Slice of Life]] antics of the other residents.
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* [[RomanticPlotTumor]]: [[RomanticPlotTumor Romantic Plot Tumor]]: Recent updates tend to focus more on the sexual relationships between the characters, notably Sollux, than the [[SliceOfLife]] [[SliceOfLife Slice of Life]] antics of the other residents.
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*[[RomanticPlotTumor]]: Recent updates tend to focus more on the sexual relationships between the characters, notably Sollux, than the [[SliceOfLife]] antics of the other residents.
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As it turns out, we\'re actually wrong about the FUSB.
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* LesYay: Both Nepeta and Sollux ship Kanaya and Rose. Kanaya has an ex-girlfriend and has talked rather enthusiastically about [[AccidentalPun how nice roses taste]], and talking with Kanaya took up most of Rose's response to an anon's question about whether Rose had a crush on a resident.
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* LesYay: Both Nepeta and Sollux ship Kanaya and Rose. Kanaya has an ex-girlfriend and has talked rather enthusiastically about [[AccidentalPun how nice roses taste]], and talking with Kanaya took up most of Rose's response to an anon's question about whether Rose had a crush on a resident. resident.
* [[MemeticPsychopath Memetic Eldritch Abomination]]: The FUSB is often the subject of jokes, both in-universe and out, that depict it as an EldritchAbomination. Even the author [[http://vastderp.tumblr.com/post/65912191115/things-found-in-the-history-section-of-tv-tropes does this]].
* [[MemeticPsychopath Memetic Eldritch Abomination]]: The FUSB is often the subject of jokes, both in-universe and out, that depict it as an EldritchAbomination. Even the author [[http://vastderp.tumblr.com/post/65912191115/things-found-in-the-history-section-of-tv-tropes does this]].
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Please present all Complete Monster candidates in this thread.
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* CompleteMonster: [[spoiler:While it's not canon, [[http://brainbent.tumblr.com/post/45507338870/calliope-a-day-in-the-life this]] story has [[BigBrotherBully Caliborn]] take a flying leap over the MoralEventHorizon when he pours boiling oil on Calliope's face for no other reason than [[DrivenByEnvy jealousy]]. And he really enjoyed it too!]]
-->[[spoiler:One day, she [Callie's mom] made him make dinner for you, and then [[MoralEventHorizon he threw that oil on your face and laughed as you screamed and your face melted off]]. Well, that’s what it felt like]].
-->[[spoiler:One day, she [Callie's mom] made him make dinner for you, and then [[MoralEventHorizon he threw that oil on your face and laughed as you screamed and your face melted off]]. Well, that’s what it felt like]].
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* DudeNotFunny: When the AU first started, it was inundated with an absolute ''torrent'' of WhiteKnighting denouncing it for being insensitive to those with mental illness... [[CompletelyMissingThePoint not at all realising that the author themselves has such problems and that's what inspired them to do it in the first place]]. As soon as it actually got anywhere, though, these complaints all but disappeared once it was proven that the AU does indeed know its shit.
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* DudeNotFunny: When the AU first started, it was inundated with an absolute ''torrent'' of WhiteKnighting denouncing it for being insensitive to those with mental illness... [[CompletelyMissingThePoint not at all realising that the author authors themselves has have such problems and that's what inspired them to do it in the first place]]. As soon as it actually got anywhere, though, these complaints all but disappeared once it was proven that the AU does indeed know its shit.
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* CompleteMonster: [[spoiler:While it's not canon, [[http://brainbent.tumblr.com/post/45507338870/calliope-a-day-in-the-life this]] story has [[BigBrotherBully Caliborn]] take a flying leap over the MoralEventHorizon when he pours boiling oil on Calliope's face for no other reason than [[DrivenByEnvy jealousy]]. And he really enjoyed it too!]]
-->[[spoiler:One day, she [Callie's mom] made him make dinner for you, and then [[MoralEventHorizon he threw that oil on your face and laughed as you screamed and your face melted off]]. Well, that’s what it felt like]].
-->[[spoiler:One day, she [Callie's mom] made him make dinner for you, and then [[MoralEventHorizon he threw that oil on your face and laughed as you screamed and your face melted off]]. Well, that’s what it felt like]].
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* FridgeBrilliance: Quite a lot of it. There are a lot of connections/parallels to canon that take a bit of thinking to realize. For instance, why does Nepeta hate the color purple? Purple is the signature color of Canon!Gamzee, who [[spoiler: killed Canon!Nepeta.]]
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* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: Nepeta summarizes the need to understand and accept autistic people VERY well with this statement about Autism Speaks:
-->'''Nepeta''': :33 < their logo is a puzzle piece thats supposed to represent me and how i should be solved and fixed but puzzles are about understanding and s33ing the whole world more clearly!
-->'''Nepeta''': :33 < their logo is a puzzle piece thats supposed to represent me and how i should be solved and fixed but puzzles are about understanding and s33ing the whole world more clearly!
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-->'''Nepeta''': :33 < my mom and dad are very active in my therapy because there is a lot of bad stuff out there being taught to autistic kids thats [[FridgeHorror supposed to be for our own good but really only makes us pretend to be not autistic so other people wont have to be uncomfortable]]
:33 < thats kind of insulting dont you think
:33 < thats kind of insulting dont you think
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-->'''Nepeta''': :33 < my mom and dad are very active in my therapy because there is a lot of bad stuff out there being taught to autistic kids thats [[FridgeHorror supposed to be for our own good but really only makes us pretend to be not autistic so other people wont have to be uncomfortable]]
uncomfortable]]. :33 < thats kind of insulting dont you think
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* This passage. What makes it even more of a TearJerker is that stuff like this is actually true!
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* This passage. What makes it even more of a TearJerker is that stuff like this is actually true!
-->'''Nepeta''': :33 < my mom and dad are very active in my therapy because there is a lot of bad stuff out there being taught to autistic kids thats [[FridgeHorror supposed to be for our own good but really only makes us pretend to be not autistic so other people wont have to be uncomfortable]]
:33 < thats kind of insulting dont you think
-->'''Nepeta''': :33 < my mom and dad are very active in my therapy because there is a lot of bad stuff out there being taught to autistic kids thats [[FridgeHorror supposed to be for our own good but really only makes us pretend to be not autistic so other people wont have to be uncomfortable]]
:33 < thats kind of insulting dont you think
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** After Dave's brother [[spoiler: loses the hearing]]:
--> Your name is Dave Strider and '''you give up'''.
** Pretty much anyone's backstory.
** Many of the RealLife submissions, when they aren't a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming.
--> Your name is Dave Strider and '''you give up'''.
** Pretty much anyone's backstory.
** Many of the RealLife submissions, when they aren't a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming.
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*** Worse still, a non-canon contribution reveals that [[BigBrotherBully Caliborn]] [[MoralEventHorizon did this to her]]. Given what Caliborn's like in canon, [[FridgeHorror this is NOT out of character for him...]]
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** Calliope in this verse is a tiny child with severe burns on her face. Let that sink in for a bit.
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Speaking as an Aspie.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Nepeta is quite popular among the Autistic crowd. The fact that her portrayal is [[ShownTheirWork fairly well researched and free of stereotypes]] helps.
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* TearJerker: Jade admitting that she used to worry that she was the only person left alive in the world.
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** Speaking of Gamzee, well...[[http://brainbent.tumblr.com/post/19038823562/hey-gamzee-hey-gamzee-what-do-you-think-of-those-cake this]] was supposed to be a joke reply but reading Gamzee having something resembling a sober freakout is pretty scary...
-->'''Gamzee''': [[MadnessMantra HONK honk HONK honk HONK honk HONK honk HONK]]
-->'''Gamzee''': [[MadnessMantra HONK honk HONK honk HONK honk HONK honk HONK]]
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** Gamzee's ex-girlfriend used to take drugs and often ended up hurting him badly (hell, she nearly strangled him once). When he left her, she cut his face with a garden trowel.
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* HarsherInHindsight: In her backstory, Rose became an alcoholic due to her competitiveness with her mother. In more recent events in canon, Rose really ''has'' become an alcoholic.
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* NightmareFuel: [[http://brainbent.tumblr.com/post/44869508092/readercontrib-via-lobotomyp0p-untitled Karkat's nightmare]]. It involves EyeScream, a possible reference to [[HumanoidAbomination Lord English]], the gruesome deaths of Tavros, Sollux, Nepeta, Rose and WV, and a heaping dose of MindScrew.
-->Karkat quietly wakes, safe in bed in the gloom of six in the morning, and remembers why he doesn’t sleep much these days.
-->Karkat quietly wakes, safe in bed in the gloom of six in the morning, and remembers why he doesn’t sleep much these days.
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** An in-universe example happens after Vriska makes fun of Calliope for the severe burns on her face. Even John didn't find it funny.
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* WorldOfWoobie: ...TheWoobie: ...It's about a mental hospital. The only people who don't have Woobie moments are the staff, and even then [=WV=] and Tavros were Woobies in their backstories.
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** JerkassWoobie: Karkat is more Woobie and less Jerkass, but Vriska...[[TraumaCongaLine hoo boy...]]
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** JerkassWoobie: Karkat is more Woobie and less Jerkass, but Vriska...[[TraumaCongaLine hoo boy...]]]] Then there's Eridan, who has a rather creepy attitude towards women and once attacked a classmate using brass knuckles, but comes off as the most consistently miserable character in the fic.
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* HoYay: Nepeta ships Karkat and Sollux. Sollux canonically goes both ways and has stated that Karkat is hot, and Karkat's found himself thinking about Sollux naked.
** John also thinks he may have had a bit of a StupidSexyFlanders reaction to Karkat and his puppy dog eyes.
* LesYay: Both Nepeta and Sollux ship Kanaya and Rose. Kanaya has an ex-girlfriend and has talked rather enthusiastically about [[AccidentalPun how nice roses taste]], and talking with Kanaya took up most of Rose's response to an anon's question about whether Rose had a crush on a resident.
* WorldOfWoobie: ...It's about a mental hospital. The only people who don't have Woobie moments are thestaff.staff, and even then [=WV=] and Tavros were Woobies in their backstories.
** John also thinks he may have had a bit of a StupidSexyFlanders reaction to Karkat and his puppy dog eyes.
* LesYay: Both Nepeta and Sollux ship Kanaya and Rose. Kanaya has an ex-girlfriend and has talked rather enthusiastically about [[AccidentalPun how nice roses taste]], and talking with Kanaya took up most of Rose's response to an anon's question about whether Rose had a crush on a resident.
* WorldOfWoobie: ...It's about a mental hospital. The only people who don't have Woobie moments are the
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* WorldOfWoobie: ...It's about a mental hospital. The only people who don't have Woobie moments are the staff.
** JerkassWoobie: Karkat is more Woobie and less Jerkass, but Vriska...[[TraumaCongaLine hoo boy...]]
