Line #45 Podcast/RoseDrive


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3	''Rose Drive'' is suspense/thriller audio drama created by Raul Vega. It is noteworthy for its incredibly intricate story that blends [[GenreShift multiple genres]], a great deal of [[MindScrew mind screw]], multiple nested [[TheReveal reveals]] that always answer just enough to still keep the story mysterious and bizarre. It is also noteworthy for its high production values and high-quality music and sound design, (Raul Vega is a professional composer with has worked alongside Music/HansZimmer.) The first episode was released in August 2017 and the three-part finale of the first story arc (entitled ''10-Year'') was released in September of 2019.
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5	Ten years ago Markus Hill's younger sister Kaylah was killed by a reckless driver. Forrest Sutherland - the man responsible for the accident and Markus's high school classmate - evaded justice thanks to the connections of his powerful family and disappeared altogether shortly afterward. Markus leaves too and only returns to his hometown of Southampton ten years later when his parents put their home on the market. But there has been a development in the idyllic, affluent California town: the enigmatic Forrest Sutherland has returned to Southampton once again. With no clue to his enemy's whereabouts except the names of seven other classmates Forrest spoke to at their ten-year high school reunion, Markus Hill sets out in pursuit of Forrest seeking both answers and revenge...
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10	!!This work contains examples of the following tropes:
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12	* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: [[spoiler: The Organization attacks the Falls in the finale, eliminating most of the Children of the Harvest, including Rayne.]]
13	* AnachronicOrder: While the story primarily follows Markus's quest in linear fashion, some episodes show other characters' experiences from different points in the timeline, particularly Claire's and Forrest's.
14	* ArcWords: "Are you listening?"
15	* AwesomeMcCoolName: Invoked in-universe by Iris who thinks Markus Hill would be a great name for a 40's private eye.
16	* BadassCreed: "We are not forgotten. We are not dead. We will rise. In this we devote."
17	* BigBad: Forrest Sutherland, who evaded punishment for Kaylah's death and is now playing a sinister cat and mouse game against her brother, acts as this for the first 2/3 of the 10 Year arc. [[spoiler: Then comes [[TheReveal The Reveal]] that he has actually been [[GoodAllAlong Good All Along]] and is trying to protect Markus from Iris Nowak, the true Big Bad.]]
18	* BigGood: Rayne, leader of the [[LaResistance Children of the Harvest]] and [[spoiler: Forrest's]] twin.
19	* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: Iris]]
20	** Danny, but justified given that he's just trying to protect his troubled wife. [[spoiler: Except he's not actually her husband. He is an evil doctor and she is an experimental subject he is trying to control.]]
21	** [[spoiler: "Kaylah"]] in the finale.
22	* TheBlank: One of the few details given about the Moncors' appearance is that they lack faces.
23	* CatchPhrase: Greg responds to even the most mundane bit of positive news with an enthusiastic exclamation of ''"Lifted!"''
24	%%* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler: The pen that Iris gives to Claire during their first meeting.]]
25	* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler: Iris Nowak and Danny Roberts, who turn out to be the [[BigBad Big Bad]] and [[TheDragon Dragon]] respectively.]]
26	** The woman who Markus nearly hits during ''Cameron.'' [[spoiler:She turns out to be Claire's friend Talia who immediately alerts Claire to Markus's presence, setting the final act of the story arc in motion.]]
27	* ADayInTheLimelight: Each of the seven classmates who had contact with Forrest are given their own centric episode in which Markus confronts them.
28	* DepravedHomosexual: It is implied that before the events of the story Forrest somehow drove his older male lover [[DrivenToSuicide to suicide.]] [[spoiler: It is eventually revealed that the older man was actually the depraved one and was abusing Forrest.]]
29	* {{Deuteragonist}}: Claire, who is seen in flashbacks coping with her ongoing trauma from Kaylah's death until her story finally catches up to and merges with that of Markus.
30	* DoubleAgent: [[spoiler: Greg, who has secretly been working for Forrest even before Markus encounters him.]]
31	* TheDreaded: Forrest. Everyone who had contact with him at the reunion is left utterly shaken and seemingly terrified of him.
32	* EarlyBirdCameo: [[spoiler: A Moncor]] briefly scampers through Markus's room while Markus is distracted answering the door in Episode 5. They do not appear again until episode 13 where they are the greatest threat from that point forward.
33	%%* EvilAllAlong: [[spoiler: Iris and Danny]]
34	* FakeMemories: [[spoiler: It turns out Markus wasn't actually in New York all along like he thought he was.]]
35	* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler: Kaylah,]] done by the Organization, and then eventually done by [[spoiler: Forrest]] in an effort to escape from them.
36	* FilmNoir: Incorporates numerous aspects of the genre. Markus Hill, the cynic with a troubled past, having failed his attempt to become a police officer, is now hunting down the man who killed his sister. He is prone to using [[PrivateEyeMonologue Private Eye Monologue]]. And his personal vendetta quickly turns out to be part of a much larger conspiracy. Iris even jokes that the name Markus Hill would be great for a 40's private eye.
37	* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: [[spoiler:Kaylah]] invokes this, initially trying to protect Markus from the sight of their disfiguring injuries. [[spoiler: Then it turns out the disfigured form [[OneWingedAngel isn't the real one either.]]]]
38	* FourLinesAllWaiting: Occurs from the episode "Claire" up until part one of "Give Me Liberty" as focus moves from Markus's investigation, to Claire processing her grief, Forrest's escape from the Organization, and the Children's growing rebellion.
39	%%* GoodAllAlong: [[spoiler: Forrest Southerland]]
40	* GreaterScopeVillain: The Organization as a whole, with the full extent of their membership, reach, and history currently unknown.
41	* HeroicRedRingOfDeath: Markus has a condition which causes incapacitating headaches; often at the worst possible time.
42	* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Greg]] throws himself at the enemy and suffers a mortal wound in order to save [[spoiler: Claire]]
43	* HiddenDepths: Greg is largely there to serve as comic relief to the relentlessly downbeat Markus, but he is actually incredibly sensitive, especially when talking about his dementia-afflicted father. [[spoiler: He is also a being known as a Sage: someone who can heal the spirits of the Children.]]
44	* INeverToldYouMyName: A variant occurs. Markus realizes something is wrong when Cameron steers the conversation toward Markus's time in New York despite Markus not having told him he lives there.
45	* ImprobableInfantSurvival: Played straight with [[spoiler: Kaylah and Max]] but other children belonging to the classmates are implied not to have been so lucky.
46	* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Moncors, Revenants, and Ghosts are some of the named types of minions that the Organization has at their disposal.
47	%%* OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler: The false Kaylah]]
48	* ProperlyParanoid: Alena is beginning to figure out that something is very wrong in the town and forces Markus to take a variety of precautions during their interview.
49	* RevengeBeforeReason: Markus remains enraged at [[spoiler: Forrest]] to the detriment of himself and everyone around him long after the latter has saved his life multiple times and it has become brutally apparent that what is happening around them makes his grievance irrelevant.
50	* RockBeatsLaser: Serenity informs Forrest that the rock he's carrying will not make an effective weapon. He proves her wrong.
51	%%* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler: Rayne]]
52	* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: The Sutherland family are implied to have gotten away with a great deal of malfeasance in Southampton on account of their vast wealth, up to and including making sure their son Forrest faced no consequences for running a girl over with his car.
53	%%* TheStoner: Greg.
54	* StrangerInAFamiliarLand: Markus returns to the quaint, peaceful town of Southampton after a ten-year absence full of nothing but scorn toward it, seeing it only as a place of privilege and hypocrisy.
55	%%* TakeThat: An in-universe example in the form Cameron's cartoon series, which is a thinly-veiled mockery of UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump.
56	* TalkingToTheDead: Claire visits Kaylah's grave each year on Kaylah's birthday and talks to her about the milestones she would be achieving at that time were she still alive.
57	* TownWithADarkSecret: It starts becoming apparent early on that Southampton has a lot more wrong with it than just a reckless driver who evaded punishment a decade ago.
58	* TrashTheSet: [[spoiler: Southampton is stated to be utterly devastated by the end of the finale.]]
59	%%* WasOnceAMan: [[spoiler: The Moncors.]]

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