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A story part of ''Literature/TheNeverMythos''.''Literature/TheNeverMythos'' by [=lordoftheclowns=][[note]]Known here as Tropers/{{Scraggle}}[[/note]]. It can be found [[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3345759/1/Valentine-Man here]].
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* CaughtWithYourPantsDown: Henri catches Bruno masturbating under the covers at one point, with Bruno having zero idea why it might be a touch awkward.
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: Henri catches Bruno doing this under the covers at one point with Bruno having zero idea why it might be a touch awkward.
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Dewicking per TRS.
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* {{Asexuality}}: Henri all but confirms he's asexual, never having had a single relationship or physical encounter in nearly thirty years, not caring about or wanting any, and finding himself woefully out of depth trying to teach Bruno about healthy sexuality.
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* CelibateHero: Henri all but confirms he's asexual, never having had a single relationship or physical encounter in nearly thirty years, not caring about or wanting any, and finding himself woefully out of depth trying to teach Bruno about healthy sexuality.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: A detail that continues into the [[Literature/ChildrenOfValentine next installment]]: [[spoiler:Helen has mouths on her palms, a telltale sign her true loyalties are with the Defiler, Y'golonac, who debuted in ''Literature/OnlyALonelyHeart''.]]
* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler:Y'golonac, the Defiler, is retroactively revealed to be this in ''Literature/ChildrenOfValentine''. Helen was entirely willing to turn the world over to Y'gy and feed her "husband" to it the second it stopped being of use.]]
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* ShoutOut: In Helen's palms at the climax, one can see slavering, hungry mouths. The telltale sign of Y'golonac the Defiler of the Severn Valley mythos, who previously appeared in ''Literature/OnlyALonelyHeart''
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* ShoutOut: [[spoiler: In Helen's palms at the climax, one can see slavering, hungry mouths. The telltale sign of Y'golonac the Defiler of the Severn Valley mythos, who previously appeared in ''Literature/OnlyALonelyHeart''
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* ShoutOut: [[spoiler: In Helen's palms at the climax, one can see slavering, hungry mouths. The telltale sign of Y'golonac the Defiler of the Severn Valley mythos, who previously appeared in ''Literature/OnlyALonelyHeart''
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*HijackingCthulhu: [[spoiler:Helen has enslaved ''Il Padre'']]
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* TooSpicyForYogSothoth: [[spoiler:The Padre is Helen's sex slave, considers her nuts and wants nothing to do with her.]]
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* TooSpicyForYogSothoth: [[spoiler:The Padre is Helen's sex slave, SexSlave, considers her nuts and wants nothing to do with her.]]
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* PaedoHunt: Helen had a habit of trafficking her children to pedophiles, Bruno included as he recounts about the "trips" she took them on.
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* WhiteSheep: Bruno Valentine is a skinny little teenager and one of Helen's children. He's also the one who wants to stop his nightmarish mother.
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* WhiteSheep: Bruno Valentine is a skinny little teenager and one of Helen's children. He's also the one who wants to stop his nightmarish mother.mother.
* WouldHurtAChild: Helen had a habit of trafficking her children to pedophiles, Bruno included as he recounts about the "trips" she took them on.
* WouldHurtAChild: Helen had a habit of trafficking her children to pedophiles, Bruno included as he recounts about the "trips" she took them on.
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* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler:Henri lures Helen into a trap to allow the Padre to all but destroy her, utilizing its true feelings and Helen's own perverse desires to trick her.]]
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* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: When Henri is captured, Bruno attacks the church in Bacio with pure fire to save the day.]]
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* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Henri helps to turn the Padre against Helen so it drains her of blood, before Bruno savagely wounds her, ending as Henri kicks her to her death in the Padre's guts.]]
* KillItWithFire: [[spoiler:Bruno uses molotov cocktails to great effect against some of his siblings and Bacio itself.]]
* KillItWithFire: [[spoiler:Bruno uses molotov cocktails to great effect against some of his siblings and Bacio itself.]]
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* NightmareFetishist: Helen seems to reach incredible arousal by having blood gush down upon her.
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* OffingTheOffspring: [[spoiler:Helen inevitably disposes of all her children in the Padre's stomach and intends to make Bruno a new sacrifice.]]
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* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: [[spoiler:Helen's ultimate goal is to unleash the Padre's 'rivers', corrupting the whole of the world into a nightmarish orgy of death and violence.]]
* TongueTrauma: [[spoiler:Helen bites out Bruno's tongue in a kiss toward the climax before eating it.]]
* TooSpicyForYogSothoth: [[spoiler:The Padre is Helen's sex slave, considers her nuts and wants nothing to do with her.]]
* TongueTrauma: [[spoiler:Helen bites out Bruno's tongue in a kiss toward the climax before eating it.]]
* TooSpicyForYogSothoth: [[spoiler:The Padre is Helen's sex slave, considers her nuts and wants nothing to do with her.]]
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* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:Helen snaps with disbelief and shock as her plans utterly collapse.]]
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* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Bruno bonds with Henri because Henri is the first person to treat him one a 'someone' instead of 'something.'
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* MercyKill: [[spoiler:Upon seeing what's left of Anita, Henri is forced to put her down along with the other people suffering in the 'animal pen' Helen created.]]
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* PaedoHunt: Helen had a habit of trafficking her children to pedophiles, Bruno included as he recounts about the 'trips' she took them on.
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* MercyKill: [[spoiler:Upon seeing what's left of Anita, Henri is forced to put her down along with the other people suffering in the 'animal pen' Helen created.]]
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* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Bruno bonds with Henri because Henri is the first person to treat him one a 'someone' instead of 'something.'
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* PowerIncontinence: Henri's abilities sometimes run from him, like his trachea becoming a fanged monster that attacks a mugger without him meaning to.
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* CainAndAbel: Bruno rejects Helen and Parde's cult and seeks to kill them, while his various siblings committ numerous atrocities under there orders.
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* CainAndAbel: Bruno rejects Helen and Parde's Padre's cult and seeks to kill them, while his various siblings committ commit numerous atrocities under there their orders.
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* BrotherSisterIncest: Helen 'encourages' this among her children to condition and dominate them further.
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* BrotherSisterIncest: Helen 'encourages' "encourages" this among her children to condition and dominate them further.
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* GroinAttack: Henri wins his fight with ''Lampreda'' by going for the groin before tearing into his guts.
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* GroinAttack: Henri wins his fight with ''Lampreda'' by going for the groin before [[GuttedLikeAFish tearing into his guts.guts]].
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* IJustWantToBeNormal: Bruno and Henri both. Henri would rather not be a body-horror hero stuck against a depraved incest sex cult body horror queen. Bruno wants to learn how to be 'normal' after realizing his old existence was wrong.
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* IJustWantToBeNormal: Bruno and Henri both. Henri would rather not be a body-horror BodyHorror hero stuck against a depraved incest sex cult body horror BodyHorror queen. Bruno wants to learn how to be 'normal' "normal" after realizing his old existence was wrong.
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* TownWithADarkSecret: Bacio, a quaint little Italian town follows a mysterious festival called the 'Benedizione del Padre.' It may seem nice, but there's something dark and creepy within.
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* TownWithADarkSecret: Bacio, a quaint little Italian town follows a mysterious festival called the 'Benedizione "Benedizione del Padre.' " It may seem nice, but there's something dark and creepy within.
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* CynicIdealistDuo: Bruno is cheerful and optimistic to a fault. Henri is jaded and harsh after all he's experienced.
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* TaughtByExperience: Henri's powers are self-learned and he's only managed to get better via applying them as he goes.
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* {{Asexuality}}: Henri all but confirms he's asexual, never having had a single relationship or physical encounter in nearly thirty years, not caring about or wanting any, and finding himself woefully out of depth trying to teach Bruno about healthy sexuality.
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* FullFrontalAssault: Helen's child, ''Lampreda'', the Lamprey-Man is nude and Henri finds it showing that off to be quite unnerving.
* GroinAttack: Henri wins his fight with ''Lampreda'' by going for the groin before tearing into his guts.
* GroinAttack: Henri wins his fight with ''Lampreda'' by going for the groin before tearing into his guts.
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* NoSocialSkills: Bruno has zero idea of how to behave or act normally, which causes Henri little end of grief. Particularly when Bruno meets him and is relieved he found the right guy since otherwise he would've "broken into a random stranger's house again!"
* ParentalIncest: It's all but outright stated Helen uses her brainwashed children as her personal toys, Bruno only realizing how wrong it was after his father's control over him was broken.
* ParentalIncest: It's all but outright stated Helen uses her brainwashed children as her personal toys, Bruno only realizing how wrong it was after his father's control over him was broken.
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* {{Pyromaniac}}: Bruno has a focus on and fascination with fire, constantly flicking his lighter and longing to burn things.
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Henri Barrow walked into Bacio before Valentine's Day in 1969, and narrowly escaped as something less than human. Near-penniless, his dark stories laughed off, and the first anniversary of his escape approaching, Henri is about to lose hope until a cheerfully-maladjusted boy named Bruno appears to Henri with a request: kill his mother, Helen Valentine, the mayor of Bacio. A sequel to ''Valentine'' and part of the Never Mythos.
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Henri Barrow walked into Bacio before Valentine's Day in 1969, and narrowly escaped as something less than human. Near-penniless, his dark stories laughed off, and the first anniversary of his escape approaching, Henri is about to lose hope until a cheerfully-maladjusted boy named Bruno appears to Henri with a request: kill his mother, Helen Valentine, the mayor of Bacio. A direct sequel to ''Valentine'' and part of the Never Mythos.
''Literature/{{Valentine}}''.
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* CheerfulChild: Bruno Valentine is all smiles and extremely cheery, even in terrible situations.
* DynamicEntry: Bruno's way of introducing himself to Henri? Smash through his window and say hello.
* DynamicEntry: Bruno's way of introducing himself to Henri? Smash through his window and say hello.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: Helen sends some of her more monstrous children to deal with Henri for this reason.
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* RedRightHand: Played with. Bruno's right hand is hideously scarred, up to the elbow. He's actually the most benevolent of the Valentines and thinks his mutilated hand is quite cool.
* SelfMadeOrphan: Bruno aspires to this, claiming he wants to help Henri destroy his mother.
* TownWithADarkSecret: Bacio, a quaint little Italian town follows a mysterious festival called the 'Benedizione del Padre.' It may seem nice, but there's something dark and creepywithin.within.
* WhiteSheep: Bruno Valentine is a skinny little teenager and one of Helen's children. He's also the one who wants to stop his nightmarish mother.
* SelfMadeOrphan: Bruno aspires to this, claiming he wants to help Henri destroy his mother.
* TownWithADarkSecret: Bacio, a quaint little Italian town follows a mysterious festival called the 'Benedizione del Padre.' It may seem nice, but there's something dark and creepy
* WhiteSheep: Bruno Valentine is a skinny little teenager and one of Helen's children. He's also the one who wants to stop his nightmarish mother.
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Henri is extremely mournful and cognizant over what Helen did to his friends Anit and Doug, brainwashing them into torture and sex dolls like she had so many others in Bacio.
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Henri is extremely mournful and cognizant over what Helen did to his friends Anit Anita and Doug, brainwashing them into torture and sex dolls like she had so many others in Bacio.Bacio.
* CassandraTruth: Henri's warnings about Bacio fall on deaf ears. Even he acknowledges how insane it sounds.
* CassandraTruth: Henri's warnings about Bacio fall on deaf ears. Even he acknowledges how insane it sounds.
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* ItsPersonal: Henri's motive against Helen is good old fashioned revenge for what she did to Doug and Anita.
* PoliceAreUseless: Henri's stories about Bacio are seen as just that by the police who do nothing to investigate.
* PoliceAreUseless: Henri's stories about Bacio are seen as just that by the police who do nothing to investigate.
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Seems, so, but [[spoiler: Helen doesn't care at all when the Padre is in agony, only obsessed with how love can hurt, rather than any care for it.]]
* HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday: It's Vlaentine's day again, and Henri is preparing to return to face Helen again.
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A short story part of ''Literature/TheNeverMythos''. It can be found [[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3345759/1/Valentine-Man]].
Henri Barrow walked into Bacio before Valentine's Day in 1969, and narrowly escaped as something less than human. Near-penniless, his dark stories laughed off, and the first anniversary of his escape approaching, Henri is about to lose hope until a cheerfully-maladjusted boy named Bruno appears to Henri with a request: kill his mother, Helen Valentine, the mayor of Bacio. A sequel to ''Valentine'' and part of the Never Mythos.
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* ApocalypticLog: The first chapter dates back to 1525 in Bacio when Helen has come to the ton and twisted its people into monsters. The log is the journal of a priest in the final days before Helen's madness consumes it.
* BodyHorror: Henri's body has transformed quite a bit as a result of his experiences in Bacio, melting against a bed in gruesome fashion.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Henri is extremely mournful and cognizant over what Helen did to his friends Anit and Doug, brainwashing them into torture and sex dolls like she had so many others in Bacio.
* EldritchAbomination: The Padre, Helen's husband, is the source of Bacio's twisted religion; a mass of viscera and twisted flesh.
* EldritchLocation: Bacio, as a result of Helen's infections, is a twisted place that affects all those who set foot there.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Seems, so, but [[spoiler: Helen doesn't care at all when the Padre is in agony, only obsessed with how love can hurt, rather than any care for it.]]
* HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday: It's Vlaentine's day again, and Henri is preparing to return to face Helen again.
* HumanoidAbomination: Henri himself is much more than human now, with his body twisting about against his will.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Helen is no different than she was in 1525.
* TownWithADarkSecret: Bacio, a quaint little Italian town follows a mysterious festival called the 'Benedizione del Padre.' It may seem nice, but there's something dark and creepy within.
Henri Barrow walked into Bacio before Valentine's Day in 1969, and narrowly escaped as something less than human. Near-penniless, his dark stories laughed off, and the first anniversary of his escape approaching, Henri is about to lose hope until a cheerfully-maladjusted boy named Bruno appears to Henri with a request: kill his mother, Helen Valentine, the mayor of Bacio. A sequel to ''Valentine'' and part of the Never Mythos.
!!Tropes:
* ApocalypticLog: The first chapter dates back to 1525 in Bacio when Helen has come to the ton and twisted its people into monsters. The log is the journal of a priest in the final days before Helen's madness consumes it.
* BodyHorror: Henri's body has transformed quite a bit as a result of his experiences in Bacio, melting against a bed in gruesome fashion.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Henri is extremely mournful and cognizant over what Helen did to his friends Anit and Doug, brainwashing them into torture and sex dolls like she had so many others in Bacio.
* EldritchAbomination: The Padre, Helen's husband, is the source of Bacio's twisted religion; a mass of viscera and twisted flesh.
* EldritchLocation: Bacio, as a result of Helen's infections, is a twisted place that affects all those who set foot there.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Seems, so, but [[spoiler: Helen doesn't care at all when the Padre is in agony, only obsessed with how love can hurt, rather than any care for it.]]
* HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday: It's Vlaentine's day again, and Henri is preparing to return to face Helen again.
* HumanoidAbomination: Henri himself is much more than human now, with his body twisting about against his will.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Helen is no different than she was in 1525.
* TownWithADarkSecret: Bacio, a quaint little Italian town follows a mysterious festival called the 'Benedizione del Padre.' It may seem nice, but there's something dark and creepy within.
