History NightmareFuel / RuleOfRose

* The Rat Stick, especially when it's Jennifer's turn and she realizes the rat is [[NauseaFuel very much rotted by now]].

* "It's into the Onion Bag for her." Cue horrible, horrible children doing something utterly repulsive to Jennifer.

** Jennifer finds her in the chapter-after-next chapter, tied-up, with a bloody bag over her head, and a newspaper around her waist. ''Her feet are still moving.''

* The game has what is easily one of the greatest subversions of InfantImmortality in recent history. The children you see in the game? All dead, each and every single one of them.

* “The Unlucky Clover Field” chapter shows Martha being beaten and dragged up a flight of stairs by some imps. Towards the end of the chapter, [[spoiler:we see Martha’s dead body being stuffed under a bed, her eyes still open and her foot dangling above her head]].
** [[spoiler:Jennifer finds her in the chapter-after-next chapter, tied-up, with a bloody bag over her head, and a newspaper around her waist. ''Her feet are still moving.'']]

** It's made even worse once the player puts all the clues together. [[spoiler:Clara is clearly being molested by Hoffman, who can be seen stroking her in bed right before the boss battle. Then you notice the stitching on her abdomen, and one of her attacks is to spew vomit on you.]]

* [[spoiler:Jennifer lost her parents in an airship crash, was then held captive by Gregory and forcibly dressed up like his dead son, probably spent some time in a hospital, came to an orphanage filled with sadistic children, and later witnessed their deaths at the hands of Gregory.]] What an unlucky girl indeed.

* [[spoiler:Wendy]] seems to be the only person who really likes Jennifer. Then you realize what she’s capable of.

* When you find out what happened to [[spoiler:Brown]].
* The entire "Rag Princess Sews" chapter. First of all, the music in the level, unlike the other chapters that used pianos and strings in the background, is replaced with a Silent Hill-esque industrial sound. Second, [[spoiler:being in the dark in such a huge place]] is not pretty. Third, having to [[spoiler:chase "Joshua" in such long, dark hallways and having to battle several endurance rounds with the toughest enemy type]] is one of the scariest moments in the game.
* Everything that happened to poor, poor Gregory. [[spoiler: A prepubescent girl took advantage of his psychosis and turned him into a serial killer.]]
* The creepy man ([[spoiler:who turns out to be Gregory]]) that keeps showing up with hand drawn picture books calling Jennifer "Joshua."

** Animal abuse is a theme in general. While it is questionable about any pigs or goats ever having even existed, there are hints of Diana not properly caring for the aquarium, resulting in dead fish. The first required gift is a butterfly, leading to the chapter being filled with the children hunting and killing them. Wendy was responsible for the bunnies, [[spoiler:but the epilogue chapter has Jennifer stating that she stopped doing that, and we not only find empty cages at the beginning, but there is also a whole chapter dedicated to a dead rabbit]]. It is strongly implied that Eleanor's bird was killed by Diana and Meg, but its owner didn't even care. And then, of course, what happened to [[LoyalAnimalCompanion Brown]]...

* There is a scene that is very easily missed in the opening. Remember the moment where Diana, Meg and Eleanor are shown hammering the coffin? Well, right before that there is a moment showing them [[spoiler:hammering a bag in the attic]]. By the end of the game we know that [[spoiler:Wendy and the rest of the Aristocrats killed Brown]]. We're never told how they do this in the game itself and are lead to assume that, because of the cutscene that shows [[spoiler:the imps sweeping a non-bagged Brown]] and the fact that [[spoiler:Brown had previously been seen by both Jennifer and the player as a full-grown dog (that would have been hard to put in a bag while still living) up to that point in the game]], [[spoiler:Brown was put into the bag after his death]]. However, we are shown during the true ending that [[spoiler:Brown was actually a puppy when the events took place, similar to how Jennifer was actually a young girl]]. That brief moment in the opening then gains some meaning. Under the orders of [[spoiler:Wendy]], Diana, Meg and Eleanor [[spoiler:kidnapped a defenseless puppy, shoved it in a bag, took it to the attic and beat it to death with hammers]]. The fact that three girls could be fooled into [[spoiler:killing a puppy]] is both incredibly disturbing and utterly heart-wrenching at the same time.
* At one point, Jennifer will note that first Martha, then Hoffman and Clara disappeared, and the children were left to their own devices. While it is questionable how much is real and how much is made-up, it is heavily implied that [[spoiler:Martha got murdered by the children, Hoffman hung himself in the staircase and Clara killed herself as well]]. While Martha's fate is very obvious in it's implications, [[spoiler:Hoffman's]] is shown by [[spoiler:an animation of Sir Peter (the storybook rabbit) hanging himself in his chapter's first loading screen; there is also the shadow of an adult hanging visible in "The Funeral", and in an illusion of the same in a mirror in "The Unlucky Clover Field" chapter]]. While [[spoiler:Clara]] isn't shown directly, she is mentioned in the same sentence with the others. Later in the rose garden, the player can find that Gregory had been [[spoiler:digging three graves]]...[[note]]although there is a ''remote'' possibility that the third grave was for himself, who had been contemplating suicide for years.[[/note]].
* The game has what is easily one of the greatest subversions of [[spoiler:InfantImmortality in recent history. The children you see in the game? All dead, each and every single one of them]].

* There is a scene that is very easily missed in the opening. Remember the moment where Diana, Meg and Eleanor are shown hammering the coffin? Well right before that there is a moment showing them [[spoiler:hammering a bag in the attic]]. By the end of the game we know that [[spoiler:Wendy and the rest of the Aristocrats killed Brown]]. We're never told how they do this in the game itself and are lead to assume that, because of the cutscene that shows [[spoiler:the imps sweeping a non-bagged Brown]] and the fact that [[spoiler:Brown had previously been seen by both Jennifer and the player as a full-grown dog (that would have been hard to put in a bag while still living) up to that point in the game]], [[spoiler:Brown was put into the bag after his death]]. However, we are shown during the true ending that [[spoiler:Brown was actually a puppy when the events took place, similar to how Jennifer was actually a young girl]]. That brief moment in the opening then gains some meaning. Under the orders of [[spoiler:Wendy]], Diana, Meg and Eleanor [[spoiler:kidnapped a defenseless puppy, shoved it in a bag, took it to the attic and beat it to death with hammers]]. The fact that three girls could be fooled into [[spoiler:killing a puppy]] is both incredibly disturbing and utterly heart-wrenching at the same time.

* At one point, Jennifer will note that first Martha, then Hoffman and Clara disappeared, and the children were left to their own devices. While it is questionable how much is real and how much is made-up, it is heavily implied that [[spoiler:Martha got murdered by the children, Hoffman hung himself in the staircase and Clara killed herself as well]]. While Martha's fate is very obvious in it's implications, [[spoiler:Hoffman's]] is shown by [[spoiler:an animation of Sir Peter (the storybook rabbit) hanging himself in his chapter's first loading screen; there is also the shadow of an adult hanging visible in "The Funeral", and in an illusion of the same in a mirror in the "Unlucky Clover Field" chapter]]. While [[spoiler:Clara]] isn't shown directly, she is mentioned in the same sentence with the others. Later in the rose garden, the player can find that Gregory had been [[spoiler:digging three graves]]...[[note]]although there is a ''remote'' possibility that the third grave was for himself, who had been contemplating suicide for years.[[/note]].
* The game has what is easily one of the greatest subversions of [[spoiler:InfantImmortality in recent history. The children you see in the game? All dead, each and every single one of them.]]

* Everything that happened to poor, poor Gregory. [[spoiler: A prepubescent girl takes advantage of his psychosis and turns him into a serial killer.]]

** Animal abuse is a theme in general. While it is questionable about any pigs or goats ever having even existed, there are hints of Diana not properly caring for the aquarium, leading to dead fish. The first required gift is a butterfly, leading to the chapter being filled with the children hunting and killing them. Wendy was responsible for the bunnies, [[spoiler: but the epilogue chapter leads to Jennifer saying that she stopped doing that, and we not only find empty cages at the beginning, but there is also a whole chapter dedicated to a dead rabbit]]. It is strongly implied that Eleanor's bird was killed by Diana and Meg, but its owner didn't even care. And then, of course, what happened to [[LoyalAnimalCompanion Brown]]...

* There is a scene that is very easily missed in the opening. Remember the moment where Diana, Meg and Eleanor are shown hammering the coffin? Well right before that there is a moment showing them [[spoiler: hammering a bag in the attic.]] By the end of the game we know that [[spoiler: Wendy and the rest of the aristocrats killed Brown.]] We're never told how they do this in the game itself and we are lead to assume that, because of the cut scene that's shows [[spoiler: the imps (the darkest form the rest of the orphans take in Jennifer's head) sweeping a non-bagged Brown]] and the fact that [[spoiler: Brown had previously been seen by both Jennifer and player as a full grown dog (that would have been hard to put in a bag while still living) up to that point in the game,]] [[spoiler: Brown was put into the bag after his killing.]] However we are shown during the true ending that [[spoiler: Brown was actually a puppy when the events took place. (Similarly how Jennifer was actually a young girl.]] That brief moment in the opening then gains some meaning. This means, under the orders of [[spoiler: Wendy]], Diana Meg and Eleanor [[spoiler: kidnapped a defenseless puppy, shoved it in a bag, took it to the attic and beat it to death with hammers.]] The fact that three girls can be fooled into [[spoiler: killing a puppy]] is both incredibly disturbing and utterly heart wrenching at the same time.
* At one point, Jennifer will note that first Martha, then Hoffman and Clara disappeared and the children were left to their own devices. While it is questionable how much is real and how much is made-up, it is heavily implied that [[spoiler: Martha got murdered by the children, Hoffman hung himself in the staircase and Clara killed herself as well]]. While Martha's fate is very obvious in it's implications, [[spoiler:Hoffman's]] is shown by [[spoiler:an animation of Sir Peter (the storybook rabbit) hanging himself in his chapter's first loading screen; there is also the shadow of an adult hanging visible in "The Funeral", and in an illusion of the same in a mirror in the Unlucky Clover Field chapter]]. While [[spoiler: Clara]] isn't shown directly, she is mentioned in the same sentence with the others. Later in the rose garden, the player can find that Gregory had been [[spoiler: digging three graves]]...[[note]]although there is a ''remote'' possibility that the third grave was for himself, who has been contemplating suicide for years.[[/note]].
* The game has what is easily one of the greatest subversions of [[spoiler: InfantImmortality in recent history. The children you see in the game? All dead, each and every single one of them.]]