Does the dog die?
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Video Game • 2018 • Fantasy
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doctorbleak
A dog is kidnapped in the bad ending to the route involving it, but does not die and is not kidnapped in the good ending. A dog is mentioned to have died prior to the opening set of volumes of the game, but it is not stated in the text that it was a dog and it is left ambiguous what animal it was in the text.
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doctorbleak
No physically abusive relationships occur over the course of the game. Due to the nature of troll reproduction and raising, there are no familial situations where the familial variety of domestic violence could occur.
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Is someone gaslighted?
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doctorbleak
A significant portion of the final volume of the game has to do with an omnipotent character forcing another character to question their understanding of reality and their experiences in a way that is comparable to gaslighting. Said omnipotent character has been previously depicted in Homestuck as a comparable figure to a pedophile and abuser.
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doctorbleak
Several minors depict unhappiness or even suicide ideation over their positions in life, but this is never directly due to an abusive home environment and their guardians are depicted as either being wholly absent or giving positive upbringings.
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Addiction
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QuintusHazard
In Volume 2, Cirava Hermod smokes from a bug, which is implied to be druglike to trolls. In Volume 18, Lanque Bombyx buys drugs from Elwurd and tries to make the MSPA Reader take them.
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Is there addiction?
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doctorbleak
Several characters engage in recreational drug or alcohol use, but none are outright shown or stated to be facing addiction.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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doctorbleak
In one volume, a character is somewhat pressured into consuming an alcoholic soda and is depicted as drunk in a somewhat uncomfortable situation, but it doesn't become a recurring issue and they come out of it unharmed. In another, the character is depicted as drinking with a character implied to be a minor to cope with emotional stress and it is broadly depicted as unhealthy. The latter is not revisited.
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Does a horse die?
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doctorbleak
The only equine that appears is a particularly aggressive zebra that tries to bring physical harm to the player character.
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doctorbleak
Several lusii, being animal-like monsters, are stated to have died or implied to be missing. Troll grubs, which are in all technicality not animals but appear to be large insects, are featured as dying multiple times in the game's bad endings and a blood splatter is shown in the aftermath at least once.
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Are animals abused?
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doctorbleak
A dog is aggressively kidnapped, but the act is not shown and is only depicted through text. This only occurs during a single route and is avoidable through the right dialogue options. Animal trafficking is implied within the same scenes.
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doctorbleak
A dog is aggressively kidnapped and at one point is shown through text to fight multiple individuals. The dog does not get visibly shown as being harmed, nor is it stated to be.
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Does a cat die?
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doctorbleak
Polypa's lusus is stated to have died and it is possible that her lusus was a cat or similar animal due to her blood caste, but it is never stated outright that it was a cat and it is not shown.
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Does a dragon die?
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doctorbleak
Among the troll lusii that are stated or implied to have died, none are dragons.
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Are there spiders?
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doctorbleak
There is a very large tick shown briefly and it is easily able to be mistaken for a large spider and resembles the spider lusus from Homestuck.
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Are there snakes?
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QuintusHazard
In Volume 11, Mallek Adalov's lusus is a snake. However, the snake is only described in the narrative, and is not shown on-screen.
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Are there bugs?
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doctorbleak
There is a large, dog-sized tick as early as the opening set of volumes. It is shown only briefly, but it is still shown. There are repeated visual and linguistic references to insects throughout the volumes due to the fact that troll culture is meant to evoke bugs and that the troll life cycle includes a grub state.
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Assault
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doctorbleak
In one volume, the character Folykl french kisses the player character in a manner that could be read as sexual harassment and is intentionally positioned as uncomfortable and shown in detail. In another volume, the character Lanque coerces the player character into a sexual situation on terms of ambiguous consent using peer pressure and subtle manipulation. Neither situation is depicted as wholly non-consensual, but both are very likely to present a risk of triggering audiences.
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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doctorbleak
Characters endure minor or severe cuts at various points and blood is shown through a graphic on the screen, but there is never any visual depiction of a cut happening. A character is explicitly stated to behead other trolls and is shown with an axe, but no beheading is seen on screen over the course of the game. No shaving occurs at any point in the game.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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QuintusHazard
In Diemen's route in Volume 1, a bad ending features him choking on a hotdog. He is unfortunately killed by the main character's attempts to help him.
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Is there cannibalism?
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AvalonPlemel
throughout the series, foods with grub in he name are mentioned, and are supposed to be made with actual grubs. I is presented as a fact of life, and is no depicted in a gory manner.
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Is someone burned alive?
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QuintusHazard
In Volume 17, Daraya Jonjet sets a mall cafeteria on fire and stays inside during one of her bad endings. As such, it can be implied that she burned alive.
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Is someone buried alive?
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doctorbleak
Trolls do not engage in burials, with very rare exceptions. The only mention of burials comes in the form of talk of digging graves and no live burials are performed.
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Is there amputation?
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QuintusHazard
In Nihkee's route in Volune 17, she is shown to have a prosthetic leg. In a vision of a bad future in that route, Nihkee is shown to lose her other leg in graphic and bloody detail.
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Does a head get squashed?
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doctorbleak
Several troll grubs are depicted as having their bodies squashed entirely, but only through dialogue. The aftermath of one of these is shown in one of the ending screens, but all that's seen is alien blood and several insect legs in the puddle.
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Is there a hanging?
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doctorbleak
No characters are hanged, though brief reference is made to the troll legal system, which involves hangings in Homestuck.
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Does someone break a bone?
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QuintusHazard
The MSPA Reader starts out with a few broken bones, and can have their bones broken more times throughout.
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Does someone have a seizure?
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doctorbleak
No characters are depicted as having seizures. Several of the characters are depicted with medical conditions in some form, but none come close to being depicted with epilepsy.
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Are any teeth damaged?
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doctorbleak
Surprisingly for Homestuck, the characters have good dental.
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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doctorbleak
The character Nihkee is depicted in a dream sequence as having lost an arm and had it replaced with a cybernetic arm. a similar reference is made to the character losing a leg.
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Is someone tortured?
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QuintusHazard
In Volume 1, Ardata Carmia has a troll strapped to a table and have their blood sucked by a tick.
In Volume 18, Barzum and Baizli Soleil describe ways they torture trolls, and try out such methods on the MSPA Reader.
In Volume 18, Barzum and Baizli Soleil describe ways they torture trolls, and try out such methods on the MSPA Reader.
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Does someone fall to their death?
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canidaeTrot
in Azdaja's bad ending where you try to sneak up on him, he throws you off the cliff in what likely results in death
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Is there eye mutilation?
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QuintusHazard
Mentioned, but not shown - in Volume 2, Cirava Hermod says that they gouged their own eye out.
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Children
Does a kid die?
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QuintusHazard
In Volume 12, Tirona Kasund, who is a child troll, is impaled with a katana and killed in one of her bad ends, although it is not shown on screen.
In Volume 14, Karako Pierot, another troll who is a young child, is killed by other trolls in his bad ending - the narrative describes in slightly upsetting detail how brutally the trolls kill Karako.
In Volume 14, Karako Pierot, another troll who is a young child, is killed by other trolls in his bad ending - the narrative describes in slightly upsetting detail how brutally the trolls kill Karako.
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Family
Does a parent die?
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doctorbleak
Lusii, monsters that act as parental figures to trolls, are shown as absent several times throughout the game and are openly said to have died in at least two instances. Their deaths do not ever occur on screen and no humanoid parents die.
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Is someone kidnapped?
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doctorbleak
Several trolls are held hostage against their will and a dog is kidnapped in one route. None of these are shown on screen, but are central points of their respective routes.
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Does someone cheat?
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doctorbleak
There are only a few relationships depicted over the course of the game's volumes and all of them are depicted as either monogamous, healthily polyamorous, or separated.
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
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doctorbleak
There are repeated suggestions that a character is living after their own death, which could come across as evoking this for some, and there is a scene in a form of afterlife featuring clownish spirits that could be construed as ghosts or angels.
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Are there jump scares?
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doctorbleak
There are a handful of moments where images are abruptly put onto the screen, but never suddenly enough to be able to be considered a jumpscare and never with the intent to scare.
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Is there a shower scene?
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doctorbleak
Showers are used on at least one occasion, but there is no graphic detail and the scene occurs without accompanying details or visuals other than brief mentions of body wash.
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Are there clowns?
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QuintusHazard
In Volumes 9, 14, 16 and 18, there are clown-like juggalo trolls - Chahut Maenad, Karako Pierot, Marvus Xoloto, and Barzum & Baizli Soleil.
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Is someone possessed?
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QuintusHazard
Although there is no ghostly possession, I'm assuming that mind control also counts - in Volume 1, Ardata Carmia mind controls the MSPA Reader and a caged troll.
In Volume 7, Konyyl Okimaw is mind controlled by an adult cerulean troll during one of her bad endings.
In Volume 9, Azdaja Knelax is mind controlled by a ceruleanblood.
In Volume 16, Fozzer Velyes appears to change his political opinions after experiencing a strange light from the ground. Unsure if this can be counted as possession, but it could disturb people anyway.
In Volume 7, Konyyl Okimaw is mind controlled by an adult cerulean troll during one of her bad endings.
In Volume 9, Azdaja Knelax is mind controlled by a ceruleanblood.
In Volume 16, Fozzer Velyes appears to change his political opinions after experiencing a strange light from the ground. Unsure if this can be counted as possession, but it could disturb people anyway.
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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doctorbleak
In the first volume, a character regurgitates food in an optional scene, but the food hadn't been swallowed or digested yet and was spat back out mostly whole.
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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QuintusHazard
In volume 16 in Marvus' route, the MSPA reader wets themselves after Marvus brings them on stage and pretends to attack them.
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Does someone spit?
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doctorbleak
A character spits food out in an optional scene in the first volume.
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LGBTQ+
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Is a trans person depicted predatorily?
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QuintusHazard
In Volume 18, Lanque isn't stated to be trans within the game but he is canonically trans according to the creators. He coerces the MSPA Reader into having sex with him (in the good ending the MSPA Reader stops him before things get too far, but he still tries). He claims to be a virgin and that it would be one of the last chances he might have to have sex before being sent off-planet, but it's implied that he isn't a virgin and just says this in order to get people to have sex with him.
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Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
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doctorbleak
Electroshock therapy is not used in any way, though there are several points in the game suggesting other forms of torture. Few to none are shown on screen.
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Are needles/syringes used?
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doctorbleak
Medical equipment is featured briefly through text, but uses a futuristic instant healing process instead of any needles or any traditional forms of medicine.
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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doctorbleak
Similarly to hospitals, no mental institutions are depicted and they do not seem to be a norm on Alternia.
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Is there a hospital scene?
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doctorbleak
There is briefly futuristic medical equipment depicted through written text without imagery. No hospitals are featured.
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Does someone have cancer?
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doctorbleak
A character is depicted with a condition that requires active treatment or else their body will begin to fail, but it is shown in an unrealistic and alien manner and largely used for humor. No characters have cancer or strictly comparable conditions.
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Mental Health
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doctorbleak
There is reference to self-mutilation in Cirava's volume, but it is played up for comedic value and nothing is shown.
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wahoodotwav
the main character commits suicide in a bad ending of cirava hermods route and daraya jonjet is implied to commit suicide in one of her bad endings, but like most bad endings theyre entirely avoidable
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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doctorbleak
There are not strictly anxiety attacks depicted, but two of the game's characters, Cirava and Daraya, are depicted as having stress-induced breakdowns where they react poorly to outside stimuli and lose control of their emotions. The latter of the two culminates in suicide in one route and could thus still be a triggering event for those that struggle with anxiety attacks or similar attack symptoms from other mental illnesses.
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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doctorbleak
The player character is at times shown to be insecure about their looks, but it is rarely dwelt upon or depicted seriously and the character does not seem to have lasting issues with their physical self image.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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doctorbleak
Several of the scene backgrounds in the game depict narrow passages or tight locations, but this is used as a stylistic choice to align with the visual novel style whether than an attempt to actively create a claustrophobic environment and the scene backgrounds are most often blocked out by the characters.
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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doctorbleak
No characters have eating disorders, but a character is shown as being homeless and struggling to find food as early as the first volumes, which could be triggering for people who have experiences with eating disorders regardless. I have marked it with a yes for that reason.
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QuintusHazard
In Volume 2, the MSPA Reader is implied to be about to shoot themselves in one of Cirava Hermod's bad endings. In Volume 17, Daraya Jonjet sets a mall cafeteria on fire and purposefully stays inside, in what is implied to be suicide.
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Noxious
Is there shakey cam?
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QuintusHazard
The background of the screen sometimes shakes depending on what the narrative says is happening, for example it will shake if the player is said to experience an impact.
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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doctorbleak
There are moments where flashes of color or imagery happen abruptly, but they do not happen rapidly or over a sustained period and are only quick transitions to suggest movement.
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Paranoia
Is the fourth wall broken?
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wahoodotwav
very prominently, with the inciting incident for the entire game possibly counting as one to my memory
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Pregnancy
Does someone miscarry?
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doctorbleak
Trolls are incapable of traditional pregnancy, as mentioned in other parts of this page, and the characters in the game are nearly all minors regardless and thus are not depicted in situations involving explicit sexual concepts or pregnancy.
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Is there childbirth?
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QuintusHazard
In Volume 3, the Mother Grub in the brooding caverns is said to be laying a constant stream of eggs, although this is not shown or described in much detail, so it probably wouldn't count.
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Are there abortions?
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doctorbleak
Trolls do not experience traditional pregnancy. Several young troll grubs are killed, but it is only shown through text and they are restricted to optional events during the routes set in the jade caverns. Further, they are already-born grubs.
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Does a pregnant person die?
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doctorbleak
Trolls don't experience traditional pregnancy and the vast majority of the characters here are underage regardless.
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Prejudice
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doctorbleak
There are several trans characters and all of them are properly addressed with their correct pronouns, to the point that their being trans does not come up outside of the use of neutral pronouns (in the case of two nonbinary characters) and some information that was provided outside of the story (in the case of a trans man).
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Does an LGBT person die?
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doctorbleak
The majority of routes involve the death of a character in some manner, which means that, since Alternia is a society that is binormative, several LGBT characters die. Their deaths are not permanent, generally are played for laughs, and are are avoidable through the right dialogue choices, and there are no strictly heterosexual characters, meaning that there is no burial of LGBT characters happening in the game.
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Are there fat jokes?
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doctorbleak
There is a fat character who is shown as being enthusiastic about a particular food, but it's justified within the text as an eccentricity developed due to his life on the streets and it is not played for laughs in the context of his weight.
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Does the black guy die first?
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doctorbleak
Unlike in Homestuck, none of the troll characters here are ever presented in a way that explicitly suggests them to be a certain race. Even if this was not the case, no character deaths are unavoidable and all characters survive at least one route.
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Is there hate speech?
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doctorbleak
Some language that could be read as provocative towards certain individuals is featured briefly within Lanque's route, but no hate speech is featured over the course of the game
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Religious
Is religion discussed?
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footlongdingledong
Chahuts route involves going to a highblood clown church I think that probably counts
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Sex
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doctorbleak
The only form of incest possible on Alternia occurs between a troll and their ancestor, and no ancestors are depicted.
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Is there sexual content?
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SpaceCactus
There are quite a few sexual references, as well as some jokes throughout most of the game. A few of the more notable occurrences are the following: in Volume 5, Zebruh Codakk very frequently flirts suggestively with the main character, despite their disinterest with romance. Zebruh also comes off as a very sleazy guy in general. In Volume 16, all of Marvus Xoloto's routes have heavily sexual themes (although nothing is actually shown onscreen). In Volume 18, in one of the routes for Lanque Bombyx, he has sex with the main character. This is not actually shown onscreen or described in detail, but it does happen. It should be noted that there is a mature content warning before this route, as well as the fact that it takes place at an out-of-control house party.
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Social
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Is existentialism debated?
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footlongdingledong
most of boldirs (vol 13) route is themed around existentialism. happens briefly during marvus’s (vol 16) route too during the time paradox ending
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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doctorbleak
Christmas does not exist on Alternia, nor do comparable holidays featuring figures like the Easter Bunny.
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Does it have a sad ending?
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QuintusHazard
In each route, there are two "bad endings" and one "good ending". Some of these bad endings are very sad and upsetting.
In the Epilogue volume, the MSPA Reader is brought to Doc Scratch's mansion, away from all the friends they made.
In the Epilogue volume, the MSPA Reader is brought to Doc Scratch's mansion, away from all the friends they made.
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
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QuintusHazard
In Volume 13, the MSPA Reader and Stelsa Sezyat crash a scuttlebuggy - a troll car - into a power line, although neither of them are injured or killed from it.
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Does a plane crash?
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doctorbleak
Alternia does not have traditional planes to begin with, which is a plot point in one of the routes, as a character wishes to invent them and take to the skies instead of space.
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Is someone hit by a car?
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QuintusHazard
In the beginning of Tagora Gorjek's route in Volume 4, the MSPA Reader is hit by a scuttlebuggy - the troll equivalent to a car.
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Violence
Does someone drown?
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doctorbleak
There is at least one somewhat tense scene involving a risk of drowning, but no one is hurt and nothing is explicitly shown.
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Is there blood/gore?
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doctorbleak
Gore is not graphically depicted in detail, but is often spoken about. Blood is both spoken about and regularly depicted through splashes of blood on the screen.
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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doctorbleak
Any explosions or fires that occur are minimal.
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Is there gun violence?
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QuintusHazard
Although guns are mentioned - in Volume 13, Boldir Lamati is said to own at least four guns, although they aren't shown and she doesn't use them in-game.
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