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--->"Let's just say I keep a shotgun around for a reason. Doesn't matter if you're a Juggalo or an [[Literature/{{Twilight}} [[Literature/TheTwilightSaga Edward Cullen]] wannabe."\\
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* DaylightHorror: While some of the monsters prefer the shadows, plenty of the worst action occurs in the daylight.
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%%* KillEmAll
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* BigEgoHiddenDepths: Eden makes a lot of the fact that her life is more stable than Ron's, [[spoiler:yet she has no long-term career or college plans, no social life outside of her relatives and one friend, zero romantic interests or desires, and deep-seated insecurity and discomfort with the world]].
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* BigEgoHiddenDepths: Eden makes a lot of the fact that her life is more stable than Ron's, [[spoiler:yet she has no long-term career or college plans, plans [[BrilliantButLazy despite her intellect]], no social life outside of her relatives and one friend, zero romantic interests or desires, and deep-seated insecurity and discomfort with the world]].
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* RationalFic: Eden is a self-styled rationalist, and her thought processes are shown in pain-staking detail. Whereas Ron and Tedrin treat everything as a big adventure, Eden does her best (as an amateur) to apply scientific rationale to the symbiote and monsters.
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->"''[[ContentWarnings This book... contains themes, implications, and/or graphic scenes]] of powerlessness, [[BastardBoyfriend [[DomesticAbuse physical and verbal abuse]], [[EvenEvilHasStandards implied rape]], [[SelfHarm self-harm]], [[DrivenToSuicide suicidal thoughts and attempts]], [[DrugsAreGood drug use]], [[TheCorruption contamination]], [[BodyHorror body horror]], brief [[FamilyUnfriendlyViolence violence and gore]], [[AMillionIsAStatistic mass death]], [[AndIMustScream eternal suffering]], [[GirlsWithGuns gun use]], [[AfraidOfNeedles needles]], and [[SpidersAreScary spi]][[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking ders]].''"
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* FoldSpindleMutilation: When [[spoiler:Eden's original brain is destroyed, she describes the process of each new neuron being formed as her entire self being crammed down into sub-atomic particles in a great crystalline structure the size of the universe]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mHmzYq9JW4 Oh, and that happens forever]].
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* FoldSpindleMutilation: When [[spoiler:Eden's original brain is destroyed, she describes the process of each new neuron being formed as her entire self being crammed down into sub-atomic particles in a great crystalline structure the size of the universe]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mHmzYq9JW4 Oh, and that happens forever]].
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%%* NonNaziSwastika: The Exes.
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* {{Asexuality}}: It's implied throughout, mostly by [[spoiler:Ron, but also by casual remarks from Eden]], that [[spoiler:Eden]] is asexual. Toward the end, after Eden [[spoiler:has her head destroyed, she finds herself sexually attracted to Tedrin and even entertains the idea of sharing him with Veronica]]. She eventually [[spoiler:writes it of as her needles looking for a mate with survival skills — the same reason Tedrin infected her in the first place]].
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* TheMasquerade: Only Tedrin, Ron, and Eden are aware of the needle monsters taking up residence in the city ([[spoiler:at first]]). [[DiscussedTrope Called]] by Veronica, a self-described [[VigilanteTaxonomist troper]].
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* TheMasquerade: Only Tedrin, Ron, and Eden are aware of the needle monsters taking up residence in the city ([[spoiler:at first]]). [[DiscussedTrope Called]] by Veronica, a self-described [[VigilanteTaxonomist [[Administrivia/TVTropesGlossary troper]].
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* {{Transgender}}: [[spoiler:Eden carries some subtle discomfort and judgement against Veronica, insists on calling her [[TomboyishName 'Ron']], and tells Tedrin that she has a 'secret' (which it turns out he is [[IfItsYouItsOkay perfectly fine with]]). Near the end, Eden laments to herself that only now, thanks to the needles, does she understand how Ron could be so uncomfortable in her own body.]]
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* {{Transgender}}: TransTribulations: [[spoiler:Eden carries some subtle discomfort and judgement against Veronica, insists on calling her [[TomboyishName 'Ron']], and tells Tedrin that she has a 'secret' (which it turns out he is [[IfItsYouItsOkay perfectly fine with]]). Near the end, Eden laments to herself that only now, thanks to the needles, does she understand how Ron could be so uncomfortable in her own body.]]
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* BackingIntoDanger: The title character explores an abandoned church in search of a harmless, herbivorous alien monster, and finds something terrifying. Then, while backing away from it down a dark hallway, she bumps into something even worse.
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* WalkingBackwards: The title character explores an abandoned church in search of a harmless, herbivorous alien monster, and finds something terrifying. Then, while backing away from it down a dark hallway, she bumps into something even worse.
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->"''[[ContentWarnings This book... contains themes, implications, and/or graphic scenes]] of powerlessness, [[BastardBoyfriend physical and verbal abuse]], [[EvenEvilHasStandards implied rape]], [[SelfHarm self-harm]], [[DrivenToSuicide suicidal thoughts and attempts]], [[DrugsAreGood drug use]], [[TheCorruption contamination]], [[BodyHorror body horror]], brief [[FamilyUnfriendlyViolence violence and gore]], [[AMillionIsAStatistic mass death]], [[AndIMustScream eternal suffering]], [[GirlsWithGuns gun use]], [[AfraidOfNeedles needles]], and [[SpidersAreScary spiders]].spi]][[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking ders]].''"
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* WhenTreesAttack: The trees in [[spoiler:the other world]], which Eden jokingly calls '[[HarryPotter Whomping Willows]]'.
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* WhenTreesAttack: The trees in [[spoiler:the other world]], which Eden jokingly calls '[[HarryPotter '[[Franchise/HarryPotter Whomping Willows]]'.
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* UncannyValley: When the needles first repair a body part, they're patchy and look like pine needles. If a person's face or entire head has to be replaced, the result is disturbing.
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* ActionSurvivor: Eden and Veronica.
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--> When utterly baffled, go for a joke. “And then you bit her neck and sucked out all her blood, right?”
--> He blinks at me, looking genuinely annoyed. “Vampires? Really?”
--> My hands go up. “Hey, I’m just working with what you’re describing.”
--> When utterly baffled, go for a joke. “And then you bit her neck and sucked out all her blood, right?”
--> He blinks at me, looking genuinely annoyed. “Vampires? Really?”
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* BigEgoHiddenDepths: Eden makes a lot of the fact that her life is more stable than Ron's, [[spoiler:yet she has no long-term career or college plans, no social life outside of her relatives and one friend, zero romantic interests or desire, desires, and deep-seated insecurity and discomfort with the world]].
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* CombatBreakdown: The final battle.
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* HappyPlace: The deer stand.
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* HeroicSelfDeprecation
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* HealingFactor
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* KilledMidSentence: Several, but especially [[spoiler:the ending]].
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* OddCouple: Eden and Veronica.
* OminousVisualGlitch: [[spoiler:s̵c̵r̷a̷t̶c̸h̷]]
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* ReallyGetsAround: Veronica, to Eden's barely-checked disgust.
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* {{Transsexual}}: [[spoiler:Eden carries some subtle discomfort and judgement against Veronica, insists on calling her [[TomboyishName 'Ron']], and tells Tedrin that she has a 'secret' (which it turns out he is [[IfItsYouItsOkay perfectly fine with]]). Near the end, Eden laments to herself that only now, thanks to the needles, does she understand how Ron could be so uncomfortable in her own body.]]
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* {{Transsexual}}: {{Transgender}}: [[spoiler:Eden carries some subtle discomfort and judgement against Veronica, insists on calling her [[TomboyishName 'Ron']], and tells Tedrin that she has a 'secret' (which it turns out he is [[IfItsYouItsOkay perfectly fine with]]). Near the end, Eden laments to herself that only now, thanks to the needles, does she understand how Ron could be so uncomfortable in her own body.]]
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* TheMasquerade: Only Tedrin, Ron, and Eden are aware of the needle monsters taking up residence in the city ([[spoiler:at first]]). [[DiscussedTrope Called]] by [[GenreSavvy Veronica]], a self-described [[VigilanteTaxonomist troper]].
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* TheMasquerade: Only Tedrin, Ron, and Eden are aware of the needle monsters taking up residence in the city ([[spoiler:at first]]). [[DiscussedTrope Called]] by [[GenreSavvy Veronica]], Veronica, a self-described [[VigilanteTaxonomist troper]].