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''[[https://www.hummingfluff.com/lovelypeoplecomic.html Lovely People]]'' is a FurryWebcomic written by ''Webcomic/ARedtailsDream'' and ''Webcomic/StandStillStaySilent'' author Minna Sundberg.

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''[[https://www.hummingfluff.com/lovelypeoplecomic.html Lovely People]]'' is a FurryWebcomic UsefulNotes/{{Furry|Fandom}} Webcomic written by ''Webcomic/ARedtailsDream'' and ''Webcomic/StandStillStaySilent'' author Minna Sundberg.
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* SociallyScoredSociety: The comic is set in a society where the social ranking has just been made transparent, and the protagonists aim to improve their scores because those with high scores are rewarded (for example, a restaurant seen segregates by ranking). It becomes apparent that the social credit system helps push less savory societal conventions, since people are reluctant to act against them.
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That's not how it ended. The bunnies don't run away towards a Christian society, they simply choose to leave FROM an anti-Christian one, even though only one of the three was overtly religious. One can interpret see Christianity as any other beliefs that would otherwise be innocuous, save that they question the powers of the ruling entities.


* BrokenAesop: The comic's social credit system suppresses freedom of religion and expression in the name of "equality" and "correctness," forcing the characters to flee to where they can practice their religion freely. The afterword spells out that such systems where there is only one correct line of thinking and mindless consumerism should be rejected. While a fairly middle-of-the-road position, the afterword then argues that any good deeds are meaningless because people are inherently sinful and the only path to goodness is to embrace God and reject everything else. Essentially, Minna ends up advocating for a system just as totalitarian as the one she rails against.
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* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: Everything surrounding the 2.0 update of the electronic version of the Bible is depicted as the inclusiveness policy of the ruling entities going too far. The Bible is first made to bring no points upon being read, then reading it takes points away. Next comes the 2.0 update, that people have to accept to not lose even more points. What little is revealed of the new content is portrayed in a negative light.

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* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: PoliticalOvercorrectness: Everything surrounding the 2.0 update of the electronic version of the Bible is depicted as the inclusiveness policy of the ruling entities going too far. The Bible is first made to bring no points upon being read, then reading it takes points away. Next comes the 2.0 update, that people have to accept to not lose even more points. What little is revealed of the new content is portrayed in a negative light.
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* TakeThat: Tooter's advising people to make excuses in their apology video is clearly a shot at [=YouTube=] apology videos.

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** After [[spoiler:getting herself declared an UnPerson]], Peony leaves through the window of her apartment due to being unable to use the door, and tells her neighbors that she accidentaly put superglue in the lock.

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** After [[spoiler:getting herself declared an UnPerson]], Peony leaves through the window of her apartment due to being unable to use the door, and tells her neighbors that she accidentaly accidentally put superglue in the lock.


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* YouTuberApologyParody: When [[spoiler:Peony]] comes under fire for posting anti-Alizongle messages on Tooter, the site suggests that she make an apology video, advising her to say things like, [[NeverMyFault "I didn't understand what I was saying!" "I was tricked into saying it!" or "My account was hacked!"]]. [[spoiler:Peony]] ignores this advice and proceeds to [[spoiler:make an angry rant and moon the camera.]]

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* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: This is the case for both sexes. While some female garments look like dresses on their own, they cover as much as male top-only outfits when actually worn.
* HonoraryUncle: Peony is a honorary aunt to Peppermint's children. Peppermint calls her "Aunt Peony" while talking about her to Lavender as a potential mentor for getting an early boost in her account.



* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: This is the case for both sexes. While some female garments look like dresses on their own, they cover as much as male top-only outfits when actually worn.
* HonoraryUncle: Peony is a honorary aunt to Peppermint's children. Peppermint calls her "Aunt Peony" while talking about her to Lavender as a potential mentor for getting an early boost in her account.



* NeverMyFault: Tooter's advice on apology videos encourages people to claim that they didn't understand what they were saying, that they were tricked into saying it, or that their account was hacked. Averted with [[spoiler:Peony]], who expresses actual remorse, just not for what Tooter wants her to apologize for.

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* NeverMyFault: Tooter's advice on apology videos encourages people to claim that they didn't understand what they were saying, that they were tricked into saying it, or that their account was hacked. Averted with [[spoiler:Peony]], who expresses actual remorse, remorse and takes responsibility for her actions, just not for what Tooter wants her to apologize for.

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* NeverMyFault: Tooter's advice on apology videos encourages people to claim that they didn't understand what they were saying, that they were tricked into saying it, or that their account was hacked. Averted with [[spoiler:Peony]], who expresses actual remorse, just not for what Tooter wants her to apologize for.



* PassThePopcorn: One of [[spoiler:Peony's]] social media "friends" munches on popcorn when watching her "apology" video, apparently finding the whole thing amusing.



-->"[[SarcasmMode Oh, you're SUUUUCH good people! You're TOOOTALLY not fakers like I am! You totally weren't my "friends" because my score was good, and you didn't abandon me as soon as it went down!]] You know who wouldn't have abandoned me? My BEST FRIENDS, who I totally abandoned! Also, you wanna know what I really think of [[OneWorldOrder the World Council]] and [[MegaCorp Alizongle]]? This! ''(moons the camera)''

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-->"[[SarcasmMode -->"WHAT?!! You think you're BETTER than me!?! [[SarcasmMode Oh, you're SUUUUCH good people! You're TOOOTALLY not fakers like I am! You totally weren't my "friends" because my score was good, and you didn't abandon me as soon as it went down!]] You know who wouldn't have abandoned me? My BEST FRIENDS, who I totally abandoned! Also, you wanna know what I really think of [[OneWorldOrder the World Council]] and [[MegaCorp Alizongle]]? This! ''(moons the camera)''
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* LectureAsExposition: Peppermint is a preschool teacher, which allows the once class she's shown teaching to inform the reader of a few basic facts about the Social Credit system.

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* LectureAsExposition: Peppermint is a preschool teacher, which allows the once one class she's shown teaching to inform the reader of a few basic facts about the Social Credit system.
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* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: After Peony unfriends Marigold and Peppermint, she is rather unhappy to see her so-called "friends" praise her decision on social media.
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* FairWeatherFriend: Peony's friends, with the exception of Marigold and Peppermint, only care about associating with her because she has a high score. When they abandon her in droves once her score starts to drop, she calls them out on their disloyalty.


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* PlotMandatedFriendshipFailure: Just before the climax, Peony unfriends Marigold and Peppermint after the latter two ruin their credit scores, lest she lose her coveted Gold status by being associated with them. She regrets this decision almost immediately, [[spoiler:and gets herself unpersoned before joining them in exile.]]

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* BlatantLies: After [[spoiler:getting herself declared an UnPerson]], Peony leaves through the window of her apartment due to being unable to use the door, and tells her neighbors that she accidentaly put superglue in the lock.

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** After learning that her husband lent their copy of the Bible to a friend, Marigold goes to see the friend. After learning that [[spoiler:the friend's situation is rather dire, and she can't access "disputed" material]], Marigold claims that she has two more Bibles at home, and lets the friend keep hers.
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After [[spoiler:getting herself declared an UnPerson]], Peony leaves through the window of her apartment due to being unable to use the door, and tells her neighbors that she accidentaly put superglue in the lock.


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* SymbolSwearing: When Marigold's husband tells her the story of Peter denying Jesus three times, the part when Peter "began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear," is represented with an asterisk, ampersand, star and X.

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* DisasterDominoes: The aspect of the system that has friends and family impact each other's scores is shown to cause this. Officially, it's meant to encourage people to keep those around them from doing things that lower their scores too much. In practice, it means that a person's score can be impacted by someone to whom they have no official relationship because they have a mutual connection (e.g. [[spoiler:Cinnamon's brother to Marigold at some point in the past, Marigold's husband and Lavender to Peony in the story proper]]). It also means that being cut off by a high-score friend for having a low score results in a further drop in score.

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* DisasterDominoes: The aspect of the system that has friends and family impact each other's scores is shown to cause this. Officially, it's meant to encourage people to keep those around them from doing things that lower their scores too much. In practice, it means that a person's score can be impacted by someone to whom they have no official relationship because they have a mutual connection (e.g. [[spoiler:Cinnamon's brother to Marigold at some point in the past, Marigold's husband and Lavender to Peony in the story proper]]). It also means that being cut off by a high-score friend for having a low score results in a further drop in score. Marigold's husband also suffers this; by reading the Bible on the train, his score falls so low that he's forced to get off early and walk home. Before long, his score falls so low that he can't rent a bike, and he gets further penalized for being out after dark despite trying to get home.


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* UnstableEquilibrium: The fact that one's Social Credit score impacts that of one's friends, both positively and negatively, leads to situations like this. People with high scores will have an easier time making friends, since connecting with such people is beneficial for one's score. People with low scores suffer the opposite, with their friends and family cutting ties with those people to protect their own scores.
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* LectureAsExposition: Peppermint is a preschool teacher, which allows the once class she's shown teaching to inform the reader of a few basic facts about the Social Credit system.

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