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* AngerBornOfWorry: Jala's dad confines in her that the main reason he took his sister coming out so badly was because he felt she was making life for herself more difficult.
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* AngerBornOfWorry: Jala's dad confines confides in her that the main reason he took his sister coming out so badly was because he felt she was making life for herself more difficult.
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* AngerBornOfWorry: Jala's dad confines in her that the main reason he took his sister coming out do badly was because he felt she was making life for herself more difficult.
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* AngerBornOfWorry: Jala's dad confines in her that the main reason he took his sister coming out do so badly was because he felt she was making life for herself more difficult.
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*AngerBornOfWorry: Jala's dad confines in her that the main reason he took his sister coming out do badly was because he felt she was making life for herself more difficult.
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* IdentityBreakdown: Andile has internal conflicts over their cultural heritage, their identity as an American and how their nonbinary identity slots in with either. During their battle with Jala, Andile will change color and their name will become Kwame then Andi to illustrate the polarization of their identity. Jala helps talk them through all these parts existing in concert, not conflict.
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* DumpedViaTextMessage: Jala did worse to Tyler when she eloped with Jennifer three years prior; she dumped her by pay phone, calling ''collect''.
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* TheGhost: Though their influence drives the plot, we never see Jala's ex Jennifer or Aruni's fiancé Ahmed.
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* BigSisterWorship: Jala clearly looks up to her sister, as the voice of reason in her head takes the form of a glamorous rockstar looking version of her.
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* RelationshipRevolvingDoor: Deconstructed; Jala has CommitmentIssues that led her to running out on Tyler and starting whirlwind romances with multiple other people. This contributes to Tyler feeling insecure about not being good enough for her, as well as self-loathing that she keeps taking her back.
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* GenerationalTrauma: All of Jala's issues surrounding her feelings about love stems from her mother's tumultuous relationship with her grandmother. The music for the fight against her Paati is even called Generational Trauma, and the imaginary version of Tyler from that fight discusses the ChainOfHarm the oppression of women in marriages has caused.
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* BetterAsFriends: Jala and Tyler reconcile in that, before they started dating, they were friends and family first, and resolve to maintain boundaries against romantic relationships while remaining close and supportive in the future.
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* BirdsOfAFeather: Tyler and Andile's friendship is strengthened by similar experiences with their gender identities, Tyler being trans and Andile being nonbinary.
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* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: Andile opens with some humblebragging on how booked and busy their professional life is, but it becomes clear that they're also carrying some major insecurities over issues in their personal life.
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* FormerTeenRebels: While not nearly as dramatic and being settled now, Jala's parents had quite the storied youth themselves, meeting at a protest rally during [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emergency_(India) The Emergency]], and eloping to America. Jala's dad even admits to have caused some mischief with friends afterwards.
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* FormerTeenRebels: FormerTeenRebel: While not nearly as dramatic and being settled now, Jala's parents had quite the storied youth themselves, meeting at a protest rally during [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emergency_(India) The Emergency]], and eloping to America. Jala's dad even admits to have caused some mischief with friends afterwards.
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*FormerTeenRebels: While not nearly as dramatic and being settled now, Jala's parents had quite the storied youth themselves, meeting at a protest rally during [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emergency_(India) The Emergency]], and eloping to America. Jala's dad even admits to have caused some mischief with friends afterwards.
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*AmbiguousTimePeriod: In this game lingo from TheNew20s is intermixed with references to Nokia phones and AOL.
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* BigBeautifulWoman: Diya is the most rotund of the exes, but also ''very'' hot. Jala herself can't help but thirst after her [[HartmanHips very wide hips]] a few times.
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* ButNotTooBlack: Implied with Jala claiming that Paati favoured Aruni over her because Aruni had lighter skin.
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* ButNotTooBlack: Implied with Implied. Jala claiming claims that Paati favoured Aruni over her because Aruni had lighter skin.skin.
* TheChainOfHarm: A major plot point of the game is that one of the major reasons that Jala treated her exes so badly was because her grandmother's influence on her mother led her mother to project her upbringing and insecurities onto Jala, making her terrified of love, even though she grew up in a loving household.
* TheChainOfHarm: A major plot point of the game is that one of the major reasons that Jala treated her exes so badly was because her grandmother's influence on her mother led her mother to project her upbringing and insecurities onto Jala, making her terrified of love, even though she grew up in a loving household.
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* PromotionToParent: Irfan essentially raised his sister Aisha by himself after their father was diagnosed with cancer as his mother died when he was a child.
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* PromotionToParent: Irfan essentially raised his sister Aisha by himself after their father was diagnosed with cancer as and his mother died when he was a child.
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* FullNameUltimatum: Paati gives Jala one after Jala comes to a HeelRealization that Paati was the one that made Jala scared of love.
-->'''Paati''': JALA JAYARATNE! It's TIME to CALL YOUR MOTHER!
-->'''Paati''': JALA JAYARATNE! It's TIME to CALL YOUR MOTHER!
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* ButNotTooBlack: Implied with Jala claiming that Paati favoured Aruni over her because Aruni had lighter skin.
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* DatingWhatDaddyHates: According to Auntie Chandra, Jala's grandmother was ''pissed'' that her daughter married a non-Indian man.
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* DatingWhatDaddyHates: According to Auntie Chandra, Jala's grandmother was ''pissed'' that her daughter married a non-Indian man. She also objects to Aruni dating Ahmed because he isn't Indian.
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* MalignedMixedMarriage: Jala's grandmother isn't fond of the fact that her Indian Tamil daughter married a Sri Lankan Sinhalese man.
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* MalignedMixedMarriage: Jala's grandmother isn't fond of the fact that her Indian Tamil daughter married a Sri Lankan Sinhalese man or that her granddaughter is marrying a non-Indian man.
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* MalignedMixedMarriage: Jala's grandmother isn't fond of the fact that her Indian Tamil daughter married a Sri Lankan Sinhalese man.
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* HatesBeingCalledCute: Diya and Shah Rukh, Irfan's cat.
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-->'''Jala''': I've never met a cat who was a guard dog before. Cute.
-->'''Shah Rukh''': I am not CUTE. I'm a TERRIFYING SPECTER. I'm going to HAUNT YOUR DREAMS.
-->'''Shah Rukh''': I am not CUTE. I'm a TERRIFYING SPECTER. I'm going to HAUNT YOUR DREAMS.
