Omori’s defeat marks the end of Sweetheart’s reign. She’ll have to learn complicated skills such as “empathy” and “treating others with basic respect” if she wants to be a part of Headspace’s new and changing landscape. Can she grow to be more than an insufferable donut before Perfectheart’s patience runs out? Or will the growing darkness throughout Headspace cut the adventure short?
This is a Sweetheart centric fic focusing on the consequences of the true ending on Headspace and its inhabitants.
A Rose of Many Thorns is a OMORI fanfic by ASinkingFeeling
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The fic can be read on Archive of Our Own here.
The author has a Tumblr blog here.
This fanfic provides examples of:
- Dramatic Irony: Anything involving Abbi, the dreamer and Stranger.
- Broken Pedestal: In chapter 11 Sweetheart meets the Unbread Twins, humbling herself in their presence much to Perfectheart and Roboheart’s shock. Once they tell her they don’t see themselves as gods she quickly losses all respect for them.
- Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: Despite Sweetheart’s inflated ego she still holds her family in high regard and loves them dearly.
- Immediate Self-Contradiction: In chapter 1 Sweetheart launches into a tirade of this after Roboheart tosses her fan into Humphrey’s stomach, highlighting her dishonest nature.Sweetheart: You idiot! You utter fool! That was an heirloom! A gift from a friend! Handed down through generations of Sweethearts! I crafted it myself!
- Made of Evil: Downplayed. Chapter 16 shows that Omori created Sweetheart to be an antagonist to his adventures based of memories of her real-world counterpart which Sunny had disdain towards. Despite her origins, as a fully fleshed out resident of Headspace she is shown to be capable of change.
- Positive Friend Influence: Rococo and Abbi were this to Sweetheart in the past. Perfectheart is trying to be this for Sweetheart currently.
- Rags to Riches: Said word for word in chapter 14 as part of Sweetheart’s backstory.
- Save the Villain: Perfectheart saves Sweetheart from falling into Humphrey’s stomach in chapter 1, believing she can change her into a better person.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Sweetheart spends the first 4 chapters trying to ditch Perfectheart so she can return to her castle.
- Suddenly Speaking: Downplayed. Roboheart, after spending the first 6 chapters speaking in Base 64, is given an upgrade that allows her to talk normally.
- Unreliable Narrator: Whenever the POV is on Sweetheart she tends to exaggerate and lie so the reader needs to pick apart what’s actually going on.
