This will result in amusing descriptions, and even a few achievements if you're playing on Steam.
You can use almost any item you acquire on other items, as well as interactable objects you find in each location. The rest of Alternian society proves somewhat harder to swallow. Deliberate Values Dissonance: Joey shows shades of this when she's thrown by the fact that Xefros is a boy with a crush on a boy (for context, the events of this game take place during The '90s on Earth), though to her credit she does get over it quickly. Joey can also die from being swallowed whole by monsters in a rare bad ending. Death of a Child: Alternia is still a Crapsack World populated by children who are culled and cull each other on a regular basis. Death by Newbery Medal: Referenced by Joey, who is not too fond of the trope, when examining her bookshelf. Cypher Language: The Alternian language from Homestuck returns, but with a new alphabet based loosely on the original comic's "upside-down Daedric" to avoid copyright issues. Its examined in more detail here than in Homestuck. The last choice you can make in Act 1 is literally that between " no!", "No!" and " NO!". But Thou Must!: Not only do the Dialogue Tree entries not influence the plot, often the playable character will take them in the same direction regardless of what you choose, which means you don't get to choose their personality either. They bicker frequently but its obvious that they do care for each others wellbeing. BrotherSister Team: Joey and Jude work together in the first half of the game against the monsters in their home. Bloodless Carnage: Despite buckets of the stuff being spilled in Homestuck (hell, blood showing was sometimes used as a plot point), it seems to be played straight here, considering Xefros outright saying he's passing out from blood loss when crushed by rubble, but when Joey finds him, all he has are a few bruises. Be Careful What You Wish For: Five months prior to the events of the game, Joey laments in her diary that she needs a vacation from humanity. The game also has two Steam trading cards depicting the band, each named with a different spelling of the band name. #Hiveswap characters trolls how to
In-game, one of the things Joey can find is a note by Dammek angrily trying to pin down how to actually spell it. Ascended Meme: Pre-release the fans had been in a constant debate over whether Xefros and Dammek's band was spelled "Grubbels" or "Grubbles" due to contrasting art on the OST.Now, interacting with the variety of Alternia's population is a plot point. Even the Ancestors in Homestuck acted as mostly just exposition and small amounts of lore building, meaning trolls outside the main twelve were mostly just cannon fodder for Vriska's lusus or barely mentioned. Ascended Extra: Trollkind as a whole, really.This effect gets more powerful the closer she brings it to the portal, culminating with a compulsion to use the key to activate it. Artifact Domination: The Heirloom Key is largely inanimate, but it causes Joey to be more forgetful or know things she thinks she shouldn't know when she tries to use it on anything.Apologises a Lot: Xefros, to the point that Joey asks him to stop because it's kind of annoying.However, he and Joey do seem to be quite close.
Annoying Younger Sibling: Jude appears like this at times towards Joey, who gets exasperated with his bizarre, nerdy obsessions and frequent paranoia. In return, the lusus allows Joey to ride on its back. 
After deducing the creature is following her because it's wounded, not aggressive, she uses a vet's kit to remove a thorn from its paw. Androcles' Lion: Joey is initially terrified of Dammek's lusus, a huge cat-like beast with deer's antlers, which she runs from every chance she gets.Anachronism Stew: Alternia has television and internet and guns, but some characters still use bows and swords.American Kirby Is Hardcore: Taken to extremes by Joey's poster for BLOCK HUSTLE, which depicts a block wearing a trenchcoat and holding a gun she comments that she could only find the American version of the poster.And her reason for destroying the neighborhood Xefros and Dammek live in and slaughtering its residents? No, not to crush the Rebellion, it was to get a good backdrop for a selfie. Alpha Bitch: The Heiress is shaping up to be this, considering she stole Crideas #LOLSHRIMP meme and claimed it as her own, on top of being the descendant of Her Imperious Bitchiness herself.
All Your Base Are Belong to Us: In the beginning of the game, monsters overrun the Half-Harley Manor. Adorable Evil Minions: The monsters shown in the beginning are kind of cute, in an Ugly Cute way.
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