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A psychological horror written by Avalon Roselin, which has since completed its run and is available to buy on [https://web.archive.org/web/20190818165503/https://www.roselinproductions.com/alice Roselin Productions].
Not to be confused with [[Alice]] or [[Joker]], though the titles are the same. This entry would be titled ALiCE if the name wasn't already taken, since JOKeR was just the rough version of its first three chapters that were tacked on in the end as bonus material so the readers could see [[What Could Have Been]], since the two are incredibly different.

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A psychological horror written by Avalon Roselin, which has since completed its run and the raw edit chapters are available on her [http://blackcatmisfortunate.deviantart.com/ deviantart] gallery.

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ALiCE is centered around Christopher Robinson, a hopeful young orderly working at Woodrow Children's Asylum who suddenly finds himself in a strange town called Wonderland after presumably [[Dead All Along|falling to his death]] while driving to town to get supplies in the first chapter. [[Mind Screw]] ensues as he tried to find his favorite charge, Mickey, and encounters the residents of the town, all of whom are just a little bit [[Go Among Mad People|off]], perhaps even [[Through the Eyes of Madness|himself]].

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'''''ALiCE''''' is centered around Christopher Robinson, a hopeful young orderly working at Woodrow Children's Asylum who suddenly finds himself in a strange town called Wonderland after presumably [[Dead All Along|falling to his death]] while driving to town to get supplies in the first chapter. [[Mind Screw]] ensues as he tried to find his favorite charge, Mickey, and encounters the residents of the town, all of whom are just a little bit [[Go Among Mad People|off]], perhaps even [[Through the Eyes of Madness|himself]].


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* [[Abandoned Hospital]]
* [[Abandoned Hospital]]
* [[Action Girl]]: Prima
* [[Action Girl]]: Prima
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* [[Advancing Wall of Doom]]: In the last chapter as {{spoiler|Michael's subconscious begins erasing the dream in preparation to start over}}
* [[Advancing Wall of Doom]]: In the last chapter as {{spoiler|Michael's subconscious begins erasing the dream in preparation to start over}}
* [[Alice Allusion]]: TONS.
* [[Alice Allusion]]: TONS.
* [[Alone in The Dark]]
* [[Always Night]]: Almost
* [[Always Night]]: Almost
* {{spoiler|[[All Just a Dream]]: Played with at the end}}
* {{spoiler|[[All Just a Dream]]: Played with at the end}}
* [[All There in the Manual]]: {{spoiler|What happened to the real Christopher and the reason why Michael is trapped in his own mind are revealed in other works}}. There is also a lot of extra information and drawings on the above deviantart account, as well as the author's [http://fourthwallgraffiti.tumblr.com/ tumblr]. Even this entry contains information that only exists in the edited version, which hasn't been released yet.
* [[All There in the Manual]]: {{spoiler|What happened to the real Christopher and the reason why Michael is trapped in his own mind are revealed in other works}}. There is also a lot of extra information and drawings on a DeviantArt account, as well as the author's [https://web.archive.org/web/20121124203114/http://fourthwallgraffiti.tumblr.com/ Tumblr]. Even this entry contains information that only exists in the edited version.
* [[Arc Number]]: 317
* [[Arc Number]]: 317
* [[Author Appeal]]: Played straight and deconstructed; mental instability, Alice in Wonderland references, and {{spoiler|rape}} appear in other works by the author, as well as the fact that she is a huge fan of horror, but the way that the story is now came to be out of the author writing down a list of all her major phobias and then writing a book that includes all of them.
* [[Author Appeal]]: Played straight and deconstructed; mental instability, Alice in Wonderland references, and {{spoiler|rape}} appear in other works by the author, as well as the fact that she is a huge fan of horror, but the way that the story is now came to be out of the author writing down a list of all her major phobias and then writing a book that includes all of them.
* {{spoiler|[[Attempted Rape]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Attempted Rape]]}}
* [[Battle in The Center of The Mind]]: Averted with the [[Big Bad]] but otherwise played straight in hindsight
* [[Battle in the Center of the Mind]]: Averted with the [[Big Bad]] but otherwise played straight in hindsight
* [[Bedlam House]]: Woodrow Children's Asylum and the third floor of the hospital
* [[Bedlam House]]: Woodrow Children's Asylum and the third floor of the hospital
* [[Blood Spattered Innocents]]
* [[Blood Spattered Innocents]]
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* [[Creepy Child]]: Mickey and the children ghosts
* [[Creepy Child]]: Mickey and the children ghosts
* [[Creepy Doll]]: Thanks to the [[Adaptation Expansion]] brought on by the edit
* [[Creepy Doll]]: Thanks to the [[Adaptation Expansion]] brought on by the edit
* {{spoiler|[[Dead All Along]]: Played with. Several characters in actuality were murdered by Michael, but the ones in the town are only figments of his imagination. Some know it and [[Go Mad From the Revelation|Went Mad From The Revelation]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Dead All Along]]: Played with. Several characters in actuality were murdered by Michael, but the ones in the town are only figments of his imagination. Some know it and [[Go Mad from the Revelation|Went Mad From The Revelation]]}}
* [[Deliberately Cute Child]]: Mickey
* [[Deliberately Cute Child]]: Mickey
* [[The Doll Episode]]: Christopher's brief visit to Joseph and Mary's home
* [[The Doll Episode]]: Christopher's brief visit to Joseph and Mary's home
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* [[Follow the White Rabbit]]: Christopher spends the first half of the novel trying to find Mickey and essentially following his tracks, or at least going to places he thinks Mickey might be. It's later revealed that Mickey is actually wearing a sweater [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic|that has a white rabbit on it]].
* [[Follow the White Rabbit]]: Christopher spends the first half of the novel trying to find Mickey and essentially following his tracks, or at least going to places he thinks Mickey might be. It's later revealed that Mickey is actually wearing a sweater [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic|that has a white rabbit on it]].
* [[The Fourth Wall Will Not Protect You]]
* [[The Fourth Wall Will Not Protect You]]
* [[Fridge Brilliance]]: When asked what their overall impression of the story was, several beta readers mentioned that the chapters don't really seem to relate to one another outside of a loose overarching plot. The main source of inspiration for ALiCE was ''[[Alice in Wonderland (Literature)|Alice in Wonderland]]''.
* [[Fridge Brilliance]]: When asked what their overall impression of the story was, several beta readers mentioned that the chapters don't really seem to relate to one another outside of a loose overarching plot. The main source of inspiration for ALiCE was ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]''.
* {{spoiler|[[Functional Addict]]: Matthew}}
* {{spoiler|[[Functional Addict]]: Matthew}}
* [[Ghost Town]]
* [[Ghost Town]]
* [[Go Among Mad People]]
* [[Go Among Mad People]]
* [[Go Mad From the Revelation]]
* [[Go Mad from the Revelation]]
* [[Happy Place]]: Godwin's Deli, [[Driven to Suicide|until...]]
* [[Happy Place]]: Godwin's Deli, [[Driven to Suicide|until...]]
* [[House of Broken Mirrors]]: The Funhouse
* [[House of Broken Mirrors]]: The Funhouse
* [[It Was a Dark And Stormy Night]]: The best weather ever shown is a light drizzle
* [[It Was a Dark and Stormy Night]]: The best weather ever shown is a light drizzle
* [[Jekyll and Hyde]]: {{spoiler|Morgan}} can be seen as this
* [[Jekyll and Hyde]]: {{spoiler|Morgan}} can be seen as this
* [[Love Makes You Crazy]]
* [[Love Makes You Crazy]]
* [[The Mad Hatter]]: {{spoiler|Prima and Terceira}}
* [[The Mad Hatter]]: {{spoiler|Prima and Terceira}}
* [[Mad Scientist]]: The doctors at the hospital, who are never seen because [[Nothing Is Scarier|they are too scary to]] {{spoiler|[[Big Bad|Michael]]}}
* [[Mad Scientist]]: The doctors at the hospital, who are never seen because [[Nothing Is Scarier|they are too scary to]] {{spoiler|[[Big Bad|Michael]]}}
* [[Madwoman in The Attic]]: Sadly, almost all the children at Woodrow Asylum qualify
* [[Madwoman in the Attic]]: Sadly, almost all the children at Woodrow Asylum qualify
* [[Mind Rape]]
* [[Mind Rape]]
* [[Monster Clown]]: Actually a [[Eldritch Abomination|Giant Mechanical Poisonous Clown-Headed Spider]]
* [[Monster Clown]]: Actually a [[Eldritch Abomination|Giant Mechanical Poisonous Clown-Headed Spider]]
* {{spoiler|[[Near Rape Experience]]: Followed by an actual date rape experience}}
* {{spoiler|[[Near-Rape Experience]]: Followed by an actual date rape experience}}
* [[Nightmare Fuel Coloring Book]]: The [[Brown Note|drawings]] that Christopher finds in the school, which contribute quite a bit to his [[Sanity Slippage]]
* [[Nightmare Fuel Coloring Book]]: The [[Brown Note|drawings]] that Christopher finds in the school, which contribute quite a bit to his [[Sanity Slippage]]
* [[Nothing Is Scarier]]
* [[Nothing Is Scarier]]
* [[Ominous Fog]]: Played with
* [[Ominous Fog]]: Played with
* [[Papa Wolf]]: Christopher to Mickey
* [[Papa Wolf]]: Christopher to Mickey
* [[Peek a Boo Corpse]]: So often that some readers expected them to fall out of everything
* [[Peek-a-Boo Corpse]]: So often that some readers expected them to fall out of everything
* [[Primal Fear]]: Being trapped in a small space, being buried alive, {{spoiler|being raped}}, the dark, the unknown...
* [[Primal Fear]]: Being trapped in a small space, being buried alive, {{spoiler|being raped}}, the dark, the unknown...
* [[Psychic Powers]]: {{spoiler|Matthew and Michael}} are implied to have these
* [[Psychic Powers]]: {{spoiler|Matthew and Michael}} are implied to have these
* [[Psychological Horror]]
* [[Psychological Horror]]
* [[Psychopathic Manchild]]: {{spoiler|Michael}}
* [[Psychopathic Manchild]]: {{spoiler|Michael}}
* [[Red Eyes Take Warning|Red Sky Take Warning]]: Happens a few times
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning|Red Sky Take Warning]]: Happens a few times
* [[Room Full of Crazy|Town Full Of Crazy]]
* [[Room Full of Crazy|Town Full Of Crazy]]
* [[Sanity Slippage]]: Arguably everyone, and the town itself, as the story progresses. Most notably Christopher, given that the story is told in third-person limited from his point of view and thus making him the most noticeable. In the beginning he reacts to things the way a normal person would, by freaking out and/or questioning how certain things are even possible. The more he loses his grip on reality, the less he questions how the world around him works.
* [[Sanity Slippage]]: Arguably everyone, and the town itself, as the story progresses. Most notably Christopher, given that the story is told in third-person limited from his point of view and thus making him the most noticeable. In the beginning he reacts to things the way a normal person would, by freaking out and/or questioning how certain things are even possible. The more he loses his grip on reality, the less he questions how the world around him works.
* [[Serial Killer]]: {{spoiler|Michael}}
* [[Serial Killer]]: {{spoiler|Michael}}
* [[Shout Out]]: When the number of references to horror movies, books, video games, ''[[Alice in Wonderland (Literature)|Alice in Wonderland]]'', and Vocaloid songs are made into a [[Drinking Game]], most will probably be passed out by the end of the first chapter.
* [[Shout-Out]]: When the number of references to horror movies, books, video games, ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]'', and Vocaloid songs are made into a [[Drinking Game]], most will probably be passed out by the end of the first chapter.
** The giant clown-spider is a [[Shout Out]] to IT
** The giant clown-spider is a [[Shout-Out]] to IT
** Prima wields a bat with a symbolic word written on it, similarly to Yuko from xxxHOLiC
** Prima wields a bat with a symbolic word written on it, similarly to Yuko from xxxHOLiC
** The edited version replaces the {{Vocaloid Circle You}}-esque poem with the real-life version of the poem in [[Alice Madness Returns]].
** The edited version replaces the [[Vocaloid|Circle You]]-esque poem with the real-life version of the poem in [[Alice: Madness Returns]].
** The streets that Christopher has to go through to get to [[The Bible (Literature)|Joseph and Mary]]'s house are [[Alice in Wonderland (Literature)|Oyster Way and Walrus Avenue; they live on Carpenter Street]].
** The streets that Christopher has to go through to get to [[The Bible|Joseph and Mary]]'s house are [[Alice in Wonderland|Oyster Way and Walrus Avenue; they live on Carpenter Street]].
* [[Stepford Smiler]]: {{spoiler|Matthew}}, most fitting with Type B; also Joseph and Mary
* [[Stepford Smiler]]: {{spoiler|Matthew}}, most fitting with Type B; also Joseph and Mary
* [[Strapped to An Operating Table]]: How Christopher's stay in the town begins
* [[Strapped to An Operating Table]]: How Christopher's stay in the town begins
* [[Things Man Was Not Meant to Know]]: The book ends with {{spoiler|[[Breaking the Fourth Wall|Michael directly addressing the reader]]; whether this is a part of his madness, [[Go Mad From the Revelation|or what caused it]], is uncertain.}}
* [[Things Man Was Not Meant to Know]]: The book ends with {{spoiler|[[Breaking the Fourth Wall|Michael directly addressing the reader]]; whether this is a part of his madness, [[Go Mad from the Revelation|or what caused it]], is uncertain.}}
* [[Unreliable Narrator]]: The reader doesn't find out until the end that {{spoiler|Christopher is actually a figment of Michael's imagination made up of memories of the real Christopher; as such, he is only as free as Michael allows in action and thought}}
* [[Unreliable Narrator]]: The reader doesn't find out until the end that {{spoiler|Christopher is actually a figment of Michael's imagination made up of memories of the real Christopher; as such, he is only as free as Michael allows in action and thought}}
* [[The Undead]]: Mostly avoided until the end
* [[The Undead]]: Mostly avoided until the end
* [[What Did I Do Last Night]]?
* [[What Did I Do Last Night?]]?
* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes]] / [[Harsher in Hindsight]]: Christopher has arachnophobia, and is slightly homophobic.
* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?]] / [[Harsher in Hindsight]]: Christopher has arachnophobia, and is slightly homophobic.
* Yandere: {{spoiler|Michael for Christopher}}
* Yandere: {{spoiler|Michael for Christopher}}


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[[Category:A Li CE And JO Ke R]]
[[Category:ALiCE]]
[[Category:Literature]]
[[Category:Literature]]

Latest revision as of 16:44, 28 September 2022

A psychological horror written by Avalon Roselin, which has since completed its run and is available to buy on Roselin Productions.

ALiCE is centered around Christopher Robinson, a hopeful young orderly working at Woodrow Children's Asylum who suddenly finds himself in a strange town called Wonderland after presumably falling to his death while driving to town to get supplies in the first chapter. Mind Screw ensues as he tried to find his favorite charge, Mickey, and encounters the residents of the town, all of whom are just a little bit off, perhaps even himself.

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Sleep well.

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