Warnings: [Hell Cruise]

Introduction

While the story will list specific warnings at the start of certain chapters, this page contains a full list of what to expect. Examples provided for some subjects contain no spoilers. These are listed in alphabetical order. Topics that are in all caps/bolded text have heavy emphasis in the story and cannot be written out easily.

!! OBLIGATORY DISCLAIMER !!
Presence of heavy topics in the story DOES NOT EQUATE TO endorsement/glorification of said subjects

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Relevant in Actual Story

  • ABUSE/TORTURE
    • abused becomes the abuser
    • gaslighting
    • manipulation
    • nonhuman abuse
    • PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, financial
    • workplace abuse
  • alcohol usage
  • BODILY HARM
    • audio gore/onomatopoeia is used
    • GORE + MUTILATION
      • excessive gore, eye/head/throat/teeth/limb mutilation, amputation, decapitation, bones breaking, crushed to death, stabbing, fatal falls, unconsciousness, asphyxiation/drowning
  • claustrophobia
  • complicated feelings towards family/loved ones
  • child separation from family
  • DEATH
    • includes people grieving over death
    • many queer people + people of color die BUT it is NOT because of their identity
  • DOPPELGÄNGERS
  • forceful restraint
  • gun violence
  • humans being eaten
  • imprisonment
    • the main character has been imprisoned for at least five years
  • IN UNIVERSE DISCRIMINATION/HATE SPEECH
    • while there aren’t explicit instances of real world discrimination (mostly for my own sanity) OR 1 to 1 allegories (i am not smart enough to do that), things that happen/are mentioned might be reminiscent of things from our world
    • “while like, i told myself to not make magic users like.. a One To One analogy of Specific Struggles because, that's a whole can of worms that can easily go awry if done wrong (looking at you, brand new animal.), i did like.. loosely base some shit like.... that magic discourse thing off of uhhh. fucking stupid takes i've seen over ace people/other queer people”
    • most notable examples:
      • a rich conservative comes to power and gets a well-known library shut down, then demolished, with the help of a rich conservative CEO. he makes moves erasing history and knowledge that has been around for generations, as well as getting the owners of said library arrested, so he can make the country he now rules over better fit his orderly, industrial vision that erases a large group of people
      • the main character has an identity forced onto them by the rich monarchy that is using them for capital gain
      • a college student is disowned by his conservative family for expressing who he is in a project he poured his heart and soul into
  • in universe religion + religious trauma
    • one main religion is christianity-adjacent. while this isn’t delved into much in [HELL CRUISE] itself, many people on the cruise follow it. this includes attempts to erase existing cultures/religions of the older deities
  • medical
    • scenes of characters tending to wounds
  • natural bodies of water
    • the story takes place on a cruise’s maiden voyage
  • OBJECTIFICATION
    • the main character is treated less than human by many people. his captor actively discourages others to view him as a guest—rather, as a pet, or a thing
  • OSTRACIZATION IN GROUPS, OTHERING
  • police brutality
  • public humiliation
  • sex
    • not explicitly shown in the story, but many characters do engage in sexual intercourse off screen. at most, it is implied
  • sexual harassment
  • someone is watched without knowing
  • stalking
  • struggling with mental illnesses
    • many, MANY characters have been traumatized. they WILL be traumatized by what transpires in the cruise
    • numerous characters have unchecked/undiagnosed disorders and illnesses
    • many characters mask, especially the main protagonist
  • strong language
  • uncertainty in the face of a catastrophe
    • includes downplaying of said catastrophe
    • "maybe even something like uncertainty in the face of a catastrophe... it's a weird one but it's one that probably makes sense given covid times... like... lots of folks in the cruise have no idea what is gonna happen other than there's an impending doom... and like... that's definitely something that can be triggering..."
  • unhealthy relationships
    • dysfunctional familial relationships and rivalries

Relevant in Characters' Past

  • abduction
    • the main character was separated from his family when they were all arrested
    • the head servants of the ship were taken away from their only living guardian when they were children
  • child abandonment
    • a prominent actor was abandoned by their parents at a very, very young age
    • a prominent artist left their wife and baby for selfish reasons
  • child abuse
  • child labor
    • the head servants have been working for the ship runner/CEO for fifteen years, since they were kids
  • domestic violence (more implied/before events of the story)
  • infidelity
  • self-harm
  • suicidal thoughts/attempts