Content and Trigger Warning
This series contains depictions that may be triggering for some readers.
It explores themes of trauma, abuse, endurance, and systemic harm—both real and metaphorical.
Please care for yourself as needed. Step away when you need to. You are not weak for protecting your peace.
This book centers neurodivergent experience, and many of the characters use nontraditional coping mechanisms to survive and reclaim autonomy.
All efforts have been made to portray trauma with care, neurodivergence with authenticity, and marginalized histories with respect.
These themes are portrayed through a fantasy lens, but they reflect real-world systems of identity, control, silence, and survival.
They are not used for shock value. They are part of the lived reality of the characters—especially those who have been silenced, dismissed, or erased.
The survivors deemed “too much” or “not enough” by the world around them.
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Abuse, Trauma, and Mental Health
– Abuse (emotional, mental, physical, sexual)
– Coercive control, gaslighting, consent violations
– Complex PTSD (silence, rage, hypervigilance), trust issues
– Dissociation, identity fragmentation, memory loss
– Suicidal ideation (referenced), nightmares
– Addiction, alcoholism, eating disorders
– Self-worth struggles, anger, grief, loss
Autistic and Neurodivergent Experience
– Shutdowns, meltdowns, stimming
– Sensory overwhelm, masking, social withdrawal
– Identity fragmentation, reclaimed language
Child-Centered and Relational Harm
– Abandonment, neglect
– Body shaming, child endangerment
– Issues of autonomy and control
Marginalized Identity and Representation
– LGBTQ+
– Reclaimed language
– Magical trauma (as metaphor or parallel to real-world trauma)
Survival and Resistance
– Survival under oppression
– Isolation, loss, betrayal
– Death (literal and metaphorical), magical trauma
Systemic and Institutional Harm
– Ableism, prejudice, microaggressions
– Institutional harm (education, law, psychiatry, child welfare)
– Historical injustice, slavery, systemic oppression
– Race/racism, species-based discrimination (racism/xenophobia analog)
– Power imbalances, social exclusion, othering