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Before Heaven

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 Before Heaven is the prequel to From Heaven's Door, and the second installment in The Heaven Cycle. It can be read on FictionPress.The story follows the viewpoint of Jackson Winters instead of Tango during the pre-simulation phase. Jackson is forcefully signed up to the program by his neglectful magnate parents, the Ice Couple, and finds he's at first completely unwilling to partake in the program. However, Jackson befriends two fellow teenage applicants, Jenny and Alice – the pre-amnesiac identities of Tango and Mint, respectively – and finds out that Jenny is planning to escape Paradise herself. Jackson quickly finds himself torn between escaping and staying on the island, all as the beginning of the simulation approaches.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Contains unmarked spoilers for From Heaven's Door.
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 Jackson's parents, the Ice Couple – Betty and Hilson Winters – are abusive to Jackson in a neglectful way (Hilson might even be physically abusive if Jackson's nightmare is taken into account). It's repeatedly established how they have exact zero care for their son whatsoever, micromanage his own life and ignore his own opinions, and send him off to a potentially dangerous experiment against his own will. Part of Jackson's development is developing a resolve to stop passively taking their neglect and speak up for himself.
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 Abusive Parents: Several: Jackson's parents, the Ice Couple – Betty and Hilson Winters – are abusive to Jackson in a neglectful way (Hilson might even be physically abusive if Jackson's nightmare is taken into account). It's repeatedly established how they have exact zero care for their son whatsoever, micromanage his own life and ignore his own opinions, and send him off to a potentially dangerous experiment against his own will. Part of Jackson's development is developing a resolve to stop passively taking their neglect and speak up for himself. Alice's father is heavily implied to have been this as well. We get little explicit information directly, but Alice remarks their father “wasn't the best” to them, finds people screaming in pain to be a familiar sound to when they were still living with their father, and even manages to genuinely riled up thinking about him.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })
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 Alice's father is heavily implied to have been this as well. We get little explicit information directly, but Alice remarks their father “wasn't the best” to them, finds people screaming in pain to be a familiar sound to when they were still living with their father, and even manages to genuinely riled up thinking about him.
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