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   Fandoms: The Binding of Isaac (Video Game)  

   • Mature
   • Major Character Death
   • Gen
   • Complete Work

   03 Dec 2021

   Tags

   • Major Character Death
   • Binding of Isaac Ensemble
   • Isaac (Binding of Isaac)
   • Mom (Binding of Isaac)
   • Character Study
   • Angst
   • Childhood
   • Childhood Trauma
   • religious trauma
   • Child Abuse
   • Psychological Trauma
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • canon-typical triggers
   • i assume if you're reading this you know tboi is the dead baby blood poop game
   • Suicide
   • Child Death
   • Canon Compliant
   • well i try to make it anyway
   • headcanons
   • a lot of this is just my headcanons for the playable characters
   • and the parts of isaac's psyche they represent n such
   • Additional Warnings in Author's Note
   • not super proofread but may as well finally post
   • One-shot

   Summary

   He finds a deep, inadequate misery towards himself at everything he does, too young to fully process these emotions, and Mom not the kind to address them. They would fade eventually, if he had ample distraction - toys, TV, other children, real school, but he has none of those things, and so the feelings could only fester: at a point, all he can do to cope is attempt to compartmentalize them, use his imagination like Dad taught him to escape the troubles of the real world.

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   Isaac and his mother, and his many imaginary friends, live in a small house on a hill...

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