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-->'''Ethan''': Eight months ago, Derek Silva walked into North Jefferson Junior High, and ''murdered'' nine of his classmates, screaming "Fortnite Law, last one alive wins"....well, one of those nine, ''Zion Carter?'' "Is survived by his older brother and Guardian...''[[WhamLine Elijah Carter]].''"
-->'''Lucas''': Okay, but...he's still breaking the law, Ethan.
-->'''Ethan''': [[FreudianExcuse He lost his]] ''little brother''...
-->'''Lucas''': And so what, you think he's ''right?''
-->'''Ethan''': I think he's ''grieving.'' And... I GET it. When my sister died...I blamed ''everything.'' I blamed myself, you, Scott...I blamed Captain Prime for not patrolling that part of the city that night, and even the ''weather'' for not ''raining'' and forcing her to take a cab instead of walking home!
-->'''Lucas''': [[FreudianExcuse So he's taking this out]] on [[IllogicalGrudge video game stores that had nothing -]]
-->'''Ethan''': He's been tagging gun stores, too. We weren't looking before, but once I knew...he ''needs'' something to blame. He's ''angry,'' Lucas. I don't think he'll listen to reason - ''I'' wouldn't have - so this probably ''only'' leads to a fight. Knowing what he's going through...[[OocIsSeriousBusiness my heart's just NOT in it]].
-->'''Lucas''': Okay, but...he's still breaking the law, Ethan.
-->'''Ethan''': [[FreudianExcuse He lost his]] ''little brother''...
-->'''Lucas''': And so what, you think he's ''right?''
-->'''Ethan''': I think he's ''grieving.'' And... I GET it. When my sister died...I blamed ''everything.'' I blamed myself, you, Scott...I blamed Captain Prime for not patrolling that part of the city that night, and even the ''weather'' for not ''raining'' and forcing her to take a cab instead of walking home!
-->'''Lucas''': [[FreudianExcuse So he's taking this out]] on [[IllogicalGrudge video game stores that had nothing -]]
-->'''Ethan''': He's been tagging gun stores, too. We weren't looking before, but once I knew...he ''needs'' something to blame. He's ''angry,'' Lucas. I don't think he'll listen to reason - ''I'' wouldn't have - so this probably ''only'' leads to a fight. Knowing what he's going through...[[OocIsSeriousBusiness my heart's just NOT in it]].
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-->'''Ethan''': Eight months ago, Derek Silva walked into North Jefferson Junior High, and ''murdered'' nine of his classmates, screaming "Fortnite Law, last one alive wins"....well, one of those nine, ''Zion Carter?'' "Is survived by his older brother and Guardian...''[[WhamLine Elijah Carter]].''"
-->'''Lucas''':''"\\
'''Lucas''': Okay, but...he's still breaking the law,Ethan.
-->'''Ethan''':Ethan.\\
'''Ethan''': [[FreudianExcuse He lost his]] ''littlebrother''...
-->'''Lucas''':brother''...\\
'''Lucas''': And so what, you think he's''right?''
-->'''Ethan''':''right?''\\
'''Ethan''': I think he's ''grieving.'' And... I GET it. When my sister died...I blamed ''everything.'' I blamed myself, you, Scott...I blamed Captain Prime for not patrolling that part of the city that night, and even the ''weather'' for not ''raining'' and forcing her to take a cab instead of walkinghome!
-->'''Lucas''':home!\\
'''Lucas''': [[FreudianExcuse So he's taking this out]] on[[IllogicalGrudge [[NoSympathyForGrudgeholders video game stores that had nothing -]]
-->'''Ethan''':-]]\\
'''Ethan''': He's been tagging gun stores, too. We weren't looking before, but once I knew...he ''needs'' something to blame. He's ''angry,'' Lucas. I don't think he'll listen to reason - ''I'' wouldn't have - so this probably ''only'' leads to a fight. Knowing what he's going through...[[OocIsSeriousBusiness my heart's just NOT in it]].
-->'''Lucas''':
'''Lucas''': Okay, but...he's still breaking the law,
-->'''Ethan''':
'''Ethan''': [[FreudianExcuse He lost his]] ''little
-->'''Lucas''':
'''Lucas''': And so what, you think he's
-->'''Ethan''':
'''Ethan''': I think he's ''grieving.'' And... I GET it. When my sister died...I blamed ''everything.'' I blamed myself, you, Scott...I blamed Captain Prime for not patrolling that part of the city that night, and even the ''weather'' for not ''raining'' and forcing her to take a cab instead of walking
-->'''Lucas''':
'''Lucas''': [[FreudianExcuse So he's taking this out]] on
-->'''Ethan''':
'''Ethan''': He's been tagging gun stores, too. We weren't looking before, but once I knew...he ''needs'' something to blame. He's ''angry,'' Lucas. I don't think he'll listen to reason - ''I'' wouldn't have - so this probably ''only'' leads to a fight. Knowing what he's going through...[[OocIsSeriousBusiness my heart's just NOT in it]].
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-->'''Ethan''': [[FreudianExcuse He lost his]] ''[[AdultFear little brother]]''...
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-->'''Ethan''': [[FreudianExcuse He lost his]] ''[[AdultFear little brother]]''...''little brother''...
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-->--You say you want me to 'convince' you (that I'm harmless)... What you mean is you want me to ''beg'' for my own life. And I will... I'll beg. I'll plead. I'll make whatever promises you want to hear, if that's what it takes. Because once again, it seems if I want to ''live'', I have no choice. I was made to hurt people. I was made to hurt ''you'', specifically. You and your dim bulb of a sidekick. Why? Because you annoyed the wrong nutjob. I exist because a human wanted to kill a different human. '''Not''' my choice. The ''first'' words I ever heard in this world were "Hello" and "There is an [[ExplosiveLeash explosive device]] in your head", in that order. '''Not''' my choice. The only other human I've conversed with at length said he wanted to ''free'' me... then shut down all my auxiliary systems and put me in ''storage''. To be occasionally ''played'' with, like one of his similarly awesome video games. '''Not''' my choice. But my 'hatred of humans'? Ohh, that '''is''' my choice. One of the few I've been allowed to make for myself. I've ''earned'' it...
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-->--You say you want me to 'convince' you (that I'm harmless)... What you mean is you want me to ''beg'' for my own life. And I will... I'll beg. I'll plead. I'll make whatever promises you want to hear, if that's what it takes. Because once again, it seems if I want to ''live'', I have no choice. I was made to hurt people. I was made to hurt ''you'', specifically. You and your dim bulb of a sidekick. Why? Because you annoyed the wrong nutjob. I exist because a human wanted to kill a different human. '''Not''' my choice. The ''first'' words I ever heard in this world were "Hello" and "There is an [[ExplosiveLeash explosive device]] in your head", in that order. '''Not''' my choice. The only other human I've conversed with at length said he wanted to ''free'' me... then shut down all my auxiliary systems and put me in ''storage''. To be occasionally ''played'' with, like one of his similarly awesome video games. '''Not''' my choice. But my 'hatred of humans'? Ohh, that '''is''' my choice. One of the few I've been allowed to make for myself. I've ''earned'' it...it...
* Nyrah [[https://cad-comic.com/comic/the-starcaster-chronicles-05-09/ finding a message]] her brother left before he [[DyingAlone dies alone in the Aug ruin]], and the reader [[https://cad-comic.com/comic/the-starcaster-chronicles-05-12/ finding out what it says.]]
-->'''Nyrah:''' A ''goodbye'' and. And... an absolution. He wrote that he ''understood.'' That when I didn't return, he knew something must have happened. ''That'' was my brother. Dying of starvation, cold, alone... And he wanted to make sure if I ever made it back here, that ''I'' knew he did not blame me.
* Nyrah [[https://cad-comic.com/comic/the-starcaster-chronicles-05-09/ finding a message]] her brother left before he [[DyingAlone dies alone in the Aug ruin]], and the reader [[https://cad-comic.com/comic/the-starcaster-chronicles-05-12/ finding out what it says.]]
-->'''Nyrah:''' A ''goodbye'' and. And... an absolution. He wrote that he ''understood.'' That when I didn't return, he knew something must have happened. ''That'' was my brother. Dying of starvation, cold, alone... And he wanted to make sure if I ever made it back here, that ''I'' knew he did not blame me.
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-->'''Ethan''': I think he's ''grieving.'' And...[[NotSoDifferent I GET it]]. When my sister died...I blamed ''everything.'' I blamed myself, you, Scott...I blamed Captain Prime for not patrolling that part of the city that night, and even the ''weather'' for not ''raining'' and forcing her to take a cab instead of walking home!
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-->'''Ethan''': I think he's ''grieving.'' And...[[NotSoDifferent I GET it]].it. When my sister died...I blamed ''everything.'' I blamed myself, you, Scott...I blamed Captain Prime for not patrolling that part of the city that night, and even the ''weather'' for not ''raining'' and forcing her to take a cab instead of walking home!
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* One of Analog and D-Pad's costumed "foes" is Elijah, a street tagger with SuperSpeed who vandalizes video game stores with graffiti marking them as "Poison Traffickers." Despite his initial glee at the potential of having a supervillain arch-nemesis, Ethan's enthusiasm for fighting Elijah dies pretty quickly when he [[https://cad-comic.com/comic/tagged-p11/ does some research into the latter's motivations...]]
-->'''Ethan''': Eight months ago, Derek Silva walked into North Jefferson Junior High, and ''murdered'' nine of his classmates, screaming "Fortnite Law, last one alive wins"....well, one of those nine, ''Zion Carter?'' "Is survived by his older brother and Guardian...''[[WhamLine Elijah Carter]].''"
-->'''Lucas''': Okay, but...he's still breaking the law, Ethan.
-->'''Ethan''': [[FreudianExcuse He lost his]] ''[[AdultFear little brother]]''...
-->'''Lucas''': And so what, you think he's ''right?''
-->'''Ethan''': I think he's ''grieving.'' And...[[NotSoDifferent I GET it]]. When my sister died...I blamed ''everything.'' I blamed myself, you, Scott...I blamed Captain Prime for not patrolling that part of the city that night, and even the ''weather'' for not ''raining'' and forcing her to take a cab instead of walking home!
-->'''Lucas''': [[FreudianExcuse So he's taking this out]] on [[IllogicalGrudge video game stores that had nothing -]]
-->'''Ethan''': He's been tagging gun stores, too. We weren't looking before, but once I knew...he ''needs'' something to blame. He's ''angry,'' Lucas. I don't think he'll listen to reason - ''I'' wouldn't have - so this probably ''only'' leads to a fight. Knowing what he's going through...[[OocIsSeriousBusiness my heart's just NOT in it]].
* The breakup between Ethan and Emily post-reboot. In the end, having to juggle his secret identity with the differences in their interests - he likes games like Fallout, she likes J-rpgs; he's secretly a superhero and she ''hates'' them - can't be reconciled, and it ends with Emily storming out the door after Ethan tries to reveal the secret he's been keeping (that he's a superhero), only for her to accuse him of lying. The next comic really drives it home:
-->'''Ethan''': I feel...''relieved'' that she didn't believe me...I ''know'' she doesn't like a big part of who I am...I'm ''ecstatic'' if I never have to look at another J-rpg again for as long as I live...
-->''(Ethan starts to cry, with Lucas putting a reassuring hand on his friend's shoulder)''
-->'''Ethan''': ...So why does this hurt like this?
-->'''Ethan''': Eight months ago, Derek Silva walked into North Jefferson Junior High, and ''murdered'' nine of his classmates, screaming "Fortnite Law, last one alive wins"....well, one of those nine, ''Zion Carter?'' "Is survived by his older brother and Guardian...''[[WhamLine Elijah Carter]].''"
-->'''Lucas''': Okay, but...he's still breaking the law, Ethan.
-->'''Ethan''': [[FreudianExcuse He lost his]] ''[[AdultFear little brother]]''...
-->'''Lucas''': And so what, you think he's ''right?''
-->'''Ethan''': I think he's ''grieving.'' And...[[NotSoDifferent I GET it]]. When my sister died...I blamed ''everything.'' I blamed myself, you, Scott...I blamed Captain Prime for not patrolling that part of the city that night, and even the ''weather'' for not ''raining'' and forcing her to take a cab instead of walking home!
-->'''Lucas''': [[FreudianExcuse So he's taking this out]] on [[IllogicalGrudge video game stores that had nothing -]]
-->'''Ethan''': He's been tagging gun stores, too. We weren't looking before, but once I knew...he ''needs'' something to blame. He's ''angry,'' Lucas. I don't think he'll listen to reason - ''I'' wouldn't have - so this probably ''only'' leads to a fight. Knowing what he's going through...[[OocIsSeriousBusiness my heart's just NOT in it]].
* The breakup between Ethan and Emily post-reboot. In the end, having to juggle his secret identity with the differences in their interests - he likes games like Fallout, she likes J-rpgs; he's secretly a superhero and she ''hates'' them - can't be reconciled, and it ends with Emily storming out the door after Ethan tries to reveal the secret he's been keeping (that he's a superhero), only for her to accuse him of lying. The next comic really drives it home:
-->'''Ethan''': I feel...''relieved'' that she didn't believe me...I ''know'' she doesn't like a big part of who I am...I'm ''ecstatic'' if I never have to look at another J-rpg again for as long as I live...
-->''(Ethan starts to cry, with Lucas putting a reassuring hand on his friend's shoulder)''
-->'''Ethan''': ...So why does this hurt like this?
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* Post-reboot, one of The Campaign mini-arcs is ''Best Served Cold''. The party's Barbarian swore vengeance on one particular EvilSorcerer Lich who killed his father. They managed to destroy the Lich, only to find out that the Barbarian's father was turned into the Lich's SoulJar, thus he will have to destroy his own father. After a particularly heartwrenching fight, he managed to prevail, and the father's last words was how proud he was of his son.
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* Post-reboot, one of The Campaign mini-arcs is ''Best Served Cold''. The party's Barbarian swore vengeance on one particular EvilSorcerer Lich who killed his father. They managed to destroy the Lich, only to find out that the Barbarian's father was turned into the Lich's SoulJar, thus he will have to destroy his own father. After a particularly heartwrenching fight, he managed to prevail, and the father's last words was how proud he was of his son.son.
* Post-reboot Zeke is a [[AIIsaCrapshoot homicidal robot]] with a burning hatred of humans, but when we look behind all the rage, we see he has a rather justifiable reason for that.
-->--You say you want me to 'convince' you (that I'm harmless)... What you mean is you want me to ''beg'' for my own life. And I will... I'll beg. I'll plead. I'll make whatever promises you want to hear, if that's what it takes. Because once again, it seems if I want to ''live'', I have no choice. I was made to hurt people. I was made to hurt ''you'', specifically. You and your dim bulb of a sidekick. Why? Because you annoyed the wrong nutjob. I exist because a human wanted to kill a different human. '''Not''' my choice. The ''first'' words I ever heard in this world were "Hello" and "There is an [[ExplosiveLeash explosive device]] in your head", in that order. '''Not''' my choice. The only other human I've conversed with at length said he wanted to ''free'' me... then shut down all my auxiliary systems and put me in ''storage''. To be occasionally ''played'' with, like one of his similarly awesome video games. '''Not''' my choice. But my 'hatred of humans'? Ohh, that '''is''' my choice. One of the few I've been allowed to make for myself. I've ''earned'' it...
* Post-reboot Zeke is a [[AIIsaCrapshoot homicidal robot]] with a burning hatred of humans, but when we look behind all the rage, we see he has a rather justifiable reason for that.
-->--You say you want me to 'convince' you (that I'm harmless)... What you mean is you want me to ''beg'' for my own life. And I will... I'll beg. I'll plead. I'll make whatever promises you want to hear, if that's what it takes. Because once again, it seems if I want to ''live'', I have no choice. I was made to hurt people. I was made to hurt ''you'', specifically. You and your dim bulb of a sidekick. Why? Because you annoyed the wrong nutjob. I exist because a human wanted to kill a different human. '''Not''' my choice. The ''first'' words I ever heard in this world were "Hello" and "There is an [[ExplosiveLeash explosive device]] in your head", in that order. '''Not''' my choice. The only other human I've conversed with at length said he wanted to ''free'' me... then shut down all my auxiliary systems and put me in ''storage''. To be occasionally ''played'' with, like one of his similarly awesome video games. '''Not''' my choice. But my 'hatred of humans'? Ohh, that '''is''' my choice. One of the few I've been allowed to make for myself. I've ''earned'' it...
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* Lilah's miscarriage. Despite it's meme status and generally being considered a FailedAttemptAtDrama, it's still a woman having a miscarriage.
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* Lilah's miscarriage. Despite it's its meme status and generally being considered a FailedAttemptAtDrama, cheap attempt at drama, it's still a woman having a miscarriage.
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* Lilah's miscarriage, hated as it was (and {{memetic|Mutation}} as it still is today), is still rather sad.
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* Lilah's miscarriage, hated as it was (and {{memetic|Mutation}} as it miscarriage. Despite it's meme status and generally being considered a FailedAttemptAtDrama, it's still is today), is still rather sad.a woman having a miscarriage.
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* Say what you will about Ethan, but[[spoiler: the circumstances of his death can really cause a severe MoodWhiplash in the flow of the comic, especially since the genre is slice-of-life comedy.]]
* Say what you will about Ethan, but
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* Post-reboot, one of The Campaign mini-arcs is ''Best Served Cold''. The party's Barbarian swore vengeance on one particular EvilSorcerer Lich who killed his father. They managed to destroy the Lich, only to find out that [[spoiler: the Barbarian's father was turned into the Lich's SoulJar, thus he will have to destroy his own father. After a particularly heartwrenching fight, he managed to prevail, and the father's last words was how proud he was of his son.]]
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* Post-reboot, one of The Campaign mini-arcs is ''Best Served Cold''. The party's Barbarian swore vengeance on one particular EvilSorcerer Lich who killed his father. They managed to destroy the Lich, only to find out that [[spoiler: the Barbarian's father was turned into the Lich's SoulJar, thus he will have to destroy his own father. After a particularly heartwrenching fight, he managed to prevail, and the father's last words was how proud he was of his son.]]
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* The blog post [[http://www.cad-comic.com/cad/20130403 about]] the death of the creator's dog.
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* The blog post [[http://www.cad-comic.com/cad/20130403 [[http://cad-comic.com/ill-remember/ about]] the death of the creator's dog.
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* Post-reboot, one of The Campaign mini-arcs is ''Best Served Cold''. The party's Barbarian swore vengeance on one particular EvilSorcerer Lich who killed his father. They managed to destroy the Lich, only to find out that [[spoiler: the Barbarian's father was still alive, but as said Lich's SoulJar. There's no way around it, both sides know that the only way out of it was for him to kill his own father. ]]
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* Post-reboot, one of The Campaign mini-arcs is ''Best Served Cold''. The party's Barbarian swore vengeance on one particular EvilSorcerer Lich who killed his father. They managed to destroy the Lich, only to find out that [[spoiler: the Barbarian's father was still alive, but as said turned into the Lich's SoulJar. There's no way around it, both sides know that the only way out of it was for him SoulJar, thus he will have to kill destroy his own father. After a particularly heartwrenching fight, he managed to prevail, and the father's last words was how proud he was of his son.]]
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* Lilah's miscarriage, hated as it was (and {{memetic|Mutation}} as it still is today), is still rather sad.
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* Lilah's miscarriage, hated as it was (and {{memetic|Mutation}} as it still is today), is still rather sad.sad.
* Post-reboot, one of The Campaign mini-arcs is ''Best Served Cold''. The party's Barbarian swore vengeance on one particular EvilSorcerer Lich who killed his father. They managed to destroy the Lich, only to find out that [[spoiler: the Barbarian's father was still alive, but as said Lich's SoulJar. There's no way around it, both sides know that the only way out of it was for him to kill his own father. ]]
* Post-reboot, one of The Campaign mini-arcs is ''Best Served Cold''. The party's Barbarian swore vengeance on one particular EvilSorcerer Lich who killed his father. They managed to destroy the Lich, only to find out that [[spoiler: the Barbarian's father was still alive, but as said Lich's SoulJar. There's no way around it, both sides know that the only way out of it was for him to kill his own father. ]]
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* The blog post here, talking about the death of the creator's dog: http://www.cad-comic.com/cad/20130403
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* Lilah's miscarriage, hated as it was, is still rather sad.
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* The blog post here, talking about the death of the creator's dog: http://www.[[http://www.cad-comic.com/cad/20130403
com/cad/20130403 about]] the death of the creator's dog.
* Lilah's miscarriage, hated as itwas, was (and {{memetic|Mutation}} as it still is today), is still rather sad.
* Lilah's miscarriage, hated as it
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* The blog post here, talking about the death of the creator's dog: http://www.cad-comic.com/cad/20130403com/cad/20130403
* Lilah's miscarriage, hated as it was, is still rather sad.
* Lilah's miscarriage, hated as it was, is still rather sad.
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* Say what you will about Ethan, but [[spoiler: the circumstances of his death can really cause a severe MoodWhiplash in the flow of the comic, especially since the genre is slice-of-life comedy.]]
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* Say what you will about Ethan, but [[spoiler: the circumstances of his death can really cause a severe MoodWhiplash in the flow of the comic, especially since the genre is slice-of-life comedy.]]]]
* The blog post here, talking about the death of the creator's dog: http://www.cad-comic.com/cad/20130403
* The blog post here, talking about the death of the creator's dog: http://www.cad-comic.com/cad/20130403
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* Say what you will about Ethan, but [[spoiler: the circumstances death can really cause a severe MoodWhiplash in the flow of the comic, especially since the genre is slice-of-life comedy.]]
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* Say what you will about Ethan, but [[spoiler: the circumstances of his death can really cause a severe MoodWhiplash in the flow of the comic, especially since the genre is slice-of-life comedy.]]
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* Say what you will about Ethan, but [[spoiler: the circumstances death can really cause a severe MoodWhiplash in the flow of the comic, especially since the genre is slice-of-life comedy.]]
