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** "Not Ready to Die," the song written for [[CallOfDutyBlackOps Black Ops Zombies,]] is sung from the point of view of Richtofen / the zombies...
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* SugarWiki/AndTheFandomRejoiced: Most people's reaction when Matt started doing screaming vocals again during the 2008 tour, and on the new album Nightmare. Also, when it seemed all hope was lost after the death of The Rev, people everywhere were concerned that they would not be able to continue or ever find a drummer that could match the prowess of the original. Not only did they continue, but ''[[Music/DreamTheater Mike]] [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic Freakin']] [[Music/DreamTheater Portnoy]]'', [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments The Rev's favorite drummer and influence stepped in to fill in for the spot.]]

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* AndTheFandomRejoiced: Most people's reaction when Matt started doing screaming vocals again during the 2008 tour, and on the new album Nightmare. Also, when it seemed all hope was lost after the death of The Rev, people everywhere were concerned that they would not be able to continue or ever find a drummer that could match the prowess of the original. Not only did they continue, but ''[[Music/DreamTheater Mike]] [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome Freakin']] [[Music/DreamTheater Portnoy]]'', [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming The Rev's favorite drummer and influence stepped in to fill in for the spot.]]

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* AndTheFandomRejoiced: SugarWiki/AndTheFandomRejoiced: Most people's reaction when Matt started doing screaming vocals again during the 2008 tour, and on the new album Nightmare. Also, when it seemed all hope was lost after the death of The Rev, people everywhere were concerned that they would not be able to continue or ever find a drummer that could match the prowess of the original. Not only did they continue, but ''[[Music/DreamTheater Mike]] [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic Freakin']] [[Music/DreamTheater Portnoy]]'', [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments The Rev's favorite drummer and influence stepped in to fill in for the spot.]]



* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic:
** Take your pick, but ''City of Evil'' is a good start.
** They YMMV with the band, even haters tend to agree that [[FearAndLoathingInLasVegas "Bat Country"]], "Unholy Confessions", and [[Literature/TheBible "The Beast and The Harlot"]] are awesome songs.



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* CrowningMomentOfFunny:EpicRiff: Many.
* EpilepticTrees:
** Some say that "Fiction" is The Rev's suicide note, and that he killed himself over his heart condition and drug habits...Yeah...
** There's been more than one fanfiction written where The Rev's not dead but in a mental hospital and the rest of the band is claiming that he's dead to protect him.
* FunnyAneurysmMoment:
** It's a little unsettling to hear The Rev say "You'll never see me again" in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tPPM4UfWmk this interview]]. Also, the song [[TearJerker "Fiction"]] definitely counts even though it was released after his death, as it was the last song he wrote and the song is told from the point of view of someone recently deceased saying goodbye to their loved ones. To add to the eeriness, it contains the very last vocal and piano tracks he ever recorded and is the only song on the album that features his voice and playing. Well that, and this quote:
-->'''M. Shadows:''' "The new album, Nightmare, is dedicated to The Rev's memory and although it's not exactly a concept album, it does center around The Rev. The eeriest thing about it is there is a song on the album called "Fiction", which started out with the title [[FunnyAneurysmMoment "Death". And the song was the last song The Rev wrote for the album, and when he handed it in, he said, that’s it, that’s the last song for this record. And then 3 days later, he died]]."
** Not quite - he'd actually been writing the song for several years, referring to it as his masterpiece.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IESAiJYvG0 Another one here]].
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* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming:

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* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming:GrowingTheBeard:
** It's often agreed that Waking The Fallen was the point where the band truly began to realize their potential as songwriters, which would later be expanded (in a different direction) on their works after leaving the field of metalcore.
** Nightmare had much deeper lyrics than their previous albums, due mostly to the band's AuthorExistenceFailure making the other band members more emotional.
* HarsherInHindsight:
** This quote from Revolver's Avenged Sevenfold collector's edition:
-->'''Synyster Gates:''' "Yeah, he fucking planned it all, that crazy fuck. Knew he was gonna be gone before 30. He told my dad that he was fucking out. He said, "I know two things: I'm gonna be in a famous rock band, and I'm gonna die before I'm 30." He told my dad that at 15."
** The song Brompton Cocktail. For those unaware, it was written by The Rev about a man who will die due to something wrong with him and is given a Brompton cocktail (a mix of morphine or heroin, cocaine, and alcohol) to relieve the pain. The Rev was found with [=OxyContin=], Valium, and alcohol in his system when he died; his enlarged heart was either considered part of the reason why he died, or [[EpilepticTrees he used them to make sure he wouldn't die suddenly from the aforementioned heart defect]].
** It's often said of him that he had a "huge heart", like a kind heart. He also had an enlarged heart, which partially lead to his death.
* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments:



** The video for ''Nightmare'' never shows the band performing together (Only Zacky & Syn playing togther in the guitar solo), and ends with a single shot of The Rev's final drum kit, bathed in awhite light - ''And this is the only shot of the drums in the entire video''.

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** The video for ''Nightmare'' never shows the band performing together (Only Zacky & Syn playing togther together in the guitar solo), and ends with a single shot of The Rev's final drum kit, bathed in awhite a white light - ''And this is the only shot of the drums in the entire video''.



* CrowningMusicOfAwesome:
** Take your pick, but ''City of Evil'' is a good start.
** They YMMV with the band, even haters tend to agree that [[FearAndLoathingInLasVegas "Bat Country"]], "Unholy Confessions", and [[Literature/TheBible "The Beast and The Harlot"]] are awesome songs.
* EpicRiff: Many.
* EpilepticTrees:
** Some say that "Fiction" is The Rev's suicide note, and that he killed himself over his heart condition and drug habits...Yeah...
** There's been more than one fanfiction written where The Rev's not dead but in a mental hospital and the rest of the band is claiming that he's dead to protect him.
* MrFanservice: All of them, but especially Matt and Brian.
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: M. Shadows has this reputation.
* FunnyAneurysmMoment:
** It's a little unsettling to hear The Rev say "You'll never see me again" in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tPPM4UfWmk this interview]]. Also, the song [[TearJerker "Fiction"]] definitely counts even though it was released after his death, as it was the last song he wrote and the song is told from the point of view of someone recently deceased saying goodbye to their loved ones. To add to the eeriness, it contains the very last vocal and piano tracks he ever recorded and is the only song on the album that features his voice and playing. Well that, and this quote:
-->'''M. Shadows:''' "The new album, Nightmare, is dedicated to The Rev's memory and although it's not exactly a concept album, it does center around The Rev. The eeriest thing about it is there is a song on the album called "Fiction", which started out with the title [[FunnyAneurysmMoment "Death". And the song was the last song The Rev wrote for the album, and when he handed it in, he said, that’s it, that’s the last song for this record. And then 3 days later, he died]]."
** Not quite - he'd actually been writing the song for several years, referring to it as his masterpiece.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IESAiJYvG0 Another one here]].
* GrowingTheBeard:
** It's often agreed that Waking The Fallen was the point where the band truly began to realize their potential as songwriters, which would later be expanded (in a different direction) on their works after leaving the field of metalcore.
** Nightmare had much deeper lyrics than their previous albums, due mostly to the band's AuthorExistenceFailure making the other band members more emotional.
* HarsherInHindsight:
** This quote from Revolver's Avenged Sevenfold collector's edition:
-->'''Synyster Gates:''' "Yeah, he fucking planned it all, that crazy fuck. Knew he was gonna be gone before 30. He told my dad that he was fucking out. He said, "I know two things: I'm gonna be in a famous rock band, and I'm gonna die before I'm 30." He told my dad that at 15."
** The song Brompton Cocktail. For those unaware, it was written by The Rev about a man who will die due to something wrong with him and is given a Brompton cocktail (a mix of morphine or heroin, cocaine, and alcohol) to relieve the pain. The Rev was found with [=OxyContin=], Valium, and alcohol in his system when he died; his enlarged heart was either considered part of the reason why he died, or [[EpilepticTrees he used them to make sure he wouldn't die suddenly from the aforementioned heart defect]].
** It's often said of him that he had a "huge heart", like a kind heart. He also had an enlarged heart, which partially lead to his death.



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* TheScrappy: "Dear God"



* TheScrappy: "Dear God"

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* HighOctaneNightmareFuel:
** The music videos for many of their songs, but most notably the videos for [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHS3qJdxefY "Bat Country"]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bDg7n-chhU "The Beast and the Harlot"]].
** "A Little Piece of Heaven".
** The ''Nightmare'' video has this, appropriately enough - Children playing in blood, a catatonic Syn Gates banging his bloodied head against a window...
** ''Fiction'' is very chilling. Subverted when it becomes a TearJerker about half way through it.
*** And then goes back to being HighOctaneNightmareFuel for the last thirty seconds or so, which is basically a passage of eery near-silence.


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* NightmareFuel:
** The music videos for many of their songs, but most notably the videos for [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHS3qJdxefY "Bat Country"]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bDg7n-chhU "The Beast and the Harlot"]].
** "A Little Piece of Heaven".
** The ''Nightmare'' video has this, appropriately enough - Children playing in blood, a catatonic Syn Gates banging his bloodied head against a window...
** ''Fiction'' is very chilling. Subverted when it becomes a TearJerker about half way through it.
*** And then goes back to being NightmareFuel for the last thirty seconds or so, which is basically a passage of eery near-silence.
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* CrowningMomentOfFunny: The Rev was made of this.

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The Rev was made of this.



* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: Their 2010 album, ''Nightmare'' features numerous tributes to the Rev.

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Their 2010 album, ''Nightmare'' features numerous tributes to the Rev.



* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Take your pick, but ''City of Evil'' is a good start.

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Take your pick, but ''City of Evil'' is a good start.



* EpilepticTrees: Some say that "Fiction" is The Rev's suicide note, and that he killed himself over his heart condition and drug habits...Yeah...

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Some say that "Fiction" is The Rev's suicide note, and that he killed himself over his heart condition and drug habits...Yeah...



* FunnyAneurysmMoment: It's a little unsettling to hear The Rev say "You'll never see me again" in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tPPM4UfWmk this interview]]. Also, the song [[TearJerker "Fiction"]] definitely counts even though it was released after his death, as it was the last song he wrote and the song is told from the point of view of someone recently deceased saying goodbye to their loved ones. To add to the eeriness, it contains the very last vocal and piano tracks he ever recorded and is the only song on the album that features his voice and playing. Well that, and this quote:

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It's a little unsettling to hear The Rev say "You'll never see me again" in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tPPM4UfWmk this interview]]. Also, the song [[TearJerker "Fiction"]] definitely counts even though it was released after his death, as it was the last song he wrote and the song is told from the point of view of someone recently deceased saying goodbye to their loved ones. To add to the eeriness, it contains the very last vocal and piano tracks he ever recorded and is the only song on the album that features his voice and playing. Well that, and this quote:



* GrowingTheBeard: It's often agreed that Waking The Fallen was the point where the band truly began to realize their potential as songwriters, which would later be expanded (in a different direction) on their works after leaving the field of metalcore.

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* GrowingTheBeard: GrowingTheBeard:
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It's often agreed that Waking The Fallen was the point where the band truly began to realize their potential as songwriters, which would later be expanded (in a different direction) on their works after leaving the field of metalcore.



* HarsherInHindsight: This quote from Revolver's Avenged Sevenfold collector's edition:

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* HarsherInHindsight: HarsherInHindsight:
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This quote from Revolver's Avenged Sevenfold collector's edition:



* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: The music videos for many of their songs, but most notably the videos for [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHS3qJdxefY "Bat Country"]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bDg7n-chhU "The Beast and the Harlot"]].

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* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: HighOctaneNightmareFuel:
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The music videos for many of their songs, but most notably the videos for [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHS3qJdxefY "Bat Country"]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bDg7n-chhU "The Beast and the Harlot"]].



* HoYay: Lots, but you can thank [[HeterosexualLifePartners Jimmy and Brian]] for most of it.

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* HoYay: HoYay:
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Lots, but you can thank [[HeterosexualLifePartners Jimmy and Brian]] for most of it.



* NarmCharm: The line "IT'S YOUR [[PrecisionFStrike FUCKIN']] NIGHTMAAAAAARE, [[EvilLaugh HA HA HA]]" is very clichéd and cheesy, but nobody seems to care besides a few critics. "A Little Piece Of Heaven" is full of narm as well, but it's all tongue-in-cheek.

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* NarmCharm: {{NarmCharm}}:
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The line "IT'S YOUR [[PrecisionFStrike FUCKIN']] NIGHTMAAAAAARE, [[EvilLaugh HA HA HA]]" is very clichéd and cheesy, but nobody seems to care besides a few critics. "A Little Piece Of Heaven" is full of narm as well, but it's all tongue-in-cheek.



* TheWoobie: Arguably, the entire band after the death of Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan.
** Johnny. Being younger than the rest of the band, he gets beaten up on. A lot.
** Leana Silver, Jimmy's fiancee. [[AuthorExistenceFailure Not hard to guess why]].

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** They YMMV with the band, even haters tend to agree that [[FearAndLoathingInLasVegas "Bat Country"]], "Unholy Confessions", and [[TheBible "The Beast and The Harlot"]] are awesome songs.

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** They YMMV with the band, even haters tend to agree that [[FearAndLoathingInLasVegas "Bat Country"]], "Unholy Confessions", and [[TheBible [[Literature/TheBible "The Beast and The Harlot"]] are awesome songs.

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* TearJerker: These lyrics in the song "Danger Line."
-->I never meant to leave this world alone
-->I never meant to hurt the ones who care
-->And all this time I thought we'd just grow old
-->You know, no one said it's fair
-->Tell my baby girl that it's alright
-->I've sung my last song today
-->Remind the Lord to leave his light on, for me
-->I'm free
** The aforementioned Fiction.
** The Rev himself singing "I know it's not your time, but bye-bye ... 'Cause verybody's gotta die sometime" in "A Little Piece of Heaven".
*** More of a FunnyAneurysmMoment, [[{{Squick}} Given]] [[ILoveTheDead the]] [[BloodyHilarious context]] [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel of]] [[CrossesTheLineTwice the lyrics]].
** Also, "I Won't See You Tonight Part 1", though YMMV. Same goes for "Seize The Day" and it's video.
** "So Far Away" and "Victim"
*** The video for "So Far Away" makes it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7ry4cx6HfY even worse.]]
** The last ten minutes or so of the All Access DVD thanks to HarsherInHindsight


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* MemeticSexGod: Brian.
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* EstrogenBrigadeBait: All of them, but especially Matt and Brian.

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* ShipMates: The bandslash fans do this a lot, most often with Synacky and Jimohnny.
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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The scene of Jimmy chasing a goose in All Excess.
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** [[YourMileageMayVary For some]], "A Little Piece of Heaven" qualifies. It's either this or BloodyHilarious. [[TakeAThirdOption Or both.]]

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** [[YourMileageMayVary For some]], ** "A Little Piece of Heaven" qualifies. It's either this or BloodyHilarious. [[TakeAThirdOption Or both.]]Heaven".



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** Their stage names either names fall under this or just plain {{narm}} [[YourMileageMayVary for many.]]this.



* TheScrappy: Arguably "Dear God"
** [[YourMileageMayVary For some]], the [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks whole]] [[SelfTitledAlbum album]] [[BaseBreaker qualifies]].

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* TheScrappy: Arguably TheScrappy: "Dear God"
** [[YourMileageMayVary For some]], the [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks whole]] [[SelfTitledAlbum album]] [[BaseBreaker qualifies]].
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* CrackPairing: Arin and Jimmy. '''There is bandslash for Arin and Jimmy.'''
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* TooGoodToLast: A line in "Victim" says, "Nothing lasts forever; for all good things, it's true."
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** Warmness On The Soul is a sweet song, but some think that Matt's voice ruins it.
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* MemeticMutation: "Look at the size of that [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] duck!"

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*** And then goes back to being HighOctaneNightmareFuel for the last thirty seconds or so, which is basically a passage of eery near-silence.
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* HesJustHiding: More than a few fans are convinced that The Rev's in the woods training to become the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Dlz94epxb8 knife master.]]
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* OlderThanTheyThink: Music/{{Overkill}}'s mascot Chaly has been around longer than A7X's Deathbat. The former band has even sent the members of the latter band shirts telling them to "get your own fuckin' mascot!" for "stealing" the design.

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* OlderThanTheyThink: Music/{{Overkill}}'s mascot Chaly has been around longer than A7X's [=A7X=]'s Deathbat. The former band has even sent the members of the latter band shirts telling them to "get your own fuckin' mascot!" for "stealing" the design.
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* OlderThanTheyThink: {{Overkill}}'s mascot Chaly has been around longer than A7X's Deathbat. The former band has even sent the members of the latter band shirts telling them to "get your own fuckin' mascot!" for "stealing" the design.

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* OlderThanTheyThink: {{Overkill}}'s Music/{{Overkill}}'s mascot Chaly has been around longer than A7X's Deathbat. The former band has even sent the members of the latter band shirts telling them to "get your own fuckin' mascot!" for "stealing" the design.
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* AndTheFandomRejoiced: Most people's reaction when Matt started doing screaming vocals again during the 2008 tour, and on the new album Nightmare. Also, when it seemed all hope was lost after the death of The Rev, people everywhere were concerned that they would not be able to continue or ever find a drummer that could match the prowess of the original. Not only did they continue, but ''[[DreamTheater Mike]] [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome Freakin']] [[DreamTheater Portnoy]]'', [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming The Rev's favorite drummer and influence stepped in to fill in for the spot.]]

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* AndTheFandomRejoiced: Most people's reaction when Matt started doing screaming vocals again during the 2008 tour, and on the new album Nightmare. Also, when it seemed all hope was lost after the death of The Rev, people everywhere were concerned that they would not be able to continue or ever find a drummer that could match the prowess of the original. Not only did they continue, but ''[[DreamTheater ''[[Music/DreamTheater Mike]] [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome Freakin']] [[DreamTheater [[Music/DreamTheater Portnoy]]'', [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming The Rev's favorite drummer and influence stepped in to fill in for the spot.]]



** [[DreamTheater Mike Portnoy]] stepping in to fill in for The Rev on the album Nightmare and following tours. He was The Rev's favorite drummer and biggest influence.

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** There's a lot between Brian and Zacky, as well.
** [[http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z180/Danaway_Tango/MS.jpg This picture of Brian and Matt deserves a mention.]]
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* EstrogenBrigadeBait: All of them, but especially Matt and Brian.
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* HoYay: Lots, but you can thank [[HeterosexualLifePartners Jimmy and Brian]] for most of it.




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** Leana Silver, Jimmy's fiancee. [[AuthorExistenceFailure Not hard to guess why]].

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