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* DracoInLeatherPants: There are a few fans out there who love to gush about how awesome, badass, and honorable Quaintana is, while either excusing or forgetting the disgusting things she's done to her own children. It even gets to the point where some think her treatment of Mel is totally justified because of how stubborn and naive she's been - never mind that Quain ''broke Mel's arms with a hammer''.
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* NauseaFuel - The BodyHorror often involves this, especially the various ways that demons mutate their victims.
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** The crowning moment so far probably has to be in Chapter 32, largely thanks to MoodWhiplash, where [[spoiler:Rek'maar and Lulianne's]] love scene goes from [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=7798 sweet]] to [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=7799 OMG WTF]] in the space of a page. [[spoiler:Thanks a lot, Khaless]].
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** The crowning moment so far probably has to be in Chapter 32, largely thanks to MoodWhiplash, where [[spoiler:Rek'maar [[spoiler:Rek'mar and Lulianne's]] love scene goes from [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=7798 sweet]] to [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=7799 OMG WTF]] in the space of a page. [[spoiler:Thanks a lot, Khaless]].
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* DesignatedHero To prevent this page from devolving into {{natter}} (again) let's just say the fanbase is extremely vocal about pretty much everything in regards to morality within the Drow world.
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* FanDisservice - It's a pretty safe bet that almost any time nudity shows up outside of Daydream they'll be an aspect of this.
** There's Naal'suul for part of chapter 13 [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=5276 sans-clothing]] (though you can't see anything) the disservice comes from her body language and posture due to being imprisoned in a dark cell, and the fact that she's talking about the demon that already {{Mind Rape}}d her once and will eventually take advantage of her again and kill her. [[spoiler:And it does, in chapter 27]].
** Also, Kharla'ggen. She wears [[AbsoluteCleavage really low cut tops]] and is seen in a bath [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=448 here]] and [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=732 here]], but she is [[PsychopathicManchild completely insane with a childish personality]].
** And again, normally Diva'ratrika naked would be pretty appealing, given that she's an unaging dark elf woman, but not when [[http://www.drowtales.com/longestwait.php?order=date&id=50 she's naked because being trapped in her throne room for a year has made her start losing her mind]] since she only has one slave for company and has been barely staying alive.
** And one of the few times we see fully uncovered, uncensored breasts in the main archive is... [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=23 on a possessed pregnant woman]], whose fetus is ''reaching out of her stomach and is also possessed''. EUGH.
** There's also the beautiful, [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=6877 uncovered body]] of [[spoiler:Sharess]], the sexiness of which is mitigated by the fact that she's [[spoiler:a corpse]].
** The crowning moment so far probably has to be in Chapter 32, largely thanks to MoodWhiplash, where [[spoiler:Rek'maar and Lulianne's]] love scene goes from [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=7798 sweet]] to [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=7799 OMG WTF]] in the space of a page. [[spoiler:Thanks a lot, Khaless]].
** There's Naal'suul for part of chapter 13 [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=5276 sans-clothing]] (though you can't see anything) the disservice comes from her body language and posture due to being imprisoned in a dark cell, and the fact that she's talking about the demon that already {{Mind Rape}}d her once and will eventually take advantage of her again and kill her. [[spoiler:And it does, in chapter 27]].
** Also, Kharla'ggen. She wears [[AbsoluteCleavage really low cut tops]] and is seen in a bath [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=448 here]] and [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=732 here]], but she is [[PsychopathicManchild completely insane with a childish personality]].
** And again, normally Diva'ratrika naked would be pretty appealing, given that she's an unaging dark elf woman, but not when [[http://www.drowtales.com/longestwait.php?order=date&id=50 she's naked because being trapped in her throne room for a year has made her start losing her mind]] since she only has one slave for company and has been barely staying alive.
** And one of the few times we see fully uncovered, uncensored breasts in the main archive is... [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=23 on a possessed pregnant woman]], whose fetus is ''reaching out of her stomach and is also possessed''. EUGH.
** There's also the beautiful, [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=6877 uncovered body]] of [[spoiler:Sharess]], the sexiness of which is mitigated by the fact that she's [[spoiler:a corpse]].
** The crowning moment so far probably has to be in Chapter 32, largely thanks to MoodWhiplash, where [[spoiler:Rek'maar and Lulianne's]] love scene goes from [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=7798 sweet]] to [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=7799 OMG WTF]] in the space of a page. [[spoiler:Thanks a lot, Khaless]].
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* HighOctaneNightmareFuel - So very much, including: all the drow who do not realize they are inevitably going to be taken over by demons, the one drow who does because ''she can feel it happening,'' and those horrible, horrible dolls.
** Notably, [[spoiler: Naal'suul's demise in chapter 27, particularly what the Glutton demon did with her body just afterwards.]]
*** But see [[spoiler:HopeSpot.]]
** The army of demons the Nidraa'chal sic on Sii'lice's army in the prologue right [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=23 here]]. Not just because they did that to the innocent citizens who never did them any harm, but because if you look on the far left not only is a heavily pregnant woman possessed ''but so is the baby in her womb''. Which is half-climbing out, presumably to get some blood for itself.
** Notably, [[spoiler: Naal'suul's demise in chapter 27, particularly what the Glutton demon did with her body just afterwards.]]
*** But see [[spoiler:HopeSpot.]]
** The army of demons the Nidraa'chal sic on Sii'lice's army in the prologue right [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=23 here]]. Not just because they did that to the innocent citizens who never did them any harm, but because if you look on the far left not only is a heavily pregnant woman possessed ''but so is the baby in her womb''. Which is half-climbing out, presumably to get some blood for itself.
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* PacingProblems - Drowtales is generally focused on story and characters more than action. However, people being people, the choices of the creative team in how to tell the story fairly regularly end up in TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot, GetOnWithItAlready, MissedMomentOfAwesome, BattleDiscretionShot, a kind of RelaxOVision, TheyPlottedAPerfectlyGoodWaste, TakeOurWordForIt or even BadWriting. Or GushingAboutWritingYouLike. ''Very'' much a case of YourMileageMayVary, and the creative team has acknowledged some of these problems and have been attempting to fix some of them with newer chapters, and it seems that it's working.
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* PacingProblems - Drowtales is generally focused on story and characters more than action. However, people being people, the choices of the creative team in how to tell the story fairly regularly end up in TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot, GetOnWithItAlready, MissedMomentOfAwesome, OffscreenMomentOfAwesome, BattleDiscretionShot, a kind of RelaxOVision, TheyPlottedAPerfectlyGoodWaste, TakeOurWordForIt or even BadWriting. Or GushingAboutWritingYouLike. ''Very'' much a case of YourMileageMayVary, and the creative team has acknowledged some of these problems and have been attempting to fix some of them with newer chapters, and it seems that it's working.
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** [[http://www.drowtales.com/wordpress/?p=2951 Abyte Mae'yukir]]. Most of the comments on the concept art revolve around trying to figure out whether they're a man or a woman.
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** [[http://www.drowtales.com/wordpress/?p=2951 Abyte Mae'yukir]]. Most of the comments on the concept art revolve around trying to figure out whether they're a man or a woman. In the main story it's eventually revealed that she's female.
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** Why this might rub people the wrong way? Well, see the Goblin Kingdom? It was taken down by 4 children and a group of Highland Raiders. It was [[WordOfGod explained that his occurred because they cut that plot rather short]] but still; a King and his castle taken down with ease by a somewhat competent child. A Kingdom that had ransacked and sacrificed light elves for who know how many months. [[{{Understatement}} Yeah]].
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** Why this might rub people the wrong way? Well, see the Goblin Kingdom? It was taken down by 4 children and a group of six Highland Raiders. It was [[WordOfGod explained that his occurred because they cut that plot rather short]] but still; a King and his castle taken down with ease by a somewhat competent child. A Kingdom that had ransacked and sacrificed light elves for who know how many months. [[{{Understatement}} Yeah]].
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** Why this might rub people the wrong way? Well, see the Goblin Kingdom? It was taken down by 4 Fae. The core group from whom only Chirinide is an ''actual fighter''. It was [[WordOfGod explained that his occurred because they cut that plot rather short]] but still; a King and his castle taken down with ease by a somewhat competent child. A Kingdom that had ransacked and sacrificed light elves for who know how many months. [[{{Understatement}} Yeah]].
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** Why this might rub people the wrong way? Well, see the Goblin Kingdom? It was taken down by 4 Fae. The core children and a group from whom only Chirinide is an ''actual fighter''.of Highland Raiders. It was [[WordOfGod explained that his occurred because they cut that plot rather short]] but still; a King and his castle taken down with ease by a somewhat competent child. A Kingdom that had ransacked and sacrificed light elves for who know how many months. [[{{Understatement}} Yeah]].
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** Why this might rub people the wrong way? Well, see the Gobling Kingdom tale? It was taken down by 4 Fae. The core group from whom only Chirinide is an ''actual fighter''. It was [[WordOfGod explained that his occurred because they cut that plot rather short]] but still; a King and his castle taken down with ease by a somewhat competent child. A Kingdom that had ransacked and sacrificed light elves for who know how many months. [[{{Understatement}} Yeah]].
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** Why this might rub people the wrong way? Well, see the Gobling Kingdom tale? Goblin Kingdom? It was taken down by 4 Fae. The core group from whom only Chirinide is an ''actual fighter''. It was [[WordOfGod explained that his occurred because they cut that plot rather short]] but still; a King and his castle taken down with ease by a somewhat competent child. A Kingdom that had ransacked and sacrificed light elves for who know how many months. [[{{Understatement}} Yeah]].
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** Why this might rub people the wrong way? Well, see the Gobling Kingdom tale? It was taken down by 4 Fae. The core group from whom only Chirinide is an ''actual fighter''. It was [[WordOfGod explained that his occurred because they cut that plot rather short]] but still; a King and his castle taken down with ease by a somewhat competent child. A Kingdom that had ransacked and sacrificed light elves for who know how many months. [[{{Understatement}} Yeah]].
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* ViewerGenderConfusion - Given that many members of the cast are either muscular warriors of feminine men and that drow gender roles invert human ones this was perhaps inevitable, but here are some notable examples:
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** And at least one person guessed that [[spoiler:Mel'arnach was Kalki's father]] before the actual reveal.
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* ViewerGenderConfusion - [[http://www.drowtales.com/wordpress/?p=2951 Abyte Mae'yukir]]. Most of the comments on the concept art revolve around trying to figure out whether they're a man or a woman.
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* ViewerGenderConfusion - Given that many members of the cast are either muscular warriors of feminine men and that drow gender roles invert human ones this was perhaps inevitable, but here are some notable examples:
** [[http://www.drowtales.com/wordpress/?p=2951 Abyte Mae'yukir]]. Most of the comments on the concept art revolve around trying to figure out whether they're a man or a woman.
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** Koil'dorath and Suu'be invoke this as well. In Suu'be's case the author even poked fun at it in a podcast.
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* CrackPairing: Quite a few, among the weirdest are Kessen and Sang'oro, whose only interaction was fighting each other [[spoiler:not to mention that one is now dead]] and fanart has been drawn of Sarv'swati and Quain'tana making out in a prelude to "the most epic of [[FoeYay hatefucks]]."
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** [[http://www.drowtales.com/wordpress/?p=2852 Nori'ga Vel'Sharen]] caused a bit of this too with his concept art, perhaps because of this his name was changed from the more feminine sounding Niro'ga.
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** [[http://www.drowtales.com/wordpress/?p=2852 Nori'ga Vel'Sharen]] caused a bit of this too with his concept art, perhaps because of this his name was changed from the more feminine sounding Niro'ga.Niro'ga and his facial features appeared more masculine in the actual chapter.
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** [[http://www.drowtales.com/wordpress/?p=2852 Nori'ga Vel'Sharen]] caused a bit of this too with his concept art, perhaps because of this his name was changed from the more feminine sounding Niro'ga.
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* CompleteMonster - The Human King and Queen who were kidnapping and killing possibly ''hundreds'' of elves, both light elves and drow, and cutting their throats and wrists to try for immortality by bathing in their blood. Most of the characters in the comic who do bad things have some sort of sympathetic motivation, but not these guys, and the epic beatdown Chiri gave them is generally agreed to be exactly what they deserved.
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* CompleteMonster - The Human King and Queen who were kidnapping and killing possibly ''hundreds'' of elves, both light elves and drow, and cutting their throats and wrists to try for immortality by [[BloodBath bathing in their blood.blood]]. Most of the characters in the comic who do bad things have some sort of sympathetic motivation, but not these guys, and the epic beatdown Chiri gave them is generally agreed to be exactly what they deserved.
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** The army of demons the Nidraa'chal sic on Sii'lice's army in the prologue right [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=23 here]]. Not just because they did that to the innocent citizens who never did them any harm, but because if you look on the far left not only is a heavily pregnant woman possessed ''but so is the baby in her womb''. Which is half-climbing out, presumably to get some blood for itself.
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* DesignatedVillain - Syphile fits this, much to many fans' ire.
* DesignatedHero To prevent this page from devolving into {{natter}} (again) let's just say the fanbase is extremely vocal about pretty much everything in regards to morality within the Drow world.
* DesignatedHero To prevent this page from devolving into {{natter}} (again) let's just say the fanbase is extremely vocal about pretty much everything in regards to morality within the Drow world.
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** Sene'kha is also one of the few characters almost universally agreed to be one of these. Her [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=801 plan]] to take over Chel puts her here, if nothing else, as did the fact that she turned the Vloz from a weird but harmless RagtagBunchOfMisfits into its current form by setting up Kiel's mother for death and using Kharla, who had been getting better, for her own purposes and planning on turning her into even more of an EldritchAbomination.
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* WhatAnIdiot - Six words: Syphile. Sneak attack. ''[[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1011&overview=1&chibi=1&cover=1&extra=1&page=1&check=1 Doing it wrong]]''. Could also be interpreted as HonorBeforeReason if one is charitable.
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** Sil'lice's daughter [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1033 Kadara]] (the one with the blue facial tattoos) also caused this, and many refused to believe she was, in fact, female until Sil'lice called her "[[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=977 daughter]]". The fact that she's [[TomBoy very butch]] and [[SirSwearsalot has a foul mouth]] didn't help.
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** Sil'lice's daughter [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1033 Kadara]] (the one with the blue facial tattoos) also caused this, and many refused to believe she was, in fact, female until Sil'lice called her "[[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=977 daughter]]". The fact that she's [[TomBoy [[TheLadette very butch]] and [[SirSwearsalot has a foul mouth]] didn't help.
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** Sil'lice's daughter [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1033 Kadara]] (the one with the blue facial tattoos) also caused this, and many refused to believe she was, in fact, female until Sil'lice called her "[[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=977 daughter]]". The fact that she's [[ShortTank shorter than many of the others]] and [[SirSwearsalot has a foul mouth]] didn't help.
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** Sil'lice's daughter [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1033 Kadara]] (the one with the blue facial tattoos) also caused this, and many refused to believe she was, in fact, female until Sil'lice called her "[[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=977 daughter]]". The fact that she's [[ShortTank shorter than many of the others]] [[TomBoy very butch]] and [[SirSwearsalot has a foul mouth]] didn't help.
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** Sil'lice's daughter [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1033 Kadara]] (the one with the blue facial tattoos) also caused this, and may refused to believe she was a she until Sil'lice called her "[[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=977 daughter]]".
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** Sil'lice's daughter [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1033 Kadara]] (the one with the blue facial tattoos) also caused this, and may many refused to believe she was a she was, in fact, female until Sil'lice called her "[[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=977 daughter]]". The fact that she's [[ShortTank shorter than many of the others]] and [[SirSwearsalot has a foul mouth]] didn't help.
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* ViewerGenderConfusion - [[http://www.drowtales.com/wordpress/?p=2951 Abyte Mae'yukir]]. Most of the comments on the concept art revolve around trying to figure out whether they're a man or a woman.
** Quain'tana can cause this as well, since she lacks [[BoobsOfSteel the usual attributes]] associated with adult drow females.
** Sil'lice's daughter [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1033 Kadara]] (the one with the blue facial tattoos) also caused this, and may refused to believe she was a she until Sil'lice called her "[[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=977 daughter]]".
** Quain'tana can cause this as well, since she lacks [[BoobsOfSteel the usual attributes]] associated with adult drow females.
** Sil'lice's daughter [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1033 Kadara]] (the one with the blue facial tattoos) also caused this, and may refused to believe she was a she until Sil'lice called her "[[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=977 daughter]]".
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* {{Narm}} - [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=133 This]] strip reveals that the Quaintana/Rosof alliance was sealed by... fist bumping. [[FlatWhat What.]] Thus proving that the [[MemeticMutation Brofist]] is unisex.
** There were also a few snickers at [[spoiler:[[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1278 the reveal of Sharess' body]]]] due to the fact that the golems are wearing white dresses.
** There were also a few snickers at [[spoiler:[[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1278 the reveal of Sharess' body]]]] due to the fact that the golems are wearing white dresses.
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* {{Evil Is Sexy}} - By virtue of [[GreyAndGreyMorality the world they live in]] a good amount of the cast arguably applies. Perhaps the best example is that of the Sharen Sisters, particularly [[BuxomIsBetter Zala]].
* IKnewIt - The theory that [[spoiler:Drowussu are descended from light-elves]] though this had been foreshadowed fairly heavily.
* JerkassWoobie - Most [[TheWoobie Woobies]] count as this, with a few exceptions ([[PowerIncontinence Faen]] being the biggest one).
* MarySue - Pre-remake Ariel suffered heavily from this due to being the central character in a DungeonsAndDragons game. This was mostly fixed as the world setting changed, downplaying her specialness.
* [[MagnificentBastard Magnificent Bitch]] - Snadhya'rune, who so far takes the cake in manipulation. Though with recent revelations [[spoiler:Sha'sana]] may take the crown from her.
* JerkassWoobie - Most [[TheWoobie Woobies]] count as this, with a few exceptions ([[PowerIncontinence Faen]] being the biggest one).
* MarySue - Pre-remake Ariel suffered heavily from this due to being the central character in a DungeonsAndDragons game. This was mostly fixed as the world setting changed, downplaying her specialness.
* [[MagnificentBastard Magnificent Bitch]] - Snadhya'rune, who so far takes the cake in manipulation. Though with recent revelations [[spoiler:Sha'sana]] may take the crown from her.
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* TheWoobie - Faen & Ariel - also Syphile, according the artist, who says that the fact that since Syphile herself was abused by Sil'lice, it makes her mistreatment of Ariel less about maliciousness and more of a cycle of violence. There are disagreements on this however. Can't forget Naal either, considering that everyone is surprised that she's even still alive.
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* MemeticBadass - The fans have turned Quain'tana into this. ChuckNorris fears [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1232 Quain's abs.]]
* MisaimedFandom - Syphile wasn't originally intended to be sympathetic, but a lot of people take her side. Since the world exists in GreyAndGreyMorality she does have some valid points, but not the point that the creator intended.
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* ToyShip - Ariel & Faen and Naal & Kiel are both very popular fan couples, though three characters are chronologically in their 20s but have the bodies of pre pubescents and Ariel is 15 but physically 7. There's also Ariel/[[spoiler:Sillice's twins Kau and Shala]], which despite the fact that [[spoiler:they're technically related through adoption with their father Kor'maril]] hasn't stopped anybody. [[TwinThreesomeFantasy I wonder why]].
* ValuesDissonance - It's a casual fact that slavery is common in the drow world, and along with owning slaves several characters are slaves themselves. This has occasionally lead to fighting in the roleplays when some people want to free the slaves and take a modern perspective.
** A [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=603 played for laughs]] example is found in drow fashion, where [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1370 Mel'arnach's dental floss]] doesn't garner much reaction, but [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=740 Nibai's]] is considered risque. The reason? Ni'bai shows her neck. Which actually makes [[FridgeBrilliance quite a bit of sense]] when you consider how warlike drow are and how the neck is a very vulnerable part of the body, and exposing it is basically asking for a knife to the jugular.
* WhatAnIdiot - Six words: Syphile. Sneak attack. ''[[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1011&overview=1&chibi=1&cover=1&extra=1&page=1&check=1 Doing it wrong]]''. Could also be interpreted as HonorBeforeReason if one is charitable.
* ValuesDissonance - It's a casual fact that slavery is common in the drow world, and along with owning slaves several characters are slaves themselves. This has occasionally lead to fighting in the roleplays when some people want to free the slaves and take a modern perspective.
** A [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=603 played for laughs]] example is found in drow fashion, where [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1370 Mel'arnach's dental floss]] doesn't garner much reaction, but [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=740 Nibai's]] is considered risque. The reason? Ni'bai shows her neck. Which actually makes [[FridgeBrilliance quite a bit of sense]] when you consider how warlike drow are and how the neck is a very vulnerable part of the body, and exposing it is basically asking for a knife to the jugular.
* WhatAnIdiot - Six words: Syphile. Sneak attack. ''[[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1011&overview=1&chibi=1&cover=1&extra=1&page=1&check=1 Doing it wrong]]''. Could also be interpreted as HonorBeforeReason if one is charitable.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse - The entire Beldrobbaen clan, through combining equal parts {{Goth}}, TheWoobie and DarkIsNotEvil, to the point that on the forums the Beldrobbaen clan has more "members" than even the Sarghress, to the point that even the ''creator of the strip'' lists himself as a member! Lampshaded near the end of one anniversary animation where the Beldrobbaen members can be heard muttering that they're too {{emo}} to get anything done.
* GameBreaker - The fae, especially the drowolath/drowussu/vanir (light elves). Drowtales is not a setting that is aimed to be balanced in terms of power between factions and species. Period. The humanoid fae are not only dominant in terms of power compared to other species who can't use mana, they are also unbalanced (in terms of gaming) within their own species. It is mentioned in the [[http://www.drowtales.com/wordpress/?p=854 immortality podcast]] that very old dokkalfar or drow can reach a point where they are so powerful that they could literally wipe out a small army (drow size army, granted) of 'normal'/young (60-200 y.o.) fae. Waes'oloth, the Beldrobbaen Ill'haress is the example used. Of course, by that time their aura has grown so huge/dense that they literally need a whole clan or even city to sustain their bodies in a prime condition. This is why Diva's 'ordinary' mana blast blew an entire mutlistory building down. Within the city of Chel she had sufficient mana to fuel her attacks to nearly godlike power levels. This disparity in power, both in relation to other species and within their own species, is what makes the fae dominant. Only their comparative absence from the surface for a millenia has allowed the goblin races (halmes, kotorcs, ferals, naga) to become dominant there. A dominance that can be wiped away if the fae (drow or vanir in this case) makes a concentrated effort to do so. (Luckily for the goblins, so far they seem to prefer trade and limited raids.) It is not balanced, it is not fair and it might rub people the wrong way but it is the ''fait accompli'' in the Drowtales setting.
** This is why you're not allowed to play a too old character in the forum RPG.
** Or in other words, the fae are a bit like the Greek or Norse gods compared to the various goblin species, with all the {{Jerkass Gods}} tendencies that implies. It's suggested that the dark elves were so powerful that they're the ones responsible ''for cracking a moon open.''
* GrowingTheBeard - Though opinion varies on when exactly this happened, the release of the Prologue in 2007 marked a major shift in the comic's story and set up much of the overarching plot and worldsetting, as well as demonstrating the high quality of the art delivered consistently since it was first published.
* HighOctaneNightmareFuel - So very much, including: all the drow who do not realize they are inevitably going to be taken over by demons, the one drow who does because ''she can feel it happening,'' and those horrible, horrible dolls.
** Notably, [[spoiler: Naal'suul's demise in chapter 27, particularly what the Glutton demon did with her body just afterwards.]]
*** But see [[spoiler:HopeSpot.]]
* {{Narm}} - [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=133 This]] strip reveals that the Quaintana/Rosof alliance was sealed by... fist bumping. [[FlatWhat What.]] Thus proving that the [[MemeticMutation Brofist]] is unisex.
** There were also a few snickers at [[spoiler:[[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1278 the reveal of Sharess' body]]]] due to the fact that the golems are wearing white dresses.
* NarmCharm - The chibi parody pages frequently include this.
* PacingProblems - Drowtales is generally focused on story and characters more than action. However, people being people, the choices of the creative team in how to tell the story fairly regularly end up in TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot, GetOnWithItAlready, MissedMomentOfAwesome, BattleDiscretionShot, a kind of RelaxOVision, TheyPlottedAPerfectlyGoodWaste, TakeOurWordForIt or even BadWriting. Or GushingAboutWritingYouLike. ''Very'' much a case of YourMileageMayVary, and the creative team has acknowledged some of these problems and have been attempting to fix some of them with newer chapters, and it seems that it's working.
* TheScrappy - Chiri is considered to be this by some fans of the comic, mostly because of her abrasive personality and the hypocrisy of a lot of the FantasticRacism she spouts, considering that [[spoiler:she's half light-elf herself]] but she appears to have been RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap in recent chapters, especially after [[spoiler:coming to grips with her own heritage]] and [[spoiler:her beatdown of the human king who was killing elves]].
* {{Squick}} - Drow in this series are [[ImAHumanitarian cannibalistic]] (though they eat other races too) and lean heavily toward incest and pedophilia. And they were even worse pre-retcon, as demonstrated by the bottom of the page [[http://www.drowtales.com/worldsettingarchive.php?order=chapters&id=15 here]].
* GameBreaker - The fae, especially the drowolath/drowussu/vanir (light elves). Drowtales is not a setting that is aimed to be balanced in terms of power between factions and species. Period. The humanoid fae are not only dominant in terms of power compared to other species who can't use mana, they are also unbalanced (in terms of gaming) within their own species. It is mentioned in the [[http://www.drowtales.com/wordpress/?p=854 immortality podcast]] that very old dokkalfar or drow can reach a point where they are so powerful that they could literally wipe out a small army (drow size army, granted) of 'normal'/young (60-200 y.o.) fae. Waes'oloth, the Beldrobbaen Ill'haress is the example used. Of course, by that time their aura has grown so huge/dense that they literally need a whole clan or even city to sustain their bodies in a prime condition. This is why Diva's 'ordinary' mana blast blew an entire mutlistory building down. Within the city of Chel she had sufficient mana to fuel her attacks to nearly godlike power levels. This disparity in power, both in relation to other species and within their own species, is what makes the fae dominant. Only their comparative absence from the surface for a millenia has allowed the goblin races (halmes, kotorcs, ferals, naga) to become dominant there. A dominance that can be wiped away if the fae (drow or vanir in this case) makes a concentrated effort to do so. (Luckily for the goblins, so far they seem to prefer trade and limited raids.) It is not balanced, it is not fair and it might rub people the wrong way but it is the ''fait accompli'' in the Drowtales setting.
** This is why you're not allowed to play a too old character in the forum RPG.
** Or in other words, the fae are a bit like the Greek or Norse gods compared to the various goblin species, with all the {{Jerkass Gods}} tendencies that implies. It's suggested that the dark elves were so powerful that they're the ones responsible ''for cracking a moon open.''
* GrowingTheBeard - Though opinion varies on when exactly this happened, the release of the Prologue in 2007 marked a major shift in the comic's story and set up much of the overarching plot and worldsetting, as well as demonstrating the high quality of the art delivered consistently since it was first published.
* HighOctaneNightmareFuel - So very much, including: all the drow who do not realize they are inevitably going to be taken over by demons, the one drow who does because ''she can feel it happening,'' and those horrible, horrible dolls.
** Notably, [[spoiler: Naal'suul's demise in chapter 27, particularly what the Glutton demon did with her body just afterwards.]]
*** But see [[spoiler:HopeSpot.]]
* {{Narm}} - [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=133 This]] strip reveals that the Quaintana/Rosof alliance was sealed by... fist bumping. [[FlatWhat What.]] Thus proving that the [[MemeticMutation Brofist]] is unisex.
** There were also a few snickers at [[spoiler:[[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1278 the reveal of Sharess' body]]]] due to the fact that the golems are wearing white dresses.
* NarmCharm - The chibi parody pages frequently include this.
* PacingProblems - Drowtales is generally focused on story and characters more than action. However, people being people, the choices of the creative team in how to tell the story fairly regularly end up in TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot, GetOnWithItAlready, MissedMomentOfAwesome, BattleDiscretionShot, a kind of RelaxOVision, TheyPlottedAPerfectlyGoodWaste, TakeOurWordForIt or even BadWriting. Or GushingAboutWritingYouLike. ''Very'' much a case of YourMileageMayVary, and the creative team has acknowledged some of these problems and have been attempting to fix some of them with newer chapters, and it seems that it's working.
* TheScrappy - Chiri is considered to be this by some fans of the comic, mostly because of her abrasive personality and the hypocrisy of a lot of the FantasticRacism she spouts, considering that [[spoiler:she's half light-elf herself]] but she appears to have been RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap in recent chapters, especially after [[spoiler:coming to grips with her own heritage]] and [[spoiler:her beatdown of the human king who was killing elves]].
* {{Squick}} - Drow in this series are [[ImAHumanitarian cannibalistic]] (though they eat other races too) and lean heavily toward incest and pedophilia. And they were even worse pre-retcon, as demonstrated by the bottom of the page [[http://www.drowtales.com/worldsettingarchive.php?order=chapters&id=15 here]].
