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** Mindfuck's older brother, who [[spoiler:used his powers to force her to cut out her tongue and gouge out her eyes with a rusty pair of scissors and would have made her go after other body parts if Mindfuck hadn't been restrained. He thought he was ''helping'' her by forcing her to [[DisabilitySuperpower use her psychic powers instead of being able to see or speak]].]] It's implied and suspected that [[spoiler:he's the one who psychically "constructed" Willy Pete's personality]].
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* DoubleStandardRapeMaleOnMale: At the end of volume #1, [[AssholeVictim Major Havoc and dWARF!]] are in the hands of a villain "fond of [[PulpFiction the oeuvre]] of QuentinTarantino".
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* ShipperOnDeck: Demonwolf ships Emp×[=ThugBoy=]×Ninjette.
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** [[spoiler:Sistah Spooky may be a snide bitch, but she's an absolute wreck in v.6; it's hard to watch.]]
** Anglerfish, who laments on [[spoiler: the murder of his son (Kid Anglerfish), Katastrophe, and Baby Bird and how the Superhomeys didn't care just because they were villains.]]
** Mindf██k, who essentially mindraped herself in order to force herself to be a good person. To make matters even more tragic, this contributes to her reasoning behind her [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice]]: Empowered is a genuinely good person, whereas Mindf██k (in her mind) isn't because she had to force herself to be one.
** [[spoiler:Sistah Spooky may be a snide bitch, but she's an absolute wreck in v.6; it's hard to watch.]]
** Anglerfish, who laments on [[spoiler: the murder of his son (Kid Anglerfish), Katastrophe, and Baby Bird and how the Superhomeys didn't care just because they were villains.]]
** Mindf██k, who essentially mindraped herself in order to force herself to be a good person. To make matters even more tragic, this contributes to her reasoning behind her [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice]]: Empowered is a genuinely good person, whereas Mindf██k (in her mind) isn't because she had to force herself to be one.
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* WhatAnIdiot: Seriously, Ninjette's father, [[spoiler: starting a war with an allied clan over your daughter's virginity]]? Where is the sense?
* TheWoobie: Empowered.
** [[spoiler:Sistah Spooky may be a snide bitch, but she's an absolute wreck in v.6; it's hard to watch.]]
** Anglerfish, who laments on [[spoiler: the murder of his son (Kid Anglerfish), Katastrophe, and Baby Bird and how the Superhomeys didn't care just because they were villains.]]
** Mindf██k, who essentially mindraped herself in order to force herself to be a good person. To make matters even more tragic, this contributes to her reasoning behind her [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice]]: Empowered is a genuinely good person, whereas Mindf██k (in her mind) isn't because she had to force herself to be one.
**'''NINJETTE.''' After reading [[TraumaCongaLine Vol. 7,]] it's ''no'' wonder [[DrowningMySorrows why she drinks all the time.]]
* TheWoobie: Empowered.
** [[spoiler:Sistah Spooky may be a snide bitch, but she's an absolute wreck in v.6; it's hard to watch.]]
** Anglerfish, who laments on [[spoiler: the murder of his son (Kid Anglerfish), Katastrophe, and Baby Bird and how the Superhomeys didn't care just because they were villains.]]
** Mindf██k, who essentially mindraped herself in order to force herself to be a good person. To make matters even more tragic, this contributes to her reasoning behind her [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice]]: Empowered is a genuinely good person, whereas Mindf██k (in her mind) isn't because she had to force herself to be one.
**'''NINJETTE.''' After reading [[TraumaCongaLine Vol. 7,]] it's ''no'' wonder [[DrowningMySorrows why she drinks all the time.]]
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* RapeAsDrama: Rape, cannibalism and burning people alive as Drama -- by Willy Pete.
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: For as often as Empowered ends up bound, gagged, and nude in a room full of villains, they rarely attempt to assault her because this would violate the "Unwritten rules" between heroes and villains.
** In Volume 7, Major Havoc explicitly threatens Emp that if they don't find and kill Willy Pete for all the heroes he's murdered, then ''all'' the rules might be gone - including this one.
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: For as often as Empowered ends up bound, gagged, and nude in a room full of villains, they rarely attempt to assault her because this would violate the "Unwritten rules" between heroes and villains.
** In Volume 7, Major Havoc explicitly threatens Emp that if they don't find and kill Willy Pete for all the heroes he's murdered, then ''all'' the rules might be gone - including this one.
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** In a world of [[CardCarryingVillain Card-Carrying Villains]], Willy Pete stands out. Note that it's possible he isn't even human. [[spoiler:He's a "Kludge mind", but the explanation is never given.]]
** Add in Mindf██k's brother. See NightmareFuel below.
** And in Volume 6, Deathmonger. Willy Pete is one of the most repulsive villains in comics, and Deathmonger outdoes him in the very next issue.
*** Debatable. Death Monger is pretty disgusting, but he at least has a recognisable aim, which is that of traditional supervillain -- to have and maintain a power base. Willy Pete just seems to be in it ForTheEvulz and want of skull-f**king things to death.
** Add in Mindf██k's brother. See NightmareFuel below.
** And in Volume 6, Deathmonger. Willy Pete is one of the most repulsive villains in comics, and Deathmonger outdoes him in the very next issue.
*** Debatable. Death Monger is pretty disgusting, but he at least has a recognisable aim, which is that of traditional supervillain -- to have and maintain a power base. Willy Pete just seems to be in it ForTheEvulz and want of skull-f**king things to death.
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** In a world of [[CardCarryingVillain Card-Carrying Villains]], [[MeaningfulName Willy Pete stands out. Note Pete]] [[WasOnceAMan was a man once]] and is now a fire elemental. But he still has a man's appetites and satisfies them with rape and killing, which, in his case, are one and the same, thanks to his constantly superheated body.And, as we later learn, through [[spoiler:[[ImAHumanitarian cannibalism]]. Because all normal food is incinerated on contact with him, he resorts to eating superheroes/villains. The worst part is that it's possible he isn't doesn't even human. [[spoiler:He's a "Kludge mind", but ''need'' to eat'; he just does it because he likes the explanation is never given.]]
taste]]. Oh, and he ''still'' manages to top himself at the end of volume five via [[spoiler:instant death of ten supers, followed by throwing as much fire as he could through the portal they came through without even knowing what was on the other end, thereby forcing Emp and Mindfuck into a SadisticChoice from hell?]]
**Add in Mindf██k's brother. See NightmareFuel below.
Mindfuck's older brother, who [[spoiler:used his powers to force her to cut out her tongue and gouge out her eyes with a rusty pair of scissors and would have made her go after other body parts if Mindfuck hadn't been restrained. He thought he was ''helping'' her by forcing her to [[DisabilitySuperpower use her psychic powers instead of being able to see or speak]].]] It's implied and suspected that [[spoiler:he's the one who psychically "constructed" Willy Pete's personality]].
**And in Volume 6, Now that he's actually been shown as something other than a vaguely defined "heavy hitter" of a supervillain, Deathmonger. Willy Pete [[spoiler: Killing Superheroes in the world of Empowered is bad enough. But then Volume 6 tells us that the only reason he kills them is to see if they're one of the few who come back to life after getting killed. If they do, he enslaves them with his superscience and necrotech to serve him however he wants. Forever. The worst part is, he leaves most repulsive villains in comics, of them fully conscious of what has happened, but unable to do anything to help themselves. There's really no other category for someone who decapitates a still presumably conscious hero, turns where his head was into a mobile command center, then forces him to use his indestructible severed skull as a weapon. To top that, though, he did it ''again'' to said hero's sister who came to try and rescue him.]] For extra evil, it's implied [[spoiler: that Deathmonger outdoes him in the very next issue.
*** Debatable. Death Monger is pretty disgusting, butdoesn't even need them conscious to control them. If there's enough of them left to be aware, he at least has a recognisable aim, which is that of traditional supervillain -- to have and maintain a power base. Willy Pete just seems to be in it ForTheEvulz and want just prefer them conscious.]] For such a lighthearted series, Empowered sure manages to get a lot of skull-f**king things to death.brutal villains.
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**Ninjette's father. In the span of 'Jette's lifetime, he has [[spoiler:beat her senseless on several occasions under the pretense of training, repeatedly undermined her self esteem, made it so she was unnaturally weary of forming interpersonal relationships, started a war with ''an allied clan'' over '''''[[DisproportionateRetribution his daughter's virginity,]]''''' and is absolutely HELLBENT on bringing said daughter back to his clan '''''[[FateWorseThanDeath as a broodmare.]]''''' Also, he may or may not still be having sex with Oyuki, a genin around his daughter's age.]]
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* EverybodyRemembersTheStripper
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*** Debatable. Death Monger is pretty disgusting, but he at least has a recognisable aim, which is that of traditional supervillain -- to have and maintain a power base. Willy Pete just seems to be in it ForTheEvulz and want of skull-f**king things to death. To me, that's way worse.
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*** Debatable. Death Monger is pretty disgusting, but he at least has a recognisable aim, which is that of traditional supervillain -- to have and maintain a power base. Willy Pete just seems to be in it ForTheEvulz and want of skull-f**king things to death. To me, that's way worse.
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* FanDisservice: Don't even get me started on the Ninjette bondage at the end of Volume 3... Let's just say that the FetishFuel is pretty effectively killed by the fact that she's in very real danger. We like Ninjette. [[spoiler:We want her to keep her limbs.]]
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* FanDisservice: Don't even get me started on the Ninjette bondage at the end of Volume 3... Let's just say that the FetishFuel is pretty effectively killed by the fact that she's in very real danger. We like Ninjette. [[spoiler:We want her to keep her limbs.]]
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** Willy Pete, a man-turned-fire-elemental, whose gig so far is [[spoiler:forcing people to give him optical sex -- reminder: his body is made of ''supernaturally hot fire''. ("Willy Pete" is military slang for white phosphorus.) In Vol. 4 it turns out he likes to ''[[ImAHumanitarian eat superheroes and supervillains]]'', because normal human flesh incinerates the second it gets close to his mouth.]] Gah. [[spoiler:What is optical sex you ask? Being ''[[{{Squick}} skullfucked to death]] via the eye socket''.]] [=BY A MAN ON FIRE=]. Oh, and by the way, he doesn't need to [[spoiler:eat]], he's just ''[[CompleteMonster that sick]]''.
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** Willy Pete, a man-turned-fire-elemental, whose gig so far is [[spoiler:forcing people to give him optical sex -- reminder: his body is made of ''supernaturally hot fire''. ("Willy Pete" is military slang for white phosphorus.) In Vol. 4 it turns out he likes to ''[[ImAHumanitarian eat superheroes and supervillains]]'', because normal human flesh incinerates the second it gets close to his mouth.]] Gah. [[spoiler:What is optical sex you ask? Being ''[[{{Squick}} skullfucked to death]] via the eye socket''.]] [=BY A MAN ON FIRE=]. Oh, and by the way, he doesn't need to [[spoiler:eat]], he's just ''[[CompleteMonster that sick]]''.''that sick''.
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** In Volume 7, Major Havoc explicitly threatens Emp that if they don't find and kill Willy Pete for all the heroes he's murdered, then ''all'' the rules might be gone - including this one.
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*** When Volume 7 hits, he takes a break from his usual speaking style to talk to her gently (which she won't remember because she's blackout drunk, and has happened before) about how his memories of her will live on past the end of the universe and into the next one.
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** [[spoiler:Spooky's ghastly, [[FrozenFace magically-induced]] [[SlasherSmile fake grin]]. Underneath, she's falling apart, but on the surface -- happy happyhappyhappyhappyAAAAGH.]]
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** [[spoiler:Spooky's ghastly, [[FrozenFace magically-induced]] [[SlasherSmile fake grin]]. Underneath, she's falling apart, but on the surface -- happy happy* happyhappyhappyhappyAAAAGH.]]]]
*** [[spoiler: Ninjette's story of how she lost her virginity in Vol 7 ends with her drunk father standing over her carrying her lover's head stuffed with the kid's own genitals. Her father mentions he slaughtered the boy's clan members to get to him and that they're currently at war against their closet allies.A war which Ninjette won't be participating due to not being able to walk, eat solid food or piss without blood after he's done with her]].
*** [[spoiler: Ninjette's story of how she lost her virginity in Vol 7 ends with her drunk father standing over her carrying her lover's head stuffed with the kid's own genitals. Her father mentions he slaughtered the boy's clan members to get to him and that they're currently at war against their closet allies.A war which Ninjette won't be participating due to not being able to walk, eat solid food or piss without blood after he's done with her]].
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** The more we see of Ninjette's father[=/=]clan head, the clearer it is that his BadassNormal power levels is the only reason he is less of a menace than the above.
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** Willy Pete, a man-turned-fire-elemental, whose entire gig so far is [[spoiler:forcing people to give him optical sex -- reminder: his entire body is made of ''supernaturally hot fire''. ("Willy Pete" is military slang for white phosphorus.) In Vol. 4 it turns out he likes to ''[[ImAHumanitarian eat superheroes and supervillains]]'', because normal human flesh incinerates the second it gets close to his mouth.]] Gah. [[spoiler:What is optical sex you ask? Being literally ''[[{{Squick}} skullfucked to death]] via the eye socket''.]] [=BY A MAN ON FIRE=]. Oh, and by the way, he doesn't need to [[spoiler:eat]], he's just ''[[CompleteMonster that sick]]''.
** Mindf██k's background. [[spoiler:She was [[PeoplePuppets telepathically forced]] by her insane brother to use rusty kitchen shears to cut off her tongue. ''Then'' he made her gouge out her eyes. He would have given her nose and ears a trim too, if she hadn't been restrained.]] The worst part is that he thought he was ''helping''. *shiver*
** This is toyed with during the DownerEnding of vol. 5. [[spoiler:No matter the circumstance, seeing someone telepathically [[PeoplePuppets forced to walk into a hole in the floor]], despite being fully conscious and begging the telepath doing so to stop is viscerally terrifying. The fact that the "hole" in question was a single-use escape portal on a space station about to burn up on reentry (both the telepath and the victim were well aware remaining behind would be a death sentence for the former, which was ''why'' the latter was screaming and crying) ''did not help''.]]
** Earlier in that chapter, Mindf██k's description of the [[CurbStompBattle "encounter"]] between Willy Pete and the Superhomies who went to ambush him.
-->'''Mindf██k:''' [[spoiler:Oh god... their thoughtstreams... raw '''agony'''... they're '''burning'''... they're '''DYING...!''' Divangelic... Vanity's already gone... Charity's dying... now Charity's gone too...! '''Homunculoid's''' gone... '''Katana's''' gone...]]
** In vol. 4, [[spoiler: dWarf! cuts up Wet Blanket and puts his flesh in the Superhomies' food.]] Sick.
** And now we have volume six. [[spoiler: The headless corpses of two giant super beings used as vehicles by a necromantic supervillain, who forces them to use ''their own skulls'' as weapons. Emp remembering nearly drowning in her own snot the first time she was gagged and then being ''buried alive.'' And a description of what may or may not be happening to Mindf██k's soul ''in Hell''.]]
** Worse than all of those is [[spoiler:Spooky's ghastly, [[FrozenFace magically-induced]] [[SlasherSmile fake grin]]. Underneath, she's falling apart, but on the surface -- happy happyhappyhappyhappyAAAAGH.]]
* HollywoodPudgy: Somewhat subverted, considering Emp is drawn like most comic superheroines boob- and booty-wise, yet she still considers herself chubby as all get out. Lampshaded when another character dismisses this as "grenade-fishing for compliments".
** Willy Pete, a man-turned-fire-elemental, whose entire gig so far is [[spoiler:forcing people to give him optical sex -- reminder: his entire body is made of ''supernaturally hot fire''. ("Willy Pete" is military slang for white phosphorus.) In Vol. 4 it turns out he likes to ''[[ImAHumanitarian eat superheroes and supervillains]]'', because normal human flesh incinerates the second it gets close to his mouth.]] Gah. [[spoiler:What is optical sex you ask? Being literally ''[[{{Squick}} skullfucked to death]] via the eye socket''.]] [=BY A MAN ON FIRE=]. Oh, and by the way, he doesn't need to [[spoiler:eat]], he's just ''[[CompleteMonster that sick]]''.
** Mindf██k's background. [[spoiler:She was [[PeoplePuppets telepathically forced]] by her insane brother to use rusty kitchen shears to cut off her tongue. ''Then'' he made her gouge out her eyes. He would have given her nose and ears a trim too, if she hadn't been restrained.]] The worst part is that he thought he was ''helping''. *shiver*
** This is toyed with during the DownerEnding of vol. 5. [[spoiler:No matter the circumstance, seeing someone telepathically [[PeoplePuppets forced to walk into a hole in the floor]], despite being fully conscious and begging the telepath doing so to stop is viscerally terrifying. The fact that the "hole" in question was a single-use escape portal on a space station about to burn up on reentry (both the telepath and the victim were well aware remaining behind would be a death sentence for the former, which was ''why'' the latter was screaming and crying) ''did not help''.]]
** Earlier in that chapter, Mindf██k's description of the [[CurbStompBattle "encounter"]] between Willy Pete and the Superhomies who went to ambush him.
-->'''Mindf██k:''' [[spoiler:Oh god... their thoughtstreams... raw '''agony'''... they're '''burning'''... they're '''DYING...!''' Divangelic... Vanity's already gone... Charity's dying... now Charity's gone too...! '''Homunculoid's''' gone... '''Katana's''' gone...]]
** In vol. 4, [[spoiler: dWarf! cuts up Wet Blanket and puts his flesh in the Superhomies' food.]] Sick.
** And now we have volume six. [[spoiler: The headless corpses of two giant super beings used as vehicles by a necromantic supervillain, who forces them to use ''their own skulls'' as weapons. Emp remembering nearly drowning in her own snot the first time she was gagged and then being ''buried alive.'' And a description of what may or may not be happening to Mindf██k's soul ''in Hell''.]]
** Worse than all of those is [[spoiler:Spooky's ghastly, [[FrozenFace magically-induced]] [[SlasherSmile fake grin]]. Underneath, she's falling apart, but on the surface -- happy happyhappyhappyhappyAAAAGH.]]
* HollywoodPudgy: Somewhat subverted, considering Emp is drawn like most comic superheroines boob- and booty-wise, yet she still considers herself chubby as all get out. Lampshaded when another character dismisses this as "grenade-fishing for compliments".
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* NightmareFuel
** Willy Pete, a man-turned-fire-elemental, whose gig so far is [[spoiler:forcing people to give him optical sex -- reminder: his body is made of ''supernaturally hot fire''. ("Willy Pete" is military slang for white phosphorus.) In Vol. 4 it turns out he likes to ''[[ImAHumanitarian eat superheroes and supervillains]]'', because normal human flesh incinerates the second it gets close to his mouth.]] Gah. [[spoiler:What is optical sex you ask? Being ''[[{{Squick}} skullfucked to death]] via the eye socket''.]] [=BY A MAN ON FIRE=]. Oh, and by the way, he doesn't need to [[spoiler:eat]], he's just ''[[CompleteMonster that sick]]''.
** Mindf██k's background. [[spoiler:She was [[PeoplePuppets telepathically forced]] by her insane brother to use rusty kitchen shears to cut off her tongue. ''Then'' he made her gouge out her eyes. He would have given her nose and ears a trim too, if she hadn't been restrained.]] The worst part is that he thought he was ''helping''. *shiver*
** This is toyed with during the DownerEnding of vol. 5. [[spoiler:No matter the circumstance, seeing someone telepathically [[PeoplePuppets forced to walk into a hole in the floor]], despite being fully conscious and begging the telepath doing so to stop is viscerally terrifying. The fact that the "hole" in question was a single-use escape portal on a space station about to burn up on reentry (both the telepath and the victim were well aware remaining behind would be a death sentence for the former, which was ''why'' the latter was screaming and crying) ''did not help''.]]
** Earlier in that chapter, Mindf██k's description of the [[CurbStompBattle "encounter"]] between Willy Pete and the Superhomies who went to ambush him.
-->'''Mindf██k:''' [[spoiler:Oh god... their thoughtstreams... raw '''agony'''... they're '''burning'''... they're '''DYING...!''' Divangelic... Vanity's already gone... Charity's dying... now Charity's gone too...! '''Homunculoid's''' gone... '''Katana's''' gone...]]
** In vol. 4, [[spoiler: dWarf! cuts up Wet Blanket and puts his flesh in the Superhomies' food.]] Sick.
** Volume 6. [[spoiler: The headless corpses of two giant super beings used as vehicles by a necromantic supervillain, who forces them to use ''their own skulls'' as weapons. Emp remembering nearly drowning in her own snot the first time she was gagged and then being ''buried alive.'' And a description of what may or may not be happening to Mindf██k's soul ''in Hell''.]]
** [[spoiler:Spooky's ghastly, [[FrozenFace magically-induced]] [[SlasherSmile fake grin]]. Underneath, she's falling apart, but on the surface -- happy happyhappyhappyhappyAAAAGH.]]
* HollywoodPudgy: Somewhat subverted, considering Emp is drawn like most comic superheroines boob- and booty-wise, yet she still considers herself chubby as all get out. Lampshaded when another character dismisses this as "grenade-fishing for compliments".
** Willy Pete, a man-turned-fire-elemental, whose gig so far is [[spoiler:forcing people to give him optical sex -- reminder: his body is made of ''supernaturally hot fire''. ("Willy Pete" is military slang for white phosphorus.) In Vol. 4 it turns out he likes to ''[[ImAHumanitarian eat superheroes and supervillains]]'', because normal human flesh incinerates the second it gets close to his mouth.]] Gah. [[spoiler:What is optical sex you ask? Being ''[[{{Squick}} skullfucked to death]] via the eye socket''.]] [=BY A MAN ON FIRE=]. Oh, and by the way, he doesn't need to [[spoiler:eat]], he's just ''[[CompleteMonster that sick]]''.
** Mindf██k's background. [[spoiler:She was [[PeoplePuppets telepathically forced]] by her insane brother to use rusty kitchen shears to cut off her tongue. ''Then'' he made her gouge out her eyes. He would have given her nose and ears a trim too, if she hadn't been restrained.]] The worst part is that he thought he was ''helping''. *shiver*
** This is toyed with during the DownerEnding of vol. 5. [[spoiler:No matter the circumstance, seeing someone telepathically [[PeoplePuppets forced to walk into a hole in the floor]], despite being fully conscious and begging the telepath doing so to stop is viscerally terrifying. The fact that the "hole" in question was a single-use escape portal on a space station about to burn up on reentry (both the telepath and the victim were well aware remaining behind would be a death sentence for the former, which was ''why'' the latter was screaming and crying) ''did not help''.]]
** Earlier in that chapter, Mindf██k's description of the [[CurbStompBattle "encounter"]] between Willy Pete and the Superhomies who went to ambush him.
-->'''Mindf██k:''' [[spoiler:Oh god... their thoughtstreams... raw '''agony'''... they're '''burning'''... they're '''DYING...!''' Divangelic... Vanity's already gone... Charity's dying... now Charity's gone too...! '''Homunculoid's''' gone... '''Katana's''' gone...]]
** In vol. 4, [[spoiler: dWarf! cuts up Wet Blanket and puts his flesh in the Superhomies' food.]] Sick.
** Volume 6. [[spoiler: The headless corpses of two giant super beings used as vehicles by a necromantic supervillain, who forces them to use ''their own skulls'' as weapons. Emp remembering nearly drowning in her own snot the first time she was gagged and then being ''buried alive.'' And a description of what may or may not be happening to Mindf██k's soul ''in Hell''.]]
** [[spoiler:Spooky's ghastly, [[FrozenFace magically-induced]] [[SlasherSmile fake grin]]. Underneath, she's falling apart, but on the surface -- happy happyhappyhappyhappyAAAAGH.]]
* HollywoodPudgy: Somewhat subverted, considering Emp is drawn like most comic superheroines boob- and booty-wise, yet she still considers herself chubby as all get out. Lampshaded when another character dismisses this as "grenade-fishing for compliments".
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* FetishFuel
** For bondage obviously. Often lampshaded by the meta comments of Emp at the beginning of each chapter.
** Also several in-universe examples -- see CostumeInertia for examples that turn on both Emp and [=ThugBoy=].
* FetishFuelStationAttendant: Emp. And for some, Ninjette. Nowhere near her friend's level, but think about it -- she's a barefoot, flat chested, {{stripperiffic}}, [[spoiler:gender-bending]], possibly bisexual, BottleFairy exhibitionist ''{{ninja}}''. And/or Oyuki-chan. Foul-mouthed, red-haired, tanned, ''very'' athletic and flexible, seemingly emotionless and doesn't wear shoes.
** "Possibly"? Leaving aside her rather obvious crush on Emp, one of the things Oyuki-chan says Ninjette did is taking another woman's virginity on her wedding night by impersonating the groom. She's either bi or willing to go ''really'' far for a joke.
** For bondage obviously. Often lampshaded by the meta comments of Emp at the beginning of each chapter.
** Also several in-universe examples -- see CostumeInertia for examples that turn on both Emp and [=ThugBoy=].
* FetishFuelStationAttendant: Emp. And for some, Ninjette. Nowhere near her friend's level, but think about it -- she's a barefoot, flat chested, {{stripperiffic}}, [[spoiler:gender-bending]], possibly bisexual, BottleFairy exhibitionist ''{{ninja}}''. And/or Oyuki-chan. Foul-mouthed, red-haired, tanned, ''very'' athletic and flexible, seemingly emotionless and doesn't wear shoes.
** "Possibly"? Leaving aside her rather obvious crush on Emp, one of the things Oyuki-chan says Ninjette did is taking another woman's virginity on her wedding night by impersonating the groom. She's either bi or willing to go ''really'' far for a joke.
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** A younger [[spoiler:[=ThugBoy=] ]] of all people also gets a minor version of this treatment at times in the later books, as he was part of [[spoiler:a [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman Human Supremacist]] movement that killed supers several years before meeting Emp.]]
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* FetishFuelStationAttendant: Emp. And for some, Ninjette. Nowhere near her friend's level, but think about it -- she's a barefoot, {{pettanko}}, {{stripperiffic}}, [[spoiler:gender-bending]], possibly bisexual, BottleFairy exhibitionist ''{{ninja}}''. And/or Oyuki-chan. Foul-mouthed, red-haired, tanned, ''very'' athletic and flexible, seemingly emotionless and doesn't wear shoes.
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* FetishFuelStationAttendant: Emp. And for some, Ninjette. Nowhere near her friend's level, but think about it -- she's a barefoot, {{pettanko}}, flat chested, {{stripperiffic}}, [[spoiler:gender-bending]], possibly bisexual, BottleFairy exhibitionist ''{{ninja}}''. And/or Oyuki-chan. Foul-mouthed, red-haired, tanned, ''very'' athletic and flexible, seemingly emotionless and doesn't wear shoes.
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** As with most things, this happens in-universe as well. Apparently there's a fairly sizable Empowered x Sistah Spooky fanbase (apparently for the exact reasons there'd be one out-of-universe: antagonism = hot sex). Empowered is quite annoyed at discovering said fiction, and has to use [[HypocriticalHumor the "Well that's different!" defense]] when it's pointed out that she's an ardent fan of slashfic involving male heroes.
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** "Possibly"? Leaving aside her rather obvious crush on Emp, one of the things Oyuki-chan says Ninjette did is taking another woman's virginity on her wedding night by impersonating the groom. She's either bi or willing to go ''really'' far for a joke.
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* CompleteMonster: In a world of {{Card Carrying Villain}}s, Willy Pete stands out. A younger [[spoiler:[=ThugBoy=] ]] of all people also gets a minor version of this treatment at times in the later books, as he was part of [[spoiler:a [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman Human Supremacist]] movement that killed supers several years before meeting Emp.]]
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* CompleteMonster: CompleteMonster
** In a world of{{Card Carrying Villain}}s, [[CardCarryingVillain Card-Carrying Villains]], Willy Pete stands out. Note that it's possible he isn't even human. [[spoiler:He's a "Kludge mind", but the explanation is never given.]]
** A younger [[spoiler:[=ThugBoy=] ]] of all people also gets a minor version of this treatment at times in the later books, as he was part of [[spoiler:a [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman Human Supremacist]] movement that killed supers several years before meeting Emp.]]
** In a world of
** A younger [[spoiler:[=ThugBoy=] ]] of all people also gets a minor version of this treatment at times in the later books, as he was part of [[spoiler:a [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman Human Supremacist]] movement that killed supers several years before meeting Emp.]]
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*** Debatable. Death Monger is pretty disgusting, but he at least has a recognisable aim, which is that of traditional supervillain - to have and maintain a power base. Willy Pete just seems to be in it ForTheEvulz and want of skull-f**king things to death. To me, that's way worse.
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*** Debatable. Death Monger is pretty disgusting, but he at least has a recognisable aim, which is that of traditional supervillain - -- to have and maintain a power base. Willy Pete just seems to be in it ForTheEvulz and want of skull-f**king things to death. To me, that's way worse.
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* FetishFuel: FetishFuel
** For bondage obviously. Often lampshaded by the meta comments of Emp at the beginning of each chapter.
** For bondage obviously. Often lampshaded by the meta comments of Emp at the beginning of each chapter.
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* FetishFuelStationAttendant: Emp. And for some, Ninjette. Nowhere near her friend's level, but think about it - she's a barefoot, {{pettanko}}, {{stripperiffic}}, [[spoiler:gender-bending]], possibly bisexual, BottleFairy exhibitionist ''{{ninja}}''. And/or Oyuki-chan. Foul-mouthed, red-haired, tanned, ''very'' athletic and flexible, seemingly emotionless and doesn't wear shoes.
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* FetishFuelStationAttendant: Emp. And for some, Ninjette. Nowhere near her friend's level, but think about it - -- she's a barefoot, {{pettanko}}, {{stripperiffic}}, [[spoiler:gender-bending]], possibly bisexual, BottleFairy exhibitionist ''{{ninja}}''. And/or Oyuki-chan. Foul-mouthed, red-haired, tanned, ''very'' athletic and flexible, seemingly emotionless and doesn't wear shoes.
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* FoeYay: Parodied in another {{Show Within a Show}} SlashFic, this one about Empowered and Sistah Spooky.
* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: Willy Pete, a man-turned-fire elemental, whose entire gig so far is [[spoiler:forcing people to give him [[strike:oral]] optical sex -- reminder: his entire body is made of ''supernaturally hot fire''. ("Willy Pete" is military slang for white phosphorus.) In Vol. 4 it turns out he likes to ''[[ImAHumanitarian eat superheroes and supervillains]]'', because normal human flesh incinerates the second it gets close to his mouth.]] Gah.
** [[spoiler:What is optical sex you ask? Being literally ''[[{{Squick}} skullfucked to death]] via the eye socket''.]] [=BY A MAN ON FIRE=].
** Oh, and by the way, he doesn't need to [[spoiler:eat]], he's just ''[[CompleteMonster that sick]]''.
* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: Willy Pete, a man-turned-fire elemental, whose entire gig so far is [[spoiler:forcing people to give him [[strike:oral]] optical sex -- reminder: his entire body is made of ''supernaturally hot fire''. ("Willy Pete" is military slang for white phosphorus.) In Vol. 4 it turns out he likes to ''[[ImAHumanitarian eat superheroes and supervillains]]'', because normal human flesh incinerates the second it gets close to his mouth.]] Gah.
** [[spoiler:What is optical sex you ask? Being literally ''[[{{Squick}} skullfucked to death]] via the eye socket''.]] [=BY A MAN ON FIRE=].
** Oh, and by the way, he doesn't need to [[spoiler:eat]], he's just ''[[CompleteMonster that sick]]''.
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* FoeYay: Parodied in another {{Show Within a Show}} ShowWithinAShow SlashFic, this one about Empowered and Sistah Spooky.
*HighOctaneNightmareFuel: HighOctaneNightmareFuel
** Willy Pete, aman-turned-fire elemental, man-turned-fire-elemental, whose entire gig so far is [[spoiler:forcing people to give him [[strike:oral]] optical sex -- reminder: his entire body is made of ''supernaturally hot fire''. ("Willy Pete" is military slang for white phosphorus.) In Vol. 4 it turns out he likes to ''[[ImAHumanitarian eat superheroes and supervillains]]'', because normal human flesh incinerates the second it gets close to his mouth.]] Gah.
**Gah. [[spoiler:What is optical sex you ask? Being literally ''[[{{Squick}} skullfucked to death]] via the eye socket''.]] [=BY A MAN ON FIRE=].
**FIRE=]. Oh, and by the way, he doesn't need to [[spoiler:eat]], he's just ''[[CompleteMonster that sick]]''.
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** Willy Pete, a
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*** Worse than all of those is [[spoiler:Spooky's ghastly, [[FrozenFace magically-induced]] [[SlasherSmile fake grin]]. Underneath, she's falling apart, but on the surface - happy happyhappyhappyhappyAAAAGH.]]
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**** One-sided, unwritten-rules-breaking LesYay counts. *cough*Noncon*cough*
* {{OT3}}: The series keeps dancing on the edge of making the three main characters (Emp, [=ThugBoy=], and Ninjette) into an outright threesome. Emp is a three-drink bisexual who hits on Ninjette when drunk, Ninjette is barely able to hide her attraction to [=ThugBoy=] ("Aieee! Me canoe be swampin"!). Not sure if Ninjette has ever shown any attraction to Emp or [=ThugBoy=] to Ninjette, but it wouldn't take much prompting. Anyone's guess if this ends up as a love triangle or a ménage à trois... but the Demonwolf definitely has an [[YuriFanboy opinion]] on how it [[LargeHam SHOULD BE.]]
** And for additional rampant speculation fuel, witness Volume 5 in which Ninjette encounters a fellow (female) ninja disguised as [=ThugBoy=], who proceeds to passionately kiss her until detected. Ninjette then claims the disguise was obvious because the ninja "kisses like a girl". A) This is yet more evidence that Ninjette has some interest in [=ThugBoy=] and B) Saying someone kisses like a girl implies the speaker actually knows what it's like to kiss a girl! So... yeah.
*** Ninjette's done more than kiss a girl: a little earlier in that Vol. 5 story, [[spoiler:we learn that Ninjette consummated a woman's marriage disguised as her new husband.]]
* {{OT3}}: The series keeps dancing on the edge of making the three main characters (Emp, [=ThugBoy=], and Ninjette) into an outright threesome. Emp is a three-drink bisexual who hits on Ninjette when drunk, Ninjette is barely able to hide her attraction to [=ThugBoy=] ("Aieee! Me canoe be swampin"!). Not sure if Ninjette has ever shown any attraction to Emp or [=ThugBoy=] to Ninjette, but it wouldn't take much prompting. Anyone's guess if this ends up as a love triangle or a ménage à trois... but the Demonwolf definitely has an [[YuriFanboy opinion]] on how it [[LargeHam SHOULD BE.]]
** And for additional rampant speculation fuel, witness Volume 5 in which Ninjette encounters a fellow (female) ninja disguised as [=ThugBoy=], who proceeds to passionately kiss her until detected. Ninjette then claims the disguise was obvious because the ninja "kisses like a girl". A) This is yet more evidence that Ninjette has some interest in [=ThugBoy=] and B) Saying someone kisses like a girl implies the speaker actually knows what it's like to kiss a girl! So... yeah.
*** Ninjette's done more than kiss a girl: a little earlier in that Vol. 5 story, [[spoiler:we learn that Ninjette consummated a woman's marriage disguised as her new husband.]]
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* {{Moe}}: Empowered. Part of what attracted [=ThugBoy=] to her in their first encounter.
* {{OT3}}: The series keeps dancing on the edge of making the three main characters (Emp, [=ThugBoy=], and Ninjette) into an outright threesome. Emp is a three-drink bisexual who hits on Ninjette when drunk, Ninjette is barely able to hide her attraction to [=ThugBoy=] ("Aieee! Me canoe be swampin"!). Not sure if Ninjette has ever shown any attraction to Emp or [=ThugBoy=] to Ninjette, but it wouldn't take much prompting. Anyone's guess if this ends up as a love triangle or a ménage à trois... but the Demonwolf definitely has an [[YuriFanboy opinion]] on how it [[LargeHam SHOULD BE.
**
And for additional rampant speculation fuel, witness Volume 5 in which Ninjette encounters a fellow (female) ninja disguised as [=ThugBoy=], who proceeds to passionately kiss her until detected. Ninjette then claims the disguise was obvious because the ninja "kisses like a girl". A) This is yet more evidence that Ninjette has some interest in [=ThugBoy=] and B) Saying someone kisses like a girl implies the speaker actually knows what it's like to kiss a girl! So... yeah.
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* [[RapeAsDrama Rape, cannibalism and burning people alive as Drama]]: By Willy Pete.
* {{Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil}}: For as often as Empowered ends up bound, gagged, and nude in a room full of villains, they rarely attempt to assault her because this would violate the "Unwritten rules" between heroes and villains.
* {{Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil}}: For as often as Empowered ends up bound, gagged, and nude in a room full of villains, they rarely attempt to assault her because this would violate the "Unwritten rules" between heroes and villains.
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* [[RapeAsDrama RapeAsDrama: Rape, cannibalism and burning people alive as Drama]]: By Drama -- by Willy Pete.
*{{Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil}}: RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: For as often as Empowered ends up bound, gagged, and nude in a room full of villains, they rarely attempt to assault her because this would violate the "Unwritten rules" between heroes and villains.
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* TheScrappy: Won't find too many people who like Major Havoc.
* TheWoobie: Empowered.
* TheWoobie: Empowered.
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* TheScrappy: Won't You won't find too many people who like Major Havoc.
* TheWoobie:Empowered.Empowered
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** Mindf██k, who essentially mindraped herself in order to force herself to be a good person. To make matters even more tragic, this contributes to her reasoning behind her [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice]]: Empowered is a genuinely good person, whereas Mindf██k (in her mind) isn't because she had to force herself to be one.
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** Mindf██k, who essentially mindraped herself in order to force herself to be a good person. To make matters even more tragic, this contributes to her reasoning behind her [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice]]: [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice]]: Empowered is a genuinely good person, whereas Mindf██k (in her mind) isn't because she had to force herself to be one.
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* {{Shipper on Deck}}: Demonwolf ships Emp/[=ThugBoy=]/Ninjette.
* TearJerker: The end of Volume 5. [[spoiler:"What does 'Three Seconds Too Late' mean, Spookums?"]]
* TearJerker: The end of Volume 5. [[spoiler:"What does 'Three Seconds Too Late' mean, Spookums?"]]
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* {{Shipper on Deck}}: ShipperOnDeck: Demonwolf ships Emp/[=ThugBoy=]/Ninjette.
Emp×[=ThugBoy=]×Ninjette.
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** The end of Volume 5. [[spoiler:"What does 'Three Seconds Too Late' mean, Spookums?"]]
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** The end of Volume 5. [[spoiler:"What does 'Three Seconds Too Late' mean, Spookums?"]]
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Missed Moment Of Awesome (now Offscreen Moment Of Awesome) is not \"they SHOULD have done it, it\'d be cool.\" It\'s \"they DID do it, but offscreen where you couldn\'t see it\"
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* MissedMomentOfAwesome: When A.R.R. appeared, Ninjette didn't interact with them at all. Now the "ninjas vs pirates" meme was a bit old (it was even lampshaded in the story), but still, a fight would've been so cool.
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* HeartwarmingMoments: Thugboy watching Emp sleep and spooning with her to keep her nightmares away.
** Also, Empowered and Manny's reactions to one another while she's fulfilling his dying wish. It's one of the most oddly touching scenes of someone tying Empowered up in the whole series.
** Emp convincing a {{Mook}} to go to the hospital because he has an aneurysm.
** Also, Empowered and Manny's reactions to one another while she's fulfilling his dying wish. It's one of the most oddly touching scenes of someone tying Empowered up in the whole series.
** Emp convincing a {{Mook}} to go to the hospital because he has an aneurysm.
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* FunnyMoments: Many.
** The whole of [=ThugBoy=]'s little '[[JustForPun Ode to Joyful Booty]]'
--->'''[=ThugBoy=]:''' I will '''not''' stand idly by and allow a world-class derrière to remain uncommented-upon. That's just how I '''roll''', son.
** "Elephants, Cups and Canoes" in Vol. 4, which pushes {{unusual euphemism}}s to new, ''visual'' heights. *trumpeting* "He's gone rogue!" "Aieee! Me canoe be swampin'!". And said canoe is named "Va J J".
** The doctor's nametag from the same volume (a ''{{MST3K}}'' reference).
** The bit where [=ThugBoy=] talks about working for a Nazi supervillain. "Yeah, sure I'm half-Japanese, but I'm also one-quarter Italian and one-quarter German! I'm All Axis Power, baby!"
** Then there's a 17-page sex scene... with narration ''and'' dialogue supplied by the [[LargeHam Caged Demonwolf]].
** When Major Havoc tries to write a fanfiction about himself, only for everyone to say it sucks... because he obviously doesn't know Major Havoc very well.
*** Made all the funnier when you realize one of the reviewers is Emp.
*** And the only reason why nobody liked it was because it ''wasn't'' a slash fic.
** Emp's battle with a would-be supervillain who "uses the power of time for evil... sorta". (''[[CallingYourAttacks "Sharp-taloned cuckoo strike!"]]'')
** When {{Troll}}s edit Capitan Rivet's {{Wikipedia}} page.
-->'''Capitan Rivet''': How the hell could I have been involved in the '''Kennedy Assassination'''!? I wasn't even born yet when that happened, damn it!
** The whole of [=ThugBoy=]'s little '[[JustForPun Ode to Joyful Booty]]'
--->'''[=ThugBoy=]:''' I will '''not''' stand idly by and allow a world-class derrière to remain uncommented-upon. That's just how I '''roll''', son.
** "Elephants, Cups and Canoes" in Vol. 4, which pushes {{unusual euphemism}}s to new, ''visual'' heights. *trumpeting* "He's gone rogue!" "Aieee! Me canoe be swampin'!". And said canoe is named "Va J J".
** The doctor's nametag from the same volume (a ''{{MST3K}}'' reference).
** The bit where [=ThugBoy=] talks about working for a Nazi supervillain. "Yeah, sure I'm half-Japanese, but I'm also one-quarter Italian and one-quarter German! I'm All Axis Power, baby!"
** Then there's a 17-page sex scene... with narration ''and'' dialogue supplied by the [[LargeHam Caged Demonwolf]].
** When Major Havoc tries to write a fanfiction about himself, only for everyone to say it sucks... because he obviously doesn't know Major Havoc very well.
*** Made all the funnier when you realize one of the reviewers is Emp.
*** And the only reason why nobody liked it was because it ''wasn't'' a slash fic.
** Emp's battle with a would-be supervillain who "uses the power of time for evil... sorta". (''[[CallingYourAttacks "Sharp-taloned cuckoo strike!"]]'')
** When {{Troll}}s edit Capitan Rivet's {{Wikipedia}} page.
-->'''Capitan Rivet''': How the hell could I have been involved in the '''Kennedy Assassination'''!? I wasn't even born yet when that happened, damn it!
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** Mindf██k, who essentially mindraped herself in order to force herself to be a good person. To make matters even more tragic, this contributes to her reasoning behind her [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice]]: Empowered is a genuinely good person, whereas Mindf██k (in her mind) isn't because she had to force herself to be one.
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*** Debatable. Death Monger is pretty disgusting, but he at least has a recognisable aim, which is that of traditional supervillain - to have and maintain a power base. Willy Pete just seems to be in it ForTheEvulz and want of skull-f**king things to death. To me, that's way worse.
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* ShipTease: Ninjette & [[spoiler:the Maidman]], Ninjette & [=ThugBoy=], Ninjette & Empowered, oh, I think we found our LauncherOfAThousandShips.
** Yup. And you can add Ninjette & Caged Demonwolf. The author himself has said he didn't expect her relationship with the Caged Demonwolf to develop so much. Example: He notices she's drinking more (pointing out that she's breaking her own rules of drinking) after a horribly close call and reassures her that her friends won't abandon her. Even if it's because [[DirtyOldMan he wants to see her in her tight shorts once more]].
** Yup. And you can add Ninjette & Caged Demonwolf. The author himself has said he didn't expect her relationship with the Caged Demonwolf to develop so much. Example: He notices she's drinking more (pointing out that she's breaking her own rules of drinking) after a horribly close call and reassures her that her friends won't abandon her. Even if it's because [[DirtyOldMan he wants to see her in her tight shorts once more]].
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* ShipTease: Ninjette & [[spoiler:the Maidman]], Ninjette & [=ThugBoy=], Ninjette & Empowered, oh, Empowered - I think we found our LauncherOfAThousandShips.
** Yup. And you can add [[CrackShip Ninjette & CagedDemonwolf.Demonwolf]]. The author himself has said he didn't expect her relationship with the Caged Demonwolf to develop so much. Example: He notices she's drinking more (pointing out that she's breaking her own rules of drinking) after a horribly close call and reassures her that her friends won't abandon her. Even if it's because [[DirtyOldMan he wants to see her in her tight shorts once more]].
** Yup. And you can add [[CrackShip Ninjette & Caged
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** Also, in Volume 4, [[spoiler: Emp finding out the Caped Justice Award nomination, which she was so touched and excited about, was in fact a [[{{Carrie}} Carrie-style humiliation]] planned by [[WhatTheHellHero her fellow superheroes]].]] [[SarcasmMode Gee, what a bunch of not-bastards]]. It's Emp trying to keep a brave face and finally starting to cry in Tugboy's arms that does it.
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** Also, in Volume 4, [[spoiler: Emp finding out the Caped Justice Award nomination, which she was so touched and excited about, was in fact a [[{{Carrie}} Carrie-style humiliation]] planned by [[WhatTheHellHero her fellow superheroes]].]] [[SarcasmMode Gee, what a bunch of not-bastards]]. It's Emp trying to keep a brave face and finally starting to cry in Tugboy's Thugboy's arms that does it.it.
** [[spoiler:Sistah Spooky may be a snide bitch, but she's an absolute wreck in v.6; it's hard to watch.]]
** Anglerfish, who laments on [[spoiler: the murder of his son (Kid Anglerfish), Katastrophe, and Baby Bird and how the Superhomeys didn't care just because they were villains.]]
** [[spoiler:Sistah Spooky may be a snide bitch, but she's an absolute wreck in v.6; it's hard to watch.]]
** Anglerfish, who laments on [[spoiler: the murder of his son (Kid Anglerfish), Katastrophe, and Baby Bird and how the Superhomeys didn't care just because they were villains.]]
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* EverybodyRemembersTheStripper
* FetishRetardant: Getting tied up in serious situations makes bondage a SERIOUS turn-off for Emp and [=ThugBoy=].
* TheWoobie: Empowered.
** [[spoiler:Sistah Spooky may be a snide bitch, but she's an absolute wreck in v.6; it's hard to watch.]]
** Anglerfish, who laments on [[spoiler: the murder of his son (Kid Anglerfish), Katastrophe, and Baby Bird and how the Superhomeys didn't care just because they were villains.]]
** [[spoiler:Sistah Spooky may be a snide bitch, but she's an absolute wreck in v.6; it's hard to watch.]]
** Anglerfish, who laments on [[spoiler: the murder of his son (Kid Anglerfish), Katastrophe, and Baby Bird and how the Superhomeys didn't care just because they were villains.]]
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* TearJerker: The end of Volume 5. [[spoiler:"What does 'Three Seconds Too Late' mean, Spookums?"]]
** Also, in Volume 4, [[spoiler: Emp finding out the Caped Justice Award nomination, which she was so touched and excited about, was in fact a [[{{Carrie}} Carrie-style humiliation]] planned by [[WhatTheHellHero her fellow superheroes]].]] [[SarcasmMode Gee, what a bunch of not-bastards]]. It's Emp trying to keep a brave face and finally starting to cry in Tugboy's arms that does it.
** Also, in Volume 4, [[spoiler: Emp finding out the Caped Justice Award nomination, which she was so touched and excited about, was in fact a [[{{Carrie}} Carrie-style humiliation]] planned by [[WhatTheHellHero her fellow superheroes]].]] [[SarcasmMode Gee, what a bunch of not-bastards]]. It's Emp trying to keep a brave face and finally starting to cry in Tugboy's arms that does it.
