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* EvilIsSexy: Megan and Echo. Some of the minor female Trust members (Joan, Anna, Helena and Constance) are also pretty hot, but neither their attractiveness nor their evilness (assuming they're evil at all) is emphasized to the same degree as those two.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse:
** Cole Burns is OutOfFocus for large parts of the story and arguably has the fewest fight scenes of the Minutemen, but he's still popular with just about everyone in the fanbase.
** Because of MisaimedFandom, and [[MadeOfIron how much he keeps surviving]] Lono.
** Joan D'Arcy is one of the more popular members of the Trust due to being more intelligent and more morally gray than most of her peers, despite not having any dialogue, or even a name, until less than fifteen issues before the end.
** Benito, for getting a fair amount of CharacterDevelopment and being a WildCard in the Trust-Minutemen War.
** Resident FemmeFatale Megan Dietrich.
** Jack's friend Mikey is decently liked for having a minor arc of his own, with many feeling pleased at his happy ending of sorts.
** Remi's brother Ronnie has his fans, due to being a non-Minuteman tough guy who with some interesting family dynamics.
** Milo Garret is the least-appearing Minuteman, but as a HardBoiledDetective with a BandagedFace who refuses to return to Graves thrall, he has his fanbase.
** IntrepidReporter Mr. Branch.
** For some, the gang of criminals from the issue Victor first appears in, who were with him in an off-screen heist.
** Coop, the CoolOldGuy leader of Joan's bodyguards, for his bravery against Remi and nice interactions with both his boss and coworkers. He's only in one issue, but it (and Coop) tend to be well-remembered.
** The surprisingly brave, DeadpanSnarker, Anti-Medici Trust member Fulvio Carlito gets a little appreciation despite only appearing in four issues and having no dialogue in two of them.
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* EvilIsSexy: Megan and Echo. Some of the minor female Trust members (Joan, Anna, Helena and Constance) are also pretty hot, but neither they're attractiveness or their evilness (assuming their evil at all) is emphasized to the same degree as those two.

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* EvilIsSexy: Megan and Echo. Some of the minor female Trust members (Joan, Anna, Helena and Constance) are also pretty hot, but neither they're their attractiveness or nor their evilness (assuming their they're evil at all) is emphasized to the same degree as those two.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Many Trust members (most notably BigFun Daniel Peres, MagnificentBitch Joan D’Arcy, the novice Nagel twins, CoolOldLady Mia Simone, BenevolentBoss Sigmar Rhone, and gruff yet reasonable Fulvio Carlito) have the potential for drawn-out arcs across the series due to their personalities and positions in the powerful AncientConspiracy running the country, but are all either killed off after a few appearances or hover in the background until the series is almost over.
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* EvilIsSexy: Megan and Echo. Some of the minor female Trust members (Joan, Anna, Helena and Constance) are also pretty hot, but neither their attractiveness or their evilness (assuming their evil at all) is emphasized to the same degree as those two.

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* EvilIsSexy: Megan and Echo. Some of the minor female Trust members (Joan, Anna, Helena and Constance) are also pretty hot, but neither their they're attractiveness or their evilness (assuming their evil at all) is emphasized to the same degree as those two.
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** [[AntiVillain Joan D'Arcy]] of the Trust stands out as the only one of the Trust members to react proactively in the war against Graves, successfully derailing a LongGame far older than herself. Joan values a peace arrangement that everyone can live with over revenge against Augustus while still trying to ensure that he'll never never have the power to be a threat to anyone again. When Augustus gains the upper hand anyway, Joan makes a somewhat amused comment about being beaten by the best, even as she agrees that they need to counter what he just did. In the final issue, she seems disgusted and angry about Benito's murder even though it does seemingly counter Augustus's plans to retain power. As the Trust's control over the rampaging Minutemen vanishes, Joan is the only person present to see the wisdom of fleeing the Medici mansion.

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** [[AntiVillain Joan D'Arcy]] of the Trust stands out as the only one of the Trust members to react proactively in the war against Graves, successfully derailing a LongGame far older than herself. Joan values a peace arrangement that everyone can live with over revenge against Augustus while still trying to ensure that he'll never never have the power to be a threat to anyone again. When Augustus gains the upper hand anyway, Joan makes a somewhat amused comment about being beaten by the best, even as she agrees that they need to counter what he just did. In the final issue, she seems disgusted and angry about Benito's murder even though it does seemingly counter Augustus's plans to retain power. As the Trust's control over the rampaging Minutemen vanishes, Joan is the only person present to see the wisdom of fleeing the Medici mansion.

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* RootingForTheEmpire: It’s not that hard to root for some of the Trust members given that so many of the Minutemen are vicious killers it kind of makes sense to retire, and while the Trust are a conspiracy they don’t seem to be that malignant of one, at least by what we see of them in present day. [[spoiler: the fact that Augustus, the face of The Trust, is using the Minutemen to clean house makes it even worse]].

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* RootingForTheEmpire: It’s not that hard to root for some of the Trust members given that so many of the Minutemen are vicious killers it kind of makes sense to retire, and while retire. While the Trust are a conspiracy they don’t seem to be that malignant of one, at least by what we see of them in present day. [[spoiler: the The fact that Augustus, the face of The Trust, is using the Minutemen to clean house makes it even worse]].


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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: There are two fascinating bits of BackStory that never get near the amount of exposition and detail than they deserve.
** Rose Madrid's attempt to kill and/or overthrow Augustus Medici play a big role in the BackStory, but her exact motivations and methods are never explained and her actions are only mentioned in a couple of arcs to set up why Rose's lover Wylie [[spoiler:had to kill her and then turned against the Trust.]]
** The Trust and the Minutemen fell out when the Minutemen refused to help the Trust expand into another country (something that they later speculate was deliberately engineered by one or more Trust members who wanted an excuse to go after them). What the plan entailed, which Trust members supported it, the exact reactions the Minutemen had to getting the order, and why the Trust didn't pursue the plan without the Minutemen are all left unanswered.
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** [[HitmanWithAHeart Wylie Times]], "[[TokenGoodTeammate The Point Man]]", is the former leader of the Minutemen and the sharpest and most skilled of the Seven. A brilliant fighter whose motto is "[[TheGunslinger My First Shot Is My Last]]", Wylie helps to mastermind the Atlantic City Job, being the one to set fire to Roland Dietrich before allowing his memory to be erased. Wylie keeps some of his signature cleverness even as an amnesiac slacker, until his awakening in New Orleans. Using a quick ruse to obtain access to his gun and kill the corrupt hicks menacing him, Wylie storms the House of Madrid, setting up an ambush for Joseph Shepherd after slaughtering all of the Madrid guards, blaming Shepherd who had Wylie execute [[CrusadingWidower his lover Rose]] after her betrayal of the Trust. Choosing to forgive Shepherd, Wylie guards Dizzy Cordova after his death and even manages to match wits with Graves after figuring out his plans.

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** [[HitmanWithAHeart Wylie Times]], "[[TokenGoodTeammate The Point Man]]", is the former leader of the Minutemen and the sharpest and most skilled of the Seven. A brilliant fighter whose motto is "[[TheGunslinger My First Shot Is My Last]]", Wylie helps to mastermind the Atlantic City Job, being the one to set fire to Roland Dietrich before allowing his memory to be erased. Wylie keeps some of his signature cleverness even as an amnesiac slacker, until his awakening in New Orleans. Using a quick ruse to obtain access to his gun and kill the corrupt hicks menacing him, Wylie storms the House of Madrid, setting up an ambush for Joseph Shepherd after slaughtering all of the Madrid guards, blaming Shepherd who had Wylie execute [[CrusadingWidower [[CrusadingWidow his lover Rose]] after her betrayal of the Trust. Choosing to forgive Shepherd, Wylie guards Dizzy Cordova after his death and even manages to match wits with Graves after figuring out his plans.
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* FanonDiscontinuity: The last issue isn't universally accepted due to the way it wraps up some of the story arcs without explaining everything, leaves several unanswered questions (most prominent the exact significance of the [[MacGuffin mysterious painting]]) and has some of the cast arguably behaving out of character.
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Misuse. Does not mention audience avoiding work.


* EndingAversion: The last issue isn't universally loved and accepted due to the way it wraps up some of the story arcs without explaining everything, leaves several unanswered questions (most prominent the exact significance of the [[MacGuffin mysterious painting]]) and has some of the cast arguably behaving out of character.

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* BrokenBase: The series deliberately having exactly 100 issues is either a great thematic device that keeps it from going on for too long or an annoying gimmick that causes it to be wrapped up prematurely.

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The series deliberately having exactly 100 issues is either a great thematic device that keeps it from going on for too long or an annoying gimmick that causes it to be wrapped up prematurely.prematurely.
** Is the series better when it focuses on people getting attache cases or when it shifts focus to the Minutemen's campaign against the Trust?

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* CrossesTheLineTwice: "Did you bust a nut when I...?"

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* CrossesTheLineTwice: In the final arc, Cole guns down [[spoiler:Echo, as payback for her own murder of his best friend Branch, while she's mid-coitus with Jack]], then calmly asks the latter, "Did you bust a nut when I...?"



* EndingAversion: The last issue isn't universally loved and accepted due to the way it wraps up some of the story arcs without explaining everything, leaves several unanswered questions (most prominent the exact significance of the [[MacGuffin mysterious painting]]) and has some of the cast arguably behaving out of character.



* FanonDiscontinuity: The last issue isn't universally loved and accepted due to the way it wraps up some of the story arcs without explaining everything, leaves several unanswered questions and has some of the cast arguably behaving out of character.

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* MagnificentBastard: Agent Philip Graves is the man who delivers the attache cases, offering people who have been wronged a chance for carte blanche vengeance. Often having multiple hidden agendas to his actions, Graves strategically uses some attaches to gain favors or followers, and is eventually revealed to have faked his death with those of his squad, the Minutemen, who he manipulates back into service. Revealed to be secretly working in conjunction with his supposed rival Augustus Medici to slowly dismantle the infamous Trust and bring it down until only Augustus, Grave and their ally Javier Vasco remain, Graves is also revealed to be a man of principle, which separates him from the monstrous Augustus, willing to slect his principles over even his life in the end.

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* MagnificentBastard: MagnificentBastard:
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Agent Philip Graves Graves]] is the man who delivers the attache cases, offering people who have been wronged a chance for carte blanche ''carte blanche'' vengeance. Often having multiple hidden agendas to his actions, Graves strategically uses some attaches to gain favors or followers, and is eventually revealed to have [[FakingTheDead faked his death death]] with those of his squad, the Minutemen, who he manipulates back into service. Revealed to be secretly working in conjunction with his supposed rival Augustus Medici to slowly dismantle the infamous Trust and bring it down until only Augustus, Grave Graves and their ally Javier Vasco remain, Graves is also revealed to be [[EveryoneHasStandards a man of principle, principle]], which separates him from the monstrous Augustus, willing to slect select his principles over even his life in the end.end.
** [[BadassBookworm Joseph Shepherd]], the Warlord of the Trust and former Minuteman himself, is TheMentor and teacher of most of the current generation. Once a soldier in Vietnam dishonorably discharged for his homosexuality, Shepherd murdered a man who beat his lover into a coma and managed to commit such a perfect crime that not even Agent Graves was ever able to uncover how he'd done it. Allying with Graves to fool most of the Trust and fake the deaths of his charges, Shepherd [[WildCard plays his own game]] at assisting the Trust and Minutemen as suits him, ingratiating himself to both while making sure to guide his protege Wylie Times even if he knows it may mean his life after Wylie recalls Shepherd had him kill his lover Rose for betraying the Trust. Even at point of death, Shepherd is able to arm the vicious Lono with the trigger to awaken the Minutemen and his former position of Warlord.
** [[AntiVillain Joan D'Arcy]] of the Trust stands out as the only one of the Trust members to react proactively in the war against Graves, successfully derailing a LongGame far older than herself. Joan values a peace arrangement that everyone can live with over revenge against Augustus while still trying to ensure that he'll never never have the power to be a threat to anyone again. When Augustus gains the upper hand anyway, Joan makes a somewhat amused comment about being beaten by the best, even as she agrees that they need to counter what he just did. In the final issue, she seems disgusted and angry about Benito's murder even though it does seemingly counter Augustus's plans to retain power. As the Trust's control over the rampaging Minutemen vanishes, Joan is the only person present to see the wisdom of fleeing the Medici mansion.
** [[HitmanWithAHeart Wylie Times]], "[[TokenGoodTeammate The Point Man]]", is the former leader of the Minutemen and the sharpest and most skilled of the Seven. A brilliant fighter whose motto is "[[TheGunslinger My First Shot Is My Last]]", Wylie helps to mastermind the Atlantic City Job, being the one to set fire to Roland Dietrich before allowing his memory to be erased. Wylie keeps some of his signature cleverness even as an amnesiac slacker, until his awakening in New Orleans. Using a quick ruse to obtain access to his gun and kill the corrupt hicks menacing him, Wylie storms the House of Madrid, setting up an ambush for Joseph Shepherd after slaughtering all of the Madrid guards, blaming Shepherd who had Wylie execute [[CrusadingWidower his lover Rose]] after her betrayal of the Trust. Choosing to forgive Shepherd, Wylie guards Dizzy Cordova after his death and even manages to match wits with Graves after figuring out his plans.
** [[ConsummateProfessional Victor Ray]] is introduced giving a lecture about the history of The Trust to some criminals he aided in RobbingTheMobBank. He advises one of his wounded partners to fake dropping dead to throw off his pursuers, and when that doesn't work, helps take out those pursuers, [[CasualDangerDialogue while finishing his story in the middle of the gunfight]]. Victor has a sense of loyalty towards his fellow Minutemen--even if he's willing to manipulate them for Graves--and stops Lono from raping his one-night stand even while treating her poorly in the same scene. While he's willing to help kill children if Graves orders him, he's deeply introspective about the job that he does and spends his free time trying to atone for his actions by being a VigilanteMan, rescuing the innocent and killing people worse than himself. At the end of the story, Victor recognizes how fishy Graves' behavior is, stops following his lead, and is one of the only people who's smart enough to walk away from the fight that kills most of the remaining characters.
** [[RetiredBadass Will Slaughter]] was a former Minuteman turned hired killer who uses assassinations to provide for his wife and three children. Taking the job to deal with Agent Graves for Joan d'Arcy, Slaughter kills ArmsDealer Arnold Rothstein to eliminate Graves' connections and then systematically dismantles all in his way with his professionalism and skill, killing Javier Vasco to force Graves and Augustus Medici to negotiate with the rest of the Trust. Finally intervening to save his son Victor Ray, Slaughter decides with too many axes being ground, it's time to [[KnowWhenToFoldEm withdraw and rejoin his family]], though not before he informs Louis "Loop" Hughes how proud his father would be of him.

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* BrokenBase: The series deliberately having exactly 100 issues is either a great thematic device that keeps it from going on for too long or an annoying gimmick that causes it to be wrapped up prematurely.



* FanonDiscontinuity: The last issue isn't universally loved and accepted due to the way it wraps up some of the story arcs without explaining everything, leaves several unanswered questions and has some of the cast arguably behaving out of character.



* HesJustHiding: It's interesting that in the final issue, Tibo's face isn't visible when they find his body, Joan's body doesn't have any clear marks on it, and Megan isn't seen in the frame with Cole when he burns to death (and might have had the insight to run when she saw him drop the lighter). Likewise, Jack and Crete might have been capable of fighting off the alligators that came after them. Finally, while Ronnie Rome likely died as a result of his brother's suicide, perhaps Victor's laugh afterwards was because Remi failed to hit him when he jumped off the roof.

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It's interesting that in the final issue, Tibo's face isn't visible when they find his body, Joan's body doesn't have any clear marks on it, and Megan isn't seen in the frame with Cole when he burns to death (and might have had the insight to run when she saw him drop the lighter). Likewise, lighter).
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Jack and Crete might have been capable of fighting off the alligators that came after them. Finally, while them.
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Ronnie Rome likely died as a result of his brother's suicide, perhaps Victor's laugh afterwards was because Remi failed to hit him when he jumped off the roof.roof.
** Some people like to think that the execution of Sigmar Rhone's family was faked, if only because it causes the otherwise well-liked Victor to border on crossing the MoralEventHorizon.
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** Did Roland Dietrich really conspire with Rose Madrid to move against the Medici's (which led to her death)? Roland did ask for Graves and the Minutemen to support him with something right after they were deactivated [[spoiler: and right before Gravesb betrayed him]] which might have been that, but Augustus himself (or one of his allies) wold have also had motive to have been manipulating Rose that to further the divide between the Trust and the Minutemen that came from her execution.

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** Did Roland Dietrich really conspire with Rose Madrid to move against the Medici's (which led to her death)? Roland did ask for Graves and the Minutemen to support him with something right after they were deactivated [[spoiler: and right before Gravesb Graves betrayed him]] which might have been that, but Augustus himself (or one of his allies) wold have also had motive to have been manipulating Rose that to further the divide between the Trust and the Minutemen that came from her execution.

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