* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: The [[{{Precursors}} Creators]] are subject of this: Does the Creators designed the entire civilization just as a possible misguided attempt of creating life and as a social experiment just to watch the final results from a safe distance, or the ''real reasons'' for designing new lifeforms hides an even more ''darker purpose''? Even the whole story gives many clues regarding both theories and the closest answer could be [[spoiler:a mix of both, possibly implying the whole project could had been hijacked for another different directive by different persons using The Net to trying to help Erma and the rest of the chosen ones, while having their own plans. What kind of plans they have in mind, and what kind of role Erma has on all this is still unknown to this date]].
** The ''Platinum Catalyst'' RPG rerelease gives another theory regarding this: [[spoiler:the "hijacking" theory is technically a hidden program created to help "gifted or special" persons like Erma and others when required]]. Needless to say, this is probably non-canon, as it contradicts many of the events from the original current canon up to the second story arc.
* AngstWhatAngst: Bizarrely enough, Toki seems to be strangely calm in the second arc despite being aware of the [[spoiler:attack on Dornthant, although we do not know if she is aware of Erma's fate and Alfon's death, the latter being her former boyfriend]].
* {{Anvilicious}}: Steve could get heavy-handed with his politics at times, both within the story and when he responded to letter in the comic itself, basically accusing anyone who disagreed with any particular thing he drew or wrote of [[LowestCommonDenominator only wanting to see some furry T&A]]. It also averts DeathOfTheAuthor as well.
** Regarding the ILR, the whole message is capitalism is flawed, if not ''outright evil'', albeit this is later subverted, as the EDF turns to be MirroringFactions, despite being communists, [[spoiler:on the grounds the EDF are prepared to even carrying out genocide if that means eliminate the ILR once for all by using the [[WaveMotionGun Matter Conversion Cannon]]]].
* ArchivePanic: Inverted and subverted: The comic itself, until this date and including extra material, like the TabletopGames, only had 34 issues published in a irregular schedule. The subversion comes with the fact is the ''sheer difficulty'' of finding all the original issues, especially the ones when ''ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo'' debuted, since those ones are pretty expensive by themselves, rather than the amount of stuff you have to collect, albeit some extra material, like the ''Refractions'' fanzines, are ''very difficult'' to find even online.
* AssPull: The entire [[spoiler:off-screen mutiny against ILR's Capt. Barlahan carried out by Tankannahai, on the grounds how he did managed to convince the rest of the crew to join him, taking into account his [[ButtMonkey own impopularity with his peers]]]].
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The [[http://www.stevegallacci.com/archive/edf/2016/12/22 whole terrorist incident]] during the Ahnomia & Ish-tako sub-arc in the first arc, since not only it doesn't serve any purpose in the story other than being pointless filler, it also doesn't not involve any named character whatsoever and it's never referenced again in the whole story. Even Gallacci himself admited he doesn't like that scene either.
* BrokenBase: While not as notable as other works, ''Albedo'' has a healthy share of criticism, due to partly the confusing, idiomatic nature of the plot, Gallacci's decisions regarding the handling of the comic, along many of the decisions he made, some of them were very controversial even to this day:
** Gallacci's decision of uploading the whole comic to his homepage: For some fans, this was something very desired, considering how difficult it is to get many of the back issues of the comic in a legal way, in addition to allowing the newest fans of the franchise to know the history of the comic without having to spend huge amounts of money to get all the back issues. For some more cynical fans, many consider this decision as a way for the author to admit that the comic no longer has any value to him, since Gallacci was famous for charging outrageous amounts of money as high as 100 dollars for back issues in the 80s and 90s. Other fans also consider this decision as something negative, as it could devalue the market value of those back issues, something that curiously never happened.[[note]]This is because Gallacci only included his own work in his page for legal reasons, so it doesn't affect current market prices yet[[/note]].
** Because of the long time the author has taken to design the comic, many think Gallacci should allow other authors to draw or collaborate with material to help him finish the story more quickly, rather than waiting months or even years to see new material. Others, on the other hand, prefer that Gallacci be the only one to work on the comic, because only he knows how the story is going to end and how. Considering what happened with the tabletop RPG games like ''Platinum Catalyst'' when many parts of the official canon were modified without his permission just to fit with regular sci-fi cliches, this is a very reasonable concern.
* ContinuityLockout: The whole story is ''very'' continuity-driven, compared with many other comics from the same genre or even Western comics as a whole, meaning you need to read '''each and every''' single issue very well to understand not only the plot, but also the characters and all the nuances behind the whole ''Albedo'' universe. The fact the comics were published on a very low print in many different companies doesn't help.
* ClicheStorm: Zig-zagged: [[WordOfGod Gallacci]] tries his best to avoid many of the most known sci-fi cliches, and he completely ''discourages'' any attempt to include fantastic or unreal elements (like lasers, teleporting, etc), to the grade this has become into some kind of BerserkButton to him. Oddly enough, that doesn't prevent him to include [[spoiler:[[PsychicPowers Newtype-wannabes]] and galaxy-destroying weapons like the [[WaveMotionGun Matter Conversion Cannon]]]].
* CultClassic: There's many reasons why ''Albedo'' is such a classic in the UsefulNotes/FurryFandom: Not only is one the first titles of the genre geared towards adult audiences, while avoiding many of the pitfalls of adult works (like using [[PornWithPlot lots of sex scenes]], {{Gorn}}, [[ClusterFBomb lots of swearing]], etc.), but also because the author's [[ScheduleSlip unstable release schedule]] and also most of the issues were released with a ''very low'' print, without mention the storytelling and characters shares many things in common with many tropes normally used in Japanese {{Anime}} or {{Manga}}.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Despite only appearing during the first StoryArc and having a brief appearance in the second one, Toki is one of the most popular characters from the series, and more of her backstory is explained in side-stories and [[AllThereInTheManual supplementary materials.]]
** Dr. Kalahahaii has many fans as well, on the grounds she is one of the few main characters who is not a soldier or a politician.
** Itzak Arrat has also his fans, not only because he's a pretty good looking guy, but also because his character design is pretty unusual not only compared with the rest of the cast, but also compared with ''other'' anthropomorphic horses from other similar works, as he has ''hooves'' rather than humanoid-looking hands like almost everyone else. Extra fun he is a ''literal horse''.
* EscapistCharacter: Our heroine Erma Felna, albeit with a twist: Unlike similar character who shares this trope, Erma was not designed to be one in mind for the mainstream audience, but she was designed to be one for the ''author himself'' instead, according with him. Erma is basically anything Gallacci was not when he was in the USAF, and that was the reason she was designed to have many quirks that outshines her compared with the rest of cast. Even after Gallacci himself decided to tone down those qualities in a attempt to make her more flawed and more realistic, she is still considered for many both in and out-universe as someone who anyone loves to be in her place.
* EsotericHappyEnding: If you take into account the DistantFinale as the definitive ending of Erma Felna's saga, [[spoiler:Erma managed somehow in the past to stop the war, but with a very steep price for her, as she lose her family, her boyfriend and possibly anything dear for her. The only thing that prevent the DistantFinale to becoming a complete DownerEnding is the fact at least Erma found Teka, her cloned daughter, along the way and she cloned herself just to create another family, so it wasn't a complete loss for her anyways]]. The worst part came with the fact, by WordOfGod's own words, ''another'' war broke out between the ILR and the EDF, possibly after Erma's generation, except this time it was ever worse than the previous two wars, because both sides used everything from nuclear weapons to ''biological weapons'', [[MutuallyAssuredDestruction completely destroying each other entirely, colapsing their entire civilization]] and Erma's sacrifices turned out to be AllForNothing. [[note]]One could argue the whole point of the story, at least when the second story arc begins, has less to do with Erma trying to win a war and more with Erma trying to ''survive'' the war.[[/note]]
* FanDislikedExplanation: A very downplayed example happens in a meta-way and used and played for both laughs and for [[TrollingCreator attacking the readers]]: Many fans complained how equine characters, like Itzak Arrat, can be able to manipulate objects with their hooves, since they don't have fingers, which is considered impausible by many fans. WordOfGod's explanation about this is that equine characters can handle objects, only that they do ''off-screen''. Obviously the fans weren't happy about that explanation, and Gallacci's answer is basically calling the fans ''idiots'' by not understanding the beauty of this "detail".
* FandomRivalry:
** With ''ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo'', for very [[AdaptationDisplacement obvious]] [[MorePopularSpinOff reasons]]. And a very ''one-sided'' one with ''Literature/TheExpanse'', albeit only the author minds on this one, not the fans.
** A more straight example would be with ''Literature/Overlord2010'', since the comic shares the same name with Albedo, one of the main characters of the novel and the animated adaptations.
* FanficFuel: Since the story was CutShort and there's lots of unexplained events that only were alluded in canon (like the First Lepine War and most of Kanoc and Eda's younger days) and there's also the [[{{Precursors}} Creators]] and how they created the anthropomorphic civilization, not to mention the lives and pasts of many of the characters outside Erma and her family, this is obviously lots of stories that can be told, if it were not for the fact that the author [[FanworkBan prohibits fanworks without his permission]].
* FanNickname: In a meta-example of this, Gallacci is nicknamed by his fans as "The American Creator/ShirowMasamune" partly because both authors have a knack for creating dystopic futuristic stories with ''lots'' of [[ShownTheirWork interesting background details]] and ''lots'' of [[{{Fanservice}} beautiful girls]].
** The ILR is sometimes nicknamed as ''Nazi Bunnies'', ''Communist Bunnies'' or ''[[Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato Space]] Literature/WatershipDown UsefulNotes/WarsawPact'', [[CowboyBebopAtHisComputer despite the ideology of the ILR has nothing to do with communism]].
** The EDF is also nicknamed as "Furry Space NATO", despite the EDF has more things in common with the Warsaw Pact than the NATO.
** Dr. Elaki Kalahahaii is sometimes nicknamed as ''Dr. K'' because [[TheUnpronounceable many fans cannot pronounce her name correctly]]. Even the author himself has used that nickname too.
** Ipcha Tankannahai also got nicknamed as ''Tank'' for the same reasons as above.
** In Gallacci's [=FurAffinity=]'s page, Tavas receives the [[SarcasmMode charitable]] nickname of ''Former Boyfriend McAsshole''.
** Captain Barlahan is nicknamed as "The Good Captain" because he is quite a NiceGuy, along Tankannahai, compared with the rest of the ILR military forces.
** FlyingBrick: The name for the EDF's aerodynes, since these are almost literally flying metal bricks.
* FandomLifeCycle:
* FriendlyFandoms: With ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'', as both works are set in a WorldOfFunnyAnimals with a more serious than usual mood and more stricter rules regarding the setting. Also, to say the author is a ''big fan'' of the film is an understatement.
* GenreTurningPoint: When this comic became a cult hit, [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom furry comics]] became much more ambitious creating for material for adults.
* GirlShowGhetto: Very ''averted'' like nobody's business: Despite most of the named cast are females, including the titular heroine, this is a comic book geared to males and with a long male audience. It helps a lot almost all the females doesn't need the help of another man to succeed and neither romance nor even sex are the selling point of the comic, but the solid story-telling instead.
* HarsherInHindsight:
** Basically, '''everything''' related with the [[EagleLand ILR]] (minus the genocide thing), especially after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the economic recession that hit the U.S. in the 2000s and UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror. Keep in mind the comic was published in the 80s and the author is a former member of the USAF, but that doesn't stop him to criticize many of the things he saw wrong about the United States, its armed forces and above all, about American society. This also became even more disturbing when UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump is became the president of the U.S., something that Gallacci himself lampshaded. Even harsher, Trump became president thanks to the '''Republican''' Party, while the ILR is sometimes nicknamed as the ''Republicans'', by many members of the cast.
** Alfon Voga, who is Erma's boyfriend [[spoiler:dies during the ILR attack against his homeworld when Tavas disabled The Net]]. This is even harsher if you take into account Erma is Gallacci's AuthorAvatar and the fact [[spoiler:Gallacci's wife died too, albeit she died due to cancer rather than in a "accident"]].
** In a more meta-example of this, Gallacci's comparison between Erma and [[WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}} Judy Hopps]] goes into this territory if you take into account the [[KillerRabbit ILR]] were responsible of torturing her father, and also [[spoiler:being the ones who bombed her homeland Dornthant to almost oblivion]].
** The scene when Erma retold the whole incident with the Rodent sniper in Danet and after Erma is forced to eject from her aerodyne is particulary harsher [[http://www.stevegallacci.com/archive/edf/2016/09/20 because the way that scene was depicted]] was very similar to the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster in 1986. According with WordOfGod, that was unintentional, since the accident happened when that issue was in the final stages for publication and he even discussed the accident in a unrelated fanzine.
** The whole [[spoiler:attack on Dornthant using unusual bombing methods]] can resemble a lot like the U.S. attack against an Islamic State's base in Afghanistan by using a MOAB (Mass Ordnance Air Blast, backronymed as "Mother of All Bombs") in more or less a similar way like the [[spoiler:ILR does against Dornthant, except its neither as destructive nor its launched from outer space]].
** The Ekosiaki crisis resembles disturbingly enough like the (at 2017) the political situation of France due of the constant terrorist attacks that country has suffered, and the threat of that country of leaving the European Union, along with the political crisis between Spain and Catalonia, just like Ekosiak planned to leave the EDF and the Confederation of Planets for similar reasons. The same would be appliable with regards the U.K. and the whole Brexit thing.
** And the entire Battle of Derzon is ''too gruesomely similar'' to both the Russian takeover of Ukraine's Crimea and also the Russian invasion on the whole country at 2022, including instances of the invading forces (the ILR in the comic, and Russia in real life) causing amounts of deliberate damage on civilian infrastructure and also war crimes against the civilian population.
* HilariousInHindsight: Originally, Erma's brother Tasak was planned to be named [[http://stevegallacci.com/archive/edf/2016/08/04 "Arac"]], but his name was retconned at the last minute. Three decades later, we have ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' when one of the Gods of Destruction, of the 5th universe to be precise, is named "Arak". (note the spelling here) Extra hilarity, in a dark way, Tasak [[spoiler:is partially responsable of the almost obliteration of Dornthant and the destruction of his family]].
** And continuing with ''Super'', the Supreme Kai of the Universe 11 is named ''Khai'', sharing by bizarre coincidence the in-universe name for the [[{{Precursors}} Creators]]. Either Creator/AkiraToriyama read ''Albedo'', or it's ''one hell'' of a coincidence.
** And regarding the [[spoiler:Matter Conversion Cannon]], the whole premise of that thing became hilariously ironic, since the ''Franchise/StarWars'' franchise used the same concept in ''Film/TheForceAwakens'': [[spoiler:The First Order created the Starkiller, another WaveMotionGun that can drain the entire mass of a star and convert it into multiple beams that can destroy an entire star system from across the galaxy. While not as powerful as its ''Albedo'' counterpart, the ''Star Wars'' one still uses the same concept as well]].
** The spaceships in the ''Albedo'' universe are infamous between the fandom for disturbingly resembling like giant ''dildos''. Cue to 2021, when Jeff Bezos' ''[[https://edition.cnn.com/2021/08/16/business/blue-origin-spacex-nasa-suit-scn/index.html Blue Origin]]'' rocket not only resemble those ships, except painted white rather than black, but it also infamous for resembling a dildo as well.
* IAmNotShazam: A very contrived example: Technically speaking, the whole main story of the comic is named ''Erma Felna EDF'' because that's the name of the heroine and the name of the organization she belongs to. ''Albedo'' was the name of the anthology when the main story was published along with other non-related stories from other authors, (like ''ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo'' who debuted there). Over time, the anthology part was downplayed as many authors other than Gallacci moved to other magazines or they simply stop publishing there and by the time the magazine moved to both Creator/AntarcticPress (in the last issues) and Shanda Fantasy Arts, that part ''completely disappeared'' from the magazine and all stories are related with the main plot of ''Erma Felna EDF'', including side-stories and afterwords. Despite this, the magazine still carries the name ''Albedo'', and both fans and WordOfGod alike uses the ''Erma Felna EDF'' name or also ''Albedo Anthropomorphics'' or the more common name ''Albedo: Erma Felna EDF'', being the main story the subtitle of the name. The fact the name ''Albedo'' still reflects the main themes used in the ''Erma Felna EDF'' story, besides the ones used by other furry comics published when it was an anthology, does help.
** This is also applied ''retroactively'' towards the sequel ''Birthright'', since its now published in the Radio Comix's website as ''Albedo: Birthright''. Unlike with the ''Erma Felna EDF'' story, the fans prefer to use simply as ''Birthright'', rather than use the ''Albedo'' moniker.
** By WordOfGod, the official name of the magazine is ''Albedo Anthropomorphics'' and ''Erma Felna EDF'' is the story published there, despite ''Albedo'' has stopped to be an anthology comic anymore since the 90s.
* IKnewIt: Toki being lesbian or at least bisexual was already a common joke in the ''Albedo'' fandom since the 80s, due of her LovableSexManiac tendences, and it was not until 2016 when Gallacci finally confirmed this.
* IronWoobie: After all the tragedy that befalls her, it's still surprising Erma holds enough willpower to keep going.
* ItWasHisSled: The fact [[spoiler:the human race were the ones who created the Species]] is a well known fact for many members in the UsefulNotes/FurryFandom. Even the TabletopGames spoils this at the beginning of the core books.
* JustHereForGodzilla: Albedo would have ended in the obscurity of the comic book history if ''ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo'' didn't make his debut in a side-story published in the first years of the series.
* LesYay: Oddly averted in-series between Erma and Toki, as their relation is completely platonic, but this is played [[{{Irony}} straight]] in a meta way, as Gallacci, the author, has drawn erotic art between those both characters. Also played straight between Ilnya and Frienda, members of Capt. Arrat's crew, as Illnya is so far the only lesbian character in the series and Frieda asks her if she's interested on her.
** This is even referenced as a ShoutOut in the somewhat obscure Creator/{{Konami}} game, ''VideoGame/Nightshade1992'': If you check out the crowbar at the beginning of the game, [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v205/luisedgarf/NightshadeU-0_zps37f1f074.png a very odd romantic message written by Toki (who doesn't appear in that game) addressed to Erma (who she neither appears in the game either) appears]]. This is justified as the game was scripted by the Australian writer Paul Kidd, who worked with Gallacci in some of his stories and also in ''Albedo''.
** Subverted later in Gallacci's 2016 soft RetCon, albeit one-sided from Toki's side, as she doesn't mind doing it with Erma if she wants it, but WordOfGod makes painfully clear and in [[BoldInflation capital letters]] that Erma and Toki never had sex between them.
** The ''closest'' thing towards this is during the Ish-tako sub-arc, when both Erma and Toki shares the same bunk, while sleeping ''naked'', despite both girls sleeps in different beds.
** Also, the relation of Onni Hitzok with both [[spoiler:Dea and his own wife Kamara could count, taking into account both girls doesn't mind sharing Onni on themselves]] and further confirmed in the second arc as [[spoiler:both women sleep together with him]].
* MemeticMutation: "Socio-political Ramifications" was a common catch phrase in UsefulNotes/FurryFandom for years because of this series.
** Also, the "Erma with a crowbar" meme is a very popular one, after an incident when a perverted fan asked the author to draw a pin-up of Erma pleasuring herself with a crowbar, and refusing to do so. Oddly enough, he ''did'' some pics with Erma naked with a crowbar, but not in the way intended by that fan, at least '''not''' in a sexual way.[[note]]In reality, what really happened is something more complex: By WordOfGod, the whole meme came out when some friends of the author decided to joke with him and one of them decided to imitate the stereotypical voice of a perverted nerd asking for this. For some reason, the whole situation became an urban legend inside the UsefulNotes/FurryFandom due to the lack of reliable sources in the 80s and 90s and many claimed that event happened.[[/note]] This meme even trascended beyond the furry fandom in a way.[[note]]See LesYay above.[[/note]] This also ovelaps with NeverLiveItDown, as the author himself encourages this and his fans loves to tease him with that meme.
** Any explanation about how characters with hooves or flappers (Like the Arrats, Chinnah and the penguins) can manipulate things without fingers is always explained as being done ''off-screen''.
* {{Moe}}: Teka Ardehad [[spoiler:as a kid]], Lees and [[spoiler:Rojigo Felna]]. Oddly enough, Erma herself is a subversion when she was a kid, as while she was cute in her younger years, she was a FakeCutie and a massive {{Jerkass}} towards her brother.
* MoralEventHorizon: The ILR ''already'' crossed the line even before the series began, but some of the worst things the ILR did during the series are:
** Invading a EDF space station, ''slaughtering'' every civilian inside it, rigging the station with [[NukeEm nukes]] and destroying it along with the survivors!
** And they did the same thing with their ''own civilian space station'' in the second StoryArc, but with their own civilians still alive and well, because they suspected them of being traitors.
** The EDF pulls a even bigger one or at least they plan to do one later, if you know the implications of what they did: [[spoiler:They created a ''Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato''-style WaveMotionGun by reverse-engineering the {{Antimatter}} technology from the human Creators, with the catch that weapon is able to destroy ''galaxies'' with it, and they plan to use that cannon [[FinalSolution on the ILR]]]]. Just to get an idea how much the EDF has crossed that line, [[spoiler:The Net, the MasterComputer who controls all the computer systems for all the sides of the conflict, due of the Net's programming to [[FriendToAllLivingThings protect all life forms]] [[SplitPersonality splits its personality]] in a inverted GodzillaThreshold attempt to prevent all sides of the conflict on commit mass genocide on each other and very possibly on the human race as well]].
* {{Narm}}:
** The whole scene when Capt. Arrat punches the corrupt EDF officer right in his face could have been a even much powerful scene if that officer didn't look ''too cartoony'' and the whole punch scene didn't look like Arrat was punching a small rag doll instead.
** Many people pointed out how the spaceships resemble giant space dildos due to their particular shape.
* NauseaFuel: [[spoiler:The human corpse still had blood in her mouth when Dr. Kalahahaii found her. Even worse that blood was still ''floating'' around her mouth due to the lack of gravity in that scene]] This is more notable in the version uploaded in Gallacci's personal homepage, since the art was scanned from the original masters and with higher quality.
* NotSoCrazyAnymore:
** At the time when the comic was published and until recently, the idea of a modern military force like the ILR being so pointlessly brutal on both their enemies and people could sounded too over-the-top even for Western standards.[[note]]Excluding the Nazis, the Imperial Japan and Stalin-era Soviet Union, obviously.[[/note]] Three decades [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant later]]...
** The whole [[spoiler:ILR attack on Dornthant is now this, thanks to the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GBU-43/B_MOAB Mother of All Bombs]] in Afghanistan against, ironically enough, the aforementioned Islamic State]].
** Genyanaka's campaign to discredit Colonel Hitzok and Dea has a similar resemblance to the so-called false news used during the U. S. presidential election in 2016. It should be noted that this part of the story was written in the early 1990s, when the idea of attempting to alter the perception of public opinion through electronic means was seen as something straight out of science fiction and completely unreal, something that the author himself recently lampshaded.
** The ''entire premise of the comic'' could be as this if you take into account [[spoiler:[[https://www.simulation-argument.com/simulation.html Nick Ostrom's theory]]]] about the origin of the universe: [[spoiler:when the entire universe could be an entire simulation created by an alien race, except in ''Albedo'''s case, the creations are flesh-and-blood beings and the aliens are ''humans''. Although this theory is as old as humanity itself (being Creator/WilliamShakespeare one of the most notable exponents, and used in works as ''Franchise/TheMatrix'' and ''Anime/Megazone23'')]], the theory in its modern form was described by the aforementioned person in 2003, while ''Albedo'' was created in 1984, which use a similar version of the same theory in a much simplified form.
** In a similar way, the science and technology website Ars Technica published [[https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/04/the-ethics-of-growing-complex-structures-with-human-brain-cells/ an article]] about the ''very'' realistic probability that [[spoiler:mankind can or could create chimeras or animals with human-like sentience, basically '''the way how the anthropomorphics were created in a nutshell''' as WordOfGod described them in [[AllThereInTheManual in additional materials]]]]. While we are still too far from doing something like that, the article seriously consider that possibility taking into account the current technological breakthroughs on that field.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Possibly due to lack of time, magazine space or many other reasons, the author tends to skip many cool events or solve them in a single page:
** Toki being promoted from cadet to Squadron Commander happens completely off-screen and without any explanation about what she did for deserving that promotion. Erma's promotion, on the other hand, is explained in a single page during a dream sequence.
** [[spoiler:During the ILR attack on Erma's homeworld, Ipcha Tankannahai's mutiny against Capt. Barlahan is only alluded by Barlahan and Tankannahai himself after the latter decided to free Barlahan once the ship has left EDF space. this is especially egregious, as it's never explained how Tankannahai managed to convince his fellow crewmembers on going against his captain, taking into account he was '''hated''' by each and every single member of the Barlahan's crew and by Barlahan himself]].
* OlderThanTheyThink: ''Albedo'' is not the first UsefulNotes/{{Furry|Fandom}} Comic dealing with mature themes: That privilege goes for both ''ComicBook/FritzTheCat'' (1965) and ''ComicBook/OmahaTheCatDancer'' (1978), this is especially relevant for the latter, as Erma is based in Omaha, at least design-wise, according with WordOfGod.
* RewatchBonus: You need to read the whole story ''many times'' just to get most of the nuances of the ''Albedo'' universe, not to mention to understand many of the {{Foreshadowing}} that happens early in the series, [[spoiler:especially anything related with Erma's dreams]].
* RuleOfSymbolism: [[spoiler:The copy of the ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}'' book]] Dr. Elaki Kalahahaii finds inside [[spoiler:the derelict human spaceship, since it deals about a man who wants to create intelligent life from something previously non-sapient, (in the book's case, from corpses) who is very significant for the plot, when the furry characters were created in a similar situation from non-sapient animals]]. In a meta way [[spoiler:''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}'' was also the very first science-fiction novel ever published]], not to mention the full name of the novel is [[spoiler:''Frankenstein; or The Modern Prometheus'']], being [[spoiler:''Prometheus'' the name of the project who created the whole anthropomorphic cast]], at least in the ''Refractions'' anthologies.
** Also from Dr. Kalahahaii:
--> ''Are you [[spoiler:[[{{God}} Khai]] [[Literature/TheBible made flesh?]]]]''
* ShockingMoments: Also overlapping with GrowingTheBeard as well, as while the story was very different compared with others of the same genre, it wasn't anything special until the third issue from the first arc, when we see the ILR blowing a civilian space station with a [[NukeEm nuke]], but not before [[KickTheDog killing almost all the people inside of it]] and poisoning the remaining survivors. Then, we see lots of complex political and military intrigue, something unusual at the time in the UsefulNotes/FurryFandom, and the things went uphill from there.
* SpiritualAdaptation:
** Basically, ''Albedo'' is an English, furry adaptation of Creator/YoshikiTanaka's ''Literature/LegendOfTheGalacticHeroes'', with a very similar premise. Curiously enough, the comic predates the original novels by one year (''Albedo'' was published in 1983, while [=LOGH=] was published in 1982, and that without going the original prototype of the idea was published in 1978 in a fanzine) and the well-known anime adaptation by six years (1988) or thirty-five years for the ''Die Neue These'' reboot (2018).
** Likewise, the comic could be a spiritual adaptation of the North Korean animated series ''Animation/SquirrelAndHedgehog'', since both franchises shares more or less the same premise, through ''Squirrel and Hedgehog'' takes place in the modern era, rather than the future. Also, it also overlaps with SpiritualAntithesis, since ''Squirrel and Hedgehog'' is an unashamed propaganda piece for the North Korean regime, while ''Albedo'', on the other hand, denounce such kind of stuff, not to mention the comic is not afraid to even criticize the author's home country by using the ILR as an example of this.
* SpiritualAntithesis:
** The comic could be the counterpart of ''ComicBook/{{Extinctioners}}'', another furry comic from Shawntae Howard, a long-time ''Albedo'' fan, ironically enough, and also Gallacci's friend: Both titles deals with furry characters who were created by outside forces outside their own understanding, and in both cases [[spoiler:humans are behind their creation]]. The difference lies in the fact, while in ''Albedo'', the Creators are very ambiguous beings whose true intentions aren't completely known; all that's certain is that they created life as a part of a social scientific experiment just to know how they can react without the need of [[spoiler:humans]]. In ''Extinctioners'', on the other hand, their equivalent (The Makers), as far as we know, are mostly ''evil'' and the story makes it painfully clear that the anthropomorphic cast were created by [[spoiler:the humans]] just to save their own asses. ''How'' evil is really still in the air. Another main difference is, while in ''Albedo'' the main cast were put on a distant planet by the Creators, in ''Extinctioners'' [[spoiler:the whole setting turns out to be [[EarthAllAlong a renamed Earth]] instead]].
** And despite ''Albedo'' [[UrExample predates it for 11 years]][[note]]Through the comic really went into DevelopmentHell-next to cancellation in 2005, while ''Evangelion'' debuted in Japan in 1995.[[/note]], the whole story could be this from ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' (mostly the TV adaptation, not the ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'' films): Both series are about [[spoiler:[[ArtificialHuman anthropomorphic beings created by the human race]], in the first case they are [[HumanityEnsues animals with human attributes]] and in the second case, the titular machines are [[HumanoidAbomination giant robot-like humanoids]], and in both cases, there's lot of [[MindScrew sometimes-unexplored]] discussion about the sole existance of those beings]]. But this is when the similarities ends: In ''Albedo'', the anthropomorphic civilization [[spoiler:was created as a mean of study for the human race just to study their behavior without human meddling]], while in EVA, [[spoiler:the titular beings were created to help humanity to destroy an alien (of sorts) invasion from [[EldritchAbomination very eldritch beings of divine origin]]]]. This also extends to the lead characters of both series, Erma Felna and Shinji Ikari respectively, as both heroes are angst-ridden protagonists with a very complex relationship with their parents[[note]]In Erma's case with her mother Eda and in Shinji's with his father Gendo.[[/note]] and both suffered a loss in their family with regard with their enemies.[[note]]Erma's father was tortured by the ILR in a random mission in the past, causing him brain and psychological damage, and later Erma lost her mate Alfon during the ILR attack on Dornthant and also lost any contact with her family, probably for good, while Shinji lost his mother Yui]][[/note]] The main difference here is, while Erma doesn't let her angst dominates her, except in some events, Shinji's angst is what definitively defines him, to the grade [[spoiler:his angst is what in some degree the reason that dooms the entire human race]]. Also, the way how both heroes went involved in their respective plots are different, as Erma was basically an AccidentalHero during a battle, and her fame snowballed from there, while Shinji was summoned by his father in other to fight the invaders, and to make them more different, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Erma is much older (25 years old at SD 195 during the Battle of Derzon) and mature than the 14-years old Shinji]].
* SpiritualPredecessor: To its non-furry successor, ''VideoGame/ChildrenOfADeadEarth'' for being a hard SF setting that deals with the social and political consequences of interplanetary warfare.
* StrangledByTheRedString: Surprisingly subverted between Erma and Alfon, despite Erma only knew about Alfon via Toki, other than both being from the same homeland and [[spoiler:having hot sex in the beach in the planet Ish-tako for one night, causing Erma to become pregnant with his baby]], partly because Alfon being a ''much better'' option for Erma than Tavas after they decide to become a couple, even if Erma has very personal reasons for not hooking up with another man after her experience with Tavas, and partly because [[spoiler:Alfon's death traumatized Erma ''a lot'']]. It helps a lot the fact Alfon ''already'' knew Erma previously, but he decided not doing anything because Erma was dating Tavas previously, [[AllThereInTheManual according with Gallacci in a FAQ]].
* StuckInTheirShadow: Many people will remember the comic just because ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo came out from it, rather by its own merits, to the grade ''Albedo'' is normally ignored on regards of Usagi's own origins.
* TearJerker: Basically, the last [[WhamEpisode two issues]] of the Dornthant sub-arc are one of the biggest tear jerkers of the whole story:
** [[spoiler:Alfon's death, as he basically died due to Tavas' machinations and was an incidental victim to boot]].
** The poor [[spoiler:Lepine boy who was rescued by Tasak, just to die later on in front of him]].
** The final scene of the first story arc ends with [[spoiler:Erma crying for the death of Alfon and the fate of her family, as she thinks they could be all dead]].
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Due of the way the plot is designed and the fact the whole series was CutShort at the beginning of the second StoryArc, many characters were wasted in their execution:
** '''Toki''': According to her backstory, she's as good as Erma in the military stuff, but [[InformedAbility we never see her doing anything]] and her only role in the plot is being Erma's {{Foil}} and a PluckyComicRelief character, not to mention [[spoiler:[[ShooOutTheClowns When she disappears from the plot]] [[FromBadToWorse the story turns even darker than before]]]]. Her backstory is explained with more detail in the TabletopGames and in some side-stories.
** '''Alfon Voga''': Oh boy, where to begin: Alfon is basically a SatelliteCharacter with next to ''zero'' background, other than being Toki's former boyfriend, we know very few things about him outside his relation with the main heroine of the setting, he's borderline a [[spoiler:GlorifiedSpermDonor]] for Erma so [[spoiler:she can bear a child]] and after he accomplished that, [[spoiler:[[DroppedABridgeOnHim he is killed during the ILR attack to Erma's homeworld]]]], so Erma can [[spoiler:have something to angst about]]. The only thing we know about him is being a NiceGuy towards everybody else.
** '''Teka Ardehad''': She appears in a way completely ''out of the blue'' for both Erma and the readers, not only because she appears for the first time in the [[spoiler:DistantFinale as an adult woman]] but also because [[spoiler:she's Erma's cloned daughter without any explanation on how the hell the Ardehads got [[spoiler:Erma's DNA]], other than they need an heir since they can't bear one. This is even more egregious because Erma never bothers to ask Teka about that and [[DullSurprise she doesn't look surprised at all after finding out the truth]] and she even believes her story, something even more egregious if you take into account she is supposed to be a professional soldier '''first''' and a person second, and she was supposed to be working as a spy in an enemy planet, and Teka almost blows out her cover. Even worse she appears in the regular continuity [[spoiler:as a kid]] meaning [[spoiler:she and Erma will not ever meet until decades later]]. According with WordOfGod in a recent statement in his [=FurAffinity=]'s page, [[spoiler: The Net was the one who brought out Erma's DNA to the Ardehads when Erma was a teen, off-screen]].
** The ''entirety'' of the Felna and Arrat families other than Erma, Itzak and [[spoiler:Tasak, albeit in less degree]], as basically their role on the whole story is being the helpless victims of all the political machinations of all the sides of the conflict. This is especially egregious in the case of Kanoc, since it's implied he was as much of a badass just like his daughter Erma is, but the closest thing we got to see his abilities as a former soldier is [[spoiler:when his homeworld is almost destroyed by the ILR, and he managed to protect Rojigo so far. The epilogue states he an the rest of the family other than Erma reunites later somewhat]].
* ToughActToFollow: Gallacci's other series have never been as successful, with the sole exceptions of ''The Tales of Beatrix Farmer'' and in less degree, his recent webcomic ''Webcomic/AloneTogether'' in his [=FurAffinity=]'s page.
* TrappedByMountainLions: A very weird, retroactive example: Teka Ardehad makes her debut [[spoiler:in the DistantFinale as an adult, while trying to find Erma by herself]] albeit chronologically speaking [[spoiler:she appears as a kid in the regular story in the second StoryArc, having her own sub-plot independently from the rest of the story]]. Only by reading the [[spoiler:DistantFinale]] it will reveal the detail of [[spoiler:being a clone of Erma]], as the comic is normally published in black and white hides very well the real colors of her fur, preventing the reader to figuring out the fact of [[spoiler:Teka being a clone]] at first sight.
* ViewerSpeciesConfusion:
** Alliusiz is supposed to be a possum, but he looks more like a monkey.
** We don't know officially which species Lazlow Kosak belongs to, as he looks between a polar bear and a dog.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: Due of the cuddly design of many characters, especially in later issues due to Gallacci's ArtEvolution, one could think this is another kiddie comic with cute animals, until those "[[SarcasmMode cute animals]]" start [[DarkerAndEdgier blowing each others' brains out almost every issue]].
* WinBackTheCrowd: After basically ''a decade'' without doing anything about ''Albedo'' after the death of his wife, other than few pin-ups, few infodumps and and a failed reuploading of ''Birthright'' via Radiocomix's page, as it was canceled after the end of the first story arc, Gallacci managed to upload the back issues from the comic and he also announced he's planning to continue the story from the [[CutShort stalled]] second StoryArc. Obviously the fandom was more than happy to hear Gallacci is back this time, after many people though the comic was probably dead for good.
* TheWoobie: While not as bad like [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion the Ikari family]] or [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire the House Stark]], the Felnas are possibly one of the most screwed-up families in fiction, since they are basically the main victims of many of the machinations from all the sides of the conflict: Kanoc, the patriarch, got tortured to the point of madness by the ILR while wife Eda has to endure the later's maniatic outbreaks, and trying to [[SilkHidingSteel keep a straight face]]. Their sons suffers even more than their parents: Tasak, the younger one, is TheUnfavorite for everyone else, including even [[MasterComputer The Net]] and he is victim of [[spoiler:Tavas's political machinations, becoming the accomplice of Tavas's FalseFlagOperation plan of letting the ILR [[OrbitalBombardment bombing his homeworld to hell]], causing his entire family being separated, possibly for good, and driving him to madness]]. The titular heroine, for obvious reasons, receives the most painful blows: Erma got shot during the Battle of Derzon, she's later KickedUpstairs to another planet, due to the EDF's StayInTheKitchen-of sorts policy. She [[spoiler:gets pregnant later and her son was born prematurely]] due to a serious unintentional MindRape from another [[spoiler:[[PsychicPowers Talent]]]]. When the things were going smooth for her and her boyfriend, [[spoiler:[[WhamEpisode her homeland got bombed, her boyfriend got killed and losing contact with her whole family and son, possibly permanently]]]]. Even Erma's own life begun in pain when [[spoiler:a terrorist attack striked in her homeland and she was also born prematurely due of her mother Eda's shock.]] The word "tragedy" is inadequate to describe everything what happened to them.
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