* ArcFatigue: General Saber’s arc in Final Confrontation lasts almost half of the entire fic. Hell, he almost gets more importance given to him than the BigBad, Sirius!
* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt:
** [[spoiler:Sora]]’s near-death at the end of Final Confrontation. Judging by the way it was written, it could have well been originally meant as a genuine end for [[spoiler:Sora]], seeing as how the fic basically stated him as dead in the chapter where it occurs, only for him to show signs of life in the next chapter. And this is not the first time he's been close to dying: [[spoiler:General Kai mortally wounds him in Halloween Town, Lord Cavendish beats him to within an inch of his life, and he gets blown up and covered in shrapnel in Final Confrontation]].
** [[spoiler:Riku]]’s death in Conclusion. [[spoiler:He was dead and buried, and a short epilogue about Sora and Kairi in their twilight years ‘looking forward to seeing Riku again’ was written.]] It all had to be retconned via the Dragon Balls so that Final Confrontation could proceed.
* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Rellantando in Final Confrontation crosses this when he burns Twilight Town’s city hall to the ground. With all the civilians inside.]]
%%** By the time the story begins, Ameba has supposedly already had this, and his actions caused Thundro to defect.