!! For the story by Isaac Asimov:
* GeniusBonus: The plot is extremely similar to that of Lord Byron's poem [[http://quotations.about.com/cs/poemlyrics/a/Darkness.htm Darkness]], to the point where it seems unlikely to be a coincidence. The difference being, of course, that in the poem the darkness doesn't go away, and everyone dies.

!! For the fancomic Webcomic/{{Nightfall}}:
* EnsembleDarkhorse: A Poll Taken reveals the most popular minor characters to be Truckdog/[[spoiler:Cristyle]] and Don Elephante.
* FanNickname: Doc Scratch is called Disco Scratch or Doc Funk.
* FridgeHorror: Cristyle can only shapeshift into those whose blood she's come into contact with, which raises questions about [[WouldHurtAChild the little girl she took the form of]], as well as [[KickTheDog Jade's new dog.]]
** Made even more worrying in [[https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/76929498/19/roxy.png this panel]], where said girl is on a Missing Poster.
* HoYay: [[http://mspfanventures.com/?s=620&p=968 Rose's Wizardfic]] is based off of Evangelion, with Baptist and Claudius replacing Shinji and Kaworu, the subtext is still there. Baptist even describes Claudius as beautiful and charismatic.
** Tavros mentions certain ceremonies that [[http://mspfanventures.com/?s=620&p=1031 Rufioh entertains with the lost boys]].
--> "He always weirded you out with his strange obsession with TORCHLIGHT CEREMONIAL YAOI FESTIVALS though, you had to turn down his invitation to join the lost boys when he invited you to be the HONORABLE UKE. Whatever that means."
** [[http://mspfanventures.com/?s=620&p=1235 Gamzee and Tavros]], Gamzee's pissed [[spoiler: that Cristyle killed him]].
--> "[[spoiler: DONE AND MURDERED UP MY OLD BEST BRO saw his corpse myself with those perfectly pursed lips running down with shitblood]]
* JerkassWoobie: Vriska, even more so than in canon.
** Big time with Hades. He was disowned and branded a traitor by his father, and is constantly insulted for being weak and incompetent. Sylja and Rose (and to a lesser extent Terlock) and pretty much the only people who don't treat him like complete garbage. He may be one of the main villains, but it's hard not to feel sorry for him.
* LesYay: Kanaya and Rose are still close after the ordeal. When John has troubles with understanding Troll romance, Jade and John question what the relationship between the two is.
** On Halloween, Roxy and Jane are seen holding hands and sharing cotton candy, referencing their IdiosyncraticShipNaming.