* {{Adorkable}}: Zhan the Wolf Boss. Due to being more used to [[FantasticRacism prejudices]] and formalities, he becomes awkward when he's related to in a friendly manner by Lianne and Jade.
* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The author has made in her Website/YouTube profile of [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHgaSY3PEcLmryIBSO1EACg Alicia Donovan]] several videos concerning the fanfic. The songs used in them are chosen well to reflect on Shen and Lianne's strained love. Two of these examples are "It's All Coming Back To Me Now" by Music/CelineDion (now deleted) and "I Know Those Eyes/This Man Is Dead" from Wildhorn and Murphy's musical version of ''Literature/TheCountOfMonteCristo''.
* JerkassWoobie:
** Shen, just like in [[WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2 canon]], though the woobie part may have been increased with his point of view getting more attention. The woobie part is particularly [[BreakTheHaughty accentuated]] during his VillainousBSOD and the inner struggles he undergoes [[spoiler:after he cheats death at the cost of being crippled]].
** Whatever you may think of Lord Chang, you have to pity him slightly, for he also seems sad about [[spoiler:his wife's death]]. At one point it's hinted that he ''was'' hurt when Lianne said he's no longer her father, but he's unable to break the cycle they have stuck into. His confessions to Lianne [[spoiler:in his deathbed]] significantly lessen the {{jerkass}} part and increase the {{woobie}} part.
* NauseaFuel:
** The sadistic execution style used by Shen on Haun.
** Shen [[spoiler:hurting himself while trying to practice with his still recently crippled body]].
* TheWoobie:
** Lord Goa and Lady Jing become this after they're forced to drive away their only child and [[DeathByDespair die out of grief]].
** Lianne herself verges into the IronWoobie territory with the TraumaCongaLine her entire life turns into.
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