* CanonWelding: It's fairly obvious that ''The Eternal Game'' wasn't originally supposed to be set in the same world as the rest of the Xaterex Storyline.
* HilariousInHindsight: According to the author, he didn't actually have any idea that ''The Hunger Games'' existed until midway through ''The Eternal Game.'' After that, though, ''The Eternal Game'' and [[spoiler: the third part of ''The Shadows Coil'']] do take inspiration from ''The Hunger Games'' series, so obviously he read it at some point.