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Tropes:

• Anti-Villain: Most of the antagonists.
• As Long as There Is Evil: Not evil, per se, but compulsory monopoly.
• Author Tract: Not subtle. At all.
• Bad Cop/Incompetent Cop
• The City
• Complete Monster: One or two characters.
• Corrupt Corporate Executive: Implied, eventually, probably.
• Crapsack World
• Create Your Own Villain: A big theme.
• Crime and Punishment Series
• Cyber Punk: In technological 'level' (yes I realise that is ridiculous).
• Damn It Feels Good to Be a Gangster: Not often. In fact, probably not ever.
• Dark Fic
• Diesel Punk (dystopia/deco): In aesthetic and theme.
• Downer Ending: There's really no way it can end positively.
• Fantastic Racism: Double-subverted; the cast is composed of variegated species, which should produce rampant racism—but doesn't. However, there is always an undercurrent of racial tension and "feline guilt".
• G-Rated Drug: Catnip (nepetalactone) and valerian (actinidine) exist as drugs (equivalent to perhaps marijuana or khat), but heroin and cocaine are the drugs of choice.
• The Government
• Inherent in the System: Tyranny.
• The Mafia
• The Mafiya
• Meaningful Name: Dunshaud is always grey—or feels that way, anyway.
• Our Founder: Leonard Giles, 1st Baron Dunshaud.
• Police Brutality
• Political Drama
• Shout Out: To The Wire (of course) and WarGames. And maybe a few others; we'll see.
• Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism: Hard on the cynicism.
• Utopia Justifies the Means: With various means and utopias.
• Vigilante Man
• Villain with Good Publicity
• Well-Intentioned Extremist: The politicians, police, vigilantes, etc. Few actually think they're being extremists, however—it just kind of builds.
• Where The Hell Is Springfield?: Dunshaud is somewhere in Massachusetts. Or maybe Connecticut. Or Maine. Who really knows? It might not even be a part of this planet. I don't intend to get into it, in any case.