History Literature / DestructiveHarmonics

* SuperWeight: Maenad as a whole is Abnormal Weight when ThePowerOfRock is active, although some suspect them of being potentially higher.
** Artemisia and the Assassin are at the higher end of Iron Weight.
** Pi would count as Iron Weight when just how hard he is to kill is taken into account.

* UrbanLegendLoveLife: Lilja's not celibate by any means, and she does flirt, but her in-universe reputation as a female TheCasanova after AnythingThatMoves is a gross exaggeration. If she had ''that'' much sex she wouldn't have any time left to spend with her [[CargoShip real love]].

* AluminumChristmasTrees: A running gag involves Yanang (a city girl with no interest in plants that you can't eat, smoke, or ferment) not believing that certain plants (including wintergreen, mistletoe, and wolfsbane) are real-world life forms.

* CoolPet: A whole menagerie of them, ranging from tarantulas to peafowl to small sturgeon, but restricted to small-to-medium creatures who don't need extremely specialized living arrangements.

* Myth/NorseMythology: Lilja's a fan.
* NotChristianRock: Valerian likes to use religious imagery on occasion, and she once wrote a song about Joan of Arc.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters

* RapunzelHair: The Assassin (doubles as GodivaHair on occasion), Lilja, and Artemisia, although it isn't as obvious since she normally wears it in an up-do.
** Valerian's hair is a borderline case, as it's about waist-length.

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness:
** The majority of Laugh of the Medusa's songs are in the 5-6 range.
** Most of Maenad's material is a hard 7 or a light 8, though their harder stuff can reach 9 and they've done a few {{Surprisingly Gentle Song}}s.
** Judas Cradle was in the 9-10 range when Valerian was a member.
** Imploded Aneurism is a 10.
** Thanatocide is at 11 and proud of it.

* {{Transgender}}: Lilja.

** One of the {{Fake Band}}s mentioned in passing is called Rosa Sanguinea Gothica, i.e. [[MyImmortal Bloody Gothic Rose]].