Some people see the following tropes in this work:
- Alternate Character Interpretation: Out the wazoo.
- For instance, "Calvin, reptile with a heart of gold ... or giant monster that wants to eat the planet?"
- The "Grim Reaper" Memphis works for may very well be some other cosmic reality-warper. The details are infuriatingly sketchy. Memphis, of course, doesn't really care.
- For Memphis' part, a social musician at peace with what he is? Or a vampiric monster who sees everyone he meets as food? A little of both.
- Angst Dissonance: Casimiro, you mention him your "dark" past? He'll be sure your future is darker out of his lack of sympathy for everyone and everything.
- Angst? What Angst?: Harper was separated from her parents, and the ability to lead a normal life, by the London Blitz and a roaming vampire. She's remarkably upbeat about it. Slightly justified, as it's been nearly seventy years since her loss.
- Archive Binge or even Archive Panic: YMMV because though reading the whole of the site is at least on par with reading the whole of TV Tropes itself, it is not remotely necessary to understand the setting or any given event.
- Crack Pairing: Their Fun & Games forum contains a topic in which people do their very best to think up the most absurd pairing possible.
- Some have considered pairing Chad Wulf and Casimiro Alvarez.
- Some members have professed to shipping Sevens and Chi. One is a mute girl and the other is a girl trap.
- Fridge Logic: See Acceptable Breaks from Reality, above. Often, such things can be immediately reconstructed by some creative Fridge Brilliance.
- Ho Yay: Most any relationship Chad has.
- Jerkass Woobie: The universe craps on Lucas a lot, but he usually earns it somehow.
- Like You Would Really Do It: See "Death Is Cheap". In particular, there was that one storyline... (Though that one actually did scare a few members for a short while.) Even so, if someone kills off their character without mentioning the plan beforehand, it tends to come off as something of a shock.
- Memetic Mutation:
- The general, sickeningly excessive cuteness surrounding Evy, Sevens, Sam, and Euryleia.
- The general, sickeningly excessive creepiness surrounding Falque.
- The Woobie: There are a few:
- Lucas Greenwood is always hurt somehow, and while comical most of the time, some authors can't but feel bad for the unlucky guy... Then again, he could also be the Jerkass Woobie we mentioned before...
- Samantha Chase was created with the intention of being adorable through the torture she experiences.
- Wangst: Ryan Nevis has a bit of it, though he's not alone.
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