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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Both the leader of Dark World and the leader of Magic World. Justified in both cases... Dark World is ruled by whoever's tough enough to kick all the ass on the way to the top, and the leader of Magic World was using magic drained out of the rest of the world to power up.

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* AndIMustScream: Revealed as the outcome of Hinto Ama's [[BalefulPolymorph transformations]]; subjects frequently go mad as their consciousness is imprisoned, intact, in whatever they've become... for years.

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* AndIMustScream: Revealed as the outcome of Hinto Ama's [[BalefulPolymorph [[ForcedTransformation transformations]]; subjects frequently go mad as their consciousness is imprisoned, intact, in whatever they've become... for years.



* BalefulPolymorph: Hinto Ama's main power.



* TheCameo: After some trouble in the World Of Magic, the SUEPR agents run into a pair of wizards tracking down the [[BalefulPolymorph victims]] of a supervillain named Hinto, characters from an older group of comics Ian Samson drew.

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* TheCameo: After some trouble in the World Of Magic, the SUEPR agents run into a pair of wizards tracking down the [[BalefulPolymorph [[ForcedTransformation victims]] of a supervillain named Hinto, characters from an older group of comics Ian Samson drew.


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* ForcedTransformation: Hinto Ama's main power is to turn people into whatever she wants, usually inanimate objects.

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** Newcomer Hawk thinks that SUEPR Team Five leader Todo is this: idealistic and generous to a fault, skilled enough to defeat any challenge, and recipient of general acclaim and affection. However, as the entire story is a {{Deconstruction}} of a MarySueTopia, Todo's idealism is sorely challenged by the world outside Reality.

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** Newcomer Hawk thinks that SUEPR Team Five leader Todo is this: idealistic and generous to a fault, skilled enough to defeat any challenge, and recipient of general acclaim and affection. However, as the entire story is a {{Deconstruction}} of a MarySueTopia, {{Utopia}}, Todo's idealism is sorely challenged by the world outside Reality.



* MarySueTopia: An attempt at a {{Reconstruction}}. The grimmer and more complicated elements of such a world are addressed in almost every chapter, but the answer is nearly always much more idealistic than most other works addressing the problems would be.


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* {{Utopia}}: An attempt at a {{Reconstruction}}. The grimmer and more complicated elements of such a world are addressed in almost every chapter, but the answer is nearly always much more idealistic than most other works addressing the problems would be.
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Mary Suetopia has been cut per TRS: [1]. Appropriate examples are moved to Utopia


The titular city is set in a world that is virtually free of crime and unhappiness, where all the inhabitants have seemingly learned to get along without strife -- in other words, a perfect MarySuetopia. The mayor is a puppet -- literally. Everyone is nice, all the time, even if their homes are being destroyed by a tornado or they're discovering their wife is having an affair. And the government? It's literally the mayor, and no one else. And the strangest thing: as wrong as it all seems, it's just as bright as it appears to be: a carefree world where everyone is happy and friendly and nobody lets anything change that. But that may be a problem in itself, for people accustomed to things that constantly go right may find themselves at a loss when things finally go horribly wrong...

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The titular city is set in a world that is virtually free of crime and unhappiness, where all the inhabitants have seemingly learned to get along without strife -- in other words, a perfect MarySuetopia.{{Utopia}}. The mayor is a puppet -- literally. Everyone is nice, all the time, even if their homes are being destroyed by a tornado or they're discovering their wife is having an affair. And the government? It's literally the mayor, and no one else. And the strangest thing: as wrong as it all seems, it's just as bright as it appears to be: a carefree world where everyone is happy and friendly and nobody lets anything change that. But that may be a problem in itself, for people accustomed to things that constantly go right may find themselves at a loss when things finally go horribly wrong...
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* PantyShot: Chapter Five gives us an extensive set of these from AV, due to the need to get Hawk some clothes. The first strip with such is even named "Purple" after their color.
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* NonNaziSwastika: Todo [[http://cityofreality.com/2009/10/15/04-01-goldtrim/ has a shirt]] with one on the front, off-center. It is never shown in its entirety.
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Originally releasing multiple pages every 1st and 15th of a month, updates became more and more sporadic until the comic went into an infinite hiatus. It used to be hosted [[http://cityofreality.com/ here]], but for some reason the host website went down for several years, and while it's returned it has little of the old content. The aforementioned portfolio site has gone down as well, and his [[http://iancsamson.tumblr.com/ Tumblr]] has been inactive for a few years, however Ian's[[http://tran4of3.deviantart.com/ DeviantArt]] is still up and active as of December 2021.

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Originally releasing multiple pages every 1st and 15th of a month, updates became more and more sporadic until the comic went into an infinite hiatus. It used to be hosted [[http://cityofreality.com/ here]], but for some reason the host website went down for several years, and while it's returned it has little of the old content. The aforementioned portfolio site has gone down as well, and his [[http://iancsamson.tumblr.com/ Tumblr]] has been inactive for a few years, however Ian's[[http://tran4of3.Ian's [[http://tran4of3.deviantart.com/ DeviantArt]] is still up and active as of December 2021.
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Originally releasing multiple pages every 1st and 15th of a month, updates became more and more sporadic until the comic went into an infinite hiatus. It used to be hosted [[http://cityofreality.com/ here]], but for some reason the host website went down for several years, and while it's returned it has little of the old content. Ian's [[http://iancsamson.tumblr.com/ Tumblr]] and [[http://tran4of3.deviantart.com/ DeviantArt]] pages are still active, however, and his before-mentioned [[http://kdingo.net/champ/pics/main.php old online portfolio]] is still up.

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Originally releasing multiple pages every 1st and 15th of a month, updates became more and more sporadic until the comic went into an infinite hiatus. It used to be hosted [[http://cityofreality.com/ here]], but for some reason the host website went down for several years, and while it's returned it has little of the old content. Ian's The aforementioned portfolio site has gone down as well, and his [[http://iancsamson.tumblr.com/ Tumblr]] and [[http://tran4of3.has been inactive for a few years, however Ian's[[http://tran4of3.deviantart.com/ DeviantArt]] pages are still active, however, and his before-mentioned [[http://kdingo.net/champ/pics/main.php old online portfolio]] is still up.up and active as of December 2021.
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* BatmanGrabsAGun: At some point while the group is surrounded by hostile Pazcats, Todo resorts to grabbing a weapon and ''taking a your Pazcat hostage'' by shoving it in their mouth. All surrounding Pazcats are [[WhatTheHellHero horrified by this]] (though [[MoralMyopia they wouldn't have been had the hostage not been a Pazcat]])... [[spoiler:Then to Todo's horror, the hostage yells "Pazcats don't lose to fodder!"[[note]]FantasticSlur they use on anything that not a Pazcat[[/note]] and bites down on the weapon, explosively discharging it.]]

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* BatmanGrabsAGun: At some point while the group is surrounded by hostile Pazcats, Todo resorts to grabbing a weapon and ''taking a your young Pazcat hostage'' by shoving it in their mouth. All surrounding Pazcats are [[WhatTheHellHero horrified by this]] (though [[MoralMyopia they wouldn't have been had the hostage not been a Pazcat]])... [[spoiler:Then to Todo's horror, the hostage yells "Pazcats don't lose to fodder!"[[note]]FantasticSlur they use on anything that not a Pazcat[[/note]] and bites down on the weapon, explosively discharging it.]]

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* TheAce: Todo, at least according to Hawk. And he's ''nice'' about it, which makes it even worse.

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Todo, at least according to Hawk. And he's ''nice'' about it, which makes it even worse.
** Newcomer Hawk thinks that SUEPR Team Five leader Todo is this: idealistic and generous to a fault, skilled enough to defeat any challenge, and recipient of general acclaim and affection. However, as the entire story is a {{Deconstruction}} of a MarySueTopia, Todo's idealism is sorely challenged by the world outside Reality.
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* BatmanGrabsAGun: At some point while the group is surrounded by hostile Pazcats, Todo resorts to grabbing a weapon and ''taking a your Pazcat hostage'' by shoving it in their mouth. All surrounding Pazcats are [[WhatTheHellHero horrified by this]] (though [[MoralMyopia they wouldn't have been had the hostage not been a Pazcat]])... [[spoiler:Then to Todo's horror, the hostage yells "Pazcats don't lose to fodder!"[[note]]FantasticSlur they use on anything that not a Pazcat[[/note]] and bites down on the weapon, explosively discharging it.]]
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Originally releasing multiple pages every 1st and 15th of a month, updates became more and more sporadic until the comic went into an infinite hiatus. It used to be hosted [[http://cityofreality.com/ here]], but for some reason the host website has disappeared without a trace. Ian's [[http://iancsamson.tumblr.com/ Tumblr]] and [[http://tran4of3.deviantart.com/ DeviantArt]] pages are still active, however, and his before-mentioned [[http://kdingo.net/champ/pics/main.php old online portfolio]] is still up.

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Originally releasing multiple pages every 1st and 15th of a month, updates became more and more sporadic until the comic went into an infinite hiatus. It used to be hosted [[http://cityofreality.com/ here]], but for some reason the host website went down for several years, and while it's returned it has disappeared without a trace.little of the old content. Ian's [[http://iancsamson.tumblr.com/ Tumblr]] and [[http://tran4of3.deviantart.com/ DeviantArt]] pages are still active, however, and his before-mentioned [[http://kdingo.net/champ/pics/main.php old online portfolio]] is still up.

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* ChooseYourOwnAdventure: A portion of Chapter Five is like this, thanks to the [[spoiler:intelligent and possibly malicious]] rewind device.



* {{Gamebooks}}: A portion of Chapter Five is like this, thanks to the [[spoiler:intelligent and possibly malicious]] rewind device.



* RedHerring: Todo, AV, and Hawk are told the story of Hinto Ama, who was driven mad by the power of transformation, which she would use to turn people permanently into inanimate objects for petty reasons; before this, in the main path of a ChooseYourOwnAdventure segment, they'd come across an insane witch resembling Hinto with green skin, who turned AV into stone, intending it to be permanent until talked down, whereas other paths would have lead to the whole trio being permanently turned into flowers, [[GenderBender all-female]] angel statues, water, or miscellaneous objects. Naturally, she's not the one.

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* RedHerring: Todo, AV, and Hawk are told the story of Hinto Ama, who was driven mad by the power of transformation, which she would use to turn people permanently into inanimate objects for petty reasons; before this, in the main path of a ChooseYourOwnAdventure {{Gamebook|s}} segment, they'd come across an insane witch resembling Hinto with green skin, who turned AV into stone, intending it to be permanent until talked down, whereas other paths would have lead to the whole trio being permanently turned into flowers, [[GenderBender all-female]] angel statues, water, or miscellaneous objects. Naturally, she's not the one.



* TakenForGranite: AV, briefly; Hawk and Todo as well, all permanently, in one of the {{Bad Ending}}s to the ChooseYourOwnAdventure segment.

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* TakenForGranite: AV, briefly; Hawk and Todo as well, all permanently, in one of the {{Bad Ending}}s to the ChooseYourOwnAdventure {{Gamebook|s}} segment.



** Also, part of the fifth chapter is structured like a ChooseYourOwnAdventure game, and there's absolutely no rule of thumb for which action ''won't'' get someone killed or permanently transformed. You'll just have to keep trying until you find it.

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** Also, part of the fifth chapter is structured like a ChooseYourOwnAdventure [[{{Gamebooks}} Choose Your Own Adventure]] game, and there's absolutely no rule of thumb for which action ''won't'' get someone killed or permanently transformed. You'll just have to keep trying until you find it.
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* CassandraTruth: On a worldwide scale. Every other world refuses to belive Reality wasn't responsible for sabotaging its own peace conference, and [[StubbornMule many won't even look at proof in any shape or form.]]

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* CassandraTruth: On a worldwide scale. Every other world refuses to belive believe Reality wasn't responsible for sabotaging its own peace conference, and [[StubbornMule many won't even look at proof in any shape or form.]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:From right to left, the front-most characters are Todo, AV, and Hawk of SUEPR Team Five.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:From right to left, the front-most characters are Todo, AV, and Hawk of SUEPR Team Five.]]



Originally releasing multiple pages every 1st and 15th of a month, updates became more and more sporadic until the comic went into an infinite hiatus. It used to be hosted [[http://cityofreality.com/ here]], but for some reason the host website has disappeared without a trace. Ian's [[http://iancsamson.tumblr.com/ Tumblr]] and [[http://tran4of3.deviantart.com/ DeviantArt]] pages are still active, however, and his before-mentioned [[http://kdingo.net/champ/pics/main.php online portfolio]] is still up.

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Originally releasing multiple pages every 1st and 15th of a month, updates became more and more sporadic until the comic went into an infinite hiatus. It used to be hosted [[http://cityofreality.com/ here]], but for some reason the host website has disappeared without a trace. Ian's [[http://iancsamson.tumblr.com/ Tumblr]] and [[http://tran4of3.deviantart.com/ DeviantArt]] pages are still active, however, and his before-mentioned [[http://kdingo.net/champ/pics/main.php old online portfolio]] is still up.
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repeated link to online portfolio near the other links, so readers are more likely to find the Co R-related art there


Originally releasing multiple pages every 1st and 15th of a month, updates became more and more sporadic until the comic went into an infinite hiatus. It used to be hosted [[http://cityofreality.com/ here]], but for some reason the host website has disappeared without a trace. Ian's [[http://iancsamson.tumblr.com/ Tumblr]] and [[http://tran4of3.deviantart.com/ DeviantArt]] pages are still active, however.

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Originally releasing multiple pages every 1st and 15th of a month, updates became more and more sporadic until the comic went into an infinite hiatus. It used to be hosted [[http://cityofreality.com/ here]], but for some reason the host website has disappeared without a trace. Ian's [[http://iancsamson.tumblr.com/ Tumblr]] and [[http://tran4of3.deviantart.com/ DeviantArt]] pages are still active, however.however, and his before-mentioned [[http://kdingo.net/champ/pics/main.php online portfolio]] is still up.

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!!Tropes in this webcomic
* TheAce -- Todo, at least according to Hawk. And he's ''nice'' about it, which makes it even worse.
* ActionGirl -- AV
* AllThereInTheManual -- Hinto, Danny, and the Manumitor are all from earlier one-shot comics, as well as a recurring victim who was turned into water by a jealous lover (probably Hinto, although the art is too sketchy and the characters too prototypical to tell). Danny and the Manumitor once burst in on a couple from an earlier miniseries. More importantly, at the beginning of chapter 7 and again halfway through, there's a link to [[spoiler:the version that was originally posted, before [[PaintingTheMedium the villain went back and changed the archive]]]]; you'll have to read it to understand a number of things.
* AlphaBitch -- According to AV, the schools in Walk World are fairly loaded with these types of girls.
* AnarchyIsChaos -- Averted.
* AndIMustScream -- Revealed as the outcome of Hinto Ama's [[BalefulPolymorph transformations]]; subjects frequently go mad as their consciousness is imprisoned, intact, in whatever they've become... for years.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking -- A woman's description of [[http://cityofreality.com/2009/12/15/05-098-forward/ everything that's wrong with Magic World.]]
* ArtifactOfDoom -- The Device. It seems harmless enough at first, [[spoiler:until it's revealed to be causing the storm that's killed dozens]]. Then on Magic World, outside of civilization, it becomes sentient and prescient, and no longer needs a power source. Whether it's malevolent or not is up for debate: it certainly [[spoiler:has a sadistic sense of humor]], but [[spoiler:it saves the heroes whenever you/they make the wrong decision, and the one time it resets time regardless of your decisions seems malevolent in the short term, and its stated reason is pure sadism, but depending on whether it was telling the truth in a certain BadEnding, may or may not have saved their lives]].
* ArtificialLimbs -- Clubber has a robotic arm, complete with interchangeable attachments, like an ArmCannon.
* TheAtoner -- [[spoiler:Hinto Ama, in the form of the Manumitor. Unfortunately, Manumitor still has a very ''poor'' connection with humanity and has become a KnightTemplar.]]
* AuthorAppeal -- The artist and writer also does transformation fetish comics. Can you tell?
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking -- Both the leader of Dark World and the leader of Magic World. Justified in both cases... Dark World is ruled by whoever's tough enough to kick all the ass on the way to the top, and the leader of Magic World was using magic drained out of the rest of the world to power up.
* BalefulPolymorph -- Hinto Ama's main power.
* BarbieDollAnatomy -- [[http://cityofreality.com/2010/04/09/07-18-offbeat/ That, or sentient shadows.]]
* BatmanGambit -- Hawk's plan to stop Robber Will, once he knew that he possessed the rewind device.
* BreakTheCutie -- Todo. Magic World has not been kind to him. Fortunately, he's strong enough to take it.

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* TheAce -- TheAce: Todo, at least according to Hawk. And he's ''nice'' about it, which makes it even worse.
* ActionGirl -- ActionGirl: AV
* AllThereInTheManual -- AllThereInTheManual: Hinto, Danny, and the Manumitor are all from earlier one-shot comics, as well as a recurring victim who was turned into water by a jealous lover (probably Hinto, although the art is too sketchy and the characters too prototypical to tell). Danny and the Manumitor once burst in on a couple from an earlier miniseries. More importantly, at the beginning of chapter 7 and again halfway through, there's a link to [[spoiler:the version that was originally posted, before [[PaintingTheMedium the villain went back and changed the archive]]]]; you'll have to read it to understand a number of things.
* AlphaBitch -- AlphaBitch: According to AV, the schools in Walk World are fairly loaded with these types of girls.
* AnarchyIsChaos -- AnarchyIsChaos: Averted.
* AndIMustScream -- AndIMustScream: Revealed as the outcome of Hinto Ama's [[BalefulPolymorph transformations]]; subjects frequently go mad as their consciousness is imprisoned, intact, in whatever they've become... for years.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking -- ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: A woman's description of [[http://cityofreality.com/2009/12/15/05-098-forward/ everything that's wrong with Magic World.]]
* ArtifactOfDoom -- ArtifactOfDoom: The Device. It seems harmless enough at first, [[spoiler:until it's revealed to be causing the storm that's killed dozens]]. Then on Magic World, outside of civilization, it becomes sentient and prescient, and no longer needs a power source. Whether it's malevolent or not is up for debate: it certainly [[spoiler:has a sadistic sense of humor]], but [[spoiler:it saves the heroes whenever you/they make the wrong decision, and the one time it resets time regardless of your decisions seems malevolent in the short term, and its stated reason is pure sadism, but depending on whether it was telling the truth in a certain BadEnding, may or may not have saved their lives]].
* ArtificialLimbs -- ArtificialLimbs: Clubber has a robotic arm, complete with interchangeable attachments, like an ArmCannon.
* TheAtoner -- TheAtoner: [[spoiler:Hinto Ama, in the form of the Manumitor. Unfortunately, Manumitor still has a very ''poor'' connection with humanity and has become a KnightTemplar.]]
* AuthorAppeal -- AuthorAppeal: The artist and writer also does transformation fetish comics. Can you tell?
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking -- AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Both the leader of Dark World and the leader of Magic World. Justified in both cases... Dark World is ruled by whoever's tough enough to kick all the ass on the way to the top, and the leader of Magic World was using magic drained out of the rest of the world to power up.
* BalefulPolymorph -- BalefulPolymorph: Hinto Ama's main power.
* BarbieDollAnatomy -- BarbieDollAnatomy: [[http://cityofreality.com/2010/04/09/07-18-offbeat/ That, or sentient shadows.]]
* BatmanGambit -- BatmanGambit: Hawk's plan to stop Robber Will, once he knew that he possessed the rewind device.
* BreakTheCutie -- BreakTheCutie: Todo. Magic World has not been kind to him. Fortunately, he's strong enough to take it.



* TheCameo -- After some trouble in the World Of Magic, the SUEPR agents run into a pair of wizards tracking down the [[BalefulPolymorph victims]] of a supervillain named Hinto, characters from an older group of comics Ian Samson drew.
* CassandraTruth -- On a worldwide scale. Every other world refuses to belive Reality wasn't responsible for sabotaging its own peace conference, and [[StubbornMule many won't even look at proof in any shape or form.]]
* CerebusSyndrome -- The comic starts out really lighthearted, only to take a darker turn when the SUEPR enter the Magic World. Then it gets even darker in "Second Impressions".
* ChooseYourOwnAdventure -- A portion of Chapter Five is like this, thanks to the [[spoiler:intelligent and possibly malicious]] rewind device.
* ChronicHeroSyndrome -- Todo has this, in spades.

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* TheCameo -- TheCameo: After some trouble in the World Of Magic, the SUEPR agents run into a pair of wizards tracking down the [[BalefulPolymorph victims]] of a supervillain named Hinto, characters from an older group of comics Ian Samson drew.
* CassandraTruth -- CassandraTruth: On a worldwide scale. Every other world refuses to belive Reality wasn't responsible for sabotaging its own peace conference, and [[StubbornMule many won't even look at proof in any shape or form.]]
* CerebusSyndrome -- CerebusSyndrome: The comic starts out really lighthearted, only to take a darker turn when the SUEPR enter the Magic World. Then it gets even darker in "Second Impressions".
* ChooseYourOwnAdventure -- ChooseYourOwnAdventure: A portion of Chapter Five is like this, thanks to the [[spoiler:intelligent and possibly malicious]] rewind device.
* ChronicHeroSyndrome -- ChronicHeroSyndrome: Todo has this, in spades.



* CosmicKeystone -- The Aura Stones appear to each be this for their respective worlds. A major plot point is made of SUEPR Team One's plans to mess with Magic World's stone.
* CrapsackWorld -- Walk World, definitely. To a lesser extent, Dark World and Magic World. Most especially, any place the Pazcats have occupied.
* [[{{Heartwarming/Webcomics}} Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] -- Has a few of these.
* EyesAlwaysShut -- The Manumitor (The first and only time his eyes are seen at all is when he [[spoiler:blows a hole in the wall of the Hierarchy Spire and transforms the Hierarchy into small animals to save Danny.]])
* FunWithAcronyms -- SUEPR and STEP.
* FlatWhat -- That awkward moment when [[MessianicArchetype the good guy]] gives you permission to [[http://cityofreality.com/2011/02/18/08-09-guygirlratio-3/ pursue his ladyfriend]]
* GovernmentConspiracy -- In Magic World, the Hierarchy is out to control all magic for themselves through use of the Etherea Stone.
* HandOrObjectUnderwear -- After one of Hinto Ama's transformations is reversed, [[http://cityofreality.com/2010/01/01/05-108-alakazam/ here]].
* HarmfulToMinors -- No one seems too concerned with younger teens being exposed to sex in Reality: when AV is touring Reality, a couple tells her a very frank story about their love life, and a prostitute makes a case for her to become one at a later date; AV buys a whip (for fashion) at a sex shop without anyone batting an eye; and when Danny and the Manumitor burst in on sex they think is a rape, no one seems the least concerned at Danny being exposed to it. No one in Reality seems too worried about violence, either, with SUEPR, comprised mostly of teenagers, being the ones sent for missions on more dangerous worlds, something that shocks Magic World. It's presented as part of the same IncorruptiblePurePureness that lets small children take rides from strangers and train with guns without worry.

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* CosmicKeystone -- CosmicKeystone: The Aura Stones appear to each be this for their respective worlds. A major plot point is made of SUEPR Team One's plans to mess with Magic World's stone.
* CrapsackWorld -- CrapsackWorld: Walk World, definitely. To a lesser extent, Dark World and Magic World. Most especially, any place the Pazcats have occupied.
* [[{{Heartwarming/Webcomics}} Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] -- Heartwarming]]: Has a few of these.
* EyesAlwaysShut -- EyesAlwaysShut: The Manumitor (The first and only time his eyes are seen at all is when he [[spoiler:blows a hole in the wall of the Hierarchy Spire and transforms the Hierarchy into small animals to save Danny.]])
* FunWithAcronyms -- FunWithAcronyms: SUEPR and STEP.
* FlatWhat -- FlatWhat: That awkward moment when [[MessianicArchetype the good guy]] gives you permission to [[http://cityofreality.com/2011/02/18/08-09-guygirlratio-3/ pursue his ladyfriend]]
* GovernmentConspiracy -- GovernmentConspiracy: In Magic World, the Hierarchy is out to control all magic for themselves through use of the Etherea Stone.
* HandOrObjectUnderwear -- HandOrObjectUnderwear: After one of Hinto Ama's transformations is reversed, [[http://cityofreality.com/2010/01/01/05-108-alakazam/ here]].
* HarmfulToMinors -- HarmfulToMinors: No one seems too concerned with younger teens being exposed to sex in Reality: when AV is touring Reality, a couple tells her a very frank story about their love life, and a prostitute makes a case for her to become one at a later date; AV buys a whip (for fashion) at a sex shop without anyone batting an eye; and when Danny and the Manumitor burst in on sex they think is a rape, no one seems the least concerned at Danny being exposed to it. No one in Reality seems too worried about violence, either, with SUEPR, comprised mostly of teenagers, being the ones sent for missions on more dangerous worlds, something that shocks Magic World. It's presented as part of the same IncorruptiblePurePureness that lets small children take rides from strangers and train with guns without worry.



* HarmlessVillain -- Robber Will. He actually caused dozens of deaths in one incident, but it was so unforeseeable that no one holds it against him.
* HeroInsurance -- Literally and explicitly. One family is happy to have gotten their belongings smashed because they'll get a vacation out of the insurance payout.
* HeelFaceDoorSlam -- [[spoiler:Hinto Ama disguises herself as the Manumitor out of fear of this]]. It turns out not to be necessary, mainly because the disguise is unveiled to SUEPR.
* HeelFaceTurn -- [[spoiler:Hinto Ama]].
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold -- AV appears to have met one in [[http://cityofreality.com/2009/09/15/03-18-newsteps/ this page]]. Who apparently is ''recruiting''. Considering how Reality works, it's likely that this is typical.
* IncorruptiblePurePureness -- Reality's residents. They don't seem capable of negative emotions -- something that creeps Hawk and AV out.
* InherentInTheSystem -- Apparently, TheGovernment and society of Walk World.
* IntentionallyAwkwardTitle -- "Reality" takes as its demonyms "Realist" and "Realistic," which, due to the city's [[PlanetOfHats hat]], generally mean extreme idealism.

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* HarmlessVillain -- HarmlessVillain: Robber Will. He actually caused dozens of deaths in one incident, but it was so unforeseeable that no one holds it against him.
* HeroInsurance -- HeroInsurance: Literally and explicitly. One family is happy to have gotten their belongings smashed because they'll get a vacation out of the insurance payout.
* HeelFaceDoorSlam -- HeelFaceDoorSlam: [[spoiler:Hinto Ama disguises herself as the Manumitor out of fear of this]]. It turns out not to be necessary, mainly because the disguise is unveiled to SUEPR.
* HeelFaceTurn -- HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Hinto Ama]].
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold -- HookerWithAHeartOfGold: AV appears to have met one in [[http://cityofreality.com/2009/09/15/03-18-newsteps/ this page]]. Who apparently is ''recruiting''. Considering how Reality works, it's likely that this is typical.
* IncorruptiblePurePureness -- IncorruptiblePurePureness: Reality's residents. They don't seem capable of negative emotions -- something that creeps Hawk and AV out.
* InherentInTheSystem -- InherentInTheSystem: Apparently, TheGovernment and society of Walk World.
* IntentionallyAwkwardTitle -- IntentionallyAwkwardTitle: "Reality" takes as its demonyms "Realist" and "Realistic," which, due to the city's [[PlanetOfHats hat]], generally mean extreme idealism.



* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope -- Hinto Ama at first used her powers only on villains, and only to incapacitate them. Then she started leaving them that way. Then she started using them on petty criminals, annoyances, and finally, whoever she wanted.
* {{Kid Hero}}es -- Most of SUEPR. Although the ages of the main characters are [[VagueAge not specified exactly]], [[http://cityofreality.com/2009/09/15/03-08-newmission/ recruits may join immediately after high school]], as an alternative to college or apprenticeship. By the apparent adolescence of most and the preponderance of precocious younger children, it's probable that high school ends earlier in Reality.
* KnightOfCerebus -- Didly.
* KnightTemplar -- The Manumitor, obsessed with undoing transformations of any sort, is willing at first to kill AV rather than allow her to remain digitized.

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* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope -- JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: Hinto Ama at first used her powers only on villains, and only to incapacitate them. Then she started leaving them that way. Then she started using them on petty criminals, annoyances, and finally, whoever she wanted.
* {{Kid Hero}}es -- Hero}}es: Most of SUEPR. Although the ages of the main characters are [[VagueAge not specified exactly]], [[http://cityofreality.com/2009/09/15/03-08-newmission/ recruits may join immediately after high school]], as an alternative to college or apprenticeship. By the apparent adolescence of most and the preponderance of precocious younger children, it's probable that high school ends earlier in Reality.
* KnightOfCerebus -- KnightOfCerebus: Didly.
* KnightTemplar -- KnightTemplar: The Manumitor, obsessed with undoing transformations of any sort, is willing at first to kill AV rather than allow her to remain digitized.



* MadeOfIron -- Victor. In his first appearance, he was crushed [[http://cityofreality.com/2009/08/01/01-02-thekids/ by a gigantic monster's foot]].
* MagicAIsMagicA -- The rules of each world are governed by their respective Aura Stones. When people from one world travel to another, they become subject to the new rules unless they bring a piece of their own Aura Stone with them. Chapter Seven is dedicated to Reality's attempts to formally investigate the interactions of the various stones.

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* MadeOfIron -- MadeOfIron: Victor. In his first appearance, he was crushed [[http://cityofreality.com/2009/08/01/01-02-thekids/ by a gigantic monster's foot]].
* MagicAIsMagicA -- MagicAIsMagicA: The rules of each world are governed by their respective Aura Stones. When people from one world travel to another, they become subject to the new rules unless they bring a piece of their own Aura Stone with them. Chapter Seven is dedicated to Reality's attempts to formally investigate the interactions of the various stones.



* MarySueTopia -- An attempt at a {{Reconstruction}}. The grimmer and more complicated elements of such a world are addressed in almost every chapter, but the answer is nearly always much more idealistic than most other works addressing the problems would be.
* MeaningfulName[=/=]ShoutOut -- Magic World has [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch]] Street and Omelas Street (a possible reference to "[[TownWithADarkSecret The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas]]", a short story about a utopian city where the happiness and perfection only exists because [[spoiler:one child is [[SealedRoomInTheMiddleOfNowhere trapped in a dark closet]], starved and filthy]]).

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* MarySueTopia -- MarySueTopia: An attempt at a {{Reconstruction}}. The grimmer and more complicated elements of such a world are addressed in almost every chapter, but the answer is nearly always much more idealistic than most other works addressing the problems would be.
* MeaningfulName[=/=]ShoutOut -- MeaningfulName[=/=]ShoutOut: Magic World has [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch]] Street and Omelas Street (a possible reference to "[[TownWithADarkSecret The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas]]", a short story about a utopian city where the happiness and perfection only exists because [[spoiler:one child is [[SealedRoomInTheMiddleOfNowhere trapped in a dark closet]], starved and filthy]]).



* MentalTimeTravel -- The rewind device accomplishes this, but only for its user. It's more than enough to wreak havoc when used by [[HarmlessVillain Robber Will]], never mind the much darker turn it takes in Chapter Seven.

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* MentalTimeTravel -- MentalTimeTravel: The rewind device accomplishes this, but only for its user. It's more than enough to wreak havoc when used by [[HarmlessVillain Robber Will]], never mind the much darker turn it takes in Chapter Seven.



* OnlyThePureOfHeart -- The strength of Todo's idealism makes him virtually immune to the spells of the Hierarchy. This is actually a principle of the World of Magic.
* {{OT3}} -- [[invoked]] A random couple explain to AV that they chose this when the husband walked in on the wife with another man. Literally minutes after they met her. This {{squick}}s out AV, which the woman then [[LampshadeHanging hangs a lampshade]] on by murmuring that it was perhaps not the best story to relate to a teenager.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent -- What Hawk's people on Dark World prefer to be called.
* PaintingTheMedium -- When time is changed, it's usually represented by first showing the initial version, then having a Flash button to replace the comic with the new version. [[spoiler:Later, when it was changed much more extensively, it was represented to those reading along at the time by going back and changing the strips; new readers are expected to first read the current version, then read the villain's backstory in the original timeline, in a series of pages linked under the strip representing the point of collapse.]]
* PantyShot -- Chapter Five gives us an extensive set of these from AV, due to the need to get Hawk some clothes. The first strip with such is even named "Purple" after their color.
* PhraseCatcher -- The people of Dragon world salute their leader, Big Boss, with "Hail to the fire that runs the machine!"
* PlanetOfHats -- Several mentioned so far. Hawk comes from a CrapsackWorld full of MightMakesRight types called "Dark World"; AV comes from "Walk World", a world so small you can walk everywhere; "Magic World" is a dystopia where every random fantasy and TransformationComic trope is real. All of them are interconnected and wrapped in giant bubbles.
* {{Planetville}} -- Reality and Magic World are suggested to be at least the size of Earth continents, and while Magic World is appropriately diverse, Reality is one big city with some countryside.
* PrinciplesZealot -- The Manumitor is this, and needs to be reminded that he's supposed to be in this to help people rather than to eliminate transformations in general.
* PokeThePoodle -- Robber Will, constantly.
* PuppeteerParasite -- A villain uses one of these to control [[spoiler:Kimmy and the rapist from Shadow World in the changed timeline]].
* QuirkyTown -- Reality
* RedHerring -- Todo, AV, and Hawk are told the story of Hinto Ama, who was driven mad by the power of transformation, which she would use to turn people permanently into inanimate objects for petty reasons; before this, in the main path of a ChooseYourOwnAdventure segment, they'd come across an insane witch resembling Hinto with green skin, who turned AV into stone, intending it to be permanent until talked down, whereas other paths would have lead to the whole trio being permanently turned into flowers, [[GenderBender all-female]] angel statues, water, or miscellaneous objects. Naturally, she's not the one.

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* OnlyThePureOfHeart -- OnlyThePureOfHeart: The strength of Todo's idealism makes him virtually immune to the spells of the Hierarchy. This is actually a principle of the World of Magic.
* {{OT3}} -- {{OT3}}: [[invoked]] A random couple explain to AV that they chose this when the husband walked in on the wife with another man. Literally minutes after they met her. This {{squick}}s out AV, which the woman then [[LampshadeHanging hangs a lampshade]] on by murmuring that it was perhaps not the best story to relate to a teenager.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent -- OurDragonsAreDifferent: What Hawk's people on Dark World prefer to be called.
* PaintingTheMedium -- PaintingTheMedium: When time is changed, it's usually represented by first showing the initial version, then having a Flash button to replace the comic with the new version. [[spoiler:Later, when it was changed much more extensively, it was represented to those reading along at the time by going back and changing the strips; new readers are expected to first read the current version, then read the villain's backstory in the original timeline, in a series of pages linked under the strip representing the point of collapse.]]
* PantyShot -- PantyShot: Chapter Five gives us an extensive set of these from AV, due to the need to get Hawk some clothes. The first strip with such is even named "Purple" after their color.
* PhraseCatcher -- PhraseCatcher: The people of Dragon world salute their leader, Big Boss, with "Hail to the fire that runs the machine!"
* PlanetOfHats -- PlanetOfHats: Several mentioned so far. Hawk comes from a CrapsackWorld full of MightMakesRight types called "Dark World"; AV comes from "Walk World", a world so small you can walk everywhere; "Magic World" is a dystopia where every random fantasy and TransformationComic trope is real. All of them are interconnected and wrapped in giant bubbles.
* {{Planetville}} -- {{Planetville}}: Reality and Magic World are suggested to be at least the size of Earth continents, and while Magic World is appropriately diverse, Reality is one big city with some countryside.
* PrinciplesZealot -- PrinciplesZealot: The Manumitor is this, and needs to be reminded that he's supposed to be in this to help people rather than to eliminate transformations in general.
* PokeThePoodle -- PokeThePoodle: Robber Will, constantly.
* PuppeteerParasite -- PuppeteerParasite: A villain uses one of these to control [[spoiler:Kimmy and the rapist from Shadow World in the changed timeline]].
* QuirkyTown -- QuirkyTown: Reality
* RedHerring -- RedHerring: Todo, AV, and Hawk are told the story of Hinto Ama, who was driven mad by the power of transformation, which she would use to turn people permanently into inanimate objects for petty reasons; before this, in the main path of a ChooseYourOwnAdventure segment, they'd come across an insane witch resembling Hinto with green skin, who turned AV into stone, intending it to be permanent until talked down, whereas other paths would have lead to the whole trio being permanently turned into flowers, [[GenderBender all-female]] angel statues, water, or miscellaneous objects. Naturally, she's not the one.



* ResetButton -- Literally, in the form of a magic device that allows the user to rewind time, undoing all memories ''except'' their own. A bit of Flash is used for an interesting effect: the reader clicks on a reset button on the bottom of a page, and the actual page is overwritten! [[spoiler:In a more extreme example, a villain resets half a chapter.]]

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* ResetButton -- ResetButton: Literally, in the form of a magic device that allows the user to rewind time, undoing all memories ''except'' their own. A bit of Flash is used for an interesting effect: the reader clicks on a reset button on the bottom of a page, and the actual page is overwritten! [[spoiler:In a more extreme example, a villain resets half a chapter.]]



* {{Sarashi}} -- AV wears one as a top in the second half of chapter 2, when she's recovering from a chest injury.
* SayingTooMuch -- When Hawk gloats over having defeated Robber Will, he inadvertently reveals the existence of the rewind device, leading to the admission that he used it to cheat at a video game earlier.

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* {{Sarashi}} -- {{Sarashi}}: AV wears one as a top in the second half of chapter 2, when she's recovering from a chest injury.
* SayingTooMuch -- SayingTooMuch: When Hawk gloats over having defeated Robber Will, he inadvertently reveals the existence of the rewind device, leading to the admission that he used it to cheat at a video game earlier.



* SexyMentor -- [[spoiler: Danny's attraction to The Manumitor after seeing her as Hinto.]]
* ShoutOut -- The mayor is a rabbit. [[VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice What other rabbit was a political figure at one point?]]
* SkySurfing -- SUEPR's hover boards.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism -- The comic contains both extremes in its various {{Alternate Universe}}s. The comic itself, however, is ''very'' idealistic, with even Magic World being a case of GreyAndGrayMorality.
* SmiteMeOhMightySmiter -- A variant, [[http://cityofreality.com/2009/10/01/03-36-expectation/ here]], when Hawk demands to see Reality at its worst.
* StepfordSmiler -- [[spoiler:Todo.]] Played up to terrifying lengths in "Do you Believe In Magic: Part 3", where [[spoiler:he keeps a smiling face even as AV is dying from a gunshot wound.]] Only this time, we get to see his real thoughts at the same time...
* StepfordSuburbia -- Subverted. Immigrants to Reality are sometimes intimidated by the kindness and generosity of the inhabitants, so much so that they assume a darker side beneath. Except there really isn't; everyone is just that nice. Which then makes the conflict with the other worlds so much more dramatic, and in a DoubleSubversion, acts as a justification for SUEPR Team One's attempt to destroy Magic World.
* SuperStrength -- Victor is a lot stronger than most folks, a LOT stronger.
* TakenForGranite -- AV, briefly; Hawk and Todo as well, all permanently, in one of the {{Bad Ending}}s to the ChooseYourOwnAdventure segment.
* TakingTheBullet -- [[spoiler:AV, for Todo]], in Magic World.
* TransformationComic -- Not to the degree that you might expect from the author, but multiple major subplots still center on transformation, and one of the heroes has transformative "[[BuffySpeak zappy-hands]]" as his main attack.
* TrialAndErrorGameplay -- Quite literally done by Hawk to beat Todo's score, thanks to the rewind device.

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* SexyMentor -- SexyMentor: [[spoiler: Danny's attraction to The Manumitor after seeing her as Hinto.]]
* ShoutOut -- ShoutOut: The mayor is a rabbit. [[VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice What other rabbit was a political figure at one point?]]
* SkySurfing -- SkySurfing: SUEPR's hover boards.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism -- SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: The comic contains both extremes in its various {{Alternate Universe}}s. The comic itself, however, is ''very'' idealistic, with even Magic World being a case of GreyAndGrayMorality.
* SmiteMeOhMightySmiter -- SmiteMeOhMightySmiter: A variant, [[http://cityofreality.com/2009/10/01/03-36-expectation/ here]], when Hawk demands to see Reality at its worst.
* StepfordSmiler -- StepfordSmiler: [[spoiler:Todo.]] Played up to terrifying lengths in "Do you Believe In Magic: Part 3", where [[spoiler:he keeps a smiling face even as AV is dying from a gunshot wound.]] Only this time, we get to see his real thoughts at the same time...
* StepfordSuburbia -- StepfordSuburbia: Subverted. Immigrants to Reality are sometimes intimidated by the kindness and generosity of the inhabitants, so much so that they assume a darker side beneath. Except there really isn't; everyone is just that nice. Which then makes the conflict with the other worlds so much more dramatic, and in a DoubleSubversion, acts as a justification for SUEPR Team One's attempt to destroy Magic World.
* SuperStrength -- SuperStrength: Victor is a lot stronger than most folks, a LOT stronger.
* TakenForGranite -- TakenForGranite: AV, briefly; Hawk and Todo as well, all permanently, in one of the {{Bad Ending}}s to the ChooseYourOwnAdventure segment.
* TakingTheBullet -- TakingTheBullet: [[spoiler:AV, for Todo]], in Magic World.
* TransformationComic -- TransformationComic: Not to the degree that you might expect from the author, but multiple major subplots still center on transformation, and one of the heroes has transformative "[[BuffySpeak zappy-hands]]" as his main attack.
* TrialAndErrorGameplay -- TrialAndErrorGameplay: Quite literally done by Hawk to beat Todo's score, thanks to the rewind device.



* [[UncannyValleyGirl Uncanny Valley ]][[strike:[[UncannyValleyGirl Girl]]]] [[UncannyValleyGirl Guy]] -- Hawk, who acts nice but is constantly chafing at [[TheAce Todo]]'s perfection.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight -- Just about everything [[strike:SUEPR does]] in the comic, to the people of Reality. They're used to this sort of thing.

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* [[UncannyValleyGirl Uncanny Valley ]][[strike:[[UncannyValleyGirl Girl]]]] [[UncannyValleyGirl Guy]] -- Guy]]: Hawk, who acts nice but is constantly chafing at [[TheAce Todo]]'s perfection.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight -- UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Just about everything [[strike:SUEPR does]] in the comic, to the people of Reality. They're used to this sort of thing.



* VagueAge -- No ages are ever mentioned, and the art style is intentionally cartoonish and vague as to drive this point home. The [[ShrugOfGod author has stated]] that this is intentional, so he doesn't get tripped up trying to write romantic subplots; however by direct inference from the comic the main characters must be at least old enough to graduate high school, but young enough to surprise people who meet them on other worlds, and to have an apparent growth spurt between chapters 5 and 6. It's probable high school ends earlier, with the apparent precocity of nearly all the younger children.
* WellIntentionedExtremist -- SUEPR Team One are set up as villains for wanting to destroy Magic World, but... are they right?

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* VagueAge -- VagueAge: No ages are ever mentioned, and the art style is intentionally cartoonish and vague as to drive this point home. The [[ShrugOfGod author has stated]] that this is intentional, so he doesn't get tripped up trying to write romantic subplots; however by direct inference from the comic the main characters must be at least old enough to graduate high school, but young enough to surprise people who meet them on other worlds, and to have an apparent growth spurt between chapters 5 and 6. It's probable high school ends earlier, with the apparent precocity of nearly all the younger children.
* WellIntentionedExtremist -- WellIntentionedExtremist: SUEPR Team One are set up as villains for wanting to destroy Magic World, but... are they right?



* WhatYouAreInTheDark -- The reason an immigrant was rejected from Reality.
* TownWithADarkSecret -- Not domestically, as some new immigrants think; order is maintained simply by using empaths to screen immigrants. Internationally, though, Reality has its problems with less incorruptible states.

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* WhatYouAreInTheDark -- WhatYouAreInTheDark: The reason an immigrant was rejected from Reality.
* TownWithADarkSecret -- TownWithADarkSecret: Not domestically, as some new immigrants think; order is maintained simply by using empaths to screen immigrants. Internationally, though, Reality has its problems with less incorruptible states.



* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity -- Transformation magic. Hinto wound up JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope after years as a hero, leaving her [[spoiler:very close]] successor horrified by such magic, even for good; Danny seems to be heading in a similar direction, with his first reaction to an apparent ''rape'' being ''joy'' at having a "real criminal" to transform, and his trigger-happiness sending a bad but possibly salvageable situation out of control.
* YouDidntAsk -- The citizen's reaction to Hawk when he snaps due to them not falling apart from his "experiments" (really attempts to get the citizens to react with a negative emotion).

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* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity -- WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Transformation magic. Hinto wound up JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope after years as a hero, leaving her [[spoiler:very close]] successor horrified by such magic, even for good; Danny seems to be heading in a similar direction, with his first reaction to an apparent ''rape'' being ''joy'' at having a "real criminal" to transform, and his trigger-happiness sending a bad but possibly salvageable situation out of control.
* YouDidntAsk -- YouDidntAsk: The citizen's reaction to Hawk when he snaps due to them not falling apart from his "experiments" (really attempts to get the citizens to react with a negative emotion).

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