1 | * BonusMaterial: Of two types: |
2 | ** Patreon-only strips that showcase people not directly related to the current storyline (some voted in by fans). |
3 | ** Erotic comics posted on Slipshine and Erotic pin-ups of the characters in another Patreon. |
4 | * {{Defictionalization}}: After a number of fans asked for a real life version of Dina's dinosaur hat, Willis got some felt and a sewing kit together and started making them. |
5 | * DiagnosisOfGod: Dina Saruyama from ''Webcomic/DumbingOfAge'' was retconned as having undiagnosed Asperger's Syndrome in [[https://dumbingofage.tumblr.com/post/124121859452/hi-willis-community-clips-are-great-and-all-but a blog post]] by the comic's author, David Willis. According to Willis, he didn't intentionally design Dina as autistic at first, but based her heavily on himself; after learning that he likely had undiagnosed Asperger's, he decided that Dina was the same way. It was later stated on-panel that attempts to diagnose Dina didn't go anywhere because the doctors assumed she's just speaking English as a second language... even though she's American and so are her parents. |
6 | * FandomNod: Walky's [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2022/comic/book-12/05-this-was-halloween/booing/ theory]] [[spoiler:that Mike didn't die and was put in witness protection instead]], despite being published after a long period of the fandom speculating the exact same thing, [[AvertedTrope isn't an example]] -- according to [[https://www.patreon.com/posts/early-update-for-70005928 Willis' comment on Patreon]] it was planned since before the timeskip, [[spoiler:before Mike's death was confirmed.]] |
7 | * MarthDebutedInSmashBros: The youngest [=DeSanto=] sister, Riley, premiered as a twelve-year-old in this comic before appearing as an adult in ''Shortpacked.'' |
8 | * ShrugOfGod: Is the new Alex the same person as old Alex post-transition? Willis notes that it's a popular head-canon and will not weigh in definitively. (New Alex is trans, though.) |
9 | * TeasingCreator: |
10 | ** Assisted by the months-long buffer. |
11 | ** In a point of the story where [[spoiler:Mike's fate was left ambiguous]] and he was last seen [[DisneyDeath tackling a villain off a balcony]], Willis linked to a Webcomic/SomethingPositive strip offhandedly alluding to this. [[https://somethingpositive.net/comic/hardly-appropriate/ It can be found here, if you don't mind the above spoiler]]. |
12 | * WhatCouldHaveBeen: |
13 | ** Originally Dorothy was not going to have a role bigger than "Danny's Ex." |
14 | ** Willis has posted some strips on his Patreon that for one reason or another he rejected from 'canon'. |
15 | * WriteWhoYouKnow: This applies to a bunch of characters. |
16 | ** Most of all it applies to Joyce and her amazingly sheltered views. In Willis' own words, he used to ''be'' her. |
17 | ** Joyce's mother is based on [[http://itswalky.tumblr.com/post/133847635397/i-dont-talk-to-my-mom-anymore-whenever-we-had Willis' own mother]]. |
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