YMMV / Aware

• Arc Fatigue:
  • World [3], Twisted Anteria, lasted 30 pages. This gave it more than half of the comic's pages at its time of completion.
  • World [6] suffered from this, if only because Két was in another person's comic at the time, so Niv couldn't progress freely until she returned.
  • This trope is referenced as the reason Niv increased the frequency of updates during World [10].
• Broken Base: To say the ending has split the fanbase would be a massive understatement. One side claims that it came out of nowhere, went against the themes of the story, completely invalidated all the events of the series and Ket's own development, and was needlessly cynical, depressing and borderline nihilistic. The other side claims that it was a well executed ending and that Ket's fate was thematically fitting, claiming that one of the main themes of the comic has always been her powerlessness and lack of agency over how her story unfolded. A third faction wonders what the other factions were expecting, considering that Niv's previous major project, MUTE, also ended with a sudden shift to dark and depressing drama that ultimately culminated in the main character's death.
• Esoteric Happy Ending: The ending tries to play itself as a hopeful Bitter Sweet Ending, but the fact is, Ket failed literally all her objectives, lost everything, died a pathetic Undignified Death, had her entire journey invalidated and rendered pointless, the Big Bad succeeded in all her plans and got everything she wanted even if she died, and everyone is clearly miserable.
• Fanfic Fuel: The contentious ending has spawned several Fix Fics:
  • Thomasmania, a short sprite comic that details Comic!Ket returning to get the happy ending she deserves, including reconciling with Blaire, reclaiming her wind powers, and being able to defeat Silvena fairly.
  • B.S. Ex Machina, a written fanfic named based on a line made by RP!Ket in the epilogue. Ket wills herself back to life, albeit in the new body that was formed when Silvena possessed her. She renames herself Svet based on the new "union", and quickly discovers that Silvena is now a ghost in her head, not unlike the dynamic between RP!Ket and Jax. Unlike Thomasmania, Svet does not regain her wind powers. This fanfic, due to being connected in part to The Middle Ground (Aware's main hosting site), was actually made "semi-canon" by Word of Niv.]]
• I Knew It!: Audience reactions to both Két being the object of Blair's affections and Két being Phantom Thief Kiara were torn between this and Didn't See That Coming.
• Shipping: Several of the fans have a tendency to ship Két with everyone she interacts with, much to Niv's dismay.

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