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* [[Angst? What Angst?]]: Juliette and Edda are actually pretty excited that they're a lovechild and -grandchild, respectively; even Gran's pleased that her first child was with the passionate and artistic Kiesl rather then the conservative and possibly brain-damaged Bill. Subverted when {{spoiler|they actually meet Kiesl and tell him he's a fool for letting Edna get away and then wasting the rest of his life pining for her}}.

** Averted with {{spoiler|Edna and Bill's son Roger, who is understandably less-than-thrilled about recent revelations and now considers himself to be only half-siblings with lovechild Juliette}}:

* [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]]: After Sister Steve helps Diane with childbirth, Diane gave her newborn daughter the name "Florence Anne" (which was Sister Steve's name before she joined the novitiate); Sister Steve asks for ten more boxes of tissues and the door be closed behind her.

* [[Ending Fatigue]]: Every time it seemed that the [[WWII]] flashback would end, another complication appears to extend things further. One would think it ended when {{spoiler|Edna and Kiesel reunited and absconded to Vienna to get married}}, but then {{spoiler|Edna's son Roger has unexpectedly shown up at Edda and Seth's apartment. There was additional drama with Roger setting off Seth's don't-call-it-gaydar, than Seth falling for a woman while Roger suddenly accepted that he's gay}}.

** To add to that: Diane is an ex-nun and her baby-daddy is an ex-priest who both worked at Edda's old high school.

* [[Fan Hater]]: Brooke McEldowney has a long-standing history of loathing critical fans, even taking on critics on wikipedia and comics.com, and frequently takes jabs at them in the commentary of his other comic, ''Pibgorn''.

* [[Fetish Retardant]]: A critic, wondering why the faces bothered him, suddenly realized that all the women looked like [[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (animation)|Gadget Hackwrench]] minus the mouse ears. There's also the [[Slasher Smile|toothy grins]] sported by the women when they're in the mood.

* [[Squick]]: Even among people as close as Juliette and Edda, is it normal for mothers and daughters to ask if they're wearing the sexy-print bras they bought each other? Also, Gran telling her sexual past to her daughter, with her granddaughter and her entire ballet class listening in. And now Juliette and Edda swapping [[A Date with Rosie Palms|masturbation]] aides]] I mean ''fantasies'' about [[Invisible to Gaydar|Seth]] in various historical settings ''while he's standing right there'' (he should have never brought up his "[[Have I Mentioned I Am Heterosexual Today?]], 'cause I'm totally dating all these hot chicks" phase to Edda).

** Brooke is his own [[Sexy Discretion Shot|hand-jive model]] and Edda is based on his daughter, who is a ballerina and allegedly as wordy as her dad.

* [[Unfortunate Implications]]: Regardless of {{spoiler|Roger}}'s sexuality, it seems that what [[Everyone Can See It|everyone believes is your real self]] is the truth and you must confirm what everyone thinks or you'll never be truly happy (if you think you're happy it's just denial).

** Edda's fantasies about Seth: It's not "sexual harassment" if it's complimentary! Are you saying you're ''not'' attractive and sexy?

** Seth, who is gay, can develop an adoration for people's talents regardless of their age or gender. Unfortunately they decided to describe this as ''falling in love'', so Seth has "fallen" for an elderly female oboe player and his former gay-basher Fernanda. {{spoiler|And then he slept with her and apparently is now in love for real.}}

** Seth joins Edda on her modeling adventure because Edda's pictures are for the men so now the ladies need something too. Yeah, Seth, because there are no ladies who'd look at Edda and no men who'd look at him.

** Seth practically forcing Edda to marry Amos and have his (Amos') child (no abortions!) because it's impossible to be openly gay, get married, and raise a family in New York City in 2012 (though gay marriage might not be legal yet due to comic-book-time and it'd be pretty hard to raise a family while being a(n apparently) single, professional ballet dancer).

** Despite being a grown woman with loving, affluent relatives and a loving (possibly) affluent boyfriend Edda is so [[Idiot Ball|stupid]] and cowardly about possibly being pregnant that a gay man has to practically threaten her to [[Idiot Plot|take a test she could've gotten from any pharmacy the minute she woke up feeling sick]] rather then traveling all over the place and making her loved ones worry.

** The above straw-feminist "preaching pro-choice when she's actually no-choice" (to paraphrase the author).

** {{spoiler|The implication that Gran wants Edda to have the baby despite the fact that, love for her children aside, her own unplanned pregnancy caused her to go from a burgeoning career as an opera singer in New York City to a passionless marriage in a small, presumably artistically sterile Midwestern town. It's probably moot since Edda's going to be fired from her ballet and modeling jobs anyway.}}

* [[Viewer Gender Confusion]] / [[Gender Blender Name]]: A lot of casual readers seem to be unaware that Brooke is a man. One critic thought that this was the only reason he hasn't been completely removed from syndication since readers would protest the canceling of a strong, creative, and sexually-independent female author.