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** Then there's the tone of the comic overall. Is it a chronicle of events that can be taken at face value and seen as a legitimate work of fantasy or does it shift between a gritty tone and a more cartoon-y feel for the sake of entertainment? Which side you prefer tends to automatically place you on one side the comic's very large love-hate war.

** Something from the snarkdom: The Orcs: [[Noble Savage|Noble Savages]] unjustly and [[Anvilicious|excessively]] [[Fantastic Racism|persecuted]] by [[Strawman Political|the Callanians]], or a bunch of vicious barbarians that are not undeserving of the derision and hatred they receive as large portions of their species really do engage in casual brutality and [[Rape as Drama|worse]]. [[Take a Third Option|Or a race as diverse as any other]], with both its heros and monsters, just like the Callanians.

* ''[[The Order of the Stick]]:''

** Vaarsuvius: [[Insufferable Genius]] who occasionally commits [[Shoot the Dog|morally questionable acts]], but still, ultimately, [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|means well]], [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]] who couldn't care less about saving the world, but is nonetheless extremely loyal to his/her friends, or full-blown [[Heroic Sociopath]] who takes sadistic pleasure at tormenting Belkar (not that he doesn't deserve it) and only cares about increasing his/her own arcane power, no matter what the cost? Good? Neutral? Evil, or merely traumatized and in need of therapy? Male? Female? Genderless? A mixed-sex team of ninjas who randomly switch places whenever no one is looking?