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* Formerly [[Lawful Stupid]] Cale, from ''[[Looking for Group]]'' has certainly come a long way since the comic started. Due to the influence of [[Token Evil Teammate|undead warlock]] [[Omnicidal Maniac|Richard]], cynical companions [[Poisonous Friend|Pella]], [[Action Girl|Benny]], and [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Krunch Bloodrage]], and the fact that his new Kingdom was {{spoiler|[[Powered by a Forsaken Child]]}}, Cale has become far more flexible with regards to his morals, and even smiles when he sees an old foe intimidated by Richard's undead townsfolk.
* Formerly [[Lawful Stupid]] Cale, from ''[[Looking for Group]]'' has certainly come a long way since the comic started. Due to the influence of [[Token Evil Teammate|undead warlock]] [[Omnicidal Maniac|Richard]], cynical companions [[Poisonous Friend|Pella]], [[Action Girl|Benny]], and [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Krunch Bloodrage]], and the fact that his new Kingdom was {{spoiler|[[Powered by a Forsaken Child]]}}, Cale has become far more flexible with regards to his morals, and even smiles when he sees an old foe intimidated by Richard's undead townsfolk.
* ''[[Homestuck]]'' has several points where it gets darker and grimmer: playing a ''[[The Sims]]'' [[X Meets Y|Meets]] ''[[EarthBound]]'' game causes [[The End of the World as We Know It]], when we learn that [[Anyone Can Die]] and {{spoiler|winning the game won't save them}}, when [[Eldritch Abomination]]s are revealed to be real, when we meet [[Jerkass Facade|the Trolls]] and ''their'' [[Crapsack World]] ends, and most recently when Rose has started to [[Screw Destiny]] with a passion, aided by the aforementioned abominations. Fortunately it never gets ''too'' dark:
* ''[[Homestuck]]'' has several points where it gets darker and grimmer: playing a ''[[The Sims]]'' [[X Meets Y|Meets]] ''[[EarthBound]]'' game causes [[The End of the World as We Know It]], when we learn that [[Anyone Can Die]] and {{spoiler|winning the game won't save them}}, when [[Eldritch Abomination]]s are revealed to be real, when we meet [[Jerkass Facade|the Trolls]] and ''their'' [[Crapsack World]] ends, and most recently when Rose has started to [[Screw Destiny]] with a passion, aided by the aforementioned abominations. Fortunately it never gets ''too'' dark:
{{quote|'''{{color|#b536de| tentacleTherapist (Rose):}}'''{{color|#b536de| I'm not actually trying to caricaturize a grim sorcerer.}}
{{quote|<span style{{=}}"color:#b536de;">'''tentacleTherapist (Rose)''': I'm not actually trying to caricaturize a grim sorcerer.</span>
'''{{color|#b536de| TT:}}''' {{color|#b536de| There's still a perfectly intact piece of my mind which realizes how ridiculous it is to be flying across rainbow oceans with a couple of magic wands and a salamander in a little cowl.}}
<span style{{=}}"color:#b536de;">'''TT''': There's still a perfectly intact piece of my mind which realizes how ridiculous it is to be flying across rainbow oceans with a couple of magic wands and a salamander in a little cowl.</span>
[a bit later]
[a bit later]
'''{{color|#0715cd| ectoBiologist (John):}}''' {{color|#0715cd| maybe later, i will drop by your planet again and rescue you, thus breaking the spooky spell put on you by your nefarious, shadowy masters.}}
<span style{{=}}"color:#0715cd;">'''ectoBiologist (John)''': maybe later, i will drop by your planet again and rescue you, thus breaking the spooky spell put on you by your nefarious, shadowy masters.</span>
'''{{color|#0715cd| EB:}}''' {{color|#0715cd| that way you will stop being so}} [[Lampshade Hanging|grimdark and ominous, and basically completely off the deep end in every way, as is now painfully obvious to anyone with a brain.]]
<span style{{=}}"color:#0715cd;">'''EB''': that way you will stop being so</span> [[Lampshade Hanging|grimdark and ominous, and basically completely off the deep end in every way, as is now painfully obvious to anyone with a brain.]]
'''{{color|#b536de| TT:}}''' {{color|#b536de| [[Ship Tease|Swoon!]]}} }}
<span style{{=}}"color:#b536de;">'''TT''': [[Ship Tease|Swoon!]]</span>}}
** [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005342 Oh, it gets dark all right.]
** [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005342 Oh, it gets dark all right.]
** And of course, there's when Rose [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005543 actually goes grimdark.]
** And of course, there's when Rose [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005543 actually goes grimdark.]

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tentacleTherapist (Rose): I'm not actually trying to caricaturize a grim sorcerer.
TT: There's still a perfectly intact piece of my mind which realizes how ridiculous it is to be flying across rainbow oceans with a couple of magic wands and a salamander in a little cowl.
[a bit later]
ectoBiologist (John): maybe later, i will drop by your planet again and rescue you, thus breaking the spooky spell put on you by your nefarious, shadowy masters.
EB: that way you will stop being so grimdark and ominous, and basically completely off the deep end in every way, as is now painfully obvious to anyone with a brain.
TT: Swoon!