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{{quote| ''I seem to have acquired a set of powers which-- which are ''open to abuse'', but I've read the odd comic book. Great responsibility et cetera.''}}
** Then he proceeds to rob a bank. He returns the money when Seph catches him easily and gives him a scolding.
* [[De
* [[Disposable Superhero Maker]]: Strongly averted.
* [[Dystopia]]: [http://qntm.org/?crushed Crushed Underground] is an example of one that is totally necessary to the survival of humanity. At least a few others rise and fall as the world develops technology and has it taken away from them by Anne Poole and the Imprisoning God.
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* [[Earthshattering Kaboom]]: In the [[Final Battle]].
* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: Several of them. [[Big Bad|Oul]] is one, and so is the Imprisoning God. Technically, so is [[Big Good|Xio]], but he spends most of his time [[God in Human Form|in a mortal human body]], with human motivations and goals.
* [[Eleventh
* [[Faster
* [[Fate Worse Than Death]]: Adrian really gets a rough ride of it.
** {{spoiler|Mouka ends up as an [[Unperson]], and only one person remembers him, and he can't do anything about it. It's quite likely he lived for some time after this}}
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* [[The Multiverse]]: Introduced (and created) in [http://qntm.org/?verse 'Verse Chorus].
* [[Mysterious Antarctica]]: Anne and Mitch calculate the Solution in a base on the seventh continent, to keep it from being disturbed as humanity rises and is cast down.
* [[Not So Different]]: In the final installment, [[Wham! Line|Ching reveals that he's figured out that Xio has been mind-controlling the various scientists, just like Oul has.]] There is even some doubt as to whether [[Unreliable Narrator|Xio or Oul is the aggressor]] because Xio would have been as destructive as Oul if he had the power, though [[Word of God|Sam clarified that Xio's story was not misleading]].
* [[Omnicidal Maniac]]: Oul.
* [[Optional Canon]]: Marooned, by [[Word of God]]. See [[Retcon]] below.
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* [[Recap Episode]]: "The Story So Far". See [[Hyperlink Story]].
* [[Retcon]]: [http://qntm.org/?marooned Marooned], formerly the second segment of the final chapter of ''[[Fine Structure (Literature)|Fine Structure]]'', changed the accepted fact of when Mitch/Xio came into his powers, implying a much darker characterization for him. It was sufficiently controversial that it was, itself, retconned out, and is now considered [[Optional Canon]].
* [[Schizo
* [[Sealed Evil in A Can]]: Repeatedly and recursively (cans in cans!)
** Oul's Egg contains the local manifestation of [[Big Bad|Oul]]. Due to the actions of some Soviet scientists, Oul inhabits the body of condemned convict Mikhail Zykov.
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* [[Sealed Good in A Can]]: As the cost of keeping Oul sealed in with him, Xio is unable to leave our universe as well.
** In the [[Optional Canon]] story "[http://qntm.org/?marooned Marooned]", something similar to Oul's Egg is described, shortly before Mitch's accidental death and subsequent possession by Xio. By parallel, this would be Xio's Egg.
* [[Shout
* [[Shrug of God]]: At least one question in the comments on the [http://qntm.org/?faq Q&A] is answered "Who cares?"
* [[Subspace Ansible]]: As far as most of the scientists are concerned, the plot is kicked off by the discovery of the A-Layer, which ''should'' allow faster-than-light communications, but doesn't.
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** All the standard-issue superheroes are [[Flying Brick|Flying Bricks]], most notably Arisa McClure and Jason Chilton. Later members of the Line are stronger, but few manage to live long past their Birth.
** Anne Poole has almost perfect [[Immortality]], although this is really more of [[Blessed With Suck]] considering she got it and then spent 18 months trapped in a coal seam completely conscious and insane.
** Mitch Calrus/Xio can become [[Intangible Man|Intangible]], and extend the effect to things he touches. He can also [[X
** As Zykov, Oul has [[More Than Mind Control]], as well as an unknown degree of super-strength. In the [[Final Battle]], Oul's power is [[Reality Warper|reality warping]], to an even greater degree than Ching, but less imaginatively applied.
** Ching ultimately gains the powers of a self-aware [[Reality Warper]], but he can only warp reality in a particular way once before that option is excised by the Imprisoning God. Any [[Language of Magic|Eka]] speaker theoretically has this power, Ching just has it to an incredible degree due to earthing all of Xio's power in himself.
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** Powers perceive time differently. For a sufficiently high Power, that 15.8 seconds can mean many hours. Plenty of time for them to destroy a whole city.
* [[The Wall Around the World]]: The Imprisoning God prevents any travel out of 3+ 1 dimensional space, keeping Oul and everyone else in.
* [[Wham! Episode]]: [http://qntm.org/?verse 'Verse Chorus], where the story officially makes the transition to [[Anyone Can Die]].
* [[Wild Mass Guessing]]: Just read the comments on the various stories. Note that comments were not there from the very start, but were put in place about halfway through.
* [[Word of God]]: Anything Sam says in the comment threads is this. He generally only clarifies points in his stories, rather than giving new information. The [http://qntm.org/?faq Q&A] is the major repository of [[Word of God]].
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