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It tends to go by [[Rule of Funny]]: it recognizes that some things in there are preposterous in the first place. While there are some very serious moments throughout, a large piece of the story is played for laughs. It hangs lampshades constantly, it has more pop culture references than you can count on one hand, and it parodizes stuff. But it can be serious when it wants to be, and when it does get serious it results in some very honest emotional moments.

 

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* [[A Day in the Limelight]]: The entirety of chapter 17 is told from Tali's POV. The trope is even invoked in the chapter title.

* [[Black Comedy]]: A few instances pop up.

{{quote|-- "No, I'm not planning on killing myself." In the conventional sense, anyway.}}

* [[Blue and Orange Morality]]: Played with in reference to the game's Paragon/Renegade meters. Throughout the first fic, Shepard remains in full-Paragon mode. This changes in the sequel to where she is mainly Paragon with a slight Renegade streak.

* [[Brick Joke]]: {{spoiler|The Game}}. More specifically, how the krogan characters all seem to latch on to it.

** Garrus has a brief BSOD when he realises that his girlfriend, a [[Serial Killer Killer]], has become a serial killer herself. Jack, of all people, points out that she hasn't killed any innocents, and nobody gives a fuck about Blood Pack anyway.

* [[Just Friends]]: Art and Tali. Oh, dear Lord. The build-up to their pending relationship is really about as [[Unresolved Sexual Tension|un-subtle]] as it gets. Jenny is quick to point this out when she meets Art for the first time. Leads to copious amounts of both authorial and very literal [[Ship Tease]] when Tali finally joins the crew of the Normandy in the sequel. {{spoiler|Art eventually admits to himself that his feelings for Tali go far beyond friendship-- and it takes [[Poor Communication Kills|nearly losing said friendship]] for him to realize this.}}

* [[Kick the Dog]]: {{spoiler|Tela Vasir kills Maelon right after Mordin spares him.}}

* [[Kick the Morality Pet]]: Shepard going Paragade in the sequel. It's especially noticeable since Art has a tendency to mentally freak out whenever Shepard partakes in any actions he knows earns her renegade points since he's so used to her being full Paragon.

** Art outdoes this in part two with shipping Thane and Shepard. He's even more enthusiastic about it than he ever was with Kaidan and Shepard.

* [[Shout-Out]]: [[Reference Overdosed|Oh, boy.]] There are so many packed in here that your brain would start to hurt if you tried to find them all. Here is a list of the more obvious ones:

** Art gives himself the name [[Dragon Age|Zevran Aranai]] while trying to get Wrex's armor from Tonn Actus. Oddly, Art resisted the urge to ask if there was something in his apartment that needed assassinating.

*** Another shout out to [[Dragon Age]] comes up during Virmire: one of the salarian cities that Art assigns as squad names is Orzammar. He chooses Jarel [[Meaningful Name|Brosca]] to lead that team.

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