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** Most of the humans (and part-human Celeste) in ''[[Last
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* In ''[[City of Reality]]'' the titular city is so firmly embedded into "idealistic" end of the scale, it's actually [https://web.archive.org/web/20130824151520/http://cityofreality.com/2009/08/01/01-01-monsters/ kind of creepy], to the point that you might think of it as a [[Deconstruction]] of the concept itself. In fact, it's even noticed by some of the characters, and made into part of the plot. Later, however, they face inhabitants of the [[Alternate Universe|other worlds in the universe]], which tend far towards the opposite end of the scale, showing them just what they're fighting for. And ''against'', as their main opponents for Chapter Five turn out to be some of their own people, turned [[Well
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* In the first campaign of ''[[
* In a similar manner, The Game Master in ''[[DM of the Rings]]'' is the only one trying to uphold some sort of idealism. This crumbles slowly as he becomes fed up with his extraordinarily-cynical players.
* In ''[[Harkovast]]'', a lot of the tension between the characters come from those that are more cynical (Shogun and Ki) and how their attitudes conflict with those that are more idealistic (Chen-Chen and Sit Muir).
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* ''[[The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob]]'' plants itself firmly on the idealistic side with [http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20080722.html this] encounter between Bob and [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]] Galatea.
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* ''[[Basic Instructions]]'' is reasonably far over onto the cynical side, as it's full of snark and many characters are distinguishable by their flaws. In many ways, it's similar to [[Dilbert]] in terms of cynicism.
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* Surprisingly for a webcomic set in a [[After the End|post-apocalyptic]] world, ''[[
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