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* Most of the "drama" in ''[[Walkyverse|Roomies]]'' and ''[[Walkyverse|It's Walky]]'' is either [[Narm]] or [[Wall Banger (Darth Wiki)|Wall Banger]] material. ''Roomies'' was generally agreed to be [[Cerebus Syndrome]] gone bad, but ''It's Walky'' [[Indecisive Parody|never seemed to figure out what it was trying to do]]. Whether it be the over-the-top [[Wangst]] of Sal (complete with a distracting, out of place accent), the seriousness with which Joyce's "innocence" is given (complete with trauma over forcibly being shown generic porn) that requires ignoring other events to work, the on and off competency/seriousness of the Saturday-morning cartoon-style alien villains, or the excessive amount of time spent mourning the pointless deaths of all the designated victims, the only consistent reaction is to roll one's eyes at it all. At least the comedic parts work fairly well when they shows up.

* Ellen describing her "second life" in ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' would have worked wonders as a dramatic climax... but gets shoved forcibly into this territory when you realize that, aside from one reference almost two ''years'' prior, none of what she's talking about was ''hinted'' at before the [[Info Dump]]. By the time she starts discussing Archie, the chimera without a sex drive, you'll find it impossible to take it seriously.

** This [[Tropers/Katana|troper]] would like to note that it works a lot better when [[Archive Binge|Archive Binging]].

** Also there is a moment when Catalina asks {{spoiler|Susan to go out with her ([[Schoolgirl Lesbians|in that way]]),}} Susan declines, and Catalina runs off. This was a dramatic moment... right up until Catalina says "Assjack!" (A reversal of the highly temperamental [[Genki Girl]]'s favorite word, "Jackass(es)!")

*** Isn't she a [[The Fair Folk|Fae]]? Within that context it makes sense, since Fae tend to be unoriginal.

**** That's unoriginal for a writer, but it's probably ''too'' original for a Fae. It's that third name that kills it.

** Ellen's song in the Birthday Party arc was ''painfully'' cheesy. First off, singing scenes in comics are probably impossible to do well. Secondly, she chooses a song to tell {{spoiler|Nanase}} how she feels, [[Sarcasm Mode|because serenading your loved one is never sappy]]. Thirdly, she scores a perfect 100 after the song's done. She must have put her soul into it.

* ''[[Dominic Deegan]]'': A woman's misplaced hatred caused her to attempt to kill several people by [http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2007-07-07 slowly freezing them to death]. She is thwarted by the protagonist's brother, who channels his magic into becoming ''[http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2007-07-18 SuperGreg]'', modeled on his comic book hero ''SuperMage'', himself a [[Captain Ersatz]] for [[Superman]]. The [[Mood Whiplash]] never settled.