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* [[Anti-Hero]]: Adamska. He starts out as a [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes|Type IV]] - he's done plenty of dubious things, but has enough in the way of [[Even Evil Has Standards|personal standards]] that the [[Future Me Scares Me|prospect of developing into]] a creepy old [[Torture Technician|torture fetishist]] [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|with a ponytail]] still [[Squick|Squicks]] him.

* [[Arc Words]]: "What can change the nature of a man?" and variations.

** The phrase is also a [[Shout Out]] to ''[[Planescape Torment|Planescape: Torment]]''.

** The phrase is also a [[Shout-Out]] to ''[[Planescape Torment|Planescape: Torment]]''.

** Also, "Find what your enemy wants, and do the opposite."

* [[Author Appeal]]: the writer seems to be a big fan of Scandinavian mythology.

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* [[The Power of Love]]

* [[Psychic Powers]]: Ocelot, the Sorrow, and Psycho Mantis. Vulcan Raven's abilities may count as well.

* [[Ripple Effect Proof Memory]]: both used straight and with some [[Mind Screw|weird]] variations.

* [[Ripple-Effect-Proof Memory]]: both used straight and with some [[Mind Screw|weird]] variations.

* [[Screw Destiny]]

* [[Set Right What Once Went Wrong]]

* [[Shadow Archetype]]: Adamska gets two - his older self, and {{spoiler|Esau, another former Tykebomb agent of the [[Ancient Conspiracy]].}}

* [[Shout Out|ShoutOuts]]: lots of them, most notably to [[Neon Genesis Evangelion]], [[Planescape Torment]], and [[Norse Mythology]].

* [[Shout-Out|ShoutOuts]]: lots of them, most notably to [[Neon Genesis Evangelion]], [[Planescape Torment]], and [[Norse Mythology]].

** Philip K. Dick gets a few references, too, in phrases like "I hope cyborgs dream of electric sheep, I really do" and "I saw him through glass, darkly."

** "I saw him through glass, darkly," as well as Dick's "A Scanner Darkly," is a [[The Bible (Literature)|Biblical reference]] (from Corinthians: "For now we see through a glass, darkly.").