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*** It gets worse. She signed him up for Home Economics and got him babysitting gigs, which are stereotypical teenage girl things, without even informing him until they were confirmed. It's especially bad because she's not even subtle about the fact she's thrilled that her eldest son is now a daughter.
* The whole Melna/Stonewater pseudo-[[Rape Is Love]] sequence in ''[[Dominic Deegan|Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire]]''. The characters had reasons for acting as they did, but there are still some things that should not happen. The matter remains a touchy spot for the fandom.
** It went on to receive some major competition in sheer WTF-ery from the "Supergreg" story where a mage in a medieval-ish world turns into an overt knock-off of [[Superman|you-know-who]]. (One could dismiss this as just being intentionally silly, but attempting to [[Mood Whiplash|inject silliness into a story line that tries to be serious]] doesn't always work well.) Probably even more confounding is the [[Freud Was Right|implications]] of the [[Journey to the Center of the Mind|mindscape image]] of Dominic Deegan [https://web.archive.org/web/20140911174404/http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2008-03-30 turning into] a gargantuan near-naked barbarian with "D" on his chest and loincloth, menacing a naked woman with a part of her being reshaped into a phallic symbol, and [[Gag Penis|a package half her size]].
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** Brian was the first character with any personality in [[Dominic Deegan]] for YEARS. The [[Keenspot]] forum adored him. Then it turned out that he was {{spoiler|Rilian in a [[Mobile Suit Human|person suit]].}} The fact that {{spoiler|Brian is the real personality and Rilian's current self is the [[Jerkass Facade]], which means Rilian has a real and interesting personality,}} could reduce the Wall damage a bit -- unless you take it as an appeasement, especially as it will color every subsequent interaction between that character and the protagonists (assuming Mookie brings it up again).
** Szark's [[Heel Face Turn]] being accompanied by a [[Depraved Bisexual|Bi]] [[Pet Homosexual|Gay]] [[Suddenly Sexuality|Turn]] may not be as [[Egregious]] as some of the comic's other offences, but it ''did'' come first.
** The conclusion of the Maltak arc has become an example of this for many. In the end, the characters who argued against the involvement of Callanians in an Orc problem either are dead or have [[Redemption in the Rain|been shown the error of their ways]]; the survivors now revere Luna as a [[Messianic Archetype|divine savior figure]], which carries all sorts of disturbing colonial implications. And Melna, who spent much of the early part of the arc refusing to buy into naive idealism about changing fate, suddenly decided that she can [[Refusal of the Call|change fate if she damn well wants to.]] This proves that Dominic can never ever be wrong. Also, apparently [https://web.archive.org/web/20140921223258/http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2010-01-01 Luna has earned the right to tell the orcs how to organise their society.]
*** To hell with the conclusion,the whole arc was full of wallbangers!
*** Maltak was terrible for, among other reasons, the sheer length of it--it was over a year long--and how little happened during that time.
*** [https://web.archive.org/web/20140213103833/http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2010-02-08 There is also the reaction of the whole world to take into account here.] This had a lot of people on the [[Domi Nation]] forums scratching their heads as to how the Deeganverse version of China or India would be able to help defend Maltak from attacks. For for what matter why.
*** Well, the "how" is easy enough: This is a setting where teleportation magic is fairly commonplace. The "why," however, remains uncertain.
**** Possibly because they realize the connection between thriving Maltak and weakened Callan. They all hate the Callanians (they probably hate everyone else too, this being the Deeganverse, arbitrary racism is really prevalent, but they also fear Callan for its large mage population) and don't want them powerful again.
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