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* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: She fatally shot Del and Frank Sr., both guests at her home, mid-sentence by virtue of her trigger-happy nature after they insulted her. Javi, an equally trigger-happy character and guest at her home, later repaid the favour.]]

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* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: She fatally shot Del and Frank Sr., both unwelcome guests at her home, mid-sentence by virtue of her trigger-happy nature after they insulted her. Javi, an equally trigger-happy character and uninvited guest at her home, later repaid the favour.]]
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* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: She fatally shot Del and Frank Snr., both guests at her home, mid-sentence by virtue of her trigger-happy nature after they insulted her. Javi, an equally trigger-happy character and guest at her home, later repaid the favour.]]

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* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: She fatally shot Del and Frank Snr.Sr., both guests at her home, mid-sentence by virtue of her trigger-happy nature after they insulted her. Javi, an equally trigger-happy character and guest at her home, later repaid the favour.]]
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* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: She fatally shot Del, a guest at her home, mid-sentence by virtue of her trigger-happy nature after he insulted her. Javi, an equally trigger-happy character and (uninvited) guest at her home, later repaid the favour.]]

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* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: She fatally shot Del, a guest Del and Frank Snr., both guests at her home, mid-sentence by virtue of her trigger-happy nature after he they insulted her. Javi, an equally trigger-happy character and (uninvited) guest at her home, later repaid the favour.]]
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* KilledMidSentence: [[spoiler: After Javi confronts her about her actions, she begins to give an "apology" only for him to promptly shoot her dead.]]

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* KilledMidSentence: [[spoiler: After Javi confronts her about her actions, she begins to give offer an "apology" only for him to promptly shoot her dead.]]
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* KilledMidSentence: [[spoiler: How Javi executed her during her "apology".]]

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* KilledMidSentence: [[spoiler: How After Javi executed confronts her during about her "apology".actions, she begins to give an "apology" only for him to promptly shoot her dead.]]
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*KilledMidSentence: [[spoiler: How Javi executed her during her "apology".]]
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* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: She fatally shot Del, an (invited guest) at her home, mid-sentence by virtue of her trigger-happy nature after he insulted her. Javi, an equally trigger-happy character and (uninvited) guest at her home, later repaid the favour.]]

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* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: She fatally shot Del, an (invited guest) a guest at her home, mid-sentence by virtue of her trigger-happy nature after he insulted her. Javi, an equally trigger-happy character and (uninvited) guest at her home, later repaid the favour.]]
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* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: She fatally shot Del (an invited guest at her home) mid-sentence by virtue of her trigger-happy nature after he insulted her. Javi, an equally trigger-happy character and (uninvited) guest at her home, later repaid the favour.]]

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* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: She fatally shot Del (an invited guest Del, an (invited guest) at her home) home, mid-sentence by virtue of her trigger-happy nature after he insulted her. Javi, an equally trigger-happy character and (uninvited) guest at her home, later repaid the favour.]]
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* NobleDemon: {{Deconstructed}} as the series goes along. Marty wants to be this, but the fact that he deals with psychopaths with the self control of bratty children and is constantly forced to compromise his ethics as the series goes along proves that he's not much better than the people he works for.

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* NobleDemon: {{Deconstructed}} as the series goes along. Marty wants to be this, but the fact that he deals with psychopaths with the self control of bratty temperamental children and is constantly forced to compromise his already loose ethics as the series goes along along, which proves that he's not much better than the people he works for.
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* EvilStoleMyFaith: After learning what the Snells were really up to, and the [[spoiler: disappearance/death of his beloved wife Grace]], he eventually succumbs to madness and despair, losing his faith in God.
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* DefiantToTheEnd: [[spoiler:When Camila confronts her, Ruth refuses to apologize for killing Javi and yells at Camila to shoot her.]]

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* DefiantToTheEnd: [[spoiler:When Camila confronts her, Ruth refuses to apologize for killing Javi Javi, calling him a monster who deserved to die, and yells at Camila to shoot her.]]
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* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: She fatally shot Del mid-sentence who was an invited guest at her home by virtue of her trigger-happy nature after he insulted her. Javi, an equally trigger-happy character and (uninvited) guest at her home, later repaid the favour.]]

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* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: She fatally shot Del mid-sentence who was an (an invited guest at her home home) mid-sentence by virtue of her trigger-happy nature after he insulted her. Javi, an equally trigger-happy character and (uninvited) guest at her home, later repaid the favour.]]
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* MeaningfulName: Seldom misses a chance to be…[[LamePun petty]].

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* MeaningfulName: Seldom misses a chance to be…[[LamePun be…[[{{Pun}} petty]].
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* BatmanGambit: She pulls a good one on Darlene when she approaches her at a local festival and insults Darlene several times, knowing that the infamously proud woman will punch her in the face. She smugly smiles and thanks her. Sadly, [[DidntThinkThisThrough she didn't count on Wyatt being under her sway and helping her get out of trouble]].


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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Wendy fancies herself a genius and political player, and while she has skill in manipulation and politicking, her lack of foresight often impedes her goals.

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* FauxAffablyEvil: [[spoiler: After Ben's death]], she's dropped any pretense of being genuine to anyone. She plays nice but it's clear as day that she doesn't mean it.

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* FauxAffablyEvil: [[spoiler: After Ben's death]], she's dropped any pretense of being genuine to anyone. She plays nice but it's clear as day that she doesn't mean it. She's particularly like this with people she despises like Darlene.


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* PsychoticSmirk: Shows a particularly frightening one when [[spoiler: Darlene has her heart attack.]] She's clearly reveling in her pain.

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* FauxAffablyEvil: [[spoiler: After Ben's death]], she's dropped any pretense of being genuine to anyone. She plays nice but it's clear as day that she doesn't mean it.



* BoringButPractical: When she's [[spoiler: taking revenge against Javi]], she enacts her plan by getting Marty and Wendy to lure Javi to a place where she could get to him. [[spoiler: It works.]]



* BoomerangBigot: He's rather homophobic, though ironically he proves to be gay himself.



* InsaneTrollLogic: When he and Darlene [[spoiler: kill Del and his crew]] and Marty, understandably freaks out about it. Jacob merely says, as if it's not a big deal, that they'll 'send other Mexicans.'

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* InsaneTrollLogic: When he and Darlene [[spoiler: kill Del and his crew]] and Marty, understandably freaks out about it. Jacob merely says, as if it's not a big deal, that they'll 'send other Mexicans.' Mexicans' to replace Del.



* HairTriggerTemper: Has quite the nasty temper when things don't go his way.



* {{Hypocrite}}: Has triticizes Marty for [[spoiler: blackmailing him with his mother's addiction]], when he exploited Russ and Rachel for his own ends.

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* {{Hypocrite}}: Has triticizes the ''audacity'' to criticize Marty for [[spoiler: blackmailing him with his mother's addiction]], addiction, when he shamelessly exploited Russ and Rachel for his own ends.



* MeaningfulName: Seldom misses a chance to be… petty.

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* MeaningfulName: Seldom misses a chance to be… petty.be…[[LamePun petty]].

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* FatalFlaw: His [[LackOfEmpathy callousness]] and his obsession with catching the Byrdes is what eventually does him in.

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* FatalFlaw: His [[LackOfEmpathy callousness]] callousness]], his inability to not take his work personally, and his obsession with catching the Byrdes is what eventually does obsessive nature ultimately do him in. Also like Del, he just couldn't shut the fuck up when talking to someone like [[AxCrazy Cade]].



* {{Hypocrite}}: Criticizes Marty for [[spoiler: blackmailing him with his mother's addiction]], when he exploited Russ and Rachel for his own ends.
* LackOfEmpathy: While he's shown to care for some people, he generally doesn't give a damn about anybody unless they can serve his ends.

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* {{Hypocrite}}: Criticizes Has triticizes Marty for [[spoiler: blackmailing him with his mother's addiction]], when he exploited Russ and Rachel for his own ends.
* LackOfEmpathy: While he's shown to care for some people, he generally doesn't give a damn about anybody unless they can serve his ends. Marty even calls him a sociopath.



* HairTriggerTemper: It doesn't take much to piss him off, he often loses his temper and threatens people when he doesn't get his way.

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* HairTriggerTemper: It doesn't take much to piss him off, he off. He often loses his temper and threatens people when he doesn't get his way.


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* TheSociopath: Not as much as his sister and nephew, but it's clear that he doesn't give a damn about human life as long as he gets what he wants.


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* DroppedABridgeOnHim: For all his cunning, [[spoiler: Ruth kills him rather quickly and unceremoniusly.]]


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* SmugSnake: He often oozes smug satisfaction with himself and thinks that because he's a Cartel operative, he's untouchable. [[spoiler: Ruth quickly proves him wrong on that front.]]
* TheSociopath: A frighteningly realistic example. He has most, if not all the traits: superficial charm, impulsive behavior, narcissism and entitlement issues, having a monstrous lack of empathy for anyone who isn't him, lacking remorse, and showing disregard for people's boundaries.


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* TheStoic: He generally keeps his emotion in check, which is what makes him so frightening. You don't know if he's planning to kill you or not.


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* TheSociopath: He'll kill people in the blink of an eye without a shred of remorse or shame in doing so.
* TheStoic: So much so that Ruth often derisively refers to him as a robot.


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* AffablyEvil: He's a crooked cop, but he's nice and reasonable enough if you don't get in his way.


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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: While he's a shamelessly crooked cop. He's generally patient and sensible with most of the people he comes across.

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* LackOfEmpathy: While he's shown to care for some people, he generally doesn't give a damn about anybody unless they can serve his ends.



* FauxAffablyEvil: He can put on the facade of being polite, but it doesn't take long for him to reveal his true self.



* FauxAffablyEvil: Seems like a charming, cheerful individual, but he is revealed to be an {{AxCrazy}}, mercurial sociopath who kills people on a whim.

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* FauxAffablyEvil: Seems like a charming, cheerful individual, guy, but he is revealed to be an {{AxCrazy}}, mercurial sociopath who kills people on a whim.whim. Even Omar, who is far from a paragon of restraint, is annoyed by him.

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* ChurchgoingVillain: We see him going to church in Mexico and following a priest's advice.

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* ChurchgoingVillain: We see him going to church in Mexico and following a priest's advice. He also shows himself to be a superstitious man, often talking with Wendy about them, to Marty's chagrin.



* EvenEvilHasStandards: He doesn't kill children, and he doesn't threaten to kill children. He's very offended when Marty and Wendy send their children to a hideout, fearing that he would target them [[spoiler: following his arrest]].

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* EvenEvilHasStandards: He doesn't kill children, and he doesn't threaten to kill children. He's very offended when Marty and Wendy send their children to a hideout, fearing that he would target them [[spoiler: following his arrest]]. He was also hesitant to kill Javi, despite the headaches he caused him, because he was family.



* EvilVirtues: Navarro is an evil, evil man. But he does value honesty and is disappointed in Marty and Wendy for not trusting him. Then again, he didn't help himself by being a mercurial psychopath.

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* EvilVirtues: Navarro is an evil, evil man. But he does value honesty and is disappointed in Marty and Wendy for not trusting him. Then again, To be fair, he didn't help himself by being a mercurial psychopath. psychopath.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: When he realizes he's being set up for an assassination, he snarls at his assassin with defiance.
* FatalFlaw: His impatience, which often gets in the way of his better judgement. Being in a gang war makes this trait even worse.


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* HairTriggerTemper: It doesn't take much to piss him off, he often loses his temper and threatens people when he doesn't get his way.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Coldly tells Wendy that [[spoiler: Ben's death]] was a necessary loss, despite him being her brother. But he finds the idea of killing Javi distasteful, even though he's constant pain in Navarro's ass.
* LackOfEmpathy: He wouldn't be a good drug cartel head if he had any.


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* WouldntHurtAChild: He won't hurt children, and is disappointed by Marty and Wendy's lack of trust in him on that point when they hide them after [[spoiler: the deal goes south and Navarro goes to jail.]]

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* NobleDemon: {{Deconstructed}} as the series goes along. Marty wants to be this, but the fact that he deals with psychopaths with the self control of children and is constantly forced to compromise his ethics as the series goes along proves that he's not much better than the people he works for.

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* NobleDemon: {{Deconstructed}} as the series goes along. Marty wants to be this, but the fact that he deals with psychopaths with the self control of bratty children and is constantly forced to compromise his ethics as the series goes along proves that he's not much better than the people he works for.


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* NotSoStoic: While he generally keeps his feelings close to his chest like his father, he does have them. He's genuinely devastated by Buddy's death, and eventually [[spoiler: Ben's]] which sends him in a rage where he almost shoots and kills Helen. She manages to talk him down. Also, he was pissed at Wendy for [[spoiler: her role in Ben's death]] and cut off contact with her, though he eventually patches things up with her.
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* NotSoStoic: He generally can keep his cool, but when he freaks out, it's quite the display. Such examples includes when he rages at Darlene and Jacob for [[spoiler: killing Del]], beating the motorist who insulted his wife, and telling Navarro that he sincerely hopes that the other cartel kills him by 'cutting his fuckin' head off.'


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* InsaneTrollLogic: When he and Darlene [[spoiler: kill Del and his crew]] and Marty, understandably freaks out about it. Jacob merely says, as if it's not a big deal, that they'll 'send other Mexicans.'


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* AssholeVictim: Petty was a despicable human being, despite ostensibly being on the side of the angels. Even his co-workers couldn't help but admit what a self-righteous prick he was.


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* EvilVirtues: Navarro is an evil, evil man. But he does value honesty and is disappointed in Marty and Wendy for not trusting him. Then again, he didn't help himself by being a mercurial psychopath.


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* AssholeVictim: No one was really sad to see Javi go, except his mother.


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* HiddenDepths: She reveals in her conversation with Jonah that she has a lot of things she's sorry about, including getting herself and her family involved in the whirlwind that is TheCartel.


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* NotSoStoic: She's genuinely scared for her life when [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior Jonah]] pulls a gun on her and threatens to kill her for [[spoiler: her role in Ben's death.]]

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* FatalFlaw: His [[LoveMakesYouDumb love for his wife Wendy,]] which causes him to stay with her despite her increasingly toxic influence.

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* FatalFlaw: He has three major ones:
** His desire to 'win' at all costs. He is given several outs throughout the series, but he refuses to take them because he believes that he can get out of the situation that he's gotten himself into if he's smart enough and paranoid enough. This mindset costs him throughout the series.
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His [[LoveMakesYouDumb love for his wife Wendy,]] which causes him to stay with her despite her increasingly toxic influence.



* HiddenDepths: He reveals that he was a fan of baseball, particularly the Chicago Cubs. He also likes gardening in his spare time.



* FatalFlaw: Her [[AmbitionIsEvil ambition.]]

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* FatalFlaw: Her [[AmbitionIsEvil ambition.]] Much like her husband, she has a desire to succeed at all costs, damn everyone else to gets in her way. But she's not as smart and crafty as she thinks she is and is bitten in the ass by her tendency to bite off more than she can chew.



* ArchnemesisDad: To Wendy. Nathan was an abusive alcoholic in her youth, and tries to take custody of her children just to make her mad.

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* ArchnemesisDad: To Wendy. Nathan was an abusive alcoholic in her youth, and tries to take custody of her children just to make piss her mad.off.


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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Russ can be a huge dick. But he sincerely loves his sons, Boyd, and Ruth (in his way). He also grows to care for Petty until he reveals his true colors.

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* CallingParentsByTheirName: She does this to Mark and Wendy after they first moved to Missouri. Wendy even stated that she began to hate the sound of her own name when Charlotte used it.

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* CallingParentsByTheirName: She does this to Mark Marty and Wendy after they first moved to Missouri. Wendy even stated that she began to hate the sound of her own name when Charlotte used it.


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* VillainRespect: Much like Del, he genuinely respects Marty for his guts and his desire to succeed no matter the cost. He also respects Wendy for the same reason, though he's not above threatening her to get what he wants.


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* FatalFlaw: Arrogance. He thought he was untouchable since he was a well connected member of TheCartel, but then he was foolish enough to insult [[AxCrazy Darlene]] to her face and [[spoiler: got his head blown off as a result.]] Even Helene can't help but admit that she wasn't surprised by how he went out, as it was perfectly in character for him to do what he did.


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* OnlySaneMan: Downplayed, as he's also a ruthless murderer and criminal. But compared to [[PsychopathicManchild childish psychopaths]] like Navarro and Javi, he seems like a well adjusted member of society.
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* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: She fatally shot Del who was an invited guest at her home mid-sentence after he insulted her by virtue of her trigger-happy nature. Javi, an equally trigger-happy character and (uninvited) guest at her home, later repaid the favour.]]

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* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: She fatally shot Del mid-sentence who was an invited guest at her home mid-sentence after he insulted her by virtue of her trigger-happy nature.nature after he insulted her. Javi, an equally trigger-happy character and (uninvited) guest at her home, later repaid the favour.]]
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* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: She fatally shot Del, an invited guest at her home, mid-sentence after he insulted her due to her trigger-happy nature. Javi, an equally trigger-happy character and (uninvited) guest at her home, later repaid the favour.]]

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* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: She fatally shot Del, Del who was an invited guest at her home, home mid-sentence after he insulted her due to by virtue of her trigger-happy nature. Javi, an equally trigger-happy character and (uninvited) guest at her home, later repaid the favour.]]
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* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: She fatally shot Del, an invited guest at her home, mid-sentence after he insulted her. Javi, an (uninvited) guest at her home, later repaid the favour.]]

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* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: She fatally shot Del, an invited guest at her home, mid-sentence after he insulted her. her due to her trigger-happy nature. Javi, an equally trigger-happy character and (uninvited) guest at her home, later repaid the favour.]]

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