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** Chapter 53 have the Benerit inner circle celebrate together because [[spoiler:Norea and Suletta have just uncovered the last clues they need to track down Cathedra and wipe them out for good along with all their allies in CAUL. Miorine even assures that she'll protect Shaddiq from the NEU when that time comes. And then everyone receives messages that the Valkyries are doing ''something'' horrific on the Moon, supposedly on Shaddiq's orders]].

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** Chapter 53 have the Benerit inner circle celebrate together because [[spoiler:Norea and Suletta have just uncovered the last clues they need to track down Cathedra and wipe them out for good along with all their allies in CAUL. Miorine even assures that she'll protect Shaddiq from the NEU when that time comes. And then everyone receives messages that about the Valkyries are doing ''something'' horrific battle on the Moon, supposedly on Shaddiq's orders]].Luna, and subsequent Glass Moon Incident]].
-->"We were so close!" she wailed, only semi-coherent. "We... we were so close, Suletta!"
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** The officiant at Sabina and Nika's wedding happened to be [[spoiler:Chuchu's papa Nanami, and the free port they got married at happened to be what remains of Fólkvangr]].

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** The officiant at Sabina and Nika's wedding happened to be [[spoiler:Chuchu's papa Nanami, and the free port they got married at happened to be what remains of Fólkvangr]]. Subverted in chapter 60, where Nika muses on how they were both driven there by circumstances that could have no other outcomes; They needed a port that would take them in that was in range, and the officiant needed the same.
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** Chapter 59 cuts directly from [[spoiler:Ericht, the god of the Aeriali, unleashing devastation upon Luna with no care for the innocents she kills, to some Aeriali children praising Norea as the Saint of Luck]].
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* {{Mordor}}: [[spoiler:Luna, in the aftermath of the Glass Moon Incident, has been turned into a desolate wasteland of black melted regolith, with the remains of structurs still visible here and there. The only interruption to the black devastation are blooms of Permet that almost resemble twisted uncanny hands, growing from the moon's many mines]].


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* OrbitalBombardment: The Glass Moon Incident. [[spoiler:After the last tethers of her sanity snaps, Ericht respons to the Cathedra presence on Luna by giving the population two hours to evacuate (the civilians that is, Cathedra forces she kills on sight) before directing her gundnodes to cover the entire surface in hailfire. The audience is only treated to a small shot of it on Norea's phone, but in the aftermath, the entire surface has been turned into a plane of black glass (or fulgurite) with the burned skeletons of human structures poking out. The only interruption to the devastation are blooms of permet that grew out of the moon's many permet mines towards Aerial at the height of the bombardment]].
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* ShownTheirWork: The fic includes a lot of allusions to Irish and Celtic mythology, well as historical events ranging from the infamous to the obscure, and the works of Creator/WilliamShakespeare. The author just so happens to be an academic.

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* ShownTheirWork: The fic includes a lot of allusions to Irish and Celtic mythology, well as historical events ranging from the infamous to the obscure, and the works of Creator/WilliamShakespeare. After Notrette's research notes become a factor, the fic also starts involving a lot of accurate botanical concepts. The author just so happens to be an academic.
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** In chapter 58, Belmeria's internal monologue compares [[spoiler:Ericht's takeover of Quiet Zero]] to her first encounter with the Gundam Morrigan, all the way back in chapter 1.


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* DoubleTake: In chapter 58, Sabina tells Nika that she shouldn't be fighting for a while due to her condition. She clearly expects Nika to refuse, so launches into a reasoning for why even after Nika has said yes, before doubling back to see if she heard her right.


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* LastSecondChance: Just before she [[spoiler:goes under for her treatment, Elnora tells Ericht that they're both tired and that they can just drop everything. Stop fighting, leave the responsibilities to Nika, just rest. Ericht clearly want to agree, but thinks that their enemies won't let them, and she won't stop until she's cleansed the heavens]].
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* SynchronousEpisodes: The end of chapter 57 and the start of chapter 58 take place at the same time.
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* AdaptationalExplanation: The fic in chapter 58 gives a detailed explanation for how Permet Burn works (the painful red markings that appear on characters faces when piloting gundams in the show); All humans in the setting have permet within their body as a result of breathing in particles of it their entire life. This is usually harmless, but upon overexposure to raw permet or worse, the Datastorm, the particles are excited and attempt to form connections with everything, including ambient permet, the machinery around them, and even parts of the body that are needed for it to function. This both causes them to heat up (hence the "burn" part of permet burn), and to cannibalize parts of the body for resources, which is clearly not good for one's health. If this happes repeatedly, it can cause Spontaneous Permet Growth, the permet particles forming clusters and starting to grow and replace parts of the body, a concept that's original to the fic.
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* CrypticBackgroundReference: Apparently the Peil CEOs were at one point seven before Peil Grade ordered them downsized.

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* CrypticBackgroundReference: Apparently the Peil CEOs [=CEOs=] were at one point seven before Peil Grade ordered them downsized.
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** Chapter 57 reveals that [[spoiler:"Faceless", the assassin who attacked Suletta, is the former Enhanced Person #2]].
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* RealitySubtext: ''The Morrigan'' was written at the height of the AI art craze, and certain elements of current events are recognizeable in the text. Norea and Elan note that Peil's own AI, Peil Grade, isn't truly intelligent and is more an advanced algorithm with flaws like an inability to recognize humans, which is also a flaw of real life "AI" models; Ericht's projected form is at one point noted to have the wrong number of fingers, which is a common sign that an image is AI generated; and the Capgras Veil is noted to generate random faces that don't look ''quite'' right.
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* RealitySubtext: ''The Morrigan'' was written at the height of the AI art craze, and certain elements of current events are recognizeable in the text. Norea and Elan note that Peil's own AI, Peil Grade, isn't truly intelligent and is more an advanced algorithm with flaws like an inability to recognize humans, which is also a flaw of real life "AI" models; Ericht's projected form is at one point noted to have the wrong number of fingers, which is a common sign that an image is AI generated; and the Capgras Veil is noted to generate random faces that don't look ''quite'' right.
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* AtrociousAlias: Invoked. Norea thinks that giving dark and mysterious codenames to their enemies only serves to make them seem scarier, so she prefers to nickname the assassin who went after [[spoiler:Suletta]] "Dickhead" or "Fumbles."

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* EnemyCompassion: When Petra, a high-ranking official of the Benerit Group, ends up at [[spoiler:Quiet Zero, she's surprised that it's far from as terrifying as she had always thought. The people working there are kind and compassionate, insisting that she's not a prisoner and will help her get in contact with home once the situation is less tense, and invite her to join them at after-work activities. One even strikes up a friendly chat with her about boots, of all things, and the captain who debriefs her is kind to her. Overall, she finds that the boogeyman of all the CAUL's propaganda is a mostly regular front full of normal people]].



** Throughout books 2 and 3, Ericht's SanitySlippage has slowly gotten worse because of many different factors, namely Prospera working herself to death. Nika eventually realizes and forces [[spoiler:Prospera to recognize it too, convincing her to drop her responsibilities long enough to undergo treatment and help her daughter. Things finally look like they're going up... until a Cathedra cell is revealed on Luna, leading Prospera to decide that it's too risky to leave her work now and go back on her promise. This ends up being the final straw that makes Ericht snap and go full AGodAmI]].



* {{Irony}}: It's noted several times the irony that Guel, the son of the CEO of a company that manufactures weapons for oppressing Earthians, is far more dedicated to saving lives and sparing Earth as much devastation as possible than Shaddiq, who grew up in the middle of that devastation but takes a "Needs of the many" approach.

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It's noted several times the irony that Guel, the son of the CEO of a company that manufactures weapons for oppressing Earthians, is far more dedicated to saving lives and sparing Earth as much devastation as possible than Shaddiq, who grew up in the middle of that devastation but takes a "Needs of the many" approach.approach.
** In chapter 57, [[spoiler:Petra is nervous about talking to Chuchu because she expects Chuchu to resent her for having nearly gotten Felsi killed, not to mention having been compliant to the Benerit Group's crimes. When she finally builds up the courage, Chuchu turns out to be equally afraid that Petra doesn't want to be her friend anymore because she left to join Dawn of Fold without telling her, and certainly doesn't blame Petra for having been a cog in a massive machine or being a civilian caught up in a warzone]].


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* SkeletonsInTheCoatCloset:
** Nona, one of the Children of the Coven, is a PerkyGoth who likes to appear either with skeleton makeup or as just a skeleton wholesale.
** [[spoiler:When Petra goes to Quiet Zero, she's surprised that it looks like a regular front because she half expected a bunch of skulls decorating everything going by Prospera's fearsome reputation]].


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* SpaceWhaleAesop: Petra muses that if she could go back in time to her Asticassia days, she would tell herself to stop being a bully because you never know which of your classmates is gonna grow up to be the military dictator of an entire planet.


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* TookALevelInKindness: Discussed. When Petra is surprised that Chuchu isn't doing her usual "Spacian turds" routine, Chuchu explains that a lot of her and Felsi's issues alike back in Asticassia were the result of being a kids going through emotional times, a crush they didn't want to acknowledge, and just being bad at being people.
-->"Petra, Felsi and I were kids. I was away from home for the first time, scared, missing my dads, and nursing a crush I didn’t want to admit to. And I’m sure you don’t need a reminder of what Pineapple was going through back then. Of course we weren’t nice to one another; we were bad at being people. But you and me? We’re adults now. Things have changed. I don’t have the time to get angry at every little thing anymore."


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* WhamEpisode: Chapter 57 starts out as a BreatherEpisode, focusing on characters reacting to recent events, some heartwarming relationship building and reunions, and one surprising but ultimately inconsequential revelation. Then the final scene [[spoiler:has Ericht go completely off the deep end after Prospera goes back on her word to undergo lifesaving treatments, going full AGodAmI mode and declaring her intent to burn away everything that she perceives as a threat to her mother until "the heavens are silent."]]
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* SaveTheVillain: [[spoiler:In the fight on Luna, the Valkyries and Morrigan and her pilots alike are thrown into the datastorm. While Morrigan and Nika can save themselves and Sabina, and the Valkyries too can get out, Renee is too injured to escape, and drags her sisters down with her (metaphorically speaking). Sophie wants to leave them all to rot, but Nika insists on going down to save Renee, reasoning that Renee is Sabina's sister, and her dying would only cause their wife pain. Morrigan eventually relents and pulls all six of them back to reality]].
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* FriendlyZombie: [[spoiler:A group of ruined and decommissioned Gundculpa on Luna fit the trope in spirit, being former humans in ruined robot bodies who come to the heroes' rescue when Sophie calls for help]].


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* NotEvilJustMisunderstood: [[spoiler:Morrigan considers the Gundculpa vile and abominable, souls forcibly crammed into gundam shells against their will. However, the only evil are those who made them like this, and the souls inside are still fundamentally human. When Sophie calls out for help during the battle on Luna, nearby decommissioned Gundculpa hear her and come to her aid, saving her life and the lives of her wives at the cost of their last powersupply]].
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* BigDamnHeroes: During the [[spoiler:fight between Nemain and Morrigan on Luna, the pilots are all thrown into the datastorm and nearly drown, with only Sophie remaining aware enough to call out for help. Her call is heard by a group of decommissioned Gundculpa in a nearby Cathedra fascility, which awaken from their slumber and come to her rescue, pulling Morrigan and Nemain apart and giving Sophie a lifeline to drag herself and her wives out of the storm. They die immediately after, their power run out, but Sophie is grateful for what they did]].


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* TooSpicyForYogSothoth: During their fight, [[spoiler:Morrigan stabs Nemain with their Weregild blade and uses it for the opposite of what it usually does; Instead of draining Nemain's permet, they instead pump it full, pushing its pilots far past safe permet scores and throwing them into the datastorm. This also happens to be what the Nemain's cliona bits do, and the result is essentially the Triune and Morrigan trying to drown each other by overfeeding]].
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* WithUsOrAgainstUs: Tre rumours among the SAL that Guel has sympathies for the Dawn of Fold because of his time as their prisoner of war, and many demand that he prove his loyalties. I reality, Guel's sympathies lie less with the Dawn of Fold and more with Earthians in general.

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* WithUsOrAgainstUs: Tre There are rumours among the SAL that Guel has sympathies for the Dawn of Fold because of his time as their prisoner of war, and many demand that he prove his loyalties. I reality, Guel's sympathies lie less with the Dawn of Fold and more with Earthians in general.

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* SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil: one of the trades spacian industry deal with is prisoner labour, arresting Earthians for minor offenses and putting them to forced work in the most dangerous jobs, even buying and selling prisoners for work. It's slavery in all but name, and worse, there's an entire sub-market for children. After [[spoiler:Norea and Suletta discover an ex-Dawn of Fold cell that have been ferrying these child slaves, Norea throws up from a mixture of disgust and trauma from her own childhood, having been in a similar position before she was brought to Ochs Earth, and resolves to kill everyone responsible]].

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* SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil: one One of the trades spacian industry deal with is prisoner labour, arresting Earthians for minor offenses and putting them to forced work in the most dangerous jobs, even buying and selling prisoners for work. It's slavery in all but name, and worse, there's an entire sub-market for children. After [[spoiler:Norea and Suletta discover an ex-Dawn of Fold cell that have been ferrying these child slaves, Norea throws up from a mixture of disgust and trauma from her own childhood, having been in a similar position before she was brought to Ochs Earth, and resolves to kill everyone responsible]].


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* TruthInTelevision: One of the grossly unethical things done by the Benerit group for profit is arresting people for minor offenses and put them to work in what amounts to slave labour. This is very much real and a common criticism of the American judicial system, which still allows slavery if the slave is an inmate.

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* ShoutOut:
** A few Earthians in chapter 8 speak Belter Creole, from ''Literature/TheExpanse''.
** WordOfGod is that the scene of the Morrigan clinging to the side of a skyscraper was inspired by the scene in ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'' where the titular Count climbs down a sheer castle wall "In lizard-like fashion".
** Guel has an apron with a cartoon chicken and the text "Behold, a man!", a reference to a story about Creator/{{Diogenes}} the Cynic.
** This line from chapter 19:
--->[[Film/ThePhantomMenace A surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one.]]
** Norea is fond of Creator/EdgarAllanPoe, and even uses a quote from one of his short stories as her codephrase with Elan.
** Elan at one point considered using Snorri as an alias, presumably in reference to the Icelandic poet and scribe Creator/SnorriSturluson.
** The people in the stream chat in chapter 21, with the exception of Go-Between-Queen and [=Birdwatcher2=] (Nika and Sabina respectively), are characters from previous ''Gundam'' anime.
** In chapter 29, Elan #4 is trying to learn [[Music/TheEagles "Hotel California"]] on the guitar.
** Also in chapter 29, Elan's chase leads to the destruction of a [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender cabbage cart, much to the owner's dismay]].
** Norea is a fan of Music/{{ABBA}}, and mentions that their music was adapted into [[Film/MammaMia one of the most enduring stage musicals]].
** It's mentioned that a [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam tequilla company once modified a demi-garrison as a mascot, sombrero and all]].
** When they first meet, Norea becomes Yushura's favourite by asking [[Series/DiffrentStrokes "What'cha talkin' about?"]].
** Yaya's mobile suit, the Glaistig, is an absurdly well-armed modified Dilanza Sol with four legs intended to resemble something from ''VideoGame/ArmoredCoreVIFiresOfRubicon''. More directly it's inspired by [[https://twitter.com/konkatsubaron/status/1707660496605004140/photo/1 this]] Lfrith Ur kitbash by @konkatsubaron.
** In chapter 35, Ericht says ominously "[[Literature/TheShining We all float down here]]". [[spoiler:Morrigan]]] doesn't get the reference.
** In the costume party in chapter 36, Miorine and Suletta are dressed as [[VideoGame/EldenRing a white witch and her loyal wolf knight]] respectively.
** During a meeting where everyone are dressed as witches, Miorine thinks [[Theatre/{{Macbeth}} "Double double toil and trouble"]].
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*** Suletta (in her Hound Knight halloween costume), falls asleep [[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} on top of a dog house]].
*** Elan and Norea are dressed as Theatre/PunchAndJudy (Elan is, Norea ditched her costume as soon as she could), Felsi as Creator/BruceLee in ''Film/GameOfDeath'', and Chuchu (according to word of god) as [[Film/{{Rocky}} Rocky Balboa]], replacing the American flag with a [[spoiler:Dawn of Fold one]].
*** Rajan [[spoiler:killing Delling is done in the same manner as [[Film/{{Gladiator}} Commodus killing Marcus Aurelius]]. Ironically, Rajan had in the same scene lamented that the good emperor Aurelius was followed by the incompetent tyrant Commodus]].
** The meeting between Shaddiq and the Valkyries in chapter 43 is a direct allusion to ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'', with a TheWeirdSisters trio telling an ambitious young man that he will become a monarch (as they put it, "emperor of everything"), but won't get the chance to enjoy it.
** In chapter 44, [[spoiler:Elan Lugh]] refers to their library as a [[ComicBook/DoctorStrange Sanctum Sanctorum]].
** In chapter 51, [[spoiler:Elan Lugh]] plays his song-recognition game with Music/AndrewWK's "Party Hard" and Music/JohnnyCash's "God's Gonna Cut You Down".
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** The Glaistig has four legs and can only fight in proximity to its home station, like a spider guarding its web.

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** The Langlands has a general spider motif, namely in how the Glaistig has four legs and can only fight in proximity to its home station, like a spider guarding its web.web, and [[spoiler:Norea's wheelchair/prosthetic can turn into a SpiderTank]]. This is apparently intentional since Yushura thinks spiders are neat.
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** The Darilbalde Lir, a mass-produced version of Guel's Darilbalde, is named after Lir, an Irish god (or possibly AnthropomorphicPersonification) of the sea.
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[-[[https://twitter.com/griouk/status/1683708752925544449/photo/1 Fanart]] by [[https://www.tumblr.com/theyurihunter/ Yuri Hunter]]. Both images used with permission-]]]

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[-[[https://twitter.com/griouk/status/1683708752925544449/photo/1 Fanart]] Covers]] by [[https://www.tumblr.com/theyurihunter/ Yuri Hunter]]. Both images used with permission-]]]
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** A flashback shows that [[spoiler:Maisie at one point nicknamed Sabina "Bibi", which she told her to stop. By modern times, Bibi is what Felsi calls her, though this time Sabina doesn't stop her]].


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* PerpetualSmiler: Maisie May is noted to have almost always smiled when she was alive. Which, given that she was sociopathic and made no attempt at hiding it, is noted to have always felt cold and false rather than comforting.

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