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* Hong Yi is mentioned to have read {{Webcomic/Homestuck}} in ''A Fish Out Of Water'', and implied to consume enough {{Superhero}} media to be GenreSavvy about not revealing his powers.
* Hong Yi uses {{Website/Facebook}} in the story. An allusion to his "actual" Facebook account, which can be accessed [[https://www.facebook.com/hongyi.chen.568 here]].
* World 1 is one big reference to {{Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland}}, with the Queen of Hearts (named Gertelina, actually the daughter of ''Alice in Wonderland's'' Queen) being a major character in the story, and [[AliceAllusion Alice Liddell herself]] an historical figure in that world and a case study of particular interest to researchers of Cosmogony.
* The political unrest that swallows the Queendom's four noble houses is a shout-out to the real-world {{UsefulNotes/WarsOfTheRoses}}, and particularly {{Creator/William Shakespeare}}'s portrayals of the subject. ManipulativeBastard and [[TheChessmaster Chessmaster]] Adamanta is inspired by Shakespeare's {{Theatre/RichardIII}}.
* A TakeThat directed at Tesla Inc. in the form of Tesla Futures, a MegaCorp that has a concerning overreach of control over AI technology, computing devices and urban planning in the United States.

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