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* DisappearedDad /MissingMom: Sera's dad died when she was a teenager and her mom died when she was four.
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* ParentalAbandonment: Tess's mom basically dumped Tess on her [[RaisedbyGrandparents grandfather when she was four.]]
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* ParentalAbandonment: ParentalAbandonment:
** Tess's mom basically dumped Tess on her [[RaisedbyGrandparents grandfather when she was four.]]]]
** Sera's dad died when she was a teenager and her mom died when she was four.
** Tess's mom basically dumped Tess on her [[RaisedbyGrandparents grandfather when she was four.
** Sera's dad died when she was a teenager and her mom died when she was four.
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* PowerIncontinence: Witches have pretty good control over their powers, but Sera conjures things in her sleep, including a monstrous creature that tears off a hiker's arm, and later violently tears apart the soldiers sent to stop it.
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* PowerIncontinence: PowerIncontinence:
** Witches have pretty good control over their powers, but Sera conjures things in her sleep, including a monstrous creature that tears off a hiker's arm, and later violently tears apart the soldiers sent to stop it.
** Witches have pretty good control over their powers, but Sera conjures things in her sleep, including a monstrous creature that tears off a hiker's arm, and later violently tears apart the soldiers sent to stop it.
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* TheSnarkKnight: Sera
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* AmbiguouslyGay: [[spoiler:''Something'' happened between Maddy and Sera.]]
** [[spoiler: It's at the end of the second volume, where Sera finally comes out and admits it.]]
** [[spoiler: It's at the end of the second volume, where Sera finally comes out and admits it.]]
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* AmbiguouslyGay: [[spoiler:''Something'' happened between Maddy and Sera.]]
** [[spoiler: It's at the end of the second volume, where Sera finally comes out and admits it.]]
** [[spoiler:
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* AttractiveBentGender: [[http://www.heartshapedskull.com/2011/11/29/break-your-stupid-heart-page-009/ Oh, my Vicious.]]
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* BigEater: Tess.
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* BSideComics: "Welcome to Statickland," although it looks like it isn't continuing in the second volume.
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* BSideComics: BSideComics:
** "Welcome to Statickland," although it looks like it isn't continuing in the second volume.
** "Welcome to Statickland," although it looks like it isn't continuing in the second volume.
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* BuffySpeak
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* FanBoy: Tiphane Revile, Dread Mortado, and Agatha Eversong all idolize Sera a little too much. They even write songs about her.
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* FanBoy: FanBoy:
** Tiphane Revile, Dread Mortado, and Agatha Eversong all idolize Sera a little too much. They even write songs about her.
** Tiphane Revile, Dread Mortado, and Agatha Eversong all idolize Sera a little too much. They even write songs about her.
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* FatalFlaw: Sera's indecisiveness.
** [[ArcWords "You Never Do Anything."]]
* FieryRedhead: Tess.
* FatalFlaw: Sera's indecisiveness.
** [[ArcWords "You Never Do Anything."]]
* FieryRedhead: Tess.
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent
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* NietzscheWannabe: Rivet Hed.
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* {{Oxbridge}}: V lives in Oxford, a city famed for scholarship - and it's where [[spoiler: Sera plans to go to receive tuition in the use of her power]].
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Sheriff Lois [=McCreedy=]. And possibly Merrick.
* ShowWithinAShow: "Bare Knuckles with Chuck St. Hardwell."
* ShyBlueHairedGirl: Sera.
* ShowWithinAShow: "Bare Knuckles with Chuck St. Hardwell."
* ShyBlueHairedGirl: Sera.
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* StrawmanPolitical: Aaron A. is fond of using these. The best examples are the preacher from the "Church of Right Thinking," and, for that matter, "The Church of Right Thinking" is a strawman political for, well, the religious.
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* StrawmanPolitical: StrawmanPolitical:
** Aaron A. is fond of using these. The best examples are the preacher from the "Church of Right Thinking," and, for that matter, "The Church of Right Thinking" is a strawman political for, well, the religious.
** Aaron A. is fond of using these. The best examples are the preacher from the "Church of Right Thinking," and, for that matter, "The Church of Right Thinking" is a strawman political for, well, the religious.
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* TeensAreMonsters: The assholes that used to tease Maddy in high school.
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* TeensAreMonsters: TeensAreMonsters:
** The assholes that used to tease Maddy in high school.
** The assholes that used to tease Maddy in high school.
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* VitriolicBestBuds: Tess and Sera.
* WarriorTherapist: [[spoiler: Stiletta]] in "Goodbye Crestfallen."
* WarriorTherapist: [[spoiler: Stiletta]] in "Goodbye Crestfallen."
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* DoesNotLikeShoes: Played with. Vicious loves her "giant dragon skully boots", but goes barefoot at every opportunity.
** Averted with Sera, who is embarrassed to be seen barefoot.
** Averted with Sera, who is embarrassed to be seen barefoot.
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* ChekhovMIA: [[spoiler:Maddy]]
** [[spoiler: ''She's back'']]
** [[spoiler: ''She's back'']]
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** [[spoiler:
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* DoggedNiceGuy: Kelton.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The first few pages of the comic consist of Sera, utterly exhausted but unable to sleep, brooding and ruminating in the wee hours of the morning, despite the fact she has to go to college in a few hours, obsessively drawing and painting in an attempt to clear her head.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: EnchantedForest: The Inconsolable Woods, filled with trolls and other monsters.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment:
** The first few pages of the comic consist of Sera, utterly exhausted but unable to sleep, brooding and ruminating in the wee hours of the morning, despite the fact she has to go to college in a few hours, obsessively drawing and painting in an attempt to clear her head.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment:
** The first few pages of the comic consist of Sera, utterly exhausted but unable to sleep, brooding and ruminating in the wee hours of the morning, despite the fact she has to go to college in a few hours, obsessively drawing and painting in an attempt to clear her head.
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* TheLostWoods: The Inconsolable Woods, filled with trolls and other monsters.
* TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler:Valentine for Stiletta]]
** Also Skarsdayle for Rivet Hed.
* TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler:Valentine for Stiletta]]
** Also Skarsdayle for Rivet Hed.
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* TheManBehindTheMan:
%%** [[spoiler:Valentine for Stiletta]]
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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Seen in the image, characters have very unique hair colors.
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* WitchSpecies: Some people are simply born with magical powers, but it's rare enough that there are only about 50 witches worldwide.
** There is some method to it. [[spoiler: Upon the death of a witch, by whatever means, the next baby to be born will become a witch.]]
** There is some method to it. [[spoiler: Upon the death of a witch, by whatever means, the next baby to be born will become a witch.]]
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** Sera's sleep troubles are used to establish the development of her character. In the second volume, a direct juxtaposition from the first, she is desperately trying to stay awake; and in the third, she [[spoiler: sleeps peacefully, dreaming of the progress she's made and the happy day before]].
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* BerserkButton: Sera hates confrontation (along with social situations of almost any type). But insult her integrity or [[spoiler sexuality]], or try to get her to do something she considers demeaning, and it takes ''seconds'' before she explodes in [[ClusterFBomb foul-mouthed tirades]] against whatever caused it, be it her best friend, a total stranger, or her mentor.
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* BerserkButton: Sera hates confrontation (along with social situations of almost any type). But insult her integrity or [[spoiler [[spoiler: sexuality]], or try to get her to do something she considers demeaning, and it takes ''seconds'' before she explodes in [[ClusterFBomb foul-mouthed tirades]] against whatever caused it, be it her best friend, a total stranger, or her mentor.
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* BerserkButton: Sera hates confrontation (along with social situations of almost any type). But insult her integrity or [[spoiler sexuality]], or try to get her to do something she considers demeaning, and it takes ''seconds'' before she explodes in [[ClusterFBomb foul-mouthed tirades]] against whatever caused it, be it her best friend, a total stranger, or her mentor.
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** Ethnically, V is half-Chinese and half-Japanese; but she was born, raised and still lives in England, speaks with a heavy [[DidNotDoTheBloodyResearch "British" accent]], doesn't do anything unique to East Asian cultures, and owing to being a witch, her skin is paper-white. Granted, being English she's still technically ''foreign'' to the other main characters, but culturally and linguistically, British is much closer to American than either Japanese or Chinese.
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** Ethnically, V is half-Chinese and half-Japanese; but she was born, raised and still lives in England, speaks with a heavy [[DidNotDoTheBloodyResearch "British" accent]], doesn't do anything unique to East Asian cultures, and owing to being a witch, her skin is paper-white. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And she uses chopsticks incorrectly]]. Granted, being English she's still technically ''foreign'' to the other main characters, but culturally and linguistically, British is much closer to American than either Japanese or Chinese.
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* PrecisionFStrike: Sera, who had previously been talking calmly and quietly, ''screams'' one during an argument with Tess.
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* WithFriendsLikeThese: Perhaps not a full-fledged example, but Tess has done some pretty nasty things to Sera (such as pointing her out to everyone in a crowded nightclub, ''knowing'' that Sera is social-phobic and prone to panic attacks).
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* {{Oxbridge}}: V lives in Oxford, a city famed for scholarship - and it's where [[spoiler: Sera plans to go to receive tuition in the use of her power]].
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** Ethnically, V is half-Chinese and half-Japanese; but she was born, raised and still lives in England, speaks with a heavy [[DidNotDoTheBloodyResearch "British" accent]] and doesn't do anything unique to East Asian cultures. Granted, being English she's still technically ''foreign'' to the other main characters, but culturally and linguistically, British is much closer to American than either Japanese or Chinese.
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** Ethnically, V is half-Chinese and half-Japanese; but she was born, raised and still lives in England, speaks with a heavy [[DidNotDoTheBloodyResearch "British" accent]] and accent]], doesn't do anything unique to East Asian cultures.cultures, and owing to being a witch, her skin is paper-white. Granted, being English she's still technically ''foreign'' to the other main characters, but culturally and linguistically, British is much closer to American than either Japanese or Chinese.
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* ButNotTooForeign: To an extent. Ethnically, V is half-Chinese and half-Japanese; but she was born, raised and still lives in England, speaks with a heavy [[DidNotDoTheBloodyResearch "British" accent]] and doesn't do anything unique to East Asian cultures. Granted, being English she's still technically ''foreign'' to the other main characters, but culturally and linguistically much closer than either Japanese or Chinese.
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* ButNotTooForeign: To an extent. Downplayed with V; zigzagged with Crawlsie.
** Ethnically, V is half-Chinese and half-Japanese; but she was born, raised and still lives in England, speaks with a heavy [[DidNotDoTheBloodyResearch "British" accent]] and doesn't do anything unique to East Asian cultures. Granted, being English she's still technically ''foreign'' to the other main characters, but culturally andlinguistically linguistically, British is much closer to American than either Japanese or Chinese. Chinese.
** Crawlsie is ethnically Hispanic, culturally Mexican, and hails from a small town in Arizona. Her family have been living there since Arizona was part of Mexico.
** Ethnically, V is half-Chinese and half-Japanese; but she was born, raised and still lives in England, speaks with a heavy [[DidNotDoTheBloodyResearch "British" accent]] and doesn't do anything unique to East Asian cultures. Granted, being English she's still technically ''foreign'' to the other main characters, but culturally and
** Crawlsie is ethnically Hispanic, culturally Mexican, and hails from a small town in Arizona. Her family have been living there since Arizona was part of Mexico.
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* {{Crawl}}: In the interspersed news stories in "Goodbye, Crestfallen" the crawl will start off as something related to the story and then switch to stories regrading Brittany Spears, a clown cop reality show, the success of the "Hooters Bowl", and Miss America being caught with a "bong-like" devise.
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* {{Crawl}}: In the interspersed news stories in "Goodbye, Crestfallen" the crawl will start off as something related to the story and then switch to stories regrading Brittany "Brittany" Spears, a clown cop reality show, the success of the "Hooters Bowl", and Miss America being caught with a "bong-like" devise.device.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The first few pages of the comic consist of Sera, utterly exhausted but unable to sleep, brooding and ruminating in the wee hours of the morning, despite the fact she has to go to college in a few hours, obsessively drawing and painting in an attempt to clear her head.
* MustHaveCaffeine: Sera is a massive caffeine addict and uses energy drinks and strong coffee to avoid sleep, both so that she can work long into the night also and to avoid her night terrors, which coupled with her PowerIncontinence are a ''serious'' problem.
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* NoodleIncident: The aftermath of the bus incident (itself not a noodle incident) is considered the 'second worst scandal in SSI history'. Makes you wonder what could top that.
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* NoodleIncident: The aftermath of the bus incident (itself not a noodle incident) Noodle Incident) is considered the 'second worst scandal in SSI history'. Makes you wonder what could top that.
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* TheTeetotaler: For most of the series, Sera doesn't drink, smoke, or take drugs stronger than caffeine (though she does consume horrendous quantities of [[MustHaveCaffeine coffee and energy drinks]]). Towards the end of the third volume she drinks a fairly large glass of absinthe. As [[spoiler: Maddy]] points out, Sera's abilities mean she can choose whether or not she wants the absinthe to affect her - but she does apparently decide to get a little tipsy, as the booze seems to disinhibit her (very slightly).
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* BigEater: Tess.
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* TrademarkFavouriteFood: Candy, particularly Gummi Worms, for Sera.
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* ButNotTooForeign: To an extent. Ethnically, V is half-Chinese and half-Japanese; but she was born, raised and still lives in England, speaks with a heavy [[DidNotDoTheBloodyResearch "British" accent]] and doesn't do anything unique to East Asian cultures. Granted, being English she's still technically ''foreign'' to the other main characters, but culturally and linguistically much closer than either Japanese or Chinese.
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* EarthyBarefootCharacter: V tends to do without shoes whilst tending her garden.
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* EarthyBarefootCharacter: V tends to do without shoes whilst tending her garden. Downplayed in that like all witches she can hover and fly at will and rarely actually touches the earth.
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* EarthyBarefootCharacter: V tends to do without shoes whilst tending her garden.
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* JadeColoredGlasses: Sera at the begining of the series but she seems to be getting over this. Maddy's current outlook on life appears to be this.
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* JadeColoredGlasses: JadeColoredGlasses:
** Sera at thebegining beginning of the series but she seems to be getting [[spoiler: eventually gets over this. this]].
** Maddy's current outlook on life appears to be this.
** Sera at the
** Maddy's current outlook on life appears to be this.
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* RealityIsUnrealistic: Typical of Aaron A's work, in terms of the dialogue; characters interrupt each other, mumble, lose track of conversations and stumble over words.
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** V also conjures things in her sleep, but they're typically things like flowers and butterflies.
* RealityIsUnrealistic:Typical An inversion typical of Aaron A's work, in terms of the dialogue; characters interrupt each other, mumble, lose track of conversations and stumble over words.
* RealityIsUnrealistic:
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** There is some method to it. [[spoiler: Upon the death of a witch, by whatever means, the next baby to be born will become a witch]]
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** There is some method to it. [[spoiler: Upon the death of a witch, by whatever means, the next baby to be born will become a witch]]witch.]]
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* StoryboardBody: Sera has her signature heart-shaped-skull tattooed, or more likely shapeshifted, on her hand when she's made peace with her past and herself.
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* StoryboardBody: Sera [[spoiler:Sera has her signature heart-shaped-skull tattooed, or more likely shapeshifted, on her hand when she's made peace with her past and herself.]]
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* ArcWords:
** Chapter One: Working Through the Negativity has "Dear Diaries are stupid".
** Chapter Two: Goodbye Crestfallen has "You never do anything".
** Chapter Three: Break Your Stupid Heart has "Let's make something".
** Chapter One: Working Through the Negativity has "Dear Diaries are stupid".
** Chapter Two: Goodbye Crestfallen has "You never do anything".
** Chapter Three: Break Your Stupid Heart has "Let's make something".
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* {{Crawl}}: In the interspersed news stories in "Goodbye, Crestfallen" the crawl will start off as something related to the story and then switch to stories regrading Brittany Spears, a clown cop reality show, the success of the "Hooters Bowl", and Miss. America being caught with a "bong-like" devise.
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* {{Crawl}}: In the interspersed news stories in "Goodbye, Crestfallen" the crawl will start off as something related to the story and then switch to stories regrading Brittany Spears, a clown cop reality show, the success of the "Hooters Bowl", and Miss. Miss America being caught with a "bong-like" devise.
* DoesNotLikeShoes: Played with. Vicious loves her "giant dragon skully boots", but goes barefoot at every opportunity.
** Averted with Sera, who is embarrassed to be seen barefoot.
** Averted with Sera, who is embarrassed to be seen barefoot.
* ForeignCussWord: Crawlsie speaks perfect English but tends to lapse into Spanish when she's surprised.
--->'''Crawlsie''': ''Puta madr - ''
--->'''Crawlsie''': ''Puta madr - ''
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* PerkyGoth: Vicious Whisper
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* PerkyGoth: Vicious WhisperWhisper, in contrast with Sera's Gloomy Goth at the start of the comic.
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* StoryboardBody: Sera has her signature heart-shaped-skull tattooed, or more likely shapeshifted, on her hand when she's made peace with her past and herself.
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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Seen in the image, characters have very unique hair colors.
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* SeriesHiatus: Several years passed between the first volume and the second.
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* NeverLiveItDown: Within the world of the comic, Sera is best known for [[spoiler:an UnstoppableRage at age 16 where she hijacked a school bus and took out the ''platoon'' of soldiers sent to apprehend her. The incident left 328 bullet holes in her house, but no one got hurt.]] She's still struggling with the fallout years later.
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* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: Within the world of the comic, Sera is best known for [[spoiler:an UnstoppableRage at age 16 where she hijacked a school bus and took out the ''platoon'' of soldiers sent to apprehend her. The incident left 328 bullet holes in her house, but no one got hurt.]] She's still struggling with the fallout years later.
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--->'''Chuck''': Look, there's been a lot of debate-real scientific debate-over whether or not a... creature as powerful as Ms. Rose can even be considered human at all.
--->'''Skarsdayle''': Is that right?
--->'''Chuck''': That's right. And y'know what? If she's not human, then the bill of rights does not apply!
--->'''Skarsdayle''': I'd like to see you enforce that one, Chuckie dear.
--->'''Chuck''': Well that's a--
--->'''Skarsdayle''': Now listen here, my pretty little paper waver. I don't know if my friends are "human" or not, and frankly, I couldn't give two [+Bleep+]s. But what I do know is this: these "creatures" as you call them... Well they're forces of nature, Chuck. Godzillas in Tokyo. And it's not ''us'' gonna tell ''them'' what to do. Can't ask the tsunami to mind the lifeguard, now can we?
--->'''Skarsdayle''': Is that right?
--->'''Chuck''': That's right. And y'know what? If she's not human, then the bill of rights does not apply!
--->'''Skarsdayle''': I'd like to see you enforce that one, Chuckie dear.
--->'''Chuck''': Well that's a--
--->'''Skarsdayle''': Now listen here, my pretty little paper waver. I don't know if my friends are "human" or not, and frankly, I couldn't give two [+Bleep+]s. But what I do know is this: these "creatures" as you call them... Well they're forces of nature, Chuck. Godzillas in Tokyo. And it's not ''us'' gonna tell ''them'' what to do. Can't ask the tsunami to mind the lifeguard, now can we?
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