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** On a Meta level, one of the readers pointed out in a review that Nathan's surname, "Faulkner" sounds similar to the surname of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Faulconer Bruce Faulconer]], even joking that Bruce was Nathan's father. Gets funnier when you remember that Nathan is a Dragon Ball Z fan.
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** Hailey's unnamed boyfriend qualifies as well due to laughing at Nathan's misery. Some of the reviews expressing hate towards Hailey have also expressed disgust towards her boyfriend for that reason.
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** Hailey's unnamed boyfriend boyfriend, Daniel qualifies as well due to laughing at Nathan's misery.misery (and later beating Nathan to unconsciousness in a later chapter). Some of the reviews expressing hate towards Hailey have also expressed disgust towards her boyfriend for that reason.
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* {{SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome}}: After being nearly beaten down by Hailey and Daniel, Nathan, after going through some martial arts training with Harley ends up in another fight against the great dane... and ''wins''.
** Nathan finally getting the upperhand and winning against Hailey's boyfriend in a fight definitely qualifies.
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* {{The Scrappy}}: Hailey becomes this at the climax of the fourteenth chapter after how she treats Nathan after spending the majority of the chapter feigning affection for him. ''Many'' of the fanfic's readers did not hesitate to voice their repulse towards her in the reviews, making her possibly one of the most universally despised characters in any Bluey fanwork, especially considering it's heavily implied that [[KarmaHoudini she gets away with it.]]
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* {{The Scrappy}}: Hailey becomes this at the climax of the fourteenth chapter after how she treats Nathan after spending the majority of the chapter feigning affection for him. ''Many'' of the fanfic's readers did not hesitate to voice their repulse towards her in the reviews, making her possibly one of the most universally despised characters in any Bluey fanwork, especially considering it's heavily implied that [[KarmaHoudini she gets away with it.]]]] This would be completely averted in the climax of the 17th chapter.
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* {{Jerkass Woobie}}: Mackenzie up until the 16th chapter. Yes, he was rather rude and distrusting towards Nathan, but it's hard to not feel sorry for him when he had to witness a violent street war at a young age and was lead to believe that humans were the cause of it. It's only when he (unintentionally) learns the truth that he finally warms up to the human.
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* {{SugarWiki/Heartwarming Moments}}:
** The Heeler family offering to take care of Nathan with little to no argument.
** Bingo warming up to Nathan after the latter cares for her after she injures herself.
*** Hell, just any of the brother-sister moments Nathan has with Bluey and Bingo are this.
*** On top of that, Socks' (and Muffin's) strong adoration for Nathan as a whole.
** Bluey's friends (sans Mackenzie) instantly accept Nathan with open arms despite him being a human.
** After Bluey gets scolded by Chilli for sneaking Nathan to school, the latter immediately tries to take the fall for it. Whilst he doesn't succeed, it's still a sweet gesture.
** Wendy comforting Nathan after she learns about his parents' fate and even reprimanding Judo for expressing disgust to his presence.
*** Then a few chapters later when Nathan's situation is explained to the Canistralia public and that he isn't a threat, Wendy instantly vouches for the human to be acknowledged as a citizen.
** After learning of Nathan's newfound relationship with Hailey, all four members don't hesitate to ensure that his date with the Husky goes as smoothly as possible.
** Bluey and Nathan making up in the 'Babysitter Putdown' chapter.
** The Heeler family offering to take care of Nathan with little to no argument.
** Bingo warming up to Nathan after the latter cares for her after she injures herself.
*** Hell, just any of the brother-sister moments Nathan has with Bluey and Bingo are this.
*** On top of that, Socks' (and Muffin's) strong adoration for Nathan as a whole.
** Bluey's friends (sans Mackenzie) instantly accept Nathan with open arms despite him being a human.
** After Bluey gets scolded by Chilli for sneaking Nathan to school, the latter immediately tries to take the fall for it. Whilst he doesn't succeed, it's still a sweet gesture.
** Wendy comforting Nathan after she learns about his parents' fate and even reprimanding Judo for expressing disgust to his presence.
*** Then a few chapters later when Nathan's situation is explained to the Canistralia public and that he isn't a threat, Wendy instantly vouches for the human to be acknowledged as a citizen.
** After learning of Nathan's newfound relationship with Hailey, all four members don't hesitate to ensure that his date with the Husky goes as smoothly as possible.
** Bluey and Nathan making up in the 'Babysitter Putdown' chapter.
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* {{Tearjerker}}:
** Nathan at the start having brief moments of hopelessness due to his stranded situation.
** Nathan in general feeling completely alienated and immigrated by the other bipedal dogs which goes on until the tenth chapter.
** For the majority of the fanfic for six chapters, Nathan is left severely worried about the fate of his parents.
*** And then, cue Chapter 7 where he finally does find his parents... [[spoiler:only to discover that the plane crash had killed them, rendering him an orphan.]]
*** This becomes a lot more depressing once you realize that Nathan is the ''only'' human being in Canistralia.
** The memory Nathan has of his father standing up for him against a school bully in the following chapter.
** The whole climax of the 14th chapter, [[spoiler:just before Nathan is about to kiss Hailey after their first date, the latter quickly goes off to prepare better for said kiss, promising to be back. After being left waiting for longer than necessary, Nathan eventually finds Hailey making out with another dog, ''her boyfriend''. The Husky straight up admits to Nathan that her feelings for him was all a lie and was all done just to screw with him all because he's a human, before delivering Nathan a cold slap across the face to rub salt in the wound.]]
** During the chapter, 'Babysitter Putdown', [[spoiler:Bluey unintentionally asks questions to Frisky about Bosco just days after Nathan's humiliating experience with Hailey, much to Bingo's chagrin whom tries to make her stop. It keeps going until Nathan finally snaps under the built-up stress and explodes into an enraged outburst at Bluey. He [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone immediately regrets this]].]]
** Nathan's monologue to Frisky:
---> '''Nathan:''' [[spoiler:It’s like… whenever you hear a song or watch a scene from a movie or a TV show about a broken heart. They’re right. Even if it doesn’t hurt as much as it did at that night, I still feel something bad where my heart is, like it’s cracked.]]
*** Believe it or not, this is actually TruthInTelevision. It's called Takostubo cardiomyopathy or more aptly named, "Broken Heart Syndrome" - heavy chest pains and symptoms similar to heart failure due to severe emotional stress.
** Nathan at the start having brief moments of hopelessness due to his stranded situation.
** Nathan in general feeling completely alienated and immigrated by the other bipedal dogs which goes on until the tenth chapter.
** For the majority of the fanfic for six chapters, Nathan is left severely worried about the fate of his parents.
*** And then, cue Chapter 7 where he finally does find his parents... [[spoiler:only to discover that the plane crash had killed them, rendering him an orphan.]]
*** This becomes a lot more depressing once you realize that Nathan is the ''only'' human being in Canistralia.
** The memory Nathan has of his father standing up for him against a school bully in the following chapter.
** The whole climax of the 14th chapter, [[spoiler:just before Nathan is about to kiss Hailey after their first date, the latter quickly goes off to prepare better for said kiss, promising to be back. After being left waiting for longer than necessary, Nathan eventually finds Hailey making out with another dog, ''her boyfriend''. The Husky straight up admits to Nathan that her feelings for him was all a lie and was all done just to screw with him all because he's a human, before delivering Nathan a cold slap across the face to rub salt in the wound.]]
** During the chapter, 'Babysitter Putdown', [[spoiler:Bluey unintentionally asks questions to Frisky about Bosco just days after Nathan's humiliating experience with Hailey, much to Bingo's chagrin whom tries to make her stop. It keeps going until Nathan finally snaps under the built-up stress and explodes into an enraged outburst at Bluey. He [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone immediately regrets this]].]]
** Nathan's monologue to Frisky:
---> '''Nathan:''' [[spoiler:It’s like… whenever you hear a song or watch a scene from a movie or a TV show about a broken heart. They’re right. Even if it doesn’t hurt as much as it did at that night, I still feel something bad where my heart is, like it’s cracked.]]
*** Believe it or not, this is actually TruthInTelevision. It's called Takostubo cardiomyopathy or more aptly named, "Broken Heart Syndrome" - heavy chest pains and symptoms similar to heart failure due to severe emotional stress.
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** During the chapter, 'Babysitter Putdown', [[spoiler:Bluey unintentionally asks questions to Frisky about Bosco just days after Nathan's humiliating experience with Hailey, much to Bingo's chagrin whom tries to make her stop. It keeps going until Nathan finally snaps under the built-up stress and explodes into an enraged outburts as Bluey. He [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone immediately regrets this]].]]
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** During the chapter, 'Babysitter Putdown', [[spoiler:Bluey unintentionally asks questions to Frisky about Bosco just days after Nathan's humiliating experience with Hailey, much to Bingo's chagrin whom tries to make her stop. It keeps going until Nathan finally snaps under the built-up stress and explodes into an enraged outburts as outburst at Bluey. He [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone immediately regrets this]].]]
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** During the chapter, 'Babysitter Putdown', [[spoiler:Bluey unintentionally asks questions to Frisky about Bosco just days after Nathan's humiliating experience with Hailey, much to Bingo's chagrin whom tries to make her stop. It keeps going until Nathan finally snaps under the built-up stress and explodes into an enraged outburts as Bluey. He [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone '''immediately''' regrets this]].]]
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** During the chapter, 'Babysitter Putdown', [[spoiler:Bluey unintentionally asks questions to Frisky about Bosco just days after Nathan's humiliating experience with Hailey, much to Bingo's chagrin whom tries to make her stop. It keeps going until Nathan finally snaps under the built-up stress and explodes into an enraged outburts as Bluey. He [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone '''immediately''' immediately regrets this]].]]
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** During the chapter, 'Babysitter Putdown', [[spoiler:Bluey unintentionally asks questions to Frisky about Bosco just days after Nathan's humiliating experience with Hailey, much to Bingo's chagrin whom tries to make her stop. It keeps going until Nathan finally snaps under the built-up stress and explodes into an enraged outburts as Bluey. He [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone ''immediately'' regrets this]].]]
*** Nathan's monologue to Frisky:
*** Nathan's monologue to Frisky:
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** During the chapter, 'Babysitter Putdown', [[spoiler:Bluey unintentionally asks questions to Frisky about Bosco just days after Nathan's humiliating experience with Hailey, much to Bingo's chagrin whom tries to make her stop. It keeps going until Nathan finally snaps under the built-up stress and explodes into an enraged outburts as Bluey. He [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone ''immediately'' '''immediately''' regrets this]].]]
*** ** Nathan's monologue to Frisky:
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*** Believe it or not, this is actually [[TruthInTelevision Truth In Television]]. It's called Takostubo cardiomyopathy or more aptly, "Broken Heart Syndrome" - heavy chest pains and symptoms similar to heart failure due to severe emotional stress.
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*** Believe it or not, this is actually [[TruthInTelevision Truth In Television]]. TruthInTelevision. It's called Takostubo cardiomyopathy or more aptly, aptly named, "Broken Heart Syndrome" - heavy chest pains and symptoms similar to heart failure due to severe emotional stress.
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** Bluey and Nathan making up in the 'Babysitter Putdown' chapter.
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* {{Writers Block}}: Updates on the fanfic have become a lot more sparse due to this with the last chapter having been uploaded way back in September 2022. Not helped by the fact that the writer has a few other in-progress fanfics and a [[Website/YouTube YouTube]] channel to maintain as well.
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** During the chapter, 'Babysitter Putdown', [[spoiler:Bluey unintentionally asks questions to Frisky about Bosco just days after Nathan's humiliating experience with Hailey, much to Bingo's chagrin whom tries to make her stop. It keeps going until Nathan finally snaps under the built-up stress and explodes into an enraged outburts as Bluey. He [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone ''immediately'' regrets this]].]]
*** Nathan's monologue to Frisky:
---> '''Nathan:''' [[spoiler:It’s like… whenever you hear a song or watch a scene from a movie or a TV show about a broken heart. They’re right. Even if it doesn’t hurt as much as it did at that night, I still feel something bad where my heart is, like it’s cracked.]]
**** Believe it or not, this is actually [[TruthInTelevision Truth In Television]]. It's called Takostubo cardiomyopathy or more aptly, "Broken Heart Syndrome" - heavy chest pains and symptoms similar to heart failure due to severe emotional stress.
* {{Writers Block}}: Updates on the fanfic have become a lot more sparse due tothis with the last chapter having been uploaded way back in September 2022.this. Not helped by the fact that the writer has a few other in-progress fanfics and a [[Website/YouTube YouTube]] channel to maintain as well.
*** Nathan's monologue to Frisky:
---> '''Nathan:''' [[spoiler:It’s like… whenever you hear a song or watch a scene from a movie or a TV show about a broken heart. They’re right. Even if it doesn’t hurt as much as it did at that night, I still feel something bad where my heart is, like it’s cracked.]]
**** Believe it or not, this is actually [[TruthInTelevision Truth In Television]]. It's called Takostubo cardiomyopathy or more aptly, "Broken Heart Syndrome" - heavy chest pains and symptoms similar to heart failure due to severe emotional stress.
* {{Writers Block}}: Updates on the fanfic have become a lot more sparse due to
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*** Then on the next chapter when Nathan's situation is explained to the Canistralia public and that he isn't a threat, Wendy instantly vouches for the human to be acknowledged as a citizen.
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*** Then on the next chapter a few chapters later when Nathan's situation is explained to the Canistralia public and that he isn't a threat, Wendy instantly vouches for the human to be acknowledged as a citizen.
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* {{Adorkable}}: Nathan can be downright endearing at times due to his semi-otaku interests and his brotherly affection towards Bluey and Bingo.
* {{Catharsis Factor}}: Nathan finally getting accepted by the population of Canistralia after being put through quite a hefty amount of discrimination.
** For some, Wendy scolding Judo for calling Nathan a "thing" and reacting in digust to him can certainly count.
* {{Does Not Speak Common}}: Despite being confirmed as American, Nathan's POV occasionally uses British spelled words. The author took full fault for this, explaining that this error was in part due to him being of British origin.
* {{Early Installment Weirdness}}: When the first chapter of the story was uploaded, Nathan was originally named "Owen". This was changed however when the author received a DM from another writer whom planned to write a Bluey fanfic involving a character by the same name to avoid readers accusing said writer of plagiarising the character or vice versa.
* {{SugarWiki/Funny Moments}}:
** When Nathan reveals his name to the humans, Bandit's first response is this:
---> '''Bandit:''' "You're not a bunyip, are you?"
** Nathan first meeting Judo after giving Bingo some first-aid, the Chow Chow runs off screaming.
** Muffin's very first question to Nathan after he's introduced to her family:
---> '''Muffin:''' "Do coconuts have water in them where you're from?"
** Bandit randomly barging in on Nathan and Hailey's "date", posing as a Love Doctor, complete with a [[LatinLover faux Spanish accent]]. It takes one [[DeathGlare glare]] from Chilli to make Bandit dummy up.
** On a Meta level, one of the readers pointed out in a review that Nathan's surname, "Faulkner" sounds similar to the surname of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Faulconer Bruce Faulconer]], even joking that Bruce was Nathan's father. Gets funnier when you remember that Nathan is a Dragon Ball Z fan.
* {{SugarWiki/Heartwarming Moments}}:
** The Heeler family offering to take care of Nathan with little to no argument.
** Bingo warming up to Nathan after the latter cares for her after she injures herself.
*** Hell, just any of the brother-sister moments Nathan has with Bluey and Bingo are this.
*** On top of that, Socks' (and Muffin's) strong adoration for Nathan as a whole.
** Bluey's friends (sans Mackenzie) instantly accept Nathan with open arms despite him being a human.
** After Bluey gets scolded by Chilli for sneaking Nathan to school, the latter immediately tries to take the fall for it. Whilst he doesn't succeed, it's still a sweet gesture.
** Wendy comforting Nathan after she learns about his parents' fate and even reprimanding Judo for expressing disgust to his presence.
*** Then on the next chapter when Nathan's situation is explained to the Canistralia public and that he isn't a threat, Wendy instantly vouches for the human to be acknowledged as a citizen.
** After learning of Nathan's newfound relationship with Hailey, all four members don't hesitate to ensure that his date with the Husky goes as smoothly as possible.
* {{Moe}}: The young dogs as a whole, especially Socks due to her undying love towards Nathan.
* {{Moral Event Horizon}}: Hailey crosses this when she [[spoiler:reveals her true thoughts to Nathan in the most nastiest way imaginable.]]
* {{Nightmare Fuel}}: The events of the first two chapters can be absolutely nerve-wracking if you imagine yourself in Nathan's perspective: alone in the wilderness and having to rely on whatever skills you have to ensure survival with zero knowledge of god knows what lurks out at night. Keep in mind that Nathan is fourteen years old.
** The scene where Nathan finds the skeleton of another human in a cave claimed by tarantulas ''and Nathan nearly gets bitten by one.''
* {{Padding}}: One of the story's very few flaws. At least one or two readers have complained that the chapters are too long and overdetailed.
* {{The Scrappy}}: Hailey becomes this at the climax of the fourteenth chapter after how she treats Nathan after spending the majority of the chapter feigning affection for him. ''Many'' of the fanfic's readers did not hesitate to voice their repulse towards her in the reviews, making her possibly one of the most universally despised characters in any Bluey fanwork, especially considering it's heavily implied that [[KarmaHoudini she gets away with it.]]
** Hailey's unnamed boyfriend qualifies as well due to laughing at Nathan's misery. Some of the reviews expressing hate towards Hailey have also expressed disgust towards her boyfriend for that reason.
* {{The Woobie}}: Nathan is this to a capital W. Not only does he get separated from his parents [[spoiler:(and later discovers their actual fate)]], but he initially gets alienated from the bipedal dog residents of Canistralia besides the Heeler family and Bluey's friends (except Mackenzie) and his first experience with love goes completely south. Not helped that he's merely a fourteen year old teenager. With so much emotional trauma piled onto him, is it really any wonder why Wendy showed sympathy for him?
* {{Tearjerker}}:
** Nathan at the start having brief moments of hopelessness due to his stranded situation.
** Nathan in general feeling completely alienated and immigrated by the other bipedal dogs which goes on until the tenth chapter.
** For the majority of the fanfic for six chapters, Nathan is left severely worried about the fate of his parents.
*** And then, cue Chapter 7 where he finally does find his parents... [[spoiler:only to discover that the plane crash had killed them, rendering him an orphan.]]
*** This becomes a lot more depressing once you realize that Nathan is the ''only'' human being in Canistralia.
** The memory Nathan has of his father standing up for him against a school bully in the following chapter.
** The whole climax of the 14th chapter, [[spoiler:just before Nathan is about to kiss Hailey after their first date, the latter quickly goes off to prepare better for said kiss, promising to be back. After being left waiting for longer than necessary, Nathan eventually finds Hailey making out with another dog, ''her boyfriend''. The Husky straight up admits to Nathan that her feelings for him was all a lie and was all done just to screw with him all because he's a human, before delivering Nathan a cold slap across the face to rub salt in the wound.]]
* {{Writers Block}}: Updates on the fanfic have become a lot more sparse due to this with the last chapter having been uploaded way back in September 2022. Not helped by the fact that the writer has a few other in-progress fanfics and a [[Website/YouTube YouTube]] channel to maintain as well.
* {{Catharsis Factor}}: Nathan finally getting accepted by the population of Canistralia after being put through quite a hefty amount of discrimination.
** For some, Wendy scolding Judo for calling Nathan a "thing" and reacting in digust to him can certainly count.
* {{Does Not Speak Common}}: Despite being confirmed as American, Nathan's POV occasionally uses British spelled words. The author took full fault for this, explaining that this error was in part due to him being of British origin.
* {{Early Installment Weirdness}}: When the first chapter of the story was uploaded, Nathan was originally named "Owen". This was changed however when the author received a DM from another writer whom planned to write a Bluey fanfic involving a character by the same name to avoid readers accusing said writer of plagiarising the character or vice versa.
* {{SugarWiki/Funny Moments}}:
** When Nathan reveals his name to the humans, Bandit's first response is this:
---> '''Bandit:''' "You're not a bunyip, are you?"
** Nathan first meeting Judo after giving Bingo some first-aid, the Chow Chow runs off screaming.
** Muffin's very first question to Nathan after he's introduced to her family:
---> '''Muffin:''' "Do coconuts have water in them where you're from?"
** Bandit randomly barging in on Nathan and Hailey's "date", posing as a Love Doctor, complete with a [[LatinLover faux Spanish accent]]. It takes one [[DeathGlare glare]] from Chilli to make Bandit dummy up.
** On a Meta level, one of the readers pointed out in a review that Nathan's surname, "Faulkner" sounds similar to the surname of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Faulconer Bruce Faulconer]], even joking that Bruce was Nathan's father. Gets funnier when you remember that Nathan is a Dragon Ball Z fan.
* {{SugarWiki/Heartwarming Moments}}:
** The Heeler family offering to take care of Nathan with little to no argument.
** Bingo warming up to Nathan after the latter cares for her after she injures herself.
*** Hell, just any of the brother-sister moments Nathan has with Bluey and Bingo are this.
*** On top of that, Socks' (and Muffin's) strong adoration for Nathan as a whole.
** Bluey's friends (sans Mackenzie) instantly accept Nathan with open arms despite him being a human.
** After Bluey gets scolded by Chilli for sneaking Nathan to school, the latter immediately tries to take the fall for it. Whilst he doesn't succeed, it's still a sweet gesture.
** Wendy comforting Nathan after she learns about his parents' fate and even reprimanding Judo for expressing disgust to his presence.
*** Then on the next chapter when Nathan's situation is explained to the Canistralia public and that he isn't a threat, Wendy instantly vouches for the human to be acknowledged as a citizen.
** After learning of Nathan's newfound relationship with Hailey, all four members don't hesitate to ensure that his date with the Husky goes as smoothly as possible.
* {{Moe}}: The young dogs as a whole, especially Socks due to her undying love towards Nathan.
* {{Moral Event Horizon}}: Hailey crosses this when she [[spoiler:reveals her true thoughts to Nathan in the most nastiest way imaginable.]]
* {{Nightmare Fuel}}: The events of the first two chapters can be absolutely nerve-wracking if you imagine yourself in Nathan's perspective: alone in the wilderness and having to rely on whatever skills you have to ensure survival with zero knowledge of god knows what lurks out at night. Keep in mind that Nathan is fourteen years old.
** The scene where Nathan finds the skeleton of another human in a cave claimed by tarantulas ''and Nathan nearly gets bitten by one.''
* {{Padding}}: One of the story's very few flaws. At least one or two readers have complained that the chapters are too long and overdetailed.
* {{The Scrappy}}: Hailey becomes this at the climax of the fourteenth chapter after how she treats Nathan after spending the majority of the chapter feigning affection for him. ''Many'' of the fanfic's readers did not hesitate to voice their repulse towards her in the reviews, making her possibly one of the most universally despised characters in any Bluey fanwork, especially considering it's heavily implied that [[KarmaHoudini she gets away with it.]]
** Hailey's unnamed boyfriend qualifies as well due to laughing at Nathan's misery. Some of the reviews expressing hate towards Hailey have also expressed disgust towards her boyfriend for that reason.
* {{The Woobie}}: Nathan is this to a capital W. Not only does he get separated from his parents [[spoiler:(and later discovers their actual fate)]], but he initially gets alienated from the bipedal dog residents of Canistralia besides the Heeler family and Bluey's friends (except Mackenzie) and his first experience with love goes completely south. Not helped that he's merely a fourteen year old teenager. With so much emotional trauma piled onto him, is it really any wonder why Wendy showed sympathy for him?
* {{Tearjerker}}:
** Nathan at the start having brief moments of hopelessness due to his stranded situation.
** Nathan in general feeling completely alienated and immigrated by the other bipedal dogs which goes on until the tenth chapter.
** For the majority of the fanfic for six chapters, Nathan is left severely worried about the fate of his parents.
*** And then, cue Chapter 7 where he finally does find his parents... [[spoiler:only to discover that the plane crash had killed them, rendering him an orphan.]]
*** This becomes a lot more depressing once you realize that Nathan is the ''only'' human being in Canistralia.
** The memory Nathan has of his father standing up for him against a school bully in the following chapter.
** The whole climax of the 14th chapter, [[spoiler:just before Nathan is about to kiss Hailey after their first date, the latter quickly goes off to prepare better for said kiss, promising to be back. After being left waiting for longer than necessary, Nathan eventually finds Hailey making out with another dog, ''her boyfriend''. The Husky straight up admits to Nathan that her feelings for him was all a lie and was all done just to screw with him all because he's a human, before delivering Nathan a cold slap across the face to rub salt in the wound.]]
* {{Writers Block}}: Updates on the fanfic have become a lot more sparse due to this with the last chapter having been uploaded way back in September 2022. Not helped by the fact that the writer has a few other in-progress fanfics and a [[Website/YouTube YouTube]] channel to maintain as well.
