- Creator's Favorite: One author has stated that Vitani is one of the favored characters to write for. Boo may also be this with the addition of another writer who has stated that she's their favorite Monster's Inc character.
- Dear Negative Reader: A critic of the story, who made several incorrect claims about Mongolia and Asian culture as a whole, was addressed as Gene Khan from Iron Man: Armored Adventures in a "Pieces of the Past" chapter. It was eventually deleted due to potentially reflecting poorly on the fic's authors.
chelonianmobile, regarding the chapter's deletion
: Lost Episode now. It was childish and we removed it.
: Lost Episode now. It was childish and we removed it.- In Memoriam: The 16th chapter of the Friends side story has this for Maddie Blaustein, who inspired Meowth being a trans woman in this universe.
- Reality Subtext: Various stories are inspired by actual happenings, including things that happened to the writers.
- What Could Have Been: The writers originally planned to have the remnants of GWF kidnap more than eight people in Part 4 but lowered the number to keep things realistic. Among those considered were Coraline, Julien, and other members of the Tweedy-Herbertson family.
- Write What You Know: Writers have mentioned that while they try to avoid creating one-to-one depictions of actual people's assaults, a lot of the work takes inspiration from things that have happened to them personally.
