Awesome Art: This comic introduced the world to Vivienne Medrano's highly distinct, absolutely gorgeous art style full of fluid lines, vibrant colors, and a Cast of Snowflakes. And she only got better with time. The "Bad Luck Jack" short doesn't look too shabby either with its diverse array of colors and expressive animation.
Big-Lipped Alligator Moment: During the "Bad Luck Jack" short, the climax has the main characters pull a Big Damn Heroes moment to save Jack from being eaten by a monster as Spam sings about fighting said monster... but then, completely out of nowhere, he gets distracted by a bumblebee and starts singing about how much he likes bees instead. This goes on for a little bit before Spam remembers he's supposed to be helping the others save Jack, so he goes back to his "monster fighting" song and his ode to bees is never brought up again.
Creepy Cute: Despite beastly appearances/natures, many characters of this type still manage to come off as cute.
Designated Hero: The denizens of Safe Haven can be seen like this. While it is not their fault that Cameron was fraudulently sent there, they effectively kidnap her by not letting her leave. This is despite the Fantastic Racism against humans (as revealed in supplementary materials) and her zoophobia. The In-Universe justification being that letting her leave will "corrupt" the barrier that wards off "dark forces". However, it is a plot point in chapter three that the barrier doesn't work thus eliminating this excuse.
Zill, Kayla, Jack, Vanex and Spam have become known as "the Main Gang", or "the Original 5".
Sometimes Addison (aka Addi) is also included in the former.
Damian, Addison, Sahara, Tom, Gustav, and Mackenzie are generally seen as the "secondary Main" group (especially the first three).
Foe Yay Shipping: Quite a number of fans enjoy shipping Tom and Addison, despite the two hating one another, and being in separate relationships. Though to be fair, this is partially backed up by the fact that they previously dated very briefly before breaking up on bad terms.
Ho Yay: In the "Bad Luck Jack" short, we have Rusty and Autumn bickering Like an Old Married Couple. Zill even lampshades it by saying that they've "really got some tension going on".
Jerkass Woobie: Although he's only appeared as a background character so far, Rusty is revealed to be this. Also, Camilla and Damian qualify according to Word of God.
Slow-Paced Beginning: One main complaint about the comic was how long it took to get to the main plot, as well as the fact that it never actually did. Not helping matters was the fact that there was only one new page a week that very frequently didn't progress the story. Viv is well aware of this, and it's one of the reasons she scrapped the comic, and promises the reboot will get to the main plot much faster.
Unintentionally Unsympathetic: Chapter three wants you to feel bad for Damian. This can be hard since he abuses his cousin, tries to sabotage Zill's relationship with Kayla, sneaks off to Safe Haven without his parents knowing thus putting his life at risk and threatens a man insulting him with violence.
Zimmer in particular counts as he's pretty much The Woobie.
The Woobie: Jack. Ohhh, Jack. It seems every single panel he appears in makes you want to hug him. To clarify, he's a sweet little Jackal who looks like a beaten up puppy that suffers eternal bad luck and abuse. To make him even woobier than he already is, crying is listed as a hobby of Jack's here. As the series goes on, he'll most likely evolve into an Iron Woobie.
Sometimes Cameron too. She was tricked into becoming a guidance counselor at a school full of her worst nightmares come to life.
Although he has yet to appear, Zimmer qualifies with what little information there is about him. He's a sweet, lonely homeless kid who nearly everyone is scared of.
Autumn could be seen as one, though he hasn't appeared yet as well and seems to be a bit of a Butt-Monkey.
Leonardo of the twins could probably use a good cuddle as well, as he's much more nervous and awkward than his suave brother Vincent. His messed up eye and missing tooth probably makes him less appealing to girls and he likely lives in his twin's shadow. Poor baby.
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