Labyrinths of Echo/YMMV
- Canon Sue: The protagonist can be considered this, complete with New Powers as the Plot Demands, and the fact that entire Echo is his Wish Fulfillment, although with Makhi and Juffin there is no way to know what's real outside of Khumgat.
- Subverted/Deconstructed: In the form of Be Careful What You Wish For. It does not prevent Max from being pushed over several Despair Event Horizons.
- Crap Saccharine World:
- Highly debatable - there are no pretensions at the place being saccharine. Max likes it anyway, but this is more likely a combination of Wish Fulfillment, Be Careful What You Wish For and Max being an Artificial Human created with the explicit purpose to become the world's Barrier Maiden and the Quiet City's prisoner.
- High Octane Nightmare Fuel: Contains surprisingly large number of this. The worst part? Unless you are very good at True Magic, there is no defence from most of it.