- Alternative Character Interpretation:
- Two different incidents early in the comic's run worked out so conveniently for the characters involved that in both cases, some readers speculated that these two were cunning manipulative planners. However, in both cases, it became clear soon enough that they really were just benefiting from some combination of luck, improvisation, and plot convenience.
- Zadie "accidentally" left her phone turned on during her job interview with Ramona, where she receives a very suspiciously timed text message from her boyfriend addressed to another woman revealing that he had been cheating on her. She then declared sadly that breaking up with him would leave her without anyone to help cover her rent, pulling huge Puppy-Dog Eyes that made a sympathetic Ramona give her the job. This led some people to believe that the whole thing was a con with her boyfriend being in on it (or perhaps not even real to begin with, since she could have gotten anyone to send her such a message), but it turned out that she really did leave her phone on by accident, he really was cheating on her, and the text message was genuine.
- Felix, during his job interview with Ramona, mentioned that he was bisexual and previously had a boyfriend. Ramona, being the obsessive Yaoi Fangirl that she is, gave him the job immediately. Since Felix heard about the job opening from Gary, it's possible he was tipped off about Ramona's interests ahead of time and could easily have made the whole thing up just to get the job. However, he later showed attraction to Julian, so it does seem that he is indeed bi (though that doesn't necessarily mean that he wasn't tipped off, just that he didn't have to make anything up). His flirting with Ramona was also not merely an attempt at ass-kissing a potential employer to get himself hired, since he's later shown to be genuinely attracted to her too, to the point that he fantasizes about her when having sex with Sharon and he is very disappointed when it turns out Ramona is already taken.
- Sharon is depicted as, at best, someone who’s habitually mean to her brother, to the point where many readers decided that she made him look almost likable, despite his irritating behavior in strips before she appeared. In fact, going by the comic’s discussion boards, she is widely disliked, perhaps even more than the writers intend. However, a minority opinion on those same boards is that her squabbling with Aaron is just a sibling issue somewhat justified by his personality, and notes that her habit of interfering in other people’s relationships usually targets cases where one party is acting badly.
- Two different incidents early in the comic's run worked out so conveniently for the characters involved that in both cases, some readers speculated that these two were cunning manipulative planners. However, in both cases, it became clear soon enough that they really were just benefiting from some combination of luck, improvisation, and plot convenience.
- Fan Nickname: "Ma3treal" (or “Mà3treal”) is used to refer to these comics’ version of Montreal, particularly when it comes to the Artistic License aspects.
- It's the Same, So It Sucks: The series has come under fire due to readers noticing that most of the starting plot, after the initially different opening strips, is almost an exact rehash of Ménage à 3's general plotline. Nerdy dork (Gary/Aaron) lives with a clueless super-hot character (DiDi/Julian), and a quirky, overeager trendy chick character (Zii/Zadie); upon moving in the super-hot character unknowingly becomes the Lust Object for both the trendy chick and the nerd.
- Jerkass Woobie: Aaron managed to gain a few sympathy points with his sister being clearly a bit of a bitch, but the strip "Feel for You"
gave him even more. Zadie basically dodges his question about the time she kissed him (to get her ex jealous), and the second last panel shows that Aaron wasn't just being a Hormone-Addled Teenager type about it; his face shows he actually considered it a precious moment, along with a quiet "it was memorable to me". So of course his sister chimes in with a Jerkass one-liner while Aaron looks even sadder. - Slow-Paced Beginning: Early strips generated mutters about slow pacing on the comic’s discussion boards. To be fair, this may have been due as much to the comic only having two four-panel strips a week, with a five-day gap between Thursday and Tuesday strips, as to any actual slowness.
- Trans Audience Interpretation: Aaron's Ambiguously Bi tendencies could be read as some closeted transsexuality or genderfluidity. He enjoys cross-dressing a little too much and has some unexplained expertise in applying makeup to himself. He also indulges in some gender-swap play with Tess and has sexual fantasies where he's a large-breasted woman. More to the point, when he's presenting as "Erin," he seems to exclusively go after men, while as "Aaron," he (mainly) sticks to hetero relationships like with Tess — some readers have concluded that Aaron is "straight" while being genderfluid.
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