Art3mis defies expectations that girls are no good at games and can't be geeks in the end by actually being female.

This line is ironically uttered by Art3mis, the one person who looks the most like her avatar out of all of them. Aside from that one thing, she seems pretty comfortable with herself and her appearance.

For Wade, love trumps competition. Who needs a billion dollars when you can have an online romance with someone you've never met and might even be a different gender than you want them to be? Swoon.

Boy, by the time Art3mis comes along, Wade seems to have forgotten the "immediate" connection he said he felt with Aech back in chapter 3. What happened to the bro code?

Wade perseveres when it comes to relationships, too. Even though Art3mis doesn't want to team up with him, doesn't want to be his girlfriend, and sometimes doesn't want anything to do with him period, Wade doesn't give up. And he gets the girl in the end.

Dropping out of school to pursue your dreams—commitment or craziness? Shmoop amongst yourselves.