Sapru had to battle conservative intransigent and princely fickleness when participation was largely voluntary. He decided to lampoon the passion and the fickleness of the fans. Although Mab initially laughs at the Duke's fickleness, she agrees, but swears vengeance. The poem then addresses the fickleness of fortune; another common trope. Yallop must carry some blame for this fickleness. Cole tells Hitch that he still wants to be with Allie, despite her fickleness. While frustrated by their fickleness, she allows them to switch. While following Hon, Shan gets to learn about the fickleness of the world.