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It contains a number of cultural references and allusions. For example, the transphobic British billionaire-writer against whom [[Glendalf#In the Collapsed Cosmos|Glendalf]] bears a grudge is transparently a satirical depiction of J.K. Rowling, while Glendalf himself and his twelve Orcs knocking at Jenny's doors are reminiscent of J.R.R. Tolkien's Gandalf and his company of Dwarves at the beginning of ''The Hobbit''.   
It contains a number of cultural references and allusions. For example, the transphobic British billionaire-writer against whom [[Glendalf#In the Collapsed Cosmos|Glendalf]] bears a grudge is transparently a satirical depiction of J.K. Rowling, while Glendalf himself and his twelve Orcs knocking at Jenny's doors are reminiscent of J.R.R. Tolkien's Gandalf and his company of Dwarves at the beginning of ''The Hobbit''.   


Additionally, the title is a pun on {{w|Airtight Garage|''The Airtight Garage of Jerry Cornelius''], or more specifically on its original French title (''Le Garage Hermétique de Jerry Cornelius''), playing on the fact that the French term “hermétique” (which actually, at least in this context, translates as “''airtight''”) resembles the English alchemical term “hermetic”.  
Additionally, the title is a pun on {{w|Airtight Garage|''The Airtight Garage of Jerry Cornelius''}}, or more specifically on its original French title (''Le Garage Hermétique de Jerry Cornelius''), playing on the fact that the French term “hermétique” (which actually, at least in this context, translates as “''airtight''”) resembles the English alchemical term “hermetic”.
 
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The story is [https://thejennyeverywhereproject.tumblr.com/tagged/tghje available] on Tumblr.
The story is [https://thejennyeverywhereproject.tumblr.com/tagged/tghje available] on Tumblr.
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