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* CtrlAltDel, [[CrossesTheLineTwice on three separate occasions]], set the internet ablaze.
** The first was during the RoM-icide incident, when the series creator, Tim Buckley, deleted most of the forum posters after he was caught alledgedly [[{{Squick}} sending a picture of his penis to a 15 year old girl.]] [[hottip:*:which is a myth- but the deletions were definitely not]]
** The second was after the infamous [[http://www.cad-comic.com/cad/20080602 Loss strip.]] Sending the series into CerebusSyndrome at full force, made worse by Buckley's blog post in response to the strip.
** The third was the infamous Abby-gate incident, when it was discovered that Buckley [=GISed=] one of his characters, [[http://forums.g4tv.com/showthread.php?t=150312 shamelessly copying another persons artwork.]]
* ''AModestDestiny'' by Squidi versus ''PennyArcade'''s forums due to copyright concerns -- more detail [[http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=49593 here]].
* Want to start a fight on ''this'' wiki? Refer to ''"Webcomic/Webcomic/ElGoonishShive"'' and "NoBisexuals" in the same discussion. There will be aftershocks for months. On the page for [=EGS=], NoBisexuals is followed by a warning not to get started.
** Come to think of it, criticize EGS on this wiki and you can measure how long before [[EditWar it gets removed]] in the minutes.
* David Morgan-Mar wanted to use the correct terminology: is the Lego implement in [[http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/1902.html this]] ''IrregularWebcomic'' strip a spade or a shovel? So he looked it up online and found that no one can agree on the difference between spades and shovels, if there even is one. His below-the-comic commentary on the confusion simply inspired more people to weigh in and further confuse the issue.
** Curiously, a lot of the confusion (especially the author's initial confusion) seems to come down to excessive literalism and people taking the same words to mean different things. At least in the UK, the definitions are as follows: ''(missing)''
* One real sad one is 20% of the internet vs. the other 80%. What makes them fight so? The quality of ''CtrlAltDel''. 20% says it's okay, 80% says... [[FanHater something]] [[{{Hatedom}} else]].
** Though this is obviously only about people that know/care about it.
* ''BadlyDrawnKitties'' and ''BetterDays'' began as a joint effort to write the same characters at different points in their lives, until a notorious schism between the authors, leading to {{Take That}}s such as ''Badly Drawn Kitties'' [[DroppedABridgeOnHim dropping a bridge on]] the lead of ''Better Days'' and the creator of ''Better Days'' turning a major character's [[AnythingThatMoves somewhat prominent]] bisexuality into an AbortedArc. Bring up either, anywhere, and you're likely to start a fight over who wronged whom; bring one up on the other's forum, and may God have mercy on your soul.
** Better shortcut than that: mention the reason that the two comics split, IE, the two creators ended their relationship. No, seriously, that's not a dig.
* In the official ''[[Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick Order of the Stick]]'' [[http://www.giantitp.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=22 forum]], you can raise a flame with several issues: Vaarsuvius' gender, the nature of the Monster in the Darkness, if Miko was meant to be Roy's love interest (or anything about Miko at all, really), Haley's mother nature, and if the webcomic is going to be upgraded to ''D&D'' 4e. Ironically, almost all points received the WordOfGod about them, and most of the time the flame will be started by people claiming to be sick reading that issue AGAIN. Newbies are going to have hard times.
** And yet people will let any EpilepticTrees theory, no matter how ridiculous, fly. Personal favorites include: "Thog is a member of the orc tribe that captured Elan/Durkon/V", "Therkla is Haley in disguise" ('''''WHAT!?'''''), etc.
** Oh, and just do not mention what happened between Belkar and the Oracle. The mechanics of that incident are vague enough for people to interpret it in any one of several ways, and they're all convinced their view is the right one. Were the Oracle's attempts to placate Belkar genuine, i.e., did he think that Belkar ultimately ''did'' cause Roy's death? Was the Oracle pissing off Belkar ''so'' he would kill him? For some reason, the latter theory has somehow caused the Oracle to be labeled a MagnificentBastard and ThePlan, even though "rile a maniac into murdering you" sounds like just about the worst plan in history.
** [[AntiHero Vaarsuvius]]'s alignment, and anything related, especially [[spoiler: Familicide]].
* ''{{Erfworld}}'': Ansom's ability to beat Parson's schemes, and whether [[spoiler:uncroaking the volcano]] was a DeusExMachina.
* Try to say something positive about ''DominicDeegan'' on this wiki and watch [[{{Natter}} the flood roll in]].
* [[RuleOfThree Or]] CtrlAltDel.
* Or ''TheWotch''.
* On the ''{{Misfile}}'' forums, just ask "The Infamous Pedal Question" or raise the issue of gender pronouns. Or call Hazelton's answer to the question an {{Asspull}} and see how many seconds until it's reverted.
* Over on the forums for the furry webcomic ''LasLindas'', a huge forum war erupted after [[http://laslindas.katbox.net/?p=321 this strip]] (as well as the strips that came [[http://laslindas.katbox.net/?p=319 before]] and [[http://laslindas.katbox.net/?p=323 after]] that one) were posted; fans were split over whether or not Miles deserved to get dumped because of what he did to Taffy (he'd been in a relationship with her for quite some time without any intimacy between them). Though it's been over a year since the "war" there, every so often, a new fan will join the forums and attempt to reignite it (longtime forum regulars are usually quick to defuse the situation, especially those who were at the center of the original "war"), and several forum members still hold small grudges against those who opposed their viewpoint on the situation.
** We'll just reserve this space for the fallout of Rachael and Mora's fight.
** Hell, the overall quality of the comic itself tends to spark rather heated debates, to the point where some of it has spilled onto this very wiki.
* Any discussion of the LesYay in ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt''. ("You're a homophobe!" "You're a {{Lolicon}} YuriFanboy!")
** For extra fun: "Did Reynardine really attempt to [[spoiler:possess Annie]]? (If not, was it part of a {{plan}}?" The forum has gone on for pages about it, and there's still no consensus, and probably will not be until it is resloved in-comic.
* Mention how much you love {{Megatokyo}} anywhere else than its official forum. Sit back and watch the wank. For a bonus, say that you think it got better since Rodney left.
** One needn't go outside the MegaTokyo forums to get into a flamewar about MT. It's apparently popular, for those outside the "Story Discussions" and "SD Fanworks" subforums, to take a dump on the comic, even if without the comic the other forums ''wouldn't exist'' (it's not internet fairies paying the forum bandwidth, after all).
* ''FanFic/GrimTalesFromDownBelow''. Three words: [[spoiler:MANDY DID WTC.]] This one comic has managed to cause many a flame war.
* [[Webcomic/EightBitTheater Brian Clevinger:]] An ''avante guarde'' artist whose false endings and anticlimax moments are a brilliant deconstruction of epic storytelling? Or a creative sadist who's realized that he can tease and torture his fanbase any way he likes and they'll still keep coming back for more? His own words, that "the best jokes are the ones played on the audience", certainly don't help matters.
** Everytime this happens, the fans come out in their thousands, most begging and pleading for things not to really end like this, others handing out well-meaning compliments and thanks for a well-written comic, and a strong minority who fall over themselves trying to be the first SmartMark to spot the gag and make fun of others who believe the setup is for real.
* ''PennyAndAggie''
** Helen: misunderstood [[TheWoobie woobie]] underdog, or spiteful, self-pitying traitor? If you like forum discussions well exceeding twenty pages ''per thread'', you'll love this.
** [[PortmanteauCoupleName Agenny]]: The strip's inevitable outcome, shameless OOC (albeit well-foreshadowed) {{Fanservice}}, or a fanfiction-level AssPull? Should they stay together or not? In-character, was it a good idea in the first place, or not?
** Waltrip vs. Lagace vs. Milholland. Milholland vowed never to do another guest arc again after the first two... and then he did a {{Crossover}}.
** PennyAndAggie ''anything''. That fandom can pick ''anything'' to the bones, suck out the marrow, and write a treatise on the meaning of each joint.
* ''[[MenageA3 Ménage à 3]]'': Zii: LoveableSexManiac, or ManipulativeBastard KarmaHoudini?
* [[OverlyLongGag Have we mentioned CtrlAltDel yet?]]
* For as widely respected as PennyArcade is, its subject matter choices and...let's say "irreverent" approach have produced a few.
** Most recent was the controversy over the infamous "dickwolves" comic, which turned into a six-month internet war that resulted in boycots of PAX and death threats directed at the main players on both sides.
** A more insular version came back in 2006, when the guys mocked a webcomic documentary they found silly and pretentious, especially the performance of webcomic artist Cat Garza.
* The ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' fandom has its own special word for this: [[BaseBreaker Vriska]]chat.
** Please DontAsk about the replaced music in a few animations. It [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks brings up]] [[BrokenBase unpleasant memories]]. [[hottip:* :The explanation can be found in the [[Headscratchers/{{Homestuck}} JBM Homestuck page]].]]
** One sorta-started after Hussie made a tumblr post saying that all the characters lack any race, and then [[OrwellianRetcon edited a line of text to make reflect that.]]
* Discuss Literature/SailorNothing. Is it a brilliant deconstruction that totally predates more subversive stuff released recently, like MadokaMagica or PrettyCure? Or a BloodierAndGorier piece of i-net crap with a creepy obsession with RapeAsDrama and has massive research failure in regards to Japanese culture? Is it true that more than one local TVT edit about it was actually made by the author himself or people in his inner circle, or are these just coincidences? Either way, think twice before asking.
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