History WebComic / Subnormality

* MeetCute: {{Deconstructed}}, then [[ReconstructedTrope reconstructed]] in the [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page548.html comic of the same name]].

* DespairEventHorizon: Aside from "Not Worth It!", [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page452.html the Sphynx]] opts to use this as a means of calming her meals, making them DrivenToSuicide. Those poor baby chicks... And she gave up this tactic because people [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page467.html no longer found her stories depressing]].

-->'''Mrs. Smith''': Five dollars?! Well it's coming out of your pay! Clearing the walk is supposed to be '''your''' job, Luisa! Did you weasel out of your snow shoveling in La Paz, too?\\
'''Luisa''': Come here, Janey! Let's go to the basement for a second!
* BaitAndSwitch: [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page529.html This strip]], as detailed under BeneathNotice, and [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page558.html this strip]] which starts out looking like it's about how society turns a blind eye to the homeless, but is actually about how it's LonelyAtTheTop.

-->'''Mrs. Smith''': Five dollars?! Well it's coming out of your pay! Clearing the walk is supposed to be '''your''' job, Luisa! Did you weasel out of your snow shoveling in La Paz, too?\\
'''Luisa''': Come here, Janey! Let's go to the basement for a second!
* BaitAndSwitch: [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page529.html This strip]], as detailed under BeneathNotice, and [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page558.html this strip]] which starts out looking like it's about how society turns a blind eye to the homeless, but is shown to be about how ItsLonelyAtTheTop.

-->'''Mrs. Smith''': Five dollars?! Well it's coming out of your pay! Clearing the walk is supposed to be '''your''' job, Luisa! Did you weasel out of your snow shoveling in La Paz, too?\\
'''Luisa''': Come here, Janey! Let's go to the basement for a second!
%%* BaitAndSwitch: [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page529.html These]] [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page558.html two]]

* MortonsFork: [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page518.html Hell is like this]] for anyone who goes there, but apparently, there are [[{{Jerkass}} always a few guys]] who won't take the staff's word for it...

* AffablyEvil: The Sphynx is ''usually'' rather polite. (And she [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page467.html got upset once]] because no-one appreciated it.)

* LikeParentLikeSpouse: Parodied in a comic which featured various mutations on spousal archetypes. The "spouse who resembles your opposite sex parent" is depicted as being paired with a womanchild / manchild (the women want an affectionate sugar daddy, the men want someone who manages their lives for them).

* BiTheWay: One of the recurring characters, who is a demon from hell. Since she dates humans, this is also a case of InterspeciesRomance.

Rowntree also writes the irregularly updated sister comic ''Webcomic/{{Abnormality}}'' for Website/{{Cracked}}; [[http://www.cracked.com/members/WinstonRowntree/ it's accessible from Rowntree's author page.]] Its strips are narrower (to fit the website's layout), generally shorter and rarely plot-driven. Many of them are humorous infographics. For convenience all page images taken from ''Abnormality'' link to this page. He also contributes to Cracked's ''WebVideo/AfterHours'' series, providing illustrations for Michael's brain.

Reader responses are rather subjective; many enjoy it for [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped the messages]] they receive from it, and others dislike it for [[TropesAreNotGood how hard]] Winston tries to [[{{Anvilicious}} hammer in his morality]]. In this comic, you do just as much reading as you would if you were reading a book, it just has pictures to go with it. Somewhat of a LightNovel, except the art style is more reminiscent of western comic books than Japanese Manga.

** [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page472.html This strip]] claims that the ''The German Guns'' recitation [[Series/{{BlackAdder}} ("BOOM BOOM BOOM...") is copyrighted by a certain S. Baldrick, 1917]].

* BreadEggsMilkSquick: Seen [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page403.html here]], panel two. Go into the wrong in a spa, they sacrifice you to a god.

-->And I don't [[HiddenInPlainSight hide in plain sight]]. I don't hide at all. I just live in the blind spots that everyone has —- the places you would never look because you assume —- you '''know''' -— nothing could be there. You can fit quite the little career in a blind spot.

-->And I don't [[HiddenInPlainSight hide in plain sight]]. I don't hide at all. I just live in the blind spots that everyone has — the places you would never look because you assume — you know — nothing could be there. You can fit quite the little career in a blind spot.

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* HilariousInHindsight: [[{{In-universe}} Pointed out]] in the AltText for the [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page410.html 43rd strip]] concerning the appearance of one of the characters:

* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: In-universe. The Pink Haired Girl states outright that she's okay with the Sphynx killing people as long as the Sphynx is nice to her personally. Though this isn't to say she didn't [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page586.html agonize at length]] over the dissonance of her acceptance of the Sphynx as a friend all the while knowing that the Sphynx eats people and is perceived as a dangerous menace.

* HorsemenOfTheApocalypse: Subverted, as the Horsemen presented turn out not to be the biblical ones, but the [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page433.html Horsemen of the "Atheist" Apocalypse]], respectively [[BeliefMakesYouStupid Science, Progress, Reason, and Equality]] (Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Sam Harris, and Christopher Hitchens). Rather than heralding the end of the world, [[OutgrownSuchSillySuperstitions they create a utopia.]]

* MsFanservice: Found [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page429.html here]], [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page487.html here]] and [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page526.html here]]. Although, because she seems unaware of her effect on the opposite sex, it overlaps with InnocentFanserviceGirl. In the third one, it shows that she is saddened by the fact that every man she might like disappears. She's wearing the man's hat when she sighs at the bus stop.

** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]]: "...Oh. You're one of ''[[LiteralGenie those]]'' genies."
* KaleidoscopeHair: The pink-haired girl switches between neon pink and brown, once in the middle of a conversation with another character. Her explanation is just, "I do this a lot."

* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: The entire point of "[[http://www.viruscomix.com/page518.html Can't Win]]", where a sinner insists he'll be the one to best Hell, much to the chagrin of Devil #76. [[spoiler:He doesn't.]]

%%* BenevolentBoss: [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page477.html Deconstructed]]

* BlueAndOrangeMorality: The Sphynx, apparently. It's fine for her to kill and eat people since she's not human, whereas a human cannibal is shown to have ended up in Hell. (Her "reasoning" [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page517.html is that she's simply higher on the food chain.]] Of course, the Sphynx isn't actually dead yet.

%%* BreadEggsMilkSquick: Seen [[http://www.viruscomix.com/page403.html here]], panel two

%%* DeconstructorFleet: As stated above.

Reader responses are [[LoveItOrHateIt rather subjective]]; many enjoy it for [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped the messages]] they receive from it, and others dislike it for [[TropesAreNotGood how hard]] Winston tries to [[{{Anvilicious}} hammer in his morality]]. In this comic, you do just as much reading as you would if you were reading a book, it just has pictures to go with it. Somewhat of a LightNovel, except the art style is more reminiscent of western comic books than Japanese Manga.