History WebOriginal / Unichat

''[[http://unichat.thecomicseries.com/ Unichat]]'' is a text-based {{webcomic}} by Naomi "Xenocartographer" Coffman, told entirely through chat logs on the titular program. While at first appearing to be a niche SliceOfLife comic, the story quickly takes a hard left into sci-fi, with a moon base, theoretical physics, TimeTravel, and computer programming all factoring heavily into the plot. More recently, the comic has started [[PlayingWithATrope playing games with]] the [[NoFourthWall fourth wall]]. The comic is hosted on Website/ComicFury, which is something of a testament to the power of that site's template engine.

* AuthorAvatar: Not only does the author self-insert, the ''[[UpToEleven readers]]'' show up in canon!

* NoNameGiven: Many characters are known only by their username. Most of the main casts' first names have been revealed, but few last names. Taken UpToEleven with a rogue Unichat administrator, who posts directly in the comments without even a username.

* FriendlyEnemies: Rasputin and Vampire very much appear to be military rivals, but enjoy casual chitchat, refer to each other as friends, and even [[FoeYay use hugging emotes in the chat]]. Rasputin even staged a battle with Vampire for the explicit purpose of cheering her up.

* {{Transgender}}: Rasputin.

''[[http://unichat-comic.com Unichat]]'' is a text-based {{webcomic}} by Naomi "Xenocartographer" Coffman, told entirely through chat logs on the titular program. While at first appearing to be a niche SliceOfLife comic, the story quickly takes a hard left into sci-fi, with a moon base, theoretical physics, TimeTravel, and computer programming all factoring heavily into the plot. More recently, the comic has started [[PlayingWithATrope playing games with]] the [[NoFourthWall fourth wall]]. The comic is hosted on Website/ComicFury, which is something of a testament to the power of that site's template engine.

* NoNameGiven: Most of the characters, but some have appeared in canon. A rogue administrator has been seen posting messages directly in the chat logs.

* OurGraphicsWillSuckInTheFuture: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]]. A [[WorldWarIII nuclear war]] in the backstory set some areas of human technology back a few decades.

* ShoutOut: To [[VideoGame.BluePlanet Blue Planet: War in Heaven]], of all things, in the author notes of [[http://unichat-comic.com/comics/57/ page 57]]. It's unclear if this is foreshadowing or just the author appreciating obscure games, but the two have thematic similarities, at least.

* {{Transsexual}}: Rasputin.
** The author.

''[[http://unichat-comic.com Unichat]]'' is a text-based {{webcomic}} by Naomi "Xenocartographer" Coffman, told entirely through chat logs on the titular program. While at first appearing to be a niche SliceOfLife comic, the story quickly takes a hard left into sci-fi, with a moon base, theoretical physics, TimeTravel, and computer programming all factoring heavily into the plot. The comic is hosted on Website/ComicFury, which is something of a testament to the power of that site's template engine.

** A figure known only as Unus_Relicum is referred to as a "Gaian agitator", and [[spoiler: Vampire]] still has some Gaian assets under their control, implying that they still have some relevance. The site's CSS even defines a chat color for [=UR=], in spite of them never appearing in a page.

* EldritchAbomination: Gaia, if . Etamnanki may qualify as well.

''[[http://unichat-comic.com Unichat]]'' is a text-based {{webcomic}} by Patrick "Xenocartographer" Coffman, told entirely through chat logs on the titular program. While at first appearing to be a niche SliceOfLife comic, the story quickly takes a hard left into sci-fi, with a moon base, theoretical physics, TimeTravel, and computer programming all factoring heavily into the plot. The comic is hosted on Website/ComicFury, which is something of a testament to the power of that site's template engine.

Unichat has rebooted once before, with the author considering the previous version something on an OldShame, according to the rant. While the plot is somewhat different and the world is much, ''much'' more fleshed out, all the tropes of the original apply in the reboot.

* FriendlessBackground: Sonja grew up on a moon base with only one other person her age, who she does not get along with. Poor girl...

* KudzuPlot: A handful of plot threads, such as [[spoiler: Pancake's visit to the moon]] and [[spoiler: Sonja finding a corpse]] have appeared only to be immediately dropped. Whether they'll end up becoming relevant or [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse not]] remains to be seen.

* ShoutOut: To [[VideoGame.BluePlanet Blue Planet: War in Heaven]], of all things, in the author notes of [[http://unichat-comic.com/comics/57/ page 57]]. What relevance, if any, this has is ambiguous, but it may be related to whatever Etamnanki is.

[[http://unichat-comic.com Unichat]] is a text-based {{webcomic}} by Patrick "Xenocartographer" Coffman, told entirely through chat logs on the titular program. While at first appearing to be a niche SliceOfLife comic, the story quickly takes a hard left into sci-fi, with a moon base, theoretical physics, TimeTravel, and computer programming all factoring heavily into the plot. The comic is hosted on ComicFury, which is something of a testament to the power of that site's template engine.

Unichat provides examples of:

* OutsideContextProblem: [=GodsOfOlympus=] implies that he's investigating one, and has cited world domination as beneath his notice. Given his status in the United Nations, this may even be true. Alternatively, he may be one himself. Sonja [[http://unichat-comic.com/comics/15 references]] ''Literature/{{Excession}}'' when describing Gaia, but she may have been speaking metaphorically.

* OutsideContextProblem: [=GodsOfOlympus=] implies that he's investigating one, and has cited world domination as beneath his notice. Given his status in the United Nations, this may even be true. Alternatively, he may be one himself.

* FanNickname: "The chess club" for the quadumvirate of Pancake, Theo, Rasputin, and Vampire; [=GoO=] for [=GodsOfOlympus=]. [=MrE=] has subsequently used the former in canon.

* OldShame: The author's attitude towards the original version of the comic, which now exists nowhere but the Internet Archive.

[[http://unichat-comic.com Unichat]] is a text-based {{webcomic}}, told entirely through chat logs on the titular program. While at first appearing to be a niche SliceOfLife comic, the story quickly takes a hard left into sci-fi, with a moon base, theoretical physics, TimeTravel, and computer programming all factoring heavily into the plot. The comic is hosted on ComicFury, which is something of a testament to the power of that site's template engine.

[[http://unichat-comic.com Unichat]] is a text-based {{webcomic}}, told entirely through chat logs on the titular program. While at first appearing to be a niche SliceOfLife comic, the story quickly takes a hard left into sci-fi, with a moon base, theoretical physics, TimeTravel, and computer programming all factoring heavily into the plot.

* TheChessmaster: Many, ''many'' possibilities, to the point of fan-term "the chess club" showing up to refer to them. Four different users have expressed a desire to take over the world, and other powers such as [=GodsOfOlympus=], Orlov, [[spoiler: Athena]], and [[spoiler: meta's dad]] all have their own objectives as well.