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The strip officially [[https://twitter.com/joeycomeau/status/605353172878684161 ended on June 1st 2015]] after 12 years with ''[[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=1243 its one-thousand two-hundred and forty-third]]'' strip.
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The strip officially [[https://twitter.com/joeycomeau/status/605353172878684161 ended on June 1st 2015]] after 12 years with ''[[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=1243 its one-thousand two-hundred and forty-third]]'' strip.
strip, but came back for [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=1244 five strips]] due to meeting a [[https://ksr-ugc.imgix.net/assets/003/893/403/cccd173c5f01d5ca206c061c9b44fe34_original.png?w=680&fit=max&v=1433085842&auto=format&lossless=true&s=d7d520a2056256aece6a70df3dc8011f Kickstarter goal]] for the Best Of book.
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=65 "and my party was cancelled." ]]
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** Strips [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=26 26]], [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=227 227]], and [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=667 667]].
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-->-- '''Narration''', ''[[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=3 comic 3]]''
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-->-- '''Narration''', ''[[http://www.'''Narration, [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=3 comic 3]]''
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-->-- '''Narration''', ''[[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=3 comic 3]]''
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** "[[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=735 I usually sleep in, but not today.]] Today I wake like the Kraken! Weird and damp. ([[AltText Surrounded by terrified fishermen.]])"
* MoralityPet: Unfortunately, that's [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=955 not really what you want in a CFO]].
* MoralityPet: Unfortunately, that's [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=955 not really what you want in a CFO]].
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** The narrator of 735 either quickly loses track of their metaphor or deliberately subverts the expected comparison. "[[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=735 I usually sleep in, but not today.]] Today I wake like the Kraken! Weird and damp. ([[AltText Surrounded by terrified fishermen.]])"
* MoralityPet:Unfortunately, 955's narrator is addressing the person who they find brings out the best in them and makes them want to be a better person. They then add that unfortunately, that's [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=955 not really what you want in a CFO]].
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* NeverLiveItDown[[invoked]]: Parodied. Yes, the narrator committed elaborately staged psycho-sexual murders... [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=1194 but they also have a dog walking company, why doesn't anyone talk about that?]]
* NiceToTheWaiter: [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=716 Subverted and parodied]].
* NiceToTheWaiter: [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=716 Subverted and parodied]].
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* NeverLiveItDown[[invoked]]: Parodied. Yes, the narrator of 1194 committed elaborately staged psycho-sexual murders... [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=1194 but they also have a dog walking company, why doesn't anyone talk about that?]]
* NiceToTheWaiter: [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=716 Subverted andparodied]].parodied]] in 716.
* NiceToTheWaiter: [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=716 Subverted and
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* WantingIsBetterThanHaving: I wanted to have you. I didn't realize having you meant I'd stop [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=1094 wanting you.]]
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* RousseauWasRight: [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=733 I belive most people are inherently good.]] [[FalseReassurance But overcoming our nature is what separates us from the animals.]]
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* RosesAreRedVioletsAreBlue: ...you can do whatever you want [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=1116 to me]].
* RousseauWasRight: [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=733 Ibelive believe most people are inherently good.]] [[FalseReassurance But overcoming our nature is what separates us from the animals.]]
* RousseauWasRight: [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=733 I
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* NotWearingPantsDream: Subverted when the AmbigiousSyntax of the sentence reveals this [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=1124 not to be a dream at all]].
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* NotWearingPantsDream: Subverted when the AmbigiousSyntax AmbiguousSyntax of the sentence reveals this [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=1124 not to be a dream at all]].
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* NotWearingPantsDream: Subverted when the AmbigiousSyntax of the sentence reveals this [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=1124 not to be a dream at all]].
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* NinetyPercentOfYourBrain: What if only 10 precent of our brains, we could access 9 percent. Just one percent less, [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=1136 how happy we might be.]]
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** [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=654 How should one serve revenge?]]
** [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=662 An addendum to the Sphinx's riddle.]]
** [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=662 An addendum to the Sphinx's riddle.]]
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** [[http://asofterworld.654 twists the phrase "Revenge is a dish best served cold" by saying that accidentally shooting yourself is proof that its a dish[[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=654 How should one serve revenge?]]
best served by someone with at least a bit of experience cooking.]]
**[[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=662 An addendum 662 has an addition to the classic Sphinx's riddle.]]riddle of "What walks with four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs at night?", In the comic, they add an extra line to the riddle "then becomes a burden and gets put in a home?"
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* ParentsInDistress: The narrator of 638 is an ActualPacifist, and avows to remain so until either the day they die or until the day someone threatens their mom. [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=638 "I would seriously stab Gandhi in his face for that woman."]]
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* ParentsInDistress: The narrator of 638 is an ActualPacifist, and avows to remain so until either the day they die or until the day someone threatens their mom. [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=638 "I would seriously stab Gandhi in his face for that woman."]]
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** "I get a crazy impulse when you smile at me. Like I want to step in front of a bus, in a good way."
** Then there's this, which may cross over with LoveMakesYouEvil...
--> "I want people to tell their children terrifying stories about the things we did."
--> "For love."
* MamaBear: [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=638 Inverted.]]
** Then there's this, which may cross over with LoveMakesYouEvil...
--> "I want people to tell their children terrifying stories about the things we did."
--> "For love."
* MamaBear: [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=638 Inverted.]]
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** "I get a The narrator of 647 tells their love interest that seeing them smile gives them crazy impulse when you smile at me. Like impulses, in ways they like. "Like I want to step in front of a bus, buses, in a good way."
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--> "I want peopleIn 642, the narrator wants kids one day to tell their children terrifying scary stories about the things we did."
--> "For love."
they and their partner did for love.
*MamaBear: ParentsInDistress: The narrator of 638 is an ActualPacifist, and avows to remain so until either the day they die or until the day someone threatens their mom. [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=638 Inverted.]]"I would seriously stab Gandhi in his face for that woman."]]
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* {{Nerd}}: Some of the "characters". Possibly the author himself.
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* PlatonicProstitution: The narrator of 183 hires a prostitute to play hide and seek with him. While she thinks its some kind of sexual repression thing, he just misses having friends who are girls. He doesn't mind paying, as he considers it worth it.
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* PlatonicProstitution: The narrator of 183 hires a prostitute to play hide and seek with him. While she thinks its some kind of sexual repression thing, he just misses having friends who are girls. He doesn't mind paying, paying her, as he considers it worth it.
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* TenPercentOfYourBrain: The narrator of [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=1136 1136]] wonders how much happier we would be if we could only use 9%.
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* TenPercentOfYourBrain: The narrator of [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=1136 1136]] wonders references the myth by wondering how much happier we would be if we could only use 9%.
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* TitleDrop: The phrase "a softer world" is said three times in total in the comic. First in [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=3 Comic #3]], whose narrator is awed to find what they call a softer world in the caves behind their house, whose people understand what they had to do for love. It's the alt text of the final comic of the [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=1000 1000th comic special]]. That comic's narrator muses that they don't want a world without pain or sadness, they just want a world where those things mean something. It's not mentioned again until one of the final comics,[[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=1237 #1237]], which itself is a CallBack to #3. The narrator finds what they call the ruins of a softer world in the caves behind their house, bleakly saying that "kindness couldn't save them".
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* TitleDrop: The phrase "a softer world" is said three times in total in the comic.
** First in [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=3 Comic #3]], whose narrator is awed to find what they call a softer world in the caves behind their house, whose people understand what they had to do for love.
** It's the alt text of the final comic of the [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=1000 1000th comic special]]. That comic's narrator muses that they don't want a world without pain or sadness, they just want a world where those things mean something.
** It's not mentioned again until one of the final comics,[[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=1237 #1237]], which itself is a CallBack to #3. The narrator finds what they call the ruins of a softer world in the caves behind their house, bleakly saying that "kindness couldn't save them".
** First in [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=3 Comic #3]], whose narrator is awed to find what they call a softer world in the caves behind their house, whose people understand what they had to do for love.
** It's the alt text of the final comic of the [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=1000 1000th comic special]]. That comic's narrator muses that they don't want a world without pain or sadness, they just want a world where those things mean something.
** It's not mentioned again until one of the final comics,[[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=1237 #1237]], which itself is a CallBack to #3. The narrator finds what they call the ruins of a softer world in the caves behind their house, bleakly saying that "kindness couldn't save them".
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* WhoWantsToLiveForever: [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=951 "I'm not even sure I want the time I have."]]
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** [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=951 "I'm not even sure I want the time I have."]]
** [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=951 "I'm not even sure I want the time I have."]]
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* YourCheatingHeart: "[[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=714 Or I guess I could try to make some non-married friends.]]"
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** "[[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=714 Or I guess I could try to make some non-married friends.]]"
** "[[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=714 Or I guess I could try to make some non-married friends.]]"
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* ParentalAbandonment: Played for equal measures of laughs and drama.
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* PlatonicLifePartners: [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=946 "You and I will never be a great love story.]] That's okay! Let's see what kind of story we'll be! (Ooh! Ooh! I hope it's science fiction.)"
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* PlatonicLifePartners: PlatonicLifePartners:
** [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=946 "You and I will never be a great love story.]] That's okay! Let's see what kind of story we'll be! (Ooh! Ooh! I hope it's science fiction.)"
** [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=946 "You and I will never be a great love story.]] That's okay! Let's see what kind of story we'll be! (Ooh! Ooh! I hope it's science fiction.)"
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* PlatonicProstitution: The narrator of 183 hires a prostitute to play hide and seek with him. While she thinks its some kind of sexual repression thing, he just misses having friends who are girls. He doesn't mind paying, as he considers it worth it.
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* AbusiveParents: Jimmy, the narrator's boyfriend in 183, is beaten by his father after he hits the narrator during their fight. The narrator thinks that he's [[DisappearedDad lucky to have a father]], and aims to hit him in the fresh bruises during their next fight.
* AFoolForAClient: In 604, the narrator is dealing with someone choosing to represent themselves while under the belief that "I'll show you mine if you show me yours" is a valid legal defense and who is, according to the alt text, eating pizza in the courtroom.
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** The narrator's grandma starts to tell a knock-knock joke in number 30 but can't remember how it goes, leaving her in tears. [http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=30 "I can't remember" she says and starts to cry.]]
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** The narrator's grandma starts to tell a knock-knock joke in number 30 but can't remember how it goes, leaving her in tears. [http://asofterworld.[[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=30 "I can't remember" she says and starts to cry.]]
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** In number 600, it starts off normal but quickly becomes an example of serious depression when the person replies with [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=600 "I'm so sad I could die."]]
* LivingStatue: But they've all seen enough to know not to show it.
* LivingStatue: But they've all seen enough to know not to show it.
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** In number 600, it starts off as a normal joke but it quickly becomes an example of evident that the person has serious depression when the person replies they reply with [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=600 "I'm so sad I could die."]]
* LivingStatue:But In 138 all the statues in town came to life, but they've all seen enough to know not to show it.
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* AllJustADream: What the narrator would like to see in the newspapers, for once.
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* AllJustADream: What the The narrator of number 44 would like to see in the newspapers, depressing stories in newspapers end with "But it was all just a bad dream", for once.
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** [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=30 "I can't remember" she says and starts to cry.]]
** [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=732 "It's the police, sir. Open the door. There's been an accident."]]
** [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=268 "Who's where, grandma? Did you take your medicine?"]]
** [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=600 "I'm so sad I could die who?"]]
** [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=732 "It's the police, sir. Open the door. There's been an accident."]]
** [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=268 "Who's where, grandma? Did you take your medicine?"]]
** [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=600 "I'm so sad I could die who?"]]
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** [[http://asofterworld.The narrator's grandma starts to tell a knock-knock joke in number 30 but can't remember how it goes, leaving her in tears. [http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=30 "I can't remember" she says and starts to cry.]]
** Number 732 starts off following the structure of a knock-knock joke, but it's then revealed to be the police knocking on the narrator's door to tell them that there's been [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=732"It's the police, sir. Open the door. There's been an accident."]]
]]
**[[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=268 "Who's where, grandma? Did you The narrator of 268 relives their boredom by using knock-knock jokes to play cruel jokes on their grandma. They start to tell her one, but when she asks "who's there?" they pretend as though she's asking a serious question and ask if she remembered to take your medicine?"]]
her medicine.
** In number 600, it starts off normal but quickly becomes an example of serious depression when the person replies with [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=600 "I'm so sad I coulddie who?"]]die."]]
** Number 732 starts off following the structure of a knock-knock joke, but it's then revealed to be the police knocking on the narrator's door to tell them that there's been [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=732
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** In number 600, it starts off normal but quickly becomes an example of serious depression when the person replies with [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=600 "I'm so sad I could
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** [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=909 But the real version. Where the ant let the grasshopper die.]]
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** 909 twists the saying "man plans, God laughs" by comparing it to the fable of the hard-working ant who prepares for winter and the grasshopper who just laughs at the ant until winter comes and it has to beg for help because it didn't stockpile any food. That it means humanity outlive God is stated in the alt text, which claims it's like [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=909 But the "the real version. Where the ant let the grasshopper die.]]"]]
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-->[[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=880 this "Scared to be free."]]
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** [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=1227 "i like my witches like i like my books"]]
** [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=397 "I like my women like I like my squirrels."]]
* IncompatibleOrientation: "Love you. Miss you. Wish you weren't queer."
** [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=397 "I like my women like I like my squirrels."]]
* IncompatibleOrientation: "Love you. Miss you. Wish you weren't queer."
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** The narrator of 1227 likes their witches the way they like their books: [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=1227 "i "properly respected for their cultural importance"]], and possibly flapping around a haunted mansion.
** In 397, the narrator likes their women likemy witches they like i like my books"]]
**their squirrels: [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=397 "I like my women like I like my squirrels."]]
"Preternaturally intelligent."]] (But not in packs, please.)
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** Summed up in 164. "Love you. Miss you. Wish you weren't queer.""
** Subverted in 868, whose narrator clarifies that yes, they're gay...but they're gay for the person they're dating.
** In 397, the narrator likes their women like
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** Summed up in 164. "Love you. Miss you. Wish you weren't queer.
** Subverted in 868, whose narrator clarifies that yes, they're gay...but they're gay for the person they're dating.
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** The protagonist in 65 is upset that for the second year in a row someone they loved died on their birthday... because that means that their birthday party is canceled.
* KillTheGod: [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=244 "God? You're next."]]
* KillTheGod: [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=244 "God? You're next."]]
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** The protagonist in 65 is upset that for the second year in a row someone they loved died on their birthday... because that means that their birthday party is canceled.
canceled again.
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** The protagonist of 244, a young, innocent-looking child who picks up a telephone and asks the operation to put God on the line. He proceeds to threaten God, telling him [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=244"God? You're "You're next."]]
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** The protagonist of 244, a young, innocent-looking child who picks up a telephone and asks the operation to put God on the line. He proceeds to threaten God, telling him [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=244
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* ContinuityNod: The alt text of [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=886 886]] ("To drown would be an awfully great adventure!") is one to the alt text of [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=221 221]] (to die would be an awfully big adventure").
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* ContinuityNod: ContinuityNod:
** The alt text of [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=886 886]] ("To drown would be an awfully great adventure!") is one to the alt text of [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=221 221]] (to die would be an awfully bigadventure").adventure").
** In one of the earliest strips, number three, the narrator finds [[TitleDrop a softer world]] behind their house. In one of the last strips, 1237, they find the ''ruins'' of a softer world behind their house, with the comic's tone far bleaker than three's darkly humorous one.
** The alt text of [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=886 886]] ("To drown would be an awfully great adventure!") is one to the alt text of [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=221 221]] (to die would be an awfully big
** In one of the earliest strips, number three, the narrator finds [[TitleDrop a softer world]] behind their house. In one of the last strips, 1237, they find the ''ruins'' of a softer world behind their house, with the comic's tone far bleaker than three's darkly humorous one.
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* HopeIsScary: [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=880 this cage is all I know.]]
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: "I woke up in the woods covered in blood. Which means I'm either crazy or a werewolf. But I'm not a nobody."
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: "I'm pretty sure the key is to just be myself, but with money."
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: "I woke up in the woods covered in blood. Which means I'm either crazy or a werewolf. But I'm not a nobody."
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: "I'm pretty sure the key is to just be myself, but with money."
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* HopeIsScary: [[http://asofterworld.The narrator of 880 is afraid now that they have the chance to experience something better than they have before. They compare themselves to a lion raised in captivity whose keeper left the cage open.
-->[[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=880 thiscage is all I know.]]
"Scared to be free."]]
* IJustWantToBeSpecial:"I woke The narrator of 251 takes waking up in the woods covered in blood. Which blood surprisingly well because in their view it means I'm that they're either crazy or a werewolf. But I'm not werewolf... but they definitely aren't a nobody."
nobody.
* IJustWantToHaveFriends:"I'm pretty sure In 746, the key narrator thinks that to make everyone love her, all she needs to do is to just be myself, herself but with money."money.
-->[[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=880 this
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* TitleDrop: The phrase "a softer world" is said three times in total in the comic. First in [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=3 Comic #3]] and #3]], whose narrator is awed to find what they call a softer world in the caves behind their house, whose people understand what they had to do for love. It's the alt text of the final comic of the [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=1000 1000th comic special]]. That comic's narrator muses that they don't want a world without pain or sadness, they just want a world where those things mean something. It's not mentioned again in until one of the final comics, [[http://www.comics,[[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=1237 #1237]].#1237]], which itself is a CallBack to #3. The narrator finds what they call the ruins of a softer world in the caves behind their house, bleakly saying that "kindness couldn't save them".
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** In 234 narrator admits to their love interest that [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=234 "We are terrible for each other, and, yes, we are a disaster."]] They continue on to say that despite knowing that, they don't regret their love even if it is a mistake.
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** In 234 the narrator admits to their love interest that [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=234 "We are terrible for each other, and, yes, we are a disaster."]] They continue on to say that despite knowing that, they don't regret their love even if it is a mistake.
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* DontFearTheReaper: "[[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=400 Before we met, I was so afraid of dying.]] But if the end comes today this will have been enough."
* DrivenToSuicide: More than a few comics center around it. Sometimes played seriously, sometimes not.
* DrowningMySorrows: "[[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=707 and we need sadness to appreciate alcohol.]]"
* DyingDream: [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=228 "This is the fifth afternoon we've spent just making cupcakes.]] Maybe we didn't survive that crash."
* EvilIsCool: [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=972 "You aren't a very good person]], but god damn, you make bad look awesome." [[invoked]]
* FairCop: "[[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=482 I don't mean to seem disrespectful officer]], but god damn. I want, like, three of you."
* FairyTale: See Disneyfication.
* FlippingTheTable: [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=586 Fuck this table and fuck you!]]
* GodwinsLaw: [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=803 Zig-zagged]] - "People who compare every petty evil to Hitler...are worse than {{Dracula}}!"
* HappilyFailedSuicide:
-->I took a bottle of pills when I found the photographs of them together / But instead of dying I pooped all over our bed / which is a funnier story, in the long run.
* HitlerAteSugar: In the alt text of [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=716 number 716]].
* DrivenToSuicide: More than a few comics center around it. Sometimes played seriously, sometimes not.
* DrowningMySorrows: "[[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=707 and we need sadness to appreciate alcohol.]]"
* DyingDream: [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=228 "This is the fifth afternoon we've spent just making cupcakes.]] Maybe we didn't survive that crash."
* EvilIsCool: [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=972 "You aren't a very good person]], but god damn, you make bad look awesome." [[invoked]]
* FairCop: "[[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=482 I don't mean to seem disrespectful officer]], but god damn. I want, like, three of you."
* FairyTale: See Disneyfication.
* FlippingTheTable: [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=586 Fuck this table and fuck you!]]
* GodwinsLaw: [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=803 Zig-zagged]] - "People who compare every petty evil to Hitler...are worse than {{Dracula}}!"
* HappilyFailedSuicide:
-->I took a bottle of pills when I found the photographs of them together / But instead of dying I pooped all over our bed / which is a funnier story, in the long run.
* HitlerAteSugar: In the alt text of [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=716 number 716]].
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*
* DrowningMySorrows: Implied in 707, whose narrator muses that just as we need happiness to appreciate sadness, "[[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=707
* DyingDream: The narrator of [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=228
* EvilIsCool: Invoked by the narrator of 972. Addressing someone unseen, they comment that [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=972 "You aren't a very good person]], but god damn, you make bad look awesome." [[invoked]]
* FairCop: The narrator of 482 is very appreciative of good looks of the police officer arresting him. "[[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=482 I don't mean to seem disrespectful officer]], but god damn. I want, like, three of you."
-->[[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=586 Fuck this table and fuck you!]]
* GodwinsLaw: [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=803 Zig-zagged]]
*
-->I
* HitlerAteSugar: In the alt text of [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=716 number
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* ILikeMyXLikeILikeMyY: [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=1227 "i like my witches like i like my books"]]
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* ILikeMyXLikeILikeMyY: ILikeMyXLikeILikeMyY:
** [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=1227 "i like my witches like i like my books"]]
** [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=1227 "i like my witches like i like my books"]]
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* ItsAllAboutMe: "Boy, was it a rough couple days when I first realized other people had feelings." ([[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=883 rough for me, i mean.]])
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* ItsAllAboutMe: "Boy, was it a rough couple days when I first realized ItsAllAboutMe:
** While the protagonist of 883 does eventually realize that other peoplehad feelings." ([[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=883 have feelings, their main concern is how rough it was on ''them'' to realize that.
** The protagonist in 65 is upset that forme, i mean.]])the second year in a row someone they loved died on their birthday... because that means that their birthday party is canceled.
** While the protagonist of 883 does eventually realize that other people
** The protagonist in 65 is upset that for
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* NotAfraidToDie: In [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=400 400]], the narrator explains that while they used to be terrified of dying, they aren't anymore. They say it's because, after getting to know the person they're addressing, they feel that whenever their life ends what they've experienced now will have been enough for it to have been a good life.
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* ThrowTheBookAtThem: As a child, the protagonist in [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=67 67]] used an encyclopedia to brain the man who was implied to molest them. "Books can set you free" indeed.
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* DeathByOriginStory: "[[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=314 I never wanted anything to happen to my parents...]]"
* DefiantToTheEnd: "[[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=791 I fought my way into this world. I'll fight my way out.]]"
* DefiantToTheEnd: "[[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=791 I fought my way into this world. I'll fight my way out.]]"
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* DeathByOriginStory: "[[http://asofterworld.Invoked; the narrator of [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=314 I 314]] says that while they never wanted anything to happen to my parents...]]"
their parents, "a hero needs an origin story."
* DefiantToTheEnd: The narrator of 791 says that they aren't going to give up and die, even as it seems that their struggles will be in vain. "[[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=791 I fought my way into this world. I'll fight my way out.]]"
* DefiantToTheEnd: The narrator of 791 says that they aren't going to give up and die, even as it seems that their struggles will be in vain. "[[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=791 I fought my way into this world. I'll fight my way out.]]"
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** "[[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=709 I love you the way a knife loves a heart,]] the way a bomb loves a crowd, the way your mother warned you about, essentially."
** [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=876 "Our love is a forest fire]] and we are the little things that live in the trees."
** [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=1055 We won't survive but we won't die bored.]]
** [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=234 "We are terrible for each other, and, yes, we are a disaster.]] But tell me your heart doesn't race for a hurricane or a burning building."
* {{Disneyfication}}: Subverted. "I asked for a fairy tale romance. [[GoneHorriblyRight In my defense]], I've never read any actual fairy tales. [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=528 (First time I've ever wished for a disney version.)"]]
** [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=876 "Our love is a forest fire]] and we are the little things that live in the trees."
** [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=1055 We won't survive but we won't die bored.]]
** [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=234 "We are terrible for each other, and, yes, we are a disaster.]] But tell me your heart doesn't race for a hurricane or a burning building."
* {{Disneyfication}}: Subverted. "I asked for a fairy tale romance. [[GoneHorriblyRight In my defense]], I've never read any actual fairy tales. [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=528 (First time I've ever wished for a disney version.)"]]
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** The narrator of 709 admits that her love will hurt the person she's involved with; in the alt text she says that ''all'' romances end up {{Destructive Romance}}s because of human nature. "[[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=709 I love you the way a knife loves a heart,]] the way a bomb loves a crowd, the way your mother warned you about, essentially."
** In 876, the narrator says that their love is both intense and will probably end up killing both of them, but doesn't seem at all regretful of it. [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=876 "Our love is a forest fire]] and we are the little things that live in the trees."
** The narrator of [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=1055We won't 1055]] compares their love to a meteor impact and a volcanic eruption, saying that they and their love interest aren't going to survive their relationship but we won't at least they wont die bored.]]
bored. In their view, that makes it worth it.
** In 234 narrator admits to their love interest that [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=234 "We are terrible for each other, and, yes, we are a disaster.]] But tell me your heart doesn't race for "]] They continue on to say that despite knowing that, they don't regret their love even if it is a hurricane or a burning building."
mistake.
* {{Disneyfication}}: Subverted."I asked for The narrator of 528 wanted a fairy tale romance. romance, but [[GoneHorriblyRight In my defense]], I've never hadn't actually read any actual fairy tales. tales.]] The implication is that they ended with something far more in line with the Brother's Grimm version than they wanted, continuing on to say that it's the [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=528 (First "First time I've ever wished for a disney version.)"]]"]]
** In 876, the narrator says that their love is both intense and will probably end up killing both of them, but doesn't seem at all regretful of it. [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=876 "Our love is a forest fire]] and we are the little things that live in the trees."
** The narrator of [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=1055
** In 234 narrator admits to their love interest that [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=234 "We are terrible for each other, and, yes, we are a disaster.
* {{Disneyfication}}: Subverted.
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* DoomyDoomsOfDoom: Baby Doom.
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* DealWithTheDevil: "I sold my soul to the devil, but didn't get paid or anything. He said it'd be good experience."
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* DealWithTheDevil: "I Parodied. The narrator in [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=686 686]] sold my their soul to the devil, but didn't get paid not for money or anything. He said it'd power or anything concrete. Apparently he just told them it would be good experience."experience, as if it was an unpaid internship.
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* DestructiveRomance: Quite a few.
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* DestructiveRomance: Quite a few. DestructiveRomance:
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* CallBack: [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=26 truth and]] [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=227 beauty]] [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=667 bombs]].
* CameBackWrong: [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=668 Although the narrator doesn't mind.]]
** [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=232 "Get off your ass if you're hungry, you lazy zombie fuck."]]
* TheChessmaster: [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=364 Subverted painfully]].
* ContinuityNod: The alt text of [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=886 886]] is one to the alt text of [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=221 221]] .
* CozyCatastrophe: [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=102 "Atomic war means no traffic in the mornings, no bills in the mail. I can stay in bed with you all day."]]
** [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=920 You, me, and a zombie outbreak.]] Don't answer now. But be careful not to wait too long either. (I can't think of anyone I'd rather share my ammo with.)
** [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=671 Please stay inside.]] And be kind to the people you care about.
* CuteKitten: "PrideAndPrejudice [[RecycledInSPACE with kittens]]. [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=427 No]], Kittens and Kittens and even more kittens, oh my goodness, by Jane Austen."
* DeadSparks: Quite a few.
* CameBackWrong: [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=668 Although the narrator doesn't mind.]]
** [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=232 "Get off your ass if you're hungry, you lazy zombie fuck."]]
* TheChessmaster: [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=364 Subverted painfully]].
* ContinuityNod: The alt text of [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=886 886]] is one to the alt text of [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=221 221]] .
* CozyCatastrophe: [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=102 "Atomic war means no traffic in the mornings, no bills in the mail. I can stay in bed with you all day."]]
** [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=920 You, me, and a zombie outbreak.]] Don't answer now. But be careful not to wait too long either. (I can't think of anyone I'd rather share my ammo with.)
** [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=671 Please stay inside.]] And be kind to the people you care about.
* CuteKitten: "PrideAndPrejudice [[RecycledInSPACE with kittens]]. [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=427 No]], Kittens and Kittens and even more kittens, oh my goodness, by Jane Austen."
* DeadSparks: Quite a few.
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* CallBack: 26 twists the John Lennon song "Imagine", with the protagonist saying that yes, they're a dreamer and they aren't the only one: more importantly, they have bombs, [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=26 truth and]] and beauty bombs.]] Over two hundred strips later, this is referred to again in [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=227 beauty]] [[http://asofterworld.227]], whose protagonist takes a darker view of the original comic. They comment that while truth and beauty are nice words, the bombs' shrapnel is the same as ever and they must live with what they've done.
* CameBackWrong:
** In 668, the narrator buries someone in a creepy ancient cemetery and they come back to life, but different than they were before. The narrator doesn't mine though, as the person was "[[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=667 bombs]].
* CameBackWrong: [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=668 Although kind of a dick, originally.]]"
** In 232, the narratordoesn't mind.]]
** [[http://asofterworld.is just irritated by the changes that bringing her dead loved one back to life has brought on them. Her zombie significant other now demands she bring them brains, which pisses her off.
-->[[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=232 "Get off your ass if you're hungry, you lazy zombie fuck."]]
* TheChessmaster: [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=364 Subvertedpainfully]].
painfully]] in 364. The narrator of the strip begins to compare life to a chess game requiring strategy and forethought... Before he trails off and instead says how lonely he is, implying that his worldview of life as a game has driven everyone else away from him.
* ContinuityNod: The alt text of [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=886 886]] ("To drown would be an awfully great adventure!") is one to the alt text of [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=221221]] .
221]] (to die would be an awfully big adventure").
*CozyCatastrophe: CozyCatastrophe:
** The narrator of 102 tries to look on the bright side of atomic war, saying it means [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=102"Atomic war means no "no traffic in the mornings, no bills in the mail. I can stay in bed with you all day."]]
** The narrator of [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=920You, me, and a 920]] views the zombie outbreak.]] Don't answer now. But be careful not apocalypse as a great time to wait too long either. (I can't think of anyone I'd get together with someone they're interested in rather share my ammo with.)
than dwelling on the fact that it's the end of the world as they know it.
**[[http://www.671 takes the form of a broadcast in the aftermath of an unexplained distaste. The narrator warns people that radiation levels are unchanged, so people should stay indoors. They then add, in an oddly sentimental touch for a broadcast, "[[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=671 Please stay inside.]] And be kind to the people you care about.
about.]]"
* CuteKitten: Used to mock ''Literature/PrideAndPrejudiceAndZombies'' in 427 by supposedly doing the same thing, but with kittens instead of zombies. This creates "PrideAndPrejudice [[RecycledInSPACE with kittens]]. [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=427 No]], Kittens and Kittens and even more kittens, oh my goodness, by Jane Austen."
* DeadSparks:Quite a few. In [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=524 524]], the narrator and their partner have fallen out of love... and the narrator feels weird about the fact that not being in love somehow makes the sex they have exciting again.
* CameBackWrong:
** In 668, the narrator buries someone in a creepy ancient cemetery and they come back to life, but different than they were before. The narrator doesn't mine though, as the person was "[[http://asofterworld.com/index.
* CameBackWrong: [[http://asofterworld.com/index.
** In 232, the narrator
** [[http://asofterworld.
-->[[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=232 "Get off your ass if you're hungry, you lazy zombie fuck."]]
* TheChessmaster: [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=364 Subverted
* ContinuityNod: The alt text of [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=886 886]] ("To drown would be an awfully great adventure!") is one to the alt text of [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=221
*
** The narrator of 102 tries to look on the bright side of atomic war, saying it means [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=102
** The narrator of [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=920
**
* CuteKitten: Used to mock ''Literature/PrideAndPrejudiceAndZombies'' in 427 by supposedly doing the same thing, but with kittens instead of zombies. This creates "PrideAndPrejudice [[RecycledInSPACE with kittens]]. [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=427 No]], Kittens and Kittens and even more kittens, oh my goodness, by Jane Austen."
* DeadSparks:
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* AltumVidetur: [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=632 post hoc, ergo propter hoc]]
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: "But, on the bright side, [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=1220 who cares?]]"
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: "But, on the bright side, [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=1220 who cares?]]"
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* AltumVidetur: The alt text of 632 is [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=632 post "post hoc, ergo propter hoc]]
hoc"]], a Latin phrase that's come to name the logical fallacy of assuming that something that occurred before an event caused that event. It's relevant to the comic itself, whose narrator says that sex doesn't ruin friendships, people do: it's a ''post hoc, ergo propter hoc'' fallacy to say that because the sex happened before the friendship was ruined, it was ruined because of the sex.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: 1220 remarks on it, saying that while there's always going to be someone out there better than you... "But, on the bright side, [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=1220 who cares?]]"
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: 1220 remarks on it, saying that while there's always going to be someone out there better than you... "But, on the bright side, [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=1220 who cares?]]"
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* ApocalypticLog: [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=1185 [RECORDING ENDS]]]
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* ApocalypticLog: [[http://www.The narrator of 1185 realizes that they're too far from help and that what they're currently saying to their tape recorder are going to be their last words. The comic ends with "[[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=1185 [RECORDING ENDS]]]ENDS]]]". What exactly happened to the narrator isn't explicitly stated, but the photo shows a forest, implying that that they met a typical slasher-movie protagonist end.
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* AlwaysABiggerFish: [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=1075 "i have never seen them scared before"]]
* AltText: Important!
* TheAntiNihilist: [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=767 767]]. "Might as well be nice to people."
* BabysitterFromHell: "[[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=715 Spare the axe, spoil the child.]]"
* BadassGrandma: [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=226 "I made a shank from my dentures."]]
* {{Bathos}}: The main source of the strip's humor.
* BeautifulDreamer: [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=656 But that's not good enough.]]
* BeforeAndAfterPictures: The narrator of [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=221 221]] has no use for them, since they can't remember starting and they're never done.
* AltText: Important!
* TheAntiNihilist: [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=767 767]]. "Might as well be nice to people."
* BabysitterFromHell: "[[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=715 Spare the axe, spoil the child.]]"
* BadassGrandma: [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=226 "I made a shank from my dentures."]]
* {{Bathos}}: The main source of the strip's humor.
* BeautifulDreamer: [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=656 But that's not good enough.]]
* BeforeAndAfterPictures: The narrator of [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=221 221]] has no use for them, since they can't remember starting and they're never done.
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* AlwaysABiggerFish: The narrator of 1075 has creatures inside them that go silent whenever the person they're addressing the comic to is near. They note that [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=1075 "i have never seen them scared before"]]
* AltText:Important!
Nearly all the comics have unique alt-text. It's usually a toss-up if its depressing, or comedic.
* TheAntiNihilist: [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=767767]]. "Might 767]]'s narrator thinks that nothing matters in life, so they might as well be nice to people."
people.
* BabysitterFromHell: "[[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=715 Spare the axe, spoil the child.]]"
]]" says the text of 715, with the alt text commenting that maybe they should fire that babysitter, implying that they hired someone who disciplines children with medieval weapons to watch their children.
* BadassGrandma: The grandma from 226 writes her grandchild coded letters telling steadily more extreme acts she's taking to escape from her retirement home as though it were a prison, culminating in [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=226 "I made a shank from my dentures."]]
* {{Bathos}}: The main source of the strip'shumor.
humor is the sudden and surprising tone shifts from dark comedy to absurdity to nihilism and back again within the span of three panels.
* BeautifulDreamer: The narrator of 656 says that their love interest is beautiful while sleeping, [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=656But "But that's not good enough.]]
"]] They then request for their love interest to PleaseWakeUp, revealing that it's a far darker situation than the reader had been led to believe.
* BeforeAndAfterPictures: The narrator of [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=221 221]]has says they have no use for them, since they can't remember starting and they're never done.
* AltText:
* TheAntiNihilist: [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=767
* BabysitterFromHell: "[[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=715 Spare the axe, spoil the child.
* BadassGrandma: The grandma from 226 writes her grandchild coded letters telling steadily more extreme acts she's taking to escape from her retirement home as though it were a prison, culminating in [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=226 "I made a shank from my dentures."]]
* {{Bathos}}: The main source of the strip's
* BeautifulDreamer: The narrator of 656 says that their love interest is beautiful while sleeping, [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=656
* BeforeAndAfterPictures: The narrator of [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=221 221]]
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* BlackComedy: When the strips are humorous at all. It's also common for the actual strip to be poignant but have darkly humorous alt-text.
* TheCallsAreComingFromInsideTheHouse: [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=1015 "Hi, I'm calling about your ad"]]
* TheCallsAreComingFromInsideTheHouse: [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=1015 "Hi, I'm calling about your ad"]]
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* BlackComedy: When the strips are humorous at all.all, its with very dark comedy, usually joking about the pointlessness of life and the inevitability of death. It's also common for the actual strip to be poignant but have darkly humorous alt-text.
* TheCallsAreComingFromInsideTheHouse:[[http://www.Parodied in 1015, where the person is indeed calling from inside the house... about the ad that the homeowner placed in the paper.
-->[[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=1015"Hi, I'm calling about "Are your ad"]]parents home?"]]
* TheCallsAreComingFromInsideTheHouse:
-->[[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=1015
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* LoveMakesYouCrazy: "I get a crazy impulse when you smile at me. Like I want to step in front of a bus, in a good way."
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* LoveMakesYouCrazy: LoveMakesYouCrazy:
** "I get a crazy impulse when you smile at me. Like I want to step in front of a bus, in a good way."
** "I get a crazy impulse when you smile at me. Like I want to step in front of a bus, in a good way."
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* ShoutOut: To Spider-Man, among others.
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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
** To Spider-Man, among others.
** To Spider-Man, among others.
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** To ''WallStreet'' in the alt text of [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=879 879]]
** The AltText of [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=653 653]] is [[{{Heathers}} "teenage suicide: don't do it!"]]
** [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=633 I finally developed a computer with feelings.]] It just doesn't have feelings for me. (It's in love with [[WebComic/{{XKCD}} Randall Munroe]]).
** And the AltText to [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=658 658]] is a [[TheMountainGoats Mountain Goats]] lyric.
** The alt text of [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=761 761]] is [[{{Film/Airplane}} "Joey, do you like movies about gladiators?"]]
** [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=787 To a well known line]] by (supposedly) ErnestHemingway, "For sale: baby shoes, never worn", and to AFarewellToArms in the alt text.
** The AltText of [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=653 653]] is [[{{Heathers}} "teenage suicide: don't do it!"]]
** [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=633 I finally developed a computer with feelings.]] It just doesn't have feelings for me. (It's in love with [[WebComic/{{XKCD}} Randall Munroe]]).
** And the AltText to [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=658 658]] is a [[TheMountainGoats Mountain Goats]] lyric.
** The alt text of [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=761 761]] is [[{{Film/Airplane}} "Joey, do you like movies about gladiators?"]]
** [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=787 To a well known line]] by (supposedly) ErnestHemingway, "For sale: baby shoes, never worn", and to AFarewellToArms in the alt text.
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** To ''WallStreet'' ''Film/WallStreet'' in the alt text of [[http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=879 879]]
** The AltText of [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=653 653]] is[[{{Heathers}} [[Film/{{Heathers}} "teenage suicide: don't do it!"]]
** [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=633 I finally developed a computer with feelings.]] It just doesn't have feelings for me. (It's in love with[[WebComic/{{XKCD}} [[Webcomic/{{xkcd}} Randall Munroe]]).
** And the AltText to [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=658 658]] is a[[TheMountainGoats [[Music/TheMountainGoats Mountain Goats]] lyric.
** The alt text of [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=761 761]] is[[{{Film/Airplane}} [[Film/{{Airplane}} "Joey, do you like movies about gladiators?"]]
** [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=787 To a well known line]] by (supposedly)ErnestHemingway, Creator/ErnestHemingway, "For sale: baby shoes, never worn", and to AFarewellToArms ''Literature/AFarewellToArms'' in the alt text.
** The AltText of [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=653 653]] is
** [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=633 I finally developed a computer with feelings.]] It just doesn't have feelings for me. (It's in love with
** And the AltText to [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=658 658]] is a
** The alt text of [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=761 761]] is
** [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=787 To a well known line]] by (supposedly)
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** [[JohnnyCash I shot a man in Reno]] [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=991 just to watch you smile!]]
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** [[JohnnyCash [[Music/JohnnyCash I shot a man in Reno]] [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=991 just to watch you smile!]]
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->''In the caves behind my house, I found a softer world. They understand what I had to do for love. They don't believe in restraining orders.''
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** 594 is entitled [[{{ASongOfIceAndFire}} A Song of Ice and Fire Ants]].
** 443 is titled [[{{TheSimpsons}} Me fail romance? That's unpossible]].
** 443 is titled [[{{TheSimpsons}} Me fail romance? That's unpossible]].
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** 594 is entitled [[{{ASongOfIceAndFire}} [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire A Song of Ice and Fire Ants]].
** 443 is titled[[{{TheSimpsons}} [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Me fail romance? That's unpossible]].
** 443 is titled
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** "Hell is other people" is the AltText for one comic, a reference to Jean-Paul Satre's ''NoExit''.
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** "Hell is other people" is the AltText for one comic, a reference to Jean-Paul Satre's ''NoExit''.''Theatre/NoExit''.
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* SexBot: Subverted; [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=73 they mostly play Battleship.]]
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* SexBot: Subverted; the narrator and their RoboticSpouse actually [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=73 they mostly play Battleship.]]
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* SexBot: Subverted; [[http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=73 they mostly play Battleship.]]
