History Webcomic / BlackRose

-->[[http://aaronminier.tumblr.com/post/57543699053/if-youre-going-to-give-your-character-a-weapon If you’re going to give your character a weapon]], your character should use said weapon. What good is a [[{{Bowdlerise}} neutered]] {{Wolverine}} that can only cut loose in [[WhatIf “what if”]] or [[AlternateUniverse “alternate universe]]” storylines? Why should [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Leonardo]] cut up countless robotic foot soldiers, [[TechnicalPacifist but not slice Rocksteady’s fool hand off]]? [[ActualPacifist Pacifists don’t carry]].

** The armor that Airon and Aliyana stand in front of in [[https://web.archive.org/web/20190511151441/http://blackrosecomic.com/2013/05/22/not-our-father/ issue 2]] makes a reappearance as Airon's future armor that belonged to their real father in [[https://web.archive.org/web/20190525064858/http://blackrosecomic.com/2015/03/18/true-armor/ issue 10]]. A preview image from the "State of Black Rose 2018" post shows him actually waring it.

* ChekhovsGun: Deliberately set up in [[http://blackrosecomic.com/2013/06/14/soothing-surroundings/ issue 3]], finally used in [[http://blackrosecomic.com/2013/07/31/his-fathers-sword/ issue 4]].

* ShownTheirWork: "[[http://blackrosecomic.com/2013/08/02/last-gasp/ Old matchlock pistols like Arion’s had absolutely horrific accuracy.]] That said, someone ''could'' [[BoomHeadshot still get a headshot]]."

Black Rose released nine full issues online (the first six having previously been released in print before going on hiatus during the release of the tenth issue in April 2015. On November 15, 2018, the site updated with a [[https://web.archive.org/web/20190615151009/http://blackrosecomic.com/2018/11/15/state-of-black-rose-2018/ "State of Black Rose 2018"]] post. While the website is inactive as of 2020, you can still [[http://blackrosecomic.com/2013/03/24/between-worlds read the comic]] through the Internet Archive. The official Facebook is [[https://www.facebook.com/blackrosecomic here]], along with its [[http://www.twitter.com/fantasyisdead Twitter]].

Black Rose, as a webcomic transitioning from print, is available to [[http://blackrosecomic.com/new-readers/ read online]] and also [[http://www.blackrosecomic.com/store.html in print volumes]]. The comic updates on Tuesdays and Thursdays (currently on issue 8), having finished uploading pages from the first arc (the first six print issues). The official Facebook is [[https://www.facebook.com/blackrosecomic here]], along with its [[http://www.twitter.com/fantasyisdead Twitter]].

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Black Rose, as a webcomic transitioning from print, is available to [[http://blackrosecomic.com/new-readers/ read online]] and also [[http://www.blackrosecomic.com/store.html in print volumes]]. The comic updates on Tuesdays and Thursdays (currently on issue 8), having finished uploading pages from the first arc (the first six print issues). The official Facebook is [[https://www.facebook.com/blackrosecomic here]], along with the [[http://www.twitter.com/fantasyisdead Twitter]].

The Handwaving in this series is also not to be confused with [[HandWave the trope]].

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* WretchedHive: Arion comes home from his stint in the military to a country ripe with corrupt politicians and polluted air. War veterans (including Arion) are screwed out of many benefits and Arion is only ''slightly'' luckier than the rest of them due to his fighting skills bringing in a means of income.

* SpoiledSweet: Aliyana.

Black Rose, as a webcomic transitioning from print, is available to [[http://blackrosecomic.com/new-readers/ read online]] and also [[http://www.blackrosecomic.com/store.html in print volumes]]. The comic is currently uploading pages from the first arc (the first six print issues, currently on issue four) on a five page per week basis (Monday through Friday). After that, the second arc will be released on a two page per week basis (Tuesdays and Thursday). The official Facebook is [[https://www.facebook.com/blackrosecomic here]], along with the [[http://www.twitter.com/fantasyisdead Twitter]].

-->[[http://aaronminier.tumblr.com/post/57543699053/if-youre-going-to-give-your-character-a-weapon If you’re going to give your character a weapon]], your character should use said weapon. What good is a [[{{Bowdlerise}} neutered Wolverine]] that can only cut loose in [[WhatIf “what if”]] or [[AlternateUniverse “alternate universe]]” storylines? Why should Leonardo cut up countless robotic foot soldiers, [[TechnicalPacifist but not slice Rocksteady’s fool hand off]]? [[ActualPacifist Pacifists don’t carry]].

* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: Airon, killed ''and'' revived in the ending of issue 4]].

* WhamEpisode: In Issue 4, group of Handwavers make their attack on the Nelkan household, but there's at least one Handwaver unaffiliated with them that's on Airon's side: [[Aliyana, who revived him after a murder attempt by said group of Handwavers]]

* BackFromTheDead: [[Airon, killed ''and'' revived in the ending of issue 4]].

Not to be confused with the other Black Rose webcomic. The Handwaving in this series is also not to be confused with [[HandWave the trope]].

* LateArrivalSpoiler: While Airon's fate ([[spoiler: death]]) and Aliyana's resulting actions ([[read: fixing said death with her handwaver powers]]) in issue 4 might have shocked some readers of the webcomic re-release of issue 4, those who had the print issue/book collecting issues 1-6 knew months before hand. Those who only follow the webcomic could still notice something was up when the cover and the description for issue 5 had both Airon and Aliyana appear just fine.

* SteamPunk: Athelica, both the location and its military

Athelica, a SteamPunk industrialized empire is encroaching on the land of Ishtakar, where magic is still in common use...but not for long, as the Athelican military's technology is giving them a significant advantage against the Handwavers and their MindControl abilities. But Ishtakar isn't going down without a fight, and Arion and Aliyana are caught in the middle.

* SpoiledSweet: Aliyana

* WretchedHive: ''Welcome home, Arion!''

* PsychicAssistedSuicide: Attempted on soldiers by a Handwaver in issue one. It doesn't work.

Black Rose focuses on two siblings: Arion, who has come home from his grueling term of duty in the Athelican military to find that bureaucracy has taken away the land grant he was promised for his eight years of service, and Aliyana, who grew into aristocratic life much easier than her rough and tumble brother. Arion wishes to take Aliyana out of Athelica, against her own desires.

Black Rose focuses on two siblings: Arion, who has come home from his grueling term of duty in the Athelican military to find that bureaucracy has taken away the land grant he was promised for his eight years of service, and Aliyana, who grew into aristocratic life much easier than her rough and tumble brother. Arion wishes to take Aliyana out of Athelica.

-> ''There are two worlds. Theirs isn't strong anymore. The old world is dying. The handwavers can bend the earth, the sea, the mind -- even ''life'' -- with a gesture, a '''thought'''. But we '''athelicans''' -- our power is in '''things''' so that even the weakest can be the strongest. The handwavers have never seen war like this. Or men like these...and when we've finished with the old world, all that will remain is a shadow of its pride. My sister and I are between worlds. That's why we need to get out. Everything I have to do, Aliyana, I will.''