History Webcomic / BlasterNation

* IncompatibleOrientation: Matt develops a bit of a crush on Ash and tries to go on a date with her, but he's quickly friendzoned and its obvious even before that that Ash is in love with Rinnie.

** In [[http://blasternation.com/index.php?id=416 this update]], Daniel mentions how he tried to get into the LetsPlay scene, except he wasn't particularly good at it, and [[WebVideo/{{Retsupurae}} had two guys make fun of how terrible his commentary was]].

* ShoutOut: The ferret Rikki is named after the titular heroic mongoose in the classic Literature/TheJungleBook short story Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, written by RudyardKipling.

* {{DrillSergentNasty}} : Played straight with [[spoiler: Rinnie's father]], but somewhat subverted in that [[spoiler: he's a really loving father when his coworkers can't see him.]]

* ManChild: A lot of the fans think Matt is quickly starting to come across as this, what with his overblown despair over Ash "friend-zoning" him and his melodramatic reaction to his parents telling him to find a job and move out. To many people, these reactions come across as childish {{Wangst}} from an overgrown kid with entitlement issues who really needs to get over himself and stop blaming the world for his own problems. Of course, the fandom is obviously [[BrokenBase divided]] over whether or not his angsting is warranted. For their part, the creators are being quite ambiguous regarding what is what. This is in all likelihood intentional.

* ManChild: A lot of the fans think Matt is quickly starting to come across as this, what with his despair over Ash "friend-zoning" him and his melodramatic reaction to his parents telling him to find a job and move out. To many people, these reactions come across as childish {{Wangst}} from an overgrown kid with entitlement issues who really needs to get over himself and stop blaming the world for his own problems. Of course, the fandom is obviously [[BrokenBase divided]] over whether or not his angsting is warranted. For their part, the creators are being quite ambiguous regarding what is what. This is in all likelihood intentional.

* TheSlacker: Rinnie. Though, [[CharacterDevelopment she's trying to get better recently]].

* ShoutOut: The ferret Rikki is named after the titular heroic mongoose in the classic story Rikki Tikki Tavi.

* InnerMonologue: Matt likes to do it when he gets the chance.

* TheSlacker: Rinnie.

* '''Han Wu''': Derrick's best friend. A smooth guy who is not much better than Derrick at picking up chicks and is also a bit of leech (likes borrowing money, but hates paying back). Always concerned about his hair and clothes and is fond of fighting games. He usually hogs the Dance Dance Revolution machine at the arcade and plays nothing but the butterfly song on Hard Mode.

* '''Daniel Foreman''': A hardcore gamer, Daniel is eager to please, but also easy to frustrate. He lives in an apartment with girlfriend Kimberly and roommate Rinnie. He aspires to be a video game journalist, but aspiring is all he really do. Or is it?

* '''Daniel Foreman''': A hardcore gamer, Daniel is eager to please, but also easy to frustrate. He lives in an apartment with girlfriend Kimberly and roommate Rinnie. He aspires to be a video game journalist, but aspiring is all he really dollars.

* '''Ashleigh Hicks''': A lonely otaku who lives in a trailer with her stepmother. Ashleigh lacks of social skills and spends all of her time on the internet, where she is well-known in her Deviantartist circle. She is said to be defensive when someone insults her favorite anime. She wants to be a self-published artist, but is afraid of what other people might think of her.
* '''Derrick Dominque''': An expert Beatmania expert who is clumsy and awkward. He is Hai's best friend since early childhood and met Dan and Matt sometime in high school. He is very concerened with his material goods, which stem from the fact that he comes from a moderately rich family. He dreams of playing music as he can in video games.

* InnerMonolouge: Matt likes to do it when he gets the chance.

* InnerMonolouge: Matt likes to do it when he gets the chance.

* {{Hypocrite}}: Rinnie derides Ashleigh's love of anime, but Kim calls her out on it by making her remember how she (Rinnie) was once an anime fan.

* {{Hikkomori}}: Ashleigh.

The link of the archive for the webcomic is right [[http://blasternation.com/archives.php here]].

Blaster Nation is a SliceOfLife webcomic created by Leslie Ortigio and Brad Brown. The webcomic centers around seven different characters, each with their own hobbies:

* '''Derrick Dominque''': An expert Beatmania expert who is clumsy and awkward. He is Hai's best friend since early childhood and met Dan and Matt sometime in high school. He is very concerened with his material goods, which stem from the fact that he comes from a moderately rich family.

* '''Mathew Palmer''': A fan of table-top gaming, magical girls, and space marines who just returned just from serving in an Air Force Haiti relief tour. Living with his parents, he tries to find his own place in the world.

* '''Kimberly Adler''': Daniel's girlfriend who loves to read books and works at a local bookstore, much to her delight. She is blindly devoted to Daniel and torn between Asleigh and Rinnie. She wants to write a mystery novel someday when she get her ideas together.