History Webcomic / DoesNotPlayWellWithOthers

-->'''Janis:''' Okay, you know what? Fuck you, world! [[GenreSavvy I know where this is going!]] [[TheDogBitesBack This]] is supposed to be some kind of ironic ''morality'' [[AnAesop lesson]] about how I should be nicer to a glorified ''[[SexBot fuck toaster]]''! Well, ''tough shit! [[PreAssKickingOneLiner I refuse to learn anything!]]''

* CoolLoser:
** Much is made of how Fran is a sexually frustrated loser with no friends, but it's never quite clear why she's having so much trouble meeting people, since she's never seen to be particularly shy or socially inept. [[note]]She does have some ItsAllAboutMe tendencies that might drive people away in real life, but [[WorldOfJerkass given the sort of world she lives in,]] it doesn't stand out much.[[/note]]
** Seth is repeatedly described as being [[ButtMonkey pretty much completely worthless,]] but it's unclear what his actual failings are supposed to be other than being irritable and [[OnlySaneMan fed up with all the madness around him.]]

* AllWomenAreLustful: The female characters are every bit as gross and horny as [[ImAManICantHelpIt the male ones.]] In fact, [[NiceJewishBoy Seth]] is just about the only character, male or female, who ''isn't'' interested in hitting AnythingThatMoves.

* AnythingThatMoves: May, the zombie "[[BackAlleyDoctor doctor]]" that Fran and Nikki take Naga to, hits on both Fran and Nikki, offering to accept sex as payment for her medical services. What cements her as this trope as opposed to strictly lesbian is the penis-in-a-jar she produces when hitting on Nikki, saying that she'd be more than willing to graft it to herself ''or'' to Nikki, if either of those options sound good to her. When Nikki refuses the offer, she decides to masturbate using the penis as a dildo, affectionately referring to it as "[[ICallHimMisterHappy King]] [[Music/KingMissile Missile]]". It's pretty clear she would have just as eagerly hit on a man had any been in the room at the time.

* NotSafeForWork: Heavy profanity, some nudity, violence, sacrilege....

* AcceptableTargets: InUniverse; pedophiles. They're Naga's primary food source, and Fran admits upon hearing this that she ''should'' be horrified at Naga eating people, but since she's going after pedophiles, she really can't muster any outrage. [[http://www.doesnotplaywellwithothers.com/comic/pwc-0006 Two strips later]], Naga admits she doesn't even ''like'' pedophiles as a food, because they taste really greasy, but they're the most acceptable victim she can have.

** One [[http://www.doesnotplaywellwithothers.com/comic/pwc-0385 two-strip comic]] is an homage to ''LightNovel/GoblinSlayer'' and the negative publicity around it.

* AnythingThatMoves: May, the zombie "[[BackAlleyDoctor doctor]]" that Fran and Nikki take Naga to, hits on both Fran and Nikki, offering to accept sex as payment for her medical services. What cements her as this trope as opposed to strictly lesbian is the penis-in-a-jar she produces when hitting on Nikki, saying that she'd be more than willing to graft it to herself ''or'' to Nikki, if either of those options sound good to her. When Nikki refuses the offer, she decides to have ADateWithRosiePalms using the penis as a dildo, affectionately referring to it as "[[ICallHimMisterHappy King]] [[Music/KingMissile Missile]]". It's pretty clear she would have just as eagerly hit on a man had any been in the room at the time.

** Reaching, but, in [[http://www.doesnotplaywellwithothers.com/comic/pwc-0236 strip #236]], the backstory for Craig's sister Rebecca whose pet BlobMonster turned out to be a shapeshifting pervert could be seen as a combination of this and TakeThat to ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'', given the similarity between Rebecca's "pet" and Ranma 1/2's P-chan gag.[[note]]A secondary character in Ranma 1/2 named Ryoga Hibiki has a BalefulPolymorph curse that turns him into a small black pig. The female protagonist, Akane Tendo, has adopted this pig as her pet, naming it "P-chan". Being completely oblivious to P-chan's real nature, she routinely does all manner of intimate things with him, including letting him sleep in her bed. Whilst Ryoga is canonically established as too shy to take full perverted advantage of the situation, it's easier to see the darker interpretations.[[/note]]

* TheMeanBrit: If Naga allows her hair to grow long enough, it becomes a mess of Cockney-accented snakes that constantly shout vulgar insults at people.

* AnythingThatMoves: May, the zombie "[[BackAlleyDoctor doctor]]" that Fran and Nikki take Naga to, hits on both Fran and Nikki, offering to accept sex as payment for her medical services. What cements her as this trope as opposed to strictly lesbian is the penis-in-a-jar she produces when hitting on Nikki, saying that she'd be more than willing to graft it to herself ''or'' to Nikki, if either of those options sound good to her. When Nikki refuses the offer, she decides to have ADateWithRosiePalms using the penis as a dildo, affectionately referring to it as "[[ICallHimMisterHappy King Missile]]". It's pretty clear she would have just as eagerly hit on a man had any been in the room at the time.

* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: The comic takes numerous potshots at the perpetually offended [[StrawFeminist social justice warriors]] that Website/{{Tumblr}} has become known for.

* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: When Nikki reveals that she can read minds she says that Francesca tends to think about X-rated fan pairings while talking to her. Nikki finds this ''really'' gross, and [[http://www.doesnotplaywellwithothers.com/comic/pwc-0405 at one point]] is literally driven away from Fran because the witch has started randomly picturing [[Disney/{{Aladdin}} Jaffar]] and [[WesternAnimation/{{Anastasia}} Rasputin]] having sex.

Michael Poe's (''Webcomic/ExploitationNow'', ''Webcomic/ErrantStory'') new gag-a-day webcomic, starring Francesca (a college age wizardess) and her roommate, Naga ([[ADogNamedDog a naga]]).

* WorldOfJerkass: It kind of goes without saying for a Michael Poe comic. Even by his standards, the cast are absolutely monstrous, including an unrepentant LiteralManEater [[SnakePeople Naga]], a half-heartedly reluctant vampire, a somewhat narcissistic BlackMagicGirl who is obsessed with blowing things up, a narcissistic and shallow superhero, and a liberal supervillain with empathy problems. The author has actually used AltText at several points in the comic's run to remind readers that the cast are supposed to be terrible people who shouldn't be respected, believed or emulated.

* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: When Nikki reveals that she can read minds she says that Francesca tends to think about X-rated fan pairings while talking to her.

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Naga, who everyone loathes but who they keep hanging out with anyway. Justified by the [[DysfunctionJunction neurotic mindset of the rest of the cast]] - Nikki has a lot of guilt about being a vampire and drinking blood to survive, so she enjoys being around someone who she is a really good person in comparison to, and Fran is just so lonely and pathetic that Naga is the closest thing to a friend she's got.

* WorldOfJerkass: It kind of goes without saying for a Michael Poe comic.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: To varying degrees, mostly played for laughs. Naga is a constant disappointment to her family. Francesca's mother is a "dance naked under the moon" style Wiccan, with such charming parenting tactics as sleeping with her daughter's first boyfriend to make sure he knew what he was doing (which Francesca walked in on). Seth is an orphan elf raised by Jews who has been persecuted for being an elf, being Jewish, and being gay ([[{{Elfeminate}} which he's not]]). Nikki became a vampire after her mother died of breast cancer. Craig is a superhero with an abusive father who used mind-control pheromones to make the rest of the world see him as a selfless hero, and spent his formative years on the other side of the galaxy fighting various evil overlords. Craig's sister, though not seen, has it worse, as until their father sacrificed himself to save the world, her boyfriends tended to disappear under mysterious circumstances. Janis hasn't gone into much detail, but her parents are conspicuously absent and she's missing an arm, not to mention the times she's muttered about not being able to go to school as a child. [[note]]The story behind all those things is detailed in ''Webcomic/ExploitationNow'', and yes, it's all pretty brutal.[[/note]] For added humor, the one with the worst past by far is a random member of Nikki's blood stable, who tells a story about how her stepfather tried to rape her and she and her little sister had to prostitute themselves to survive.

* ImAHumanitarian: Naga. It's ok, though, as she eats [[PedoHunt pedophiles]] she meets online... and at least one person with a vore fetish who was only too happy to be eaten by her.

* {{Irony}}: There are apparently countless in-universe Falchion/Tekmage fanfics portraying them as in a gay relationship ([[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne with Falchion as the bottom]]). They actually ''are'' dating... but Tekmage is a girl.

* NiceJewishBoy: Seth.

%%* OutOfClothesExperience: Naga.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: Naga eats people. This is played up for horror... until she reveals she's been eating pedophiles she meets online and tricks into meeting up with her. That doesn't exactly make it ok, but the other characters can't bring themselves to get her to stop.

** Naga becomes a feminist icon by taking ''Literature/MeinKampf'' and just replacing all mentions of Jews with men and the patriarchy, which immediately becomes a huge success and makes her tons of money, with women's studies courses adding it to their syllabuses as early as next semester. Then she fakes death threats against herself to weasel out of having to give a lecture about the book, which only makes her even ''more'' money from all the sympathy donations she gets.
--->'''Naga:''' Being a professional internet victim is awesome!

* {{Squick}}: [[invoked]]Fran's reaction when she discovers that Naga brought home a [[ImAHumanitarian meal]] that she met on a vore fetish website.

* CoolLoser: Much is made of how Fran is a sexually frustrated loser with no friends, but it's never quite clear why she's having so much trouble meeting people, since she's never seen to be particularly shy or socially inept. [[note]]She does have some ItsAllAboutMe tendencies that might drive people away in real life, but [[WorldOfJerkass given the sort of world she lives in,]] it doesn't stand out much.[[/note]]

* ComplainingAboutRescuesTheyDontLike: [[http://www.doesnotplaywellwithothers.com/comic/pwc-0401 Parodied.]] When the DamselInDistress in one of Fran's roleplaying sessions starts insulting their efforts to rescue her, the players promptly put her back in her cell, on the principle that she can rescue her own damn self if she's so sure she can do a better job of it.

Started at the beginning of 2011. Signs so far point to it being closer in tone to the first rather than the second of his previous series. Can be found -- surprisingly -- at http://www.doesnotplaywellwithothers.com

* DarkAndTroubledPast: To varying degrees, mostly played for laughs. Naga is a constant disappointment to her family. Francesca's mother is a "dance naked under the moon" style Wiccan, with such charming parenting tactics as sleeping with her daughter's first boyfriend to make sure he knew what he was doing (which Francesca walked in on). Seth is an orphan elf raised by Jews who has been persecuted for being an elf, being Jewish, and being gay ([[{{Elfeminate}} which he's not]]). Nikki became a vampire after her mother died of breast cancer. Craig is a superhero with an abusive father who used mind-control pheromones to make the rest of the world see him as a selfless hero, and spent his formative years on the other side of the galaxy fighting various evil overlords. Craig's sister, though not seen, has it worse, as until their father sacrificed himself to save the world, her boyfriends tended to disappear under mysterious circumstances. Janis hasn't gone into much detail, but her parents are conspicuously absent and she's missing an arm, not to mention the times she's muttered about not being able to go to school as a child. [[Note]]The story behind all those things is detailed in ''Webcomic/ExploitationNow'', and yes, it's all pretty brutal.[[/note]] For added humor, the one with the worst past by far is a random member of Nikki's blood stable, who tells a story about how her stepfather tried to rape her and she and her little sister had to prostitute themselves to survive.