History Webcomic / DomainTnemrot

* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: It's stated how far into the future this place is, but a lot of things look very modern.

* AbusiveParents - Chapter five's flashbacks show this was [[http://www.tnemrot.com/?p=147 how Dae lived growing up]].
* AllThereInTheManual - The About and FAQ sections provide info on the cast and the back story of the comic.
* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: The reason Dae and Angel haven't escaped already is because they want to take Mia with them and ensure no one will chase after her or them. [[spoiler: Their current plan involves ''killing'' her father to ensure this.]]
* BerserkButton - Watch out when [[http://www.tnemrot.com/?p=148 Dae's gets hit.]]

* BreadAndCircuses - The games are meant to distract people from the crippling poverty the slaves would be enduring if they were free.
* BungledSuicide: [[spoiler: Ref/Jason attempted to kill himself after his girlfriend left him for ''missing their wedding'' because of his obsessive work habits at the Arena.]]
* CastFromLifespan: [[spoiler: The collars that allow fighters their superhuman abilities are powered by a near limitless source of energy... Which causes cancer from prolonged use and is threatening to kill Angel due to her having worn one her whole life.]]
* CryIntoChest - The end of [[http://www.tnemrot.com/?p=133 Chapter Four]]
* DarkAndTroubledPast. Dae spent his entire childhood in [[LaResistance The Resistance]] being beaten and battered by his own parents, other adults and fellow children to be allowed food and under the idea that is would make him stronger. [[spoiler: He eventually watches almost everyone he knows die when the Resistance is wiped out.]]

* DeadpanSnarker - Dae has exhibited this [[http://www.tnemrot.com/?p=58 once or twice]].
* DecompressedComic - According to Herbert, his original script for chapter 1 was 10 pages shorter. Also, all the pages tend to have each person's actions between panels where they're speaking.

* FirstEpisodeTwist - Angel becomes one of the main characters.
* FriendlessBackground - Dae was a homeless scavenger, Mia is shunned by her father and Angel was a slave.
* GeniusDitz - [[http://www.tnemrot.com/?p=254 Tempest.]] [[http://www.tnemrot.com/?p=271 Dear GOD, Tempest.]]

* InvoluntaryBattleToTheDeath - None of the gladiators has the free will to say no to the matches.
* LaResistance - Part of Dae's back story is he belonged to one that dissolved after a mass-scale attack.
* LonelyRichKid - Mia.

* NeverLearntToRead: The Upper class of society never bother to learn to read. Dae mocks the fact they create giant libraries and book collections despite the fact they can't make sense of anything in them.
* NonIndicativeFirstEpisode - The first few pages make it look like it's about Dae surviving in an apocalyptic wasteland TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture. Then he's captured and we see it's ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' with real people.
* ParentalNeglect - The only time we see Mia and her father interact, he gives Dae a glare and walks off while she's talking to him. He has yet to say a word on panel.

* ParentalSubstitute - Angel and Dae have become this for Mia. Their current plans revolve around getting her safely away from her family and will [[spoiler: kill her father to do so.]]
* PunnyName - [[http://www.tnemrot.com/?p=157 Dae Shyn.]]
* RapeAsBackstory - While [[http://www.tnemrot.com/?p=44 implied]] for Angel, it is instead averted with WordOfGod confirming it never happened between Angel and Morris. [[http://www.tnemrot.com/?p=170 He is in fact a eunuch]]
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney - In chapter 2, Angel breaks a lot of Tnemrot's regulations while rescuing Dae, but it causes the crowd to spend so much that the ref actually praises them.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight - Angel in chapter 2.
* SdrawkcabName - The title.
* SuicideIsPainless - Angel wanted Dae to kill her the first time they met.
* TrainingFromHell - Dae grew up with a trainer who believed that offering food to starving children, who the man was training, was a sign of weakness. Also, his parents starved him in an attempt to get him to read, or beat him bloody and insulted him while teaching him to fight. At that point, he was younger than Mia.
* TroubledProduction - The comic took a year and a half to get off the ground, and Tatiana wasn't the first artist on the project.
* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture - It's stated how far into the future this place is, but a lot of things look very modern.
* TheUnFavourite - Mia to her father.
* WordOfGod - In the comments section of each page, Herbert sometimes gives us info on the comic. It's also the only way we know the people attacking Dae were his biological parents.

-->'I didn’t think he was evil enough, so I added in a little sexism.'

-->'They’ve got some of the sciency magic salve in the car.'
--> 'Hooray for magical science. Or scientific magic. In any case, he’s all better now.'

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* ZettaiRyouiki - June.

* TheDoorSlamsYou: Morris is holding a collar up, threatening Angel with it, when suddenly Ref slams the door open into Morris, sending him flying. [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments The next panel shows a tiny spray of blood covering the wall in the corner and Morris' soul raising out of his body.]]

* FirstEpisodeSpoiler - Angel becomes one of the main characters.

** It is not in your [[{{Understatement}} best interest]] to harm Mia in front of Angel or Dae.

* TheDoorSlamsYou: Morris is holding a collar up, threatening Angel with it, when suddenly Ref slams the door open into Morris, sending him flying. [[CrowningMomentofFunny The next panel shows a tiny spray of blood covering the wall in the corner and Morris' soul raising out of his body.]]

The comic features [[DecompressedComic decompressed storytelling]] but is very action based, with artwork inspired by ''Manga/{{Bleach}}''. It updates every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. You can [[http://www.tnemrot.com/ read it here]].

* CryCute: Mia, of course.

* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: The reason Dae and Angel haven't escape already is because they want to take Mia with them and ensure no one will chase after her or them. [[spoiler: Their current plan involves ''killing'' her father to ensure this.]]

* WordOfGod - In the comments section of each page, Herbert sometimes gives us info on the comic. It's also the only way we know the people attacking Dae were his biological parents.