History Webcomic / DrawYourOwnStory

** BadFuture: In this case, present 2011
** BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: WordOfGod confirms the story arc is AnAesop about this.
** DelayedRippleEffect
** HaveWeMetYet: Averted with Ayane & [=CivGeneral=] when they were in close proximity to Major Kusanagi in 2003. They resorted to a [[ForcefulKiss Forceful]] FakeOutMakeOut as Kusanagi walked by.
** MeanwhileInTheFuture: Can become confusing as the transitions aren't always marked. Made '''even more''' confounding by at least one comic set in the ''original'' timeline.
** RippleEffectProofMemory: [=CivGeneral=], Ayane, Dr. Richtofen, Stylesjl, Martha Shepard, Qara Avethokastar, The Hacker, & all of the Zombies.
** SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: The whole objective of [=CivGeneral=], Ayane, and Martha travelling back to 2003.
** TimelineAlteringMacGuffin: A book containing the DYOS 10 & 10.5 stories leads [=CivGeneral=] to quit the army, facilitating Coruscant's defeat.

* MegaCrossover: ''{{VideoGame/Starcraft}}'', ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'', Dick Cheney, ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'', [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Cthulhu]], ''Franchise/StarWars'', ''Franchise/{{Dune}}'', ''WebComic/OzyAndMillie'', ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'', ''VideoGame/HalfLife'', ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'', ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'', ''{{Franchise/Metroid}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'', ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive'', ''Anime/CowboyBebop'', ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'', ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquer'' and of course ''VideoGame/{{Civilization}}''

* CloningBlues: Commander Laes seeks to kill Stylesrj to become the dominant avatar. Mariko tries to shoehorn herself into [=CivGeneral=]'s family tree.

* WholePlotReference: Beginning with the Combine arc in DYOS X and up until Wesker's final defeat in XI, [=CivGeneral=]'s stories closely paralleled their inspiring franchises. In order, they are: Combine Insurgency = ''VideoGame/HalfLife2''; The Troubles = ''VideoGame/Left4Dead''; the Enclave = VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}; the Space Nazis = UsefulNotes/WorldWarII; the Space Pirates = ''{{Franchise/Metroid}}''; Umbrella Inc. = ''Franchise/ResidentEvil''; and the Time Travel Arc = ''Film/BackToTheFuture''.

* GagBoobs: Delia Steel in DYOS 12 has a matter compression device implanted in her chest that lets her use her cleavage as HammerSpace. When the implant breaks, it has [[BreastExpansion predictable results]].

** A risqué example, Stylesrj makes it clear starting in DYOS 11 that BuxomIsBetter.

* StalkerWithACrush: Jessica Daibijin is Stylesjl's [[AxCrazy Axe Crazy]] Stalker in DYOS 11. Her plans of cutting out Stylesjl's heart with her [[AnAxeToGrind axe]] were put on hold to deal with the Hacker.

* CoolGuns: Some of the guns [=CivGeneral=] and Jill use would also tread into the RareGuns category.

* DarkSkinnedRedhead: Qara Avethokastar

** [[RecycledINSPACE Meanwhile, IN SPACE]] - this one's straight from Wiki/TVTropes

* ShrinkRay: The Lazy Beam
* SirSwearsALot: George S. M***g Patton.
* SpaceColdWar: Between the Republic of Corusant and the Combine Empire
* SpacePirates
* SpaceSailing: Admiral Zheng He's Ming Treasure Ship Armada and Thorvald's Golden Fleet.

** [[http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=523212 WRITE Your Own Story]], a sister project started in 2014 by wannabe participants more comfortable with writing than drawing.
*** It's actually OlderThanTheyThink, with the first Write-Your-Own-Story thread airing in 2003; in fact, DYOS started as a spin-off of WYOS.

* {{Swirlie}}: inverted, Marsha spawns an unflushed toilet above the Hacker. Cue in gravity and a moment of [[Film/TheWickerMan2006 toilet water getting into the hacker's eye]].

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Employed liberally by [=CivGeneral=], both with heroes and villains, although the latter often come across as {{StrawHypocrite}}s.

* UnwillingRoboticisation: Happened to the entirety of Planet Thear - and many other planets, which were fed by produce from Thear. Well, ItSeemedLikeAGoodIdeaAtTheTime.
** Happens again later in, when [[spoiler:Sandy ends up on the wrong side of an Emergency Roboticiser. [[BreakingTheFourthWall Happily for the plot]], her mind is intact.]]

%%* NiceHat

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Enough to warrant a [[Characters/DrawYourOwnStory character page]]. Just look at [[http://dyos.shoutwiki.com/wiki/List_of_characters_in_the_roundup_picture this picture]]. And that was drawn over four years ago—there's even more characters now.

* RememberTheNewGuy: With the LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, many of them end up being this.

* CIAEvilFBIGood

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: in among the world wars and massive space battles, we get... Joseph Crane, manager, Yardy's Office Supplies.

* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Blue/Purple/Pink Hair]]: Ayane, Faye Valentine, Rhiza Kalanin, Major Kusanagi, Delia Steel, [[Manga/ElfenLied Kaede/Lucy/Nyu]]

* FillerStrips
* FingerlessGloves: Often worn by [=CivGeneral=] and his characters by virtue of the ''Half-Life 2'' rebels.