History Webcomic / NotAVillain

''[[http://www.navcomic.com/ Not a Villain]]'' is a {{webcomic}} by Aneeka Richins, also the writer of ''Literature/TheWantedChild''. It tells the story of Kleya Smith, who is attempting to reform her hacker ways in a virtual world where hackers are executed on-spot.

* ObfuscatingStupidity: Common fan speculation is that [[spoiler: The Dude]] is underplaying his knowledge of The Game and general competence, not so much to trick anyone into underestimating him as to allow him to keep up his [[PluckyComicRelief amusing response]] to situations around him in order to maintain popularity with fans. However, it's yet to be confirmed how much, if any, of his responses are an act. When Danni asks about this, Bandit assures her that he really is an idiot, but he's an idiot with a purpose.

** A possible explanation may be that the Game was originally designed to support multiple play styles without combat, back when it was simply an MMORPG, but after The End, and the Game being elevated to primary entertainment to watch, the focus shifted to the more interesting to watch combat, causing the alternate playing styles to be neglected due to lower fan interest.

* SecretSecretKeeper: Jake, Kleya's former best friend, knows that "Kleya" is just a false identity for the hacker that brought ruin to the entire world. He goes to great lengths to protect her secret, even as the two of them squabble. But Kleya has no idea that he knows. At one point, she questions this, but assumes he must not because Jake, being the good kid, would surely have told on her.

* CallingTheOldManOut: Part of Jake's backstory. He called out his abusive father, threw back the medal his father tried to "honor" him with, and punched him.

* SeriousBusiness: The power of TheCracker is hyped up to the point of unbelievability.
** TheCracker is hyped in-story as well, with some claiming the person Kleya's suspected of being (still pending confirmation) hacked the geomagnetic field. Reminders that such a thing is impossible are not sticking.
** At the same time, however, being a hacker in [=LiFe=] is essentially the same as being a RealityWarper.

''[[http://www.navcomic.com/ Not a Villain]]'' is a {{webcomic}} by Aneeka Richins. It tells the story of Kleya Smith, who is attempting to reform her hacker ways in a virtual world where hackers are executed on-spot.

This comic also has a page on the ''[[http://badwebcomicswiki.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Main_Page Bad Webcomics Wiki]]'', [[http://badwebcomicswiki.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Not_a_Villain read it]], but ''please'' take it with a grain of salt. This is the [[Main/AccentuateTheNegative Bad Webcomics Wiki]], after all.

Richins has also written a novel, ''[[http://blog.navcomic.com/the-wanted-child-chp-1-part-1 The Wanted Child]]'', whose heroine strongly resembles Kleya.

** Kleya may also have elements of this. While she is popular for her unique specials and skills she also is less then sociable, does not do anything to appease fans, yelled at them to defend her friends, and went the unpopular [[ActualPacifist Erbana]] route in the game. It wouldn't be surprising to learn that fans aren't quite sure what to make of her.

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Brandon is terrified of mechs. At first, Paddy and Sandra wonder what the big deal is, but when informed that he was in [[RobotRevolt Shanghai]], they apologize immediately.

* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Dani is an extremely unpopular player, for reasons that are not her fault (for example, coming in because Waterman had been bumped by the team).

* InAndOutOfCharacter: In character, Bloody Mary/Jane is an AxCrazy murderer who recites nursery rhymes before attacking with [[CreepyDoll dolls]]. But it's probably just an act. [[spoiler: Her hate for [=TenKA=] is real, to the point where she whispers her trademark rhymes to Bandit as a threat. On the other hand, she clearly likes Kat and sticks up for her when Sandra's expressing doubts.]]