History Webcomic / OutOfPlacers

* AccidentalMurder: Kalkgur ''slightly'' misjudges his turning speed when trying to stop a thief. Unfortunately since he is a giant serpentine creature made almost entirely of muscle and blades, the result is a spectacular and gory mess.

** At one point, the baxxid Kalkgur visits [[https://www.valsalia.com/comic/out-of-placers/oops-165/ what appears to be a baxxid cemetery of sorts]], where ossified baxxid exoskeletons rest with gigantic mushrooms growing from their skulls. After three pages of TalkingToTheDead, reminiscing about the things he and his parent did together, [[https://www.valsalia.com/comic/out-of-placers/oops-167/ the exoskeleton of Kalkgur's parent suddenly speaks]] [[StarfishLanguage (laboriously, over the course of an entire night)]] to chide him for being so sentimental, revealing the cemetery to actually be a sort of retirement home, and the mushrooms to be a benign part of the baxxids' BizarreAlienBiology.

** Another Baxxid, Kalkgur, has a crush on a human coppersmith running a stall in the lower markets. HilarityEnsues when he causes a bit of an incident and is assigned guard duty in that very area as a punishment.

* YouDidEverythingYouCould: Surgeon Merrs uses the 'I did everything I could' variant after [[spoiler:operating on Elim.]] Ends up being a variation: rather than having failed to save his patient, Merrs regretfully informs the patient's friends that the recovery process will take months.

* CurbStompBattle: Elim, despite having had [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice a jagged piece of metal shoved all the way through him]] and struggling to stay conscious, completely wipes out Brakka's gang in a matter of ([[http://www.valsalia.com/comic/out-of-placers/oops-95/ very, very violent]]) seconds. The one survivor (aside from Brakka himself) is a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} who wandered off to do his own thing instead of fighting.
* CuteButCacophonic: Not necessarily "cute" by conventional standards, but baxxid are nevertheless often [[GentleGiant very peaceful and shy]]. They also have very powerful lungs. One baxxid in the streets is frightened by an insect crawling over it, and [[http://www.valsalia.com/comic/out-of-placers/oops-41/ screams loudly enough]] to be heard across the entirety of Val Salia. The author's note on the page sheds some light on it:

** [[https://www.valsalia.com/comic/out-of-placers/oops-113/ Chakki]] deserves a mention as well.

* FantasticLivestock: In the absence of any non-fantastic livestock, humans on this world have domesticated a number of more alien creatures, such as tiplods: giant isopod-like animals that take the place of oxen as draft animals and sources of meat. A [[https://www.valsalia.com/comic/out-of-placers/oops-85/ later page]] features a hauler-crab, a massive, lumbering creature that serves as both a beast of burden and an emergency water source in coastal regions.

** The Baxxid are basically giant, serpentine creatures made of armor and knives; they also avoid conflict at all costs and are incredibly adept [[ProudScholarRace interpreters and mathematicians]].

** Poak is a yinglet version. He comes up to a human's chest as opposed to their crotch, and while he occasionally punishes unruly yinglets by sitting on them, he's a friendly, jovial member of the enclave.

* InadequateInheritor: Vizlet is in the middle of such a situation: while Lippie has a lot of potential, [[spoiler: being favored by Vizlet to be the next Matriarch]], she's also a complete NervousWreck most of the time, and the other females, while relatively more mentally stable, don't seem to be as capable as Lippie.

-->'''Figgins''': ...But you're not ready to give up on ze [[spoiler: 'Lippie as Matriarch']] possibility.

** Kuldra, a young, female Baxxid, has a crush on the human Trademaster Viracroix, much to Varakses' annoyance.

* IsItSomethingYouEat: on the "Of Ends and Beginnings" side-story, that's the reaction of the average Antenillian yinglets when Cairo begins talking about copper and infrastructure.

* NobleBigot: Before his transformation, Kassen was sympathetic but condescending to the "younger races".

** Matriarch Vizlet [[https://www.valsalia.com/comic/out-of-placers/oops-26/ was apprenticed]] under multiple human tradesmen before becoming matriarch, hence her "strange ideas," her background also allows her to see through Kass's cover story and help her maintain it around the less educated Yinglets.

** Isher is horrified to realize that Ran recognizes her species (or her origin, it's not entirely clear from the context), but they both agree that some secrets are best kept secret.

* FantasticSlurs: 'Scav' for yinglets, short for scavenger. (To be fair, a lot of them ''are'' scavengers.)

** Yinglets in general favor [[BladeOnAStick spears]] and [[BladeEnthusiast knives]], as their arms are built for quick thrusts and suffer badly when trying to swing anything heavy.

* CeilingCling: Yannit can easiely [[WallCrawl climb walls]] and [[https://www.valsalia.com/comic/prologue/24/ can sleep hanging off a ceiling.]]

** Apparently, the vision of the hind pairs of [[ExtraEyes Baxxid]] eyes [[https://www.valsalia.com/comic/out-of-placers/the-val-salian-regional-field-guide-entry-8/ isn't obfuscated by cloth.]] Some Baxxid will wear headdresses when interacting with humans to cut down on any confusion over which eyes the human should be looking at.

* AppropriatedAppellation: An unwitting version. The indrel exile Kassen and Elim bring to Val Salia has no verbal name (due to the indrel language being based on pheremones and body language), [[http://www.valsalia.com/comic/prologue/06/ but when prompted]] quickly declares she wants to adopt the "name" given to her by a human she met long ago - [[FailOSuckyname Hyanoisyskank]]. Fortunately, she's later convinced to shorten it to the much more innocuous "Yannit".

* CeilingCling: Yannit can easiely climb walls and [[https://www.valsalia.com/comic/prologue/24/ can sleep hanging off a ceiling.]]

* ArtEvolution: In addition to the general artwork improvement over the course of several years, Isher in particular has had some character design updates. [[https://www.valsalia.com/comic/prologue/09/ Early pages]] depicted her with four-fingered hands and toe claws. [[https://www.valsalia.com/comic/out-of-placers/oops-123/ Later pages]] depict her with five fingers and giant talons on two of her toes.

* CassandraTruth: Vizlet doesn't buy Kass' story for a while, and while she's willing to go along with the Trademaster's machinations, she doesn't have much interest in easing his transition into enclave life. One [[ArmorPiercingResponse flippant answer]] to "When was the last time you slept", though, and Vizlet is forced to revise her position in a hurry.

** Indrel, due to their pheromone-based communication, have automatic emotional reactions to certain scents. In an attempt to help Yannit acclimate to living among humans, Ran explores her reaction of a variety of scents and substances. The results range from 'nothing' to 'PANIC'.

* FantasticLivestock: In the absence of any non-fantastic livestock, humans on this world have domesticated a number of more alien creatures, such as Tiplods: giant isopod-like animals that take the place of oxen as draft animals and sources of meat.

** Poak is this to the yinglets...he comes up to a human's chest as opposed to their crotch. He punishes one yinglet by sitting on him.

-->'''Craylor''': So House Ivenmoth's got some kinda ''shit'' goin' on...

* MadeOfIron: Elim. Surviving a serious gut wound in the middle of a war in a medieval setting is already enough to qualify, but ''then'' [[spoiler: he also gets a foot-long metal shiv rammed through his body and not only manages to get back up, but also to ''utterly destroy'' the yinglet gang that was threatening Kass.]]

* FantasticLivestock: In the absence of any non-fantastic livestock, humans on this world have domesticated a number of more alien creatures, such as Tiplods...giant isopod-like animals that take the place of oxen as draft animals and sources of meat.

* LiteralMetaphor: An unintentional example on Elim's part when he suggests "grilling" Lopin for information. [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Lopin does not take this well]]. It's a reasonable mistake for a downtrodden minority race in a late Medieval milieu mistake to make.

* SpitTake: Well, what would YOU do if you just found out yinglets were having gay sex in your supply closet? #209