History Webcomic / Roommates

* PunBasedTitle: Again, with subtitles, actually... Ashe gave us: (pages 184-185) Challenge-Accepted and (pages 187-188) Reflexes-Checked.

** Type 2: Also Glinda's book of records automaticly records everything about everything and everybody... if it's ''canon''. So it gives almost no advantage over living in the 'verse.

* RealityWritingBook:
** Type 1: All fiction is this for the [[LivingDream characters from it]] despite also being fiction for almost everybody else. The characters' ''canonical'' fate is literally written (filmed etc.).
** Type 2: Also Glinda's book of records automaticly records everything about everything and everybody... if it's ''canon''. So it gives almost no advantage over living in the 'verse.
*** Yes. This does imply that despite all the YouCantFightFate themes for the characters, the verse itself is ImmuneToFate by virtue of being ''fanon''.

*** Yes. This does imply that despite all the YouCannotFightFate themes for the characters, the verse itself is {{Immune To|Fate}} it by virtue of being ''fanon''.

* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: We have Toothless who is a cameo, and some Shadow Beasts who are at best symbolic (Saito's and Arthur's).

Welcome to the ''{{Franchise/Buildingverse}}''! This article is about the Weekly WebComic (normally updated on Mondays) that started all in 2007: ''Roommates'' by [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com AsheRhyder]] and [[AscendedFanon the fans]] on Website/DeviantArt. (Can be found [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/gallery/ here]]. And there are some "official" collected editions: [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-Collection-1-457034995 Collection 1]]'', ''[[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Such-Stuff-As-Dreams-Are-Made-On-Entire-Arc-455616061 Such Stuff As Dreams Are Made On]]'')

** ''[[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-Collection-1-457034995 Collection 1 Roommates 2007-2012]] - Roommates proper and Mystery (including a lost page) with some extra pages up to ''Such Stuff...''.

* CerebusSyndrome: It shifted from comedy to {{dramedy}}. Not that the themes responsible for this weren't there from the beginning (most related to the [[NoFourthWall lack of fourth wall]]) but were subtext and played for BlackComedy, as time went by they became text [[{{Deconstruction}} pushed to their logical extremes]] and PlayedForDrama more often. It still [[CerebusRollercoaster zigzags this like crazy]] so be prepared to hurt something from MoodWhiplash.

** "[[PutOnABus Canonically Dead In-Comic]]": If an liked OC who had a story dies (as ''this'' comic is their canon) they must go and try to find a different story.

*** "[[TheScrappy The fandom hates YOU]]": Yeah. What happens when you were just "Canonically Alive" and the story ends. [[CessationOfExistence Bye Bye, you]]. This is as dead as it gets in this comic. [[invoked]] [[spoiler: This is why Mrs. Norrington is a widow]].

*** "DeathByOriginStory": [[YouCantFightFate Your death is required]] for someone else's backstory characterization. Technically this is just being "Canonically Dead" but your options are so severely limited for where a you don't have a narrative compulsion to stay dead that you effectively are. [[spoiler: See the [[TearJerker/{{Roommates}} Tear Jerker page]]]]
*** "[[TheScrappy The fandom hates YOU]]": Yeah. What happens when you were just "Canonically Alive" and the story ends. Bye Bye you. This is as dead as it gets in this comic. [[invoked]] [[spoiler: This is why Mrs. Norrington is a widow]].

** "[[YourDaysAreNumbered Canonically Alive]]": You are alive in a story and pray for it to never end because the [[TheScrappy fans hate you]].

** "Alive": Even if the [[NotUsingTheZWord tale calls it differently]]. Which means you have both a narrative life and audience sympathy, by definition as long you have both you [[JokerImmunity can't die]].

** "[[PutOnABus Canonically Dead In-Comic]]": If an liked OC with a story dies (as ''this'' comic is their canon) they must go and try to find a different story.

* SlidingScaleOfDeadness: To recap. This world runs mostly on the TheoryOfNarrativeCausality (Story), and mostly the fans' ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve (belief) and generally has a NobodyCanDie rule [[spoiler: TheFairFolk could still steal your soul, though]]. So you can be:
** Alive, even if the [[NotUsingTheZWord tale calls it differently]]. Which means you have both a narrative life and audience sympathy, by definition as long you have both you [[JokerImmunity can't die]].
** "[[OnlyMostlyDead Canonically Dead]]". So you died in your narrative you should be and are dead in it, but you also have enough fans to make you for all intents and purposes alive outside of it. Just know to avoid places which require your non-existence. Ashe [[PlayingWithATrope playes with]] and [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] it frequently ("Killed for canon" support group meetings; "Still Dead" checks; Confused undead etc.).
** "[[PutOnABus Canonically Dead In-Comic]]". If an liked OC with a story dies (as ''this'' comic is their canon) they must go and try to find a different story.
** "[[YourDaysAreNumbered Canonically Alive]]". You are in a story and pray for it to never end because the [[TheScrappy fans hate you]].

** "[[TheScrappy The fandom hates YOU]]": Yeah. What happens when you were just "Canonically Alive" and the story ends. Bye Bye you. This is as dead as it gets in this comic. [[invoked]] [[spoiler: This is why Mrs. Norrington is a widow]].

* DeaderThanDead: This is generally a NobodyCanDie comic but there are two known ways to still be and stay dead:
** [[YouCantFightFate Your death is required]] for someone else's [[DeathByOriginStory backstory characterization]]. [[spoiler: See the [[TearJerker/{{Roommates}} Tear Jerker page]]]]
** [[TheScrappy The fandom hates YOU]].[[invoked]] [[spoiler: This is why Mrs. Norrington is a widow]].

* OnlyMostlyDead: As a rule this is a comic where NobodyCanDie [[spoiler: TheFairFolk could still steal your soul though]]. But characters still can be dead in [[{{Canon}} their own story]] and we get this trope thanks to the reving powers of the verse. This condition is called being "Canonically Dead" in the comic and yes, means they are alive here for all intents and purposes with some minor drawbacks (like: can't go back to their original world/story without an narrative way presented from that side). Ashe [[PlayingWithATrope playes with]] and [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] it frequently ("Killed for canon" support group meetings; "Still Dead" checks; Confused undead etc.).
** If an OC with a story dies (as ''this'' comic is their canon) this means being PutOnABus. They must go and try to find a different story.

* NobodyCanDie: At least nobody who isn't [[TheVerse verse]]-[[{{Muggles}} native]] (if they have a story even they can be [[OnlyMostlyDead only Canonically Dead]], but this means moving out of the comic) or DeaderThanDead.

* NobodyCanDie: At least nobody who isn't [[TheVerse verse]]-[[{{Muggles}} native]] (if they have a story even they can be [[OnlyMostlyDead only Canonically Dead]]) or DeaderThanDead.

** [[TheScrappy The fandom hates YOU]]. [[spoiler: This is why Mrs. Norrington is a widow]].

* [[{{canon}} Canonical]] DeathIsCheap: As a rule this is a comic where NobodyCanDie [[spoiler: TheFairFolk could still steal your soul though]]. But also characters can be dead in [[{{Canon}} their own story]] and still be around and "alive" here so it's safe to say that nobody even stays dead (except some rare cases). This condition is called being "Canonically Dead" in the comic. Ashe [[PlayingWithATrope playes with]] and [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] it frequently ("Killed for canon" support group meetings; "Still Dead" checks; Confused undead etc.)

* NobodyCanDie: At least nobody who isn't [[TheVerse verse]]-[[{{Muggles}} native]] (not tested) or DeaderThanDead. And here DeaderThanDead means (as far as we can see it yet): a) [[YouCantFightFate Your death is required]] for someone else's [[DeathByOriginStory backstory characterization]]. [[spoiler: See the [[TearJerker/{{Roommates}} Tear Jerker page]]]] b) [[TheScrappy The fandom hates YOU]]. [[spoiler: This is why Mrs. Norrington is a widow]].

* WindowsOfTheSoul: The [[TheFairFolk less]] [[WitchSpecies human]] or [[ReallySevenhundredYearsOld older]] a character is the more inhuman their normal eyes get. Example: MonochromaticEyes indicate [[SupernaturalElite pure blooded]] FairFolk.

** On [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-Kings-War-59-445907413 Kings War 59]] a call back by story to that.

* OnceUponATime: Several time.

Welcome to the ''{{Franchise/Buildingverse}}''! This article is about the Weekly WebComic (normally updated on Mondays) that started all in 2007: ''Roommates'' by [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com AsheRhyder]] and [[AscendedFanon the fans]] on Website/DeviantArt. (Can be found [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/gallery/ here]]. And there are some "official" collected editions: ''[[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Such-Stuff-As-Dreams-Are-Made-On-Entire-Arc-455616061 Such Stuff As Dreams Are Made On]]'')

Welcome to the ''{{Franchise/Buildingverse}}''! This article is about the Weekly WebComic (normally updated on Mondays) that started all in 2007: ''Roommates'' by [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com AsheRhyder]] and [[AscendedFanon the fans]] on Website/DeviantArt. (Can be found [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/gallery/ here]].)

* AllLoveIsUnrequited : Averted... most of the time. Most characters, due to being villains or side characters, don't get the girl in their own canon. In the comic they are either given girlfriends (or [[ManlyGay boyfriends]], oneshot dates, or a chance with the canon love interest. But there's liberal doses of "He just never got over her..." for at least Erik.

* AllLoveIsUnrequited : Averted... most of the time. Most characters, due to being villains or side characters, don't get the girl in their own canon. In the comic they are either given girlfriends, oneshot dates, or a chance with the canon love interest. But there's liberal doses of "He just never got over her..." for at least Erik.