History Webcomic / Shifters

%%* MurphysLaw

** [[spoiler:Din Tau is a prime example of this trope as he doesn't care whether his actions are interpreted as 'good' or 'evil' as long as his objective is achieved.]]
* AdmiringTheAbomination

* AgeAppropriateAngst
* AlphaBitch:
** Holly Tate
* AncientConspiracy: The Veil

* BerserkButton
* BigNO:

* BitchAlert:
** Holly Tate
* BodyHorror: Ferrah turning into a Kinsmir

* CardCarryingVillain: Maverick; literally, as seen by his costume.

* CurbStompBattle
* DangerousWorkplace: Tartarus, in the "Undercity" is a very DangerousWorkplace.
* TheDarkSide
* DirtyBusiness
* EldritchAbomination: Kinsmir and Maverick.

* FinaglesLaw
* FlyingDutchman
** [[spoiler:John Sterling]]

* FunctionalMagic

* HandOrObjectUnderwear

* InvoluntaryShapeshifter
* KilledToUpholdTheMasquerade
* LayeredWorld

* MurphysLaw

* NoPlaceForMeThere
* NotSoExtinct: Most of the races in [[AncientConspiracy The Veil]].

* PlausibleDeniability

* RichBitch:
** Holly Tate
* RockBottom
* TheScottishTrope

* SpoiledBrat:
** Holly Tate
* SupernaturalFiction
* TemptingFate

* TransformationComic

* UrbanFantasy
* WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong
* TheWorldIsNotReady
* [[spoiler: TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife]]
* VampireFiction

Set in the [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture not-so-far future]] of an [[AlternateUniverse alternate earth]], there are two worlds. The Waking World that people know, and the world of [[AncientConspiracy The Veil]], which lies [[InvisibleToNormals hidden in the shadows]]. The secret world of [[AncientConspiracy The Veil]], harbors the [[SpeciesLostAndFound monsters thought lost to time]], secretly alive and well in the dark places of the isolated [[MegaCity Shade City]]. [[AncientConspiracy The conspiracy]] to keep the knowledge of their existence [[{{Masquerade}} secret]], [[AncientConspiracy The Veil]] itself, has been kept, [[KilledToUpholdTheMasquerade by force]] , for centuries under the careful watch of the races that form it. Silent wars of [[AncientConspiracy The Veil]] races have raged [[InvisibleToNormals right under humanity's noses]], and continue to simmer on and under the streets of [[MegaCity Shade City]]. Currently the [[OurVampiresAreDifferent New Gen Vampires]] and [[OurWerebeastsAreDifferent Shifters]] have been silently escalating their [[FurAgainstFang long standing war]], and the [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires]] have come up with a plan to win. But what they didn't count on was the re-appearance of an [[EldritchAbomination ancient horror]] so powerful and terrible that it is only spoken of with whispered hatred, [[TheScottishTrope its name cursed]].

* HealingFactor: [[OurWerebeastsAreDifferent Shifters]], [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Vampires]], and many other [[SpeciesLostAndFound Veil races]] have an enhanced healing factor that enables them to survive what would be lethal damage to most normal humans.

* InvisibleToNormals: The majority of humanity doesn't know that [[OurWerebeastsAreDifferent Shifters]], [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Vampires]], or any of the other [[SpeciesLostAndFound Veil Races]] exist due to the AncientConspiracy called The Veil.

* [[spoiler: TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife]]

* SpeciesLostAndFound: Most of the races in [[AncientConspiracy The Veil]].

* WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong
* TheWorldIsNotReady

While the overall plot arc remains the same between [[http://shifters.comicgenesis.com/d/20010810.html Shifters]] and [[http://shiftersonline.com/chapter1-cover/ Shifters - Redux]] the story and art are now under the sole control of Tary. Several characters and side-arcs have been eliminated or scaled back and as a result many background points relevant to later plot devlopment have been expanded greatly to bring them into line with her vision. The overall tone is now much darker and grittier with less comedy and more drama.

The "Original Run" (beginning [[http://shifters.comicgenesis.com/d/20010810.html here]]) of Shifters, while conceived by Marie Tary, was initially a creative colaboration between herself and a writer named James Strocel. Tary herself wrote and illustrated the first two issues of the comic, bringing Strocel in at the third issue ([[http://shifters.comicgenesis.com/d/20011010.html "Tears of Blood"]] in 2001). Strocel continued writing for the series until the issue [[http://shifters.comicgenesis.com/d/20020911.html “Wolf’s Clothing”]] (in 2002) when creative differences between Tary and Strocel on the direction and content of the story forced a parting of ways. Ater this point Tary was responsible for both writing and illustration.

After this point in the "Original Run" several plot points and characters were scaled back or trimmed from the story alltogether to bring it back into line with the artist/creator's original vision through plot but the problem of creative differences in the past writing remained such that it would have led to eventual {{Canon Discontinuity}} and many {{Continuity Snarl}}s if the story was allowed to continue on it's course.

** [[spoiler:Din Tau is a prime example of this trope as he doesn't care wether his actions are interpreted as 'good' or 'evil' as long as his objective is achieved.]]

* {{Badass}}
** Din Tau
** John Sterling
** Maverick

** The fight between John Sterling and Maverick (established earlier in the comic as a {{Badass}}) in the "Original Run" issue [[http://shifters.comicgenesis.com/d/20040211.html "Dogfight"]] shows this trope. [[spoiler:While the battle is in favor of Maverick in the beginning John Sterling eventually goes {{OneWingedAngel}} on him at [[http://shifters.comicgenesis.com/d/20040514.html this]] point whereupon it becomes a {{CurbStompBattle}} in favor of John Sterling.]]
*** [[spoiler:Not long after his {{CurbStompBattle}} victory John Sterling has this trope inflicted on him by Din Tau (beginning [[http://shifters.comicgenesis.com/d/20040618.html here]] in the same issue), thus shoing that Din Tau is also a major {{Badass}}]]

* BiologicalMashup: Kinsmir - A mix of Vampire and Werewolf

Set in the [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture not-so-far future]] of an [[AlternateUniverse alternate earth]], there are two worlds. The Waking World that people know, and the world of [[AncientConspiracy The Veil]], which lies [[InvisibleToNormals hidden in the shadows]]. The secret world of [[AncientConspiracy The Veil]], harbors the [[SpeciesLostAndFound monsters thought lost to time]], secretly alive and well in the dark places of the isolated [[MegaCity Shade City]]. [[AncientConspiracy The conspiracy]] to keep the knowledge of their existence [[{{Masquerade}} secret]], [[AncientConspiracy The Veil]] itself, has been kept, [[KilledToUpholdTheMasquerade by force]] , for centuries under the careful watch of the races that form it. Silent wars of [[AncientConspiracy The Veil]] races have raged [[InvisibleToNormals right under humanity's noses]], and continue to simmer on and under the streets of [[MegaCity Shade City]]. Currently the [[OurVampiresAreDifferent New Gen Vampires]] and [[OurWerebeastsAreDifferent Shifters]] have been silently escalating their [[FurAgainstFang long standing war]], and the [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires]] have come up with a plan to win. [[ItGotWorse But what they didn’t count on]] was the re-appearance of an [[EldritchAbomination ancient horror]] so powerful and terrible that it is only spoken of with whispered hatred, [[TheScottishTrope its name cursed]].

* ItGotWorse

* CompleteMonster: Maverick

* FridgeHorror:
** [[spoiler:The [[http://shifters.comicgenesis.com/d/20030212.html mark]] that appears on Kat, [[http://shifters.comicgenesis.com/d/20030203.html the effect]] [[http://shifters.comicgenesis.com/d/20050824.html it has on her]], and the implication of what it means.]]
** [[spoiler:The [[http://shifters.comicgenesis.com/d/20060117.html backstory reveal]] of what part John Sterling had in the fates of the other Kinsmir, and the implication of what it means for Ferrah.]]

*** Shown extensively in "Shifters - Redux" issue 3 ([[http://shiftersonline.com/chapter-3-nightmare/ Nightmare]])) where Ferrah ends up [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NakedOnArrival Naked On Arrival]] but preserves her modesty through [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HandOrObjectUnderwear Hand or Object Underwear]].