Line #13 ComicBook/Shadoweyes


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3	Imagine an idealistic young female vigilante who suddenly has been gifted the physical prowess to clean up the crime-polluted city she's so longed to save. Now imagine trying to do that while juggling a concerned mother, touchy friends, teenage romance, and a criminal landscape that turns out to be bleaker, grittier, and less prone to spandex than your average cape book. This is Scout Montanta's situation and it's never easy. It's never pretty.
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5	There's a running theme of going against gender expectations and conventional sexuality, making the story feel much more fresh and unique than any superhero title in recent memory.
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7	''Shadoweyes'' is by Sophie Campbell, of ''ComicBook/WetMoon'' fame. So far there have been two graphic novels released, with a third announced.
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10	!!''Shadoweyes'' contains the following tropes:
11	* AfterTheEnd: Implied. Dranac, the city that forms the setting, is situated in the middle of a wasteland that looks like a bombed-out former city.
12	* ArtShift: Keeps a lot of signature Campbell elements (big eyes, thick lips, punky hairdos), but uses chunky, angular lines and hard-edged shading rather than the delicate lines and ink washes seen in ''Wet Moon'' and ''ComicBook/WaterBaby''. The lines become much smoother in Volume 2 but retain the hard-edge shading.
13	* BecomingTheMask
14	* BlandNameProduct: Pony Master, the card game played by Sparkle. Seems to be a strange mashup of ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''[=/=]''Franchise/YuGiOh'' and ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'', with a bit of ''TabletopGame/HeroClix'' thrown in for good measure.
15	* BodyHorror: Liberally.
16	* BreakTheCutie: What the antagonist appeared to be attempting with Sparkle.
17	* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: Literally. Shadoweyes’ chest insignia is a heavily stylized S. Sparkle's eventual superhero costume also gets an "S" symbol.
18	* ClothingDamage: A non-fanservice take. Every time Scout turns into Shadoweyes or gets in a fight, clothing gets appropriately torn up. That’s probably why the Shadoweyes "costume" is so simple—[[FridgeBrilliance so it can be easily replaced]].
19	* CrapsackWorld: Dranac is not a nice place to live, to put it gently.
20	* CursedWithAwesome: Shadoweyes doesn’t look human and has extremely photosensitive eyes, but that’s a small price to pay for [[SuperStrength superhuman strength]], night vision, a prehensile bladed tail, super hearing, [[WallCrawl gripping walls like a gecko]], super endurance, [[HealingFactor rapid healing]]…
21	* CuteBruiser: Kyisha kickboxes and [[ActionGirl it shows.]] Noah's rather soft facial features may qualify him as a rare male variant.
22	* [[CuteClumsyGirl Cute Clumsy Monster Girl]]: For most of Volume 1 Scout has some issues adjusting to Shadoweye's new mass and form, frequently resulting in embarrassing wipeouts.
23	* CuteLittleFangs: Shadoweyes. Rarely visible in Volume 1, make far more appearances in 2.
24	* CuteMonsterGirl: Possibly qualifies.
25	* DisappearedDad: Scout’s Mom appears to be single. Her Dad is never discussed or hinted at. Same for Sparkle.
26	** Noah's dad is never mentioned ether. The only member of the main cast whose parents are HappilyMarried is Kyisha.
27	* EyeScream: The unnamed antagonist is missing an eye. This isn’t entirely clear until the very last page, when we see her full face. The fact that the empty socket is mostly covered in scar tissue ''does not help''.
28	* GenkiGirl: Sparkle. May possibly actually have some form of ADHD.
29	* GenreSavvy: Shadoweyes (both the character and the book) definitely benefits from being aware of SuperheroTropes.
30	* TheGogglesDoNothing: {{Averted\|Trope}}. Shadoweyes has to wear goggles in broad daylight or horrible headaches ensue.
31	* IntersexTribulations: Kyisha is an intersex woman. Due to her androgyny, at one point she gets mistaken for a {{crossdresser}} by a classmate.
32	* MadeOfIron: Both Shadoweyes and the unnamed antagonist, which makes for a pretty brutal fight scene. With the former it’s due to a HealingFactor, with the latter, we have ''no idea'' yet as to how, but ''[[ImplacableMan boy is she ever.]]'' If one of the indentations in her skull are an indicator, she’s taken a ''[[NighInvulnerable baseball bat to the face]]'' before.
33	* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: Sharp-eyed readers will note Shadoweyes' legs slowly being drawn bigger and bigger as time passes in the first volume. This is remarked on more than once in volume two, and confirmed by WordOfGod to have plot significance.
34	* MeaningfulName: Shadoweyes has night vision.
35	* MuggingTheMonster: A mathematics mugger tries to rob [[CuteBruiser Kyisha]] and [[HairTriggerTemper Noah.]] [[CurbstompBattle Asskicking ensues.]]
36	* NoNameGiven: The antagonist, so far. Which is why she keeps being referred to here as just “the antagonist.”
37	* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: {{Averted\|Trope}}. Scout wanted to be a vigilante, and started acting on it, well in advance of gaining actual superpowers.
38	* OurZombiesAreDifferent: Given her lack of speech, the ludicrous amount of damage she can take, the fact that her only expressions are “blank” and “pissed off,” and [[AuthorAppeal Sophie Campbell’s known love of zombies]], it’s ''highly'' possible the unnamed antagonist is some variety of undead.
39	* OverlyLongGag: The “shadow” discussion at the beginning. Shadownose, shadowfoot, ''shadowbeverage…''
40	* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Noah looks to be building up to one in Volume 1. [[spoiler: Actually, Shadoweyes inspired him to start vigilante work of his own...which isn't to say he's without anger issues.]]
41	* SamaritanSyndrome: Shadoweyes is definitely developing this as she comes to realize you have to pick who you save/help in a city as big as Dranac.
42	* ShapeshifterBaggage: {{Handwave}}d to an extent by Scout. She’s slightly bigger as Shadoweyes and theorizes it as “Eukaryotic Mitosis.”
43	* ShapeshifterModeLock: [[spoiler:Scout eventually can't change back.]]
44	* ShoutOut: To ''Wet Moon''. Before she starts transforming, Scout's Shadoweyes costume bears more than a passing resemblance to Unknown’s. There are also some possible superhero allusions: specifically, some of Shadoweyes' poses are very reminiscent of ComicBook/SpiderMan.
45	* SoProudOfYou: [[spoiler:Scout’s Mom. Awwwww.]]
46	* TheSpeechless or TheVoiceless: The antagonist seems to be one of these. Which, we’re not sure yet.
47	* SuperHeroOrigin: {{Averted\|Trope}}, so far—we have no idea about the hows or whys of Scout’s superpowers.
48	* SuperpoweredAlterEgo: One possible explanation for how the transformation works.
49	* ThatManIsDead: Eventually, Scout only identifies as Shadoweyes. A rare heroic example.
50	* TransformationTrauma: [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]]. Scout claims it only hurts to change ''back'' from being Shadoweyes, not to turn into it.
51	* {{Transvestite}}: Kyisha is mistaken for one by a classmate.
52	* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Neither Kyisha nor Scout’s Mom really freak out that much about Scout turning into a superhuman beastie. Knowing Campbell, [[ChekhovsGun there may be a reason for this.]]
53	* WeaksauceWeakness: Bright lights hurt enough to make Shadoweyes want to just curl up in a little ball.
54	* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Scout, as Shadoweyes, briefly muses if she’s even human anymore.
55	* XenomorphXerox: Shadoweyes bears a strong resemblance to a sort of [[SuperDeformed chibi]] [[Franchise/{{Alien}} Xenomorph]].

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