Line #25 DeconstructedTrope/WebComics


1	* ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'': Delusions of godhood. Technically Sarda isn't a deity. [[spoiler:It's more like he ''wanted'' to be, which is why he went back in time to design the universe in his own image anyway. If anything, Sarda is a deconstruction of [[AGodAmI people who think they are/have the right to be deities]] by showing just how ''fucked up'' people of such mindsets have to be before they reach that conclusion. And, two words: Black Mage.]]
2	* ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'' deconstructs the InverseNinjaLaw by having Frans Rayner actively invoke it. He was able to kill off most of the existing ninjas at once just by getting them in one place, [[spoiler: and, in an attempt to kill Dr. [=McNinja=], constantly cloned him and made the clones dumb as bricks, not only forcing the original Doctor to have his ninjaness spread thin, but prevent the clones from understanding strategy. The Doc was only able to win by spouting several generic war buddy action movie lines and teaming up with Rayner, invoking tropes that turned Rayner into an IneffectualLoner while he refused to team up, so they fought the ninjas together and then faced each other one on one again.]]
3	* ''Webcomic/AwfulHospital'' deconstructs the InteractiveComic trope itself. The readers suggesting commands are not abstractions and are very real and powerful beings of an unknown nature according to WordOfGod. After so many people tell Fern to [[CrackPairing seduce Harmburger]], for example, it actually happens very briefly against her will
4	* ''Webcomic/CyanideAndHappiness'' is currently deconstructing the concept of a ChildProdigy having a job with their "[[http://explosm.net/comics/1804/ Doctor]] [[http://explosm.net/comics/1807/ Baby]]" series, stating that a child would be in many ways unprepared for an adult job.
5	* ''Webcomic/DiveQuest'', from the guy behind ''Webcomic/RubyQuest'', deconstructs the usual structure of [[InteractiveComic Collective Games]] by having the "players" exist in universe, as facets of the protagonists personality, accessed through the Orb of Infinite Psyche. This proved so popular that it's been used in several other games. It also provided justification for switching the player character by having the second character find a shard of the orb.
6	* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' deconstructs the QuirkyMinibossSquad. Hedge, Vlad and Guineas bicker amongst themselves, like normal minibosses, but Vlad has deep self-loathing, Hedge and the real BigBad despise each other and Guineas is usually mistaken for an idiot because he rarely, if ever, speaks. They cheer up later, however.
7	** "New And Old Flames" deconstructed the idea of [[ThisIsUnforgivable betrayed trust]] and [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer the resultant pain]] with [[StraightGay Justin]] and his former best friend [[UnluckyChildhoodFriend Melissa]] - as Noah points out, Melissa's confiding in her gossipy sister about his sexuality didn't just ruin Justin's life, it also destroyed hers as Justin has ''refused'' to forgive her for years. This has led to Melissa acting like an annoying ClingyJealousGirl because his refusal to see things from her side means she can't get over her feelings for him - in turn, Justin's own pain blinds him to the fact that Melissa ''does'' have genuine human feelings and causes him [[TookALevelInJerkass to lash out at Elliot]] for ''daring'' to empathise with her (before Ellen chewed him out with a WhatTheHellHero speech). The final shot of this {{Arc}} shows Justin staring after a departing Melissa (who has promised to not bother him anymore), with a look that is not pleased, annoyed or satisfied... but lost and empty. While what she did was terrible, Justin's unwillingness to move on has only hurt them both more in the long run.
8	* ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'' deconstructs AdultsAreUseless. The school staff are very competent, and much more knowledgeable about the strange goings-on than Antimony is. In spite of this, Annie never seeks their help; on a few occasions, she outright refuses it. While Annie's behavior is partially explained by her BackStory, it's still counterproductive to solving the mysteries that she's investigating.
9	* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' manages to deconstruct the classic ResetButton way of getting a situation hopelessly back on track. [[spoiler: The Scratch, once initiated, resets a session - and all the factors that went into it. Including the character's lives, memories, interests, what have you. Suddenly what seems a sure-fire way to salvage their game seems like a really bad idea.]] And that's before we find out that [[spoiler: the Scratch is essentially a DealWithTheDevil. Let's just say Alternia wasn't always a DeathWorld and leave it at that.]]
10	* ''Webcomic/KidRadd'' deconstructs a number of tropes, namely CollisionDamage and the OneManArmy that many video game characters are - the former is described as the "Touch of Death", and its various implications as they apply to a more realistic world are taken under consideration. The latter often results in badly-repressed psychopaths and incidents of mass slaughter.
11	** As ''VideoGame/{{Iji}}'' will also tell you. In fact, it's pretty much what ''Webcomic/KidRadd'' would be if it were stripped of meta-references and were an actual game. Which is admittedly quite different, but they share many of the same concepts.
12	* ''Webcomic/{{Megatokyo}}'' is a not-so-subtle example of this trope when applied to the harem genre; more precisely, what happens when a [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent standard male lead]] gets an UnwantedHarem and what does it really mean to deal with a BrokenBird as a part of your harem (yes, dealing with real, severe psychological issues, not the ones you can see in standard harem works).
13	** Many of the stereotypes related to this genre are also deconstructed. Ping is a deconstruction of the robot haremette that wants to be human, Miho and Yuki of the MagicalGirl (Miho also of the ManicPixieDreamGirl and the DarkMagicalGirl). Kimiko, [[WordOfGod being the only character that's not based in any stereotype]] also counts as a big deconstruction of the Dojikko, idol and/or Kawaiiko tags.
14	* ''Webcomic/{{Misfile}}'' is a deconstruction of the GenderBender: girl-Ash is [[ThirdLawofGenderBending basically the same as boy-Ash]]: same name, same clothes (more or less), same sexual orientation (i.e. she's still attracted to girls), same hobby racing and fixing cars. While we don't ever get to see boy-Ash, it's easy to imagine that the only difference between the two is Ash's physical body and the way people treat him/her. And yet Ash [[SecondLawOfGenderBending hates being female]], alternating between resignation and fear that she will become some sort of [[TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody girly-girl]], even though there's no indication of that happening so far.
15	* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'':
16	** It deconstructs KnightTemplar by making the religious zealot paladin almost completely incapable of accepting that she could be wrong, believing herself and her every action to be the work of the gods [[spoiler:even after she [[FallenHero loses her paladin powers]]. The gods practically ''told'' her "No, what you're doing is wrong, get out!" and she ''still'' believes herself to be in their favour.]] It also explores the concept of AlwaysChaoticEvil in the case of Redcloak.
17	** Belkar deconstructs the TokenEvilTeammate. While his [[CardCarryingVillain gleefully evil ways]] were initially played for laughs, lately they've proven to have realistic consequences, both on the world in general as well as his relationship with the rest of the party. [[spoiler:In the afterlife, Roy gets a serious ding on his record because he's Belkar's leader, making him responsible for Belkar's actions, and hasn't just killed him yet.]]
18	** Miko is also an intentional deconstruction of LawfulStupid. It's shown just how badly she can screw up things, and the other Paladins are shown as quite reasonable.
19	** The Monster in the Darkness is the result of an alternate look at TheReveal: specifically, what kind of life one would have to live to remain completely hidden from the heroes and readers before the big moment, and the effect it has on its personality. Specifically, its inability to contribute despite its great power has destroyed its self-esteem (more so than simply being a minion would have), and never having a chance to practice evil results in [[MinionWithAnFInEvil an inevitable F]].
20	** GenreSavvy is deconstructed with Tarquin. He sees everyone as nothing but plot devices to the point that when he [[spoiler:murders his own son Nale]] he considers it nothing more than the removal of a useless B-villain that Elan has outgrown. [[WordOfGod Rich Burlew]] goes one step further by revealing [[http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=318550&page=4 in the forum]] that being GenreSavvy and a capable fighter are Tarquin's only real talents. He is not the experienced military leader everyone thought he was and his teammates find his genre savviness annoying and treat him in the same way the Order of the Stick treats Elan. If anything, Tarquin comes off as a huge TakeThat against Genre Savvy villains.
21	** WorthyOpponent is also deconstructed. At first, Tarquin joins the Linear Guild because he wants to fight Roy after he proved himself in battle. But later, Tarquin believes that as long as Roy leads the Order, Elan will never achieve his full potential as a hero. [[spoiler: So he orders his forces to kill him.]]
22	* ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'':
23	** Oasis is a deconstruction of the MagicalGirlfriend. If you chose the right elements, you could describe her in a way that sounded exactly like, say, ''Anime/SteelAngelKurumi''. Basically, she's a gorgeous, super-human killer accidentally brainwashed to be "in love" with Torg. She's both a very tragic and intentionally shallow character, and a major threat to the protagonists as well as the main reason Torg can't be together with someone he really loves.
24	** HesJustHiding was deconstructed following the story "bROKEN". [[spoiler:Torg's insistence that Riff and Zoë are alive is seen as destructive and insane by his friends.]]
25	* ''Webcomic/NanasEverydayLife'' starts off as a [[CrossesTheLineTwice Cross The Line Twice]], BreakTheCutie and [[BlackComedyRape Rape Her Regularily]] BlackComedy SadistShow until it eventually deconstructs BlackComedy as a whole by [[CerebusSyndrome upping the blackness]] to [[TearJerker heart wrenching]] levels and providing punchlines that only further serve to highlight [[DudeNotFunny how utterly fucked up]] the "joke" really was in the first place.
26	* ''Webcomic/QuentynQuinnSpaceRanger''
27	** CoolPeopleRebelAgainstAuthority The SpacePirate arc ends with [[http://www.rhjunior.com/QQSR/00013.html Quentyn not expecting any more trouble from the pirates he had to rescue.]]
28	** OrganicTechnology [[http://www.rhjunior.com/QQSR/00076.html Its many problems enumerated at length]], culminating the reveal that they [[http://www.rhjunior.com/QQSR/00077.html don't really fathom the notion of]] BodyHorror.
29	* Dora Bianchi of ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'' is a Deconstruction of the EthicalSlut. She's pansexual and open-minded about all kinds of practices...because her varied insecurities prevent her from having any kind of long-term meaningful relationships. Having grown up in the shadow of her BrilliantButLazy brother, she has a serious inferiority complex and crippling trust issues, which she hides by putting on a tough-as-nails front. She will cut friends and loved ones out of her life with very little provocation, and will hold a grudge for much longer than is healthy. The merest hint of her current romantic partner getting any kind of attention from another person, or the merest possibility of being cheated on, will cause her to explode, and either end the relationship or start pre-emptively mistreating her partner to the point where they end it. It gets so bad at one point that one of her friends advises her to seek professional help...which ''does'' seem to be having a positive effect.
30	* The ThanatosGambit of Master General Alaric from ''Webcomic/TwoKinds'' seems like a GambitRoulette at first, until it was revealed to be one of ''hundreds'' of possibilities he [[http://twokinds.keenspot.com/archive.php?p=583 planned for.]]
31	* ''WebComic/{{SSDD}}'' deconstructs a number of sex tropes, such as:
32	** {{Polyamory}}: The relationship between Richard, Red, and Anne falls apart in a hurry
33	** BiggerIsBetterInBed: Richard is so well-hung that Anne has to be careful when she has sex with him.
34	** TheCasanova: [[http://www.poisonedminds.com/d/20160210.html Richard enjoys his conquests less and less]].
35	* ''Webcomic/Rain2010'' deconstructs a few, especially those related to the LGBT community.
36	** IfItsYouItsOkay: Rudy, a predominant homosexual, and Rain, a DMAB pre-op transgirl, decide to start dating early on in the story. This leads to many people, such as Rudy's [[AbusiveParents parents]], believing he's been [[CureYourGays "cured" of his gay feelings]]. While the two of them get along very well, many start to question whether their relationship can survive Rain's intent to fully transition one day. In the end, they do eventually break up, but not because of any loss of feelings on Rudy's part. Rain enjoyed the attention she was getting from him, enjoyed his company, and saw dating a boy as a thing "normal girls" do. However, she doesn't experience any kind of romantic or sexual attraction toward males. While the two do remain good friends, Rudy takes the breakup a lot harder than she does and [[TookALevelInJerkass it does leave a noticeable bitterness in his attitude through the rest of the comic]]. Not to mention many of his friends and classmates consider him "sick" again.
37	** InnocentlyInsensitive[=/=]HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday: Drew, who attends catholic school and is ''very'' insecure about his sexuality and how people perceive him, ends up falling for Ky, who is biologically female but is genderfluid. For a long time throughout the comic, they try explaining to Drew how it works and seeing if the two can make a relationship work. It does seem to go well whenever they're alone, but he doesn't seem to want to be seen with them in public when they're not presenting as a girl. He goes so far as to out them as a girl in front of his classmates and continually asserts that he's not gay to them. This obviously pisses Ky off and [[WhatTheHellHero even his friends tell him he shouldn't have done that if he expects to date them]]. Eventually, when discussing prom, Ky questions whether Drew actually likes them or just likes the idea of them; someone who can fit his confused view of himself. When he says he just doesn't want people to get the wrong idea, Ky brings up [[AbusiveParents their mother, who distanced herself from Ky after they came out because she didn't want people to get the wrong idea as well]]. In the end, Ky concludes that, while Drew isn't a bad person, the two of them may just be incompatible and that they should call it off. [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone He definitely regrets hurting them afterward.]]
38	** UnluckyChildhoodFriend: Allison's been in love with the same boy since first grade. After that boy turns her down because of personal issues and later moves away, she finds it very hard to date someone else. They get into arguments all the time and really are pretty incompatible, but she can't bring herself to break it off, feeling like she can't do better since the only boy she ever really liked turned her down. While they do eventually break up, she still feels really down over the fact that she can't be with the boy she really likes.
39	** PluckyComicRelief: Rudy Strongwell is a [[CampGay flamboyantly gay]], energetic and sassy boy and is the most outwardly comedic member of the main cast. However, it's eventually revealed that his [[SadClown humorous nature is mainly a coping mechanism]] for him to deal with being discriminated against for his sexuality and many other hardships in his life.
40	* ''Webcomic/{{unOrdinary}}'': Seraphina is among the highest tier of Ability Users by being able to [[TimeStandsStill stop time]], being the former Ace and revered by everyone, being close to our main protagonist, having purple and green hair, not quite fitting in and last but not least, she has a cool name. It's eventually revealed that she pushes herself mentally to always be perfect and her mother puts a lot of strain and work on her. She admires John because he's imperfect and lacks an Ability [[spoiler: or at least seems so]] but he still fights back.

Context DeconstructedTrope / WebComics