Line #7 ThrowItIn/WebComics


1	* Chef Brian of ''WebComic/CtrlAltDel'' came about because author Tim Buckley was blind drunk one night, and thought Brian's WordSaladHumor was funny in his drunken stupor, so he posted it. The next morning, Buckley was mortified at the comic and apologized to his fans for it, but the fans liked Brian so much that they encouraged Buckley to "drink more." Brian eventually became a recurring one-off gag character with NegativeContinuity.
2	* [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp12262006.shtml Fluffmodeus]] in ''WebComic/SomethingPositive'' was [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp01132007.shtml introduced out of spite]], but has actually been a well-received character.
3	* Maxim, the {{Bishonen}} Jägermonster of ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'', was originally created as a joke. But he was found so funny that he was added to the comic as-is.
4	** The same goes for the entire Jager race. In the first scene with Klaus, there was a big empty space next to him, so Phil drew a scruffy-looking soldier with sharp teeth.
5	* ''WebComic/TheCyantianChronicles'': [[http://akaelae.cyantian.net/2010/01/20/01202010/#comments This page of the comic ''Akaelae'']] The author posted this comment after speculation on who the involved characters were.
6	-->''[[WordOfGod Actually, these two are the last two cameos. It was never mentioned that they were involved as characters... it was just too fitting to pass up with the dialogue that came to mind.]]''
7	** Also, Cesilee's Diary was originally supposed to be only 6 strips long. It ended up far longer and was eventually combined with the former primary comic, Campus Safari.
8	* Vaarsuvius of ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' was originally intended to have a definite gender. [[note]]V was most likely intended to be male, due to the fact that the mold for robe-wearing females have breasts, and Vaarsuvius lacked any.[[/note]] [[ViewerGenderConfusion The fans did not immediately get this]], and Rich Burlew decided to initially leave their gender ambiguous for a laugh. However, years later Burlew implied and later confirmed that Vaarsuvius [[UsefulNotes/{{Transgender}} identifies as genderqueer]].
9	* A coloring error caused ''Webcomic/{{Precocious}}'''s Yvette to suddenly appear darker for a few days (compare her in [[http://www.precociouscomic.com/archive/comic/2011/09/23 this strip]] to her [[http://www.precociouscomic.com/archive/comic/2011/09/24 the next day]]). The author decided that she looked better this way and kept the new "dark Yvette".
10	* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'':
11	** According to the commentary in [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2012-06-15 this]] strip the origin of the whole plot point of Nanase's rapid hair growth being magic related (and [[http://www.egscomics.com/index.php?arcid=99 the storyline]] it inspired) stemmed from [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2011-08-02 this]] strip in which Dan drew Nanase's hair too long too soon (given that it was only three weeks InUniverse since her last appearance when [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2011-01-03 her hair was much shorter]]).
12	--->''[[WordOfGod This put me in a position where I could either gloss over the oddly fast hair growth, or create some manner of convoluted explanation for it. Being me, I went the convoluted route.]]''
13	** The fading panel border in [[http://www.egscomics.com/index.php?id=2473 this issue]] was originally a layering mistake, with the light coming from a large energy blast accidentally placed on top of everything else. But the author decided he liked the way it looked, and kept it.
14	* A one-panel example in ''Webcomic/{{Concerned}}'': author Chris Livingston was in the middle of making a strip when his wife made the off-the-cuff request that, at some point of the comic's run, protagonist Gordon Frohman use the expression, "Eep". Livingston promptly put the expression directly into the panel he was working on at that exact moment -- thus having Gordon say "Eep" in response to [[MajorInjuryUnderreaction getting blasted in the chest with a shotgun]].
15	* ''Webcomic/DomainTnemrot'': The referee was never meant to be named and would just be a background character. Fans loved him, so he was given a bigger role.
16	* Many elements of ''Webcomic/{{Digger}}'', including major characters and plot points, were invented on the spur of the moment.
17	* ''WebComic/HobbitsAndHoleDwellers'' has the trope InUniverse when Owen suggests having the coffee stain on Ted's living room table be Bilbos smoking rings in their games.
18	* When the Commander and Jonesy went to the future in ''WebComic/ManlyGuysDoingManlyThings'', the chaos left behind in the present was originally just going to be generic chaos, but then ''WebVideo/TwitchPlaysPokemonRed'' came out and Coelasquid was inspired to make a homage to it instead.
19	* [[ServantRace The Helpers]] from ''Webcomic/PandorasTale'' originally had a different name. The name was dropped because Creator/XanthippeHutcheon didn't like how it sounded, and "Helper" was used as a placeholder, but ended up sticking because it sounded like politically correct corporate jargon.
20	* ''Webcomic/KnightsOfBuenaVista'' does this InUniverse. Mary wants to give her PlayerCharacter policing skills, which is called "copper", but she wrote that for hair color, so others think this character is a redhead. Mary shrugs and goes with it.
21	* ''Webcomic/SlightlyDamned'': While showing Cliff and Miranda's engagement, the author accidentally drew the ring going on the wrong hand. Rather than fix it, she just [[https://www.sdamned.com/humans made it canon]] that engagement rings go on the left hand and wedding rings go on the right.
22	* ''Webcomic/StandStillStaySilent'': A major character dying in Adventure I resulted in them not getting their birthday revealed when the comic's author made up her mind about the main characters' birthdays at the beginning of Adventure II. When asked about the dead character's birthday at a later point, the author picked a date, forgetting that it was already another major character's birthday. When this was pointed out, the author decided to just let the two characters have the same birthday. Those two characters just happen to be a pair that was getting along quite well when the dead one was still alive.

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