Line #61 Webcomic/Grant


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:Becoming this badass was [[HowWeGotHere quite the journey]] for our eponymous "hero".]]
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4	''Grant'' is an ongoing [[HomoeroticSubtext gay]] [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Werewolf]] {{Webcomic}} by Creator/CaptainGerBear. It is the backstory of his signature werewolf character, Grant, starting with the character's childhood, having been abandoned at birth and raised in an orphanage. The story continues as Grant, in his early teens, is finally adopted by a kindly couple. As a young adult, Grant strikes out on his own and finds himself treading an oftentimes difficult road of self-discovery -- dealing with his werewolf nature, exploring his attraction to other men, and experiencing the joys of love [[spoiler:and the agonizing pain of loss]].
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6	So far ''Grant'' is 66 pages long, with [[ScheduleSlip extremely irregular updates]] (sometimes going ''years'' between new pages), but has already accumulated a modest fandom. It can be read from [[http://www.furaffinity.net/view/98025/ the first page here,]] [[http://captaingerbear.deviantart.com/#/art/Grant-01-125689766?hf=1 here,]] [[http://grant.the-comic.org/archive/ and here.]] . All NSFW pages require site membership and enabling of mature content to view, so '''this page may have links to NSFW content if you've already got an account'''. It should be noted that while ''Grant'' has a hard R-rating and presents a number of sexy moments it is ''not'' outright pornography. The creator has even gone on record saying that his goal for the comic is to tell a good story for mature audiences -- the eroticism is an afterthought.
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8	!!This webcomic provides examples of:
9	* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParent: Grant's dad Bert, much to Grant's embarrassment. After Grant's adoptive parents figure out that Grant and Randy are a couple:
10	--> '''Bert:''' "I'm [[SoProudOfYou real proud of you]] Grant. I can't wait to get to know your boy."\
11	'''Grant:''' "Thanks, Dad."\
12	'''Bert:''' "So, you boys [[UnusualEuphemism beat cheeks]] yet or what?"\
13	'''Grant:''' "Dad! What the hell?!"
14	--> '''Bert:''' "Come on, I'm just curious. Wanna make sure he's keeping my boy satisfied and all."
15	--> '''Grant:''' "Dad, we're not talking about this!"
16	--> '''Bert:''' "Aww, but we're buds aren't we? You can tell me!"
17	* AuthorAppeal: And how!
18	* TheBear: Modern-day Grant certainly qualifies, and Grant's dad Bert, while not [[AmbiguouslyGay certainly bi]] ([[WordOfGod he's not]]), has the body type. Later on we meet Bent and some of his coworkers at the Alcatraz gay bar, most of whom fit this trope as well (especially the grizzled Apex, Alcatraz's retiring bouncer).
19	** Honestly, though, there is hardly a [=CaptainGerBear=] work in existence that doesn't feature bearish guys.
20	* BeastAndBeauty: Grant in his wolf form with Randy.
21	* BigBeautifulMan: A few examples, but most notably Grant, both in his human and werewolf form. One reader commented that wolf Grant's stomach was "imminently [[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=zerbert zerbertable]]". Also, Grant's adoptive dad.
22	* BiggerIsBetterInBed:
23	--> '''Randy:''' "I.. I.. I.. thought "[[GoMadFromTheRevelation world-upside-down]]" meant.. .. [[UnusualEuphemism meant you were gonna sex me]]."
24	--> '''Wolf Grant:''' "Well then, I should! It's a bit bigger now, you know."
25	* BlaseBoast: Grant's nowhere near strong enough to yank a metal lock right off a door. All he did was wiggle it and the piece of junk fell apart. [[http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6622237 He wiggled it pretty hard.]]
26	* CallingYourBathroomBreaks: When the bouncer at the Alcatraz needs a moment alone, he says that he has "[[UnusualEuphemism some brown bread in the oven.]]" [[spoiler: Crosses into StealthPun, because while it turns out that he does, he also calls a mysterious third party to say that Grant has just walked into the club.]]
27	* TheCameo: Generally, if someone has drawn fanart of Grant, they may expect a cameo of their own character / likeness on a future page of the comic (or even on ''multiple'' pages, if the creator is feeling especially generous towards them -- albeit, such an honor has only happened for one person thus far). There have been a few cameos already (example below in CarnivoreConfusion and HorrorHunger).
28	* CarnivoreConfusion: When Grant realizes for the first time how much he starves for human flesh, he first resolves to find [[TheCameo a random guy]] and kill him. [[ThePornomancer But it doesn't turn out that way]]. The man initiates a sexual encounter, and Grant serendipitously learns that he can satisfy the HorrorHunger simply by having oral contact with human skin for an extended period.
29	* ChainedToABed: Well, to a chair, but the end of the HowWeGotHere segment of the story arrives to reveal that Grant has been telling Randy this story while Randy has been tied up. Randy is expecting this as a prelude to sex, but the real reason he was tied up was so that Grant can reveal himself as a werewolf without Randy running away.
30	* ClusterFBomb: The moment after Grant reveals to Randy that he's a [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolf]]:
31	--> '''Randy:''' "FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK"
32	--> '''Wolf Grant:''' "Are you done?"
33	--> '''Randy:''' "What the.. What the fuck!?"
34	* DancingWithMyself: Grant in one special animation made by its creator [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36pCAtpn-Wk and he thinks nobody is watching]] but he dances very well.
35	* ExplicitContent: Well, [[AvertedTrope almost]]. Though this comic is most decidedly NotSafeForWork, it tends to avoid explicit depictions of sex or MaleFrontalNudity until late in the comic. It is more R-rated than NC-17-rated.
36	* FosterKid: Grant he is curiously adopted when he is almost 14 years old
37	* [[FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire Friendly Neighborhood Werewolf]]: Albeit, Grant in his present-day iteration generally isn't an overly friendly guy, but at least he's friendli''er'' than the average werewolf portrayal.
38	* GilliganCut: After Grant finishes telling Randy HowWeGotHere:
39	--> '''Wolf Grant:''' "So I'm still your boyfriend?"\
40	'''Randy:''' "Look, Grant. I'm gonna need some time. This is kind of a big deal. You can't expect me to just.."\
41	''(Scene switches to 11:34 with Grant and Randy in bed having sex.)''
42	--> '''Wolf Grant:''' "Hoo.. ow."
43	--> '''Randy:''' "Hush, fuzzy. [[TooKinkyToTorture You love it]]."
44	--> '''Wolf Grant:''' "Well yeah.. but I'm supposed to be the [[DoubleEntendre monster]] here."
45	* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Grant's eyes are a fierce gold color, which become especially prominent, almost seeming to ''glow'', whenever he's in a state of heightened emotion (such as when he's pissed off). Strangely enough, nobody in Grant's life ever makes mention of this unusual feature of his.
46	* GoodParents[=/=]HappilyAdopted: Grant has a great relationship with his adoptive parents, even if his dad does pry a bit. He's even shown as crying a bit when he moves out, and refuses to remove his silver earring because he got his ear pierced alongside his dad.
47	* GymBunny: Technically, Grant ''is'' a man cruising the gym for men to fuck.
48	* HeteronormativeCrusader: Randy's gay life annoys his fussy dad, who considers it a concession that he (sort of) tolerates Randy being gay.
49	* HomoeroticSubtext: About as blatant as you can get.
50	* HorrorHunger: Grant comes to realize he is starving for human flesh. But before he gets a chance to kill and eat [[TheCameo a man]] in a bathroom, [[ThePornomancer the man interprets Grant's approach as cruising for sex]]. Grant learns that his werewolf hunger can be satisfied through extended oral contact with a human's skin, without needing to kill them.
51	* HowWeGotHere: The entire first part of the comic is Grant narrating his early life. Randy suddenly leaps in as a co-narrator when he enters the story.
52	* IconicOutfit: Grant gets a pair of steel-clawed combat boots from Bent that eventually become part of his signature ensemble.
53	* ItAlwaysRainsAtFunerals: Averted during [[spoiler:Randy's]] funeral, Grant even mentions "The bright summer sky, betrayed us as we wept over your grave, as if it didn't give a shit that you were gone
54	* ItsAlwaysSunnyAtFunerals: played straight with Grant calling this a betrayal in the page 42 chapter
55	* LGBTRomance: Grant meets Randy, and they fall in love and move in together. Regular sex means Grant has plenty of opportunity to feed, and no longer needs to hunt for 'victims'. [[spoiler:After Randy's death]], Grant eventually moves on with Bent.
56	* MachoCamp: Bent, with his pink hair and pants, skirts the edges of this. And he does run a leather store, where he "sells clothes for badasses"
57	* MaleFrontalNudity: Despite [=CaptainGerBear's=] early declaration that the audience would never actually see Grant's genitalia, he eventually relented, depicting Grant in full-frontal nudity on the "epilogue" of page 63 (alongside Bent). We're also treated to a scene of Apex in the buff (with a back shot of an equally nude Grant) on a bonus splash page at the current end of the comic.
58	* ManlyGay[=/=]LeatherMan: Modern-day Grant. Also Bent.
59	* ManlyTears: Both Grant and Bert have {{Tearful Smile}}s as Grant moves out. Neither looks any the less manly.
60	** Page 41 shows just how emotionally ''wrecked'' Grant can get, and still not compromise his masculinity.
61	* MateOrDie: {{Inverted}}; Grant must mate or ''kill''. Specifically, what is required is oral contact with skin, but that usually leads to sex.
62	* MeaningfulName: Randy is...[[HomoeroticSubtext randy]].
63	* MuggingTheMonster: Grant gets mugged, and eventually stabbed. However, one of the muggers gets a broken nose in the scuffle.
64	* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: The titular Grant is quite unlike the classic portrayal of werewolves in many ways: First, he has learned to satisfy his HorrorHunger without injuring his meal. Also Grant has the ability to transform into his werewolf form at will, and can even only partially transform himself if he so wishes (such as just his arms, hands, or chest) -- the story even goes out of its way to show that the moon has absolutely no bearing on Grant's transformations whatsoever. It should also be noted that Grant retains his personality, having full control of himself in his werewolf form, instead of becoming feral / animalistic. Furthermore, although Grant ''does'' have a weakness to silver, it's nowhere near as lethal to him as it normally tends to be for werewolves in general.
65	* ThePornomancer: Since the simplest way for Grant to have extended oral contact with a human is to initiate a sexual encounter, Grant necessarily becomes this to satisfy his HorrorHunger so that he doesn't have to kill anybody.
66	* PowerLimiter: Grant's plethora of ''silver'' piercings, meant to keep his lycanthropy locked inside.
67	* RealMenWearPink: When Grant and Randy go out on a date at a carnival, Randy wears a pink polo shirt. Bent sports a pair of pink camouflage cargo pants and dyes his hair the same color. Also in a bonus Flash dress-up game that is canonical to the comic, there are several outfits that Grant can wear that are pink (and even somewhat girly) -- but to his credit, Grant makes even the most ridiculous ensembles look good!
68	* ShirtlessScene: A ''lot'' of them.
69	* ShoutOut[=/=]CaptainErsatz: Randy's bald rich dad bears more than a passing resemblance to [[Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir Uncle Phil]].
70	* StraightGay: Grant and Randy both as younger adults. Modern-day Grant is more ManlyGay though.
71	* TakeAThirdOption: Eat humans or starve. Or, as Grant discovers, loads of oral contact.
72	* TheUnfavourite[=/=]DatingWhatDaddyHates: Randy's dad is wealthy, well-educated and successful in life. His belief that he knows the single path to success, and his very forceful assertation of this upon his children has created friction between Randy and his father. Randy has deliberately [[DatingWhatDaddyHates Dated What Daddy Hates]] in the past, refusing to follow his father's line of work, and initially choosing a homosexual lifestyle and unsavory partners as a form of rebellion against his father. As it turned out, Randy actually ''was'' gay, since he enjoyed men so much and discovered that he wasn't interested in women.
73	* UnkemptBeauty: Grant looks like he doesn't even ''own'' a comb. And he looks amazing.

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