Line #36 Webcomic/HexagonDeathSquad


1	''Hexagon Death Squad'' is an ongoing webcomic by the troper known as [[=AOD=]]. Started in 2008, it stars a six-woman assassination squad and their adventures as they take out "criminals" for a totalitarian PoliceState world government in an [[AlternateHistory alternate timeline]] Earth where the Cuban Missile Crisis led to a nuclear war.
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3	The comic can be found [[http://hds.comicdish.com/ here.]]
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5	!!Tropes
6	%%* AfterTheEnd
7	* AlternateHistory: In the HDS storyline, the world is ruled by the AEGIS police state, which took power after the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis escalated into a nuclear war.
8	%%* AmazonBrigade
9	%%* {{Animesque}}
10	* AntiHero: Jennifer Ruiz can be thought of as this.
11	%%* ArtEvolution
12	* AttemptedRape: A minor character in Chapter 4, which is followed up by a slight BodyGuardCrush.
13	%%* BadassLongcoat: Coral Tang.
14	%%* BadassNormal: Jenna Ruiz.
15	* {{BFS}}: Coral wields a claymore ''and'' a zweihander. Both are almost as tall as she is.
16	* BigDamnHeroes: The entire squad is just a bunch of BigDamnHeroes.
17	* TheBigGuy: Ari, who's basically [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Kenpachi Zaraki]]'s personality in the body of [[Manga/IkkiTousen Kanu Unchou]].
18	%%* BloodKnight: Also Ari Raj.
19	* CallingYourAttacks: Done in Chapter 5, where [[spoiler:Kaycee utterly defeats a wasteland bandit with her FinishingMove, but gives its name ''after'' she's done.]]
20	%%* CityOfAdventure: Radioactive crater of adventure!
21	%%* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Coral, again.
22	%%* CreepyTwins
23	%%* DiagonalCut
24	* EyeScream: Jenna pulls one of these in Chapter 1 in a fight scene against an enemy {{Mook}}.
25	%%* EyesAlwaysShut
26	%%* {{Fanservice}}
27	%%* {{Flynning}}
28	%%* GenkiGirl: Allison.
29	%%* TheHero
30	* HeroicBSOD: Kaycee has a moment of this after she [[spoiler: steals Jenna's thunder by stabbing the BigBad in the back at the climax of the last FightScene in that chapter]].
31	* HollywoodHealing: Somehow Jenna had no bruises on her face, despite being punched in the face by a battle-nurse in Chapter 5.
32	* HotBlooded: When the blood starts pumping in this comic it runs ''very'' hot.
33	** Also, Jason of the local GoldfishPoopGang is almost an expy of [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Kamina]].
34	%%* HighPressureBlood
35	%%* IAmNotLeftHanded
36	%%* ItGetsEasier: And Kaycee can't stand it.
37	%%* ImplausibleFencingPowers
38	* ImprobableAge: Mostly subverted in that most of the castmembers are 25 and older, with the exception of Kaycee [[OlderThanTheyLook who's really nineteen]]. No, really! She is!!
39	* ImprobableWeaponUser: A major character in the Los Angeles arc uses [[spoiler: '''bladed yo-yo's''']]
40	* KarmaHoudini: Hexagon Death Squad is so unsubtle about their actions that they can only get away with it because the world is ruled by a PoliceState whose blessings they receive.
41	* KatanasAreJustBetter: Subverted in Chapter 2 where [[spoiler: Allison, the resident [[DualWielding dual-katana wielder]], is taken out in a fight without ever landing a blow]].
42	%%* KillHimAlready
43	%%* TheLancer: Allison Swayzee.
44	* MadeOfIron: Subverted in Chapter 2 as [[spoiler: Allison takes four arrows to her gut and is out of commission for the next three months as she recovers]].
45	* MaleGaze: This is very much a "guy's" comic. I mean, c'mon. Pretty girls with swords?
46	* MartialPacifist Kaycee adopts an oath against killing because she [[HeroicBSOD just can't deal with it]].
47	%%* MyKungFuIsStrongerThanYours: Oh '''God''' yes.
48	* NewNeoCity: Los Nuevos Angeles.
49	* OutOfTheInferno: Coral does this after [[spoiler: surviving a car crash while standing atop a humvee that EXPLODES. Oh, and did I mention that she just CHOPPED THE ROOF OPEN WITH A GIGANTIC SWORD?!]]
50	* PantyFighter: Averted, as the HDS women - in general - tend to wear modest, functional clothing.
51	%%* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Coral, again.
52	* PoliceState: Willing to [[spoiler:sacrifice a few hundred people to get a few "terrorists"]]
53	* PowerLimiter: Subverted in Chapter 3, where [[spoiler: Arundhati just flat out ''lies'' that she was fighting without holding back.]]
54	%%* PsychoticSmirk: ''Ohh yes'' Jenna indeed. Very much so.
55	%%* RaceAgainstTheClock
56	* RainOfArrows: An early villain uses a [[MoreDakka '''Machine-Gun''' Crossbow]] to achieve this.
57	%%* ARealManIsAKiller
58	%%* RedOniBlueOni: Allison and Coral.
59	%%* RuleOfCool: The comic practically ''runs'' on this trope.
60	%%* ScaryShinyGlasses
61	* SchizoTech: The universal gun ban allows swords in a modern setting, though they're generally made of space-age materials.
62	%%* ShoutOut: Too numerous to count.
63	%%* SlasherSmile: Both Ari Raj and Jenna.
64	* TheSmartGuy: Kaycee is a cute lil' genius, she is.
65	* TheStoic: Coral is either the EmotionlessGirl or this.
66	* SwordFight: The world government of the comic was created just so as to justify having sword fights in a modern setting, with a global gun ban.
67	* TookALevelInBadass: Kaycee does this after training for three months to perform a [[OneHitKill One-Hit-NOT-Kill]] ''fencing'' move.
68	* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: HDS takes place in 2012, despite having nuclear-powered maglev trains.
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70	* WellIntentionedExtremist: The main bad guys in the pilot arc are terrorists who support democracy.
71	** In the same arc, the protagonists themselves, for the opposite reason.
72	* YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: Well, it's a PoliceState after all.

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