Line #109 Webcomic/Nightfall


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3	''[[http://mspfanventures.com/?s=620&p=1 Nightfall]]'' is a [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com MS Paint Adventures]] fan comic written by [=TheNeonWerewolf=]. Set shortly after {{Webcomic/Homestuck}} ends, the kids have successfully beaten Sburb and created a new universe, and are free to live out the rest of their lives in peace - until one day, Vriska Serket shows up at John's doorstep. Suddenly, the kids have to deal with all kinds of new and unknown threats, including a pair of incompetent government spies dedicated to hunting down aliens like Vriska and a mysterious teleporting ninja whose body count is growing bigger every day.
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5	The original run ran from February 25, 2012, to January 26, 2017. After being cancelled for nearly seven years, the comic was suddenly un-cancelled on December 27, 2023 with a [[https://homestucknightfall.tumblr.com/post/737903510803349504/nightfall-up8-yes-in-2023 update]] that nightfall was 8ack. The comic is currently updating again.
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7	The first forum thread could originally be found [[http://mspaforums.com/showthread.php?45627-NIGHTFALL-Post-sburb-fancomic here]], and the final (and only surviving) thread can be found [[http://omegaupdate.freeforums.net/thread/61/nightfall-thread-404-pocolypse here]].
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9	Not to be confused with [[{{Nightfall}} the other works named Nightfall]].
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11	!! Nightfall contains examples of:
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13	* AGodAmI: Nero proclaims himself as a god.
14	* AgentMulder: Gary to Kate's AgentScully.
15	* AgentScully: Kate to Gary's AgentMulder.
16	* AlmostKiss: [[spoiler: [[https://mspfa.com/?s=620&p=1995 John and Vriska, interrupted by Future Dave.]]]]
17	* AmbiguouslyEvil: Several:
18	** Kurloz and Gamzee may be good now, or they may be up to something.
19	** Doc Scratch seems to be recreated as a disco-like omniscient who types in Rainbow, suggesting a personality shift, but Terezi doesn't trust him, and his motives are obscure.
20	** Sylja has never spoken, and her sister jokes that she may be the most dangerous of them all. Sylja also has been manipulating Vriska through her nightmares, and seems to have some connection to a previous member of their species, The Dreamer, who caused a rebellion and upheaval by manipulating people to follow their dreams, she's spoken of as evil, by characters who are looking to discredit her, and she's said to have been trying to free the people.
21	* AnArmAndALeg: Hades has only one arm [[spoiler: his father removed the other.]]
22	* ArtEvolution: As the comic progresses, the art style becomes noticeably more refined. For example, compare [[http://mspfanventures.com/?s=620&p=84 this panel]] to [[http://mspfanventures.com/?s=620&p=574 this panel]].
23	* ArtShift: From {{Webcomic/Homestuck}}. Unlike most fancomics, which modify assets from the source material, Nightfall's art is all original, giving it a rather distinct if not unfamilar style.
24	** Also, within the story, we have [[http://mspfanventures.com/?s=620&p=583 this sequence]].
25	* AscendedMeme: Derping Vriska (and other character's) eyes is a running gag in the forum threads. [[http://mspaforums.com/showthread.php?54285&p=7181159&viewfull=1#post7181159 And then one day...]]
26	** ''Neon: I'm shocked no one has edited [[https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/76929498/9/verisckuh.png Vriska's face]] into a derp face yet. [[https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/76929498/Other2/derp.png So I did it myself.]]''
27	* AxCrazy: Cristyle
28	* BattleAura: Hades right [[https://dl.dropbox.com/u/76929498/4/fight.png here.]]
29	* BewareTheQuietOnes: Cristyle says so about Kurloz and to Sylja.
30	-->'''CRISTYLE''': "I would ask what you want to talk about, but you have never said a single word since the day you were born. That is definitely an unnerving thing about you. Man, imagine if you turned out to be the most horrifying one of us all. What’s the phrase humans say? It’s always the quiet ones."
31	* BigBad: Nero
32	* BlasphemousBoast: Gamzee gives one to [[spoiler: Nero after he proclaims himself a god]].
33	-->'''Gamzee''': "YOU AIN’T NO MOTHERFUCKING GOD. there was only two mirthful messiahs AND THEY ARE BOTH FUCKING GONE or maybe they arent i finally realize ALL ALONG IT WAS ME. and also motherfucking me. AND NOW. and motherfucking now. FOR THE FIRST TIME. i’m completely in control. let me tell you its the most bitchtits ninjalacious thing i ever had the miraculous joy of experiencing. AND YOU EXPECT ME TO ALL UP AND HAND MY FATE OFF TO ANOTHER FALSE GOD?"
34	* BlatantLies: Vriska refuses to admit she met Liz before, although both of them know she did.
35	* BunnyEarsLawyer: [[CloudCuckooLander Gary]] apparently graduated [[https://mspfa.com/?s=620&p=785 from Harvard with an honors degree]].
36	* CatFolk: [[spoiler:Terlock]]
37	* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Gary's grip on reality is... [[http://mspfanventures.com/?s=620&p=232 rather tenuous]]
38	* CreepyLongFingers: All Ninja's have large hands and long claw/fingers.
39	* CrushBlush: [[spoiler: [[http://mspfanventures.com/?s=620&p=246 Vriska]]]]
40	* CuttingTheKnot: Terlock and Hades need to break into John's house, and Hades teleports in. Terlock cannot do that, and begins debating the means to get inside, ruling out teleportation, and calling in someone to do it for him. He asks Hades to see if the window can be open, Hades puts his fist through it.
41	* DeadFic: In the later months of the comic's run, updates were further and further between, until eventually in January 2017, the comic was cancelled entirely.
42	** No longer the case as of December 2023 the comic started updating again and the author intends to finish.
43	* DeadpanSnarker: Rose, Terlock, Dave, Dirk and Kanaya. Kate's a fan of comedies, so she invokes this.
44	* TheDragon: Terlock
45	* DramaticIrony: During [[spoiler:Future!Dave's]] conversation about each of the main Shinobi and their abilities, and what goes wrong in the future, no one is aware that [[spoiler: Cristyle is listening to the entire thing as Jade's dog.]] However, the audience has been given enough evidence to know this.
46	* TheExile: Hades's entire reason for attacking is to [[spoiler:regain his honor and be un-exiled]].
47	* EyeScream: Hades had [[spoiler: his eye removed by his father as part of his banishment]].
48	* FacePalmOfDoom: Liz got one.
49	* FlatWhat:
50	--> '''TERLOCK''': I find it appropriate to mention.\
51	'''TERLOCK''': Despite being in no particular rush to do so.\
52	'''TERLOCK''': I am working on a plan to help you out.\
53	'''HADES''': What.
54	* ForcefulKiss: [[spoiler: [[http://mspfanventures.com/?s=620&p=722 Vriska to John.]]]]
55	* ForHalloweenIAmGoingAsMyself: Vriska is able to pass off her alien appearance as a costume (though she still dresses as a pir8), while [[http://mspfanventures.com/?s=620&p=320 Rose]], at Kanaya's prompting, actually dresses up as Vriska for reasons she is keeping to herself.
56	* FunnyBackgroundEvent: Liz noticing the main cast and staring at them for most of [[http://mspfanventures.com/?s=620&p=815 this page]].
57	* HalloweenEpisode: One of the story arcs revolves around this.
58	* IJustWantToBeNormal: Vriska's reason (well, [[SmittenTeenageGirl one of her reasons]], anyway) for coming to live on Earth rather than staying with the trolls.
59	* ImaginaryLoveTriangle: Gary sees one between John, Rose and Vriska. Rose later confirms that she and John are just friends and the author notes that while all ships bar John and Vriska are ambiguous, John and Rose [[http://mspaforums.com/showthread.php?54285-Nightfall-Thread-5-Aw-Yeah%21%21%21%21%21%21%21%21&p=7181156&viewfull=1#post7181156 aren't canon]] in the fic.
60	* JerkassHasAPoint: Kankri has one [[https://mspfa.com/?s=620&p=555 here]].
61	* JustFriends: Subverted, Gary and implicitly Vriska think that John and Rose may have some feelings for each other, but Rose lays it down clearly that they do not.
62	-->'''Rose''': Vriska, I know there is tension right now between us, but please do not be jealous of my friendship with John, it’s honestly nothing more than that.
63	* LandDownUnder: Jake's gone to Australia, Dave thinks it's this trope.
64	-->Dave: of course he's gone to australia everyone lives in a jungles and rides around in kangaroo pouches and every night they all gather in packs and hunt crocodiles.
65	-->Jane: Well, none of that is true, first of all. Second of all, there are a lot of things better than that.
66	* LaResistance: Terezi organizes one with Karkat, Latula, Kurloz and Nepeta to overthrow Meenah, because Meenah asked her to, because her queenly duties are boring her.
67	* LastOfHisKind: Terezi points out that Kanaya and Porrim, are the only Jade Bloods. Even the new generation of trolls born lacks the blood color [[spoiler: the Mother Grub's had her biology altered which is likely a factor in this.]]
68	* LetsSplitUpGang: Rose and Vriska get into an argument in the Ninja's base and split up, Liz goes with Vriska and [[spoiler: Sylja]] leads Rose away. They take different routes… and proceed to end up in the together again.
69	* LipstickMark: [[spoiler: [[http://mspfanventures.com/?s=620&p=224 John.]]]]
70	* MacabreMothMotif: In this case Death and Aggression. The Mothergrub, a giant moth, represents the survival of the Troll species as it breeds the grubs. It slowly starts becoming more and more mutated and violent [[spoiler: the cause seems to be some Shinobi's device]]. The mother grub becomes hostile to Kanaya and refuses to eat, putting the troll species in jeopardy.
71	* MythologyGag: It's made by a fan of Homestuck, based directly after the hypothetical ending of Homestuck. Of course there are tons of these.
72	* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler: Meenah's body was never recovered after she was impaled and tossed off her tower. Kankri's pronounced her dead, but Aranea is still looking for her.]]
73	* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Kate and Gary's sprite forms are designed to look like the ones used in Homestuck proper, while all the other sprites are new ones created by the author.
74	* TheNoseless: Like in Homestuck both sprite and "hero" mode renderings, bar Dad, are drawn without noses, and like Homestuck it's just a stylistic choice [[https://mspfa.com/?s=620&p=499 as Kate is drawn with one here]].
75	* ObfuscatingStupidity: [[http://mspfanventures.com/?s=620&p=247 This]] strip and the [[http://mspfanventures.com/?s=620&p=250 ones]] [[http://mspfanventures.com/?s=620&p=251 following]] [[http://mspfanventures.com/?s=620&p=252 it]] suggest that John knows more about Vriska's intentions than he's letting on.
76	** Gamzee seems to be a clueless stoner, but Terezi says that they're keeping an eye on him. Kurloz also seems harmless, but Cristyle notes that he and Gamzee are probably threats. [[spoiler: They also happen upon Cristyle's ship and figure out the frame-up, with Gamzee showing he's perfectly in control of his mental facilities.]]
77	* ObliviousToLove: Ah, good old John...
78	* ObviouslyEvil: [[https://mspfa.com/?s=620&p=609 Here]]
79	-->CRISTYLE: There are these two trolls obsessed with clowns that are so blatantly evil but they keep around anyway for some reason,
80	* OpenSesame: Made fun of, when the guard, Shawn, won't let Gary in because he's an idiot, but relents when Kate goes into an extended metaphor as to why Gary can only be insulted by her. She concludes by mocking him with the phrase.
81	-->KATE: Anyway, open says me.
82	-->SHAWN: You mean open sesame?
83	-->KATE: Pronounce it slowly.
84	-->SHAWN: Open, Says-a-me. HOLY SHIT.
85	-->SHAWN: I NEVER NOTICED THAT.
86	* PostKissCatatonia: [[spoiler: [[http://mspfanventures.com/?s=620&p=224 John.]]]]
87	* ScarsAreForever: Gamzee still has the facial scars from when he slashed his face with Nepeta's claws, and Tavros still moves about on robotic legs from when Kanaya cut him in half.
88	* ShoutOut: Numerous shout-outs to ''Series/DoctorWho'', Kate's a fan, Rose is a fan, and the future Dave has the iconic Scarf. [[note]]A crack in time has also appeared, but the creator apparently has not seen series 5 yet, so the validity of this as one of these is up for debate.[[/note]]
89	** [[http://mspfanventures.com/?s=620&p=968 Rose's Wizardfic]] is one to ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', with Baptist and Claudius taking the place of Shinji and Kaworu respectively, fighting with loud opera music, and finally Baptist dispatching Claudius in the way Shinji kills Kaworu.
90	** Cristyle quotes from [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Azula]] during her speech to Sylja.
91	** [[http://mspfanventures.com/?s=620&p=232 We’ve got no clues about the perp.]] [[{{Webcomic/Hiimdaisy}} We don’t even have a sus,]] [[http://i.imgur.com/KcBhBTc.jpg because the sec with a mo’s got a perf al.]],
92	*** There are several other references to Hiimdaisy, such as [[http://mspfanventures.com/?s=620&p=365 here]] (Bonus points for a ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' reference).
93	** Liz [[http://mspfanventures.com/?s=620&p=1173 references]] ''Literature/ArtemisFowl''.
94	--> '''LIZ''': Please, please, please, please,please,please,please, please?\
95	'''VRISKA''': Did you 8eg like a pathetic little wriggler [[ArcNumber eight]] times just for me?\
96	'''LIZ''': Maybe.\
97	'''LIZ''': You’re kind of obsessed with that number, it reminds me of this character I read about in a book once who was a teenage super genius, and started out as a villain but became a hero. But the process of becoming a hero was so mentally taxing he developed a complex that made him obsessed with the number-\
98	'''VRISKA''': LIZ!\
99	'''LIZ''': What?\
100	'''VRISKA''': You can come, god, whatever, just stop ram8ling on a8out stuff no8ody cares a8out.
101	** When a robotic troll attacks Kate, he references Guerren Langan. Kate lampshades it immediately afterwards.
102	* SleepCute: [[http://mspfanventures.com/?s=620&p=163 Here.]]
103	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Vriska gets hit by a couple of these, [[https://mspfa.com/?s=620&p=1115 most recently]] Rose gave her a rather epic one.
104	* TheyWouldCutYouUp: As an alien, Vriska can't go out in public for fear of this.
105	* ThisIsADrill: Tavros's lance is a drill, just like in the anime's he's fond of, Gamzee needed to borrow it... for some reason.
106	* UnderestimatingBadassery: Cristyle underestimates Meenah when she ambushes her, [[spoiler: so she switches tactics]].
107	* UnexplainedRecovery: Everybody appears to be alive, regardless of their status in the comic. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by the narration.
108	** Averted with Bec and Jadesprite, merging with Jade seems to have been permanent. Though Bec's presence is occasionally felt by Jade.
109	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The Cherubs and Exiles are nowhere to be seen, and WordOfGod is that they will remain unless a specific role can be thought up for them. Though DD has an Expy in Terlock, and Jack Noir has been referenced in regards to Hades' maiming. [[spoiler: Nero uses an Illusion of Caliborn is used to subdue Gamzee]].
110	* WolverineClaws: Shinobi naturally have these in the finger-claw variety.
111	* TheWorfEffect: [[spoiler:Dave and Rose are [[CurbStompBattle curbstomped]] mere seconds after engaging Hades.]]
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