Line #2 Webcomic/Zelfia


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2	[[caption-width-right:200:[[BlatantLies Just an ordinary girl.]]]]
3	->''"Why? What does it do!? Will it [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings turn me invisible]]!? Turn my thoughts into [[Franchise/GreenLantern green reality]]?... Remind me to [[Film/AChristmasStory always drink my Ovaltine]]? Running out of things for a ring to do here, boss."''
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5	''[[http://zelfia.thecomicseries.com Zelfia]]'' is an UrbanFantasy [[FantasyWebcomics Webcomic]] currently hosted on Platform/ComicFury. It chronicles the story of a young [[OurFairiesAreDifferent Asraan]] named Mayy who, along with [[MagneticHero her]] [[FantasyKitchenSink multispecies]] [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits friends]], seeks to know the truth about [[OrphansPlotTrinket the ring she wears around her neck]] and why she was [[MosesInTheBulrushes left to be raised in the human world.]] On Hiatus since 2015.
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8	!!Zelfia provides examples of:
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10	* ArcWords: ''"And she shall bear witness to the End."''
11	* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler:Up to and including the ''protagonist''.]]
12	* ArtEvolution: The comic has gone from [[http://zelfia.thecomicseries.com/comics/75 this]] to [[http://zelfia.thecomicseries.com/comics/83/ this]] to [[http://zelfia.thecomicseries.com/comics/207/ this]].
13	* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: [[http://zelfia.thecomicseries.com/comics/107/ Mayy is not the task-oriented type.]]
14	* AuthorAppeal: The author has blatantly admitted that Mayy's visual design, from her bleached bangs down to her combat boots, is "basically all my visual fetishes all rolled into one."
15	* BadassLongcoat: Que'v has one [[{{Glamour}} when it's not his wings]]
16	* BigDamnHeroes: [[http://zelfia.thecomicseries.com/comics/72/ Que'v's entrance in comic #78.]] It's even [[{{Lampshaded}} called out by name]] in the comic's title.
17	* BlatantLies: During the one-year recap: ''"After a night spent on board where I totally didn't snore..."''
18	** Doubles as a SuspiciouslySpecificDenial
19	* BoisterousBruiser: Tork
20	* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Mayy has elements of this
21	* TheCameo: Hoggle from ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}'' and Link from Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda appear in the background of [[http://zelfia.thecomicseries.com/comics/107/ Comic #113]]
22	* ChekhovsGunman: Dremen has shown up a few times in portraits and alongside other seemingly-random Eternals before he was ever mentioned by name.
23	* CityOfAdventure: New Angeles
24	* ClipShow: Comics 172-174 feature art from previous comics interspersed with Mayy's running commentary.
25	* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: An Asraan's "aural trail" will indicate what type they are. Mayy, a Wood Sprite, has a green trail. Jun, being a Water Sprite [[spoiler:vampire]], has a blue one. We've also seen orange and pink trails.
26	* ContinuityNod: Will almost always be pointed out in TheRant or the AltText.
27	* CrypticBackgroundReference: The Contact Wars, the Gates Beyond, and to a lesser extent, the Zelfia itself.
28	** The Eternal Tower was this for a while, too. [[{{Lampshaded}} Naturally, this was pointed out in]] TheRant before being explained in-universe.
29	* DenOfIniquity: The Runner
30	* DoorstopBaby: Spoofed. Mayy's birth mother [[MosesInTheBulrushes leaves her infant daughter on the doorstep of a human florist]]... who promptly calls Child Protective Services and puts her into the foster care system.
31	* FantasyKitchenSink: So far, the series has included [[TheFairFolk Elvens]], [[OurFairiesAreDifferent Asraans]], [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Demons]], [[HalfHumanHybrid a Demon/Human hybrid]], a minotaur, several made-up species, and [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires.]]
32	* FantasyPantheon: Que'v has sworn by the Gods, Jun swears by the Goddess, and the Elvens seem to worship "Sky." Whether that's the name of a deity or if they worship the actual sky has not been explored.
33	** Mayy has also said "Oh my god" once or twice, but generally in a figure-of-speech type of way.
34	* FourthWallPsych: Mayy's apparent fourth-wall-breaking recap of the first year's worth of comic turns out to be her explaining her situation to Dremen.
35	* GameFace: [[spoiler: Jun]] has one. So does [[spoiler: Cloud]] in the flashforwards.
36	* TheGhost: We've never actually seen a Galen.
37	* TheGlomp: Que'v gives one to Mayy in [[http://zelfia.thecomicseries.com/comics/77/ Comic #83]]. The AltText assures us that it's a baddass glomp.
38	** Mayy returns the gesture [[http://zelfia.thecomicseries.com/comics/109/ thirty two comics later.]]
39	%%* HalfHumanHybrid: Que'v.
40	* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: Mayy's a fairy who loves the bottle.
41	* HulkSpeak: Minotaurs don't use pronouns, which can lead to this.
42	* HumansAreSpecial: They're the only race without an Eternal. Their realm is also where Mayy was hidden for most of her life.
43	* IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer: Que'v gives this speech to Cloud.
44	* InMediasRes: We have yet to see how Que'v and Mayy met, or really anything from before she crossed over.
45	* InsistentTerminology: Cloud and Raven are Elvens. A relatively minor running gag consists of Mayy calling them "elfs," someone ''immediately'' correcting her, and Mayy either not noticing or not caring.
46	* LineOfSightName: The Asraan inscription on Mayy's ring looks a LOT like the English letters M-A-Y-Y.
47	* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Mayy is a ''literal'' example of all four.
48	* MyNaymeIs: Mayy Storm.
49	** "The second Y is silent."
50	* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Apparently, water sprites aren't immune to vampirism.
51	%%* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: On both sides.
52	* ScarsAreForever: Mayy gets bitten by a vampire at one point in the story. The wound heals, but she's left with two puncture marks on her neck.
53	* SecondaryCharacterTitle: Asraan legend notwithstanding, the actual ''character'' of Zelfia has not yet appeared beyond the [[{{Flashforward}} flashforwards]]
54	* SemperFi: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. The author is an active-duty United States Marine, but you'd never know it from the comic alone.
55	* ShipTease: Originally Mayy/Cloud, now leaning towards Mayy/Que'v.
56	* SigilSpam: Dremen puts his leaf symbol ''everywhere''.
57	* SplashOfColor: Color in the comic denotes magic.
58	* ShoutOut: A whole slew, usually from Mayy herself
59	** As of [[http://zelfia.thecomicseries.com/comics/84/ Comic #90]], Mayy wears a Wrestling/CMPunk shirt full-time
60	** [[http://zelfia.thecomicseries.com/comics/103/ YES THANK YOU LESLIE NIELSON]]
61	** Mayy [[MadeMyselfSad makes herself sad]] when no one gets her [[http://zelfia.thecomicseries.com/comics/108/ Ghostbusters reference.]]
62	** Because ''[[http://zelfia.thecomicseries.com/comics/11/ "if you’re going to have grafitti in a comic book,]] at least ONE of them HAS to be a cut-off-or-otherwise-obscured [[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} 'Who watches the watchmen?']] [[Creator/AlanMoore It’s the law."]]''
63	** [[http://zelfia.thecomicseries.com/comics/127/ "Fantastic. I've died and gone to]] ''[[Film/{{Hook}} Hook."]]''
64	%%* SlashedThroat: [[spoiler:How Mayy dies.]]
65	* ThemeNaming: The Asraans: Mayy, Jun, and Juli.
66	** Lampshaded when Mayy asks aloud if the next Asraan she meets is going to be named "Aughust." True to form, almost a month later, we meet Augustine.
67	** Finally averted with Dremen...
68	** ...And resumed with Apryl.
69	* TranslatorMicrobes: New Angeles comes with a citywide translation casting spell. Outside the city, you need a personal casting.
70	* UnsoundEffect: A small sampling includes "TRAVERSE!" "LAND!" and "CRACKLE OMINOUSLY!" These have largely been discarded in later comics.
71	* VampireHickey: Mayy gets bitten by a vampire fairy early in the story. While she doesn't turn (due to not having did a blood exchange), the bite marks never fully heal and she goes from that point onward with two faded marks on her neck.
72	* WebcomicTime: In almost two years of real-world time, less than three days of comic time has been chronicled.
73	** Lampshaded in the AltText for [[http://zelfia.thecomicseries.com/comics/100/ Comic #106]]
74	* {{Wingdinglish}}: The various [[MeaningfulBackgroundEvent graffiti]] on the walls are usually important omens for upcoming events in the comic. [[FunnyBackgroundEvent Other times they're just]] [[ShoutOut shoutouts]].
75	%%** Also the Asraan, Elvish, and Niketh languages.
76	* YouCantGoHomeAgain:
77	** PlayedWith. Mayy isn't actually FROM the human world, but it's where she was raised since infancy. After crossing over to New Angeles, she can't go back.

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