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If you are looking for the trope, see Catharsis Factor.
Catharsis is a webcomic about a young woman, her pet dragon, his squirrel buddy and a couple of baby Dust Bunnies. Oh, and Pirate Sock. Can't forget about Pirate Sock.
Catharsis was at http://www.catharsiscomic.com/
. Current whereabouts unknown.
You can read the archives at https://web.archive.org/web/20081007080840/http://catharsiscomic.com/
Characters:
- Rremly, a dragon over 300 years old (a runt) who is visible as such only to people who believe in dragons.
- Gwen, the young woman who owns the apartment, and can sometimes alternate to a younger form named Tennibrook (inner child manifestation. Not admittedly magical; may be entirely imagined).
- Baxter: A sardonic, now bald squirrel. Has a bit of a love affair with Gwen's old SNES.
- Bitey: One of three dust-bunny baby translators that now live in the apartment, coming from the land under the chair; loves to bite Baxter. Other two rarely mentioned.
- Aja: Gwen's kitten. Claims to be a ninja.
Tropes:
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- Filler: Heartbreakingly massive amounts of it.
- I Call It "Vera": The SNES, Vanessa.
- Intellectual Animal: Baxter
- A Dog To Normals: Rremly appears as a dog to people who don't believe in dragons, even when this would strain credulity like when he's flying (he appears as a flying dog).
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Despite his prickly demeanor, Baxter can be quite nice.
- Our Dragons Are Different: In a subversion, dragons are usually giant flying, firebreathing monsters that sit on hoards of gold and are generally quite nasty. Rremly being a runt, is a bit bigger than a dog, can't really breathe fire, has a sock hoard and is extremely nice.
- Prefers Going Barefoot: Tennibrook. In fact, "walking around barefoot" was actually listed as one of her likes on her profile page.
- Shared Universe: Gwen's apartment is in the same building as the main cast of Neko The Kitty. Aya is Neko's daughter.
- Translator Microbes: The baby dust bunnies. Gwen does a Lampshade Hanging by mentioning fish instead.
- Weirdness Censor: The reason Rremly is seen as a dog to nonbelievers.
