Ellen. She's a chaotic-good half-celestial half-dragon half-nymph half-elf ninja-artificer-psion-paladin-of-freedom.
Leftover Soup is a
webcomic currently being produced by Mason "
Tailsteak" Williams. It is a
Slice of Life webcomic based on the life of Jamie the
Supreme Chef, Ellen the
Geek and her best friend Maxine the
Lovable Sex Maniac. Other characters have appeared — for example, Lily, Ellen's boss, who
Does Not Like Men — but the primary focus is on those three.
You can read it
here
.
This series provides examples of:
- Author Appeal: Jamie shares his creator's hobby of making homemade board games. His expertise in the kitchen is also inspired by Williams' interest in experimental cooking.
- The Bechdel Test: The author notes in The Rant that Ellen and Maxine playing "Spambot!" qualifies.
- Black Comedy Rape: When Ellen and Jamie first meet.
Ellen: I'm technically not supposed to let people in I don't know, but you don't look too creepy.
Jamie: Um... thanks, I guess. I promise not to rape you or anything.
Ellen: Yes, that's very comforting.
- The joke is extended a couple times in the same storyline.
- Does Not Like Men: Ellen refers to Lily as a real-life "feminazi" — which is not true, as Lily denies being a feminist.
- Drinking Game: Ellen and Maxine make one in-universe from one of Jamie's homemade board games.
- Eats Babies
Best roleplaying moment: Ate a baby, managed to convince GM she was still neutral good.
- Extreme Omnivore: Ellen's palate is ... less refined than Jamie's.
- Gender Blender Name: Exploited by Jamie (Benjamin) to gain a chance to rent a room from Ellen, despite her "Female Roommates Only" requirement.
- Grievous Harm with a Body: The Best Roleplaying Moment for Ellen's character.
- If You Ever Do Anything To Hurt Her: Jamie gets one then another.
- I Like My X Like I Like My Y: The cast page describes everyone's taste in partners via this. Best so far, for the misandric Lily: "Likes her men like she likes her coffee: Roasted, ground up and soaked in boiling water."
- Improbable Weapon User: Jamie Halligan's weapon is, appropriately enough, a Halligan bar.
- Instant Web Hit: Ellen is Answering Machine Bitch.
- Let Us Never Speak of This Again: Jamie and Max's first meeting.
- Major Injury Underreaction: "Okay, well NOW I need medical attention..."
- Mistaken for Racist: When Jamie meets Wallace.
- Mood Whiplash: From goofy Pulp Fiction take-off to critically injured pet in two pages.
- Never Tell Me The Odds: Inverted in this page's author notes.
- Nobody Poops: Lampshaded in The Rant.
- No Plans, No Prototype, No Backup: ...no documentation, no original creator, no sense...
- Polyamory: Max is currently in an open ... fivesome?
- Rules Lawyer: Ellen. (For those in the audience not familiar with AD&D 3.5, The Rant contains a helpful analogy.)
- Running Gag: The profusion of things abbreviated as "TP".
- The aforementioned coffee gags on the cast page also count.
- Shout Out: To Homestuck, when Ellen wears some of The Merch in a few strips.
- Status Quo Is God: Double Subverted.
Tailsteak: ALL PROBLEMS ARE NOW SOLVED FOREVER.
- Supreme Chef: Jamie can turn Rice Krispies back into rice, and make bread pudding without bread or eggs.
- Suspiciously Specific Denial: Discussed early on in the context of the Black Comedy Rape joke.
- Total Party Kill: Orchestrated by Lily to force the gaming group to update to 4th edition D&D.
- What Is This Thing You Call Love?: Apparently, Max's half-fey thri-kreen bard in their 3.5e D&D character has found this to be a great pickup line. Twelve times and counting.
- Will They or Won't They?: Ellen and Jamie. Ellen says, "Absolutely not, never, no way." Max has twenty bucks on "will". Odds may or may not be in Max's favor.
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