History Manga / Offbeat

* HomoeroticDream: In Chapter 15, Tory has an ImagineSpot where he and Colin face off against Dr. Garrets in a ''Franchise/StarWars''-esque world. After defeating Dr. Garrets, Tory pats Colin on the shoulder-- and accidentally strips him down to his underwear. They draw closer as if to kiss... and [[http://sparklermonthly.com/ob/offbeat-chapter-15-page-384/ cut to the next morning, where Tory's mother tucks him in before leaving]].
--> '''Tory:''' ''(ducking underneath the covers while blushing)'' Ah, shit!

[[caption-width-right:260:Meet your heroes (from right): [[StalkerWithACrush OCD Stalker]] and [[NotGoodWithPeople Extreme Recluse]]]]

%%* NotGoodWithPeople: Colin, most likely a Type-2.

* CrazyCatLady/KindheartedCatLover: Colin sits somewhere between these two. He has at least six cats.

* InHarmonyWithNature: Colin is implied to be this.

* NoSocialSkills: Both protagonists, though Colin's got it worse.
* NotGoodWithPeople: Colin, most likely a Type-2.
* OneHeadTaller: Would be a straight example... if not for the fact that Colin's height seems to [[OffModel keep changing.]] At one point he'll be a head shorter, then eye level with Tory, and then half a head shorter. ''All in the same volume.''

* TheChick: Mandy, who is surprisingly likable despite being "the girl" in a BoysLove story.

* LimitedWardrobe: Pleasantly subverted.
* LonersAreFreaks: Both of the leads fit this. Tory gets a little better. Colin doesn't.

* YaoiGenre: A PG-rated version.

Tory Blake is [[EmoTeen fifteen]], a [[TeenGenius genius]], and [[BrilliantButLazy bored]]. He spends his time breezing through school, doodling, worrying his mother, playing 90s computer games with his college-aged neighbor, and [[SuperOCD documenting everything that happens in his life in worrying detail]]. One night, something happens that promises to alleviate his boredom: a mysterious boy, Colin Stephens, and his guardian move into the duplex next door. Over the next year, Tory becomes increasingly obsessed with [[SeekerArchetype figuring out the mystery]] behind his neighbors' bizarre actions, to the point of transferring schools to [[StalkerWithACrush get closer to]] Colin. What secrets could Colin be hiding? What is the Gaia Project, and how does Colin fit into it?

* SuperOCD: Tory, at least when it comes to his journals.

* HomoeroticDream: In Chapter 15, Tory has an ImagineSpot where he and Colin face off against Dr. Garrets in a ''Franchise/StarWars''-esque world. After defeating Dr. Garrets, Tory pats Colin on the shoulder-- and accidentally strips him down to his underwear. They draw closer, as if to kiss... and [[http://sparklermonthly.com/ob/offbeat-chapter-15-page-384/ cut to the next morning, where Tory's mother tucks him in before leaving]].

* IntertwinedFingers: Colin "tests" Tory by holding his hands like this in the park. [[spoiler:He thought Tory had "attunement," based on his awareness of his surroundings, but what exactly that is has yet to be explained.]]

* OneHeadTaller: Would be straight example... if not for the fact that Colin's height seems to [[OffModel keep changing.]] At one point he'll be a head shorter, then eye level with Tory, and then half a head shorter. ''All in the same volume.''

* StalkerWithACrush: Tory. First he keeps strange notes on the weird neighbor kid. Then he transfers to the weird neighbor kid's school. Then he sets up a study group in his physics class to spend time with the weird neighbor kid. He's aware that he's a creepy stalker and seems mostly fine with it, but it's unclear whether he's picked up on the crush part yet.

* IllBoy: Colin tends to pass out a fair bit. It's hinted to be related to the "attunement" he talks about.

--> '''Tory:''' ''(ducking underneath the covers while blushing)'' [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar Ah, shit!]]

--->'''Tory''': Are they counterfeiters? Arms dealers or illegal immigrants? Spies, drug dealers, part of the occult, the Mafia, KKK or maybe aliens...

* [[CrazyCatLady Crazy Cat Guy]]/KindheartedCatLover: Colin sits somewhere between these two. He has at least six cats.

* [[MagicVersusScience Nature Versus Science]]: Implied with Tory's skill at math and physics contrasted with Colin's association with plants, animals, and the Gaia Project, as well as his dislike of physics, which he feels is frustratingly "arbitrary."

* HomoeroticDream: In Chapter 15, Tory has an ImagineSpot where he and Colin face off against Dr. Garrets in a Film/StarWars-esque world. After defeating Dr. Garrets, Tory pats Colin on the shoulder-- and accidentally strips him down to his underwear. They draw closer, as if to kiss... and [[http://sparklermonthly.com/ob/offbeat-chapter-15-page-384/ cut to the next morning, where Tory's mother tucks him in before leaving]].

* CrashIntoHello: Purposefully invoked by Tory. However, it completely backfires on him.

* HomoeroticDream: In Chapter 15, Tory has an ImagineSpot where he and Colin face off against Dr. Garrets in a Film/StarWars-esque world. After defeating Dr. Garrets, Tory pats Colin on the shoulder-- and accidentally strips him down to his underwear.
--> '''Colin:''' Slate blue. An important detail, don't you think?
** They draw closer, as if to kiss... and [[http://sparklermonthly.com/ob/offbeat-chapter-15-page-384/ cut to the next morning, where Tory's mother tucks him in before leaving]].

* IllBoy: Colin tends to pass out a fair bit.

* LonersAreFreaks: Both the leads fit this. Tory gets a little better. Colin doesn't.

* LuminescentBlush: Tory gets a fair bit of this.

* SnowMeansLove: Snow pops up during two of the moments Colin and Tory share.
** The first time happens after Tory and Colin go to a bakery to get Colin's favorite cake. Guess what happens on the way back? Coupled with a short moment of HoldingHands.
** The second time happens during December 23, when Colin comes back to pick up something he left behind at his old apartment and runs into Tory. [[spoiler:Cue TheBigDamnKiss.]]

By the same author, a webcomic named ''[[http://sparklermonthly.com/series/witchs-quarry/ Witch's Quarry]]'' was started in 2012, also containing GLBT* themes.

* MindScrew: The author has drawn [[http://wulfmune.deviantart.com/gallery/#/dki5n0 fanart]] of a fanfic of her own book. Make sense of that.

* SnowMeansLove: Tory and Colin go to a bakery to get Colin's favorite cake. Guess what happens on the way back? Coupled with a short moment of HoldingHands.

* {{Cliffhanger}}: The first volume ends with Colin [[ArmorPiercingQuestion asking]] Tory, "Why are you always around? What do you want?" The second volume ends with [[spoiler:the two of them getting in a ''fist fight'']]. And there's no volume three. WTH publisher.

* CreatorBreakdown[=/=]WritersBlock: Jen Lee Quick went quiet for a long period of time, with no updates to her Website/DeviantArt page or much artistic activity. She recently came back and explained in a post that she had been deeply depressed after the death of her father in 2009.

* IllBoy: Colin.

* QueerRomance

* WhatTheHellHero: Tory gets a succession of these as his obsessive behavior alienates his mother, Paul, and Mandy. He gets better, and then [[spoiler:manages to accidentally bait his LoveInterest into taking a swing at him]]. Go figure.

By the same author, a webcomic named ''[[http://witchsquarry.smackjeeves.com/ Witch's Quarry]]'' was started in 2012, also containing GLBT* themes.

''Off*beat'' is an OEL manga by Jen Lee Quick, the first two volumes of which were published in 2005 and 2006 by Creator/{{Tokyopop}}. Despite the efforts of its small but devoted fanbase, the third and final volume is still in limbo. However, Jen posted a notice on her Website/DeviantArt page assuring her followers that ''Off*beat'' would be concluded sometime in 2012.