History TemptingFate / WebComics

* ''Webcomic/FindersKeepers2008'': Cailyn and Card are in a [[BazaarOfTheBizarre magical market]], looking for [[AnthropomorphicPersonification Fate]]. Cailyn suggests they split up in the middle of a market full of powerful and dangerous supernatural creatures. She figures if Fate doesn't want to be found, [[TemptingFate she can make it want to find her]].

** Florence Ambrose knows [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff400/fv00348.htm not to ask "what else could go wrong?"]] when washed up on a beach and having gotten cut by a sharp rock when she fell. That's not even mentioning the hurricane she's in the middle of of the freezing temperature of the water she just left.
* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' has savvy characters who [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110223 realize what was just said]].
** Which makes it all but certain that uncle Barry ''will'' show up in the Castle arc.

* ''Webcomic/{{Goblins}}'' has a sub-comic called ''Tempts Fate''[[http://goblinscomic.com/temptsfate.html]] after the lead character, Tempts Fate. Why is he called that? The writer decided to have people's donations actually do something tangible, so he set up ''Tempts Fate'' as a sort of arcade game: if donations reach a certain goal by a certain date, Tempts Fate will pass the obstacle in his way; the more the donations exceed the goal, the more awesome Tempts Fate's victory will be. If people fail to donate enough money by the deadline, then Tempts Fate will fail, and die, and live on only in our memories.
** And so far, Tempts Fate has lived through 8 challenges in ''spectacular'' fashion. So much so that the author has added extra properties to the donations, including a sort of "dice" modifier based on the cents digit that decides which cool item Tempts Fate gets if the biggest goal is met.
*** When he offered [[TheMerch T-shirts]] for donations during the "Tempts Vs. The Really, Really poorly Made Characters" challenge, the donations ''skyrocketed'', collecting more than enough for the fourth and final goal before the ''first'' goal's deadline. The result? Tempts killed the poorly made characters ''so'' hard that it killed the people ''playing'' those characters (except Elfgirl, as she didn't want to kill him or, indeed, even play ''D&D'', so he just let her go; he killed the DM instead).

'''Sydney:''' *{{gasp}}* A guaranteed loss!

'''Tsukiko:''' '''' SHOUT!'''''\\

** When Ashley was a child, her father let her talk him into buying her ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' despite his misgivings that it might not be appropriate for someone her age (she only wanted it because [[PandaingToTheAudience "It has a panda"]]). But then he just had to go and say, [[http://www.egscomics.com/comic/2013-12-26 "It's not like it could warp your young mind too badly."]] It's safe to say that she developed a [[{{Understatement}} bit of a transformation fetish]] later in life.

* Abbie from ''Webcomic/{{Weregeek}}'' should have know better than [[http://www.weregeek.com/2011/05/10/ this]]. And [[http://www.weregeek.com/2011/08/19/ Dustin]]:
-->'''Dustin:''' You worry too much. I think it's a safe bet there's no monsters... AAAUGH!!! ''[[[SecurityCling jumps on Mark's hands]]]''
** The [[http://www.weregeek.com/2012/06/27/ drive-thru girl]] with her [[Literature/{{Twilight}} Vampire Pulp]]. "What harm can it do?" Cue the freakout...

'''Tsukiko:''' '''''[[MakeMeWannaShout SHOUT!]]'''''\\

* ''Webcomic/GastroPhobia'': "-- And nothing short of a ''barrage of arrows'' could make me move from this spot!" Now, Phobia, that's beyond merely Tempting Fate and simply [[http://gastrophobia.com/index.php?date=2010-03-16 asking for it.]]