History Webcomic / Gaia

* HomoeroticSubtext: Ilias and Sandril (who at the beginning of the story are both in love with Lili) have a bit of this. When they finally fight a duel, Sandril (the loser) has to kneel down on one knee and kiss Ilias's hand. Since Ilias doesn't really think this is necessary, Sandril actually has to asks if he can have Ilias's hand. It's pretty much exactly as homoerotic as it sounds, and the onlooker thinks so as well:

* AstroTurfing: In order to get more exposure for the comic, Novil [[http://www.sandraandwoo.com/2015/11/11/paid-positions-open-webcomic-reviewer-promoter/ offered to pay]] anyone who could improve the comic's TV Tropes page as well as mentioning the comic under associated trope pages.

* AnArmAndALeg: Viviana's biggest fear is losing a hand (reasonable for a thief, and probably inspired by [[http://www.sandraandwoo.com/gaia/2013/12/03/the-letter-of-jael-bara-007/ this horrific incident from her childhood]]). A 10% probability that she might lose one of her hands nearly causes her to funk out on the most important heist of her career, and the loss of one of her hands figures prominently in her later nightmare.
** Later she loses [[spoiler: both legs killing the Bahamut, though she immediately gets prosthetics.]]

** He also is antagonizing the party specifically so their powers will be strong enough for his plans. ** He also claims that he saved Vivi's life.

* AmbiguouslyEvil: Eldor, in spades. Although he apparently does have an evil plan (which has something to do with immortality, [[HiddenAgendaVillain we think]]), he appears to have virtually zero tension with regard to them, not even remotely being threatened by them. His plans are so odd and convoluted that he often winds up indirectly helping the group, for example, he got Lilith arrested and trapped in a tower, but was going to rescue them (only Lilith rescued herself, and they bumped up the time of execution). He also is antagonizing the party specifically so their powers will be strong enough for his plans. He also claims that he saved Vivi's life.

** In [[http://www.sandraandwoo.com/gaia/2019/10/01/the-last-queen-of-gaia-053/ this scene]], Viviana takes her top off to make out with Ilias, only to be interrupted by Lili (who seems to have walked into the bedroom straight through the wall). Still in just a bra, Viviana berates Lili for walking in on them, but then gets dressed again.

* {{Fanservice}}: There are some scenes with partial nudity.
** Viviana is shown shirtless (but wearing a bra) while having some blood washed out of her hair in [[http://www.sandraandwoo.com/gaia/2015cp03/03/breaking-all-barriers-050/ the last panel of this page]]. There was some debate whether this was a JustifiedTrope or not until Novil stated that not showing skin at that point would be as stupid as showing skin without reason.
** Viviana is shown in lingerie in a sex scene [[http://www.sandraandwoo.com/gaia/2016/01/05/breaking-all-barriers-136 starting here]].
** In [[http://www.sandraandwoo.com/gaia/2019/10/01/the-last-queen-of-gaia-053/ this scene]], Viviana takes her top off to make out with Ilias, only to be interrupted by Lili (who seems to have walked into the bedroom straight through the wall). Still shirtless, Viviana berates Lili for walking in on them, but then gets dressed again.

** In this scene [[http://www.sandraandwoo.com/gaia/2019/10/01/the-last-queen-of-gaia-053/]], Viviana takes her top off to make out with Ilias, only to be interrupted by Lili (who seems to have walked into the bedroom straight through the wall). Viviana remains shirtless while berating Lili for walking in on them, but then gets dressed again.

** [[spoiler: Viviana]] is later subjected to another horrific nightmare where her lover is killed and she dreams again of being mutilated, leading the crew to suspect someone is trying to GasLight her.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: a DiscussedTrope InUniverse regarding Lillith; while all agree that she's a dangerous TykeBomb, whether she's an ExtraordinarilyEmpoweredGirl (as Ryn suspects) or a MacGuffinGirl {King Savos calls her a "magical machine"} depends upon her degree of free will.

* BreakTheHaughty: Eldor applies classic brainwashing techniques to [[spoiler: Lilli]], challenging her with a seemingly intractable problem then threatening her friends when she's exhausted and vulnerable

* ExactWords: Viviana assures Alissa and Ryn that she is not a member of the Shadowdancers...which is true if not entirely accurate: [[spoiler: she's not just "a" member because she's their leader.]]

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Eldor [[http://www.sandraandwoo.com/gaia/2014/07/15/the-letter-of-jael-bara-069/ dispatches of ]][[spoiler: Delvor]] in a [[FateWorseThanDeath gruesome way]]. He was an AssholeVictim, though. Later turns into a PetTheDog moment for Eldor when he spares the guards.

** Eldor is quite ruthless and stops at nothing to furhter his own plans, but his manners are generally polite and courteous, and he doesn't seem to derive any pleasure from making people suffer; it's just an unfortunate but necessary consequence of his plans.

** Viviana is shown shirtless while having some blood washed out of her hair in [[http://www.sandraandwoo.com/gaia/2015cp03/03/breaking-all-barriers-050/ the last panel of this page]]. There was some debate whether this was a JustifiedTrope or not until Novil stated that not showing skin at that point would be as stupid as showing skin without reason.

* AffablyEvil: Eldor. We have a scene [[http://www.sandraandwoo.com/gaia/2018/05/25/the-way-back-home-132/ here]] where Eldor walks through a small unit of warriors and wizards, complimenting them on their skill (and taste) to "pick something up" from inside San, even asking permission before grabbing inside her.

* TheEmpire: cania the country where are heroes are from is probably is this.

** There's Lili's full name (Lilith), an explicit prophecy that she will end the world, and her entire character arc has her confronting an ever-escalating series of barriers that she must penetrate to reach her goals.
** There are a lot of references to various hand and arm tropes, mostly involving Vivi. There's her personal interests (gadgets) and chosen career (thief), a nightmare in which losing a hand figures prominently, a childhood incident when she did witness someone losing a hand, an encounter with a villager who has severely injured her forearm with a hedge cutter, and even an [[TheseHandsHaveKilled These Hands Have (almost) Killed]] moment after her attempted assassination of Eldor (she actually did managed to kill Sylas, though she doesn't know it.) There's also the prison official who loses a hand to a PortalCut in Lili's escape attempt. All of this implies that someone's hand or hands (most likely Vivi's) may be a key to the climax.

-->'''Viviana:''' [[ContrievedClumsiness Oops.]]

* StrangeSyntaxSpeaker: Ars will always speak in third-person, future tense. Other imps will also talk this way.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: which makes it hard to bear when she coldly shuts him out under the baleful influence of an ancient spellbook--though she may be trying to protect him.

-->'''King Savos: "Has it crossed your mind that you may also be one of Eldor’s magic machines instead of Gaia’s chosen one?"

* ExactWords: Viviana assures Alissa and Ryn that she is not a member of the Shadowdancers...which is not true, but it is accurate, as she is not just "a" member. [[spoiler: She's their leader.]]

* DrivenToSuicide: Several of Eldor's "magic machines" over the years [[spoiler: most recently Lilith]].

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: King Savos has one for Gaia's chosen, San [=DeVertis=]:

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: King Savos has one for Gaia's chosen, San DeVertis: