History Webcomic / Oceanfalls

* EatsBabies: While Nino is stuck in the Cave of Illusions, he comes across some crude monster propaganda claiming that humans, particularly the Human Prince, are guilty of this. It was probably aimed at the [[FishPeople Seafolk]].

* OurMonstersAreDifferent: So far all monsters seen are mostly human in appearance, except with [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes]] and a [[HornedHumanoid single unicorn-like white horn]], and dark claws.

'''Suggestion Prompt:''' Say "THE SEA" as loud as possible.\\

* DejaVu: What seems to have happened when Nino used his healing hands on the yellow flowers. [[FlashbackFail But perhaps]] this is just a [[AmbiguousSituation mere haze]].

* EatsBabies: While Nino is stuck in the Cave of Illusions, he comes across some crude monster propaganda claiming that humans, particularly the Human Prince, are guilty of this.
* GoThroughMe: [[spoiler:Five pulls one of these for Aria, against Kotori.]]

* AmnesiacHero: Nino. This is later [[DiscussedTrope discussed]] between him and Kaji when he offers advice based on his own experiences with amnesia; mainly that Nino should find the core of who he is so that no matter what happens, whether he gains his memories back or not, he won't lose himself.

* GreatOffscreenWar: There is a mysterious war as part of the setting's backstory, between humans and monsters. Aria's mother died in it. It was ended by the creation of a barrier which divided the human and monster worlds; it is this same barrier that forms a massive dome which traps both worlds inside it. [[spoilers: Nino's psychological reaction indicates that he has some dark connection to it.]]

* DomedHometown: [[spoiler:A human warrior ended the war between humans and monsters by creating a barrier that simultaneously divided the worlds of humans and monsters, and also sealed both worlds under a massive dome.]]

* AmnesiacHero: Nino.

* GreatOffscreenWar: There is a mysterious war as part of the setting's backstory, [[spoiler:between humans and monsters. Aria's mother died in it. It was ended by the creation of a barrier which divided the human and monster worlds; it is this same barrier that forms a massive dome which traps both worlds inside it. Nino's psychological reaction indicates that he has some dark connection to it.]]

'''Narration:''' WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN-\\
'''Narration:''' THIS IS NOT EVEN AN OCEAN-\\
'''Narration:''' AND-\\
'''Narration:''' NOW IS NOT THE TIME-

--> '''Kaji:''' An' well, where'd you come from, weirdo?\\

* PlayerParty: As the comic uses many RPG tropes and mechanics, this is an obvious one. Nino himself, of course, is one, and Aria becomes one later. Later, one of the remaining slots gets filled by [[spoiler:Meimona]].

* MagicAIsMagicA: In the world of Oceanfalls, everyone possesses an ability tied to their very existence. These abilities are formed during an awakening, usually a crucial moment in a young persons development. [[spoiler: Diana]] in a flashback explains further. Abilities work by an outside input prompting the creation of an ability by the soul. The ability is then given form by the mind, which is then released through the body to create various effects. Because of this, no two abilities are ever exactly the same. Additionally, all abilities have restrictions and powers tied to them, but the only way for a user to know these is by experimenting with their ability.

** Later on, [[spoiler: it's made clear that some people just can't awaken abilities at all, but the effects of this vary depending one's race. Humans are physically completely fine, but they still lack an ability; Monsters are born weak and sickly, and usually die within a few years of being born; and Winged with no ability [[CriticalExistenceFailure instantly die upon spawning.]] Nino points out the correlation that more power means more dependency]].

* MagicAndPowers: In the world of Oceanfalls, everyone possesses an ability tied to their very existence. Nino's, for instance, is HealingHands.

[[caption-width-right:350:[[Tagline A story about a lost kid.]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350:A story about a lost kid.]]

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/oceanfalls.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:The Nightlights are quite captivating.]]

* SecondPersonNarration: Unsurprising, due to its [[Webcomic/MSPaintAdventures]] influences, though, they mainly extend to this and the [[InteractiveComic interactivity]].

* SecondPersonNarration: Unsurprising, due to its [[Webcomic/MS Paint Adventures]] influences, though, they mainly extend to this and the [[InteractiveComic interactivity]].

* SecondPersonNarration: Unsurprising, due to its [[Webcomic/''MS Paint Adventures'']] influences, though, they mainly extend to this and the [[InteractiveComic interactivity]].

* SecondPersonNarration: Unsurprising, due to its Webcomic/''MS Paint Adventures'' influences, though, they mainly extend to this and the [[InteractiveComic interactivity]].

* VerbalTic: Five speaks slowly and with lots of pausing and hesitation. She also speaks in [[ThirdPersonPerson third person]].

* LemonyNarrator: Hoo boy yep.

''[[https://oceanfalls.net/ Oceanfalls]]'' is a webcomic authored by Nightlights. It bears the format of using reader submitted command suggestions to advance a narrative that uses classic RPGElements.

WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN-\\
THIS IS NOT EVEN AN OCEAN-\\
AND-\\
NOW IS NOT THE TIME-

--> '''Suggestion Prompt:''' Nino: Did you just '''[[darkblue:Ocean-fall]]'''?\\

--> '''Suggestion Prompt:''' Nino: Did you just '''[[blue:Ocean-fall]]'''?\\

--> '''Suggestion Prompt:''' Nino: Did you just '''[[blue:Ocean-fall]]'''?