History Webcomic / OriginalLife

** [[http://jaynaylor.com/originallife/archives/2013/05/414.html Red points out]] that Fisk 'has to deal with the same issues', referring either to [[spoiler:violently stopping [[KickTheSonOfABitch a]] [[TheDogBitesBack rapist]] at a young age]], [[spoiler:dealing with incest (BrotherSisterIncest in his case, ParentalIncest in hers)]], or both.

* AmbiguouslyBi: Mary, Audrey's girlfriend. While she seems like a typical ButchLesbian at first glance and is definitely attracted to others of the female gender, she also dates a pre-op trans woman and it's suggested that she might be attracted to Aron (though, admittedly, Aron's effeminate-looking enough to be a very convincing crossdresser).

* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Miko tells Thomas [[http://jaynaylor.com/originallife/archives/2013/11/470.html this is what makes him so attractive]].

* PuttingThePeeInPool: [[http://jaynaylor.com/originallife/archives/2010/09/139.html Abigail runs through a checklist]] to inspect the completion of the new backyard pool. When she notices Angelica in the pool with a suspicious expression of relief, she recalls she wanted to add ‘[[DisproportionateRetribution pee-seeking piranhas]]’ to the pool.

** Aron’s reaction to [[http://jaynaylor.com/originallife/archives/2014/02/495.html Audrey’s remark about Trixie]].

Unlike ''Better Days'', ''Original Life'' features a lighter and more humorous plot, with minor segments of dramatic moments interspersed throughout. Also, rather than following Fisk and Lucy as they progress through life as in ''Better Days'', the characters of ''Original Life'' do not age; the comic is also set in modern times, as opposed to the gradual timescale of ''Better Days''. These changes are mainly due to Naylor opting to ‘just keep it fun’, stating that he enjoyed the lighter chapters of ''Better Days'' far more than the somber ones.

** Elizabeth asks Fisk to ‘[[http://jaynaylor.com/originallife/archives/2014/09/551.html say bad things]]’ to her when she’s in the mood. [[ExactWords He]] [[TheGadfly does.]]

* DirtyCop: [[spoiler:Red's father was a crooked sheriff who raped her]].

** Fisk gets an [[http://jaynaylor.com/originallife/archives/2011/06/217.html inconvenient one]] when he has to urinate in the morning. He tries to make it go away, only for Elizabeth to notice it and make things worse.

* BareYourMidriff: Janie, making Elizabeth’s refusal to buy her a two-piece bathing suit pretty ridiculous.

** [[spoiler:[[http://jaynaylor.com/originallife/archives/2013/04/406.html Red’s father]], a [[CorruptHick corrupt Alabama sheriff]], who [[ParentalIncest raped her repeatedly]] after her mother passed away. When Red [[SelfMadeOrphan killed him]] [[TheDogBitesBack for it]], his [[http://jaynaylor.com/originallife/archives/2013/05/410.html abundance of enemies]] made it easier for her to [[KarmaHoudini get away with it]].]]

* CorruptHick: Mostly averted--most characters are from Georgia or Virginia and are fairly well-adjusted, but [[spoiler:Red’s father played this trope [[ParentalIncest horrifyingly straight]] [[TheDogBitesBack in his lifetime]]]].

** [[spoiler:[[http://jaynaylor.com/originallife/archives/2013/04/406.html Red’s father]], a [[CorruptHick corrupt Alabama sheriff]], [[ParentalIncest raped her repeatedly]] after her mother passed away. Red [[SelfMadeOrphan killed him]] [[TheDogBitesBack for it]].]]

* {{Meganekko}}: Angelica, at the end of her UnwantedGlassesPlot.

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Fisk’s reaction to [[http://jaynaylor.com/originallife/archives/2016/01/573.html Thomas’ picture]] on PictureDay.

Sadly the series was discontinued in 2016 cited by the author as a lack of inspiration in further stories for the series. An new spin-off starting in 2018 began with the author releasing them on newly created a Patron page as well as on [[https://jrn-arts.tumblr.com/page/5 Tumblr]]. Titled ''Original Life +5'', the series [[TimeSkip jumps forward five years into the future]] centering on the same cast older, but not much wiser...

* NotSoDifferent:

* TestosteronePoisoning: [[http://jaynaylor.com/originallife/archives/2010/09/138.html The truck commercial Fisk watches]], complete with homophobic slurs and abuse of a vaguely [[DeepSouth Southern Accent]] to accentuate its masculinity. Then it ends and [[StealthInsult cuts back]] to [[NotSoDifferent football]].

* JohnBarleycornAndFriends: While trying to kick her smoking habit, Stacy has a hallucination of a talking cigarette.

''[[http://www.jaynaylor.com/originallife/ Original Life]]'' [[labelnote:Caution]]Link is [=NSFW=] and leads to Jay Naylor's Patreon page; currently both Better Days and Original Life are behind a paywall.[[/labelnote]]is a comedy webcomic written by Creator/JayNaylor. The strip began on June 1, 2009, right after Naylor finished up its predecessor, ''Webcomic/BetterDays''. It details the life and times of Fisk and Elizabeth and their children - Abigail, Thomas and Janie - as well as the lives of other ''Better Days'' cast members and their children.

* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler:Brice asks his wife [[MrsRobinson Sissy]], who is [[YourCheatingHeart incredibly unfaithful]], for [[http://jaynaylor.com/originallife/archives/2014/05/522.html an open marriage]]. She assumes it’s because [[http://jaynaylor.com/originallife/archives/2014/06/524.html he already has someone else he can sleep with]], and is [[http://jaynaylor.com/originallife/archives/2014/05/522.html more attracted to him than ever]] [[ILoveYouBecauseICantControlYou because of that]]. He actually [[http://jaynaylor.com/originallife/archives/2014/06/529.html doesn’t have anyone]]--[[OperationJealousy he’s been trying to tease her back and regain her interest]].]]

** Fisk’s guardian angel [[ItsAWonderfulPlot shows him a world Fisk is absent from]], mentioning [[http://jaynaylor.com/originallife/archives/2014/03/504.html Elizabeth struggled]] after [[YourCheatingHeart she caught her husband cheating]], and the time [[http://jaynaylor.com/originallife/archives/2014/04/511.html Fisk prevented his war buddy Carlos]] from [[DrivenToSuicide killing himself]]

* ILoveYouBecauseICantControlYou: [[MrsRobinson Sissy Swanson]] [[YourCheatingHeart cheats on her husband constantly]], but when [[http://jaynaylor.com/originallife/archives/2014/05/522.html he asks her for an open marriage]], she thinks he’s lost interest in her and is [[http://jaynaylor.com/originallife/archives/2014/06/523.html more attracted to him than ever]].

* OperationJealousy: [[spoiler:[[BatmanGambit That’s why]] Brice asks his [[YourCheatingHeart unfaithful wife]] [[MrsRobinson Sissy]] for an open marriage. [[ILoveYouBecauseICantControlYou It]] [[http://jaynaylor.com/originallife/archives/2014/05/522.html works]].]]

* PizzaBoySpecialDelivery: [[YourCheatingHeart Sissy]] [[MrsRobinson Swanson]] [[http://jaynaylor.com/originallife/archives/2010/08/131.html remarks]] that when the Blacks get their backyard pool, Elizabeth could hire an attractive young [[LatinLover Latino]] pool boy. Elizabeth asks her that’s what she did, and she says she ‘was dumb’ and [[SubvertedTrope let her husband hire the pool cleaner]].

* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Fisk tells Red that even if Elizabeth didn’t know if he were [[YourCheatingHeart unfaithful]], [[http://jaynaylor.com/originallife/archives/2011/12/270.html he would, and that alone keeps him from doing it]].

* YourCheatingHeart:
** [[MrsRobinson Sissy Swanson]] cheats on her husband with young men ''constantly''.
** Red tries to get Fisk back, even though he’s already married. Fisk declines.
** [[http://jaynaylor.com/originallife/archives/2012/08/335.html Zoe used to have an affair]] with another resident of Southhaven named Kavek, but she ended the relationship when he wouldn’t end his relationship with his girlfriend Rebecca, going as far as proposing to her.

''[[http://www.jaynaylor.com/originallife/ Original Life]]'' is a comedy webcomic written by Creator/JayNaylor. The strip began on June 1, 2009, right after Naylor finished up its predecessor, ''Webcomic/BetterDays''. It details the life and times of Fisk and Elizabeth and their children - Abigail, Thomas and Janie - as well as the lives of other ''Better Days'' cast members and their children.

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Fisk’s reaction to [[http://jaynaylor.com/originallife/archives/2016/01/573.html Thomas’ picture]] on picture day.

** [[http://jaynaylor.com/originallife/archives/2010/05/104.html Elizabeth raises an eyebrow]] when Jessica, who got pregnant in college, says her niece Trixie doesn’t have kids because ‘she’s still in college, after all’.

* CreatorCareerSelfDeprecation: Fisk is particularly aghast when [[ItsAWonderfulPlot his guardian angel shows him]] that without him, Beth would be a ''[[http://jaynaylor.com/originallife/archives/2014/04/508.html webcomic artist]]''.

* DaydreamSurprise: Thomas [[ImagineSpot daydreams]] he’s a CowboyCop yelling back at DaChief that if the mayor doesn’t like his unorthodox methods getting results, ‘You can tell her to go to [[PrecisionFStrike hell]]!’ He yells that last part in the middle of class, and, after a moment of awkward silence, gets [[http://jaynaylor.com/originallife/archives/2013/10/457.html sent to the principle’s office]]. (LikeFatherLikeSon, [[http://jaynaylor.com/betterdays/archives/2003/07/post-28.html apparently]].)

* MeanwhileScene: [[http://jaynaylor.com/originallife/archives/09comic-401-450/ ‘Meanwhile, in Florida...’]]

* TheMole: Janie did not foresee Victor being on Thomas side in the War for the Pool. [[http://jaynaylor.com/originallife/archives/2013/07/428.html It costs her a lot of ammunition.]]

* NightmareFetishist: Abby's response to learning that she's not turning into a horrifying caterpillar monster? A subdued "darn".

* PuttingThePeeInPool: [[http://jaynaylor.com/originallife/archives/2010/09/135.html Abigail runs through a checklist]] to inspect the completion of the new backyard pool. When she notices Angelica in the pool with a suspicious expression of relief, she recalls she wanted to add ‘[[DisproportionateRetribution pee-seeking piranhas]]’ to the pool.

* SelfDeprecatingHumor: Tommy’s ([[LittleKnownFacts entirely fictional]]) historical rant about how ‘ass-men’ advanced humanity is a light-hearted jab at [[AuthorAppeal Naylor’s own sensibilities]].

* WorldsMostBeautifulWoman: Elizabeth tells Abigail a [[http://jaynaylor.com/originallife/archives/2013/03/395.html bedtime story]] about ‘the cutest girl in her whole village’. Abigail remarks, ‘Isn’t that subjective?’ Fisk [[http://jaynaylor.com/originallife/archives/2012/11/366.html says the same]] when she tries telling him the story.

* WhamLine: [[http://jaynaylor.com/originallife/archives/2011/09/244.html Janie asks Abigail]] to find out who wrote her the anonymous LoveLetter. Abigail refuses on ethical grounds.
-->'''Abigail:''' If the author didn’t want to be anonymous, [[spoiler:she would have ''signed'' it]].
-->'''Janie:''' Okay, okay... (''{{Beat}}'') [[spoiler:‘She’]]?!

* AddictionDisplacement: Stacy switches from [[MustHaveNicotine cigarettes]] to bacon to porn and blogging on Website/{{Tumblr}}.

** [[http://jaynaylor.com/originallife/archives/2010/05/104.html Elizabeth raises an eyebrow]] when Jessica, who got pregnant in college, doesn’t have kids because ‘she’s still in college, after all’.

* JewishAndNerdy: Continuing from ''Better Days'', [[FantasyCounterpartCulture Jews are portrayed as mice]].[[note]]Then again, while according to Jewish tradition all three Black children are considered Jewish, since there mother is, Janie and Thomas are cats.[[/note]] While this is likely accidental, Abigail is the only mouse among the Black children, and the only one who is academically oriented.

** [[http://jaynaylor.com/originallife/archives/2009/11/046.html Abby re-enacts scenes]] from ''Film/TheFly1986'' and ''Film/{{Darkman}}''. She also quotes random bits of [[Film/StarWars Yoda]] and Film/{{Patton}}.

Sadly the series was discontinued in 2016 cited by the author as a lack of inspiration in further stories for the series. An new spin-off starting in 2018 began with the author releasing them on newly created a Patron page as well as on [[https://jrn-arts.tumblr.com/page/5 Tumblr]]. Titled ''Original Life +5'', the series jumps forward five years into the future centering on the same cast older, but not much wiser...

** Elizabeth asks Fisk to ‘[[http://jaynaylor.com/originallife/archives/2014/09/551.html say bad things]]’ to her when she’s in the mood. [[ExactWords He does.]]

* BigDamnKiss: Charlie finally gets up the courage to shove two other boys aside, march right up to Janie, and give her a nice deep snog.

** ‘[[Film/{{Batman}} Mirror...]] ''Give'' me a ''[[http://jaynaylor.com/originallife/archives/2009/12/060.html mirror]].’''