History Webcomic / Relativity

* OtherMeAnnoysMe: [[spoiler: Irina and Novak are none to happy to meet each other. Their CloningBlues don't help their relationship.]]

* CloningBlues: [[spoiler: Irina and Novak both resent that NASA tried to keep them a secret from each other at first. Irina also resents that she's being treated like a copy of Novak, while Novak has to deal with watching her ex-wife treat Irina as her replacement.]]

It's difficult to describe the plot of this comic without [[FirstEpisodeSpoiler major spoilers]], so read it for yourself! Can be found [[http://relativitycomic.com/ here]].

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[[caption-width-right:300:Captain Irina Novak, about to begin her [[IncrediblyLamePun out of this world]] mission.]]

* ObstructiveBureaucracy: NASA refuses to tell [[spoiler: Irina and Novak about each other, and insists Anne can't either. They also insist on covering it up that there are two Irina Novaks, forcing them to pretend to be the same person, and preventing Irina from publishing a career-making paper about her mission.]]

* QueerRomance: Deals with the relationship struggles between Anne and Irina Novak.

%%* QueerRomance%%

* QueerRomance

* [[spoiler: OtherMeAnnoysMe: Irina and Novak are none to happy to meet each other. Their CloningBlues don't help their relationship.]]

* [[spoiler: AbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder: Anne appears to have an affair while Irina's in space. It later turns out that she was simply with an alternate universe version of Irina Novak, whose mission failed.]]
* [[spoiler: AlternateSelf: Irina comes back to Earth from a successful mission only to find there's another version her, who returned to Earth after her mission failed after a month in space, and later ended up divorcing Anne. [[ObstructiveBureaucrat Cleaveland]] refers to the Irina Novak whose mission was successful as Irina, and the one whose failed as Novak. Irina prefers it to being called "the second one".]]
* [[spoiler: AlternateUniverse: The best explanation NASA can come up with for the two Irina Novaks is that Irina somehow dipped over to a parallel universe.]]

* [[spoiler: CloningBlues: Irina and Novak both resent that NASA tried to keep them a secret from each other at first. Irina also resents that she's being treated like a copy of Novak, while Novak has to deal with watching her ex-wife treat Irina as her replacement.]]
* [[spoiler: DoppelgangerReplacementLoveInterest: Anne views Irina as this, since the strain of Novak's mission failure lead to their divorce, while when Irina returned she expected their relationship to pick up where they left off.]]

When Irina Novak is selected to go on the first ever manned lightspeed flight, she's ecstatic. She knows it will be hard on her and her wife Anne, especially since [[TimeDilation while the mission will last six months for Irina up in space, three years will pass for Anne back on Earth.]] Still, Irina is confident they can make it work. Irina goes into outer space apparently without a hitch. She does her best to cope with the isolation, while Anne finds her wife's separation from her difficult to deal with back on Earth. When 180 days finally pass for her in space, Irina can't wait to go back home and see Anne again. But when she lands, something is wrong...

* ObstructiveBureaucrat: NASA refuses to tell [[spoiler: Irina and Novak about each other, and insists Anne can't either. They also insist on covering it up that there are two Irina Novaks, forcing them to pretend to be the same person, and preventing Irina from publishing a career-making paper about her mission.]]

-->'''Anne:''' I'll be older than you when you get back. ''Gah that's so weeeird...''

* TimeDilation: Irina's mission will last six months for her, three years for Anne. Anne is understandably upset by this.

* [[spoiler: AlternateUniverse: Irina comes back to Earth only to find there's another version her, who returned to Earth after her mission failed after a month in space. The best explanation NASA can come up with is that Irina somehow dipped over to a parallel universe. Cleaveland refers to the Irina Novak whose mission was successful as Irina, and the one whose failed as Novak. Irina prefers it to being called "the second one".]]
* ButchLesbian: Irina Novak.
* [[spoiler: CloningBlues: Irina and Novak both resent not being told about each other. Irina also resents that she's being treated like a copy of Novik, while Novik has to deal with watching her ex-wife treat Irina as her replacement.]]
* [[spoiler: DoppelgangerReplacementLoveInterest: Anne views Irina as this, since the strain of Novik's mission failure lead to their divorce.]]

* ObstructiveBureaucrat: NASA refuses to tell [[spoiler: Irina and Novak about each other, and insist Anne can't either. They also insist on covering it up that there are two Irina Novaks, forcing them to pretend to be the same person, and preventing Irina from publishing a career-making paper about her mission.]]
* [[spoiler: OtherMeAnnoysMe: Irina and Novak are none to happy to meet each other. Their CloningBlues don't help their relationship]]

It's difficult to describe the plot of this comic without [[LateArrivalSpoiler major spoilers]], so read it for yourself! Can be found [[http://relativitycomic.com/ here]].

It's difficult to describe the plot of this comic without major spoilers, so read it for yourself! Can be found [[http://relativitycomic.com/ here]].

* ObstructiveBureaucrat: NASA refuses to tell [[spoiler: Irina and Novak about each other, and insist Anne can't either. They also insist on covering it up that there are two Irina Novaks, forcing them to pretend to be the same person, and prevented Irina from publishing a paper about her mission.]]
* [[spoiler: OtherMeAnnoysMe: Irina and Novak both resent not being told about each other. Irina also resents that she's being treated like a copy of Novik, while Novik has to deal with watching her ex-wife treat Irina as her replacement.]]
* [[spoiler: ReplacementDoppelgangerLoveInterest: Anne views Irina as this, since the strain of Novik's mission failure lead to their divorce.]]
* [[spoiler: ReplacementGoldfish: Again, how Anne views Irina.]]

* TimeDilation: Irina's mission will last six months for her, three years for Anne. Anne is understandably upset by this.
* [[spoiler: WhichMe: Averted, Irina and Novak both immediately refer to each other as "her". ]]

[[caption-width-right:300:Captain Irina Novik, about to begin her [[IncrediblyLamePun out of this world]] mission.]]

When Irina Novik is selected to go on the first ever manned lightspeed flight, she's ecstatic. She knows it will be hard on her and her wife Anne, especially since [[TimeDilation while the mission will last six months for Irina up in space, three years will pass for Anne back on Earth.]] Still, Irina is confident they can make it work. Irina goes into outer space apparently without a hitch. She does her best to cope with the isolation, while Anne finds her wife's separation from her difficult to deal with back on Earth. When 180 days finally pass for her in space, Irina can't wait to go back home and see Anne again. But when she lands, something is wrong...

* ButchLesbian: Irina Novik.

* ObstructiveBureaucrat: NASA refuses to tell [[spoiler: Irina and Novik about each other, and insist Anne can't either. They also insist on covering it up that there are two Irina Noviks, forcing them to pretend to be the same person.]]
* [[spoiler: OtherMeAnnoysMe: Irina and Novik both resent not being told about each other. Irina also resents that she's being treated like a copy of Novik.]]
* StandardHumanSpaceship: Irina Novik's ship looks like this.

* [[spoiler: WhichMe: Cleaveland refers to the Irina Novik who came to his universe as Irina, and then one native to his universe as Novik. Irina prefers it to being called "the second one".]]

* [[WhichMe: Cleaveland refers to the Irina Novik who came to his universe as Irina, and then one native to his universe as Novik. Irina prefers it to being called "the second one".]]

* ObstructiveBureaucrat: NASA refuses to tell [[spoiler: Irina and Novik about each other, and insist Anne can't either.]]
* [[spoiler: OtherMeAnnoysMe: Irina and Novik both resent not being told about each other. Irina also resents that she's being treated like a copy of Novik.

* [[WhichMe: Cleaveland refers to the Irina who came from the alternate

When Irina Novik is selected to go on the first ever manned lightspeed flight, she's ecstatic. She knows it will be hard on her and her wife Anne, especially since [[TimeDilation while the mission will last six months for Irina up in space, three years will pass for Anne back on Earth.]] Still, Irina is confident they can make it work. Irina goes into outer space apparently without a hitch. She does her best to cope with the isolation, while Anne finds the lack of her wife's presence difficult to deal with back on Earth. When 180 days finally pass for her in space, Irina can't wait to go back home and see Anne again. But when she lands, something is wrong...

* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Why Anne accepts Irina going on the mission, despite trepidation.

* TimeDilation: Irina's mission while last six months for her, three years for Anne. Anne is understandably upset by this.

Can be found [[http://relativitycomic.com/ here]].

* SpaceMadness: Muted. Irina doesn't go insane, but the isolation's hard on her.

When Irina Novik is selected to go solo on the first ever manned lightspeed flight, she's ecstatic. She knows it will be hard on her and her wife Anne, especially since [[TimeDilation while the mission will last six months for Irina up in space, three years will pass for Anne back on Earth.]] Still, Irina is confident they can make it work. Irina goes into outer space apparently without a hitch. She does her best to cope with the isolation, while Anne does her best to cope with the consequences of her wife's career back on Earth. When 180 days finally pass for her in space, Irina can't wait to go back home and see Anne again. But when she lands, something is wrong...

[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/relativity_pt1_06_07_7.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Captain Irina Novik, about to begin her [[IncrediblyLamePun out of this world]] mission.]]

When Irina Novik is selected to go on NASA's first ever light speed travel mission, she's ecstatic. She knows it will be hard on her and her wife Anne, especially since [[TimeDilation while the mission will last six months for Irina up in space, three years will pass for Anne back on Earth.]] Still, Irina is confident they can make it work. Irina goes into outer space mostly without a hitch. She does her best to cope with the isolation, while Anne copes with the loneliness back on Earth.

* TimeDilation