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* TheRoaringTwenties: Just before - it's 1919.
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* BrokenBird: Ophelia. She's strong, clever, sexy, and poised - probably the most skilled gangster in the Roses apart from Ma Oceana. She also has the DarkAndTroubledPast that left her with physical scars and a tendency to dissociate, and a few panels show she's a lot younger than the mature, sophisticated demeanor she likes to project.
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* HeroicBSOD: A framed photo Ophelia sees in Simon's office gives her a dissociative fugue so severe that she finds herself back in Ma Oceana's office with no memory of the passage of time or how she got there. The reader doesn't get to find out who was in the photo until many pages later. (It's [[spoiler:Simon's brother Orville, implied to have horrifically abused Ophelia]].)
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* ThemedAliases: Ophelia Banksly/Oma Barker/Opal Blanche, which all have the initials OB. Opal Blanche in particular seems to be a subversion on the old comics trope of giving the black guy a codename with the word "black" in it; Opal is a white jewel, and Blanche means "white" in French. Possibly has the in-universe justification of Ophelia messing with racists who expect a white woman when they first hear her performing name.
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* ThemedAliases: Ophelia Banksly/Oma Barker/Opal Blanche, which all have the initials OB. Opal Blanche in particular seems to be a subversion on the old comics trope of giving the black guy a codename with the word "black" in it; Opal is a white jewel, and Blanche means "white" in French. Possibly has the in-universe justification of Ophelia messing with racists who expect a white woman when they first hear her performing name.name.
* VillainousBSOD: Timothy Kreider, when he realizes that [[spoiler:Ophelia]] not saying no didn't mean she truly consented to sex with him and that his advances toward [[spoiler:Bianca Masters]] were actually unwanted and sexual harassment, because she's terrified of him after [[spoiler:the incident at the Bolero]]. Since everyone he knows is part of the Ink, where raping and harassing women is normalized, he's basically alone in his horror and disgust at himself.
* VillainousBSOD: Timothy Kreider, when he realizes that [[spoiler:Ophelia]] not saying no didn't mean she truly consented to sex with him and that his advances toward [[spoiler:Bianca Masters]] were actually unwanted and sexual harassment, because she's terrified of him after [[spoiler:the incident at the Bolero]]. Since everyone he knows is part of the Ink, where raping and harassing women is normalized, he's basically alone in his horror and disgust at himself.
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* PoliceAreUseless: Cops rarely intervene in the violence between the Ink and the Roses. The Chief of Police James McCoy is a Rose plant.
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* PoliceAreUseless: Cops rarely intervene in the violence between the Ink and the Roses. The Chief of Police James McCoy [=McCoy=] is a Rose plant.
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* CopsAreUseless: Cops rarely intervene in the violence between the Ink and the Roses. The Chief of Police James McCoy is a Rose plant.
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* CopsAreUseless: Cops rarely intervene in the violence between the Ink and the Roses. The Chief of Police James McCoy is a Rose plant.
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* PrivateDetective: Jason Hetfield.
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* BadassAdorable: Cynthia "Not A Terrorist" Brandt.
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* MeaningfulRename: Women who join the Roses tend to choose new names, though their old names aren't exactly a secret. Cynthia Brandt was previously Cordelia, Derry Lake was previously Beatrice Rhinehart, and Siobhan Teterya was previously Danya. Played with with Ophelia Banksly, whose name before joining the Roses, Oma Barker, probably wasn't her real name either.
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* PlayingCardMotifs: a lot, in the chapter titles and in the art. Ophelia is frequently depicted as the Queen of Hearts.
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* PlayingCardMotifs: a A lot, in the chapter titles and in the art. Ophelia is frequently depicted as the Queen of Hearts.
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* ThemedAliases: Ophelia Banksly/Oma Barker/Opal Blanche, which all have the initials OB.
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* ThemedAliases: Ophelia Banksly/Oma Barker/Opal Blanche, which all have the initials OB. Opal Blanche in particular seems to be a subversion on the old comics trope of giving the black guy a codename with the word "black" in it; Opal is a white jewel, and Blanche means "white" in French. Possibly has the in-universe justification of Ophelia messing with racists who expect a white woman when they first hear her performing name.
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* TheBigGuy: Siobhan, as an "enforcer" for the Roses, and Steiner, as Simon's bodyguard.
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* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Downplayed example; Derry, Ophelia, and Cynthia technically fit the trope, but the three of them haven't interacted much as a trio.
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* BelligerentSexualTension: Simon and Ophelia.
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* DatingCatwoman: Simon and Ophelia.
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* ThePlan: A lot of them. So far, there's Simon's plan to [[spoiler: manipulate Meredith Baxter into defecting to the Roses (which doesn't work)]], Ma Oceana's plan to [[spoiler:conspire with Vernon Walther to murder Simon]], and Ophelia's plan to [[spoiler:conspire with Nicholas Steiner to save Simon from Oceana and Walther]].
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* MysteriousWoman: Ophelia. Nobody seems to know anything about her history, including her lover Simon and best friend Derry. [[spoiler:Nicholas Steiner]] might know more, but he's not telling.
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* MysteriousWoman: Ophelia. Nobody seems to know anything about her history, including her lover Simon and best friend Derry. Ophelia Banksly probably isn't even her real name. [[spoiler:Nicholas Steiner]] might seems to know more, but he's not telling.
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* TheStoic: Nicholas Steiner.
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* TheStoic: Nicholas Steiner.Steiner.
* ThemedAliases: Ophelia Banksly/Oma Barker/Opal Blanche, which all have the initials OB.
* ThemedAliases: Ophelia Banksly/Oma Barker/Opal Blanche, which all have the initials OB.
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* BlackAndGrayMorality: Even the nicest characters, like Siobhan or Derry, sell drugs, beat people up, or commit murder. Ophelia, Cynthia Brandt, and Simon Emmett's moralities are a darker shade of gray, while Ma Oceana, Vernon Walther, and others' moralities are black.
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* TheChessMaster: Ophelia, Simon, Ma Oceana.
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* BatmanGambit: It turns out that [[spoiler:Simon]] was attempting this for [[spoiler:Meredith Baxter's]] sake when [[spoiler:he ordered her fingers cut off]] because [[spoiler:he hoped it would convince her to defect to the Roses]]. It doesn't work, because [[spoiler:Meredith hates the Roses, especially Ophelia, whom she believes killed her father]].
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* BatmanGambit: It turns out that [[spoiler:Simon]] was attempting this for [[spoiler:Meredith Baxter's]] Baxter]]'s sake when [[spoiler:he ordered her fingers cut off]] because [[spoiler:he hoped it would convince her to defect to the Roses]]. It doesn't work, because [[spoiler:Meredith hates the Roses, especially Ophelia, whom she believes killed her father]].
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* BatmanGambit: It turns out that [[spoiler:Simon]] was attempting this for [[spoiler:Meredith Baxter's]] sake when [[spoiler:he ordered her fingers cut off]] because [[spoiler:he hoped it would convince her to defect to the Roses]]. It doesn't work, because [[spoiler:Meredith hates the Roses, especially Ophelia, whom she believes killed her father]].
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* AbandonedWarehouse: Where the showdown between [[spoiler: Ophelia, Steiner, Simon, and Walther]] takes place.
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* BlackGalOnWhiteGuyDrama: Ophelia and Simon. It turns out Simon is a fairly good partner where racism is concerned; he tries to stick up for her when members of the Ink *or* the Roses treat her badly. This relationship is not looked kindly upon by most, with Vernon Walther labeling Simon a "race traitor".
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* LadyInRed: Ophelia.
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* PlayingCardPlayingCardMotifs: a lot, in the chapter titles and in the art. Ophelia is frequently depicted as the Queen of Hearts.
* RaceFetish: Discussed by members of the Ink: "If you like your coffee black, you can't do better than Banksly."
* RaceFetish: Discussed by members of the Ink: "If you like your coffee black, you can't do better than Banksly."
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Riverside Extras is a [[FilmNoir neo-noir]] webcomic by Miranda Chamberlain. In 1919, right before Prohibition, Riverside, Washington is controlled by two opposing gangs: the male-run Ink, led by Simon Emmett and Jefferson Smith, and the female-run Roses, led by Ma Oceana and the Sisters. At the center of every conflict is the mysterious Ophelia Banksly. Who is she? Where did she come from? What does she want?
Notable for having a DeliberatelyMonochrome art style with splashes of red, for its female-heavy cast, and for the FemmeFatale being the main character rather than being defined by her relationship with a PrivateDetective.
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Riverside Extras is a [[FilmNoir neo-noir]] webcomic by Miranda Chamberlain. In 1919, right Right before Prohibition, the city of Riverside, Washington is controlled by two opposing gangs: the male-run Ink, led by Simon Emmett and Jefferson Smith, and the female-run Roses, led by Ma Oceana and the Sisters. At the center of every conflict is the mysterious Ophelia Banksly. Who is she? Where did she come from? What does she want?
Notable for having a DeliberatelyMonochrome art style with splashes of red,for its female-heavy cast, and for the FemmeFatale being the main character rather than being defined by her relationship with a PrivateDetective.
PrivateDetective, and said main character being a black woman working for a majority-white gang in 1919, facing all the racism you'd expect.
Notable for having a DeliberatelyMonochrome art style with splashes of red,
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* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: Derry and Ophelia, respectively. Taken UpToEleven since Derry is a white blonde and Ophelia is black.
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* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: Derry Lake and Ophelia, Ophelia Banksly, respectively. Taken UpToEleven since Derry is a white blonde and Ophelia is black.
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* TheStoic: Nicholas Steiner.
* Transgender: Lucien Marlowe (nonbinary) and (according to WordOfGod) [[spoiler:Siobhan (trans woman)]].
* Transgender: Lucien Marlowe (nonbinary) and (according to WordOfGod) [[spoiler:Siobhan (trans woman)]].
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* TheStoic: Nicholas Steiner.
* Transgender: Lucien Marlowe (nonbinary) and (according to WordOfGod) [[spoiler:Siobhan (trans woman)]].Steiner.
* Transgender: Lucien Marlowe (nonbinary) and (according to WordOfGod) [[spoiler:Siobhan (trans woman)]].
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* MysteriousWoman: Ophelia. Nobody seems to know anything about her history, including her lover Simon and best friend Derry. [[spoiler:Nicholas Steiner]] might know more, but he's not telling.
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Riverside Extras is a neo noir webcomic by Miranda Chamberlain. In 1919, right before Prohibition, Riverside, Washington is controlled by two opposing gangs: the male-run Ink and the female-run Roses. At the center of every conflict is the mysterious Ophelia Banksly. Who is she? Where did she come from? What does she want?
The comic updates on Mondays and Thursdays. You can read it [[http://www.riversidecomics.co/ here.]]
The comic updates on Mondays and Thursdays. You can read it [[http://www.riversidecomics.co/ here.]]
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Riverside Extras is a neo noir [[FilmNoir neo-noir]] webcomic by Miranda Chamberlain. In 1919, right before Prohibition, Riverside, Washington is controlled by two opposing gangs: the male-run Ink Ink, led by Simon Emmett and Jefferson Smith, and the female-run Roses.Roses, led by Ma Oceana and the Sisters. At the center of every conflict is the mysterious Ophelia Banksly. Who is she? Where did she come from? What does she want?
Notable for having a DeliberatelyMonochrome art style with splashes of red, for its female-heavy cast, and for the FemmeFatale being the main character rather than being defined by her relationship with a PrivateDetective.
The comic updates on Mondays and Thursdays. You can read it [[http://www.riversidecomics.co/ here.]]]]
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!!''Riverside Extras'' contains examples of:
* TheAlcoholic: Siobhan, at least before she gets hired by the Roses.
* ArcWords: "Who is Ophelia Banksly?"
* AntiHero: Ophelia, Simon, and others.
* BiTheWay: Ophelia, Simon, and Siobhan, according to WordOfGod.
* FemmeFatale: Ophelia.
* LadyInRed: Ophelia.
* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: Derry and Ophelia, respectively. TakenUpToEleven since Derry is a white blonde and Ophelia is black.
* MysteriousWoman: Ophelia.
* TheOldestProfession: Many of the characters are sex workers, former sex workers, madams, or pimps.
* SleazyPolitician: John Rhinehart.
* SpoiledSweet: Beatrice Rhinehart aka Derry Lake.
* TheStoic: Nicholas Steiner.
* Transgender: Lucien Marlowe (nonbinary) and (according to WordOfGod) [[spoiler:Siobhan (trans woman)]].
Notable for having a DeliberatelyMonochrome art style with splashes of red, for its female-heavy cast, and for the FemmeFatale being the main character rather than being defined by her relationship with a PrivateDetective.
The comic updates on Mondays and Thursdays. You can read it [[http://www.riversidecomics.co/ here.
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!!''Riverside Extras'' contains examples of:
* TheAlcoholic: Siobhan, at least before she gets hired by the Roses.
* ArcWords: "Who is Ophelia Banksly?"
* AntiHero: Ophelia, Simon, and others.
* BiTheWay: Ophelia, Simon, and Siobhan, according to WordOfGod.
* FemmeFatale: Ophelia.
* LadyInRed: Ophelia.
* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: Derry and Ophelia, respectively. TakenUpToEleven since Derry is a white blonde and Ophelia is black.
* MysteriousWoman: Ophelia.
* TheOldestProfession: Many of the characters are sex workers, former sex workers, madams, or pimps.
* SleazyPolitician: John Rhinehart.
* SpoiledSweet: Beatrice Rhinehart aka Derry Lake.
* TheStoic: Nicholas Steiner.
* Transgender: Lucien Marlowe (nonbinary) and (according to WordOfGod) [[spoiler:Siobhan (trans woman)]].
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Riverside Extras is a neo noir webcomic by Miranda Chamberlain. In 1919, right before Prohibition, Riverside, Washington is controlled by two opposing gangs: the male-run Ink and the female-run Roses. At the center of every conflict is the mysterious Ophelia Banksly. Who is she? Where did she come from? What does she want?
The comic updates on Mondays and Thursdays. You can read it [[here http://www.riversidecomics.co/]].
The comic updates on Mondays and Thursdays. You can read it [[here http://www.riversidecomics.co/]].
