History Webcomic / Terra

** The Vareliens look like [[Franchise/MassEffect asari]] with longer, more flexible head-tentacles and greener skin. They're later given a [[https://www.deviantart.com/holly-the-laing/art/Terra-Incognita-Eve-and-Agrippa-891480176 redesign]] which replaces the head-tentacles for white hair.

** The Vareliens look like [[Franchise/MassEffect asari]] with longer, more flexible head-tentacles and greener skin. They're later given a [[ https://www.deviantart.com/holly-the-laing/art/Terra-Incognita-Eve-and-Agrippa-891480176 redesign]] which replaces the head-tentacles for white hair.

** The Vareliens look like [[Franchise/MassEffect asari]] with longer, more flexible head-tentacles and greener skin.

'''First comment:''' Well, this brings new meaning to “in one ear and out the other.”

** There's also the Krull, not listed in the codex but present in the comic. They're a race of humanoid [[TheReptilians Reptilians]] with horned heads and green skin.

* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: Protip to any aspiring {{Mooks}} out there: When you capture a dangerous {{badass}} like Agrippa Varus, [[spoiler:make sure to search him thoroughly in case [[http://www.terra-comic.com/wordpress/archives/677 he's hiding something like, oh, a hand grenade]]]].

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Agrippa gives Rei a powerful one on page 332. When Rei goes ahead and belittles Alexis' past as a slave, he points out that while Alexis was a house slave, she still suffered greatly: she still has scars from the collar she was forced to wear, her freedom was taken away, and she was considered ''property.'' He goes on to add Alexis is one of the people who Rei is going to have to rely upon now that her brother is dead, so she (Rei) had better learn a little courtesy, because "she needs them (the human cast) more than they need her."

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Agrippa gives Rei a powerful one on page 332.

!!''Terra'' provides examples of the following tropes:

* ArtEvolution: Especially the characters' faces. Compare [[http://www.terra-comic.com/wordpress/archives/82 this early page]] with [[http://www.terra-comic.com/wordpress/archives/1179 page 251]].

* RubberForeheadAliens: [[http://www.terra-comic.com/wordpress/species From here.]] The Azatoth would be HumanAliens but for a heavier brow ridge and, in males, a couple nodules on the sides of their noses (they also had a vertical bulge in the center of the forehead [[ArtEvolution in early pages]]), and average a foot taller than humans. The Vareliens look like [[Franchise/MassEffect asari]] with longer, more flexible head-tentacles. The Shintari have swept-back conical heads and orange skin. There's also the Krull, a race of humanoid [[TheReptilians Reptilians]] with horned heads and green skin.

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* WeAreAsMayflies: Never actually stated in the comic, but indicated by the birth dates of alien characters in the codex. [[EvilOverlord Northazul Kalar]], the oldest, is 160 in the present day and looks to be in the equivalent of late forties/early fifties judging by his graying hair, and most of the other Azatoth characters are somewhere in the range of 40-60 years old. Eve Arlia, a Varelien, is 72 and looks twenty-something. Meanwhile the oldest human character, General Winters, is 58 and looks his age.

''[[http://www.terra-comic.com Terra]]'' is a science fiction webcomic by Holly Laing and Drew Dailey telling the story of guerrillas working to put an end to a war between [[TheFederation Earth]] and the [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Azatoth]] that has pretty much every other spacefaring race in the galaxy caught in the middle. The comic started on March 20, 2009 and generally updates on Wednesdays, though it's had to go on hiatus several times due to RealLife interference (among other things, Holly was recently diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, on top of central serous retinopathy).

''[[http://www.terra-comic.com Terra]]'' is a science fiction webcomic by Holly Laing and Drew Dailey telling the story of guerrillas working to put an end to a war between [[TheFederation Earth]] and the [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Azatoth]] that has pretty much every other spacefaring race in the galaxy caught in the middle. The comic started on March 20, 2009 and generally updates on Wednesdays, though it's had to go on hiatus several times due to RealLife interference (among other things, Holly has a case of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_serous_retinopathy central serous retinopathy]]).

''[[http://www.terra-comic.com Terra]]'' is a science fiction webcomic by Holly Laing and Drew Dailey telling the story of guerrillas working to put an end to a war between [[TheFederation Earth]] and the [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Azatoth]] that has pretty much every other spacefaring race in the galaxy caught in the middle. The comic started on March 20, 2009 and generally updates on Wednesdays, though it's had to go on hiatus several times due to RealLife interference.

** [[http://www.terra-comic.com/wordpress/archives/1146#comment-23685 From page 247]]:

* RubberForeheadAliens: [[http://www.terra-comic.com/wordpress/species From here.]] The Azatoth would be HumanAliens but for a heavier brow ridge and a couple nodules on the sides of their noses, and average a foot taller than humans. The Vareliens look like [[Franchise/MassEffect asari]] with longer, more flexible head-tentacles. The Shintari have swept-back conical heads and orange skin. There's also the Krull, a race of humanoid [[TheReptilians Reptilians]] with horned heads and green skin.

''Terra's'' art style is slightly {{Animesque}} (noticeable mostly with the female characters, particularly Eve Arlia).

''Terra's'' art style is {{Cel Shad|ing}}ed and slightly {{Animesque}} (noticeable mostly with the female characters, particularly Eve Arlia).

''Terra's'' art style is {{Cel Shad|ing}}ed and fairly {{Animesque}}.

''[[http://www.terra-comic.com Terra]]'' is a science fiction webcomic by Holly Laing and Drew Dailey telling the story of guerrillas working to put an end to a war between [[TheFederation Earth]] and the [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Azatoth]] that has pretty much every other spacefaring race in the galaxy caught in the middle. The comic started on March 20, 2009 and generally updates on Wednesdays and Fridays, though it's had to go on hiatus several times due to RealLife interference.

* KineticWeaponsAreJustBetter: By WordOfGod the main ranged weapons used in TheVerse are chemical propellant firearms, despite their boxy futuristic look.

* SpaceRomans: Holly admits to drawing a lot of inspiration for the Azatoth from ancient Rome. The names are Roman-inspired, they practice slavery, and the government structure is somewhat Roman in style.

* PunishedForSympathy: A [[http://www.terra-comic.com/wordpress/archives/442 flashback]] has Talos Antares try to fake having killed a human civilian to protect her from his immediate superior, Solus Kalar. Solus isn't fooled, [[KickTheDog hunts down and kills the civilian in cold blood]], then starts beating the crap out of Talos. Agrippa, Solus' equal in rank at the time, rescues Talos.