Line #43 ComicBook/HeathenCity


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2	''[[http://www.heathencity.com/ Heathen City]]'' is a 2008 [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom furry]] [[HoYay homoerotic]] [[FilmNoir noir]] thriller series of graphic novels by by Alex Vance. (Not ''[[VideoGame/HalfLife2 that]]'' Vance, mind ''you'') It originally started between 2004 and 2006 as an unfinished novel called ''[[http://www.furrag.com/viewstory.php?sid=61 Maranatha]]'' which takes place years before ''Heathen City'' itself.
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4	''Maranatha'' takes place in the fictional decaying city of Maranatha, Florida, on the equally fictional Blood Bay Peninsula. The story centers around its main characters Owen Zelazny and Q. I. Malloy. Owen, an American wolf, is a self-employed male hustler constantly turning tricks. Malloy, an English doberman, is a petty thief and drug dealer. Owen and Malloy are childhood friends. They are emotionally and sexually intimate, but are JustFriends [[FriendsWithBenefits With Benefits]] without any romantic layer.
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6	''Heathen City'' takes place some years in the future after the unfinished ''Maranatha'' story. In its backstory, Maranatha was abruptly destroyed in 2005 when its entire city center collapsed into a giant sinkhole at least eight square miles in size. The initial survivors couldn't be rescued because a [[DeadlyGas lethal dust]] billowed up from the collapse crater, killing the majority of people who came in contact with it.
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8	In both stories, Owen and Malloy are thrust into the role of {{Action Hero}}es, with much badassery ensuing.
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11	Now has a [[http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6606520/ theme song]].
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14	!!These works bear examples of the following tropes:
15	* ActionHero: Owen more of an accidental one, but Malloy always seems to be armed to the teeth whenever he needs to be.
16	* AllMenArePerverts: Done unapologetically straight (not ''that'' kind of straight).
17	* AntiHero: Malloy is ''very much'' a criminal who has committed crimes such as petty theft, drug-dealing, man-slaughter, and even orchestrated a prison riot so he could escape. But he'll do anything for the ones he loves.
18	* ArtShift: Multiple artists involved in drawing.
19	* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Despite all the gauntlets these guys go through they don't accumulate scars.
20	* BlackWidow: Imelda Caulfield, though she doesn't appear to marry for money, and she leaves the actual killing to her son. It's even explicitly mentioned that people are starting to call her "The Black Widow".
21	* BoobyTrap: Malloy's apartment is full of lethal traps.
22	* CastFullOfGay: Almost every male character is gay. There are a few very minor characters who insist they're straight, but somehow don't leave mention without having a gay experience. WordOfGod has only chief antagonist Tony Caulfield as straight.
23	* ChivalrousPervert: Owen and Malloy each. Malloy in particular seems to have a guy in every port, but he seems to care about each of them.
24	* CrazyPrepared: Much like [[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean Jack Sparrow]], Malloy is either this or he's just [[IndyPloy making it up as he goes along]].
25	* DamselInDistress: Alice, a male example in ''Maranatha'' where he gets abuducted by the mafia.
26	* DeadlyGas: A lethal dust billowed up from the ruins of Maranatha, causing most of the casualties.
27	* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Tony is pretty much the closest thing to a BigBad, and he got it from his beloved mother.
28	* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Owen and Malloy both. Though in Owen's case it's strictly professional.
29	* FagHag: Anezka, who hangs at a gay bar.
30	* {{Fanservice}}: Well, the story is full blown pornography.
31	* FilmNoir: The series overtly takes big aesthetic inspirations from noir movies. So does [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4C1ie-ZuAQ the official soundtrack]].
32	* FlamboyantGay: Alice, though intentionally this trope. (StraightGay is still the realistic norm in these stories.)
33	* InterspeciesRomance: Malloy and Alice. Owen and Ruy. And maybe Alice and Owen too, but committed monogamy seems to be rare in this story in any case.
34	* JustFriends: Owen and Malloy. They certainly love each other, but they're just not a couple. It never stops them from having lots of sex though...
35	* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Owen forgetting the previous few days at the beginning of the ''Maranatha'' novel.
36	* ManlyGay: Malloy, is is basically a typical gangster doing twinks.
37	* ManlyTears: In ''Maranatha'', Malloy breaking down in the shower and sobbing.
38	* PsychoForHire: Tony Caulfield, one of the people pursuing Owen.
39	* RedLightDistrict: Most of the story naturally takes place in prostitution districts as fitting for the FilmNoir + pornography angle the story is going for.
40	* ShirtlessScene: All of the main characters have at least one scene showing off their pecs.
41	* ShowerOfAngst: In ''Maranatha'', Malloy breaking down in his shower, after Owen has been captured.
42	* ShowerOfLove: Owen and Ruy, but suddenly averted when the hot water turns cold and they have to get out.
43	* StuffBlowingUp: Malloy's apartment gets blown up. He in general is called often for demolitions, in generic action hero style.
44	* SympatheticAdulterer: Owen cheats on Ruy in spite of how much he loves him. Sometimes its justified (being froced to protitute himself to ensure safe passage), soemtimes its not.
45	* TheTwink: Alice and Owen, two young gay men renowned for their looks and making a living out of them.
46	* WhereEverybodyKnowsYourFlame: The gay bar The Dive in ''Maranatha''.
47	* WorldOfJerkass: The only character in this story who isn't a murderer, rapist or asshole of any kind is Ruy.

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