Line #23 Webcomic/StockholmCatSyndrome


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2	[[caption-width-right:322: He's playing Solitaire...]]
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4	''Stockholm Cat Syndrome'' is an ongoing [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom furry]] horror webcomic created by Creator/{{Requiesticat}}. It started in 2015 and is hosted on [[https://www.deviantart.com/requiesticat/gallery/53166198/Solitaire deviantart]] and [[http://stockholmcatsyndrome-official.tumblr.com/ tumblr.]]
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6	Stockholm Cat Syndrome (or SCS for short) follows the exploits of Zakona Kat, an aspiring artist who wants to be popular. However, her introverted nature prevents her from fully achieving this. She matures as she graduates high school and decides what she plans to do with her life, but when she is visited by a mysterious stranger one day, her life is thrown down an unexpected path. As a strange and frightening series of events occur, Zakona goes out of her way to investigate them- and gets into much more than she bargained for.
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8	The comic's name was originally ''Solitaire'', but has been since changed. In 2018, Srs released an official soundtrack, which is complete with variant album covers and character theme songs. To listen to it, [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtzTx8bEWgOsaDRU1mH8XZe56KxZZzKck go here.]]
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11	!!''Stockholm Cat Syndrome'' provides examples of:
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13	* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: Considering the characters are furries, this is practically a given. Many of them have colorful fur and markings- Violet, Zakona's father, and Leander are probably the biggest examples.
14	* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: [[JerkAss Leander]] counts as one, though he's a year older than Zakona.
15	* BeautifulVoid: The setting of Zakona's dream can be seen as this. It's a black, nearly featureless area that [[NothingIsScarier seems to go on forever.]]
16	%%* BigBrotherBully: Leander fits the bill.
17	* CatapultNightmare: The story starts with Zakona waking from what appears to be a bad dream. She is visited by a mysterious cat (Liddeh) who she has never met- yet Liddeh claims to know about a lot about Zakona's ambitions and [[IJustWantToBeLoved innate need to be accepted.]] [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou The dream ends when Zakona and Liddeh seem to notice the viewer watching them, complete with a scare chord.]]
18	%%* ExhaustedEyebags: Liddeh has them.
19	* GenkiGirl: [[https://www.deviantart.com/requiesticat/art/The-Gift-Story-665715769 One of the stories Srs wrote]] depicts Violet as this, implying that's her [[FunPersonified general personality.]]
20	* FriendlessBackground: According to Leander, his sister is a [[LonersAreFreaks creepy loner]] who has [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer almost no friends and isn't well-liked at school.]]
21	--->'''Leander:''' No-one likes Zakona. It's why she's a social reject.
22	* MorningRoutine: The Kat family have breakfast together early in the morning. [[InstantWakingSkills Why they're all awake at an odd time like five AM has yet to be explained.]]
23	%%* PerkyGoth: Violet, natch.
24	%%* ThatMysteriousThing: Zakona's dream.
25	* TheOphelia: Liddeh counts, being a buxom insane women with a shock of messy hair.
26	* TheUnfavourite: Zakona's parents have strange reactions to Zakona and Leander's "bad behavior".
27	* RedEyesTakeWarning: Liddeh's eyes are green, but they [[GlowingEyesofDoom glow with a red color]] in [[https://www.deviantart.com/requiesticat/art/Solitaire-Window-Animated-770178464 "Window".]]
28	* ShoutOut:
29	** The comic is named after [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBml5_3bn6c the song]] by the Music/{{Carpenters}}.
30	** The prologue directly references the hidden "Friday the 13th" cutscene from [[VideoGame/{{LunaGame}} Luna Game 5,]] right down to the colored text and sprite artwork.
31	** [[https://www.deviantart.com/requiesticat/art/Solitaire-Looking-in-762692910 The description of "Looking in" references]] [[{{VideoGame/SilentHills}} Silent Hills: PT.]]
32	--->''Look behind you. '''I said, look behind you."'''
33	** One of the songs on the soundtrack is called [[Music/{{CaptainBeefheart}} Captain Beat Heart.]]

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