Line #29 Webcomic/Retroblade


1	[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/synopsisaxel.jpg]]
2	[[caption-width-right:350:I swear, it gets better!]]
3	->''"2112?! No freakin' way...ANCIENT HISTORY!"''
4	-->'''-- Axel Kepler'''
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6	[[http://www.retrobladecomic.com [=RetroBlade=]]] is a long-form [[ScienceFantasy Science Fantasy]] Webcomic, featuring Time Travel and symbiotic forces known as [[HeroicHost Augments.]]
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8	In the year 3007 a [[RealityBreakingParadox 'reality crash']] has wiped everything out, and the [[LastOfHisKind last known survivor]] Axel Kepler is working his way backwards through time, trying to figure out where it all went wrong.\
9	With a severely out of touch Database, [[FutureFoodIsArtificial a Transmutation Device for food]] (that, if anything, makes molecules ''less'' edible than they were before) and only a ''cryptic Blueprint'' left by his sister to guide him, he needs help…
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11	[[RagtagBunchOfMisfits He needs a Team.]]
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13	Together, they will find out how to fix things, who the good guys really are… and why people from the future have such cheesy haircuts.\
14	‘Meanwhile’, a few millennia earlier… a young boy named Magnus is bestowed with remarkable powers he was never meant to have, and chooses ''not'' to save the world with them.
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16	[-Thank goodness for [[NostalgiaFilter rose-tinted specs…]]-]
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18	[=RetroBlade=] was recently reviewed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=99&v=UnmtCJh8ILw in this video]] and [[http://fav.me/d8zg633 this blog post.]] The video contains more eye candy and the blog post contains more juicy scientific and metaphysical speculation.
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20	!!This {{webcomic}} contains examples of:
21	* AnotherDimension: The 5th Dimension where the Universal Guardian resides, and where [[spoiler: Magnus first obtains the Retroblade]].
22	* CombatTentacles: The preferred appendage of the Universal Guardian, whom seems to be able to mould and summon them at will. She is also capable of [[http://retrobladecomic.com/webcomic/page-09/ holding tiny babies with them without causing harm]], so they are quite dexterous.
23	* DreamingOfTimesGoneBy: During the Prologue (after the Preface), the events surrounding [[spoiler: Magnus, the Guardians, the 5th Dimension and the mysterious devil dude]] are [[AdventuresInComaland visions from a dream]] Alexis has.
24	* EverybodysDeadDave: In the year 3007, Axel and his sister Alexis are the last known survivors of the reality crash. This trope reaches it's full capacity when [[spoiler: Alexis dies]] [[http://retrobladecomic.com/webcomic/page19 here.]]
25	* EyepatchOfPower: Both Axel and Alexis have a bionic eye with an Augmented Reality Interface.
26	* HalfIdenticalTwins: Axel and Alexis are fraternal twins, but look so alike and even share the same facial scar, which is as yet unexplained.
27	* HighTechHexagons: Various structures in the year 2112, including ''the Ozone''- a barrier surrounding the entire city- are composed of hexagons.
28	* NoTimeToExplain: This line is used by Doctor T [[http://retrobladecomic.com/webcomic/page30 here.]]
29	* TheOmnipresent: The Universal Guardian, as a 5D being, has the ability to view everything in our dimension at once.
30	* PointyEars: The Guardians (and any later bearers of Original Augments) all have pointy ears. The longer an Augment is borne, the pointier their ears become.
31	* PowerDyesYourHair: Similarly, the Guardians (and later bearers) have specific hair colours based on the Augment they carry. Some colours are more unnatural-looking than others.
32	* QuitYourWhining: During the Prologue, when Astra (the chibi A.I installed Axel's eye chip) gives Axel a pep talk to rekindle his hope after [[spoiler: his sister dies]].
33	* ReplacementGoldfish: Astra is an A.I installed in Axel's eye chip, and based on [[spoiler: his deceased twin sister Alexis]].
34	* {{Technopath}}: Doctor S has this ability, combined with [[ShockAndAwe some low level electrical Augmentation]].
35	* TechnoWreckage: A little earlier than the year 3007, this would be prevalent. By 3007 it's all crumbled a lot more and become more broken down dust and debris.

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