Line #48 Webcomic/Daniel


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2	[[caption-width-right:300:Daniel Groth: The main character and one vampire of the story.]]
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4	''[[http://www.vermillionworks.com/daniel Daniel]]'' is a {{horror webcomic\|s}} written and drawn by [[http://www.vermillionworks.com/ Sarah Nelson]], who has worked on other webcomics such as ''Webcomic/VampirePhantasm'' and ''Webcomic/CwensQuest''. It ran from November 22, 2014 to May 18, 2020.
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6	Set during TheGreatDepression, ''Daniel'' follows the story of Daniel Groth, who begins the story as a rather timid and insecure man who is a newly employed gravedigger. He seeks to finally tell his best and apparently only friend, Christine Lockwood, that he has been in love with her for some time. However, after the [[InterruptedDeclarationofLove intervention of Christine's ex-boyfriend]] Wayne, Daniel's confidence is shaken and he decides not to tell her. He backs out of their plans to see a Fourth of July fireworks display and proceeds home after giving a gift to Christine.
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8	Daniel mysteriously disappears right after this and isn't heard from again for three months, when he returns to Christine's house in the middle of the night, noticeably changed in personality and appearance. It is quickly revealed that he has somehow become a vampire and much of the story is about Daniel fighting against his unrelenting BloodLust.
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11	!!This comic provides examples of:
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13	* BloodLust: Daniel has a hard time ignoring his blood cravings.
14	* BreakingAndBloodsucking: [[spoiler:Daniel does this to an unfortunate couple.]]
15	* BuriedAlive: [[spoiler:"Do you know what it's like to be buried alive?"]]
16	%%* CameBackWrong: Daniel.
17	%%* CheerfulChild: Molly Davis.
18	* DamagedSoul: While it seems at times the old Daniel from chapter 1 [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FightingFromTheInside still lingers]], he himself says that it feels as if his soul is "rotting", so he may be on the verge of becoming [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheSoulless soulless]].
19	* EmotionEater: Daniel drinks blood to feel life, and that includes the emotions that go with it.
20	* FetishizedAbuser:
21	** Kind of {{enforced}} with Daniel seeing he's a vampire. Daniel is possessive of Christine up to dangerous levels.
22	** {{Averted}} with Wayne Gallagher, a {{jerkass}} who is not only as possessive as Daniel but also a CrazyJealousGuy who is constantly hounding her even if they are no longer an item. However, Christine has made it clear that she's no longer interested in him because of that.
23	* FilmNoir: The look and 1930s setting alone are enough to give this comic a 'noir' vibe.
24	* TheGreatDepression: The story is set in 1934. It's even stated that Daniel had been laid off from a previous job due to the Wall Street Crash.
25	* GutFeeling: Francine's young daughter Molly seems to immediately be able to tell that something is off about Daniel after she sees him for the first time since vanishing.
26	%%* HouseWife: Francine Davis.
27	* IDoNotDrinkWine: As a vampire, Daniel can't take in anything but blood. He states that anything else he tries to consume simply comes back up his throat. The only other thing that didn't seem to bother him was a glass of water... or did he fake sip it?
28	* ImperiledInPregnancy: [[spoiler:Francine becomes one of Daniel's victims.]]
29	* InterruptedDeclarationOfLove: Daniel tries to tell Christine how he feels in chapter 1, but Christine's ex-boyfriend rudely interrupts the moment.
30	%%* JerkAss: Wayne Gallagher.
31	* LifeDrinker: Daniel doesn't drink blood to satisfy hunger but to "feel life".
32	* LoveConfession: [[spoiler:Daniel manages to tell Christine he loves her later though.]]
33	* LoveTriangle: Daniel and Wayne both have a thing for Christine. However, Wayne is Christine's ex and she has made it clear she is no longer interested in him. Unfortunately, this hasn't stopped Wayne from pursuing her and from hating Daniel with a passion.
34	* MaliciousMisnaming: Wayne gets Daniel's name wrong twice just to rile him up, referring to him as "David" and "Darwin".
35	* MindOverMatter: Daniel seems to be able to move objects without touching them.
36	* TheMirrorShowsYourTrueSelf: Daniel throws a fit if he gets a look at himself in a mirror, apparently seeing something grotesque and terrifying.
37	* MissingReflection: When others look at Daniel's reflection, it appears as only a faint translucent silhouette.
38	* MurderIntoMalevolence: After the shy, genial title character [[spoiler:is tortured and BuriedAlive]], he rises as a monstrous [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampire]] who can manage only the barest veneer of civility over his predatory nature, murders entire households without a second thought, and [[spoiler:slowly [[ColdBloodedTorture tortures]] his killers to death]]. Once he [[spoiler:stops [[ResistTheBeast Resisting the Beast]], he starts specifically targeting his former friends and loved ones]].
39	* MustBeInvited: Kind of. While it seems Daniel can come and go as he pleases into any building, it's been suggested that he needed an invitation back into Christine's life, [[spoiler:and said invitation is binding.]]
40	* NightmareSequence: [[spoiler:Christine has two nightmares about Daniel that we see. However, [[http://www.vermillionworks.com/daniel/archives/comic/chapter-4-page-7-night-terrors Francine]] and [[http://www.vermillionworks.com/daniel/archives/comic/chapter-4-page-8-tainted Molly]] prove that Daniel is ''literally'' walking NightmareFuel after interacting with him.]]
41	* NotHimself: Daniel is only 'himself' in the first chapter of the comic.
42	* OccultDetective: Leonard Davis is actually a regular detective, but he ''unintentionally'' becomes this when investigating a series of murders [[spoiler:that seem to be the work of a vampire]].
43	* OurVampiresAreDifferent: The type of vampire Daniel is seems to be a mix of classic myths and more obscure ones.
44	* PsychoticLoveTriangle: Wayne and vampiric Daniel [[spoiler:are both dangerously possessive of Christine.]]
45	* RecoveredAddict: Daniel, when he was a normal human being, was a recovering alcoholic. Even as a vampire, Daniel is forced to keep up his past appearances when he invites Christine to have wine with him for a toast; he has water. Ironically, as a vampire, he is once again hopelessly addicted to a liquid, but this addiction is ''far'' worse.
46	%%* SanitySlippage: Daniel.
47	%%* SlippingAMickey
48	* TookALevelInBadass: Daniel goes from insecure, stuttering, frail man to fearless vampire with super strength.
49	* TheUnreveal: [[spoiler:Whatever Daniel sees in a mirror, everyone else only [[http://www.vermillionworks.com/daniel/archives/comic/chapter-9-page-16-see-no-evil sees]] a vague, shadowy outline.]]
50	* WarmBloodbagsAreEverywhere: Daniel basically wants to drink the blood of every person he's near.
51	* WasOnceAMan: Daniel was once a normal man... three months ago, to be exact.

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