Line #52 Webcomic/WastelandersAnonymous


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3	''[[caption-width-right:287:Jeff, Benjamin and Felix]][[http://comicfury.com/comicprofile.php?url=wastelanders Wastelanders Anonymous]]'' is about a scavenger, a zombie and a plague doctor in a small town after the apocalypse. Benjamin the scavenger has been a loner until he comes to town. Jeff the zombie just doesn't know what to do. Felix the plague doctor is trying to get in with the leaders of the town but is not very successful at it.
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5	!! [Wastelanders Anonyomous] contains examples of:
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7	%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* AfterTheEnd: Ben's opening narration seems to think the world's not ''entirely'' over.
8	* AngerBornOfWorry: [[spoiler:Anne]] when she sees that [[spoiler:Benjamin]] got injured at [[spoiler:the hospital]].
9	%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* ArtEvolution: Very severe.
10	* BadassLongRobe: In black for your everyday plague Doctor, [[spoiler: and red for their leaders]].
11	%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* BeneathTheMask: Felix has this literally but it would be a spoiler to tell you what he reveals when he takes his mask off.
12	* [[BigBrotherInstinct Big Sister Instinct]]:[[spoiler: Jess]] towards [[spoiler: Jeff]].
13	* BigCreepyCrawlies: [[spoiler:Jess]] is fond of these.
14	* BoomHeadshot: After shooting [[spoiler: a two headed lizard about to kill Ben, Olivia]]excitedly says"Headshot!"
15	%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* ClickHello: How [[spoiler: Eva]] is introduced.
16	* ColdbloodedTorture: [[spoiler:Eva did this to the people who killed her parents in a flashback.]]
17	* CoolMask: The Plague Doctors, naturally.
18	* CuteLittleFangs: [[spoiler: Felix's sharp teeth]] sometimes gives [[spoiler: him]] this look.
19	* ExtraEyes: Most of the creatures found in the wasteland, due to being mutated versions of regular animals.
20	%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* EyesDoNotBelongThere: Several of the mutant animals.
21	* FriendlySniper: [[spoiler: Olivia was]] this.With some of [[spoiler:her]] actions being, but not limited to:saving [[spoiler:Benjamin from a giant mutant lizard]] even though he was a complete stranger at the time, [[spoiler:offering]] to let [[spoiler:him stay as a guest at her groups base for the night]] even though he was ''still'' a complete stranger, and then deciding that [[spoiler:Benjamin]] (''[[RuleOfThree complete stranger]]'') should [[spoiler:join her group]] simply because:
22	-->'''[[spoiler: Olivia]]''':It'll be fun!
23	%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* FunetikAksent: Shaun has this.
24	* GenreSavvy: Eva, in [[http://wastelanders.thecomicseries.com/comics/359 this]] strip where she skips the confusion and jumps to the conclusion.
25	* GiantSpider: Some of the spiders seen are as big as people's heads.
26	* ImagineSpot: Benjamin has one when Anne says Eva should have joined in on [[spoiler:the trip to the hospital because Benjamin got hurt]].[[spoiler: He doesn't think the outcome would have changed.]]
27	* InnocentlyInsensitive: Jeff and Eva.The former because of questions he asks out of pure curiosity, and the latter because she's usually having [[ForTheLulz too much fun messing and joking with the others]] to notice right away.
28	* INeverToldYouMyName: A slight variation combined with SayingTooMuch on the name Sayers part,said almost word for word when [[spoiler:Felix]] is talking to [[spoiler: Jeff's sister Jess]] who [[spoiler: doesn't know that Jeff is "alive" and well, mentions Jeff's name in their conversation]]:
29	-->'''[[spoiler:Felix]]''':[[spoiler: I-I'm sure Jeff d. . .wouldn't blame you,either.]]
30	-->'''[[spoiler:Jess]]''': [[spoiler: . . .Still I . . .]]
31	-->'''[[spoiler:Jess]]''': [[spoiler: . . . Wait a second.]]
32	-->'''[[spoiler:Felix]]''': [[spoiler: . . . ?]]
33	-->'''[[spoiler:Felix]]''':[[spoiler: [[SayingTooMuch . . .]][[OhCrap ''Oh''.]] ]]
34	-->'''[[spoiler:Jess]]''': I never told you his name.How do you know his name?
35	* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: [[spoiler: Shaun]], can be this, as none of [[spoiler:his]] plans work out, and people don't really take [[spoiler:him]] seriously.Eva is so unintimidated by [[spoiler:him]] despite his earlier attempts to [[spoiler:attack her, and later hold her hostage]], (the latter of which she was just humoring him,) that she feels safe [[spoiler:sitting ''right'' beside him on a bench, and is later seen to have fallen asleep on his shoulder, which would have been the ''perfect'' opportunity for him to get revenge.Instead, he just sits there awkwardly.]]
36	* InTheHood: Benjamin starts the story having his jackets hood drawn up all the time, but as the story goes on he wears it down more often.
37	* ItAmusedMe: [[spoiler:Eva]] humors [[spoiler:Shaun's attempt at a hostage situation because she wants to see what his plans for it are supposed to be]].
38	* ItWasAGift: Felix's [[spoiler:Plauge doctor hat]], which was given to him by [[spoiler:Axton]] when felix was a child, when [[spoiler:Axton]] was dropping him off at Fort haven.
39	* KilledMidSentence: downplayed during the story of[[spoiler: how Jeff died and became a zombie]] as [[spoiler:he received a fatal stab wound from the stranger he was talking too]], and the last word [[spoiler:he]] managed to get out was[[spoiler: "W. . .hy. . .-?"]]before [[spoiler:he fell to the ground dead]].
40	%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* KindHeartedCatLover: Jeff.
41	* LoopholeAbuse: Being suspended means [[spoiler:Felix]] cannot do anything to force people to talk for an investigation-but it also means he can't (read: doesn't ''have'' to) do anything to stop [[spoiler:Benjamin]] from threatening those same people at gunpoint for the information.
42	* MadnessMantra: [[spoiler: Benjamin]] after he [[spoiler:sees a vision ]]of [[spoiler:Felix and Jeff's dead,bloodied, and mutilated bodies slumped on the floor]] at [[spoiler:the hospital]].
43	-->'''[[spoiler:Benjamin]]''':[[spoiler:Please we have to leave.please please please letsjustgetoutof here we have to go!]]
44	* MeaningfulName: A town version.Fort Haven is a fairly safe place.
45	* {{Mutants}}: There are several in the setting of the story, divided into three Classifications:
46	** Class M: Minor mutations.(Sharp teeth, etc.)
47	** Class E: Extreme mutations.(Extra limbs, etc.)
48	** Class Z: [[OurZombiesAreDifferent Zombies.]]
49	* NervesOfSteel: Even when being held hostage at gunpoint, Eva makes fun of the assailant with a smile.
50	* NotAMorningPerson: Benjamin.
51	-->'''Jeff''':cheerilyOh, hey!Ready to get to work?
52	-->'''Benjamin''':Looking annoyed. . .
53	-->''slams the door to his apartment shut''
54	* NotQuiteDead:The [[spoiler: giant lizard that was shot in the head before it could eat Benjamin]].[[JustifiedTrope Justified]] because [[spoiler: it was a two headed giant lizard]].
55	* OddlyVisibleEyebrows: Everyone who's face isn't covered by a mask has these.
56	* OminouslyOpenDoor: While not that ominous for [[spoiler:Benjamin]] because the door in question [[spoiler:was already left open by accident earlier in the day]], it's clear to readers something isn't right.As it turns out, [[spoiler:[[NotQuiteDead the two headed giant lizard]] had gotten in and killed everyone in his group.]]
57	* OurZombiesAreDifferent: Jeff seems so normal that you forget he's a zombie.
58	* ParentalAbandonment: [[spoiler: Bens ]]father left his family when [[spoiler: Ben]] was a kid, his mother [[spoiler: (who's strange behavior is said to have been the cause of him leaving) ]]later passed away,[[spoiler: Felix had to leave both of his parents because they abused him physically and verbally for his being a mutant]], and [[spoiler: Eva's parents were murdered.]] Subverted with [[spoiler: Anne's father Axton and the loving relationship they have despite him traveling around a lot meaning the times they see each other are few and far between]].
59	* RobbingTheDead: As the story takes place in a post-apocalyptic ScavengerWorld, this is normal for scavenging supplies.
60	* SayingTooMuch: [[spoiler:Felix]] during [[spoiler:his]] conversation with [[spoiler:Jess]] [[spoiler: says [[INeverToldYouMyName Jeff's name]].]] see INeverToldYouMyName above.
61	* SecurityCling: The child variation is done with Jeff and Felix in one scene where the group is spliting into pairs, because of the presence of Eva, who at that point creeps out Jeff somewhat.
62	* ScarsAreForever: Justified with the cut on Jeff's face, because as a zombie he doesn't heal.
63	* ScavengerWorld: It's never described what happened but the population of Earth has somehow dropped to almost none. There's no electricity. Most people are in survival mode except Anne who's trying to build a museum in order to salvage as much heritage from the former world as she can.
64	* SinisterScythe: Standard weapons for the plague doctors.
65	* SleepCute: Downplayed with [[spoiler:Eva and Shaun]], as [[spoiler:she is sleeping on his shoulder while he just sits there uncomfortably.]] when Anne walks by and sees this, she [[spoiler: stops to take a picture]].
66	* SoleSurvivor: Heavily Implied then later confirmed [[spoiler:that Benjamin is the only living member of the last group he was in]].Its why he has such a hard time letting himself join up with new people.
67	* SurpriseParty: The main point of the chapter "The Party" , where the group sets up and holds a suprise birthday party for Jeff.
68	* SweatDrop: This effect is used from time to time.
69	* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Benjamin, Jeff and Felix do not get along but they keep working together.
70	* TragicKeepsake: An unusual variation with [[spoiler:Benjamins green hair,]] [[spoiler:as he dyed it green after members of his old group who had dyed their hair green were unsucsessful in convincing him to join in, later died to the [[NotQuiteDead Giant two headed lizard]] sometime after Benjamin went out for the day.]]
71	* TheHero: Benjamin is the hero. Even though this is an ensemble story, Benjamin acts as the catalyst bringing the ensemble together.
72	* TheNicknamer: Downplayed with Eva, as she gives nicknames to just about everyone, but will either drop or change them [[InnocentlyInsensitive when (and if) she realizes it makes them feel bad]].
73	* TheOrder: The Plague doctors,described by Ben as "An order of people who basically keep peace within communities.And a force to be reckoned with.Creepy, silent, don't usually remove their masks. . ."
74	* ThePollyanna: Despite being undead, Jeff retains his child-like optimism.
75	* TheSilentBob: [[spoiler: Dan]] who never speaks a word onscreen,but emotes fairly well.
76	-->'''[[spoiler:Olivia]]''':(To[[spoiler: Benjamin]])- and you have the approval of [[spoiler: Dan]]!
77	-->'''[[spoiler:Benjamin]]''':wh- [[spoiler: he]] hasn't even ''said'' anything!
78	* TheVoiceless: None of the the plague doctors talk, though [[spoiler: after Felix loses his mask, it turns out they are quite capable of speaking and just aren't allowed to in uniform.]]
79	%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* TroubledBackstoryFlashback: [[spoiler: Ben]] gets one of these.
80	* VisibleSilence: This is used, most often with the plague doctors [[spoiler:while they uphold their vow of silence]]
81	* WeaponForIntimidation: The people [[spoiler:who robbed Max]] have fake guns.
82	* YouJustToldMe: How [[spoiler:Benjamin]] confirms his suspicions [[spoiler: that the people who robbed Max]] have [[spoiler:fake guns.]]

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