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openAllen The Alien Webcomic
Why does the page https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Webcomic/AllenTheAlien
have the name of the webcomic spelled as Alien The Alien in the heading line?
open Nanite Powers? Webcomic
I am writing a new webcomic in my spare time. In the webcomic, the protagonist is a genius-level character utilizing nanites that live in his blood for various tasks. They are powered by inductive charging gauntlets on his arms. When those are out of order, the nanites rely on glucose and oxygen in his blood to create bioelectricity as backup fuel. The nanites are bound to his DNA, making it impossible for the nanites to function away from his body, so they can't be used to disassemble other people or anything crazy like that. He also has robotic eyes made of nanites.
The nanite powers I have so far are as follows:
Hyper Regeneration Heated Lasers Freezing Lasers Electrokinetic Blade Construction Flight Super Speed (But only during Flight) Melee Weapon Construction Disease Generation Smoke Bombs (6 before running out)
The eyes have separate functions. They can detect heat signatures, scan objects for weak points, display damage done to the protagonist, and display holograms.
If anyone has suggestions about powers the eyes or nanites can have, or additional limitations, please let me hear them. Thanks.
openLoveDodecahedron/WebComics Webcomic
Is there a thread that deals with examples being recent? LoveDodecahedron.Web Comics, due to the nature of tangling romance, features multiple examples that reek of being added as they happened, and nobody changing the wording of previous examples to match the new relationships.
openWork page rename request? Webcomic
Not sure where to go with this issue; if there's a dedicated "rename request" thread somewhere please let me know.
I feel as though Webcomic.Prequel and its numerous subpages should probably be renamed to "Prequel Adventure" (which is a semi-official alternate title from the comic's URL) to avoid cluttering up the namespace for the ubiquitous trope/term of the same name. This would also free up a laconic namespace for the comic.
open to make a webcomic work page for this one sci-fi fantasy webcomic. anyone please help? Webcomic
the webcomic in question is called Supercell by BM Brice. the story is beautifully drawn, funny, heartwarming, sad, well written and great world building. i know how to edit a page that already exists. its just that making the template, url, other pages and just starting the main webcomic work page thats the problem. i have already collected some tropes for it. the problem is that im just new to this thing.
im more then happy for someone to check it out and making a main page for it instead of me. so i can edit it after. thank you all for any help or advice in advanced
openHello! Can I get moderator help? Webcomic
Ages ago I created this page for a large, publically-posted roleplay a close friend of mine and I were doing. Since its completion, I've begun development for a webcomic based on the storyline (as well as removed the original material) and I'd really liked to change the page type from "roleplay" to "webcomic." Would anyone be able to help me with this?
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Roleplay/TheAsteroidBelt
openWhich media? Webcomic
I'd like to make a page for Tillie Walden's On a Sunbeam, which, from what I know, started as a webcomic before being published as a graphic novel by a publishing company. It's the same story, and the same art, just in book form. Should I list it as a webcomic or as literature? Thank you!
openAdding My Own Work Webcomic
Apologies if this has been asked before, I searched but to no avail. I've recently started a webcomic (just a little gag-a-day thing, albeit every few days) and I'm interested in starting a page for it here. However, I don't want to just add one when I've only got a few strips as I don't think that would be very good, ettiquette-wise, and I can only imagine how cluttered the site would be if everyone made pages for their brand-new, single-issue webcomics. What would be an acceptable minimum number of strips before I made a trope page? Thanks in advance.
(This question sounded a lot better in my head)
openMary Sue tropes Webcomic
Would it be okay to list some additional Mary Sue tropes for Ensign Sue Must Die? They're listed as Flame Bait, however, this work's use of them is clearly intentional and used for parody.
openMy First Page Webcomic
So, I've made my first ever Works page. It's for a Mario/Pokemon fancomic called Bad Things Will Happen, a story which is one of the best I've ever read.
However, the page...needs work. A lot of work.
So this is why I'm asking...Could someone maybe help me with the page? I understand if you can't, or if I'm asking in the wrong place...but I'd really appreciate some help.
-Lily, aka BOOM!
openDrunk Duck, The Duck Webcomics Webcomic
Back in 2013, there was a thread to clean up links to drunk duck to their new address (theduckwebcomics) unfortunately, this was never finished. Whilst changing Crowning Moment Of Awesome over to Awesome Moments as it says on Administrivia.Wick Namespace Migration I came across this problem - All the external links on Webcomic.Thog Infinitron and YMMV.Thog Infinitron are broken, and I'd have to wade through the webcomic to fix them, anyone more familiar want to have a stab? (and check other The Duck comics' pages to see if they've been changed over or not.) That 2013 thread was locked.
Link to old thread here:https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13853119790A89363900&page=1#1
open A sequel that's more of a coda. Webcomic
Is there a trope name for story that's technically a sequel but really doesn't stand very strongly as a unique story? It's the case where the reader really has to have read the first installment in order for the sequel to make sense? Basically, the sequel is really more of an extended coda to the first installment.
open New Here and Dumb Webcomic
How can I make a page for a comic I read? I'm really stupid and can't figure out how, sorry!
openNew Here and Dumb Webcomic
How can I make a page for a comic I read? I'm really stupid and can't figure out how, sorry!
openFinal Smash Webcomic Webcomic
Article Link: Final Smash!
Troper Orange Kyle 91
apparently has "blanked" the page at the request of the comic author (saying there is proof the creator requested removal of the page which breaks "The Fic May Be Yours, But The Page Is Ours" rule).
I have reverted the blanking and PM'd the troper about the rule and this Ask the Tropers thread, but I figured I should note this occurrence here for the future.
EDIT - Oh I forgot to mention, the comic author apparently has cancelled the comic, but mirrors do exist elsewhere I believe.
Edited by Ngamer01openorder of the stick ymmv Webcomic
So, Miko Miyazaki's listed as a designated villain. I believe that the example is inaccurate. It clearly misrepresents elements from the story to try and absolve her of responsibility. Most egregiously, it tries to blame Shojo and Roy for not "explaining the situation" and for leaving her out of the loop regarding Shojo's schemes despite the fact that she's clearly gone off the deep end and isn't known to listen to reason, thus giving them plenty of reason not to tell her anything. I think we should delete the example but St Fan said to bring it up here first. So, what do you think?
openFriendlyHostility link is bad Webcomic
Apparently, it used to link to a webcomic, but currently "friendlyhostility dot com" takes you to a sex shop site. Our page on the comic Friendly Hostility contains this link. Does anyone know if the webcomic still exists, and if so, if we can change the link to the current webcomic page rather than the sex shop?

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/article_history.php?article=Main.OvershadowedByControversy
Scifimaster 92 deleted the following entry from Overshadowed by Controversy:
now, some of this probably does need to be cut, the bits about misandry and the like are likely to attract MRAs. however, TV Tropes explicitly takes a pro-trans, anti-transphobia stance. i dont think it runs afoul of ROCEJ to condemn TERFs.
im trans myself, so i may be too close to this issue to view it objectively. id like some input on whether it's kosher to include or not.
Edited by razorrozar7