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Not a Villain (Webcomic)

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Not a Villain is a Webcomic by Aneeka Richins. It tells the story of Kleya Smith, who is attempting to reform her hacker ways while spending most of her time in a virtual world where hackers are executed on-spot.The webcomic has nothing to do with the Most Definitely Not a Villain trope.
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"World's Best" Character
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"World's Best" Character: Multiple characters, all relating to Keyla: From page 229: Bandit presumably "the best [programmer] in the world". Which Kat is angry at, because she's secretly truly the best. From page 302, one of the things Keyla's father says to her when they're having fun: From page 305, someone in broadcast of somekind says:
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Can't Kill You, Still Need You
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Can't Kill You, Still Need You: While Kleya's true identity is widely hated as a suspected mass murderer, and the President of TenKA wants her dead, Dr. Grace wants her alive because she is useful and she is the only one who can safely yield control over the virus she infected their systems with.
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Heel–Face Door-Slam
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Heel–Face Door-Slam: As said on Page 341, Kimi makes it clear that if after murdering millions, including her own mother, Kleya seeks forgiveness, she'll kill Kleya herself.
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RPGs Equal Combat
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RPGs Equal Combat: played with. On the one hand the alignment system doesn't appear to presume combat, with the Mani and Erbana alignments both representing play styles that seem counter to combat, and the Kesti and Cardista alignments not requiring combat. In fact killing things appears to give alignment points to Morto so anyone wishing to stay a hero or maintain high alignment in another path may have to avoid excessive killing. However, despite this all we ever see of The Game seems to be combat, with specials all being combat-related, characters discussing combat strength of roles, winning access to The Game done through winning in the combat arena, and no one seeming to consider the Actual Pacifist play style viable.
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Redemption Quest
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Redemption Quest: The whole comic is very much this for Kleya.
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Lovable Coward
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Lovable Coward: The Dude's a popular character despite his apparent uselessness because he's constantly running, hiding and cowering behind the rest of his team. The fact that his cards allow him to use his cowardice as a Luck Manipulation Mechanic is just gravy.
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I Miss Mom
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I Miss Mom: Kleya's mother is dead, and it's Kleya's fault, also, Page 291 shows that her mother was in a hospital.
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Daddy's Girl
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Daddy's Girl: Kleya seemed to be quite proud to show of her most recent programming or hacking accomplishment to her dad, who praised her skills. Though it is implied that their relationship has since soured.
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Alt Text
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Alt Text: This is usually Aneeka's thoughts or opinions on the page.
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The Rival
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The Rival: The Bandit is this to Kleya, and Bandit's true identity, Jake, was Kleya's friend and one of the few people capable of challenging Kleya, even when she cheated.
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We All Die Someday
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We All Die Someday: From Page 584, from Dr. Grace:
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Cower Power
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Cower Power: The Dude often acts cowardly and hides behind someone, that someone usually being Bandit or Danni.
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Plug 'n' Play Technology
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Plug 'n' Play Technology: Subverted. Maintaining, upgrading, and migrating existing technology is apparently a very real and important issue; mainly due to the lack of qualified individuals after the Hacker Hunts. In a minor example, when Kleya needs to modify the interface she was emulating/spoofing to appear to be more advanced she asks her AI to hunt down the files, but explicitly says she will work with them later. Apparently even emulating different interfaces to a hacker prodigy with a super-advanced AI isn't as simple as pluging in a new interface and playing; but requires real programing to wrap the communication protocols.
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Crapsack World
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Crapsack World: Although we haven't seen the outside world, there are enough hints to make it clear that something is very wrong out there. Inhabitants call it 'The Ending' and are still dealing with it after two years. But then again, LiFe isn't exactly sunshine and roses, either. A sidestory summary showed a range from many survivors in a "stable" area to "miracle" areas of sole survivors of severe trauma who are nearly suicidal from constantly fending off death. It's implied that something caused a disruption of the geomagnetic field. Cause, effect, and duration (is it still a problem?) are still unknown. Movement in the earth's poles are probably connected. Even the Cities aren't exactly sunshine and roses. They're heaven compared to Outsiders' lives, but getting in and staying in are hellish, and once there, if you're not a Game celebrity, you're required to make a living through hard labor on the farm; citizens who can't work are deported even if that means their deaths.
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Last Lousy Point
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Last Lousy Point: The alignments in The Game seem quite prone to this. 100% alignment to a path can unlock some unique and presumably powerful specials, making a 100% alignment theoretically tempting for players. However, to maintain 100% in a given alignment one needs a 0% in any other alignment, which is hard to manage when such basic actions such as killing anything, talking someone into something, doing anything another person asks of you, or picking up a card being enough to gain points in an alignment. Furthermore, a user must maintain some stiff restrictions to not lose alignment points, such as never running from a fight, always doing *anything* someone else asks you to be, or not allowing anything near you to die, even if others are trying to kill it. This all combines to make keeping a 100% alignment nearly impossible.
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Ironic Name
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Dude the Great, a Stick-Figure Comic with deliberately simplistic art to allow Aneeka to build up a buffer of regular pages, which also demonstrates No Fourth Wall as he can hear the narrator and even starts conversing with her.
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Nice Character, Mean Actor
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Nice Character, Mean Actor: Kleya Smith is dedicated to role-playing a hero. In the comic's real life, she was raised to take pride in her hacking regardless of who it hurt, is believed to be a mass murderer and clearly has not entirely reformed.
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Disappeared Dad
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Disappeared Dad: Kleya's father hasn't been seen since the Ending and is presumed deceased.
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More than Mind Control
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More than Mind Control: High-level Mani abilities seem to allow a number of effects to control or force enemy actions.
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Speak of the Devil
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Speak of the Devil: No one is willing to use Kleya's true name. It is rumored that anyone who does so will have their lives ruined by her A.I. computer viruses.
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Hollywood Hacking
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Hollywood Hacking: Kleya's 'Hacker Vision' can appear like this. She is able to rapidly view information that shouldn't be available to her that she claims is 'leaked' by The Game, and even has the ability to take down The Game's servers in a second of anger without premeditation. This appears to be justified by the presence of her AI, D, though. 'Hacking' options appear to be presented to her by D in real time, and it's entirely possible that the 'Hacker Vision' is likewise an overlay provided by D or similar program. It's less that Kleya is hacking on the fly, and more that she is exploiting long-ago-written hacks for real-time updates. Though Kelya does comment a few times about coding of others specials being sloppy, clean, leaking information or pieced together from various sources, all conclusions she appears to come to within a few seconds prior to start of a fight. She speaks as if she is actually looking at the code, not just an overlay from D; but at the same time is able to piece together quite a bit of information about a special behavior within seconds; more then would perhaps be reasonable if she was having to look at the code directly?
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A Lizard Named "Liz"
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A Lizard Named "Liz": Kat is a Cat Girl. It's implied that this is a convention, and Kleya isn't the first person to play a Kat.
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Daddy's Little Villain
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Daddy's Little Villain: Well, more precisely, Daddy's Little Hacker. Kleya's relationship with her father as a child had shades of this. Her father wasn't a Card-Carrying Villain as is standard of the trope, and obviously Kleya wants everyone to know she is not a villain. However, Kleya's dad seem to have praised and encourage her hacking skill without any question of ethical use of it or concern about abuse; leading to Kleya's view on hacking to be similar to how Daddy's Little Villain views other forms of villainy.
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Ax-Crazy
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In character, Bloody Mary/Jane is an Ax-Crazy murderer who recites nursery rhymes before attacking with dolls. But it's probably just an act. Her hate for TenKA is real, to the point where she whispers her trademark rhymes to Bandit as a threat. On the other hand, she clearly likes Kat and sticks up for her when Sandra's expressing doubts.
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Nominal Hero
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Nominal Hero: Theoretically could apply to anyone playing Kesti alignment, see Designated Hero entry above. Rather this makes one a Designated Hero or Nominal Hero depends on how one views The Game, which is both 'real' for it's players and a Show Within a Show for watching fans.
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Older Than They Look
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Older Than They Look: Sandra is implied to be older than the appearance her avatar suggests; her husband is in his sixties and, as said on Page 250, says that she retired a year before the Ending.
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After the End
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Everyone is desperate to distract themselves from the horrors they've experienced from surviving After the End. As such, The Game is given an overdue amount of importance due to being one of the few large and surviving pieces of entertainment, which in turn wastes resources that could have been used on keeping everyone alive.
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Game-Breaking Bug
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Game-Breaking Bug: Kleya/Kat exploits an underflow bug in the Game trials. Her Special also exploits a flaw in the emotion stat to One Hit KO any opponent who hits her.
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Person of Mass Destruction
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Person of Mass Destruction: Specifics have yet to be revealed yet, but it appears the Demoli alignment requires not just killing but destroying everything around them.
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Don't You Dare Pity Me!
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Don't You Dare Pity Me!: Danni to Kleya, on several occasions when Kleya tries to help her out: after the Death Match tournament, and when preparing for the Game.
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Face Death with Dignity
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Face Death with Dignity: Danni, after receiving notice that she will "be replaced" at the end of Reality's day, decides to spend her last hours dancing.
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Plot-Based Photograph Obfuscation
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Plot-Based Photograph Obfuscation: In Kleya's photograph of her parents, the part showing her father has been ripped off.
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Flat "What"
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Flat "What": When Dude suddenly starts screaming and running (activating a Luck Manipulation Mechanic in the process), his Mani adversary responds with widened eyes and this trope, unable to process just how stupid he's (apparently) being.
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"Yes"/"No" Answer Interpretation
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"Yes"/"No" Answer Interpretation: Multiple times where Bandit takes Jane's silence as a yes: Page 414: Page 566:
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Online Alias
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Online Alias: Most characters use aliases in the Game, and some in LiFe as well. Even "Kleya" is an alias. These aliases can be important plot points. Figuring out Kat's alias in LiFe was an early plot point, and her real-world identity is a driving question for many people. Other's identities and aliases have also played small roles, such as Danni revealing who she was to an old fan, Bloody Mary creating of a new alias, and not knowing if an individual works for Tenka or is an NPC due to their alias.
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Sad Clown
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Sad Clown: Brandon is a major-league comedian, but he was horribly traumatized by the Robot War in Shanghai and currently lives in the dying Guangdong City. He seems good at coping through humor, but he himself admits that the ordeal's wrecked him.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_3f89452c
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 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_3f89452c
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 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
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Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_3f89452c
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_40fa47e4
type
Say It with Hearts
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_40fa47e4
comment
Say It with Hearts: Heart Symbol-style for Cardiovascular Love in Page 350, where it accompanies a "So love him!"
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_40fa47e4
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_40fa47e4
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1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
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Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_40fa47e4
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_415b3315
type
Stylistic Suck
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_415b3315
comment
Stylistic Suck: If you don't have the money to buy an avatar, you have to draw it yourself, and Kleya is a horrible artist. She gets to use one in the Game due to a loophole, and the proportions are so bad she can barely hold her head up. Her specials are even worse.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_415b3315
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1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_415b3315
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1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
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Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_415b3315
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_420c50b7
type
A.I. Is a Crapshoot
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_420c50b7
comment
A.I. Is a Crapshoot: Mostly Averted so far. D is explicitly stated in the author's notes to have no will of its own. The L.I.F.E. moderators use him as a hacking defense, and he follows Kleya's commands without fail. That said, he seems to be programmed to provide for Kleya with the best means available, and often attempts to do things to improve her living conditions that Kleya has to stop, as getting too comfortable would give her away.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_420c50b7
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-1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_420c50b7
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1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
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Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_420c50b7
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_42c186e
type
A Tragedy of Impulsiveness
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_42c186e
comment
A Tragedy of Impulsiveness: Kleya hacks on impulse, even over fairly petty things, despite trying to reform herself and knowing the consequences full well. The only reason she hasn't been caught or caused more disasters than she has is due to being fortunate enough to get interrupted at the times it would cause the most danger.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_42c186e
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1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_42c186e
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1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
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Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_42c186e
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_470cfff1
type
In and Out of Character
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_470cfff1
comment
In and Out of Character: In character, Bloody Mary/Jane is an Ax-Crazy murderer who recites nursery rhymes before attacking with dolls. But it's probably just an act. Her hate for TenKA is real, to the point where she whispers her trademark rhymes to Bandit as a threat. On the other hand, she clearly likes Kat and sticks up for her when Sandra's expressing doubts. Jake has to spell it out for Dr. Grace, who thinks that he's learning to be ruthless, or else simply doing his duty, when he attacked Kleya. Allegedly, his motivation for the attack was simply playing his role to the fullest.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_470cfff1
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1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_470cfff1
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1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
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Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_470cfff1
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_47fec0dd
type
Faceless Masses
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_47fec0dd
comment
Annie's story, which evolved from the Faceless Masses vote incentives (see above).
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_47fec0dd
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1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_47fec0dd
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
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Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_47fec0dd
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_491abe1a
type
Charlie Brown from Outta Town
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_491abe1a
comment
Charlie Brown from Outta Town: Shortly after the avatar Bloody Mary is banned from the Game for killing her teammates, a new avatar named Jane who has a very similar design and uses the same special attack shows up in the qualifiers to join. Waterman tries to get her kicked out for this reason, but fails because she wasn't technically breaking the rules: her punishment was only being forced to make a new character, not being banned entirely. Kleya was one of the creators of the Game and is the most skilled player seen, having played it before the Ending. She's now entering under an assumed name as the Actual Pacifist Cat Girl Druid Kat. Bandit and Dude are veteran TENka staffers using smurf accounts to investigate Kat.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_491abe1a
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1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_491abe1a
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1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_491abe1a
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_4ae72307
type
Be Yourself
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_4ae72307
comment
Be Yourself: In Page 359, Dani says that was her mom's advice to be liked, "Just be yourself.". But, Dani thinks that's a lie, because, as said on Page 360 Dani tried that and it didn't work.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_4ae72307
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_4ae72307
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1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
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Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_4ae72307
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_4ef92d0b
type
The Atoner
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_4ef92d0b
comment
The Atoner: Kleya's obsession with becoming a hero seems to stem from her desire to atone for her previous actions as the leader of the hacker group "Deconstruct Me".
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_4ef92d0b
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_4ef92d0b
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1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
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Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_4ef92d0b
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_51567188
type
Cast from Hit Points
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_51567188
comment
Cast from Hit Points: The Game allows Specials which move points between attributes, allowing characters to cast from any attribute. Page 421 shows some skills that move HP.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_51567188
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1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_51567188
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1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
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Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_51567188
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_527fc5fe
type
Gotta Catch Them All
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_527fc5fe
comment
Gotta Catch Them All: The cardista alignment in The Game appears to revolve around collecting, and somehow using, cards; though specifics have not yet been revealed.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_527fc5fe
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_527fc5fe
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1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
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Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_527fc5fe
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_53c47260
type
You Monster!
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_53c47260
comment
You Monster!: Kleya's true identity has had this said of her by multiple people, including her former best friend, Jake.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_53c47260
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1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_53c47260
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1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
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Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_53c47260
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_557a31ce
type
Actual Pacifist
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_557a31ce
comment
Kleya was one of the creators of the Game and is the most skilled player seen, having played it before the Ending. She's now entering under an assumed name as the Actual Pacifist Cat Girl Druid Kat.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_557a31ce
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1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_557a31ce
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1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
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Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_557a31ce
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_57b80b45
type
Fantastic Racism
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_57b80b45
comment
Fantastic Racism: Citizen vs. Outsider feuding is common enough that Paddy has to tell Jane to cut it out (implying in context that it won't be a particularly interesting angle).
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_57b80b45
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 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_57b80b45
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1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
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Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_57b80b45
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_57c25438
type
Green Thumb
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_57c25438
comment
Green Thumb: Erbana specials and abilities seem to revolve around use of plants to create heals, debuffs, and more.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_57c25438
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1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_57c25438
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1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
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Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_57c25438
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_5b8c285b
type
The Conspiracy
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_5b8c285b
comment
The Conspiracy: Sandra and Kleya suspect TenKA of sinister intentions. There's indications that they're messing with the Game's popularity statistics. Sandra, Patrick and Jane are running their own conspiracy. Their objective isn't clear yet, but they're no friends of TenKA. Discussed by Jake and Brandon when Brandon starts pulling out conspiracy theories about Kleya's father. Jake replies that Brandon's already in a conspiracy.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_5b8c285b
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_5b8c285b
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1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_5b8c285b
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_5beef860
type
Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_5beef860
comment
Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Brandon is terrified of mechs. At first, Paddy and Sandra wonder what the big deal is, but when informed that he was in Shanghai during the End, they apologize immediately.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_5beef860
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1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_5beef860
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1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
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Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_5beef860
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_5d09da4c
type
For Your Own Good
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_5d09da4c
comment
For Your Own Good: Bandit references the trope when Kleya starts cheating too obviously and he prepares to sabotage her to prevent her from getting caught.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_5d09da4c
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_5d09da4c
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1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_5d09da4c
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_60b166be
type
Reformed Criminal
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_60b166be
comment
Reformed Criminal: It's strongly implied that Kleya is the reason everyone is terrified of hackers.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_60b166be
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_60b166be
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1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_60b166be
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_60b4a128
type
The Last DJ
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_60b4a128
comment
The Last DJ: Refusing to work for TENka got Kat a very devoted fandom, particularly when Kat was publically muscled out of the Game Trials by TENka representatives.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_60b4a128
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1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_60b4a128
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1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_60b4a128
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_60e2ec3e
type
Artificial Intelligence
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_60e2ec3e
comment
Artificial Intelligence: D is one.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_60e2ec3e
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1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_60e2ec3e
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1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_60e2ec3e
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_61b8f9e2
type
Bunny-Ears Lawyer
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_61b8f9e2
comment
Bunny-Ears Lawyer: See Jane. See Jane play with dolls and recite creepy nursery rhymes. See Jane utterly annihilate Kat with an excellently-designed Special and a pair of kama. Dude invokes this by way of Obfuscating Stupidity. He plays the lovable idiot to the hilt, but is surprisingly good at finding stuff, apparently through luck. As a veteran TenKA employee, he's almost certainly far more skilled than he lets on, but playing with obvious skill would ruin his Plucky Comic Relief schtick.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_61b8f9e2
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_61b8f9e2
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1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
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Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_61b8f9e2
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_61d054a0
type
Animal Stereotypes
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_61d054a0
comment
Animal Stereotypes: In-Universe, Jane mentions that Kats are always odd.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_61d054a0
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1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_61d054a0
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1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
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Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_61d054a0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_6377d6e6
type
Grievous Harm with a Body
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_6377d6e6
comment
Grievous Harm with a Body: In the Game tutorial, the Dude uses the NPC child he's supposed to be protecting as a weapon.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_6377d6e6
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_6377d6e6
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_6377d6e6
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_64fa0ea8
type
Random Encounters
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_64fa0ea8
comment
Random Encounters: As said in Page 429, it happens in The Game, but a high percentage Erbana can turn that off.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_64fa0ea8
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_64fa0ea8
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_64fa0ea8
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_6563a3f2
type
Cyberspace
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_6563a3f2
comment
Cyberspace: L.I.F.e is a virtual reality online game that most of the people on Earth are a part of.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_6563a3f2
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_6563a3f2
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1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_6563a3f2
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_6760ff37
type
Secret Secret-Keeper
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_6760ff37
comment
Secret Secret-Keeper: Jake, Kleya's former best friend, knows that "Kleya" is just a false identity for the hacker that brought ruin to the entire world. He goes to great lengths to protect her secret, even as the two of them squabble. But Kleya has no idea that he knows. At one point, she questions this, but assumes he must not because Jake, being the good kid, would surely have told on her. And as much as Jake would like to hold a frank conversation with her, he is fully aware that she will almost certainly freak out if he lets on that he knows who she is.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_6760ff37
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_6760ff37
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_6760ff37
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_6806266d
type
No Fame, No Wealth, No Service
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_6806266d
comment
No Fame, No Wealth, No Service: The Game isn't just an MMORPG. All players are required to stream their play professionally, and only popular players can stay in.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_6806266d
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_6806266d
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1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_6806266d
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_687c8839
type
Mean Character, Nice Actor
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_687c8839
comment
Mean Character, Nice Actor: Jake's LiFe persona, Bandit, is an arrogant, obnoxious jerk, which is not without its fans. But in his normal identity, he goes out of his way to be the "perfect kid" to get people to like him, and he has gone out of his way to give Kleya a second chance rather than turning her in. Danni notes with annoyance how he is secretly helping her with whispers, but insulting her in public. In the Game, Jane is a psychotic serial killer with a penchant for twisted nursery rhymes and creepy death dolls. In her Reality, she's a devoted mother who makes time for her kids in between game sessions.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_687c8839
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_687c8839
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1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
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Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_687c8839
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_6a60948a
type
Expressive Ears
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_6a60948a
comment
Expressive Ears: Kat's ears droop when she's unhappy. Being a Cat Girl, this is expected.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_6a60948a
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1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_6a60948a
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1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
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Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_6a60948a
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_6b35bdff
type
Serious Business
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_6b35bdff
comment
Serious Business: The power of The Cracker is hyped up to the point of unbelievability. The Cracker is hyped in-story as well, with some claiming the person Kleya's suspected of being (still pending confirmation) hacked the geomagnetic field. Reminders that such a thing is impossible are not sticking. At the same time, however, being a hacker in LiFe is essentially the same as being a Reality Warper. Everyone is desperate to distract themselves from the horrors they've experienced from surviving After the End. As such, The Game is given an overdue amount of importance due to being one of the few large and surviving pieces of entertainment, which in turn wastes resources that could have been used on keeping everyone alive.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_6b35bdff
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_6b35bdff
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_6b35bdff
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_6d740dff
type
Enforced Trope
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_6d740dff
comment
In Game this seems to be enforced on players wanting a high morto alignment, who are required to constantly kill things around them to maintain their alignment, which doesn't seem conducive to non-villain lifestyle. So far all we know about the requirements for the demoli alignment is that it appears to require a focus on massive destruction, and that it is not compatible with a pacifist alignment, but it's unlikely that maintaining that alignment will prove conducive to the less morally impaired. Ironically the third villain path, Mani, is all about talking your way out of situations without violence and thus theoretically wouldn't be too hard to play without villainy. In fact it would likely fit right in with a list of heroic alignments in many games, if it wasn't for their higher level abilities being a little too effective at making people agree with you, which may make more heroic individuals uncomfortable using them.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_6d740dff
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_6d740dff
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_6d740dff
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_6d7cd3e
type
Dead Person Impersonation
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_6d7cd3e
comment
Dead Person Impersonation: It is hoped that if Kleya's true identity is in fact dead, and they have someone emulate her playing style in the game, they can manipulate the virus she infected their systems with into obeying that person.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_6d7cd3e
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_6d7cd3e
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_6d7cd3e
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_6f7bffad
type
Cool Code of Source
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_6f7bffad
comment
Cool Code of Source: Kleya's 'hacker vision' plays with this trope. Instead of scrolling code we see a sort of wire-overlay of characters with certain information or options standing out that she is looking for. Thus giving us a more webcomic-friendly (where writing scrolling code would be a drain on the artist) alternative to convey the same sort of idea.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_6f7bffad
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_6f7bffad
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1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_6f7bffad
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_7142b38a
type
The Grim Reaper
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_7142b38a
comment
The Grim Reaper: Jane evokes this imagery by fighting with kama.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_7142b38a
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_7142b38a
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1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_7142b38a
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_71fcf44
type
The Metaverse
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_71fcf44
comment
The Metaverse: LiFe is a Second Life-like environment where survivors of the apocalypse can socialize.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_71fcf44
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_71fcf44
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
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Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_71fcf44
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_72c8b35c
type
When She Smiles
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_72c8b35c
comment
When She Smiles: When Brandon tells him that Kleya never smiles, Jake responds that she can smile, with a big grin on his own face.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_72c8b35c
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_72c8b35c
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_72c8b35c
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_72e0023f
type
Invoked Trope
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_72e0023f
comment
Dude invokes this by way of Obfuscating Stupidity. He plays the lovable idiot to the hilt, but is surprisingly good at finding stuff, apparently through luck. As a veteran TenKA employee, he's almost certainly far more skilled than he lets on, but playing with obvious skill would ruin his Plucky Comic Relief schtick.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_72e0023f
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_72e0023f
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_72e0023f
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_77aae115
type
Hated by All
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_77aae115
comment
Hated by All: Dani is an extremely unpopular player, for reasons that are not her fault (for example, coming in because Waterman had been bumped by the team). Her Dance Battler fighting style and her surviving Jane's attack are earning her a couple of new fans, however.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_77aae115
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_77aae115
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_77aae115
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_780a078e
type
Self-Made Orphan
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_780a078e
comment
Self-Made Orphan: According to her former friend, Jake, as well as her mother's best friend, Kleya murdered her own mother. This is a considerable source of guilt for her.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_780a078e
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_780a078e
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_780a078e
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_78410584
type
She Is Not My Girlfriend
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_78410584
comment
She Is Not My Girlfriend: Jake, Kleya's former best friend, keeps making this protest to Brandon whenever Brandon implies it to be his reason for helping her.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_78410584
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_78410584
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_78410584
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_78629e9c
type
Badass Pacifist
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_78629e9c
comment
Badass Pacifist: Kat doesn't hurt people. She's nice. However, she's also an Erbana who can easily tank massive attack Specials with a flower, and there's nothing in her alignment that prevents her from non-harmfully immobilizing attackers.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_78629e9c
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_78629e9c
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_78629e9c
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_78c5ce7e
type
Screw the Rules, I Make Them!
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_78c5ce7e
comment
Screw the Rules, I Make Them!: TENka controls the Game, and they engage in mafia-like tactics to keep their control of it. They use NPC hitmen to cheat Danni out of the trials, stage-manage several Teams, and purposefully obfuscate the rules for custom Specials so that only their operatives can use them properly. They also kidnap Kleya at one point in an attempt to illegally force the code for her Special out of her.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_78c5ce7e
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_78c5ce7e
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_78c5ce7e
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_7921ad77
type
Actually, I Am Him
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_7921ad77
comment
Actually, I Am Him: Paddy thinks Danni's avatar is a tribute to the late ballerina Daniella Morretti; Danni clarifies that she actually is Daniella Morretti and is still alive.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_7921ad77
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_7921ad77
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_7921ad77
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_792e11ec
type
Dance Battler
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_792e11ec
comment
Dance Battler: Danni. Her fighting style is based on ballet.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_792e11ec
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_792e11ec
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_792e11ec
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_7cc8d769
type
Sore Loser
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_7cc8d769
comment
Sore Loser: Kleya hates losing, and tends to instinctively hack when she's in danger. It's to the point that her enemies assume she can't possibly be the person they're hunting, since that girl would never forfeit a match.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_7cc8d769
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_7cc8d769
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_7cc8d769
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_7df2b942
type
Moving the Goalposts
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_7df2b942
comment
Moving the Goalposts: Danni has been struggling with this. Since her City considers her a "costly liability", they've been changing their rules to impose more and more difficult requirements on her to remain in L.i.F.e. They want her to fail so that they can justify taking her off life-support and importing a replacement citizen capable of working on the Farms.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_7df2b942
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_7df2b942
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_7df2b942
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_7eb73553
type
Bullying a Dragon
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_7eb73553
comment
Bullying a Dragon: Jake is fully aware that Kleya is capable of killing him and even wiping out what's left of humanity if she snaps, but risks it anyway.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_7eb73553
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_7eb73553
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_7eb73553
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_7fbb2a3
type
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_7fbb2a3
comment
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: According to Brandon, sending a programmer to his city like they've been requesting will just wreck things, because she won't be able to actually fix anything and that failure will cause them to lose what hope they've been running on.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_7fbb2a3
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_7fbb2a3
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_7fbb2a3
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_812ee32b
type
Linear Warriors, Quadratic Wizards
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_812ee32b
comment
Linear Warriors, Quadratic Wizards: Specials, which act something like magic, are generally treated as a big deal in The Game. Multiple characters have referred to the inability to beat specials written by a programmer, and nearly every fight shown in The Game was resolved by a special and/or was decided by two specials competing against each other. The implication seems to be that no matter one's skill with regular fighting without magic like specials they just can't compete; and those with the ability to create new specials outpace those without them.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_812ee32b
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_812ee32b
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_812ee32b
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_817ee3a5
type
The Trees Have Faces
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_817ee3a5
comment
The Trees Have Faces: Attacking a tree on the Guelia Isola gets you turned into a tree with a face.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_817ee3a5
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_817ee3a5
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_817ee3a5
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_8223c3b2
type
Simulated Fantasy, Post-Apocalyptic Reality
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_8223c3b2
comment
Simulated Fantasy, Post-Apocalyptic Reality: The ecosystem has been wrecked, most of human civilization lies in ruins, and the survivors spend most of their time in virtual reality. People who live in the remaining cities have the time they spend in that virtual reality restricted in an attempt to encourage them to work IRL, while "outsiders" in isolated compounds are given unlimited access and sent shipments of nutrient paste because they can only reasonably be productive in virtual.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_8223c3b2
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_8223c3b2
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_8223c3b2
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_83072850
type
Base-Breaking Character
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_83072850
comment
Base-Breaking Character: In-Universe, Jane appears to be a rather polarizing character, due to her teamkilling and her petition war with Waterman.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_83072850
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_83072850
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_83072850
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_83811fd7
type
World's Smartest Man
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_83811fd7
comment
World's Smartest Man: From page 302, one of the things Keyla's father says to her when they're having fun:
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_83811fd7
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_83811fd7
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_83811fd7
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_8bff32a8
type
Creepy Doll
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_8bff32a8
comment
Creepy Doll: Bloody Mary fights using a pair of them.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_8bff32a8
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_8bff32a8
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_8bff32a8
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_8cb844c6
type
Mr. Exposition
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_8cb844c6
comment
Mr. Exposition: Jake is one of the most experienced members of the team and is far more talkative than Kleya. As a result, his LiFe persona, Bandit, is the one most likely to explain how stuff works.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_8cb844c6
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_8cb844c6
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_8cb844c6
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_8db4988a
type
Unusual User Interface
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_8db4988a
comment
Unusual User Interface: Mae uses difficult-to-remember hand gestures. Justified in that it's implied she has an arm out of commission and needs to forfeit some simplicity for the sake of usability.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_8db4988a
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_8db4988a
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_8db4988a
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_8e11040f
type
Designated Hero
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_8e11040f
comment
Designated Hero: The "Hero" alignments are declared In-Universe, not exactly reflecting ethics: The Kesti alignment requires accepting and performing quests. People can give quests of any ethical content. Player groups appear to know this, and will keep their alignment by having one player give a quest to the rest to do whatever morally questionable thing they want done. The Cardista alignment is about collecting cards. Very little information about what the cards can do is known.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_8e11040f
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_8e11040f
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_8e11040f
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_8e20ae0d
type
Child Prodigy
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_8e20ae0d
comment
Child Prodigy: Kleya was a hacking, and apparently gaming, prodigy as a child, and as said in Page 242, one in electronics, too.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_8e20ae0d
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_8e20ae0d
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_8e20ae0d
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_8e971de4
type
Tournament Arc
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_8e971de4
comment
Tournament Arc: the Game trials in chapters 2 and 3 are a double-elimination tournament.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_8e971de4
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_8e971de4
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_8e971de4
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_8ec0abf
type
The Voiceless
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_8ec0abf
comment
The Voiceless: D talks to Kleya, but the reader only hears Kleya's responses.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_8ec0abf
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_8ec0abf
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_8ec0abf
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_8f612013
type
Token Good Teammate
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_8f612013
comment
Token Good Teammate: Deconstructed. Kleya wants to enter the game and become a Hero in a desperate attempt to prove to herself and the world that her real self can still be redeemed and do good. After years of struggling to get on the roster, her team immediately gets their group listed as Villainous because each of her partners was unable or unwilling to complete the introduction level without needless carnage, far counterbalancing the good karma Kleya herself got from a perfect Pacifist Run. The realization that her one chance at making people see that she isn't a monster has been destroyed before she even had a chance to try due to the incompetence and spitefulness of others drives her to nearly Rage Quit with near cataclysmic consequences.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_8f612013
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_8f612013
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_8f612013
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_912b24c4
type
Art Shift
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_912b24c4
comment
Art Shift: Reality looks much darker and grainier, and has more shading. In fact, the differences in art style even between two characters sharing panel space can be observed here and there. More wealthy LiFe players have more detailed avatars and clothes, whereas poorer players are much more basic and flat looking. You can tell that Mae is spoiled by her family, for instance, because her avatar's hair is brighter, skin is less matte, and clothes' actually have color. The differences become even more startling when you compare the largely ignored by the developers LiFe to The Game.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_912b24c4
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_912b24c4
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_912b24c4
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_93c04c8a
type
Future Food Is Artificial
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_93c04c8a
comment
Future Food Is Artificial: The only food the Cities supply to Outsiders is a disgusting nutrient paste.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_93c04c8a
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_93c04c8a
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_93c04c8a
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_969ea113
type
Ballet
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_969ea113
comment
Ballet: Danni is a dancer, and uses dance moves as attacks in the Game. Before "The End," Danni was an extremely accomplished, somewhat famous dancer.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_969ea113
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_969ea113
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_969ea113
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_96a33f11
type
Riddle for the Ages
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_96a33f11
comment
Riddle for the Ages: Were Kleya's parents so warped by wealth that they couldn't see what they were doing to their own daughter, or did they never truly love her and intentionally screwed her up so she would become their disposable weapon/scapegoat? Now that they're dead, we'll never know.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_96a33f11
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_96a33f11
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_96a33f11
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_97c6b148
type
Allegedly Free Game
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_97c6b148
comment
Allegedly Free Game: in-universe: LiFe is free for Outsiders, but many basic features, such as clothes, cost money.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_97c6b148
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_97c6b148
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_97c6b148
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_97ebe48b
type
Pacifist Run
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_97ebe48b
comment
Pacifist Run: Kleya completes the Tutorial via the Erbana path, aka Actual Pacifist path.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_97ebe48b
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_97ebe48b
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_97ebe48b
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_986dad9a
type
Killer Robot
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_986dad9a
comment
Killer Robot: Shanghai was devastated by hacked military mechs during the Ending. The author's notes below the comic revealing this states that 90% of all military mechs in the world were hacked; Shanghai, having a mech-heavy army, was hit particularly hard.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_986dad9a
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_986dad9a
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_986dad9a
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_99a12edd
type
Cyborg
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_99a12edd
comment
Cyborg: The Dude refers to Kleya as one. When we see her in Reality, she does appear to have metal implants in her spine and the back of her hands.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_99a12edd
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_99a12edd
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_99a12edd
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_99c36bb5
type
Ironic Nursery Tune
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_99c36bb5
comment
Ironic Nursery Tune: Bloody Mary recites twisted versions of nursery rhymes before attacking, and slips a few references into her regular conversations as well.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_99c36bb5
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_99c36bb5
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_99c36bb5
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_9de2bf95
type
Filler
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_9de2bf95
comment
Filler: Annie's story, which evolved from the Faceless Masses vote incentives (see above). Dude the Great, a Stick-Figure Comic with deliberately simplistic art to allow Aneeka to build up a buffer of regular pages, which also demonstrates No Fourth Wall as he can hear the narrator and even starts conversing with her.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_9de2bf95
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_9de2bf95
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_9de2bf95
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_9dfa1169
type
Unconventional Alignment
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_9dfa1169
comment
Unconventional Alignment: The alignment system in the Game allows for 6 alignments, 3 hero and 3 villain. The heroes are kesti, who performs quests given to them, Erbana, who heal and prevent harm of *anyone* around them, and cardista, who collect and (somehow) use cards in the game. Villains are morto, who kills everyone around them, Demoli, who destroy everything, not just people, around them, and mani, which manipulate others into doing what they want.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_9dfa1169
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_9dfa1169
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_9dfa1169
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_9e0c3153
type
Punctuated! For! Emphasis!
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_9e0c3153
comment
Punctuated! For! Emphasis!: As seen in Page 238, Kleya sometimes lapses into this.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_9e0c3153
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_9e0c3153
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1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
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Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_9e0c3153
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_a1b27125
type
Nervous Wreck
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_a1b27125
comment
Nervous Wreck: A traumatic incident left the Dude prone to nervous breakdowns and flashbacks.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_a1b27125
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_a1b27125
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_a1b27125
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_a2b998a0
type
Wouldn't Hurt a Child
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_a2b998a0
comment
Wouldn't Hurt a Child: Jane's path focuses on endless killing, and as such, her game persona is Ax-Crazy. But in the real world, she has children of her own, and she is unwilling to kill child NPCs in the game.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_a2b998a0
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_a2b998a0
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_a2b998a0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_a63fd70f
type
The Promise
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_a63fd70f
comment
The Promise: As seen on Page 335, Kleya's mother made Jake promise that he wouldn't let Kleya's enemies find her. After failing once, he aims to keep that promise whether Kleya likes it or not.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_a63fd70f
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_a63fd70f
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_a63fd70f
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_a67b8999
type
Extreme Graphical Representation
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_a67b8999
comment
Extreme Graphical Representation: Kleya's 'hacker vision' is this, or perhaps the inverse of it. When she is viewing code or information as a hacker can she sees a sort of wireframe overlay on top of the 3d graphics, making her hacker vision actually less impressive than the graphical representation it overlays. However, it still provides a very graphical way of viewing data, and she is even seen interacting with the overlay to 'hack' something on occasion. Compared to the command line interfaces most hackers use it still seems pretty fancy.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_a67b8999
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_a67b8999
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_a67b8999
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_a7aef9ff
type
Obfuscating Stupidity
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_a7aef9ff
comment
Obfuscating Stupidity: The Dude is underplaying his knowledge of The Game and general competence, not so much to trick anyone into underestimating him as to allow him to keep up his amusing response to situations around him in order to maintain popularity with fans. However, it's yet to be confirmed how much, if any, of his responses are an act. When Danni asks about this, Bandit assures her that he really is an idiot, but he's an idiot with a purpose. Later, Bandit explains that he'd have trouble fighting in a particular area even if he did "switch out of his fool mode." When the dude does switch out of fool mood he takes on an entire team of assassins single handedly, so it's fair to say he has some competence underlying his idiot persona.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_a7aef9ff
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_a7aef9ff
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_a7aef9ff
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_a7b8ba72
type
Point Build System
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_a7b8ba72
comment
Point Build System: The Game uses one. Its basic stats are Strength, Agility, Speed, Stamina, Intellect, and Luck.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_a7b8ba72
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_a7b8ba72
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_a7b8ba72
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_a7ba94de
type
Inferiority Superiority Complex
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_a7ba94de
comment
Inferiority Superiority Complex: Kleya likes to privately think she's the greatest programmer in the world. But when she experiences a big enough setback, she starts regarding herself as a "useless failure".
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_a7ba94de
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_a7ba94de
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_a7ba94de
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_a7e47a11
type
Your Approval Fills Me with Shame
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_a7e47a11
comment
Your Approval Fills Me with Shame: Jake isn't exactly thrilled when Dr. Grace commends him on becoming more ruthless.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_a7e47a11
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_a7e47a11
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_a7e47a11
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_ab68c5cc
type
Chronic Hero Syndrome
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_ab68c5cc
comment
Chronic Hero Syndrome: This seems to be enforced on the kesti alignment in The Game. Turning down a quest, any quest, causes them to lose alignment, thus they are effectively forced to do anything others ask of them if they want to keep a high alignment. Though it should be noted that they are technically forced to do any quest, regardless of its content, to keep the alignment. Thus they could just as easily be forced to kick puppies or burn down an orphanage if that was the quest offered to them.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_ab68c5cc
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_ab68c5cc
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_ab68c5cc
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_abd29ad8
type
No-Sell
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_abd29ad8
comment
No-Sell: Apparently if a player with a high Mani alignment can guess what your going to do she can cause it to automatically fail.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_abd29ad8
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_abd29ad8
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_abd29ad8
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_ae3d6438
type
Deadpan Snarker
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_ae3d6438
comment
Deadpan Snarker: Jake's a master of this, and it carries over into Bandit's Jerkass bad-boy persona.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_ae3d6438
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_ae3d6438
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_ae3d6438
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_af5eb116
type
Recursive Acronym
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_af5eb116
comment
Recursive Acronym: LiFe stands for "LiFe is For everyone".
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_af5eb116
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_af5eb116
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_af5eb116
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_afd71b8a
type
Inside a Computer System
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_afd71b8a
comment
Inside a Computer System: While there are many different interfaces for interacting with L.I.F.E, it seems the most powerful ones effectively transfer's a user consciousness into it.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_afd71b8a
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_afd71b8a
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_afd71b8a
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_b01abe4f
type
Catchphrase
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_b01abe4f
comment
Catchphrase: In her previous life, Kleya was fond of the phrase, "Everything goes boom!", such as on Page 326.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_b01abe4f
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_b01abe4f
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_b01abe4f
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_b0fb2427
type
Bread and Circuses
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_b0fb2427
comment
Bread and Circuses: Jane believes that the reason TenKA prioritizes wasting resources on The Game and nothing else is to keep everyone too distracted by entertainment to deal with TenKA's abuse of authority.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_b0fb2427
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_b0fb2427
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_b0fb2427
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_b1d7169c
type
Special Attack
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_b1d7169c
comment
Special Attack: "Specials" are an important part of the Game. Kleya invents her own.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_b1d7169c
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_b1d7169c
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_b1d7169c
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_b5b4b077
type
The Ace
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_b5b4b077
comment
The Ace: Kleya really is so good that she has everyone suspecting who she truly is. This is deconstructed a couple of ways, though. She isn't actually invincible without hacking and there are counters to her strategies and Specials, though only a couple of players are shown to have either the skill or the intelligence to pull that off. And the other problem is that she's good at playing as an ace, and, as noted by herself on Page 513, she lacks the skills that players learn by playing at the bottom levels without being able to access high-level Specials or knowing how to gather an arsenal of combat plants.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_b5b4b077
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_b5b4b077
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_b5b4b077
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_b6b58f
type
Sacrificed Basic Skill for Awesome Training
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_b6b58f
comment
Sacrificed Basic Skill for Awesome Training: Kleya is the most skilled player in the Game when she's on her game, and she's also got phenomenal hacking skills. But what she lacks are the basic playing techniques learned by playing the Game at a low level, without access to Esones, Specials or hacking. So when Bandit kills Kat and torches her Esone, she's at a loss.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_b6b58f
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_b6b58f
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_b6b58f
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_b6caa5b4
type
Operation: Jealousy
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_b6caa5b4
comment
Operation: Jealousy: Jake gets ordered to befriend Kleya so that TenKA can give her a job. While teasing Jake about Kleya being his girlfiend, Dude proposes that he start dating Danni to make Kleya jealous.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_b6caa5b4
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_b6caa5b4
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_b6caa5b4
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_b8fb4944
type
Slow-Loading Internet Image
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_b8fb4944
comment
Slow Loading Internet Reality: On many occasions it's shown to take time and resources to load a new environment or interface in the VR like LiFe or the Game. This has even failed on a few occasions. Though the issue seems to be less technology, and more limited resources allocated to maintaining the systems in a Post Apocalyptic world that can't afford to maintain everything.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_b8fb4944
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_b8fb4944
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_b8fb4944
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_babc974
type
Sadistic Choice
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_babc974
comment
Sadistic Choice: Annoyed that Kleya can't stop cheating, showing off, and avoid taking damage even in a game, Jake fires off two separate shots. One aimed at the enemy and one aimed at their own teammates Dude and Danni. Since Kleya cannot block both shots with her tamed chimera, this effectively forces her to save one or the other. Either way, her score will drop, which he hopes will draw suspicion of her away. Kleya manages to Take a Third Option without cheating, by taking one of the shots herself.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_babc974
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_babc974
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_babc974
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_bcbf7aef
type
Plucky Comic Relief
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_bcbf7aef
comment
Plucky Comic Relief: The Dude's L.i.F.e. persona is constantly cowering and otherwise acting goofy.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_bcbf7aef
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_bcbf7aef
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_bcbf7aef
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_bd4264a3
type
Slasher Smile
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_bd4264a3
comment
Slasher Smile: Kleya gets a really good one when she disables someone who'd mocked her Erbana style.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_bd4264a3
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_bd4264a3
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_bd4264a3
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_beb9a361
type
Anti-Hero
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_beb9a361
comment
Anti-Hero: Kleya, though she's trying to just be a hero, period.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_beb9a361
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_beb9a361
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_beb9a361
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_bf609406
type
New Meat
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_bf609406
comment
New Meat: Danni is the only genuine newbie in a team of veterans using new identities.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_bf609406
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_bf609406
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_bf609406
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_c1c600cc
type
Morality Chain Beyond the Grave
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_c1c600cc
comment
Morality Chain Beyond the Grave: Kleya's drive to stop being a villain and become a hero seems to be largely driven by memories of her mother and a desire to become what her mother would want her to be. Her insistence on always wearing pink and yellow, and on playing Erbana despite it's low popularity are due to trying to emulate her mother. (Of course a simpler desire to simply stop having society at large view her as a villain is another strong factor in her actions.)
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_c1c600cc
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_c1c600cc
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_c1c600cc
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_c2393191
type
Show Within a Show
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_c2393191
comment
Show Within a Show: LiFE and the Game are in-universe MMORPGs.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_c2393191
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_c2393191
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_c2393191
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_c3648b87
type
Teeth-Clenched Teamwork
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_c3648b87
comment
Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: Kleya's LiFe persona, Kat, uses the Actual Pacifist Erbana alignment, which requires that nothing die within a certain radius of her. Jane's alignment revolves around endless killing and Bandit's alignment revolves around violence, which constantly put them at odds with her and is in fact used as part of the team's selling point to fans. In The Dude's words, "This is the worst team possible!".
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_c3648b87
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_c3648b87
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_c3648b87
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_c4d4d3cc
type
Digital Avatar
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_c4d4d3cc
comment
Digital Avatar: There are two levels of Avatar: LiFe and the Game.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_c4d4d3cc
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_c4d4d3cc
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_c4d4d3cc
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_c56b5de7
type
Mis-blamed
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_c56b5de7
comment
Misblamed: In-Universe, Danni is catching bad heat and not getting fans because Waterman's fans are blaming her for his expulsion from the Game. Danni wasn't even part of the vote - Waterman had lost a petition feud with Jane, and Danni happened to be the lucky alternate.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_c56b5de7
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_c56b5de7
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_c56b5de7
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_c5b47b36
type
Offscreen Moment of Awesome
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_c5b47b36
comment
Offscreen Moment of Awesome: The Dude manages to take on a whole team of adversaries single-handedly despite having never actually demonstrated any combat skills previously. While plenty of fans are not surprised that he had more capability than demonstrated previously they are less pleased to be teased about that fact without seeing what he did or how he managed it.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_c5b47b36
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_c5b47b36
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_c5b47b36
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_c66f2bb5
type
Witch Hunt
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_c66f2bb5
comment
Witch Hunt: A major reason a lot of software in the setting is poorly designed. A group of hackers called Deconstruct Me brought ruin to the entire world. Mobs went around killing every programmer they could find, assuming all coders can hack. When the attacks finally stopped and everyone calmed down, they suddenly realized that they had few people that could maintain their computers.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_c66f2bb5
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_c66f2bb5
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_c66f2bb5
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_c868a42a
type
Freudian Excuse
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_c868a42a
comment
Freudian Excuse: Kleya's parents were messed up. Even though they apparently loved their daughter, they gave her such a twisted upbringing on purpose that it's no wonder she became pathologically narcissistic. Her attention? Over-showered with undeserving praise every hour. Her friends? Screened and paid by her parents so she wouldn't think about taking up 'lesser' hobbies.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_c868a42a
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_c868a42a
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_c868a42a
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_ce0b2b21
type
Monochrome Casting
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_ce0b2b21
comment
Monochrome Casting: Justified in L.i.F.e.: the programming only supports one skin color. Danni is taken by surprise when Sandra, using her own server which allows her to have a more customized avatar, appears with dark skin.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_ce0b2b21
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_ce0b2b21
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_ce0b2b21
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_d35d77e0
type
Hacker Cave
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_d35d77e0
comment
Hacker Cave: When we see Kleya in the real world, her home seems a pretty good post-apocalyptic variant of a hacker cave. It is small but filled with multiple Extreme Graphical Representation monitors.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_d35d77e0
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_d35d77e0
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_d35d77e0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_d3ee665
type
Have You Tried Rebooting?
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_d3ee665
comment
Have You Tried Rebooting?: Seems to be the standard approach to fixing most problems in real life. Between the hacker hunts removing most skilled programmers (and IT support), and fear of 'the virus', there seems to be a fear of trying anything more complicated, and a lack of knowledge how to do so. Thus they often resort to a reboot and pray attitude for handling problem systems.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_d3ee665
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_d3ee665
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_d3ee665
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_d50e7e13
type
White Void Room
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_d50e7e13
comment
White Void Room: Everyone in L.i.F.e. gets dumped into one when the servers fail due to D taking down a hacker during the Game Trials.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_d50e7e13
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_d50e7e13
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_d50e7e13
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_da15842d
type
Brain/Computer Interface
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_da15842d
comment
Brain/Computer Interface: Kleya uses one for LiFe, but disguises it.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_da15842d
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_da15842d
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_da15842d
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_db2f3581
type
All Girls Want Bad Boys
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_db2f3581
comment
Jake's LiFe persona, Bandit, is an arrogant, obnoxious jerk, which is not without its fans. But in his normal identity, he goes out of his way to be the "perfect kid" to get people to like him, and he has gone out of his way to give Kleya a second chance rather than turning her in. Danni notes with annoyance how he is secretly helping her with whispers, but insulting her in public.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_db2f3581
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_db2f3581
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_db2f3581
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_dccf42c1
type
Our Graphics Will Suck in the Future
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_dccf42c1
comment
Our Graphics Will Suck in the Future: It seems that fully 3d believable worlds are creatable, so graphics don't *have* to suck. However, bandwidth limits, or even limits on graphics a poor person can buy in L.i.F.e. can sometimes result in less impressive graphics anyways. D's graphics are also pretty minimal for such a world-bending AI, but considering the artistic skills of his' creator perhaps we should be more impressed he doesn't look worse.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_dccf42c1
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_dccf42c1
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_dccf42c1
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_dded28f2
type
Playful Hacker
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_dded28f2
comment
Playful Hacker: Young Kleya, from flashbacks to her childhood, appears to have been one of these for the most part, though her definition of 'playful' seems to have allowed a few more pranks and similar issues; leaving the possibility that her antics may have evolved into something more...
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_dded28f2
featureApplicability
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_dded28f2
featureConfidence
1.0
 Not a Villain (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_dded28f2
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_de9047ac
type
Gambit Pileup
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_de9047ac
comment
Gambit Pileup: It's increasingly looking that way, with TenKA, Sandra's group, and Jake and Brandon all up to their own schemes, and TenKA is by no means united in its objectives. Even the hit team who were after Jane seem to be connected with something.
 Not a Villain (Webcomic) / int_de9047ac
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Set a Mook to Kill a Mook: It appears that players with a high Mani alignment have the ability to make a player 'turn against' their party. The specifics of how this is handled with player-controlled characters, including how difficult it is to do and general level of game breaking it may be, is not yet known.
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Bag of Holding: One of the pre-made Erbana specials is a bag of holding. It's necessary for all the plants that Erbana players have to gather and carry. It's also useful enough that, while the Erbana path is unpopular, some players maintain a 15% Erbana alignment in order to be able to access it.
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Calling the Old Man Out: Part of Jake's backstory. He denounced his abusive father, threw back the medal his father tried to "honor" him with, and punched him.
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Talking the Monster to Death: This appears to be the specificity of the Mani alignment, which is gained by talking others into doing what you want and at high levels seems to have quite a number of abilities to force others to do what you want just by talking to them.
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Exact Words: As said in Page 431, in The Game, how quests operate, or possibly only player-made ones. This fact about them can make them Unintentionally Unwinnable, or possibly, if someone wants to mess up a Kesti, Unwinnable by Design.
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Chronic Villainy: Something Kleya has been struggling with. For reasons still unknown, she apparently went mad after perfecting a Brain/Computer Interface. She made herself a Self-Made Orphan and tried to wipe out humanity. In the present, she is trying to fix herself and prove herself a hero. But she is very much a Sore Loser. Because the world is completely reliant on computers, and her mind is directly connected to them, whenever she is on the verge of losing or sufficiently enraged, she risks A Tragedy of Impulsiveness. In Game this seems to be enforced on players wanting a high morto alignment, who are required to constantly kill things around them to maintain their alignment, which doesn't seem conducive to non-villain lifestyle. So far all we know about the requirements for the demoli alignment is that it appears to require a focus on massive destruction, and that it is not compatible with a pacifist alignment, but it's unlikely that maintaining that alignment will prove conducive to the less morally impaired. Ironically the third villain path, Mani, is all about talking your way out of situations without violence and thus theoretically wouldn't be too hard to play without villainy. In fact it would likely fit right in with a list of heroic alignments in many games, if it wasn't for their higher level abilities being a little too effective at making people agree with you, which may make more heroic individuals uncomfortable using them.
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Fee Fi Faux Pas: Paddy, when he shows off his mecha avatar. He created it as a gift for his wife, who was an accountant at a mecha company; but the others in the group find it offensive, as many people were killed by mechas during The Ending.
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Naïve Newcomer: Danni's main story role. She only recently started learning about L.i.F.e., and most of what she does know was learned from watching Saisuke play. As a result, she frequently has to be taught the rules behind the game, which is a role mostly occupied by Bandit.
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The Mad Hatter: Jane is clearly enjoying playing a lunatic, and there are a couple of indications that a few of her screws are actually loose. At one point, she snorts when Sandra questions Kat's sanity. "Sanity is relative."
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It's A Small Net After All
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It's A Small Net After All: Fewer then a hundred people in all of L.I.F.E signed up to compete for a coveted role in The Game, despite the fee being quite small (relative to a basic fine for misdemeanor) . Similarly extremely important executives watch this trial to identify master programmers as if this small number of competitors is a fair sampling of internet denizens. Even Kleya running into Bandit before entering The Game seems unusual; to name just a few examples. Then again the Net may actually be small. It's constantly said that L.I.F.E needs to include NPCs because people felt it was quite barren without them. It's possible that the number of people in L.I.F.E really is small enough to make these run ins plausible. Though there is still an inconsistency between this and the number of fans that are shown responding to the Game, unless most fans are NPCs (which seems less likely since a decent number are shown to pay to attend a concert and it's unlikely NPCs are given free money.
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Spider-Sense: While in The Game Kleya receives updates warning her of attacks, presumably from D. This gives her an ability like Spider-Sense, knowing of incoming attacks before they happen In fact in a few instances she has to think how to justify her enhanced senses, giving an explanation for how she knew something existed or an attack was incoming so no one is suspicious of her abilities.
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Capital Letters Are Magic
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Capital Letters Are Magic: Many terms in the Game (including its title) are just capitalized words.
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Double Reverse Quadruple Agent: Jake is a TenKA operative. He's also involved in a conspiracy inside TenKA, but his true loyalties are to his own agenda (which Brandon shares). Brandon mentions to Jake at one point that "I'm quadrupling agenting here!" As far as we know, he's loyal to Jake, but he's also apparently tied to "the underground," and we still don't know what other conspiracies he's involved in.
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The Cracker
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The power of The Cracker is hyped up to the point of unbelievability. The Cracker is hyped in-story as well, with some claiming the person Kleya's suspected of being (still pending confirmation) hacked the geomagnetic field. Reminders that such a thing is impossible are not sticking. At the same time, however, being a hacker in LiFe is essentially the same as being a Reality Warper.
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Everything Is Online
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Everything Is Online: Appears to be played at least partially straight. For instance hackers were able to take over robots (both military and civilian) and remote-controlled cars during the Deconstruct Me hacker attacks in the backstory. We don't get to see modern-day post-collapse world outside of L.I.F.E often so it's hard to say how accurate this is now. When people discuss their fear of hacking they seem to believe this trope is in effect, but they also believe a hacker can turn off their minds or hack the world's magnetic field. Suffice to say the public tends to be rather computer-illiterate and may be exaggerating what a hacker can actually access online.
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No-Damage Run
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No-Damage Run: As said in Page 495: How Keyla usually plays, "taking no hits".
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Well-Intentioned Extremist
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Well-Intentioned Extremist: Jane, formerly known as the teamkilling Bloody Mary, is trying to bring down the Game so that TenKA will finally get off its ass and start making something useful, and possibly save her and her children from their current predicament in a desperate survival situation.
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With Friends Like These...
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With Friends Like These...: As noted by the Dude, Kleya's team was guaranteed to be a train wreck from the start...so their manager decided to run with that as an angle, starting with Jane trying to kill Danni. It went downhill from there.
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