History Webcomic / AvasDemon

* DealWithTheDevil: Anyone who negotiates an agreement between themselves and their demon. Inverted in that the pacts are usually fair because the demon has no choice but to grant the person what they wanted or else they become a [[TorturedMonster 'monster of failure']] likewise the living member has to comply to their half of the bargain or face the same consequences.

* EvilVsEvil: TITAN is made out to be a conqueror in the same vein as [[Film/ThreeHundred Xerxes]], but it's not like Wrathia, a self-proclaimed "ruler of hundreds of galaxies", exactly screams "BigGood", either. In fact, TITAN seems far more benevolent, although still oppressive, given that the TITAN Corporation which he has some connection to owned the school which Ava, Odin, and Maggie attended, versus Wrathia, who is likely to turn out to be as just a bloodthirsty dictator, if not worse. Given the whole feel of the story, expect general BlackAndGrayMorality.

* CessationOfExistence: It is all but outright stated by Wrathia that there's no afterlife, and even straight up tells Ava that she won't go anywhere after death and will just dissolve into stardust. That said, souls do exist outside of the body for a short time ( or longer if efforts are taken), and Wrathia, [[JerkAss being Wrathia,]] could have been lying about everything out of desperation to convince Ava to agree to the pact.

* EvilIsDeathlyCold: The jury's still out on whether Pedri is evil or not, but he definitely has the motif, with his IconicOutfit being a [[SkeletonsInTheCoatCloset skull mask]] and his host's mindscape being an icy wasteland.

* SpotTheThread: How Gil figures out that Maggie hasn't been honest with him.

The artwork of each page easily draws the reader into the story, with every page displaying beautifully painted characters and scenery. The comic is played out in "scenes", with each page serving as a frame in the reel of events that unfold. In a practice inspired by [[Webcomic/HomeStuck]]'s effective use of "[S]" pages, some frames are animated videos with music.

The artwork of each page easily draws the reader into the story, with every page displaying beautifully painted characters and scenery. The comic is played out in "scenes", with each page serving as a frame in the reel of events that unfold. In a practice inspired by [[HomeStuck]]'s effective use of "[S]" pages, some frames are animated videos with music.

The artwork of each page easily draws the reader into the story, with every page displaying beautifully painted characters and scenery. The comic is played out in "scenes", with each page serving as a frame in the reel of events that unfold. Flash animations accompanied by music sometimes appear.

* BaitAndSwitch: A very [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther sweet]] example, where [[http://www.avasdemon.com/pages.php#1107 we see Pedri]] [[EnemyRisingBehind ominously rising up behind Ava]] and reaching out with his big creepy claws...[[http://www.avasdemon.com/pages.php#1111 so he can]] tenderly stroke his hands through her hair, because [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes it reminds him of Wrathia's.]] [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments Awwww.]]

* HomoeroticDream: Gil has a [[https://www.avasdemon.com/2407.html vivid, tender]] dream about Odin, though it's unclear whether it's a sign of personal interest, Nevy [[EmotionManipulation influencing his emotions]] with her own feelings [[spoiler:for Pedri]], or a bit of both.

* AsYouKnow: [[http://www.avasdemon.com/pages.php#0884 Tuls]] can't give enough reminders.

'''Ava:''' [[HellOfAHeaven Do they ever leave?]]\\

'''Ava:''' I just thought the followers would come back and talk about it, or something. [[ShiftingTheBurdenOfProof I guess you don't know if it really exists then, heh.]]

'''Ava:''' I just thought the followers would [[FridgeLogic come back and talk about it,]] or something. [[ShiftingTheBurdenOfProof I guess you don't know if it really exists then, heh.]]

'''[[AgentScully Ava]]:''' And?\\

* AmbiguousTimePeriod: WordOfGod states that the calendar saying that the year is [[http://www.avasdemon.com/pages.php?page=0015 3031]] in ''Webcomic/AvasDemon'' is not the BCE/CE calendar we're familiar with.
* AndThenWhat: [[http://www.avasdemon.com/pages.php?page=0788 This exchange.]]

* AsYouKnow: [[http://www.avasdemon.com/pages.php?page=0884 Tuls]] can't give enough reminders.

* BackgroundHalo: A few. Gil gets one from a conveniently placed TITAN logo [[http://www.avasdemon.com/pages.php?page=0363 here]] which remains during his conversation with Maggie.

* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: Ava's rather [[http://www.avasdemon.com/pages.php?page=0271 miffed]] at not having her wish granted.
** [[UnstoppableRage VERY]] [[http://www.avasdemon.com/pages.php?page=0275 MIFFED.]]

* BizarreAlienBiology: Bound to come up due to the setting. Particularly notable in Gil's flashback when the silent scavengers destroy his homeworld and turn the sea to acid, his muscle tissue is [[http://www.avasdemon.com/pages.php?page=0398 blue]], not just his skin.

* BreakTheCutie: Poor Ava is constantly tormented by Wrathia, all in an attempt to make her commit suicide. Eventually she [[http://www.avasdemon.com/pages.php?page=0277 snaps]].

** "Yeah, I'll put honey in your [[http://www.avasdemon.com/pages.php?page=0357 tea]]."

* ExactWords: Wrathia tries to use this on Ava when they form a pact. [[http://www.avasdemon.com/pages.php?pag.e=0275 Ava, however is not having any of it]].

** A less morbid example would be [[http://www.avasdemon.com/pages.php?page=0530 Maggie guzzling down the booze Gil gave her]] while Odin freaks out about his ship.[[note]]That is, unless you know that the booze is actually poisonous and Maggie's knockout was essentially a kind of not-death[[/note]]

* GodEmperor: It's [[ImpliedTrope implied]] that TITAN's empire [[http://www.avasdemon.com/pages.php?page=0015 is built on this concept,]] though the only person who describes it in detail is the ReligiousStereotype [[UnreliableNarrator Gil.]] His followers' dogma is [[http://www.avasdemon.com/0368.php pretty explicit about it]].

* HoldingHands: [[http://www.avasdemon.com/pages.php?page=1129 Odin knows the protocol at Disneyland.]]

* LetsGetDangerous: [[http://www.avasdemon.com/pages.php?page=0890 Tuls and Maggie.]] Dating is SeriousBusiness.

* LoserProtagonist: Ava's one former friend thinks she is crazy and hates her guts now. Because of Wrathia's frequent possessions which get Ava into trouble, she is eventually expelled to a [[http://www.avasdemon.com/pages.php?page=0022 "Special Needs" child containment planet]].

* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: Sharp eyed readers can spot Nevy [[http://www.avasdemon.com/pages.php?page=0410 here]] as she begins to manifest after Gil's rebirth.

* NotWhatItLooksLike: [[http://www.avasdemon.com/pages.php?page=0773 Odin catches Ava looking up Maggie's shirt.]]

* RubberForeheadAliens: WordOfGod has stated that the various aliens shown are not HumanSubspecies and are all a different species. [[http://www.avasdemon.com/pages.php?page=0411 They don't look much different from humans.]]

* SayMyName: The [[http://www.avasdemon.com/pages.php?page=0947 "I am genuinely surprised to see you,"]] variant.

* SceneryPorn: Gil's home is on a planet with a prominent source of plant life and many errant spirits hanging around in Limbo. [[http://www.avasdemon.com/pages.php?page=0639 Because WOW.]]

** [[http://www.avasdemon.com/pages.php?page=0947 Maggie meets Ava]] in Maggie's MentalWorld.

** [[http://www.avasdemon.com/pages.php?page=1108 Observe again.]]

* DrunkOnTheDarkSide: Literally, in Ava's case. After she ingests the potion Wrathia gave her, she becomes so fueled by the power and rage that she stops being scared and starts being furious. She proceeds to brutally massacre the followers of TITAN HQ. WordOfGod calls her Wrava in this state.

* HomoeroticDream: Gil has a [[https://www.avasdemon.com/2407.html vivid, tender]] dream about Odin, though it's unclear whether it's a sign of personal interest, [[spoiler:Nevy [[EmotionManipulation influencing his emotions]] with her own feelings for Pedri]], or a bit of both.

* OddShapedPanel: One panel was split, slantwise, to show two characters at once.

* StarfishAliens: May overlap with EldritchAbomination. After Ava takes on the curse, Maggie muses she seemed to be consumed by "primordial chaos" and Odin theorizes that Ava possesses aspects of "s-something...not from this dimensional realm," which if true, could mean Wrathia and those who went down with her were already different from those in their dimension, or became different afterwards.
** TITAN (or whoever it is that Strategos is reporting to) also states that he felt "an undulation [...] in our continuum."

* InterfaceScrew: While Ava is watching [[spoiler: Prudith get disassemble by the Gate to Paradise,]] the background shifts to what looks like a bunch of MRI scans, and the ''Home'' button turns into a ''HELP'' button.

* InterfaceScrew: While Ava is watching [[spoiler: Prudith get disassemble by the Gate to Paradise, the background shifts to what looks like a bunch of MRI scans, and the 'Home' button turns into a ''HELP'' button.

* FlayingAlive: Prudith's final fate. Even more horrifying than usual because it's done by a team of clinical, dispassionate robotic arms rather as part of TITAN's conversion process.

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Maggie abandons subtlety and suggests to the StraightGay Gil that they [[TheBigDamnKiss make out]], he [[http://www.avasdemon.com/pages.php#2348 takes it]] to be a slang term for leaving their moving spaceship.

* CoolMask: Pedri, Wrathia's husband, has a skull one of these. [[WordOfGod word of god]] says that it belonged to [[BlackWidow Wrathia's previous husband]].