History Webcomic / NeverSatisfied

* TriangRelations: There are a couple of complicated romantic situations among the teens:
** Lucy has a crush on Tobi, but [[spoiler:Tobi's in a relationship with Su-Yeong]].
** Sylas has [[AbhorrentAdmirer a crush]] on Philomena, who decidedly does not want to be in a relationship with him. January ''also'' has a crush on Philomena, and [[spoiler:annoyance at her patronizing her notwithstanding]] Philomena is much ore open to January's advances. To complicate matters further, ''Seiji'' is crushing on [[ChildhoodFriends Sylas]], who [[ObliviousToLove isn't aware]].

** Broom Girl and Ferb share shaggy hair with BlindingBangs.

* BlindingBangs: Broom Girl and Martha.

* [[UsefulNotes/AspergerSyndrome Autism]]: Several characters display a diverse variety of autistic traits.
** Broom Girl doesn't facially emote as much as the others, and she rarely speaks. Additionally, she keeps her eyes covered at all times.
** Isra's passionate about studying husks, to the extent that she [[spoiler:invades Su-Yeong's personal space and gushes about studying her right in front of her]]. She also fails to notice when Tetsu is embarrassed by her telling Philomena and January how proud she is of them.
** Peony struggles with reading the mood of a situation, needing to ask a [[HeroicBSOD silent]] Lucy if they're okay and inadvertently triggering their breakdown when she tries to cheer them up, and is prone to [[MotorMouth talking people's ear off]] when she gets excited.
** Although Philomena's friendly, she repeatedly struggles with reading the atmosphere of an interaction, causing her to [[InnocentlyInsensitive inadvertently hurt people's feelings]]. She's also prone to expressing her emotions physically, through flapping her hands and bouncing up and down.
** Sylas has trouble with emotional regulation, earning him the derisive nickname "Crylas" from January. The rest of the competitors [[TheFriendNobodyLikes shun him]] for minor offenses and for being nebulously "weird". He also tends to take things literally, even when said by people he trusts, and often employs scripting and rehearsal when dealing with others.
** In their eagerness to collect, analyze, and share information, Tetsu can be more than a little insensitive to the feelings and boundaries of others. Though they don't mean any harm, they can get inappropriately pushy.

* RantInducingSlight: Sylas has been holding in a great deal of stress, mostly from the pressure to win the representative competition, and when Seiji clumsily tries to cheer him up after [[spoiler:he quits]], he snaps, accusing him of only being his friend as a joke.

-->'''Lucy:''' My life isn't dumb and complicated enough!

* NotSoDifferent: Philomena, who has barely any magic and was entered in the competition without her approval, tries to reach out to Lucy [[spoiler:after finding out that they can't use magic at all]]. Which leads to...

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: While most of the apprentices are friendly with one another, only [[TheStoic Broom Girl]] and [[NotSoDifferent Philomena]] are civil to Lucy, and everyone looks down on Sylas.

* {{Transgender}}: Lucy, Tetsu and one of the beggar kids, according to [[http://www.neversatisfiedcomic.com/cast the cast page]], are non-binary and referred to as "they".
** Ana, Broom Girl, and [[spoiler:Su-Yeong]] are all trans women.
** Philomena's brother Franco is a trans man, and [[http://ohcorny.tumblr.com/post/172076144360/ Corny has considered canonizing that Tobi is one as well]].

* SmugSnake: Sylas, who has an actual two-headed snake as a familiar, ''tries'' to be this, but comes across as {{Adorkable}} at best.

** Ana, January, Isra and Neith Karim, and Lapointe are all lesbians.

** Broom Girl, Tetsu, Philomena, Seiji, Tobi, Derry, and Ophelia are all bi.

** Ana, January, Broom Girl[[note]]though she dates Tetsu, a nonbinary individual[[/note]], Isra and Neith Karim, and Lapointe are all lesbians.

** Tetsu, Philomena, Seiji, Tobi, Derry, and Ophelia are all bi.

** [[http://www.neversatisfiedcomic.com/comic/chapter-7-page-91 Page 91 of Chapter 7]] gives us two very different {{WhamLine}}s in quick succession, one about the nature of husks and one about a certain detail many eagle-eyed readers had already noticed:
--->'''January:''' I think crazy magicians that [[spoiler: eat their familiars]] count as ''monsters.''
--->'''Broom Girl:''' that's not-

%%* OverwhelmingException: Friday asks January in chapter five if he's ''ever'' steered her wrong.

* OverwhelmingException: Friday asks January in chapter five if he's ''ever'' steered her wrong.

** [[Page 91 of Chapter 7 http://www.neversatisfiedcomic.com/comic/chapter-7-page-91]] gives us two very different {{WhamLine}}s in quick succession, one about the nature of husks and one about a certain detail many eagle-eyed readers had already noticed:

* WhamLine: Page 91 of Chapter 7 gives us two very different {{WhamLine}}s in quick succession, one about the nature of husks and one about a certain detail many eagle-eyed readers had already noticed:

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* CharacterOverlap: Lady Ophelia Banksly, Lady Derry Lake, and Siobhan Teterya all originate from ''Webcomic/RiversideExtras'', which is written by Miri, a friend of Corny. Lucy in turn also makes [[http://www.riversidecomics.com/comics/1930201/no-mans-land-page-8/ a cameo]] in ''Riverside Extras''.

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[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote: character names]]''foreground, left to right'': Lucy Marlowe, Ivy, Rascal, Peony; ''midground, left to right'': Cedric, Sasha, Philomena Vasillia, January Singh, Ana, Tetsu, Broom Girl; ''stairs, left to right'': Hanzi, Martha, Billy; ''background, left to right'': Tobi, Su-Yeong, Seiji Soga, Sylas Dubois; ''rooftop, left to right'': Joe Rothart, Neith Karim, Isra Karim[[/labelnote]] [[labelnote: image source]][[https://78.media.tumblr.com/b0bceb72f6910e807cbe7380613e5e13/tumblr_p6mgkpoYTl1qf968wo1_1280.png larger image]][[/labelnote]]]]

''Never Satisfied'' is an on-going webcomic about Lucy Marlowe, a magician's apprentice competing against other apprentices for an important magical government position, dealing with issues of class differences and how hard it can be to understand others. Though it focused nearly exclusively on Lucy in its inception, it's since expanded to cover a broader narrative woven from nearly the entire speaking cast's personal arcs.

--->'''Ivy:''' Apparently, you need me to tell you how to raise your child, ''Thierry.''

* InnocentlyInsensitive: Several of the [[UsefulNotes/AspergerSyndrome autistic characters]] do this:

** We also learn Master Rothart's first name from [[spoiler:his familiar]] scathingly interrupting his diatribe against Lucy.
--->'''Ivy:''' ''Thierry.''

** [[spoiler:It's subtle, but Thierry Rothart and Ivy have the same shiny white hair. His tinted blue spectacles also evoke Ivy's unique eye design.]]

** Rothart isn't much better. He's always critical of Lucy, and Lucy becomes convinced that Rothart wanted them to die on the island after he shows no concern for her after she encountered the husk on the island.

A Monday/Friday webcomic by Taylor Robin, better known as Corny, running since April 2015. It can be read [[http://www.neversatisfiedcomic.com/comic/never-satisfied/ here.]]