History Webcomic / Pacificators

* AdjustingYourGlasses: Muneca has a pair of glasses for reading, which she usually handles by the corner.

* StunGuns: Apparently, the ancients had some kind of anti-rioting taser-like weapons which radiates something that stings people. The Pacificators don’t know what they do, only that they work. [[spoiler: Daryl took inspiration from this anti-riot weapon and discovered how to use ThePowerOfTheSun for the same purpose.]]

[[http://www.sailorenergy.net/LibraryPacificatorsMain.html An original webcomic]] by Jeffery Anderson (the author and artist). He has written the webcomic to [[WordofGod pace more like a novel]], so it starts off more slowly by building up the premise and introducing us to the characters. The first page can be found [[http://www.sailorenergy.net/MangaPacificators/MangaPacisV01CH00P0TITLE.html here]], and an index can be found [[http://www.sailorenergy.net/MangaPacificators/PacificatorsOnlineMangas.html here]]. So far, there are 64 chapters. J.A. had originally worked with a volume-by-volume focus, although with the 43rd chapter, he has switched to a chapter-by-chapter focus.

'''A note to potential readers:''' J.A. is Deaf, and American Sign Language is his first language instead of English. Therefore, there are minor grammar errors in the story, as well as differences in pacing due to how many Deaf people tell stories (for example, pausing to point out things in the background, or explaining things further). J.A. will occasionally put little comments between the panels to explain small things, but they can be ignored or serve as an interesting insight into the storytelling styles of the Deaf. [[note]]Why is "Deaf" capitalized? That's how deaf people identify whether they are members of the Deaf community. If they are members, they capitalize the "d" in Deaf. If they're not involved, and doesn't want to be, they're 'merely' deaf.[[/note]]

* FadeOut: J.A. managed to get one to [[http://www.sailorenergy.net/MangaPacificators2/MangaPacisV04n269.html work quite nicely on paper]].

* FloorboardFailure: Or rather, dock failure - ''[[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome Muneca threw the Shadow Sleuth through the pier]].''

* FourTemperamentEnsemble:
** {{Sanguine}}: Cinna.
** {{Choleria}}: Larima.
** {{Melancholic}}: Muneca.
** {{Phlegmatic}}: Taffe.
** {{Supine}}: Daryl.
** {{Phlegmatic II}}: Bismun.
* FragileSpeedster: Cinna and Taffe.
* FriendToAllChildren: Daryl, and surprisingly IceQueen Muneca.

* MarySue: In-universe, [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Enlil calls Larima one as an insult]].

* PowerStrainBlackout: We see this twice because the characters only have a finite amount of energy, and have to rest to recover. The first time was when Muneca pulled her SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome trick with the ironclad warship. The second was [[spoiler:when Larima (also a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome) caught a cannonball and flung it back at the same ironclad warship. Worse, she was already running low on energy.]]
* PrettyBoy: Enrique.

* LennonSpecs: Benito wears a pair of those.

* FiveManBand:
** TheLeader: Bismun (when he's around).
** TheLancer: Taffe (she's TheLeader when Bismun's absent).
** [[TheBigGuy The Big Lady]]: Muneca.
** TheSmartGuy: Cinna (the main one - and she turns into TheLancer whenever Taffe is being TheLeader); occasionally Larima and Taffe.
** TheChick: Larima and Daryl.
*** More specifically, Larima is of TheFace variety, and Daryl is TheMedic.

* FunnyAfro: The clown musicians all have the same Elvis-style hairdo. Even the women and the dog.

* {{Deconstruction}}: Daryl was made a FatGirl, so there would be a work with a positive portrayal of a chubby person, according to WordOfGod.

* TheFashionista: Muneca and Larima. Daryl likes girly things, but feels far [[FatGirl too insecure]] to wear them often, and Cinna likes to dress "sexy" for her dates, but otherwise she’s not a fan of the girly girl things. Taffe is a Tomboy, though [[TomboyWithAGirlyStreak one who wears pegasus hairpins]].

* FatGirl: Daryl. Intentionally subverted - while Daryl struggles with her weight, she’s the main character, a sweetheart, and portrayed realistically.

* ChristianityIsCatholic: Subverted; so far, we've only seen the nuns (in an off-handed reference), are told that [[PosthumousCharacter Zeus]] was a Christian, and met Kathy Lee, who is [[WordOfGod Catholic]], but judging from the amount of ShowingTheirWork in this story, we can safely assume that J.A. knows the difference between the Catholics, Protestants, and Orthodox.

* ClothingDamage: It’s not for Fanservice, however; rather, it’s a mixture of humor, ShowingTheirWork, and a threat.

** Cinna is a [[http://www.sailorenergy.net/MangaPacificators2/MangaPacisV04n111.html rare female victim]] [[http://www.sailorenergy.net/MangaPacificators2/MangaPacisV04n112.html of this trope]] and averting the usual female reaction, [[ShowingTheirWork it hurts as well]].

* ShowingTheirWork: There's quite a bit of research throughout, especially involving the main characters’ countries of Britain, France, Spain, and Italy; a good example is food. Cinna the Italian loves seasoning and spices, while Muneca the Spaniard doesn’t quite as much.

* AerithAndBob: The names come from a broad selection of countries and cultures, such as Qamra Umar (Turkey) and Captain Invaov (Russia). Characters’ names are chosen from their counties and cultures in order to be [[ShowingTheirWork as accurate as possible]]. A few characters are named after minerals, as J.A. [[AuthorAppeal is a mineralogist]].

* NeverLiveItDown: In-universe, Bismun and his infamous "[[RunningGag Harem Platoon]]."
** [[spoiler: Turns out it was ''fully intentional.'' Muneca was Bismun's first recruit, and she specifically requested an all-female platoon for reasons yet to be known.]]

** Passes the Bechdel Test, and at level 5. Amusingly, the main characters, [[RunningGag the Harem Pla]]...er, Platoon 113, are all girls except the [[NeverLiveItDown commander, Bismun]]. There are many male supporting characters and it’s nicely balanced. The author has stated he enjoys making realistic, flawed characters, so you’ll see men and women of all kinds.

* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Princess Belinda Estaben of Spain.

--->'''Larima:''' Mais tu sais a quelle point je deteste la violence! [[labelnote:translation]]But you know how I hate violence![[/labelnote]]

[[http://www.sailorenergy.net/LibraryPacificatorsMain.html An original webcomic]] by Jeffery Anderson (the author and artist). He has written the webcomic to [[WordofGod pace more like a novel]], so it starts off more slowly by building up the premise and introducing us to the characters. The first page can be found [[http://www.sailorenergy.net/MangaPacificators/MangaPacisV01CH00P0TITLE.html here]], and an index can be found [[http://www.sailorenergy.net/MangaPacificators/PacificatorsOnlineMangas.html here]]. So far, there are 53 chapters. J.A. had originally worked with a volume-by-volume focus, although with the 43rd chapter, he has switched to a chapter-by-chapter focus.

* HeadbuttingHeroes: [[CaptainObvious Muneca and Cinna]]. Daryl've got her work cut out for her.

** [[spoiler: Confirmed in chapter 45, where we get a flashback to the fight itself. [[{{Understatement}} It wasn't pretty]].]]

* FloorboardFailure: Or rather, dock failure - ''[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Muneca threw the Shadow Sleuth through the pier]].''

* MarySue: In-universe, [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Enlil calls Larima one as an insult]].

* PowerStrainBlackout: We see this twice because the characters only have a finite amount of energy, and have to rest to recover. The first time was when Muneca pulled her CrowningMomentOfAwesome trick with the ironclad warship. The second was [[spoiler:when Larima (also a CrowningMomentOfAwesome) caught a cannonball and flung it back at the same ironclad warship. Worse, she was already running low on energy.]]

* {{Buddhism}}: Yuma.

** There's one panel in Chapter 37: "Breaking Through," in which [[spoiler: Daryl discovers Muneca's burn scars.]]

** Larima is not fond of being called either [[HartmanHips "wide-hipped"]] or a MarySue.

[[http://www.sailorenergy.net/LibraryPacificatorsMain.html An original webcomic]] by Jeffery Anderson (the author and artist). He has written the webcomic to [[WordofGod pace more like a novel]], so it starts off more slowly by building up the premise and introducing us to the characters. The first page can be found [[http://www.sailorenergy.net/MangaPacificators/MangaPacisV01CH00P0TITLE.html here]], and an index can be found [[http://www.sailorenergy.net/MangaPacificators/PacificatorsOnlineMangas.html here]]. So far, there are 50 chapters split up into five volumes, and thirteen volumes are planned, though that may change. J.A. has recently posted the 50th chapter, and he is now focusing on the story chapter-by-chapter, rather than volume-by-volume.

* {{Hinduism}}: Referenced by Shiva.

->''My dream is to be a Pacificator who helps people, just like my grandmother.''

* BlondesAreEvil:
** Averted with Larima, who is one of the Good Guys, but in a case of BewareTheNiceOnes, [[http://www.sailorenergy.net/MangaPacificators/MangaPacisV03CH01n201.html Larima gave a truly frightening Death Glare]] before [[http://www.sailorenergy.net/MangaPacificators/MangaPacisV03CH01n202.html nearly drowning]] [[PsychoElectro Rendo]] the renegade.
** Enlil plays this straight, though she is among the more sympathetic of the bad guys.

* BlondGuysAreEvil: [[ManipulativeBastard Enr]][[SleazyPolitician ique]] and [[PsychoElectro Rendo]].

* AllInTheManual: Some of the knowledge about the characters come from their site profiles and the occasional WordOfGod.

J.A.'s other works include: [[http://www.sailorenergy.net/ThreeGuadiansMain.html Three Guardians]], in which the sisters and brother Energeia, Akosmia, and Pragma protect the very ''fibers of the universe'' from those seeking to control them; [[http://www.sailorenergy.net/MangaNamaka/LibraryNamakaHamouMain.html Namaka Hamou]], in which some humans have evolved into mermaids, and the star is a deaf mermaid named Gold fleeing her secret past; the ''Anime/SailorMoon'' fan-manga which first put J.A. on the map, [[http://www.sailorenergy.net/LibrarySagaOrbofTime.html The Saga of the Orb of Time]], [[http://www.sailorenergy.net/LibrarySagaFourHorsemen.html The Four Horsemen of Apocalypse]], and [[http://www.sailorenergy.net/MangaChibimoon/MangaChibimoonKappa000Cover.html The Queen of the Kappa.]]

The world, due to an unknown disaster, has fallen into a [[{{Dystopia}} second Dark Age]], and only recently have some of the countries begun to climb out of it. [[LawEnforcementInc Pacificators]], people gifted with rare, "magical" ElementalPowers, are sent around the world to protect and mediate situations; Daryl Smithson, an aspiring Pacificator of [[LightEmUp Light]], has enthusiastically taken an offer of joining Commander Bismun Volborth’s unusual platoon of T-Pacificators. Her platoon’s mission is to investigate an ancient sea oil platform, which is rumored to be the supposed legendary "Gateway to the Heavens," for any technological relics that may either benefit or harm the Pacificators' efforts to end the Second Dark Age.