History Webcomic / Qxlkbh

* PutTheLaughterInSlaughter: [[ImpliedTrope Implied]] in [[spoiler:[[https://qxlkbh.github.io/s50%275 the murder]], where Baseball Cap is seen laughing maniacally while holding some sort of tool, possibly a weapon, and then looking around to make sure no one heard them]].

* ArtifactOfPower: In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/116 116: timeline]], Musi obtains a [[TropeName [=[GENERIC MAGIC ARTIFACT]=]]] that they try to use to defeat the zvillainsrg.

* AwfulWeddedLife: [[ImpliedTrope Implied]] in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/59 59: Quick!, the death of a show]], which contains a reference to the "Take my wife... please!" {{Stock Shtick|s}}.

---> '''Bolivian Army officer:''' (translated) [[BreakingPointSwearing Fuck]], we're at the wrong address!

* BreakingPointSwearing: Whereas the comic normally avoids swearing, a [[BilingualBonus Spanish]] F-bomb (specifically, "mierda") is dropped [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/25 25: canonicity court part 7]]:
--> '''Bolivian Army officer:''' (translated) Fuck, we're at the wrong address!

---> '''Bolivian Army officer:''' (translated) [[BreakingPointSwearing Fuck]], we're at the wrong address!

* BreakingPointSwearing: Whereas the comic normally avoids swearing, a [[BilingualBonus Spanish]] F-bomb (specifically, "mierda") is dropped [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/25 25: canonicity court part 7]]:
--> '''Bolivian Army officer:''' (translated) Fuck, we're at the wrong address!

* YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm: Douglas Hofstadter [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/e9 declares]] that he possesses powers that humans are unable to comprehend without going insane, that being [[MundaneMadeAwesome shaving a barber's beard despite not being a barber]].

* ContinuityCavalcade: [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/120 120: seecret saturday update]] and [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/121 121: author despot]] contain a total of three {{Continuity Nod}}s between them. The alt text of the former makes the observation that a character having a VerbalTic of any kind indicates their "connection with the law", referencing [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/e5 E5 - court extra]] where one of the judges has one. The first panel of the second comic resembles that of [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/42 42: Regarding Tvtropes]] in that it [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] a notable development related to ''qxlkbh'' that occurred the same day that the individual strip was published. The alt text of the latter strip also references Musi's apology in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/19 19: interlude]].

* ContinuityNod: The alt text of [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/120 120: seecret saturday update]] makes the observation that a character having a VerbalTic of any kind indicates their "connection with the law", referencing [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/e5 E5 - court extra]] where one of the judges has one.

* OrphanedSetup: Musi has a gag in mind for the last panel of [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/67 67: Future ancient literature]]. Because the Narrator interrupts the "MeanwhileInTheFuture" transition, we never find out what the gag is.

* HanlonsRazor: [[ParodiedTrope Parodied]] in [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/118 118: beard]], where Ian explains that his lack of beard was due to a mistake on his part, rather than an intentional act. This serves as a segue into an EnforcedPlug for "Hanlon's Razors".

* NothingIsFunnier: Musi has a gag in mind for the last panel of [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/67 67: Future ancient literature]]. Because the Narrator interrupts the "MeanwhileInTheFuture" transition, we never find out what the gag is.

* PunBasedTitle: [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/114 polka plane 2: just plane wrong]]

* UnsatisfiableCustomer: Laurie [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/58 gets home from work]] and mentions that one customer kept complaining about his minifridge.

''[[https://qxlkbh.github.io/house qxlkbh]]'' is a StickFigureComic made by [[VideoGame/ConwaysGameOfLife Conwaylife Lounge]] Discord users [[Tropers/{{janmusija}} Moosey]] (canonically spelled [[UsefulNotes/TokiPona "Musi" or "Musija"]]), [[Tropers/{{Andrewthetroper}} andrewthecoder]], [=PlanetN9ne=], Dandan, and Sonata.[[note]]plus [[GuestStrip guest appearances]] by Digin, Henry and Tropers/Ian07[[/note]] First published on Discord on June 22, 2022, the comic was given its own website on August 1, 2022.

* DeclarativeFinger: The Most Beautiful Stickman [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/e11 points their finger up]] when they get the idea of trying to invent a brand new trope.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The "weirdness" arc begins with the Most Beautiful Stickman talking about how early strips of a webcomic tend to be weird. The stickmen attempt to [[DefiedTrope defy]] this trope by avoiding "[doing] anything [they] might regret later" - i.e., doing absolutely nothing. However, La Croix fears that this will merely doom them to a bland future where the early comics are merely "weird" in comparison, and so instead tries to [[ExploitedTrope exploit]] this trope by engaging in as much mayhem as possible.

** [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/113 113: survivor bias]], [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/114 114: polka plane 2: just plane wrong]], [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/115 115: qxzlkbh]], and [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/118 118: beard]], all by Tropers/Ian07.

* HypocriticalHumor: [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/90 90: an aesop]] ends by telling readers that the moral of the story is to not write a story with a moral.

* TakeThat: [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/1 1: most beautiful stickman]] is a commentary about the prevalence of {{Fanservice}} in the webcomic industry:
--> '''Cueball:''' Soooo... might there be any fanservice in this comic?
--> '''Musi:''' what? no! First, that's a '''super''' creepy question to ask, and second this is [[InformedAttractiveness literally a greyscale stick figure comic how would that even work]]?

* AuthorGuestSpot: [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/19 19: interlude]] is Musi apologizing to the reader for there not being another "canonicity court" strip.

* FourthWallMailSlot: The "Q&A" comics, starting with [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/44 44: Q&A 1]], feature the authors (mostly Musi) answering questions about the comic. So far, however, none of the questions have actually been fan-submitted, and instead have been made up by the authors themselves.

** [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/113 113: survivor bias]], [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/114 114: polka plane 2: just plane wrong]], and [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/115 115: qxzlkbh]], all by Tropers/Ian07.

* FauxComputerCode: The alt text of [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/117 117: thinking with... handsaws?]] reads "number_of_ways_characters_have_achieved_[[TimeTravel time_travel]]++".

* EvilGloating: In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/110 110: pretend interactivity]], La Croix gives Baseball Cap the correct answer in order to prevent the audience from doing so, and gloats that the audience has been "bamboozled". The alt text takes this to a {{meta}} level by gloating about the gloating, explaining that the usage of the trope is meant to help with audience comprehension.

* BladeOnAStick: In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/15 15: panel power]], La Croix pokes a cueball with a spear.

''[[https://qxlkbh.github.io/house qxlkbh]]'' is a StickFigureComic made by [[VideoGame/TheGameOfLife Conwaylife Lounge]] Discord users [[Tropers/{{janmusija}} Moosey]] (canonically spelled [[UsefulNotes/TokiPona "Musi" or "Musija"]]), [[Tropers/{{Andrewthetroper}} andrewthecoder]], [=PlanetN9ne=], Dandan, and Sonata.[[note]]plus [[GuestStrip guest appearances]] by Digin, Henry and Tropers/Ian07[[/note]] First published on Discord on June 22, 2022, the comic was given its own website on August 1, 2022.

* AnotherDimension: The glider has an entire [[VideoGame/TheGameOfLife Conway's Game of Life]] universe all to itself, all for the purpose of philosophical musings.

---> '''Narrator:''' so what now
---> '''Doctor:''' Just make an endcard or something.

* BrainInAJar: In [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/42 42: Regarding Tvtropes]], the [[VideoGame/TheGameOfLife glider]] poses the question of how a human brain would be able to determine that the sensations it experiences are based on the real world, rather than, say, simulated impulses from a computer, or a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boltzmann_brain Boltzmann brain]] that just happened to pop into existence thanks to a lucky series of random fluctuations in the quantum field.

** In the alt text of [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/111 111: francium synthesis]], it is realized that the francium is misaligned with the oncoming Glider, which due to the chaotic nature of VideoGame/TheGameOfLife will lead to the pattern falling apart.

** [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/111 111: francium synthesis]] contains a reference to VideoGame/TheGameOfLife's reverse caber tosser (which at the time of the comics creation required a total of 15 gliders to create) and features a pattern in which the Glider collides with a constellation made of blocks of francium.

** Immediately after introducing Mustache Twirler, Musi [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/42 cuts]] to AnotherDimension to introduce ''another'' new character, the [[VideoGame/TheGameOfLife glider]].

---> '''Narrator:''' In a [[WhereTheHellIsSpringfield city of ambiguous location]]?

* DadaComics: Although [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/56 56: OBK Kubanulllh]] was redrawn by a human, it was originally generated by an AI program, and the result is completely incomprehensible. The AI seems to have a decent grasp on what a StickFigureComic is supposed to ''look'' like, although there are still a few oddities such as inexplicably missing or disproportionate limbs. It doesn't seem to understand much about actual storytelling - the dialogue in the first panel is complete gibberish consisting of a series of glyphs either taken from other writing systems or just made up entirely, while the dialogue in the second panel is cut off entirely.

** [[https://qxlkbh.github.io/113 113: survivor bias]] features a social media post which has received "thumbs" UsefulNotes/{{emoji}} reactions from millions of people. Despite there only being a handful ([[ExtraDigit a normal hand, that is...]]) of emojis to choose from, the number of people who decided to react with the last one is... ''five''.