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** There's also been talk of the creation of Borogrove, the [[Literature/AliceInWonderland Wonderland]]-inspired card game that a handful of characters play in the comic.
*** It's past talk: the Kickstarter project in 2011 was a rousing success, earning almost six times the needed funds, and cards are being printed as I type this (December 2011).
*** It's past talk: the Kickstarter project in 2011 was a rousing success, earning almost six times the needed funds, and cards are being printed as I type this (December 2011).
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** There's also been talk of the creation of Borogrove, the [[Literature/AliceInWonderland Wonderland]]-inspired card game that a handful of characters play in the comic.
*** It's past talk: the Kickstarter project in 2011 wascomic, now a rousing success, earning almost six times the needed funds, and cards are being printed as I type this (December 2011).real deck.
*** It's past talk: the Kickstarter project in 2011 was
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* SliceOfLife: While there were more plot-driven arcs earlier in the comic's life, the recent arc(s) are more SliceOfLife.
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* SliceOfLife: While there were more plot-driven arcs earlier in Roughly half the comic's life, the recent arc(s) are more SliceOfLife.arcs.
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** DoNotTauntCthulhu / BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: Lily Snodgrass, a mischievous glaistig, used a "''Bugbear Talisman''" to successful tresprass Alec's "[[SpiderSense radar]]" and prank him by placing a bucket above his door. However, while fooled, Alec is perfectly aware that Lily was responsible by the prank. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero As a result]], [[http://www.skindeepcomic.com/archive/bugbear-talisman-11-being-of-extreme-interest/ he declared enmity to her]], [[http://www.skindeepcomic.com/archive/the-bugbear-talisman-12-the-greatest-day/ and promptly conjured bees from her cup of mead]].
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** DoNotTauntCthulhu / BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: Lily Snodgrass, a mischievous glaistig, used a "''Bugbear Talisman''" to successful tresprass successfully evade Alec's "[[SpiderSense radar]]" and prank him by placing a bucket above his door. However, while fooled, Alec is perfectly aware that Lily was responsible by the prank. responsible, and [[NiceJobBreakingItHero As a result]], [[http://www.skindeepcomic.com/archive/bugbear-talisman-11-being-of-extreme-interest/ he declared enmity intends to her]], [[http://www.make it up to her]],[[http://www.skindeepcomic.com/archive/the-bugbear-talisman-12-the-greatest-day/ and promptly conjured conjuring bees from her cup of mead]].
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** In turn, Homecoming has since concluded, and after the short (and silly) fillter ''The Bugbear Talisman'', focus has been on Gabe the angel in ''Welcome To Dogpatch''.
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** It's implied that there is an explanation for how the medallions work, but it's been lost to history, and is over the heads of most of the people who use them in modern times.
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** It's implied that there is an explanation for how the medallions work, but it's been lost to history, and is over the heads of most of the people who use them in modern times. And in any event one doesn't need to know how the medallions work to use them, anymore than one needs to know how a cell phone works to make a call.
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* RequiredSecondaryPowers: invoked, lampshaded, and conversed. Michelle's lengthened neck is a particularly subtle example.
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* RequiredSecondaryPowers: invoked, lampshaded, and conversed. Michelle's lengthened neck in sphynx form is a particularly subtle example.
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* ShapeshifterBaggage: handwaved
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* BitheWay: Jim and Lorne are currently dating women, [[http://www.skindeepcomic.com/archive/handshakes-12-jim-and-lorne/ but they had a fling in the past]]. Their relationship is actually one of the main focus of Exchange storyline.
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* TheJuggernaut: The Monster of Missuri (AKA "''Momo''") is actualy a rather [[GentleGiant pacefull creature]], but when possesed by demons, it's unstoppable.
** To put a few exemples: A griffin leaps at him? It's soon defeated. A satyr stags him with a headbut? [[BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu He nearly broke his neck doing so]]! [[KillItWithWater Drown him]]? [[DeathisCheap It's simply ressusected]]...
** To put a few exemples: A griffin leaps at him? It's soon defeated. A satyr stags him with a headbut? [[BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu He nearly broke his neck doing so]]! [[KillItWithWater Drown him]]? [[DeathisCheap It's simply ressusected]]...
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** DoNotTauntCthulhu / BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: Lily Snodgrass, a mischevious glaistig, used a "''Bugbear Talisman''" to successful treprass Alec's "[[SpiderSense radar]]" and prank him by placing a bucket above his door. However, while fooled, Alec is perfectly aware that Lily was responsible by the prank. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero As a result]], [[http://www.skindeepcomic.com/archive/bugbear-talisman-11-being-of-extreme-interest/ he declared enemity to her]], [[http://www.skindeepcomic.com/archive/the-bugbear-talisman-12-the-greatest-day/ and promptly conjured bees from her mead]].
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** DoNotTauntCthulhu / BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: Lily Snodgrass, a mischevious mischievous glaistig, used a "''Bugbear Talisman''" to successful treprass tresprass Alec's "[[SpiderSense radar]]" and prank him by placing a bucket above his door. However, while fooled, Alec is perfectly aware that Lily was responsible by the prank. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero As a result]], [[http://www.skindeepcomic.com/archive/bugbear-talisman-11-being-of-extreme-interest/ he declared enemity enmity to her]], [[http://www.skindeepcomic.com/archive/the-bugbear-talisman-12-the-greatest-day/ and promptly conjured bees from her cup of mead]].
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** DoNotTauntCthulhu / BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: Lily Snodgrass, a mischevious glaistig, used a "''Bugbear Talisman''" to successful treprass Alec's "[[SpiderSense radar]]" and prank him by placing a bucket above his door. However, while fooled, Alec is perfectly aware that Lily was responsible by the prank. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero As a result]], [[http://www.skindeepcomic.com/archive/bugbear-talisman-11-being-of-extreme-interest/ he declared enemity to her]], [[http://www.skindeepcomic.com/archive/the-bugbear-talisman-12-the-greatest-day/ and promptly conjured bees from her mead]].
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* GenreSavvy: [[http://www.skindeepcomic.com/archive/homecoming-3-open-the-door/ When Michelle express relutance to tell her mother her secret as a mythical creature]], Greg convices her to do that anyway, pointing out that her mother out likely figure it out by herself and, if she tried to keept it a secret any further, that will likely only hurt her mother any further.
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* ClarkKenting: Not all the mythical creatures have medallions to disguise themselves, [[http://www.skindeepcomic.com/archive/hello-goodbye-13-everyone-knows-its-windy/ but some]] managed to hide themselves in uman society [[PaperThinDisguise anyway]].
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* ClarkKenting: Not all the mythical creatures have medallions to disguise themselves, [[http://www.skindeepcomic.com/archive/hello-goodbye-13-everyone-knows-its-windy/ but some]] managed to hide themselves in uman human society [[PaperThinDisguise anyway]].
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*ClarkKenting: Not all the mythical creatures have medallions to disguise themselves, [[http://www.skindeepcomic.com/archive/hello-goodbye-13-everyone-knows-its-windy/ but some]] managed to hide themselves in uman society [[PaperThinDisguise anyway]].
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* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[In this strip http://www.skindeepcomic.com/archive/one-eyed-bear-22/]], Myra grabbed a demon by his shirt and forced him to apologise to the group. Later, and more literaly, when the demon did tried to apologise, Jim (who was almost killed by the demon) Doesn't gave a damn and [[MegatonPunch knock him out cold]] [[LaserGuidedKarma in retalation]].
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* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[In this strip http://www.[[http://www.skindeepcomic.com/archive/one-eyed-bear-22/]], com/archive/one-eyed-bear-22/ In this strip]], Myra grabbed a demon by his shirt and forced him to apologise to the group. Later, and more literaly, when the demon did tried to apologise, Jim (who was almost killed by the demon) Doesn't gave a damn and [[MegatonPunch knock him out cold]] [[LaserGuidedKarma in retalation]].
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[[http://www.skindeepcomic.com/ Skin Deep]] is a webcomic created by Kory Bing. [[http://www.skindeepcomic.com/archive/issue-1-cover// (New readers, start here)]] The basic concept is that mythological creatures are real, and disguise themselves as human using magical medallions. They often live in or near "Avalons", hidden places for them to act as themselves.
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[[http://www.skindeepcomic.com/ Skin Deep]] is a webcomic created by Kory Bing. [[http://www.skindeepcomic.com/archive/issue-1-cover// com/archive/issue-1-cover/ (New readers, start here)]] The basic concept is that mythological creatures are real, and disguise themselves as human using magical medallions. They often live in or near "Avalons", hidden places for them to act as themselves.
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** Exchanges has since concluded and the story has now moved on back to Michelle.* TomatoInTheMirror: If you're a "false human" (the result of aforementioned InterspeciesRomance) and come into physical contact with a medallion, then -- *poof* -- you're suddenly a monster! And apparently you were meant to be one all along but just didn't know it.
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** Exchanges has since concluded and the story has now moved on back to Michelle.Michelle.
* TomatoInTheMirror: If you're a "false human" (the result of aforementioned InterspeciesRomance) and come into physical contact with a medallion, then -- *poof* -- you're suddenly a monster! And apparently you were meant to be one all along but just didn't know it.
* TomatoInTheMirror: If you're a "false human" (the result of aforementioned InterspeciesRomance) and come into physical contact with a medallion, then -- *poof* -- you're suddenly a monster! And apparently you were meant to be one all along but just didn't know it.
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* SpotlightStealingSquad: The arc(s) have shifted focus to a completely different arc in the U.K after ''Orientations'', before going back to Michelle. The author has stated that [[TropesAreTools this isn't a comic entirely about MIchelle, it's about everyone]].
* TomatoInTheMirror: If you're a "false human" (the result of aforementioned InterspeciesRomance) and come into physical contact with a medallion, then -- *poof* -- you're suddenly a monster! And apparently you were meant to be one all along but just didn't know it.
* TomatoInTheMirror: If you're a "false human" (the result of aforementioned InterspeciesRomance) and come into physical contact with a medallion, then -- *poof* -- you're suddenly a monster! And apparently you were meant to be one all along but just didn't know it.
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* SpotlightStealingSquad: The arc(s) have shifted focus to a completely different arc in While the U.K after ''Orientations'', before going back to Michelle. The author has stated that [[TropesAreTools this isn't a it was about ''everyone'' and not ''just'' Michelle, the recent comic entirely about MIchelle, arcs since 2009 have pretty much seemingly aborted the arc that was being built up in the comic's early days, since now it's pretty much randomness and transformation in England. A more subjective example than others, but some can be a little furstrated with how it seems this has been some kind of prequel PlotTumor that has gone ''out of control''...or just in love with the setting themselves and like seeing other aspects of it explored.
** The author has ''also'' stated many times that she has not forgotten abouteveryone]].
the Orientations story arc, but that both the Orientations and Exchanges stories are important to the overall comic. Orientations focuses on Michelle, who is a very unusual example of mythical creature facing a set of very unusual circumstances. Exchanges provides an example of more "normal" interaction between mythical creatures in the mythical society, in order to provide some world building and a sense of what can be considered the norm in a secret society full of non-humans. The Author has also expressed exasperation that people assume that she has just "forgotten" about the Michelle story, or has no intention of ever returning to it, when she has said many times that we will return to Michelle's story after the Exchanges story is over (which, remember, Orientations took two whole years to tell, and Exchanges has only gone on for a year and a half).
** Exchanges has since concluded and the story has now moved on back to Michelle.* TomatoInTheMirror: If you're a "false human" (the result of aforementioned InterspeciesRomance) and come into physical contact with a medallion, then -- *poof* -- you're suddenly a monster! And apparently you were meant to be one all along but just didn't knowit.it.
* TooDumbToLive: Michelle apparently needs it explained to her why Jim lied about her being a sphinx, a question which she asks even after Eustace and Marshall start talking right in front of her about how they'd exhibit the last sphinx for fame and fortune. Then, later, while trying to sneak away from her captors she a) generally won't shut up and b) hears them talking about her and starts shouting protests. The girl is just not very bright.
** "Not very bright" isn't very fair. She's just not as GenreSavvy as the rest of the team. Also she's not dealing with all this [[ProblemSleuth Weird Puzzle Shit]] in a very sophisticated manner. She's 19, incredibly insecure, has friends for the first time, and then everything turns upside down and now there are monsters and she is a monster but she is weird by monster standards. I would say she's reacting in a fairly realistic manner, honestly.
** The author has ''also'' stated many times that she has not forgotten about
** Exchanges has since concluded and the story has now moved on back to Michelle.* TomatoInTheMirror: If you're a "false human" (the result of aforementioned InterspeciesRomance) and come into physical contact with a medallion, then -- *poof* -- you're suddenly a monster! And apparently you were meant to be one all along but just didn't know
* TooDumbToLive: Michelle apparently needs it explained to her why Jim lied about her being a sphinx, a question which she asks even after Eustace and Marshall start talking right in front of her about how they'd exhibit the last sphinx for fame and fortune. Then, later, while trying to sneak away from her captors she a) generally won't shut up and b) hears them talking about her and starts shouting protests. The girl is just not very bright.
** "Not very bright" isn't very fair. She's just not as GenreSavvy as the rest of the team. Also she's not dealing with all this [[ProblemSleuth Weird Puzzle Shit]] in a very sophisticated manner. She's 19, incredibly insecure, has friends for the first time, and then everything turns upside down and now there are monsters and she is a monster but she is weird by monster standards. I would say she's reacting in a fairly realistic manner, honestly.
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** And Michelle's mom on [[http://www.skindeepcomic.com/archive/homecoming-6-awkward-conversation/ this one.]]
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* INeedToGoIronMyDog: "I need to get more tea. [[http://www.skindeepcomic.com/archive/homecoming-5-smooth/ I will go into the kitchen now.]]''
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* AmbiguousGender: [[http://www.skindeepcomic.com/archive/greetings-from-dogpatch-6-funicular-tram/ This angel]] is giving Eustace and Myra a hell of a time.
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* AmbiguousGender: [[http://www.skindeepcomic.com/archive/greetings-from-dogpatch-6-funicular-tram/ com/archive/greetings-from-dogpatch-5-consensus/ This angel]] is giving Eustace and Myra a hell of a time.
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* AmbiguousGender: [[http://www.skindeepcomic.com/archive/greetings-from-dogpatch-6-funicular-tram/ This angel]] is giving Eustace and Myra a hell of a time.
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* FridgeLogic: [[EpilepticTrees Viewer speculation]] aside, Michelle raised no end of her own questions during the Orientations arc.
--> [[http://booker.deviantart.com/art/SD-Orientations-IV-page-4-69490559 Michelle (to Jim)]]: "If everything is just an illusion, how can you fit into rooms and cars? You're like, what, fourteen feet long?"
--> [[http://booker.deviantart.com/art/SD-Orientations-IV-page-4-69490559 Michelle (to Jim)]]: "If everything is just an illusion, how can you fit into rooms and cars? You're like, what, fourteen feet long?"
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->''Unknown to most of humanity, mythical creatures have lived under the radar for centuries; disguised by magic, developing their own culture, and generally just trying to live a normal life.'' ''Whatever that means.''\\
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->''Unknown to most of humanity, mythical creatures have lived under the radar for centuries; disguised by magic, developing their own culture, and generally just trying to live a normal life.'' ''Whatever that means.''\\
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* FeatherFingers: A [[http://www.skindeepcomic.com/archive/greetings-from-dogpatch-7-halt/ chickadee]] in the Dogpatch arc has them.
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* OurMonstersAreDifferent: And how! Most critters are animal-based, with stock elves, dwarves, trolls, and goblins absent. WordOfGod says they're not likely to show up any time soon.
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* OurMonstersAreDifferent: And how! Most critters are animal-based, with stock elves, dwarves, trolls, and goblins absent. WordOfGod says they're not already much-used elsewhere, and aren't likely to show up any time soon.
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The first chapter, [[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/korybing/skindeep/series.php?view=archive&chapter=13878/ Orientations]] covers newcomer Michelle's discovery that her new college roommate and friends are all mythological creatures, and how she deals with it when it's revealed that [[TomatoInTheMirror she's one herself]]. Two short stories spin off of ''Orientations'': [[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/korybing/skindeep/series.php?view=archive&chapter=32072/ Fiddler's Cave]], which takes place before, and [[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/korybing/skindeep/series.php?view=archive&chapter=32906/ The One-Eyed Bear]], which follows shortly after the end, continuing the main plot.
[[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/korybing/skindeep/series.php?view=archive&chapter=35108/ Exchanges]], a prequel to ''Orientations'', circles around [[{{Muggle}} Anthony]] and Blanche, best friends from Liverpool, UK, as well as Jim, one of the characters in ''Orientations'', as he prepares to go to school in the States, and various other characters in the Liverpool Avalon.
[[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/korybing/skindeep/series.php?view=archive&chapter=50360/ Homecoming]] returns to Michelle as she returns home with Greg to try and explain to her mother what's happened.
[[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/korybing/skindeep/series.php?view=archive&chapter=35108/ Exchanges]], a prequel to ''Orientations'', circles around [[{{Muggle}} Anthony]] and Blanche, best friends from Liverpool, UK, as well as Jim, one of the characters in ''Orientations'', as he prepares to go to school in the States, and various other characters in the Liverpool Avalon.
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The first chapter, [[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/korybing/skindeep/series.php?view=archive&chapter=13878/ skindeepcomic.com/archive/issue-1-cover/ Orientations]] covers newcomer Michelle's discovery that her new college roommate and friends are all mythological creatures, and how she deals with it when it's revealed that [[TomatoInTheMirror she's one herself]]. Two short stories spin off of ''Orientations'': [[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/korybing/skindeep/series.php?view=archive&chapter=32072/ skindeepcomic.com/archive/fiddlers-cave-1/ Fiddler's Cave]], which takes place before, and [[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/korybing/skindeep/series.php?view=archive&chapter=32906/ skindeepcomic.com/archive/one-eyed-bear-1/ The One-Eyed Bear]], which follows shortly after the end, continuing the main plot.
[[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/korybing/skindeep/series.php?view=archive&chapter=35108/ skindeepcomic.com/archive/handshakes-1-introduction/ Exchanges]], a prequel to ''Orientations'', circles around [[{{Muggle}} Anthony]] and Blanche, best friends from Liverpool, UK, as well as Jim, one of the characters in ''Orientations'', as he prepares to go to school in the States, and various other characters in the Liverpool Avalon.
[[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/korybing/skindeep/series.php?view=archive&chapter=50360/ skindeepcomic.com/archive/homecoming-1-chotchkies/ Homecoming]] returns to Michelle as she returns home with Greg to try and explain to her mother what's happened.
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* OnlySixFaces - A lot of the characters have the same beak-nose and face at first, but the art improved rather rapidly; this is especially obvious when the artist switched from traditional pen-and-watercolor to Photoshop; compare the first page to the latest one, in which the characters have distinct noses and jawlines.
* [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Ordinary College Student]]: Michelle, until she picked up a random trinket dropped by a stranger.
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* OnlySixFaces - A lot of the characters have the same beak-nose and face at first, but the art improved rather rapidly; this is especially obvious when the artist switched from traditional pen-and-watercolor to Photoshop; Photoshop - compare the first page to the latest one, in which the characters have distinct distinctive noses and jawlines.
* [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Ordinary College Student]]: Michelle, until she picked up a random trinket dropped by astranger.stranger [[spoiler: which is actually the shade of her dead father.]]
* [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Ordinary College Student]]: Michelle, until she picked up a random trinket dropped by a
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* BlessedWithSuck / CursedWithAwesome: Debated within the comic itself. Michelle wavers between the two interpretations while her more experienced friends assert that both interpretations are overly dramatic, though Jim later reveals that Meriel and Greg aren't really as sanguine as they appear.
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* BlessedWithSuck / CursedWithAwesome: Debated within the comic itself. Michelle wavers between the two interpretations while her more experienced friends assert that both interpretations are overly dramatic, though Jim later reveals that Meriel and Greg aren't really as sanguine as they appear.
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* CerebusRollerCoaster: The comic starts off rather plot-driven, then becomes SliceOfLife, with occasional interludes of random fun, and has gone back to being plot-driven.
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* DisappearedDad: Michelle's father died from a sudden brain aneurysm when she was in elementary school.
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--> [[http://booker.deviantart.com/art/SD-Orientations-IV-page-4-69490559 Michelle (to Jim)]]: "If everything is just an illusion, how can you fit into rooms and cars? You're like, what, fourteen feet long?" long?"
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** [[MontyPython [[Creator/MontyPython Tim the Wizard]] is stuck with curled ram's horns after a botched spell.
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* OurMonstersAreDifferent: And how! Most critters are animal-based, with stock elves, dwarves, trolls, and goblins absent. WordOfGod says they're not likely to show up any time soon.
** Bugbears are pretty much anthropomorphic bears in this canon.
*** WordOfGod states that they had to alter a ''lot'' of the Bugbear mythos.
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* OurMonstersAreDifferent: And how! Most critters are animal-based, with stock elves, dwarves, trolls, and goblins absent. WordOfGod says they're not likely to show up any time soon.
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** Bugbears are pretty much anthropomorphic bears in thiscanon.
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* SpotlightStealingSquad: The arc(s) have shifted focus to a completely different arc in the U.K after ''Orientations'', before going back to Michelle. The author has stated that [[TropesAreTools this isn't a comic entirely about MIchelle, it's about everyone]].
* SpotlightStealingSquad: The arc(s) have shifted focus to a completely different arc in the U.K after ''Orientations'', before going back to Michelle. The author has stated that [[TropesAreTools this isn't a comic entirely about MIchelle, it's about everyone]].
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* SliceOfLife: While there were more plot-driven arcs earlier in the comic's life, the recent arc(s) are more SliceOfLife.
SliceOfLife.
* SpotlightStealingSquad: The arc(s) have shifted focus to a completely different arc in the U.K after ''Orientations'', before going back to Michelle. The author has stated that [[TropesAreTools this isn't a comic entirely about MIchelle, it's about everyone]].
* SpotlightStealingSquad: The arc(s) have shifted focus to a completely different arc in the U.K after ''Orientations'', before going back to Michelle. The author has stated that [[TropesAreTools this isn't a comic entirely about MIchelle, it's about everyone]].
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->''Unknown to most of humanity, mythical creatures have lived under the radar for centuries; disguised by magic, developing their own culture, and generally just trying to live a normal life.'' ''Whatever that means.''\\
[[http://www.skindeepcomic.com/ Skin Deep]] is a webcomic created by Kory Bing. [[http://www.skindeepcomic.com/archive/issue-1-cover// (New readers, start here)]] The basic concept is that mythological creatures are real, and disguise themselves as human using magical medallions. They often live in or near "Avalons", hidden places for them to act as themselves.
The first chapter, [[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/korybing/skindeep/series.php?view=archive&chapter=13878/ Orientations]] covers newcomer Michelle's discovery that her new college roommate and friends are all mythological creatures, and how she deals with it when it's revealed that [[TomatoInTheMirror she's one herself]]. Two short stories spin off of ''Orientations'': [[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/korybing/skindeep/series.php?view=archive&chapter=32072/ Fiddler's Cave]], which takes place before, and [[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/korybing/skindeep/series.php?view=archive&chapter=32906/ The One-Eyed Bear]], which follows shortly after the end, continuing the main plot.
[[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/korybing/skindeep/series.php?view=archive&chapter=35108/ Exchanges]], a prequel to ''Orientations'', circles around [[{{Muggle}} Anthony]] and Blanche, best friends from Liverpool, UK, as well as Jim, one of the characters in ''Orientations'', as he prepares to go to school in the States, and various other characters in the Liverpool Avalon.
[[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/korybing/skindeep/series.php?view=archive&chapter=50360/ Homecoming]] returns to Michelle as she returns home with Greg to try and explain to her mother what's happened.
Not to be confused with the Blake Edwards hilarious comedy movie of the same name starring John Ritter.
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!!Provides examples of:
* AWizardDidIt: Invoked almost verbatim when [[http://www.skindeepcomic.com/archive/issue-four-page-4/ Michelle asks Jim]] about some of the FridgeLogic involved with how medallions are stated to work, particularly the MagicPants.
** And again [[http://www.skindeepcomic.com/archive/handshakes-16-prester-johns/ here]], when asked how the medallions that are used to make the wearer appear human works.
** It's implied that there is an explanation for how the medallions work, but it's been lost to history, and is over the heads of most of the people who use them in modern times.
* AltText: Starting with the second chapter of Exchanges. Specifically, [[http://www.skindeepcomic.com/archive/heartaches-1-hello-missus-gillis/ here]]
* ArtEvolution: The author started the comic using traditional sketches, digitally colored; by now, it is entirely digital.
** Compare the [[http://www.skindeepcomic.com/archive/issue-one-page-1/ First]] and [[http://www.skindeepcomic.com/archive/issue-five-page-34/ Last]] page of the orientations arc.
* AuthorAppeal: Music. A large amount of Mythicals are musicians of some sort. Lorne hypothesizes that it's because music is something a Mythical can make/perform regardless of what they are, and without drawing any attention to themselves.
* BlessedWithSuck / CursedWithAwesome: Debated within the comic itself. Michelle wavers between the two interpretations while her more experienced friends assert that both interpretations are overly dramatic, though Jim later reveals that Meriel and Greg aren't really as sanguine as they appear.
* BrokenMasquerade: There are humans that know of the mythical world, but it is implied that many of them are themselves "unturned" (e.g. a latent mythic beast). It is understandably [[TomatoInTheMirror a bit of a shock]] when someone who stumbles into the Masquerade ends up becoming part of it themselves.
* TheCallPutMeOnHold: Sam gets harassed because, although he was born (in human form) into a family of gryphons, his TransformationTrinket never worked for some reason.
* CerebusRollerCoaster: The comic starts off rather plot-driven, then becomes SliceOfLife, with occasional interludes of random fun, and has gone back to being plot-driven.
* ChangelingFantasy: Kinda-sorta. Michelle's father was apparently a sphinx himself, but she was unaware of this, and [[IJustWantToBeNormal just wants to be normal]] instead of embracing the fantastic weirdness she's been thrown into.
* CursedWithAwesome: Jim's 'curse' is that his hair is green, grows back instantly when cut and he is slightly taller than normal. The curse seems to run in his family, but has no negative effects whatsoever; he seems to enjoy the green hair.
** Saying he's slightly taller than normal wouldn't really be accurate. At 7'2" he's tall enough to cause minor inconveniences like having to duck to get through particularly low doorways. By the time of the comic though, he's been that height for nearly four years and has learned to take such things in stride.
* {{Defictionalization}}: The medallions that the characters wear to appear human have [[http://korybing.bigcartel.com been made into Pathtags medallions for readers to purchase]]
** There's also been talk of the creation of Borogrove, the [[AliceInWonderland Wonderland]]-inspired card game that a handful of characters play in the comic.
*** It's past talk: the Kickstarter project in 2011 was a rousing success, earning almost six times the needed funds, and cards are being printed as I type this (December 2011).
* DisabilitySuperpower: Madam U is a blind Gorgon. She can still basically see, through things like her snakes' infrared vision.
* DisappearedDad: Michelle's father died from a sudden brain aneurysm when she was in elementary school.
* EmbarrassingFirstName: Subverted, since Jim doesn't really seem all that embarrassed, but his full name is Jimothy James Finn. Same goes for his older brother Paulbert.
* FantasyKitchenSink: The setting throws in references to European, Native American, Middle-eastern, and Christian mythology; including gryphons, demons, dragons, satyrs, spirit animals, angels, and more.
* FlatWhat: [[http://www.skindeepcomic.com/archive/handshakes-12-jim-and-lorne/ Jim in this page.]]
* FreakOut: Anthony doesn't take his introduction (specifically, his second visit) to the local {{Masquerade}} very well.
* FridgeLogic: [[EpilepticTrees Viewer speculation]] aside, Michelle raised no end of her own questions during the Orientations arc.
--> [[http://booker.deviantart.com/art/SD-Orientations-IV-page-4-69490559 Michelle (to Jim)]]: "If everything is just an illusion, how can you fit into rooms and cars? You're like, what, fourteen feet long?"
* GenderBender: [[DefiedTrope Didn't]] [[AvertedTrope happen]], actually -- [[spoiler: much to Anthony's relief when he turned into a [[OneGenderRace harpy]].]]
* GenderBlenderName: Anthony's friend Blanche, a white '''stag'''. [[LampshadeHanging Anthony points this out early on]].
* GoneHorriblyWrong: If the shapeshifting magic "breaks", the resulting mishaps are rarely pretty, often permanent.
* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: The subject as a whole gets pointed out at various times throughout the comic. Michelle, for example, is fully aware that her sphinx form lacks pants.
** [[http://www.skindeepcomic.com/archive/issue-three-page-25/ "Check it out. This chick is totally not wearing any pants."]]
** [[http://www.skindeepcomic.com/archive/issue-four-page-5/ "You should see centaurs. They put on shirts but just let their horse bits flap in the wind. It's hard not to laugh."]]
* HowDoIShotWeb: Michelle reportedly has supernatural powers as a sphinx, but [[http://www.skindeepcomic.com/archive/homecoming-12-parental-support/ doesn't know]] how to access and use them. Then there's her first [[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/korybing/skindeep/series.php?view=single&ID=88472/ flying lesson...]]
* InterspeciesRomance: When in human form, the mythical creatures can marry ordinary humans and raise human children (termed "false humans"), however, the child will "revert" back to a mythical form if they come into contact with one of the medallions. The creatures themselves can interbreed to an extent, but "[[http://booker.deviantart.com/art/Reader-Questions-12-17-150169838 it's complicated]], it's [[AWizardDidIt magic]], [[BellisariosMaxim don't worry about it]]."
* HybridMonster: Isaac is specifically some kind of composite manticore, which is not a natural occurence.
** Interestingly enough, Ike's only half manticore, as his mum is a buggane. He's stated that hybrid kids aren't unheard of, but they are rare to see.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: [[http://www.skindeepcomic.com/characters-2/ this guys]], and there's more that haven't been introduced yet!
* LieToTheBeholder: WordOfGod's explanation for how the shapeshifting medallions operate, both by the author and in-universe characters. [[BellisariosMaxim Try not to think too hard]] about some of the specifics.
* MagicPants: They get "stored" somewhere whenever one of the Masquerade assumes their fully mythical form. Michelle has also noticed that, for some reason, her shirt doesn't get stored during her transformation, and she has had to "[[http://booker.deviantart.com/art/SD-Orientations-IV-page-4-69490559 cut up]]" her shirt to accommodate for the wings.
* {{Masquerade}} - There's a whole secret culture comprised of mythical creatures, but it's kept secret from humanity, mostly out of a vague fear that TheWorldIsNotReady. It's an unusually low-key Masquerade, though, because they don't go to [[LaserGuidedAmnesia extreme]] [[KilledToUpholdTheMasquerade lengths]] to keep humans away; they just try to make their Avalons inconspicuous and scare off any humans who manage to find one, and if a human gets past those obstacles then they're expected to keep it a secret as well but not threatened with dire consequences for breaking the Masquerade. [[CassandraTruth It's not very likely that someone who blabbed the secret would be believed]], so they probably don't ''need'' to do much more.
* MundaneFantastic - To the mythical residents of the Liverpool Avalon, the strange goings on are all totally normal and boring.
* NotQuiteBackToNormal: Greg cannot assume fully human form because his TransformationTrinket is damaged; instead, he keeps his goatlike ears under a stocking cap at all times.
** [[MontyPython Tim the Wizard]] is stuck with curled ram's horns after a botched spell.
* OnlySixFaces - A lot of the characters have the same beak-nose and face.
* [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Ordinary College Student]]: Michelle, until she picked up a random trinket dropped by a stranger.
* OurMonstersAreDifferent: And how! Most critters are animal-based, with stock elves, dwarves, trolls, and goblins absent. WordOfGod says they're not likely to show up any time soon.
** Bugbears are pretty much anthropomorphic bears in this canon.
*** WordOfGod states that they had to alter a ''lot'' of the Bugbear mythos.
** BigfootSasquatchAndYeti: The Momo (Missouri Monster) makes an early appearance.
** OurDemonsAreDifferent: The Grimm brothers are apparently from the city of Dis, can possess or remotely manipulate others, and can teleport by dissolving like smoke.
** OurGryphonsAreDifferent: Several different types of gryphon exist, with Jim, a main character, as an '''Opinicus''' (aka ''Maned Gryphon'') with bird wings and a raven-like pointed beak, but otherwise lion-like in most respects.
*** He's also '''WAAAY''' out there. On a ''personal'' level. [[spoiler:He's odd, But from [[AliceInWonderland Wonderland]], so maybe a little forgiveable.]]
*** You forgot Sam, a harassed ''reverse'' Gryphon.
** Harpies apparently come in a few varieties as well, with Abigail appearing something like a WingedHumanoid, while [[spoiler: Anthony]]'s wings are actually his arms.
** OurMermaidsAreDifferent: Merial is a Nixie, like a mermaid, but more fangs and water-powers.
** The author repeatedly noted that Michelle is a winged ''Grecian'' sphinx, while her father was a wingless ''Egyptian'' sphinx.
** They aren't {{Pegasus}} but "Pterippi," literally "winged horse".
* PartialTransformation: In addition to transforming between their human and mythical forms, most characters can assume a "midform" that is essentially an anthropomorphized version of their creature. Greg specifically notes that he had to re-learn the banjo with the three-fingered hands of his satyr form.
** On two occasions, Michelle is also shown in completely human form save for her sphinx tail.
* PettingZooPeople: Midforms generally resemble this.
* RequiredSecondaryPowers: invoked, lampshaded, and conversed. Michelle's lengthened neck is a particularly subtle example.
* ScheduleSlip: The author maintains a fixed schedule of one page a week for the most part, but exceptions have occasionally happened.
* ShapeshifterModeLock - WordOfGod states that if a character's TransformationTrinket is taken away, the character will revert back to their mythical form until they get it back.
* SliceOfLife: While there were more plot-driven arcs earlier in the comic's life, the recent arc(s) are more SliceOfLife.
* SpotlightStealingSquad: The arc(s) have shifted focus to a completely different arc in the U.K after ''Orientations'', before going back to Michelle. The author has stated that [[TropesAreTools this isn't a comic entirely about MIchelle, it's about everyone]].
* TomatoInTheMirror: If you're a "false human" (the result of aforementioned InterspeciesRomance) and come into physical contact with a medallion, then -- *poof* -- you're suddenly a monster! And apparently you were meant to be one all along but just didn't know it.
* TransformationComic: Unusual in that 'Human' is the transformation, not the other way around
* TransformationTrinket: Medallions. Some are apparently older (with stronger magic) than others.
* UrbanFantasy: Set in a modern world (well, sorta, the comic takes place in 2004) exactly like ours, except for the magical hidden community of mythical creatures that have been living right under the surface for hundreds of years.
* WebcomicTime: A matter of minutes can go by in the comic over a month's worth of comic updates.
* WeirdnessMagnet: Michelle. She draws in the seemingly impossible even by the standards of the FantasyKitchenSink monster-people world.
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Green Hair]]: Jim, as the result of a supposed curse that runs through his family line.
** [[AllThereInTheManual Other material on the dA profiles]] show that there are ''other'' curses in Jim's family, too. Such as the Red and White curse, etc.
[[http://www.skindeepcomic.com/ Skin Deep]] is a webcomic created by Kory Bing. [[http://www.skindeepcomic.com/archive/issue-1-cover// (New readers, start here)]] The basic concept is that mythological creatures are real, and disguise themselves as human using magical medallions. They often live in or near "Avalons", hidden places for them to act as themselves.
The first chapter, [[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/korybing/skindeep/series.php?view=archive&chapter=13878/ Orientations]] covers newcomer Michelle's discovery that her new college roommate and friends are all mythological creatures, and how she deals with it when it's revealed that [[TomatoInTheMirror she's one herself]]. Two short stories spin off of ''Orientations'': [[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/korybing/skindeep/series.php?view=archive&chapter=32072/ Fiddler's Cave]], which takes place before, and [[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/korybing/skindeep/series.php?view=archive&chapter=32906/ The One-Eyed Bear]], which follows shortly after the end, continuing the main plot.
[[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/korybing/skindeep/series.php?view=archive&chapter=35108/ Exchanges]], a prequel to ''Orientations'', circles around [[{{Muggle}} Anthony]] and Blanche, best friends from Liverpool, UK, as well as Jim, one of the characters in ''Orientations'', as he prepares to go to school in the States, and various other characters in the Liverpool Avalon.
[[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/korybing/skindeep/series.php?view=archive&chapter=50360/ Homecoming]] returns to Michelle as she returns home with Greg to try and explain to her mother what's happened.
Not to be confused with the Blake Edwards hilarious comedy movie of the same name starring John Ritter.
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!!Provides examples of:
* AWizardDidIt: Invoked almost verbatim when [[http://www.skindeepcomic.com/archive/issue-four-page-4/ Michelle asks Jim]] about some of the FridgeLogic involved with how medallions are stated to work, particularly the MagicPants.
** And again [[http://www.skindeepcomic.com/archive/handshakes-16-prester-johns/ here]], when asked how the medallions that are used to make the wearer appear human works.
** It's implied that there is an explanation for how the medallions work, but it's been lost to history, and is over the heads of most of the people who use them in modern times.
* AltText: Starting with the second chapter of Exchanges. Specifically, [[http://www.skindeepcomic.com/archive/heartaches-1-hello-missus-gillis/ here]]
* ArtEvolution: The author started the comic using traditional sketches, digitally colored; by now, it is entirely digital.
** Compare the [[http://www.skindeepcomic.com/archive/issue-one-page-1/ First]] and [[http://www.skindeepcomic.com/archive/issue-five-page-34/ Last]] page of the orientations arc.
* AuthorAppeal: Music. A large amount of Mythicals are musicians of some sort. Lorne hypothesizes that it's because music is something a Mythical can make/perform regardless of what they are, and without drawing any attention to themselves.
* BlessedWithSuck / CursedWithAwesome: Debated within the comic itself. Michelle wavers between the two interpretations while her more experienced friends assert that both interpretations are overly dramatic, though Jim later reveals that Meriel and Greg aren't really as sanguine as they appear.
* BrokenMasquerade: There are humans that know of the mythical world, but it is implied that many of them are themselves "unturned" (e.g. a latent mythic beast). It is understandably [[TomatoInTheMirror a bit of a shock]] when someone who stumbles into the Masquerade ends up becoming part of it themselves.
* TheCallPutMeOnHold: Sam gets harassed because, although he was born (in human form) into a family of gryphons, his TransformationTrinket never worked for some reason.
* CerebusRollerCoaster: The comic starts off rather plot-driven, then becomes SliceOfLife, with occasional interludes of random fun, and has gone back to being plot-driven.
* ChangelingFantasy: Kinda-sorta. Michelle's father was apparently a sphinx himself, but she was unaware of this, and [[IJustWantToBeNormal just wants to be normal]] instead of embracing the fantastic weirdness she's been thrown into.
* CursedWithAwesome: Jim's 'curse' is that his hair is green, grows back instantly when cut and he is slightly taller than normal. The curse seems to run in his family, but has no negative effects whatsoever; he seems to enjoy the green hair.
** Saying he's slightly taller than normal wouldn't really be accurate. At 7'2" he's tall enough to cause minor inconveniences like having to duck to get through particularly low doorways. By the time of the comic though, he's been that height for nearly four years and has learned to take such things in stride.
* {{Defictionalization}}: The medallions that the characters wear to appear human have [[http://korybing.bigcartel.com been made into Pathtags medallions for readers to purchase]]
** There's also been talk of the creation of Borogrove, the [[AliceInWonderland Wonderland]]-inspired card game that a handful of characters play in the comic.
*** It's past talk: the Kickstarter project in 2011 was a rousing success, earning almost six times the needed funds, and cards are being printed as I type this (December 2011).
* DisabilitySuperpower: Madam U is a blind Gorgon. She can still basically see, through things like her snakes' infrared vision.
* DisappearedDad: Michelle's father died from a sudden brain aneurysm when she was in elementary school.
* EmbarrassingFirstName: Subverted, since Jim doesn't really seem all that embarrassed, but his full name is Jimothy James Finn. Same goes for his older brother Paulbert.
* FantasyKitchenSink: The setting throws in references to European, Native American, Middle-eastern, and Christian mythology; including gryphons, demons, dragons, satyrs, spirit animals, angels, and more.
* FlatWhat: [[http://www.skindeepcomic.com/archive/handshakes-12-jim-and-lorne/ Jim in this page.]]
* FreakOut: Anthony doesn't take his introduction (specifically, his second visit) to the local {{Masquerade}} very well.
* FridgeLogic: [[EpilepticTrees Viewer speculation]] aside, Michelle raised no end of her own questions during the Orientations arc.
--> [[http://booker.deviantart.com/art/SD-Orientations-IV-page-4-69490559 Michelle (to Jim)]]: "If everything is just an illusion, how can you fit into rooms and cars? You're like, what, fourteen feet long?"
* GenderBender: [[DefiedTrope Didn't]] [[AvertedTrope happen]], actually -- [[spoiler: much to Anthony's relief when he turned into a [[OneGenderRace harpy]].]]
* GenderBlenderName: Anthony's friend Blanche, a white '''stag'''. [[LampshadeHanging Anthony points this out early on]].
* GoneHorriblyWrong: If the shapeshifting magic "breaks", the resulting mishaps are rarely pretty, often permanent.
* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: The subject as a whole gets pointed out at various times throughout the comic. Michelle, for example, is fully aware that her sphinx form lacks pants.
** [[http://www.skindeepcomic.com/archive/issue-three-page-25/ "Check it out. This chick is totally not wearing any pants."]]
** [[http://www.skindeepcomic.com/archive/issue-four-page-5/ "You should see centaurs. They put on shirts but just let their horse bits flap in the wind. It's hard not to laugh."]]
* HowDoIShotWeb: Michelle reportedly has supernatural powers as a sphinx, but [[http://www.skindeepcomic.com/archive/homecoming-12-parental-support/ doesn't know]] how to access and use them. Then there's her first [[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/korybing/skindeep/series.php?view=single&ID=88472/ flying lesson...]]
* InterspeciesRomance: When in human form, the mythical creatures can marry ordinary humans and raise human children (termed "false humans"), however, the child will "revert" back to a mythical form if they come into contact with one of the medallions. The creatures themselves can interbreed to an extent, but "[[http://booker.deviantart.com/art/Reader-Questions-12-17-150169838 it's complicated]], it's [[AWizardDidIt magic]], [[BellisariosMaxim don't worry about it]]."
* HybridMonster: Isaac is specifically some kind of composite manticore, which is not a natural occurence.
** Interestingly enough, Ike's only half manticore, as his mum is a buggane. He's stated that hybrid kids aren't unheard of, but they are rare to see.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: [[http://www.skindeepcomic.com/characters-2/ this guys]], and there's more that haven't been introduced yet!
* LieToTheBeholder: WordOfGod's explanation for how the shapeshifting medallions operate, both by the author and in-universe characters. [[BellisariosMaxim Try not to think too hard]] about some of the specifics.
* MagicPants: They get "stored" somewhere whenever one of the Masquerade assumes their fully mythical form. Michelle has also noticed that, for some reason, her shirt doesn't get stored during her transformation, and she has had to "[[http://booker.deviantart.com/art/SD-Orientations-IV-page-4-69490559 cut up]]" her shirt to accommodate for the wings.
* {{Masquerade}} - There's a whole secret culture comprised of mythical creatures, but it's kept secret from humanity, mostly out of a vague fear that TheWorldIsNotReady. It's an unusually low-key Masquerade, though, because they don't go to [[LaserGuidedAmnesia extreme]] [[KilledToUpholdTheMasquerade lengths]] to keep humans away; they just try to make their Avalons inconspicuous and scare off any humans who manage to find one, and if a human gets past those obstacles then they're expected to keep it a secret as well but not threatened with dire consequences for breaking the Masquerade. [[CassandraTruth It's not very likely that someone who blabbed the secret would be believed]], so they probably don't ''need'' to do much more.
* MundaneFantastic - To the mythical residents of the Liverpool Avalon, the strange goings on are all totally normal and boring.
* NotQuiteBackToNormal: Greg cannot assume fully human form because his TransformationTrinket is damaged; instead, he keeps his goatlike ears under a stocking cap at all times.
** [[MontyPython Tim the Wizard]] is stuck with curled ram's horns after a botched spell.
* OnlySixFaces - A lot of the characters have the same beak-nose and face.
* [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Ordinary College Student]]: Michelle, until she picked up a random trinket dropped by a stranger.
* OurMonstersAreDifferent: And how! Most critters are animal-based, with stock elves, dwarves, trolls, and goblins absent. WordOfGod says they're not likely to show up any time soon.
** Bugbears are pretty much anthropomorphic bears in this canon.
*** WordOfGod states that they had to alter a ''lot'' of the Bugbear mythos.
** BigfootSasquatchAndYeti: The Momo (Missouri Monster) makes an early appearance.
** OurDemonsAreDifferent: The Grimm brothers are apparently from the city of Dis, can possess or remotely manipulate others, and can teleport by dissolving like smoke.
** OurGryphonsAreDifferent: Several different types of gryphon exist, with Jim, a main character, as an '''Opinicus''' (aka ''Maned Gryphon'') with bird wings and a raven-like pointed beak, but otherwise lion-like in most respects.
*** He's also '''WAAAY''' out there. On a ''personal'' level. [[spoiler:He's odd, But from [[AliceInWonderland Wonderland]], so maybe a little forgiveable.]]
*** You forgot Sam, a harassed ''reverse'' Gryphon.
** Harpies apparently come in a few varieties as well, with Abigail appearing something like a WingedHumanoid, while [[spoiler: Anthony]]'s wings are actually his arms.
** OurMermaidsAreDifferent: Merial is a Nixie, like a mermaid, but more fangs and water-powers.
** The author repeatedly noted that Michelle is a winged ''Grecian'' sphinx, while her father was a wingless ''Egyptian'' sphinx.
** They aren't {{Pegasus}} but "Pterippi," literally "winged horse".
* PartialTransformation: In addition to transforming between their human and mythical forms, most characters can assume a "midform" that is essentially an anthropomorphized version of their creature. Greg specifically notes that he had to re-learn the banjo with the three-fingered hands of his satyr form.
** On two occasions, Michelle is also shown in completely human form save for her sphinx tail.
* PettingZooPeople: Midforms generally resemble this.
* RequiredSecondaryPowers: invoked, lampshaded, and conversed. Michelle's lengthened neck is a particularly subtle example.
* ScheduleSlip: The author maintains a fixed schedule of one page a week for the most part, but exceptions have occasionally happened.
* ShapeshifterModeLock - WordOfGod states that if a character's TransformationTrinket is taken away, the character will revert back to their mythical form until they get it back.
* SliceOfLife: While there were more plot-driven arcs earlier in the comic's life, the recent arc(s) are more SliceOfLife.
* SpotlightStealingSquad: The arc(s) have shifted focus to a completely different arc in the U.K after ''Orientations'', before going back to Michelle. The author has stated that [[TropesAreTools this isn't a comic entirely about MIchelle, it's about everyone]].
* TomatoInTheMirror: If you're a "false human" (the result of aforementioned InterspeciesRomance) and come into physical contact with a medallion, then -- *poof* -- you're suddenly a monster! And apparently you were meant to be one all along but just didn't know it.
* TransformationComic: Unusual in that 'Human' is the transformation, not the other way around
* TransformationTrinket: Medallions. Some are apparently older (with stronger magic) than others.
* UrbanFantasy: Set in a modern world (well, sorta, the comic takes place in 2004) exactly like ours, except for the magical hidden community of mythical creatures that have been living right under the surface for hundreds of years.
* WebcomicTime: A matter of minutes can go by in the comic over a month's worth of comic updates.
* WeirdnessMagnet: Michelle. She draws in the seemingly impossible even by the standards of the FantasyKitchenSink monster-people world.
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Green Hair]]: Jim, as the result of a supposed curse that runs through his family line.
** [[AllThereInTheManual Other material on the dA profiles]] show that there are ''other'' curses in Jim's family, too. Such as the Red and White curse, etc.
