History Webcomic / ThunderstruckGraysonTowler

-->'''Sharon:''' You want me... to [[spoiler: [[RageAgainstTheHeavens hit God with a hammer?]]]] Man, I've wanted to do ''that'' my whole life.

* BiblicalBadGuy: [[spoiler:Bella's henchman Jude, formerly known as Judas Iscariot.]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}
-->'''Lily Curmen''': Just be careful! [[spoiler:My mother's]] apt to start ''running'' the place if you don't watch out!
** [[spoiler: Aaron Curmen talking about how magical types can forget their magical nature and become ordinary humans like him.]]
** Also:
-->'''Saxony''': (Regarding [[spoiler: Brouchard]]) Tomorrow, she may wish she [[OffWithHisHead didn't have a head.]]
* ForgotTheCall: Is a hazard for people with magic, called 'disappearing'.
** [[spoiler:Aaron Curmen]] is the most extreme example. This is also our introduction to Psyche.

* GoodIsNotSoft: Saxony. Just about everyone else in the comic would probably describe ''themselves'' this way, but [=YMMV=].
** Well, [[EstablishingCharacterMoment when we first meet Saxony]] [[http://talesfromthevault.com/thunderstruck/comic123.html get a scene]] to show us now not-soft he is.
** Exaggerated when Saxony ''[[spoiler: cuts off and magically preserves Bella's head]]'' to get them to cooperate with him.

* ImpossibleThief: With Saxony it really is magic!

* ShoutOut: Sharon likes to tell stories. Subversive ones, usually.
-->'''Sharon''': [[Literature/TheDiamondAge So Princess Nell and her four guardians set off to find the land of King Coyote...]]

* AllMythsAreTrue: So far we've had demons from India, biblical characters, Lovecraftian monstrosities, and more...[[JuliusBeethovenDaVinci often in the same person]].

* BadassBoast: Gail gives a particularly chilling one on [[http://talesfromthevault.com/thunderstruck/comic111.html this page.]]

* GeniusBonus: Why did [[https://talesfromthevault.com/thunderstruck/comic274.html killing the raven]] cause such a massive [[EvilTaintedThePlace blood pollution]] effect on Bella's decoy house? Grant Grogan [[ShootTheMessenger shot the messenger]]. And said messenger was a sacred animal of Odin to boot.

* NoSuchThingAsWizardJesus: Averted; Gail, a devout Christian, raises the possibility [[http://talesfromthevault.com/thunderstruck/comic239.html here]]. Given that other entities from Christian stories (namely [[spoiler:Lucifer, archangels, and Judas Iscariot]]) have been presented as magical beings in-universe, Wizard Jesus seems likely.

* WhamLine: It’s sketchy, considering [[TheDragon who it’s coming from,]] but considering he’s saying it to [[LivingLieDetector Gail]]...

* BornLucky: A possible interpretation of Lily Curmen. She got "trained" to hide her powers by her abusive mother, allowing her to flawlessly evade Vigil's notice for most of her life. She [[spoiler: married an archangel who ForgotTheCall just in time for them to stumble across each other.]] When her daughters compromised her secrecy, she got taken into protective custody by Vigil and then hijacked the dream they trapped her in allowing Stella to take charge of her imprisonment. Then [[sopiler: her mother took over Vigil]] and when they tried to relocate her, [[sopiler: Aaron was listening in on their plans.]] And when [[sopiler: Stella entered her dream with the assistance of [[TheMole someone she really shouldn't have trusted]], [[https://talesfromthevault.com/thunderstruck/comic662.html Aaron proved exactly why she was so lucky to marry him]].]]

* GeniusBonus: Why did killing the raven cause a massive desecration effect on Bella's decoy house? Grant Grogan shot the messenger. And said messenger was a sacred animal of Odin to boot.

** Taken UpToEleven when Saxony ''[[spoiler: cuts off and magically preserves Bella's head]]'' to get them to cooperate with him.

A [[http://www.talesfromthevault.com/thunderstruck/ webcomic]] where AllMythsAreTrue. Wonderfully integrates magic, science, and religion in a modern setting. Tells the story of two sisters with recently discovered magical powers heading to New Orleans to learn about their origins. Gail is an athletic, katana-wielding ActionGirl. Sharon is a [[ShockAndAwe lightning shooting]] former paraplegic.

* CoolGate

* GodIsEvil: Played with. UnreliableNarrator is in full effect on both sides of the argument, but no one can argue that [[spoiler: [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt splitting the world in two at Ragnarok]]]] was probably not the nicest thing to do.
** Possibly given even more mileage once it's revealed that [[spoiler: Yahweh is half-dead since Ragnarok, and some of the Vigil members keeping him in that state ''do not'' want him to wake back up.]]

* MagiciansAreWizards: Saxony Canterbury.

* MissingFloor
* NayTheist: [[spoiler: Bella Brouchard.]] Sharon, too, after a while.

* [[spoiler: SatanIsGood:]] [[spoiler: While [[GodIsEvil Yahweh being evil]] is unconfirmed, Lucifer (aka Prometheus) has been nothing but decent thus far.]]

** Also, one of the stories Sharon tells about her miraculous healing is that "you would be amazed at how many health problems can be cured by the strategic use of small explosive charges". The person she is speaking to bears quite a resemblance to [[Webcomic/SluggyFreelance Riff]].
** One to Film/{{Casablanca}} [[http://talesfromthevault.com/thunderstruck/comic661.html here.]]

** Ray Warwick is an even bigger one.
* TheMagicGoesAway: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed.]] As many characters will tell you, magic is not exactly common since Ragnarok, but there's still magic about if you're willing to look for it.
** TheMagicComesBack: [[spoiler: Bella Brouchard's]] true goal.

* WeirdnessCensor: {{Muggles}} ''can'' see and interact with magical events, but tend to overlook them, take them for mundane, and/or suppress the memory.
** Children don't have it, and are ''drawn'' to the supernatural. [[InvisibleToAdults This is the reason]] [[NotNowKiddo adults tend ignore children]], their {{Weirdness Censor}} blocks them.

-->'''Jude:''' The ungrateful shit you healed was about to blab. Just like they always do.
-->'''Gail:''' Always? Has someone else [[spoiler: cured vampirism]]?
-->'''Jude:''' [[spoiler: Vampirism? No. [[Literature/TheBible Try leprosy.]]]]

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Experienced a SeriesHiatus from September 21, 2009, when artist Grayson Towler decided to concentrate on his professional works... but it's [[http://talesfromthevault.com/thunderstruck/comicr.html back]] now!

An OrphanedSeries as of September 21, 2009, as artist Grayson Towler has decided to concentrate on his professional works... but it's [[http://talesfromthevault.com/thunderstruck/comicr.html back]] as of January 2014!