History Webcomic / TreadingGround

''[[http://www.treadingground.com/ Treading Ground]]'' was a {{slice of life webcomic|s}} drawn by Nick Wright.

* ArtEvolution: Compare [[http://www.treadingground.com/?p=202 this]] to [[http://www.treadingground.com/?p=944 this]]

* LudicrousGibs: [[http://www.treadingground.com/?p=322 Category 4 roadkill]].

* RagingStiffie: [[http://www.treadingground.com/?p=254 Nate gets one]], and isn't a fan of the "Up periscope" trick.

* RightBehindMe: [[http://www.treadingground.com/?p=205 Subverted with Nate's reaction.]] [[http://www.treadingground.com/?p=290 And Arne's]].
* ShoutOut: to ''Manga/AiYoriAoshi'' [[http://www.treadingground.com/?p=625 here]]. Subverted in a sense, as it's merely a result of the author using his old Website/DeviantArt works for random posters rather than out of the desire to intentionally make a shout out to the work.

* ThrowTheDogABone: Les regains his former position as a butcher, and [[http://www.treadingground.com/?p=1509 even gets]] [[http://www.treadingground.com/?p=1516 a date]] with his ex, Lilith.

* HollywoodProvincialism: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] [[http://www.treadingground.com/?p=1550 here]].

* SoCalization: {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d [[http://www.treadingground.com/?p=1550 here]].

* TheJailBaitWait: The entire foundation of the plot. The last panel of [[http://www.treadingground.com/?p=788 this]] comic is also that trope's current title picture.
** Subverted [[http://www.treadingground.com/?p=1227 now that someone's finally checked]] [[SoCalization state law.]] Also justified, as they discuss living in other states where 18 was the age of consent. And they later mention the latter trope by name.

* IncestIsRelative: [[http://www.treadingground.com/?p=279 One of the routers in the trailer-park is]] "aint nobody fucken my sister but me".

''[[http://www.treadingground.com/ Treading Ground]]'' was a [[SliceOfLifeWebcomics slice of life webcomic]] drawn by Nick Wright.

!!''TreadingGround'' provides examples of:

* [[CampStraight Butch Straight]]: Aya almost always wears flannel shirts and listens to Music/TeganAndSara, among other stereotypical lesbian behaviours, but is totally straight. She gets MistakenForGay often enough that it annoys her, especially after going to college in ''Peached''.

* [[CantHoldHisLiquor Can't Hold Her Liquor:]] Aya. At one point, she gets drunk off a single O'Doul's (which has about 10% of the alcohol content of a standard American beer).

Nathaniel "Nate" Ashborne spends his dreary life working at the Food Baron’s convenience store, a task he performs with limited enthusiasm. When Nate moves into his friend's Steve Adams and Derek Wilkins' apartment, it doesn't take long before he meets the spunky girl Rose Crowley. They get off to a good start, quite good in fact. Really... very... good. It looks like this could be the turning point of Nate's crappy life, but there are two problems: Rose is known as the neighbourhood bicycle, and she's 17 years old.

Nathaniel "Nate" Ashborne spends his dreary life working at the Food Baron’s convenience store, a task he performs with limited enthusiasm. When Nate moves into his friend's Steve Adams and Derek Wilkins' apartment, it doesn't take long before he meets the spunky girl Rose Crowley. They get off to a good start, quite good in fact. Really... very... good. It looks like this could be the turning point of Nate's crappy life, but there are two problems: Rose is known as the neighbourhood bicycle, and she's 16 years old.

The comic has had a long life due to ongoing breaks in the author Nick Wright's attention; only 77 strips were between 2003 and 2006. From February 2010 onward, he finally managed a steady Monday-Wednesday-Friday schedule, producing the remainder of the 251-strip plotline in less than a year and a half. The webcomic concluded on Friday July 8th, 2011, but the author plans to release a few supplemental strips. He briefly started a sequel series, ''Peached'', featuring two of the supporting characters of ''Treading Ground'' going off to college in Atlanta, but put it on indefinite hiatus to focus on working as a assistant for WebVideo/ThatSciFiGuy (to the point where he turned the website for said sequel comic into a website for that show).

* ShoutOut: Albeit ''quite'' [[http://www.treadingground.com/?p=288 an inappropriate one]] to ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent''.
** And to ''Manga/AiYoriAoshi'' [[http://www.treadingground.com/?p=625 here]]. Subverted in a sense, as it's merely a result of the author using his old Website/DeviantArt works for random posters rather than out of the desire to intentionally make a shout out to the work.

* UrbanLegendLoveLife: Despite rumors to the contrary, Rose has only had sex with three guys. Granted two of those were at the same time. And at only 16 years old, 3 partners is nothing to sneeze at.

* AllMenArePerverts: Nate writes a book titled "How to Get Laid" that only offered two points of advice. His advice for men was to [[GoldDigger become rich]], but his advice for women was to simply approach the nearest man and grind against him.

* CampStraight: Female version. Aya almost always wears flannel shirts and listens to Music/TeganAndSara, among other things, but is straight. She gets MistakenForGay often enough that it annoys her, espeically after going to college in ''Peaches''.

* SpinOff: There's a sequel focusing on Arya going to college.

* [[CantHoldHisLiquor Can't Hold Her Liquor:]] Aya.

''[[http://www.treadingground.com/ Treading Ground]]'' was a [[NotableSliceOfLifeWebcomics slice of life webcomic]] drawn by Nick Wright.

* WriteWhoYouKnow: WordOfGod states that Purvous is based on someone the author previously worked with, and several of his lines were taken verbatim from the original source.

** And to ''Manga/AiYoriAoshi'' [[http://www.treadingground.com/?p=625 here]]. Subverted in a sense, as it's merely a result of the author using his old DeviantArt works for random posters rather than out of the desire to intentionally make a shout out to the work.

The comic has had a long life due to ongoing breaks in the author Nick Wright's attention; only 77 strips were between 2003 and 2006. From February 2010 onward, he finally managed a steady Monday-Wednesday-Friday schedule, producing the remainder of the 251-strip plotline in less than a year and a half. The webcomic concluded on Friday July 8th, 2011, but the author plans to release a few supplemental strips. There is also a sequel series, ''Peached'', featuring two of the supporting characters of ''Treading Ground'' going off to college in Atlanta.

* ShoutOut: Albeit ''quite'' [[http://www.treadingground.com/?p=288 an inappropriate one]] to QuestionableContent.

''[[http://www.treadingground.com/ Treading Ground]]'' is a [[NotableSliceOfLifeWebcomics slice of life webcomic]] drawn by Nick Wright.

* RightBehindMe: [[http://www.treadingground.com/?p=205 Subverted with Nate's reaction.]] [[http://www.treadingground.com/?p=290 And Arne's]].

* HotMom: Rose's mother Beth.